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Chapter 321 That Arrow

Following behind Wang Hua, whether it was Li Hong or Mu Zili, the nature of their maidservants was changing.

While continuously handling various affairs for Wang Hua, his wisdom is also improving step by step.

The hinge does not worm, and the flowing water does not rot!
Therefore, they are far better than ordinary people in judging things. Strictly speaking, this Dibao is also good news for the Tang Dynasty and Wang Hua.The imperial court needs to rest, otherwise there will be no peace talks last year.Not to mention that after this year's hard work and a lot of consumption, Mo Chuo took the initiative to propose a peace agreement that was more submissive than last year.

In terms of personal feelings, they also hope that Wang Hua will not continue to fight. Although Wang Hua will make great achievements, the battlefield is full of risks. The loss rate of the Bloody Battalion has reached more than half. They are heartbroken.

But what puzzled them was, why did Wang Hua's eyes shine coldly when he saw this mansion newspaper?

Wang Hua asked Li Hong to pack these things away, and then ordered the soldiers to call Mo Hegan.

After Mo Hegan arrived, Wang Hua handed the mansion newspaper to him. No one in the Scarlet Camp knew Mo Hegan better than Mochuu.

Mo Heqian looked at Di Bao and thought for a while and said: "When I was in Turkic, Mo Chuan made rough statistics, and the entire Turkic can control 40 strings. Of course, these troops only exist in imagination, and they cannot be drawn out in reality. At most, the proportion drawn by the Zhou Dynasty is a little higher. This is also the reason why Mo Chuai dared to offend Da Zhou repeatedly."

This statement may seem contradictory, but it is not contradictory at all.When a regime was first established, almost all the troops could be gathered to fight to the death on Poyang Lake like Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang did.However, after the establishment of the regime, the constraints increased.

Important places in Gyeonggi, border defense at each checkpoint, and important cities in various provinces must be stationed with troops.If there is a mistake, whether it is an internal peasant uprising or an external aggression, even if the army is sent to calm them down afterwards.The imperial court will also have greater losses, such as in order to alleviate the pressure on the disaster-stricken areas, reduce taxes, and provide pensions and so on.

Because when it was first established, the responsibility could be shifted to the previous ruler, and it was even possible that in order to get more people to join, the food in the state capitals would be burned up, resulting in more homeless farmers.But the success of the rule, on whom to push it?Therefore, social stability must be maintained.

Therefore, no ruler dared to mobilize all the troops.

There is another factor. There is no doubt that the army is strong and powerful, but the supply is very troublesome. At this time, the transportation cost is very high. For example, if a truckload of grain is escorted to the Western Regions, at least half of the truckload will be lost.

Just like the Song Dynasty claimed to have 160 million troops, if all these troops were mobilized, even if they piled up, they would kill the Jin people.But it is never possible to mobilize them all.

The Turkic people are a little better, the population is in flux, and because the army of the Tang Dynasty began to weaken, they did not dare to go deep into the desert, so when they saw the situation was not good, they fled to Mobei, and the Tang Dynasty was helpless.

But there are also various tribes that are not very sincere, as well as other tribes and countries, and it is impossible to mobilize all the troops.Even if wars are used to support wars, there are only tens of thousands of people at most, tens of thousands of people, leaving aside the necessary supplies for the march at the beginning, even if the Tang Dynasty is invaded, can all the hundreds of thousands of troops be supported by looting?
Unless the Tang Dynasty was really weak to the point where the Song Dynasty was.At that point, neither the Liao Kingdom nor the Jin Kingdom dared to swarm their troops out.

However, the proportion of troops that can be deployed is a bit higher, plus it is the side that is actively attacking. As long as it is used properly, it can always remain on the side with superior forces against weak forces.

Mo Hegan added: "One more thing, the more victories you have, the more troops you can deploy. If you encounter failures many times, it will be a miserable victory, and the number of troops you can deploy will decrease."

Even Li Xuejun was thinking deeply about the reason why Mo Hegan said this.

However, Wang Hua almost didn't think about it, and agreed.

The 40 control strings does not mean that the Turkic people can draw 40 troops, but refers to the sum of the soldiers drawn from all the tribes under the Turkic rule.If it was like a few years ago, when Mo Chuai was at its strongest, he even invaded the Tang Dynasty several times, and the harvest was huge.Following the silent invasion, you can also share a large amount of harvest, which is tantamount to an investment in a different direction, so the tribes rushed to send troops.But if there is no gain, or the gain is not enough to make up for the loss, the enthusiasm of the ministries to send soldiers will be low, and they will even deliberately reject them.

