Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 624 Competing in the Central Plains (83)

Summer of the fourth year of Yan State 410 (624)
Li Shimin had just devoured the land of Huaixi, Henan, and commanded [-] Tang troops to besiege Jiangling.

Hearing that the main force of the Tang army was attacking the Jingchu area, the Hebei gentry who had long wanted to rebel, under the fire of the Yan State, supported Liu Heita as emperor, making the land of Hebei free from the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

It was very easy for the gentry in Hebei to resist the rule of the Tang Dynasty, because the foundation of the Tang Dynasty was the nobles of Guanlong. Therefore, Li Yuan followed Yang Jian and implemented the "Guanzhong Law of Guanzhong", using Guanzhong to absorb blood from the world and supporting Guanzhong with the wealth and resources of the world.

As long as the national policy of the Tang Empire [Guanzhong Law] does not change, the land of Hebei will definitely continue to rebel in the future.

Liu Heikai's rebellion was responded by forces such as Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu, Yan State, East Turks, Li Zitong, and Lin Shihong.

However, Feng An, who ruled south of the Five Ridges, remained neutral and waited to see, preparing to surrender to the victor and become the hero of the new dynasty.

Tuyuhun attacked Li Tang's Hexi area, Liang Shidu attacked Li Tang's Longxi area, Liu Wuzhou attacked Li Tang's Guanzhong area, Li Zitong attacked Li Tang's Yanzhou area, Lin Shihong attacked Li Tang's Huaixi area, and Liu Heitai attacked Li Tang's Hebei area.

The [-] Turkic army was divided into three groups to assist all forces and plundered various counties and counties in the northern border of Li and Tang.

The State of Yan provided weapons and equipment for Liu Heita, Li Zitong and other anti-Tang forces.

As for Liang Guo Xiao Xian, in Jiangling, he held back the main force of Li Tang's elite.

An anti-Tang encirclement net has been formed.

Although Li Shimin wiped out 30 Kwantung troops in the First Battle of Hulao Pass, under the operation of Yan State, Kwantung still has a huge anti-Tang force.

Facing the encirclement and suppression by various forces, Li Yuan panicked again, and wanted to shrink the front line, let Li Shimin return to defend Guanzhong, and keep the basic base of the Guanlong nobles.

"Boy of the Li family, you can defeat our country of Yan a hundred times, but as long as our country of Yan defeats you once, you Li Tang will be forever lost!"

After the [China Alliance] was disintegrated by Li Shimin in the First World War, Yan Ming re-established the [Anti-Tang Alliance] to unite all forces and jointly curb the expansion of the Tang Empire.

Yan Guo didn't end up in person, he just scolded others and asked them to beat Li Tang to death, so it didn't violate the national policy of recuperating and recuperating. The soldiers who died were all allies' soldiers. The remnants of the allies who were killed made the national strength of Yan continue to develop.

Therefore, in this way, even if the country of Yan fails a hundred times, it will not hurt the country's foundation, and Li Tang is betting on the country's fortune almost every time, even if he fails only once, he will never recover.

Facing the anti-Tang siege network, Li Shimin's wife Changsun Shi (Empress Changsun) suggested: "Although the anti-Tang forces are huge, they fight on their own and are not united with each other. They can be defeated individually."

"Moreover, the Turks are not an autocratic monarchy in the Central Plains. The interests of their khans are not consistent with the interests of the country."

"The wealth obtained by plundering the Central Plains belongs to those Turkic nobles, and the Turkic Khan himself does not share much."

"So, as long as we continue to send money and women to the Turkic Khan as before, then the Turkic Khan will naturally retreat."

"This is determined by the special system of their Turkic people."

Li Shimin reported this suggestion to Emperor Li Yuan, who agreed.

"As long as the Turks can retreat, I will give as much as they want!"

Isn't it just paying tribute to the Turkic people?What's the big deal, isn't it the way it has been for the past few years?Li Yuan said that this is very familiar!
Afterwards, Li Yuan sent envoys to Khan of East Turkic with a whole load of gold, silk, porcelain and beauties. He only met Jieli Khan and refused to meet other Turkic nobles.

