Chapter 151 Offering Sheep to Magon Beauty
Across the Weihe River, I could see from a distance that Tuli began to lead his army to retreat northward, and watched the countless tents, cows and horses all over the place retreat like a tide, leaving only a mess, Li Shimin, Qin Qiong, Fang Xuanling and others on the south bank Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The emperor's act of oppressing people with power and defrauding Tuli to retreat was really dangerous and dangerous, but it succeeded.
Li Shimin pointed at Qin Lang, "Hahaha, we succeeded."
Fang Xuanling looked at the little fellow, and couldn't help shaking his head, "Just now on the bridge, Huailiang persecuted Tuli like that, I'm really worried that Tuli will mess around."
Both Fang Xuanling and Qin Qiong's hometown are from Licheng County, Qizhou. The Fang and Qin families have been prominent families in Licheng County for hundreds of years. It's a good story for a military commander to participate in politics. Although he doesn't have any special contacts at ordinary times, after all, he is a fellow villager.
"I'm also following His Majesty's example, deliberately defrauding you for profit."
Du Ruhui said, "Today's success, apart from His Majesty's Longwei, is mainly due to internal discord between Jieli and Tuli, mutual suspicion, and this gave us a chance."
Li Shimin was in a good mood. He praised Qin Lang for going deep into the Weibei enemy camp and finding out important information about the internal discord of the Turks. , Under various factors, today's Tuli hesitated and was finally shaken back.
"Let's go back to Chang'an, now you can let go of your obsession and go back to see Xieli."
Weibei, Jingyang.
Tuli's army retreated 20 miles and gave way to the north bank of the Xiwei Bridge. Jieli was terrified when he heard the report. Especially after hearing that Li Shimin and Tuli made an oath by drinking and breaking arrows on the bridge, Jieli panicked even more.
"What is Tuli trying to do?"
"Yu Sheshe and Tuoshe's troops also retreated twenty li."
Another message comes back.
Jieli spun around in the tent angrily.
When it was dark, Zhishisili came back. There were hundreds of people there, but he was the only one riding when he came back.
As soon as Zhi Sisili entered the account, he saw Xie Li's unfinished roast leg of lamb, and pounced on it, tearing and biting, like a hungry tiger descending a mountain.
Xie Li was shocked.
"what happened?"
Zhi Shili gobbled down half of the leg of lamb, and finally felt back to his senses. He drank a large bowl of mare's milk, and then told all the news he had overheard in the Chang'an Zhengshi Hall of the Tang Dynasty. Report Xieli truthfully.
When Jieli heard this, his lips trembled.
"No wonder Li Shimin suddenly went to meet Tuli today. No wonder Tuli suddenly retreated twenty miles. Could it be that Yu Sheshe and Tuoshi retreated after him? Damn, they betrayed me!"
Zhi lost his mind and listened to others explain what happened at Xiwei Bridge today, and he was even more sure that the news he overheard was true.
"Great Khan, the facts are obvious. Na Tuli, Yu Sheshe and Tuoshi refused to accept the Khan's succession to Khan, and now he secretly colludes with the King of Tang."
"My lord, now that Tuli has given way to the north bank of the West Wei Bridge, the Tang army can cross the bridge north at any time, and the Tang army has already deployed 100,000 troops from Li Shiji and Zhang Gongjin to the east, and 100,000 troops from Qu Tutong and Huang Junhan to the southeast. Tens of thousands of people, including Li Yi Department in the Northwest and Li Jing Department in the North, our situation is critical."
Jieli sat down and stood up again.
If there is no verification of the important information of Zhishuisili, then the meeting between Li Shimin and Tu Li might not be as bad as he thought, but now that the news is verified, it is enough to show that Tu Li really colluded with the Tang people.
There is also Yu Sheshe, who has long been at odds with him.
Even Tuoshe, when Chu Luo Khan died, there were many people who wanted to embrace him as Khan, and they must have been dissatisfied with him all the time.
Thinking of this, Xieli couldn't help feeling restless.
Tuli, Yu Sheshe, and Tuoshe have more than 100,000 troops. If he colludes with the Tang people and turns against him at a critical moment, he will really be finished.
"Khan, I will take someone to question Tuli face to face, why he betrayed!" a secret service shouted.
Jieli just snorted coldly. What's the use of asking Tuli for questioning at a time like this?
Zhishen tried his best to persuade Jieli, "Khan, I don't think it's appropriate to go to Tuli to inquire about the crime at the moment. We have to consider the current situation first. The king of Tang has assembled an army of 500,000. If Tuli turns against him again, then we will be too big." It's dangerous, not to mention that Li Jing is still on the front line of Lingyan and can cut off our way back at any time, I think we made a mistake this time and fell into the trap of Tuli and Li Shimin, we can't stay here anymore, we have to retreat immediately."
"It's not so easy to withdraw if you want to." Xieli shook his head.
"Then let's negotiate a peace agreement with the king of Tang."
If there is chaos within the Turkic army, there is really no chance, especially the Tang army wiped out 10,000 Wubuchuu in the previous two battles. This kind of powerful combat power made Xieli startled. Now Tuli has turned against his bones. .
"I really miscalculated this time." Jie Li sighed.
Nowadays, none of the more decent cities has been taken down. There is no shortage of food and grass, the road is unstable, and Tuli and others are secretly rebelling.
