Chapter 150 Tang Emperor
On the Xiwei Bridge.
Li Shimin was stationed in the center of Maqiao, behind him were Qin Qiong and Qin Lang and other eight cavalry.
Behind, there are more than 10,000 Chang'an people on the south bank.
The Turkic army on the other side of the river had been alarmed for a long time. After seeing this scene, they looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering where it came from. Immediately, someone flew to report to Tuli Khan who was stationed not far from the city of Xianyang.
Shi Bobi was eating roasted lamb, and when he heard the news, he also frowned and couldn't understand it.
"Tang Tianzi wanted to see Khan by name."
Tuli dropped the leg of lamb and got up.
"Khan, do you want to inform the Great Khan first?"
"The Great Khan is still in Jingyang, tens of miles away from here, and it's getting dark every time he goes there. Li Shimin dared to ride lightly, but I didn't even dare to see him. If word spreads, what is the reputation of my Tuli? "
Tuli clicked on the Wolf Guard, and rode his horse to the north of Xiwei Bridge.
He reined in his horse to the north bank, looked at the bridge, and saw that Li Shimin was indeed riding lightly, and there were only eight horsemen beside him, and several civil servants in purple robes.
"What's going on with these people behind?"
"Looks like the Chang'an people who came with Li Shimin?"
Tuli frowned, "Chang'an people? Li Shimin brought tens of thousands of Chang'an people here, are you kidding me?"
"The Khan thinks?"
"These people are probably Guanzhong government soldiers pretending to be ordinary people!" Tuli decided.
A young wolf guard said foolishly, "Khan, look there are many women, many old people, and even many children."
Tu Li glared at him, "Guanzhong is martial arts, Qin people are all addicted to military exploits and warlike. Although there are women, old and weak, they must be the children of the soldiers' families. Haven't you heard that Li Shimin has an older sister who used to be A general who is about to lead the army? Doesn't she have a women's army under her command?"
They looked around and chatted there, but they didn't come close.
Qin Lang rode his horse to the north bank, stood on the bridge and drank loudly.
"It's Tuli Khan who came here. You stand there and don't dare to approach, but are you afraid of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty? Or are you saying that you don't even have the seed to meet the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty? If you don't have the seed, go back to the Turkic Grassland as soon as possible!"
Tuli was furious when he heard this, and rode forward.
"Who are you?"
"I am the son-in-law of the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the son of the famous general Qin Zuowei, the governor of the Tang Dynasty and the Duke of Yi, Qin Lang."
Tuli looked back and glanced behind him. At this time, tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers and horses had gathered on the north bank of the bridge, and Wu Yangyang couldn't see the tail.
He was a little puzzled, and said to the left and right, "These Tang people, how can they be confident?"
"Khan, don't talk nonsense with them, let the subordinates lead the troops to rush over and capture the Tang emperor."
Tuli glanced at his subordinates with some contempt, he really grew up so big for nothing.
Although the West Wei Bridge is very wide, it is only more than five feet wide, and at most it can ride several riders in parallel. If you rush across like this, as long as Li Shimin is not stupid, you can turn around and escape.
If they dare to chase after them, there must be crossbowmen ambushing in the crowd on the opposite side. When the time comes, the bows and crossbows will all be fired. Wouldn't it be all over?
"Unatuli, you come and don't come, you don't retreat, what are you going to do?"
Qin Lang shouted loudly, and the Tuli warhorse retreated uneasy.
Tuli felt very humiliated. Although his subordinates persuaded him, he still urged him to go forward.
On both sides of the Wei Bridge, there are tens of thousands of people from the Tang Dynasty on one side, and tens of thousands of Tuli cavalry on the other.
A lixubian bridge, where the two monarchs met.
The two sides met about ten steps apart.
Tuli stopped his horse, bowed his hands to Li Shimin immediately, and said, "Your Majesty, the soldiers here are in danger, so please come back quickly."
Li Shimin ignored it, and cursed directly, "Shibobi, you and Jieli invaded south last year, and I went to Hedong in person. You fought against me several times, and you were defeated by me in the end. I used to talk nicely to you. Let you go back to the north, and you also swore to Gumeng that you will never commit crimes in the south again, why are you here again today?"
Tuli remained silent.
Li Shimin said again, "You are here this time to celebrate my ascension to the throne, or to fight and fight with me again. Just say it, if you come to celebrate, I will have fine wine to entertain you here. If you refuse to admit defeat If you want to find a place again, I will accompany you."
Tuli felt a little embarrassed when he was scolded by Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty, it is not Shi Bobi who broke his oath this time. It is really the result of a collegiate discussion between the leaders of my Turkic tribes."
"The leaders of the ministries gathered together, isn't that what that idiot Jieli meant? I don't know why you elected that idiot Jieli to be the Great Khan after the death of Chuluo Khan. , attack every year, but have you ever won?"
"Sooner or later, I will have to settle accounts with Jieli. I have lost my power of thinking, and I will settle with him when I see Jieli. Now, I only ask you! Do you want to fight or not?" ?”
Tuli remained silent.
Although he has always opposed this southern invasion, since he has come, he certainly does not want to return empty-handed. to something.
At this time, a man next to Tuli said in a loud voice, "The Great Khan told us that the Tang family in the Central Plains was a rebellious minister and traitor who wanted to usurp the throne. Li Yuan usurped the world of Yang Sui back then, and now the Great Khan has honored the grandson of the Sui Emperor." Come back, this time to help the Yang family restore the country."
Li Shimince immediately stepped forward and stared at the young man.
"Who are you? Do you dare to name me?"
The young man was not afraid, he straightened his chest and said, "I am Qijin from Tie Le Qibi Department, Qibi Heli."
