Man Tanghong

Chapter 930 Using barbarians to control barbarians is not a good strategy

Li Yuanji didn't expect that Ashinasheer, who always said he was thinking about his country and the nation, was actually such a person behind his back, who would not hesitate to betray his allies.

As expected of a person who can become a Turkic Khan, he seems to obey the rules but is not pedantic at the same time. He really has two brushes.

However, everything he said was nothing to Datang.

Even without his and Suni's help, Datang could still conquer Liang Shidu and the Dahe Alliance.

So he wanted to use these in exchange for the Turkic territory that Datang had seized from Xieli, which was not enough.

Li Yuanji looked at Ashinasheer with a smile, and slowly shook his head, "Not enough!"

Ashinasheer's eyes widened for a moment, and he said angrily, "Is this not enough?"

Li Yuanji smiled and said: "Where is this enough? What you said, my Tang Dynasty can do it without your strength, and it will even be better than you. Then, why do we have to spend a huge price to ask you to do it?" Woolen cloth?"

Ashinasheer stared and shouted: "You have so many troops in the Tang Dynasty? You have deployed hundreds of thousands of troops outside Lingzhou, and tens of thousands of troops here, adding up to more than 20 troops." counted.

If you want to conquer Liang Shidu and the Dahe clan at the same time, you need to invest more troops.

Roughly estimated, there are hundreds of thousands.

Can your Datang still have so many elite soldiers? "

Li Yuanji was stunned, and asked curiously, "Did you never experience the previous battle of Gyeongju? Didn't you know the details of the Gyeongju battle?"

Ashina Sheer was stunned, he knew about it, but Xieli blocked the news very tightly, what he learned was only a few words, and he was not clear about the specific situation.

The reason for this is that in order to stabilize his Khan position, Xieli blocked all unfavorable news about him, and blamed Tuli for the defeat.

So what he learned was that Tuli was greedy for success and was ambushed by the Tang people, which made the Turkic invasion of the Tang Dynasty a disastrous defeat.

Although he also learned some details from Suni after falling to Suni, but Suni was on the Sui and Yan battlefields at the time, not on the main battlefield in Gyeongju, so he was very concerned about what happened on the main battlefield. Everything I know is not detailed.

Therefore, he has only a one-sided understanding of the details of the Battle of Gyeongju.

He didn't know what Li Yuanji was asking this for, so he stared at Li Yuanji suspiciously.

Seeing this, Li Yuanji knew that he didn't know the details of the Battle of Gyeongju, so he immediately smiled and said: "It seems that you don't know the details of the Battle of Gyeongju. If you know the details of the Battle of Gyeongju, you will definitely Would not say such a thing.”

Ashinasheer's heart skipped a beat, and he raised his eyebrows and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Li Yuanji smiled and said: "It means that my Tang Dynasty invested more than 20 troops in the battle of Gyeongju, and that was still in the case of my Tang Dynasty's weak national strength.

Now that the national strength of my Tang Dynasty is booming, Dingkou has nearly doubled, and the number of troops that can be invested will only be more.

For this campaign against Xieli, our Great Tang invested tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but among the twelve guards, our Great Tang only dispatched four guards, and there are still seven guards to dispatch.

Among the government soldiers in Jiangbei, my Tang Dynasty has only invested in the government soldiers from Guannei Road, Longyou Road, Duji Road, and Taiyuan Prefecture. There are also government soldiers from Hebei Province and Henan Province.

Do you think I, Datang, can take out [-] soldiers and horses? "

Datang only sent out more than 20 soldiers and horses in the four places in the north of the Yangtze River. Among the twelve guards, only four guards were dispatched, and there were still seven guards who had not moved. Being able to rush to the battlefield at any time, Hebei Dao and Henan Dao can help Datang to provide about [-] troops.

This is just Jiangbei. If the huge Jiangnan is included, Datang will have more soldiers and horses.

The more than 20 soldiers and horses that have been put out now are estimated to have only reached two-fifths of the troops that Datang can mobilize.

Datang is far from reaching the limit.

But just like this, the Turks, the Liangshidu Department, and the Dahe Alliance have already struggled to deal with it.

If the Tang Dynasty continues to invest more troops, the Turks, the Liangshidu Department, and the Dahe Alliance will only be crushed.

Not only that, most of the generals dispatched by Datang this time are very young, such as Qu Tutong, Liu Hongji, Huang Junhan and other veterans on the battlefield did not move.

Li Shimin, who claimed to support half of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Xiaogong, who laid down half of the Tang Dynasty, did not move.

If Datang let them lead the second and third armies to go out.

The Turks, the Liangshidu Department, and the Dahe Alliance, let alone deal with it, it would be nice to find a way out.

Thinking of this, Ashina suddenly felt very flustered.

He analyzed it from all aspects, and found that the Turks had no chance of winning anyway, and it was very difficult to survive under the hands of Datang.

When negotiating conditions with Datang, they seem to have no initiative.

"Gudu..."

Ashinasheer subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said in a difficult tone: "Then what do you want?"

Li Yuanji smiled, and said: "You and Suni have completely surrendered to me. I can not only protect your Turkic subjects, but also enshrine you in Turkic, so that you can continue to be kings on the grassland."

Ashinasheer stared at Li Yuanji with scorching eyes, and said word by word: "You know, this is simply impossible."

