"Elisi Khan, this is the decree of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. What do you think?" Li Daozong looked at Elishi and asked.
"I have no objection. Thank you Tian Khan for supporting me. As long as Yibiduulu can be eliminated, it is reasonable and reasonable for these places to be handed over to the Tang Dynasty." Zellig said without thinking.
Although the area near Yili is good, with sufficient pasture and enough land to support a large number of herdsmen, in fact, compared to the land west of the West Kunlun Mountains, there is still a small amount of land here.
The important thing is that the Tang army has arrived. If the opponent cannot get a suitable position, can they give in? I'm afraid it's difficult.
So Zheli lost decisively and gave in.
"But there is another problem, that is, Ashina Shilu's attitude is also very important. The opponent has an elite cavalry in his hands. If he is connected with Yi Bi Du Lu..." Zelishi said.
"No, the other party has a good relationship with Datang and me. The point is that many of the armors they have were sold to him by Datang. If he wants more armors, he will not go against Datang, so You can rest assured, Zhelishi Khan." Li Daozong interrupted him and said directly.
"If that's the case, then I have no problem, but this year is about to enter winter, and I'm afraid we will have to fight again next year." Zellig sighed.
Li Daozong smiled. To be honest, although the Tang Dynasty's logistics supplies were better than those of the Turks, they were not that good. In winter, there was generally a lot of snowfall in various parts of the Western Regions, but compared to the southern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains, In many areas north of the Tianshan Mountains, the snow is not that thick.
Therefore, some logistics materials can still keep up, and the key point is that the team responsible for logistics transportation transported a large amount of supplies to them. The key point is that this time they provided them with a large amount of easy-to-carry military dry food.
Dried meat.
It consists of air-dried beef and air-dried mutton, and there is also a newly made special flint, which is more convenient than the fire sickle used in the Tang Dynasty. It only needs to be gently scraped a few times to light a flame directly on some dry weeds.
In the wild, the ordinary fire sickle of the Tang Dynasty was extremely difficult to use, and whether it was marching in winter or summer, flames were very important.
In addition, just in case, they also carried some special magnifying glasses for them to cast "Golden Sui" and then borrow fire from the sun.
Jin Sui is Yang Sui, which is the method of using a magnifying glass to ignite paper in later generations. This thing is recorded in the "Book of Rites of Zhou" written by the Tang Dynasty nearly two thousand years ago.
But this is for emergency use.
The reason why His Highness provided them with these was naturally not for their daily use, but for them to directly kill the Turks during the winter.
Based on the harsh winter conditions in the Western Region, it is obvious where Yibidulu gathered in winter. The Turks have long been accustomed to spending the winter in some places, and these locations are fixed.
Due to the harsh environment in winter, cattle, sheep, horses, etc. can only feed on dry grass, and the tribes of Western Turks can only survive in a few limited places.
Although the land of Yibidu is vast, there are not many places that can support a large population.
In order to prevent large numbers of casualties among the cattle and sheep of the herdsmen below, the number of troops gathered in Yibidulu in winter will be far less than in other seasons.
"No, we will solve it this winter." Li Daozong said calmly.
"Ah? If we fight in winter, the casualties may be far greater than in other seasons." Zheli Shi frowned.
"Similarly, if we fight in winter, the location of the royal court in Yibiduolu will be easier for us to discover and easier for us to capture. As long as we are surprised, it is enough." Li Daozong said.
In fact, if you only need enough cotton clothes, food, and fire to attack in winter, other problems will not be big. For example, water sources, the grassland after snowfall means that water sources can be found everywhere, and they do not need to find specific water sources to gather and rest.
"If Datang can help us provide enough military rations, I have no problem." Zelisha thought about it and simply agreed.
"These can be provided, but there is one thing, these are not free. After taking over your own land, Khan Zhelishi, you must allow the caravans of the Tang Dynasty to enter your territory to conduct trade activities, and no expropriation is allowed. Taxes, and we can sell part of the grain to you in exchange for wool."
"For the sake of trade, we will establish several border trade ports in several important places to trade with you." Li Daozong said.
"Okay, I agreed." Zili Shi agreed without thinking. The Turks do not produce, so almost all items in the Tang Dynasty are what they need, whether it is tea, clothes or other items. .
Allowing Datang's caravans to trade was nothing, so Zelishi agreed simply.
"Then it's settled." Li Daozong simply agreed. If they act quickly, it will take less than a month to complete the combat mission. By then, Datang's army can be reduced to four key of the Western Pass.
The main garrison locations of Datang in the future will also be located in these places.
As for the places within the Kunlun Mountains, Li Daozong did not have to worry about it. The imperial court would naturally send officials to strengthen its control over the population of these places.
As for Eli loss, according to His Highness, Eli loss's talent is not as good as that of Yibi Duolu, and the tribes under his name may not be very loyal to him. Eli loss appears, or after death , the tribe under his name will inevitably be in chaos.
At that time, the Tang Dynasty had sufficient reasons and excuses to enter, and taking over the Western Turks would just be a matter of taking advantage of the trend.
There is no rush now. It is most appropriate for the Tang Dynasty to first surrender that land to the rule of the Western Turks and absorb its own internal affairs.
So this time, the Tang Dynasty was still very sincere to Zhe Lishi. How should I put it? The reason why Zhe Lishi trusted Li Daozong so much was also because of this reason, because Zhe Lishi currently only had 20,000 elite cavalry stationed here, but Datang The elite army has reached 40,000.
If the Tang Dynasty wanted to be disadvantageous to him, it could completely eliminate him, and then it would be no problem to eliminate Yi Bi Duo Lu.
But Datang did not do this, which shows that Datang, his subordinate, really treats him sincerely.
Therefore, after losing profits, I naturally have no other ideas. I can just follow the Tang Dynasty with peace of mind. Since the Tang Dynasty said that we can fight in winter, then we can fight in winter!
Of course, there are many things that Elishi doesn't know, or that Li Daozong doesn't know, such as the reason for leaving part of the Western Turks.
In fact, it is very simple. If you want to completely dominate the herdsmen, you must give them a sufficient contrast. Without contrast, there will be no harm.
Just like the comparison of the lives of herders in Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia in later generations, putting aside the propaganda aspect, it was another battlefield. The simple comparison of life is enough to make these herdsmen have enough gaps.
Otherwise, why would Li Ke open four trade ports on the border?
There are valuable things made of wool in Western Turks. The most valuable ones are all kinds of leather, wool, and meat.
It's not that Li Ke looked down on them as to other minerals and the like, they had no use at all and couldn't use them.
