In the summer of the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, the world was in balance, but in the minds of many big bosses, it was clear that there were many turbulent waves hidden under the calm water. Afterwards, the imperial court sent people to distribute food for disaster relief, although it was not said that the vitality was great.
Injured, it is certain that it will be affected a lot. Another example is that the Gaochang Kingdom in the Western Regions was disrespectful to the Tang Dynasty. The emperor was furious, and there were endless arguments in the court. Even now, they are still issuing decrees to reprimand, but the attitude of Gaochang Kingdom is there, a crusade
It's probably inevitable.
Everyone knows that today’s emperor can’t stand this!
In the past thirteen years, under the leadership of Li Shimin, the founding fathers of the Tang Dynasty worked hard and created the current situation in one fell swoop - although locust plagues, droughts and floods continued, the blessing of more people and less food was achieved
It can still feed the world; there are rebellions every year, but most of them occur in wild places such as the southwest, and are not worth mentioning; as for the serious troubles in the north in the past hundreds of years...
After the humiliating alliance that year, the Tang Dynasty worked tirelessly and used several wars to make the northern Turks understand one thing, that is, when the Central Plains Dynasty was strong, there were only two paths they could take.
Either surrender or run away!
In fact, not only the emperor Li Shimin, but also the whole Tang Dynasty was a bit inflated...especially the military attachés. Perhaps the founding fathers no longer have much pursuit of titles or official positions, but for more middle-level and lower-level generals
For us, pursuing military success is a matter of course.
Therefore, with the promotion of all parties, a war in the Western Region seems inevitable.
However, preparing for a war is not an easy task, especially as the Gaochang Kingdom is far away in the Western Regions... In fact, to be more precise, it should be in Turpan. If you want to conquer such a country, it will cost a lot to send troops from Chang'an.
How long? How much food and grass will be consumed along the way?
Even if Datang is strong enough now, it will probably take at least half a year to prepare.
and……
In addition to military preparations, other aspects cannot be neglected.
For example, the Tang Dynasty had to consider the small countries surrounding Gaochang State and the Western Turks in the west, which although already declining, were still considered strong opponents.
Fortunately, life in the Western Turks in the thirteenth year of Zhenguan was not particularly good.
The Western Turks are not monolithic. In the twelfth year of Zhenguan, a great war broke out between the Lishu Khan and the Yibidulu Khan. There was no winner or loser. In the end, they could only use the Ili River as the boundary to divide the territory. But that's it.
In this year, the minister of Zhilishi Khan, Zilifa, joined forces with Yibidulu Khan and sent troops to attack Zhilishi. In the end, Zhilishi died on the way to escape.
Butler was made Khan, named Shabolo Yehu Khan, and he built the royal palace to the north of Jihe River...
This political power is the South Court of Western Turks.
The South Court of the Western Turks governs the kingdoms of Qiuci, Shanshan, and Qiemo. Dulu builds Ya to the west of Daohe Mountain and is called the North Court. It governs the kingdoms of Jueyue, Bashimi, and Pima. Its strength is not very strong, and
He also had to face tremendous pressure from Beiting Yibi Duolu Khan, so he immediately sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty to pay tribute and seek protection.
At least for a short period of time, the Turks don't have to worry.
What the emperor really needed to worry about was the group of Turks in the Tang Dynasty.
No one has forgotten the rebellion that took place in Jiucheng Palace in April.
It was the rebellion in which Huang Ren and Ma Yuan came into being and made Li Yuanjia feel that they had created a miracle.
The younger brother of Tuli Khan formed a society and secretly recruited more than 40 people from his tribe. He coerced Tuli's son Heluo'u to ambush outside Jiucheng Palace at night and attack the palace. This caused a great uproar in the court. Although in the end the emperor was safe.
Nothing happened, he just sacrificed his time and military, and in the end the gang members were killed by Tang soldiers. He Luo'u was also exiled to Lingnan, but the suspicion within the Tang Dynasty towards the group of Turks who surrendered also reached its peak!
Even though Li Shimin had a broad mind, the worries in the hearts of the ministers could not be eliminated.
So in July, under repeated urging from important ministers, Li Shimin finally issued an order to allow the Turks and Hus who had been placed in various states to regroup, cross the Yellow River and return to the old land of Monan, and ordered Li Simo to be Yi Mi
Ni Zhaqi Libi Khan, commanded these people...
When Li Yuanjia received the news, it was already the end of July.
The afternoon sun was still strong, but lying under the shade of a tree, my body felt much more comfortable than a month ago. So after gently rocking the recliner and taking another sip of hot tea, Li Yuanjia sighed comfortably: "Tsk tsk
, I don’t know what these Turks are thinking. The Tang Dynasty treated them so favorably, but there are still some people who want to rebel... Haha, not only hitting an egg with a stone, but also hurting your own people, it is simply stupid!"
"Your Majesty, ah..."
As soon as Li Yuanjia finished speaking, Fang Fengzhu next to him stretched out his little hand and brought a washed grape to his mouth.
She has no interest in studying these things. What she cares about now is just the small basket of grapes in her hand and her husband lying next to her.
Li Yuanjia was naturally rude and swallowed the grapes in one gulp. At the same time, he kissed Fang Fengzhu's little hand and winked at her.
Fang Fengzhu pursed his lips and smiled, and Fang Fengzhu's heart tightened sweetly.
In the past, she would have been shy, but after getting married for a long time, Fang Fengzhu gradually got used to this kind of intimacy... What's more important is that this kind of intimacy is different from that in the bedroom.
During the contact, she had a vague feeling that the distance between herself and the king seemed to be getting closer and closer.
Although the feeling of being separated by a layer or something is still very strong, it is an absolute fact that the distance is close.
This feeling made Fang Fengzhu very happy.
In a good mood, Fang Fengzhu lost his usual scruples for a while and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I think it's not that they are stupid, but that they are too arrogant... Just like Gao Changguo, they are so big.
Do you really think that there is nothing we can do against a country that is so far away?"
"Haha, that's true."
After thinking for a moment, Li Yuanjia smiled and nodded.
Not to mention this era of limited information, even thousands of years later, will there be fewer countries like Yelang? In countries with bigger farts, anyone dares to curse when they open their mouth, and anyone dares to poke a few times with their hands.
It seems that a lot of people were killed by the big guys in the end, right?
only……
"If they don't seek death, where will I get the chance?"
Li Yuanjia suddenly became excited when he thought of what he was going to do once the news of the Tang Dynasty's attack on Gaochang was finally confirmed.
However, before he could think about it, Han Lucheng trotted in in a hurry: "Your Majesty, your Majesty sent someone to deliver a letter to you..."
"oh?"
After listening to what he said, Li Yuanjia immediately stood up in confusion.
Seeing the visitor, he got the emperor's letter. After Li Yuanjia opened it and scanned it, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face: "I'll stop you, this good thing is coming next..."