"If you lose your mind, go to Chang'an again and make an alliance with the Tang Dynasty to seek peace. Just say that this time we are here to celebrate the succession of the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty."
After the decision was made, Xieli also ordered to retreat 20 miles and to the east to avoid the Tuli soldiers and horses, just in case.
Chang'an.
After the Emperor's Nine Riders withdrew Tuli's 100,000 troops, the atmosphere in Chang'an City changed drastically. Instead of being depressed and tense in the past, everyone became more confident and calm. Especially yesterday, I followed the Emperor to Weiqiao and saw how calm and unhurried the Emperor was. How to scare off the Turkic army of 100,000 Tianzi with words alone, he is already convinced that the Turks will not be able to defeat the city of Chang'an this time.
Even various rumors began to spread, saying that the Turks were about to withdraw their troops, and that Tuli had already knelt down and surrendered to His Majesty.
Crossing the Wei Bridge again, what I saw was completely different from the last time.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were mighty and well-armed.
The people are confident and calm.
Chang'an City, East Palace, Xiande Hall.
As soon as Zhishenli entered the hall, he immediately knelt down and bowed his head, shouting to see the Emperor of Tang, long live long live long live, how could he be as arrogant as last time.
"I have lost my mind, I have let you go back, why do you dare to step into Chang'an City again?"
"His Majesty the Great Tang Emperor, I am here this time under the order of Jieli Great Khan to congratulate the Great Tang Emperor on his enthronement. This is my family's Great Khan's congratulatory gift list!"
Zhi lost his mind and tried his best to present the seal, and the servant took over the transfer.
Li Shimin didn't answer, "Read."
"Three thousand famous Turkic horses, ten thousand sheep, twenty Turkic beauties."
Li Shimin laughed loudly, "Xieli has a heart, since he is here as a guest, why didn't he speak up earlier? I accept this gift."
After accepting the gift from Xieli, Li Shimin changed hands but gave it all to his courtiers.
The eight cavalry who went out of the city with the emperor yesterday, each rewarded two Turkic beauties, ten horses, and a hundred sheep.
Zhi lost his mind and submitted another letter, but it was Xieli's covenant letter.
Li Shimin just coldly refused, saying that Datang and Jieli had made several alliances long ago, but every time after forming an alliance, Jieli tore up the alliance and invaded, so Datang no longer believed in Jieli.
"Your Majesty, my family said that the previous covenant was made with Emperor Wude, and now that the new emperor is on the throne, so we have to make another covenant with the new emperor. After this agreement, we will not offend each other again."
"Jieli doesn't believe what he says, and I don't believe it."
Xiao Yu and Feng Lun, two servants, came up to persuade and act as peacemakers at this time.
After the two talked earnestly for a long time, Li Shimin finally felt a little loose.
"The covenant is also fine, but it can't be done in the previous way. Just follow the customs on your prairie. Xieli took the initiative to ask for a peace covenant, so let him offer a tribute and send his daughter to make a marriage."
After some haggling, Zhi Shisili verbally agreed to offer 5,000 horses, 30,000 cattle and sheep, and agreed to pay 3,000 horses and 10,000 sheep to Datang every year. In addition, Zhi Shili agreed, and went back to ask Xieli for instructions, and asked Da Khan to send his daughter to the Tang court for marriage.
After the talk, I lost my mind and rushed back to Daying in Weibei without stopping. After getting the result, I rushed back to Chang'an.
Xie Li refused to agree to Li Shimin's conditions. He proposed another plan. This time he was willing to double the previous three thousand horses and ten thousand sheep. Then every year in the future, the Turks can donate 5,000 horses to the Tang Dynasty, but this donation is not in vain, and needs to be rewarded by the Tang court. The Tang Dynasty needs to give back 100,000 horses every year.
This is equivalent to the exchange of silk and horses. One horse is exchanged for twenty pieces of silk. At present, this price is still fair. After all, if the Turks directly send the horses to Chang'an, the price will be almost the same.
But Li Shimin was unwilling.
"Ma, I don't want it anymore. You send back Wen Yanbo, the Minister of Zhongshu who was captured last year. In addition, you must also return the Han people who looted to the grassland over the years. As for you want to exchange horses for silk, I have now opened Youzhou. Frontier horse market, you can go there for exchange."
Zhi lost his mind and did not expect Tang Wang to disagree with the exchange of silk and horses.
Zhi Sisili left Chang'an again to repay Xieli.
In the Xiande Hall, the monarch and his ministers are still discussing matters.
"I think that the exchange of silk and horses proposed by Xieli is a good thing. It is not a loss to exchange 100,000 pieces of silk for 5,000 horses every year." Feng Deyi said.
The main objections were Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui. They believed that even if the alliance was negotiated this time, Datang would have to take the initiative. As the emperor said, there is already a horse market on the border of Youzhou, and it can be traded there without putting it in the peace agreement.
The emperor asked the ministers for their opinions, and finally asked Qin Lang.
Qin Lang supported his fellow countryman Fang Xuanling, "It's better not to put this silk horse transaction into the covenant. This should be just a trade between the two parties. If it's purely a trade, then everything will follow the trading rules, and the price of the silk horse will be high. Turkic horses can be good or bad, and even our needs can be high or low. If we decide to kill 5,000 horses a year and exchange them for 100,000 silk, there will be many troubles.”
(end of this chapter)