Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 658
In the first lunar month, the cold wind was still blowing on the Turkic grassland.

There are a lot of pastures here, but these pastures will not sprout green shoots until the end of the first lunar month.

And in this cold weather, a fast horse rushed into the Turkic King City quickly.

"There is news reported to His Majesty Khan, go and report it."

The man on the horse seemed very anxious, so the guards of the royal city didn't dare to hesitate, and went straight to the palace after a while, and told Jieli Khan about the situation.

After Jieli Khan finished listening, he ordered someone to bring the spy in.

"What's the latest news about Datang?"

"Your Majesty Khan, Datang has been developing very fast recently, and it seems that they are obviously gaining momentum, waiting for their revenge."

Jieli Khan is a person with a sense of urgency. Although he reconciled with Datang through the Weishui alliance, he knows that Datang will not be reconciled. Therefore, he has sent people to investigate everything in Datang, so that he can Control the situation of Datang.

Hearing that Datang was indeed accumulating strength, Jieli Khan's eyebrows suddenly showed a fierce light. He would not allow his enemies to grow slowly.

Jieli Khan sat on his throne and asked, "Tell me, what did the Tang Dynasty do?"

"Your Majesty Khan, first of all, Datang encourages business and wants to vigorously develop the economy in order to make their Datang richer."

For this, Xieli Khan didn't react at all. If Datang is rich, it is a good thing for them, because they like to plunder the rich. fanny pack.

"What's more, the Tang Dynasty now implements two military systems, the government military system and the recruiting system. They have recruited [-] soldiers and horses and are training."

Hearing that Datang had picked up the recruitment system that had been abolished for several years, Jieli Khan's eyes narrowed slightly. The recruitment system is generally used in troubled times. In this case, it is the most important way to increase a country's military strength. an effective means.

Datang obviously sensed the crisis, so he reactivated the recruitment system in order to train a team of soldiers and horses specially used for fighting.

However, if there are only [-] soldiers and horses, it seems that they are not particularly powerful.

"Go on."

"Your Majesty Khan, in addition to training soldiers, Datang also sent people to Dawan Kingdom in the Western Regions, where they bought a fine horse called Ben Leima. Now, this caravan that bought Ben Lei horse , have already left Dawan Kingdom and headed for Chang'an City."

Hearing that Datang had purchased horses on a large scale, Jieli Khan suddenly stood up from his chair.

"Obviously, Datang is preparing to form a cavalry."

Jieli Khan's expression looked a little dignified. You must know that the most powerful of their Turks is their cavalry. When fighting, one of their cavalry can reach five or six people in the Tang Dynasty.

In other words, if Datang wants to stop their Turkic cavalry, they must have five or six times as many troops.

This is an ace division for them Turks.

But if Datang also had powerful cavalry, then the situation would be bad for them. In other words, Datang was slowly closing the distance between them.

Datang used to have cavalry, but because the speed and explosive power of the horses were not good, and the cavalry of Datang was not good at equestrian skills, so when they really faced the battle on the flat ground, the Tang army was not their opponent at all.

A feeling of uneasiness arose spontaneously. The reform of the recruitment system did not really worry him, but the growth of the cavalry made him uneasy.

Jieli Khan walked back and forth in the palace. After walking a few steps like this, he suddenly stopped and asked, "Where are those caravans now?"

"It has left Dawan Kingdom and is on the Silk Road."

Jieli Khan nodded. Although the Silk Road is nominally under the control of Datang, in fact there are still many forces inside. There are many, many tribes of the Corps, and even some Dangxiang tribes. These people make a living on the Silk Road, so there will be many variables on the Silk Road.

Perhaps one day, the Silk Road will no longer belong to Datang.

A sneer appeared on the corner of Jieli Khan's mouth, and he continued, "Tell Mo Xia to lead two thousand cavalry to go straight to the Silk Road and plunder the Tang family's caravan. Those they bought from Dawan Kingdom Good horse, they want it from the Turks, but remember, let the ink shrimp change into the clothes of the robber, now, it is not time for us to have a showdown with Datang."

Jieli Khan gave the order, but the spies hesitated for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty Khan, I heard that the caravan was protected by two thousand Tang troops along the way. If we really want to destroy them, we'd better send more soldiers." Horses will do."

Hearing that the caravan was protected by the Tang army along the way, Jieli Khan's expression changed slightly, and after a while, he said, "Add another 1000 troops to Moxia."

Although he looked down on Datang's soldiers, but to be on the safe side, Jieli Khan chose to be more cautious and gave Mo Xia another thousand soldiers.

Three thousand cavalry, against Datang's two thousand soldiers and horses, there will be absolutely no surprises.

"Tell them to move away from Yumen Pass."

There are [-] Tang troops stationed at Yumen Pass, and they are still very strong, and Jieli Khan also took them into consideration.

In his opinion, such an arrangement is absolutely foolproof.

His order was conveyed very quickly. At this time, a courtier stood beside him and said suddenly: "Your Majesty Khan, our trade with Datang has been very frequent. Their refined salt from the Tang Dynasty, this...do we want it or not?"

Turks actually have their own salt, but it is very difficult to eat, so many times, they get salt from Datang. There are many ways, some are sold by merchants, and some are plundered. This year, Datang will do it with them openly. The salt business made them a little confused.

However, when Jieli Khan heard this, he didn't take it too seriously, and said: "Datang gives us a lot of money every year. They are very poor. Now, Datang even sells salt for money. For us, there's nothing wrong with that."

In Jieli Khan's view, Datang's table salt is only a little, and if it is sold to them, the people of Datang will not have enough to eat. If there is not enough food, the physique of the people of Datang will be affected.

He felt that Datang was drinking poison to quench his thirst, sacrificing something for money.

After the minister heard what Jieli Khan said, he didn't continue to say more, because he had already understood what Jieli Khan meant. They must have as much salt as they wanted in the Tang Dynasty.

Isn't the money they plundered just for squandering?
He even felt that Datang was stupid. The money they earned with salt was still theirs.

(End of this chapter)