To be honest, after the Tang Dynasty captured Tianzhu, Li Ke was not so urgent as to whether Li Ke could capture the Middle East, because by capturing these places, he could continue to develop.
As long as the population of these places is absorbed, the total population of Datang can reach between 5000 and 600 million. This population is enough for Datang to devote enough troops to support enough professional soldiers.
This is the power of industrialization. At that time, whether it was Persia or the Middle East, it was not a big problem for the Tang Dynasty to win. However, Li Ke felt that the Tang Dynasty was not so urgent to win Persia and the Middle East and let both sides consume a wave. Let’s talk about a cultural invasion.
Because if directly occupied, these places basically do not belong to the East Asian cultural circle. It is not easy for some things to invade, and it is also difficult to make the other party feel a sense of belonging. Although the people all over the world are the same, they just want to live a stable life. It’s just a day.
These Persians and Arabs are not surprised, but at this time, they can be consumed first to show the strength of the Tang Dynasty.
Sasanian Persia has existed for a long time. Now the class of Sasanian Persia is fixed and 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 Sasanian Persia made their rule stronger. Yes, Sasanian Persia also had a caste system. After all, the caste system in Tianzhu was brought over by these Aryans. It was just that after Persia was destroyed, Arab beliefs directly destroyed the foundations of the caste system.
But this system was directly passed down in the magical place of Tianzhu, and it still exists more than a thousand years later. From this, we can see that many things on this continent are really magical.
And now because of the emergence of the Tang Dynasty, the life of Sassanid Persia has been extended. You must know that in the history of Sasanian Persia, at the end and even at the end of the history, the princes asked Datang for help, and the Tang Dynasty even established a capital in Sasanian Persia. Protect the mansion.
Even the Tang Dynasty in history could do this, and the Tang Dynasty now has no problem.
However, the current Tang Dynasty can start with a wave of cultural invasion. It cannot be said that it is a cultural invasion. It should be said that after taking over the Western Turks, it began to promote the advantages of the Tang Dynasty around Persia.
Now the life span of Sassanid Persia has been extended by Li Ke, but Datang sold them a large amount of weapons and equipment, which is tantamount to drinking poison to quench their thirst, because these weapons and equipment consume Sassanid Persia's small national power.
And they spend money to buy these things, where does the money come from? Their first idea is definitely not to take money from their own treasury. They must first exploit the lowest and largest caste people, and then gradually expand the scope of exploitation.
At this time, if Datang continues to recruit these people with better treatment, and as long as they come over, it will give them land and arrange their lives.
I believe that it won’t be long before many people from Sasanian Persia will escape, and this kind of thing will start to spread at the bottom of Sasanian Persia.
Even if it doesn't spread, Li Ke still has many ways to make it start to spread. Once there are such rumors at that time, most of the lower-class people in Sasanian Persia will have a natural affinity for the Tang Dynasty.
Similarly, the Arab side also has similar operating methods.
The Arabs' faith is not that strong now. Not to mention that their sect was founded not long ago. The reason why the faith here is so strong in later generations is because the establishment of a huge Arab empire brought faith to the local people.
In this ignorant era, as long as you say that you are the incarnation of some god, and you can lead them to achieve a better life, then you can be called a god, and some people will promote you.
Not to mention in this era, even if many messy sects can be spread in later generations, it is nothing.
And now, has Arabia brought benefits to these lower-class people? No, their lives were not much different from the original rule of Sasanian Persia, because Arabia did not expand rapidly, nor did it acquire too many assets of Persian nobles as supplements.
They could not get any supplements, and the war situation fell into a stalemate, and not only with Persia, but also with Byzantium.
If Persia and Byzantium had not been fighting each other over the so-called Roman orthodoxy and had fought wars over the years, Arabia would have been destroyed long ago.
As long as these two countries unite, the current Arab world can only be destroyed.
Therefore, now this place is actually trapped in a strange situation of equality, which gives Datang enough room to operate. Whether it is food or weapons, this place is lacking.
A lot of local gold and silver is also constantly flowing into the territory of Datang. Anyway, the gold and other materials transported from this land to Datang already contain some cultural relics from the ancient Persian period.
Obviously these were sold by these high-level Arabs.
According to the current situation, such a war would be of great benefit to Datang. The overall weakening of the strength of these three countries means that Li Ke will have the opportunity to completely annex these places in the future.
As for railways, it seems it is time to step up construction in these places.
In addition to the railway being the dock, if the railway cannot be built temporarily, the railway can at least be extended to the ports in Datang, or even to the ports in Nanyang.
It is connected to these places through ports and sea transport.
Li Ke kept thinking about the future development direction of the Tang Dynasty and the area he would deal with next. Now he just waited for the situation on the Silla side to be clear, and then captured the Japanese country, and the rear of the Tang Dynasty would be completely stable.
While Li Ke was thinking about this, Benli Shetai looked sad in the Queen City of the Queen Kingdom.
She had not yet decided whether to surrender, but as the Tang army continued to approach, although soldiers from the Queen's Kingdom were also gathering, many ministers were already trying to persuade her to surrender.
Although it was not raised above the court, he found her through a third party and wanted her to surrender, because the Queen's Kingdom really couldn't defeat the Tang Dynasty.
Moreover, the soldiers did not have any desire to fight. Only a few old generals expressed their willingness to lead the army in battle when she asked them.
But Benrisadai knew that it was useless to have the support of these generals. Without the support of other ministers, the Queen's Kingdom would perish.
The country that had existed for decades was just gone. It was gone in her hands. Benli Shetai was a little sad, but she didn't know how to resist, or... maybe this was the price of the Tang Dynasty becoming stronger.
