Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

"You Li Shi Khan, this is the order of His Majesty the Tang Emperor, what do you think?" Li Daozong looked at You Li Shi and said.

"I have no objection. I thank Tian Khan for supporting me. As long as Yipidulu can be eliminated, it is reasonable and reasonable for these places to be handed over to the Tang Dynasty." Xi Lishuo said without thinking.

Although the vicinity of Yili is good, there are plenty of pastures and enough land to support the expensive herdsmen, but in fact, compared to the land west of the West Kunlun Mountains, there are still not many lands here.

The important thing is that the Great Tang army has arrived, if the opponent can't get a suitable position, can they back down?I'm afraid it will be difficult.

So he lost his victory and decisively confessed.

"But there is another problem, that is, Ashina Shilu's attitude is also very important. The opponent has an elite cavalry in their hands. If he is connected with Yipidulu at present..." Xi Lishi said.

"No, the other party has a good relationship with Datang. The point is that many of the armors in their hands were sold to him by Datang. If he wants more armor, he will not fight against me. So You can rest assured that you are losing your fortune, Khan." Li Daozong interrupted him and said directly.

"If that's the case, then I'm fine, but this year is about to enter winter, and I'm afraid we'll have to fight again next year." Xie Lishi sighed.

Li Daozong smiled. To be honest, although Datang’s logistics supplies are better than those of the Turks, they are not so good. In winter, there is generally a lot of snowfall in the Western Regions. In many areas north of the Tianshan Mountains, the snow cover is not so thick.

So some logistics materials can still keep up, and the point is that the team in charge of logistics transportation delivered them a large amount of supplies, and the point is that this time they provided them with a large amount of military dry food that is easy to carry.

Air-dried meat.

It is composed of air-dried beef and air-dried mutton, and there is also a brand-new special flint and steel, which is more convenient than the fire scythe used by Datang. It only needs to be lightly scraped a few times to ignite the flame directly on some dry weeds.

In the wild, Datang's ordinary fire scythe is extremely difficult to use, and whether it is marching in winter or summer, flames are very important.

In addition, just in case, they also brought some special magnifying glasses for them to cast "golden flint" and then borrow fire from the sun.

Jinsui is Yangsui, which is the method used by later generations to ignite paper with a magnifying glass. This thing was recorded in "Zhou Li" nearly 2000 years ago in the Tang Dynasty.

But this is for emergency use.

The reason why His Highness provided them with these was naturally not for their daily use, but for them to directly kill the Turks in winter.

Given the harsh winter conditions in the Western Regions, it is obvious where Yipidulu gathers in winter. The Turkic people have long been accustomed to spending the winter in some places in winter, and these locations are fixed.

Because of the harsh environment in winter, cattle, sheep, horses, etc. can only eat withered grass, and the tribes of Western Turks can only live in a few limited places.

Although Yipidulu has a vast territory, there are not many places that can support a large number of people.

In order to prevent a large number of casualties among the cattle and sheep of the herdsmen below, the number of troops assembled in Yipidulu in winter will be far less than in other seasons.

"No, we will solve it this winter." Li Daozong said calmly.

"Ah? If you fight in winter, the casualties may be far greater than in other seasons." Xi Lishi frowned.

"Similarly, if we fight in winter, it will be easier for us to discover the location of the king's court in Yipi Duolu, and it will be easier for us to take it down. As long as we are surprised, it will be enough." Li Daozong said.

In fact, if you only need enough cotton clothes, food, and fire to attack in winter, other problems are not big.For example, water sources, the grassland after snowfall means that water sources can be found everywhere, and they don't need to find specific water sources to gather and rest.

"If Datang can help us provide enough military rations, I have no problem." After thinking about it for a while, Li Li simply agreed.

"These can be provided, but there is also one thing, these are not free. After you win your own land, you must allow my Datang's caravan to enter your territory for trade activities and not expropriate Taxes, and we can sell some of the grain to you in exchange for wool."

"In order to facilitate trade, we will establish several border trade ports in several important places to trade with you." Li Daozong said.

"Okay, I agree." He Lishi agreed without even thinking about it. Turks don't do production, so almost all the items in Datang are what they need, whether it's tea, clothes or other items. .

It is nothing to allow the Datang caravan to trade, so it is very straightforward to agree to it.

"Then it's a deal." Li Daozong also agreed straightforwardly. If they act quickly, they can complete the combat mission in less than a month. By then, Datang's army can shrink back to four key points. the western pass.

And Datang's main garrison positions in the future will also be based in these places.

As for the places enclosed by the Kunlun Mountains, Li Daozong doesn't have to worry about it. The imperial court will naturally send officials to strengthen the rule over the population of these places.

As for He Lishu, according to what His Highness said, He Lishu's talent is not as good as that of Yipidulu, and the loyalty of the tribes under his name may not be very high. , the tribe under his name is bound to be in chaos.

At that time, Datang had sufficient reasons and excuses to enter, and the victory of the Western Turks was just a matter of taking advantage of the trend.

Don't worry now, that piece of land will be thrown to Western Turkic rule first, and it is most appropriate for Datang to digest and absorb its own internal affairs first.

So this time, Datang is still very sincere about He Lishi. How can I put it, the reason why He Lishi believes in Li Daozong is also because of this reason, because He Lishi currently has only [-] elite cavalry stationed here, but Datang The elite army has reached [-].

If Datang wanted to be unfavorable to him, he could completely eliminate him, and it would be no problem to eliminate Yipidulu.

But Datang didn't do this, which shows that his vassal, Datang, really treated him sincerely.

So if you lose the profit, you will naturally have no other ideas. You can just follow Datang with peace of mind. Since Datang said that you can fight in winter, then fight in winter!

Of course, there are many things that Li Daozong does not know, or that Li Daozong does not know, such as the reason why some Western Turks were left behind.

In fact, it is also very simple. If you want to completely rule the herdsmen, you must give them a sufficient comparison. Without comparison, there will be no harm.

Just like the comparison between the life of herdsmen in Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia in later generations, aside from the propaganda level, it is another battlefield.The simple comparison of life is enough to make these herdsmen have a sufficient gap.

Otherwise, why did Li Ke open four trade ports on the border.

There is something valuable in Western Turks, and the most valuable things are all kinds of leather, wool, and meat.

It's not that Li Ke underestimates them for other minerals, they don't need them at all, and they can't use them.