To tell the truth, after Datang won Tianzhu, as for the future, whether Li Ke can take the Middle East or not, Li Ke is not so urgent, because if he wins these places, he can continue to develop.

As long as the population of these places is digested, the total population of Datang can almost reach between 5,000 and 60 million, which is enough for Datang to take out enough troops and feed enough professional soldiers.

This is the strength of industrialization, at that time, whether it was Persia or the Middle East, it was not a big problem for Datang to take it, but Li Ke felt that Datang was not so eager to take Persia and the Middle East, so that the two sides would consume a wave, and there would be a wave of cultural invasion first.

Because if you occupy it directly, these places basically do not belong to the East Asian cultural circle, and it is not so easy for some things to invade, and it is also difficult for the other party to have a sense of belonging, although the people of the world are the same, and they all want to live a stable life.

These Persians and Arabs are not surprised, but at this time, it is completely possible to consume them first and show the strength of the Tang Dynasty first.

Sassanid Persia has existed for a long time, and now Sassanid Persia has a fixed class and is full of corruption from top to bottom, in fact, even the Byzantium next door is similar, and ordinary civilians are in dire straits.

It's just that the caste system of Sassanid Persia makes their rule actually stronger, yes, Sassanid Persia is also a caste system, after all, the caste system of Tianzhu was brought over by these Aryans, but after Persia and other countries were destroyed, the Arab faith directly destroyed the foundation of the caste system.

But this system has been directly handed down in the magical place of Tianzhu, and it still exists until more than a thousand years later, so it can be seen that many things on this continent are really magical.

And now because of the emergence of the Tang Dynasty, the life span of Sassanid Persia has been extended, you must know that the last and even late princes of Sassanid Persia in history have asked for help from the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty has even set up a capital protectorate in this part of Sassanid Persia.

Even the historical Datang can do this, and the current Datang has no problem.

However, the current Tang Dynasty can first come to a wave of cultural invasion, and it cannot be said that cultural invasion, it should be said that after taking the Western Turks, it began to promote the advantages of the Tang Dynasty around Persia.

Now the lifespan of Sassanid Persia has been extended by Li Ke, but the Tang Dynasty sold them a large amount of weapons and equipment, which is tantamount to drinking Zhen to quench their thirst, because these weapons and equipment need to consume the few national strength of Sassanid Persia.

And they spend money on these things, where does the money come from? Their first idea is certainly not to dig out of their own coffers, but to exploit the lowest and largest caste people first, and then gradually expand the scope of exploitation.

At this time, if Datang continues to use better treatment around these people to collect these people, and as long as they come over, he will give them land and arrange life for them.

It is believed that it will not be long before many Sassanid Persians will flee, and this kind of thing will begin to spread throughout the bottom of Sassanid Persia.

Even if it doesn't circulate, Li Ke has a way to make it start circulating, and once there is this kind of rumor at that time, then most of the low-level people in Sassanid Persia will have a natural favor for the Tang Dynasty.

Similarly, the Arab side has a similar method of operation.

Nowadays, the faith of the Arabs is not so strong, not to mention that their sect has just been founded, and the reason why the faith here is so strong in later generations is because of the establishment of a huge Arab empire, which brought faith to the local people.

In this age of ignorance, as long as you say that you are the incarnation of some god, and you can lead them to a better life, then you can call it a god, and some people will give you propaganda.

Not even in this era, even if many chaotic sects can be circulated in later generations, this is nothing.

And now, has Arabia brought benefits to these low-class people? No, they did not live much different from the original Sassanid Persian rule, because Arabia did not expand rapidly, nor did they take too many assets of the Persian nobility as a supplement.

They were not replenished, the war was deadlocked, and not only with Persia, but even with the Byzantine side.

If it weren't for the fact that Persia and Byzantium were fighting each other because of the so-called Roman orthodoxy, and they had fought wars over the years, it is estimated that Arabia would have been wiped out long ago.

As long as these two countries are united, the present Arabic can only be destroyed.

Therefore, now this place is actually in a strange equal situation, which gives Datang enough room to operate, whether it is food or weapons, this place is lacking.

And a lot of local gold and silver are also constantly flowing into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, anyway, there are already some cultural relics from the ancient Persian period in the gold and other materials transported from this land to the Tang Dynasty.

Obviously, these are all sold by these Arab high-ups.

According to the current situation, the benefits of such a war to the Tang Dynasty are too great, and the overall strength of these three countries is weakened, which means that Li Ke will have the opportunity to completely annex these places in the future.

And the railway, too, looks like it's time to step up construction in these places.

In addition to the railway is the wharf, if the railway cannot be built for the time being, at least the railway can be extended to the ports in Datang, and even to the ports in the Nanyang region.

It is connected to these places by port and sea.

Li Ke kept thinking about the future development direction of the Tang Dynasty, as well as his next processing area, and now wait for the battle situation on the Silla side to be clear, and then take the Wa State, and the rear of the Tang Dynasty will be completely stabilized.

When Li Ke was thinking about this, in the queen city of the queen country, Ben Lishetai had a sad face.

She hadn't thought about whether to surrender yet, but as the Tang army continued to approach, although the soldiers of the queen kingdom were already gathering, there were already many ministers who were persuading her to surrender.

Although it was not proposed above the court, she was found through a third party and wanted her to surrender, because the queen kingdom really couldn't defeat the Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, the soldiers did not have any desire to fight, only a few old generals, when she asked them, expressed their willingness to lead the army into battle.

But Ben Lishetai knew that it was useless to have the support of these generals, and that without the support of other ministers, the royal kingdom would die.

The country that had existed for decades was gone, and it was gone in her hands, and Ben Lishetai was a little sad, but she didn't know how to resist, or...... This is the price of Datang after it becomes stronger.