Chapter 39 thirty eight

Li Shimin walked forward, walked a few steps, turned around and said, "Cen Wenwen, General Li Jing once recommended you to me. He is a warrior, how did he appreciate you so much?" Said: "Cen Wenwen used to work in the Houliang Xiaoxian army. The general pacified Houliang and captured Cen Wenwen. He asked him to draft some proclamations and spread them to the territory of Houliang. Many states and counties surrendered when they saw the documents." Li Shimin nodded and said: " No wonder, this pen of yours, Cen Wenwen, can reach one hundred thousand soldiers." Cen Wenwen lowered his head and said, "It's all about the great power of the Tang Dynasty army, what is the merit of this minister?"

Cen Wenwen has a gentle manner and a good-looking talent. Li Shimin has already developed a good impression of him. He said to Cen Wenwen: "After you memorize this period of national history, you should stop writing history in the history museum. I will promote you to Secretary Lang, and you will be introspected in Zhongshu." Walking with Hongwen Hall." Feng Deyi was overjoyed, and hurriedly pushed Cen Wenwen: "Thank you!" Cen Wenwen quickly knelt down: "Thank you, Lord Long En." After Li Shimin left, Cen Wenwen bowed his head to Feng Deyi. He knew in his heart that he owed Feng Deyi's favor to have such a chance to leap over the dragon's gate.

The next day, Fan Xin came to Jieli Camp and brought Li Shimin's terms for peace.This was obviously beyond Xieli's expectations.From Li Shimin's actions, he saw the other party's guilty conscience, and was about to refuse, but all the generals made a fuss, Tuli, Qibiheli and more than a dozen tribe leaders all offered to accept the conditions and retreat.Qi Bi He Li put it bluntly, since there are so many treasures, what's the point of fighting this battle?After all, Chang'an is already an empty city, neither grazing nor hunting.He asked Jieli to go down the donkey along the slope, and let the troops retreat.Several confidantes under Jieli knew that Jieli's intention was to compete with Li Shimin for the co-ownership of the Central Plains, and they would not take the money seriously. Li Shimin was so cheap, the two sides confronted each other, and the quarrel was exhilarating.

A group of people were fighting with each other, and Erhan Tuli stood up and spoke for Qibihe. He pointed out that Li Shimin is indeed in a state of desperation right now, but with so many treasures, I am afraid that the soldiers of various ministries will not be willing to risk their lives. Going to charge, if the soldiers don't want to fight, no matter how hard the leader tries, it won't help.As soon as Tu Li spoke, those in the tent who were afraid to speak up all joined in, and the situation in the tent suddenly reversed.Jieli glanced at Tuli, then turned his eyes to the generals in the tent, and said a sentence: "Well, since the second Khan said so, let's discuss peace and retreat." There was a puzzled look on his face.

That night, the news of the withdrawal of the troops spread throughout the company of Jieli's troops, and all the troops started to revel, and there were noisy sounds of finger-guessing and ordering everywhere, but Jieli quietly came to Colum's tomb and sat quietly for a while. stay.After dawn, Zhishi Sili, who had just been released by Tang Jun, came into the tent angrily and shouted: "Khan, do you really want to retreat?" Jieli nodded.Zhishisili's face turned into a pig's liver color, and he almost roared: "I said sweating, and Li Shimin is only breathless. When will there be another chance like this? As long as you give the order, the minister will come and fight this one." In the lead, can Chang'an City still be taken down!"

"Zhishisili, I will never forget the grievances you suffered in Chang'an. But you just returned to the camp and didn't know the military situation. Do you think it was Li Shimin who defeated us? No, we are the ones who defeated us!" Jie Liduan He picked up a bowl of wine and drank it down, then threw the wine bowl to the ground, and said: "I didn't know that Li Shimin was dying, but those people would let me kill Li Shimin so smoothly? Even if I really gave the order to attack the city, who would make the effort to execute it? Tuli, Qibiheli or Chuluo? In the end, it is not our tens of thousands of old brothers who are working hard. When the battle is over, Li Shimin will certainly lose , I won’t win either, the ones who win will be the guys watching the excitement!”

Zhi Shili was stunned.Jieli looked at the wilderness outside the tent, and said with a little sentimentality: "The treasures of Li Shimin have made me completely understand. Although these eighteen tribes have stood under the same banner, their hearts are still as divided as before. If they don't Get them together, no matter how brave and skilled our cavalry are, their horseshoes can't really get out of the grassland! So I made up my mind to withdraw and beat their hearts together like iron! Then come to the Central Plains. "Holding the arrow and thinking forcefully, I cupped my hands: "Khan, forgive me for being blunt, and I understand your painstaking efforts."

On August 30th, Jieli and Li Shimin beheaded the White Horse League on the Bianqiao.Afterwards, Ashina's army retreated northward.Before leaving, Jieli asked Zhishi Sili to do something, and secretly buried Columbine in the suburbs of Chang'an.Because he was afraid that the Tang army would dig the grave and did not erect a monument, Jieli wanted his cousin to stay here and watch over Chang'an. He secretly vowed in his heart that one day, he would lead the army back again! On the day when Jieli retreated, the subjects in Chang'an did not feel happy, and the feeling of shame spread everywhere.On Suzaku Street, someone recognized Fan Xin's car and shouted, "Look, he is the thief who bribed Hu Bing back, this bastard, how dare he show off?"Hundreds of officials and civilians rushed up and overturned the carriage, dragged Fan Xin out of the carriage, and beat him with fists and kicks.Fan Xin's attendants shouted: "He is a minister of the court, you can't treat him like this!" This sentence aroused a lot of curses: "Fan Xin is Hu Kou's slave, you are the slave's slave, you should fight!" Ten people rushed up and knocked the attendant to the ground, beat him until his head was bleeding, and kept wailing.

The incident alarmed Jingzhao Yin Chuheng, who personally led hundreds of soldiers to repress him. The soldiers shouted loudly for a long time, but the agitated officials and people still refused to stop. Chu Heng was annoyed and ordered his men to arrest him.Fan Xin, who was lying in a pool of blood, suddenly raised his hand to stop him and said, "Slow down, Master Chu, they are all loyal to the country and hate the Hu Kou. If there is resentment in their hearts, let them take it out on me!" Fan Xin stood up unsteadily, pointed at his chest and shouted to the crowd: "Come on, hit here, when the emperor summons you to go to the battlefield to kill Hu Kou, don't forget to practice on my cheap bone!" Pass it!" The crowd rushed forward again, punching and kicking Fan Xin, who was still shouting: "Well done, let's do it again..."

After Li Shimin found out about this, he felt very sad.It was his own decision to pay tribute and retreat from the enemy, but Fan Xin suffered from old punches for this.He asked Fan Xin to be brought into the palace, asked about his injuries, and immediately ordered Fan Xin to be promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of War, and he had to personally put on Fan Xin's court clothes.Fan Xin was so moved that tears filled his eyes, and he knelt down in front of the emperor, but he did not accept the generous reward.Li Shimin was surprised. He said: "It was your ingenious plan that repelled the enemy soldiers and kept Chang'an. With such a great contribution, shouldn't you be promoted?" Fan Xin said with a look of panic: "Your Majesty, everyone They all think that the ministers tricked the emperor into buying and retiring Hu soldiers. If the emperor promotes the ministers, the loyal people will be disappointed with the court, while those petty people mistakenly think that traitors can seek glory. Let go, when will the shame of today be snowed?"