However, it failed to be, because the Eastern Turks were very vigilant, and under the hint of this son, the Eastern Turks intercepted the caravan sent by the Western Turks, and all the horses used for trade disappeared into the pockets of the Eastern Turks, but the Eastern Turks naturally denied the news, and also accused the Western Turks of not contacting the manufacturers privately, but because of abiding by business ethics, through them, the middlemen of the two dealers.

The reason why I want to do this is naturally to sow discord between the Eastern Turks and the surrounding ethnic groups, and I wish they could fight for a little benefit, and naturally, letting the Eastern Turks clean up the Western Turks and deepen their hatred for each other is definitely a favorable event for the Chinese nation.

The Western Turks, whose wine and horse trade had been destroyed by the Eastern Turks, were very angry about this, after all, the Western Turks now had a slight upper hand in strength compared to the Eastern Turks, but in order to obtain fine wine, they had to use the contributions they received from the Western Regions countries to make up for the shortfall in the purchase of spirits.

Although Tong Yehu had thought about banning the purchase of spirits before, he was opposed by many nobles of the Western Turks, because in the land of Mobei, the truly warm festival season will not exceed three to five months a year, and the rest of the time, it will be difficult to live below zero.

And this kind of liquor can give those shepherds enough vitality in the wilderness, and the strength of the liquor is sufficient, so that these barbarians who drink a lot of alcohol do not need to pour a dozen or so pots of, but only need a small amount of spirits, and can enjoy the drunkenness of the scent, in fact, the money spent is not much different from the money spent on buying those messy liquor from the Western Regions.

Moreover, after tasting such a spirit, few people feel that a low-alcohol wine can still bring them a good passion.

With this reason, coupled with the fact that the Luo Khan is now seriously ill and difficult to serve, and is dying, the other Eastern Turk little Khans have puffed out their eyes, and their eyes have fallen on the body of the Luo Khan, and the armies of all tribes have been slowly assembled towards the royal court, if they can take this opportunity to deal a fatal blow to the Eastern Turks, then maybe the beautiful dream of unifying the Eastern and Western Turks can be realized at this moment.

However, the difference in strength between the two sides is not large, so in order to get a greater chance of victory, Tong Ye Hu sent Ashinar over today.

It is worthy of being three stinkers, a Zhuge Liang on top, and these civil and military ministers present, each of them is a handsome among the people, so the conclusions they have come up with are almost incomparably different from the facts, coupled with the comparison of the information transmitted back from the dark line of the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, I have completely agreed with Ma Sanbao's judgment.

What Tong Yehu needs is not for our Chinese Empire to really attack the Eastern Turks, but to put strong pressure on the Eastern Turks, so that the Eastern Turks mistakenly think that the most powerful force in the land of China is about to launch an unprecedented attack on them, and completely focus the attention of the Eastern Turks on the south.

After that, the Western Turks were able to launch a flank attack with Xue Yantuo to the east and the south, and in the case of being caught off guard, it was possible for the entire Eastern Turks to be wiped out.

"But the question is, is this good for the Huaxia Empire?" I stood in the hall, glancing at these thoughtful ministers, Li Xuanba and Luo Shixin also put on an expression of racking their brains and burying their heads in thought, but compared to the way others were thinking, I felt that these two guys were secreting.

During this period of time, Li Xuanba and Luo Shixin have indeed made some progress in terms of IQ, after all, Kong Yingda's teaching level of Old Man Kong is not covered, but at most, he has tried his best to teach these two guys to become Chinese in terms of military vision, and if they want to take another step, it is simply more difficult than ascending to the sky.

However, in this way, I am already very satisfied, these two guys have always been superior in force, and most importantly, they have a talent, that is, a keen sense of smell and a talent for timing on the battlefield.

Therefore, in this military exercise competition, although we cannot be ranked first, at least not like in the past, we will always be the first and second from the bottom.

"Yes, in the short term, the Turkic civil strife will make the Turks have no time to look south for one to two years. However, one to two years is dispensable for us. Wei Yunqi frowned and spoke slowly.

"The important thing is that without the reinforcements and support of the Wen Turks, can Liang Shidu, Liu Wuzhou, Luo Yi and others still be able to maintain balance and peace? It is believed that Dou Jiande has long been eager to stretch his hand longer, and in the same way, without the suppression in the north, Tang Gong will definitely gain more room for activity than he has now. For my Chinese Empire, it actually does more harm than good. ”

I nodded with satisfaction, Wei Yunqi said it was very difficult, losing the control of the Eastern Turks, the situation in the Central Plains will definitely change dramatically, and it is not a good thing for me and for the Chinese nation.

