Somewhere in Yinshan, "Your Majesty, it seems that Tuli has not yet arrived. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" a scout of the Xuanjia Army replied.

"Huh? It's time now, don't worry, the time I agreed with Tuli is the hour. Li Shimin looked at the sun in the sky and said in a deep voice.

"Yes." The scout said.

Li Shimin continued: "Expand the scope of the investigation a little, I must know the wind and grass within a radius of fifty miles!" ”

"Yes!" The scout spoke again, and then the scout went down and went out to investigate again.

Li Shimin's mind is actually quite anxious now, and Ling Yunsa, who is in God's perspective, can easily feel Li Shimin's current mood.

"Tuli, don't let me down." Li Shimin muttered.

There were only more than ten cavalry Xuanjia troops left around Li Shimin, and all the rest were scattered by him as scouts, and the emperor was always suspicious.

Every time the incense was burned, a scout team would come back to report the situation.

And, the hour had passed, but he still didn't see Tuli's shadow, "Your Majesty, Tuli won't be ......" Duan Zhixuan said with a frown next to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin also frowned, but in the next moment, he made a decision, waved his hand and said: "We are waiting for a stick of incense, if Tuli has not come after a stick of incense, we will withdraw." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, I always feel that something is wrong, do you want to recall a group of Xuanjia cavalry?" Duan Zhixuan said.

Li Shimin was actually very hesitant, if at this time, Tuli suddenly attacked with a large force of cavalry, to be honest, even he would be difficult to get out, but if all the three hundred Xuanjia troops gathered together, not to mention escaping, maybe he could still kill a wave with cavalry shooting.

In fact, sometimes, the Central Plains Dynasty and the grassland peoples of the battle, not all of the grassland peoples are dominant, the main good thing of the grassland people is the horses, it is undeniable that horses are the most important factor of the cavalry, but if the quality of the horses is not much different, it must be the grassland peoples who suffer.

First of all, the Central Plains Dynasty mastered the powerful technology of manufacturing armor, whether it was chain mail, plate armor, or even leather armor, the production process of the Central Plains Dynasty did not know how many streets the grassland people had.

The most used armor in the Tang Dynasty was the first to recommend the Mingguang armor, and the combat mode of the cavalry was first a round of arrow rain, and then the impact, of course, except for the heavy cavalry.

So, just imagine, the two sides fought against a rain of arrows, and the enemy caused very little damage because of the armor, but he lost most of it, so in fact, if the grassland peoples were not a survival problem, they rarely launched a southern invasion.

There are also bows and arrows, uh, yes, and cavalry killing weapons, crossbows. (These are all personal opinions of Lonely City, don't spray if you don't like it.) ）

"Huh?" At this time, Li Shimin and the others suddenly felt a slight tremor on the ground, "Here, no less than a hundred riders." Duan Zhixuan roughly guessed the number of Tuli through the tremor on the ground during the cavalry march.

At this time, a scout team replied and said, "Your Majesty, Tuli is here, and there are two hundred horsemen with him." ”

"Well, I know, let's go down." Li Shimin said calmly, since Tuli is here, Li Shimin is not afraid of what Tuli can come up with.

Soon, Tuli came to Li Shimin under the leadership of the Xuanjia cavalry, and Tuli said: "But His Majesty the Tang Emperor? ”

Li Shimin said: "It's me! ”

"The little Turkic khan is polite." said that he didn't get off the horse, but stroked his right chest with his left hand on horseback, and nodded slightly at Li Shimin.

Duan Zhixuan gritted his teeth and clenched the horizontal knife hanging from his waist, as if he was about to draw the knife out in the next moment and kill Tuli directly.

Li Shimin raised his hand, pressed Duan Zhixuan, glanced at Tu Li, who was grinning his teeth, took a deep breath and said, "Turkic little khan, this is your sincerity?" Li Shimin said with a slight anger.

"Dear His Majesty the Tang Emperor, please forgive me for being unreasonable." As he spoke, he got off the horse and saluted Li Shimin again, but he still did not kneel.

Li Shimin was a little dissatisfied in his heart, after all, Tuli was seeking the protection of the Tang Dynasty, so he should stand in a lower position, not on an equal footing with him, and with Li Shimin's arrogance, even if he was Jieli, he still thought that he did not have the qualifications to have the same status as himself.

Li Shimin snorted coldly and said, "Are you dissatisfied with your uncle, Jieli? I heard that he has begun to weaken your military power? And took several tribes under your command? Li Shimin pretended to be careless.

"I seem, I also heard rumors that Jieli seems to want to kill you? Is there such a thing? Li Shimin said as he spoke, plucking his ears with his little thumb, extremely unconcerned.

Tuli looked at Li Shimin, who was full of disdain, and his heart was full of anger, but the situation was stronger than people, and he had to rely on the strength of the Central Plains Dynasty to fight against his uncle.

Li Shimin didn't plan to take anything from Tuli, in fact, if Tuli really wanted to take refuge in him, his people would be more useful than anything, because, if Li Shimin killed Jieli, he could justifiably support Tuli and firmly control the entire Eastern Turks in his own hands, so that even Tong Yehu would not have anything to say.

In this way, a key road between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions can be opened.

Tuli was very strange, he looked at Li Shimin, who had fallen into a fantasy and couldn't extricate himself, and muttered in his heart: "Strange, next, since I am begging, I have such an attitude, he is not angry, and shouldn't he ask me for tribute?" (It's protection money.) ）

"Your Majesty." Duan Zhixuan whispered beside him.

Li Shimin immediately came back to his senses, in fact, Li Shimin is a person with strong self-control, but if the temptation is too great, he will also be distracted.

"Well, okay, in that case, I'll promise your begging, but this is just a verbal promise from you and me, after I defeat Jieli, I want to see your begging letter."

Tuli immediately agreed: "No problem! Tuli happily agreed, choosing between face and life, he chose the life without hesitation.

Then, Tuli seemed to think of something again, and said with some hesitation: "It's just...... Before His Majesty the Honorable Tang Emperor defeated my uncle...... Can...... Give me a place to stay? ”

"What?" Li Shimin was a little surprised, of course he knew that the discord between Tuli and Jieli was like fire and water, but what he didn't expect was that there would be discord to such a point, and Tuli actually asked him to give him a place to stay?

Li Shimin chuckled and agreed, it seems that Tuli's bones are not as hard as he imagined......