louisehourcade Chapter 643 Determination
Chapter 643 Determination
Chapter 643 Determination
Once he does this, the herdsmen below will definitely complain, and they will rebel if they fail.
"Khan, although I promised Datang, I only promised to give them part of it first, and the rest will be paid after the Western Turks are defeated. At that time, those tribes will naturally bear it, or even not give it at all. Can you still start a war with us?" Solange said.
The current Tang Dynasty has not yet spread its fangs, and Li Shimin has not yet been revered as a heavenly khan. The surrounding countries are not so afraid of Datang.
Although the Tang Dynasty destroyed the East Turks, it was because of the civil strife in the East Turks and did not show too strong military capabilities.
In recent years, Datang has always adopted a policy of recuperation and recuperation, and there have been few foreign wars.
When Yi Nan heard Solange's words, his face softened a bit.
"How much does Tang ask to give first?" Yi Nan asked.
"[-] war horses, [-] head of cattle and sheep." Solange finished speaking, and explained: "At that time, he asked for more, and I agreed to it after fighting hard."
He didn't dare to say that he agreed to Lin Xuan as soon as he said it, obviously the number he said was higher than Lin Xuan's expectation.
Hearing that he had to give so much, Yi Nan was very heartbroken, but he could take out these things without hurting his muscles or bones.
As long as he can repel the Western Turks, he will naturally be able to make up for the loss from other tribes.
"How much troops did Tang agree to send?" Yi Nan asked after taking a deep breath.
"Ten thousand."
"How much did you say?" Yi Nan thought he had heard wrong.
How dare 1 people want so many things from him?
He even wondered if Solange had already defected to Datang.
However, he quickly dispelled this idea. The living habits of the nomads were different from those of the Tang Dynasty. He felt that even if Solange betrayed him, he would only seek refuge with the Western Turks, not the Tang Dynasty.
Solange explained: "What Tang said is that there is not enough food to send troops on a large scale. I think this is just an excuse. But when Datang's army suffers heavy losses, Datang will naturally increase its troops."
Yi Nan didn't believe that Datang had no food at all. Although Western Turkic and Xue Yantuo exchanged a lot of food with Datang last year, as far as he knew, Datang had some emergency granaries in some places, which were specially used for disaster relief.
Although these grains cannot be used easily, it shouldn't be difficult to squeeze out some of them and dispatch tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, right?
Datang did this obviously to let them and the Western Turks consume each other's strength.
But Solange was right. He didn't believe that Datang's 1 people died here, and that Datang could remain indifferent.
Solange came to see Yi Nan and didn't speak, thinking that Yi Nan was dissatisfied with his mission this time, he quickly said: "Khan, in fact, how many troops the Tang Dynasty sent has little impact, as long as the Tang Dynasty is willing to send troops, the Western Turks will There will be scruples, and the rest of the tribal leaders can feel at ease, as long as we are united internally, and with the Tang Dynasty by our side, the Western Turks will not dare to fight us, and they will retreat soon."
Yi Nan also knew that Solange was right, but Datang only dispatched [-] troops, but demanded so many things from him, which made him very upset, but he knew that now was not the time to care about these things, so he waved his hand and said: "I will ask people to prepare the things as soon as possible and send them over. You have worked hard this time, so go back and rest first. Tomorrow I will call the leaders of the various ministries and tell them the news."
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The next day, Yi Nan first summoned the leaders of various ministries and told them the news that Datang had promised to send reinforcements.
The leaders were very happy to hear that, and they were naturally unwilling to surrender if they could keep their current territory and status.
Seeing that the hearts of Yi Nan had stabilized, he asked them to go back to guard against the Western Turks, and then sent Solange to lead the people and send the prepared cattle, sheep and horses to Datang.
Naturally, Xue Yantuo's actions could not be hidden from the Western Turks.
The tribal leaders of Xue Yantuo didn't know whether they wanted to use this news to scare off the Western Turks, or to sell them to the Western Turks. Anyway, the news spread to the Western Turks not long after.
After Nishu got the news, he immediately summoned the leaders of the ministries.
Because of the war, Nishu was even more busy, and his face, which was only slightly pale, turned sallow.
Even the tribal leaders of the Western Turks sensed that something was wrong.
It's just that they don't dare to ask more questions if they don't say anything.
Nishu told the story about Datang sending troops to help Xue Yantuo, looked at the crowd and said, "What do you think should be done now?"
The leaders of the ministries didn't say a word. If it had been before, they would have all called for retreat.
But since the war with Xue Yantuo, they have all gained a lot of benefits, and they are a little unwilling to retreat at this time.
The important thing is that they don't know what kind of attitude Nishu is.
Nishu didn't know if it was because they knew that their time was running out, and their actions became more and more crazy. Before they knew what Nishu was thinking, they didn't dare to speak.
Seeing that no one spoke, Nishu said, "The Han people are hiding in the city. We really can't do anything to them, but the grassland is the grassland of our Turkic people. The Han people entering the grassland are like sheep to us. There is nothing to fear."
"However, the large population of Han people is indeed a problem. What I mean is that before the arrival of the Tang Dynasty soldiers, we should launch a decisive battle first. It is naturally good to destroy Xue Yantuo in one fell swoop before the arrival of the Datang reinforcements. Greatly weaken their strength, and when the Tang Dynasty soldiers arrive, they will not be my opponents in the Western Turks." Nishu said.
In the previous wars, the Western Turks did not use their full strength at all.
Nishu wanted to put pressure on Xue Yantuo and cause internal chaos among them, and secretly sent people to contact those tribes, promising some benefits.
Those tribes have been bargaining with him, and Nishu was planning to launch a large-scale war in the near future to force those tribes to make a decision.
As long as some tribes surrender, a chain effect will be formed, and Xue Yantuo will be wiped out soon, and the grassland will be unified.
Now Datang's intervention made him unwilling to wait any longer.
Although he said that Datang's army was very weak, in fact he did not dare to underestimate Datang at all.
Once the reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty arrive and cannot attack for a long time, the tribal leaders will clamor to retreat.
This way of ruling the nomads is destined to make it impossible for the tribal leaders to completely listen to him.
His body could no longer tolerate him dragging on, so he could only try to defeat Xue Yantuo before Datang sent troops, and even if he couldn't, Xue Yantuo should be disabled.
In this way, even if reinforcements from Datang arrived, they would be able to handle it.
"Follow the orders of the Great Khan."
Nishu glanced at them coldly, and said: "I hope you will do your best this time. Whoever contributes the most will get more benefits after killing Xue Yantuo. If anyone keeps their strength, don't blame me for being rude."
He is very aware of the temperament of these tribal leaders. When fighting, they all want to preserve their strength, and when they compete for benefits, they will not give in.
He didn't say anything before, but if he couldn't destroy or disable Xue Yantuo this time, he would have to retreat when the reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty arrived, which he couldn't accept.
The leaders of the ministries quickly stated that they would do their best this time, and Nishu nodded in satisfaction, telling them to go back and gather troops.
(End of this chapter)