Although she can be said to hate the Tang Dynasty to the core, no matter how she says it, she has also contributed to the Central Plains, for such a person, even if she is not a princess, Li Chengqian will give her enough respect.

There were many Turkic captives in the camp, young and strong, women, and children, but they could not see the old and weak. In fact, they were lucky as prisoners, the beginning of the war and the end of the war, the former because it was close to the Tang Dynasty, and the latter because there would be no more accidents, so they kept the prisoners. And in the middle of the war, even if the prisoners were valuable, they did not leave behind without a lack of heart.

There is still a class of "slaves" in Datang, which is even more unbearable than untouchables. Those who became slaves were usually those who participated in the great sins of rebellion, or were captives of foreign races. As a modern person, he should have beaten his chest at the darkness of this feudal society, but at this time, Li Chengqian was able to turn a blind eye. Not because it had been taken away, but because on the other side of the camp were Han Chinese captives who had been brought back from the steppe.

The grassland people catch the Central Plains people to herd sheep, the Central Plains people catch the grassland people to farm, you catch me and I catch yours, like two fools. The only difference is probably that captives save more money than normal manual labor.

With a chaotic mind, Li Chengqian went around the residential area where the Han people were captive, kicked the military Sima a few times, and ordered him to ensure that these people had food, clothing, and heating. The Han prisoners fell down in front of the prince with a thousand thanks, and burst into tears.

After the play was over, Jun Sima patted the dust on his pants expressionlessly and left with the prince.

"How useful is such a means? Besides, I'm like a guest in the army, why would the chief ask me to do such a thing? ”

The matter of appeasing the Han prisoners was specially advised by Li Jing.

"Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince, although you are a guest, there is no more noble person in the army than you. Kindness comes from above, and the only one who gives mercy to the Han captives can only be His Majesty. Now that we are in the grassland, Your Majesty will send at most a holy decree, although the holy decree is majestic, but how can it be better than the effect of your personal appearance here? ”

Li Chengqian nodded, asked Jun Sima to continue to do things, and he gathered together in a camp tent near Princess Yicheng.

Princess Yicheng is only guarded by more than 20 soldiers, and around this camp, there are more than 100 people, and it seems that they are still the generals of the general managers of all parties. This is excessive, even Jieli does not have such a luxurious lineup of guards.

Just as he was about to move forward, a paw grabbed Li Chengqian.

Looking back, it turned out to be Zhang Yun, who I hadn't seen for two days.

"Your Highness, the people who are being imprisoned here are Jieli's cronies Kang Sumi, Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao. Although you can go over and see your identity, the slave's advice is not to get too involved. Empress Xiao's fate is unknown, whether it is Emperor Yang or Wen Wenhua, Dou Jiande, Chu Luo, Jieli and others, they did not end well. ”

Seeing Zhang Yun's serious appearance, Li Chengqian was angry.

Here it is again, Emperor Yang of Sui, Yu Wenhua, Dou Jiande, Chu Luo, and Jieli don't have a good bird, why do you want to put on the head of Empress Xiao?

"Lone is just to see, Princess Yicheng was seriously injured in the chaos, these people are fine."

"Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao are naturally fine, Kang Sumi is Jieli's cronies, and after the first battle of Xiangcheng, he was resentful, so when Wei Gong attacked Yinshan at night, this guy took Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao hostage to join the army. It's just that Kang Sumi offended the Turkic nobles before, was attacked by someone, and was stabbed in the abdomen, but it seems that he can't die for a while. ”

Zhang Yun's tone was very disdainful, thinking about it, he was obviously Jieli's cronies, but he turned his back on the Lord to seek glory, and such a person would not have room to survive in Datang. People who like to betray the master, such as Shan Xiongxin, even if they have a good martial arts, will be abandoned like a shoe. Those who are loyal to the Lord and do not give up until the end, such as Wei Chigong and Xue Wanche, will be reused.

Kang Sumi's little abacus was wrong, and the only thing waiting for him was a butcher's knife. However, since Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao have been taken into the barracks, why not just kill Kang Sumi? Such a villain is alive in the barracks, which will affect people's appetite.

"In that case, why don't you kill Kang Sumi quickly, with such a mouth, how much food and medicine will be wasted in the barracks."

