110. The distance and the close attack, the separation of the strong and the weak
Unplugging the nail Liang Shidu certainly brought the Hetao area into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, connecting the Youge area with Longyou and the Hexi Corridor.
However, it also allowed the Tang Dynasty and the Eastern Turks to enter a state of full contact.
Although there were problems within the Eastern Turks and natural disasters, their foundation was still there and their strength should not be underestimated.
What's more, nomadic tribes are good at riding and shooting, and do not stick to a city or a place. Even if they are defeated, they can still escape thousands of miles away.
It is simply a fantasy to annihilate them in a complex and unfamiliar terrain like Mobei.
If they are suppressed and destroyed, they will invade again after they are dormant for a while and regroup.
Therefore, in the eyes of Li Lizhi and others, Luo Taisui was too blindly optimistic that the Eastern Turks would perish in only two years.
But then again...
If someone else makes this statement, they will definitely laugh at each other fiercely.
Luo Taisui is different.
He has always been foresighted and is by no means a targetless person.
I remember that a few months ago, Luo Taisui once said that the Eastern Turks would kill themselves in two or three years, and listed various reasons.
At the same time, he also judged that the court would not use troops against the Turks for the time being, but instead destroyed the Liang army and took it back to the Hetao area when he was too busy.
Now, Master Liang has become a dead soul under the sword, and the Hetao area has also been taken back.
If this continues, it may be fine...
The Eastern Turks will really perish within two years.
"Since that's the case, Luo Datou, what strategy do you have to destroy the Eastern Turks?" Li Lizhi wanted to hear what he would say.
"Far from a distance, attack near, away from a strong, and together with weak." Luo Taisui slowly said these ten words.
Li Lizhi was slightly stunned.
These two sentences are not unfamiliar with them, and they are exactly what her grandfather Changsun Sheng said.
Yang Jian, the founding emperor of the previous dynasty, adopted the strategy of "family friendship and close attack, separation and strength but weak" by her grandfather Changsun Sheng, and divided the Turkish divisions, either used the means of marriage to pull a cage, or sent troops to attack one of them, making them suspicious of each other and attack each other, greatly weakening the strength of the Turks.
This was one of the most important factors in the peace of the northern part of the Sui Dynasty.
After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it also adopted this strategy to win over the Western Turks against the Eastern Turks.
"However, now the Western Turks are in civil strife and cannot take care of themselves. They can no longer be used to restrict the Eastern Turks. What should I do if I am the Tang Dynasty?" Li Lizhi raised this question.
"I also heard that due to civil strife in the Western Turks, both Khans sent envoys to ask for marriage, but they were both sent away by His Majesty." Pei Xingjian's "guru" was also quite sharp.
Luo Taisui said calmly: "Do you also urge all parties to maintain restraint and resolve conflicts and disputes through dialogue?"
Pei Xingjian was stunned.
Although that's not what it said, the general meaning is almost the same.
So he nodded.
"Hey, this is a diplomatic rhetoric." Luo Taisui smiled and said, "A split Khanate is in the interests of the Tang Dynasty. So when Zizi took the initiative to resolve the war on the surface, the two did not help each other and let them attack each other and fucked each other internally.
This is called using barbarians to control barbarians.”
"So that's it." Pei Xingjian nodded.
Luo Taisui said to Li Lizhi again: "As you said, since the Western Turks are not worthy of use, the court can cultivate other forces."
Li Lizhi shook her head and said, "The Western Turks are divided, and there will probably be no more force in the entire northern desert to compete with the Eastern Turks in a short period of time."
"Not necessarily." Luo Taisui disagreed. "As far as I know, Xue Yantuo's strength among the Tiele tribes is not weak, and his silence to Jin (leader) Yi Nan was also quite popular.
If I expected it would be fine, Xue Yantuo's rise would not be too far away."
"Xue Yantuo?" Although Li Lizhi and Pei Xingjian had heard of the name of this tribe, they were really not impressed.
"Yes, Xue Yantuo." Luo Taisui saw that they didn't seem to know much about Xue Yantuo, so he explained: "Xue Yantuo is the most powerful part of the Tiel tribes.
At the beginning, Tiel split, the Uighurs, Bayegu and other tribes were attached to the Eastern Turks, while Xueyantuo was attached to the Western Turks.
Now that the Western Turks are in civil strife, Xue Yantuo, led by Shi Jin Yinan, has joined the Eastern Turks in the east.
In this way, the Tiel tribes gathered together again, and in time, the climate will become a reality!”
Li Lizhi and Pei Xingjian were stunned.
Unexpectedly, there was a series of reactions.
The division of the Western Turks led to the separation of Xueyantuo, and Xueyantuo's eastern affiliation of the Eastern Turks promoted the unification of the Tiel tribes...
If this is true, Xue Yantuo is in line with the potential of "family and close attacks, separation and strong joining weak".
only……
"Bigou, how did you know this?" Pei Xingjian took the lead in asking this question.
Everyone is in Chang'an, why do you know everything?
"Walking a hundred miles is better than reading thousands of books." Luo Taisui once again slogged another famous saying, "Do you think I went west for nothing?"
Moreover, there are many Hu merchants in the West City, and you will hear a lot of rumors when you go shopping more."
Naturally, he could not tell Li Lizhi and others that he had a certain understanding of these historical knowledge in the previous world.
"So that's it." Pei Xingjian nodded and believed it, "I didn't expect that buying vegetables in the market can increase my experiences, it's amazing!"
However, Li Lizhi was a little skeptical.
She had previously suspected that there might be a master behind Luo Datou.
That is, the so-called "Li Taibai", which provides information and imparts knowledge to Luo Datou.
But who is this Li Taibai?
Why hasn't there ever been a suspected person around Luo Datou after so long?
What method did the two contact each other?
These problems have always existed in her mind.
Thinking about it now, maybe Luo Datou took advantage of the opportunity to send Xuanzang to the west to meet Li Taibai.
Otherwise, there is really no way to explain why a twelve-year-old boy can have such a broad knowledge, just as he is a monster!
"In short, there must be a battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Eastern Turks."
Luo Taisui, regardless of whether they believed it or not, continued: "But both sides are facing a certain degree of dilemma and are speeding up the time to recover.
If we can win over Xueyantuo and Tiel's tribes, we can join forces with Tuli to drag the old boy Jieli back, and the Tang Dynasty will make quick arrangements and prepare for war. Once the time is right, we can launch a thunder strike to completely erase the Eastern Turks from their sight!"
This is the real "far-to-match attack, separation, strong and weak".
"Does the Eastern Turks have to be destroyed?" Pei Xingjian frowned and pondered: "Will this cause Xue Yantuo to become a big shot?"
"The nature of barbarians is to be greedy if they have no relatives. If they are weak, they will return to their ends. If they are strong, they will backfire, which is due to their original intention." Li Lizhi said slowly.
She obviously also considered the possibility that Pei Xingjian raised.
The so-called one rises and the other falls.
The decline of the Eastern Turks is likely to become an opportunity for Xue Yantuo's rise.
Luo Taisui also knew that the true direction of history was the same, but...
"I can't blame others for this. If you want to blame, you blame Jie Li himself. Why did the troops at the city force me to establish the Weishui Alliance today?"
He said so.
Li Lizhi and others were shocked when they heard this.
Chapter completed!