The shelling lasted for two full hours, and the Alibag Steel Plant and the city of Alibag turned into a sea of ​​flames. The entire city was shrouded in thick smoke, and countless citizens fled in all directions on the streets.

Li Xiu knew that this was just a way to vent his anger. Wu Sangui didn't care at all if a city like this was destroyed one or two. Maybe the Alibag Steelmaking Plant could make him feel distressed.

It's just distressing. As for the lives of Indians, Li Xiu doesn't care, and Wu Sangui doesn't care either. Anyway, people in this country are always giving birth. In their eyes, this rat-like nation has extremely strong reproductive capabilities. How many people die?

It won't take long for thousands of people to recover.

After stopping the bombardment which had no strategic significance, Li Xiu led his people back to Singapore Port.

Useless!

This is all Li Xiu’s feelings!

Three armored ships were knocked over by an unknown weapon. I still haven’t figured out what it was. I only know that this thing may have come from the bottom of the sea. Did the Dragon King do it?

While Li Xiu was distressed, Li Xiao was making great progress in the Western Regions.

After taking Xingxingxia and Hami one after another, the entire Western Region opened its arms to him. In front of Li Xiao's huge military power, Galdan of the Western Region was not worth mentioning. The only thing Li Xiao is afraid of now is that Galdan abandons the Ili Valley and runs away directly

Go to India.

Once something like this happens, Ming Dynasty will have to maintain a large number of troops in the Western Regions.

The Central Asia area facing the Western Region is too vast. Sprinkling three of his field divisions into it is no different than sprinkling a layer of pepper noodles. Later generations of Taizu also moved millions of people here.

This land is completely in your hands.

Just like this, people from the Western Regions still make trouble from time to time!

Of course, there is no national border now. The so-called Ili Valley may not be the border of the Ming Dynasty.

Sun Chengzong once said a concept that Li Xiao found very reasonable. That is, a country does not have any national borders. Wherever a country's army can occupy and hold on, that is the country's border.

Li Xiao had to face this problem. Where should his army attack and effectively occupy the land? Does the Ming Dynasty have enough population to fill the occupied lands?

If there is not enough population to occupy this land, the consequences will be no different from when the Tang Dynasty occupied the Western Regions. When the power of the Han people declines, people from the Western Regions will reoccupy it. The Han people who immigrated will be conquered by various groups of people from the Western Regions.

Kill them all.

This was the fate of the Tang Dynasty's immigrants in the Western Regions. Li Xiao did not want the tragedy to happen a hundred years later.

If you want to avoid making the same mistakes again, you must ensure the safety of the Hexi Corridor. And to do this, you must deal with Tubo.

The Tibetan man in front of me is wearing a leather robe. It is a little different from the Mongols. The Tibetan leather robe has only one sleeve. I don't know why.

"The great and respected Generalissimo, the humble Gesar pays you the highest respect." Gesar, with curly hair and two plateau red lumps on his face, held the hada in his hands and bowed.

Standing in front of Li Xiao.

The white hada swayed in the wind. Gesar lowered his head and looked at the ground, not daring to move.

Li Xiao looked at the guy named Gesar in front of him for a long time. He was the king of the Tubo people. But he was a king who was driven out of power and wandered around.

The lamas in Tubo wanted him to die very much, but he could not die yet because his name was of infinite value to Li Xiao. This man could be a starting point for the Ming Dynasty to enter Tubo, a high-sounding reason.

The only question now is... what kind of person is this guy?

Li Xiao doesn't want to make the same mistake that Fu Chai made!

The scene was eerily quiet. For five minutes, Gesar remained motionless, holding the hada in both hands without even daring to raise his head.

"Oh! Get up!" Li Xiao reached out and took the hada, rolled it into a ball and threw it to Shunzi next to him like a rag.

"Raise your head." After Li Xiao took the hada, Gesar still bowed and did not move.

Gesar raised his head, and what Li Xiao saw was a pair of eyes that were aimless and wandering. He didn't even dare to look at Li Xiao, his eyes were always wandering, and Li Xiao was not sure where his eyes would land.

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"Come in and sit down!" Li Xiao took the lead in walking into his huge tent.

Gesar followed Li Xiao like a timid child following his father, only reaching for Li Xiao's sleeves with his hands.

"How do you want me to help you?" Li Xiao sat on the chair, with Gesar following behind him still bowing.

"I want to ask the Generalissimo to send troops to help me regain the throne from the Living Buddha." When Gesar mentioned the Living Buddha, Li Xiao could see his fists clenched. It was obvious that this guy and the Living Buddha were both bitter.

Deep hatred.

"oh!"

"Please, Generalissimo, please!" Gesar suddenly fell to his knees on the ground and began to cry "woo" and "woo".

"My family was burned alive by them, and my youngest daughter was fed to vultures alive. The Living Buddha shamelessly took away my throne. They were too cruel and excessive. I want to avenge my family, and I want to

The little Zhuoma who died tragically takes revenge."

Li Xiao nodded, this can be regarded as a bitter and bitter enmity.

The Tubo people believe in Buddhism, and their Buddhism is very different from Central Plains Buddhism. This sect, called Tantra, has many branches. The living Buddha in Gesar's mouth is the speaker of one of the larger branches.

Almost everyone in Tubo believes in Tantric Buddhism, and religion is even more powerful than the royal power in Tubo. It is not surprising that poor Gesar was squeezed into such a state by the Living Buddha.

