Chapter 400: Restless Xue Yantuo

When Li Shimin issued the edict of sealing Mount Tai to the world, all the people in the world got the news.

For some of them, the Tang Dynasty's Feng Chan is in charge of their affairs, and when the time comes, they will send an embassy to offer tribute, and it will be over if they get some rewards. However, for some tribes, this is a great opportunity.

Since the fourth year of Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty cooperated with Xue Yantuo and destroyed the Eastern Turks, Xue Yantuo's forces, with the support of the Tang Dynasty, expanded sharply and dominated the entire Mobei region.

For all this, Yi Nan and his courtiers were still very satisfied at the beginning, and Datang treated them well! However, with the continuous enhancement of Xue Yantuo's power, the attitude of the Tang Dynasty towards Xue Yantuo has also undergone major changes. From the full support at the beginning, to the semi-lukewarm now. The envoys sent by Yi Nan, whether they were in Taiyuan Li Ji or in Chang'an, were all given a cold reception.

What disappointed Yi Nan the most was the support of the Tang Dynasty to the Monan tribes.

In today's Monan area, there are Xi tribes, Khitan, Turkic tribes, they each live and graze on a piece of land, and their leaders are all Tang Dynasty Governor Thorn History, ordinary with each other, if there is an attack, it will be handed over to the Taiyuan and Prefecture Governor Li Ji Office to deal with. In the past few years, the population has grown rapidly and its power has increased considerably.

For the Xi tribe, Khitan and other tribes, Yi Nan and others don't care, but for the Turkic tribe, they feel deeply unfair. The Tang Dynasty was also too good to this Turkic tribe, not only gave weapons and food, but even let 10,000 of the 50,000 Turkic cavalry established after the original destruction of the Turks return to the Monan grassland, in order to enhance the Turkic combat power.

Faced with such a situation, although Yi Nan and the others were resentful, they were helpless.

Finally, in March of the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin issued an edict to seal Mount Tai.

And when Yi Nan knew about this edict, it was already the beginning of July. As soon as he heard the news, Yi Nan knew that the opportunity had come.

Li Shimin will travel east to Feng Zen, and will definitely dispatch the elite of Guanzhong to accompany him along the road to escort him. At that time, Guanzhong was empty, and the front-line troops in Taiyuan Youzhou were only for defense and were unable to attack. If he went south to the desert at this time, went straight to the south of the desert, plundered his population and livestock, and chased and killed the Turks, when Li Shimin reacted, he might have returned with a great victory.

As early as a few years ago, Yi Nan has been expanding his armaments and preparing to start a war at any time, although even he does not know who the target of the war is. By the time of the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, Xue Yantuo already had 100,000 people who controlled the strings, plus the soldiers of the Hui, Tongluo, Fugu and other tribes, I am afraid that he could gather an army of 200,000.

In addition, Xue Yantuo invented a special method of warfare in the long-term conquest of Mobei and the tribes, and the Xue Yantuo people were invincible in Mobei. It turned out that in actual combat, the Xue Yantuo people found that the range of the foot bow was much higher than that of the horse bow, and even if it was the same bow, the range on the ground would exceed the range on horseback. According to this, when the Xue Yantuo people were fighting, ten people were a team, and when they met the enemy, they dismounted to meet them and shot them with bows and arrows. One of the ten must be left to look after the horses, and if the horses run away, the caretaker of the horses shall be punished with death. If the bow and arrow crush the enemy, mount and chase him, and if he does not defeat the enemy, he will mount and flee.

It is this kind of tactic that Xue Yantuo actually used this to run rampant in Mobei, and there was no opponent.

It is these 200,000 troops and this unique tactic that give Yi Nan enough courage and confidence to fight a big battle, even if it is with Datang.

"Send my orders to my ministers to my tribe. And call the representatives of the various tribes in the tooth tent! Yi Nan took a deep breath, he needed his men and the chiefs to give him courage.

When the guards who were standing outside the tent heard the words of Yi Nan, they immediately scattered and informed the ministers and envoys to go.

It didn't take long for the figures to enter the big tent.

