In the hot summer, Yuwen Wen, who was stationed in the Eastern Capital, studied the map with the Grand Secretary of Wuying Pavilion in the Privy Council of the Secretariat, and figured out what kind of reaction the Luo Khan would react to the tentative attack of the official army in the Eastern Turkic area north of the dike.

The so-called "test attack" refers to the observation envoy of the south of the Chi, and the King of Chu, Yuwen Weigan, sent a sentry cavalry into the north of the Chi, to conduct "close-to-face investigation", and to create an atmosphere where the official army is about to go north, disrupting the possible military plans of Luo Khan.

Yousi was unable to determine what actions the Chuluo Khan would do after the beginning of spring, so this "tested attack" could disrupt the opponent's arrangement and was considered a certain "attack instead of defense" strategy.

Whether Chuluo Khan originally wanted to concentrate his troops south or use troops elsewhere, his attention would be attracted by the "May Anglo-Zhou Army's Northern Expedition". His original plan was disrupted and he had no time to take care of him.

The air conditioner of the Privy Council of Luoyang Secretariat Province has just been installed and is in the debugging stage, so it is not working properly and the room is a little hot. Yu Wenwen fanned the fan while deducing with the bachelors.

After deducing it, I felt that Luo Khan could not play any tricks in this place.

The reason is very simple. In the face of absolute strength, no conspiracy is useful.

Although the grassland railway is still under construction, the Zhou army's cavalry is strong and has no shortage of war horses. It can even be achieved by one man and three horses. In addition, the individual combat capability is strong, it is no problem to pursue and fight against Turkic cavalry on the southern grassland of the Chinan grassland.

What is a little lacking is that the old generals began to wither, and the Mesozoic generals have not yet passed the test of the war.

Shi Wansui, He Ruobi and other senior generals have all died. Although there are Mesozoic generals like Li Jing who can take the lead, overall, the Zhou army generals are relatively young, and due to tactical changes, neither the general nor the cavalry tactics that mainly use firearms have passed the harsh test.

However, Yuwen Wen is confident in this because the huge gap in military technology is enough to make up for some shortcomings in combat experience of young generals, and the new generation of generals have enough time and space to grow.

Besides, on the battlefield of hot weapons fighting, some previous military experience is no longer applicable. Young people accept new things very quickly, which is a good thing.

After studying the Eastern Turks, the monarch and ministers began to study the Western Turks. Although the court did not use troops to the Western Turks at present, and the Western Turks ruler Yehu Khan moved the royal court to Hezhong, there was no direct conflict between the two countries at present.

But the Western Turks went to war with Persia in the more western world.

The Khan of Tongye Hu did not dare to provoke the Zhou Kingdom in the east, and was also troubled by the Qizi, who was raised by the Zhou Kingdom, and the Xueyantuo tribes were so upset that they went west to find someone to vent their anger. Persia was the best goal.

It is now early summer, and Persian envoys who came from the sea arrived in the Central Plains and asked the emperor of Zhou to make a big attack on the Western Turks at the end of last autumn, and wars were everywhere in the eastern border of Persia.

The Persian border guards defended the city with heavy tinder (oil extract) and blocked the attack of the Turks and their vassals. The problem was that the two countries were fighting, and Persia was too passive to defend the city alone.

When the two armies fight, they will eventually rely on field battles to win. Otherwise, if they blindly seize the city and defend it, the city will inevitably be captured by the attacking party (Turks).

Moreover, once a city is surrounded and friendly forces do not go to rescue, it is easy to hurt morale. The defenders of other cities know that they will not have reinforcements to rescue them after they are surrounded. Facing the besieged enemy, they will inevitably choose to surrender.

Then, the Persian army always had to fight against the Turkic army in a decisive battle. Facing the Turkic army with the superior cavalry, the Persian army struggled.

The "aid" of the cavalry bombs of Zhou State gave the Persian army a powerful tool to fight against the Turkic army, but the Persian army still had no upper hand in large-scale mobile operations between cavalry.

Kusahe, the king of all kings of Persia, was worried that the Western Turks would join forces with the Roman Kingdom to attack Persia together, so he sent envoys to the Central Plains to seek help from the Emperor of Zhou.

Kusa and the Emperor of Zhou sent troops to attack the Western Turks from the east, forcing the other side to withdraw their troops, which also made the Khan of Tongye Hu have some concerns from then on and dared not invade easily again.

