Chapter 686: Jie Li Khan can't win Guanzhong
Although the excellent weapons are only sold on a small scale, they have received quite good reviews. Well, there are fifty such thirty-refined weapons in the gift given to Jie Li Khan by Li Mi. Although it is only thirty-refined, as the quality of the refined steel becomes better and better, the thirty-refined now is no less than the early 100-refined steel swords.
I had no room for negotiation for the request of the Eastern Turks, and directly politely rejected the request of the Turks' envoy. Jie Li Khan was extremely angry and even sent envoys again to bring gifts and scimitars, which meant that if he did not follow his will, it would inevitably lead to a terrible war.
"War?" I admired this scimitar. Well, the typical Central Asian style should be a Persian thing, but nomadic peoples like to use such scimitars.
"Yes, Your Majesty, your attitude will make your people fall into the whirlpool of war." The Turkic envoy Ashina Adali, standing in the hall with a cold face, looking proud and conceited, felt that this guy deserves a beating no matter how he looked.
"Do your Khan want to follow Tuyuhun's footsteps?" Han Shiyan raised his thick eyebrows in displeasure and shouted coldly.
Ashina Adali snorted with disdain, then said loudly with a lofty look: "Our great Turks are definitely not comparable to small tribes like Tuyuhun."
I could only be speechless about this man's arrogance. The generals were so angry that they all bulged their eyes. I wished they could throw their arms around and pinched the Turkic barbarian who was ignorant of being polite, so that he could know what it means to look down on others.
I threw the gorgeous and exquisite Persian scimitar on the table, stood up, and looked at the Turkic envoy. "Go back and tell your Khan, if you want to fight, then fight, I will wait for you to come.
Hearing this, a group of civil and military ministers and two were furious. Only the Turkic envoy stayed for a while before he came to his senses. "Your Majesty, do you really want to go to war with my Great Turkic Khanate?"
"Since you khan wants to fight, I will agree to his request. Tell Jie Li that if he doesn't come, I will send troops to the grassland to find him." This young master rolled his eyelids, threw down such a sentence, left the court and left the fool in the East Turkic who was dazed in the hall.
"Arrogant..." A gentle civil servant despised the Turkic barbarian so much.
"Silly Bird..." A rough military official despised him so much.
In the end, the Turkic envoy left angrily, leaving you waiting, I want you to leave the palace in shame if you look good.
"Your Majesty, will this have an impact on the long-term court? After all, the Central Plains are still in chaos now, and the main focus of my China is to restore the territory of the previous dynasty." Du Ruhui looked at the young master who had changed his court uniform and dressed in plain clothes with some embarrassment.
"Du Shangshu's words are wrong. Now, the Khan of the Eastern Turkic Khan sent envoys to threaten me. How can we surrender to our vast China? Besides, most of the world is in my hands, and my hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops are already ready to enter the pass. Even if Jie Li Khan does not come to cause trouble for us, we will also find his trouble." Han Shiyan said with disdain.
Fang Xuanling stroked the long beard under his chin and frowned. "…General Han, most of our Chinese elites are now distributed in various places. At present, the most important thing is to join forces with Du Fuwei, who is in charge of Jianghuai, to try to flatten Li Zitong from Jiangnan and Xiao Xian from Jingxiang. If Jie Li Khan led his army south this time, he would definitely be coming all over the place, if he was not careful..."
I nodded and smiled. "I know your worries well. However, the rebellion in Shanxi is the best time for my China to enter the Central Plains. I must go there. As for the Turks, I really don't care about it. As long as I guard Yan'an, Honghua, and Pingliang County, no matter how many Turks come, they cannot go beyond the line."
"What's important is that Jie Li Khan is not really going to attack me in China." I stroked my eyebrows and looked at Wei Yunqi. Wei Yunqi stood up and glanced at the many important officials around me.
"Jie Li Khan is the hero of the Turkic Republic. His idea is indeed different from that of Chuluo Khan. Compared with Chuluo Khan, who likes to gain benefits from the spokesperson, Jie Li Khan prefers to use the scimitar in his hand to obtain enough benefits."
"Just last month, because the Khitans were dissatisfied with the offerings conquered by Jie Li Khan, Jie Li Khan had decided to fight the Khitan east. Since its establishment, our Chinese Revival Army has only had a conflict with the Turks in Yan'an County. However, I believe that the Turks who sent envoys to the court many times knew the combat power of our Chinese Revival Army. It was precisely because they knew very well that they would go to Wang Shichong to unite, intending to wait for the attack and chaos in Hancheng to invade Yan'an County."
