To be fair, Du Bi was very supportive of Chu Luo's strategy of going south to the Central Plains. However, he despised Chu Luo's strategy of using a hammer in the east and a stick in the west.
Although Du Bi has not read a book, he is not stupid. He knows what kind of disaster it will bring to the Turks once a unified empire appears in the south.
Refer to the Sui Dynasty decades ago.
In addition, the mild climate and vast land in the south are the best places for Turkic herdsmen to graze.
When Dubi's eldest brother, Shibi Khan, was in power, he once proposed an idea. If the Central Plains could be conquered in the future, Han people would be used to cultivate the land and Turks would be used to herd them. This would perfectly accommodate the two major ethnic groups.
Duo Bi deeply agrees with this.
It's a pity that Shibi Khan died, and his second brother Chuluo Khan was nothing in Du Bi's eyes.
Because Chuluo's strategy towards the Central Plains was very stupid.
In Du Bi's view, one should either directly support a force, or not support a force at all. As it is now, if the three forces of Liang Shidu, Liu Wuzhou, and Dou Jiande are supported at once, no matter how big the Turkic family is, it will not be dispersed enough.
In addition, he also heard that Chu Luo was cooperating with Wang Shichong of Luoyang.
From Du Bi's point of view, Chu Luo was just messing around.
This time he was sent by Chu Luo to help Dou Jiande, but he did not bring any elite soldiers and horses to help, but only brought 20,000 soldiers and horses. Because in Du Bi's view, Dou Jiande was not someone who could accomplish things.
The facts were as he expected. Although Dou Jiande achieved a considerable victory at the beginning, when Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty arrived with his army, all the advantages he had gained were lost. Now he was forced to retreat to Hebei, and he was a complete waste.
But it didn't matter. Duo Bi didn't take supporting Dou Jiande seriously, so naturally he wouldn't feel sad for Dou Jiande's failure.
He allowed the Turkic cavalry to plunder the Han people deliberately, in order to continuously consume Hebei's power and prepare for the future Turkic movement southward.
Originally he was making money, but it wasn't until he was betrayed by Dou Jiande that he realized that he was not making money.
Not long ago, Dou Jiande asked his generals Fan Yuan and Dong Kangmai to lead an army to attack Li Shimin, asking him to attack from the flank.
He agreed without much thought, but after the war broke out, Dou Jiande himself led a large force to escape, while Fan Yuan and Dong Kangmai also retreated one after another.
By the time he reacted, the Tang army had already targeted the remaining Turks.
From this, it finally evolved into Du Bi facing the Tang army alone.
With such a huge disparity in military strength, how could Du Bi win?
After several days of hard fighting, the Turkic cavalry suffered heavy losses and were forced to retreat.
However, the Tang army followed closely, and both sides fought and chased all the way, causing Du Bi to suffer a big loss.
In desperation, Du Bi could only run away with all his strength and did not intend to fight back.
In fact, Li Shimin did not intend to pursue the Turks all the time. Because his infantry could not keep up with the speed of the cavalry, and the food and baggage could not keep up. Therefore, after a day or two of pursuit, he decisively gave up.
Du Bi suffered such a big loss and naturally did not intend to stay in the Central Plains, but he vowed to teach Dou Jiande a lesson in the future.
After driving away the Turks, Li Shimin focused his attention on Dou Jiande. He would take advantage of this opportunity to annihilate Dou Jiande in one fell swoop!
Speaking of Du Bi, after running around for dozens of days, he finally returned to the grassland at the end of September and met his second brother Chuluo Khan.
"Dou Jiande betrayed me and caused heavy losses to the Turkic warriors. This is the puppet you support!" Du Bi said angrily.
He could completely accept failure, but he couldn't accept being betrayed by a Han, especially since this man had waggled his tail like a dog before and begged for mercy.
People from Chuluo are tall and tall, with a rough and unrestrained appearance.
He comforted: "Hey Bi, my brother, calm down. In the future I will personally unscrew Dou Jiande's head to make amends to you. But now is not the time to pursue him."
"What's the meaning?"
"I have decided to fully support Liu Wuzhou in taking Taiyuan and severely inflicting heavy losses on Li Tang. According to the Han people, Taiyuan is the place where Li Yuan flourished. Conquering Taiyuan will shake the foundation of the Tang Dynasty's rule."
Du Bi sneered, "I don't agree."
"Why?"
"These Han people have evil intentions and have no intention of surrendering. Liu Wuzhou is the second Li Yuan. If we have the strength, why should we use these puppets. Besides, I heard that Yang You is in the hands of Ke Dun. In this case, why not establish Yang You
Become the Sui King, so that we can deal with the Tang Dynasty legitimately."
Although the Turks don't care about bullshit, they will not refuse to sell dog meat to others.
What if it works.
Chu Luo laughed and hugged his younger brother Du Bi warmly.
"Gu Duulu, please explain to him."
"Yes, Khan." Gu Duolu explained: "Khan has long planned to establish Yang You as the king of Sui, but we have to use Liu Wuzhou to deal with the Tang Dynasty. If Liu Wuzhou can capture Taiyuan, we will continue to help him attack the Tang Dynasty
.If Liu Wuzhou is defeated in the end, then we will control him, gather his subordinates, make Yang You the king of Sui, and go south again."
"No matter what, we have no losses, and we can still use Liu Wuzhou's power to consume the Tang Dynasty's army. In the words of the Han people, this is called why not do it."
After hearing this, Duo Bi was silent for a while and asked: "How sure are you?"
Chu Luo said: "Ten percent."
Ten percent?
Du Bi secretly thought, the last time you supported Liang Shidu and Dou Jiande, you said 100%.
But what’s the result?
"Whatever you want."
Du Bi didn't want to get involved in this matter anymore, so he turned around and left the tent.
Chu Luo looked away from his younger brother, looking a little unhappy. Du Bi was the most powerful person in the Turks after him. Without his full support, the position of Khan might not be his turn.
However, the main goal now is to go south. As long as the Turks can have a taste of plundering the wealth of the Han people, their status will become more and more stable. If they can occupy Taiyuan, their prestige will be unprecedentedly enhanced.
It doesn't matter if you let the embarrassing matter go for now.
Chu Luo said: "Dou Jiande was driven back to Hebei by Li Shimin. We must not sit back and watch Dou Jiande be eliminated. This will not be conducive to our march south. Inform Liu Wuzhou and ask him to take action as soon as possible. I want him to capture Taiyuan in a short time!"
He just wanted to use Liu Wuzhou to contain Li Tang's energy so that the Tang Dynasty could not successfully deal with Dou Jiande.
"As you command, great Khan." Gu Duolu bowed slightly.
Naturally, Li Shimin, who was attacking Dou Jiande, didn't know about the Turks' plan. Without the help of the Turkic cavalry, Dou Jiande almost lost consecutive battles in the face of the powerful Tang army.
Tang army camp.
"Report, Dou's army has returned to Leshou, and the bandits from all over the country are gathering towards Leshou." The scout came to report.
Li Shimin waved his hand and retreated from the scouts, saying: "Dou Jiande plans to fight to the death with this king."
Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Your Highness, I think that as this time comes, Your Highness must be more stable. Dou Jiande's move shows that he is at the end of his game. As long as we continue to consume his food and grass, it will be easy to capture Dou Jiande."
"You're right." Li Shimin smiled confidently.
Now is the critical moment. Li Shimin will not give Dou Jiande any chance to make a comeback. As long as the confrontation continues to consume Dou Jiande's food and fodder and squeeze the morale of Dou's army, Dou's army will sooner or later turn into rubble. In this way, he can be defeated steadily.