"You want me to stay in Turks?" Tang Ping was a little confused: "Why?"
"Hahaha, it's not because of your outstanding military exploits that the Tubo people are afraid of you." Li Shimin smiled proudly: "If you think about the Tang Dynasty's foreign wars in these years, except for the battle of Beiyan, there is no one like you. Figure?"
"Not to mention that although the East China Sea Fleet has not returned, the news of your victory over the Wei Dynasty has spread in Chang'an. Many young people in Chang'an even say that you are the new generation of war god of the Tang Dynasty."
Tang Ping didn't even expect that he would become the "God of War" in a daze just because he was lying on the ground?
"This attack on Tubo is planned to be carried out secretly by the Tang Dynasty, and your movements have been monitored by Tibetan spies. If you can make a big noise in the Turks, you will even make the world think that you are going to attack Hou Junji. Then Tubo will inevitably relax its vigilance. And our army will be able to catch them off guard and win the battle!"
"I understand." Tang Ping nodded: "It's just building the plank road in secret to visit Chencang. But second uncle, do you really don't need me to go back?"
"Ahem!" Li Shimin coughed twice and said angrily: "It's okay for you to fight with those two brushes and fool outsiders. Is it possible that you are really better than Li Jing and the others? We in the Tang Dynasty are still pointing at you. Can one fight alone?"
Although he couldn't see it, Tang Ping still smiled sheepishly.
I almost forgot, how could I fight any kind of battle? But it was all a combination of a combination of circumstances and the use of some modern items and props to achieve victory.
When it comes to taking command, not to mention Li Jing, even a veteran like Cheng Zhijie would have to leave him behind.
"Okay, I understand. I just need to make the noise louder so that the Tubo people will think that I don't have time to go there and relax their vigilance, right?" Tang Ping nodded. This task is actually not that difficult.
After hanging up the phone, he found Gu Xiaotang and said, "Because something happened, I might not leave for the time being."
Gu Xiaotang looked happy. Although he had agreed that Tang Ping would bring his son back two or three times a week, after all, he had raised him alone for so many years. If he suddenly left, he would still miss him.
Now that Tang Ping said he wouldn't leave for the time being, he was naturally overjoyed.
"Why?" Of course she also knew that something big must have happened to allow Tang Ping to stay.
Tang Ping did not hide it from her, and said to her: "Because the Tang Dynasty needs me to make a big noise on the Turks, it is best to let the world think that we are preparing to attack Hou Junji of the Beiyan Protectorate."
In fact, in the past few years, although Hou Junji was still flying the flag of the Northern Yan Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty in name, everyone knew that he would not be able to return to Chang'an alive.
Even if he had outstanding military exploits in the past, the Tang Dynasty would never tolerate a general who supported his own troops and separated himself from one side.
The reason why he has stayed until now is that firstly, Li Shimin has been sending people to persuade Hou Junji to surrender, and secondly, the Tang Dynasty has not spared his hands.
Now that East Vietnam has been calmed down and Tubo has too much time to deal with the civil strife, even if the Tang Dynasty really wants to attack the Beiyan Protectorate, no one will be surprised.
"So do the Turks need to send troops?" Gu Xiaotang frowned.
Tang Ping nodded. He also knew that it would be a bit troublesome for the Turks to send troops now.
Because as far as the Tang Dynasty was concerned, they did not want to see an overly united Turk.
So even though Gu Xiaotang and Tang Ping have such a relationship, the Turks are actually somewhat separated from military and political affairs.
The Turkic Khan was mainly in charge of the royal court's elite troops, and their number was controlled to less than 50,000.
The role of these 50,000 elite soldiers is to defend the Turkic royal court and ensure the safety of the Khan and the dignitaries in the royal court.
Then there are 50,000 troops under the control of General Kang Sumi. The main role of these soldiers is to guard the border.
Now that the Turks have surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, there have long been no garrison troops on the border between the Turks and the Tang Dynasty. These garrisons are mainly used to keep an eye on Hou Junji of the Beiyan Protectorate and the northern border of the Turks.
After all, there was a group of Slavs in the north, who later became the Russians.
At this time, they were still in the primitive commune system, and there were constant wars between tribes. However, the Slavs who had no food would also enter the Turks to fight the autumn wind, so a certain amount of border guards were also needed to control the borders.
In addition to these 100,000 troops, the Turks also have almost 100,000 troops, but these troops are in the hands of large and small tribes.
It is in the best interest of the Tang Dynasty that the Turkic forces be sufficiently dispersed and restrained.
Even if Gu Xiaotang knew it, she didn't object.
Because she does not think that war can bring happiness to the Turkic people, but because of its geographical location, only by having a good relationship with the Tang Dynasty can the Turks develop better.
Therefore, in the past few years in the Turks, she had never reached out to other armies.
The armed forces in the Turks, in addition to the 200,000 troops in the Turks themselves, are the 30,000 Tang garrison in the Turks Protectorate.
Now that Tang Ping wanted to coerce the Beiyan Protectorate and pretend to attack Hou Junji, the available troops in his hands were somewhat insufficient.
Some of the 50,000 elite soldiers of the Royal Court can be taken away, but it is impossible to take away all of them. After all, the Royal Court is still very important. Gu Xiaotang estimates that he can give him 30,000.
Then Kangsumi's 50,000-strong army could basically not move. Once those border guards opened their mouths, the Turkic people who had gradually become richer in recent years might suffer.
The poor Slavs in the north have been coveting this place. ωω
At most, Kang Sumi could ask more than 10,000 people who bordered Beiyan to join Tangping, which added up to less than 50,000 people, and then added with the 30,000 Tang garrison troops from the Turkic Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty, they could not even make up 100,000 people. Thousands of people came.
After Hou Junji attacked Beiyan, he collected the remnants of Beiyan's army, as well as some ronin who came from Baekje, Goguryeo and even Fusang. The entire Beiyan Protectorate had nearly 200,000 troops.
Although the quality of these troops varies, their numbers are solid.
If Tang Ping only brought 100,000 people to attack the former Minister of War of the Tang Dynasty, everyone would doubt whether there was something wrong.
So if you want to go, you must fight for the 100,000 Turkic army in the hands of the major nobles.
It's just that although each of these Turkic nobles has different military strength, they all have their own plans in mind, and some tribes still have conflicts between them. It is really difficult to get them to lend their military power to themselves.
You must know that if Tang Ping borrowed troops, it would be impossible to say that he was pretending to attack Hou Junji, otherwise the news would be leaked to Tubo, and all this would be in vain.
However, if it is said that borrowing troops to attack Hou Junji, these nobles will definitely not object on the surface, but they will inevitably have various reasons to shirk the responsibility.
