Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 132 On the Turks

The so-called children can't help their mothers, besides, Princess Pingyang is not a mother, but a sister.Princess Pingyang let go of her embrace, and stopped worrying about this matter, and started talking to Xue Lang about the logistics.

Since ancient times, fighting wars is a logistics.Especially now in the era of cold weapons, there is no food and grass, and no war can be fought.

Xue Lang is in charge of this, of course he knows.Thanks to the good memory now, when Princess Pingyang asks, Xue Lang can immediately tell the number, how much food and grass are there, clearly.

War is actually a huge activity, and there are too many things that need to be used in war.Especially in ancient times, from the decision to fight to the real start, the latter often represented complicated preparations.

Fortunately, because of Xue Lang's arrival, the top and bottom of the Tang Dynasty have been preparing since the beginning of the year to deal with the Turks' southward movement.Anyone with insight knows in their hearts that Liu Heita's resurgence is only to help the Turks to stand in the front. If Liu Heita can't do it, the Turks will follow behind.

Princess Pingyang said: "That's why Liu Heita must be pacified! Only by completely pacifying Liu Heita can the court be free to deal with the Turks. The Turks are the court's confidant's troubles."

Xue Lang said: "The troubles of the imperial court are inside, not outside!"

Princess Pingyang was surprised: "Why did Youyang say that?"

Xue Lang said: "Looking at history, from ancient times to the present, there have always been Hu people in the north. The Huns were a disaster for the Qin and Han dynasties. Now in my Tang Dynasty, it is the Turks. Although the Central Plains generation has changed dynasties, they are still Han people. In the world, but outside the pass, the barbarians have changed many ethnic groups. The so-called iron-clad Central Plains, flowing water barbarians."

Princess Pingyang nodded: "Youyang often has surprising words, but when you think about them carefully, they are quite wonderful. Please continue, Youyang."

Xue Lang arched his hands, and continued: "The troubles of the barbarians are all when our Central Plains is weak or the world is in chaos, and there is a mess! If our Central Plains has unified royal power and the country is rich and powerful, which barbarians can fight against them?" Therefore, it is only time to pacify the Turks! The Tang Dynasty was established at the beginning, there were bandits in it, and the national power is still weak, so I regard the Turks as a big enemy. In my opinion, we can despise it strategically, but we must despise it tactically. Take it seriously."

Princess Pingyang clapped her hands together and praised: "It's really a deafening statement to despise it strategically and pay attention to it tactically."

Xue Lang smiled and cupped his hands, and said honestly: "This is what the flower planter, a great military strategist and emperor, said. My subordinates feel that it is appropriate to use it here."

Speaking of this, Xue Lang paused, sorted out his thoughts, and said: "I have read a lot of history books since I was a child, and I know that the Hu people are a big problem for my court in the Central Plains. Naturally, when the court is strong, there is nothing to fear. When people fight, the court is weak and the Central Plains is chaotic, it is the time when the Hu people are rampant. Therefore, when I passed by the Turks, I stayed for a while."

Princess Pingyang immediately asked: "So, Youyang also knows Turks?"

Xue Lang nodded, thinking that he read it from the history books, but now he can only use this excuse to say: "The strongest Turks were actually in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. At that time, Turks were unified. This period lasted for about 20 years. In the land ruled by the royal court, the distance between the east and the west can be thousands of miles, and the distance between the north and the south is also five or six thousand miles. A powerful empire was built. It was not until... well, it was roughly during the Kaihuang period of the former Sui Dynasty that the Turkic Khanate was divided. They became Eastern and Western Turks, and they fought each other for more than 20 years."

Princess Pingyang said: "So that's the case. No wonder there was no Turkic knocking on the pass in those years. It turned out to be civil strife."

Xue Lang said: "That's right. That's why the Turkic Sabolo Khan returned to the Sui Dynasty later. It wasn't until the prodigal son of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty caused chaos in the world and frequent uprisings everywhere that Shibi Khan took advantage of the chaos to break away from the Sui Dynasty and stand on his own. things happen."

Xue Lang won't talk about the later things, and let's talk about the princess's father borrowing soldiers from Turkic.Speaking of it, many people say that Li Yuan, Li Shimin and his sons once professed their vassals to the Turks, which is wrong.Several historians in later generations have researched that Li Yuan and Li Shimin and his sons did not profess their vassals to the Turks, but at most they formed an alliance.

When Li Yuan first raised his troops, he borrowed troops from the Turks and credited a letter of enlightenment to the Turks.Before the eight years of Wude, Li Yuan and the Turks used the enemy's rites instead of proclaiming their ministers.After eight years of Wude, it was changed to the etiquette of the emperor to his ministers.

Xue Lang said: "Actually, the Turks are not the only ones who are strong in the north. There are Tiele, Khitan and other tribes. These two ethnic groups are weaker than the Turks, but given time, they must be a serious problem for the Central Plains. However, it is too early. It’s not time to worry, the most urgent thing is to solve the Turks first.”

Princess Pingyang nodded.Xue Lang said: "In fact, I have always had a question. The nomads in the north do not have the same idea of ​​unity as the Central Plains. It can be said that they are independent. Why can't we pull one, beat the other, and divide them?"

Princess Pingyang asked: "How to pull? How to hit?"

Xue Lang thought for a while and said, "What does Turkic lack?"

Princess Pingyang said: "What the Turks lack is a stable and rich life, endless wine and luxury clothes, and I have all these in the Central Plains. I still have a large population in the Central Plains. As long as the Turks come in, they will be forced to enslave them with the power of bows and horses." I, the people of the Central Plains, have inexhaustible slaves. The Turks only need to enjoy themselves. Talking to those who know the etiquette, and the livestock that only know how to use brute force to subdue people, only when they are subdued can they have a chance to speak !"

Xue Lang nodded, expressing his understanding.Isn't that what the future nomadic regime of the Yuan Dynasty will be like?He regards the Han people as the fourth-class people, and lives worse than pigs and dogs.There has always been only peace fought, never negotiated.

After discussing the Turkic matter, Xue Lang suddenly remembered something, and asked, "May I ask Your Highness, has Ye Qing settled the garrison? Seeing that the war is imminent, if the army is not united as one, the outcome will be unpredictable!"

Princess Pingyang smiled indifferently, and asked: "Youyang don't believe my vision?"

Xue Lang said: "No, this subordinate naturally believes His Highness's vision of people, but I am quite curious about how such a dull person like Ye Qing can conquer people's hearts."

Princess Pingyang said: "Ye Qing is a born general. Although he has just joined the army, he knows how to lead the army. In the army, you only need to do a little bit to convince the people!"

Xue Lang asked curiously: "Which point?"

Although I don't intend to lead the army to fight, but the way of controlling the subordinates has something in common. Princess Pingyang said that he is not majestic, and listening to how others control the subordinates is also a kind of learning.Live and learn!Xue Lang is a follower of this sentence.

Princess Pingyang is not the kind of person who likes to whet people's appetite with evil tastes. When Xue Lang asked, she naturally and straightforwardly told her: "Prestige!"

(End of this chapter)