"Khan of Persia" "Ashina Wenyuan" "Whew" Li Chao looked at this inexplicable and ridiculous letter, and couldn't help laughing.
Tongye Hu Khan is really a funny person, Li Shimin rebelled against Ashina Simo, and gave the king of Heshun County the surname Li.
As a result, Tong Yehu also came to such a set, and directly selected Li Chao to win over, which was quite generous, and directly sealed a little khan, and also gave a surname.
But Li Chao only thought it was ridiculous, and Dong Shi just followed suit.
"Xiangguo, where is this Persia" Erniu asked Li Chao.
"Persia, we are still very far away, in the far west, we can go to Persia through the Silk Road, from the Hexi Corridor through the Western Regions through the Tianshan Mountains, or by sea, from the southeast coast by boat, through the South China Sea, across the Tianzhu Sea, and then to the Persian Gulf to Persia, in short, it is very far."
"Persia is so far away, is this country big?"
Li Chao thought about it, and a lot of information about Persia appeared in his mind.
Well, Persia at this time was the Sassanid Empire after the once powerful Sabbath Empire.
The Persians at this time themselves were called Elam, or Elamshahr, and the Persian word refers to the Aryan Empire.
By this time, the Sassanid Empire was already at sunset, but it was a great empire that had coexisted with the Roman Empire for more than 400 years.
Its territories included Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, the Caucasus, southwestern Central Asia, parts of Turkey, parts of the Arabian Peninsula coast, the Persian Gulf, southwestern Pakistan, and even India.
At this time, the territory controlled by the Sassanid Empire was even larger than that of the Tang Dynasty, with a population of nearly 20 million.
However, the empire of more than 400 years is already very weak by now.
In the early years, Persia and the Western Turks joined forces to destroy a great power in Afghanistan and partition the country.
However, the Western Turks were on the rise, and the Turks later joined forces with Byzantium, that is, the Eastern Roman Empire, to send troops to Persia, and defeated Persia several times.
The young and strong wolf of the Western Turks defeated the old lion of the Persian Sassanid, and even later the Western Turkic wolf even beat the Eastern Roman eagle together, and became a powerful existence in the Western Regions.
Although Datou was defeated in the Central Plains and Sui for power, the Western Turks suffered a great loss of strength, but through the efforts of the two brothers, Shekui and Tong Yehu, the Western Turks regained the upper hand over the Persian Sassanids and the Byzantine Eastern Rome.
The Western Turks had already occupied all the land of Bada that had been destroyed with Persia.
At that time, the two countries formed an alliance to deal with the Hinda together, and they also married each other for this purpose, but after the destruction of the Hatda, the Persians poisoned the Turkic Sogdian merchant group, which led to the breakdown of the alliance between the two countries.
Originally, he was preparing to plan a third full-scale attack on Persia and join forces with Byzantium to destroy Persia, but because of the internal strife of the Eastern Turks, he changed his strategy and moved eastward.
But in his heart, Tong Yehu still planned to defeat the Tang Dynasty first, and then go back to fight Persia with Byzantium.
The plan of Tongye Hu is very good, Li Chao of the Central Plains is so strong, then give Li Chao the title of Persian Khan, and then transfer Li Chao to the Western Regions, borrow Li Chao's ability to help him conquer Persia, and he sent people to attack the Central Plains.
A Persian Khan, Tong Ye is not stingy, anyway, the territory of Persia is so big, it has not yet been defeated, how big Li Chao, the Persian Khan, can be, it all depends on his own ability.
Li Chao knew the situation in Persia very well, and knew that this great empire with a history of more than 400 years had suffered a great loss in strength in wars with Rome, especially after being hostile to the Turks, and was even more miserable by the Turkish alliance.
Under normal circumstances, the Arab Empire would be established soon, and at that time, the Arabs would sweep through the Middle East, invade Persia, and destroy Persia.
Persian Sassanid, Eastern Roman Byzantium, and Western Turks, these three powers compete for hegemony in the Western Regions, but the future hegemon does not belong to any of the three countries, and the real hegemon will be the Arab Empire.
In eight years, the Arab Empire was established, known in Chinese history books as the Great Eclipse, and in the Western countries as the Saracen Empire, which would last for more than 600 years until the Mongol expedition to the west broke through the capital Baghdad.
In just a few years, the Arabs will be swept across the Middle East and finally across Asia, Africa and Europe.
Neither Byzantium, nor Persian, nor Turkic, nor the Tang Dynasty would be an opponent of this emerging empire.
Li Chao was disdainful of the ambitions revealed by Tong Yehu.
Although the Western Turks are no longer the same as the trend of history, they have moved eastward and taken the opportunity to unify the steppe, but even so, it is a fool's dream that Tongye Hu wants to conquer Persia.
The weakened Persian Sassanid would be the spoils of war for the Arabs.
Li Chao was not interested in becoming a Persian khan, there would be no place for him there, and he didn't want to go.
The Sassanid Empire of Persia, which is more than 5 million square kilometers, is not as good as the Urat steppe that Li Shimin allocated to Li Chao.
Although it is only 300 miles, it is still a grassland outside the Yin Mountain, but this is really visible, no farther than the Persian sky, and the Arabs.
Besides, Li Chao is not Li Simo, why should he betray his own race and betray his country.
No matter how good the conditions of the Turks are, even if Tong Ye protects Li Chao as the emperor of the Central Plains, Li Chao will not accept it.
He is not Shi Jingtang, and he has no interest in being the emperor.
