Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2119 Differentiation and Checks and Balances

Even if the Xue Yantuo Khanate was destroyed and the Great Tang set up the Hanhai Protectorate here, it is impossible to garrison too many defenders.

Mobei is too big, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the climate is bitter and cold. If you want to rule this area, you can only rely on the local Hu people. The Qibi tribe, who has always been friendly with Datang, is the best choice.

Of course, support and opposition are the best ways to rule a region far from the mainland.

It is not enough to rely solely on one Qibi tribe, which will cause the Qibi tribe to dominate the family. Today's Qibi tribe is willing to lie dormant under the rule of the Tang Dynasty. Its rule will promote its rapid growth.

With power comes ambition.

Who knew that today's Qibi tribe wouldn't become another Xue Yantuo in the future?

At the beginning, His Majesty Li Er supported the restoration of the Eastern Turkic Khanate and placed it in Chilechuan, Monan, as a buffer between the Tang Dynasty and Xue Yantuo, so that they could restrain each other. Xue Yantuo developed rapidly, resulting in a huge gap in power, which made Datang have to face the threat of Xue Yantuo.

Now that Xue Yantuo's fall is imminent, Datang must support two spokespersons to rule Mobei and suppress the rest of the tribes. At the same time, it is extremely difficult to control these two spokespersons to restrain and oppose each other, so as not to take advantage of the opportunity to become bigger.

The Qibi tribe must be recruited. This is the one closest to the Tang Dynasty among the Mobei Tiele tribes, but the choice of the other tribe must be cautious.

Fang Jun is now thinking about Huihe.

As a tribe second only to Xue Yantuo in power among the tribes of Tiele, Huihe has strong soldiers and horses, is brave and good at fighting, and its tribe is entrenched in the area of ​​Longcheng at the foot of Langjuxu Mountain, with a large population and a prosperous power.The reason why Fang Jun hesitated was that Huihe was too strong. In history, Xue Yantuo fell under the double attack of Datang and Huihe, and then Huihe rose rapidly, which brought a lot of trouble to Datang.

Especially now that Huihe has established an alliance with the Pugu, Tongluo, Bayegu and other tribes, the power is strong and difficult to control.

If you are not careful, you will suffer from it.

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Fang Jun and Qibi Heli seem to have a casual banquet, but in fact they are testing each other and confronting each other.

Fang Jun intends to support the Qibi tribe to become the helper of the Tang Dynasty in ruling Mobei, but he must limit power and curb its development; Qibi Heli tries his best to fight for the Qibi tribe's right to speak in Mobei. The lackeys and hawks, until one day the cunning rabbit died and the lackeys cooked...

Of course, the atmosphere is relatively harmonious.

Qi Bi He Li knew that Fang Jun did not decide who would assist Datang in managing Mobei, but his influence on His Majesty Li Er was extremely great, and his influence on this matter could not be underestimated to a large extent. The kindness shown is also very useful to him.

The two exchanged glasses, and Qibi Heli personally held the pot to fill Fang Jun's glass of wine, and asked, "The textile factory Su Wen Erlang set up in Huating Town, Jiangnan bought a large amount of wool from the Western Regions, and the Western Regions are not peaceful now. Western Turkic Khan Yugushe first defeated Guo Xiaoke, resulting in the defeat of tens of thousands of Tang troops, and then was defeated by the army of the British commander-in-chief. His soldiers suffered countless casualties, and they escaped to Tocharian before escaping their lives. With the support of the ten surnames of the Western Turks, Shi Naniyu's grandson deposed Yugushe and established himself as Yipishekui Khan. He has sent envoys to Chang'an to request the imperial seal of the Tang Dynasty and to be included. Can you be willing to be deposed? A big war is about to start in the Western Regions. This chaos may affect Erlang's business... Why don't you transfer some of the wool purchased from the Western Regions to Mobei? Don't dare to say otherwise, if Erlang is in Mobei buys wool, whoever dares to spoil your good deeds, immediately raises troops and slaughters his entire clan!"

The pursuit of the world is nothing more than power and wealth.

If the Qibi tribe can become the assistant of the Tang Dynasty in ruling Mobei, they must also have stable interests to share with those tribes. Otherwise, can they still ride a horse and carry a knife to kill tribes one by one?
Killing can't be finished.

If we can maintain a stable chain of interests with Fang Jun, it will not only promote the relationship with Fang Jun, but also make many tribes defect to the Qibi tribe because of the benefits of wool, which will immediately increase the power of the Qibi tribe .

