Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 782 Inviting a Battle to Conquer the Western Turks

Chapter [-] Invite the Battle to Conquer the Western Turks
Li Xiuning looked at Chen Ying inexplicably, wondering why he was going crazy at this time.But Chen Ying knew that he had made an empirical mistake. Chen Ying thought that if he controlled the Western Regions, he could control the Silk Road.

In fact, the entire Silk Road is not just the Western Regions in Chinese literature.The traditional Silk Road started from Chang'an and ended in Rome, with a total length of more than [-] miles.In fact, the Silk Road under the rule of the Tang Dynasty was only more than [-], barely accounting for half of it.

On this Silk Road, there are not only several small countries, but also regional powers such as the Western Turks, the Sasanian Persian Empire, and the Byzantine Empire.The ongoing civil war in the Western Turks, from the perspective of Datang's national interests, it is in the interests of Datang that it is in the interest of the Western Turks to continue the civil war.

Chen Ying had actually neglected it. At this time, not only were the Four Khans of the Western Turks out of their minds, but the Byzantine Empire was also in constant trouble. The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire. The Gar people, the Byzantine Empire at this time was a majestic lion, but was bitten all over by three hungry wolves, and was exhausted. It was precisely because of the weakening of the Byzantine Empire that the big cannibals began to rise.

Once the big cannibals rise, their appetite will never end. The big cannibals are very greedy for territory. They hit the Indus River in the southeast, the Sahara Desert in the south, the Caucasus in the north, and the Atlantic Ocean in the west. along the coast.If Gao Xianzhi hadn't created the Great Cannibal in the Battle of Talas, he rode less than [-] steps against the army of more than [-] cannibals. The dynasty then fell into the Anshi Rebellion, but the big cannibals were still frightened by the Modao army of the Tang Dynasty and did not dare to go east.

If the Byzantine Empire is allowed to continue to weaken, the Great Cannibal is destined to step on the rise of the Byzantine Empire just like in history, and the Tang Dynasty will eventually lose the four towns of Anxi, and even Suiye City, the birthplace of the great poet Li Bai, will also be lost.Now is precisely the most critical turning point. Chen should consider his own interests and worry that Li Yuan will be jealous, but if he stops in the Western Regions, history will return to the original track.

Once Chen Ying led the Anxi army to march westward, the Western Turks would stop the civil war and unanimously go abroad because they were afraid of the Tang Dynasty's army going westward. Where, from the face to ease the war with the Byzantine Empire, shrink the line of defense and troops to deal with the threat from the eastern powers.

In this way, Chen Ying's real goal has been achieved.An attack that lost its two old enemies, the Slavs and the Persians, the Byzantine Empire definitely had enough strength to deal with the threat from the southeast.

Chen Ying, who was not familiar with world history, did not take the civil strife in Western Turks seriously. However, now that he has figured it out, the civil strife in Western Turks has a direct impact that is fatal. Contained by the Shan area, the Sasanian Empire frantically attacked the Byzantine Empire, which greatly damaged the military power of the Byzantine Empire, thus losing control of the southeast (Arabia).

This is the real butterfly effect. The road to the rise of the big cannibals is similar to that of the Mongols. They all took advantage of the weakness of the old masters and took advantage of the situation, thus bringing heavy disasters to the people of the world.

The key is that the Byzantine Empire is of the same origin as the Eastern Roman Empire, and the civilization of the Roman Empire is based on the Greek civilization. Once the big cannibals are equipped with the advanced weapons and equipment of the Greeks, the iron hooves of the big cannibals will bring worldwide Killing and destruction, Chen Ying originally didn't care about the battle between the big cannibals and the Byzantines. However, the battle between the big cannibals and the Byzantines directly affected the Chinese civilization, and even the historical process and development.

Chen Ying was as angry as a bull with red eyes in the arena.

Zhou Qing looked at Chen Ying's unkind expression, and asked cautiously, "General Protector, what happened?"

Chen Ying said with a murderous look on his face: "By the way, is there any news from the Western Turks recently?"

"The news is in Guo Luo's hands..."

Before Zhou Qing could finish speaking, Chen Ying interrupted, "Call me Guo Luo!"

Guo Luo has fallen in love with intelligence work ever since he made a fool of Murong Fuyun.In fact, Chen Ying's Tiger Yicong is now divided into two parts, one in Guanzhong and the other in the Western Regions, but the focus of their work is on commercial intelligence.Who asked them to have a boss who wanted money?

When Zhou Qing found Guo Luo, Guo Luo was drinking a small wine. He didn't need to be on duty beside Chen Ying, so Guo Luo was much freer. Now Guo Luo turned into a stallion, working day and night, trying to make people.Less than three years after Chen Ying came to the Western Regions, Guo Luo had seven sons and eleven daughters, almost making up two football teams.

