Tang Taizong is my elder brother

Chapter 65
Hearing these words, Gao Ziran felt relieved, didn't the three brothers come to the outside of the Great Wall like exile for the sake of gaining fame?
After the discussion, the guests and the host had a good time, and the banquet was harmonious.

After Changsheng came into contact with Gao Ziran, he was still very satisfied with him.

He didn't deal with specific government affairs like ordinary speech officials, or participated in factional struggles in the imperial court. He belonged to the relatively simple and clean category.

Moreover, he doesn't like to make judgments about what he doesn't know. He belongs to the more cautious academic school, and he doesn't like to deal with problems like a warrior.

Therefore, the very lucky Changsheng drew the other party to his warship with a few words, and diverted his attention away with simple and visible benefits.

So much so that Gao Ziran did not have the opportunity to delve into the possible huge impact of this measure on the border. If Changsheng wanted to, she could reach some invisible transactions with some Turkic tribes by controlling the export of iron tools.

She can also control the quantity and quality of exports, and predict when the Turks will attack in order to seize resources.

Ironware, a strategic material, has become a war vane like oil in later generations.

After dinner, Chang Sheng found Xu Liang and ordered him to assist Master Lu and the fourth child to start construction: "This is Mr. Gao's foreign trade approval slip. Take this and bring our ironware to Mr. Chen Ping and tell him Collect enough money and figure out what we want to exchange with the Turkic people, and we will make a fortune."

At the end of August in the third year of Daye, Chen Ping took the cavalry composed of newly purchased horses to the north, and showed off his might at a place five hundred miles away from the Northern Turkic royal court.

In order to avoid their attack, the local small Turkic tribes resolutely abandoned their camps and withdrew to the Turkic stronghold further north to join the main force of the Turks there. As a result, the Han Chinese who were originally ruled by the Turks were able to cross the border blockade and return to the Central Plains.

When Gao Ziran heard the battle report, he immediately came to see Chang Sheng. Coincidentally, the person who supervised the army at Chen Ping happened to be his classmate and friend, Lord Wei, who was also an official in the court.

Seeing colleagues celebrate their achievements is more uncomfortable than being punished.

The end of August is the tail end of busy farming, and more than half of the troops are still working in the fields.

Qin Qiong can only train these future officers.

Changsheng was watching from the sidelines.

When the training was finally over, Gao Ziran impatiently asked the question: When will the troops be dispatched?

"Why don't we have to wait until the end of September when all the food is harvested?" Chang Sheng said while rubbing his chin.

"Is this true?" Gao Ziran stretched out his hand to make a gentleman's agreement.

"My dear Mr. Gao, I meant to wait until the end of September, but I didn't say that the army must be dispatched at the end of September." She planned to do it alone this time, so she had to be more cautious.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Gao, the first batch of items traded with the north has arrived, do you want to have a look?" Chang Sheng asked winkingly.

"Don't look, I don't know anything, I haven't heard anything!" Mr. Gao shook his sleeves and left angrily.

Seeing Mr. Gao left, Qin Qiong ran over like a ghost: "Did the Turkic barbarians abandon Beiying?"

"Judging from the Dunhuang battle report, yes." This shows that the opponent does not want to confront us head-on, Chang Shengxin said.

"After this period of time, we'd better train for another two months before attacking."

"Hey, the sun is coming out from the west? How dare you think so." Chang Sheng was a little surprised, usually he was the most active in applying for an initiative.

Qin Qiong looked at the officer who was shouting for assassination practice under the setting sun, and said with emotion: "They can go into actual combat by the end of this month, but for others who have not been trained, it is best to practice for another two months, so that they can play the role of this formation." The greatest power."

"Why don't you insist on your cavalry tactics?" Changsheng said with a smile. When he was first asked to contribute, he was still timid, saying that the marksmanship used by individual soldiers, how could hundreds of people use it uniformly? ?
"Oh, don't tell me, my lord. This is really beyond my expectation. The effect looks really good. It may be possible to achieve your expected goal..."

