Chapter 168: Rejection of vassal states

In the Yili area on the border of Xiliang, Lu Bing met Cai Longyu. This time, Cai Longyu is confronting the Tatars, and he can't get out of the front line and return to Samar to rarely see Lu Bing. Lu Bing was going to Tatar anyway, so he took a detour and went to Cai Longyu, and the two chatted at the border for another two days.

Lu Bing went to Tatar, Xiliang connected China and the West, and he could be regarded as well-informed, and they were still amazed by Lu Bing's air force and blue race in a large land area, not to mention Tatar, it was simply amazing. Therefore, Lu Bing is equivalent to the Tatar Yaowu once, and the effect is twofold, one is that the Tatar is grateful to the new emperor for his efforts to reconcile, and is willing to be a minister every year and pay tribute every year. In addition, knowing that Xiliang had all the troops and horses, this time he was even more unwilling to give up, although Lu Bing did not say it explicitly, but he could also hear a thing or two, so the Tatars, who were worried about being attacked on a large scale, decided to buy a large number of arms.

Of course, Tatar is poor, too much gold and silver can't be taken out, this purchase is very large, and the original accumulated treasures have been exhausted, and Lu Bing also slightly reduced the price of Tatar because of the huge amount of purchases, but even so, it is still a little difficult to support. Therefore, Lu Bing made another concession and authorized the Tatars to exchange cattle, sheep and horses. The Tatars were grateful to Dade and sent Lu Bing until the border.

is not of my race, nor is it from my country, Lu Bing naturally has no mercy, and he is happy to be able to reconcile and succeed, and he has sold personal favors to both sides. If it doesn't work, it is also in line with Lu Bing's intentions. Sure enough, the Tatars, who had received a lot of equipment, were very popular, and Xiliang, who had new weapons, was also murderous. Far from ceasing to fight. On the contrary, they fought harder, but no one could find Lu Bing's reason. As the king of a country, Lu Bing specially sent an envoy to adjust. And the route he took told both sides, and there was no deception and instigation, and now although the fight is the cause of Lu Bing, it does not involve Lu Bing. Taking 10,000 steps back, even if the evidence is conclusive that it is Lu Bing's conspiracy, they only dare to cling to it and dare not be an enemy of it, because the gap between the new country and them is too big.

With the constant war between Tatar and Western Liang. Neither of the two sides was stained with any light, and all the national strength consumed flowed into Lu Bing's new national bag. In short, it can be said that cranes and mussels compete for fishermen's profits.

May of the fourth year of the new country. The Tatars finally could not afford to spend it and began to show a decline, and the Tatars finally began to retreat and cross the Wuhai Sea to defend. However, Xiliang crossed the Wuhai Sea and pursued again. The Tatars retreated again and again. Ordos was broken, followed by Jungar. Zhunger Khan is Li Xiang's father-in-law, and Li Xiang is not only an important minister of the new dynasty, but also the golden sword and horse of Zhunger.

At the same time as Zhunger Khan asked Lu Bing for help, he also asked Li Xiang for help privately. Li Xiang didn't dare to hide it, of course, he also understood that this couldn't escape Jin Yiwei's eyes at all. To Dali, if Li Xiang sent troops to help. Then for his own selfish desires, he privately transferred troops and communicated with foreign countries. It is treason. To say that Li Xiang is not worthy of this, he naturally understands that this qiē is not easy to come by, although the original intention of Jungar Khan to marry a daughter did not have much purpose, but it is just to attract talents, but now it has the effect of marriage. Besides, it is just one of Mrs. Li Xiang, it is not worth giving up all her qiē for the sake of Jungar Khan, and even more trapped in the misrelations between Xiliang and Xinguo.

However, Li Xiang still wrote to Lu Bing, first, to explain that he had received a request for help from Zhunger Khan, and to show that Zhunger Khan had saved his life, and asked the saint to think of a way to save the lives of the Zhunger Khan tribe as much as possible. Lu Bing believed that Li Xiang was loyal and righteous, and he was specially commended. The reason why Lu Bing asked Li Xiang to guard the northern frontier was because Li Xiang had been stationed in the frontier before, knew how to deal with the enemy's cavalry troops, knew the climate and geology of the northern frontier, and understood the opponent's situation, so that he could know that he could win a hundred battles.

In addition, whether it is Xiliang, or Tatar, or Jungger and Ordos in the middle of the position, they all have more or less contacts with Li Xiang. Therefore, in the early stage, it was very appropriate to let Li Xiang come to garrison, get on the horse to manage the army, dismount to manage the people, and intervene in the fairness of trade and trade security in peacetime. Even if the military and political power of the new country is now separated, the changes in northern Xinjiang are the least, and it can be said that Li Xiang is still the military and political minister with the most things in his hands.

Now these advantages are affected by it, Li Xiang is involved too much, so he must fall into a dilemma, whether it is not, whether it is righteous or not, it will not be easy to carry out the work in the future. Lu Bing replied and asked Li Xiang to wait and see for the time being, allowing the Zhun Ge Department to enter the territory of the new country for refuge, but if Xiliang did not set foot on the border of the new country, he was not allowed to send troops to help. With such a result, it is already beyond Li Xiang, so Li Xiang can do something better, otherwise although he understands which is more important, he will be on the wall, but his heart will definitely be tormented. So Li Xiang thanked Dade for replying to Lu Bing, and he swore allegiance to the death to ensure that he would not disgrace his mission.

