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Chapter 813 This person is very powerful!

Seeing that Li Yan's words were convincing, Misu'a looked at Jie Li with obvious suspicion and asked, "Khan, is what he said true?"

Jie Li had no expression on his face. He glanced at Li Yan, hesitated for a moment, and nodded, saying, "Yes, Zhang Baoxiang did say so. The Hehun tribe's Duoluo Wuduo did collude with the Yinan and secretly surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. I heard it with my own ears."

"That bastard Duluwuduo came several times to inquire about the whereabouts of the Khan and the prince. I thought he cared about the Khan's safety. Unexpectedly, he had bad intentions. He is really a barking dog that bites. This man deserves to die." Seeing Jie Li nodded, Misu'a hurriedly distanced himself from him.

"That's right, he's pretending to be one of us, so cunning."

"These Uighurs are really untrustworthy"

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Everyone no longer had any doubts and began to curse the He army.

Shi Luodie opened his mouth, a little confused, but seeing that Jie Li said the same thing, he finally did not question it out loud.

He clearly remembered that on the way to Urge, Li Yan had asked them father and son about the distribution of power in the eastern grassland. At that time, Li Yan did not know about the Hehun tribe, but now he kept saying that the Hejun tribe had betrayed his father Khan.

The strangest thing is that my father Khan also agreed with this point. Why didn’t he tell me this before?

With these questions in mind, Shi Luodie asked Jie Li after everyone had left.

"Father Khan, Li Yan was clearly lying just now. He didn't even know which tribes there were in the eastern grasslands before, but now he says that the Hehun tribe betrayed Father Khan. Why didn't Father Khan expose him or help him cover up his lies?"

Jie Li looked at his son with a puzzled look on his face and shook his head slowly: "You are right, Li Yan is indeed lying, and I have never heard from Zhang Baoxiang that the Hehun tribe surrendered to the Tang Dynasty."

"what?"

Shi Luodie looked puzzled: "Father Khan, why did you want to make up for Li Yan?"

"Shi Luodie, I will teach you another lesson today, remember it."

"It doesn't matter whether the Hehun tribe betrays us or not. What matters is that we need to attack the Hehun tribe now."

After saying this, Jie Li showed a helpless look on his face and began to introduce the current situation to his son: "The central grasslands are mainly inhabited by the Tiele and Huihe tribes, and the tribes within a thousand miles are basically also theirs."

"In addition to the Bayegu tribe and some of the royal court's directly guarded forces, we only have a few small tribes directly under our jurisdiction in the west of Urge."

"These tribes have 30,000 to 50,000 people. Even if we take 5,000 people from one tribe, if dozens of tribes unite, there will be more than 100,000 people."

"We are far inferior to them in terms of both the number of tribes and military strength. In fact, we have already lost the foundation of the Great Khan. Under such circumstances, it is basically impossible to rule them with the empty title of a Great Khan."

“So we have to strengthen our strength.”

"But it is difficult for other tribes to accept our Khanate's plan of attacking other tribes and annexing their power just to strengthen our Khanate. Just now, you saw that even a close confidant like Misua disagreed, let alone others."

"Li Yan is from the Central Plains. He is very intelligent and has great strategies. Seeing this, he said that the Huihe and Tongluo tribes secretly surrendered to the Tang Dynasty in order to find a reasonable reason that everyone can accept to attack other tribes and annex their strength."

"Hehun is only 200 miles away from Urge. It is the core tribe of the Huihe people. It has more than 100,000 people and can mobilize more than 30,000 troops. It poses a fatal threat to the Khanate. Whether it is for the purpose of eliminating hidden dangers or increasing the strength of the Khanate, we need to attack him."

"Li Yanqiang is not only good at martial arts, but also has a clear understanding of the overall situation."

"This guy is amazing. He has a sharp eye and is very courageous. He is decisive and knows when to do what. You should learn more from him in the future, okay?"

By the end of Jie Li's speech, his voice and expression were already stern, and Shi Luodie was completely obedient after being scolded. At the same time, he had even more respect for Li Yan. He had not expected this much.

Next, Jie Li gathered up the strength he could still control, and took advantage of the opportunity when he had just returned and many tribes were temporarily intimidated and did not dare to act rashly. He re-established his headquarters in Urge and then struck first.

He led Misu's more than 10,000 remaining troops and broke into the Hehun tribe, the largest and closest Uighur tribe, at lightning speed, catching the Hehun tribe off guard. In the shortest time possible, he defeated the Hehun army of 30,000.

Afterwards, he killed all the upper echelons of the Hehun tribe. As for ordinary herdsmen and tribesmen, Jie Li was even more ruthless. He would make those who obeyed him prosper, and those who disobeyed him prosper, and he would eat them up.

After this one battle, Jie Li's strength increased rapidly.

With iron-blooded means, he suppressed disobedience, forcibly reintegrated a Turkic people on the verge of collapse, and gained a firm foothold in the eastern grasslands.

Next, Jie Li did not stop and launched a blitzkrieg, conquering the east and the west, splitting up the large tribes, devouring the small tribes, and conquering them one by one. In this way, five years passed in a flash.

During these five years, Jie Li led Shi Luodie and Li Yan, and like a snowball, not only incorporated the tribes that were previously affiliated with the Turks into their ranks, but also led them to attack the northeast and southeast, and annexed the Mohe, Shiwei, Khitan and other tribes that were not actually under the rule of the Turks before.

