After Li Shimin got the results of Shi Bufan's analysis, he felt more and more that it seemed that this was really the truth. Because the Turkic people are already in great turmoil at present, they have already begun to drift away from Germany. Jieli dispatched a large army to attack the Central Plains at this time, in fact, it may not be the practice of borrowing the "enemy" of the Tang Dynasty to suppress internal contradictions and divert internal contradictions. This kind of political method is actually very simple and easy to understand, and it is impossible for Jieli not to know it. From the perspective of the current Turkic situation, in fact, it is very simple, the current Turkic situation is very not optimistic. Jieli did this, in fact, because his internal pressure was too great, not only did Princess Dunyicheng secretly force Jieli to send troops to restore the Sui Dynasty, but his internal centrifugal force has become stronger and stronger, so there will definitely be problems within them. He borrowed Datang to attack, which helped to alleviate internal contradictions.

"So, is it possible to prepare for the Northern Expedition to the Turks in the future?" Li Shimin asked.

When Shi Bufan heard that Li Shimin wanted to go north to the Turks, he immediately knew that this Li Shimin would definitely not let go of the Turks. This time, the Turks came to attack Chang'an, although the threat was not great, but this was a slap in the face to Li Shimin. Li Shimin was an emperor on horseback, so it was naturally impossible to accept the result of being surrounded by soldiers. This was a disgrace for any emperor born on the battlefield, and the battle against the Turks was related to the struggle for leadership in Asia. Since ancient times, the Central Plains Dynasty and the northern nomads have always had a struggle for the leadership of Asia, and whoever wins is almost equal to the leading country in Asia. If the Central Plains wins, then no matter what Goguryeo is, it will not be a problem. As long as the northern nomads are solved, then Goguryeo, the Western Regions in the west, and the small countries in the south will not be a problem. The key is to deal with the nomads, which is actually quite simple.

"Your Majesty, in fact, it is not difficult to solve the Turks. However, I don't think it's really the main thing militarily, it's the most important thing if we can solve the Turks politically. I have always maintained that military affairs are a continuation of politics, and if we directly dispatch military wars, it will actually achieve half the results. In fact, we Han people are not suitable for long-term battles on the grasslands, especially against nomads on the grasslands. In my opinion, the most important thing is to fight the enemy politically, otherwise we will not be able to defeat the Turks at all! ”

"And I think that fighting the Turks politically is less costly and even more effective than fighting militarily!"

Shi Bufan knows very well that war is always a continuation of politics, and this is inevitable. Many people may even think that the solution to war is simpler and crude, but war is only a means used by politicians when they cannot be reconciled, and truly clever politicians are very reluctant to use war as a first means. Fighting recklessly does not mean that one is a hero, and using political means does not mean that one is weak. On the contrary, it is the means of a clever statesman to use force when it should be used well, to use force skillfully.

Shi Bufan has read the history of war, and even the history of war is a subject that cannot be bypassed by scholars who study history, so even if Shi Bufan studied history, it does not mean that he will not study war. However, as a historian, I am more interested in the nature behind the war. How the war broke out and what the internal economic and political reasons were, this is a subject for historians and political scientists, not to study the specific course of the war, and to use tactics and various means.

However, when Shi Bufan looked at the history of wars in the early Tang Dynasty, especially the war against the Turks, he clearly found that this was the case in the Tang Dynasty and the East. The Turkic wars, especially those in the early Tang Dynasty, were not fought impulsively, but were very politically wise. Many people think that the Tang Dynasty was at its peak in martial arts, but Shi Bufan understands very well that the people who caused these martial arts actually have very strong political wisdom behind them, and the problem is not solved by force alone.

"Your Majesty, the minister suggested that if the Tang Dynasty really wants to eliminate the Turks in the future, its practical political means will be more effective. If political means had been used, the number of troops spent on the destruction of the Turks might not have exceeded tens of thousands. Shi Bufan said.

"Tens of thousands? How is this possible? Li Shimin asked.

Li Shimin not only does not think that tens of thousands is too much, but thinks that it is less. For the Turks, who have a population of millions, almost every young strong man is a warrior, and the steppe is their home field, plus their troops are all natural cavalry, if according to Li Shimin's estimate, I am afraid that if it is carried out purely by military means, then there will be no more than 400,000 troops, and it will be impossible to launch a war of destruction against the Turks. However, Shi Bufan said that it was only tens of thousands, which made Li Shimin feel very surprised.

