Chapter 52: The Weishui Alliance
Li Shimin was patient and did not hold his breath because of Jieli Khan's words. On the contrary, I am more sure in my heart, the way of these barbarians is nothing more than to ask for some money and food, pick up some teeth, and now as long as they follow the steps and act according to the plan, there is no need to waste their lips and tongues, and live right and wrong.
"Since you don't care, then let's be reasonable!" Li Shimin is righteous.
"Do you really want to argue with this king?" Jieli Khan was a little annoyed, but he tried his best to restrain himself, and his face was a little red and shy. If it weren't for the recent vacancy, they advanced into the Weishui River, which is adjacent to Chang'an, and then they had the confidence to argue with it. Seeing Li Shimin coming on a white horse, he was consistent with what his father Khan said, that is, he was noble, and he should not have a soldier.
"Do I need to fight with you for this tongue? I don't think so! Li Shimin held his head high as he spoke, with a condescending posture overlooking all living beings, and that kind of aggressive sense of oppression really made Jieli Khan fearful. Jieli is afraid, they must have come with confidence and preparation, and they are definitely not so simple to come at will. At this time, isn't Li Shimin's posture precisely because a large number of ambushes have been placed behind him or near the banks of the Weishui River? If he said no, Jieli Khan would never believe it.
"Since His Majesty the Emperor disdains to be a small country with us, why don't we talk about useful things?" Seeing that the situation was not good, Jieli Khan hurriedly seized the opportunity to lead the topic to the topic of the peace talks, and then continued to speak quickly, maybe something unexpected would happen! This Li Shimin is a ruthless guy, he doesn't blink and frown when he kills his own brothers, not to mention that he is a monarch of a small country with a foreign surname?
"Oh? It depends on how you want to talk about it. Li Shimin saw that Jieli Khan was climbing down the pole and looking for the bottom of the steps, so he naturally understood and knew that the other party was cowardly, and he was looking for an opportunity at this time.
"Before, I went to hand over the document of the alliance to the Tang King, have you forgotten too much?" Jieli Khan hurriedly snorted and reminded Li Shimin.
"Oh, that's it! I remembered, it's easy to say! I have already ordered the left and right to prepare things and send them back to the Turks with the Khan King. Li Shimin spoke lightly, spoke freely, and had a tone of indifference, like the rich and willful temperament of a local tyrant and squire.
Jieli Khan felt that this Tang King must be going to make some kind of stumbling or bargaining, but he didn't expect that it would take no effort to get it. There was a little happiness in my heart, but it didn't take long for this excitement to turn to sadness. He remembered the phrase, "Send it with the king of Khan." "What do you mean? Is it possible for Li Shimin to send troops to escort these things?
"I said, Your Majesty, since this thing has been approved, I won't trouble you to send someone to send it again! The mountains are high and the rivers are far away, not to mention the loss of labor and money, in case you encounter some jackals, tigers and leopards, bandits and bandits compete with the Tang Army for these things, when the time comes, my Turkic Gang will not help or not, it is not clear! Jieli Khan wanted to take Li Shimin's words and deliberately said these unexpected things.
"If I don't send troops to escort the Tang Dynasty, and you lose your food halfway or change your mind, won't you say that the money and food are all spent, and then you return to me to make a mistake, and I won't become a big wrongdoer? Therefore, it is better to send it, your 100,000 army, I will send 10,000 to follow it, to guard the money, food and materials, and to take care of each other, and to properly send things to the Turkic territory. Li Shimin did not give up, but insisted on sending it with clever words, and added the matter of military escort.
Jieli Khan was stupid, he didn't know how to refuse, and there was no result after thinking about it, Mu Ne's head was entangled, unable to weigh the pros and cons, and following Li Shimin's meaning, they Turkic 100,000 troops, are they still afraid of these 10,000 Tang soldiers? There is indeed some truth, what are you afraid of him doing? Just come down!
"Since His Majesty the Emperor Haihan is sympathetic to our small country, it is so decided! What do you think? Jieli Khan followed the donkey and walked according to Li Shimin's wishes.
"Khan is refreshing, so, then make an alliance salute and swear an alliance by slaying horses!" Li Shimin said, turned around and pulled out a long sword hanging under the saddle, and slashed down with a sword, straight to the neck of the white horse that had just been mounted, and the blood in the arteries spurted out, splashing the two people covered in blood stains, which is a symbol of the same breath and a testimony of the friendship between the two countries.
"Hahahaha...... Haha...... "Jieli Khan saw Tang King Li Shimin slashing his horse and swearing an alliance, the stone in his heart fell to the ground, and he felt much more down-to-earth, and he wanted to use his mouth to exchange for such a large amount of money, food, and materials, so what kind of life did he live by licking blood at the tip of a knife?" It is really the wisdom of a reckless man, compared with these big countries with a strong family background, it is really far away, even if their current national fortunes in the Tang Dynasty are not good and the people's livelihood is uneven, they can still be generous, which is really admirable.
Li Shimin stretched out his hand to touch the blood stains on his face, smiled faintly, but the corners of his mouth showed some cruelty! These Turkic dog thieves, they don't think about work, lack of food and clothing, they come to disturb our border people, and now they are relying on the strength of the crowd, and they come to our country to blackmail me for money and food, this time, even if the Tang army that is following can't find a chance to destroy the main Turkic force, we must have more eyes, memorize these routes, and wait for him to reorganize the army in the future, capture his Turkic court in one fell swoop, and completely eliminate this entrenched foreign danger in the north.
The two catered to each other on the surface, but in fact, they were thinking about their own interests and the interests of their own country in their hearts. If you say who wins and who loses, there is no final decision at this time, and it is not a matter of which one has taken advantage, even if Datang is now sending money, food and materials, it is nothing more than using these things to buy a temporary safety and stability. The Turks have even calculated that when these things are spent and eaten, they will come to Datang again to ask for it, anyway, this good thing that can be accomplished with a few more times is not harmful.
Then, the waiters of the two sides presented the wine, and Jieli Khan and Li Shimin drank it all in one go, which was not pleasant but had already been completed.
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"Ladies and gentlemen, in the near future, while the Turkic army has not moved, we will find a capable general as soon as possible, take my Tang army soldiers, and give him a ride for the Turkic children." Li Shimin sat on the Taiji Hall, thinking about the candidate for the leader, and by the way, asked a group of ministers to help come up with ideas, think of a thoughtful role for him, and take on this important responsibility.
"Your Majesty, I don't know if you are going with the Turks this time, but do you have any other instructions?" Wei Chigong, who took the lead, took the lead in standing up, not only to ask about Li Shimin's strategic intentions, but also to take the initiative to ask for help.
"Of course! It is necessary to act at the opportunity, if you can seize the opportunity and destroy his Turkic child in one fell swoop, it is the best! If you don't get a favorable opportunity, it is also a gain to memorize the route to the Turks, and leave some arrangements for him to annihilate these dog thieves in one fell swoop. Li Shimin told what he was thinking, and it was also arranged by Li Chunfeng in advance.