Chapter 222 Li Shimin: The Tang Dynasty Has Lost Its Reputation

In fact, Li Longji is not stupid.

Naturally, he knew that the Jiedushi on the border was too powerful.

All along, the Jiedushi have been checking and balancing each other.

However, Li Longji had sufficient confidence in his own control and did not have too many doubts about An Lushan's loyalty.

Li Longji fell into an emotion that he pretended not to see.

but now.

This kind of emotion that you pretend not to see.

Ruthlessly exposed by the sky!

With Li Longji's political level, how could he not know how terrifying An Lushan's power was?
Don't be afraid of knowing that someone is going to rebel.

I’m afraid that I’ll find out someone is rebelling, but I can’t do anything about it!

Li Longji counted with his fingers, feeling as if he was sifting through chaff.

"An Lushan! An Lushan!"

"This bandit's army has at least over 200,000 soldiers!"

"Too much! How could I give him so much power!"

"And they are all veterans who have fought in the border areas for a long time!"

"After removing An Lushan, the remaining troops under the control of the Tang Dynasty are about 400,000."

“But it is impossible to bring back all the troops on the border.”

"The central army that can be mobilized at the first opportunity, and the Jiedushi troops in close proximity."

"Maybe only two hundred thousand at most, but in terms of quality..."

Li Longji didn't want to admit it.

I want to continue deceiving myself.

But now Li Longji has to admit it.

The Tang Dynasty's central army, which had enjoyed peace for a long time, could not be a match for the border veterans under An Lushan in terms of actual combat capability.

That is to say, at this moment.

The military force that the Tang government can control is not even as strong as that of An Lushan, a single military governor!

"Once An Lushan starts a rebellion... the entire Hebei region will be destroyed in an instant!"

"And Hebei..."

The more Li Longji thought about it, the more horrified he felt!
Because Li Longji knew very well that the prosperity of Guanzhong in the Tang Dynasty could not be separated from the suppression of Hebei.

The Hebei region has always been dissatisfied with the ruling system of the Guanlong nobles of the Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, the area has long been a mixture of Hu and Han people, and the people are brave and tough.

In addition, he may be dissatisfied with the court.

What if An Lushan really started a rebellion?

So, are the people of Hebei with the Tang government or with An Lushan?
But it’s really a different story!

……

Tianmu continued his story amid Li Longji's fear.

Li Longji really didn't want to look at the sky.

I really don't want to read those stories about the An-Shi Rebellion.

But I had to try my best to watch the sky screen seriously.

Afraid of missing any useful information.

Just like now.

The focus of the story on the sky curtain is on Guo Ziyi.

Li Longji took note of it and realized that this was definitely a loyal governor.

Then Li Longji also noticed it at the same time.

The emperor mentioned on the sky curtain.

It turned out that it was not him, but Li Heng!

"Could it be that the world was at peace during my reign?"

"A hundred years after me, Crown Prince Li Heng will succeed to the throne."

"He messed around and ruined the great Tang Dynasty, and forced An Lushan, who originally had no intention of rebelling, to rebel?"

Li Longji was surprised to find out.

I actually felt a sense of relief in my heart.

I really hope that the facts are really as I guessed.

It's not your own problem.

But Crown Prince Li Heng is too useless!
【After Guo Ziyi failed twice to recapture Chang'an, he concluded that the biggest problem was. 】

[The An Lushan rebels have a powerful cavalry unit. ]

[This Youzhou cavalry, which had been famous since the reign of Liu Xiu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, arrived in the Tang Dynasty and was trained by An Lushan into the powerful Fanyang Iron Cavalry! ]

[Invincible in field battles, almost unstoppable. ]

[Guo Ziyi also suffered a lot at the hands of the Fanyang cavalry. ]

【So Guo Ziyi reported this to Emperor Li Heng. 】

[Request the emperor to send him a cavalry unit for support. ]

[This cavalry unit is the Uighur tribal cavalry that replaced the Turks and became the new generation of grassland overlords! ]

[The Huihe tribe was originally a younger brother of the Turkic tribe and had maintained friendly relations with the Tang Dynasty for a long time. ]

[In many of the Tang Dynasty's foreign wars, they sent troops to cooperate with the Tang Dynasty. ]

[Later, he cooperated with the Tang Dynasty to conquer the Turkic Khanate, and accepted the title conferred by the Tang Emperor, becoming the grassland overlord recognized by the Tang Dynasty.]

[The Huihe are loyal brothers of the Tang Dynasty and powerful fighters.]

[After the An-Shi Rebellion broke out, the Huihe tribe also took the initiative to submit petitions many times. ]

[Expressed willingness to send troops to assist the Tang Dynasty in suppressing the rebellion. ]

[At that time, Li Heng, who had just ascended the throne, was in urgent need of political capital and military power. ]

【We also need the help of the Huihe. 】

[When Li Heng first ascended the throne, he encountered a rebellion led by Ashina Congli, a remnant of the Turkic tribe.]

【Based on the military strength that Li Heng had at the time. 】

[It is impossible to quickly quell this rebellion of the remaining Turks. ]

[Even I am in danger.]

[After borrowing the troops from the Uighurs, he sent them to Guo Ziyi.]

【The rebellion of Ashina Congli was quickly suppressed. 】

[And now, Li Heng urgently needs to recapture Chang'an and accumulate political capital. ]

[Guo Ziyi recovered Chang'an, but also suffered a series of defeats due to the rebels' Fanyang cavalry.]

[Guo Ziyi and Li Heng had the same idea about borrowing troops from the Huihe.]

[It is not a problem to ask the Huihe to send troops. 】

【But mercenaries have a price. 】

[However, although the Huihe people and the Tang Dynasty have always been relatively friendly, they were willing to contribute troops and manpower in the process of quelling the Anshi Rebellion. ]

【But they can't come here for nothing. 】

[At this time, Li Heng did not have any reward that he could give away. ]

[So he made a promise to the Uighurs.]

