"I can't bear to give out the child, and I can't trap the wolf."

On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Xu Zhitong, a scholar of the Privy Council and Duke of Hu Guogong, once said this when answering Li Yuzhen's question about whether it was possible for the Turkic Khan's court to be incorporated into the Great Food Empire.

Xiao Cong didn't know that the monarch and minister in the Xiyuan Warm Pavilion were right, but it didn't prevent him from saying something similar.

"Only if you are willing can you get it."

He rolled up the picture of Yan Zhouyu on the case and put it back into the bottle, and took out another axis of sheepskin map.

Xiao Yan had already finished using snacks and tea, and after rinsing his mouth, he washed his hands in the copper basin brought by Xiao Chengli, got up and knelt down on the side of his brother's bookcase, and looked at the spread out map of the Western Continent of Central Continent.

Xiao Cong's slender fingers moved from the Cuman steppe to the three Persian provinces occupied by the Turks, "You see, the Turkic Khan's court has also been forced to be ruthless. This is the Khazar Plateau, why did the Turks come down from here? Because of its barren nature, it was impossible to become a base for the establishment of the Khan's court, and to the north was the Aral Sea, and to the west was the Riga Sea, which could not be developed, so the Turks could only go south, using the Cuman steppe as the place of the Khan's court.

But the Turks have had their ups and downs in the past seven or eight hundred years, although they have been powerful from time to time, but in the end they cannot escape the situation of being beaten by the agrarian regime, and these blood and tears have taught the Turks a truth - if you want to be strong and build a country, there is no stable agricultural land, and no matter how strong the nomads are, they are only nomads. Therefore, they urgently need to lay a place where there are cultivators and land, and Persia, which is adjacent to the Cuman steppe, has become the first choice of the Turks, although there is a powerful empire ruled by Dashi, but across a strait, Dashi is not directly ruled, but sent various governors to govern, compared with the powerful Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty, it is obviously much easier for Persia to gnaw.

"The original plan of the Turks was to occupy the three provinces in eastern Persia and open up the passage from the steppe to the sea, so that the Turks had the arable land and farming households of the three provinces, and had access to the sea, so that they were no longer limited to the nomadic royal court, or the inland kingdom sandwiched between the Tang Dynasty and the Great Food, and they also had the horse farm of the Cuman steppe behind them, which could still provide them with a steady stream of elite cavalry, with these three conditions, it was entirely possible for the Turks to establish a military power combining nomadism and farming, and further develop to the sea.

"But this possibility is supported by our Datang to restore Persia. The army has been destroyed," Xiao Cong had a warm smile in his voice, and he could faintly hear a little urgency, "The Turks have not been able to divide the southeastern province of Far. ”

Xiao Cong pointed to the southeast corner of the map, where there is a small anchor symbol, indicating that it is a port, "This is the mouth of the sea in Farr Province, translated name, Chabahar, a natural and excellent harbor." There are about 300,000 households in the city, and there is a thriving business and a thriving shipbuilding industry, and the surrounding small towns are all related to shipbuilding. The prosperity of the entire province of Far, and even the eastern part of Persia, can be said to have benefited from the seaport of Chabahar. From here, you can go to the Tianzhu continent along the eastern coastal line, although the kingdoms are divided, but the gold, gemstones, diamonds and other resources are abundant, and the princes are rich; From here out of the port into the Atlantic Ocean to the west, is the southern continent, and the black kingdoms along the southern coast are all countries of gold and precious stones; From here to the east into the Southern Ocean are the Spice and Gem Islands, which are rich in resources and have benefited from the opening of the South Sea and Atlantic routes, which have made trade more abundant. If the Turks were to get this port and develop a navy based on the shipbuilding industry here, it would be equivalent to having wings in the ribs, and it would only take forty or fifty years for them to take off—with their ambitions, the next step would be to invade the Tianzhu Peninsula. ”

Xiao Yan said: "But before these wings were plugged in, they were clicked off by our Datang." ”

Therefore, don't blame the Turkic Khan Court for hating the Tang Dynasty, it's like seeing a treasure trove that you can reach out for, but you are robbed by someone else with a "whoosh" - can you not hate?

