Chapter 70 plan

On August 23rd of the ninth year of Wude, the Turkic army forward finally appeared in the suburbs of Chang'an.Within a day, urgent reports came from nearby counties, towns and villages. Turkic cavalry troops came and went, clashed, burned, killed and looted in Jifu. Dozens of murderous smoke rose from the two directions northwest of Chang'an.In the evening of the same day, the attacking Turkic brigade had already entered the village on the banks of the Weishui River.Only an hour later, a man known as the envoy of the Turkic Yating Court entered the East Palace through the already martial-lawed Chang'an market with two entourages under the strict escort of the soldiers of the city defense army.Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty immediately summoned important officials from the three provinces of the inner court to meet the Turkic envoys in the Xiande Hall.

As soon as the envoy named Zhishisili entered the hall, he opened his arms enthusiastically, and shouted with trembling beards: "His Royal Highness King Qin, the two great Khans Jieli and Tuli have learned that you have done I have appointed the Great Emperor, and I specially brought a million Turkic warriors to see you, and express to you the most sincere congratulations from the brothers on the desert grassland. How fast, in just a few years, our little Qin King has become the emperor... " The voice of Zhizhi lost his mind suddenly became hoarse, because he found that his enthusiasm seemed extremely discordant in this place and this occasion.The young emperor sat firmly on the throne, looking at him coldly with two eyes, a faint aura of coercion emanated from his body, which made the stubbornness suddenly produce a feeling of breathlessness Feeling angry.

"Which bastard did I think it was, it turned out to be you wolf cub!" The emperor opened his mouth with swear words, which surprised Zhishenli, and made the courtiers in the hall look at each other in dismay. Li Shimin smiled: "I have lost my mind. Although I am an old acquaintance, the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty cannot be broken. Kneel down and talk to me!" Before Zhi Shi Si Li could react, two warriors in the temple immediately ran over, they pulled his elbow and pressed his shoulder, and immediately pressed Zhi Shi Si Li to half-kneel down. Zhishi lost his mind and was furious: "Little King Qin, is this the way you treat guests?"

Li Shimin said calmly: "The Great Tang treats guests with courtesy, and treats animals in the same way. I am no longer the King of Qin back then. I am the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the king of a country. How can I allow you to be petty here? The King of Qin and the King of Qin are yelling indiscriminately? Tu Ligui is a khan, and he sits shoulder to shoulder with your master as an equal king, and when he sees me, he will also respectfully call him brother. On the contrary, it is you who dare to act recklessly in front of me. If I tolerate you, How will the hundreds of millions of subjects in the vast world view me?"

"Examination in the palace!" The emperor suddenly raised his voice and shouted. Wang Kai, the young supervisor in the hall on duty, strode into the hall, bowed and said, "My minister is here!" But Li Shimin ignored him, turned his eyes to Zhishili's face and stared at it for a moment, then sighed and said: "Back then, I made an alliance with your master and Tuli Khan to pledge peace from generation to generation, and you were there at that time , and heard our oath. The descendants of wolves on the prairie take the most important oath, and those who break the oath will die. There is nothing to say about it. When the righteous soldiers first started, your father and son were both in our army, and your bequests were as many as I can't count it, I never treated you poorly, now you, a treacherous slave, led troops into our provinces, plundered my towns and hurt my people, yet you still have the face to boast about your strength in front of me, I will kill you today to swear , can be regarded as cleaning up the house for your master!"

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand: "Take this beast outside the Suzaku gate and behead it. The head is hung outside the west gate, and a piece of white silk is placed next to it, with only four words written on it: Death to the one who breaks the oath!" When Wang Kai and the two warriors in the hall heard the words, they agreed, and dragged them out with their stubbornness and lost thinking. Because of his stubbornness and thoughtfulness, he thought that he and Li Shimin had a very close relationship, so they called each other by the old name as soon as they came up, but unexpectedly, the king of Qin, who was so arrogant and careless in the army, has changed his temper now, and will kill himself if he disagrees with him. However, at this moment, he was so frightened that his heart was torn apart, he kept shouting for mercy, shaking his hands and kicking his feet, showing his ugly face for a while, how could he have the majesty and dignity of an envoy of a country!