"Haven't most of the Tongye Protector been over Yin Mountain?"
Li Chao asked Zhang Zhongjian.
The bearded guest smiled slightly, and motioned to his protégé Ke Qing to explain the situation to Li Chao.
"Back to Xiangguo, Tong Ye Hu has been camping in the north of Daqing Mountain, during this time, every day there to meet the leaders of the grassland tribes who rushed over, and even the envoys of Goguryeo and Baekje, Silla, and Dongying also came.
At present, there are more than 200,000 horses at the foot of Daqing Mountain, more than 100,000 horses in Yanshan and Yinshan Pass in the east, and almost 100,000 horses at the foot of Yinshan Mountain in the west. ” Li Chao's brows couldn't help frowning.
"Coupled with the 100,000 horses that Tuli has already gone south, wouldn't it be that there are 500,000 Tongye Hu, where are so many people?"
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Zhang Zhongjian personally ran for Li Chao in the grassland this time, and he knew the truth very well, and said, "In fact, although the Turks are numerous, they are not all warriors.
Although many tribes came to help, they brought their families with them, including men, women, and children.
There are also many tribes, in addition to warriors, there are also many servants who fight grass valleys. ” The nomads of the steppes fought wars, and unlike the people of the Central Plains, they did not have any professional standing army, and almost all of them were soldiers.
In peacetime, they are herdsmen, and when they send troops to fight and plunder, they call herdsmen to fight.
Depending on the scale of the war, soldiers are recruited.
In the case of a general war, only a small number of young men are recruited.
If the war is bigger, it may be possible to point two soldiers in one account.
In the event of a larger-scale war, the warriors were all ordered, and then each warrior could bring his own father or son with him, and even his own slaves, who were their attendants, who were responsible for helping them to fight the grass valley, watch the horses and guard the camp, or transport the booty.
Therefore, although there are no less than 500,000 people in the current Ye Protector, it is not really an army of 500,000, so there is no need to be so surprised.
"Excluding the headquarters of the Turks going south, it is estimated that there are at least 200,000 Turkic soldiers and horses in the three large battalions under the Yin Mountain."
Li Chao judged that 200,000 soldiers and horses, plus Hu Cong, etc., 400,000 people, is a lot of numbers.
"Looking at the arrangement of Tong Yehu, it seems that he intends to cross Yin Mountain from three directions at the same time.
The middle road was led by himself, and it seemed that he was preparing to follow the road to the south of Tuli, cross the white road, and enter the Qiantao Plain.
The road to the west may be to enter the Houtao Plain.
The road to the east is very likely to break through to Daibei, or directly attack Hebei. ” Tong Yehu also knows that his advantage is that he has a large number of soldiers, so he wants to give full play to his advantages, divide his troops into multiple routes, and attack Hetao and Daibei at the same time, and after they seize these areas, they will press to the line of the Great Wall, and then they will break through and enter Hedong, Hebei, Shuofang, and Guanzhong.
There is nothing wrong with the strategic plan of Tongye Protection.
There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers, if they are not used in this way, it is a waste, and if they are piled together to attack in one direction, then they will not be able to give full play to the advantage of troops.
"Where is Li Jing's department now?"
Li Chao asked a question that he had been paying attention to.
"When I went south, the pharmacist had already withdrawn into Mayi City on the north bank of the Sanggan River."
Zhang Zhongjian said, "The pharmacist asked me to explain to you for him, he understands Xiangguo's deployment, but he can't withdraw to Yanmen right away.
He will beat Tuli again in Mayi, he said that he will withdraw to Yanmen, but now is not the time, he also told Xiangguo not to worry, he will hold the line of the Great Wall of Yanmen in Daizhou, and never let a Turkic wolf cub cross the Great Wall" Zhang Zhongjian and Li Jing are sworn brothers, and he is a little worried about his brother, for fear that Li Chao, a young commander, will be dealt with by Li Jing's military law in anger.
Against all odds.
After Li Chao heard this, his reaction was very calm.
It seems that he had expected Li Jing to say this.
"What is the current situation on General Li Jing's side, are the troops enough, are the food and grass equipment sufficient, but the city defense pass has been strengthened, is there anything else that needs my support and help?"
Zhang Zhongjian secretly said that Li Chao really took the overall situation into account, and did not trouble Li Jing at this time, but thought about how to do things well.
"The pharmacist's side has always been prepared, so he is well prepared at the moment.
He was worried that when the Turks fell, they would divide their troops and attack Hetao or Hebei, and if the east and west flanks were broken through, then even if he held Yanmen, it would be useless. ” "There is General Li Jing in Hedong, and General Li Ji in Hebei.
The Hetao can't be defended here, but we are guarding the Shuo side, there are Cheng Yanjin, Guo Xiaoke, Wei Chigong and Qin Shubao, and the eldest grandson Xiangguo, so we don't have to worry about it. ” Li Chao said confidently.
The division of the Ye guards into multiple routes is certainly a good calculation, and it will not waste the advantage of troops.
But in this way, the strength of each side is also thinned, and the comparison of forces between the abrupt places is not so too great.
"Diversion, let's go directly to Yanmen" After thinking about it for a while, Li Chao decided to go to Shuofang without going through Guanzhong, and he planned to go directly to Hedong.
It seems that Li Jing will not easily withdraw to Yanmen for a while, so Li Chao will add an insurance and take this ten thousand elite horses to sit in Yanmen in person.
In this way, it can be regarded as a central dispatch and control the entire battle situation in Shuofang, Hedong, and Hebei. t1706231537: