The people of China usually don’t care about who is the emperor, but they all know that no matter who is the emperor, they will pay no less taxes at all, and they will still have to go to the corvee service that should be served. As long as the emperor can collect less taxes and not take away their last rations, they are all good emperors.

The indifference to politics is not only applicable to the Chinese, but also to the Turks.

In the hearts of these ordinary Turkic peoples of the Mandela tribe, the leader Mandela was high and they were all Mandela's property. They raised horses and herded sheep, and in the end they worked for Mandela for free. As the saying goes, those who have no permanent property have no perseverance. When all the vested interests of a tribe die or disappear, the remaining oppressed people will naturally make demands for interests.

Chen Ying was kind. He kept Mandela in the warehouse, distributed the moldy grain to these ordinary Mandela people, and distributed the pony and lambs to them. In the hearts of these Mandela people, Chen Ying became their god.

As for the leader Mandela, they were soon forgotten by them. Mandela would only force them to fight, follow Mandela to fight, and if there are any casualties in every battle, there will be certain deaths. All the glory belongs to Mandela, and all the sufferings are left to them. Of course, Chen Ying would also ask them to fight, but fighting with Chen Ying is not like fighting with Mandela, because Chen Ying would clearly mark the price and cut off the enemy's head, you can get a lamb, cut off the head of a noble, get a cow leg, cut off the head of four nobles, and they can get a cow.

Stimulated by this policy, the Turks who had just surrendered immediately became crazy. They carried their knives and went all over the world to find the nobles who bullied and oppressed them. As long as they found them, cut off their heads, and exchanged for Chen Ying for sheep, horses, food, salt... and everything they wanted.

Mandela and Mandela's sons, wives, concubines, and confidants all died. If they did not die, these people from the Mandela tribe would have no way to enjoy Mandela's wealth and heritage with peace of mind.

Xu Jingzong had a very absurd feeling that Chen Ying was obviously the culprit, but these Turks regarded Chen Ying as a god. They and Chen Ying should be in harmony with each other, but Chen Ying got along very well with these Turks.

Suddenly, Xu Jingzong thought of a possibility, and a look of horror appeared on his face. Xu Jingzong felt as if he had fallen into the Nine Hells... Chen Ying's actions on the grassland can actually be replicated. As long as he turns to the Central Plains, kills the landlords and family members of the Central Plains, and distributes their land, wealth and food to poor peasants, then Chen Ying can have an inexhaustible source of troops.

It seems that Li Mi did this. Li Mi did it very targetedly, only killing officials, landlords and clans who were loyal to the Sui Dynasty, but he did not blame anyone who defected to him.

Chen Ying did not stay in the fertile field, but led the Lingwu Army. The Dingyuan Army continued to head north along the Yellow River Valley. Of course, the escaped Turks were forgot to escape. Another Mandela tribe could not escape. As the battle continued, Chen Ying's troops not only did not decrease, but instead fought more and more. Although Chen Ying seemed to have sent out a lot of cattle, sheep and horses, Chen Ying got more supplies. Those huge sheepskin rafts flowed continuously on the Yellow River, and sheepskin rafts loaded with wealth or cattle and sheep were transported to Lingzhou.

When Chen Ying occupied Fengzhou City, he had nearly 20,000 people around him, nearly half of them were Turkic people who had just surrendered.

A spark can start a prairie fire.

Chen Ying brought the spark of civilization to the grassland and told all the grassland people that wherever there is oppression, there will be resistance.

Xu Jingzong saw that Chen Ying's strategy was very simple. He ordered the Turks who had just surrendered to take the lead. If they could fight directly, they would fight. When they could not fight, the Tang army's lances were dispatched again. As long as the lances were dispatched, no matter how many Turks were dispatched, they would definitely collapse at one touch.

In fact, before they knew it, the combat effectiveness of the sixth-handed Dingyuan Army, the sixth-handed Crown Cavalry, was also invisibly magnified. After those attacks that surrendered to the Turks, even the strongest enemy was beaten to half-severe. At this time, the Dingyuan Army was equivalent to going up to harvest the heads.

When Xu Jingzong saw this scene, he said excitedly: "Master, we can also change our strategy and ignore other Turkic tribes at all. The central palace goes straight to the royal tent set up by Shiliver!"

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "It's not as simple as you think!"

Xu Jingzong was stunned.

Liu Tong was also puzzled.

Chen Ying smiled and said, "Do you think the Sixth Zhe Chong Mansion can sweep the entire Turks with less than two thousand cavalry?"

Xu Jingzong said: "Isn't it?"

Chen Ying sighed with a serious look on his face and said, "Although the grassland is empty, Shilifushi is the real lord of the grassland. In addition, the Turks had just defeated the Tang Dynasty. Whether the morale or morale was the most prosperous time; we only had such a few soldiers and were also a guest army. It would be fine if we won, but as long as we fought a few defeats, these subordinate troops could not count on them at all. The Turks all had soldiers. If Shilifushi retreated without fighting, we would not be able to catch up with him for a while. We would not be able to break the situation in a short time, and we would not be able to advance or retreat. This is a taboo for military strategists."

Chen Ying paused, he paused, turned his head and said, "What's more, any army is not invincible on the battlefield. Even the Dingyuan Army's hook sickle lances are the same."

