Li Xuan's words made the Tang Emperor Li Shimin startled, and all the important ministers in the Taiji Palace also changed their faces.

Tang Emperor Li Shimin stared at Li Xuan for a long time, and after that, Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng again, hoping to hear Wei Zheng's opinion. Wei Zheng fell into contemplation at this time, Li Xuan's words were very reasonable, and Wei Zheng, who was originally determined to kill Jieli Khan, also fell into hesitation.

Li Xuan continued to advise: "Your Majesty, in this decisive battle between our Tang Dynasty and the Turks, our Tang Dynasty suffered more than 86,000 casualties, and the Turks suffered more than 154,000 casualties, and this is only the tragic price paid by the two countries for defeating the 400,000 Turkic army. But there are millions of people on the grassland, and my Datang has got rid of their monarch - Jieli, they will inevitably resent my Datang, and millions of grassland people will be millions of troops at that time. If I want to appease them, the minister wants to say that the number of casualties will only be the beginning, and it will definitely not be the end. In this way, the entire grassland will become a huge quagmire, and I Datang want to get out of the quagmire of war that I can't do without. ”

The Tang Emperor Li Shimin and his ministers were all shocked. However, Li Xuan knew that what he was talking about was not impossible, that in later generations, the United States defeated hundreds of thousands of Saddam Hussein's troops in Iraq and overthrew Saddam's regime, without a single death, but after the United States got rid of Iraqi President Saddam, the original Saddam's old ministry and the resistance of the people in Iraq killed 9,000 US troops and wounded 56,000. The huge casualties forced the United States to withdraw from the quagmire of war in Iraq nine years later.

The situation in Datang today is very similar to the situation after the United States overthrew the Iraqi regime in later generations. If the tyrannical rule of only one person was overthrown, then after the tyrannical rule was removed, it gradually evolved into the resistance of all the people of one country to the invasion of another. Those hatreds. Those revolts must have been fierce, and the casualties were bound to be very heavy.

The face of the Tang Emperor Li Shimin became serious, his brows were tightly wrinkled, and the other important ministers of the court also fell into deep worry.

Li Xuan knelt down and continued to Li Shimin: "The minister knows that His Majesty wants to get rid of Jieli the most, and the people of my Tang Dynasty also hate Jieli and want to get rid of him. But the most important thing for me in Datang now is to let the grassland settle down quickly. Restore the calm of the past. I implore Your Majesty to put the overall situation first, and in order to prevent the occurrence of that nightmare (e) nightmare, take back your destiny and pardon Jieli! ”

The Tang Emperor Li Shimin and the important ministers of the court were moved by Li Xuan's words, and Li Shimin finally made up his mind to accept Li Xuan's advice. He picked up Li Xuan and said slowly: "King Yong'an, you are right. I, Datang, should show the broadest mind and the strongest courage, abandon hatred, and maintain the overall situation. ”

Afterwards. Tang Emperor Li Shimin issued an edict: "The Turkic Jieli Khan has five counts of killing without cultivating virtue and politics, attacking the Tang Dynasty, plundering my people, and killing my people, in order to stop the hatred and slaughter of the Hu and Han tribes, and for the stability of the grassland, I decided to pardon Jieli, and crowned Jieli as the king of the Tang Dynasty, the general of the right guard, the assassin of the state of Qiu, and live forever in Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty." ”

Datang pardoned Jieli with his broad mind. and canonized the official position, the old troops of the Jieli Khan on the steppe began to gradually lay down their arms. surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and the situation in the grassland gradually stabilized.

In the Taiji Palace, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin and the Yongan King Li Xuan sat opposite each other.

Li Shimin said happily to Li Xuan: "King Yong'an, one of your strategies can withstand hundreds of thousands of troops." The problem that so many important ministers of my Datang didn't notice is as far as you can see. Heaven gave me King Yong'an to Datang, which is really a great blessing for my Datang. ”

Grassland. Ashnasmo's tent.

Ashina Simo sat on the top of the handsome position and said to the generals under him: "Generals, the Tang Dynasty has pardoned our Great Khan and crowned the Great Khan and the Tang Dynasty, although we all know that the Great Tang Dynasty will not grant the Great Khan real power. But it is not easy for Datang to be able to do this. The hearts of the people of my grassland have gradually been attached to the Tang Dynasty, no matter how stubborn we resist and oppose the Tang Dynasty, the people on our grassland will not support it, and if we continue to fight, we will only bring about our own destruction. Generals, let's all discuss it, what should we do when we come down? ”

A Turkic general stood up from his seat and said, "General Ashinashimo, since the Tang Dynasty continues to fight, it is already a dead end. The last general thinks that it is better to choose to belong, but to whom? Yi Nan or Tuli, what is the strength of Qi Bi, the last general has not yet decided? ”

Ashina Simo slowly spoke: "Then all the generals think it is better for us to belong to whom?" ”

A Turkic general stood up and said, "General Ashinasmo, you were born in the most noble royal family of Ashina on the steppe, and the second Khan Tuli is in the same vein as you, and the last general thinks that we should belong to the second Khan of Tuli." ”

Another Turkic general stood up and said: "General Ashinasmo, although the Second Khan of the Turks is in the same vein as you, but the Second Khan of the Turks is a traitor to the Turks of the steppe, he betrayed the Jieli Khan, and now he has the support of the Tang Dynasty behind him, leaning towards the Tang Dynasty. The last general thinks that it is still the true pearl khan of the Xue Yantuo tribe that represents the interests of my grassland, and the last general thinks that it is better to take refuge in the second khan of Tuli than to take refuge in the true pearl khan of the Xue Yantuo department. ”

Another Turkic general said: "General Ashina Simo, the last general also thinks that it is better to take refuge in the Xue Yantuo Zhenzhu Khan, the Xue Yantuo Zhenzhu Khan is resourceful, and the Turki Second Khan is also scheming, but the Turki Second Khan is old after all, although he is young, but he is a general, he does not understand politics, more than ten years later, or even a few years later, once the Tuli Second Khan is old, the Zhenzhu Khan Yinan will inevitably gradually unify the grassland and become the new master of the grassland." It's the right time for us to take refuge. ”

The generals were discussing, and after thinking about it, Ashina Simo slowly said: "Our vision should not be limited to the grassland, we should look farther. On the grassland, compared with the second khan of Tuli, Zhenzhu Khan Yinan has many advantages and the most potential. But we chose to belong to the Second Khan of Tuli, not only to the Second Khan, but to the Tang Emperor Li Shimin. If you compare Zhenzhu Khan Yinan with Tang Emperor Li Shimin, it is a high judgment, one underground, one heaven. Li Shimin's mind, bearing, resourcefulness, and strength are much better than Yi Nan. Perhaps, as you said, Zhenzhu Khan Yinan may unify the steppe after the second Khan of Tuli grows old. But what about that? Will Tang Emperor Li Shimin allow Yi Nan to do that at that time? If Yi Nan dares to unify the grassland, then he is really not far from death. We have been following him, and that is also self-defeating. What's more, Ben Jiang was still born in the Ashina royal family, and the Great Khan of my Great Turkic Khanate is still an official in Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the general decided to lead his troops to annex the Second Khan of Tuli and the Tang Dynasty. (To be continued.) )

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