Chapter 65: Soldiers Coming to the City (Part II)
In the surprise of the generals, Li Junxian followed Li Shimin to the bridge of Weishui and negotiated with the Turkic Khan Jieli. Those generals were all ruined by Li Junxian. They originally thought that Li Junxian, a "famous general", would rather die in battle than spend money with the Turks to buy peace, but the reality was that Li Junxian agreed to spend money to buy peace.
In fact, this is because Li Junxian is a time-traveler of historical disciplines, and his political thinking far exceeds the thinking of military struggle. The reason why Li Junxian is willing to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy is to accumulate political capital. To put it mildly, Li Junxian killed the 40,000 Turks, in fact, because Li Junxian wanted political interests in the future, so he took the risk to kill the enemy. Now the 40,000 Turks are dead, and Li Junxian's military exploits cannot be ignored, and they must be rewarded. Under this kind of frenzy, Li Junxian naturally wanted the idea of being able to settle peacefully with the Turks. As long as the Turks retreat, Li Junxian can enjoy wealth and prosperity.
And Li Shimin named Li Junxian to accompany him to negotiate with the Turks, the reason is that because Li Junxian had defeated the Turkic Khan Jieli, so he wanted Li Junxian to deter the Jieli people, so that Jieli would not dare to go too far.
Li Junxian followed Li Shimin to the bridge in Weishui, where the Turkic Khan Jieli was already waiting. Jieli was not worried at all that the Tang army would take the opportunity to attack, as if he was waiting very confidently on the bridge.
"Jieli, I'm here!" Li Shimin said.
Jieli looked at Li Shimin, and a burst of anger surged up again, almost spurting out a mouthful of blood again. Because Li Shimin was wearing a pair of armor, and this armor was worn by Jieli at that time. Jieli took off his armor on the battlefield and threw it to the ground. As a result, he was given to Li Shimin as a trophy by Li Junxian. And Jieli is a khan, and his things can only be used by the emperor of his own country, otherwise it will be a great rebellion. So Li Junxian gave this armor to Li Shimin, and Li Shimin liked it very much, and now it actually stimulated Jieli.
"Good! Very good! Jieli said angrily.
"Jieli, how is this armor of mine? But it seems that because it was not good at the time of manufacture, it is a little unsuitable! Hahahaha! Li Shimin was stimulated.
Li Shimin is reminding Jieli and letting Jieli see his strength clearly. Because since Li Junxian was able to get all the armor on his body, he would naturally be able to get more things, which was also a way to show his strength. Negotiation, on the other hand, is nothing more than the act of using one's own force as a backer and then blackmailing more interests. If there is no force as a backer, no amount of negotiation will be enough.
"Jieli, I just asked you, why did you betray the covenant and take the initiative to invade my Tang territory." Li Shimin immediately asked righteously.
However, Li Junxian thought helplessly next to him: "Jieli, this guy is definitely a super politician, what righteous words you talk to him are useless." ”
"Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, my Turks are a little underfed and clothed now, so I specially came to ask the Tang Dynasty for something. We intend to revise the covenant and increase the amount of money that the Tang Dynasty sent to the Turks. Jieli said.
Li Shimin also scolded in his heart: "These Turks are really people who have no faith. ”
Li Shimin felt a burst of grievance in his heart, he was also a person who was about to unify the world, and his strength would soon far surpass that of the Turks. But now the Turks still want to blackmail themselves, which Li Shimin is a little unacceptable. Li Shimin is now full of strength, and the pride in his heart has increased a lot. The Turks treated him like this, which made him very angry.
If the lack of strength is forced to buy peace with money, there is nothing to say about this. But now the Tang Dynasty is not without strength, but it cannot be gathered for the time being. The Tang Dynasty was about to unify the world, and it needed to sort out the national politics of the whole country, otherwise it would not be able to gather its strength into a fist. Now the Turks are looking for a wonderful time, that is, the Tang Dynasty did not twist the whole country into a rope, so I am afraid that even a tenth of the real national strength will not be able to exert one-tenth. And the Turks have formed a temporary advantage, and now they are running to strangle the Tang Dynasty.
"Jieli Khan, since the Turkic friends need materials to survive the disaster, then you can say it to my Tang Dynasty! I Datang is very enthusiastic and willing to help AIA through the disaster. Li Shimin said.
Li Shimin has a loophole in this sentence, that is, to call the Turks friends. Because the Tang Dynasty theoretically still claimed to be a vassal to the Turks, theoretically it should call itself a vassal. However, Li Shimin called the Turks friends, which put the two sides on an equal footing. Because Li Shimin is now about to be reunified, if he still claims to be a vassal to the Turks, then I am afraid that the people and officials of the world will look down on Li Shimin. The current China is not like the Song Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, where the backbone of the nation was interrupted by foreigners, and it is absolutely intolerable for the behavior of its emperor to be a vassal to foreigners. If Li Shimin unifies the world and still claims to the Turks, then I am afraid that this emperor will not be long in office.
"Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, in the future, the amount of money you pay to our Turks will be doubled every year!" Jieli said.
Li Shimin felt a little heartache in his heart, but he still said: "Yes!" ”
"Also, our all-Turkic soldiers poured out of the nest this time and spent a lot of supplies, what do you say about this?" Jieli asked.
Jieli clearly wants to blackmail, which is the same as those foreign countries in the late Qing Dynasty who asked the Qing Dynasty to compensate for foreign [***] expenses, but who made them strong! Others spend money to invade themselves, but in the end they have to pay for those military expenses, which is very speechless.
"Jieli Khan, I can promise you! I still have a lot of good things in my treasury, which can be used as military expenses for the Turks to send troops this time. You Turks retreat, and we will give you everything from the treasury! ”
Li Shimin was very heartbroken, there are a lot of good things in the treasury! But now, in order to protect Datang, he is about to give away all these things. Li Shimin knew that his spending money to buy peace this time might become a disgraceful stroke in the history of the Tang Dynasty. But what can be done, for the continuation of Datang, it can only be like this.
However, the Turkic Jieli Khan's face was a little strange, and he didn't know what Jieli Khan was thinking. After Jieli Khan heard the wealth of the entire treasury, he didn't show an excited look, which made Li Shimin a little surprised, and secretly said that this Turkic Khan was so calm, it was really a generation of heroes!
"We don't want possessions! We just need him! ”
Jieli Khan suddenly pointed at a handsome cream boy beside Li Shimin and said angrily.
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