"Let all the tribes evacuate the Shuobei grassland. Stay away from that madman. The Turkic tone was full of unwillingness and humiliation, and it was true that the Turks lived with the grass, but there were also certain geographical restrictions, otherwise it would be a mess.

The abundant water and grass of the Shuobei grassland are their ideal home. At the same time, in the hearts of the Turkic peoples, the Shuobei steppe has always been the pasture of their steppe people. Giving it to a fierce enemy, I can't stand it anyway.

He lived so long. I have also seen a lot of storms: I have never met such a tough and fierce character as Luo Tong......

If he does not agree to his demands, he will inevitably slaughter the tribes loyal to him by his means. At that time, he will not only be condemned by his clansmen, but more importantly, he will be completely offended.

Having a madman staring, Tuli thought of the tragic fate of more than a dozen tribes...... reminds me of the fact that he sent troops twice and directly slaughtered Jieli with the deeds of nearly hundreds of thousands of people.

Before, he also needed to sneak around Shuofang. Now that he is in Shuofang, he can enter the grassland at any time, and he still has a terrifying 60,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and when he thinks of the fate of hundreds of thousands of Turks loyal to Jieli, a trembling feeling rises in Tuli's bones.

At the beginning, after Luo Tong occupied Shuofang, Jieli took the initiative to give up the Shuobei grassland, which caused an uproar within the grassland. Jieli's abandonment of the Shuobei Grassland is tantamount to giving the Shuobei Grassland to the Tang Dynasty, which is undoubtedly a traitorous act. Even in ancient times, such acts were extremely despicable.

Tuli even took this opportunity to spread a public opinion offensive to suppress Jieli's prestige. At the same time, he was also complacent to let the tribe loyal to him settle in the Shuobei grassland, and only now did he know how wise Jieli's decision was, although he lost his reputation, but his strength was preserved. But due to his greed, he lost more than ten tribes at once, which made him extremely uncomfortable, but he had to withdraw, and this face was really embarrassing.

The battle between him and Jieli is imminent, and the battle to determine the ownership of the grassland is about to begin. At this time, he turned his face with the Tang Army, fought with the Tang Army as an enemy and fought with Luo Tong, and the final benefit would only be Jieli. He has always let Jieli trample under his feet, it is difficult to turn over, and he finally turned against the guest, and finally became the Khan King of the Turks, breaking with the Tang Dynasty at this critical time, doing all kinds of harm but no benefit.

Datang's purpose is obvious, they plan to let him and Jieli lose both, so that they can reap the benefits of the fisherman. At the beginning, they directly supported the weak to deal with Jieli, which was with this ill will. Now his strength has overshadowed Jieli, if Jieli is willing to bow to the Tang Dynasty, and he breaks with the Tang Dynasty, it is easy to be favored by the Tang Dynasty.

He rose because of Datang, and he deeply understood who was the key to his rise. If the situation is reversed, he doesn't think that he has the ability to deal with the two strong forces of Jieli and Datang. At this time, he chose to turn his face with Datang, and his victory in hand will be reversed, and his future will be dark.

Luo Tong's cunning puppy was able to eat this point, so he dared to kill his people unscrupulously and force him to compromise. Tuli knew Luo Tong's sinister intentions, but he had to swallow his anger.

But the bad news doesn't stop there.

When He Luohu went to prepare the "tribute", Tuli received another slap in the face: the Tang Dynasty increased the ratio of iron for cattle and horses, which was ten times higher than the original ratio, on the grounds that there was a shortage of iron. As for sophisticated weapons. It has increased the proportion by a factor of fifteen.

"It turns out that the previous letter was deliberately to make me proud. This is Li Shimin's true face. Is Datang ready to attack me? ”

Tuli's face turned pale. He understood, finally understood!

He sat on the ground and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

The decisive battle with Jieli is imminent, and he needs a large number of iron weapons. And the smelting technology of the Tang Dynasty is too sophisticated, and their Turks are far from being able to match it. The sharp weapons made in the Tang Dynasty were not only lethal, but also durable in war. It's not easy to speak, but it's really easy to use. However, once the swords of the Tang Dynasty were broken, they did not have the smelting technology to re-forge and repair, and could only repair them in a rough way or with Turkic smelting technology, or even rebuild them in the furnace to restore the sharpness of the weapon.

This also destroys the texture of the weapon itself, resulting in a situation where the weapon becomes a decayed object.

Battles and battles. We should give full play to all our advantages in order to achieve victory with the most certainty.

