The battle with the Turks was Chen Kefu's plan that would never change.

Since Guan Zhong proposed to Duke Heng of Qi to respect the king and expel the barbarians in the Spring and Autumn Period, and then he made the world's internal affairs, and after achieving Duke Heng of Qi's hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period, he must first settle the country before resisting foreign countries, thus becoming the strategy for many subsequent politicians to govern the country. Chao Cuo, the teacher of Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty, advocated the reduction of the barbarians and "improvement of the barbarians first". Although it began to attract heated discussions in the court and even finally sacrificed his life, he helped Emperor Jing of Han finally cut the vassals successfully, strengthened centralization, and revitalized the Western Han court. It was Emperor Jing's internal affairs that finally achieved Emperor Wu of Han's powerful Han's victory in defeating the Huns' foreign enemies.

Zhao Pu, the founding prime minister of the early Song Dynasty, also wrote to Emperor Taizong of Song, saying, "After China is at peace, all the barbarians will submit to themselves. Therefore, those who want to fight against foreign countries must first settle the country."

Later, Zhang Juzheng of the Ming Dynasty and even Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China were once supporters who believed that the country must first be pacified by resisting foreign countries. Chiang Kai-shek once said many times that resisting foreign countries must first be pacified by resisting foreign countries. Only when unity can resist aggression, and no country cannot be unified and can win over the outside world.

The experiences and lessons of countless predecessors seem to tell Chen Pojun that internal governance is the fundamental. It is not a wise move to fight the Turks at this time. Old ministers such as Pei Ji and Mao Xi in the court have advised Chen Kefu several times, and the Turks have taken on the new unification and have a very sharp army. At this time, there are still seven separatist forces in the country occupying half of the country. The court’s top priority should be to compromise with the Turks first, even if they temporarily agree to some unreasonable requests from the Turks. The court first uses a slow-moving plan with the Turks, and free up their hands to unify the Central Plains first, so that the conditions will be available to solve the Turks' problems.

Having said that, Chen Kefu hesitated for a long time and thought a lot, he finally chose to fight the Turks.

Although Pei Ji, Mao Xi and others have good ideas, the Turks are not willing to cooperate with each other. If you want to take a slow-moving plan, the Turks may not be willing to cooperate with you.

In recent years, Chen Kefu has never given up his reconnaissance of the Turks. From Shibi Khan of the Eastern Turks, to Shekui Khan of the Western Turks, to Daluo Khan, to the current Tongye Hu Khan, among the four great khans, in terms of strategic vision, it can be said that none of them are short-sighted people.

Shibi Khan unified the Eastern Turkic tribes and led his troops to the south to fight. He almost captured Yang Guang and captured Yanmen. Although Shibi was finally defeated, his strategy of going south could not be said to be wrong.

The Khan of Shekui was originally just after the Western Turks were defeated by the Eastern Turks, and the Western Turks Khan Chuluo Khan was detained by the Great Sui in the Central Plains. He gradually ascended to the throne of a tribe. However, when the Western Turks ascended the throne, they had just been defeated by the Great Sui and the Eastern Turks, and were in a crisis of thirds of the Western Turks, they still integrated and unified the entire Western Turks in just a few years, and even continued to attack westward, conquering countless lands in the Western Region west of Jinshan with the Sogdians such as the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu. Finally, they brought the Western Turks to a peak.

The Sukui, who had successfully expanded westward, always remembered that the Eastern Expedition to Unify the Grassland, and then went south to compete with the Han people for the Central Plains. In the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Shokui had fully supported the powerful people such as Li Yuan, Li Gui, and Xue Ju. If it weren't for the last envoy of Chen Kefu, who jointly assassinated Shokui, and caused the Western Turks to split from then on, Daluo and the Uncle and Nephew of Tongye Hu to fall into the battle. Chen Kefu could be sure that the Western Turks had already unified the grassland in the hands of Shokui several years ago. Then they had already sent troops to the Central Plains.

Yang Jian, Yang Guang and his son have always placed the Turks in a very high position and spared no effort to attack the Turks. They have split the Turks, weakened the Turks, united with the weak, and attacked the strong. This game has never stopped.

Chen Kefu has always had a high opinion of Yang Jian and his son. The father and his son unified China that had been divided for hundreds of years and led the Sui Dynasty to a peak that was unattainable for hundreds of years. Around the dazzling and glorious country of the Great Sui Dynasty, no dynasty or tribe can emerge. However, there was a little sign in the world that the Yang family and his son were strangled to death in the bud.

This is true for the Turks, Khitans, Tsuyoshi, and even Goguryeo.

