Chapter 16: Threats
On the way from Gaoling to Jingyang, Jieli Khan was sitting on the horse, talking to the patriarchs of various ethnic groups beside him about how to arrange Chang'an, and suddenly saw a pair of people and horses rushing towards him in front of him, and looked at his heart and said: Not good!
After the meeting, Jieli said: What's wrong? What about your generals?
Report to the Khan that our vanguard encountered an enemy ambush, and the general ...... The general was captured...... A soldier said hurriedly.
Jieli exclaimed: What! How many centaurs do they have? Who is the leader?
He...... They...... More than a thousand people ...... "What! More than a thousand? Aren't you more than 5,000 people? Useless waste, actually captured alive! Are you all rice buckets, beaten back by more than a thousand people! Who will be their leader? Jie Li scolded angrily.
Be...... A very long black enemy general, holding a lance in his hand, is infinitely powerful......
Jieli Xindao: He looks very black and holds a spear, and his strength is infinite......
Xue Yantuo next to him said: It should be the general of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Chi Gong!
Jieli suddenly understood and said: It turned out to be him! No wonder you guys are ...... But that's not an excuse for 5,000 of you to be defeated by a thousand!
Bayegu said: Khan! Now is not the time to pursue the problem, there are only more than a thousand of them, and they must have been almost consumed! At this time, we can directly capture Jingyang, and when we go to Weishui, we can surround Chang'an!
Well! It makes sense, the whole army set off and captured Jingyang! After Jieli finished speaking, he galloped towards Jingyang City with his horse in his hands......
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On the gate of Jingyang, Yu Chigong stood and looked out of the city! The general came over and said, "General! And the people were removed. Only left, man in the prime of life!
Yu Chigong said: Hmm! Good! Suddenly, Wei Chigong's eyes sharpened and looked at the grove outside the city......
The generals also looked over, and saw that the Turkic army was like an ant's nest, swarming there...... Come to the city!
The two armies did not start shouting like in the TV series, only to see Jieli draw his waist knife and shout: Archers prepare!
The archer suddenly began to bend his bow, only to hear Jieli shout: Fire!
The arrows shot by "Buzz~Whoosh" are like crows, rushing towards the guards at the head of the city!
Wei Chigong didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said: Yu!
The soldiers began to hide, only listening: "Bang ~ Buzz Buzz" Qiang ~ Ding Ding ...... "Ah...... Poof...... "The sound of arrows striking the walls and shooting into people's bodies resounded throughout the city!"
When the rain of arrows passed, Wei Chi Gong looked up at the Turkic army under the city, and saw that Jie Li had a knife in his hand, and waved it at the city gate again! Wei Chigong immediately understood that this was an attack on the city! Suddenly shouted: Archers! Get ready! Shoot!
The soldiers began to fight back, one arrow after another shot into the enemy's body, and the shouts and charges resounded throughout Jingyang!
Ladders leaned against the walls, and the Turkic soldiers began to climb up with difficulty, even though falling rocks and logs fell on their heads and bodies...... Falling from the sky again and again......
People, not bad! If you live in a place where even eating and dressing is a problem, or if it's a natural or man-made disaster, you're going to be bad...... In order to survive, there is no choice...... Just like this group of soldiers!
As long as you don't die, you will still climb towards faith and a better life...... They also have a desire in their hearts, a desire to enter the Central Plains, a desire to let their families not stay in a wild place, without enough food and clothing......
Jieli suddenly said to Xue Yantuo: Hit the wood!
(Hitting wood is the wood used to knock open the city gate, there are three kinds, namely: hitting wood, crashing, and rushing)
I saw a few Turkic soldiers holding a huge piece of wood in their arms and rushing to the gate of Jingyang City...... "Quick!" Shoot arrows at the soldiers holding the wood! Wei Chigong shouted.
A group of soldiers fired their bows and arrows, but it had little effect, and as soon as the Turkic soldier who had hit the wood fell, another soldier would take over, and so on......
And soldiers were also needed on the city wall to prevent the Turkic soldiers from ascending the city, and for a while the Tang army was in crisis......
"Bang...... Hey...... Bang! β
The soldiers guarding the gate desperately blocked inside, and the Turkic soldiers outside the city desperately hit the outside......
Suddenly, the planks blocking the door made a "click" and began to break...... One soldier said: Quick! Inform the general! The gates could not be guarded......
Checkmate! The city gate could not be guarded...... "Hmm! Predictable! Evacuate immediately, you take some of the soldiers to break off! After saying that, he shouted to the soldiers at the city gate: Evacuate!
He went down the city gate and said to the soldiers guarding the gate: Withdraw!
When the soldiers on the city gate withdrew and the soldiers guarding the gate suddenly withdrew, the city gate was slammed open with a "bang", because of inertia, the Turkic soldiers, and suddenly people turned on their backs......
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One of the Turkic generals said: Khan! Our soldiers have successfully broken through the city, but they just let the captain Chi Gong run away...... "What! Let him run away, chase me! They don't have soldiers anymore! Jieli said.
