Chapter 773: The Next Step
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Ashina received an urgent letter from Jiabitler Ashina Simo and Tong Lifa Shi Shu Hu Xi, confirming that the King of Qi in Middle Earth had led his army to evacuate Xingyuan, and Shi Shu Hu Xi also agreed to join forces with Ashina Simo to send an envoy to Middle Earth, and then the two of them quickly caught up with the King of Qi, nominally walking together, but in fact they were monitoring all the way to ensure that the King of Qi withdrew to Huaihuang.
Shi Shu Huxi warned Ashina in his letter that although the current facts have proved that in order to contain and combat the desert, Middle-earth targeted the vassals of the Turks, and attacked the powerful other tribe of the Xi people with the help of the sword, trying to eradicate the plump "wings" of the desert, but Middle-earth will definitely not be satisfied with recovering a small Anzhou and killing a small Xi tribe, Middle-earth is bound to take advantage of the victory to attack, continue to use the power of the knife to penetrate deep into both sides of the weak Luoshui, and eradicate the Khitan and the Xia tribe together, so that the northeast is at your fingertips. Middle-earth then posed a great threat to the desert's flanks, seizing the upper hand in the coming Great War of the North.
Shi Shu Hu Xi cherished his face, this said more tactfully, but in fact it is a sentence, this trip to the Middle Earth may return empty-handed, counting on the Middle Earth to give up the knife, give up the ambition of the Northeast, in fact, it is impossible, so if you want to reverse the crisis, you have to rely on the Turks themselves, and the way is very simple, with the momentum of thunder into Xi Di, the United Xi five armies before and after the knife, put the knife to death, and completely smash the conspiracy of the Middle Earth to encroach on the Northeast, only in this way, Shi Shu Hu Xi can win the initiative at the negotiation table, In order to force Middle-earth to compromise and make concessions, otherwise everything is under the control of the Middle-earthers, and the Turks are passive everywhere, what else to talk about? It's just a shame on yourself.
For example, the trend of the general trend is very clear today, the Middle Earth and the Eastern and Western Turks from their respective interests, both urgently need to launch a war between the North and the South, among which the Western Turks are the most eager, hoping that the Middle Earth and the desert will fight tomorrow, and the Middle Earth because of the continuous expeditions, the loss of national strength is large, but I hope that the East and West Turks will fight first, and the snipe and clam will fight, and then they will profit. There is only one countermeasure for the desert, take advantage of your illness and take advantage of the "weakness" of Middle-earth, immediately unite with the Western Turks, join forces to attack Middle-earth, and launch the Civil War first.
Since the desert has decided to start a war as soon as possible, of course, it will do everything possible to create the conditions for starting a war, including forming an alliance with the Western Turks in the west, and it is always convenient for his own brothers to talk to each other; to stabilize Middle-earth in the south, to paralyze and deceive the adversary; In the east, it maintains the stability of the northeast, maintains the control of the Donghu tribes such as Xi, Xia and Khitan, and unites all the forces that can be united, so that when war breaks out, the Yahu can make full use of the power of the Donghu tribes to launch an attack on Middle-earth.
Middle-earth obviously saw this, so in the west it was also an alliance with the Western Turks, and even sacrificed its huge interests in the West Turks for this, and in the east it was to wield a big stick, first to beat the Far East overlord Goguryeo down, and then one by one to clean up the Xi, Xia, Khitan and other Eastern Hu species, so that even if Middle-earth could not incorporate the vast Northeast into the territory, at least the desert Turks could lose control of the Eastern Hu races, and they could not use the strength of the Eastern Hu tribes to implement a three-way flank strategy in the Civil War. Then Middle-earth will be able to concentrate on the middle lane and fight to the death against the desert Turks in the direction of Daibei and Lingshuo.