The international strategy of the Sui Dynasty was highly praised by Chen Kefu. Yang Guang and his son opened up communication with the Western Regions and established a system of the Celestial Empire. The Central Plains dynasty was intimidating the surroundings and the sky was intimidating. However, the Tang Dynasty, which inherited the Sui Dynasty in history, could not only suppress the surroundings in the first few decades of its founding, but it collapsed after being poor and hungry for decades.

Although the Turks were destroyed, the original small Khitan was sitting in the Tang Dynasty, and eventually became the Great Liao Dynasty that oppressed the Central Plains dynasty for hundreds of years. Even the Korean Peninsula, which was almost collapsed by the Sui Dynasty, finally allowed the Sillas to gain the benefits of the fisherman during the Tang Dynasty, and finally permanently placed the peninsula in the hands of the stick.

A group of savages on the southwest plateau and Tuyuhun, the northwest, which were vain before the Sui emperors, established the Tubo Empire during the Tang Dynasty. After half of the Tang Dynasty, they almost always bullied the Tang Dynasty. Even the indigenous people in the southwest finally divided the Nanzhao Kingdom. After the Turks, there were even Uighurs scattered the grasslands and repeatedly attacked the border.

Chen Kefu was familiar with the history of the Sui and Tang dynasties. Although the Sui Dynasty was short-lived, it was once a glorious dynasty. Although the Tang Dynasty was famous, it only continued for several generations through the glory of the Sui Dynasty, and then it completely became a tragic thing that could be bullied by any surrounding kingdom or even tribe. Even due to the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains, which had been completely oppressed by the surrounding tribal kingdoms for hundreds of years.

The Sui Dynasty had long been destroyed. Now, the one who replaced the Tang Dynasty in history and had the power to unify the world was the Great Chen established by Chen Kefu.

In history, when Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty, he once defected to the Turks, borrowed tribute from the Turks, and then pulled the Turks' wolf skins and finally stole the Sui Dynasty. It was precisely because of Li Yuan's behavior at the beginning of the uprising that Li Shimin, who later killed his brother and drove his father to step down, chose to temporarily endure and pay tribute when facing the Turks. After Li Shimin, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty repeatedly borrowed troops from foreign tribes and married forces from various surrounding forces, but in the end he was beaten in turn and eventually destroyed the country.

Chen Kefu did not want to be Li Yuan, nor did his own great Chen become the second great Tang Dynasty. He also knew very well that compared with the current situation in history, the Tongye Hu at this time was more difficult to deal with than Shibi, because Shibi Khan was just the Eastern Turkic Khan. However, the Tongye Hu was the Great Khan who had just unified the entire East and West Turkic Khan.

Although the Five Barbarians invaded China is history, it is not far away.

When fighting, you must not only talk about military strength, but also about your opponent. With a great Khan like Ye Hu who resigned from killing his brother and rebelled against his nephew and usurped the throne, Chen Kefu could not place all his hopes on the enemy. All the situations that Chen Kefu faced were actually just a simple choice question.

Should we first attack the weak separatist forces of the seven Central Plains, gradually unify the Central Plains, and then fight the Turks with the entire Central Plains. Or should we directly deal with the strongest Turkic Khanate from the beginning, so as not to attack the Turks when they unify the Central Plains?

For old ministers such as Pei Ji and Mao Xi, they naturally need to settle the country first and then fight against foreign countries.

But for Chen Kefu, such a choice had historical experience. Hundreds of years later, the second-generation emperor of the Ming Dynasty also faced the same choice when facing his powerful uncles. Should he deal with the strongest first or the weakest first? In history, the emperor obeyed the words of his confidant ministers and chose to start with the weak first. But the result of history was that he was finally snatched away by his strongest uncle.

Persimmons can be picked and pinched. But in the face of wars that concern the safety of the dynasty, Chen Kefu's choice has long been decided. He is an emperor who started his career soon. In countless wars, killing the central army and damaging the enemy's nest is his always fighting style. He cuts branches and leaves. In addition to being able to alert the snake, he does not have many opportunities to truly defeat them, especially facing enemy troops with more than one million forces from north and south.

In Chen Kefu's opinion, the more dangerous it is, the more we can only choose the strongest opponent first and solve it as quickly as possible. In this way, we can shock the person he wants to make a decision in one fell swoop, and then we can take the opportunity to wipe out all forces in one fell swoop.

This idea is very risky and bold. Perhaps most people would not choose this way, but this is Chen Kefu's style and his way of thinking. In the eyes of others, this is adventure, but in the eyes of Chen Kefu, this is a dangerous weapon, and the surprise weapon is coming out.

Because it was a surprise soldier, what Chen Kefu needs most now is to solve the Turks in one fell swoop before the seven enemies in the south and west reacted. He did not seek to truly annihilate these hundreds of thousands of Turks and defeat the unified Turkic Empire. But at least, this battle would cause the Turks to be beaten and hurt, and they would retreat back to their nests and lick their wounds, making them afraid to go south to the Central Plains within two or three years.