When the people arrived, Yi Nan's eyes swept over the ministers and envoys, and he said in a deep voice: "Everyone, I came to you today, but it was for a big event!" Presumably you already know that the Tang Emperor is about to lead his civil and military ministers and envoys from all directions to Mount Tai to seal Zen. When the time comes, it will definitely take away a large number of Guanzhong elites. At this time, we waited for the troops to go south, and in one fell swoop, they leveled Monan, plundered its population and livestock, and even gained a foothold in Monan. At that time, even if the Tang Army wants to attack back, it will be too late! As he spoke, his eyes slowly narrowed, staring at everyone in the big tent, "What do you think?" ”

Hearing this, everyone present was shocked and looked at Yi Nan in disbelief. When Zhenguan was four years old, they collided with the Tang army, and deeply realized the strength of the Tang army, even the Eastern Turks, who were dominant in the south and north of the desert, died in their hands, and the wings can only be said to be gradually abundant, not the full Xue Yantuo, how can they stop the Tang army, how can they fight with the Tang army?

Seeing everyone's expressions, Yi Nan knew in his heart that they must be afraid of Datang, so he didn't dare not make peace. At the moment, he said: "Ben Khan also knows the strength of the Tang army, but if Li Shimin travels east to seal Zen, he will definitely take away a large number of elites, and when the time comes, Guanzhong will be empty, even if we defeat Mo Nan, the Tang army in Taiyuan and Youzhou will only be more than 60,000 people, and I, Xue Yantuo and the tribes, have 200,000 people, are you still afraid of these 60,000 people?" As long as I wait for these 60,000 people to be wiped out, and there are no reinforcements in Guanzhong, Mo Nan and Mo Bei will let me soar! ”

After listening to this explanation, most of the ministers and envoys present could not help but feel a little moved. In terms of conditions, the Monan grassland has more precipitation, the soil is favorable, and the climate is hotter, which is more suitable for forage growth. Therefore, the conditions of the southern desert grassland are much better than those in the northern part of the desert. The development of recent years has caused the population of the tribes to swell dramatically, and the original grassland can no longer support so many people, which is also one of the reasons why they are fighting each other. If we can take the Monan grassland, these problems will be solved.

"Great Khan, this matter is very important, we must return to the tribe and report to my Khan, and only after my Khan has discussed it can we respond!" The envoys said, "But don't worry, the Great Khan, we will try my best to persuade my Khan to agree to the Great Khan's plan!" ”

"Good!" Yi Nan slapped the armrest suddenly, "If that's the case, then it's for the best!" ”

The envoys immediately returned to their tribes and tried to persuade their khans to agree to the Khan's proposal.

In Chang'an, in the middle of the night, on the observation platform of the Taishi Bureau, an old man in his sixties stood on the observation platform, looking up at the starry sky. Next to the old man, a Taoist priest who was about thirty years old and led by Eguan Bo also did the same action,

"Chunfeng, I said it all, you don't have to follow the old man to this rooftop every night!" The old man said to the Taoist priest beside him with a smile.

"Xue Lao is my predecessor, and now he is also the post of Taishi Ling, and he is heavy in the middle of the night, and the kid is afraid that Xue Lao will enter his body, so he follows every day! In fact, Xue Lao doesn't need to come every night, every night the kid will come to this viewing platform, and when the time comes, record the changes of the stars, and hand it over to Xue Lao! The Taoist priest said.

Listening to the two people calling each other, one is Li Chunfeng, and the other is Xue Yi, the Taishi of the Dynasty.

This Xue Yi became a monk during the Great Cause years, and was good at understanding the astronomical calendar, especially Xiao Zazhan. In the entire Daomen, he can also be regarded as the number one person. Since the death of Taishi Ling Fu Yi thirteen years ago, this Xue Yi took over the post of Taishi Ling.

Xue Yi shook his head, and was about to speak, when suddenly the sky vision rose suddenly. I saw a comet dragging its long tail from the center of the sky, and then disappeared into the sky in an instant.

"Chunfeng, write it down!" Xue Yi's voice trembled a little, "What time is it?" ”

"The first moment of ugliness!"

"Write it down: at the beginning of the ugly time, there are stars in Taiwei!"

Li Chunfeng hurriedly wrote it down. When he finished remembering, when he looked up at the old man, he saw that Xue Yi was still looking at the sky, but he said: "Chunfeng, tomorrow the old Taoist will ask Your Majesty to stop sealing the Zen thing!" ”