The people of Middle-earth were methodically pursuing their foreign strategy, while the Tooth Tent was in crisis. If the tooth tent wants to win the alliance of the Western Turks in the west, it must first withdraw its own forces from the Western Regions, which is a prerequisite for the alliance between the Eastern and Western Turks, otherwise there is no possibility of negotiation at all, but the interests of the Western Regions are not only related to the interests of the Tooth Tent, but also involve the vital interests of the powerful people of the tribe and other vassal departments such as Tiele and Xue Yantuo, and the authority of Shibi Khan is not enough soon after he succeeded to the throne, and he cannot do what he says, and the result can be imagined; The efforts of the tooth tent in the east have also been repeatedly frustrated, first the Far East overlord Goguryeo was beaten down by the Middle Earth, and now the Xi, Xia, Khitan and other Eastern Hu species are fighting each other again, and what's worse is that the internal contradictions of the tooth tent have also intensified, after the Shibi Khan succeeded to the throne, he arranged his henchmen and supporters in the best position, and squeezed out the opponents to the barren moraine north and the southeast of the moraine, and now when the Shibi Khan needs the north and the southeast of the moraine to work together with him, the conflict broke out, and the results are self-evident.
The first magnate in the north of the Sha Bo Luo set Ashina Suni lost is the half-brother of Qimin Khan, when the initial Bi Khan was able to ascend the throne, and his support is inseparable, but after the first Bi Khan came to power, he immediately "turned his face", the uncle and nephew had fierce contradictions, and the first Bi Khan wanted to move "this "mountain" several times, but Ashina Suni was highly respected, meritorious, and won the hearts of the people, and with the strong support of Princess Kehe Dun Yicheng, he couldn't move at all. Now, if Shibi Khan wants to form an alliance with the Western Turks, he must first "pass" the mountain of Ashina Suni, which is not ordinarily difficult.
But this is not the issue that Shi Shu Huxi is most concerned about now, what he is most concerned about now is Ashina, the Donghu species on both sides of the weak Luoshui.
Shi Shu Hu Xi was ordered to rush to the southeast of the moraine, the main task is to stabilize the northeast, firmly control the Donghu species, and the best policy is of course to deceive the Middle Earth, win the tacit understanding of the Middle Earth, the two sides are safe, but this is obviously wishful thinking, since the Middle Earth estimates that the desert will launch a north-south war in advance, of course, we must find ways to contain and weaken the desert, otherwise Yanbei will not suddenly fall into chaos, Huaihuang border city will not suddenly collapse, and an important channel for the north-south return will not be suddenly cut off. And the next goal of Middle-earth may be to eradicate the "wings" of the desert first, so Shi Shu Huxi's middle strategy is to use the northeast as a trap to drag Middle-earth into the quagmire of war and find it difficult to extricate himself.
However, he miscalculated, Middle-earth borrowed a knife to kill, and the knife came back to life, and he was willing to charge for Middle-earth, but the Turks were passive, and now if they want to reverse the situation, the Turks can only turn the passive into the active, take the initiative to assume the responsibility of the suzerain, take the initiative to protect the Xi people, take the initiative to kill the Xi people to attack the knife, and destroy the conspiracy of Middle-earth before killing the Xi people to recover Anzhou. However, Ashina Du, as well as the nominal supreme commander of the Donghu tribes far away in the weak Luoshui, Bu Lisher Ashina Er, are all Tooth Tent conservatives, all of whom were squeezed out by Shibi Khan and the Tooth Tent Radicals headed by him, and were "expelled" to the Far East Barren Land far away from the center of power, and were full of resentment, and now the Shibi Khan and the Tooth Tent Radicals need their cooperation and support, and when they need them to charge forward for the interests of the Tooth Tent, they will inevitably be treated negatively by them, even if they will not openly oppose them. It will also be disobedient, perfunctory or even inactive.
The reason why Shi Shu Huxi accepted Ashina Simo's suggestion to send an envoy to Middle-earth is based on this consideration, if he has to stay in the tooth banner at this moment, and has to use the "tiger skin" of Shibi Khan as a big banner to coerce Ashina to send troops to ridicule the land, the contradictions between the two sides are bound to intensify, which is not conducive to solving the problem, it is better to take the initiative to avoid, take the initiative to ease the contradictions, so that Ashina can remain calm and rational, and make the right decision, after all, the struggle within the tooth tent is for the development and strength of the desert, whether it is radical or conservative, there is a bottom line, None of them can harm the overall interests of the desert.
As far as the current situation in the Northeast is concerned, the bottom line of the Ashina and Ashina Brothers is very clear, that is, the Northeast cannot fall into the hands of Middle-earth, the Xi, Xia, Khitan and other Donghu species cannot be destroyed by Middle-earth, and the flanks of the desert cannot fall into the attack of Middle-earth. The more this is the case, the more dependent Xi, Xi and Khitan will be on the Turks, and the Ya Tent can use them to counterattack Middle-earth, threatening the security of the border areas of Middle-earth, and then achieving the role of containing part of the forces of Middle-earth.
