Chapter 0940 The sudden change in the Turks, the voice of the Tang Dynasty
Li Yuanji pursed his lips and said in disbelief: "He is not a fool. He doesn't know what it means to remain neutral at this time."
Li Shimin said disapprovingly: "Maybe he suddenly became stupid?"
Li Yuanji rolled his eyes and said angrily: "When you were leading the troops and helping the Tang Dynasty unify the Central Plains, did you ever make any mistakes?"
Li Shimin was so shocked that he was speechless.
When it comes to important matters of life and death, everyone will be extremely careful. Who would be stupid?
There are many examples of stupid people in history, but they are only a few, so they are recorded in history books as negative teaching materials.
If this kind of thing was very common and there were many such examples, who would record it in the history books?
Therefore, it is possible for Sunis to be stupid, but the probability is extremely low, almost equal to zero.
So this kind of thing cannot be interpreted as Suni's mistake and stupidity.
"I always feel that there must be a reason why Sunisi is so silent. Let Su Dingfang send someone to investigate."
Li Yuanji pondered and said something, instructing Zhao Chengyong to send someone to deliver a message to Su Dingfang.
Before Zhao Chengyong could leave, Li Yuanji said again: "Send someone to talk to Li Shiji and ask him to make a move and stop following Li Jing and pretending to be dead.
So far, I haven't seen a battle report related to him.
After all, he is the deputy commander in chief of this expedition against the Turks, so how can he do nothing?"
Zhao Chengyong was stunned for a moment, then raised his hands and said, "Where does Your Highness want General Li to go?"
Before Li Yuanji had time to speak, Li Shimin said first: "Let him go to King Xiangyi. King Xiangyi has not made any achievements since he was ordered to go on the expedition. Let him go and help King Xiangyi."
Li Yuanji said thoughtfully: "Uncle Wang has Yin Kaishan on his side, and the order Li Jing gave him was only to contain some of the Turkic troops, but not to march on his own initiative.
If you let Li Shiji go over now and help Uncle Wang march, it is very likely that you will ruin Li Jing's plan."
Li Shimin curled his lips disdainfully and said: "Li Shiji is following Li Jing now. Will sending him to Uncle Wang affect Li Jing's plan? He will discuss it with Li Jing himself, and Li Jing will give him enough room to play. We don't need him at all."
worry."
Now, it was Li Yuanji's turn to be speechless.
No need to think carefully, you can be sure that what Li Shimin said is right.
As a superior, you only need to put the right people in the right places. As for the rest, there is no need to worry about it. Just let the people under you figure it out.
If you have to worry about everything, why not be a superior person and just become a counselor?
Zhao Chengyong glanced at Li Shimin with a vague look and said nothing.
Li Yuanji said helplessly: "Just do as my second brother said."
Zhao Chengyong bowed in agreement and went down to deliver the message.
Time flies to the end of May.
The place where Li Shenfu was located finally made great achievements with the help of Li Shiji. He conquered a small Turkic tribe, killed 300 people, captured more than 4,000 people, captured tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, and thousands of horses.
However, this is nothing worth paying attention to.
Because at the end of May, a major event occurred within the Turks.
This major incident also revealed to the Tang Dynasty the reason for Sunisi's delay in making any reaction.
The event itself had little to do with Suni's loss.
But Sunish must have known about this in advance.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to have no attitude and just watch the Turks when they are in danger.
This major event is that the Turkic tribes such as the Xueyantuo tribe and the Uighur tribe were dissatisfied with Jieli's rule and could not bear the high pressure given to them by the Tang Dynasty. Near the end of the month, they rebelled against the Turks and fled to the Western Turks.
They took away nearly 200,000 Turkic tribesmen, millions of cattle, sheep and horses, and more than 400,000 slaves in one fell swoop.
All of a sudden, the Jieli Department's strength was weakened by a full 35%.
This can be said to be the largest defection in Turkic history.
This is also the first defection incident since the East Turks became powerful.
In the past, people from the Western Turks fled to the Eastern Turks, but now it has finally happened that people from the Eastern Turks are fleeing to the Western Turks.
It can be seen from this that the living environment of the East Turks today is not as good as that of the West Turks, whose living environment is harsh.
This also proves that the Turks were divided into two and fought continuously for two years, causing huge damage to the Turks.
The Tang Dynasty sent troops to conquer the Turks, which also put great pressure on the Turks.
It is said that after Jieli found out about this, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood and died. Regardless of the Tang Dynasty's ongoing war against the Turks, he insisted on sending his own name, Yugu, to lead 100,000 troops to pursue the attack.
Jie Li's current strength was originally not as good as Tang Duoyi's. Now it was weakened by 35%, and he sent another 100,000 troops to pursue the traitors.
What else can Jieli use to fight Datang?!
"This...this...this..."
After Li Shimin read the information sent back from the front line, he couldn't say a complete sentence for a long time.
Although he is well-informed and has experienced many storms and waves, he has never seen or experienced such a scene.
The enemy was facing a great enemy and the country was in ruins. He did not want to serve the country or pledge himself to the country. Instead, he fled with a large number of domestic elites, a large population, and a large amount of resources.
