Chapter 17 Guo Ziyi's Decision "Rumble! ”

The thunderous sound of hooves shook the earth, shaking the earth, and the 200,000 Tang troops under the leadership of Guo Ziyi advanced rapidly.

The 200,000 Tang troops occupied an area of dozens of miles, like a surging tide, black and overwhelming, very powerful, very terrifying.

The smoke and dust formed a huge dark cloud, which hung down to cover the sky, and half of the sky was dark and dreary.

The soldiers were overjoyed, energetic, and exalted, and talked while marching.

"Datang has finally eaten soldiers against Datang, and we are fortunate to be able to participate in this battle, which is our great honor."

"Yes, what regrets are there in this life to be able to participate in this battle?"

"Since the Great Eclipse conquered Persia during the reign of Taizong, the Great Eclipse has been the enemy of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the national strength of Da Shi was not strong, and it had not yet advanced eastward, and it had not met with the Tang Dynasty swordsmen, and the confrontation between the two countries was mainly in the mediation of diplomatic relations. Later, the country of Dashi was strong, its territory expanded rapidly, and it marched eastward, conquering Anguo and other places, bordering the Tang Dynasty, and finally meeting each other in the Western Regions, fighting for decades. ”

"Over the past decades, although Dashi has been repeatedly defeated by Datang, it has been defeated and defeated. The Tang Dynasty was restrained by Tibet, and it was difficult for it to move westward on a large scale. Now, the Tang Dynasty has destroyed Tubo, and can finally go west with all its strength and fight to the death with the Great Food. ”

The Tang Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty fought for a hundred years, and the real sword soldiers did not meet for a long time, mainly during the Tang Xuanzong period.

"It's a pity, if Emperor Taizong didn't refuse to send troops back then, but decisively sent the Tang Dynasty westward to reinforce Persia, so that the Great Eclipse could not destroy Persia, the arrogance of the Great Eclipse would not be as prosperous as it is today."

During the reign of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Da Shi attacked the Persian Empire, and the Persian Empire sent envoys to Chang'an when it was destroyed, asking for help from Taizong of the Tang Dynasty and asking Taizong of the Tang Dynasty to send reinforcements. This matter was too important, Tang Taizong was indecisive and difficult to decide, so he discussed with the minister again and again, and finally refused.

This matter is known to the women and children of the Tang people, and it is a pity.

During the period of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the national strength of Dashi was not strong, and it was in the foundation period. It wasn't until the Great Eclipse destroyed Persia that its national power increased greatly. You must know that the Persian Empire is an old empire in the Middle East, and it has dominated the Middle East for thousands of years, and the accumulated heritage does not need to be said.

Since then, the Great Food has become extremely powerful and has become a behemoth.

The period of Tang Taizong was indeed a good opportunity to prevent the rise of Dashi, but unfortunately, Tang Taizong refused.

"Emperor Taizong is shrewd, a generation of heroes, why does he refuse to send troops?" This issue has always been a problem that has plagued the people of the Tang Dynasty, and it has been discussed for hundreds of years, but there is no result.

Especially when the Tang Dynasty sent troops to the Great Food, the Tang people discussed more, and after tea and dinner, they always had to discuss the reasons why Tang Taizong refused to send troops.

"Emperor Taizong has to refuse." A loud voice sounded, and I saw Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi riding side by side.

"Had to refuse? Why? The soldiers were even more confused.

Tang Taizong refused to send troops back then, missing a good opportunity to extinguish the Great Food Empire, which is regrettable. In particular, after the great food became a disaster and the threat to the Tang Dynasty became greater and greater, the Tang people were even more sorry, and they were very emotional, if Tang Taizong had sent troops back then, there would have been no disaster of the great food today.

"General, is it too far away?" A soldier asked aloud.

Tang Taizong's refusal to send troops, many people attributed the reason to the fact that the road was too far away, it was difficult to supply, and the logistical pressure was too great, so they had to refuse to send troops.

This is not only the opinion of later generations, but also the main view of the Tang people at that time.

"The road is far away, we Tang men are not afraid, don't say that going to Persia, it is the corner of the sky, the end of the sea, and the Tang Dynasty men will not frown. Unfortunately, Emperor Taizong refused to send troops. Another soldier shook his head fiercely, and the regret could not be clearer.

"Well said!" Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi praised in unison: "The Tang Dynasty man is not afraid of any hardships and dangers, although it is thousands of miles away to go to the big food, why should the Tang Dynasty man be afraid?" ”

"The Tang Dynasty boy is not afraid!" The soldiers shouted in unison.

"The reason why Emperor Taizong refused to send troops was not because the distance was far away and supplies could not be met, but because at that time, if the Tang Dynasty wanted to send troops, it had to pass through the Turkic lands. And the Turks are the mortal enemies of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty will never be allowed to pass through the Turkic lands. Guo Ziyi explained to the soldiers, saying: "If you want to send troops to reinforce Persia, you must first destroy the Turks. If the Turks are not destroyed, the army of the Tang Dynasty will not be able to pass. ”

The Turks that Guo Ziyi said refer to are the Western Turks.

The Turks were originally a nomadic people in the north, but they became powerful during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, unified the desert, and became a behemoth dominating the desert. Since then, the Turks have begun to harass and plunder the Central Plains, causing a terrible disaster.

When Emperor Wen of Sui had just ascended the throne, the Turks sent more than 100,000 troops to attack the north, in order to deter Emperor Wen of Sui, to give Emperor Wen of Sui a dismount, to make Emperor Wen of Sui submit, and to reap the greatest benefits. Emperor Wen of Sui is a generation of Ming monarchs and a generation of male lords in Chinese history, of course, he will not give in, deal with it heavily, mobilize troops and horses, defend according to the Great Wall, and finally resist the Turkic attack and temporarily relieve the Turkic crisis.

This incident made Emperor Wen of Sui keenly aware of the threat of the Turks, on the one hand, he spent great efforts to rebuild the Great Wall, mobilized troops and horses, and stationed here, this defense line based on the Great Wall was very good to resist the Turkic attack, and won valuable time for Emperor Wen of Sui to unify China.

Later generations scolded Qin Shi Huang for building the Great Wall and wasting money and labor, but it was useless, which was just ignorance of the situation and nonsense. Without the Great Wall, Emperor Wen of Sui would have been able to deal with the Turks in the north, and it would have been difficult to unify China.

On the other hand, Emperor Wen of Sui was looking for a good way to completely solve the Turkic problem. At that time, the Turks were very powerful and powerful, and they were not inferior to the strong Xiongnu. What made it even more difficult for Emperor Wen of Sui was that China at that time was not a unified dynasty like the Han Dynasty, but a division between the north and the south, and it was not easy to completely solve the Turks, but even more difficult than ascending to the sky.

At this time, Emperor Wen of Sui discovered a talent named Changsun Sheng. Speaking of Changsun Sheng, many people don't know his name, but as long as they talk about Changsun Wuji and Empress Changsun, there are many people who know. Changsun Sheng is the father of Changsun Wuji and Empress Changsun.

Changsun Sheng proposed to Emperor Wen of Sui the strategy of supporting the weak and suppressing the strong, dividing and disintegrating, which was to provoke contradictions within the Turks and make the Turks have internal strife. Among the Turkic tribes, whoever is strong in the Sui Dynasty will send troops to fight whom, and whoever is weak will help whom, so that no one can help anyone, unable to unify, and the strength is immeasurably concentrated.

Emperor Wen of Sui took his advice, and after a long period of hard work, finally divided a powerful Turkic empire into two, and then there was Dong!! Turkic and Western Turkic divisions.