"Now, Jie Li Khan has just ascended the throne. He had a great battle with the Western Turks before, and both sides suffered heavy losses. It is time to rest and rest. What's more, if Jie Li invaded our China, if the Turks did not do their best, they would not be able to shake our China fundamentals."
"So, it is certain that within at least two to three years, even if Jie Li Khan wants to invade the south, he will be willing but not strong enough." Wei Yunqi said this and summarized it with a very determined and affirmative tone.
The young master nodded with great agreement. "Yes, Jie Li wanted to gather the power of the Turks to move south. Now is definitely not a good time. Not to mention the life and death feud with the Western Turks, Xue Yantuo in the north is still there, and the Khitan is dissatisfied. If he doesn't straighten out these relationships, he wants to go south unless he doesn't even want his own nest."
Ma Zhou frowned: "But if Jie Li Khan had to fight south even if he had to fight, what would he do?"
Wei Yunqi cleared his throat and said calmly: "If you want to fight south, you must enter Guanzhong. The troops will point directly to Chang'an so that you can decide the world in the shortest time. The most convenient road to enter Guanzhong is to go straight from Yan'an County to Guanzhong. If you want to seize Yan'an County, there are only two roads, one, go south from Shuofang County to attack Fushi City. However, we have heavy troops stationed in Shuofang County, and the mountains here are high and steep, which is the most unfavorable for cavalry activities. It is extremely difficult for large-scale cavalry to pass through here.
Another one is to go south through the Diaoyin County controlled by Liang Shidu and go straight to Yanchuan through Suide. The terrain here is gentle and is most suitable for a large number of cavalry activities. However, Yanchuan is located in a dangerous position. Now, Yanchuan City has been repaired several times, and the city is as solid as Chang'an. The city is surrounded by cement bricks and stones. The height of the city is more than two or five meters high.
At present, the garrison in Yanchuan City has reached two divisions. Even if the Liang Division sent all the siege equipment to cooperate with the Turks to capture Yanchuan City, it will take at least two months of unstoppable attacks, and we must ensure that we will not reinforce. Therefore, they cannot take Yan'an County in a short time, so they will not be able to pose a fundamental threat to our Guanzhong."
"But what if the Turks did not follow these two paths and crossed the river from Lishijun?" Du Ruhui asked with a frown.
"If you want to come from the Yellow River, it depends on whether they can break through the blockade of our navy. If there are police in the Yellow River, then the garrisons in the southern part of Yan'an County can reach the coast of the Yellow River within one day. Even if the other party crosses the river in Diaoyin County, it doesn't matter. As long as our intelligence system is not damaged, we can receive the news before the other party crosses the river, and then make a response."
"As long as the Yan'an County garrison is guarding for three days, the other garrisons can arrive in Yan'an County. It will not be as in the past, it will take at least half a month to go to Yan'an to go to Yan'an. Now, if the reinforcements from Chang'an only take five and a half days to reach Yan'an County, and if they are cavalry, they can arrive in just two days." Wei Yunqi's words made everyone who was still worried or doubting shut their mouths.
If the Eastern Turks were really crazy and were about to invade Guanzhong regardless of their buttocks, they would experience countless hardships and sufferings in the Yan'an County area. As long as I am unwilling, the Eastern Turks would not want to take a step beyond the Yan'an County.
If the Turks were dragged in Yan'an County for a long time, whether it was the Western Turks or Xue Yantuo, they would definitely produce new ideas. After all, the law of the grassland is to fight for and swallow each other.
If the main force of the Eastern Turks is trapped here, then after a long time, the rear will inevitably be unstable.
The reason why I dare to say this is because over the past few years, I have always understood the importance of Yan'an County as the northern frontier of Guanzhong. In the Yan'an County area, Yan'an County's capital, Fushicheng and Yanchuan City have become two outrageously strong military fortresses and giant fortresses. It can be said that as long as it is not because of the huge unrest in the city, I want to capture these two strong cities, let alone the Turks, even the heroes of the Central Plains who are proficient in attacking the city in turn may not be able to attack.
What's more, such a strong fortress will not only be used for defense. The crossbows and catapults will become nightmares in the siege. More than 50,000 grenades were accumulated in Yanchuan City alone. Even the crossbows and catapults were destroyed by enemies who sneaked into the city. With these grenades alone, nearly 100,000 enemies would not be able to make progress under Yanchuan City.
In addition, the mines, after trampling, will activate the method of causing the flint lighter inside the mine to fire and cause the mines. For me, it is too slight. It only takes a piece of silk, a small spring, an iron shell and gunpowder to make excellent infantry mines.
Although the flintlock gun has not yet entered the battlefield, it is more powerful and more cost-effective. After making simpler landmines and grenades on the stage of war, it is enough to change the direction of war.
Chapter completed!