Zhang Yun laughed: "What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is that it's just that Kang Sumi has eaten very little at every meal since he arrived at the barracks. As for the reason why I didn't kill him, I beg your pardon for not being able to tell him. ”

"I can't tell you either?"

Seeing Zhang Yun's mysterious appearance, Li Chengqian wanted to kick his feet, but after thinking about it, he withdrew his big feet.

If he remembers correctly, it seems that the jade seal of the country was brought back to the Tang Dynasty by Yang Zhengdao. I used to think that Yang Zhengdao gave it, but now it seems that this is not the case. can make Zhang Yun keep it a secret, except for the jade seal of the country, I'm afraid there is nothing else!

Stretching out his hand, Li Chengqian leaned on Zhang Yun's ear and said, "You, you are still not ruthless enough." Why do people who are recuperating from injuries eat so little? Lone estimates that this guy may have something good hidden in his stomach. ”

Zhang Yun's eyes immediately widened, there was something hidden in his stomach?

Why didn't you think of this?

Thinking about the size of the wound, he suddenly felt that he had realized the truth.

Arching his hand, Zhang Yun immediately rushed into the camp with ten eunuchs. It didn't take long for a big Turkic fat man to come out with a remnant of the howl, turn around and go to Sun Simiao's hut.

After a while, the ten eunuchs came out again, and one of them took out a holy decree-like thing from his bosom and went straight to Li Jing's handsome tent.

After a cup of tea, 2,000 elite soldiers escorted them out of the barracks.

Zhang Yun had already cleaned the blood from his hands, and after returning to the prince's side, he smiled cruelly: "This guy is really good, he can do anything stuffing things in his stomach." Thanks to the slave, the maid thought that he had hidden his things somewhere in the grassland. ”

Li Chengqian also smiled, and approached the camp with Zhang Yun and the guards.

A big tent is divided into two rooms, and seeing that one of the tents has no soldiers guarding the door, you can know that it is Queen Xiao.

I heard that Empress Xiao is beautiful and fragrant, even if she is forty years old, she still has charm, and she can still tie Emperor Yang's heart. Although curious, Li Chengqian was not interested in seeing an old woman, so he went directly into the tent next door.

Regarding Yang Zhengdao, Li Chengqian is still very curious.

A Pu ritual figure, I don't know how he is feeling now.

There were only two soldiers and an emaciated middle-aged man in the tent.

Even if the Central Plains people adapt to the life of the steppe, it is difficult for them to become the same as the Turkic people.

Judging by his emaciated figure, he did not have a good time in the Turks.

Think about it, when Wude was three years old, the Eastern Turkic Khan was still in Luo. He sent an envoy to Dou Jiande, welcomed Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao to the Eastern Turks, supported Yang Zhengdao as the king of Sui, and assigned all the officials and people of the Central Plains who remained in the territory of the Eastern Turks to Yang Zhengdao to govern, and restored the "Great Sui" regime, that is, the Later Sui.

Yang Zhengdao set up hundreds of officials, all of whom lived in Dingxiang County during the Sui Dynasty in accordance with the Sui Dynasty system, and had more than 10,000 subordinates. It seems to be quite beautiful, but it looks like the Manchurian regime, and they are all puppets. Although Chu Luo said conclusively that he would go south to capture the state and give it to Yang Zhengdao, so as to repay the Sui Dynasty for helping them. But who knows if this guy is holding on to encroaching on a piece of land, or with the idea of joining the Central Plains War?

Seeing a kid with a eunuch looking at him with a smile on his face, Yang Zhengdao knew the identity of this person.

Get up and salute, the etiquette is very ordinary, just the kind of people who meet and greet each other.

"Yang Zhengdao, I have met His Royal Highness the Prince of the Tang Dynasty."

Zhang Yun was about to get angry, but was stopped by Li Chengqian.

After returning the salute, Li Chengqian smiled and said: "It seems that Brother Yang still thinks that he is the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, why, during this period of Turkic life, he has not made his position clear?" ”

Yang Zhengdao sneered: "Although Hou Sui is small, it is also a country. I am the emperor of the Later Sui Dynasty, and now you, the son of a thief, will you also humiliate me? ”

Anti-thief, naturally it is Li Shimin.

Zhang Yun's hand kept changing shapes, if it weren't for the prince's order, he would definitely clean up this arrogant guy.

