Section 224: The Turks March (14)
Since Liu Shan returned to the early Tang Dynasty, and at this time Liu Shan had the ability to change history, or Liu Shan had already mastered the power to change history. At this time, Liu Shan naturally thought of the tragic and arduous years of the 19th and 20th centuries, and the history of being bullied by the great powers.
These history are something that cannot be forgotten from Liu Shan’s memory, especially Liu Shan studied archaeology, and those who studied archaeology have instinctive persistence or paranoidness about history.
Liu Shan didn't know whether he did it right or wrong, nor did he know if what he did could really change the world pattern after the 18th century. But when Liu Shan thought of that period of history, he had the idea of changing the pattern of the early Tang Dynasty. Or directly, he wanted to have a global transformation together in the early Tang Dynasty. Together transformation naturally included all continents or continents. Naturally, Europe, as the origin of mankind and the development of civilization, naturally caught Liu Shan's eye.
Liu Shan hadn't thought of that place at first. But after the Turkic civil strife, Liu Shan had enough power to take advantage of the Turkic civil strife to completely end the Turkic division. After mastering the Liangzhou Army, Hebei Army and the 100,000 Turkic Army belonging to Princess Yicheng, Liu Shan took over the Turkic land. Then, the next goal must be the Western Regions, which was originally the goal that Princess Yicheng began to set for Liu Shan.
Holding Hebei, unifying the Turks, the soldiers stormed the Western Regions, and the sword was aimed at Tianshan. Liu Shan had already controlled Hebei. After the Turkic civil strife, the second step could be achieved soon. As for the soldiers storming the Western Regions, after the Liangzhou Army, Hebei Army, and Turkic Army, this step has actually been achieved. The Western Region countries are all small countries. As long as you have enough power, controlling that area is actually simple.
The last step is to point the sword to Tianshan Mountain, but Princess Yicheng would not have thought that what she said was to point the sword to Tianshan Mountain and Liushan was thinking differently. Liushan's sword to Tianshan Mountain naturally pointed to the sword to the continent, that is, all areas west of Tianshan Mountain.
In fact, there is no way to go like this last step. After the Battle of the Central Plains, Li Tang had already gained a foothold in the Central Plains. After the two major separatist kings and kings of Zheng and Xia, the land of China actually belonged to the Li family. Although there were many separatist forces in the south and some marginal areas, these were no longer enough to constitute an obstacle to the Li Tang unification of the world. It can be said that it was only a matter of time for Li Tang to unify the world.
Originally, Liu Shan had already become the largest separatist force except Li Tang, but Liu Shan had no idea of fighting with Li Tang. For Liu Shan, the early reunification of China has always been his greatest ideal. He could not bear to watch the people of the world suffer and suffer. The right way was to unify as soon as possible. Moreover, Liu Shan also knew that after unifying the world, Li Tang would also be very good at governing the world.
This is why Liu Shan accepted the original intention of Li Tang to give him the King of Han, which was to try to avoid being hostile to Li Tang. But Liu Shan knew that if he had such a huge armed force, he would sooner or later go against Li Tang. This is something that Liu Shan had to avoid anyway. He didn't want the Chinese family to beat his own people. If he really fought with Li Tang, the blood of Yanhuang would be shed. Fighting in the nest may be very common for many people, but Liu Shan is definitely not the kind of person who fights in the nest.
Since the battlefield cannot be in China, I cannot fight against Li Tang. Then, if I want to maintain my armed forces, I naturally have to choose other battlefields, so the Turks are undoubtedly the best choice. After the Turks, it will naturally be the Western Regions. After the Western Regions are over, Liu Shan will naturally advance into the continent. Only in this way can Liu Shan avoid confronting Li Tang's military front.
Moreover, no matter what, Liu Shan was the King of Han conferred by Li Tang. At that time, as long as Liu Shan's army avoids conflicts with Li Tang, the land captured by Liu Shan will nominally be the land of Li Tang. As the fief of the King of Han of the Tang Dynasty, in name, Li Tang will be the one who unifies the world at that time.
The thoughts in his mind were instantly understood. When facing King Xia, Liu Shan naturally could not say that Europe's military strength was not worth mentioning at this time. Liu Shan understood that no matter where or where, he could not develop a kind of thought of underestimating the enemy in the army. Moreover, the European military strength was not as good as the 178th century. In fact, the European continent's military strength was quite powerful in the early Tang Dynasty. Moreover, when the army arrived and fought in foreign countries, the difficulties encountered would definitely follow. At this time, it would rather make the difficulties bigger than the idea of underestimating the enemy.
"Brother, let's not talk about this here for now. What is imminent is the war here in the Turks." Liu Shan said to King Xia, and King Xia couldn't help but nod. Indeed, the matter here in the Turks had not yet settled, so it was indeed too early to discuss things far west of the Western Regions.
"Brother, you defeated the Turks in Liangzhou. This time, the Turkic civil strife, I believe you can continue to defeat the two forces of the East and West Turks." Listening to King Xia's words, Liu Shan heard that King Xia was optimistic about a bright future. But Liu Shan would not be as optimistic as King Xia's war here. Under the city of Liangzhou, he did win. But that was because he used gunpowder and hot air balloons, which was not of this era, and his victory was inseparable from the Turks' carelessness and underestimation of the enemy.
However, it is no secret that both gunpowder and hot air balloons are now, and if you use it again, the effect will definitely not be better for the first time. Moreover, when fighting the Turks, it is impossible to occupy it on your own territory like Liangzhou, with the right time, place and people, and then on other people's land, these will be occupied by others.
The only thing Liu Shan is glad that the Turks are causing civil strife on their own. Liu Shan only hopes that the more fierce the East and West Turks will be, the better, and it is best to suffer both losses, so that they will have a greater chance of winning.
"What's more, brothers have good things like crossbows. According to my elder brother, this kind of thing is the best to deal with grassland cavalry. As long as there are enough numbers, the cavalry will die as much as they come." King Xia said, as if he had seen the scene of the crossbows of Liangzhou, the grassland cavalry died like lodged wheat under the crossbows of Liangzhou. Although he has always been sanctioned by the Turks, King Xia cannot be the kind of person who is really willing to surrender to the Turks. He also has an instinctive disgust for foreign tribes, and it is actually a temporary measure to surrender, just like the separatist forces in the north at the end of the Sui Dynasty actually surrendered to the Turks, and even Li Tang was no exception.
King Xia said, laughing loudly, as if victory was only a matter of time. Liu Shan smiled helplessly when he heard King Xia's laughter.
I still have crossbows, but I can only have one, no matter how many of them, it is impossible to have such a precise crossbow machine. It is simply impossible to equip the army with such a precise crossbow machine.
Noting Liu Shan's wry smile, King Xia looked at Liu Shan in confusion.
Chapter completed!