The charcoal fire in the big tent was red, and the temperature in the big tent was as lukewarm as in March, but everyone felt the cold air emanating from Li Cheng's body.

Li Chengqian never planned to release Li Simo, and even more than 10,000 Turkic nobles in far Chang'an, Li Chengqian, planned to wait until the northern Xinjiang was over, and send those people to the south to work as coolies.

But he can't kill Li Simo now.

There are 30,000 Turkic tribal troops over there, and these 30,000 Turkic tribal troops are still guarding tens of thousands of Xue Yantuo's soldiers.

Li Chengqian originally wanted to obscure Li Simo's sins first, and wait until he joined Li Shimin to find trouble with the Turks. So although Cheng Wuting killed Kang Quda, he only asked Li Simo for a reason, and then "believed him".

But now that Li Simo himself has confessed his guilt, Li Chengqian can only be exempted from his guilt if he can't kill him, and now he is exempted from criminal responsibility as the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, and he will not be able to punish Li Simo for Turkic use this reason in the future.

In fact, based on Li Simo's performance in this battle and the actual situation of the coalition forces of the two sides at the moment, Li Chengqian should take the initiative to exempt him from responsibility, otherwise Li Simo has scruples about Li Chengqian, and it is very dangerous.

But Li Chengqian has always been strong, and he is confident that he has a strong army around him to protect him, so he doesn't care about Li Simo at all.

But now that Li Simo has mentioned this matter, he must make it clear that he will be exempt from punishment, otherwise Li Simo will be uneasy and will inevitably cause trouble.

Although Li Chengqian was unwilling, for the sake of his current safety, he still decided to let Li Simo go.

But let it go, the shelf still has to be put on a swing, and he asked ruthlessly: "Lu Zhi has found it?"

In fact, Li Chengqian didn't care about Lu Zhi's life or death, but at this time, he only asked Lu Zhi, which was to show Li Simo that he only hated Lu Zhi.

Hearing this, Li Simo said with trepidation: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister ordered a careful search among the captives several times yesterday. But he never found Lu Zhixiang, who was already dead. Lu Zhi is a criminal under the minister's account, and Lu Zhi's crimes are all due to the minister's lax discipline, and now he can't find Lu Zhi, so he asks His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to deal with the minister's crime. ”

Sure enough, Li Simo really thought that Li Chengqian only hated Lu Zhi, so he chose himself as soon as he opened his mouth, and only admitted that he was not strict in discipline.

Li Chengqian was not angry when he heard this, but his face was wide: "The Lone King is a reasonable person, and he will not be angry with you because of Lu Zhi's sin."

You also have a great contribution to the elimination of Xue Yantuo this time, you just have to go to investigate Lu Zhi's whereabouts and arrest him, and when the time comes, it will be indispensable to reward you Turks for meritorious deeds. ”

The Tang generals in the big tent were also relieved when they heard Li Chengqian appease Li Simo, they were really afraid that Li Chengqian would insist on going his own way and treat Li Simo's crime now.

Li Simo was very happy when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt down on his knees, looking excited, and said in a trembling voice: "Thank you, Your Royal Highness, Prince Xie, for not killing." ”

Li Chengqian watched Li Simo kneel down and thanked him, and sighed secretly: Let you feel at ease today, and naturally destroy your entire clan in the future.

With a smile on his face, he raised his hands to support Li Simo and said, "General Li, hurry up, don't talk about this in today's big victory." Then he motioned to Liu Kui to help Li Simo up.

Li Simo also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart after getting up, Li Chengqian's promise to forgive his sins, whether it was sincere or not, meant that he would not be touched for a period of time, so he could rest assured that he would kill Xue Yantuo's captive.

At the beginning of spring, he led his troops to flee to Mobei, Xue Yantuo's headquarters men are all here, and most of the men brought by Bazhuo are strong men from other tribes in Mobei, and the tribes will naturally not support Xue Yantuo anymore when they see that Yi Nan was arrested by the Tang Dynasty.

As long as the Turks killed all Xue Yantuo's captives, they fled to Mobei and could directly receive Xue Yantuo's women and children, cattle and sheep, and re-establish the Turkic Khan tent in the north of the desert.

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Although letting go of Li Simo made Li Chengqian's heart angry, there were still other things to do.

Now that the snow is covering the mountains and the New Year is approaching, there is a great victory here, and the army naturally has to rest on the spot.

Therefore, Li Chengqian's immediate order was not only to prepare to celebrate the great victory, but also to make arrangements for the subsequent training of various armies.

After the matter was arranged here, Li Chengqian ordered Wang Qun to send someone to deliver a letter to Li Shimin, he had already captured Xue Yantuo Khan, but there were still 200,000 Xue Yantuo troops in the south who were fighting against the Tang Dynasty, and the news of Yi Nan's arrest must be transmitted back as soon as possible, so that those Mobei troops who followed Bazhuo surrendered without a fight, so as to reduce the burden on the Tang army.

Li Chengqian's side handled the post-war affairs in an orderly manner, but there was an undercurrent surging in the Turkic camp outside the Tang Army camp, and the target of this undercurrent was Li Chengqian.

Li Simo thinks that it will be safe for him to stabilize Li Chengqian and flee to Mobei, but there are also people who think differently from him, Xue Yantuo is in Mobei, and he has always been obediently under the authority of the Tang Army, what is the result now?

Moreover, Li Chengqian's murderous intentions are extremely heavy, and Wang Qun has already hinted that tens of thousands of Xue Yantuo Ding Zhuang will starve to death, so it can be seen that Li Chengqian's existence is a threat to the Mobei tribes.

