Li Ermajesty thinks that 100,000 people are too much, and the Tang Dynasty also needs troops, and 50,000 people are too little, it is estimated that these rabble of Persians will not be used at all, and the battlefield may also make the Tang army in a difficult situation, so the number of 60,000 to 80,000 people is okay, and the cost and use of a qiē are paid by the Persians, what the Tang Dynasty needs is ordnance and weapons, and the cost of this is also spent by the Persians, and the Tang Dynasty does not need to spend a penny, only needs to contribute people.

Li Er's majesty has been inclined to immediately send troops to fight, the Tang Dynasty urgently needs the news of the West, the news of the powerful empires in the West, they are all stumbling blocks to the Westward expansion strategy of the Tang Empire, this battle, not only can let the Tang Dynasty's army appreciate the combat effectiveness of different races in advance, but also let the blood droplets enter these areas, and then start the collection of information and the invasion of caravans, follow the battle of the Western Regions, and completely hollow out the Persian Empire, it is said that although the Persian Empire is in decline, it is very rich and rich.

After thinking about it for the last time, Suning carefully wrote down his opinion - it is obviously much easier to bully the old man than to bully the strong guy.

When they heard that the people who asked Datang for help were all blonde and blue-eyed, they all widened their eyes and felt very novel, they also knew that there are people like black and coal in this world, and there are also people like white and milk, but they haven't really seen it, they have been on the beach for a long time. I don't hang around in Chang'an City much, so I can't see it naturally.

Moreover, most of the foreigners in Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty are people from the Western Regions who came to do business before, Turkic people and Tiele people, as well as some Goguryeo people, Silla people and Baekje people, the number is not large, and there are even fewer foreigners who have obtained the Tang Dynasty permanent residence qualification, and those blonde whites and black blacks who are not slippery are all sold to Datang as slaves, blacks are called Kunlun slaves, and whites are mainly women, who come to sell meat. I don't know what it's called.

And now. They also learned that further west in the Western Regions, in the place of the Great Qin State recorded in the history books of the Han Dynasty, there were several perfect monarchies with the same strong national strength and high civilization as the Tang Dynasty, whether it was the scope of the country, the population of the country, or the country's laws, army, and culture. Although it is not as good as Datang. But all have their own characteristics. The Persian Empire, the Arab Empire, the Roman Empire, and many other very large and powerful countries. They were no weaker than Xue Yantuo and the Western Turks.

Zhang Shigui kept sighing: "The way of the world is really going to change, I actually have to fight with these, Su Hou, what color is their blood?" Is it red like us? Or is it golden? Or is it green? Blue? How could this man be so white? How can hair be blonde? How can the eyes be green and blue? How did it grow? That's amazing! ”

Zhang Liang also agreed: "The old man Kunlun Nu has heard of it, it seems to be very strong, but he is very stupid, he can't say anything, a barbarian who drinks blood, but why does it look so black?" They are all raised by their fathers and mothers, how can there be white, yellow and black? The world is so big, it's really amazing! Su boy, how effective are they? Is it strong? How strong? Do you know military formations and crossbows? Are there any firearms? Can our navy go to war? ”

Suning said depressedly: "From the Western Regions to the west, a large area of land is land, there is no sea, whether it is a war with Persia or an Arab country, there is no need for a navy, but if you fight with Rome, you may need a navy, but it is still far away!" As for the combat effectiveness, I think the Persians are no longer good, more than 400 years after the founding of the country, they have been in decline, as for the Arab countries, they are very capable of fighting, very brave, it is estimated that the combat effectiveness is no longer under the Turks and Xue Yantuo people in the past, but still victorious.

As for the Romans, they are very strong, the Romans have a longer founding time, a longer history, they have their own unique culture, although it is certainly not as good as my Tang Dynasty's culture today, and they are also restrained by religion, and their national strength is not as good as in their heyday, but if they really want to fight, they still have a strong war ability, and you must know that the Roman Empire in its heyday, their population may be more than 10,000 people, you can imagine how powerful they were when they were the strongest. ”

Zhang Liang and Zhang Shigui both widened their eyes and grew their mouths, and Zhang Liang popped out: "Ten thousand people? My God, if Datang now has 10,000 people, how many troops can it have? Ten million? Isn't the whole world ours? So what's there to worry about? Why does the army need tens of thousands of people? Directly use hundreds of thousands of hundreds of thousands, so many people, how powerful we can be! ”

Suning nodded and said: "Yes, but it's a pity that the Roman Empire was divided, just like the Wei State was divided into two halves before, the Roman State was also divided into two parts, the one in the west should no longer exist, and now the one in the east, the territory and population are far less than when they were not divided before, but they still have considerable strength, which should not be underestimated, but if they really go to war, unless the Arabs can call them to help in the war, it will really take at least a few decades for our territory to expand there." ”

Zhang Shigui sighed slightly: "It's a pity, my navy has not been built to this day without a real opponent to use for battle, and to fight with those Romans will have to wait until a few decades later, the old man is afraid that he will not be able to wait!" What a pity, what a pity! ”

Zhang Liang couldn't stop shaking his head and sighing, seeing that Suning was depressed for a while: "It's better not to fight, don't always think about going to war with those big countries, we need to be careful to collect a Goguryeo, not to mention that it is such a big country, and the population is not less than what we have now, now the population of Datang is a little more than 20 million, and the land is already so big, how to govern it, fight for a while, raise for a while, and develop for a while."

