In 620 AD, Jieli Khan inherited his father and brother Yu Yin, and his soldiers and horses were strong. Under the instigation www.biquge.info of Princess Yicheng of Sui and her cousin Yang Shanjing and Wang Shichong's envoy Wang Wensu and others, Jieli wanted to serve Yang Zhengdao, the grandson of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, to destroy the Tang Dynasty and restore the Sui Dynasty, so he often entered the Central Plains. Tang Gaozu Li Yuan because the mainland has not yet been peaceful, so he gifted. The Turks had a large amount of wealth, and first stabilized the north so that they could free up their hands to conquer the world, but they failed to satisfy Jieli's insatiable desires.

Since the fourth year of Wude, Jieli Khan has used troops for many years to invade the land of present-day Shanxi, Hebei, Shaanxi, Gansu and other provinces, and the Tang Dynasty has won and lost each other, and there are wars and peaces. In the seventh year of Wude, Tang Gaozu restored the construction of the Twelfth Army, strengthening defense on the one hand, and expanding armaments on the other.

In July of the ninth year of Wude, Jieli Khan personally led more than 100,000 horsemen into Kou Wugong, and Tang Jingshi Chang'an was under martial law. Zuo Wuhou General Wei Chi Jingde, and Dong. The Turks fought in Jingyang and defeated the East. Turkic Army. In August, Li Shimin succeeded to the throne. Twenty days later, Jieli Khan entered the north of Weishui Bridge, only more than 20 kilometers away from Chang'an. Li Shimin, Gao Shilian, Zhongshu Ling Fang Xuanling, and other six people, rode to Weishui, talked with Jieli across the river, and accused him of betraying the contract to invade. Then the armies of the Tang Dynasty gathered and covered the wilderness. Jieli saw that Tang Jun was very prosperous, so please make peace. Li Shimin beheaded the white horse and allied with the Jieli Khan on the bridge. The Turkic retreat.

Afterwards, Li Shimin replied to Xiao Yu's question from the left servant: So I don't have anything to do with Dong. The Turks fought because they had just succeeded to the throne, the country was not at peace, and the people were not rich. Giving money to Jieli will make him more arrogant, and he will gradually lead to ruin. This is the so-called "will take what you want, you must stick to it".

Originally East. The Turkic people are honest and the government decrees are of good quality. When Jieli Khan reused the Han Zhao Deyan, this person was a powerful man, changed the old customs, and the government decrees were harsh, and the people began to be dissatisfied. Jieli also trusted the Hu people from Central Asia and alienated his own people. The Hu people are greedy and capricious. Jieli used troops to enter the border of the Tang Dynasty for many years, and the people could not bear the suffering. Heavy snowfall again and again, many livestock died, and the people froze. Due to the decrease in income, Jieli increased the exploitation of the subordinate department. This kind of reason causes internal and external centrifugation, and many genera betray, east. The Turkic forces were also seriously weakened.

In the first year of Zhenguan, Xue Yantuo and other troops rebelled to the east. Turkic. Jieli sent the Tuli Khan to the east to beg for it, but was defeated and fled back. Jieli Khan imprisoned Tuli for more than ten days and whipped him. As a result, Tuli resented the Khan. In the summer of the second year of Zhenguan, the Tuli Khan repeatedly recruited troops from the ministry because of Jieli, but Tuli did not give it, so he asked Li Shimin to enter the court. Jieli sent troops to attack Tuli. Tuli had earlier formed an alliance with Li Shimin, and then asked Tang for help. The Tang Dynasty sent the general Zhou Fan to Taiyuan to pass through it.

This year, East. Many of the subordinate tribes in the north of the Turks were subordinate to Xue Yantuo, and they jointly elected his Jin Yi Nan as the khan. Li Shimin sent the guerrilla general Qiao Shiwang to Xue Yantuo's department, and worshiped Yinan as the true pearl Viga Khan, and gave him a banner. Yi Nan sent envoys to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty, and the Hui Hui, Bayegu, Aqiu, Tongluo, and Fugu were all subordinate to Xue Yantuo. So Xue Yantuo dominates the north of the desert, and the east. The Turks are in further decline. Jieli Khan began to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty and invited Princess Shang.

