When taking stock of Ming Taizong at the beginning, Lao Zhu was stunned!

Chapter 90 Complete annihilation?It is indeed a bit difficult.

Han Dynasty, the fourth year of Yuanshou.

Liu Che suddenly realized that he paid too much attention to Li Shimin, but ignored the people around him. In other words, Li Shimin himself was so dazzling that it was difficult for ordinary people to notice him and the people around him, which was not the case in other dynasties. All of them are dazzling beings.

Thinking of this, Liu Che couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

Of course, it's not that he thinks his Wei Qing and Huo Qubing are not good enough. On the contrary, these two are his real and capable ministers, and he cannot value them too much.

But he occasionally remembered that in the hundreds of years since his great Han Dynasty, the Central Plains had been unified for so long. Although there were not many incompetent emperors like the Song Dynasty in Xi'an, there were not many moments when the stars shined.

Couldn't he, a big man, produce a few more worthy talents?Even if it's not as good as Wei Qing or Huo Qubing, it doesn't matter if it's a little worse.

However, when he carefully counted the civil servants and generals in his mind, he found that few of them could meet his standards, and he couldn't help but feel even more uncomfortable.

Fortunately, there was a miracle that "the seventh emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, completely washed away his shame" to comfort him. According to the miracle, it seems that his future posthumous title will indeed be Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

The word "武" really came to his heart, and it was extremely consistent with his life's ambitions! ——
Qin Dynasty.

Ying Zhengze sensitively noticed something: Wang Xuance did not borrow the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty. He only gathered his own men, led his troops to attack Tianzhu, and captured the leader of the country. He only got the official position of a fifth-grade Chaosan doctor. It seemed that Not low, but a bit unworthy.

And Li Shimin in the miracle is obviously not an emperor who does not reward his merits. The person who can bring the Tang Dynasty to such a point and create such a prosperous age makes him a little moved is definitely not a narrow-minded person, even in his old age. impossible.

Moreover, Wang Xuance was not very dissatisfied, which is enough to show that this kind of achievement was not a big achievement in the Tang Dynasty at that time.

Moreover, to put it another way, Wang Xuance was able to recruit troops from the countries around the Tang Dynasty with just one envoy, and he completed the recruitment of troops and horses in just one month. What is even more frightening is that after the victory, Wang Xuance could still It is simply unheard of to restrain those barbarians from causing chaos!

All this reflects the Tang Dynasty's influence on surrounding countries at that time, which was probably extremely powerful.

So what exactly did the Tang Dynasty do?
Among the past dynasties, there are not a few dynasties and capable ministers who can beat the surrounding countries to tears and then flee in desperation. But why is it that only the Tang Dynasty can have such a strong influence on the surrounding countries?

[Since the Weishui Alliance in the ninth year of Wude, the Turks have always occupied a place in Li Shimin's heart, and Li Shimin has never forgotten them. 】

[In the second year of Zhenguan, while the Tang Dynasty was continuously stepping up preparations, the Turks themselves were in trouble. 】

[Encountered natural disasters such as frostbite and drought, resulting in the death of a large number of sheep and horses. The economy of Turkic and other nomadic peoples is extremely single, mainly relying on animal husbandry. 】

[The massive death of cattle and sheep in the natural disaster caused many tribesmen to lose their means of livelihood and no basis for food exchange with the Central Plains]

[So, after many discussions, they elected Zhenzhu Khan, hoping to gather all their strength to fight for opportunities for their tribe. 】【In November of the third year of Zhenguan, the East Turkic generals Yalkin and Ashinadur led their troops to harass Hexi, which gave Li Shimin a reason to counterattack the East Turks. 】

[Li Shimin sent six generals, Li Jing, Xu Shiji, Chai Shao, Li Daozong, Xiaojie, and Xue Wanshu, each to lead the First Army to send troops to the East Turks. Li Jing was the commander. This was also the famous Sixth Army in later generations. 】

[In the first month of the fourth year of Zhenguan, Li Jing led [-] cavalrymen from Mayi, entered Eyang Ridge, and began to prepare for a night attack on Zhanxiang City. 】

[Jieli Khan could not have imagined that the Tang army moved so quickly. He thought that if Li Jing dared to go deep alone, there would be a main force following him, so he hurriedly withdrew to Qikou. 】

[Li Jing also sent spies to alienate Jieli Khan's tribe, and successfully induced Jieli's confidant General Kang Sumi to be afraid of the Tang Dynasty. He spontaneously began to surrender to the Tang Dynasty and took away some middle-level Turkic generals, which had a great impact on the morale of the Turks. Big blow. 】

[Jieli Khan saw that his confidants secretly surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. Knowing that Qikou was no longer safe, he continued to lead his troops to retreat to Yinshan. As a result, he encountered the Jinhe Army led by Chai Shao at the Hun River, and then again at Baidao. They were intercepted by Xu Shiji's Tongmo Army and the Eastern Turks were defeated. 】

[In the fourth year of Zhenguan, the armies of Li Jing and Xu Shiji joined forces.Xu Shiji analyzed that the Eastern Turks seemed to be in an extremely embarrassed state, but in fact there were still many troops. If they attacked forcefully, the Tang army would probably suffer heavy losses. 】

[Now that Tang Jian is going there to comfort him, the East Turks will definitely relax their guard, which is a good opportunity to attack! 】

[Li Jingshen agreed, although doing so would put Tang Jian and others in danger.As the head coach, Li Jing naturally cannot only consider one person's safety. What he has to consider is how to completely destroy the Eastern Turks! 】

[In the end, Li Jing adopted Xu Shiji's suggestion and led his elite troops to attack overnight. Xu Shiji led the army later. When Jieli Khan saw the Tang envoy coming to comfort him, he thought that the Tang Dynasty was willing to negotiate peace and that he could avoid a war, so he relaxed his vigilance. 】

[Li Jing led his army to make continuous raids, and was not discovered until seven miles away from Jieli Khan's tent. Then he marched straight in and captured the Eastern Turks' camp. Jieli Khan took advantage of the chaos and fled westward. 】

[Li Jing led the army to follow up and defeated the Turkic army.In this battle, the Tang army annihilated more than [-] Eastern Turks and captured more than [-] people. 】

[Jieli Khan fled westward, hoping to defect to King Murong Fuyun of Tuguhun or King Qu Wentai of Gaochang. However, he was unlucky enough to fail to fulfill his last hope. Jieli Khan ran into Li Daozong's Datong army again. The first time he failed to escape, he was captured by Tang general Zhang Baojiang. 】
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The early years of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bang still remembered the flash of the word "Military God" that appeared in the previous miracles. At this time, it seemed that Li Jing mobilized six armies and one hundred thousand soldiers and successfully completely wiped out the Turks. He was indeed an unparalleled general.

However, after all, the Turks were composed of many nomadic peoples. The Tang army only brought 10 people. Is it enough?
Of course he believed in defeating and repelling the Turks, but could they be completely eliminated?
It is indeed a bit difficult.

Are the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty really that strong?
You know, even Ming Taizong personally brought 50 troops to the Northern Expedition.

Tang Jun only brought [-]?
He did not think that the conquest of the Turks during the Tang Taizong period was much simpler than the Northern Expedition during the Ming Taizong period.

So the question is, is the Tang Army's combat effectiveness really that strong?
At this time, only three years after Zhenguan, could the Tang Dynasty equip one hundred thousand soldiers with various weapons and horses?

(End of this chapter)