Chapter 25: The Weishui Alliance

"The Weishui Alliance." Gu Yunmo said four words.

Everyone understands that this is the shame of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang people even questioned Li Shimin for this, the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty can fight well, especially the Xuanjia cavalry that is like a black death, when did they retreat, when they were afraid of the enemy, but now they have signed this resentful treaty.

"I took more than 100 villagers to join the army, thinking of glorifying my ancestors and making contributions."

"So, they were assigned to the frontier areas and fought wars with the Turks all year round."

"Although the Turks are barbaric, but the men are determined in all directions, why not be afraid of the little Turks, we will throw our heads and spill blood, even if we die, we will sacrifice our lives for the country, and we will die without regrets."

"But one day, there was an order from above, Datang and the Turks signed the "Weishui Alliance", and the corpses of our soldiers did not return to their hometowns, and their souls did not know where, but the Turks retreated intact."

"Those companions, those villagers, all those warriors who shed blood and tears together died in vain, I couldn't sleep, no matter what method I used, I really couldn't sleep."

"Two days later, when the news of the withdrawal came, I had no faith in my heart, saying that I didn't have the courage, that I didn't have the talent to general, I really didn't want to see the people around me fall down one by one, dragging the mutilated body to continue fighting."

"I chose to quit, gave up my position, and went home with my only remaining villager."

In the end, Gu Yunmo, a strong man, shed tears, especially the word "go home", which was very heavy, and it was a difficult choice in his heart.

Xue'er looked at Gu Yunmo, tears also flowed down her flushed cheeks, in just a few words, although she couldn't understand the hardships and pains, but her heart was sad and sad.

Master Ma was one of the people who went home, he could understand Gu Yunmo's pain and sadness best, but he didn't know what to say to comfort, so he picked up the wine glass, filled it for Gu Yunmo, the two looked at each other, and drank it all.

Just then, a voice rang out.

"In fact, "Weishui Alliance" is only a temporary strategy, and what is shown in front of you is only the surface, and you don't understand the deep meaning."

It was Liu Yifan who spoke.

Gu Yunmo raised his head, and there seemed to be anger in his eyes: "The Turks have treacherously killed my Tang people and occupied my territory, so they should fight back, regain the lost land, and let the dead soldiers rest assured." ”

"Don't get excited, I'm just telling you what I think." Liu Yifan put down his wine glass.

"Have you ever seen the beggars in Chang'an City in the past few years, and you know that there are more and more people begging."

"Do you know how your relatives live because of the years of war, and how your old mother cries and is blind, do you know how much she misses? Master Ma's family has a wife and a son who have been at home all year round, how much has they suffered? Xue'er has never looked at her husband so far, do you know so many years of loneliness? ”

A series of questions came out of Liu Yifan's mouth, several people were silent, Gu Yunmo also bowed his head and was silent, Yun'er gently tugged at his sleeve behind him, signaling to pay attention.

Liu Yifan waved his hand and continued: "Do you think it's miserable here? ”

Gu Yunmo looked at Liu Yifan, but was suppressed by his momentum for a while, and nodded silently.

"I tell you, it's not miserable here, at least your mother waited until you came back, and the women and children here lived hard, but they had enough to eat and have money to buy cloth and clothes."

"Do you know that other places not only never wait for their relatives to return, but also starve to death on the streets, without food, clothing, hunger and cold, and even starvation to death on the streets?"

Liu Yifan's words are heart-wrenching, and every sentence is true.

Every word, every sentence pierced deeply into Gu Yunmo's heart.

"The reason why the peace treaty "Weishui Alliance" was signed was because of the displacement caused by the past few years, and the people whose families were ruined."

"Datang people are not afraid of life and death, and they are not afraid of enemies, as evidenced by heaven and earth."

"Due to the perennial war, what Datang needs now is to recuperate, and the treaty is not a retreat, nor a surrender, but a strategy to avoid fighting under unfavorable conditions and stabilize the situation."

In this way, this treaty is to stabilize the foundation of Datang and gain time for future development and accumulation of strength. In this way, more family members will return to their hometowns to visit relatives, and more time will make Datang rich and strong, and there will be no Turkic trouble, which is a turning point between Datang and Turkic. ”

"That's what I mean." Liu Yifan finished speaking in one breath, which is also the view and interpretation of the current "Weishui Alliance" by later generations.

Of course, Liu Yifan also knew about the development afterwards, the Tang Dynasty would wait until the time was ripe to provoke the relationship between Jieli, the two Khans of Turki and the Turks and the Tiele tribes, and in 627 AD, there was a split within the Turks, and the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Turkic Khanate in 630 AD.

But these things naturally can't be said, defeating the Turks is a matter of time or later, but the people in it don't know, no one can predict the prophet, even if he divides fortunes, although the system calculates karma, but he only clicks one or two when explaining, not completely thorough, this kind of thing is too against the sky, or be careful, because if you say too much, change the fate of people, destroy the laws of this world, and disrupt the order, God may take a fancy to you one day.

Gu Yunmo fell into deep thought, he really hadn't thought about these things, but now when he heard Liu Yifan say this, a spiritual light seemed to flash in his heart, revealing a new world and a lot clearer.

"It's my shortsightedness." Gu Yunmo said.

"It's not that you're short-sighted, it's hard to see clearly in it, especially the people around you are falling one by one, if I can't see the truth clearly, I will stay out of the matter, set up a fortune telling stall in Chang'an City, and only think of it when I look at the changes around me in my spare time." Liu Yifan picked up the wine glass at this time and took a sip, this wine tastes good, but the degree is low, I don't know if it will be better than this after the mint wine is brewed in a few days.

What Liu Yifan didn't know was that when he was discussing "The Alliance of Weishui" and talking about the country's predicament, the two fierce eyes outside the door eased a little.

And when he said the final judgment and deep meaning, those two eyes showed disbelief, surprised that such a powerful person was hidden in this small village.

Thinking that his wife had come here behind his back to look for this person, there must be an ulterior secret, and although he was surprised by the young man's insight, the anger in his heart could not be extinguished so easily.

It's just that the two of them didn't make a move, looked at each other, nodded to each other, and slowly retreated to make another plan.

Of course, Liu Yifan didn't know that he had avoided a sneak attack in this speech, and he was still talking to a few people at this time, talking about the precautions for tomorrow's action.

Several people were drunk until late at night before they dispersed.

The next day, Liu Yifan had not yet woken up when the lively shouts in the village interrupted his dream.

I reluctantly opened my eyes, although the alcohol was low last night, I drank a lot, I was a little drunk, and I was woken up early in the morning, so I got up a little bit

"Who? This early in the morning, let me not let me sleep. Liu Yifan said dissatisfied.

"It's still morning, it's noon." Yun'er leaned on the door frame, wearing a light blue dress today, which was very refreshing.

Liu Yifan rubbed his stinging head and moved his sore body.

I drank too much last night, but fortunately this body has been strengthened, otherwise I may have vomited in the dark, and now that the village is in the process of development, it seems that I should drink less wine in the future, so as not to make a mistake.

When Liu Yifan walked out of the courtyard gate, he saw an extremely spectacular scene.

Different from a few days ago, now there is no one chatting on the big stone pier at the entrance of the village, and there are no children running around the corner, the most difference is that there is no haze from before, and there is no sad expression on everyone's face.

Now everyone's faces are full of smiles, and at this time, the sun is in the sky, but the enthusiasm of the villagers is even hotter.

Of course, they can't forget the grief in their hearts, but people can't be resurrected after death, the living still have to live, depression will only make people more depraved, the villagers may know this truth, and deliberately bury their heads in hard work to make the dead rest in peace. You may not know this truth, but you will also work with your mood to relieve the haze in your heart.

In short, everyone was full of energy at this time, scrambling to be the first, as if there was no idler in the village.

Liu Yifan smiled with satisfaction, stretched a comfortable waist, and let out a sigh of relief, his first step seems to be going relatively smoothly, and he can contribute to the people, which is not in vain, and he will be cultivating a few talents in the future, and he will be admired by thousands of people, which is really ......

Just as he was beaming, a voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Why did you get up, Xue'er has already led people up the mountain, I have prepared here, I have finally appeased the villagers, and I have already lined up, just waiting for your Tuxian Bean seeds." Gu Yunmo ran over anxiously and said.

"Uh...... It wasn't a little too much last night. Liu Yifan said embarrassedly.

"You can't drink it straight, that wine is also quite strong, you will drink less in the future?" Gu Yunmo sighed.

"Spirited wine!" Liu Yifan's eyes widened, I don't care about you if you have short knowledge, but because of the low-alcohol wine, you said that I can't drink enough, this can't be tolerated, every man can't bear it.

"Why don't we come back tonight, drink the wine I brought." Liu Yifan's strength to not admit defeat came up, letting you know what high alcohol is.

"Okay, okay, okay, hurry up, everyone is waiting for you." Gu Yunmo didn't care, and hurriedly dragged Liu Yifan towards the stone platform.

"I haven't eaten breakfast yet, ......" It's a pity that Liu Yifan didn't even say the last sentence.

When they arrived at the stone platform, Liu Yifan was taken aback by the spectacular scene, and the heads of the people were staggering, almost all of the three hundred farmers came, and there were not so many people at the meeting yesterday, and they all came to make up the numbers yesterday.

Liu Yifan was also full of energy when he saw this scene, and waved his hand.

"Prepare the table, the knife, the four treasures of the study. Let's get started. ”

After speaking, he began to exchange the sprouted potatoes from the system and sent them to the villagers one by one.

But at this moment, a child suddenly ran over and tugged at the corner of Liu Yifan's clothes.

"Village Chief, there are two big men looking for you at the entrance of the village."

Liu Yifan was busy at this time, thinking that he was still coming from Chang'an City to tell his fortune, so he waved his hand and said, "Let them wait." ”