Chapter 69: Retreat
Under the cover of the Turks, Li Shimin and others successfully left the Turkic camp. Compared to entering the camp, there were already six fewer people at this time.
"Tuli asked me for you, in fact, I just want to prove to me that he will not be with Jieli again, of course, there is also the meaning of admiring you!" Li Shimin sat in the camp tent and said to Zhang Yunwen.
Zhang Yunwen smiled: "I know this!" But His Highness's handwriting is wonderful! Let Zhao Yi and others stay by Tuli's side, which can not only monitor him, but also assist him. Maybe Tuli will dominate the grassland in the future, and Zhao Yi and a few of them will have the credit! ”
Li Shimin smiled coldly: "Dominate the grassland? Hmph, it won't! Whether it is Tuli or Jieli, the northern grassland will always be the world of my Datang! ”
On the other side, Jieli stood in the big tent with a blue face, listening to the bowed clerk report the loss to him.
"There were two raids in total. For the first time, our army was defenseless, one hundred and twenty-one people were killed and eighty-seven wounded. In the second raid, our troops were prepared and lost seventy-two people. ”
"What about the situation over there?"
"Well, twenty-six ** corpses were found in the camp, all of them were wearing black armor, and it is estimated that they are Li Shimin's Xuanjia team!"
Jieli suddenly snorted angrily: "Li Shimin's child! Ben Khan will fight you to the death! ”
As he spoke, he shouted outside the tent, "Someone! Go and call the Turki Khan to the Great Tent! ”
It didn't take long for a tired Tuli to arrive at Jieli's tent.
"Little Khan Tuli has seen Big Khan!" Tuli placed his right hand on his left chest and saluted.
In fact, this Jieli is still the uncle of Tuli, and Tuli is the son-in-law of the Turkic Shibi Khan, the authentic heir. Jieli bullied him at a young age, so he snatched the position of the Great Khan, and Tuli had no choice but to become the second Khan of the Turks, a little Khan.
Jieli smiled: "Tuli, you're here!" I came to you just to discuss the matter of sending troops to attack! ”
Natuli had already heard Li Shimin's advice last night, and had listened to it, so of course he would not agree to this dispatch of troops. I saw him smile and ask, "Oh? The Great Khan wants to attack**? ”
Jieli said: "Not bad! Last night's ** night attack, our army lost hundreds, if you don't fight a dozen ** arrogance, Ben Khan will be unable to eliminate this hatred in his heart! ”
Tuli said: "That being the case, the Great Khan is sending troops!" ”
"Good!" Jieli slapped the table and stood up, "Nephew Tuli, since you agree to send troops, then please ask your 10,000 iron cavalry to contain it head-on, Ben Khan personally led 10,000 cavalry to insert into the **camp" from the flank, **will definitely be in chaos!" ”
Tuli smiled and said, "I'm talking about the Great Khan sending troops, I didn't say that I was going to send troops!" The Great Khan knows that last night's ** night attack, our department also suffered heavy deaths, and now the warriors are thinking of returning, and the little Khan is going to return to the grassland with the warriors of our clan! ”
When Jieli heard this, he suddenly became angry, pointed at Tuli and said, "You! Put down your fingers, "What did Li Shimin say to you yesterday before the battle, didn't you really have any secret dealings with him?" ”
Tuli laughed: "Where did the Great Khan think!" Xiao Khan and Li Shimin had met twice, when he was not the king of Qin and Li Yuan was not yet the emperor. At that time, we agreed that if one side was in an emergency, the other side would help. This is what he calls the love of incense. Now that Li Tang is full-fledged, where is the use of our small tribes! However, there is a love for incense, and Xiao Khan is not easy to break the contract. Besides, our army has been here for a long time, and people's minds are returning! ”
When Jieli heard this, he pondered for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "Since Tuli you care about incense, then Ben Khan doesn't care about it!" Retire in a few days! Well, but ** I still want you to talk about it over there! ”
"No problem! I'll go. Well, but the Great Khan, the Little Khan heard that Ashina Simo was already here with the Great Khan, I wonder if the Great Khan could let him go to the ** camp with the Little Khan? ”
Ashina Simo is Jieli's uncle, and he can be regarded as Tuli's grandfather, but he is still very young.
"Of course you can! You'll go find him later! ”
Tuli saluted again and took his leave.
As soon as he went out, a man came out from behind the bed covered with animal skins in the big tent.
"Great Khan, do you really want to make peace with the Tang Dynasty?" This man's voice was sharp, somewhat similar to that of a palace eunuch. In fact, he was indeed a eunuch. His name is Chen Renshou. At that time, Princess Yicheng of the Sui Dynasty and her relatives brought many palace maids, and he was one of them, because of some intelligence, he is now relied on by Jieli as a think tank.
Jieli sneered: "How can it be so cheap!" Tell you, I'm waiting for news! ”
"Well, could it be the army waiting for Qizhou?"
"Not bad! Ben Khan on the side of Qizhou has arranged 20,000 soldiers and horses, if he breaks through Qizhou and then gallops to the aid of Ben Khan, then why be afraid**! ”
"Great Khan is brilliant! But if you count the time, it's about the same! ”
"Hmm!"
As he was talking, he suddenly heard a commotion outside, and then a wounded soldier was carried into the tent.
I saw a huge wound on the wounded soldier's body, the wound was swollen, and black blood continued to flow out of it, presumably it had been injured for a few days, but it was not bandaged in time.
"Great Khan help!" As soon as the wounded soldier saw Jieli, he said this sentence, "Our army was surrounded by Chai Shao in Duyang Valley, and suffered heavy losses, and I hope that the Great Khan will be rescued!" ”
Jieli was a little distracted, and he waved his hand to let the soldier carry the wounded soldier down.
The army surrounded by Chai Shao was the one he attacked Qizhou.
"Great Khan, look at this ......"
Jieli waved his hand: "I hope they can bring us a message of peace!" ”
After a tiring night last night, many soldiers are still asleep on their beds. Zhang Yunwen is no exception. Although he used to move at night, his routine has become much more regular recently, and the fatigue caused by last night's action is much more than usual.
And at this time, Tuli took Ashnasimo to the ** camp.
Since many things have been tacitly agreed by both parties, this meeting went extremely smoothly. Whether it is Li Shimin, Tuli, or the current Jieli, they are all happy to see this situation.
As a result, the two sides reaffirmed the alliance, and the Turks hoped for peace. Li Shimin thought about it for a moment and then verbally agreed. Ashnasimo remained among the ** as a Turkic envoy.
When Turki brought the news back to the Turkic side, Jieli also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, if you insist on having a fight, Jieli will not be happy.
Five days later, the Turks withdrew.
However, another difficult problem arose in front of Li Shimin, about the nearly 100 Turkic scout captives. Is it to kill or release?
Some Wenchen said that the killing of prisoners was not good for the reputation of the Qin king, and advocated the release of prisoners.
While other generals advocated killing a hundred.
However, the final result was that neither killed nor released, and Ashina Simo got the news from somewhere, and directly asked these people to leave and become his subordinates.
Thus, this war with the Turks ended before it officially began. Everyone is going to return to Chang'an again.