Chapter 259: Li Ke's benevolence
And when the two brothers Li Ke and Li Tai were talking about how their eldest brother would stand up for himself.
There was a mass grave, and after two hours, all the Turks were rescued, and surprisingly, except for a few hundred unlucky ones who were pushed down and fell to their deaths at the beginning, many of them were not too seriously injured.
When all the Turks came out of the mass grave again and looked out at the snow-covered steppe, many of the Turks knelt on the ground, or raised their heads to the sky and howled, or hid their faces and wept, or whispered something, anyway, they had a sense of the aftermath of the catastrophe.
After they calmed down, they spontaneously came to the outside of the barracks, knelt there to the position of Li Ke's military tent, and after kowtowing in unison, they knelt there.
"His Royal Highness the King of Shu, those Turks have come out, and now they are kneeling outside, it seems that they are coming for you, see if you are going out" A secret guard came to Li Ke's military tent and asked Li Ke for instructions.
"Got it, this king will come out in a while" Hearing the report, Li Ke and Li Tai glanced at each other, and Li Ke's voice came out.
"Third brother, it seems to be done" When there was no sound outside, Li Tai said to Li Ke.
"Well, it seems to be done, this time the third brother, I want to thank you, if you didn't sacrifice your reputation, my brother would not have been able to get the allegiance of these people" Li Ke looked at Li Tai and said excitedly.
"We are brothers, and we will see this outside, but third brother, I want to remind you that although these Turks are loyal to you, they are still many years away from you and the crown, how to place them so that they are becoming your help, you have to think clearly! Otherwise, they will be an unstable factor," Li Tai reminded as he looked at Li Ke.
"These are indeed a problem, I haven't thought about it yet, what to do, but I think, the eldest brother should have a way, when we go back, just ask the eldest brother, and I also want to ask my father for an identity for these Turkic people" Li Ke heard Li Tai's words and said his thoughts.
"That's right, there is a big brother, let him find a way to do this, but you better go out first to appease those Turks! After all, they haven't really been loyal to you yet, so if I say it, they won't go out, and they will definitely want to eat me now," Li Tai said with a self-deprecating smile.
Hearing Li Tai's words, Li Ke didn't speak, but smiled at him, then tidied up his clothes and walked out.
When Li Ke walked out, there was immediately some commotion among the Turkic crowd who were kneeling on the ground, which made the soldiers who were waiting for them immediately nervous.
But the commotion didn't last long before it subsided on its own, and those Turks just looked at Li Ke with grateful eyes, and this change gave the soldiers a sigh of relief.
"Why are you suffering? Is it bad to be alive? The king knows that many of you don't know that there are rebellions in your own homes, but more, don't you know? You know, but why did you do that, didn't you think about the consequences of failure? Li Ke looked at the Turkic people kneeling there looking at him, sighed, and said slowly.
Li Ke's words were very small, but because he was very close to the Turks in front of him, many of the Turks who were close to him could still hear and understand Li Ke's words if they understood Chinese, and they quickly passed on Li Ke's words.
As Li Ke's words spread among the Turks, many Turks who knew before that someone was going to rebel lowered their heads unwillingly and remorsefully, while more people had sad faces.
"O you! Now the king will give you two ways to go, one is that the king will let you go, let you eat a full meal, and then flee to your own lives! Whether you go to the eastern steppe to find your khan, or continue deeper into the steppe, you ......."
"What about you, Your Highness? If you let us go like this, will it have a bad impact on you?" Before Li Ke could finish speaking, a Turkic looked at Li Ke with wide eyes and asked.
"You man! My life is gone, and I still think about what this king is doing! It's just that if you leave, this king can't give you support, and this king can't do anything, and it's for the sake of how many of you are old, young, women and children, as for this king to let you go, although there will be some trouble, but it won't have any impact on this king" Li Ke looked at the Turkic man with some surprise, and then after being stunned for a moment, he said to them!
After Li Ke finished speaking, before they could digest the information, Li Ke spoke again, "And the second way, that is, to go to Xiaoguan first, and this king will immediately go back to Chang'an to plead with you, hoping that this king's father can pardon you, even if you can't pardon, let you become slaves, but how much can you survive, this is the biggest help this king can give you, you choose for yourself!" I could have lived very well, why should I go to death, you must know that even those Turkic people who now have the blood of my Tang people and soldiers in their hands, they will only be temporarily used as slaves, to build bridges and roads, and to participate in labor, but these are all time, as long as they work hard for a few years, they can cut off their slavery and return to their families, you guys"
After speaking, Li Ke shook his head and didn't care about them, and Li Ke's words suddenly exploded in the hearts of those Turks like a thunderbolt, they never thought it would be like this.
And more Turkic people who don't understand Chinese see those who understand one by one as if they are evil, keep asking, and when they all understand, one by one crying and wailing, a wave of remorse continues to spread in their hearts, and some people are even cursing loudly at the Turkic nobles who encourage their relatives to rebel.
But these have nothing to do with Li Ke, after he left, he ordered people to boil a pot of polenta for those Turks for them, which was regarded as fulfilling his promise, but when it was boiled, no one went to eat, so the quartermaster had to go to Li Ke.
"Your Highness, none of those Turks went to eat, what do you think about this" The quartermaster found Li Ke and lowered his head to report to Li Ke.
"That's right, then I'll take a look" Li Ke, who was eating, heard it, didn't say anything, just put down the dishes and chopsticks, and walked out of the military tent.
"This food has been prepared, why don't you eat it, no matter what you choose in the end, eat the food first, and if you finish eating, and if you choose to leave, you will leave on your own, and the tent on the other side is where you rest, eat it quickly! After eating, the people who should flee for their lives go, and as long as there are those left, this king will rush back to Chang'an overnight to intercede for you," Li Ke looked at the Turks and said to them.