At this time Xiao Yu bowed and said: "Your Majesty, people outside Hua have never accepted Wang Hua's ignorance of etiquette. He is rude, and he should be reprimanded by Honglu Temple. It is not appropriate to kill him lightly!" Feng Lun said: "Exactly, if the two countries are fighting each other, if you don't kill the envoy, please be merciful to your Majesty. For such a vulgar person, just reprimand him and send him back!" The Emperor of Tang Dynasty blinked his eyes, and suddenly said with a smile: "That's true, now that he killed this person, it was his master who betrayed the alliance. Forgive him for not accepting it! Either way, temporarily detain him in the palace until I capture him." If Xieli and Tuli are removed, it won't be too late to deal with them together!"

Wang Kai hesitated for a moment, then turned around and said, "I beg you, where are you taking him, Ye Ting or Beiya?" Li Shimin sneered: "No matter what you say, you are still an envoy, so let's put it in the Zhengshitang!" After Wang Kai withdrew, Xiao Yu said: "Your Majesty, at this time the Turkic army is pressing down on the territory, it seems that it is better not to offend them for the time being!" Li Shimin smiled: "Let's not talk about this first, according to the opinions of all the ministers, what is the purpose of this person?"

"To spy on the truth!" Du Ruhui, Minister of the Ministry of War, replied without thinking. The emperor nodded: "It's to spy on the truth, but I'm thinking, even if you don't spy on the strength of the troops in the capital, Xie Li can guess the truth. At present, the Turkic army of more than 200,000 has penetrated into my hinterland, and there is no logistics. Without supplies, the most important thing for them is time. No matter how many soldiers and horses there are in Chang'an City, Jieli and Tuli must fight quickly. They have no choice but to stand by Jieli's side. , the most important thing at this moment is to win Wugong and Tongguan, and cut off the connection between the two directions northeast of Chang'an and the field service king's division. You all understand that Jieli will never fail to understand. The Turkic people are nomadic in the Mobei grassland all year round, and there is no way to attack and kill battles. Unnecessary!"

Fang Xuanling frowned and said, "Could this be Master Liang's idea?" Li Shimin shook his head: "Even if Liang Shidu is in Jieli's army right now, his words don't carry much weight. Jieli won't trust him. I think this obsession is a bit strange. Nine times out of ten, it's Jieli's plan to slow down the army." !" Seeing several ministers staring at him intently, Li Shimin smiled self-consciously: "This is also my guess. The Turkic army that is currently camping by the Weishui River is very likely to be the troops of Tuli or several other tribal leaders. The main force of Xieli and Xieli himself is still on the road, and he will not be able to arrive outside Chang'an until tomorrow or the day after at the earliest. At this moment, Dongyating is still on the way, and Tuli's Xiyating can't command the leaders of other tribes, so Jieli is worried that I will stay overnight Sending troops to harass the unsteady allied forces, the purpose of coming into the city is actually to calm my heart, making me think that war or peace is still in between, so it can be delayed for one to two days, and it will be suitable soldiers, Jieli will immediately attack the city, take Chang'an in one fell swoop, and take the emperor with him to command the princes."

He paused, and then said: "There is another possibility. This time, the coalition forces are not monolithic when they come to the south. The most important reason for Jieli's incitement to form a coalition force is that our court has no power to fight against the outside because of the endless fighting within the court. Li and the leaders of the various tribes are still suspicious, even Jieli himself is not sure, but the first to arrive at the outskirts of Chang'an is precisely another tribe, Jieli is worried that I will make a fuss here, so he sent The purpose of this obsessive force to enter the city is to secure Zhen's heart, and second, to unilaterally grasp the information in Chang'an City. The people who entered the city are his people, so after leaving the city, the situation in the city is of course what he said What is it!" Speaking of this, the emperor lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said: "Think about this obsessed man, I am familiar with his nature, he is arrogant, arrogant, cunning and treacherous, but when it comes to character and integrity, he is definitely not a battlefield. The best choice for envoys. Xieli is definitely not a bad person, what is he planning to send this person here?" Feng Deyi suddenly realized: "That's why Your Majesty wants to capture this person under the gate and not let him return to the camp!" Li Shimin glanced at him, and said with a smile: "At first I wanted to kill him, but then I changed my mind. I might as well take advantage of this hypocritical and treacherous person to use his tricks, so that Jieli can't figure out the reality of the court." He turned his head to look at Zuo Wuhou's great general Hou Junji, and said: "This matter should be handled by Junji himself..."