Xiao Cong smiled slightly and said: "The matter has come to this, the wings of the Turks to the south have been cut off, and if you want to develop, you can only go west and continue to fight Persia." But and with the Persian restoration. The alliance of the armies has been divided, and the Turkic Khanate can advance westward to face the army of the Great Eclipse alone? Taking a step back, even if the Turkic Khanate no longer expands, and only sticks to the two eastern provinces and the first northern province that have been divided, it must immediately face the dispatch of troops from the Great Eclipse - the Great Eclipse wants to use troops against the Tang Dynasty, and the Turks are stuck in this troop channel. Army. The Turks have no alliance in the future, and they have to face the situation of tigers and wolves in the future, so they can only be ruthless and give up. ”

He paused, looked at the map with clear eyes, which shone like stars, and said: "Besides, this is not a bad choice - the Turks go to the royal court to merge into the Great Food, if you look at it in the long run, this is a very forward-looking plan. ”

"Huh?" Xiao Yan was puzzled.

…… This is an exclusivity!

Xiao Cong's warm and clear voice said: "The political ruling model of Dashi is different from that of our Datang, and the implementation is not a centralized system, but a provincial system. The province is the translation of our Tang language, which roughly means 'the right of the province in the book', except for the central province is directly ruled by the caliphate, the other provinces are ruled by the caliph sent by the governor, to exercise the central power on behalf of the governor, except for the governor, deputy governor and garrison general who are directly appointed by the caliph of the great cannibal, other officials are appointed by the governor himself, many are served by the locals, in addition to paying the taxes stipulated by the central government, other taxes can be determined by the provinces. - This is equivalent to autonomy. Especially Persia is located in Middle-earth, separated from Dashi by a sea, and the rule is even looser, so the Turks dare to attack Persia; Now the Turks proposed that the conditions for annexation are 'independent provinces', which means that from the governor to the military power, it is in the hands of the Turks themselves, although they go to the royal court, but in fact, it is no different from the vassal states that pay regular tribute. ”

Xiao Yan nodded slightly and shook his head again.

Xiao Cong smiled: "This is not difficult for the Turks to accept. At the beginning, the Turkic tribes moved to the northern desert steppe and established the Khan court, but the Xianbei Empire unified by Tanshihuai was strong, and the Turks were able to bow down and claim to be vassals; Later, the Northern Wei Empire of the Tuoba Department was strong, and the Turkic Khanate was still able to bow its head and claim to be a vassal. Bow down for a moment, surrender to a powerful force, and then seize the right time, and jump up and bite the neck of the ruler, this is the wolf! Don't look at the Turkic people's belief in Buddhism, Taoism, shamanism, and religion, which will say that the whole tribe converted to Allah, the religion of the Great Food, in fact, what they believe in the most and worship the most in their hearts is the wolf totem. But our China is different, we worship the dragon totem, has always regarded itself as the 'descendant of the dragon', the most powerful and proud dragon, flying in the sky and clouds, can you bow down to whom? ”

Xiao Yan laughed and said, "That must not be." ”

"yes, never."

Xiao Cong's clear voice said: "Therefore, we Huaxia have always regarded ourselves as □□, and we have always been kings. Don't look at the northern Shi clan once bowed down to the courtiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but the result was: the Northern Wei Dynasty was sinicized, the Tuoba royal family was completely sinicized, and finally the Xianbei people became a member of the Huaxia tribe, not the Han people became a member of the Xianbei tribe. Therefore, even if the Turkic Khan Court was driven around, it never thought of merging into the Tang Dynasty, why? The first is that it is impossible for the Tang Dynasty to give them independent autonomy, and the second is that the civilization of the Tang Dynasty is too strong, and the Turks are afraid that in the end, they will not be Turks, but become members of the Chinese people. You see, even the Jewish Tyne can be assimilated a hundred years after entering the Tang Dynasty, and the beliefs of the Turkic people can be compared with the Jutes? …… Oh, that's a big deal. ”