This kind of operation is comparable to traveling south in clothes.
There have been examples of the Five Indiscriminate Traitors of China, such as crossing the South with their own clothes, but the Turks still do this.
It's really uneducated, it's terrible.
Li Yuanji smiled and said with emotion: "Although the defection was a little late and just right, it makes people laugh and cry."
The Turks Xue Yantuo, Uighur and other tribesmen did not flee early or late, but they chose this time to escape. This was no longer cutting Jieli's artery, but stabbing Jieli's heart.
If Jieli, and even the Turkic tribes controlled by Jieli, are not destroyed this time, it would be unreasonable.
"What's a little late?"
Li Shimin asked puzzledly.
Of course, Xue Yantuo and Huihe defected too late.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Historically, they defected from the Turks in the ninth year of Wude, but now it has passed the ninth year of Wude.
However, Li Yuanji had no way to tell Li Shimin this, so he could only deal with it: "It's nothing... You think it's time for President Suni to express his stance now, right?"
Li Shimin was stunned and said: "You are saying that the reason why Sunisi has been reluctant to express his position is because he is waiting for this to happen. He knows that this will happen?"
Li Yuanji nodded and said: "If he didn't know that this would happen, then why had he been reluctant to express his position before this? The second brother wouldn't think that he was really stupid, right?"
Li Shimin seemed to have not heard the last sentence and continued: "It seems that there has been a gap within the Turks for a long time. Our conquest of the Turks this time has actually become a trigger."
If there were no gaps within the Turks, how could Sunisi know in advance that Xue Yantuo, Uighur and other tribes were about to defect?
Sunisu might have known for a long time that Xue Yantuo, Uighur and other tribes had already separated from Jieli, and he might even have won over them when they split the Turks.
That's why he accurately judged that Xue Yantuo, Uihe and other tribes would defect at this time.
Li Yuanji commented: "Jieli is a bit selfish. If after he succeeds to the throne, he will be a little better towards Sunisi, Ashina Sheer, Ashina Simo, the chiefs of the Xueyantuo tribe and the chiefs of the Uighur tribe."
Nor will I end up in the current situation where everyone is betrayed and separated from their relatives."
If Xue Yantuo, Uighur and other tribes betrayed Jieli in order to survive, then Sunishi, Ashina Sheer, and Ashina Simo betrayed Jieli, and it was really Jieli's fault.
He did not reuse Suni and lost three people, but suppressed Suni and lost three people. From the perspective of the superior, there is actually nothing wrong.
But when he did not reuse the three Sunisi and suppress the three Sunisi, he did not confiscate their military power, and did not integrate the forces in their hands for his own use. That was his fault.
Whether you don’t reuse it or suppress it, you either don’t do it or you have to do it thoroughly.
If you are neither good nor bad, then you are not seeking your own fault.
Now that he is being attacked, he deserves it.
"What are you going to do next?"
Li Shimin turned his head and asked.
Li Yuanji smiled and said: "You shouldn't ask me what I plan to do next, you should ask Li Jing what he plans to do next. However, although I can't guess what Li Jing will do next, I guess Li Jing is very depressed now.
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After preparing for a long time, working for a long time, and fighting for a long time, I won the opportunity to conquer the Turks, planned all the plans to conquer the Turks, and personally led an army of hundreds of thousands to go out. I was about to become famous and famous in history.
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As a result, before the force could be exerted, the enemy himself was in chaos.
It would be strange if Li Jing wasn't so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood.
Although it is said that those who are good at fighting do not have great merits, but those who do not have great merits also do not have great names.
If you don't pursue fame and wealth in life, why should you be in the officialdom? Go live in seclusion in Taibai Mountain and become a Taoist priest with Sun Simiao.
Not only will it be clean, but it will also lead to longevity.
"I guess not only Li Jing will be depressed, but other people will also be depressed."
Li Shimin couldn't help laughing and said.
The generals and commanders who participated in the war against Turks this time all obtained opportunities from their colleagues. Some of them had a falling out with their colleagues.
Some people performed martial arts with their colleagues, and some showed off the faces of their fathers, grandfathers and other older generations.
If you can't get anything in the end, you will definitely be depressed.
"In order to prevent them from getting sick from boredom, I decided to give them extra burdens."
Li Yuanji stood up slowly, said something with a smile, and then ordered Zhao Chengyong: "Send the order to Li Jing and let him let go of his hands and feet. Don't think about other things. It should be his contribution, and he won't get a share of it."
few.
Send an order to Su Dingfang, ordering him not to obey Li Jing's orders anymore, but to press forward with the entire army and wipe out the capital of Liang Division for me.
Order Li Daliang, Pang Yu, and An Xiuren to immediately issue surrender documents to the Dahe family and Tuyuhun.
If they are willing to surrender, they can become our vassal of the Tang Dynasty. If they do not surrender, order them to conquer and destroy them.
By the way, I want to tell them all that in these places mentioned above, there will be only one voice left before winter comes, and that is my voice of the Tang Dynasty.
If anyone can’t do it, tell me in advance and I’ll send someone to take their place!”