Chapter 1610 of 3096

Chapter 1610: God’s prophecy reappears!

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In historical records, we often see the Central Plains people fighting against

the northern grassland peoples. The mighty national wars are always

interspersed at the key nodes of each dynasty.

The once powerful Han dynasty can finally play its own blood through war and

establish a great dynasty. Those countries with a little power, such as the

Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms and the Song Dynasty, can only choose to subdue

under the powerful blows. Extinction.

However, the Tang Dynasty recorded in the history books seems to be very

different. It has neither gone through arduous struggles nor made **

sacrifices. On the contrary, it easily defeated the other side.

Is it because the Turks are too weak?

Obviously not!

We must know that in historical records, the strength of the Turkic empire is

very powerful. As early as the five-hu and sixteen-nation period, the Turkic

empire had repeatedly interfered with the Central Plains regime and destroyed

several powerful countries. The prosperity of Beidi is not there yet. Looking

high at the Yinshan Mountains, there is a desire to dismiss the summer." The

Turkic Empire in the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties was no weaker than the

Xiongnu before the Han, and even stronger!

For the Tang Dynasty’s destruction of the East Turks, historical records have

been attributed to Li Er’s personal brilliance and the Tang’s military

strength, so it was easy to win the East Turks. Moreover, Li Jing, the chief

hero of this battle, was even more deified, saying that he had only three

thousand to destroy the East Turks.

said that it is still possible for Li Jing to destroy the East Turks three

thousand times, perhaps not from Li Jing's military genius, nor from the

military strength of Datang. Just imagine, for this unprecedented battle, the

history books did not record much, nor did it record any large-scale battle

between the two sides. The East Turks seem to be easy and surrender without a

fight. This phenomenon is very abnormal.

Compared with the manpower, material and financial resources spent by Emperor

Wu of the Han Dynasty in attacking the Huns in those days, it almost emptied

the country, and the Turks were probably stronger than the Huns. No matter how

powerful the Tang Dynasty, it was impossible to defeat the Turks that

dominated the grasslands so quickly.

But why was the country destroyed by the weaker Datang? In addition to Tang

Jun’s coach Li Jing’s outstanding military commanding talents, what’s more

important is that Datang has been "blessed by God"!

The four words "God Blessed" sound very mysterious, but they really exist.

First of all, with the help of Changsun Sheng, the Sui Dynasty at that time

broke the Turks into two divided parts—— East Turks and West Turks. Although

the strength of the Turkic Empire is still there, its internal classification

factors have been formed and are difficult to resolve. Against this

background, although the Tang Empire was embarrassed by the Turkic Empire in

the early days of the founding of the country, the Turkic Empire did not

achieve true unity. The two sides either engaged in internal conflicts or were

unable to concentrate their full efforts on attacking the Tang Dynasty.

In addition, in history, when the Tang Empire was preparing for war with the

Turks, the Turks were suddenly hit by snow and ice disasters for two

consecutive years. According to historical records, in the first year of

Zhenguan, "the country was snowing heavily, and the flat land was a few feet

away, the sheep and horses died, and the people were hungry." In the second

year of Zhenguan, "Jieli Middle School, frost fell in midsummer", how serious

was this catastrophe? In fact, this was not a disaster confined to the

Mongolian grasslands, but a major disaster in the entire northern hemisphere.

The Tang Dynasty was also affected.

In the second year of Zhenguan, in the Yellow River basin of China, especially

in Hebei, there was also a snow disaster, and the disaster was very serious.

Even if the Turkic Khanate went deep into the Tang Dynasty and plundered it,

there would be no gain.

The temperature in the northern hemisphere dropped suddenly. Severe snowstorms

and frosts caused a large number of East Turkic livestock to freeze to death,

resulting in an unprecedented famine. In order to maintain its military

strength, Jie Li Khan had to forcibly collect military supplies from the

grasslands, but this caused the Turkic domestic The resistance of most tribes,

after all, within the Turks are no longer monolithic!

So it was against this background that Li Er launched a war against the Turks,

and the Turkic Empire had long lost the indomitable fighting power of the

year, so this massive national war was fought so quickly and peacefully. Easy.

After the fall of the East Turks, Emperor Taizong issued an edict: "Since last

year, the money has been reduced successively. It does not take care of the

generals and the strategy of Jia Chao. Go back to Yi Mansion."

From this edict, we can also see that after the Tang Dynasty sent troops,

there was almost no decent resistance. Many Turkic tribes surrendered one

after another in order to survive. As a result, Li Er lamented that there was

no need to labor or strategy at all, and the East Turks would perish.

But now Li Er intends to start a national war with Turks a full year in

advance. This number of wins and losses is difficult to determine, because at

this time the Turks are still very powerful, at least what Jie Li said on the

grasslands. Still no one would dare not listen! Therefore, Li Zexuan firmly

opposes the dispatch of troops to the Turks three months later!

"Your Majesty, the minister thought it was very inappropriate to attack Turks

at this time!"

In the Tai Chi Hall, after struggling in his heart, Li Zexuan solemnly arched

his hands.

When the voice fell off, the officials were in an uproar!

The civil and military people of the Manchu Dynasty knew that Li Zexuan was a

"militant". When the prime minister of the Jie Japanese dynasty came to Datang

to beg for marriage, he was directly sent back by Li Zexuan, and threatened to

fight if he wanted to fight. Also, the Japanese delegation visited the Da

Tang. In the Tang Dynasty, Li Zexuan was not only on guard everywhere, but

sometimes at every turn, he was clearly not afraid of causing trouble!

After hearing the news that Datang was about to attack Turks, the first

reaction of such a hard-line "militant" was not in agreement with both hands,

but in opposition? All ministers thought whether the sun had come out today!

Sitting at the head of Li Er, he wrinkled his brows and asked in a deep voice,

"What's wrong? Jie Li ignored Datang and ignored me, so he dared to send

soldiers and horses to Yanmen Pass. I am the lord of Datang. , Why can't I

return the color?"

Anyone who is familiar with Li Er knows that Li Er is a little angry at this

time! Because Li Zexuan has always been a younger generation that Li Er valued

very much, but today Li Zexuan's statement on the Tang and Turkic warfare made

Li Er very disappointed! Thinking of the talent he carefully cultivated, he is

a fearful rat. How can Li Er not get angry? How not to be distressed?

"Your Majesty! Since the former Sui Dynasty, after the Turks were divided into

Eastern and Western Turks, chaos within the Turks has occurred. Coupled with

the snow disaster that broke out in the Turks last year, the Turks have lost a

lot of food. These are all signs of the decline of the Turks' national power!"

Meeting Li Er's disappointed gaze, Li Zexuan arched his hands as usual.

Li Er said lightly: "In that case, shouldn't I send troops to destroy Jieli at

this time?"

Li Zexuan shook his head quickly and said, "That's not the case! Your Majesty,

although the Turks suffered from civil strife and natural disasters, Jieli's

strength is well preserved, and the national strength is still stronger than

ours! In the opinion of a minister,"

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