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Text Chapter 556 The Destruction of the Western Turks

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    After Li Zhi and his fleet left, they arrived in Shanghai three days later. In two days it will be the Lantern Festival. In addition, Li Chengqian and Li Ke are both here, so Li Zhi and Si Zi will live here for three days.  God, wait until after the festival before leaving.

    Speaking of which, Li Zhi and the others' return flight was also carefully arranged. For example, celebrating the Lantern Festival in Shanghai was specifically requested by Li Ke and Li Chengqian. After all, Li Zhi and Si Zi had stayed in Taiwan for nearly a year, but they had no time to visit again.  Look at their two older brothers, that's why they both asked for it.

    This is the second time that Li Zhi and the others have celebrated the Lantern Festival in a place other than Chang'an. The last time they just arrived in Taiwan, they spent the New Year with Li Min's family in Keelung. Although compared with Chang'an, Keelung's population is really small.  It¡¯s a bit bigger, and the size of the city is incomparable, but Keelung is far away overseas and there are various cultural exchanges in the city, so the New Year there also has a special charm.  The only thing that made Li Zhi and Si Zi feel a little uncomfortable was that the winter in Keelung was too warm. Not only did it not snow, but if the quilt was too thick at night, it would still feel a little hot.

    Compared to Keelung, the winter here in Shanghai is much colder, especially since a thin layer of snow fell a few days ago. Although it melted into snow in a short time, it also brought a bit of coldness to the winter in Shanghai.  It's a bit colder, and it also adds a bit of new year flavor.

    Shanghai is a new city, and it is also a seaport. There are quite a few businessmen in the city, all of whom are wealthy. In order to welcome the Lantern Festival, they collectively invested money to decorate the entire Shanghai into a sea of ??lights, with various colored lights hanging all over the streets.  The shapes are also all kinds of strange, and many of them are said to be mythological characters or legends from overseas countries, which adds an overseas flavor to the traditional Lantern Festival.

    It¡¯s the Lantern Festival that day.  Li Zhi, Cai'er, and Hu Yuyi traveled together, but they brought a lot of guards with them.  But it still couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the young men and women in Shanghai. Not only did many men take the opportunity to come forward to chat with Cai'er and Hu Yuyi.  Even Li Zhi himself received many flirting messages from girls at the beach. In the end, Cai'er and Hu Yuyi held Li Zhi's hand one by one, which resulted in fewer people coming forward to harass him.

    Three days passed in a flash. After spending an unforgettable Lantern Festival in Shanghai, Li Zhi and Cai'er finally boarded the ship and set sail again, but this time they did not stop on the way, not even to Dengzhou.  To go, directly enter the Yellow River from the Bohai Sea, and then go west along the river.  After passing Luoyang, we quickly arrived at Chang'an.

    In order to welcome his son back after being away for a year and a half, Li Shimin specially sent someone to greet him. However, Cai'er and Sizi quietly returned to the city through another city gate. After all, as women, they went out under other names.  , Naturally, I can¡¯t return to the city with Li Zhi this time.

    The first thing Li Zhi did when he returned to Chang'an was to pay his respects to Li Shimin and tell him about his experiences in the past year and a half, especially the development of overseas places such as Taiwan.  This is the key point that Li Shimin wants to know.  Li Zhi also had a lot to say to his father, especially his feelings over the past year or so. He was eager to find someone to talk to, and Li Shimin was undoubtedly an excellent person.

    The father and son chatted endlessly in the study room of Liangyi Palace.  Even the meals were delivered to the study, and at night, neither of them felt sleepy at all.  In the end, Queen Changsun got the news and rushed there herself.  Only then did the father and son go back to rest.

    But in the next few days, whenever Li Shimin is free.  I would call Li Zhi and ask him to tell me about his experiences and thoughts over the past year.  In fact, it was through his son's eyes and mouth that Li Shimin understood all aspects of the Tang Dynasty and Taiwan, so as to find out the gains and losses in his governance.

    Through Li Zhi¡¯s narration, Li Shimin also learned about Li Min¡¯s situation overseas. Li Shimin was also a little shocked that Taiwan could develop so rapidly in just a few years, and that some places had even far surpassed those of the Tang Dynasty.  Especially when Li Zhi said at the end that Principal Hu chose to stay in Taiwan rather than return to Datang, Li Shimin was silent for a long time after hearing this.

    "Father, although I have only stayed in Taiwan for a year, I do feel that compared to the Tang Dynasty, it is less oppressive and more free and prosperous. I have also considered this a lot,  I found that this situation was not only because of the different policies between the Tang Dynasty and Taiwan, but also related to the interests of all parties. I really can't think of any way to build the Tang Dynasty to be like Taiwan?" Li  Zhi finally sighed.

    After hearing this, Li Shimin patted Li Zhi on the shoulder and said: "Although Taiwan was separated from the Tang Dynasty, the two are essentially different. Let's not talk about other aspects for the time being. Our Datang country was founded on agriculture. This  This is also the founding thought of the Central Plains Dynasty for thousands of years. Although the Tang Dynasty¡¯s commercial development has been very rapid in recent years, its policies in all aspects are still based on agriculture, and there are still certain restrictions on industry and commerce.¡±

    Li Shimin paused for a while when he said this.??, and then continued: "But your sixth brother has completely different ideas. He is very dissatisfied with the idea of ??establishing a country through agriculture. It can also be seen from his actions in Taiwan and other places in recent years that what he pursues is business."  The founding of the country and their interest in overseas development have made Taiwan embark on a completely different path from our Tang Dynasty. As for who is right and who is wrong in the future, even my father cannot tell."

