After the beginning of spring, everything revives, and all activities that were prevented by the winter snow and wind can now be carried out again, especially the wars between humans.
The war in the Western Regions is getting fiercer and fiercer, and in the northeast of the Tang Dynasty, various armies are already in place.
The cavalry of the Turks and their affiliated tribes were slower to assemble, and it was spring, when the cattle and sheep were thin, which was not the season that the grassland tribes liked to fight.
It's just that they have an agreement with the Tang Dynasty, and this year they will punish the Turkic traitor Ashina Duowen in a way that meets the expectations of the gods and Khans.
Therefore, in the spring of this year, each tribe must follow the orders of the Turkic Khan and send warriors from their own tribes to participate in the war. It doesn't matter if they don't want to come. When the war is over, the accounts will be settled.
It's just that when Ashina Duowen sent troops to Liaodong, he brought with him elites from various eastern tribes. After he captured Liaodong City, some eastern tribes defected to him one after another.
This seriously weakened the strength of the eastern tribes, and this was the main reason why the Turks were unable to send troops alone to punish the rebels and needed help from the Tang Dynasty.
Dongfang Khan's position has been vacant so far. Ashina Yang Huan is actually waiting for someone to bring Ashina Duowen's head to her so that she can discuss merits and reward him.
She obviously does not plan to send anyone from the royal court to serve as the Eastern Khan anymore. You must know that Ashina Duowen was one of the leaders of the four major tribes in the royal court and had strongly supported her ascension to the throne of Khan.
Because of the "power of the dragon", he became the Khan of the East. Such people have stayed in the east for a long time and have developed a rebellious heart. Who else is trustworthy?
Therefore, it is better to use the title of Eastern Khan to inspire the various tribes in the East to kill the rebels, and the one who has done the most good will be the one who made the most of it.
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Generally speaking, the rhythm of Turkic troops sending out troops is still the same as usual. First, soldiers from various tribes are recruited to participate in the war, and in the beginning of spring, they go to the gathering place one after another.
There will be no reward if you come early, and there will be no punishment if you come late, but it is your fault if you don't come.
It took almost two months for the Turks to assemble, which was a little slow, and their combat effectiveness could not be guaranteed. However, they were quite large, with almost more than 10,000 cavalry.
Tens of thousands of cavalry are enough to fight a local war on the grassland. However, compared with the two small khans of the East and West, who only had 20,000 to 30,000 elite cavalry guards, now it is obvious that the eastern tribes
of weakness.
What made the Turks most angry was actually the Khitans and Xi people. They sent too few people and clearly showed their unwillingness to fight for the Turks.
When the Tang Dynasty and the Turks jointly sent troops to Liaodong, many leaders of the Khitan and Xi tribes sent envoys to the Tang army that had reoccupied Yingzhou to flatter the general Wei Chikai.
Because the news that the Tang Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo finally spread in the Northeast grasslands, the reputation of the Tang Dynasty gradually increased. The tribes in the Northeast, who were good at swinging back and forth between the three great powers, gradually realized the general trend, so they made
corresponding reaction.
This is nothing new for people living in the Northeast. They have been here for hundreds of years. They will submit to whoever becomes stronger, and they rarely have the concept of loyalty.
For this western expedition, the Turks made great concessions in the northeast, which led to the current result.
Not only the Khitan and Xi tribes, but also the Shiwei people further north also had initial contacts with the Tang Dynasty, and sent thousands of cavalry across the Liao River from the north to attack Ashina Duowen's headquarters.
On the land of Liaodong with a radius of thousands of miles, a hunt of unprecedented scale began.
Compared to when Yang Guang raised a million-strong army to conquer Liaodong, the number of people in the Tang Dynasty was nothing, but in terms of strategic scale, it was not comparable to that war.
Yang Guang had a strong army at the beginning, but despite having sealed so many general managers, he actually just pressed forward and took a dignified formation.
During the most powerful period of the past dynasties, there was no such thing. It is not wrong to want to decide the world through a battle. What is wrong is to make your own family miserable. Everyone will not be able to live anymore. Even if Goguryeo is destroyed, what will happen?
how?
Without Goguryeo and the Turks, if the Turks are dead, they can still send troops to the Western Regions and use force to fight without respecting the people's strength, and the result will not be any different.
The decline of the dynasty was due to the stupidity of the king, the deterioration of the government, and the rampant corruption of officials. The final wars were just the result of many factors.
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The Tang Dynasty's expedition to Liaodong was strategic and tactical, without too much external interference, let alone mixing political strife in the court into military operations.
Yuchi Kai's army was completely assembled in the spring of this year, and its strength reached 100,000, including 20,000 cavalry and 80,000 infantry.
Over the years, the army that initially quelled Dou Jiande has been stationed in Hebei. In the first two years, it was mainly used to guard Dou Jiande and capture the prisoners and eliminate the banditry in Hebei. Later, Ashina Duo heard that there were changes, and the Hebei army also played a role in preventing the Turks from going south.
In fact, once the Tang Dynasty and the Turks went to war, the Hebei army would face the Turks' Dongfang Khan.