He smiled and said: "Speaking of which, the assimilation of the Great Food is also very strong, but this assimilation is religious assimilation, not the strength of the Great Food civilization. The Turks did not care about religious change, because they had no firm religious beliefs at all, and they could follow any religion as long as they were allowed to remain independent. Therefore, it seems inconceivable to us that the Turkic Khan court would do such a thing, but for wolves, they can bow down when they meet a strong lion pack. What's more, this is also the wolf's dormant strategy. The Turks have the tenacity and ruthlessness of wolves, and they are incorporated into the Great Food Empire and accept the rule and beliefs of the Great Food Empire, but in the end, it is difficult to say who rules whom. ”

As he spoke, his finger moved northward, tapping lightly on the Ugal Mountains on the border between Central Continent and Northern Western Continent, "More than seven hundred years ago, the ruler of the current Euroton Empire was only a barbarian in the northern part of the Ibuli continent. ”

But it was this barbarian tribe who, after subjugating to join the Roman Empire, finally defeated and replaced this powerful empire and became the new ruler of the northern western continent.

…… The Turks had such ambitions?

Xiao Yan was surprised, raised his eyebrows, pondered for a moment, and sighed: "I somewhat understand why the Turks have been able to jump up to now, and they can rise again after several ups and downs. ”

He also said thoughtfully: "The fact that the Turkic Khan's court was able to make such a major decision in such a short period of time shows that it had already planned to 'retreat' - if they failed to occupy the province of Far, they would regain the country with Persia. The army fell out and could not resist the all-out attack of the Caliph of the Great Eater, and this was their retreat. Most importantly, the timing is right. ”

happened to encounter the threshold where the Great Food Caliph was determined to use troops against the Tang Dynasty.

Xiao Yan's eyes swept over the map, leaving aside the passage of troops crossing the sea, the Great Diet Caliph would be more inclined to choose Persia as the route of sending troops, and the Turkic Khanate could take the initiative to submit, no matter what evil intentions were harbored, for Amaia IX, this was not a problem - the Turks could go back and find a way to divide again, but now they can restore the route of troops without fighting, and they also got 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Turks, and they can also order the Turks to go to the battlefield in a steady stream, and the idea of harboring evil intentions, after Amaia IX weighed the pros and cons, It's completely okay not to take it to heart. It is estimated that this is also the confidence of the Great Diet Caliph - the small ship of the Turks cannot turn over in front of the great empire.

“…… The Turks don't want to turn over the waves, but want to replace the big cannibals and win the favor of the Heavenly Garden. ”

In the Yiqiu Palace of Chang'an East Palace, the Sword Pavilion Pavilion Master said with a flat face.

Li Yuzhen sneered, "It's quite ambitious." ”

He raised his eyebrows again, "However, it's a good thing to be ambitious." ”

Wolf bites tiger, that's what looks good.

But whether the wolf bites the tiger or the tiger pats the wolf, it is just a dog in Tianyuan.

The enemies of the Tang Dynasty are not in the human world, but the "Kingdom of God" and "Heavenly Garden" - these two self-proclaimed gods.

Li Yuzhen's lips stirred up interest, this kind of battle is interesting.

……

Xiao Yan didn't have much worry about the entire merger of the Turkic Khan's court into the Great Food Empire, and sending 100,000 troops to join the Great Food Army and attack the Anxi Protectorate together. Even if there was a war on the two fronts of the northern and western fronts, and at the same time there was a war with the two empires of Euroton and the Great Eclipse, the Tang Dynasty would not be afraid, and the Tang people would not be afraid.

In fact, with the court officials going down, what the people are now eagerly discussing is the latest war bond that the imperial court is about to issue - the war bond against the Great Food Empire.

The economy of the entire Datang Dynasty and even the economy of the overseas territories and the Nanyang countries is like a linked pulley, driven by the huge war bearing of Datang, rotating wheel by wheel, creating huge kinetic energy, driving the chariot of Datang to roll forward.