Chapter 1022: Opening up Factories without Worries

"I wonder if we can occupy the entire Yellow River Basin this time." Li Longji came back during lunch today.

After dinner, I took a walk to eat, and I thought about Tubo with Li Yichang.

In fact, it was Li Longji who was imagining things, not Li Yi.

"Jaling Lake and Eling Lake are the largest freshwater lakes there. If Tubo loses two lakes, it will lose more land."

Li Yi mentioned the importance of lakes, and Tubo would fight tooth and nail.

Nowadays, many of Tubo's soldiers are tribes who obey Tubo's orders to fight, and they have no fighting will.

Tubo's own troops are still very capable of fighting.

There is a record in the old book of the Tang Dynasty: "Lu Bo played chess by playing li and singing drums, and never left his body with his bow and sword."

The strong and old are respected, the mother worships her son, and the son is arrogant to his father. When entering and leaving, the young one is in front, and the old one is behind.

The military orders are serious. In every battle, all the front troops will die and the rear troops will advance. A heavy soldier dies, and a bad illness ends. After many generations of battles, I thought I was the best.

If a person is defeated in battle, he will hang a fox tail on his head to show his cowardice like a fox. If he is surrounded by a large crowd, he will be favored by others. The common people will be ashamed of him and he will die next. ’

It is said that the Tubo people like to play chess with grids, and Li refers to the conch, which they play by blowing the conch and beating the drum.

The prime of life is most important, and the elderly are inferior. The mother's status is not as high as that of her son, and the son is arrogant in front of his father.

When walking, young people go in front and old people follow behind.

When fighting, those in front are killed, and only those behind can advance. Those who die in battle are the most important, and those who die from illness are disliked. People in every generation have those who die in battle. This family is the Jiamen.

Then came the humiliation of the defeated, a method second only to death.

These are the serious soldiers of Tubo. Whoever is more powerful and dares to fight will gain respect.

If the two freshwater lakes at the source of the Yellow River were occupied by the Tang Dynasty, would they agree?

Li Longji stopped: "How will Guo Zhiyun respond?"

"Looking at the battle situation, the battle situation is favorable to Datang. He should go and occupy it, and then count on the weapons transportation from behind."

Li Yi guessed that if it were him, he wouldn't be able to think of any good solution.

The area that needs to be defended is too large, and Tubo can dispatch troops quickly.

Without a strong city to defend, military strongholds are of little use.

But as long as there are enough flying monkeys and explosive bags, the Tibetan army will not find a good way.

Li Longji took another step: "Wandering shooters, fighting cavalry."

He thought about how the Tibetans would respond by spreading the cavalry out and not forming together.

When the wind direction is favorable, shoot arrows, including catapults, at the military stronghold from a distance.

Use the Flying Sky Monkey to blow up the catapult and see who can hold it up. The catapult is money, and the Flying Sky Monkey is also money.

But the explosive packs are easy to use. The explosive packs are used for mines. The pipes are buried outside the village.

Look at the running pattern of the enemy's cavalry and find the right time to light it.

"There is also a night battle. I can't give all our hot air balloons night vision goggles. Put the torches outside and they need to burn all night. Prepare more dried fruits, carrots, and chili powder."

Li Yi added that he was from the Tibetan side. He could not defeat the Tang scouts during the day, and there was no way to attack them at night.

You can attack military strongholds at night. It is impossible to release many people into one military stronghold. Concentrate superior forces and attack one stronghold while it is dark.

Our side suffered heavy casualties, but at least we could knock down the stronghold.

If you don't fight, you will be cannibalized by Datang, but if you fight, you still have a chance.

They even sent some soldiers to attack the strongholds, and some soldiers to kill the people and livestock grazing along the Yellow River and on the grasslands near the two lakes.

It's not Shanhaiguan there, so there's no danger to defend it.

Mobilizing troops from behind, one lake is more than 4,270 meters above sea level, and the other lake is more than 4,290 meters above sea level.

If the soldiers at the back no longer live in plateau areas, how many non-combat casualties will there be?

Normally, the soldiers behind might be able to withstand it if they were in good physical condition, but during the fight they needed more oxygen support, so they fell down first before running many steps.

This is why his country at that time could send few soldiers when facing countries that did not like to build toilets.

Especially in the beginning of the war, the local ethnic minorities had not yet fully integrated into the big family of the motherland.

Unlike later, most of the soldiers guarding there were ethnic minorities, and other soldiers had to adapt to the plateau climate first.

For example, in the Wakhan Corridor, which has an average altitude of more than 4,000 meters, the national troops guarding the area dare not let anyone out or come in.

That's because they are Tajiks, a plateau ethnic group.

If there is even a slight disaster there, the central government will be anxious and must help, expecting others to guard the border.

If altitude sickness is so easy to overcome, why bother training on Mount Taibai?

The amount of exercise required for traveling is different from the amount of exercise required for fighting. Go to the Potala Palace and try running a 5,000-meter run there.

Li Longji's expression was solemn: "Transport cement, no, build a kiln locally, and send Yu Lin Feiqi to guard it. We will not exchange livestock with them for the time being, only the people of the Tang Dynasty."

"But, ask them to burn cement, but don't let them know the ratio of raw materials.

Send them somewhere else to stay while the raw materials are being transported and loaded into the furnace, and then let them come back when it is time to burn.

In fact, it's useless to know. They don't know where the coal is. After we occupy some areas, I will point out the locations.

The coal in one place looked like a hill. When the earth was dug up, the coal would flow down. "

Li Yi felt that he was thinking too much, UU reading www. uｕukanshu.netｔTell Tubo how to burn cement, and what did Tubo use to burn cement?

wood? hay? Cow dung?

Even if we spend a lot of firewood to burn it, how much cement can be produced? If you have the time, you might as well just use ready-made materials like you did when building the Potala Palace.

After listening to Li Yi, Li Longji suddenly came to his senses: "Yes, other people don't have coal, they can't grow crops well, and their smelting technology is not good. Can they burn cement?"

He smiled: "Brother Yi, open up cement factories and build them in various places. Others can learn if they want to. At least the people of our Tang Dynasty will use them first."

"In this case, I can take 4,000 strings of honey. No, I want 20,000 strings of honey."

Li Yi instantly thought of Japan. It would be impossible to keep it secret if more cement factories were built.

I don't care about 4,000 strings, so all the people who look after the cement factories don't care?

Why not give them a chance to meet for 20,000 strings, and then lead the Japanese to visit the cement factory. The cost of the visit...

When there was no cement, Japan still had castles.

Without cement, wouldn't the Great Wall be built?

Li Longji looked at Li Yi and patted Li Yi on the shoulder: "With you here, our Tang Dynasty will not suffer."

Li Longji really couldn't figure it out. When talking about Tubo, how did Li Yi think of making money from Japan?

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The Japanese envoys were always waiting for Li Yi to see them.

But he waited and waited, and Li Yi didn't seem to care about the four thousand strings of honey.

"Is there no one to help pass the message?" Shimomichi Maki began to doubt that the people from the Honglu Temple did not go to find Li Yi.

"The money was too little?" Takagi Junichiro followed.

"One hundred strings is still not enough?" Fujiwara no Mayang thought that according to the current purchasing power of the currency in Chang'an, the Tang Dynasty, one hundred strings was a lot.

"Go have a meal with him." Abe no Nakamaro gave the most direct way, and asked indirectly during the meal.