In order to win the next crucial battle again, Tuli plans to make the next trip. A large amount of money to buy Datang's sharp weapon as a winning capital.

But Datang came to such a hand at this critical time, this is no longer a matter of repaying his previous arrogance and arrogance, and then thinking of Luo Tong's frequent actions, he was completely panicked and afraid, and he knew how important Datang was to him.

For a while, Tuli's intestines were repentant, and he should not have listened to the bitter persuasion of his son He Luohu, and insisted on going his own way and having a premature showdown with the Tang Dynasty.

This moment

Tuli feels like the sky is about to fall!

What to do? How to repair the relationship between Datang?

After messing up for a long time, Tuli took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said: "Tell the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, just say that I, Tuli, have agreed to all the requests of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty." At the same time, in order to show the sincerity of helping each other in the same boat, another 50,000 horses and 100,000 sheep were sent. In addition, 10,000 ploughing cattle will be delivered in a month. "His heart is completely empty. In his opinion, Datang is like a hungry wolf, and he is still unlucky in the end if he doesn't feed the wolf. Instead of losing to Jieli without a return for nothing, it is better to endure the pain and repair the relationship with Datang, only in this way can he have hope.

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Chang'an Taiji Palace.

Looking at the court meeting, Li Shimin listened attentively to the report of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military officials, nodded his head incessantly, and was extremely satisfied with the recent work performance of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military officials and local officials, which was impeccable.

In particular, in the development of economy and agriculture, we have made great progress. Li Shimin did not completely reject the system of uniform land and the regulation of rents because they were the systems proposed by Li Jiancheng, but vigorously supported the system of equalizing fields and the regulation of rents, and made improvements in these two systems with excellence, and the results were even more significant.

Listening to the ministers working together and working together to solve one problem after another, Li Shimin was extremely happy. Although the policies to purify the atmosphere of officialdom, such as reducing staff and laying off employees, fighting corruption and advocating clean government, have only been implemented for less than half a year, the results have been very significant. The wind of exaggeration has been exhausted, the wind of hard work has risen, and everything is developing towards the ideal atmosphere of prosperity.

After dealing with government affairs, Li Shimin shifted the topic to border affairs and inquired about the situation in the Turks and even Shuofang.

Li Chengqian has been north to Shuofang for more than a month, and it stands to reason that he will return to Chang'an. It's just that his kid hasn't returned for a long time, and Luo Tong hasn't sent back a word, he doesn't know what the two uncles are doing, although he knows that they will be fine, but he is very worried in his heart.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Youzhou, saying that Tuli has completed the transaction according to our new exchange ratio, and has also given an additional 50,000 horses and 100,000 sheep. In addition, there are 10,000 ploughing cattle. Fang Xuanling stood up, and a string of numbers came out of his mouth.

The sheer size of the numbers was staggering, and there was a buzz all over the country.

Li Shimin also showed a look of astonishment.

The existence of Tuli is in the interests of Datang, and Li Shimin does not intend to exchange it at all. He increased the ratio of iron to cattle and horses tenfold, and the proportion of sophisticated weapons by fifteen times, which was nothing more than a lesson for the lion to open his mouth, and he never thought that he would achieve a deal in such a proportion.

But now Tuli readily agreed to this non-part request, and also sent a large number of additional livestock.

Especially now, when spring ploughing is approaching, Tuli sending this 10,000 heads can solve the urgent need of Datang. These 10,000 ploughing cattle have an immeasurable effect on Datang's economy.

Wei Zheng said: "Your Majesty, could it be that Jieli and Tuli fought and Tuli lost, so as to strengthen the relationship with Datang and strive for greater support from Datang?" ”

"After the fiasco of Jieli, he has been recuperating in Dingxiang, and is sitting and watching Tuli fight with the eastern tribes. The Ministry of War did not receive any news of Jieli's dispatch of troops. Li Jing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, made a report.

The eldest grandson Wuji guessed: "Could it be that Tuli realized that he couldn't do without the support of Datang and was in a hurry to repair the relationship that had been stiffened before?" ”

Li Shimin shook his head and said: "When his strength was not as good as Jieli, he was arrogant and had a bad relationship with Datang, but now his strength is better than Jieli, and he doesn't take Datang in his eyes." Unless it's ......" Li Shimin's eyes lit up and said: "Unless it's the champion Hou who has an action against him." ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was in an uproar.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will see you!" At this moment, a loud report came from outside the main hall

Li Shimin said happily: "Let him in!" ”