If you can't clean up Li Chengqian, the Turkic clan will not end well even if you flee to Mobei.

There is only one person who can see this in the Turkic camp and analyze it for Li Simo, and that is Lu Zhi.

After Lu Zhi was captured by Xue Yantuo, he was kept in the sheepfold, dirty and smelly, and was captured by the Tang army when he escaped with Xue Yantuo in the chaos and was locked up in the Xue Yantuo prisoner camp.

Later, he secretly contacted Li Simo and carefully analyzed the situation of Li Simo and the Turkic Department to Li Simo.

It's just that Li Simo already has a psychological shadow on Li Chengqian, and he is no longer willing to touch Li Chengqian, he just wants to avoid the Tang Dynasty and Li Chengqian from afar.

Seeing this, Lu Zhi knew that he would not get support from Li Simo, so he returned to the Xue Yantuo prisoner camp.

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"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going to kill Yi Nan and the others now?" Su Dingfang looked at Li Chengqian with a solemn face.

It has been half a month since the Turks were defeated, and a third of Xue Yantuo's captives died of cold and starvation, so Li Chengqian summoned everyone to prepare to kill all the nobles of Xue Yantuo led by Zhenzhu Khan.

It's just that as soon as Li Chengqian said his thoughts, everyone in the big tent was shocked by Li Chengqian's boldness.

Not to mention that the Tang Dynasty has never had a precedent of directly killing the leader of another clan who was captured alive before, even if you want to kill Yi Nan, you must have Li Shimin's will to kill you.

Li Chengqian could kill all the ordinary Xue Yantuo generals, but the khan and a cadre of nobles had to be handed over to Li Shimin.

Li Chengqian took everyone's expressions into his eyes, and said indifferently: "Li Simo, you have also seen that the hearts of non-my race will be different, and it will be a disaster to keep them in the future, so it is better to kill them as soon as possible." ”

The atmosphere in the big tent was a little depressing, and everyone knew that Li Chengqian had always been strong in doing things, and telling them at this time was to inform them that this matter was already a foregone conclusion.

Xu Jingzong looked at Li Chengqian and looked at everyone and sighed secretly, got up and gave Li Chengqian a deep salute and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has made up his mind that the minister should not be admonished again, but that Yi Nan is the same prince of Xue Yantuo Khan who was canonized by my Tang Dynasty, and if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to kill him, he must ask His Majesty to make a decree before he can do it, otherwise Your Majesty will blame ......"

Li Chengqian's face sank when he heard this, and he interrupted him: "The general will have everything to receive from the foreign monarch's life, and it is difficult to understand the news of the heavy snow sealing the mountain at this time, so let's kill them first." ”

The generals in the big tent were also very embarrassed when they thought about it, and they assisted the prince to break through the tent of Xue Yantuo Khan, and it was already a great achievement to capture Xue Yan Khan. However, if there is no will of Li Shimin, killing Yi Nan is tantamount to overstepping his authority, and it is the emperor's power to seize the life and death of external chiefs, Li Shimin's reaction can be imagined.

Li Chengqian is the crown prince and it's fine, but what about them?

Thinking of this, Su Dingfang had no choice but to get up and give a deep salute, and said bitterly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is heroic in the sky, and he can defeat Xue Yantuo with a small test, and it is really a blessing for the ministers to serve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in front of him."

Since Xue Yantuo Khan has been captured, he should be escorted back to Chang'an to ask for his crimes, and he will be told to the world of his crimes, so as to show the power of my Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Chengqian understood that what Su Dingfang said was right, the Ming canonical punishment was good, and it would be better to punish Chen Yinan's crimes (mainly against the Tang Dynasty) in front of the envoys of various countries, and then kill him.

However, there was a problem in the Chinese dynasties, that is, if they caught the head of the enemy country, they would not kill him, and in order to show their leniency, they had to give him an official and raise him well.

Of course, there are also those who are killed afterwards, such as Li Yu, the queen of Li, who was not killed at the beginning of the Song Dynasty, and was poisoned after the political situation in the Great Song Dynasty stabilized.

However, there are also those who have died at the end of their lives, such as Liu Chan, the queen of Shu, who became the Duke of Anle after descending to Wei, and Chen Shubao, the lord of Chen, who became the Duke of Changcheng County after descending to Sui, all of which enjoyed the glory and wealth and died in the end.

These people are all internal to the Han culture, and keeping these people is indeed conducive to the unity of the country.

However, the Tang Dynasty applied this set to the Turkic Jili Khan and a large number of Turkic nobles, which caused the Turkic nobles to escape from Chang'an City and establish the Turks.

Li Chengqian knew that with Li Shimin's temper, he would inevitably show off in front of the envoys of various countries if he arrested Yi Nan, and then raised Yi Nan and a group of Xue Yan nobles in Chang'an City with good food and drink.

On the surface, this seems to be very benevolent, and the Mobei tribes will inevitably be subdued because of this, but in fact, it is to make them have no fear, which is extremely unfavorable to the subsequent cultural transformation of these people.

Li Chengqian knew that his talents were limited, and it was impossible for the grassland tribes to retain his own cultural traditions and accept Han culture and Tang law.

This is something that Li Chengqian will never tolerate, so he must kill all the nobles of the Xue Yantuo clan here, so that their ordinary clansmen no longer know who their ancestors are, so as to turn them into part of the Han nationality. I want to chat with more like-minded people about "{?$article_title?} ", WeChat pays attention to "excellent reading literature", chatting about life, looking for confidants~