Li Chengqian stepped aside, sat on the chair, and casually cocked Erlang's legs and said, "Anti-thief, I'm afraid you won't be able to put your father's head on it." At that time, the world was porridge, and all the eighteen anti-kings raised troops, so it can be seen that your Sui Dynasty can indeed be regarded as a rebellion. I don't want to evaluate Emperor Yang, that's a matter for historians, I just want to talk about the Eastern Turks.

Yang Zhengdao, you think that Chu Luo is very good to you, helped you gather more than 10,000 people, and pushed you to the position of emperor. But it seems to me that he is clearly using you as a slave leader. Han people in the grassland, how much better can life be? Even if they are managed by you, those Turks can still treat them as labor at will, beating and scolding them are trivial matters, and hacking to death is not a big deal.

Do you think you're a lot of 10,000 people? You must know that since the Luo, the grassland has been bordered many times, and no less than 100,000 Han people have been plundered. But where are all these people now? The Sixth Route Army searched the grassland, but only gathered more than 10,000 people. Where did the other people go? You don't care, you only care about your position as emperor, you only care about whether you can please Luo, and then Jieli's favor.

Believe it or not, in the eyes of the people, it doesn't matter who becomes the emperor. In the eyes of the Han captives, it was the same. What they are looking forward to day and night is that the Central Plains can save them, and it has nothing to do with the Sui and Tang Dynasties. But the result? I, Datang, are fully reserved, hoping to save Hermes-Epitek and be ashamed. But you are in the grassland, but you are still dreaming of your own emperor.

Wake up, bastard, if you don't believe me, take a look at the captive camps and see how miserable they are. Give it a try and see if those people will tear you to shreds after you reveal your identity! ”

After speaking, Li Chengqian got up directly, and didn't give Yang Zhengdao a chance to quibble, so he left with Zhang Yun.

If it weren't for an old Han Min man crying about his suffering in the grassland, if it weren't for a woman who committed suicide immediately after hearing that she would go home, for fear of causing damage to her husband's reputation, Li Chengqian would not have come to step on Yang Zhengdao's foot.

There is a lot of mud in the world, can't you pick up a thicker one and step on it? Do you have to step on this?

Passing by Yicheng's tent, the old maid opened her mouth, as if she had something to say.

Li Chengqian stood still, waiting for her to make a request.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the princess said she wanted to eat some vegetables. The slave knows that it is difficult to find vegetables in the army, but..."

Li Chengqian didn't say anything, left a eunuch behind, and asked him to arrange a meal with vegetables for Yicheng.

Green vegetables are a little difficult, and the only ones that can be sent to the grassland in the Central Plains are dried cabbage. However, this thing should also make Yoshiari recall the bits and pieces of the Central Plains.

is also a member of the Yang clan, Yicheng is much more decent than Yang Zhengdao. At least, standing in the position of Princess Yang, he avenged Emperor Yang, and with the power of the Turks, he forced Dou Jiande to take away Yu Wenhua's head, and also got his sister-in-law and younger brother to the Turks.

And now that she is seriously injured, whether it is Empress Xiao or Yang Zhengdao, she doesn't even have such superficial skills to visit, which makes people can't help but feel sad for her.

After Li Chengqian left, Yang Zhengdao really went to the camp of Hermes-Epitek to have a look, and the tragic situation during the period made him not know what to say. When he revealed his identity, he was greeted not by kneeling, but by bowls of gruel. These people would rather not eat this meal than sprinkle his head and face.

Disheartened, Yang Zhengdao could only return to the camp and never come out again.

The dispatch of the army is not so simple, and now the wounded soldiers in the wounded barracks are seriously injured and have passed the dangerous period, and the rest is to recuperate with peace of mind. If they start walking back now, the bumpy distance is not good for their injuries. Only after everyone's injuries are completely stabilized can the army officially return home.

The army retreated in an orderly manner under the command of Li Jing, the campaign was over, and now it was necessary to wait for the Wenchen sent by the imperial court to pacify the grassland tribes, and the next batch of generals. In this boundless grassland, even if it is a post-war appeasement, you have to hold the handle of a knife!

The battle that ended in February, and when the news reached the capital, it was already March.