Hearing Zhou Qing say that Chen should find out about the Western Turks, Guo Luo was startled into a cold sweat.

If he remembers correctly, Chen Ying has been busy with military training, farming and doing business. He really kept his ears to the outside world and only made a small amount of money. It must be strange to suddenly care about the situation in Western Turks.

However, as the news of Chen Ying summoning Guo Luo spread, the generals of the Anxi Army, who had not made any major military actions for two years, were eager to move.

Just before Guo Luo entered Chen Ying's festival hall, Chen Ying immediately asked, "What's going on with Western Turks now?"

Guo Luo pondered and weighed his words: "There are relatively few sources of information about the situation in Western Turks. But it is certain that the four major khans of Western Turks are attacking each other, and the fighting is endless... By the way, news came two months ago that Western Turks In the north is Hou Quli Tuppi Khan who conquered Tiele in the north and was defeated by Xue Yantuo. He was suspicious and vicious, killed the hero Khan Yili and his clan, causing everyone in his subordinates to feel in danger. Two months ago, the humble Dagan set up Khan and Nushibi's troops to attack, and died soon after. Tong'e set up the throne to win the loss of Khan for Shaboluo..."

Chen Ying scolded angrily: "Idiot, everyone is an idiot! After more than two years of fighting, there is still no winner, so stupid that there is no cure!"

Ma Mengming sighed and said: "Western Turks also have difficulties... The Liangzhou battle, the Western Turks' vitality was seriously injured, and the Turks are very fierce by nature. If they insist on fighting, they may cause many casualties. Therefore, they came from the same origin. , just pretending, the four Khans of the Western Turks all want to appease them successfully, not only can save a lot of swords and catastrophes, but also keep a capable army for the Western Turks..."

Chen Ying said with a cold smile: "Unification is not so easy, when unification is not dripping with blood, killing people's heads!"

Historically, the Mongolian plateau was originally populated by hundreds of ethnic groups, like a plate of loose sand.Temujin unified Mongolia with two moves of iron and blood.Throughout the history of Mongolian unification, it is actually a history of blood and tears.After Temujin had just defeated Mierqi, Jamuka believed that Temujin threatened his dominance, so he united with Techiwu and other tribes with 3 troops, and Zamuhe tribe plundered Temujin's horses and was killed. Shooting dead as the fuse, launched an attack on Temujin.Temujin formed his 3 people into thirteen wings, and challenged him to the field of Zhusi, the version of Dalan.Temujin was defeated, and in order to preserve his strength, he retreated to the Jerene Gorge on the Onan River, and defended against danger.This battle is known as the "Battle of Thirteen Wings" in history.

Later, Temujin was defeated, and his trilogy was completely injured. With the help of the Jin Dynasty, Temujin defeated the coalition forces of Taichiwu and Mierqi, and the leader Taerhutai and others were killed. Er suddenly really narrow.Afterwards, Temujin, who was growing in strength, also annexed the Kret tribe and attacked the Naiman tribe, basically completing the unification.In order to eliminate dissidents and maintain his own rule, Temujin pursued the policy of prospering if he obeyed, and perishing if he went against it, and killed the Quartet.Throughout the unification war, according to incomplete statistics, more than one million Mongols were killed or injured.

In order to complete the unification of the Western Turks, there must be an iron-handed lion similar to the Turkic Tumen Khan or the Huns Modu Chanyu or the Mongolian Temujin.

Chen Ying slammed his fist on the table and shouted: "The Western Turks crossed the border and plundered our Tang border, killed our border people, and robbed our business travelers. Is it tolerable or unbearable? I want to write a letter to ask for a fight, and give the Western Turks to Anxi Military sacrificial flag!"

As for Chen Ying's claim that the Western Turks plundered the border and slaughtered the border people, it is pure nonsense.Now that Chen Ying was by his side, everyone in the Western Turks was trembling with fear, as if they were walking on thin air. The one thing that the Western Turks did most now was to hope that Chen Ying would not use weapons.In particular, the Western Turkic people always say the last sentence when they meet and greet: "The former Anxi army can't afford weapons!"

In fact, the Western Turks were defeated by Chen Ying. The meaning of this sentence can be understood as: "Don't hit me, don't hit me..."

Li Xiuning entered the lobby at this time, and asked in surprise, "You want to go west?"

Chen Yinglang said: "Yes, I'm going to lead the Anxi Army to march west! I've had enough of those idiots' clumsy performances, if this continues, I'll have to suffocate to death!"

