Chapter 34: The Surrender of Tuli

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In fact, Qin Huaidao accidentally said the words in his heart, my father is the Duke of Yiguo, what kind of imperial examination is he participating in, he is tired. But everyone obviously misunderstood what he meant www.biquge.info thinking that he meant that he was the son of the prince of the country, and if he participated in the imperial examination, it would inevitably be a little unfair to everyone, so he would rather give up the imperial examination and seek a fair life for the world's scholars. That's why Wei Zheng was moved to say the sentence "Virtuous nephew!" When Qin Huaidao blushed for his crooked beating, he also felt admiration for the upright thoughts of the Tang people. In fact, it is normal to think like this, after all, what Qin Huaidao did was too upright.

When Qin Huaidao returned to Qin's mansion, it was almost dark, and he asked the family, knowing that his father was in the study, Qin Huaidao saw Qin Qiong, Qin Qiong's hair was already a little gray under the candlelight, it stands to reason that Qin Qiong's age was in the prime of life in ancient times, but now his hair is gray. Not only is it tired, but after a long battle, the body is already scarred. Qin Huai Daojin said to Qin Qiong in the study: "Father, the military is busy, so you should pay more attention to rest." ”

Qin Qiong saw that it was Qin Huaidao, and raised his head and lowered: "Eh, I want to rest then, but Tuli's surrender this time is really unexpected, now all the ministers in the court feel that the opportunity to attack the Turks has arrived, but the Turkic cavalry, my Tang Dynasty's sycophants are slightly insufficient, and now it is the thunderstorm season, and the long-term immersion has a great impact on the horse's hooves. ”

After the implementation of the policy of Tui'en, all the development appeared according to the original plan, Datang's resources to rescue Tuli were all used by Tuli on his subjects, and it was slightly insufficient, Jieli asked Datang to provide assistance to himself, Datang did not agree, and refused to be weak enough to have insufficient materials, and at the same time Datang's funding for Tuli was slowly provided, Jieli saw this, and asked Tuli to transfer a part of the funding to him, Tuli was naturally unwilling, at this time rumors spread in the Turkic Department, Jieli was extremely angry, Sent a small group of soldiers to Tuli, the good name is to prevent the Tang Dynasty from dividing the Turks, which everyone refuses, after the small group of soldiers came, they were all annihilated by the 5,000 soldiers stationed in the Tang Dynasty, Jieli saw that the Tang Dynasty had groveled before, dared to do something to his own soldiers, and firmly believed in the betrayal of Tuli. So forcibly conscripted the men of each tribe and prepared for a big war, but before there was a snow disaster ravaging the Turkic territory, the major tribes were broken, and no one was willing to send a large number of young and strong laborers at this time, one came and went, and the gap between the two sides became bigger and bigger, but after all, Jieli was famous for a long time, so after the elimination of some small tribes, he still collected 200,000 troops as he wished, but what Jieli did not expect was that in addition to Tuli to Tang, there were also Xi, Xia, Khitan and other tribes who saw that Tuli could survive the snow disaster smoothly, and even surrendered.

Of course, these surrenders also have an insider, Liu Zhenghui when he was in the Ministry of Tuli, as a guest secretary, has been persuading Tuli to regain his position as Khan, Tuli heard that Jieli was preparing to attack himself in a big way, and wanted the Tang Dynasty to continue to send troops to support him, but Liu Zhenghui said that the Tang Dynasty had no soldiers and horses to help for the time being, and sending troops to other countries was afraid of criticism, so he was unwilling to send troops, Tuli had no choice, so he had to listen to Liu Zhenghui's opinion, surrender to the Tang Dynasty first, and wait for the destruction of Jieli, and then the Tang Emperor declared his independence, In this way, Datang has a reason to send troops to help, which will not cause criticism, and secondly, it can also help you get the position of Khan, but after you get the position of Khan, our Datang will not pay tribute to you, and since then the two sides have gotten along with each other, seeing that Liu Zhenghui only said that he would not pay tribute, Tuli was quite moved in his heart, of course, what made him up to the most determined was that Li Shimin wrote a letter to him, pointing to the promise that he would help him ascend to the position of Khan afterwards, and also reminded Tuli not to forget the original brotherhood. Thinking of this, Tuli finally agreed ruthlessly, and at the same time actively persuaded the ministries to save troops in the later stage. After Tuli surrendered, Li Shimin's reaction was not unpleasant, and he immediately announced that the Tuli Ministry belonged to the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time canonized Tuli as the governor of Shunzhou. It's just that this Shunzhou Metropolitan Governor, how much water there is, it is worth considering.

"The child is just a momentary inspiration, and the reason why he will receive such a good effect is the genius of the saint, his father, and his uncle!" Qin Huaidao said flatteringly.

"Well, that's a good point, but it was originally your credit, but now I have received it, and I feel a little uneasy in my heart!" Qin Qiong said with a smile

"What nonsense did the father say, since ancient times, the king is the minister, and the father is the son, this is the righteousness of human ethics, how can there be any uneasiness, not to mention, if it is really spread out that it is said by the child, don't you worry about others saying that I am a demon?" Qin Huaidao also said happily.

"You can be so modest, Taoguang is obscure, and you are very happy to be a father, but now this problem is still difficult to solve, but now the grass grows on the grassland and the eagle flies, if you send troops at this time, you can also save a lot of food and grass!" Qin Qiong said with a sigh.

"Is that the horse my father was talking about?"

"yes,"

At this time, there was no horseshoe, and the horse's hooves were composed of two layers, the one that came into contact with the ground was a layer of hard keratin about 2-3 cm thick, and the upper layer was a living keratin. The horse's hooves are in contact with the ground, and they will fall off quickly due to the friction of the ground and the corrosion of stagnant water, and now it is the thunderstorm season, if the troops are sent at this time, it will increase the loss of horses, but if the horses are not used, it is difficult to get and overwhelmingly suppressed in the face of the Turkic cavalry, so the number of horses has become a major problem for the Tang Dynasty. There are enough horses to support the attrition of a war.

Qin Huaidao searched for knowledge about this aspect on the Huangji Jingshilu, and soon found the existence of the horseshoe, and he already had a plan in his heart. But it was too surprising to say it at this time, so he said directly to Qin Qiong: "Father, can you take me to the stables to have a look?" ”

Although Qin Qiong was puzzled, her child had always been steady, so she agreed, and asked Qin Huaidao on the way: "Do you have any way?" ”

"I don't know for the time being, but I still have to see if there is any way to do it after I have seen it!" Qin Huaidao replied.

After the two sides arrived at the stable, Qin Huaidao saw his father's mount, a big red horse, which looked very unheroic and extraordinary. Qin Huaidao circled around the horse a few times, and said to Qin Qiong: "Father, you go up and ride two steps to show me!" ”

Qin Qiong saw that his son seemed to really have a way, although he didn't know what he could do, but as long as he could solve this problem, not to mention solving it, as long as he said alleviating it, it would be a great thing for Datang. Qin Qiong immediately got on his horse and circled back and forth in the stable.

After seeing that after a few turns, Qin Huaidao also felt that he was almost pretending, so he said to Qin Qiong: "Okay, father, I have a preliminary idea, go back first to see if it can work, and you can talk about it after you go down tomorrow!" Then he left the stable and went to his own courtyard.

Qin Qiong saw Qin Huaidao thinking about leaving, and sighed secretly, I was really looking forward to it!

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