At the same time, I hope that Zhou State would "remind" Roman State to stop colluding with the Western Turks and dealing with Persia together.

Previously, the Zhou State mediated the war between Persia and Rome, so it was obliged to supervise the two countries to abide by the peace agreement. Persia did not raise any trouble and hoped that Rome would not do anything randomly.

In this regard, Yuwen Wen felt that there was no good way to cure the disease.

First of all, the ruler and minister of the Western Turks were not blind and fools. Since the Zhou State was building the Hexi Railway, then the Khan of Tongyehu must know that after the railway was opened, the Zhou army would attack on a large scale. At that time, the countries in Jixi were not protected, and the Western Turks would have to make plans in advance and develop to the west.

The "big fat cow" is Persia to the west. Who do you bite if the Western Turks don't bite?

Of course, considering that Persia's request was very legitimate, Yuwen Wen could not stand by and always wanted to cause trouble in Jixi to attract the attention of Tongye Hu Khan.

The Kingdom of Khotan in the west of Jixi, its royal family surname is "Yuchi", and it is already a "nation of aunts and nephews" with Zhou. If the Kingdom of Khotan sends envoys to the Central Plains to "cry" about the Turks being too harsh and asks Zhou to send troops, this practice seems to be undecent, so...

Why not take action against Gaochang?

Yuwen Wen looked at the location of Gaochangguo in the map.

The location of Gaochang State is very important and is a must-pass place on the Silk Road. Zhou State had previously built a city outside Gaochang City regardless of the feelings of the Western Turks, using the excuse of being a "commercial port", which is the trading base of Hanhai Trading Company, where armed forces were stationed.

If you attack Gaochang next, it would be easy. The problem is that the side effects of this move are very great, which will make the countries in Jixi and even the countries in Hezhong feel that Zhou is extremely domineering, because Gaochang and Jixi have a good relationship.

The current Gaochang king Qu Boya once fled in a panic due to domestic riots and lost his throne.

Later, it was thanks to the help of the coalition forces of the countries in the Jixi that they were able to return to their country and restore their throne. It can be said that Qu Boya had a very good reputation in the countries in the Jixi. If the Zhou State brazenly turned the great man in the eyes of the king of the Jixi king into a prisoner, the people's hearts in the Jixi would be completely lost.

Although the human heart is a bit mysterious, you still have to fight for it.

The bachelor Wei Yunqi, who had been in Mingsha for many years, had known many countries in Jixi. He thought it was good to use Gaochang as a breakthrough point, but he did not need to move troops, but "information attack".

He suggested sending Gaochang to send an envoy, and directly let Qu Boya surrender to Zhou State, and the Zhou army implemented military protection for Gaochang.

The Zhou State did not need Gaochang to pay a penny of tribute and taxes, nor did the other party pay and grain to support the Zhou State's garrison. Then Gaochang also saved the tribute and taxes to pay the Western Turks to reduce the burden on the people.

Moreover, after the completion of the Hexi Railway, it will be extended to Gaochang in the future, allowing Gaochang to enjoy the convenience of railway transportation.

If the Zhou State successfully used diplomatic means (both soft and hard) to pull Gaochang over, it would inevitably have a positive impact on the countries in Jixi. When Tongye Hu Khan learned that the "backyard" had caught fire, even if he did not want to conflict with the Zhou State, he would have to respond, otherwise he would not be able to give an explanation to the nobles in the country.

The countries in Jixi paid tribute to the Western Turks every year. If they all voted to Zhou, the Khan of Yehu, who was the Great Khan, was indifferent to this, the Khan and the nobles would not give up.

After listening to this suggestion, Yuwen Wen thought it was good, and others also thought it was feasible.

Wei Yunqi volunteered to go west to Ji, not only to Gaochang, but also to other countries, and to join the west of Ji, which made Tongye Hu Khan upset.

During the consultation, an official came in to report that he had received a telegram from the Hehuang area (Shanzhou): Murong Fuyun, a Khan of Tuyuhun, sent an envoy to Hehuang, crying and begging to go to Beijing to meet the emperor, apologize for the Khan and begging for surrender.

Yuwen Wen disagreed when he heard this. Tuyuhun was like a sheep. In recent years, he was wiping out by the powerful Longyou tyrants. The wool was almost wiped out. Now he probably can't stand it and he has to surrender.

Or a strategy to delay time and want to survive.
Chapter completed!