"Qijin from the Qibi Department? I remember that the Qijin from the Qibi Department is Qibige, what about him?"
"That was my father. He was injured when he went south last year, and died of illness after returning to the tribe. Now I am in charge of the Qibi tribe!"
Li Shimin sneered a few times, "Do you believe Xieli's words?"
Qibi He Li said, "Khan is the strongest eagle on the grassland and the wolf king of the wolves on our grassland. Of course I believe his words!"
"Really? Didn't Jieli tell you how the Central Plains court helped Jieli's father, Qimin Khan, the old Tuli Khan, when he was in decline, and how it supported him to become a grassland But then how did Jieli Khan follow his brothers to encircle Yanmen and invade Monan."
Qi Bi He Li stood there in a daze, unable to refute Li Shimin's words.
"Jieli's southern invasion was just for selfish desires, don't say anything noble. If you are willing to sacrifice tribal brothers for Jieli's selfish desires, then let the horses fight. If you are a bit rational, you are not willing to do it for Jieli. Wedding dress, then make an oath with me, Li Shimin, here today, and then leave, and I, Li Shimin, will never pursue your southward invasion again."
On the bridge, Tuli Khan was silent.
"Tuli, do you want war, or reconciliation?" Li Shimin asked.
Tuli remained silent.
Li Shimin asked three times, but Tuli still didn't answer.
At this time, the cavalry behind Tuli could not hold back anymore, and some even started to come towards the bridge.
Qin Lang took off the horn on his body.
Li Shimin nodded to him.
Qin Lang raised the horn, "Tuli, if you want to fight, then fight!" After drinking, Qin Lang blew the horn with all his might, and the sound of the horn was melodious. Suddenly, on the south bank of Weiqiao, a horn sounded response.
Then the second branch.
The third branch.
One by one horn horns sounded, and then not far from the south bank, there began to be the beating of drums from the sky. It was thousands of big drums beating, resounding through the sky and the earth.
With the sound of the drum, the Kuroshio surged in the southern sky.
That is the endless Datang army.
At the front are a full 15,000 elite Tang cavalry, with 5,000 black armor riding in front. Everyone is wearing dazzling bright armor, black armor, and shiny round guards.
Reflecting thousands of bright lights.
Ten thousand elite Guanzhong cavalry, Mingguang armor and Wuqi lance.
Immediately afterwards, 30,000 elite infantrymen from Guanzhong appeared, holding long hard spears, sharp horizontal knives, and heavy iron shields.
The iron armor is thick, the spears are everywhere, and the horizontal knives are dazzling.
Finally, amidst the sound of war drums, heavy infantrymen in thick armor appeared with Mo Dao and heavy axes.
Army after army stepped forward neatly.
That imposing manner, that lineup, and that equipment made the Turkic army watching from across Li Xu secretly startled.
Especially Tuli, originally thought that Li Shimin was hiding soldiers and horses among the common people, who knew that those were really common people, when the drums and bugles sounded, the common people dispersed and the army came forward.
Li Shimin said to Tuli, "I have prepared good wine and good meat, but I have also prepared thousands of troops. If you are friends, you have wine and meat. If you are an enemy, your swords and guns have no eyes!"
"Shi Bobi, I have already ordered Li Jing and Li Yi to block the retreat of the old thief Jieli. I also know that your food and grass are not sustainable, and the morale of the army is not stable. As long as you are willing to bow your heads to me and admit your mistakes again, I can not do it this time. To pursue you, I only pursue the old thief Jieli."
"Shibobi, do you want to fight, or do you want to make peace?"
Qin Lang took the wine bag from Li Shimin, rode his horse and came in front of Tuli.
The nobles and guards around Tuli glared at him, but Qin Lang turned a blind eye to it and raised the wine directly.
"Tuli Khan, this is my Tang Dynasty's finest wine, don't you want to try it?"
Tuli frowned tightly.
Qin Lang held his hands there for a long time.
"Don't want wine? Could it be that you want my sword and arrow? Okay, then I'll do it for you." As he spoke, Qin Lang retracted the wine bag, pulled out a feathered arrow from Hulu, and threw it in front of Tuli.
This move made both sides on the bridge feel tight.
After throwing the arrow, Qin Lang turned around.
"Wait a moment."
Tu Li dismounted, stepped forward to pick up the arrow, and came to Qin Lang.
"Duke Yi, please take back your arrows."
"Huh?" Qin Lang snorted coldly, but didn't pick it up right away.
Tuli knelt down to Li Shimin on one knee, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the wine!"
Li Shimin laughed out loud when he saw this.
"Sanlang, since Shibobi wants wine, give it to him."
Qin Lang threw the wine to Tuli.
Tuli handed over the arrow.
"You keep it, if you still feel unconvinced after drinking, you can still fight again!"
Tuli broke the arrow and held up the broken arrow to swear to Tianmeng, "I swear to Tianmeng that I will not break the agreement with Datang! If there is any violation of the oath, there will be such an arrow!"
After speaking, Tuli abandoned the arrow, opened the wine bag, and took a few sips.
Li Shimin smiled and said, "Sanlang brings the wine, and I will drink it with Shi Bobi."
After Li Shimin finished drinking, Qi Bi He Li and others also drank together, and finally Qin Qiongfang Xuanling and others also drank together.
"Sanlang, you drink too."
Li Shimin handed the last bit of wine to Qin Lang.
Qin Lang really wanted to say that it was unhygienic to drink so much saliva, but in the end he bit the bullet and drank it.
The two parties drink a bag of wine together and make an oath not to offend each other.
Then, each retreated.
As soon as Tuli returned to the north bank, he ordered the whole army to retreat 30 miles and set up camp, no longer guarding the north bank of the Xiwei Bridge.
(end of this chapter)