"Generals from all walks of life are ready to march!" Li Jing shouted.

With the order of Li Jing, the generals and his soldiers crossed the grassland and entered the Turkic territory. The Turks had gradually evacuated the border, hoping to delay the process of the Tang army's march through the cold weather and huge places on the grassland. The grassland can be said to be full of crises. Once you enter the grassland, you cannot find the water source in time, which is the most deadly. Although the food can be carried at will, the water source is

A very precious thing, once there is no water, the soldiers will probably die. If they are fighting in the Central Plains, everyone is worried about food rather than water. But when they arrive at the grassland, even if they look at the green grass and blue sky, most of the water cannot be drunk. The water source on the grassland can cause revenge among tribes, which shows its importance. Therefore, the Turks hope to drive all the Tang army out of the grassland through the advantage of unfamiliar geography of the Tang army.

They didn't know that although the Turkic grassland was still large, the Tang army had a suitable guide, so there was no need to worry about going to a place that was not suitable for human survival. These Turkic people who defected to them would become "leaders" one by one to help the Tang army find water sources, so that the Tang army could quickly replenish water sources.

"General, this is the grassland topography map and water source map that we have drawn over the years. These are the most precious things on our grassland. Please accept them!" Zhi Shisili said to Chen Fei.

And Li Jing also said: "Hahahaha, with this grassland topography map and the grassland water source map, we can treat it as 100,000 soldiers! With these things, we don't have to spend a lot of manpower to find water sources, and we can concentrate on fighting in the future. Chen Fei, you can accept these two drawings. If necessary, you can send someone to search for water sources and food, then our Tang Dynasty has sufficient logistics and is not afraid of being stabbed by the Turks."

"Yes General Li!" Chen Fei replied.

The collection of food and water sources is the responsibility of Chen Fei, a logistics official. So he can quickly collect a lot of corresponding materials. These materials will be continuously supplied to the front-line army to fight, and then the army's supply needs can be continuously maintained. With these things, the Tang army will not be afraid of encountering any difficulties in fighting on the grassland. In this grassland, the biggest difficulty is food and water sources. Now that these two problems have been solved, it can be said that the attack on the Turks has been more than half successful.

"Take 3,000 people with you and we will occupy all the water sources in various places!" Chen Fei said.

Chen Fei immediately set up three thousand people and then prepared to go to the north of the Great Wall to occupy the territory of these Turks.

"General. This is the only river nearby, and the water here is very clear and can be consumed directly. There are some fish here, and we can catch these fish for consumption when necessary." said a Turkic man.

This Turkic man was the one who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and he was one of the first prisoners. He was already scared by the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, because the combat effectiveness of the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty was stronger than that of them. They had lost almost 90% of the soldiers, but the people of the Tang Dynasty lost less than dozens of people, which was simply a fighter. In the eyes of these ordinary Turkic people, the power of the Tang Dynasty was undoubtedly great. So they all chose to surrender to the Tang Dynasty in exchange for capital to survive.

For the Turks, even the vast majority of nomadic peoples, this is the way they think. Once the Central Plains people become stronger, they will surrender, which is nothing to them. In their tribe's war thinking, small tribes have to surrender to large tribes, which is normal. So it is understandable that they do this. In their eyes, the Tang Dynasty is just a large tribe, and there is nothing wrong with surrendering after they fail. As for them, although they will not kill men who are higher than the wheel, it is possible as slaves. They are actually very conscious and then actively lead the Tang army to find water sources.

"It's very good. A child can teach you!" Chen Fei said.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah!"

The Turkic man obviously didn't quite understand what Chen Fei meant by "the son is teachable". But he knew that the officer of the Tang Dynasty admired him very much. He also felt happy because as long as this person could respect him, he would definitely gain a lot of benefits in the future.

Chen Fei was speechless when he looked at this look of kneeling and licking. These nomadic peoples were actually all the way like the later Japanese devils. When you were strong, they would take the initiative to surrender to you, and when you were weak, they would be the first to come up and bite you, and then make you feel in pain. When you became strong again, they would be your grandson again, like a loyal lackey. Such people must not be influenced by benevolence, and their thoughts have not yet reached that level.

"Next, we must instill some thinking that the Turks are inferior, so that they will be able to truly be a dog. It was successful in the Song Dynasty. The Han culture reached its peak during the Song Dynasty, and the Japanese did not hesitate to come to the Central Plains to carry out the so-called "submission" and compete to be cuckolded. It seems that we can learn it. As long as we can instill the so-called Turks in these Turks, they will also strive to marry their daughter to the Han people. In this way, the Turks will disappear after a few generations. We must not be spoiled by these Hu people. Otherwise, they will definitely be arrogant." Chen Fei thought.

Chen Fei felt that the ethnic policy of the Tang Dynasty was still good. They adopted slightly discriminatory policies for those ethnic minorities, forcing them to sinicize. Only in this way can those foreigners be proud of being a Han person and actively naturalize the Han people. As for more than a thousand years later, they gave some ethnic minorities special rights, which actually caused many ethnic minorities to feel reverse discriminated against. As a result, some people were proud of being ethnic minorities. Who was this naturalized who?

So the gap is here, which makes it very clear that the ethnic policy of the Tang Dynasty was significantly more conducive to the unity of the ethnic structure and further safeguarding the unity of the country. (To be continued)

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