Yang Gongren couldn't help but burst out. "However, if the Eastern Turks and the Western Turks are allowed to compete with each other, it will be quite beneficial for our future Huaxia to return to the old land and expand thousands of miles."

I nodded, and Yang Gongren was right. "What you have said makes sense, but the question is, what do we do?"

I cocked a finger: "Nowadays, neither the Eastern Turks nor the Western Turks are the best time to turn their backs on them, and now, we are relying on the wine and horse trade with the Eastern Turks, and have obtained a large number of horses for military and civilian use. ”

"And the Western Turks, now all the countries in the Western Regions are under its control, our trade with the Western Regions is under the control of the Western Turks, and this year's customs revenue, presumably you have also tasted the sweetness. Therefore, these two roads cannot be broken, and they must be maintained, because we are not strong enough to completely control the entire land of China in our hands in the shortest possible time. What's more, we haven't had time to open our sea trade yet......"

Hearing Ben Gongzi's story, one or two all have expressions like stool, a look of agreement, yes, now these guys are no longer the same as in the past, all day long hypocritical face of benevolence, righteousness and reason, of course, when it comes to the outside, it is still superficially about benevolence, righteousness and morality, but in fact, one or two have transformed into politicians who focus on practical interests.

As the so-called red ones who are close to Zhu and black ones who are close to ink, these guys have been with Ben Gongzi for so many years, if they are not shameless, they are too ignorant.

What to do? On the premise of ensuring bilateral interests, how can the Eastern and Western Turks stab each other with knives? That's the fundamental question.

"We must move, or act like we have to move, so that the Western Turks can know the Tao, and we will stand on his side." Wei Yunqi narrowed his eyes, looking scheming.

"It's not too much of a problem, but in this way, although it will arouse the vigilance of the Eastern Turks, it will give the Western Turks a chance." Sister Yaoguang shook her head, she is still quite good at military affairs and strategy, so her words are very reasonable.

"That's the truth, but if we don't say anything and don't do anything, maybe if we don't help each other, we will offend both the Eastern Turks and the Western Turks, and for now, such a situation is very unfavorable for our Huaxia." Fang Xuanling nodded to show her agreement with my mother-in-law's opinion.

This year, the tariffs alone will be able to reach seven or eight million guan, which is definitely an unprecedentedly large amount, and the trade of wine and horses between us and the Eastern Turks is equivalent to obtaining a large number of horses from the Turks at an extremely low price.

Today, the number of war horses in the Chinese Empire has exceeded 150,000, and the number of horses in various horse farms has reached 170,000. More than half of this amount was obtained through the wine and horse trade.

If you want to get 100,000 war horses according to the convention, it will take at least nearly ten years of hard work to make up. Even at the height of the great cause of the previous dynasty, the number of war horses owned by the Sui Dynasty army would not exceed 350,000.

After a long war, the number of horses in the stock market collapsed sharply, and when this son took the entire territory of Guanzhong, the number of war horses in Guanzhong would not exceed 70,000. On the contrary, later, when seizing Hexi and Western Qin, a large number of horses were obtained.

But nowadays, if you want to get horses, you can only get them through trade with the Turks, which can stimulate the great increase in the number of horses in Guanzhong.

In the future, when Ben Gongzi pointed at the Central Plains, it would take at least 200,000 cavalry to break into the Central Plains with lightning speed, seize the territory as quickly as possible, and ensure that the Turks in the north would not dare to go south easily.

Less than this number, then in the future, the infantry, which lacked gunpowder and firearms, would have been difficult to deal with large groups of Turkic cavalry.

Now, the flintlock pistol has been built and tested in a number of ways, and this thing, at a centimeter caliber, can only penetrate plate armor in 50 steps, and only through leather armor in 100 steps.

A flintlock pistol with a 1.5 centimeter caliber and conical bullets could pierce plate armor at a distance of 150 paces, and it was determined that the use of greased linen or paper to wrap bullets and gunpowder would make loading quicker.

Nowadays, the test gunners of the Firearms Research Institute can complete a reload and aim fire in ten breaths at the earliest, which is converted into seconds, that is, a little more than 20 seconds.

In addition, the bullet head of the linen bullet is conical, and compared with the round buckshot, the conical bullet far exceeds the round lead bullet in terms of weight, stability and accuracy.

However, at present, there is still no mind on mass manufacturing, mainly because there are still many problems that have not been completely solved. The main reason is that the mass production of sulfuric acid has not yet been completed, and if you want to make firearms, the problem of rust prevention is necessary, so you have to wait.