However, Shi Bufan concluded: "For the Turkic war, in fact, the most important thing is that it is three points military and seven points political!" ”

"Three points military, seven points political?" Li Shimin didn't quite understand what this meant.

Shi Bufan hurriedly explained: "Actually, the Turks are not so terrifying. As long as we find their weaknesses right, then we can solve them well. Now that the Turks are already in internal turmoil, we might as well smash a hammer on the relationship where they have already cracked, so that we can spend almost a small number of troops to solve the northern Turkic means. ”

Shi Bufan's "three points of military and seven points of politics" is actually borrowed from the saying of a strategist during the Republic of China. However, this political wisdom of three points of military and seven points of politics is not unique to the Republic of China. In fact, in the early days of the Tang Dynasty, ****** was destroyed, and this was the method used, but no one in the Tang Dynasty summed it up.

Perhaps many people think that the destruction of the Turks is the credit of the famous general Li Jing, which is actually not bad. However, in fact, judging from the later wars of the Tang Dynasty to destroy the Turks, the Tang Dynasty's troops were actually effective in only a few battles. For the first time, Li Jing attacked Dingxiang City, driving Jieli away and scaring him back to Tieshan. In the second battle, in fact, thousands of cavalry rushed to Tieshan, and then played a role, but the combat force was only more than 200 cavalry of Su Dingfang. As a result, in fact, the whole sortie against the Turks, a truly effective operation, only touched thousands of cavalry.

But the Turks were actually under the blow of this thousands of cavalry, and the entire huge Turkic empire was overthrown like papier-mâché? Could it be that Li Jing is so powerful? However, if you really analyze it carefully, Li Jing only achieved the command methods commonly used by a military general, and even if another person came over, he could actually do this kind of tactic. Li Jing's role is actually not as big as most people imagine, his role is mainly to maintain the army from collapsing, because he can command hundreds of thousands of troops without collapsing, and at present, the Tang Dynasty is Li Jing can have this ability. Therefore, Li Jing went out not to have any strange schemes, but to keep the army from collapsing.

"Your Majesty, in fact, this Turkic man has died by himself, and he has already deviated from morality. This Zhao Deyan, don't look at him as a traitor, in fact, I think he is the first hero of our Northern Expedition to the Turks! Shi Bufan told a bad joke.

If you want to say that the Tang Dynasty eliminated the Turks, you must not mention that the Turks have been separated from Germany, but the reason for the Turks' separation from Germany has to be said by Zhao Deyan. Zhao Deyan took refuge in the Turks as a traitor, but in fact, he himself, an economic idiot and a political idiot, is obviously a complete "brick family". He copied the political system of the Han people in the Turks, and then tried to copy the political system of the Han people in the Turks, which caused the leaders of the Turkic tribes to complain, and the entire Turkic Khan became detached from the Khan.

Zhao Deyan obviously did not think about the truth that the economic base determines the superstructure, and he ignored the difference between the economic base of the Turkic nomads and the economic base of the agrarian peoples. It also ignores the historical reasons and differences in national thinking between the two sides, so it is strange that there is no civil strife in the Turks. Therefore, in the Turkic civil strife, Zhao Deyan gave Jieli a bad idea that disregarded the reality, and then Jieli made such a fool of himself, and the Turks were also in internal turmoil.

Li Shimin also nodded, this Turkic civil strife is actually a very good situation. As long as they have internal turmoil, as a result, in order to alleviate the internal turmoil, Jieli has to concentrate his forces to attack the Tang Dynasty, forcing them to ease the contradictions, which is actually drinking to quench their thirst.

"Your Majesty, in fact, as long as we try not to have a substantive conflict with the Turks during this time, we can sit back and wait for their internal contradictions to get deeper and deeper, and then we can wait for the opportunity to solve them! When the time comes, their internal contradictions are very deep, and as long as we attack with a small number of troops, then I am afraid that other Turkic people will also watch from the sidelines, and then sit back and watch us destroy Jieli. As long as we don't drastically change the way of life of the Turks, if we don't make drastic changes, the Turks won't mind if we rule them. Shi Bufan said.

