In fact, when facing the analysis of the Turkic attacks in the south, Tang Jian said nothing, and Li Chengdao also analyzed it this way. Otherwise, in history, Jie Li would not have killed the White Horse and decided to establish the Wei River alliance with Li Shimin before the war started.

There are two very important reasons why the northern nomadic peoples invade the south every once in a while.

The first reason is very simple. The south is rich, and nomadic peoples are basically meat-eating. They are very short of salt. Tea (vitamin supplements, etc.) and other supplies. When encountering cold winter weather, once the farming people in the south close the border market or have difficulty transporting, they cannot get the supply of these supplies and have to go south to rob.

After a while, nomadic people felt that plundering was more convenient than trading in border cities, and border cities also rely on cattle and sheep for exchange. Plundering was a transaction without capital, which was much better than border cities. This led to the fact that the northern nomadic peoples would go south to hunt grass valley almost every autumn and before winter.

The second and most important reason. The northern nomadic peoples do not have a tax system. They basically pay tribute. Usually, herders grazed on the entire grassland, and the population density was almost every square kilometer. With such a scattered system, as nomadic people, in this era of transportation and communication, how should they rule their people? How should they gather the tribes together?

The answer is war. Once a war is fought, the young and strong forces of each tribe will bring their own food, grass, weapons and horses, and participate in the strategy of moving south. At this time, the status of the ruler can be reflected, and the rare centripetal force of the nomadic peoples appears.

The ruler can see clearly how many changes the strength of each tribe have; secondly, it can reflect his own status and demonstrate his own strength, so that some forces that are ready to act rashly; thirdly, use the means of going south to plunder to achieve the goal of gathering people's hearts and uniting the tribes.

Of course, if you go south and suffer great losses, the status of the ruler will be greatly threatened. Many tribes that originally obey will reexamine whether the Khan has the strength to continue to rule the grassland. At this time, the battle between the tribes will begin again.

The Turks did not have the strength to destroy the Tang Dynasty, at least not yet. Jie Li just wanted to get some benefits when the Tang Dynasty was intensified and intimidate the new Tang Dynasty.

But the times are different now. Although peace talks can achieve the same goal, it is also a top strategy to exchange for peace in the Tang Dynasty at the lowest cost, which can allow the people who have just survived the war to take a breath. But Li Chengdao was not prepared to do so.

You may say that as long as winter comes, the Little Ice Age is approaching, and the nomadic peoples led by Jie Li of the Eastern Turks will suffer heavy damage. Taking this opportunity to go north, wouldn’t it be easy to capture? Why should we face the arrogant Turkic cavalry now?

Be calm for a while, take a step back and the sky is wide open!

With the premise that the troops were not deployed and the entire Tang Dynasty had no combat preparations, why not let go of one's posture to seek peace? It is not shameful to seek peace. When the Sui and Tang Dynasties were fighting for hegemony, the forces close to the Turks in the south were not tribute to the Turks, and which one did not try to ease the north first, otherwise there would be pressure from the Turks on their backs, so who would dare to compete for the Central Plains with confidence?

Could it be that Li Tang’s country was not defeated by his humility towards the Turks?

There is only one reason why Li Chengdao wanted to fight the Eastern Turks head-on at this time - that is, Li Chengdao wanted to take advantage of the Eastern Turks' opportunity to head south to start the expansion of the Tang Dynasty in advance. He did not start by fighting an Eastern Turks with no power to fight back, but destroying the most powerful cavalry of this era and intimidating all nations!

"I object!"

Today, Li Chengdao did not appear in the palace. He spoke to the Li Xiaogong, who was intimidating the Lingnan prefectures, suppressing the rebellion of the Fu Gongyu, quelling the Jiangnan area, and becoming the governor of Yangzhou and Zong Zhengqing!

Seeing that Li Xiaogong, who had been in Chang'an City with harmless people and animals, had been sensual and sensual in Chang'an City to prevent Li Yuan from being suspicious of him, stood up at this time, everyone was shocked.

Pei Ji couldn't understand what purpose Li Xiaogong stood up at this time. When everyone tried to solve the danger of the Turkic going south by peace talks, Li Xiaogong suddenly appeared. Is it his own or who he meant?

At this time, Qu Tutong, who was the Minister of War, glanced at Li Xiaogong.

"Emperor, at present, our Chang'an Twelve Guards lead 30,000 soldiers from Shangfan Mansions and 30,000 soldiers from the South Ya Imperial Guards that guard the imperial city, basically mainly infantry, with less than 10,000 cavalry. If the Turks really lead 200,000 troops south, we can only defend the river. But with our troops, such a long Weishui defense line, someone will definitely be able to break through the defense. At that time, we will detour the rear and trap our defensive army in a dangerous place."

Qu Tutong couldn't guess Li Xiaogong's thoughts, so he could only follow the steps and tell the truth.

"If this is the case, the Turks went south and there were more cavalry. The Wei River would become a natural danger to block its attack. As long as 300 Yangzhou warships were transferred, 300 warships were stationed in Shangyangcheng, and 50,000 troops from Jianghuai and Lingnan prefectures were transferred to Tongguan. If the Turks dared to cross the river, our warships would cut in directly from the middle. The Turkic soldiers who had crossed the Wei River would be our bag... "

"What if the Turks didn't cross the river?"

Tang Jian turned his head to look at Li Xiaogong.

"Jie Li must also know that crossing the Wei River is not good for it, and it is impossible to cross the river easily. Moreover, I have already said that Jie Li's main purpose is to plunder, and it is impossible to really attack Chang'an. At that time, Jie Li's main force hoarded the north bank of the Wei River and confronted our army, and the remaining partial troops could ravage the entire Guanzhong Plain. This loss is much more than the cost of peace negotiations..."

At the end of the talk, Tang Jian's voice appeared in a faint anger.

"Is it because the lives of the people are so worthless in the hands of you, Li Xiaogong? I would rather let millions of people die than tolerate giving in. Is the face of my Tang Dynasty important or the lives of the people important?"

Speaking of this, Tang Jian took a step forward and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Or, at this time, are you Li Xiaogong still thinking about military merit?"

Tang Jian's aggressiveness made the whole room solemnly as if water could be dripped out. He was buckled with a big hat and was well-founded. Li Xiaogong was originally a general, so he could not tell such a great truth. Tang Jian suddenly said it red.

"It's outrageous. You said that I, Li Xiaogong, still want military merits, you, you..."

Li Xiaogong was so angry that he glared at Tang Jian, pointing at the first year of Wude, I, Li Xiaogong, was appointed as the Zuo Guanglu Dafu, and the Shannan Road, was responsible for governing Bashu, captured more than 30 states, and captured Zhu Can. Later, he was moved to the general manager of Xinzhou, attacked the southern warlord Xiao Xian, made unparalleled military achievements, and was appointed Prince Zhao. He moved to the general manager of Kuizhou, conquered Xiao Xian, moved to the general manager of Jingzhou, recruited and pacified the prefectures in Lingnan, suppressed the rebellion of Fu Gongyu, quelled the Jiangnan area, and appointed the governor of Yangzhou, Zong Zhengqing, Liangzhou, and Jinzhou. You say I lack military merits!"

"Since that's the case, why did Governor Li insist on fighting the Turks in the Wei River?"
Chapter completed!