"You were deprived of your throne by the living Buddha. Even though I want to help you, I don't want my soldiers to go to Tibet and suffer. You know, we Han people will suffer from gas problems when we go to the plateau. Our combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. We can't stay in Qinghai for a while.

If we just make do and go to Tibet...haha!" Li Xiao smiled bitterly.

Not only because of Qi disease, but also because the people of Tubo are so poor that no one can benefit from it. Since there is no benefit, no one is willing to fight in Tubo. Forcing people to fight in Tubo has no enthusiasm for fighting.

It is easy for soldiers to work hard. When the time comes to attribute the defeat to Qi disease, there is nothing Shangguan can do.

"Generalissimo! Please, please!" After hearing Li Xiao say that he did not support his return to the country, Gesar immediately fell to his knees on the ground and kowtowed.

"That's it! We Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming's troops have entered Qinghai. In the future, Qinghai will be merged into the territory of the Ming Dynasty! I can make you the king of Tufan, but you have to bring your own army to take the throne back. But... you Tubo people

Many of them are followers of the Living Buddha. Even if I give you a gun, you will have nowhere to recruit soldiers." In battles on the plateau, only plateau people can be used.

Li Xiao didn't want to waste his precious elites in a place like Tibet where no one was shitting. No matter how beautiful the scenery was, the soldiers would probably not be willing to go.

"Returning to the Generalissimo, my master is the Panchen Lama. He is also one of the largest sects in Tibet, and the number of followers is second only to the Living Buddha. If the Generalissimo is willing to give me weapons, money and food, and give me a small area to train troops, I

He will lead his troops to kill Lazar and use his own strength to regain the throne."

"Oh! What benefits does it bring to me if I help you seize the throne?" Li Xiao rolled his eyes. He didn't have anything of real money, but he actually wanted to negotiate terms with me.

"If the Generalissimo helps us, I will recognize Qinghai as the territory of the Ming Dynasty. I, Tibet, will also be the Generalissimo's slave forever. From now on, I will come to the DPRK every year and pay tribute year after year!" Gesar was actually generous, and he immediately made the whole

Qinghai was given to Ming Dynasty.

"Hahaha...!" Li Xiao suddenly laughed, looking at Gesar as if he was seeing the funniest thing in the world.

"Qinghai! Belong to me, the Ming Dynasty? Now Qinghai is in my hands, do you want to try it?" Li Xiao leaned forward, looking like a tiger about to come out of its hole.

"No! No! No! There is absolutely no such idea. If I seize the royal power of Tubo, I will definitely become your most loyal slave. I will agree to everything you ask Tubo to do." Gesar quickly defended, Li Xiao is

His only life-saving straw is also his only hope for revenge.

"Then can I send troops to Lhasa?" Li Xiao said lightly.

"Okay!" Gesar said without any hesitation.

"The military force under your command will be commanded by our Ming generals. That's no problem, right?"

"No problem!" Gesar still did not hesitate.

"I will spit out Tibetan immigrants to you!"

"No... no problem." Gesar hesitated for a moment and immediately agreed to this condition. The other party was supported by the Mongols. If the Ming Dynasty was willing to support him, then the chances of winning the fight would be much greater.

People on the plateau have very limited agricultural harvests, and the population has been unable to grow due to the influence of agriculture. In addition, the Living Buddha may need a pair of eyes, a pair of hands, or someone to skin a few human skins.

Population is a major problem on the plateau. Now the Han people are coming in, which is very difficult for the single-ethnic Tubo people to accept.

Even agreeing to things like immigration and handing over command of the army is already considered a loss of power and humiliation of the country. Gesar's agreement was unambiguous. In his eyes, in addition to revenge, he wanted to regain the throne.

As for whether the army is in the hands of the Ming army, it doesn't matter! As long as I am the king!

"Okay!" Li Xiao clapped his hands and agreed to these conditions without any ambiguity. Li Xiao admired the idiot in front of him.

"I still need to discuss this matter with the capital. You can go back and wait for news." Li Xiao casually flicked his sleeves, and Shunzi shouted with a wink: "Send off the guest."

"No! Thank you so much, Marshal, for your help. Marshal, live forever. Marshal, you...!" Gesar was excited, and the blessings came rolling in, making everyone around him dizzy.

"King of Tubo, please pull it!" Shunzi Hengdao immediately stood in front of Li Xiao, his hand never leaving the trigger.

"Thank you, Marshal, thank you, Marshal." Gesar was still thanking him until he was far away from the tent. Although, Li Xiao didn't promise him anything.

"Bring him in!" Li Xiao ordered softly as Gesar was far away.

"See the Generalissimo!" If King Sagar hadn't left, he would have been so frightened that he couldn't sleep when he saw you appearing here.

"Even if he doesn't leave, the result will be the same. Generalissimo, you are in charge of the world's troops. I believe you will be able to judge who will make the decision in Tubo."

"Sando! Don't be too confident. If I hand you over to Gesar, who is already going crazy, your fate will be even more miserable. Will they skin you?"

"You are the general marshal here, and what you say is the imperial edict. Since you have spoken, there is no chance of the villain talking."

It can be seen that this Duosang still has a somewhat diplomatic demeanor. Compared with the Avatar just now, Li Xiao shook his head helplessly. Young people always like to cheat money with all kinds of tricks!

"Gesar is no match for you because you are more courageous to speak out."

"Now that everything is open, everyone should be happy. We want Qinghai, and I will send people to take over your territory. I hope this matter ends here."

"No problem! We completely agree to this." Duosang agreed quickly, even more stubbornly than Gesar.
To be continued...