After all, in order to achieve this goal, the tooth tent has to pay a lot of price, not only to provide resources to Ashina and Ashina Hu'er brothers, but also to provide assistance to Xi, Xi, Khitan and other Donghu species, the price is really not small, but compared to the Donghu species were wiped out by Middle-earth, the northeast fell into the hands of Middle-earth, and the desert flank was seriously threatened by Middle-earth, this price is nothing.
In this way, Shi Shu Huxi and Ashina found common interests, and the two sides compromised and made concessions. Shi Shu Huxi sent an envoy to Middle-earth to put pressure on the Emperor of Middle-earth to gain time for Ashina to kill the knife, and Ashina had to make a choice, whether to unite with the Xi army to fight the knife and strive to eliminate the knife in the shortest possible time, or let the knife and the Xi people lose both, and then he shot again, and the fisherman benefited.
Ashina hesitated.
This choice is difficult, and one of the keys is whether the Middle-earth official will send troops.
Middle-earth is the suzerain of the Xi people, and it also has the responsibility to protect the Xi people, so if the knife is just an excuse for the Middle-earth official to send troops to the northeast, then it is obvious that the Middle-earth official will immediately send troops to the north in the name of suppressing thieves, so the problem is serious, just like in the Star Plain, Ashina is aggressive in the face of the pressure of the king of Middle-earth Qi step by step, to fight or not to fight? As far as the current general trend of the world is concerned, as long as the Eastern and Western Turks do not shake hands and make peace, the desert will be in the middle of the attack between the Middle Earth and the Western Turks, and the Great War between the North and the South cannot be fought.
Ashina was not sure to defeat the sword in the shortest possible time, let alone the full annihilation of the sword. Two years ago, the strength of the knife was very small, only two or three thousand control strings, but even so, under the joint encirclement and suppression of all forces, the knife still successfully broke through, and the knife's subordinates were also reduced to zero and hid in the flat pine forest. Now there are tens of thousands of horses and horses, strong soldiers and strong horses, and Li Zixiong, a veteran of Middle-earth who has been a meritorious veteran of the whole life of the horse, sits in the middle, and the difference in strength is too great compared with that year, and it cannot be said at all. If Ashina attacks with all his might, there is a chance that it will be a lose-lose situation, and in the end, it is Middle-earth that will benefit the fisherman, and this kind of loss-making business cannot be done.
If you can't wipe out all the swords, you can't erase the excuse that the Middle-earth official sent troops to suppress the thieves, so once the Middle-earth official sends troops, the situation will take a sharp turn for the worse, and the situation will be very unfavorable to Ashina, so Ashina's aggressiveness in the future situation is unpredictable and the future interests are uncertain, first of all, he must ensure that his own strength is not lost, which is the basis for him to safeguard his vested interests, and this foundation cannot be destroyed.
But how do you solve the key problem? Since it is impossible to judge whether the Middle-earth officials will send troops, they will try their best to prevent the Middle-earth officials from sending troops, and if they want to prevent the Middle-earth officials from sending troops, they must first meet the purpose of the Middle-earth officials to confuse the Northeast.
The lesser of two evils, Ashina finally insisted on "raising the Kou is the most important".
As long as the knife is alive, the army of the knife is still there, the knife is an emerging force in the Northeast, this force and Xi, Xi and Khitan and other Donghu kinds of competition and fighting, is a situation that the tooth tent and he can accept, and Middle-earth is also happy to see this situation, only the power of the knife can achieve the purpose of chaos in the Northeast, it can be seen that the Turks do not have the strength and courage to carry out the civil war at present, so there is no need for the officials of the Middle Earth to mobilize the army, and risk the danger of the collapse of the relationship between the North and the South with the Turks, and personally attack the Donghu species, After all, killing chickens with a knife is also a big waste for Middle-earth. As long as the Chinese government does not send troops to attack the northeast, Ashina will be able to control the situation on both sides of the weak Luoshui River, and use this situation to blackmail the tooth tent and make a lot of profits from it.
Ashina ordered that Yaqi gather 20,000 troops, march east into the flat pine forest tomorrow, follow and kill the rebels in Middle-earth, and make every effort to protect the Xi people.
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