[The Huihe sent troops to help recapture Chang'an.]

[Once Chang'an was recovered, the land and men would belong to the Tang Dynasty, while the wealth and women in the city would all belong to the Huihe.] [In other words, the Tang Dynasty government issued an official plundering license to the Huihe, a foreign grassland force!]

[Allow them to legally plunder the capital of the Tang Empire after retaking Chang'an.]

[In order to quell the rebellion, Li Heng offered a very sincere bargaining chip. ]

[And the Huihe people agreed as expected. ]

[Send four thousand elite cavalry to help...]

……

Seeing this humiliating scene, the barrage on the sky also erupted at this moment.

《Shame! Shame! Shame!》

"Ah, is it really possible to do this just to borrow soldiers?"

"Chang'an People: Amenos!"

"The great and majestic Tang Dynasty, where all nations came to pay tribute, actually sold its capital for a few thousand cavalrymen?"

"They don't care about their face anymore! The Tang Dynasty doesn't care about its face anymore!"

"How desperate were the people of Chang'an?"

"After much difficulty, the champion recaptured Chang'an, but the result was legal looting."

"Chang'an was lucky enough to escape the disaster in the end."

"The people of Luoyang are the ones who are really screwed."

"Li Heng and Li Longji are two damn bastards."

"Can the micromanagement of these two fathers be regarded as changing the history of China and the destiny of the entire Chinese nation?"

"Tang Chui comes out and takes a few steps!"

"In the eyes of those feudal rulers, the people are insignificant consumables. As long as they can recapture Chang'an and consolidate the legitimacy of their own emperorship, nothing else matters."

"Li Shimin was so angry after reading this! "

And the early Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin was completely furious at this time.

I was almost mad to death!
If we look at the later Tang emperors at the beginning, we will find that they couldn’t even defend their capital.

Li Shimin's anger was mainly due to his lack of fighting spirit.

But during the decline of the dynasty, it was understandable that the capital could not be defended.

but now.

Li Shimin’s anger was almost out of control!

"This Li Heng! Is he worthy of being the emperor of the Tang Dynasty?"

"It's so shameless!"

"It's fine for the emperor of the Tang Dynasty to borrow troops from a foreign race."

"And the price of borrowing troops is actually permission to legally plunder the capital of the Tang Dynasty?"

"Shame! Shame!"

"It's even more humiliating than the fall of the capital and being plundered by the enemy!"

"Is the An-Shi Rebellion so terrible? Did it make the emperors of the Tang Dynasty lose face?"

In an instant, Li Shimin threw out all his decades of cultivation and started to speak wildly.

Wei Zheng, Yuchi Gong and others standing by heard Li Shimin speaking more and more fluently.

I was also sweating coldly.

Before, we only knew that this emperor was invincible in governing the country and fighting wars.

I didn't expect the technique to be so good at criticizing people.

It's also quite amazing.

And in the Qin Dynasty.

Ying Zheng saw the outrageous actions of the Tang Dynasty government in later generations.

He also showed a disdainful expression and snorted coldly:
"Hahaha, is this the giant Tang that Tianmu boasted about before?"

"This powerful Tang Dynasty is truly extraordinary."

"I have to say, I admire you very much."

I've seen too much sky.

Ying Zheng even learned some weird skills.

However, Ying Zheng's joy was only short-lived.

Seeing the Qin people suffer, Ying Zheng felt a little sad.

"It is indeed pleasing to see those pseudo-regimes in later generations being humiliated and embarrassed."

"But Chang'an in later generations is basically the Xianyang of our Great Qin, right?"

"It is indeed a pity to see the people of Xianyang and the Qin people in later generations suffer from war and become the targets of foreign looting."

"I hope the people of the world will look at the sky more often!"

"Look at the so-called heyday of the Tang Dynasty in later generations. How cowardly and shameless it was!"

"Compare it with my Daqin again."

"Let them know who is the best choice for the Huaxia Dynasty."

……

tomorrow.

Zhu Di was naturally no stranger to the Anshi Rebellion.

To some extent.

Both myself and An Lushan, the leader of the Anshi Rebellion, started from roughly the same place.

But the difference is.

The traitor An Lushan started his rebellion in Fan Yang. Although he once conquered half of the Tang Dynasty, he was killed by his own son within a year.

Although his rebellion left the Tang Dynasty in name only, it ultimately failed.

It would be much easier to start an army on your own.

Now he has firmly established himself as the emperor.

It is obvious that I am more than one level higher than An Lushan.

And the Tang Dynasty was mentioned on the sky at this time.

In order to borrow cavalry from the Uighurs.

They actually allowed foreigners to plunder their capital!
This made Zhu Di couldn't help but smile.

"From this moment on, the Tang regime can be said to have lost its legitimacy."

"The reason why I, Zhu Di, created the Yongle Era of Prosperity is that I dare to boast that it surpasses the Han and Tang Dynasties."

"It is precisely because of the shameless operation of the Tang Dynasty government."

“The lower limit is too low!”

The sky continues.

[After the Uighur reinforcements arrived, they were given a very high-level reception.]

【With their joining, the last piece of the puzzle for the general attack has been completed. 】

[With Li Heng's order, the two elite frontier armies of the Tang Dynasty's Anxi Protectorate and Beiting Protectorate were used as the main force.]

[In addition, there were Turkic, Tangut, Tuyuhun, and Uighur cavalry, as well as a small number of Arab mercenaries as support. ]

[The Tang army had 150,000 soldiers, but claimed to have 200,000.]

【They marched towards Chang'an in a mighty force.】

(End of this chapter)