Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty's strategy of restraint, there is a way to balance left and right.

Those vassal states of the Tang Dynasty had to bear the responsibility of providing servants to the Tang Dynasty.

As the sect leader, the Tang Dynasty recruited military and horses from foreign countries without spending money.

Not only does it cost no money, the ancestral family also has to provide food, logistics, intelligence, and other conveniences.

In other words, if the boss wants to fight, the younger brother needs to provide manpower, material resources, financial resources, and food.

The boss’s military expenses have been paid off.

Is there a sense of familiarity?

History is a circle, and thousands of years later, the later sects and kingdoms were still playing the Tang Dynasty.

This is why the Tang Dynasty was able to frequently use troops around but did not harm the foundation of the country.

As the sect leader of the Tang Dynasty, he could naturally borrow my brother’s money and people to do his own business.

However, everything has both positive and negative sides. You can enjoy the benefits and of course you must also bear corresponding responsibilities. Power is equal.

Otherwise, how could the younger brothers from the sect leader be willing to pay money and be so obedient?

They are not stupid.

As the sect leader, the responsibility of the Tang Dynasty was to maintain the order of the four barbarians, coordinate the forces in various places, and protect the security and interests of the foreign countries.

For example, Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla were nominally tributed to the Tang Dynasty, and they were also dependents of the Tang Dynasty.

But Goguryeo and Baekje joined forces to beat Silla. What should I do if Silla was beaten so hard that she kept vomiting blood?

At this time, the role of the sect leader is reflected.

The people of Silla would ask for help from the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty will mediate in the middle, and Goguryeo and Baekje are not allowed to buy Silla again.

"You two, stop. Silla is my younger brother, so are you. They are all family members. What to do? If you have any opinions, you can sit down and talk together. We must be convinced by virtue."

If Goguryeo and Baekje are obedient, then this step is basically over.

Of course, the Tang Dynasty would also issue a few orders to instruct the two countries to help Silla save face.

But once Goguryeo and Baekje don’t listen, they still have to continue fighting. What should I do?

At this time, it was forceful intervention.

The Tang Dynasty sent troops to punish countries that did not obey the orders of the sect leader and undermined regional peace.

This is to be polite first and then soldiers.

It's probably the process.

So at this time, the Tang Dynasty's Western Army came to the territory of Yanran's Protectorate, where did the money and food come from?

It is impossible to rely on Chang'an to transfer all the way.

If ten dou of grain arrives here, there will be only three dou left. People on the way will eat horses and chew them, and the grain transport team will also have to eat.

Therefore, in addition to bringing a small amount of food and grass, most of the logistics are now transferred to the local area.

That is, the ancestral ancestral ancestral ancestral ancestral tribes that obeyed the orders of the Tang Dynasty on this grassland.

It was raised by Yanran Protectorate and sent people to the Tang army camp.

The Yanran Protectorate’s Mansion itself has no food and grass. The food that the garrison of the Protectorate’s Mansion is also provided by the local tribes.

This is called "just eat from the enemy".

It was first played by the champion of the Han Dynasty, Hou Huo Qubing.

However, the Tang Dynasty's current skills are a little more clever than those of the Han Dynasty, so naturally they don't need to be so rough. They promise some benefits to the various tribes of the tribes. They obediently sent food and sent servants to participate in the battle against the Western Turks.

The benefit of promise is that if the Tang Dynasty wins, the participating servants can be allowed to plunder to a limited extent.

This is a real benefit.

If the Tang Dynasty was a lion on the grassland, these servant tribes were vultures that followed the king to peck at the corpses of prey.

Without the Tang Dynasty, they did not have the courage and strength toward the Western Turks.

But with the sect leader of the Tang Dynasty, everything was different. The sect leader ate meat and the servants drank soup.

All of this is based on the great martial arts of the Tang Dynasty.

Attack will win, and battle will win.

"The problem of the food route must be solved. The problem is not big now, but if such a thing happens again, it will be afraid that the morale of the army will be shaken."

Cheng Zhijie swept over Wang Wendu and turned his eyes to Su Dingfang: "What do you think about Dingfang?"

Su Dawei and Su Qingjie's gaze suddenly focused on Su Dingfang.

Su Qingjie was worried, while Su Dawei was curious.

What does this historical record of the new generation of Tang Dynasty military gods have on the robbery of food and grass since Li Jing?

After a moment of silence, Su Dingfang did not answer Cheng Zhijie immediately, but turned to Su Qingjie and Su Dawei: "What's wrong with the scout camp recently?"

Su Qingjie took a step forward, and although he was looking at his father, he did not dare to neglect it. He crossed his hands and said, "Go back to the general manager, there has been no abnormal movements of the Turks recently."

"Only I and the Chief Executive Liao Liao and others know about the logistics of the Tang army. Let's rule out the possibility of leakage on our side for the time being." Although Su Dingfang is famous for his speed in the war, he is actually very cautious in his daily life and does not talk much, but he has been carefully considered.

"It's already spring now, and it's not ruled out that the Turks have sent a large number of rangers to attack our rear. This is the old plan of the champion Hou during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han."

The champion Hou is naturally Huo Qubing.

At that time, the Han Dynasty sent a large army out of the northern part of the Mo River to find the main force of the Huns. It would be even better if it could touch the royal court of the Huns.

Unfortunately, nomadic peoples live by chasing water and grass, and the vast grasslands are often uninhabited for thousands of miles.

