Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 696 The situation of the Western Turks

Western Turks, compared to Eastern Turks, are undoubtedly much weaker.Even so, it was not an ordinary foreign power, but the suzerain state of many countries in the Western Regions, or the 'Supreme Emperor'.

The Great Tang eradicated Jieli and flattened the grasslands, spreading its prestige far and wide.But for the Western Regions, after all, it is beyond the reach of the whip, and it is difficult to have a major impact.

For the countries in the Western Regions, the Tang Dynasty was too far away, while the Western Turks were too close.

In the early years, when Xieli was still pretending to be aggressive with a knife in the grassland, the relationship between Western Turks and Datang was very harmonious.

Because everyone has a common performance goal, get rid of Jieli, and merge Turkic International Animal Husbandry Company.

But, later, the Western Turks found out, damn it, I haven’t tried hard yet, the Tang Dynasty has already eaten the Turks, and they are still enclosing land in the grassland?
In this way, because of the unexpected strength of Datang, the Western Turks have gradually become estranged from Datang in recent years.

Because, who doesn't know that the emperor of the Central Plains is "very happy", and that every unified dynasty will definitely fight against the outside world.

The Western Regions were under the control of the Central Plains people in the early years.

Nevertheless, the two countries have not broken their faces, but are in a relatively peaceful period.

This is not a win-win cooperation between the two countries, but that there are problems in each country.

"In your opinion, what should we do?" Li Zhiyun asked.

Yu Zhining said: "Choose an envoy to go to Western Turks, and order him not to help Tuyuhun."

Li Zhiyun thought for a while, and felt that this matter should be feasible.Because he got the news that in the past two years, the West Turkic interior has been very disturbed.

Returning to Chang'an, Li Zhiyun held a small court meeting in Liangyi Hall, with Liuxiang, Liubu Shangshu, and nine temple officials in attendance.

Yu Zhining expressed his views on Tuyuhun's next move, and suggested sending people to Western Turks.

Yang Gongren said: "Your Majesty, I don't think the Western Turks will favor Tuyuhun in the past two years."

"Why?" the emperor asked lightly.

"There are two great powers fighting within it, and I'm afraid there is no time to take care of the trivial matters of Tuyuhun." Yang Gongren said.

Western Turks and Eastern Turks split earlier.Two years after Yang Jian replaced Zhou, the East and West Turks officially split. The cause was that the Western Turkic Datou Khan refused to recognize the Eastern Turkic Sabolo Khan who had just ascended the throne at that time.

Coupled with Yang Jian's mischief in it, he successfully split the most powerful grassland empire at that time, splitting it into two, each occupying east and west.

Despite this, Eastern Turks still have an absolute crushing advantage over Western Turks.At the same time, it also caused great military pressure on the Sui Dynasty at that time.However, compared with the previous unified Turkic Empire, there was only one Eastern Turkic Empire, and the pressure on the Sui Dynasty was undoubtedly reduced a lot.

Yang Jian used wise tactics to repeat the splitting conspiracy several times, constantly causing internal friction and splitting in East Turkic, and finally sent troops out of the grassland, took East Turkic in one fell swoop, and forced it to become a vassal.Later Eastern Turks rose and fell several times, and finally died in the hands of Li Zhiyun.

The Western Turks in the Western Regions are relatively peaceful.And because the Sui Dynasty was strong at that time, the Western Turks continued to fight among themselves and their strength became weaker and weaker. It was not until Tong Yehu Khan came to power that the decline of the Western Turks gradually began to reverse.

Tong Yehu reigned for twelve years, merged with the rest of Tiele in the north, crossed the Amu Darya River in the southwest, and occupied the hometown of Tocharo.

In the old days when the Eastern Turks were still there, Tong Yehu sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty, saying that they were willing to join forces with the Tang people to destroy Jieli together.

But, later Datang destroyed the Eastern Turks himself, so there was nothing wrong with the Western Turks.

In the second year of Zhenguan, Tong Yehu was murdered by his uncle Mo Heduo because of his violent rule and harsh policies.

His uncle made himself the Khan of Mohe Duhou Quli Qiliqipi, and the Western Turks were quite unhappy with this behavior, and instead they all pushed whoever was the Khan.Ni Yu was determined not to be in power, so he elected the son of Tong Yehu Khan, Ashina Huli as the Khan, named Si Yehu Khan.

