Chastity Layman

In the ninth year of Wude, August 23rd.

The confidant of the Turkic Jieli Khan, Zhishibu Qijin Zhishisi led a hundred riders across the Weihe River to Chang'an.

Outside the South Gate of Chang'an.

General Cheng Yaojin of Youwuwei led a thousand elite soldiers to escort them personally.

General Duan Zhixuan of Zuo Xiaowei stepped forward to investigate.

A school lieutenant flipped through a stack of portraits, and then walked up to Duan Zhixuan to report. Duan Zhixuan's expression became gloomy when he heard this, "The Shatuo thieves from the Western Regions dared to snatch criminals from the dharma field in Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty, and now they dare to come back swaggeringly. They are really courting death. Someone, get these Shatuo thieves for me. Down!"

Immediately, a large number of leopard riders rushed out, with spears and horizontal knives surrounding Liu Jiu, Qin Lang and more than 30 riders.

I lost my mind and yelled.

"What do you mean by this? I am the envoy of Jieli Khan, and these are my personal guards."

Cheng Yaojin also frowned pretendingly, "Duke Fan, what do you mean?"

"Su Guogong, these people are Shatuo people. They were the ones who ambush and killed the officers and soldiers of Zhenfusi, robbed Wu Meichu and fled away. Unexpectedly, they dare to come back now and take it down for me."

Cheng Yaojin turned his head and thoughtfully said to Zhi Si, "It's your fault, you are blatantly despising me, Datang."

Liu Jiu will still be acting there now, "If you lose your weight, save me!"

"General Cheng, give me some face!"

Duan Zhixuan came over directly, spit a mouthful of thick phlegm in front of him, "I'll show you some face? Who are you?"

The leopard rider dragged the man into the city gate, and after a while, he heard countless screams, and then saw the smell of blood permeating the air.

"Throw the heads of these arrogant Shatuo thieves into the oil pan and fry them, and hang them on the top of the city for public display!"

Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of frying things in an oil pan, and then there was a burnt smell, and immediately after that, a leopard knight soldier came over with fried heads that could not be seen clearly.

One after another, the heads were hung on the city gate in front of them.

Zhishenli never expected this result.

He was trembling with anger, even with a little fear.

"The two countries are fighting each other, if you don't kill the envoy, you, you..."

Cheng Yaojin curled his lips, "I'm sorry, these people are not you Turkic people, they are just people from Shatuo in the Western Regions. Please enter the city!"

Desperate and dejected.

Before entering the city, he was hit with a killing stick by the Tang people.

On the other side, Qin Lang looked at the Turkic spies whose heads had been cut off, covered his mouth and nose, "You brothers Leopard Rider are quick, how can you find so many Turkic spies in a short while?"

At this time a few people came in.

"The next official pays homage to Si Cheng."

But it turned out to be Shi Xu Jingzong, the chief of the Zhenfu Department. He brought Wei Chang, Zhao An, and Zhang Cheng over, "General Cheng sent a letter saying that Si Cheng would arrive soon, and he wanted to borrow some death row prisoners, so we just asked for help." Bring some Turkic spies detained in the imperial prison."

Wei Chang with a scarred face came over to salute with crossed hands, "I heard that you, Si Cheng, are showing your power in Weibei. I'm really yearning to hear it. I wish I couldn't participate together."

Qin Lang chuckled.

"Get me a horse, I'm going to see His Majesty."

East Palace.

Qin Lang was escorted by a team of Zuo Xiaowei Leopard Cavalry and Zhenfu Si Ti Cavalry, and he was wearing a Turkic robe that he hadn't had time to change.

Fortunately, there were so many soldiers guarding him, otherwise the guards of the Eastern Palace might have drawn their bows and shot this braided-haired Turkic thief.

Seeing Qin Lang like this, Li Shimin laughed loudly and came up to hug him.

"Sanlang, you are finally back, I worry about you day and night."

Qin Lang didn't like the emperor's hug very much, it was a bit awkward.

"Your Majesty, I have an important military report here."

When Li Shimin heard this, he quickly let go, "Speak."

"Xieli has already arrived at the camp in Jingyang, together with the former Sui Empress Xiao and her grandson Yang Zhengdao. Jieli brought about 50,000 people, and now the total number of Turkic troops in Jingyang is about 180,000. In addition, the people in the direction of martial arts can now be confirmed to be the 100,000 coalition forces of Yu Sheshe and Liang Shidu, and now Jieli has ordered them to return to Jingyang to join forces."

Li Shimin's expression became serious.

"So, even though the Turks have just lost a population of 10,000 people, there are still 280,000 people in Weibei?"

"Indeed, but not all of the Turkic army are full of soldiers. Although not all of them have as few soldiers as Wumei Chubu, but according to the information collected by the minister these days, the Turkic army is said to be 300,000 soldiers in total, but it has now collapsed." There are 280,000 people left in a tribe of 10,000 people, among which there are estimated to be no less than 100,000 real soldiers, and 100,000 auxiliary soldiers who fight grass valleys, and the rest are women and old people accompanying the army. military."

Even if the 100,000 shepherds are removed, there are still 200,000 soldiers capable of fighting, and Li Shimin's face is not very good.

"I've lost my mind and come here, what's my plan?"

"They came to spy on my Great Tang's reality, because after two defeats, Wu Meichuu's entire army was wiped out, and Wu Meichuu was also forced to commit suicide by Tuli. Tuli and others were all afraid of my Great Tang's combat power, and they were suspicious of Jieli. The delay in arriving is to deliberately consume their tribal strength, so now the ministries are not very willing to forcibly cross the Wei River to besiege Chang'an, especially Yu Sheshe has proposed to withdraw his troops several times."

