If you can defeat your opponent at a low cost, naturally no one will bother to play complicated tricks. The key point is that this simple trick is extremely effective, and it directly limits Datang's main strategy.
What is this called? This is called extremely cost-effective.
Since ancient times, the criterion for measuring a strategy is its cost-effectiveness.
How much strategic goal can be achieved at such low cost?
Now the Romans are undoubtedly playing this skill very beautifully.
And according to what Li Sheng said.
By doing this, the Romans could not only disrupt the strategic process of the Tang Dynasty at this stage, but also do many other things and produce all kinds of incredible diversified effects.
In the future, the Tang Dynasty will be in constant trouble visible to the naked eye.
Can this still be solved with a simple strategy?
Chai Shao asked cutely, and Li Sheng shrugged.
"What's there to say? Just treat the other person the way he should be treated, and not return the favor in kind."
"Fight back?"
Chai Shao couldn't help but be stunned for a moment after hearing this, why did he retaliate again?
It's not that Chai Shao didn't have martial ethics and didn't know how to fight back when he was beaten, but Li Sheng had already said it just now.
The severe punishment strategy of "if you reach out, you will be caught" is mainly used to deal with bandits and pirates. Of course, Li Sheng did not directly mention drug lords or the like, but used bandits and pirates instead.
Although this year, there have been several waves of incidents reported in the commercial ports along the coast of the Tang Dynasty that were carried out by pirates, such as kidnapping, arson, and the most common, simple looting, not to mention simple looting, but these pirates can be compared with Ordinary pirates are different.
If the imperial court could end the game with just one strike, it would have done it long ago, why would it wait until today?
The reason why I waited until today is because it is useless.
It was funded by the Romans, which means that pirates must come out one after another.
As the saying goes, mice's sons can dig holes. Pirates are not the stereotyped Caribbean gangsters. In reality, most pirates are just a group of opportunists.
If you see where the control is not strict, you will plunder it. The essence is similar to that of corrupt officials.
Datang could kill a group of the most daring ones with a single blow, but besides the most daring ones, there were many others who were not so bold, but not small either, and were much more cunning and clever.
This group of people would know the cruising patterns of the Tang Dynasty's navy, the number of dispatches, and eventually use the weapons and resources donated by the Romans to maintain long-term relations with the Tang Dynasty.
If things turned out like that, it would be really troublesome.
in other words.
According to what Li Sheng meant, Chai Shao felt that not only was it ineffective, it even had counter-effects!
How could Li Sheng think so?
Chai Shao's face was full of confusion. He looked at Li Sheng and frowned.
"I'm afraid it won't have any effect. Even if the Tang Dynasty can severely inflict heavy losses on the pirates, can't the Romans continue to feed the pirates?"
The term "raising bandits to cause trouble" is not new in China. The more common sister version is "raising tigers to cause trouble", but in general they are similar. In short, the meaning is that distance is based on the game, that is, you cannot give up all resources, and you should force it. If it's on the scalp, then it can only be applied.
Otherwise, if you give up the tower, the dragon, and all your teammates, then nothing will be left in the end.
But when Li Sheng heard this, it was Li Sheng's turn to be stunned for a moment.
"Isn't this natural? After tit for tat, the Romans can indeed continue to raise pirates to cause trouble to the Tang Dynasty."
"I'm not an idiot, okay?"
"But this."
Chai Shao was immediately confused, "Since the Romans can continue to cause trouble, then in the Tang Dynasty, aren't these things still unresolved?"
Chai Shao couldn't help but be shocked. What Li Sheng said was simply nonsense literature.
"What hasn't been solved? Just solve it directly."
Li Sheng shrugged, "To resolve a conflict, you need to go through a process and then achieve a result, but this time the Romans are engaged in means, not deep-rooted conflicts. To solve a means rather than a contradiction, then just create
An influence, just offset the effect of this method."
"The key is hedging. Do you understand hedging?"
Li Sheng felt that what he said was clear enough, and it was all about this. This is the content of liberal arts.
As a science student, I have almost used all the liberal arts knowledge I learned online. If Mr. Chai still doesn't understand, then the generation gap is really not as big as usual.
But since we were talking nonsense while drinking, we couldn’t blame others for wasting our time. After all, we were just talking nonsense, right? So Li Sheng had to elaborate, "To put it bluntly, the pirates relied on the top-quality equipment sent by the Romans.
So it’s expanded? You need to know about creatures like pirates.”
"If it had been before, it would have been difficult to deal with. They were just a group of pure desperadoes. But the imperial court has cleared them for several years, and the maritime trade industry network has absorbed these people. The backbone of the original pirates have all been good.
He went to become a maritime merchant. Then Mr. Chai, you have to think about what are the elements of those who are still working as pirates now?"
"To put it bluntly, it's just speculation, similar to thieves who steal chickens and dogs. This gang of people behaves differently from the previous desperadoes and pirates. Those gangs of dogs don't care about any logic in their actions. As long as they have more money, they dare to pounce on them.
"
"But these pirates now know how to calculate the risks and gains and losses. So."
"The imperial court only needs to find a way to make them feel that it is not worthwhile to take action, and they will naturally return to a wait-and-see state - it's done!"
"Young master, you mean to set an example as a warning to others?"
This meant killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, but Chai Shao was still confused. Li Sheng now understood what he said, but this was probably what the court was doing.
But I don't think this will be useful, because, as I said before, the pirates are backed by the Romans, not only in terms of weapons and equipment, but also in terms of intelligence, the Romans will definitely help.
After all, Romans are different from ordinary barbarians. This guy belongs to a big family and has a big business. He can try any operation and play, including intelligence work that is far superior to ordinary barbarians.
As for the Romans' strategy of raising bandits to become a nuisance to the Tang Dynasty, the Romans were pursuing big things with a small amount of money.
But providing information to pirates doesn't really cost a lot of money - it probably costs nothing, and may even make money.
The military and political information gathered by Rome itself was sold to the pirates at a low price, and that was it.
This transaction is very likely to exist, and in this way, the Romans' plan this time is not only extremely effective, but also the cost may be lower than everyone expected at the beginning.
In this case, how did Datang kill this wave of chickens to scare the monkeys on the sea?