As a result, the Western Turks started a civil war.

In the fourth year of Zhenguan, Mo Heduo was defeated and killed by Ni Shu, and Si Yehu was elected as the Great Khan of the Western Turks by the tribes of the Western Regions.

It's a pity that this person is vicious and vicious, suspicious and suspicious, and likes to kill heroes, even the mud who supported him to the top was hunted down and killed.

Right now, the rivalry between the two powers that Yang Gongren mentioned is Siyehu Khan, Huli and Ni.

In other words, without the intervention of the Tang Dynasty, the Western Turks split up on the spot.This is why the Western Turks seem to be powerful, but they still dare not provoke the Tang Dynasty.

Du Ruhui said: "Nevertheless, we have to guard against it. Ashina is selfish and cruel, so there is no need to communicate with him. You can send envoys to Yanqi Kingdom to pay a visit to Nishi."

Ni Lu fled to the Yanqi Kingdom in the Western Regions after being chased and killed by Hu Li.In terms of geographical location, Yanqi State, where Niyu is located, is closest to Shanshan City, the western center of Tuyuhun.

On the contrary, Siyehu Khan Ashina was farther away.

"Niyu." Li Zhiyun felt a little disappointed. Back then, Niyu came to pay tribute to Chang'an under the order of Tong Yehu Khan and asked to marry the princess of the clan.However, Li Zhiyun did not agree at the time.

"Okay, send envoys to see Nishi." Li Zhiyun changed his voice and asked, "Who wants to go to Yanqi?"

The ministers looked at each other in blank dismay, few dared to stand up and plead for orders.

The main reason, of course, is that Yanqi is located in the Western Regions, with high mountains and long roads, and countless dangers along the way, few people are willing to take risks.

At this time, Shangshu Youcheng Su Shichang came out, "Your Majesty, I am willing to go."

"Good." Li Zhiyun said: "Then let Su Aiqing be the envoy and go to Yanqi."

"Yes."

After the court meeting, Li Zhiyun returned to Ganlu Hall and ordered people to bring the "map of the world" and piece it together on the ground.

He stepped on cotton socks and walked on this huge map.

This picture is quite huge, three feet long and two feet wide.The above takes the Central Plains of the Tang Dynasty as the central reference point, and expands outward, showing the forces of all parties in turn.

At present, the Turks in the north have completely disappeared, and have turned into the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty's Dudufu. In addition, there are some tribes in the north, which are quite clearly marked, and they can be seen at a glance.

The rivers and mountains above are marked with different colors.

In the northeast, there are maps of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla.In addition, there are tribes such as the Li tribe, the Shiwei tribe, and the Mohe tribe.

To the west is Tuyuhun, a map of Western Turks.

Li Zhiyun rubbed his chin, walked to the Western Regions, looked at the Western Turks that had been divided into two, thoughtfully.

Tang Shang traveled all over the world, so naturally there is no shortage of detailed works sent by Li Zhiyun.In this corner of the Western Region, every area, every tribe, every country, and every main city is marked very conspicuously.

Naturally, Li Zhiyun found Shanshan City, the western center of Tuyuhun, and the location of Yanqi Kingdom.

Ok?
He suddenly discovered that Yanqi was adjacent to Gaochang.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, it is not a pity, because the current civil strife in Western Turks is a great opportunity for Tang soldiers to enter the Western Regions.

It's a pity that Datang himself needs time to cultivate.

But it doesn't matter, taking advantage of the civil strife in Western Turks, it should be no problem to wipe out Tuyuhun within the next two years.

At that time, Datang can be regarded as completely established in the Western Regions.

time!

Li Zhiyun sighed, if there were no disasters in those few years, the Tang soldiers would have already arrived in the Western Regions, why wait so much.

However, he didn't have any regrets, because of his existence, compared with Li Shimin's time in history, many things were done in advance by him, and disaster relief was better than Li Shimin's time.

Moreover, the destruction of Turks, the destruction of Xue Yantuo and the Uighurs, and the construction of cement roads are all things that Li Shimin has never done in a short period of time.

(End of this chapter)