He said that he suddenly saw something, turned around angrily and couldn't find anything in his hand, so he bent down and picked up a piece of dirt on the ground, and threw it to the crowd: "What are you doing, don't take it, stab it back for me!" ! Block it, don't block it!"

Qin Qiong was so angry that he kicked someone in the past. One of his unique secrets is not to parry, but to fight back!
"General mace techniques include stabbing, wiping, picking, blocking, etc., but my Qin family's marksmanship is just one move, stab!"

Practice stabbing as an instinctive reaction, no matter where the enemy comes from, just stab back!

When Changsheng heard it for the first time, people were dumbfounded. Isn’t this a way of suicide in exchange for life?
"Of course you are not fast enough, but he was dead at that time, what if I didn't die if he died? In short, I am not at a loss!"

When he said this, he suddenly burst out laughing: "When the two powerhouses meet, the brave one wins! Anyway, I haven't been defeated until today, and I have no fear in my heart, so my subordinates will be fast!"

Crazy, really crazy...

A month later, the first batch of special ironware was finally released in large quantities.

The real ones are thin-skinned and poor quality, but cheap.

Even so, after the trial version was put on the black market last time, it is said that the response in the north was good, and it was deeply loved by the Turkic people.

So this time someone from the north came here to discuss a big deal.

Changsheng didn't expect that mass production would take so long. If she didn't do it quickly, she would take these things back from the prisoners of war.

Chang Sheng looked at Xu Liang who was hanging his head down waiting for orders, and sat cross-legged on the couch with his chin propped on his hands: "Let that barbarian come in."

The Turkic man had been staying outside the Changsheng camp for seven days, and finally he was received by the Changsheng. As soon as he entered the door, he fell to his knees and said, "I pay my respects to the great general of the Sui Kingdom!"

Changsheng received his great gift without moving. This guy's name is Ashina, and he used to do border trade.After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, the Northern Turks were suppressed and beaten by the Sui Dynasty's army in various ways, so they were still in awe of the Sui Dynasty's frontier army.

Because of the tense border situation, people who do bilateral trade have suffered.Not only is it difficult to buy the materials needed in the north from there, but it is even more difficult to sell the goods in the north that are hoarded in their own hands.

Ashina, who refused to go back to herd sheep or join the king's army, heard that there was a general in the south who wanted to sell a lot of iron, so he gritted his teeth and came to him, hoping to do business with the general directly.

Unexpectedly, he first hit a wall with Chen Ping, and then suffered from other frontier soldiers. He almost died, and found this place after tossing and turning.

"I will provide you with a letter from the general to prove that you are transporting supplies for the Longevity Battalion..."

To return to Turkic territory, Ashina had to go through the blockades and strongholds at various borders, and having the letter from Changsheng could guarantee him a smooth journey and avoid a lot of deductions.

"This is Xu Liang, the general under my command. He will go back to Turkic with you..."

Action at this time is undoubtedly risky, but Changsheng had to bear this risk, so she sent the most honest and prudent Xu Liang, in case he accidentally fell into the enemy's hands, he would survive as peacefully as possible.

"Work hard, I will do all the business on this line for you in the future!"

Immediately afterwards, Changsheng threw out an even bigger carrot: "If the trade between the two sides goes smoothly, this general will help you become a little khan in Turkic, and it is not a bad idea."

Ashina was stunned by the successive carrots, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you, General, the villain will swear allegiance to the General to the death, and he will be smashed to pieces!"

Changsheng smiled: "You use this idiom quite well."

With the support of the frontier army of the Sui Dynasty, he can freely travel between the two sides, and the money is unlimited.

And if he can become the Khan of a small tribe, he will really be the No. [-] person on the grassland. With the support of the Sui army behind him, he can walk sideways on the grassland.

Ashina, who was moved by the pain and weeping, lay on the ground for a long time and did not get up. Changsheng looked at him, as if he was insulted by the nomads.

I want you all to surrender at the feet of the Chinese nation!

(End of this chapter)