Chapter 76: Another Suspicious Soldier
After Jieli Khan agreed to the terms of the peace talks, the rest of the matter was relatively simple, Li Jing sent Li Haochen back to the palace to report the news, Emperor Li Yuan was very satisfied with the handling of the Turkic invasion by the two people this time, and promised the Turks four million buckets of grain, 400,000 catties of cotton, that is, two percent of the amount proposed by the Turkic Khan, these materials are a drop in the bucket for the Tang Dynasty, with an annual grain output of about 64 billion catties.
Li Jing signed a treaty of non-aggression on behalf of the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, and swore an oath to kill the white horse, and both sides were satisfied with each of the troops and returned to their respective camps, and the Turks ordered the withdrawal of more than 50 miles on the same day to show their sincerity. Since then, the invasion of the Tang Dynasty by the Eastern Turkic Jieli Khan and the Turki Khan, which lasted for more than half a month, came to an end. For this incident, because the final treaty was signed on Weishui, it is known as the Weishui Alliance. Of course, that's all for later.
Li Haochen and Li Jing watched the Turkic army retreat like a tide, and the two returned to the barracks, and as soon as they arrived at the big tent in the army, Li Haochen asked Li Jing: "Master, where did the ambush soldiers come from?" If there are 400,000 soldiers and horses, why do we still give them grain and cotton? ”
Li Jing looked at Li Haochen with a smile and said, "Haochen, don't you really think that we have an army of 400,000, right?" Li Jing's smile was very mysterious at the moment.
Li Haochen, who is familiar with historical classics, reacts quickly, it is quite keen, he understands what is going on as soon as he writes, but he still asks Li Dao with some uncertainty: "Master, is it a suspicious plan again?" ”
Li Jing looked at Li Haochen and nodded with satisfaction: "Yes! ”
Although Li Haochen got the same answer as he guessed in Li Jing's mouth, he was still a little puzzled: "Master, but I clearly saw that there were indeed about 400,000 troops in the distance, what the hell is going on?" ”
Li Jing laughed and said, "If you can see everything, how can you make the two Turkic khans obediently agree to our request?" Even if they agreed, how could they obediently retreat? ”
Li Haochen understood what Li Jing meant, it was indeed the case, if the Turks found out that they only had 50,000 horses, no matter whether Jieli and Turki agreed to the peace talks, I am afraid that they would not retreat easily in the end.
However, Li Haochen wanted to know very much at the moment how Li Jing did it, so he bowed to Li Jing very respectfully and said, "Please teach Master!" ”
Through Li Jing's explanation, Li Haochen finally knew what happened, it turned out that this was the case, Li Jing ordered the 50,000 soldiers, under the banner of the King of Qin, to stand eight miles away, and then let each soldier bring ten scarecrows, put these scarecrows in armor and helmets, and then march forward for one kilometer every half an hour, until the herald arrived, he quickly evacuated ten miles away, and returned to the camp in a roundabout way. As for the sound of horses' hooves, Li Jing used the same method as Li Haochen.
After Li Haochen understood the whole thing, he secretly sighed to himself, Li Jing's god of using soldiers is really rare in the world. This plan of suspicious soldiers coupled with the attack on the heart can only be said that the Turks lost unjustly.
However, although Li Jing's strategy was perfect, neither Li Haochen nor Li Jing expected that this Turkic invasion had something to do with Li Shimin, because this matter almost broke a big deal, but fortunately, Li Jing reacted quickly enough to solve the matter safely.
Thinking about this matter, Li Haochen asked Li Jing again: "Master, this Turkic invasion, Jieli Khan has already said that it has something to do with Li Shimin, and I don't know how Master is going to deal with this matter!" ”
Li Jing sighed when he heard this: "Haochen, originally I didn't want to participate in this battle about the change of imperial power, I thought that this was also Your Majesty's family matter, and it was inconvenient for you and my ministers to participate in it, so as not to suffer from it, no matter who inherited the throne, I Li Jing was destined to serve the Tang Dynasty in this life, but this time I regretted that I did a little too much, he actually united with outsiders to invade my Tang Dynasty, this behavior is already treason, I can no longer sit idly by, he uses his own selfish interests, and actually wants to trap my Tang people to be displaced." , suffering from war, and even ruined family, this kind of person is definitely not suitable to be the future monarch of my Tang Dynasty, otherwise the people of my Tang Dynasty will suffer greatly, I have decided to report to Your Majesty truthfully, and Your Majesty will be judged! ”
Li Haochen nodded when he heard this: "Master Gaoyi, Haochen must stand with Master!" ”
Li Jing looked at Li Haochen's clear eyes, sincere words, nodded, and didn't say anything.
Just as Li Haochen and Li Jing were talking, they saw a person who looked like an inner servant, walked into the big tent, holding a yellow satin in his hand, and knew at a glance that it was a holy decree, and sure enough, after the inner guard came in, he stood still in the middle and shouted: "Under the holy decree, Li Jing, the head of the march, and Li Haochen, the deputy head of the army, receive the order!" ”
Li Haochen and Li Jing hurriedly saluted and shouted: "The minister accepts the order!" ”
The chamberlain opened the holy decree and said: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: Now there are two people in the East Turkic Jieli and Turk who have treacherously attacked our Tang Dynasty and marched to Chang'an, the ministers are panicked, and I am also exhausted. Li Jing was promoted to the general of Zuo Wuwei, the Duke of Weiguo, and was given 800 feudal households, a bounty of 1,000 taels, and 200 brocades. Li Haochen, a loyal general, was promoted to the general of Guide, and the county of Lecheng was opened, and 200 households were given to the city. Chin this! ”
After reading the holy decree, the chamberlain smiled at Li Haochen and Li Jing and said, "Wei Guogong, Lechenghou, congratulations!" It's okay, the two of you, hurry up and prepare to enter the palace with our family to thank Your Majesty! ”
When Li Jing heard this, he gave the chamberlain a piece of gold, and then arrived: "Please also ask the envoy to wait a moment outside the tent, let me prepare, and then follow the envoy into the palace!" The chamberlain won the bounty, so he naturally happily agreed, and instructed the next two to hurry up, and the emperor was still waiting for them, so he went out of the big tent.
Li Haochen saw that Li Jing had sent out this chamberlain, and he didn't know what Li Jing had to tell him, so he looked at Li Jing with some confusion and said, "Master, is there anything wrong?" ”
Li Jing looked at Li Haochen and said helplessly: "Haochen, have you forgotten your deputy general Wang Jing?" ”
Li Haochen was a little panicked when he heard this: "Huh? ”
Li Jing looked at Li Haochen still pretending to be stupid here, and sighed again and said: "I already know the cause and effect of the matter, it was Wang Jing who assassinated you before, to be honest, he died innocently, but he really didn't follow the rules when you committed suicide privately, as the teacher has already thought about it for you, you can say that Wang Jing died in battle!" Once this is over, don't bring it up again! Saying that, Li Jing sighed again.
Li Haochen really didn't expect that all of this was in Li Jing's hands, and he didn't expect that Li Jing would protect him like this, so he said with a little choked up: "Thank you Master for your protection, you have caused trouble to Master, Master's words Haochen has written down!"