As noon approaches, Yuwen Wen, who was scattered in the East Hall, was long live with Duke E of Duke Shi, and Duke Yang Ji of the British Duke of the West. Zhou State's "strategy" for the East and West Turks has been underway. The Eastern Turks are currently in a friendly state with Zhou State, and the Western Turks should also "move".

The Western Turks have been in peace in recent years. Since the Western Turks' Datou Khan was defeated and fled to the Tuyuhun territory, they disappeared, and the Western Turks have fallen into internal strife.

The Khan on the surface - Niejuchuluo Khan was incompetent in governing the country, and the nobles were ready to move. Niejuchuluo Khan was in a state of turmoil and could only rely on force to suppress it, but the more he suppressed it, the more he became more and more chaotic.

Therefore, the Western Turks have been unstable for the past few years. It was originally a good opportunity for Zhou to take advantage of the situation, but if Zhou directly attacked the Western Turks, it would be half the result with twice the effort: the Khans of the Western Turks, the internal struggles of the Western Turks will be internal struggles, and once outsiders get involved, they will temporarily unite to the outside world.

This "outsider" refers to the Zhou State. For the Western Turks, the Eastern Turks were considered as their own brothers who had been separated. The Great Khan of the Eastern Turks, Shibi Khan, were both descendants of the Asina family. No matter how hateful it is, they are still considered their own family.

It is one thing that my brothers fight for family property, and they are beaten to death, but when outsiders get involved, they must drive out the outsiders first.

Or to put it bluntly: In the eyes of the various grassland tribes, the Central Plains imperial court is just outsiders. Even if the overlord of the grassland is not the Asina clan, it is not the turn of the Central Plains emperor to "dominate the power and blessings."

Therefore, in order to make the domestic situation in the Western Turks even more chaotic, Zhou State had to support a few "scam sticks", so it was necessary to choose "motivated" to deal with the grassland forces of Luo Khan of Niejuchu.

The Niejuchuluo Khan of the Western Turks was cruel and brutally killed the leaders of Tiel's tribes (one said the Thirteenth tribes and the other said the Fifteenth tribe), causing riots among the Tiel's tribes, the Tiel's tribes and the Xueyantuo tribes ran away and established the Khanate.

The grandson of Datou Khan made himself the Shekui Khan, gathering allies to compete with Niejuchuluo Khan.

Overall, the "smoking stick" that Zhou State wants to support will not be the Eastern Turks, nor will it give Shibi Khan the opportunity to unify the East and West Turks, nor will it be the Shekui Khan of the Western Turks, but the independent Tiele Chibi tribe and Xueyantu tribe.

By supporting the Qibi tribe and Xueyantu tribe, they united the Tiel tribes and then challenged the Western Turks. In this way, for the tribes on the grassland, it was a battle for hegemony according to the rules of the grassland, just like the Turks replaced Rouran in the past.

If Zhou Guo had ended in person now, then the nature would be completely different.

Of course, there will be future troubles in this strategy, that is, raising a tiger will cause troubles. If the Western Turks are really destroyed by the Tiel tribe, then the newly emerging Tiel tribe (Xueyantuo in history) will sooner or later become the new enemy of the Zhou Kingdom.

However, time is on the side of Zhou State. When the war enters the age of hot weapons, the Central Plains army will once again gain an absolute advantage over the grassland army in terms of technology. Now, it will take time to strengthen national strength in order to enhance the military delivery force and control of the grassland.

Supporting Tiel's tribes to fight against the Western Turks, the Western Turks will perish and Tiel's growth will take about ten or twenty years. By then, the national strength of Zhou will be stronger.

The well-managed Hetao, Hexi region, and the fortress group in the northern foothills of the Yinshan Mountains will make Zhou State an important chess game in the "grassland battle for hegemony".

By then, even if Tiel replaced the Western Turks as the new overlord, and the Eastern Turks would have no chance of winning against the Zhou army, which was fully equipped with firearms.

With the absolute military advantage of Zhou State and the fortresses spread all over the grassland, no matter how unhappy the grassland tribes were, they had to surrender.

This is the case with long-term strategy, but when it comes to operational levels, you still have to be careful.

The opinion of Duke E Guosui Shi is to increase troops appropriately in Shazhou, with no more troops, and only said that it is to strengthen border defense.

There was an army stationed in Shazhou, which had cut off the idea of ​​the Eastern Turks interfering with the Western Turks, and the other was to put pressure on the Western Turks, forcing Luo Khan, who was fighting in the internal struggle, and had to rush to please Zhou, so as not to support one of them.

At the same time, the Zhou army was eyeing each other, attracting the attention of the Western Turks, which was also considered to give the Qiezi tribes and Xueyantu tribes courage, so they had the opportunity to win over other Tiel tribes.

However, such a layout requires a high level of demand for leading the commander. You cannot just know how to fight, but also know "perpendicular skills" (diplomacy), be able to use the power of the Western Regions and understand the internal situation of the Turks.

Relying on the advantage of being on the front line in person, we make decisions directly at the moment, rather than asking Chang'an for instructions in everything, and delaying the opportunity.

There was one such candidate before, that is Changsun Sheng, but Changsun Sheng passed away.

Therefore, the more appropriate choice is to appoint a military commander who is good at fighting, and combine it with a long history with a skilled "periphery and horizontal skills".

There are many candidates for the coach, but the candidates for the chief...

Pei Shiju, who had handled Western Regions affairs before, was good, but this is now a subordinate minister, busy with "reform".

Although the matters at hand can be left and then walked to Shazhou, Shi Wansui felt that it was always good to rely on Pei Shiju to handle affairs in the Western Regions alone.

Regarding the candidate, Shi Wansui expressed his opinion: "I think that the current situation is worse than to select capable people to go to the Western Regions to train."

Yuwen Wen asked: "Mr. E means taking the opportunity to train a few good seedlings? Can't you always expect Mr. Pei?"

"That's what I mean."

"What are the recommendations of Mr. Hubei?"

"Go back to Your Majesty, Li Jing from Sanyuan is good."

Yuwen Wen was a little surprised when he heard this: "Mr. E has praised General Li many times and said that General Li has talent in command, but he didn't hear Mr. E say that General Li has talent in a magnanimous way? Let General Li be the chief minister?"

"Your Majesty, the countries in the Western Regions and the grassland tribes do not understand the great principles. Mr. Pei treated each other with courtesy before, and everyone was harmonious. I thought it was nothing more than a friend who was drunk and meat. At the critical moment, I had to rely on a knife to press the other party's chest to speak."

"I think General Li is not a reckless man who only knows how to fight. He is the head coach and is supplemented by those who are trained as the chief minister. Then one person sings the white face and the other sings the red face and the partner 'song of the opera' should have a good effect."

This suggestion is interesting, beyond Yuwen Wen's surprise, and Yang Ji agreed with it quite well.

Yang Ji believed that the Eastern Turks dare not act rashly now, so it was a good time for the imperial court to gradually weaken the Western Turks. Li Jing, who was good at using troops, was not a simple reckless man, and was also quite insightful about how to "use softness to overcome hardness."

Since both of you said that, Yuwen Wen had no problem with this. He had let Li Jing experience for many years and should have this person stand alone.

Jade cannot be made into a weapon without being carved. The famous military god in history is now time to show the style of the new generation.

As he spoke, Yuwen Wen turned the topic back to the Western Regions: "Not long ago, the envoys of Persia, the extreme west land, arrived in Chang'an. Both of them must have known their demands."

Seeing Shi Wansui and Yang Ji nodding, Yuwen Wen continued: "Persia is now fighting with its old enemy, Roman, and is afraid that the other party and the Western Turks will join forces again, so the envoy requested the court to send troops to attack the Western Turks to restrain them."

"It is good for the court to treat this request as a favor, but if you can restrain yourself, you will not be able to send troops directly."

"It was also not long ago that the envoys of the Roman Kingdom also came to the sea... They set off half a year ago and came by the sea boat of the Nanyang Trading Company. In order to escape the sea blockade of Persia, they went through a lot of trouble and hid their heads and tails along the way..."

"Even if you reach the shore, the same is true. Now you are hiding your identity and staying somewhere in Chang'an, as if you are living in seclusion, and you are afraid that the Persian envoy will be noticed..."

After hearing this secret news, Shi Wansui and Yang Ji were a little surprised. Yuwen Wen knew what was surprised by the other party and continued to reveal: "The ruthless traitor in the Roman Kingdom is over. The new king succeeded to the throne, and he was worried and troubled inside and outside. He sent envoys to cross the east, so he naturally had something to ask for."

"Guess what the Roman envoy wants to ask for?"

Shi Wansui asked: "For the sake of the Western Turks? The dynasty could not allow the Western Turks, which were close to the country, to attack Persia. What does the Roman country have to do with the dynasty if it is destroyed?"

Yang Ji also asked: "Your Majesty, you can't ask for help, right? Thousands of miles away, when Roman and Persia were fighting, it was impossible for the dynasty to send troops, nor could it come forward to mediate, because Persia could not listen."

"You are right, so the Roman envoys are not asking for this. Guess what they want to ask for?"
Chapter completed!