Li Shimin said, "Whether or not the Turkic people can see the strength of the troops in the city of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, they all know it well. For Jieli, they have traveled thousands of miles alone, no matter how many soldiers there are in the city of Chang'an. Come, it can only be resolved quickly, there is no other choice."

Changsun Wuji also said on the side, "Turkic people always attack and kill in an impermanent way, and Jieli will not come to the set of courtesy first and then soldiers."

Qin Lang said, "If my guess is correct, in fact, Jieli's move has a lot of meaning."

"What's the meaning?" Changsun Wuji asked.

"I think that Jieli's large-scale invasion this time must have already thought about the purpose of sending troops before he came. I guess his purpose is nothing more than two. One is to speculate and gamble. He rebelled against Youzhou, and he thought that the Tang Dynasty was unstable and the people were not convinced, so he wanted to take the opportunity to attack Chang'an, thinking that when he surrounded Chang'an with his troops, the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty would worsen, and someone would even open Chang'an City to welcome him into the city."

"It's possible, but the chance is not great." Li Shimin said, after all, Jieli is not the clan of the Great Tang Dynasty, he is a foreign race, no matter how much internal turmoil in the Great Tang Dynasty, facing this kind of foreign invasion, it is impossible to open the door to steal.

"That's why I say it's a gamble, and the bet is on the eventuality. But the probability is small, so Xieli must have another plan. I think he has another plan, which is to cheat."

"Cheat?"

"Yes, fraud. Xieli assembled an unprecedented army and approached Guanzhong. He approached the city of Chang'an and created a strong atmosphere of pressure. Then he lied to Tang Dynasty, forced us to surrender, forced us to sign an alliance with him under the city, and forced us to contribute. The population of Qianbo even forced us to cede the land in Daibei and even Bingzhou, and may even ask us to pay tribute every year after the Tang Dynasty, so that Jieli will win without a fight and return with a full load."

Some of Qin Lang's judgments were based on historical results, and some were based on his observations and judgments in the Turkic camp these days.

"Now the Jieli faction is losing their minds, mainly because Tuli and other big nobles are unwilling to gamble or cheat after they lose. They just want to get some real benefits and don't want to take too much risk. Seeing that they can't take advantage, they want to withdraw. This is the usual behavior of Turkic people, but Xieli is not reconciled, so now he sends Zhishenli to come. Firstly, he really wants to spy on my Tang Dynasty. Let’s take a trip to show Tuli and the others.”

"Anyway, Zhishisili is Jieli's confidant. What did he see when he came to Chang'an, and he thought about what he would say when he went back. How would Tuli and others know the truth?"

Qin Lang's words made Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji feel deep in thought.

"Then what countermeasures do you have?" Li Shimin asked.

"I think we have two countermeasures right now. One is to directly detain Zhishen power and not let him go back. In this way, no matter what he saw in Chang'an, he can't go back and talk to Jieli, and he can't deceive Tuli and the others. .”

"What about the second type?"

"As for the second one, I think we can intentionally let Zhi Shili know some news, and then send him to Tuli. I believe that Tuli must have a way to get the real news, or get one of Zhi Shili's men to Turina."

Changsun Wuji was thoughtful.

"Could it be to play a trick of Jiang Gan stealing books?"

"Eldest grandson is indeed well educated, and he also knows the stories of the Three Kingdoms so well. This is indeed my plan."

In the afternoon of the day.

Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty summoned a group of ministers in the Xiande Hall to meet the Turkic envoys.

As soon as Zhishisili entered the hall, he shouted loudly, "His Royal Highness Qin Wang, my Great Khan learned that you have become emperor, and brought a million Turkic warriors here to congratulate you!"

On the throne.

The Emperor Datang was not very enthusiastic, he sat there coldly and looked at him coldly.

"Your vassals, don't kneel down when you see the Emperor of Tang!" Dou Luwang, the supervisor in the palace, ordered loudly.

Zhi Shili stood there unmoved, "We are old acquaintances. We used to drink and eat meat together and call ourselves brothers and sisters. Why have we not seen each other for a long time, and you still want me to kneel down for you? King Qin, what a shame! It's not the etiquette of hospitality."

Li Shimin just smiled slightly.

Then Dou Luwang immediately shouted.

"Where is the Qianniu guard!"

Cheng Chumo and Chai Lingwu immediately strode up to the hall with the Qianniu Dao. When they walked up to Zhishi Sili, they were not polite. Your Majesty.

Zhishi lost his mind and was furious, "Li Shimin, this is how you treat guests? When I first arrived in Chang'an City, you beheaded my entourage, and now you are forcing me to kneel when I arrive at the hall? I represent Jieli Dake Khan came, to the north of the Wei River, only a few tens of miles away, there are millions of cavalry from my family!"

Li Shimin ignored him, but said coldly, "Back then, on behalf of Datang, I made an alliance with your masters, Jieli Khan Ashina Duobi and Tuli Khan Ashina Shibobi, and you were there. I also heard our oath of covenant, vowing to be harmonious from generation to generation and never to invade each other. The descendants of wolves on the prairie claim to be the heaviest oath, and those who break the oath will die. When my father and son rebelled, you lost your mind and strength. In our army, I have received countless rewards, and I have never treated you poorly, but now you are ungrateful, leading troops to invade my border, and robbing my capital, today, I will kill you to fulfill my oath."

After finishing speaking, Li Shimin pointed at the loss of thought power, "Take this guy who broke his oath and beheaded outside the Suzaku gate to show the public, hang his head outside the Mingde gate, and fight with those soldiers who dared to rob and kill me in the Fusi of Datang Town Hang up with the Shatuo thief!"

"Another white silk is hung next to the head, and the one who writes and recites the oath will die!"

When Cheng Chumo and Chai Lingwu heard the words, they set up their obsessions and dragged them out!