Li Chao frowned slightly.
"It's the New Year soon, and His Majesty will go to Mount Tai to seal Zen after the year, and the conquest of Liao will begin after the autumn.
The eyes of the court are all on Liaodong, but I am afraid that few people are willing to support the use of troops in the Western Regions at this time. ” Three years ago, Niu Jinda got permission from the imperial court to use troops, that was because Mo Hedu betrayed the imperial court, and the imperial court would not allow the resurgence of the Turkic Khanate, so he used troops in the Western Regions, wiped out the Turks in one fell swoop, and seized the north of the Tianshan Mountains and the west of the Green Mountains.
But this is not the same as in the past, and it is impossible for the court to attack Persia first because the Persians are likely to attack.
After all, for the Tang Dynasty, Persia is too far away.
Even Tocharo, in fact, in the eyes of many ministers of the imperial court, was just a dispensable place.
It's too far away, and it's poor.
The Tang Dynasty occupies Tocharo, but the people here are not submissive to the Tang Dynasty.
From the time of the rebellion, it was extremely expensive to maintain the situation there.
During the Sui period, Tocharian was occupied by the Nada, and later the Western Turks and Persia joined forces to destroy the Nada and divide up its lands.
Originally, the Western Turks had promised Persia that they would destroy half of the Hinda, but it didn't take long for the Western Turks to repent, and sent troops to fight with Persia, swallowing the entire Hinda alone.
The Western Turks occupied Tocharian for many years, and their rule here was fairly solid.
The Tang Dynasty destroyed the Turks and controlled Tocharo, but the control power here was not strong, one reason was that the Tang Dynasty's troops in the Western Regions were limited.
Second, there are mostly Turkic people, Tocharians and other tribes here, and there are few Han people.
Tocharo, that is, in Afghanistan in the later generations.
Now the Tang Dynasty is in the Western Regions, bounded by the Aral Sea in the far northwest, Yibohai in the north, and the Wuhu River, the largest inland river in Central Asia, in the southwest, which is the Amu Darya River in later generations, and the southeast is bounded by the Hindu Kush Mountains.
The land of Tocharian is a protrusion, with Persia to the west and Tianzhu to the east.
"Old Niu, how far is it from Gaochang to the border of Tocharian Pos," Cheng Yanjin had no idea what the place names were, and asked directly.
"Six thousand miles."
Li Chao answered directly for Niu Jinda.
However, considering that the road is not smooth, and sometimes it has to be detoured, it is actually not an exaggeration to say that it is 7,000 miles.
Li Chao knew how big the entire Tocharian region was taken over by the Tang Dynasty from the Western Turks three years ago.
In fact, the equivalent of the whole of Afghanistan in later generations.
In fact, from the southernmost point of Tocharo, which is now controlled by the Tang Dynasty, to the Persian Gulf, it is only more than 1,000 miles.
"Six thousand miles" Lao Cheng shouted, this distance is really amazing.
"How far is it from Gaochang to Chang'an?"
"Four thousand miles."
Lao Niu replied helplessly.
He also knew, too far away.
It is 6,000 miles from the southern tip of Tochar to Gaochang, and 5,000 miles from Gaochang to Hanjing.
This means that from Hanjing to the southern tip of Tocharo, it is a full 11,000 miles.
What a real thousand miles.
If you transfer a group of soldiers and horses from Hanjing and go to the Persian capital of Tocharonan, you will have to travel for three months and half a year to supply grain and grass Cheng Yanjin said unceremoniously, "How can the imperial court pay attention to such a far piece of land, and take the initiative to attack Persia first."
Old Niu, why have you been in the Western Regions for a few years, and people have become stupid. ” "Actually, it's not far away."
When Lao Niu spoke, he didn't have much confidence, "From Hanjing to Beihai on the northern grassland, there are also five thousand miles. ” Li Chao smiled, "That's different."
From Hanjing to Beihai, there are indeed 5,000 miles, but from Daibei to Beihai, it is only more than 2,000 miles.
Moreover, whether it is marching or supplying on the steppe, it is still somewhat secure, much stronger than Tocharopos. ” Besides, even if Datang fought against the Turks before, he didn't have to fight all the way to Beihai.
Even if it is attacked to Mobei, it will be more than a thousand miles.
Luo Shixin asked, "Is this Tocharian now Turkic or Hata or Tocharian?"
Although the people here are either county kings or princes, but when it comes to this, few people know about it, and everyone is a bit of a big boss.
So they all looked at Li Chao one by one.
"Speaking of this disgust, in fact, it is interesting after all, they used to be nomads on the northern grasslands, originally lived in the Jinshan area, and belonged to Rouran.
The Romans mistook them for the White Huns, and then moved west about 200 years ago, conquering many parts of the northern Tien Shan Mountains and the western part of the Green Mountains, conquering Tocharian and northwestern India, and even once defeated the Persians, killing their emperor, and becoming a fairly formidable barbarian. ” "So powerful" Cheng Yanjin was surprised.
"Well, many nomadic tribes in history who were defeated by our Central Plains Dynasty finally chose to move west.
They were beaten by the Central Plains Dynasty and fled, but when they went to the West, they often beat the local tribes and states to the ground.