Just when Xiliang was preparing to launch a general offensive, news came from the country, claiming that the Western Ukrainian state and Russia had launched a war against Xiliang. The defects of Xiliang's land being too long to take care of were revealed, and Xiliang gave up the results of the battle and galloped back, and the Tatars took the opportunity to regain the lost territory. Xiliang attaches great importance to the offensive of Ukraine and Russia, because the two countries are strong in battle, and they are the old enemies of Xiliang, but because of the later expansion of other territories, the war was temporarily stopped. It is estimated that now they must have seen the Xiliang army expedition to Tatar, so they took the opportunity to sneak attack. Uszambia, Russia, and Belarus were split from the Kievan Rus' state established by the ancient Rus' nation, and the territory was huge, and the people were fierce and had to be suppressed with iron and blood.

The allied forces of the Tatar tribes rejoiced, feeling the blessing of the gods of God's favor, and threw their horses around and excitedly shouted "Tengri God". Previously, the Tatars had been enemies of the Ming Dynasty, and now they were friendly with the new country, but both times Xiliang almost defeated the Tatars, and then they ran away and finally perished. But once there was a rebellion in the country, and this time there was a strong enemy, and the good luck of the Tatars had to be praised.

However, the tribal leaders of the Tatars are not so easy to deceive, they do not believe that luck will always surround the Tatars, and if Xiliang invades again in the future, will they be so lucky? Then maybe it's going to happen.

Now that the Tatars' financial resources have been exhausted, the tribes are simply unable to make ends meet, but fortunately, the Tatars do not have much investment in governing the country, and most of the tribes are nomads. But even so, if Xiliang defeats the enemy army in the coming year, this warlike nation that is so warlike that it will be uncomfortable without fighting for a while, as soon as the war is over, will immediately turn around to the enemy Tatar, which they have not taken on two expeditions. At the same time, in this way, it has also formed a strategic encirclement of the new country, so Xiliang must take the Tatars, and this qiē naturally did not hide the eyes of the Tatar upper class.

For today's plan, the only way to fight the enemy with Xiliang is a new country with benevolence and righteousness. Therefore, the Tatars decided not to act on the letter of state, and in order to show respect, the khans of various tribes organized a group to contact Li Xiang and reported that Lu Bing was ready to go to the face of the saint in person, one to respect and the other to be a big matter, but also as a gift to Lu Bing before.

Lu Bing didn't make it too grand, because in Lu Bing's opinion, it was really unnecessary to have such a face-saving welcome ceremony, but the people still spontaneously came to see the Western scenery, and even more good people claimed that all countries would come to the court, and they were more excited than they were to marry their daughter-in-law. After all, there are too many humiliating histories, so every qiē made by the new country can make the people cheer and rejoice.

Even though Lu Bing didn't prepare much, the prosperous new country had a large population, prosperous trade, and developed technology, not one place or another, but since entering the country, all places have been so prosperous, which gave the khans a great shock. They secretly felt that even if the new country picked out ten or so small cities at random, it would be able to withstand the total annual income of the entire Tatar steppe. With such a rich land, advanced technology, and those citizens who look at the Khan although they are curious and happy, but not sad or arrogant, can the new country be strong?

In fact, the khans didn't know that this qiē was all dependent on each other, and only the monarchy and the country could be strong, and the people would be rich when the country was strong, and the people would be rich, and the people would be rich. They also didn't know that Lu Bing didn't use official forces to greet him, but just did the corresponding reception, and the people all went spontaneously to see what was new, otherwise the prosperous world would have to scare the khans stupidly. But the khans have lived in the grassland for a long time, where have they seen this, and they thought that Lu Bing attached great importance to it, and they all had a spectrum in their hearts.

Unexpectedly, when they entered the Forbidden City and were shocked by the grandeur of the Forbidden City, they were poured cold water on their heads. Lu Bing didn't want to be a vassal state that was usually tributary and the new state provided protection, either completely subjugated or became a friendly neighbor. This is Lu Bing's so-called matter of principle, and it will never change because of various conditions. Lu Bing read history to the fullest, and hated the behavior of the vassal state that sounded good and seemed to regain the territory without blood.

People are in awe of the strong, and the same is true between nations, how can it be possible to obtain a large piece of land without work. If you go back and forth to the country, it will not be beneficial to the country, but it will be an endless trouble. Historically, either these vassal states invaded and led to the direct or indirect cause of the country's demise, or they went against the grain when the country's strength declined, and it was difficult to implement national policies there, and the vassal states were still autonomous, but the monarch was just a vassal to the suzerain. In the end, the country is still a country of other people, but it has damaged the discipline of the suzerain, and it is not a matter of them to act arbitrarily, it is better to cut it off from the root, and it is better not to come at all.

To be honest, Lu Bing was not too interested in the land of Tatar, if it weren't for the horses or the main driving force of the army, and Xiliang also had the tendency to encircle, Lu Bing would not have glanced at the land of Tatar with his eyes at all. The land is vast and sparsely populated, and the grain production is not abundant, so it can only be used as a base for animal husbandry, which is really not necessary for Lu Bing to govern the country. It is also necessary to start from scratch, which is very troublesome. However, if you continue to annex to the north, then you can connect North America with a shorter sea route, and then implement South America to meet in Duan Qingfeng, but this is just a flash of inspiration, such an idea is too far away, there are still many things to do in the country, even if you take Tatar and the northerly region, Lu Bing does not have the strength and energy to do such things.

The Khan of the Tatar tribes was extremely disappointed, but he was unwilling to do so, so he first retreated to the post station to rest, and then gathered together to discuss how to deal with it, and the Tatar tribes had never been so united, even if they had never been enemies with Xiliang. People don't want to be destroyed for themselves, and their current decisions are related to their future, so they naturally need to be cautious and cautious, and work together to obtain greater benefits. (To be continued......)