Chapter One Thousand and Thirty-Four

"In June of the twenty-third year of the Holy Emperor, the Beiting Protectorate used troops against the * Turks, and more than 79,000 people were killed in battle. In March of the 24th year of the Holy Emperor's calendar, the Andong Protectorate used troops against Xi and Khitan, killing 35,000 people, and in July of the same year, 60,000 people were killed in the Goguryeo Empire. In the twenty-fifth year of the Holy Emperor's calendar, at the beginning of spring, the Western Protectorate used troops against Wusizang, killed 24,000 people, and replenished 40,000 soldiers in the same year, and in September, it was attacked by Dusong Mangbu Branch, and more than 50,000 people were killed. In the twenty-sixth year of the Holy Emperor's calendar, the then Protector of the Great Metropolis of Annam, Qiu and Qiong, used troops against the King of Uszang Ali, killed 49,000 people, requisitioned 60,000 civilian servants, and killed and wounded 7,000 people. ”

"This year, the Battle of the Southwest, with more than 143,000 casualties, has been killed and wounded, and now, before a year has passed, Talas has started again. ”

"In just a few decades, there is no time without a fight! Your Majesty, it's time to stop!"

"Talas is not the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but a land outside the country, a barren land, and border warfare is just a matter of now, do you want to let the soldiers die in a foreign land? Moreover, the land of the Western Regions is all Hu people. In order to make it difficult to maintain the rule of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, I don't know how many soldiers, horses, money and food are spent every year, which is simply a bottomless pit. But on the other hand, the benefits provided by the Western Regions to the Tang Dynasty are very few, is it grapes, is it pomegranates, or is it Hu merchants everywhere in Beijing?"

"Your Majesty, Weichen shouldn't have said it, but the war in Talas should really stop!"

In the last sentence, under the vermilion dragon pillar, the gray-bearded old minister held the wat board with both hands and saluted respectfully. In half of the court, there was silence, and all the ministers looked at him one after another, with a look of respect in their eyes.

Taishi Ling Yan Wenzhang participated in the drafting of court documents, responsible for recording historical events and compiling historical books. All the princes' words, including the royal princes, were drafted by Yan Wenzhang and recorded in history. In the entire Tang Dynasty, among the civil and military officials, Yan Wenzhang is the most special existence.

Because, if you don't practice martial arts, if you don't say a word properly, you will be recorded in the history books of this dynasty by the Taishi Order, and it is very likely to be left behind for 10,000 years. This is something that no one wants.

In the same way, if a civil official wants to leave a name in history, no matter how good he is, he cannot record it himself, but must go through the pen of Taishi Ling.

Tai Shiling is a recorder of history, a bystander, not a participant, so he generally does not take the initiative to participate in the deliberations of the court. However, after all, Tai Shi Ling is also one of the hundred civil and military officials, and when something major happens, Tai Shi Ling will also participate in it and fulfill his duties as a courtier.

A Taishi Ling, who participates in court politics in his life, cannot speak more than three times, otherwise, he needs to automatically step down and be replaced by a successor. This is also to maintain the fairness and objectivity of the Taishi Order, so that the records of the history books are not affected by personal feelings as much as possible.

In Yan Wenzhang's life, this is the second time he has participated in the speech of the court, and the last time was when the emperor died of illness.

In all dynasties, civil and military disputes are not absent, but they rarely make such a fierce noise, and obviously even this Taishi Ling was alarmed.

Tai Shi Ling is a Confucian origin, and everyone knows that Confucianism pays attention to self-cultivation and governing the country and leveling the world, and in the final analysis, it is the word "Taiping". Yan Wenzhang is naturally also a resolute anti-war faction, and with his seconding, the weight of the court's speech was suddenly completely different. Sure enough, as soon as Taishi Ling Yan Wenzhang's voice fell, the entire court was suddenly silent, and the military attachés of the Manchu Dynasty also obviously showed a look of jealousy.

If you "offend" Taishi Ling, it is very likely to be recorded in history and become a general who "has a good handle" and misleads the country, which is something that everyone has to consider.

"Hahaha......"

At this time, a burst of laughter suddenly broke the silence, and in the middle of the train, a veteran in his fifties suddenly walked out:

"Master Yan, the old man is out of the way, if you want to remember it, the old man is not afraid of death, and he is afraid that one of your red pens will stink for 10,000 years?"

"The old things of the previous dynasty, we military ministers can't compare to you pens, but the things of this dynasty, the old man still remembers it clearly. In the twenty-three years of the Holy Emperor's calendar, * the Turkic soldiers and horses repeatedly plundered the borders, killed the people, and even penetrated into the area of Guannei Road and Hedong Road, precisely to stop them, so there was that war. Although more than 79,000 people were killed in that battle, the Turkic Khanate also lost more than 110,000 elite soldiers and horses, and more importantly, since then, the Turkic Khanate has scruples in its heart and finally does not go south. ”

"More than 79,000 people were killed in battle, but in exchange for more than 20 years of peace in Guannei Province and Hedong Province, how many people were saved?

Jiang Yuanrang, the general of Fengyan, said in a deep voice.

Although his official position is not high, Jiang Yuanrang is an old man in the army and has participated in many battles. At this time, everyone was afraid of Taishi Ling Yan Wenzhang, and only Jiang Yuan let this kind of old man in the army let out.

“...... What are the soldiers in front of us fighting bloody battles and forgetting their lives? Is it just to impeach you in the rear and criticize you in writing? In the 23 years of the Holy Emperor's calendar, if there had not been that war, do you think the number of dead and wounded would have been so small?"