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For example, the Huns, who were defeated by the Han Dynasty, and even the Rouran people, as well as the original Turkic people. ” "Although the Hinda people were strong and killed the Persian emperor, Persia later joined forces with the Western Turks and directly destroyed the Hinda.
Persia and the Western Turks divided their territories with the Wuhu River as the boundary, and Tocharian was assigned to Persia, and later the Western Turks turned around and took Tocharian away. ” "Are the Western Turks so powerful?"
"Of course, although the Western Turks could only be regarded as partial to the Western Regions during the Sui Dynasty, they went east several times to compete for power, but they were all beaten into fools, but they were still very powerful in the west.
The two strongest countries in the West, Persia and Rome, were two sworn enemies who fought the 400-year war, but both suffered at the hands of the Western Turks. ” "The Western Turks went crazy and even fought with Persia and Rome."
There are also many small countries in the west of the Green Ridge, such as Humi, Hushiqian, Zhengbin, Fanyan, Khatarozhi, Gulu, etc., these small countries have also been swept away by Lao Niu, and now many states and counties have been established there.
Speaking of which, now Lao Niu, the capital of Anxi, controls an astonishingly large territory.
The Tianshan Mountains are north and south, the green mountains are east and west, the west is led by Persia, and the south is bordered by Tianzhu.
Six thousand miles from east to west, five thousand miles from north to south.
Even in the remote places of the Western Regions, it is scary enough.
And with such a large territory, there are only 30,000 Tang troops in total.
It is no wonder that every time Lao Niu enters the Beijing Dynasty, he moves around, shouting that he wants to send more soldiers and horses, immigrate, and pay for the military.
Indeed, in such a large place, there are only 30,000 horses.
Now Lao Niu actually mainly controls the area south of the Tianshan Mountains, and it has not been long for soldiers and horses to be stationed in the north of the Tianshan Mountains and the west of the Green Mountains, saying that they are garrisons, let alone some sentinel scouts.
In the Tocharian region, there are even fewer of them.
Li Chao couldn't help but shake his head, it was indeed too far away.
And the traffic is extremely inconvenient, if it is close to the Central Plains, then of course Tocharian will not give up, and even Li Chao will take the initiative to plan to fight further south and directly open up the sea.
Direct access to the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and access to the Indian Ocean.
But in this day and age, distance is really the worst enemy.
Datang simply could not support such a long-distance war.
But to give up Tocharo, Li Chao also felt very pity.
If you give it up now, it will be difficult to get it back in the future.
"I have a suggestion, I can suggest that Your Majesty use these territories in the north of the Tianshan Mountains and the west of the Green Mountains to divide the heroes."
After the feudal is divided into princes, then the court and the princes work together, which is definitely stronger than the court operating alone.
"Thousands of miles away in a wild land, who wants" Cheng Biting Jin said disdainfully.
Indeed, it is too far away, and such a land is more like exile than a feud.
No matter how far away the exile is, it is not so far.
"Don't give it away for nothing."
Luo Shixin also said.
Li Chao's eyes lit up, "Don't you really want to give it away for nothing?"
"It's really a free gift."
"Well, for free, someone is willing.
The imperial court can confer knighthoods on the second sons and concubines of the nobles who do not have a lord, and seal the past. ” "What's in it for the imperial court?"
"Thank you."
Li Chao said with a smile.
Rather than giving up in vain, it is better to generously reward the son of the hero.
You can even seal Li Shentong and other clans as well, so it's better than throwing them away for nothing.
Cheng Yanjin sat there and really thought about it seriously, "If it's for nothing, I think you can give it a try."
I have a bunch of cubs, and it is impossible for them to come out in the future, if Your Majesty gives me one or two territories for nothing, I am willing to send a few cubs over to try.
If I can stand on my feet, my old Cheng family will also successfully branch out. ” "But it's not easy to get a foothold over there."
Niu Jinda Road.
"I'll give you another idea."
Li Chao said with a smile, "If the imperial court really gives away a territory for nothing, then after it passes, you can recruit knights." ” "What is Recruiting Knights?"
"You know the knightly training I practiced in Zhao Guoling."
"I know, three years ago, His Majesty specially approved it, and I heard that I started training when I was young, and I had to go through fourteen years of training to become a knight."
"Not only fourteen years of training, but also the lucky guy who has passed fourteen exams and has not been eliminated can become a knight."
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Li Chao explained.
Then he told them that if they got a fief for free, then they could recruit knights in the territory.
Of course, instead of recruiting those seven-year-old knight squires, but directly recruiting some rich merchants and landlords, as long as they are willing to go to the fief and settle down, then the lord will grant them the title of a territorial knight, and then divide a piece of land to them as their estate.
The duty of these knights is to protect the lord and guard the territory.
Anyway, the place over there is very big, and becoming a lord knight can be regarded as a small lord.
For some businessmen and landlords who have money but little status, it may be tempting.
In other words, landlords and merchants can also recruit the lord's knights by their second sons, concubines, etc., who cannot inherit the family business.
As long as these people can bring a certain number of people, whether they are slaves or family members, then it will be fine.
Qin Qiong, Cheng Biting Jin, Niu Jinda and a group of princes were all stunned by Li Chao's idea.
The court gave the land for nothing, and then the lord gave the land to the knights of the territory for nothing It sounds complicated, but it seems to be really powerful t1706231537: