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Text Chapter 491: The Battle to Destroy Xue Yantuo (Part 2)

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    Yi Nan was a heroic leader. It was under his leadership that the Xue Yantuo tribe, a branch of the Tiele people, succeeded the Eastern Turks and became the overlord of the Mobei grassland.  <-> It is also worth mentioning that Yi Nan was also a very sober king. He knew the differences between his tribe and the Tang Dynasty, so when he was in power, he always tried to avoid conflicts with the Tang Dynasty.

    When Li Shimin personally led an army to conquer Goguryeo, he said in a provocative tone to the envoy sent by Xue Yantuo: My sixth son and I are going to use troops against Goguryeo. If Yinan thinks this is an opportunity, then I welcome him!  However, Yi Nan was very frightened after hearing this. Not only did he send an envoy to express to Li Shimin that he had no intention of going south, he even hoped to send troops to assist Datang in attacking Goguryeo, but Li Shimin refused.

    It was precisely because of Yi Nan's character that he repeatedly tolerated the Tang Dynasty's actions of encroaching on the northeastern grasslands. Unfortunately, in the end, he had no choice but to assemble a large army and go to war with the Tang Dynasty in order to survive.  It is a pity that the 300,000 troops never returned, and most of them became prisoners of the Tang Dynasty. Zhang Jian retaliated in kind, burning, killing, looting and committing all kinds of crimes.  As a result, Yi Nan could not bear this blow, and finally died of a combination of anger and illness.

    After Yi Nan's death, Xue Yantuo was in chaos. The two sons had a dispute over the succession of the Khan. At this time, the Tiele tribes such as Uihe, Pugu, and Tongluo, who were attached to Xue Yantuo, also began to lose confidence in Xue Yantuo. Among them, Uihe  Tumidu, the leader of the tribe, took the lead in raising troops. Taking advantage of the civil strife in Xue Yantuo, he secretly contacted Zhang Jian. The two joined forces and suddenly attacked the royal court of Xue Yantuo on the Tula River. As a result, Yi Nan's two sons were killed, and all the royal family members  The members were also slaughtered by Tumidu.  Xue Yantuo was officially destroyed.

    Xue Yantuo, who was once powerful, was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty in a battle. This result greatly shocked the countries in the Western Regions.  Especially the Western Turks who were in chaos were even more shaken.  Among them, Yibidulu Khan and Yibisha Boluoyehu Khan, who were attacking each other, wrote letters one after another.  He expressed his surrender to the Tang Dynasty and ensured the smooth flow of the Silk Road on land. He no longer dared to make any small moves in secret.  Great dominate

    Xueyantuo was destroyed, and the largest Weixie in the northern grassland of the Tang Dynasty was finally wiped out. According to the original history, after Xueyantuo was destroyed, the Uighur people took over most of the power of the Xueyantuo people. Although the Uighur people had always been on good terms with the Tang Dynasty,  But there were also a lot of frictions in the process.  Later, they were destroyed by the Chigas, and a new round of power replacement began in the northern grasslands. Later, the powerful Mongols emerged, bringing endless disasters to the Central Plains dynasty.

    However, the Tang Dynasty has already formulated a plan to annex Mobei, and is preparing to solve the biggest weixie in the north in one fell swoop.  Therefore, after Xue Yantuo's demise, Li Ji and various armies marched together and controlled most of Xue Yantuo's areas in one fell swoop. All tribes who dared to resist were brutally suppressed by them.  In order to achieve the purpose of shock, and because there was no extra food, they took no prisoners at all during the suppression, and all the resisters were exterminated.

    Under this iron-blooded method.  Everyone in Xue Yantuo was in danger, and no one dared to resist anymore, and this happened to confirm that sentence.  The grassland people are afraid of power but not moral, the more bloody your methods will be.  The more they become afraid, the only choice is to beat or kill them.  These prairie people will become more honest in the future.

    The bloody methods of Li Ji and others also awed Uihe and other Xue Yantuo's affiliated tribes. It is precisely because of this that they unanimously supported the next actions of the Tang Dynasty, for fear of accidentally causing genocide.

    After receiving the news that Xue Yantuo had been initially pacified, Li Shimin immediately sent officials and divided Xue Yantuo into eleven states, and established the Anbei Protectorate to take charge of the military and administration of the eleven states. Li Ji was temporarily appointed as the protector.  After all, it is still a preliminary decision and a powerful general is needed to guard it, and Li Ji, who killed Xue Yantuo this time, is undoubtedly the best candidate.

    After the Anbei Protectorate was established, a large number of Xue Yantuo's tribesmen were demoted as slaves. In addition, the Uighur and other tribes were affected by the snow disaster, and each tribe was very poor, so they turned to the Tang Dynasty for help.  However, under the influence of Li Min, Li Shimin would no longer engage in loss-making business. He promised to provide food to various tribes, but he needed these tribes to produce a certain number of young men every year. These men needed to serve the Tang Dynasty for ten years or join the army.  Or go inland to work. Anyway, everything must be arranged by Datang.

    It is also worth mentioning that the Xueyantuo War provided a large number of prisoners of war to the Tang Dynasty. In addition to the more than 200,000 prisoners of war captured in the war, after the Tang army entered the Xueyantuo Khanate, they demoted some Xueyantuo nobles and affiliated tribes to  Slaves, the number of these slaves was huge, and the slave market of the Tang Dynasty was flooded for a time. Some slaves were even transported to Taiwan, Luzon and other places.

