In fact, there is no need for Xiao Han to elaborate on these words.
They are all veteran generals who have been fighting for half their lives. They despise the enemy strategically and pay attention to the enemy tactically. People like Chai Shao have long been very familiar with it.
Just a simple sentence of strengthening the wall and clearing the country, and the subsequent methods were beyond the imagination of a newcomer like Xiao Han.
After all, the Chinese nation has thousands of years of history.
In these thousands of years, the barbarians living on the grasslands have always been the greatest scourge of this civilization, and there is no one!
With their ferocious and barbaric nature, they trample on this newly developed civilization in every period, bringing countless blood and tears to the people of this land.
And the Chinese people also got to know them deeply during this thousand-year resistance, and developed countless countermeasures and means.
In the past, Xiao Han had no ill feelings towards the people in that land.
In the peaceful era of later generations, his impression of that land was all about the beauty of the blue sky, the vast wilderness, and the colorful and dazzling grassland style where people could sing and dance well.
But since arriving in the Tang Dynasty, Xiao Han suddenly discovered that the land now is different from that of later generations!
Savage, ignorant, and cruel! These are the most basic colors of that green grassland.
Perhaps in addition to this, there is a little bit of the magnanimity of the grasslands, but this magnanimity is definitely not for the Tang people!
"These barbarians come to plunder just for food, cloth, and ironware! In that case, why don't we open a mutual trade and exchange their cattle, sheep, and horses? Wouldn't this relieve the pressure on our border?"
A breeze blew by, and Xiao Han, who was slightly intoxicated, suddenly remembered a question that had been bothering him for a long time, so he asked.
"Mutual market?"
When Chai Shao heard this, he straightened up, rolled his eyes at Xiao Han, and snorted: "You think of them too simply! For those people, exchange for things and buy with money? How can they directly rob them with a knife?
How happy is it? Do you believe that if we open a market today, let alone the goods tomorrow, even our shopkeeper will be robbed and made a slave by them? "
"This... ugh!" Xiao Han was stunned, but when he thought about it carefully, he realized that what Chai Shao said was the most likely thing to happen.
Robbery can become a habit!
Since you can get what you want without paying, or only paying a small price, then why do they use their own things in exchange?
"Haha, only when the world has guns and cannons can certain ethnic groups become good at singing and dancing."
Thinking of the words "Later Generations", Xiao Han looked at the valley again, with an indescribable feeling in his eyes.
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Chai Shao did not stay in this valley for too long. He only stayed for one night and left the next day.
Along with him, there were more than a dozen ox carts and a donkey cart that was supposed to be an ox cart...
Chai Shao left, and Xue Wanche, who was hiding in the house, also left here alone.
I didn't know if Xue Wanche would go to Chang'an, so Xiao Han didn't ask any more questions after giving him some money.
He knows that he is not the savior and cannot control everyone's destiny. It is up to others to decide whether to stay or go.
After sending away these outsiders, the Qinling workshop became quiet again.
Due to preparations for the war, the passage between the workshop and the outside world was also blocked by Ren Qing in the next few days.
Although the existence of the workshop is still a secret, and those barbarians are unlikely to travel across mountains and rivers to attack them, Ren Qing is as cautious as he is and still isolates this area in advance.
However, the Qinling Workshop can be closed, but the borders of Datang cannot be completely closed.
On August 24, as expected, the Turks began to send out large armies to attack Gaoling.
On the 26th, Yuchi Jingde, the commander-in-chief of the march on Jingzhou Road, and Sun Wuji, the chief official of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, led their troops to fight with the Turks in Jingyang. They defeated the Turks' vanguard and captured the general Asteh Umitu, killing more than a thousand people. However,
Soon the Turkic brigade arrived, and Yuchi Jingde and Changsun Wuji were forced to give up the opportunity to expand the Warring States period and retreat quickly.
On the same day, Li Jing defeated countless Turkic cavalry in Liangzhou, killed and captured more than 3,000 Turks on the spot.
Two consecutive great victories were reported back to Chang'an, which immediately calmed down the uneasy hearts of the Tang Dynasty.
But no one expected that just when the situation was looking good, Luo Yi from Youzhou only put up a slight resistance and then retreated when resisting another main force of the Turks, allowing the Turks to seize the loophole and start from here.
After galloping all the way, in just two days, the army was already approaching Chang'an!
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"Luo Yi!"
Chang'an, in the emperor's palace, a fine porcelain tea cup was smashed to the ground from Li Shimin's hand. Snow-white porcelain pieces mixed with dark red tea splashed on the thick carpet. The frightened maids and eunuchs in the palace hurriedly knelt down.
The ground is shaking.
"I want to kill this beast! I must kill this beast!"
Without looking at the people kneeling on the ground, Li Shimin's heart was almost completely filled with anger!
He never thought that the forgiveness of these old members would not be exchanged for their loyalty, but instead would be ruthless betrayal! This kind of betrayal was like a sharp knife piercing his heart, making him feel pain in his bones!
"Your Majesty! Now is not the time to hold people accountable. One hundred thousand Turks are already approaching the city. How should we think about how to defend the city?"
Seeing the furious Li Shimin, Xiao Yu stepped forward to admonish him with a worried look on his face.
Now, all the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty were dragged outside! Jieli broke in alone, and Chang'an was temporarily undefended!
"Chang'an, it's okay for now!"
Slowly turning his head to look at Xiao Yu, Li Shimin spoke with determination although his tone was a little tired.
"Then... we should also think about ways to defeat the enemy!"
Xiao Yu didn't know why Li Shimin had so much confidence in Chang'an, but thinking about the large number of changes in Chang'an's garrison these days, and thinking about Xiao Han who had not been seen for a long time, he guessed something in his mind.
Li Shimin nodded tiredly: "According to what Xiao Qing's family has seen, how should we deal with it?"
Xiao Yu smiled bitterly, cupped his hands and said: "The Turks are coming with great force. We can't fight back now, so we can only negotiate for peace."
"Peace..." Li Shimin was silent for a while. Although he was unwilling to accept it, he knew that Xiao Yu was right.
Although Chai Shao, who returned from the Qinling Mountains, has mastered the uses of those new weapons, due to limitations in quantity and method, he is still more than capable of defending the city, but insufficient in attacking!
Moreover, even if he finds a way to lure the Turks to attack the city, those Turkic barbarians are not fools!
Once they were injured by firearms and dispersed, it would undoubtedly be a deeper harm to the new Tang Empire.
As the owner of this land, Li Shimin never wanted to see his people lose their lives.