Chen Kefu was very convinced that this was the most correct one. But what bothered him and made him restless day and night was the unforgettable sneering faces of Yang Guang.

The decision was good, but now he has issued an order to urgently mobilize the entire Great Chen Empire 800,000 troops, including all the troops and reserves. Basically, adult men who have received some training have been conquered on the battlefield. In addition, there are more than two million civilians and auxiliary soldiers. It can be said that this is a real battle to sway the country. For this war, the entire empire has been turned.

The scale of this war is no less than that of Yang Guang's conquest of Liao. Yang Guang launched an army of one million and more than three million civilians conquered Liaodong, and he conquered several times in succession.

From the perspective of Chen Kefu's national strategic perspective, Yang Guang's conquest of Goguryeo, which was very disrespectful to the Great Sui Dynasty and his continuous expansion of power, was a suitable and correct move. Goguryeo's strength could already be on par with the Great Sui Dynasty in Liaodong, and if he continues to serve, it would even eventually become a super power in the Northeast compared to the Great Sui Dynasty. The Sui Dynasty chose a time when he had not reached the strongest, and sending troops to conquer Liao was the best time to block Goguryeo.

But in fact, it was Yang Guang's conquest of Liao that eventually led to the peasant uprising at the end of the Sui Dynasty and eventually destroyed the glorious Sui Empire.

Now, Chen Kefu's viewpoint, this war with the Turks, which he thought was very correct, also had many characteristics of the Sui Dynasty's conquest of Liao. Mobilizing millions of military and civilian power, facing a super grassland empire that could stand strength compared to the Chen Dynasty, a war that could last or even fail.

At this moment, Chen Kefu truly understood some of Yang Guang’s feelings.

Yang Guang was an emperor with excellent talents. He took over the glorious Sui Empire from Yang Jian and led him to the peak of God's Empire for a time. Many important decisions by Yang Guang were actually very important and correct, but there were mistakes in the final operation.

Before Yang Guang conquered Liao, he must have carefully considered the burden he had to bear when conquering Liao?

But in the end, Yang Guang decided to take a gamble. Perhaps it was because Yang Guang considered the burden of conquering Liao that he had the idea of ​​achieving his contribution in one battle. Therefore, he faced the powerful Goguryeo, and brazenly mobilized a million troops to solve the hidden danger that Goguryeo had to solve in one battle.

Unfortunately, he was defeated, and he lost again and again. All four battles of Goguryeo were defeated, and he lost millions of troops and suffered a natural disaster, which eventually led to a great uprising for the peasants.

What about myself? What will happen to me? What if I fail after mobilizing so many troops? Or what if I lose both sides with the Turks? Will Da Chen still have the strength to compete with other forces in the Central Plains?

Chen Kefu was uneasy, but he had to bite the bullet and endure it. The decision had been decided. As the emperor, he was in charge of the fate of more than 20 million people. How could he change his orders every day? What's more, he didn't find a better way to deal with it.

Pray, and I hope that God can help him through this disaster safely.

Since the imperial edict to conscript the militia, Chen Kefu has not slept well for three consecutive days. He has been worried in his heart that this imperial edict would arouse resistance from the people. For more than ten years in the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the people of the Central Plains had long been tired of war, military service, and corvee service. He was afraid that his decision would lead to another round of peasant uprisings in the Chen Dynasty that refused to conquer Liao in seven years.

Three days, three days passed, and the reports sent back by the investigation departments responsible for monitoring the provinces and counties in all provinces and counties were not as unsuccessful as Chen Kefu was worried about. On the contrary, after the prefectures, township soldiers and militia groups received orders from the court to go to various places, the prefectures and counties in various provinces and counties were not only not deserted, but people continued to come from all over the place.

Among these people, the first one was the soldiers of the Yingyang Preparatory Military Academy in Yingyang Prefecture of various prefectures. These children with excellent military backgrounds and excellent physical conditions were selected to be trained by Yingyang Preparatory Military Academy in various prefectures for several years of training as reserve officers. These selected students were all children of the government army who graduated from county schools over 16 years old. They became 21 years old because of the Great Stewardship Regulation. The school system of Yingyang Preparatory Military Academy is four years old, so the highest grade is only 20 years old. These students are now reserve officers. Seeing that even reserve troops such as militia groups are on the battlefield, the quasi-junior officers who were selected to study in Yingyang Preparatory Military Academy actually received the opportunity to continue studying in the school and refused to accept it.

Under the leadership of many leading students from various prefecture schools, the military academies of various Yingyang Preparatory Military Academy began to connect and finally began to rush to the original recruitment assembly points, demanding to join the Imperial ** team and embark on the battlefield.

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