Chapter 0811 Is it easy to switch between offense and defense?
Isn’t this a hooliganism?!
Of course, if you put it on yourself, you are seeking the skin of a tiger.
No matter whether Sunisi, Liang Shidu or Da Heduluo, they are not stupid people. Since they have united together and launched an attack on Jieli, they must have the ambition to develop their joint power.
Now that they are seeking skin from a tiger, how should they deal with it when they and Jieli both suffer and the Tang Dynasty takes advantage?
Li Shentong didn't understand this question and asked it.
The answer given by Li Xiaogong is the difference between early death and late death.
Jieli obviously couldn't tolerate Sunisi and Liang Shidu. If they didn't unite to resist Jieli, they would be cannibalized by Jieli sooner or later. But their power was not enough to resist Jieli, so they joined forces.
Big hello.
With the addition of Daheduluo, they had the power to resist Jieli, and could stand firm under Jieli's encroachment, and even be able to cannibalize Jieli in turn.
Before they cannibalize Jie Li, they need to fight with Jie Li with all their strength, and they have no energy left to prevent third parties from suddenly joining the battlefield.
Even if they can predict that the third party force will end up taking advantage when they and Jie Li fight with both sides, they have no way to take advantage of the third party force. They can only make concessions with the third party force and delay the third party force from ending.
And on the pretext that the third party wanted to see the outcome of both themselves and Jieli losing, they went to attack Jieli freely, please the third party, and ask for benefits from the third party.
If the people in power in the third party are not too stupid, they will definitely give them certain benefits and support them to continue fighting with Jieli until both sides lose.
"But they didn't follow our wishes to attack Jieli, and the benefits they asked us for were not soldiers, armor, food or the like, but territory.
Territory, even if we are willing to give it, I am afraid that the civil and military officials in the government and the public, as well as the soldiers in the army, will not agree.
After all, every inch of our territory in the Tang Dynasty was purchased by our soldiers with their lives."
Facing Li Xiaogong's explanation, Li Shentong raised new questions.
Li Xiaogong continued to explain: "Isn't it true that we haven't reached an agreement with us yet and haven't gotten any benefits from us? As long as we agree to their conditions and give them more benefits, we can make them do what we want.
Go and attack Jieli."
From a strategic point of view, Li Xiaogong was more inclined to negotiate with Sunisi and the others, agree to Sunisi's conditions, and give them more benefits based on the conditions proposed by Sunisi and others.
In this way, the Tang Dynasty could intervene in the war between the Sunisi trio and Jie Li, and make the war develop in the direction that the Tang Dynasty wanted to see.
Whether it is to let the Sunisi trio and Jieli consume each other, or to support one party to destroy the other, Datang can control it in the direction that Datang most wants to see.
When the three Sunisi and Jieli come to a conclusion, it will be easier for Tang Dynasty to conquer the Turks.
After all, after Datang controlled the war between Sunisi and Jieli, it was impossible for one of them to continue to become powerful or to annex the other.
Datang will definitely try its best to make them consume each other.
When they were almost exhausted, no matter what outcome they fought for, they could not stop the arrival of the Heavenly Soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
Because at that time, the Tang Dynasty must have suppressed the troops of all their forces to an extremely low number.
It is impossible for them to have the energy to fight against the Tang Dynasty.
Li Shentong guessed Li Xiaogong's thoughts through Li Xiaogong's words, but he did not support Li Xiaogong's idea. He said without hesitation: "Once we agree to their conditions, we will give them more benefits and let them taste the sweetness."
, then they will become more greedy.
When the time comes, they will come to me, Datang, for benefits every time they fight, so how can I, Datang, be satisfied?
More importantly, once we hand over the homeland we recovered from the Liang Kingdom, if the remnants of the Wang family, the Dou family, and even the Yang family all jump out and demand that we hand over the homeland we recovered, how should we deal with ourselves?
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Li Xiaogong frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Those who achieve great things must make sacrifices!"
Li Shentong said without giving in: "To achieve great things, you have to give something, but it also depends on what you give. If what you give is your hometown, then it's okay not to do such big things."
Li Shentong's idea is very simple, that is, the territory that Datang has occupied cannot be given away, no matter how many reasons there are.
Li Xiaogong saw that Li Shentong was resolute and could not persuade him. He was too lazy to talk to Li Shentong anymore. Instead, he focused on Li Yuanji, hoping that Li Yuanji would make a decision.
Li Yuanji patiently listened to the opinions of the two people, and already roughly understood their thoughts. Facing Li Xiaogong's eyes, Li Yuanji said without hesitation: "I think what Uncle Wang said is reasonable. Those who achieve great things can achieve something."
Pay, but don’t use your homeland as a bargaining chip, otherwise, it’s okay not to do this big thing.”