The entire Tang Dynasty was destroyed in the east. The Turkic wars are actually the credit of the soldiers, but rather the Turkic people are already a mess of chicken feathers within themselves. If they were united internally, would Li Jing's cavalry also destroy the Turks? The Turks also have hundreds of thousands of elite cavalry, but when the Tang Dynasty sent troops, where did these hundreds of thousands of elites go? They seem to have given up Jieli in reunification, not to mention that they did not fight with the Han people, and they were completely grinding foreign workers. Can this be said to be a coincidence? It shows that the leaders of the Turkic tribes have given up Jieli, and they don't plan to continue to follow Jieli, so they are naturally unwilling to die to protect Jieli, Jieli is completely a "****" with the power of one person and the entire state apparatus of the Tang Dynasty, plus those internal forces that may push everyone to him at any time, it is strange that he does not perish.

"I remember that the Xue Yantuo people in the northern Turkic were very dissatisfied with Jieli and the Turkic rule, and wanted to rebel at any time, so I thought I could take advantage of it! Anyway, the enemy of the enemy, that is, the friend, I don't think they will refuse to cooperate with us. The emperor can send a close general to sneak into the Turkic hinterland, and then canonize the leader of Xue Yantuo, so that they can raise troops against the Turks. This will at least contain the Turkic army's more than 100,000 troops, which will help us to attack in the future. Shi Bufan said.

Shi Bufan's strategy is actually the strategy originally adopted by the historical Tang Dynasty. By dividing and disintegrating the Turks, they secretly instigated Xue Yantuo to rebel, and then a large number of Turkic troops and financial resources were held back by Xue Yantuo, so that they were unable to harass the Southern Central Plains, which won valuable time for the Central Plains to develop. During the war against the Turks, the Tang Dynasty made a wish to Xue Yantuo as an official, and then let them rise up to resist, which also contained at least more than 100,000 elite troops of the Turks, so that they could not transfer troops to fight against the Tang army.

After the destruction of the Turks, the little Turkic Khan Tuli was appointed as the so-called governor of the prefecture, which helped to ease the contradictions of the Turks. And the contradiction between Tuli and Jieli is almost irreconcilable. Tuli is not only Li Shimin's sworn brother, but according to the order of succession of the Turks, Tuli should have a chance to obtain the position of Great Khan, because Tuli is the son of the Turkic Khan and the nephew of the current Jieli. However, Tuli did not have the opportunity to inherit the position back then, and then adopted the method of brother to brother. This made Tuli very embarrassed, and Jieli couldn't leave in the position of the khan, and Tuli hated it very much.

Li Shimin took advantage of the contradiction between Tuli and Jieli to make him fall to the Tang Dynasty, and finally helped the Tang Dynasty to clean up the people's hearts and avoid excessive resistance of the Turks, and then caused the Tang Dynasty to fall into the "people's war" of the Turks. As for the aftermath, Tuli's death is also unknown, but Datang supported his young son to go up, which is very easy to control, and this is full of "scheming"!

"Also, you can destroy Liang Shidu, and then recruit Yuan Junzhang, so as to eliminate the last two separatist forces, so that we can all get a good solution. For Liang Shidu, this guy who has already been called the emperor, uses the means of extermination. And that Yuan Junzhang is just a political opportunist, and whoever is strong will follow him, so the qualified guy is easy to solve. If we wipe out Liang Shidu, the guy who has been called the emperor, then this Yuan Junzhang is not the emperor, and he is a speculator, as long as we are willing to make a wish to him as an official, plus the Turkic civil strife in a few days, then he will not hesitate to take refuge in him. Although this kind of political speculator is a grass on the wall, their judgment of the situation is far more sensitive and sensitive than others, so although this kind of person is difficult, once the strength of Mount Tai is overwhelming, it is the easiest to surrender. ”

"Then, the Turks were in turmoil, rebellions were gathering, and the people around Jieli were separated, and this huge Turk was nothing more than a building built on a grain of sand, and it fell when the wind blew. At that time, our Datang may not be able to use tens of thousands of troops, and maybe even not have to go through any major battles at all, and Luxgen can easily destroy them! ”

"This is also a means of three points military and seven points political!"

Li Shimin heard this plan, and immediately said excitedly: "Shixiao Shulang, you are really my ovary, and you are really a strategist!" ”