Li Xiuning hesitated for a moment, and said with a serious face: "The Anxi Army has too many recruits, and the training has only lasted three months. Your most important task now is to train troops, train troops! As for the war in Western Turks, why are you so careless!"

"Soldiers are made by fighting, not by training!" Chen Ying raised his fist and said, "My Anxi new army has been training for several months, it's time to go out and see the blood!"

Li Xiuning frowned and said: "How can a few months be enough! The Western Turks are so fierce, and they have only practiced for a few months, so they can't avoid it, no, absolutely not, I..."

At this moment, An Xing, the Anxi army observer, interrupted Li Xiuning, looked at Chen Ying and asked seriously: "General Chen, do you really want to challenge the imperial court and lead the troops to conquer the Western Turks?"

Chen Ying said proudly: "Nonsense, if you don't want to lead troops to conquer the Western Turks, why don't you bring someone to give them New Year's greetings?"

An Xing's face turned into a flower with a smile.Now Anxing is also making a lot of money in the Western Regions. Under Chen Ying's guidance, Anxing, an inconspicuous eunuch in Chang'an City, bought more than 1000 mu of orchards in Beipo Mountain, and he hired more than [-] people. He took care of his orchard, and bought a large number of fruits and vegetables from the Western Regions, and processed them into canned vegetables and fruits.

We must know that the winter in the Western Regions is cold and long, and there are no other means of preservation in this era, so the natural storage of fruits and vegetables until the first ten days of November is almost exhausted.Moreover, with the development of agriculture and basic industries in the Western Regions, the people of the Western Regions have become richer. Even canned fruits and vegetables that are nearly five times more expensive than fresh vegetables and fruits can afford to eat and buy them.Anxing Cannery has an annual output of [-] tins of canned food, which is still in short supply.

However, as a eunuch, it is Anxing's instinct to be stingy.It is also his nature, he thinks that the hired people are expensive, and he also wants to get a batch of free labor.

Once Chen Ying goes west, why worry about not having prisoners of war and slaves, free labor?
An Xing said with a smile: "General Chen is brave and loyal. He is really a loyal minister and good general of our Tang Dynasty! Our family will write a letter to the court and ask for a fight for the Anxi Army!"

Li Xiuning said anxiously: "No, Anxi New Army..."

Normally, Anxing would not dare to contradict Li Xiuning.But people's eyeballs are black, but yellow is yellow. Anxing didn't give Li Xiuning a chance to speak, and shouted: "Your Highness, the Hebei rebellion has lasted for several months. Your Majesty is very worried and his hair is graying. We Shouldn’t these courtiers solve problems for the Holy One? General Chen is loyal and fearless of powerful enemies, and wants to conquer the Western Turks. Once the Western Turks are defeated, the Eastern Turks must be worried that General Chen will lead his troops to the east. They will definitely go on their own. Retreat, without the support of the Turkic people, the chaos in Hebei will be settled without a fight, General Chen wants to make contributions, we will help him to make achievements, how can we drag him back?"

An Xin's mouth was slippery, and she was speechless.Li Xiuning really didn't know how to refute for a while.

Li Xiuning smiled wryly and was speechless.In fact, to be honest, she didn't want to send the Anxi New Army out to fight against bandits and sand bandits. She had no objection in her heart, but she made trouble out of nothing and took the initiative to conquer the Western Turks. What's the matter?Furthermore, it is more than a thousand miles from Mulan City to the Yilie River, which is too far away. The consumption of various supplies is an astronomical figure for a large army traveling thousands of miles. Possessions?No, absolutely not.Li Xiuning's attitude is that unless the imperial court orders Anxi to enter the customs, the Anxi New Army should stay in the Western Regions honestly!

It's just that this time Chen Ying didn't get used to Li Xiuning. Li Xiuning's mouth was dry, but Chen Ying just couldn't listen.Immediately, An Xing wrote a memorial, and sent it to the capital in eight hundred li urgently.

Why did Chen Ying rush to attack the Western Turks?To put it bluntly, it is because of interests. Controlling the Western Regions does not mean owning the entire Silk Road. It is in Chen Ying's interest only to own the complete silk and keep the Silk Road smooth and safe.

Chen should adopt industrialized production, so that the production efficiency will be greatly increased, and the production capacity will soon be overcapacitated. He must find a market where he can dump.

The Silk Road leading to Rome became Chen Ying's lifeblood and also his source of income.

Cutting off people's money is like killing their parents!
It's strange that Chen Ying doesn't get angry.

What's more, the Western Turks robbed Chen Ying of all kinds of machine tools, even the most primitive machine tools, which are also the engines of industry!
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