Thorough surrender and being humble and being a vassal are two completely different concepts.

Complete surrender means that the Turks have completely fallen to the Tang Dynasty, and there will be no Turkic forces in the future, only the Turkic Ministry of the Tang Dynasty, or the attached Mizhou of the Tang Dynasty.

To bow down and be small is to bow down to the Tang Dynasty, but the Turkic is still the same Turkic, it just recognizes the status of the Tang Suzerain and pays tribute to the Tang Dynasty.

The former has completely become a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, flattening and rounding with the Tang Dynasty.

The latter seems to be a courtier of Datang, but in fact has great autonomy. If Datang wants to flatten and round, he has to be agreed.

The Turks have not yet reached the point of desperation, and Li Jing has not let the Turks know what it means to sweep the acupoints with a thunderbolt, and what is despair.

Therefore, in the eyes of Ashinasheer and even many people, the Turks can still struggle.

Li Yuanji smiled cheerfully: "That is to say, there is nothing to talk about?"

Under the eaves, Ashinasheer had to bow his head. He gritted his teeth and said, "If you don't open your mouth like a lion, we can still talk..."

Li Yuanji smiled and said: "But I don't want to talk about it anymore, can you still be my master?"

After saying this, without waiting for Ashina Sheer to speak again, he directly ordered Zhao Chengyong: "Send Prince Sheer down."

"His Royal Highness King Yong?!"

Ashinasheer was in a hurry and wanted to say something more.

Zhao Chengyong stood in front of his chest, forcing him back abruptly.

Ashinasheer was not reconciled, he raised his neck and shouted at the top of his voice.

"Your Highness King Yong, it is impossible for me, the Turks, to submit to you completely, but I can. I am willing to lead my troops to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and I only ask you to give the Turkic subjects a way to survive."

Li Yuanji turned a deaf ear to this, and after returning to the carriage, he asked the groom to drive the carriage to continue on his way.

Li Shimin had been sitting in the car, listening to Ashinasheer's cry, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "He is also a rare loyal man..."

Li Shimin is still very accurate in seeing people.

Ashinasheer is indeed a loyal man.

It is really rare for him to be able to keep running for the Turks during the life and death of the Turks, and to dedicate himself and his tribe to the Turks.

From Tang Ren's point of view, this may be an ordinary operation.

But he is a Turkic.

When his uncle and uncle were fighting endlessly for their own self-interest, he was the only one who still thought about the Turkic country, and the only one who was willing to sacrifice everything for the Turkic country.

With his uncle and great-uncle as a comparison, and Ashina Simo as a foil, who is rushing to fall to Datang, everything he has done is even more precious.

"so what?"

Li Yuanji asked with a faint smile.

He knew that Li Shimin had something to say.

Li Shimin continued to sigh with emotion: "If you can use it for yourself, it will definitely become a great help for my Tang Dynasty."

Li Yuanji nodded.

This is true.

Ashinasheer is indeed suitable to be used for his own use. According to history, he can not only become a great helper of Datang, but also become a loyal dog of the ruler of Datang.

And it's still the kind of loyal dog who is willing to give up his life.

It's just that he is now blocking Datang's way. If he insists on going against Datang, even if he is Datang's loyal dog in history, he must be killed.

Datang has not given it to the point where it is possible to exchange a piece of territory for a loyal dog.

"and then?"

Li Yuanji asked with a smile.

Li Shimin said meaningfully: "Now is a good time to show kindness."

Li Yuanji laughed out loud.

What Li Shimin said was right, now is indeed a good time to show kindness to Ashinasheer.

Ashinasheer is now begging Datang, as long as Datang shows him a little kindness, he can regain his heart.

It's just that although Ashinasheer has recognized the reality, he made it clear that he doesn't want to give up. Before he is completely desperate, giving him favor means giving up the vast Turkic territory.

It is obviously not worthwhile to give up the vast territory of Turkic for him.

Not to mention him, even Li Jing, Li Shiji, Su Dingfang and others will not do.

Territory is such a thing, once it is conquered, it has to be occupied and defended, so what's the matter if you go back?

It's better not to fight.

Our surname is Li, and the surname Li is not Sima, and we can't do the kind of thing that returns the territory that the soldiers have worked so hard to fight back.

An inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood, not an inch of the territory watered with flesh and blood can be lost!
"Second brother, do you want me to support Xieli as a Turkic Khan after defeating Jieli, and let him herd horses and sheep for my Datang?"

Li Yuanji stared at Li Shimin and asked with a smile.

The reason why Li Shimin said the words of kindness to Ashinasheer at this time is because he thought of supporting Ashinasheer in power and letting Ashinasheer help the Tang Dynasty manage the Turks.

That's what he's done historically.

After the Great Tang conquered the Turks, they supported several Turkic royal families who were close to the Great Tang and helped the Great Tang manage the Turks.

The vast majority of emperors in history did the same when they managed the grasslands.

They all returned the grassland to the grassland people and supported the grassland people to help the Central Plains manage the grassland.

However, judging from the historical results, this method not only failed to allow the grassland people to help the Central Plains manage the grasslands, but also raised one after another masters who turned against the Central Plains.

Not only that, each of these masters is more ruthless than the other, and they will not show any mercy when killing Han people.

(End of this chapter)