During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, they moved south to the Beishan Mountains of Gaochang (now the area of Bogda Mountain in Xinjiang), and the Turks relied on the superiority of cavalry, and repeatedly invaded the Central Plains from the Sui to the early Tang Dynasty. It has brought great harm to the Central Plains regime and the people. Especially Li Tang, who actually surrendered to the Turks for more than ten years, can you believe this?
According to historical records, when Li Yuan and Li Shimin first raised their troops, the Turks raided Jinyang, and in order to preserve their strength, Li and his sons paid tribute to the Turks every year. Then Li Tang unified the world, in 626 Li Shimin ascended the throne through the Xuanwumen coup, the throne was not hot, the Turkic Jieli Khan led more than 200,000 troops to break through the Tang Dynasty and the state defense line all the way south, only 40 miles away from Chang'an City Weishui north camp, to deter Chang'an.
At this time, Chang'an City was in turmoil due to years of war, the city wall was low and dilapidated, and most of the main forces of the Tang Army were in turmoil outside, so the hearts of the people in the city were fluctuating, and the government and the opposition were panicked. In this case, Taizong had no good plan to use, and wanted to go out of the city to meet the Tang army in person, and he would win or lose a happy battle.
At this moment, Jieli 200,000 troops came to the city, Chang'an was in danger, Taizong and the ministers climbed the city tower to check the enemy's situation, and after that, Taizong asked the ministers if they had a good strategy to retreat from the enemy, and the ministers were silent, no wonder, the generals and emperors who were used to seeing Jin Ge Iron Horse had no strategy, and how could the ministers have a good strategy to retreat from the enemy.
At this time, someone among the ministers finally spoke, and said a plan that shocked everyone: empty the treasury of Chang'an, pay tribute to Jieli, and sue for peace.
Taizong and the ministers were both shocked and angry, saying that this was **, which was even more humiliating than losing the city and losing the country. The minister said: At this time, Chang'an is isolated, and the city wall is dilapidated, at this time to insist on defending the city is no matter what, the only way is to give all the gold and silver treasures in the treasury of Chang'an to Jieli to ask for peace, so that Chang'an City becomes an unprofitable empty city, in the past, the grassland tribes went south is nothing more than to loot grain and gold and silver, and the emptied Chang'an City will inevitably make the tribes who do not want to fight within the Turks lose the motivation to attack the city, and retreat, so as to achieve the goal of letting Jieli withdraw from the army. As the minister said, the Turkic tribes at this time were indeed divided, and many tribes were coerced by Jieli, intriguing with each other, and they didn't want to die for Jieli.
In the end, Tang Taizong adopted the minister's strategy, withstood all kinds of internal and external criticisms, emptied the Chang'an treasury and asked the Turks for peace, the Turks retreated, and Taizong bore the humiliation. This is what history is famous for"The Weishui Alliance"。
Since"The Weishui Alliance"After the humiliation, Li Shimin has been holding back, and secretly formed and trained his own cavalry units to enhance his military strength. After three years of Zhenguan and more than ten years of forbearance with the Turks, in 629 AD, Li Shimin sent Li Jing and Li Tao to lead hundreds of thousands of Tang troops to take the initiative to attack the Turks. As a result, the Turks were defeated, and Jieli Khan was also captured alive and escorted to Chang'an. Seeing that the general trend had gone, the Turkic tribes bowed down to the Tang Dynasty and respected Li Shimin as the Heavenly Khan.
The grievances and grievances between the northern nomads and the Central Plains Dynasty are an unavoidable topic in Chinese history, and they are also a rich and colorful chapter in all periods of Chinese history. When the Central Plains Dynasty was unified and strong, the nomads bowed down to their vassals;In the Central Plains, the nomads waited for the opportunity to plunder south.
However, no matter which nationality it is, it is a part of China, and only by implementing the policy of the Yihan family can we jointly promote the development, unity, and integration of the relations between various ethnic groups.