webnovelvip Chapter 629
Chapter 629
Chapter 629
In essence, Songtsan Gampo is a hero of a generation, so he is naturally unwilling to settle down in a corner and wants to expand outward.
The Central Plains has called itself the Kingdom of Heaven since ancient times, and regarded the surrounding small countries as barbarians.
So these people did not take Songtsan Gampo seriously.
However, Li Shimin, after being reminded by Lin Xuan, sent someone to investigate the intelligence of Tubo, and saw that Songtsan Gampo was a very ambitious person.
It would be impossible to face a big enemy, but Li Shimin was not naive to think that Tubo would not dare to attack Datang.
Therefore, Li Shimin could not allow Tubo to annex Tuyuhun.
"Your Majesty, whether Tubo will attack Datang is a matter for the future. In comparison, the grassland is the most important thing at present."
When Wei Zheng heard Li Shimin's words, he understood that Li Shimin wanted to send troops to help Tuyuhun, but Datang was not enough to support the two-way war.
Moreover, the Tang Dynasty had only been established for more than ten years, so he felt that cultural governance should be the main focus, and it was best not to start wars lightly.
He understood that the grassland had always been a serious threat to the Central Plains dynasty. Not long after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, soldiers were in full swing. Even if the Turkic people could not be wiped out, the Turkic power must be weakened at this time, so he did not object to using troops on the grassland.
But in Wei Zheng's view, it is very unnecessary to use troops against Tubo, even if he praises Gampo for his ability, so what?
Although Tubo's terrain has natural barriers, it also limits the development of Tubo. Even if Tubo annexes Tuyuhun, it will not pose much threat to Datang.
It is completely meaningless for Datang to fight Tubo without occupying it.
"Of course I understand that the matter in the grassland is a top priority. I am not planning to send troops to help Tuyuhun. What I really mean is to send an army to the border. Tubo will naturally withdraw its troops if it is worried that Tang will interfere. Even if it does not retreat, it will postpone the offensive. Give Tuyuhun a chance to breathe," Li Shimin said.
"Your Majesty, if you just send a partial teacher, it won't hurt much." Fang Xuanling said.
Changsun Wuji and the others didn't object either, they just sent someone to restrain him, which was nothing more than spending some money and food.
Seeing that no one objected, Li Shimin looked at the generals sitting there.
If it is just to send people to contain it, there is no need for these people to go, but if the people sent are only stationed in the city, after a long time, Tubo will also react.
Therefore, the candidates to lead the army are also more important, not only to put pressure on Tubo, but also not to let Tubo see the truth.
Seeing Li Shimin's gaze, Cheng Yaojin and others looked away quickly.
Just kidding, they are still waiting to fight the Turks, who wants to lead troops to scare people.
In addition to expanding the territory, for military generals, sealing the wolf and living in Xu should be the greatest honor.
Many people think that being sealed as a wolf and living in Xuxu means that he has made great military exploits, but it is not.
In the Han Dynasty, Huo Qubing led his army northward for more than 2000 miles, crossed the Lihou Mountain, crossed the Gonglu River, and fought with the Zuoxian King of the Huns, wiped out 7 enemies, and captured the Huns Tuntou King, Han Wang and other 3 people and generals 83 people, including Xiangguo, Danghu, and Duwei, took advantage of the victory to chase and kill them to Langjuxu Mountain, where they held a ceremony to sacrifice to heaven and leave behind the legend of sealing Langjuxu.
For military generals, conferring wolves to Xuxu is like conferring Zen to emperors. Although there is no real benefit, it can make them famous in history.
Seeing them like this, Li Shimin laughed angrily.
"Zhijie, why don't you lead the troops there?"
"Your Majesty, it's okay for me to charge forward, but I really can't do such a thing." Cheng Yaojin shook his head like a rattle.
Li Shimin didn't intend to send Cheng Yaojin there either, he just said that on purpose because no one asked for his order.
As for what Cheng Yaojin said he would only charge forward, Li Shimin didn't believe it at all.
