Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1396

After staying in Yili for a while, the prince's car continued westward, and this time the prince invited Luo Siye to accompany him.King Yili refused on the grounds that the vassal king should not leave the town easily, but the prince still ordered him to accompany him under the prince's teaching.In the words of the crown prince, Huang Bojiu's town in the Western Regions is considered half of the host here.

This trip to the Caucasus Three Emperors Alliance, the crown prince is not willing to just run errands to sign for the emperor, he also wants more gains.

Going out of the Yili River Valley and heading southwest, you will find Suiye River.

Suiye River has a total length of [-] miles, originating from the Tianshan Mountains. After irrigating the fertile Suiye River, it flows into the desert and finally disappears in the vast desert.

The Broken Leaf River is a piece of fertile soil no worse than the Yili River Valley.

However, Suiyechuan lacks the favorable mountain and lake terrain barriers like the Yili River Valley, but it is located on the Tianshan Ancient Road of the Silk Road. It is another Hexi Corridor on the northern line of the Silk Road, and its traffic location is prominent.

Especially after the imperial court expanded the northern line of the Silk Road recently, this place became the intersection of the two main routes of the Silk Road, and it is also close to the important area of ​​Yili. Therefore, the imperial court has continuously strengthened its control over Suiye River in recent years.

Originally, this area was entrusted to the Tuqi Shibu, but in recent years, the imperial court has continuously infiltrated and strengthened it by establishing a [-]-mile-wide silk road control belt. City of Broken Leaf City.

This Suiye City with a circumference of [-] miles, in terms of the size of the city, can be said to be in the forefront of the Western Regions, especially in Beiting Road.

From Qiuciba in the south of the Tianshan Mountains to the north, cross the Bodaling Pass of the Tianshan Mountains, cross the Lingshan Mountains to Rehai, you can go directly to Suiye, and from Gaochang to the north, cross the Tianshan Mountains to Yiwu, and then go southwest to reach Suiye leaf.

But these two Silk Roads are actually very difficult and dangerous. Compared with the other Silk Roads, it is much more dangerous to cross deserts, Gobi, and snow-capped mountains.

As Prince Jiawen walked along the Suiye River, he had a deeper understanding of Siye's earlier statement that there were still too few Han immigrants.

In Gaochang and Yili, this feeling is not deep, because there are imperial court counties there. After years of operation, each county has a population of tens of thousands to 20 million Han immigrants. Fort and Tunzhuang, all you see along the way are Han immigrants.

But when I arrived at Suiyechuan, I found that the number of imperial castles and villages had decreased sharply, and there were only a few along the Silk Road.

Most of them are the various Turkic vassal states entrusted by the Turkic Shibu. There is also little arable land here, mainly herders graze cattle and sheep.

Many people in Tuqishi still retain their tribe's traditional hairstyles and costumes, and even their language customs.

This department is one of the five land tribes of the Western Turks, and its strength is strong. Now it is divided into five marquises by the imperial court, each with a county, 25 counties under its jurisdiction, and 25 earls.

The entire Tuqi Department has 30 people.

It is much stronger than Shunishi, which once had 20 people, and it is also the strongest force in Beiting Road north of Tianshan Mountain today, even stronger than the imperial court north of Tianshan Mountain.

There are only 20 Han immigrants in the 30-mile Yili River Valley, but there are [-] Tuqishi tribesmen in Suiyechuan.

The imperial court's division and sinicization strategy for Suiyechuan's sudden cavalry had mediocre results.

There hasn't been much progress for a long time. Although Suiye City has been built, Suiye River is still unable to be truly controlled.

In Siye's view, "Tuqi Shi is a disaster sooner or later, and I don't know when these people will rise up to make trouble. They are now numerous and powerful, and they are obedient on the surface, but they are obedient and obedient. They are very negative towards the imperial court's Sinicization policy. We To set up Confucianism here, they are not very willing to send their children to study. The officials they send are like decorations."

"Is there any good way for Uncle Huang?" The crown prince asked Siye. Siye was entrusted with the title of Yili, and he did not leave the feudal town for many years. He went to Beijing to meet the emperor every year, and returned to the feudal clan immediately after the event.The imperial court established Beiting Road in the north of Tianshan Mountain, and sent three envoys and county prefects to take office.

The lack of control of Suiyechuan by Beiting's third envoy is of course a matter for the officials. Although Siye is a famous clan king, he has no right to interfere, but the crown prince believes that he must have his own opinions.

"Actually, there is no good way. After all, Tuqishi is very powerful. They must not be willing to Sinicize now. There is no simple and effective way. That is to fight a battle, defeat them, and then do it easily Now, when the time comes to flatten and round it, it’s not up to us.”

The prince frowned.

"But Uncle Huang, you also said that there are 30 Tuqi soldiers, and they are very powerful. If you start a war rashly, I'm afraid it will be very dangerous. If you can't quell the conquest quickly, you are afraid that the war will continue, blocking the Silk Road and destroying the peace of the Western Regions. If Qi Shi then goes to contact the Western Turkic and Khazar tribes, he is afraid of chaos in the Western Regions."

Siye didn't care.

"The sage asked His Highness to come here. I believe that he not only asked the prince to go to the Caucasus League to sign a contract, but also wanted the prince to see more. Now the prince has also discovered some problems, so should the prince find a way to solve this problem? ? I thought that this might be some of the painstaking efforts of the saint."

The prince was silent.

Indeed, he is the crown prince, the crown prince of the country, and now he is almost an adult. Now he is hunting on behalf of the sky, and if he finds a problem, but does not solve it, this will definitely disappoint the emperor.

But to solve it, he didn't know where to start. Siye said to fight, but he hesitated.

"Actually, as long as His Royal Highness is willing to make up his mind, we have a chance now."

"How to say?"

Siye smiled and said, Prince, you came all the way west. When you set off from Luoyang, you brought [-] Luben troops with you, and then dispatched elite guards from all over the way to accompany you. When you arrived in the Western Regions, Gaochang, Yiwu, Yingsuo, The soldiers drawn from Shatuo, Yili and other counties now have [-] elite tigers around His Highness. This is not a weak elite army. As long as it is used well, it is actually enough to destroy the Tuqishi. "

"Why?" Jiawen asked.

"If you really want to fight, there are many reasons. Your Highness is now in Suiye City. You can definitely call the princes of Tuqishi to come. When the time comes, when people arrive at Suiye, Your Highness will take the opportunity to launch an attack and count the years since they belonged. If you detain them for some illegal things, and then send troops to raid the tribes, you will be able to catch them by surprise. The 30 raiders are not prepared, and they are scattered everywhere, which is nothing more than a mess."

The prince was lost in thought.

This is indeed a heart-warming proposal, but he still hesitates to start a war so rashly.

"If the prince is not confident, then forget it, it doesn't matter if you put it on hold for now." Siye shook his head slightly.

"If you use troops, please ask Uncle Huang to lead the planning, okay?"

"I'm not suitable." Siye shook his head.

The prince continued, "But Uncle Huang is not confident, or dare not take responsibility? Even if the Uncle Huang is in charge of the army, the decision-making is still on me, and the saint and the court will also be held accountable by me."

It's better to be a general than to be a general, Siye didn't expect him to be provoked by the prince.

smiled.

"The prince has made up his mind, do you really want to fight?"

"Think about it, what Uncle Huang said is right, since it is the hunting on behalf of the sky, if the problem is found, it must be solved, there is no reason to put it on hold."

"Okay, as long as the crown prince says to fight, then fight." Siye couldn't help but be full of pride!
"Fight! Please ask Uncle Huang to make a comprehensive plan."

(End of this chapter)