Chapter 2386 of 3096

Chapter 2386: God’s prophecy reappears!

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

the northern grassland peoples, and 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 and Ten Kingdoms and the Song Dynasty, can only choose to

subdue their country under powerful blows. Extinction.

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

different. It did not go through arduous struggles, nor did it make **

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 Kingdoms period, the Turkic

empire had repeatedly intervened in the Central Plains regime and destroyed

several powerful countries. The prosperity of Beidi is not there. I have a

high view of Yinshan and light of 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 eradication of the East Turks by the Tang Dynasty, historical records

have been attributed to Li Er's personal brilliance and the mighty military of

the Tang Dynasty, so it was easy to take the East Turks. Moreover, Li Jing,

the chief hero of the war, was even more deified, saying that he had only

three thousand to destroy the East Turks.

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, the history books did not record much of

this unprecedented battle, nor did it record any large-scale battles between

the two sides. The East Turks seem to be a breeze, surrendering without a

fight. This phenomenon is very abnormal.

Compared with the time when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attacked the

Xiongnu, the manpower, material and financial resources spent almost emptied

the country, and the Turks were very likely to be 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 heaven"!

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’s snow was heavy, the flat land was several feet away,

the goats and horses died, and the people were hungry.” In the second year of

Zhenguan, "Jieli Middle School, the 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, the Yellow River basin in China, especially in

Hebei, also suffered a snow disaster, and the disaster was very serious. Even

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

would have nothing to gain.

The temperature in the northern hemisphere dropped suddenly. The severe snow

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

causing an unprecedented famine. In order to maintain the 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 Turks, and

the Turkic Empire has long lost the indomitable fighting power of the year, so

this massive national war will be 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, and 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 launch a national war with Turks a full year in

advance. This victory or defeat is difficult to determine, because the Turks

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

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

opposes the dispatch of troops to the Turks in three months' time!

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is very inappropriate to attack

Turks at this time!"

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

his hands.

As soon as the voice fell, the officials were in an uproar!

All the civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty knew that Li Zexuan

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

Datang to ask for marriage, he was directly sent back by Li Zexuan, and he

threatened to fight if he wanted to fight. In the Tang Dynasty, Li Zexuan was

not only on guard everywhere, but sometimes also targeted everywhere. He was

obviously not afraid to cause trouble!

Such a tough external "militant" heard the news that Datang was about to

attack the Turks, the first reaction was not to agree with both hands, but to

oppose it? All the ministers thought whether the sun was coming out from the

west 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 wars made Li

Er very disappointed! I think that the talent he carefully cultivated is a

fearful rat, how can Li Er not be angry? How not to be distressed?

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

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

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

lot of food. These are the 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 indifferently: "Since this is the case, shouldn't I send troops to

destroy Jieli at this time?"

Li Zexuan shook his head quickly and said: "Your Majesty, although the Turks

have suffered civil strife and natural disasters, Jieli's strength has been

well preserved, and the national strength must still be stronger than that of

my Tang! In the opinion of a minister,"

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