It's not that he doesn't know Cheng Yaojin's shrewdness, but although Cheng Yaojin is shrewd, sometimes he gets very messy, and Li Shimin doesn't feel at ease letting him go.
Li Shimin looked at the others, but didn't know who to choose for a while.
"Your Majesty, I recommend the Duke of Lu to lead the army," Wei Zheng said.
Although he was the one who took the lead in impeaching Hou Junji, he had no personal enmity with Hou Junji. On the contrary, he still recognized Hou Junji's ability very much.
Everyone looked at Wei Zheng with strange eyes.
When you impeached someone back then, and now you recommend him, aren't you afraid of revenge when he gains power?
Li Shimin was taken aback when he heard the words, he felt very complicated about Hou Junji.
On the one hand, he recognized his ability very much, on the other hand, he hated iron for being weak.
Of course, he couldn't leave such a talent alone, otherwise he would have executed Hou Junji directly in the first place.
Before Hou Junji asked to lead the army, Li Shimin did not agree, and was going to continue beating him.
And for this grassland battle, Hou Junji was also on Li Shimin's list.
But now Wei Zheng recommends Hou Junji, Li Shimin thinks about it carefully, it seems that no one is more suitable than him.
"In that case, let Hou Junji go." Li Shimin said.
……
Early the next morning, Lin Xuan sent Ashina Sheer away, bid farewell to Wu Junxi, and left the capital of Gaochang.
After returning to the barracks, he trained the soldiers while paying attention to the movements of Western Turks and Xue Yantuo.
According to historical records, Nishu should have died of illness in the eighth year of Zhenguan.
But at that time, he didn't get the glazed wolf, and he didn't have the idea of unifying the grassland.
But now that he wants to unify the grassland, he has many things to worry about, and it is not certain whether he can live to the eighth year of Zhenguan.
Lin Xuan hoped that it would be best to beat Xue Yantuo to the point where Nishu died suddenly and Western Turks fell into internal strife, and Datang could easily pacify the grassland.
In this way, even if his idea of building a city on the grassland does not work, at least for a hundred years, the nomads will not bring any trouble to Datang.
Of course, this is just his wishful thinking, the battlefield changes rapidly, everything can happen, everything depends on God's will.
A few days after Lin Xuan returned to the barracks, news came from Qin Huaidao that after Ashinasheer left, his general Gerileda came to take the opportunity to make trouble and wanted to kill all of Ashinasheer's confidantes in Baodu City. die.
However, he was ambushed by Luosang Qunpei ahead of time, and Geryleda was shot and killed on the spot, quickly quelling the turmoil.
Lin Xuan was not at all surprised by this. Ashinasheer offended Western Turks and Xue Yantuo, but he was still not wiped out, which has its own advantages.
If it was really so easy to solve, it would be impossible to live until now.
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Western Turks
In the sweat tent, Nishu looked at the leaders of the various ministries sitting on both sides, and said: "Everyone, everything is ready now. Tomorrow, we will gather the warriors of all the ministries and launch an attack on Xue Yantuo the day after tomorrow, so as to dominate the grassland. This will be done in one fell swoop."
Because of excitement, Nishu's pale face turned red.
"I would like to obey the order of the Great Khan." Everyone stood up and said quickly.
They dare not oppose Nishu now. A few days ago, a tribal leader said a few words against sending troops, and the entire tribe was wiped out.
Nishu has Liuli Wolf in his hands, and he has a high prestige among the herdsmen of various tribes in Western Turkic. If they resist, the herdsmen under him may arrest them and send them to Nishu.
"You all go down and get ready." Ni Shu waved his hand and said.
Everyone saluted and retreated.
"Cough, cough, cough~" Nishu and the others left, and finally couldn't help coughing.
Nishu looked at the dark blood on his hand, his face turned pale, and he murmured: "Changshengtian must bless me, so that I can live until the day when I dominate the grassland."
(End of this chapter)