Even if we send our troops to fight in Persia and Arabia now, it is not to conquer territory, but to familiarize ourselves with the environment, prepare for the future, and look good. The words spoken, the handwritten, the clothes they wear, and the food they eat are not the same, and even if they occupy it, their people will not obey us, and they will fight and quell the rebellion, and it will be endless, and only when they are already familiar with us can they consider this kind of thing. ”

Zhang Liang and Zhang Shigui left depressedly. Alone sad that he was born too early. didn't catch up with the good time, Suning called the messenger to rush back his opinion with a thousand miles.

Li Er's majesty was already looking forward to it, and he wanted to fight very much, although the courtiers were still talking about it. But the main dynamics have been tilted in favor of the main belligerent. The many victories brought the Tang Empire great confidence and courage. What's more, this is not to conquer territory, but to make a name for itself and declare national prestige. By the way, getting to know the future friends and opponents is a very important step for Datang, but if you don't ask Suning, Datang's foreign-related expert, these questions will always feel a little uncertain.

Suning's opinion arrived in Chang'an City six days later, and Li Erma's Xià understood Suning's meaning for the first time, and when he saw the sentence that can be called shameless, "persimmons have to be picked and pinched", he couldn't help but smile with relief, and then sent it to the staff headquarters...... Forehead...... There was no one left at the staff headquarters...... Forget it, directly convey the holy decree to Guo Xiaoke, ordering him to organize 70,000 soldiers and horses to prepare for this foreign-related battle, and the extra soldiers and horses will go directly south from the Turkic steppe.

The candidate for the main general, Li Erma, decided to designate himself, this time there are more soldiers and horses, Guo Xiaoke's recommended Du He is too young, not suitable to be the general manager of 70,000 soldiers and horses, but it is still possible to be a deputy general, Li Ermaxi decided to let Chai Shao, who is currently in the Turkic steppe, serve as the commander, he will command 40,000 cavalry to go south, and Anxi Duhufu dispatched 20,000 infantry troops and 10,000 cavalry to form a 70,000 Tang expeditionary force, and at the same time, Li Erma Xià will mobilize Wang Xuance and Meng Yu to go south together.

Three of the four heroes of the military academy will participate in this battle, and the well-known Huo Guogong Chai Shao is the commander, so he must not lose face in Datang and make Datang lose face, and he must give the Arabs a head-on blow, play the fame of Datang, and play the prestige of Datang, and use secret weapons such as artillery and incendiary canisters to give the Arabs a long insight.

However, Li Ermajesty also made it clear in the holy decree that whether it is artillery or incendiary canisters or repeating crossbows or eight-ox crossbows and catapults, they have all become the magic weapon of the Tang Dynasty because of their powerful power, no matter which one is targeted by the Persians and Arabs, it is not a trivial matter, so Chai Shao is instructed to strictly keep these important weapons, and the camp of these important weapons should be placed around Chai Shao's tent, which is as important as the commander.

Chai Shao actually didn't know about artillery, after all, he had just come out, and he hadn't shown its power in the battle of the grassland, Suning had used it, and reported to Li Erma that it had a great destructive effect on the military formation and a deterrent effect on the enemy, although the lethality was not very large, but it was enough to make the enemy who had never experienced this fear of artillery and incendiary canisters.

As for the flowering shell, Li Tai is still researching, the components of the shell have been considered and practiced, but this problem of launching and ensuring that it does not explode in the air still needs to be considered, and it cannot be put into use at present, or can only use the flowering shell, but it is said that the other party also has a city and a city wall, then, the artillery is still especially useful, Li Er Majesty waved his hand, and the thirty artillery pieces that had just been completed were assigned to the expeditionary force for use.

At the same time, Li Ermajesty once again expressed his rebuke to those generals on the grassland, there are only two or three small shrimps in the staff headquarters for such a big thing, and they couldn't stop it at that time, but now they will all get back to me, and more than half of the people will not be allowed to leave the staff headquarters at the same time to fight outside in the future! All the credit for this time has been reduced! Fuck it! It's embarrassing to hurt one old and three young people to turn the tide!

Li Er's anger made the generals on the grassland feel very frightened, they all realized that there might not be much good fruit to eat this time back, so after the garrison corps gradually arrived in place, they led the army back to the division one by one, only the lucky Chai Shao and Wang Xuance Meng Yu could escape this reprimand, they were very happy in their hearts, and they were busy taking the elite 30,000 iron cavalry south to the Western Regions, converging the expeditionary force, and preparing to dispatch.

The artillery team was also immediately loaded and transported to the Western Regions, and the Western Regions Corps also began to dispatch troops, Guo Xiaoke expressed his innocence to Du He after receiving the holy decree of Li Erma, Li Erma Xià wanted to send an army of 70,000 people to fight, Du He was not qualified to command 70,000 people, and he was not qualified to compete for the position of commander with Chai Shao, the generals in the army, so the general manager of the Tang Expeditionary Corps was Chai Shao's, but in order to show his care for the Western Regions Corps, Du He became the deputy commander.

That is, after Suning, the second young general in his early twenties who became the deputy commander of the army, is even more powerful than the three heroes of other military schools, and it can be said that he walked before the first, second and third places when he graduated, and Du He's name as a crazy general is confirmed.

Du He also felt depressed, but he was helpless, 70,000 people, Suning did not command so many soldiers and horses, he obviously could not be the first to be this person, so he decided to be the deputy governor once, anyway, the one who fought the most ruthlessly must still be himself.

For a time, the land of the Western Regions was filled with the smell of war. (To be continued......)