In the eastern part of the steppe, the Turkic Khanate was re-established.

During these five years, Jie Li had been fighting to the east and north, and had not expanded to the west or south of the desert.

The south of the desert was the territory of the Tuli tribe, and further south was the Hedong Road and Hebei Road of the Tang Dynasty.

Since the Battle of Dingxiang in the fourth year of Zhenguan, the west has actually been considered as the territory of the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty set up vassal prefectures and counties in the old Turkic territory in the west to govern it.

The so-called Jimi Prefectures and Counties were administrative units similar to those in the interior set up by the court in remote areas where ethnic minorities lived. The larger ones were called Dudufu and the smaller ones were called Zhou. The local ethnic minority leaders served as Dudu and Inspector, and all of them could inherit the title.

The imperial court did not collect tribute from these prefectures and counties, and allowed them to govern their internal affairs, but they still had to accept the leadership of the Grand Military Governor's Office appointed by the imperial court.

The governor's office that governs more than ten states is called a grand governor's office, and the governor's office that governs less than ten states is called a governor's office.

After acquiring the territories in the western and southern parts of the grassland, the Tang Dynasty set up dozens of prefectures and states according to the sphere of influence of various tribes on the grassland, which were managed by the three major military governorships.

They were the Mo Nan Grand Military Governor's Office, with Tuli's daughter Ashina Yun as the Grand Military Governor; the Jinshan Grand Military Governor's Office, with Xueyantuo leader Yinan as the Grand Military Governor; and the most desolate Anbei Grand Military Governor's Office, with Biheli as the Grand Military Governor.

The three men almost divided up the western part of the former Eastern Turkic Khanate.

After Jie Li's defeat, the huge Eastern Turkic Khanate collapsed, leaving behind a sphere of influence that was more than twice as large as the original Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty could not swallow such a vast territory at once, and Jie Li fled to the east.

It cannot be eliminated in a short period of time.

The Tang Dynasty had no choice but to digest the southern, western and northern parts of the grassland first, and as for the eastern part, it would deal with it when the time was right.

In fact, the division of the grassland no longer posed a threat to the Central Plains. The remaining former followers of Jie Li, the Turkic people in the eastern grassland, had to clean up the mess and had neither the intention nor the courage to provoke the unified Central Plains dynasty again.

October of the ninth year of Zhenguan
Chang'an, Chengqing Hall of Taiji Palace!
Li Shimin was summoning important officials from the court to discuss matters. Those participating in the meeting included Zuo Pushe Fang Xuanling, You Pushe Zhangsun Wuji, Zhongshu Shilang Cen Wenben, Jianyi Doctor Xiao Yu, Personnel Minister Hou Junji, War Minister Li Jing, and Honglu Qing Tang Jian.

In the past few years, the Tang Dynasty has strengthened its military power and cultivated its culture, and worked hard to reform its internal affairs. It has completed major tasks such as collecting grain to fight drought, merging officials, and bringing scattered soldiers back to the court. It is currently promoting the policies left by Li Yan to Li Shimin, such as allocating land tax to each acre, returning fire consumption to the public, and having officials and gentry serve and pay taxes together.

That's right. Li Yan felt guilty for snatching the throne that originally belonged to the fourth brother during the Qing Dynasty, so he sorted out the reforms that the fourth brother should have done during the Yongzheng period and left them to the current fourth brother, asking him to complete his task.

Otherwise, his life will be incomplete.

Because of this, Li Shimin's burden became heavier, and the civil officials of the Zhenguan period also began a difficult battle in deep waters.

It can be said that in the past five years, everyone followed Li Shimin, working day and night, and had no mornings, and they did not have a good day.

Fang Xuanling and Zhangsun Wuji both looked very old, and Cen Benwen, who was just over 40 years old, also had a lot of white hair on his head.

Several important officials came forward to report on the matters they were responsible for one by one. Domestic reform affects the entire body and involves the interests of all aspects. In the past few years, there have been several conflicts between local people and government officials almost every month.

In the past, Li Shimin always asked detailed questions and repeatedly reminded him to be careful and report all matters that happened to him at any time.

But today, Li Shimin seemed particularly uninterested in these internal affairs. After asking briefly, he said in a serious tone, "Everyone, after the Battle of Dingxiang, Jie Li was captured alive by our army. Originally, the entire grassland was under the control of our Tang Dynasty."

"But when Jie Li was being escorted back to the capital, he was kidnapped by Jie Li's only son Shi Luodie and his men."

"Jie Li fled to the eastern part of the grassland, but encountered rebellion from the local tribes. He thought that the Turks would fall into chaos, and after a period of chaos, the Turks would disappear. When they were dying and their strength was greatly reduced."

"The Tang Dynasty can easily deal with the situation if it sends out an army."

"But now news has come that Jie Li has revived and reunited the eastern part of the grassland, raising the flag of the Turkic Khanate."

"The Minister of Rites has just returned from the Grand Military Governor's Office in the South Desert, bringing the latest news from the grasslands."

After saying that, Li Shimin looked at the elderly official with gray hair and beard sitting at the end on his left hand: "Tang Jian, please tell us the details!"

(End of this chapter)