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Chapter 888 The Real Enemy (Part )
It is precisely because the Central Plains weakened and its dynasty rule collapsed that the entire Central Plains became like a big piece of fat meat, and huge benefits could be easily obtained by just taking action. In the face of such common interests, the grasslands were able to temporarily put aside their prejudices and gather together as a whole.

The people in the Central Plains don’t know that the real factor that makes the enemy powerful is because of themselves, as long as they themselves don’t have any problems.

In the known world, they are always invincible.

As long as they can use some of the strength in internal friction to attack externally and take the initiative, they can easily divide the grassland into a pile of loose sand and never form a joint force. After all, without continuous victories and captures, no team can continue to grow.

In the era of cold weapons, war horses, a strategic war resource, were in the hands of the grassland people.

This means that the nomadic people's attack is almost invincible. But the Creator is fair. Along with the attack power of Wu Zhan, their defense is also extremely weak, and the entire grassland is full of loopholes.

There was no city to defend, not even a stable army.

There are herdsmen scattered everywhere, and water and grass cannot be concentrated like food, so the people on the grassland are destined to be extremely scattered.

Except for the Khanate, which could support a small number of troops directly under its command by using the power of the grassland, other places could not afford to support fixed professional military personnel for combat. As long as the Central Plains could send out a few thousand people like the Champion Marquis, the entire grassland could be disrupted.

Unfortunately, perhaps it was because they could not hold the grassland even if they conquered it, perhaps it was because they wasted military resources without gaining any benefits, or perhaps it was because they were afraid that the generals would have their troops outside and would lose control.

In short, it was the Central Plains dynasty itself that chose to passively defend and wait for death. They put all their energy and wisdom into restricting and weakening the internal situation. They were ten times more afraid and terrified of the ordinary people inside than of the strange enemies outside.

They would rather destroy the Great Wall, ignore the enemies outside the Great Wall, and disregard the future of the nation. They raised their butcher knives again and again, killing those brave and skilled generals and outstanding national figures in batches.

Just because of their existence, they might bring a little negligible threat to their foolish sons and grandsons. The emperor of the family-based empire puts the interests of his family above the interests of the nation. How can he expect the people to risk their lives to protect the country?

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Fan Wencheng told Dorgon that the people in the Central Plains are: they can endure having their heads chopped off, their wives and daughters raped, their ancestral graves dug up, their land seized, their houses demolished, their descendants exterminated, and they can endure feeding them poison. What is there to be afraid of such lowly people?

But Li Yan believes that it is not that the people of the Central Plains are without blood.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da led only 25 people to drive out the tyrannical Yuan Dynasty. But at the end of the Ming Dynasty, more than Ming troops, facing several thousand Manchu cavalry, lost their armor and were as panic-stricken as dogs that had lost their homes.

Is there any difference between the Han people in the early Ming Dynasty and the late Ming Dynasty?

Aren’t they still the same group of people?

Why did they behave so differently in the early Ming Dynasty and the late Ming Dynasty? Who castrated their bloodiness? Who broke their spines? Why did their knees become so weak? When did their backbones disappear?
In the pre-Qin period, when Zhuan Zhu assassinated King Liao, a comet hit the moon; when Nie Zheng assassinated Han Kui, a white rainbow pierced the sun; when Yao Li assassinated Qing Ji, a hawk flew down from the palace. These three men were all commoners, who harbored anger but did not express it, but good fortune was bestowed upon them by heaven.

Tang Ju's rage was so great that he could leave two dead bodies, shed blood for five steps, and make the whole world mourn. The King of Qin was also frightened and knelt down to thank him.

If the people of the Central Plains had been as cowardly as they were during the Ming and Qing dynasties,

How could the descendants of Yan and Huang defend this vast land? How could China be the only one among the four ancient civilizations to survive? How could the beautiful rivers and mountains remain immortal for thousands of years?
They are all living creatures on the Chinese land. From the pre-Qin dynasty, they were proficient in all six arts and wore long swords on their waists; to the Han dynasty, they showed off their military power outside the Great Wall and conquered the Wolf's Lair. Anyone who offends the mighty Han would be punished no matter how far away they are; to the Five Dynasties, 140,000 people took off their armor and not one of them was a man; and finally in the Ming and Qing dynasties, they became servile slaves who only knew how to flatter their superiors and curry favor?

The decadent feudal rulers of their own empire used the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues to confine people ideologically, and the eight-legged essay was prevalent; materially, they exploited the poor and weak, and enslaved the people; after generations of relay castration, the Han people in the Central Plains, who were as beautiful as dragons and phoenixes, were killed.

They became livestock in a pen, sheep to be slaughtered.

Throughout the two thousand years of history, the grassland people still lived in tents, following the water and grass, just like in the pre-Qin period. However, the brilliant civilization of the Central Plains was accumulated and passed down from generation to generation, but why did the Central Plains become weaker and weaker as time went by, while the nomadic people became stronger and stronger.

So much so that in modern times, the fall of civilization was replaced by decadence and backwardness.

When the Qing army entered the pass, there were only tens of thousands of Eight Banner soldiers, while the Ming Dynasty had over 100 million people. The land of China was in ruins, and the people were numb. Who was responsible?

If we turn wolves into sheep, and when facing the invasion of powerful enemies and the destruction of the country and the family, we expect these sheep to suddenly become brave enough to resist the tiger which is more ferocious than the wolf. How is that possible?