"In March of the twenty-fourth year of the Holy Emperor's calendar, the Andong Protectorate used troops against Xi and Khitan, killing and wounding 35,000 people. But do you know how many people would have been killed or wounded in Datang without this battle? Xi and Khitan are warlike by nature, like to plunder, and lack reverence for Datang. Before this war, Xi and Khitan often invaded Youzhou, plundering women, young children, killing and injuring people, and a large number of people in Youzhou fled to the interior because they were afraid of Xi and Khitan. In ten years, the number of people in Youzhou has dropped from 500,000 to more than 80,000, and it has been declining. ”

"If it weren't for this battle, the Youzhou area would have already become the territory of the Hu people, not to mention that Xi and the Khitan were ambitious, secretly colluding with Goguryeo, twenty-four years ago, three raids on the mainland, Youzhou killed and injured hundreds of thousands. However, the war with Xi and Khitan in March and the war with the Goguryeo Empire in July completely rewrote the power structure in the Northeast, broke the alliance between Xi, Khitan and Goguryeo, disintegrated the offensive of the three parties, and made the Tang Dynasty firmly grasp the situation in the Northeast. In addition, it also enabled the people to live and work in peace and contentment, and in the following years, the people multiplied, and the population of Youzhou increased from 80,000 to 870,000 now, which is more than before the war!"

"As for the next 25 or 26 years, which wars did not break out at the time and because of events?

In the end, Jiang Yuanrang's expression was extremely excited.

"Yes, there is also the battle in the southwest, and the lord of Mengshe Zhao, Ge Luofeng, is very ambitious, and secretly colludes with the general Huo Shu Guizang and Daqin Ruozan to form an alliance. If it weren't for the bloody battles fought by the young Hou and Annan's combined forces, and the hundreds of thousands of Mongolian-Ukrainian allied troops marched north from Erhai, do you know what would have happened? Nearly one million people in the southwest had long been slaughtered by the Mongol-Ukrainian allied forces, so how could they be so peaceful as they are now? The reason why the young Hou and Gao Xianzhi did not withdraw after their victory was because they pursued the policy of 'seizing the enemy from the outside' and did not want the people of the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions to be threatened by the Great Eclipse, the Usizang, and the Western Turks. This is the pair of young marquis hanging in his study, and now there is no one in the entire Beijing division who does not know, and who does not know? Is this the kind of warlike warrior who does not care about the life and death of the people in your mouth?"

"The soldiers are fast, and there are still tens of thousands of Tang warriors waiting for rescue in Talas. Wechen please, send troops immediately, and support immediately!"

Hearing Jiang Yuanrang's words, the other generals couldn't help but get excited. Cao Qianzong, the squire of the military department, held the wat board in his hand, and couldn't help but walk out.

Even if it is recorded in the annals of history by the Taishi Order, what will happen if it will be left behind for 10,000 years? If you don't say something today, you won't have a chance to say it in the future.

"Weichen seconded!"

"Weichen seconded!"

"Weichen seconded!"

......

Hearing the words of Jiang Yuanrang and Cao Qianzong, the generals in the entire court couldn't help but boil with enthusiasm, and they all echoed it. Wenchen does not love money, military generals do not hesitate to die, and the military generals who can stand here, which one does not have a patriotic heart. The Battle of Talas seems to be a corner of the battle, but in fact, it is related to the safety of the entire Northwest and the Tang Dynasty.

The military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty came out one after another, not to mention the Taishi Ling Yan Wenzhang, even all the Wenchen were shocked. From the accession of the Holy Emperor to the present, and even further, from the time of Taizong, as long as the disputes in the court involve civil and military affairs, most of them will end with the retreat of the military generals.

But no one thought that the attitude of the generals this time would be so resolute, in the presence of Tai Shiling, even if he knew that he might be named "belligerent" and go down in history, and might even be criticized by later generations, he still did not flinch.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say. ”

At this moment, a mellow voice suddenly sounded from the main hall. Hearing this voice, all the ministers of civil and military affairs, including Taishi Ling Yan Wenzhang, instantly fell silent, and looked towards the figure one after another, as if that person had some kind of invisible magic on his body.

The military department is still the secretary of the military department, and he is also the former protector of the capital of Annan. In the entire military, Zhang Qiu and Qiong definitely belong to one of the top existences, and the weight of his words is completely different from others.

"In the twenty-sixth year of the Holy Emperor's calendar, at that time, Wechen was still the protector of Annan, and at that time, the southwest used troops against Wusizang, which was Wechen's idea, so in this matter, Wechen had the right to speak. ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong, dressed in purple court clothes, walked out of the train. He lowered his head, held a wat board, and looked very serious:

"Before this battle, the spies sent by Weichen reported that Daqin Ruozan and Huoshu were hidden on the plateau of the Ali royal family, gathered a large number of soldiers and horses, and prepared to use troops against the Tang Dynasty. In the sixteenth year of Emperor Yuanwu, war broke out in the southwest, and 137,000 people were affected and killed. In the 21st year of the Yuanwu Dynasty, 210,000 people were affected by the war and suffered heavy casualties. Twenty-nine years, thirty-five years, until the first few years before Weichen commanded the troops and horses, all wars are as good as that. ”

Because of this, this time, sensing the actions of Daqin Ruozan and Huoshu returning to Tibet, Weichen decided to take the lead and use troops against Wusizang to keep the enemy out of the country, so as to avoid the displacement of a large number of people. Although there were many casualties in this battle, all the people did not commit any crimes. More importantly, this battle killed a large number of Uszang soldiers and horses, so that in the following ten years, the Uszang Ali royal line was no longer capable of launching a large-scale attack and invading the southwest. ”