History changed again here, and after Wei Chigong struck a blow at the arrogance of the Turks, he did not leave in a hurry. And Wei Chigong still wants to see the effect of this bow and crossbow three-fold shooting in Jingyang County. If it can work, then I am afraid that the development direction of the Datang army will change in the future. In the future, I am afraid that Datang will pay attention to the development of bows and crossbows, and even pay more attention to bows and crossbows in the past, and in the future, they may also focus on crossbow soldiers, but the proportion of hand-to-hand combat soldiers will be reduced.

"The Turks are here again!" Wei Chigong pointed to the cavalry in the distance on the city tower and said.

And Chen Fei looked at the dark shadow in the distance, and his heart was also nervous. There are 10,000 people, and there are no boundaries, let alone 80,000 Turkic cavalry! And this is almost half of the 200,000 Turkic cavalry that invaded the Tang Dynasty, so Chen Fei has no bottom in his heart. If these 80,000 Turks attack together, it is uncertain whether their 3,000 crossbowmen will be able to stop the Turks. Therefore, Chen Fei's heart became nervous again.

"Tuli?" Wei Chigong looked at the flag in the distance in surprise.

"General Wei Chi, is it the Turki Khan?" Chen Fei asked.

And Wei Chigong immediately explained: "The Turkic Khan is the second Khan of the Turks, the eldest son of the former Qimin Khan of the Turks, and the nephew of the current Jieli Khan. After the death of Qimin Khan, if it is customary, it should be his eldest son who inherits the position of Khan. However, the Turks are different from our Central Plains, the Turks have always been respected by the strong, and at that time, the Turks were still young, so they could not get too many people's support. Therefore, the younger brother of Qimin Khan, who later became Shibi Khan, inherited the position of Khan. However, after the death of Shibi Khan, he was not able to pass on the throne to his son, and he was still inherited by his younger brother, which was later known as Chuluo Khan. After the death of the Khan of Chuluo, it was their younger brother, the current Jieli Khan, who ascended the throne. And this sudden profit, if it is based on what I know, I am afraid that it is not very willing. After all, he also had the opportunity to inherit the position of Khan, but now that time has passed, he has not been able to obtain the inheritance, and he did not expect that this time he actually came here to attack the Tang Dynasty with Jieli. However, this Turki Khan is also the incense brother of the crown prince. ”

"Huh? Is it the prince's incense brother? Chen Fei didn't know this, and then asked, "General Wei Chi, why are you so familiar with the Turks?" ”

And Wei Chigong did not hide it, and said directly: "Before I took refuge in the Tang Dynasty, I served Liu Wuzhou. And Liu Wuzhou once claimed to be subordinate to the Turks, so I am very familiar with the Turks. ”

And Chen Fei immediately asked: "General Wei Chi, you said that this Tuli came to attack the Tang Dynasty this time, will he not be able to work hard?" ”

And Wei Chigong was also stunned for a while, because of course he knew about this sudden situation. As early as the seventh year of Wude, Tuli and Jieli invaded the Tang Dynasty, and at that time, Li Shimin used the divisive strategy to become brothers with Tuli, and Tuli also fanned the wind and ignited the ghost fire in the Turkic fan, and in the end the Turks could only retreat. As for the future, Datang also knew that Tuli and Jieli were probably inseparable, and they couldn't pee in a pot at all. After all, for Tuli, Jieli is the one who robbed him of his position as Khan. Therefore, it is inevitable that Tuli will have the idea of regaining the position of the Khan.

And Wei Chigong has been in contact with Li Shimin for many years, so he probably knows that the contradictions within the Turks are not small. Unlike the brother contradiction of the Tang Dynasty, the Turks are actually the contradictions between uncles and nephews. However, this time Datang was about to be reunified, so their uncle and nephew temporarily gave up the contradiction and came to defeat Datang first. After all, they are all Turks, and from the perspective of the nation, they all want to think about the future of the Turks, so they temporarily gave up the contradiction to attack the Tang Dynasty. But after all, a contradiction is a contradiction, and this still exists.

"General Wei Chi, if you look at the map, Jingyang and the Gaoling next to it are almost parallel. And this time Tuli took the initiative to attack Jingyang, would he want to compete with Jieli and then establish his prestige? Look at this situation, no matter how they look at it, they are all vindictive! And since General Wei Chi said that they looked like they were separated, then Tuli may want to attack our Tang Chang'an by attacking Jingyang and then splitting up with the Turkic soldiers in two ways. In this way, he prepared for the future struggle for the position of Khan, so he led another army of his own, instead of acting with Jieli. This also shows that their contradictions have become public and may turn their faces at any time. ”

"And I would venture to speculate that they will be working together for the time being, though, for the same goal. However, Tuli is afraid that he will not be able to work hard, he is afraid that he hopes to consume Jieli's strength to fight hard with my Datang, and then preserve his own strength. In this case, although the Turks have 80,000 troops in their hands, we may not be so dangerous. In order to compete for the position of Khan in the future, Tuli must leave a certain amount of capital, and if the casualties are too large, he will definitely preserve his strength and will not fight with us. We might as well take advantage of his mentality, and we can play tacit understanding with them. We had a little fight with him, and then if they didn't take the initiative to attack, we wouldn't take the initiative to find them. ”

Chen Fei's idea is actually a tacit understanding with Tu Li, since Tu Li wants to consume Jieli's strength and preserve his strength, he will naturally not go all out. Then Chen Fei can take his time with Tu Li, and then let Tu Li control the army and not participate in the battle of Jieli to attack Datang. And when Jieli attacks Chang'an, he will definitely consume a lot of strength in the siege war, so that the strength of Jieli and Tuli will be balanced. Now the situation on the grassland is that Jieli has an advantage, and Tuli is temporarily inferior to Jieli, so Tuli is temporarily suppressed. However, if Jieli suffered a relatively large loss in this attack on the Tang Dynasty, then I am afraid that a balance will be formed on the grassland next, and the struggle will be more serious. Therefore, reducing Jieli's strength is also preparing for future strategies, which is to promote their infighting.

Wei Chigong thought for a moment, and immediately said, "Your idea should work, but we must let Tuli know that we are powerful." Only when Tuli knows how powerful we are, will he give up the idea of attacking Datang with all his strength and choose to reach a tacit understanding with us. ”

Chen Fei also knows that this war is not football after all, and there is nothing to reach a tacit understanding in football, but the tacit understanding in the war is not easy to achieve. If you don't let Tuli know how powerful you are on Datang's side, then I'm afraid Tuli won't choose to reach a so-called tacit understanding with Datang. Therefore, in the final analysis, it is necessary to make Tuli feel that the bone of Datang is not easy to gnaw, so that Tuli will choose to preserve his strength, rather than wanting to take Datang to Liwei. If Datang is too weak and a weak chicken, then I am afraid that Tuli will also want to eliminate Datang as much as possible, and make contributions to compete for political capital for the position of Khan in the future.

However, if Datang is strong, then Tuli will be forced to choose to reach a tacit understanding with Datang, so as to prepare for the future competition for the position of Khan. Therefore, everything depends on the strength of Datang, so that Tuli does not feel valued, and Tuli must know that Datang's strength is still very strong, so that Tuli can feel that it is better not to fight than to fight.