As soon as Chen Ying finished speaking, Xu Jingzong exclaimed: "How is this possible?"

If Chen Ying encountered such a dense cavalry wall charge, Chen Ying would laugh out loud. This seemingly terrifying army is actually not impeccable. The strong bow and hard crossbow and bed crossbow that concentrate the entire army, and the eight-ox crossbow crossbows form a three-stack crossbow formation in the far, medium and near, as long as the number of people is equal, Chen Ying will definitely not suffer the loss.

Of course, even if there are not enough crossbows and hard bows, Chen Ying can still use cheap weapons and organize sharp gun forests with spears. In this case, everyone only needs to fight for their lives. Anyway, no matter how they fight, the infantry will not suffer any loss when one is replaced.

If it is more extravagant, use swords and shield soldiers, heavy infantry, strong bows and crossbows and light cavalry to form a joint army formation, so that the cavalry with dense charges will flow the last drop of blood clean.

Youdao is a trick that can be eaten all over the world. Chen Ying is now using his foresight to bully people. Of course, he mainly bullies the ignorance of the Turks. If he faces a strict crossbow formation and a spear and spear formation in the future, Chen Ying will never order the cavalry to charge, but orders to run as far as possible.

Chen Ying said: "The Turks will definitely understand people. The hook and sickle lances are so easy to use. The Turks will also form hook and sickle lances. When the lances meet the lances, they can only fight to the death!"

...

In the Liangyi Hall of Taiji Palace in Chang'an City, the foreign ministers have retreated one after another. At this time, only Pei Ji and Li Shimin were left in the hall. At this time, Li Shimin was wearing military uniforms and a helmet, standing in front of a spread out map, explaining: "The enemy bandits are sharp, Dingxiang, Yuci, and Jiezhou are successively lost... Any other place can be given up, and Qingzhou must be guarded. This is the southern gate of Hedong. As long as you guard Xizhou, the army can go north along Xizhou in the future and regain the lost land. If Xizhou is lost..."

However, at this moment, General Yu Yanzhang, the left-level guard guard, handed a thin bamboo tube information to Li Yuan. Li Yuan gently opened the seal and took out the small note inside. Just glanced at it, Li Yuan's face changed drastically.

Li Yuan murmured: "Xianzhou is probably in danger!"

Li Shimin said: "Father!"

Li Yuan showed a strong sense of fatigue on his face and handed the note to Li Shimin weakly. The note read: "Lu Chongmao, Xia County, rebelled against the Tang Dynasty in Xia County and surrendered to Liu Wuzhou. In addition, Wang Xingben, the general manager of Puzhou, had abnormal movements!"

Li Shimin then found Xia County and Puzhou on the map. Li Shimin's fist hit the table hard: "Damn it, Wang Xingben, this despicable villain!"

Although Li Yuan ordered Li Jiancheng to lead the war in Hedong, what made Li Yuan the most helpless was that Liu Wuzhou's general Song Jingang defeated Liu Hongji, the general of the Right Guard of the Tang Dynasty, and almost all the right guard army was destroyed. Liu Hongji fled back to Chang'an alone, and Lu Chongmao, a native of Xia County, surrendered to Song Jingang in Xia County.

What's even worse is that Wang Xingben, the garrison guarding Puzhou, was also preparing to surrender to Liu Wuzhou in Puzhou. Wang Xingben was the former commander of Yao Junsu, who was in Hedong, the Sui Dynasty. Yao Junsu insisted on Hedong County to fight against the Tang Dynasty. In the end, Wang Xingben led his troops to kill and offered Hedong County to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

Li Yuan was not surprised that Wang Xingben had any abnormal movements. If it weren't for the sake of reassuring the surrendered army, he wouldn't have handed over Puzhou to Wang Xingben to guard it.

At this time, the situation in the Tang Dynasty in Hedong was extremely bad. If Xia County and Puzhou surrendered, the connection between Xuzhou (now Yicheng County, Shanxi Province) and the Tang Dynasty were isolated. In this way, it was only a matter of time for Song King Kong to break through Xuzhou. Now, Li Zhongwen of Haozhou is hard-working. Although he repelled Liu Wuzhou several times, there were no Tang troops around Haozhou, and Li Zhongwen was isolated and helpless, and it was also a matter of time for Haozhou to fall.

As long as the Qingzhou is lost, the Tang Dynasty will have no place to establish a foothold in Hedong.

Li Yuan sighed and said, "Liu Wu and Zhou's army are very sharp, and the army's power is getting more and more shocking. It is better to abandon Hedong and guard Guanzhong..."

“No…”

Pei Ji and Li Shimin both said no.

Pei Ji said: "Your Majesty, why not consider Ashinamohe's proposal!"

The so-called Ashina Mohe's proposal was to exchange Chen Ying's head for Liu Wuzhou to withdraw the troops. Li Shimin looked anxious, and he was really worried that Li Yuan would accept Pei Ji's bad idea.

If Li Yuanzhen took Chen Ying's head to calm the anger of the Turks and exchanged for Liu Wuzhou to withdraw his troops, at that time, Wang Xingben would no longer rebel. I am afraid that Li Zhongwen, Haozhou, Li Mi, Du Fuwei, Wang Bo, and others who had just surrendered, would surrender and rebel again. Not to mention defending Hedong, Guanzhong would probably not be able to defend it.
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