Chapter 27: Pursuit of Victory
A crisis was perfectly resolved, and after Li Shimin returned to the city, the morale of the army in the city was immediately high, and the soldiers who surrendered before the battle were praised.
According to the original design of Li Shimin and Chen Feng, Li Shimin declared war like Jieli Khan, and it was impossible for the leading generals to easily fight alone with the opposing generals, forcing the other party into a dilemma, and then Chen Feng summoned the Turki Khan, what he said in the letter was not made public, but it was enough to make Jieli Khan suspicious, and it was to divide the enemy generals.
In the end, Li Shimin was about to attack, which also made Jieli have no time to think about it, so he could only make a hasty decision, and people have an almost instinctive desire to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and Jieli did not dare to act rashly and ordered a retreat in a hurry, which was also expected by the two.
"What's next for Your Highness?" In the handsome tent, Chen Feng sat on Li Shimin's right hand, holding a tea cup and looking at Li Shimin.
After Li Shimin pondered for a while, he said categorically: "Take advantage of the victory to pursue!" ”
"This king disagrees!" Li Yuanji hurriedly came, and when he heard Li Shimin's words, he immediately shouted.
"Please pay attention to your identity and speech and demeanor." Hearing this, Li Shimin turned his head to look at Li Yuanji, his eyes full of anger.
Li Yuanji just reacted, this place is a military camp, there is no high or low in the army, the identity of the prince should not be mentioned too much here, and immediately confessed his mistake, "It's the younger brother who is reckless, and please don't be surprised by the marshal." ”
still moved out of his identity, although the two of them are subordinate and subordinate at this time, but the identity of the brother is also known to everyone, and he must not be treated because of a title, a marshal has already indicated that he is still admitting his mistake in the end, but it is true or false.
"What is the deputy marshal doing here?" He asked after waving his hand to let Li Yuanji sit down.
"What the marshal just said, his subordinates think it is inappropriate." He never said why, but so he said.
"What's wrong?" Li Shimin was not in a hurry, he didn't think that Li Yuanji would agree to his decision, but the decision had been made, and no one could change it, and he would not be subject to the orders of the monarch outside, even if he was the Son of Heaven, let alone only the deputy marshal in the army.
"Back to the marshal, the army is running around and toiling, and it has not yet stabilized, and this is by no means the best time to attack."
"The deputy marshal only knows that our army is tired, but has he ever thought that the strength of the Turkic cavalry lies in its ability to ride and shoot, but at this time, it is raining continuously, and the enemy's bowstring is bound to be affected, and it will definitely not be used normally, and our army has been repaired after entering the city, and the weapons have also been repaired, so that they will be able to defeat the enemy if they are not prepared to attack it under the fatigue." There is a reason, and Li Yuanji has no reason to object, but he still stays in the barracks for the reason of guarding the camp.
Ordering the three armies, the Tang army marched in the rain overnight and rushed to catch up in the direction of the Turkic retreat.
When Li Shimin led a large army to appear on the flank of the Turkic army, Jieli Khan was shocked, but the army that had been chasing after him through thick and thin did not attack, but seemed to be waiting.
And when the Turkic army was talking, the Turki Khan ushered in the envoy of the Tang Army, Chen Feng.
"Under the Tang Emperor, under the envoy of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, Chen Feng has seen the Turki Khan."
"You're, the messenger of the day?" Seeing Chen Feng, Tuli Khan asked.
"The situation was critical that day, and I had to make this decision as a last resort, and I hope that the Turki Khan will forgive me." Chen Feng smiled and said apologetically, his attitude was respectful but not humble, quite neither humble nor arrogant, which made the Tuli Khan have a slight impression of him.
"It doesn't matter." The generosity of the steppe people, the Tuli Khan immediately waved his hand, and then asked, "I don't know why your King Qin ordered you to come?" ”
"For you and for my lord's great deeds!"
Tuli Khan was shocked, and walked quickly to the door of the tent, ordering his henchmen to guard, and no one was allowed to approach before returning, and Chen Feng saw this, and he already knew it.
"The envoy was surprised, the King of Qin is the son of the Tang Emperor, and he has the right to inherit the throne, and I am only the son and nephew of the Great Khan, and the Great Khan still has a parent, and there are many brothers in me, so I have no possibility of inheritance." Tuli Khan said cautiously.
"Khan knows that my Tang Dynasty is also the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and the most abided by etiquette, the prince emphasizes the establishment of a long heir, and in common sense, my king will never inherit the throne." He emphasized the word "common sense", which was to remind the Turki Khan that there were unusual circumstances.
Datang has an unusual situation, isn't he Turkic?
Thinking of this, he was also moved in his heart, but he still had doubts, "Can you King Qin be sure?" ”
"Eighty percent." Don't say too much, Chen Feng smiled, but his face was full of confidence.
Eighty percent is already a lot, ordinary people compete for the throne, even if they are only thirty percent sure, they will fight hard, and Chen Feng is even more panicked Chen Feng already has eighty percent certainty about Li Shimin.
Tuli Khan was obviously also shocked by these two words, and when he reacted, he was shocked to realize that Li Shimin had achieved such an extent, if he could have a powerful ally to help, it was really difficult to say what things would go in the future, and he might not have the strength to fight.
"What does King Qin want from me?"
"My king wants to make a friendship with the Khan, and a friendship with the Khan of Jieli."
"You go back, please rest assured King Qin, I will do my best in this matter." Tuli Khan finally made up his mind, and only then did he answer with Chen Feng.
Unexpectedly, Chen Feng didn't seem to be satisfied with this, only to see him slowly shake his head, "What my king wants is not for the khan to do his best, but to make sure that this matter is foolproof!" Chen Feng's face was ordinary, but his eyes revealed that this was inevitable.
"Don't hide it from the Khan, now that our king has led our soldiers to approach the army of Jieli Khan, as long as the Khan operates properly, this matter will definitely be successful." Seeing that the Turki Khan hesitated slightly, Chen Feng added another dose of heavy medicine.
"Okay, you go back to King Qin, I will be foolproof in this matter!" Hearing that the army of King Qin was approaching, Tuli Khan was also relieved, indeed as Chen Feng said, if the army of King Qin was approaching, he really had a better chance of winning, and it was not impossible to persuade Jieli Khan to marry.
"My king has one more word, and I must tell it to you." Chen Feng is righteous again.
Seeing Chen Feng's expression, Tu Li's heart tightened subconsciously, originally seeing that the envoy of King Qin was just a young man, it seemed that he had not yet reached the crown, and he still had disdain in his heart, but after some conversation, he understood that there was indeed no incompetent person under King Qin.
"My king said that he is two years older than the Khan, and if the Khan does not dislike it, he hopes that I will bring back the Khan's brother, and from then on my king and the Khan will be closely related to each other and advance and retreat together." Chen Feng suddenly turned serious and looked at Tuli Khan with a smile.
"Then there will be a labor messenger to tell the eldest brother for me, and from now on, Tuli is willing to advance and retreat together with the eldest brother." Tuli lived up to Chen Feng's wishes, nor did he live up to Li Shimin's trust, and immediately opened his mouth to express his position.