The Tang Dynasty not only asked the Tang for peace because of Jieli Khan, but also supported the Liang division to oppose the Tang Dynasty and sent troops to fight against Jieli.

Li Jing, the secretary of the military department, went out of Dingxiang Road, Li Tao went out of Tongmo Road, Chai Shao went out of Jinhe Road, Li Daozong went out of Datong Road, Wei Xiaojie went out of Heng'an Road, Xue Wanche went out of Changwu Road, and all six were in charge, a total of more than 100,000 people, all of whom belonged to Li Jingjiedu. December, East. The Turkic Turkic Khan, Yu She, Yin Nai Special Service and other departments led the troops to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

In the first month of the fourth year of Zhenguan, Li Jing led 3,000 horsemen, attacked Dingxiang at night, and broke the east. Turkic Army. Jieli Khan was shocked and moved his tent to the moraine. Li Jing sent spies to divide Jieli's henchmen. Jieli's confidant Kang Sumi descended to the Tang Dynasty with Empress Xiao of Sui and Emperor Yang of Yang. Li Tao Izumo in the clouds, big break east. The Turkic army is in Baidao. Jieli fled to Iron Mountain. In February, Li Jing and Li Shiyun met with Baidao and chose 10,000 elite horsemen to pursue. Tang Junli. In the 7 miles of the Turkic tent, Jieli realized that he fled first by a thousand miles of horses, and his people were scattered. The Tang Dynasty expanded the land from the north of Yinshan Mountain to the desert.

Jieli Khan fled to Shabo Luoshe, where Suni was lost, and Li Daozong, the head of the Tang Datongdao march, forced Suni to lose and send Jieli. Jieli rode away at night and hid in the barren valley, and Suni lost and captured him. The Tang army went to the camp of Shabaluo and captured Jieli. Suni lost to Tang, East. The Turkic Khanate died. Jieli went to Chang'an, Li Shimin released him, returned all his family members, and gave him rich support. Later, he was given the rank of General of the Right Guard (honors only), and was given a residence and a land.

In the eighth year of Zhenguan, Jieli died, was given to the king of righteousness, and was buried in the east of Bashui.

Jieli Khan was probably the first supreme ruler of the steppe empire to be captured alive by Chinese troops. The Tang army attacked Dingxiang and annihilated the east. The Turks, capturing Jieli Khan alive, was also the most glorious victory in the Tuobian War in the history of the Tang Dynasty. Jieli Khan was captured in Chang'an. East. The Turks were the biggest frontier of the Tang Dynasty, and the destruction of one of the two superpowers at the same time made it much easier to establish a single-level world.

The Zhenguan period was the most violent period of the Tang Dynasty's border expansion, and it was also the period of the greatest victory.

Opening up the territory and expanding the territory, and fixing the frontier is Li Shimin's great achievement. Turkic: This is also the beginning of Li Shimintian's path to Khan.

The Tang Dynasty was one of the most high-spirited eras in Chinese history, and it was in the Tang Dynasty that a special school of Biansai poetry was born.

Verses like "Every year the bones are buried in the wilderness" was born.

As for "the Han family is full of Yin Mountain, and if you don't send Hu'er to return the horse, you want to grow and serve the country, why should you be born into Yumen Pass?" ”；

"The desert is dark and dark, and the red flag is half rolled out. The former army fought in Tao Hebei at night, and has reported that it has captured Gu Hun";

"Grape wine glow-in-the-dark glass, if you want to drink the pipa, urge immediately. Drunk and lying on the battlefield, how many people came back to fight in ancient times? ”

This kind of bold and heroic poetry, due to the atmosphere of martial arts and literary cultivation in later dynasties, has even become a unique sound of the martial spirit of the Chinese in ancient history.

Especially during the Zhenguan period, the Tang Empire attacked from all sides, and it was really a golden iron horse, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger.

Fang Xu is very fortunate to be able to live in this era.

And, alive......