Chapter 498: "Greeting" the Turkic Mission
This time to obstruct the Turks, in fact, Xia Hongsheng is very sure. Because what happened in history told Xia Hongsheng that he didn't need to put much effort into dealing with the Turkic peace envoys, but only needed to slow down their trip for a few months.
Historically, in the early winter of this year, the Turks would become unprecedentedly intensified due to their internal contradictions, the contradictions between Jieli Khan and the Turkic Khan would no longer be reconciled, and the relationship between Jieli and the Turkic nobles would deteriorate. In addition, the Tang Dynasty's recognition of Xue Yantuo's status and Li Shimin's refusal to make peace with the Turks stimulated the Turks, which led to the doubling of Jieli's pressure. In order to divert the internal contradictions of the Turks and reunite the Turkic aristocracy, Jieli urgently needed an external enemy. Therefore, he will take the initiative to commit Datang. At that time, Datang will have an excuse to knife the Turks.
Xia Hongsheng didn't actually need to rob the Turks and pro-envoys, and he didn't need to deal with them. All you need to do is delay the Turkic and pro-missions and create some surprises for them. These unexpected circumstances did not need to be of much importance, as long as it was sufficient for Li Shimin to be in favor of rejecting the peace request made by the Turkic peace and pro-embassy.
In the past three days, Liu Min finally appeared in the inn again and told Xia Hongsheng that the artillery battle was all ready.
"The lower officials obeyed the orders of the Hou Ye and ordered people to rush to make it overnight, and now it is finally ready." Liu Min said to Xia Hongsheng: "I just don't know how to use it?" ”
"Are those bags ready?" Xia Hongsheng asked.
Liu Min nodded: "It's all ready." ”
"That's good, that's right, Liu assassinated me. Where should we do it? Xia Hongsheng heard Liu Min say that everything was ready. So he asked.
Liu Min knows Xiazhou best. And the information sent back by the spy did not avoid him, he knew all the situation, and it was much better to listen to his opinion than to hold it here.
Liu Min listened to Xia Hongsheng's words, lowered his head and thought carefully for a while, and said to Xia Hongsheng: "The Turks have a thousand cavalry guards, and this force is determined that people will not let him enter Xiazhou. According to the rules, it is 100 miles outside the boundaries of Xiazhou. The cavalry escorted by the Turks will be replaced by the garrison of Xiazhou, and the Heqin delegation will be taken over, and the garrison of Xiazhou will escort them to Chang'an. Therefore, the place to do this must be at least a hundred miles away from the boundary of Xiazhou, so that we can dissolve this matter from our Datang. The place to do it is naturally as far away from the boundary of Xiazhou as possible. However, there are nearly 200 people from the rivers and lakes gathered now, and it is a question of how to ambush them so far away. According to the opinion of the lower officials, it may be pretended to be a caravan. Now the Tang Dynasty and the Turks are trading with each other, and there are Tang caravans going to the Turks. Not surprising either. In this way, it is not allowed to dodge. It was a direct face-to-face encounter with the Turkic peace mission, and it would not be suspected before making a move. ”
When Xia Hongsheng heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he slapped his thigh. That's right! Datang has been trading with the Turks since the Wude period, and the scale of the caravan from the Tang Dynasty to the Turks is not small, these two hundred people, if they pretend to be a caravan, it will definitely not arouse suspicion, and they don't even have to hide!
"Good! Liu Tingshi, pay attention to this! Xia Hongsheng said with a smile: "Then you still have to bother Liu Tingshi to prepare things." When I'm ready, I'll take it away, and the Assassin's Mansion won't be involved. ”
"Yes! Xiaguan will go and prepare! Seeing that Xia Hongsheng had adopted his suggestion, Liu Min immediately bowed and saluted, and then said goodbye and prepared to go.
