"We must not be given firearms. Not to mention gunpowder, even a grenade cannot be given to them. But what I am worried about now is that Goryeo is disobedient. If they send troops behind their backs to attack Liao when we attack Dangxiang with the Liao Kingdom, which distracts the Liao Kingdom, our plan may be affected." Zhao Zhen whispered while stroking his beard. Since he had been raising his beard, he had developed this small move. He liked to stroke two things if he had anything to do.

"We didn't expect the Liao Kingdom, but the small country of Goryeo is too ungrateful. We just took back some of our land, and we didn't even listen to our orders, and even coveted our firearms. If we don't teach these Goryeo people a lesson, I'm afraid they will be on the nose in the future!" Li Zhang's anger towards Goryeo had not yet subsided, and he said angrily again.

"Don't worry, this cousin, I have issued an order to make people cut off the aid to Goryeo. In addition, the envoys sent to Goryeo are also recalled to let those Goryeo people calm down before talking about it!" Zhao Zhen said immediately.

In order to encourage Goryeo to attack the Liao Kingdom, the Song Dynasty agreed to a batch of aid from the other side. Of course, this batch of aid was not given at once, but in batches. It was given several times before. Now that Goryeo is disobedient, it naturally does not need to give it again. The recall of the envoy also showed his attitude. It is believed that it will not take long before Goryeo will send someone to ask for the Song Dynasty.

Li Zhang nodded after hearing this. Although he was very annoyed by Goryeo, it was not the time to deal with them. First, Goryeo was useful to the Song Dynasty and could help them restrain the Liao Kingdom. Second, the Song Dynasty could not distribute troops. After all, even the navy went to the southeast and north islands, and the army was even preparing to attack Dangxiang and could not withdraw troops at all.

After chatting about Goryeo, Li Zhang and the others discussed the Li Dynasty again. Di Qing's latest battle report had been sent back. The war was going very smoothly. It is estimated that they have now reached Shenglong City, and Li Foma also fled back to Shenglong City and summoned a lot of troops. It seems that they wanted to fight to the death with them at the city.

Regarding the result of this war, Li Zhang and Zhao Zhen both believed that Li Foma had no possibility of turning around. This was not because they were too optimistic, but because of their confidence in their own strength. Taking a step back, even if Di Qing failed in the war, under the guarantee of the strong national strength of the Song Dynasty, he could have organized a second and third attacks, but Li Foma did not have such an opportunity.

Therefore, Li Zhang and Zhao Zhen have now begun to discuss how to govern the Li Dynasty. Originally, a remote place like Li Zhang could not reach the eyes of the Song Dynasty, but now it is necessary to develop the Nanyang Sea, and the Li Dynasty's location is very important. At least the ports in the coastal areas should be occupied to facilitate the docking of ships, so the Li Dynasty must also control it.

I want to talk about some here, because the navigation industry was underdeveloped during the Song Dynasty, most of the seaships sailed in the near sea, and it can even be said that they sailed along the coastline, and sometimes they would detour long routes, so some routes that arrived in straight lines still need to be explored slowly, of course, this will definitely take time.

Half a month later, good news came from Di Qing. Shenglong City was conquered. After seeing the city breaking, Li Foma refused to surrender. He gathered in the palace with his wife and children, and then burned his whole family. Speaking of which, Li Foma had several other brothers, but he had been killed by him many years ago for rebellion. Now that their family is completely dead, the Li Dynasty royal family has completely cut off.

However, Li Zhang always felt that Li Foma's family died too thoroughly. Even if Li Foma was unwilling to surrender, there was no need to bring the whole family with him. It is said that several of his sons had grown up and could escape. However, Di Qing's battle report said that all Li Foma's sons died in the fire, which seemed a bit abnormal. After all, with Li Foma's wisdom, it is impossible not to leave a way out for his Li Dynasty.

Of course, although this situation is suspicious, it is a good thing for the Song Dynasty. Li Foma and his descendants are all dead, so there is no need to worry about someone in Nanyue who uses the name of the Li family to make trouble in the future.

The Li Dynasty was destroyed, and the southern border of the Song Dynasty finally lost one major threat. However, this also scared another small country in the south, that is, Dali. Although the Song Dynasty was always very cold to Dali, and did not interact with it or were hostile to it, facing the increasingly powerful Song Dynasty, he also destroyed the Li Dynasty, which scared Dali, and immediately sent envoys to show his kindness to the Song Dynasty.

Speaking of which, Zhao Kuangyin did not attack Dali, it was not because he did not want to fight, but because after conquering Shuzhong, his national strength was no longer good. In addition, Dali was honest, so the Song Dynasty's attitude towards Dali was always cold. Although Dali sent envoys to request tribute to the Song Dynasty many times, the Song Dynasty just refused. It can even be said that the two countries basically had no exchanges at the national level.

The Song Dynasty still took cold measures to deal with Dali's show of goodwill. In fact, Li Zhang could understand the Song Dynasty's attitude towards Dali. First of all, Dali is not a small country, at least much stronger than the Li Dynasty. In terms of its land area alone, it is actually not much smaller than the Western Xia in history, and it is located in the southwest and has a very complex terrain.

For a country like Dali, if you want to fight, it may be astronomical to consume manpower and material resources, especially the southwest mountains are too many, which is not conducive to the development of the army. If you agree to Dali's tribute, the Song Dynasty would not be at ease with such a large vassal state. Maybe if you are not careful, you may have raised a second Liao Kingdom, so you can only use the cold treatment of the present.

However, Dali has not had a good life in recent years. The current Dali emperor in power is Duan Suxing. This person is a famous "flower and grass emperor" in Dali history. The so-called flowers and plants do not mean that this person likes to be flirted with flowers, but literally, Duan Suxing loves flowers and plants and becomes a fool. The entire palace is full of flowers and plants. Every day, he lets dancers sing and dance with flowers and plants, and ignores the government affairs at all. Dali is also full of grievances.

An emperor is called a foolish monarch, which may be because of lust, or because of good wine, or because of great joy in the world, but some people become a foolish monarch because of their preference for flowers and plants. This person can be compared with the carpenter emperor Zhu Youxiao, who was later.

Li Zhang was very interested in Dali and asked the blessing of martial arts in later generations. He had checked Dali information in later generations and knew that the flower emperor Duan Suxing would be deposed by Gao in a few years. From that moment on, Gao took over the power of Dali, and even once deposed Duan and became emperor. Even though Duan later regained the throne, Gao was still not liquidated, but still held the power. Almost all the position of prime minister came from the Gao family.
Chapter completed!