Speaking of which, Mo Hegan looked at Wang Hua suspiciously. It should be said that the peace negotiation is also what Wang Hua expected. Some unhappy look.

He said again: "If there is nothing wrong, this silent peace negotiation is forced and helpless. Of course, he is also watching. If Da Zhou gives him a chance, he will still invade again. But Da Zhou makes no mistakes, and we will live in peace for a few years nothing."

"Then how do you think our Da Zhou should deal with it?"

Mo Hegan was even more surprised, this was not something Wang Hua could decide.This can only be decided after discussion between Wu Zetian and the prime ministers. Wang Hua is not qualified to intervene in this matter, and even if he intervenes, it will not be of much use.

But he still replied: "Riding in Mobei, there are only two times in the history of your Zhou people that did the most glorious things. One is Wei Qing and Huo Qubing during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the other is Li Jing and Li Ji in the hands of Emperor Taizong. Although later Xue Rengui The general has done a good job, but the place he arrived at is still very far away from the real Mobei. Now that there is discord, there is only one way to fight back. May I ask if the battalion supervisor has the military talents of the above four people?"

Wang Hua smiled wryly.

"Maybe even if there is a king's battalion supervisor, apart from a few thousand elite soldiers of the blood battalion, are there tens of thousands of soldiers who can be as fierce as soldiers of the blood battalion?"

Wang Hua smiled wryly again.

"No, talking about counterattacking Mobei is tantamount to nonsense. This is just the first one. The second one has been fighting for the past two years. It's too much to eat silently. But will the situation in Dazhou be better?"

Wang Hua still smiled wryly.

This time, in order to appease the alienation, countless money and silk were spent on rewards for several parts of Tie Le, Tu Qi Shi and Tocharo.It's just a small head.Hundreds of thousands of people were affected by the war, not to mention barren production, and many families were separated from their wives.There are also soldiers' pensions and supply expenses, which are the real big ones.

It is estimated that the national treasury is probably empty now.

Otherwise, Wu Zetian wanted to destroy Sanyang Palace and build Xingtai Palace in spring, and almost all the ministers knelt down to give advice.Because there is no money.

"This battle must be fought, but at this time, it will be beneficial to the Holy Majesty, so the Holy Majesty also wants to negotiate a peace in his heart."

This battle not only related to the safety of the Tang Dynasty, but also related to Wu Zetian's ruling power.If there are wars on all sides, it will give some people an excuse, and there will even be a chance to dethrone Wu Zetian.But after Tuqi proposed and proclaimed himself a minister, Da Zuorong was already on the sidelines, and he became more honest. Xin Zanpu, a Tibetan from Tibet, succeeded to the throne, and it would take a few years before he wanted to invade.Mochuo didn't have any delusions anymore, so all the border troubles of the Tang Dynasty were temporarily resolved.

In this way, Wu Zetian's throne became safe.

After achieving this goal, Wu Zetian didn't dare to take the risk.

Therefore, the Tang Dynasty urgently needed this peace treaty.

Even in the event of a failure, although Mochuo lowered his head, he still asked the emperor's grandson of the Tang Dynasty to marry his other daughter.

But there is one thing that Mo Hegan didn't say, how many daughters Mochuu has, Danzhu is the youngest one, the others are all married, after Mochuu welcomes Danzhu back, what daughter will she marry Wu Zetian's grandson.Don't learn from the Tang Dynasty, find a woman from a relative's house, pretend to be a princess, and then marry the king of Fan.In this way, Wu Zetian would not agree.

"I see," Wang Hua said.

In fact, Wang Hua also understood these principles, but he called Mo Hegan to see if he had any new ideas.

Can make him very disappointed.

In this way, Wu Yanxiu will definitely return to the Tang Dynasty.

Wu Chongxun and Wang Hua didn't care, he was just a dude, but this Wu Yanxiu, Wang Hua had never met, but he knew something about Shi Ji.Stayed in Turkic for many years, but did not surrender silently, which shows that this person is a bit stubborn.

Regarding the looks of some Wu family disciples, Wang Hua could only shake his head. In terms of appearance alone, the genetics of the Wu family disciples are indeed so good that there is nothing to say.

Coupled with the masculinity tempered by several years of hardships, combined with the beauty of appearance, the attractiveness of such a man to girls is amazing.

Of course, this is a woman of the Han people. If it is a girl on the grassland, she may not like it. They prefer a man who is pure masculinity.If Zhang Yizhi's brother was placed on the grassland and given to Princess Danzhu, she would not even look at him.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling irritable for a while.