After Liu Min left, Xia Hongsheng thought in his heart that it would take another three days to get ready. In other words, three days later, at the earliest, they can set off to "meet" the Turkic peace mission. (I'm sorry everyone, I'm really busy, and I really can't keep up with the time.) Shi Shi's manuscript fee is not high, and you can't lose your full attendance...... I beg your forgiveness, Rong Shi repeats half a chapter, please take a look at it later, Shi Shi will change it, and you won't waste your subscription money for this chapter, kneel and beg! Kneel and beg! This time to obstruct the Turks, in fact, Xia Hongsheng is very sure. Because what happened in history told Xia Hongsheng that he didn't need to put much effort into dealing with the Turkic peace envoys, but only needed to slow down their trip for a few months.
Historically, in the early winter of this year, the Turks would become unprecedentedly intensified due to their internal contradictions, the contradictions between Jieli Khan and the Turkic Khan would no longer be reconciled, and the relationship between Jieli and the Turkic nobles would deteriorate. In addition, the Tang Dynasty's recognition of Xue Yantuo's status and Li Shimin's refusal to make peace with the Turks stimulated the Turks, which led to the doubling of Jieli's pressure. In order to divert the internal contradictions of the Turks and reunite the Turkic aristocracy, Jieli urgently needed an external enemy. Therefore, he will take the initiative to commit Datang. At that time, Datang will have an excuse to knife the Turks.
Xia Hongsheng didn't actually need to rob the Turks and pro-envoys, and he didn't need to deal with them. All you need to do is delay the Turkic and pro-missions and create some surprises for them. These unexpected circumstances did not need to be of much importance, as long as it was sufficient for Li Shimin to be in favor of rejecting the peace request made by the Turkic peace and pro-embassy.
In the past three days, Liu Min finally appeared in the inn again and told Xia Hongsheng that the artillery battle was all ready.
"The lower officials obeyed the orders of the Hou Ye and ordered people to rush to make it overnight, and now it is finally ready." Liu Min said to Xia Hongsheng: "I just don't know how to use it?" ”
"Are those bags ready?" Xia Hongsheng asked.
Liu Min nodded: "It's all ready." ”
"That's good, by the way, Liu Assassination thinks, where should we do it?" Xia Hongsheng heard Liu Min say that everything was ready, so he asked.
Liu Min knows Xiazhou best, and the intelligence sent back by the spies did not avoid him, he knows all the circumstances, and it is much better to listen to his opinions than to hold back here.
Liu Min listened to Xia Hongsheng's words, lowered his head and thought carefully for a while, and said to Xia Hongsheng: "The Turks have a thousand cavalry guards, and this force is determined that people will not let him enter Xiazhou. According to the rules, a hundred miles outside the boundaries of Xiazhou, the garrison of Xiazhou will replace the cavalry escorted by the Turks, and the Heqin delegation will be taken over, and the garrison of Xiazhou will escort them to Chang'an. Therefore, the place to do this must be at least a hundred miles away from the boundary of Xiazhou, so that we can dissolve this matter from our Datang. The place to do it is naturally as far away from the boundary of Xiazhou as possible. However, there are nearly 200 people from the rivers and lakes gathered now, and it is a question of how to ambush them so far away. According to the opinion of the lower officials, it may be pretended to be a caravan. Now that the Tang Dynasty and the Turks are trading with each other, it is not surprising that there are Tang caravans going to the Turks. In this way, it is possible not to dodge, and it is to directly meet the Turkic peace and pro-embassy head-on, and it will not be suspected before making a move. ”
When Xia Hongsheng heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he slapped his thigh. That's right! Datang has been trading with the Turks since the Wude period, and the scale of the caravan from the Tang Dynasty to the Turks is not small, these two hundred people, if they pretend to be a caravan, it will definitely not arouse suspicion, and they don't even have to hide!
"Good! Liu Tingshi, pay attention to this! Xia Hongsheng said with a smile: "Then you still have to bother Liu Tingshi to prepare things." When I'm ready, I'll take it away, and the Assassin's Mansion won't be involved. ”
"Yes! Xiaguan will go and prepare! Seeing that Xia Hongsheng had adopted his suggestion, Liu Min immediately bowed and saluted, and then said goodbye and prepared to go. (To be continued.) )