Chapter 26 The Rise of the Tang Dynasty
"The official is reckless!" Yang Ze respectfully saluted Chen Ying.
"The court also has difficulties!" Chen Ying said lightly: "Now, there are no armored soldiers in Chang'an, and the national treasury is empty, so I can't afford to fight!"
Yang Ze sighed slowly and was speechless for a long time. As the chief of Lingzhou City, Lingzhou City has been trapped for more than three months, and there have been many casualties in the city. When they encounter these Turkic surrendered troops, they wish they could kill them quickly. But he also understood that what Chen Ying said was very reasonable.
Before the troops moved, food and grass were first. As the northern border of the Tang Dynasty (temporary), it was very difficult to transport food and grass. Ten stones of grain were transported from Chang'an, at least five or six stones needed to be consumed on the road. There were four lower governments under the Lingzhou General Administration, mainly because no matter how many troops were, the court's logistics supplies could not keep up.
However, once the Turks counterattack with all their might, they could not reach the level. Long-term confrontation would definitely be a very big burden for the Tang Dynasty.
It was not until this time that Yang Ze valued General Manager Chen, who was as handsome as a woman. He had a very bad impression of Chen Ying and always thought that Chen Ying could become a high-ranking fourth-rank military position because of their identity and status. However, it was particularly rare for Chen Ying to be ruthless and impetuous when he was in his prime.
If it is based on one's own personality, Chen Ying also wants to kill and kill, but what after he kills it? War has always been a continuation of politics. Once things that cannot be obtained on the battlefield can be obtained at the negotiating table.
Now the Tang Dynasty cannot afford to fight, but in fact the Turks cannot afford to fight either. If it weren't for Shibi Khan's health since the beginning of winter, the Turks would never have been so restrained. I'm afraid that as early as the Liang Shidu, when they entered the end of October, they were unable to attack Lingzhou. Lingzhou entered the stalemate stage, and the Turks directly threw their arms and attacked fiercely, then Lingzhou had already changed hands.
Chen Ying pointed to Lingzhou City and said, "In the fourth year of Emperor Hui of Han, Lingzhou County was established here, which belonged to the northern county. Lingzhou has a history of more than 800 years. The surrounding land is fertile and the water and soil are abundant. If there is no war, it can support hundreds of thousands of people. At present, there are only 20,000 households in Lingzhou, and the garrisons cannot afford to feed themselves, so the court may find it difficult to match each other."
Entering the second year of Wude, the Central Plains Zhuolu will be launched between the Tang Dynasty and Wang Shichong, that is, the future Tang Dynasty will be centered on all the focus of the Central Plains. For the remote Lingzhou, it is less than one-tenth of that of Luoyang.
Yang Ze sighed and said, "The people's livelihood in Lingzhou is quite difficult. Men, women, young and old all work hard. Everyone is simple, but they are not greedy for life and happiness. But if they fight together, they will be in vain for a year."
"So, these prisoners are very determined!" Chen Ying said: "These are hostages and all meat tickets. As long as they dare to come to Lingzhou City, the general manager will tear the tickets!"
Yang Ze looked at Chen Ying in surprise and thought to himself, General Zhongwu of the imperial court could not have been brought to him by a bandit? How could he speak like a bandit?
Yang Ze definitely didn't know that Chen Ying could not only say it, but also do it.
In the end, Luo Shixin and Yu Guni followed the Turkic soldiers to cover up and kill for more than 30 miles until their horsepower was exhausted. Then they stopped the battle. After a rough count, the battle was seized with abundant resources, beheaded more than 7,000 levels, and captured more than 12,000 prisoners. However, not many other materials were seized, nearly 30,000 horses were harvested, and there were also many weapons and armor.
What surprised Chen Ying the most was that Luo Shixin actually captured the Turkic Yiwuzhenmo.
Chen Yingzhen didn’t know that Yi Wuzhen was one of the four major Ye Hus in the Eastern Turkic Khanate.
Seeing that Chen Ying did not pay any attention to Yi Wuzhen, Yu Guni immediately stepped forward and said, "It's a good idea for the general manager to know that this person is one of the four major Ye Hus in the Turkic Khanate!"