Soon after, Jieli Khan met with the envoys of the Tang Dynasty alone.

"Even if you capture the Central Plains, you will not be able to herd horses and sheep. No matter how much wealth you plunder in the Central Plains, it will belong to the Turkic nobles who participated in the plundering operations."

"It's better to make friends with me, Datang. I, Datang, are willing to present the rich and beautiful women to you personally, Khan."

The Tang Dynasty severely took advantage of the institutional loopholes of the Turks.

Eastern Turkic is a loose tribal alliance, the Turkic Khan is like the leader of the China Alliance, and other Turkic tribal nobles are like the allies.

The leader of the alliance, Yan Ming, would not care about the life and death of his allies, and the Turkic Khan would not care about the life and death of the Turkic nobles.

The interests of the Turkic Khan and the entire Turkic Khan are not consistent. Attacking the Central Plains can bring a lot of benefits to the entire Turkic Khan, but the Turkic Khan himself has very little income. Therefore, for the Turkic Khan personally, it is better to repair with the Tang Dynasty. In this way, Tang Chao will give him all kinds of benefits alone.

Jieli Khan agreed to the Tang Dynasty's repair, and after receiving the gift from the Tang Dynasty, he withdrew his troops directly.

half year later

The winter of the fourth year of Yan State 410
Li Shimin had just annexed Liang Guo and captured the general emperor Xiao Xian alive. Li Yuan quickly ordered Li Shimin to go to Hedong to attack Liu Wuzhou and recover Jinyang and other places.

At this time, with the assistance of Yan Guo, Liu Heita had conquered more than half of Hebei.

Li Yuan asked Prince Li Jiancheng to garrison Jiangling and beware of Li Zitong and Lin Zihong.

At the same time, let Li Yuanji guard Longxi to guard against Liang Shidu.

Let his daughter Li Xiuning, the princess of Pingyang, guard Hexi to guard against Tuyuhun.

As for the land of Hebei, Li Tang really had no choice but to give it up temporarily.

Mingzhou City

Due to the constant change and division of administrative regions, many states in this era are only the size of a county seat.

Liu Heita rebuilt Xia Kingdom in Mingzhou City, proclaimed himself Emperor Xia, and purchased two thousand sets of armored armor from Yan Kingdom.

A set of iron armor = 500 young and middle-aged laborers. This is a special discount price offered by Yan Guo to Liu Heita.

If it is a scholar or a doctor or a craftsman, the price will be higher.

In order to raise funds for the purchase of armored armor, Liu Heita captured and trafficked hundreds of thousands of people in Hebei, including a large number of technical personnel.

In the process of attacking Hebei, Su Dingfang was victorious in all battles, defeating Li Shentong, the general manager of Tang Jun Hebei.

Li Shentong, the cousin of Emperor Li Yuan, was appointed as the governor of Hebei and was fully in charge of Hebei affairs.

However, Li's magical ability is average, not even as good as Prince Li Jiancheng, and he is powerless in front of Liu Heitai and Su Ding.

Su Dingfang originally surrendered to Li Tang in the Battle of Hulaoguan, but as the Hebei gentry supported Liu Heita to rebel, Su Dingfang also followed Liu Heita to rebel.

"Now that the main force of the Tang army is attacking Han (Liu Wuzhou), why don't your country take this opportunity to go south and attack the land of Henan?" The envoy of Yan State suggested to Liu Heita, Emperor Xia.

However, in private, Su Dingfang reminded Liu Heitai: "Since Yang Guang, Hebei has been in war for a long time, and the people are dying, and the people are eager to recuperate."

"Nowadays the world is in chaos, why should we be a knife to the people of Yan, and help Yan beat Li Tang to death?"

"It's better to stick to the land of Hebei, recuperate, develop people's livelihood, recharge your batteries, build high walls, accumulate food widely, become king slowly, and sit back and watch Li Tang compete with the heroes of the world."

"When the forces of all parties are exhausted, I will send out a hundred thousand soldiers in the Great Xia, and I will be able to sweep the world!"

(End of this chapter)