Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, the lights in the Taiji Palace are almost sleepless these days, and the Tang Emperor Li Shimin is anxiously paying attention to the situation of the battlefield and the decisive battle related to the fate of the two great powers of the Tang Dynasty and the Turks.

At dawn, as soon as the sky was bright, the left servant of the Tang Dynasty and the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Xuanling were summoned to the Taiji Palace by the Tang Emperor Li Shimin.

As soon as Li Shimin saw Fang Xuanling, he asked, "Xuanling, is there any news from the Tang Dynasty and the Turkic border?" How is the war between my Tang Dynasty and the Turks? ”

Fang Xuanling bowed down and replied: "Your Majesty, the news that has just come from the eight hundred miles is urgent, and now my Tang Twelve Guards army is still confronting the Turkic army on the border, and there are no new changes. ”

Li Shimin's face became grim, he looked at the map, and sighed and said, "Isn't there any news of the 50,000 elite soldiers led by Li Jing and Li Xuan?" It's strange, it's really strange, counting the days, that strange army should have crossed the Yin Mountain, sneak attacked the Dingxiang Khan of the Turkic Jieli Khan, and succeeded in the sneak attack on the Shangjieli Khan on the border between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks. ”

Fang Xuanling also said with a worried face: "Your Majesty, Tang Jian, the governor of the Metropolitan Prefecture and Tang Jian, who is in charge of Turkic intelligence affairs, sent a letter from the Turks and said that there has been a heavy snowfall in the Turkic sky this year, and the snow is surprisingly heavy, and the minister is worried about ......."

Li Shimin's face became more and more gloomy and asked, "Xuan Ling, are you worried that the 50,000 elite soldiers led by Li Jing and Li Xuan will not be able to cross Yin Mountain?" Can't follow the original plan to sneak attack the tent of the Turkic Jieli Khan? Can't capture the Turkic Jieli Khan? ”

Fang Xuanling nodded and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is still worried about Li Ji and the Twelve Guards army under his command. Now that the army of the Twelve Guards of the Tang Dynasty has been confronting the Turkic army for so long, both sides are exhausted. Jieli Khan transferred 50,000 elite Turkic cavalry led by the famous Turkic general Ashnasimo from the pass of the Yinshan Trail, and the balance on the battlefield had been broken, and the minister was really worried. Can the Twelve Guards Army led by the champion general Li Jihe be able to hold on? ”

Li Shimin looked at the flickering candlelight and fell into deep thought. After pondering for a long time, he slowly spoke: "Xuan Ling, give a conscription order to the entire Guanzhong and Henan." If, a day later, there is no news of the 50,000 elite soldiers led by Li Jing and Li Xuan, I should personally lead the army to the aid of Li Ji and the 12 guards army under his command. ”

The second day dawned. Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty asked Wang Fugui, the chief eunuch, to obtain his own gold armor. After replacing the armor, Li Shimin sighed with emotion: "It's been four years, and I haven't worn this armor again for four years." Now, I have to go into battle again for the sake of my Datang Sheji and for the sake of the common people in the world. ”

With that, Li Shimin walked out of the Taiji Palace.

At this moment, the drums outside the palace were heavily beaten.

Zhai Changsun, the commander of the Xuanjia Army, who was closely behind Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty, suddenly said with surprise on his face: "Your Majesty, listen to this drum." Is it the drum of victory? It's the beat of the drum of victory, yes, it's the drum of victory. Your Majesty, the decisive battle between my Tang Dynasty and the Turks has been won! ”

At this time, there was also a noise of footsteps and a loud noise outside the palace. Soon I heard someone shouting from afar: "Great victory, great victory, my Tang Twelve Guards Northern Expedition Army has achieved a great victory!" ”

Tang Emperor Li Shimin stood outside the Taiji Palace in a daze, crying with joy.

A fast horse galloped in. Immediately, a dusty colonel held the paperwork of reporting the victory in both hands, followed by the civil and military officials who heard the news.

It is still a few feet away from the Tang Emperor Li Shimin. The little colonel rolled down from the saddle, knelt down in a few steps and walked in front of Li Shimin, and cried hard in a voice that had already been shouted: "Your Majesty, great victory, great victory, my Tang Northern Expedition Twelve Guards Army has achieved a great victory!" 50,000 elites led by the general of the auxiliary state and the king of Yong'an. After crossing the snow-covered Yin Mountain, the sneak attack on the Turkic Jieli Khan Dingxiang Khan was successful, and the sneak attack on the Turkic Jieli Khan's Khan on the border between the Turks and the Tang Dynasty was successful, and now the son of the Turkic Jieli Khan has been captured alive, and the Turkic Jieli Khan and the Turkic tribes' armies are fleeing. Our Tang Twelve Guards army is pursuing with all its might. The entire border between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, the Turkic Dingxiang has been planted with the banner of our Tang Dynasty's victory. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the little colonel fainted directly, and the war horse he was riding also fell to the side, kicked his legs a few times, foamed at the mouth, and died instantly.

Immediately, a minister summoned the imperial doctor to treat the small school.

Tang Emperor Li Shimin closed his eyes, and two lines of tears rolled down.

The grassland, the wind roared, and the four fields were dark. A bonfire burns in the wilderness.

The emaciated Turkic Jieli Khan sat in a chariot, his leather robe torn by the flight, his face still stained with mud, his hair disheveled, and his expression of dejection, which looked very gloomy in the wind. His henchmen sat beside him, and behind them were only a few remnants of the defeated army.

Bo Tie held a piece of roasted meat and handed it to Jieli Khan, and said, "Great Khan, it's been a day, do you want to eat something?" ”

Jieli Khan took the meat, took a bite, and couldn't help frowning and said, "This is horse meat?" Bo Tie, don't kill horses for meat recently, we are defeated, and there are not many war horses around us. These war horses will be our escape tools in the future, kill them to satisfy hunger, how can the two roads not outrun the Tang army riding war horses in the future? ”

Bo Ti's eyes were rolling around, but his attitude was unusually respectful, and he replied, "Yes, Great Khan." It's just the Great Khan, this time we lost so badly, the front is the desert, the back is the chasing soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, the army of my Great Turkic Khanate was beaten by the Tang army is scattered, fragmented, Great Khan, what should I do in the future? Like now, will you keep running away? ”

Jieli Khan patted Bo Tie on the shoulder and comforted him: "Bo Tie, as long as you have a breath, don't bow your head." More than ten years ago, Ben Khan fought a vicious battle with Tuyuhun in the west, when Ben Khan was defeated and there were only seven men left around him, but only a year later, Ben Khan had another 100,000 warriors under his men. In this vast grassland, as long as you don't put down the knife and gun in your hand, you will be able to stand up again sooner or later. ”

Then, Jieli Khan slowly stood up, lifted the top cover of a box on the cart behind him, revealing all kinds of dazzling treasures inside, he grabbed a handful of East China Sea Pearl and handed it to Bo Tie, and said: "With this cart of precious gold and silver jewelry, Ben Khan believes that it will not be long before Ben Khan will make a comeback." ”

Bo Tie took the pearl of the East China Sea with bright eyes, and echoed in his voice: "The Great Khan is right, what the Great Khan said is very true. (To be continued.) )

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