Du Shanguo said Yu Guni's words to Chen Ying, but Chen Ying still didn't react.
Yang Ze was overjoyed.
"A mere prisoner, are you all right?" Chen Ying smiled disapprovingly when he saw everyone's ecstatic and said, "It's so rare!"
Yang Ze said: "General Manager Chen, you don't know that the Turkic Ye Hu is Ye Hu Khan, whose status is second only to the Khan. If converted into the official system of our Tang Dynasty, this Ye Hu Khan is equivalent to the identity of the prince of the Eastern Palace and can inherit the position of Khan!"
"My sir! So awesome!" Chen Ying thought to himself that he had made a lot of money now.
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Huaiyuan, the Turkic Khan tent. It was not until the New Year's Eve of the first year of Wude that Shibi Khan finally got the news that Ashina Yiwuzhen Moyehu Khan was defeated and captured. As the saying goes, good people don't deserve their lives, and disasters last for thousands of years. Shiliver saw him escape the fastest, and he was surrounded by Bu Lugen to protect him, so he finally escaped from Luo Shixin's pursuit.
When he arrived at Wild Boar Ridge, Shiliver set up a remnant of the cage. Originally, Yi Wuzhen commanded more than 17,000 string control men, plus nearly 10,000 Tuojie cavalry, a total of more than 26,000. In addition, Shiliver set up his own troops, and only more than 10,000 people returned to Wild Boar Ridge.
Shiliver's eating habits were very ugly. He gathered the defeated soldiers and asked one by one. Those who surrendered would prosper and perish. In just one night, he ate all the troops under Yiwuzhenmo's command without leaving any left.
During the report to Shibi Khan, the battle in Lingzhou in the first year of Wude became Yi Wuzhen, who underestimated the enemy's carelessness and acted alone, and did not listen to his loyal advice from Liversha. He was hit by the Tang army head-on. At the critical moment, Yi Wuzhen, who was afraid of the enemy's retreat first, fatal morale of the entire army was frustrated, and it evolved from retreat to defeat.
If he had not been to Liversha in time and desperately blocking the pursuit of the Tang army, Yi Wuzhen's troops would have been more than 26,000, and none of them would have been able to escape.
As he talked about this, Shiliver was crying. Seeing Shiliver's body covered in blood and almost no good meat, Shibi Khan was furious: "Yi don't really fear the enemy, you should be punished for your crimes. The whole family will be sent to slaves, and his subordinates will be commanders."
With Shibi Khan officially making the decision, this time in Lingzhou, the four major Yehus of the Turks, Shilifushe, who has now become one of the three major Yehus, not only embezzled more than 5,000 soldiers of Yiwuzhenmo, but also obtained more than 16,000 troops of Yiwuzhenmo. Shilifushe transformed himself and actually had tens of thousands of soldiers and more than 16,000 troops of Luoshe.
Shiliver became the winner.
At this time, Shibi Khan had already sent people to Chang'an to question Li Yuan whether he would trigger a national war between the Turks and the Tang Dynasty, but now it seems that the Tang Dynasty was not afraid of a nation-shaking war with the Turks.
Could it be that the Tang Dynasty is so powerful that it is not afraid of the Turks?
The Tang Dynasty had such a powerful force? The four Turkic Ye Hu and the two Ye Hu were defeated one after another. Do you have to let his 30,000 affiliated troops go into battle in person to have a turning point?
It was originally thought that the Tang Dynasty was established in the early days, and people were unstable and financially lacked.
Could it be that after the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty rose again?
Shibi Khan thought about it and felt that it was possible that in the end of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Turks repeatedly went south to invade the border. Yang Jian, who was the general of the Prime Minister at that time, was also tired of dealing with it. However, who would have thought that just a few years later, Yang Jian usurped the throne and established the Sui Dynasty, went south to destroy the Chen Kingdom, unified the world, and attacked the Turks in the north, looked down on him.
As one of the most powerful traditional powers in the world, it is natural for China to spend a few years to restore its national strength and rise again.
Chapter completed!