Feng Sheng, Lan Yu, Wang Guangyang, Li Wenzhong, Deng Yu, Zhu Wenzheng, Hu Dahai, Zhou Dexing, Liao Yongzhong, Fu Youde, Feng Guoyong and others may have been arrogant and brave generals, but in the final analysis, they were frightened by their own emperors and destroyed their own Great Wall.

Moreover, in order to wipe out the roots, they would exterminate three clans at will. Are they really guilty of such a great crime?
In the end, Li Yan came to the conclusion that the real enemy of the Central Plains Dynasty has always been itself, not how powerful the enemy is.

As long as you are self-reliant and strong, you will be invincible in the world!

Ugh.
When Li Yan personally stayed on the grassland and discovered this, he also felt a kind of helplessness and frustration from the bottom of his heart. He had no sympathy for the weakening of the Central Plains dynasty and the frequent changes of dynasties that followed. The people are the surface, the aristocratic families are the inside, and the root lies in the depths of the emperor's heart, which is the embodiment of human weakness.

It’s not that the enemy is too powerful, but that you are too capable.

Shaking his head, Li Yan, who was in a wolf's den, had a cold and ruthless look in his eyes. Perhaps only the enemy could alert people: "In order to take advantage of the suddenness of the attack, Da Biheli was caught off guard. This king did not announce it in advance, and did not intend to use all the strength of the country."

"Only mobilize 200,000 troops, and bring along the slave soldiers captured from the south."

"If there are those who are willing to send troops, you can gather your troops and follow us slowly. If you are not willing, that's fine too. You just need to stay where you are and wait for my triumphant return."

As soon as Li Yan finished speaking, the eyes of many leaders in the audience lit up.

This way of sending troops is simply the best. With the Right Wise King's army in the front, he can organize his own army to follow behind. If there is a defeat in the front, he can retreat calmly without suffering any loss; and if there is a great victory in the front, he can also share some of the benefits.

This is not a war at all; it's clearly the Right Wise King trying to win over the people's hearts and provide benefits to everyone!

Everyone knows that there were 500,000 to 600,000 young and strong men captured from Liaodong alone, plus the 200,000 trusted followers of the Right Wise King, that would be an army of 700,000 to 800,000, right?
Even if those people's combat capabilities are poor, after all, the scale is there. It is impossible to defeat a country with only 200,000 people. Isn't it a foregone conclusion that they will win?

Upon hearing this, many leaders could no longer hold back. This was not a war, it was clearly an attempt to pick up benefits.

So they all stood up and said, "How dare we disobey the order of the Right Wise King? Don't worry, our king. We will gather our troops and come later."

Even when the tribe's cattle and sheep gave birth to lambs, which tribe did not have some idle manpower? Without affecting the overall situation, a few thousand people could be easily drawn out. So everyone talked about it, and some wanted to draw five thousand and some wanted to draw three thousand.

After a while, another 100,000 troops gathered together. Everyone was in the same mood as if they were going to the market during the New Year, and they were all so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.

"Ah, very good!"

Everyone responded positively, and their fighting spirit was high. Everyone looked at Li Yan with a smile on their face, and the atmosphere in the hall was very warm. The previous depression and dejection caused by Jie Li's accidental death and Li Yan's replacement of Shi Luodie as the ruler of the Khanate were swept away.

Li Yan nodded with satisfaction. In the words of later generations, this was a conference of victory and even more of a conference of unity. In this meeting held at the critical moment of the transition of relatives and friends, the Turkic ruling core with Li Yan as the center was determined.

Many tribal leaders expressed their willingness to actively unite around the Right Wise King to build a beautiful, harmonious and powerful new Turkic nation.

Li Yan and Hermu smiled at each other. Before and after the meeting, it was obvious that everyone's attitude towards Li Yan became more enthusiastic and their support became more firm. The upper echelons, including the twelve captains, also had more confidence in leading and governing the new Turkic Khanate.

Li Yan sighed, no wonder people in later generations like to hold meetings. A well-run meeting can definitely achieve unexpectedly good results. It has an irreplaceable positive role in consolidating rule, rallying people's hearts and enhancing centripetal force.

Seeing that the situation was settled, Li Yan turned around and asked, "Khan, do you have anything to add?"

After asking, there was no movement for a long time.

At Li Yan's question, everyone in the hall quieted down and looked in the direction of Shi Luodie. They realized that Shi Luodie had fallen asleep there without knowing when, snoring softly, with drool flowing from the corners of his mouth.

Shi Luodie was able to sleep despite the noisy noise in the hall, which showed that he had stayed up very late last night.

Many people showed contempt in their eyes, and said in dissatisfaction: "This Shiluodi is too much. The Right Wise King is working hard to seek benefits for the Turks. As the Khan, you should not worry about it, but you are actually sleeping soundly during such an important meeting."

"This is really disrespectful to Khan's profession and everyone else. It's really disappointing."

Li Yan was not annoyed. This was not Shi Luodie's job in the first place. Being able to come and deal with it was already considered a part-time job.

So he went forward and gently pushed him, and Shi Luodie woke up. He wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and asked sleepily, "Why, it's all over, let's adjourn."

After saying that, he stood up and was about to go outside.

Li Yan quickly pulled the other person back, smiling and whispering, "Khan, we just discussed sending troops to attack Biheli to avenge the late Khan. Do you have any instructions for us?"

(End of this chapter)