Chapter 575

After hearing Li Shimin's words, Huang Shang's expression was slightly stunned, and then he was frozen in place.

Huang Shang did not expect Li Shimin's appetite to be so big.

Huang Shang could understand Li Shimin's words; if he let Li Shimin send troops, then it was a matter of course for Li Shimin's army to obtain the land and national fortune of these countries after capturing the land of Great Liao, Western Xia, and Great Jin.

But if Li Shimin's iron cavalry also wanted the fortune and land possessed by Fang La and Liang Shan after capturing them, then Huang Shang had to think about it carefully.

After all, forces like Great Liao, Western Xia, Great Jin, and Southern Song were all external enemies of Northern Song.

While Fang La and Liang Shan were internal enemies of Northern Song, belonging to Northern Song's internal affairs.

The forces and land that Fang La and Liang Shan possessed now were also within the territory of Northern Song; if it were according to what Li Shimin said, then the Great Tang army would also take away their land after capturing the current Liang Shan and Fang La, which was actually cutting Northern Song's flesh!

Moreover, now Fang La and Liang Shan had already captured nearly half of Northern Song's territory.

If Great Tang swallowed the land and national fortune of this half of the territory by then, and then asked Northern Song to cede certain land, then Northern Song, which was not strong to begin with, would have its strength reduced to half of its original size after this battle!

This was something Huang Shang could not accept.

But if Huang Shang refused Li Shimin's request now, then there would really be no force that could go to help Northern Song, which was now at the end of its rope.

The only path left for Northern Song was destruction.

After thinking for nearly a quarter of an hour, Huang Shang sighed helplessly, and then looked at Li Shimin with very complex eyes.

Finally, Huang Shang decided to compromise with Li Shimin's request.

After all, if he agreed to Li Shimin's request, although Northern Song's strength would shrink, it would ultimately not be destroyed.