At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos. Li Yuan, who stayed in Taiyuan, was forced by the situation and decided to raise troops to rebel against the Sui Dynasty. At that time, there was a great shortage of horses in the Central Plains. The great counselor Liu Wenji

2024/05/2206:21:32 history 1959

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos. Li Yuan, who stayed behind in Taiyuan, was forced by the situation and decided to rebel against the Sui Dynasty. At that time, there was a great shortage of horses in the Central Plains. The great counselor Liu Wenjing gave Li Yuan some advice: "Soldiers are not the problem now. The key is the lack of horses. Without cavalry, we will definitely fail in the plains battle. In my opinion, we can stabilize the Turks by forming alliances." , and then buy horses from them."

Li Yuan agreed and immediately wrote a letter to the Turkic Khan expressing his willingness to form an alliance and marry him. The Turkic Khan hated Emperor Yang of Sui the most, so after reading the letter, he immediately agreed to an alliance with Li Yuan. He sent an envoy to bring 1,000 war horses, but the price was higher.

Li Yuan entertained the envoys with high standards, but he was picky about the war horses and only bought 500 horses. The generals around him were very anxious and persuaded Li Yuan to buy all 1,000 horses.

Li Yuan said to everyone: "The Turks have a lot of horses. The reason why I didn't buy them all is not because I can't afford them, but because I am worried that after buying them all, they will know our urgency. The horses sent in the future will not only be bad, but also the price." It will get higher and higher, and eventually we won’t be able to afford it after buying a few batches. I only buy half of it now. I show them how poor and picky they are, so they will send good horses in batches and the price will be stable.”

The subsequent situation was as Li Yuan expected, and everyone praised Li Yuan's wisdom.

■Author: Ren Wanjie

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