In ancient times, there was no satellite positioning. To find the Huns, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Huo Qubing's method is cruel, but it is also the only feasible method.

He was not bound by Confucianism in the Central Plains and acted more like a Hun.

Except for the first time he went to the expedition, he used Zhang Qian as his guide, and then he quickly advanced and interspersed, and walked around the rear of the Huns.

Then what to do?

Simple.

Find water sources and a place with abundant water and grass.

The Huns' army could run everywhere, but their tribes, so many cattle and sheep, could not run around.

It is necessary to grazing according to aquatic plants.

It was precisely through this point that Huo Qubing sneaked into the enemy's back and ate the enemy, and added with the iron-blooded killing poke.

The Huns were in great destruction, razing tribes, killing all cattle and sheep, in order to weaken the war potential of the Huns.

Moreover, every time I robbed, I would deliberately let several people from the tribe escape.

Where can the escaped person go?

It must be to seek the main force of the Huns, to report news and seek support.

Huo Qubing secretly sent people who were good at hiding to follow him, and the army then blocked and killed him.

This is how he can repeatedly find the main force of the Huns in the grassland.

It sounds simple, but there are countless links and technical difficulties, but it is actually not easy.

Otherwise, there were so many generals in the Tang Dynasty, why couldn’t others do it? Only Huo Qubing could do it?

This is the ability.

As for Li Guang of the same period, I won’t mention it…

Once it’s bad luck, it’s like this every time, that’s not luck, but strength.

"You mean..." Wang Wendu's eyes narrowed: "The Turkic rangers have crossed the Jinshan Mountains and entered the Yanran Protectorate?"

Su Dingfang said: "It is very likely that there are only 3,000 soldiers in the Protectorate's Palace. On the vast grassland, there are tribes of various races. When the Turks merge into it, it is like a drop of water merged into the sea, which is difficult to detect.

They don’t need to find our real food transport route. They just need to stare at the servant tribes of our army, or even the Protectorate’s Mansion, and they will naturally find the right direction.”

Cheng Zhijie touched his beard and nodded slightly: "Dingfang is right. I don't think they dare to send too many people. Now they are just a small number of people behind to destroy them, trying to cut off our military rations."

Wang Wendu said: "Then we will send troops to attack immediately and annihilate this group of Turkic cavalry on the spot."

"At present, I haven't heard of any tribe being robbed by the Turks. The Turks should be afraid that the noise will be too big and we will find it. This proves that they won't have too many people.

It is mainly to cause trouble for our army to weaken our combat potential.”

"That proves that the Turks can't sit still anymore. According to my estimate, it will take half a month or a month later. Even if we can't go there, they will definitely take the initiative."

The three Tang army commanders, one by one, actually speculated the intentions of the Turks.

Su Dawei thought about it secretly, thinking it made sense.

It is not difficult to introduce the Turks' movements in Yanran Protectorate, but based on this point, the Turks' cannot hold back and the time when the war is about to be fought is something Su Dawei had never expected before.

Cheng Zhijie and Su Dingfang and Wang Wendu had decided to discuss it, and their eyes finally fell on Su Qingjie and Su Dawei.

"You two come here."

"Master General."

"The scout camp was too restrained by our Tang army before. Now that the war is approaching, we should not be cautious about the past. I think we should send scouts, whether it is lurking or spying, collect the enemy situation as much as possible and prepare for the next war."

Cheng Zhiguang swept Su Dawei: "Do you two understand?"

"I'm sure to listen to the order of the Chief Executive."

"good."

Cheng Zhijie was not polite and immediately ordered: "Su Qingjie, you are the main camp of the scout camp, and you and General Su Dingfang's troops cooperate with you, so you must find the Turkic cavalry who sneaked into the Yanran Protectorate."

"The last general takes the order."

Su Qingyue will come soon.

"Your scout camp is not to be dispatched to fight. Remember that your mission is to spy on the news, do you understand?"

"clear!"

Cheng Zhijie looked at Su Dawei again: "As for Su Dawei, you... you have experienced the last time you jumped over Jinshan, and you have also seen the Turkic cavalry. Do you dare to play with the big one again?"

"But listen to the order of the chief executive."

Su Dawei agreed loudly, his eyes shining with a trembling look, and he felt eager to try it out.

"good."

Cheng Zhijie laughed and pointed at him: "I appreciate the tiger spirit in you. The task I give you is to climb over the golden mountain and sneak into the Turkic territory, and find out how many of them are, where they are hidden, and when to take action. Everything is fine and small, and report them one by one."

"The last general will receive the order!"

"Just relying on the scout camp's hand is not enough." Cheng Zhi's program will be directed at Su Dingfang: "Dingfang, the specific manpower arrangements and the cooperation of the cavalry will be yourselves. We will fully support the scout's action to collect information first and annihilate the enemy second."

"yes."

The real battle is still coming. Now, killing a few cavalry, three or two, doesn't take it seriously at all for Tang Jun, who is used to victory.

Therefore, this operation was mainly based on scouts inquiring about information and collecting intelligence, and supplemented by Tang cavalry.

"Let those Turks know that the attack and defense are changing, and the enemy can go, and my Tang Dynasty can go." Cheng Zhijie shook his cloak fiercely, and his face showed a cold and harsh look.

He is old and is not as persistent as he is when he was young.

But this does not mean that the Turks can ride on his face and use his face to do military achievements.
Chapter completed!