After the Turkic split, the Sui and Tang dynasties seized the opportunity to break through each and destroyed the East one after another!! Turkic and Western Turkic. Later generations mostly attributed the credit for the destruction of the Turks to Li Jing and Su Dingfang, but in fact, the real hero of the destruction of the Turks was Changsun Sheng. If it weren't for his strange strategy, the Turks would not be divided, but a unified empire, and it would be very difficult for the Tang Dynasty to destroy the Turks.

When Persia was destroyed, the Tang Dynasty destroyed the East!! The Turks, the Western Turks have not yet perished. And the Tang Dynasty because of the destruction of the East!! The Turks, who were preparing to destroy the Western Turks, were unable to divide their troops to the west to reinforce Persia. Not to mention, if you want to go to Persia, you have to pass through the territory of the Western Turks, as a mortal enemy, will the Western Turks let the Tang army pass?

The answer is self-explanatory, the Don Army will not be allowed to pass in any case. Not only will the Tang army not be allowed to pass, but an army will be sent to attack the Tang army, which is a necessary result.

With Tang Taizong's shrewdness, it was not that he did not know the benefits of reinforcing Persia, but he was unable to do so, so he finally had to refuse to send troops.

You must know that the Tang Taizong Dynasty has many talents, countless virtuous ministers, famous generals like clouds, and thousands of fierce generals, if there is an opportunity, how can Tang Taizong miss it?

It is a pity that the conditions are not ripe.

"What the general said is extremely reasonable, and now I know the reason why Emperor Taizong refused to send troops. It's a pity, if the Turks destroyed by the Tang Dynasty in the evening for decades and opened up the communication with Dashi, they would definitely send troops. The soldiers were suddenly emotional.

"That's right." Guo Ziyi asked, "Where are you now?" ”

"I just asked, and we're located just north of Qiuzi." Li Guangbi's eyes flashed: "General Guo, this is our chance." ”

"You're right, this is a great opportunity for us." Guo Ziyi frowned, and said: "Dashuai let us decide on the spot, whether to go to Broken Leaf City, or turn to the south and take Qiuzi directly, it's up to us." The current position is very good, as long as we turn south, go straight to the west of Qiuzi, and intercept the retreat of the Persian army in Qiuzi, we can completely annihilate the Persian army. If the commander leads the army to attack from the east, we should cooperate with the outside world, and the probability of total annihilation is very high. ”

Li Guangbi's brows tightened, and he groaned: "Now is indeed a rare opportunity. However, there will be great difficulties in realizing this plan. ”

"We are in the desert, and the marshal entered the Western Regions from the Silk Road, and the two armies were far apart, so it was difficult to coordinate and launch an attack in unison." Guo Ziyi took over the conversation and said: "If the difficulty is only like this, it will be easier to do, we have a flying eagle with the big handsome, we just need to strengthen the contact." ”

"The real difficulty is in Qiuzi, and no one knows how long Qiuzi will be difficult?" Li Guangbi was very worried, and said: "If we look at the overall situation, even if Qiuci is attacked, it will not be very harmful to us, as long as we can annihilate the Great Food Army under Qiuci City, we can afford this price." ”

Speaking of this, Li Guangbi changed his words and said: "Gaodu protects thousands of people, and only hundreds of thousands of people in Dashi, and the difficulties and dangers in the process are unimaginable. After we enter the Western Regions, if such a thing happens, wouldn't this be the heart of a cold soldier? ”

Gao Xianzhi was trapped in the lonely city, with thousands of people and Abu? The hundreds of thousands of Muslim armies confronted each other, what a rage, the majestic rivers and mountains, if the Tang Dynasty reinforcements did not enter the Western Regions, Qiuzi fell, it would be nothing. It would be too hurtful if Qiuzi fell after the Tang Dynasty army entered the Western Regions.

"The marshal understands this, so he knows that he can use Qiuzi to make a big article, but he has no plan." Guo Ziyi's face turned grim and said, "I intend to, let's turn south first and prepare to attack Qiuzi." At the same time, send out the Flying Eagle and coordinate with the commander to see if it can succeed? ”

"I'm for it." Li Guangbi nodded heavily.

(To be continued)