Fang Jun naturally knows Qibi Heli's thoughts, which is understandable, it is a matter of mutual benefit.

Of course, the Qibi Department cannot earn money alone, and it is necessary to carefully seek a balance...

"Nowadays, the sales of woolen fabrics in the Tang Dynasty have gradually become saturated, and I am afraid that we will not be able to increase production in a short time. However, the overseas sales are expanding. As long as the nobles in Japan, Silla, Nanyang and other places recognize woolen fabrics, they will surely Ushering in the explosion of production, the demand for raw materials will naturally increase. As long as the wool from Mobei is purchased at that time, Qibibu will definitely be one of the partners."

Qibi Heli laughed and said: "That's very good, then I can just wait and count on Erlang to make a fortune!"

Smiling on the face, cursing in the heart.

Hell "one of the partners"!
The Han people really hate it. They never forget the strategy of restraint and balance. Even if they believe in the loyalty of the Qibi tribe, they must support another tribe. As the imaginary enemy of the Qibi tribe, they will never allow the Qibi tribe to be alone. big.

Where is the need to be so cautious?

Today's Qibi tribe is no longer the era when Xue Yantuo and Xue Yantuo were known as the "Great Khan". Follow the example of Xue Yantuo and dominate Mobei.

Without the support of the Tang Dynasty, the Qibi tribe would have been swallowed up by the remnants of Huihe and Xue Yantuo in a few days...

But this is the consistent strategy of the Han people, differentiation, containment, and balance.

You have to say that this trick is very useful. Using the barbarians to control the barbarians has caused the Hu people to be in internal friction all the year round, fighting endlessly for power, and giving the Han people a chance to recuperate.After finally killing the competitor, he will face the powerful Han army and be defeated again, and then split, contain, and balance again...

Unless one day there will be a genius of the Hu tribe who can quickly unify the tribes, or there will be a serious natural disaster in the area of ​​​​the Han people, causing social unrest, then it is possible to break through the Great Wall and invade the Central Plains, otherwise don't even think about it.

At this time, soldiers came to report outside the door.

"Bazhuo is actually in front of Xue Yantuo's army, with a sword in his hand, and was embraced as Xue Yantuo Khan?"

Looking at the battle report, Fang Jun couldn't help being surprised.

Yinan Khan led the army to a great defeat in Zhao Xincheng, causing Xue Yantuo's main force to go six to seven, and the rest of the remnant army fled back to Yazhang with Yimang.Currently Xue Yantuo's vital force is the remnant army led by Yimang, and the tribes of Bazhuo and Tuli who were expelled by the Yinan Khan and lost their respective command.

There are a lot of people, but the quality of the soldiers varies, and the combat power has dropped by 01:30 compared to before. After all, Xue Yantuo's vitality was seriously injured in the first battle of Zhao Xincheng, and all the elite soldiers died tragically. Now these soldiers and horses are temporarily pulled together ...

Moreover, each of the three princes has their own problems, and no one will obey the other. Even if they have [-] to [-] troops, they will fight on their own and have their own plans, which is really vulnerable.

However, now that Ba Zhuo has blatantly killed Ye Mang, and has recruited all the soldiers under his command, his troops have increased suddenly, and his command authority has been confirmed, so his power should not be underestimated.

If you want to defeat it, you must go through a fierce battle.

Don't forget that there is also a sudden loss. The battle report says that he has led his tribe to migrate westward, and seems to plan to leave the land of Mobei and join the Western Turks, but who can guarantee that this person will not kill a carbine and suddenly appear in front of the Tang army. behind?
Qibi Heli said seriously: "Ba Zhuo is a cruel and violent man, but he is good at battle and his military ability is more outstanding than the other princes. You must not be careless. Besides, the ground of Dragon City is surrounded by water and mountains. Once the battle situation is unfavorable, You can retreat to Langjuxu Mountain, the mountains are high, dense forests and heavy snow cover the mountains, and it will be even more difficult to destroy them."

Fang Jun also had a headache: "That's true. You won't die if you beat a snake, but you will suffer from it. If you can't wipe out all of them in one battle, Xue Yantuo will be broken into pieces in the future, and soldiers will come out from time to time to invade Langjuxu Mountain. It will be very annoying. Not to mention, it will also lead to great losses. But what can be done to make it fight to the death with all its strength, so as not to collapse at the first touch?"

This is Mobei, the territory of the Tiele people.

Once the Xue Yantuo people give up large-scale corps operations and hide in the mountains to play "guerrilla warfare", the Tang army will be exhausted...

(End of this chapter)