Chapter 248: Return

"Yunwen, I was originally a lieutenant of Guoyi and a captain of Zhaowu, why do you say that I am a lieutenant and a guerrilla general in front of that Zhenzhu Khan?" On the way back to the camp, Su Ding asked Zhang Yunwen.

Zhang Yunwen replied with a smile: "I am here to negotiate with the Tiele people, if the position is too low, I am afraid that Tiele Yi Nan and others will use this as an excuse to put pressure on us and force us to make concessions." Besides, the younger brother dares to guarantee that after this incident, as soon as Brother Su returns to Chang'an, he will definitely be promoted to general! ”

Su Dingfang smiled disappreciatively: "Since this is the case, then borrow the good words of the brother!" ”

"Uh, let's do it, big brother come to my Zuo Wuwei! I'll go tell General Duan about it, and let him give you a Zhonglang general! Zhang Yunwen suggested.

Su Dingfang shook his head: "Forget it!" I appreciate Yunwen's kindness. A man was born in heaven and earth, and he should rely on the sword and gun in his hand to gain fame, how can he rely on the relationship with others! ”

Zhang Yunwen sighed lightly: "Okay, since the eldest brother is unwilling, then the younger brother will not force it!" But if Brother Su encounters something difficult, just tell the younger brother! ”

Su Dingfang nodded, indicating that he knew.

After returning to the tooth tent and telling Li Jing the result, Li Jing couldn't help but smile and said: "Then Tang Jian is really an old fox, he actually used this scoundrel way to solve the problem!" The old man bet that more than eighty percent of the Turks Tang Jian sent to the Tiele camp three days later were probably old men. As for the women and the warriors, they will never be given! ”

After listening to Li Jing's words, Zhang Yunwen suddenly felt that Tang Jian was really shameless.

Now that the negotiations with Tiele have been settled, the Tang army is ready to go south and return to the Central Plains. Before that, the work that Tang Jun needed to complete was to check the household registration and take stock of the livestock. This is a huge work, with nearly 200,000 Turks and hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep to be registered. There were simply not enough personnel in the military office and other logistics officials, and even the mission officials who came with Tang Jian joined the ranks. For a while, I saw that in the big accounts responsible for registration, there were mountains of documents, and those civil officials were almost too busy to touch the ground.

Of course, Tang Jian also took advantage of this inventory to clean up the old people among the Turks, and sent them to the Tiele camp with some women and children, and a few young men, regardless of how surprised and angry Tiele was.

However, in the face of the Tang army camp that had advanced ten miles to the Tiele camp, Tiele led the 30,000 Turks and 40,000 cattle and sheep to slowly retreat, crossed the Yin Mountain, crossed the desert, and returned to Mobei.

On the 10th day, a contingent of 100 civil servants came to the tent and took part in the inventory and cleaning work. The addition of these 100 officials has greatly accelerated the speed of work. The leader of this civil service team is Yu Shinan. In addition to bringing this 100-person civil service team, it also brought a holy decree.

The holy decree said that Li Jing would temporarily settle the 200,000 Turks in the northern part of Hedong Province and Guannei Province and be guarded by the army. As for Jieli and others, the holy decree required Li Jing to escort a group of Turkic nobles back to Chang'an as soon as possible to dedicate the Taimiao to the world. And at the end of the decree is a word of encouragement. There was only one sentence that made Zhang Yunwen feel overjoyed.

"All those who have meritorious service, after returning to Chang'an, will be rewarded!"

Although there were 100 new civil servants, the number of civil servants working in the entire dental tent reached nearly 200. However, in the face of such a huge workload, it took nearly a month to complete the inventory in this era of purely relying on brush and paper.

At this time, it was the end of December, and the whole grassland was covered with snowflakes. In such weather, 60,000 troops escorted 200,000 Turks slowly through the snow and moved south.

The 60,000 army was divided into two groups, with Li Jing and Li Ji each leading 30,000 people, each escorting 100,000 people to Guannei Province and Hedong Province respectively. The preparation of placing them there temporarily, as for what to do with them, will depend on the follow-up situation.

However, Jieli and others, under the escort of Li Jing, first settled the Turks in the northern part of Guannei Province, and then went south to Chang'an and dedicated the Taimiao.

Zhang Yunwen waved goodbye to Su Dingfang very regretfully. Su Dingfang belongs to Li Jijun, and he himself belongs to Li Jingjun, and the two will move in different directions.

Watching the soldiers gritting their teeth and marching in the snow against the biting cold wind, Zhang Yunwen felt slightly uncomfortable in his heart, especially when he saw the clothes on their bodies. The clothes of the soldiers were prepared by themselves, and the children of better families could wear fur coats, while the soldiers of poorer families could only wear the kind of robes filled with silk and linen. When marching in this weather, you will feel extremely cold.

Seeing this, Zhang Yunwen suddenly remembered cotton, the main raw material for garments in later generations. Filling the shirt with cotton wool is very warm. Cotton, there seems to be cotton in the Western Regions, and it is still the better long-staple cotton.

In this way, they traveled for three days in a row, crossing the Yellow River, which was covered with thick ice, and came to the Katsushu border north of Kannai Province. After settling the Turks in a large area north of the Great Wall and east of the Yellow River, and having the local government soldiers and officials guard it, Li Jing continued to the south with thousands of Turkic nobles.

Without the drag of 100,000 herdsmen and cattle and sheep, the march was more than twice as fast. More than 1,000 captives passed through Yinzhou, Suizhou, Yanzhou and other places, and there were many spectators along the way.

The northern part of Guannei Province is adjacent to the desert steppe, and it suffers from Turkic raids every year. The Turks killed people and plundered, destroyed cities, raped and plundered, and were deeply hated by the people. When the people of these states talk about the Turks, they all grit their teeth and are eager to eat their flesh and skin. So when the army escorted these more than 1,000 Turks through the prefectures and counties, countless spit and stinky shoes flew towards them.

Looking at these depressed Turkic nobles, Zhang Yunwen sighed softly and said to Jieli who was walking beside him: "Great Khan, do you see it, this is the heart of the people!" ”

Jieli lowered his head, his eyes were scattered, but he didn't know if he heard Zhang Yunwen's words.

It took the army nearly twenty days to cross the Kannai Province and enter Gyeonggi Province. As soon as you enter Gyeonggi-do, Chang'an is close at hand.

Outside the heavy Xuanmen, the canopy is like a cloud. Li Shimin stood on the avenue with the civil and military ministers, looking at the north from afar.

The north wind howled. Li Shimin raised his head and looked at the gloomy sky, only to see snowflakes slowly drifting down.

Before I knew it, it was the first month of the fourth year of Zhenguan.

At this time, a fast horse came straight from the north. When the knight was still more than 20 zhang away from Li Shimin, he reined in the horse's hooves, turned over and dismounted, and ran in the direction of Li Shimin. As he ran, he shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, the army is coming!" The army is coming! Ten miles to come! ”

Li Shimin was overjoyed when he heard this, shook the white robe on his body, took two steps forward, rubbed his hands and turned around and walked back a few steps, looking anxious.

"Let's go, I'm going to meet the army!" Li Shimin paused and said violently.

As soon as these words came out, the ministers hurriedly stopped them, but Li Shimin turned over and got on his horse: "Don't say much, everyone, come with me to meet the army!" ”

The ministers glanced at each other, and several generals took the lead and followed Li Shimin's side.

The remaining ministers also mounted their horses one after another and followed Li Shimin to the north.