The city of Chang'an has always been so ancient and unwavered, since the successive victories in the Wude period, the citizens have developed antibodies to the news of the victory. Even if there is a Hongling envoy who walks through the street, it is just that the grass king in some place has been killed, and there is nothing unusual.

This time it was different, the red feather who was covered in chilblains made the team shout hoarsely from the moment they entered the city: "Great victory!" Victory!! The Eastern Turks are defeated, Jieli is on the run, and the north is stable! ”

Many of Hongling's voices were hoarse, but at this time, they still had to endure the pain in their throats and roar. Along the way, as long as they pass through one place, they will shout, and now that they have arrived at the destination Chang'an, they can't let the scale of cheering be smaller than other places.

Sure enough, Chang'an is boiling!

No one would be surprised if the grass king was finished, but now that the Eastern Turks have been killed, this....

This has to be happy!

So, from the city gate, the citizens of Chang'an poured out of their homes, shouting loudly in the streets, or singing and dancing.

The boiling has been extended from the city gate to the palace, and at this time the early dynasty has ended, but Li Shimin is sitting in front of the door of the Lizheng Palace, and he is not in the mood to deal with government affairs at all. Hearing the cheers of the whole city, the somewhat decadent emperor finally burst out laughing.

Hongling hurriedly rode all the way to the palace, and did not fall off his horse until he was in front of the Lizheng Palace.

There were already eunuchs waiting, catching the comatose knights, feeling out the battle report and rushing up the steps, kneeling to the emperor.

Tearing up the battle report at will, ignoring the number of kills and damages, when he saw the article "Jieli was captured alive", Li Shimin looked up to the sky and laughed.

"Hahahaha, the shame of Weishui has been rewarded, come, convene hundreds of civil and military officials, and today we will have a feast on the Lizheng Palace! If you don't get drunk, you can't go home! ”

Immediately, some eunuchs began to leave the palace to deliver the decree, but they might pounce, because the boiling of the whole city was the best signal, and they had already changed into official clothes and hurried towards the palace.

Back in the Lizheng Palace, Li Shimin cherished the war report on the desk, and was eager to frame it. Just one glance can bring him great pleasure.

The first to come to the palace was not a hundred civil and military officials, but a queen in costume, who came to congratulate with the concubines of the harem. Destroying a country, and destroying a strong country, is a great achievement.

Li Shimin smiled and accepted the kneeling of his harem group, and then everyone dispersed, leaving only the queen.

"Queen, come and see, if this battle is a crushing victory for my Datang, I will definitely not get so carried away. If Li Jing's military report didn't brag, then the probability of our Datang's casualties this time would probably be much lower than any previous battle. ”

The empress naturally sat beside the emperor and said with a smile: "You naturally know how rigorous Li Jing is in leading the troops." How to say it, Sun Simiao and Cheng Qian are both in the wounded barracks, and with Sun Simiao's medical skills and Cheng Qian's materials, it is naturally what it should be. The external steward of the East Palace, who was the one who sold spirits before, in order to transport supplies to the grassland, it can be said that he suffered heavy casualties, his nephew froze to death on the road, and he and his own son also broke their legs. He is a businessman and is not qualified to accept your praise, so the concubine has drawn up a decree to praise him. Although it doesn't have much effect, it's better than nothing. ”

Li Shimin smiled: "You, do you think the queen's edict is very common?" What is better than nothing, I'm afraid that guy is not able to be proud right now. When Chengqian comes back from the grassland, he will definitely send the prince to praise him. The three royal documents, the prince's religion, the queen's decree, and my holy decree, this bastard has to make it all together. ”

The eldest grandson was surprised: "You want to make a holy decree?" ”

"yes." Looking at the numbers on the battle report, Li Shimin muttered: "Cheng Qian, Sun Daochang, and this businessman surnamed Li, it was the three of them who turned a victory into a big victory, and I am very grateful to them." Before the troops were dispatched, the courtiers were all opposed, and I estimated that they were ready to use the casualty figures to talk about the matter. They all felt that the grassland was useless, and thought that I was so happy that I waved my troops north. Hmph, a bunch of rat-eyed people! ”

The eldest grandson comforted: "Okay, they are all your courtiers, and you can't worry about it." The concubine has already asked the Internal Affairs Office and the Imperial Dining Room to prepare a banquet, and tonight, you can relax and relax. ”