blenderwars Chapter 641 The best choice is not to send troops
Chapter 641 The best choice is not to send troops
Chapter 641 The best choice is not to send troops
Lin Xuan said a little speechlessly: "Who said there will be a war soon?"
Cheng Chumo was stunned, and said: "Didn't the general promise Xue Yantuo that they would send troops immediately when they brought the cattle, sheep and horses? Xue Yantuo is so eager to hope that Tang will send troops, and he must be unable to hold on. He should send the things soon. .”
Lin Xuan shook his head, looked at Xue Rengui and said, "Rengui, do you think Xue Yantuo can't hold it anymore?"
Xue Rengui said without thinking: "Xue Yantuo is really about to lose his grip, but it's not because of his strength."
Lin Xuan nodded approvingly, motioning for Xue Rengui to continue.
"Although Xue Yantuo suffered a lot of losses in several battles with the Western Turks, he was not injured. The reason why Xue Yantuo was eager to ask for help should be due to internal reasons in Qi." Xue Rengui said.
"Internal reasons? Could it be that they are in civil turmoil?" Cheng Chumo said a little puzzled.
Lin Xuan shook his head and said, "It can't be said that it's civil strife. The wolf is the totem of most nomads, and such a big glazed wolf is in the hearts of the Turkic people, just like the status of the Chuanguo Yuxi in the hearts of the Han people."
Although the Chuanguo Yuxi has only a symbolic meaning, it has been attached great importance to it in the past dynasties. After the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Chuanguo Yuxi was lost and reappeared several times. It was last seen in the Yuan Shundi period and never appeared again.
Later emperors who did not pass on the jade seals of the country were called Baiban emperors.
Getting it means destiny, and losing it means life is exhausted.
Of course, only ordinary people would believe these things, not even those in high positions.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Yuan Shu got the jade seal, felt that the destiny belonged to him, ignored the opposition of his subordinates, and proclaimed himself emperor directly, but in the end, he was destroyed.
The same is true for the current Turks, what happened to the glazed wolf, the leaders of those tribes naturally understand, but the herdsmen don't know.
There was no problem with the suppression by the leaders of various tribes before.
But with the defeat in many wars, those ordinary herdsmen increasingly believe that mud cooking is the destiny.
And those tribal leaders also had other thoughts. As a result, Xue Yantuo's internal affairs were in danger of falling apart at any time.
Now Xue Yantuo's interior is like a powder keg, as long as a large tribe surrenders first, it may explode at any time.
And Xue Yantuo was so eager to ask for help, not only because he wanted to help them repel the Western Turks with the help of Tang Dynasty's troops, but also because he wanted to stabilize the tribal leaders.
The fact that those tribes took refuge in the Western Turks did not guarantee their current status and territory, otherwise they would not have hesitated.
It's just that now they feel that Xue Yantuo has little chance of winning. If Datang sends troops, it will strengthen their confidence.
Cheng Chumo and the others clicked their tongues secretly. They only knew that the glazed wolf was very attractive to the Turkic people, but they didn't expect it to have such a big effect.
In fact, Lin Xuan's metaphor is not particularly appropriate.
Although the symbolic meaning of the Chuanguo Yuxi is very great, it represents the imperial power after all.
But for the Turkic people, the totem is a kind of belief, but it represents theocracy.
For nomads, theocracy is greater than imperial power.
If it weren't for the suppression of the tribal leaders, the herdsmen of Xue Yantuo's tribe would not know how many surrendered.
"Even if it is because of their internal reasons, we have to send troops as soon as possible. The strength of Western Turks and Xue Yantuo is not consumed too much. If there is civil strife in Xue Yantuo at this time, wouldn't Western Turks soon be able to dominate the grassland." Yuchi Baolin said.
"You are right, but you overlooked one point." Lin Xuan said.
Yuchi Baolin thought for a while, not knowing what he had overlooked, and looked at Lin Xuan suspiciously.
