Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 697 I can explain

"The eldest son marched west."

Li Shimin was not surprised at all for a moment.

He was very familiar with the Turks and knew in detail the various internal conflicts among the tribes on the grassland.

They rise and fall quickly, surrender and rebel quickly, and the only thing they rely on is weapons.

The simplest one is the Xueyantuo Kingdom.

During the Daye period, Yishibo and Qibi Geleng conspired to establish the Tiele Khanate. They were ultimately defeated and surrendered to the Western Turks, but soon rebelled again. After being defeated, they fled eastward and took refuge with Jie Li.

As a result, just one year later, Yishibo's son Yishiyinan joined forces with the Uighurs, Bayegu and others to rebel against Jie Li again, and finally sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty to ask for the title. Finally, Li Shimin thought about it and appointed him as Zhenzhu Khan and established the Xueyantuo Kingdom.

As for the Xueyantuo Kingdom... at the moment we can only see a little sign of disobedience, but according to historical records of later generations, it was eventually destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, which shows that it is probably returning to its old ways.

From this point we can see some of the customs of the grassland. I think Mongolia will not change much in five or six hundred years.

However... the eldest son was in command, the eldest sons of the kings followed the expedition, and the generals also sent their eldest sons to lead the army to participate. Moreover, it was specifically pointed out before and after that the current situation of the Slavic countries in the future was closely related to this Western Expedition. It seems...

"This eldest son will probably make great achievements in his western expedition."

However, Li Shimin's unintentional inference was heard by Li Chengqian as an undisguised praise for him, so he also promised on the spot:

"When I lead the army in the future, I will definitely not tarnish my father's reputation as General Tiance!"

This made Li Shimin laugh, and he patted his son on the shoulder:

"I'd better strengthen my body and martial arts first, and then I can shoot three stone bows!"

[Seriously speaking, the Mongol Second Westward Expedition was unremarkable, because it almost entirely occurred during the Mongol Empire's period of strong rise.

They grew up in a favorable environment and the empire had abundant resources, which was reflected in the fact that almost every leader of their troops had a veteran general by his side to guide and assist them, and the first generation of elite cavalry of Mongolia had not yet grown old.

In particular, Batu's deputy commander Subutai was a famous Mongolian general who had fought side by side with Temujin.

And what enemies are they facing?

At that time, Eastern Europe was in the post-Kievan Rus period, and the divided Russian countries had their own ulterior motives and were constantly fighting each other.

Faced with the coalition of the four princes of Mongolia, the Russian countries symbolically resisted for three years and then became obedient subjects under Mongolian rule.

As for Poland, Hungary and other countries further west in the Danube River basin, they shouted loudly, but in reality when a fight broke out it was basically a competition of who could escape faster.

The famous scholar Dosan once criticized it bluntly, saying that the European army was "composed of a small number of heavily armored knights and countless half-naked villagers, who had no knowledge of tactics, no obedience, and different commanders."

Faced with the fortresses in Europe at the time, the Mongol expeditionary force carried early artillery and various catapults, which was basically the right medicine for the disease.

Therefore, the eldest son's westward expedition can essentially be seen as a digestion and plunder of the results of Temujin's first westward expedition.

However, at the critical moment when the Mongolian princes began to plan for Western Europe, news of the death of the Mongol Khan Ogedei came from the distant East.

Therefore, the Mongolian princes had to put down all the wars at hand and return to the east collectively, some to attend funerals, some to ascend the throne. This collective trip of the younger generation came to an end.

The cause of Ogedei's death was very simple. He died of drinking too much. It is almost impossible that there was any conspiracy involved.

Due to the limitations of brewing technology, it was difficult to produce strong liquor. Therefore, few nobles and kings in the feudal era realized that alcoholism was a bad habit, but rather a virtue.

The most typical example is Cao Cao, who had the habit of composing poetry when drunk, and he even wrote them into his literary works.

Although Lao Cao had high blood pressure and drank alcohol, he lived to be 66 years old because he controlled his diet well.

But Cao Pi, who was brought up with bad habits by his father and also inherited the disease, had no such self-control. He was addicted to sugar, alcohol and fat, and died at the age of 40.

It turns out that the unusual object that defeated him was actually a cannon! It turns out that the armored soldier also got his inspiration from this!

Liu Xuande even disdained to use that powerful trebuchet!

Cao Cao roared silently in his heart. On the screen, he saw with his own eyes the scene of the battle between the elite Mongolian cavalry and the European armored knights.

The most conspicuous ones are naturally the heavily armored knights, but as the light curtain said, there are quite few such knights, and the poor people under their command who have nothing are extremely incompatible with the iron armor.

In contrast, although the Mongolian cavalry, holding small square shields and wearing leather armor, had far less defensive power, they rode their horses freely, and each of them carried a bow, knife, hand axe, spear, and rope buckle, so they easily defeated the poor people, and then used their numbers to kill the heavy-armored men.

In Cao Cao's eyes, these elite Mongolian cavalry even had a unique beauty, truly interpreting what war is.

And think about the news sent back from the front, saying that the city defended by Xu Huang was broken, and then he was defeated by the armored soldiers in the fierce battle. It is likely that he was first bombarded and then surrounded by Liu Xuande's heavy armored infantry, and finally was defeated.

Such a battle situation is almost equivalent to combining the advantages of both sides on this light curtain into one, no wonder...

Before Cao Cao could finish his sigh, he suddenly heard his own name.

He looked at Liu Bei, the handsome strategist who had drawn the set of iron armor in a moment and was talking to Xuande.

Then... Cao Cao looked at Zhang Fei beside him, not wanting to ask, but Zhang Fei seemed to understand what he meant and spoke impatiently:
"That means death."

Dead? Cao Cao repeated it in his mind, and then he was extremely puzzled, muttering:

"My son died suddenly when he was only forty?"

"My disease can actually be passed on to..."

Zhang Fei nodded, thought for a moment and tried to comfort him:
"Cao Pi died early because he couldn't control his mouth, but I remember Cao Zhi lived for a long time, but he was almost killed by Cao Pi."

"Brothers fighting..."

Cao Cao shook his head repeatedly, finding it hard to accept, but then he remembered:

"So, what you just said about my grandson dying early, my great-grandson..."

"It's all true." Zhang Fei nodded and blinked sincerely:

"Why would I lie to you about this?"

Cao Cao suddenly felt that everything in front of his eyes was almost dark.

[Later, it was no secret that the Tang Dynasty loved wine. After all, Li Bai, the benchmark of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, was known as "the one who drinks a hundred poems". It was also during this period that wine began to enter the Central Plains and became the favorite of the powerful. The fact that Erfeng, a patient with hypertension, only lived to his fifties might have something to do with the introduction of wine.

Similarly, Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi, who loved to enjoy life, left many records of drinking, and alcohol must have had a worsening effect on his illness.

"father!"

Li Chengqian looked at his father immediately.

To him, his invincible father was like a high wall, but this wall did not live long enough to reach sixty years?
But before I could finish feeling sad, I heard Li Zhi's name and the prefix of Gaozong, and then...

"father?"

The same name is used twice, but the emotions contained are completely different.

Li Shimin remained calm:
"Cheng Qian, I can explain."

　I came back late today, tomorrow's time will be the same

　　
　
(End of this chapter)