Chapter 125: Li Er's Considerations (I)
"After Huo Ling killed himself, I don't know why Huo Gang led the crowd to leave, and then Huo Gang appeared near Yumen Pass in the Han Dynasty, and used it as a stronghold, at that time it is said that they appeared near Yumen Pass in the Han Dynasty, and the Bormu Department, a Turkic tribe that once occupied Yangguan in the Han Dynasty, tried to lead three hundred Turkic cavalry to completely attack and kill Huo Gang's one hundred old soldiers and more than a thousand ordinary family members."
"Later, it was said that Huo Gang had a hundred heavily armed black-armored cavalry around him at that time, and now he acted as Huo Gang's personal guard, and it was this elite cavalry of a hundred black-armored black horses that appeared, and directly wiped out three hundred Turks at that time, and then Huo Gang directly led this hundred elite cavalry to the Bormu Department, and slaughtered the three Turkic gathering places in the Bormu Department, including the babies of several months."
Hearing this, Li Er couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, this Huo Gang ...... It's kind of interesting.
"Then he released his words in the Western Regions, those who dared to attack them, killed one person and slaughtered the other party's tribe, and also shouted the slogan of the Han Dynasty hundreds of years ago, those who dare to offend the Han Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away."
"Later, I don't know why there was a news among the horse thieves in the Western Regions, saying that Huo Gang had the treasures of the ancient kingdom in his hands, and the famous Black Mountain Rider in the Western Regions went to Yangguan, which was already Huo Gang's territory, together with the twenty-seven horse thieves, and then at that time, Huo Gang didn't know when a thousand cavalry appeared, all white horses and white armor, good at using bows and arrows, and then wiped out all the enemy's more than 1,000 horse thieves, and he did not lose a single person."
"Afterwards, Huo Gang personally led the cavalry to leave for about ten days, and slaughtered all the garrisons and family members of these horse thieves as he preached, so that Huo Gang's devil completely spread in the Western Regions."
"And just before the minister rushed to Chang'an, Huo Gang led his cavalry to meet the Tongluo Department of the Western Turkic Ashye, which belonged to Ashye, and Huo Gang broke Ashye's 10,000 cavalry with 1,100 cavalry, and his own side was not damaged at all, such an exaggerated record made the Tongluo Department surrender directly, and Ashye is said to have taken the initiative to die on the battlefield...... "Li Yi knelt on the ground and lowered his head and quickly said everything he knew.
However, what Li Yi didn't know was that with his words, Li Er's face gradually became difficult to see, but Li Yi didn't dare to look at Li Er, so he naturally couldn't see Li Er's face.
"Go on." Li Er's tone did not fluctuate.
"Yes...... Before the minister rushed to Chang'an, Huo Gang was said to have taken over the entire Tongluo Department, and his power had expanded to at least 100,000 people, and the minister heard that the other party seemed to have led a team to Loulan Kingdom, but how specifically, before the minister rushed to Chang'an, there was no news back. Li Yi quickly said everything he knew in one breath.
Hearing this, Li Er had an unbelievable feeling, a thousand cavalry broke the Turkic 10,000 cavalry, such an exaggerated record has not been done by few people in the entire history, okay? Li Er can be said to be an emperor on horseback, so he knows very well how difficult it is to do this.
What's even harder is that you haven't lost anything of your ...... This is the most exaggerated, as the saying goes, the sword has no eyes, how did the other party do it?
"Is that serious?" Li Er took a deep breath, the expression on his face regained his calmness, and he asked again.
"What the minister said is true, don't dare to deceive Your Majesty, this information has spread throughout the Western Regions, and all the caravans traveling to and from the Western Regions know about this matter, oh, by the way, Huo Gang claims to be the Han tribe to his tribe."
The minister's caravan saw them hanging flags with the words "Han" and "Huo" written on them at the Yumen Gate of the Han Dynasty.
"He wants to be Han Zhihuo to get sick." Li Er sneered, "Claiming to be the Han tribe, what's the matter, is it possible to take down my Tang Dynasty and restore the glory of the Han Dynasty?" Besides, what does Dahan have to do with his surname Huo? That's the surname Liu. ”
Li Yi didn't dare to answer this, but lowered his head lower.
"Okay, this matter is postponed for the time being, if he really takes the entire Western Regions, at least it will be a good thing for us, presumably he should not be like those Turks who burn and loot everywhere, but your caravan has been in contact with him, he doesn't have a devil's title in the Western Regions, what do you think?" Li Er didn't expect Li Yi to answer, he knew that Li Yi and these people were not stupid.
"Your Majesty, can the minister tell the truth?" Li Yi is also a wonderful person, and asked a rhetorical question tentatively.
Li Er was angry, "What? If you don't tell the truth, is it possible to try to bully the king? ”
Hearing a hint of relief in Li Er's tone, Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then said decisively: "Of course the minister doesn't dare, the minister hasn't seen Huo Gang, but judging from what the caravan leaders under the minister heard, Huo Gang seems to be very polite to them, maybe he has a request for us, but he is much better than those Turks, and it doesn't seem to be a rumor of the devil that is circulating." ”
"You're talking nonsense, the reason why he used that bloody method is just to protect himself." Of course, Li Er can see this method, but this method is actually wonderful in this point, to a certain extent, this is deterrence or yang conspiracy.
As long as you do it, this kind of deterrence is extremely effective, and it is useless for you to see it, unless you dare to bet that he will not dare to move you, or you have an absolute advantage in strength, otherwise, the other party will definitely dare to move.
"Your Majesty is wise." Li Yi immediately bowed his hand.
"Alright, get up and speak." Li Er waved his hand.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Yi got up from the ground with a complete sigh of relief, he was also a little lucky, fortunately he reacted, although he came late, but it was better to be late than never, and he had done enough preparations, from the tone of His Majesty today, Li Yi guessed that although An Xinggui also had a secret letter, this secret letter was definitely not as detailed as he said.
"Let's talk about what you mentioned in your secret letter." Li Er's fingers tapped on the table, and where he tapped was Li Yi's secret letter.
Li Yi's secret letter naturally couldn't write everything in detail, he just wrote about Huo Gang's willingness to sell war horses and the need to report it in person. In Datang, ordinary people can barely have swords, but armor is absolutely impossible!
Privately hiding armor in Datang is like secretly hiding guns in later generations, or even worse.
Similarly, war horses are definitely a strategic-level resource in Datang, and it is absolutely impossible to allow private operations, such as the five surnames and seven wangs, as well as the various magnates of Datang, if they just buy a few, a dozen of these, it doesn't matter.
Because war horses and ordinary horses are here in these powerful people, you can say whatever you want.
But if it is sold in large quantities, you are not afraid of being charged with attempting to rebel, so you will do it.
This is also one of the reasons why Li Yi came to Chang'an, this business is very profitable, so of course he has to say hello to Li Er.
"You said Huo Gang wants to trade war horses with us?" Li Er glanced at Li Yi lightly.