Now Yuchi Kai, who had been stationed in Hebei, led his army north to Liaodong. The elite soldiers and generals in the Hebei army finally had a place to use again.
In fact, in May of this year, as soon as the spring plowing was over, the Tang Dynasty ordered Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Jin and other counties to recruit soldiers. After gathering, they began to transport grain, grass and baggage for the Hebei army.
The war machine of the Tang Dynasty has started to operate again since the destruction of Goguryeo. Moreover, this is the first time since the founding of the Tang Dynasty that soldiers were recruited, and they went to Liaodong.
After the imperial edict was issued, even the Jiangnan and other northern provinces that had not received the edict started talking a lot. The scene of people gathering in response to the imperial court's call did not appear. Instead, many rumors spread.
What annoyed Li Po the most was that some people said that the emperor wanted to lead the military expedition like Emperor Yang, so he suddenly recruited soldiers from various provinces to join the army in Hebei.
He was so close to calling him a fool. The Military Intelligence Bureau found out about it and reported it, which made Li Po very angry. There were many more rumors like this.
Originally, Li Po wanted the Military Intelligence Office to investigate the source of the rumors, but when Li Po went to Mrs. Cheng Guo's house to chat and his mood improved, he realized that this should be a reasonable thing.
How much shadow of the former Sui Dynasty can still be seen? Who can forget the bad things Yang Guang did?
The first time the Tang Dynasty called for soldiers to gather together, he wanted to test whether Zhechong Mansion was perfect, what advantages it had over the Wei Mansion system of the former Sui Dynasty, or to find out its flaws.
But how could the people inside know what he was thinking? If the soldiers were together, there would naturally be a war, and it was inevitable that some people would make wild guesses.
From this look, I know that no one is deliberately spreading rumors, so I don’t need to pay too much attention to it.
However, in addition to some rumors, the edict to recruit soldiers still had some chain reactions, and food prices in various places began to fluctuate.
This is a situation that the imperial court needs to deal with carefully. It is just a matter of stabilizing food prices rather than rumors from unknown sources. The imperial court has already anticipated this.
In fact, no matter what time of year it is, the central government is always ready to deal with fluctuations in food prices, whether it is local or global.
The saying that food is the most important thing for the people has long been engraved in the bones of the Central Plains regime. As long as people have food and a way to survive, the world will not be in chaos.
The Central Plains has the best people, most of whom are law-abiding, smart and hard-working. As long as those in power don't mess around, no matter how many natural disasters they encounter, they can survive it.
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At this time, there is a possibility of fluctuations in grain prices, mainly due to the grain merchants controlled by the nobles. Bulk commodities are generally out of the reach of ordinary merchants. At this time, after receiving the news, the first thing some people think of is to hoard.
What the government needs to do is actually very simple. One is to publicize and let ministers in various places clearly know the court's policies, so that they can work hard to stabilize local people's hearts.
The second is that local granaries have played a role in regulating food prices. The food problems faced by Datang this year have been alleviated compared with last year. It is easier to deal with such a situation that has not yet resolved.
The third one is to warn those nobles and grain merchants who want to farm grain not to go against the government. The Tang Dynasty has only pacified the world for four or five years, and it is far from the time when the military and government are corrupt. Local nobles and officials collude, and the phenomenon of eating and drinking for the common people will
received the most severe blows.
In addition, the Tang Dynasty has been fighting for many years, and the people have become more or less accustomed to the current situation, and will not follow the wind or rain like the people in peacetime.
As long as officials in the government are loyal to their duties, they are not afraid of anyone taking the opportunity to cause trouble.
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This incident was all caused by the recruitment of government soldiers. It was a very good test for the government's governance ability. From the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the system of government soldiers passed down from the former Sui Dynasty undoubtedly became one of the foundations of the founding of the Tang Dynasty.
Combined with the civil service system of the three provinces and six ministries, it is more mature than the pre-Sui period.
However, in view of the fact that the world is broken and the country is weak and needs to recuperate, the imperial court has never recruited soldiers even though there have been wars for years.
Now, as soon as it starts, some problems arise.
The same is true for civil service, so Wen Yanbo personally wrote a letter urging the emperor to resume civil service next year, which was the ninth year of Yuanzhen.
The construction of projects in the Tang Dynasty cannot always rely on foreign prisoners of war. In the future, civilian service will still be an indispensable labor force. Once the people get used to the policy of not promoting labor service, the introduction of civilian service will definitely arouse great public outrage. It is better to resume it as soon as possible.
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Li Poshen thought so, and the problems that arose with the recruitment of government soldiers made him realize that some civil affairs that were criticized in the former Sui Dynasty were actually the norm in previous dynasties.
It's just that Yang Guang failed to grasp the proportion. It is not a problem with the policy itself. Due to the limitations of technology, it is impossible to carry out division of labor and cooperation like later. The integration of agriculture, military and industry is the way out. The division is too clear and complete.
It is an act of self-deception.
From a cost point of view, civilian service is the most suitable choice. Farming during the busy farming season and working for the court during the slack farming season. When war breaks out, young and middle-aged men must pick up swords and guns to fight for the court...