Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1399 Letting Go
If the levee is lost and any one of the dykes breaks, the damage will be even greater.

A major flood may also cause a major plague, or even a famine after the disaster.

Although the imperial court has emergency measures and plans to deal with these disasters, it is very troublesome to implement them. It needs to defend the dams, mobilize food, medicine, and even mobilize the army just in case. Evacuate people, transfer population, etc.

This heavy rain alone has caused seven or eight roads on the Jianghuai line to rotate in, not to mention that the central government is under great pressure.

And Silla.

Since Silla king Jin Baijing died suddenly of illness, and the nobles wanted to establish a new king, which triggered Liu Rengui to quickly send troops into Silla, Daqin has now sent troops to Silla in an all-round way.

Although Liu Rengui won many battles and defeated the Silla people, losing their cities and lands all the way, but after all, this is a battle of destroying the country.

After successive military victories, what is needed is the supply of logistics supplies, as well as the aftermath control of the newly occupied areas.

Even if the majority of Silla people did not resist, it is not an easy task to maintain military use, support the front line with logistics, and quickly send people to take over the rear to maintain the rule.

The manpower of Baekje, Andong, and Liaodong alone could not handle it at all. The imperial court had to fully coordinate the support of the Silla war from all the outsiders, and also had to allocate food, supplies, and even officials from other places such as the Central Plains. Let's go.

Liu Rengui, the new Jilin Dao economic strategist, performed very well in the military. The Silla nobles were defeated, but not long ago, a more capable Silla man appeared in the occupied area. They set up Rebelled against the flag, contacted everywhere, led many Silla people to escape into the deep mountains and old forests, called themselves the Silla Rebel Army, and began to fight guerrillas in the newly occupied areas behind the enemy, attacking, looting, and destroying the supply line. There were 6 or [-] people developed, which changed the situation in Silla.

The front line is still winning steadily, but the rear has begun to feel unharmonious. For this reason, Liu Rengui can only mobilize part of the army to go back to encircle and suppress, and at the same time let the officials staying in the rear speed up the establishment of a joint defense.

Of course, apart from the ongoing war in Silla, many border areas are actually not peaceful.

Mobei was temporarily pacified, but in the southwest region, the barbarians rebelled one after another. The Qiang people of the Western Mountain Road rebelled according to the blockhouses and stone villages in the dangerous mountains.

Liao barbarians on the central Guizhou plateau also rebelled because of their registration.

Although the barbarian rebellions in Xishan, Yunnan, and central Guizhou are actually just scabies, which can be solved by local garrisons, they will affect the development of the southwest after all. It was the raids on the Han immigrant villages of the imperial court, or the raids on the Han caravans, etc., which disturbed people, and even made local immigrants and passing traders fear and worry, and made people feel uneasy.

As for the large mountainous area that Guangnan Daoxin seized from Chenla, the control was not very smooth. The Chenla barbarians in those mountains were not very interested in naturalizing the Great Qin, and even a little bit dissatisfied, they roared and gathered crowds to rebel. The mountains are high, the forests are dense, the roads are difficult to walk, it is difficult to attack and easy to defend, and it is very difficult to conquer.

Although the Zhan people in Linyi Road have destroyed the country for several years, sporadic resistance continues. Even under the instigation of Funan, many Zhan people have now begun to seek refuge in Fuguonan. rebellion.

Luo Cheng knew very well that although the military conquest of the Southwest and other places had been completed, there was still a long way to go to completely stabilize the control. After all, the expansion of Great Qin had actually reached a limit.

The plateau, mountains and dense forests in the southwest are severely restricting the imperial court's control, and the most important reason for the imperial court's weakening of its control over these places is that there are not many Han people in the imperial court who can immigrate there.

This is the most important thing. Without enough Han immigrants, it is very difficult to govern the barbarians who rule the vast area only with officials and garrisons.

The only solution is to suppress the siege militarily, add wooing and appeasement, and then continue to emigrate to the southwest. Only after a long time can those people be Sinicized little by little, converted to natives, and truly included in the rule.

