Inside the Anyang City Lord’s Mansion, a huge screen displayed the form and layout of Anyang within a radius of thousands of miles.
Many senior executives from Anyang gathered together. Dong Guanwu stood behind Li Xian, skillfully recording various things.
Beichen Yuqing and Yan Zhengqing stood in front of the screen, discussing and analyzing military intelligence with each other, while Xu Ren, Li Yuanming, Yan Ze'an, and Yuan Yong in the back helped sort out the political situation. The people represented by Fang Shijing were responsible for analyzing the business situation.
After summarizing everything, Xu Ren was responsible for reporting to Li Xian:
"According to the existing intelligence analysis, it is roughly as follows. The State of Cai retreated to Sanchuan, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is reported that the State of Cai found remaining red copper in the ancient red copper mine in Tongchuan. The output is not much, but it is enough to arm some major masters and exchange enough wealth for the State of Cai. However, the State of Cai retreated to Sanchuan and became somewhat closed. Under the current circumstances, the State of Cai can still hold on for a long time if it wants to protect itself; but it will be very difficult to expand outward."
"Is it possible to launch bombing from high altitudes and cooperate with ground forces to eliminate the State of Cai?" Li Xian asked.
"Why should we destroy the State of Cai?" Xu Ren asked back.
"Um?"
"Keep Cai as a barrier! Prevent the northern Deng State from fully bordering Tang State. At the same time, keep Cai as bait. We even have to help make the information about Cai State's discovery of red copper ore public, so that other countries will keep an eye on Cai State. During this time, Tang State and we should seize the time to develop. No matter what, we don't have enough time to develop now, and we haven't experienced the precipitation of years yet."
"I see!" Li Xian nodded, "Then let Cai go. If necessary, we can sell them enough arms to help them resist foreign humiliation."
Resist foreign humiliation? If Li Xian said this in front of the Emperor of Cai, he would definitely be spit in the face. The biggest foreign humiliation is not your Anyang and Tang Kingdom!
After a pause, Xu Ren continued, "The Xiao Kingdom is now in high spirits. Xiao Liming has been secretly preparing for decades, and now it can be said that it is soaring. But the Xiao Kingdom was born at the wrong time. We are in the east, and several big countries are attacking in the west. It seems to be prosperous, but it is hiding the root of trouble. It is only a matter of time before it perishes. We don't need to care about the Xiao Kingdom, nor do we need to attack the Xiao Kingdom. When necessary, we even need to support the Xiao Kingdom and buy time. Let the Xiao Kingdom stand in front of us and buy enough opportunities for us. Once the Xiao Kingdom is destroyed, Qi, Chen and other countries, and even Jin, will inevitably attack Anyang. They will not allow us to continue to develop like this."
Li Xian looked at the map and nodded, "Well, stay for a few days, and then ask... Deputy Prime Minister Yuan to go to Xiao State and discuss a cooperative relationship."
Yuan Yong was a little stunned!
Yuan Cai died in Xiao State, and the Yuan family has always wanted to seek revenge on Xiao State; now Li Xian actually sent Yuan Yong to be an envoy to Xiao State, this is really... a good arrangement!
Xu Ren and others also looked over and looked at Yuan Yong.
Yuan Yong hesitated for a while, and finally nodded. It should be said that this was actually Li Xian's care for Yuan Yong, and of course it was also a test - if this thing went wrong, Yuan Yong would lose everything he had! But just with this arrangement, Li Xian had tacitly allowed Yuan Yong to take some revenge, but it should not affect the overall situation!