Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 511 Western Turks

Since the 14th year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin sent Hou Junji to attack Gaochang and established the Anxi Governor's Mansion, the border between the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty was considered stable.

In fact, this war was also widely praised by the locals. At that time, there was a song like this: Gaochang soldiers are like frost and snow; Tangjia soldiers are like the sun and the moon.The sun and the moon shine on the frost and snow, and geometry will perish by itself.

The local people compare Gaochang's soldiers to frost and snow, and compare the Tang Dynasty's amalgamation to the sun and the moon, which shows how unpopular Gaochang is.

But the good times didn't last long. After the Western Turks' Yibidulu unified the various tribes of the Western Turks, he was self-confident, so he detained the envoys of the Tang Dynasty and attacked Yizhou, causing the border of the Tang Dynasty to fall into war again.

In September of the 16th year of Zhenguan, Guo Xiaoke, the guardian of Anxi, defeated Yipidulu's army consecutively, and secretly contacted his subordinates to ask them to surrender.

After that, Li Shimin named Yibi Shekui the Khan of the Western Turks, and the Western Turks surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and the Western Regions became stable again.

One month before Gaoming traveled, Li Shimin also received tribute cattle and sheep from the Western Turks. It can be said that the two countries are still in the "honeymoon period".

However, the interception and killing of the envoys from the Western Regions in Yanqi this time may bring the relationship between the two countries to a freezing point again, and Gao Ming, who is the catalyst, is a little confused at this time.

In his view, the reason why the Tang Dynasty conquered Yanqi in history may not be because Yanqi was attached to the Western Turks.

After all, Yanqi is only a small country with only tens of thousands of people in the whole country. Just because he is the younger brother of Datang and Western Turks at the same time, it is unbelievable that Datang will destroy it.

According to Gao Ming's judgment, the reason why the Tang Dynasty wanted to destroy Yanqi was because the envoys from the Western Regions were intercepted and killed, so they wanted to kill chickens and monkeys, and the statement that Yanqi was attached to the Western Turks should only be added by later historians to find a name.

But this time, because of Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin also hated the West Turks, and even planned to send troops to pack and destroy the West Turks and Yanqi together.

For such a misunderstanding, Gao Ming expressed his joy.

Because in Gao Ming's view, this Western Turkic is also a hidden danger, and Yibi Shekui is not an honest and obedient person. The Turkic people's nature is too rebellious, and they will rebel again if they have the opportunity.

According to historical records, in the 23rd year of Zhenguan, after Li Shimin died of illness, Ashina Helu, who had already belonged to the Tang Dynasty and was appointed by Li Shimin as the chief of the Kunqiu Road, rebelled.

After he defeated Yibi Shekui and collected its remnants, he established himself as Shaboluo Khan and began to confront Datang, which once again cut off the trade route from Datang to the Western Regions.

It was not until the early years of Xianqing that the newly enthroned Tang Gaozong Li Zhi ordered Su Dingfang and others to go out. It was not until Ashina Helu was defeated that the surrounding areas of the Western Regions stabilized again.

Gao Ming knew this period of history, so he didn't have the patience to play the game of repeated surrender with the Turkic people. He planned to destroy the Western Turkic people directly, once and for all!
As for the "time bomb" Ashina Helu, Gao Ming also plans to take this opportunity to solve it!
Thinking of this, he immediately smiled at Li Shimin.

"Old man, I have an idea about dealing with Western Turks and Yanqi!"

"Oh?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the angry Li Shimin also showed a trace of curiosity, and he immediately nodded towards Gao Ming.

"Tell me!"

"Yes!"

Gao Ming bowed his hands towards Li Shimin first, and then began to talk to him.

"I heard that you appointed Ashina Helu as the head of the Kunqiu Road March. To be honest, I think he is unreliable, so I hope you can send him to attack Yanqi and Western Turks."

"This……"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin immediately showed a trace of hesitation.

From the bottom of his heart, Li Shimin actually trusted Ashina Helu very much, otherwise it would be impossible for him to lead his troops to guard the border.

In fact, Ashina Helu was still very obedient when Li Shimin was alive, but Gao Ming didn't know where the bottom line of his obedience was, so he needed to test it out.

Seeing Li Shimin's hesitant expression, Gao Ming felt that he would add another fire.

"Although I have no real evidence, I still think that Ashina Helu cannot be trusted. Letting him go to fight the Western Turks is also a way to prove his loyalty. Don't forget, old man, his surname is Ashina!"

Li Shimin took Gao Ming's words very seriously. In addition, "Ashina" was originally the surname of the Turkic ruling family, meaning "noble wolf", and it did have extraordinary appeal among Turkic people. I also have to guard against it.

So after listening to Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin hesitated for a while and then nodded.

"Well, after tomorrow morning, I will order Ashina Helu to lead his troops to attack Yanqi and Western Turks. If he has any intentions, let Ashnadur lead troops to destroy them together!"

Hearing Li Shimin's decision, Gao Ming found that he not only had doubts about Ashina Helu, but also took some precautions against Ashnadur.

To put it bluntly, it is just a sentence, people who are not of our race must have different hearts!
Regarding Li Shimin's decision, Gao Ming also felt that there was nothing wrong with it. After all, people's hearts are far away from each other, and there are some things that cannot be explained by historical records alone.

Moreover, Gao Ming also wanted to see whether Ashnadur, the person recorded in history and who had made great contributions to the national unity of the Tang Dynasty, was really loyal or just pretending.

"Maybe this is also one of the benefits of time travelers?"

Thinking of this, there was a faint smile on Gao Ming's face.

At this time, Li Shimin seemed to have thought of something, and looked at Gao Ming with a strange expression.

"Gao Ming, you led troops to attack Goguryeo before, but have you heard of any powerful pirates nearby?"

"Haikou?"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming shook his head in doubt.

"I've never heard of it, why did you suddenly ask this?"

Seeing Gao Ming's denial, but with a puzzled look on his face, Li Shimin also frowned.

"Even you haven't heard of it, where did the 10,000+ pirates who attacked Japan come from?"

"Uh……"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming's eyes widened immediately.

At this time, he suddenly remembered that when he left Goguryeo, he asked Hou Junji to lead troops pretending to be pirates to attack the country of Japan, but there was no news after so long, even he himself forgot, now that Li Shimin mentioned it, he just Suddenly remembered.

"Could it be that Hou Jun's collection was successful?"

Thinking of this, the expression on Gao Ming's face became a little weird.

"That... old man, what happened to the pirates attacking the Wa country? How is the Wa country?"

"What else? It was destroyed!"

Having said that, Li Shimin sighed immediately.

"Sigh, I don't know where these pirates came from. They are so powerful. Over 4 warships and more than [-] sailors from the Japanese kingdom were wiped out at Baijiangkou. Only Emperor Xiaode disguised himself Dressed up and escaped, and now he is crying at Honglu Temple asking me to help him restore his country!"

"Uh……"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, the expression on Gao Ming's face became even weirder.

Isn't Emperor Xiaotoku the legendary Emperor Xiaotoku?He ran to Datang desperately, is this a self-inflicted trap?
(End of this chapter)