This may take decades or even centuries, not overnight.

The crown prince wrote a long essay in secret, saying that in the four realms of the Western Regions, except for the strong control of Anxi Dao, the control of the other imperial courts is actually very weak. Needless to say, Hezhong and Daxia, even Beiting is actually very weak.

It is also said that Tuqishi relied on 30 people to violate the imperial court's Sinicization policy, and secretly contacted the No. [-] Department of Chebishi with unruly intentions.

The prince said that he would act first, and take advantage of the opportunity of this tour to catch the sudden rider by surprise and eliminate this trouble forever.

To be honest, Luo Cheng was actually very surprised when he first received this memorial.

The prince is not such a greedy person, nor should he be such a courageous person. The prince is only 16 years old. Although he has performed well under his teaching these years, now he suddenly proposes to destroy 50 Tuqi Shi Union, this can be described as very bold.

After careful analysis, Luo Cheng believed that the prince's courage and confidence should come from Siye, Niu Jinda and other feudal princes and guarding generals of the Western Regions.

They want to get rid of those Turkic tribes, they want this military merit, so they persuade the prince to make such a decision.

Luo Cheng's first reaction was to stop.

He was worried that the prince would not have the ability to win this battle. After all, he was unprepared and launched a sudden attack. Although he had the upper hand, he might not necessarily win.

Especially since this is still a war on Turkic territory.

However, before he was about to issue an order to stop the operation, the emperor finally held back.

It might be too late to call a stop at this time, Luoyang is thousands of miles away from Suiye, maybe when he received this memorial, the crown prince had already started fighting with the Turkic people.

Secondly, he believed that with Siye, Niu Jinda, and Zhang Shigui as strong generals, even if the Tuqishi Alliance could not be wiped out in one fell swoop, it would not be a big defeat.

Even if the original plan to destroy Tuqishi could not be achieved, or even a small defeat for a while, the emperor didn't think it was a big deal.

If the prince suffers a bit of defeat, although it will damage the prestige and even destabilize the stability of the Western Regions, it will certainly be very helpful for the growth of the prince.

In the end, the emperor just asked the Privy Council to discuss a plan to assist or deal with the aftermath, and mobilized several soldiers and horses in Shuofang Pass, Longyou, in case of emergency.

The loyalty of those vassal states in the Western Regions, especially the Turkic people, is questionable, Luo Cheng knew it well.After all, they are powerful, and the entrustment of the imperial court can't really restrain these people, so if there is a chance, the emperor actually intends to attack them.

It's just that the emperor's original plan was to go step by step, first to build a solid network through the Silk Road, stabilize the Western Regions, divide the various ministries, and then boil the frogs in a little bit of warm water.

This requires fire and control, and patience. Now that the crown prince wants to cut through the mess quickly, this is actually a manifestation of lack of control and self-confidence. It is a bit too hasty, but the crown prince is still young after all, and Luo Cheng is willing to support him. It's really impossible to let go and do it, and there is still his father to clean up the aftermath.

If a Western Region dare not let the prince go to fight, how can he rest assured that the entire empire will be handed over to him to inherit in the future.

The officials of the Secretary's Ministry took the briefing that the emperor had read and commented on, put it in a sandalwood box, locked it, sealed it, and handed it to Habayashi to send it to the Political Affairs Hall.

The emperor got up and stretched himself.

Then he made a starting gesture and began to fight Tai Chi while standing on the hundred-foot-high building. Although this boxing is not as fierce as all the fighting techniques in the military battle formation, it is still good for nourishing health and relaxing muscles and bones.

After the age of 35, the emperor has paid more attention to physical maintenance. He knows very well that even the emperor, in terms of the average life expectancy of people in this era, has already passed half of his life. Not even a few days.

As a human emperor and in control of the empire, Luo Cheng really wants to live a few more years.

One move at a time, the movements are slow, the emperor's mind has not stopped while punching, and he is still thinking about various military affairs.

(End of this chapter)