Chapter 800: His Highness's Letters
An Xinggui understands it, but this operation is ...... What king would do that? It's not ......
Of course, if there is really no choice, they will definitely choose this option, after all, if they don't choose this, they may be killed, and no one wants to die, do they?
"For the time being, let's make a plan like this, and then we need to wait for the information sent by the Ministry of Intelligence, before I came, the personnel of the intelligence department have prepared relevant information, but they are sorting it out, let's wait for the information given by the intelligence department, they know more about the Western Regions." Li Daozong thought for a while and said.
"Understood." An Xinggui nodded, this time the whole body was moved, the current situation in the entire Western Regions is very peaceful, the three khans of the Western Turks have stabilized the strength of the entire Western Turks within a certain range, if the Western Turks are not chaotic, then the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions will not be chaotic.
But if the Western Turks are in chaos, the entire Western Regions will be completely in chaos.
In other words, their strategy is either not moving, or if they do, they will sweep through it with a thunderous force, otherwise, all that will be left behind is disaster.
After Li Daozong and An Xinggui waited in Suoyang City for three days, all the information from the Datang Intelligence Department was sent over, and Li Daozong immediately gathered all the generals to hold a military meeting.
The current generals are: Li Daozong, An Xinggui, Niu Jinda, Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche, Li Daliang, and An Shengan.
Li Daozong and An Xinggui read the information first, but when the two of them read the information, their expressions were a little distorted, which ...... It's true? But since this information was sent by the Ministry of Intelligence, it means that this information must be true.
This......
"Everyone, circulate it first." Li Daozong finally handed over the information in his hand, and then he opened Li Ke's letter with An Xinggui.
The Ministry of Intelligence also sent a letter from Li Ke.
"Li Dudu, Liangguo Gong Qinqi: The next twenty-year strategic plan for the Tang Dynasty to enter the Western Regions is also an important strategy related to the complete disintegration of the nomadic threat in the future of the Tang Dynasty, so you will receive unprecedented support, but again, your follow-up troops will not be very large. Because of the current situation in Datang, it affects the whole body. ”
"Once the Western Regions move, the Xue Yantuo Department of the Eastern Turks and Goguryeo in the Northeast are likely to launch mutinies and actions."
"Therefore, Datang needs to reserve enough troops to prevent these places from invading Datang, so the two of you will serve as the ministers of the Western Regions and be responsible for implementing the strategy of the entire Western Regions."
"The first step is to plan and advance to the Yili River, control all the main passages from the West Kunlun Mountains to the Western Regions, and after you control several important passes, find a suitable city in the local area, and the follow-up craftsmen will continue to follow up to establish important city strongholds in the local area."
"The second step is to assist Ashina Shilu to control the entire Western Turks and defeat Yipi Lu."
"The third step is to annex the entire Western Turks and advance the Tang border to the Caspian region."
"The first step is the most important strategic node, which will become an important stepping stone for Datang to set foot in the Western Regions, and the plan will be implemented for five years. This includes the establishment of communication routes, the construction of important roads through the Silk Road, and the establishment of important resource construction channels. ”
"In addition, the popularization of all cultures, such as the official dialect and writing of the Tang Dynasty and weights and measures, will be carried out by all caravans."
"You should have read the information given to you by the Ministry of Intelligence, Ashina Shilu is actually our own people, his main army is Murong Shun and the 10,000 elite cavalry sent by Xizhou, and the territory they control can be regarded as the territory of the Tang Dynasty."
"So you have the right to deploy their army and cooperate with you to some extent."
"In the end, it is Gao Chang, Ju Wentai is not ambitious, but he is not very bold. If you know part of the strategy of our Tang Dynasty in Tibet, Ju Wentai will definitely attack Yixi Prefecture (Yiwu) with the support of Yibi Lu. ”
"After taking Gaochang, the two of you can control all the countries along the way on the grounds that Yibi Lu seriously threatens our Tang Dynasty's trade with the Western Regions! If you don't follow, you two will deal with it yourself, I only need one result, and I don't want to hear a second voice other than Datang in the Western Regions. ”
"As for the loss of profits, for the same reason, since he is subordinate to the Tang Dynasty, let him quickly settle the trade route of our Tang Silk Road to the Western Regions, and tell him that if our trade cannot be carried out because of his war with Yipi Lu, then he will have to compensate for it. The compensation is for the entire area east of the West Kunlun Mountains, that is, all the current territory of the Zoli. ”
"If he wants new territory, he can join forces with Ashina Shilu to attack Epidulu."
"As for the defeat of the Yibi Army, Ashina Shilu lost his hand against Yuli, it was a civil war in the Western Turks, and it has nothing to do with my Tang Dynasty."
"As for the follow-up plan, we will wait until the follow-up is completed."
"I wish the two generals all the best."
After reading this letter, Li Daozong and An Xinggui were speechless for a long time, Your Highness, your plan is really ...... Have you already counted everything that will happen in a few years? The point is that although the plan seems to be only a rough idea, the two of them know that there must be many people behind it to support it.
And what is, this Ashina Shilu? The power that His Highness has created?
One of the three great khans of the Western Turks!
"This ...... General Lee, General Ahn, is this true? "The generals who circulated the information below were also a little confused, and they had heard of the current situation before they came, especially the enemy they were about to face.
But no one knew that they actually had such a big helper behind them!
Has a third of the Western Turks already fallen into the hands of His Highness? This......
"Of course it's true, let's first study the main pass we want to capture." Li Daozong said directly.
"Among them, there are three passes near the state of Shule, one of which starts from Khotan (Khotan), stretches all the way (Houpanlong Ancient Road), enters the Western Turkic territory, and then turns to Tianzhu and other places."
"The second is from the country of Yache (Yarkand County), north of the road from Khotan (later the Karasu port) and then into the Pamirs."
"The third way is to follow the Kizi River (later the Kizilsu River) all the way to Central Asia."
Li Daozong pointed to the three routes on the military map that Li Ke took out and said, many of the names on it were named by Li Ke, and Li Daozong didn't know what the local name was, but it didn't matter, His Highness said what it was called here, what it was called.
"Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche."
"The last general!"
"Do you two have the confidence to lead an army of 10,000 down the Kunlun Mountains until you take these three passes?" Li Daozong looked at them and asked.
"Yes!"