    After hearing this, Li Zhi's heart moved, and he immediately said: "Father, do you mean that Taiwan and the Tang Dynasty have their own characteristics, so we don't need to pursue the same thing?"

    Li Shimin nodded happily and said with a smile: "That's right, Pheasant slave, your trip was not in vain. Taiwan has the advantages of Taiwan, and our Datang also has the advantages of the Tang, but this time you can see the differences between the Tang and Taiwan  The gap is also a big improvement!¡±

    Hearing his father¡¯s praise, although Li Zhi was humble, he was also very happy in his heart.  But then Li Zhi thought of another thing and asked immediately: "Father, when I was in Taiwan, I heard that you were going to use troops against the Western Turks. Although I read some battle conditions in the newspapers, they were not very accurate.  , how is the war situation now?"

    When Li Shimin heard his son ask about this, he showed a very excited expression, and then told the story of the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks.

    It turned out that just a few months ago, the countries in the Western Regions that had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty sent elite armies, totaling 100,000 troops, under the command of Guo Xiaoke and Qibi Heli respectively, to attack the North Court of the West Turks from both sides, and the South Court of the West Turks and the Tubo Army.  , Tiele tribes, Tuyuhun, etc. also formed a hundred thousand elite cavalry, commanded by Ashina Sheer, to attack from the front.

    The Tang Dynasty has always believed in the policy of elite troops in the Western Regions. After all, it is too far away from the Central Plains to supply too many supplies. Therefore, the expedition usually does not exceed 100,000, but this time in order to destroy the Western Turks in one fell swoop, it mobilized 200,000 at once.  Although most of this army was composed of foreigners and was weaker than the Tang army in terms of combat strength, it was an irresistible force to Beiting of the Western Turks.

    This battle officially started four months ago. Yibidulu Khan of Beiting personally led 100,000 cavalry to fight against Ashina Sher in the east of Daohuo Mountain. As a result, the two sides with equal strength fought a bloody battle for half a month.  , but there was still no winner. At this time, the other two armies commanded by Guo Xiaoke and Qibi Heli bypassed the battlefield and rushed thousands of miles to attack Beiting's base camp, which was Beiting Yazhang to the west of Daohe Mountain.  The undefended Beiting Yazhang was crossed and attacked by a hundred thousand troops, causing smoke billowing behind Beiting, and countless Turkic tribes were wiped out.

    Yibidulu Khan, who was fighting Ashina Sheer at the front, heard the news of the attack in the rear. Although he was horrified to death, he ordered the army to block the news to avoid shaking the morale of the army. Unfortunately, the Tang army did not give him any information.  At this opportunity, Ashina Sheer, who also received the news, immediately spread the news, which caused the morale of the troops in the Beiting camp to fluctuate.

    Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ashina Sheer broke through the Beiting Army's camp in one fell swoop. He originally wanted to capture Yibidulu Khan alive, but unfortunately the other party was extremely cunning. Seeing that the situation was not good in advance, he immediately took thousands of soldiers with him.  The henchmen fled westward.  And while escaping, he collected the defeated troops, and with the addition of some tribes, he finally allowed him to gather tens of thousands of troops again, and escaped the joint pursuit of Guo Xiaoke and Qibi Heli, and fled westward into the United States.  within the territory.

    The United States was the territory of Uzbekistan in later generations, close to the Aral Sea in later generations. Originally, the United States was also a vassal state of the Western Turks, but it fell within the sphere of influence of the South Court, and was considered a hostile party to the North Court of Yibidulu Khan. Unfortunately,  The United States was not strong and far away from the Tang Dynasty, so they were unable to resist the attack of tens of thousands of troops by Yibidulu Khan. Finally, when the Tang army arrived, the United States was already under the control of Yibiduulu Khan.

    At this time, Ashina Sheer and other three armies were already exhausted after more than a month of continuous fighting. Therefore, although they knew that Yibidulu Khan was in the United States, they were unable to attack at this time, so they could only send  The people first besieged the United States and waited until the army had rested for a period of time before attacking.

    However, what no one expected was that not long after Yibidulu Khan occupied the United States, civil strife broke out in Beiting. The reason was also very simple. The Turkic army was composed of tribes.  Lu Khan himself had his own direct troops, and the others were some of his own troops. After breaking through the United States, they captured a large number of people and supplies, but Yibidu Lu Khan, who was seriously injured, wanted to be alone.  Vomiting these people and materials resulted in dissatisfaction among the generals.

    First, a general named Ni Shuchu secretly swallowed some prisoners, but was killed by Yibiduulu Khan. Then Nishuchu's subordinate Hulu Wu caused a rebellion and captured Yibiduulu Khan alive. Then  After being sent to Ashina Sher's army, the remaining people surrendered, and the Beiting of the Western Turks perished.  (To be continued)
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