    The Battle of Xueyantuo made the slave traders of the Tang Dynasty happy and excited, and also made some wool textile factory owners and wool merchants very excited, because with the development of the wool textile industry in recent years, the demand for wool has been increasing, and Momo  The grasslands in the north have beenXue Yantuo controlled it. If they wanted to import wool from there, they would have to pay a lot of taxes to Xueyantuo. Now that Mobei is recovered, they can just like at home and only need to pay taxes to the government.

    However, compared to those businessmen, there were two people in the Tang Dynasty who were happier than anyone else. These two people were Li Zhen and Li Yun who were dedicated to recruiting soldiers. Although they recruited a group of military academy students, these students  They are all mid-level and senior officers in their future army, but as for the most ordinary soldiers in the army, they are a big trouble.

    Originally, in Li Zhen's idea, he wanted to recruit an army composed entirely of Han people. After all, fighting in a place like Tianzhu where all foreigners were fighting, naturally his own people were the most trusted, but he soon found that this was very difficult.  Firstly, it was because they had to fight far away from their homeland, which discouraged most people. Secondly, because the Tang Dynasty had expanded rapidly in recent years and also needed a large number of troops. When Li Min formed the army, he still used slave-catching teams to form it.  Li Shimin didn't give him a single soldier at all, let alone them.

    Li Zhen and Li Yun were very troubled over this issue of soldiers. Li Zhen even proposed to borrow troops from Li Min, but Li Yun rejected it because Li Yun knew that the sixth brother Li Min was also from the Tang Dynasty.  The large number of immigrants shows that he is extremely short of population. In addition, Li Min has newly conquered Luzon. I am afraid that the army in his hands is not enough and he has nothing to borrow.

    However, after the battle of Xue Yantuo's destruction, Li Yun, who was relatively smart, suddenly thought of a way, which was to follow Li Min's approach to the grassland people, recruit some tribes from the grassland, and then transfer these grassland people overseas through Li Min.  , then they will recruit soldiers from these grassland people, and then use the Han people in their hands as officers of this army to control the entire army.

    In addition, Li Zhen and Li Yun had a second reason for using these grassland people, that is, the flat terrain of Tianzhu continent is very suitable for cavalry operations, and the information provided by Li Min also said that chariots, cavalry and elephants are popular there.  Soldiers and chariot soldiers are not a worry. The elephant soldiers are already prepared to use firearms to restrain them. The remaining cavalry can only use more elite cavalry to fight the enemy. When it comes to elite cavalry, what other cavalry can compare with these?  A prairie man who grew up on horseback?

    After Li Yun figured out all the details, he immediately shared this idea with Li Zhen. As a result, Li Zhen was also overjoyed. Now they have all the soldiers and generals in their hands, and they are all adults. So next,  Then they can actually implement the whole plan.  But before that, they had one last thing to do, which was to obtain the consent of their father, Li Shimin.

    Li Zhen and Li Yun need to form an army, and they are not for rebellion. They just want to imitate Li Min and build a world of their own with their own hands.  Therefore, there was no need to hide this matter from Li Shimin. They even took the initiative to tell each other in order to get their father's strong support.

    In the Liangyi Hall of Taiji Palace, Li Shimin stood with his hands behind his hands, looking calmly at Li Zhen and Li Yun who were standing below.  As their father and the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he naturally knew the actions of these two sons during this period. He even knew that Li Zhen and Li Yun were recruiting military academy students to form an army.

    "You two have really made up your mind?" Li Shimin asked in a calm voice.  After learning about the little actions of his two sons, he initially thought that the two sons were preparing to rebel, but soon he learned the hidden truth. While he felt relieved, he also felt a little reluctant to give up.

    "I'm going to tell my father that my sons and ministers have already thought about it. Sixth Brother has set an example for us. As the prince of the Tang Dynasty and the son of our father, we can't just live a mediocre life like this.  Only by establishing unparalleled achievements can you live your life in this world in vain!" Li Zhen and Li Yun said loudly at the same time.

    Li Shimin sighed in his heart. It seemed that these two sons were going to stay away from him, but since they had this ambition, he, as a father, naturally couldn't stop them.  Thinking of this, Li Shimin showed an approving smile on his face and said: "Okay, my father agrees to your request. I will send someone to take you to the Anbei Protectorate after a while. As for how many grassland tribes can be recruited, all that  It's up to you." The Great Master

    "Thank you, Father!" Li Zhen and Li Yun both replied happily after hearing this.  The famine in the Anbei Protectorate has not passed yet. As long as they provide enough food, they can recruit as many as they want.

    Seeing the happy expressions of his two sons, Li Shimin explained a few more words to them, and then suddenly said: "You are all adults, so I won't say much about other fathers, but I don't know when you can be here now."  Come back, so go to the palace to stay with your mothers these days and try to make them relax!"

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    ¡°Yes, I will retire&#xff01;" Li Zhen and Li Yun said with a wry smile at the same time. If their mothers knew about their affairs, they would probably be nagging them, and their ears would suffer again.

    But just when Li Zhen and Li Yun turned around and were about to leave, Li Shimin suddenly thought of something and immediately said: "Wait, don't leave yet!" (To be continued. Mobile phone users please read it.)
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