Li Yuanji also said something that he did not say, that is, this case cannot be opened.
It is now the early days of the dynasty, and many examples, once started, later became ancestral laws.
Right now, Datang is so powerful that no one can defeat it, so no matter what decision it is made, it will not suffer.
But no one can guarantee that Datang will remain invincible in the future.
According to the course of history, a dynasty, after a period of prosperity, will inevitably enter a period of decline.
Therefore, the Tang Dynasty is destined to become very weak and less invincible in a certain period of time in the future. If the emperor at that time uses this incident as an example and starts crazy reparations from various places, then it will be impossible to say how much wealth the Tang Dynasty has.
Not enough to compensate.
More importantly, most of the ridges of a dynasty were established in the early stages of the dynasty.
If the Tang Dynasty had established a system in the early days of no fraternity, no surrender, no tribute, and I would fight you to the end with all my might if you messed with me, then the future emperors, loyal ministers, good generals, and the common people would
I will also try my best to hold up this ridge.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Even if the Tang Dynasty forgets about it, there is a high chance that this ridge will be implemented until the end of the dynasty.
Just like the Han Dynasty, after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established an invincible ridge that could defeat all its neighbors even if it was a militancy, more than 2,000 years later, there are still people shouting for this ridge.
Just like the Tang Dynasty in history, after establishing the ridge of the Celestial Empire, even if the dynasty entered a period of decline, there were still countless loyal souls who stood up this ridge.
The fact that the Anxi Army guarded the Western Regions for decades without falling is proof of this.
Therefore, during this critical period of erecting the ridge beams, Li Yuanji hoped to make the ridge beams of the Tang Dynasty harder and more indestructible, rather than worse than in history.
Li Xiaogong said eagerly: "But this is an excellent opportunity for me, Datang!"
An opportunity to defeat the Turks, a powerful enemy, at a very small cost.
Li Yuanji said calmly: "I know this is an opportunity, but I will not trade the recovered homeland."
Li Xiaogong was stunned and said: "You mean, let Suni lose them in exchange for another condition?"
Li Shentong frowned when he heard this and said: "They will definitely take the opportunity to ask for a large amount of soldiers and armor, as well as a large amount of food and grass, so it is easy to raise tigers."
The Tang Dynasty can support all the friends and neighbors who ask the Tang Dynasty for help such as soldiers and armor, food and grass.
This has nothing to do with Qingliang. This is simply because Datang did not want to be friends with Datang, and some of the friendly neighbors who were friendly to Datang were bullied and gave them support.
If they were bullied even though they had the support of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty would not mind sending a large army to help them and turn them into noble Tang people and turn their homeland into a noble kingdom.
earth.
In this way, people will only think that those mud-legged people took advantage of the Tang Dynasty and received charity from the Tang Dynasty, rather than that the spine of the Tang Dynasty was bent.
"Let them ask for whatever they want. We have the final say whether to give it to them, how much to give it to them, and whether they need to pay a certain price."
Li Yuanji said nonchalantly.
Military assistance is definitely free, but there are so many people in need of military assistance. How to identify who should be given and who should not be given?
It must be distinguished by the degree of friendliness.
So how do you get this level of friendliness?
Then it depends on whether the person being assisted is on track or not.
There are many pie-in-the-sky situations. Whether you can eat the pie depends on whether you can give the person who threw the pie what he wants.
Li Shentong didn't understand what he meant, and still frowned: "They ask us for a lot of benefits. If we can't satisfy them, they may not be willing to listen to us."
Li Xiaogong understood the essence and said tentatively: "If they are disobedient, then we will give the benefits that should be given to them to their opponents?"
Li Yuanji smiled knowingly and said: "We can also create opponents for them."
Li Xiaogong's eyes suddenly lit up, "Jie Li, step on the powerful Ye Hu, or even Tu Ji?"
Li Yuanji laughed heartily.
Li Xiaogong was worthy of being someone who could help the Tang Dynasty regain the south of the Yangtze River. Although he had a lot of favors from Li Jing, he also had money in his stomach, and he could handle war matters at a glance.
Sunishi and the others chose to negotiate with Datang, which was not a sign of weakness.
If they were really capable and had strong soldiers and horses, why would they still negotiate with the Tang Dynasty? Couldn't they just go to war with the Tang Dynasty and take back the homeland that the Tang Dynasty had recovered?
But they didn't.
That shows that their strength is very limited, and after dealing with Jieli, they are already stretched thin.
In this case, whether Datang supports their opponent Jie Li or creates new opponents for them, it will be a big blow to them.
So they can use the matter of fighting against Jieli to play rogue against Datang, and Datang can also use the matter of supporting Jieli, supporting the Taqiang Department, and supporting Tudiji to force them to bow to Datang and let Datang give them