The two teams of military horses ran and chased, and they chased until they stopped on the bank of the Weishui River!
More than 100,000 Turkic soldiers lined up on the north bank of Weishui, and their flags fluttered for dozens of miles......
Xue Yantuo said: Khan! We are now in Weishui, and in front of us is Chang'an City, we have surrounded Chang'an, presumably Li Shimin'er is now panicking! You can send a special envoy to Chang'an and let Li Shimin give up Chang'an, which can reduce the casualties of the soldiers!
"Hmmm! Just what the doctor ordered! Jieli said to the general beside him: Lose your mind! You go to Chang'an, tell Li Shimin Xiao'er, and let him hand over Chang'an, otherwise, my Turks will set foot in Chang'an, and no one in the city will be left!
"Yes!"
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Changan. Daming Palace. Zichen Palace
Li Shimin sat on the top of the hall, and the ministers sat on the stool below!
Wei Chigong knelt down and said, "Your Highness! Weekend......
Li Shimin walked down and helped Wei Chigong up and said: Aiqing doesn't need to say much, everything is in my plan! Have a seat!
Report! The Turks sent an envoy to Jin!
"Ahh What is he here for? β
I don't know, it's not a good thing! It's here to show off......
The ministers exchanged heads and whispered for a while......
"Ahem!"
Although Li Shimin was also puzzled, he still coughed twice, stopped the noise, and said: Xuan!
Holding his right hand to Li Shimin, he covered his chest and said: The Turkic soldiers and horses are stubborn and lose their thinking to meet His Majesty of the Tang Dynasty!
"Excuse me!"
Cheng Yanjin said: Now that our two armies are fighting, what are you doing here?
Zhi Zhi Sili said: My Jieli Khan has always loved peace, and my Great Khan asked me to tell His Majesty the Tang Dynasty that the Great Khan does not want to hurt innocent people, as long as His Majesty the Tang Dynasty opens the gate of Chang'an and surrenders to my Great Khan...... "Fart!" Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, how can you be your barbarian courtier! Wei Chigong shouted.
Burst...... Hahaha...... Emperor? Think back then, didn't your founding emperor Li Yuan surrender to my Turks? How? Shouldn't his son also submit to my Great Khan? Obsessiveness sneered.
Li Shimin and the ministers blushed for a while when this sentence was said, this is an embarrassing history! At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, because the country was in ruins, and the country could not compete with the Turks in terms of manpower, material resources, and financial resources, Li Yuan, the ancestor of the Tang Dynasty, submitted to the Turks, and the policy of peace with the Turks ensured social stability and won the conquest of the domestic resistance forces.
After Li Yuan raised troops in Taiyuan, because he could not confront the Turkic cavalry, he once declared himself a vassal to the Turks, and Shibi Khan also gave him a thousand horses to help him fight for the Central Plains. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the Turks relied on their strong military force and extorted people and property from the Tang Dynasty for many years.
In 620, Jieli Khan ascended the throne and began to break the alliance with the Tang Dynasty, repeatedly cooperating with Tiele and Xue Yantuo to attack the northern border cities, seriously threatening the stability of the Tang Dynasty and the production and life of the people in the north. "In the seventh year of Wude (624), Jieli Khan personally led the cavalry to attack Bingzhou, invaded Guanzhong, captured more than 5,000 men and women in the Tang Dynasty, and led more than 100,000 cavalry to Shuozhou, attacking Taiyuan."βLi Yuan was forced by the situation and planned to move the capital to take refuge, but he gave up thanks to Li Shimin's resolute opposition.
These things are royal taboos, and the ministers know about them, but who dares to talk about them all the time?
"Presumptuous! It's just a small general, and An dares to be so arrogant," Wei Chi said angrily.
Stubbornly disdainful: "Hmph! I'm just here to tell you that if you don't hand over Chang'an, my Turkic army will definitely break through Chang'an, and use the heads of Li Shimin and you to pay tribute to my Turkic dead soldiers! And the people of your city, the men who kill them...... Women! Oh! By the way, I heard that there are many women in the palace...... Hey! β
Bang!
Li Shimin slapped the table, stood up, and said: Someone! Wei Chigong arched his hand and said, "The minister is here!" β
Li Shimin was busy: Take him down for me!
"Yes!"
How can you be caught without your thinking power? They resisted hard, and the two fought in the Zichen Palace, and the ministers hurriedly retreated to the side to prevent their innocence from suffering!
After a while, he was caught by Wei Chigong and scolded in his mouth: Hmph! Li Shimin child! Take my Turkic army ...... "Shut his mouth!" Li Shimin said.
"Woo~woo"
Li Shimin said impatiently: Take it down and lock it up!
Wei Chigong took him down, handed him over to the guards guarding the temple, said a few words, and returned to the palace......
Fang Xuanling said: Your Majesty! The minister has a plan......