"It would be easy if we just want to prevent Western Turks from dominating the grasslands, but we think that both Western Turks and Xue Yantuo will lose out in the fight, so we can't send too many troops, or Western Turks will withdraw their troops."
"Your Majesty has no intention of increasing troops. That is to say, even if we go, there will only be 1 people. Do you think Xue Yantuo's tribes will have the confidence to fight against Western Turks even if we go?" Lin Xuan asked .
"Then what should we do now? If we don't send troops, Xue Yantuo may collapse and surrender at any time, even if we send troops, we can only do this and watch?" Cheng Chumo said irritably.
Lin Xuan said with a smile: "If we don't send troops, it will give Xue Yantuo confidence. It's not that we won't send troops, but that we can't send troops so quickly."
Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin couldn't understand, but Qin Huaidao was thoughtful, as if he understood something.
Lin Xuan nodded secretly, Qin Huaidao is much better than Cheng Chumo and others in terms of wisdom, as long as he has a lot of experience, he may not be a good general, which is a pity.
But Xue Rengui looked indifferent, he had already figured out what Lin Xuan said.
"Rengui, tell me."
After this battle is over, Lin Xuan is ready to step down as General of the Valiant Guard and let Xue Rengui take over.
Whether Xue Rengui can take over depends on how much credit he can make this time.
Lin Xuan is now giving him a chance to establish his prestige.
"Now that the Tang Dynasty has not sent troops, Xue Yantuo's tribes don't know how many troops the Tang Dynasty has sent. And Xue Yantuo sent horses, cattle and sheep to the Tang Dynasty, so he can't hide it from the Western Turks. The Western Turks will definitely launch the Great Tang before the Tang Dynasty sends troops. Scale the offense."
"The various tribes of Xue Yantuo must feel that as long as they can resist this time, the reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty will be able to repel the Western Turks. In this way, they will naturally use all their strength."
"At that time, the two sides will fight for real. Even if we only send [-] soldiers and horses later, they will have no choice but to fight."
This is easy to understand. Many people died in fierce wars. Even if those tribal leaders wanted to surrender, the sons, husbands and fathers of the herdsmen under them all died in battle. Would they be willing?
Even if those tribal leaders can suppress their own tribe, but what about the Western Turks?
Can the tribe whose family members died at their hands not retaliate against them?
During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhang Xiu killed Cao Cao's son and confidant Dian Wei. Later, facing Zhang Xiu's surrender, Cao Cao not only did not kill him, but rewarded him generously.
Does Cao Cao really not care?
No, Cao Cao cared very much, but during the Three Kingdoms period, the princes fought in chaos and attacked each other, and the generals of Cao Cao's hostile forces also killed the generals of Wei State.
If Cao Cao killed Zhang Xiu directly, those generals who had killed Wei generals would not dare to surrender even if they lost in the future.
In order to show his mind, Cao Cao not only couldn't kill Zhang Xiu, but also rewarded him heavily for the world to see.
But how could Cao Cao forget the revenge of killing his son.
After a while, no one pays attention to Zhang Xiu anymore, and it's time for Cao Cao to take revenge.
According to historical records, Zhang Xiu followed Cao Cao to the Wuhuan campaign. On the way, Cao Pi resented Zhang Xiu for killing his brother, and said to Zhang Xiu, "You killed my brother, what face do you have?"
Zhang Xiu committed suicide in shame.
If Zhang Xiu's face was really that thin, he would have committed suicide when he surrendered to Cao Cao and rewarded him generously.
The reason why Zhang Xiu committed suicide was because he understood that what Cao Pi said was actually what Cao Cao said to him.
Zhang Xiu knew that Cao Cao was going to settle accounts after Qiu Hou, and was unable to resist, so he could only commit suicide in order to keep his family safe.
And once the Western Turks had a real fight with Xue Yantuo, as long as the leaders of those tribes were not fools, they would not surrender easily.
(End of this chapter)