Li Ke's words made both Li Shimin and Li Chengqian look askance.
"What do you mean?" Li Shimin looked at him with some confusion, "Is there any threat around my Datang?"
"No, except for one Goguryeo." Li Ke shook his head.
"Then what are you doing?"
"This way, dad, brother, come here, I will open the map and tell you." Li Ke pointed to the back and said.
"Ah, Aye, big brother and third brother, I won't go. You guys talk about business, and I'm going to see my mother." Li Tai ran away decisively without saying a word.
"Go, go." Li Shimin waved his hand.
Li Tai ran away without any hesitation.
The three people were left speechless.
"Look, you frightened your child, and you're going to have a psychological shadow." Li Chengqian was a little helpless.
"Brother, I also have psychological shadow, otherwise you can help me." Li Ke said pitifully.
"Go away, I'm still here. Let's get down to business. What do you want to say?" Li Shimin glared at him and said.
Li Ke: "..." I think you play mahjong too much. I must complain to Wei Zheng.
Li Ke took Li Shimin and Li Chengqian to a world map hanging at the back. This map was made by Li Ke in the past few days.
However, it is not a complete world map, but almost the entire Eurasian continent, including the islands of East Asia and Southeast Asia, plus central and northern Africa. They are not available in America, Australia and other places, so there is no point in listing them at this time.
This world map is much more complete than the previous world map of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin and Li Chengqian were both stunned for a moment. Not only was the topography very complete, but the borders of the surrounding small countries were clearly visible.
"You want us to see this?" Li Shimin looked at Li Ke strangely and said.
"Here." Li Ke picked up the wooden stick next to him and pointed to the location of the Middle East. "On this peninsula, a new country has emerged. I call them Arabia. This place originally belonged to Sasanian Persia. The land, and Arabia, that is, the great cannibals, are rapidly unifying the peninsula. If they unify this place, they will immediately conflict with Persia."
In the Tang Dynasty, the distinction between Persia and cannibals was not very clear. Of course, officially, people in these two places would distinguish between them. But if the people in these places did not tell them, the Tang Dynasty was not very clear about it. Their respective territories are even more blurred.
"Father, you should know very well that a force that can quickly unify a place like this has very strong combat effectiveness in the early stage. And Sassanid Persia has existed for hundreds of years, which is considered the end of the dynasty. Some problems of the Central Plains dynasty are still there. It’s all over Sassanid Persia.”
"So the combat effectiveness of the two sides is not the same." Li Ke quickly introduced the local situation.
"What does this have to do with us?" Li Shimin was a little confused. This place is thousands of miles away from the Tang Dynasty. What does this have to do with the Tang Dynasty?
"Of course it does matter. I am also planning to establish the Persian Protectorate in the future." Li Ke said quickly.
Li Shimin: "..."
Good guy, your ambitions are bigger than mine. If the Tang Dynasty attacks that place... looking at the stretching territory map, it can be said to be unprecedented.
"Did you forget something?" Li Shimin looked at Li Ke helplessly.
"What?" Li Ke was stunned for a moment.
"These places." Li Shimin took another wooden stick and drew a big circle on Xinjiang, northern Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan in later generations. "Have you forgotten the Western Turks? You Don’t treat Western Turks as human beings.”
"Hey, the Western Turks are just a paper tiger, they can be broken if you poke them." Li Ke waved his hand nonchalantly.
To be honest, compared to the Eastern Turks led by Jieli and others, the Western Turks led by Ashina are inferior. The main reason is that the territory of the Western Turks is too large and the population is scattered. Many of the Western Turks have surrendered. A small country in the Western Turks.
For example, the current thirty-six countries in the Western Region have actually pledged themselves to the Western Turks. Well, Gaochang has not yet done so, but they also rely on the Western Turks and have the support of the Western Turks behind them.
In addition, the tribes of the Western Turks are actually far apart from each other. Think about the fact that the territory of the Western Turks stretches from Xinjiang in later generations to the Caspian Sea. This means that the tribes of the Western Turks are too scattered.
It is very difficult to gather a large number of troops, and they are so scattered. In addition, many of these places have lush aquatic plants, so their combat effectiveness is actually not strong.
In fact, the nomads are the same as the Central Plains dynasties. They have choices and no one wants to fight.
Historically, the Central Plains dynasties have suffered greatly from the nomads. The main threat came from the erosion of the nomads who lived north of the Inner Mongolia line in later generations. These places were bitter cold places in ancient times, and the winter was very long and difficult to survive. Although many places The water and grass are plentiful, but once it snows heavily in winter, cattle and sheep are extremely easy to freeze to death.
Think about how the average temperature has increased so much in later generations, and there is often more than a foot of snow in these places. It was even more cruel in ancient times.
Therefore, the nomadic people in this place are more powerful, and there is a rich Central Plains Dynasty nearby, and of course they continue to plunder.
The places occupied by the Western Turks do not have that large population and are sparsely populated, so the nomads here do not have that strong desire to fight.
This is also the reason why the Huns were able to become the Whip of God after they were driven here by the Han Dynasty. It can only be said that those who came out of the monster room in East Asia are simply explosive hammers in other places.
For example, let's take Mongolia in later generations. I won't go into details about Mongolia's achievements. After the collapse of the Yuan Empire, there were several khanates left in the west, and their descendants, and some even perished after the Ming Dynasty, such as the third brother next door. Mughal Kingdom.
Li Ke's words left both Li Shimin and Li Chengqian speechless. If you look at the territory of the Western Turks, don't you think it's scary? You can still ignore it. You know, a Tuyuhun could drag everyone before the Tang Dynasty into ecstasy.
"You can't be careless, and you don't want to think about how many years Tuyuhun has delayed us." Li Shimin said angrily.
"Tuyuhun delayed us because a considerable part of Tuyuhun's country is located on the plateau. If they are in the plains, try it." Li Ke shook his head and said, and Tuyuhun jumped like this, isn't it because the Tang Dynasty had just been founded not long ago, and it has been Fighting with the Eastern Turks.
"Okay, then what do you mean by paying attention to these two?" Li Shimin did not dwell on the Western Turks, but wanted to know what Li Ke wanted to do.
"I want to sell supplies to Sasanian Persia and control Arabia." Li Ke expressed his thoughts.
"Selling supplies..." Li Shimin frowned, "You mean armors and weapons?"