Originally, he had thought about it, but he had neglected it during this period of time, otherwise he could have thought of a way to enrage Mo Chuai and kill Wu Yanxiu.It's too late now.

He waved his hand and said, "You all go out, let me think about it."

Several people felt very strange.

Wang Hua thought about it for several months, but he still couldn't come up with a solution.But the news came gradually, and the peace agreement was reached again, and Mochuo even allowed the Tang Dynasty to re-establish the Protectorate in Mobei, and could also send less than [-] troops.

This is also very funny, 1000 people went to Turkic, it is useless!
But this largely satisfied the vanity of the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty, at least as Mo Hegan said, Wu Zetian could confess to the people of the world.

In August, Mochuo sent out a mighty envoy again to escort Wu Yanxiu back to the Tang Dynasty, and married Princess Heining to Li Xian's son Li Chongjun as the princess.

This princess Hei Ning was actually married, but because of the needs of Mochuo, her husband was given to death and remarried to Li Chongjun. The Tang Dynasty monarchs also knew the news.However, this point made Wang Hua disappointed again, no one of the ministers gave advice on this matter, and after thinking about it, he smiled wryly again.Now there are a few people who don't care much about chastity.

Moreover, this marriage is not the marriage itself, it is that both countries need this marriage to ease the conflict between the two countries.As for the thoughts between Li Chongjun and Princess Heining, is that important?

However, Wang Hua secretly made some mobilizations and moved the army eastwards, all the way to Fengzhou. This is also the easternmost of Zhang Renyuan's new cities, and the western surrendered city. There used to be a city, but now it is almost in ruins.Let Zhang Renyuan pick it up again.

Then Wang Hua found an excuse and disappeared.

He went to the prairie to see if he could find a chance to assassinate Wu Yanxiu.

August is the most beautiful season on the prairie, the grass is not yet yellow, and the cattle and sheep are at their fattest after several months of grazing.

The silent invasion brought disaster to the people on the border of the Tang Dynasty.However, the action of Wang Huaxueyingying also brought disaster to the herdsmen on the Turkic border.

In the place where the Turkic south bordered the Tang Dynasty, many herdsmen were forced to move northward.Now after hearing the news of the peace agreement, because there have been no cattle and sheep here for several months, the pastures are growing vigorously, and new herdsmen have returned to the south.

Wang Hua disguised himself as a herdsman on the grassland, and followed the Turkic envoys from a distance, but he was still very careful, after all, he was alone, and his appearance was different from the Turkic people.

He was going to wait for an opportunity to assassinate Wu Yanxiu, but he had never seen Wu Yanxiu's appearance.

After following him for several days, he finally judged that a handsome young man was Wu Yanxiu.Because among this group of people, apart from the messenger of Silence and the princess, only this Han youth is the most gorgeously dressed.

But he never found a chance.

There are more than 1000 people in this envoy group, even if he does not hesitate to expose his identity, he still has no ability to assassinate Wu Yanxiu among so many people.

Not only him, but even Li Xuejun coming in person, I'm afraid it might not succeed.Although she was unpredictable, but under the protection of so many people, if she killed one person easily, the world would be in chaos.

Moreover, the official envoy of this envoy was Mo Chuan's nephew Que Teqin, who was also one of the few talented Turkic people that Mohegan had repeatedly told him to pay attention to.

Seeing that the frontier of the Tang Dynasty was ahead, Wang Hua became a little anxious.

He found a stone ridge and left the horse on the other side of the stone ridge.This is a dangerous operation, because apart from this stone ridge, the terrain in other places is still very open, and it is easy to be pursued by the enemy.

Gradually, the sound of horseshoes reached his ears, and he raised his binoculars to look into the distance, and the group of people came straight to him.

He stuffed the binoculars into his pocket, then took out a mask and put it on his face.

The sound of horseshoes and wheels is getting closer.

Wang Hua untied his curved bow, which was not his usual iron arm bow, but a Hu bow.

Quietly curled up his body, retracted into a red willow bush, motionless.

It was even closer, he was hiding in the red willow bushes, and he could even see the scouts passing by under his nose. They straightened up on their horses, looked at the stone ridge above, and then ran forward.Then a large group of people came windingly, and he could see Wu Yanxiu riding on a horse, talking with a Turkic man beside him.

Wang Hua drew the bow, but did not release the arrow.Because it is a Hu bow, its range is limited.After shooting, escape immediately.He has only one shot.

It was approaching again, Wang Hua loosened his right hand, and the arrow flew out. At the same time, he jumped up all of a sudden, without looking at the result of the arrow, and rushed to the other side of the stone ridge.

(End of this chapter)