"Li Ji is really a useless thing, his subordinates don't know about the rebellion, so such a good opportunity is wasted." Jieli Khan was angry in his heart, he led the troops south this time, just thinking about how to deal with Li Xin, but what he didn't expect was that Li Xin actually captured Jinyang so quickly, Li Ji, who was known as the second only person to Li Shimin in Li Zhao, was also killed by Li Xin, and more than 100,000 troops easily occupied Jinyang.

"Great Khan, things are no longer possible, it is impossible to capture Jinyang, and the key problem now is that we are now insufficient to deter Li Xin, and the meaning of the last general is better to return to the grassland." Tuli Khan said.

"Go back? So many of us came, and we haven't played a game with Li Xin yet, so we go back? Jieli Khan said loudly: "Although Li Xin has a lot of soldiers and horses, but we are not afraid of them, this is the best opportunity to attack Li Tang, Li Shimin will help us drag Li Xin's other soldiers and horses, we just need to deal with Li Xin in front of us, I will mobilize more soldiers and horses to come, I will fight with Li Xin." ”

Jieli Khan is not only because he led a large army to come, except for some of the looted money and Han people, he did not get more things, more importantly, he saw Li Xin's strength and ambition, he knew that after Li Xin unified the Central Plains, the next goal was to deal with the Turks, whether the Turks could defeat Li Xin, on the steppe, Jieli Khan was absolutely sure, but not in the Central Plains, he needed to go south to the Central Plains, and join forces with Li Shimin to restore the situation in the Central Plains to the previous situation of the two fighting for hegemony, The Turks can get more benefits, not a monopoly Li Tang.

At that time, the Turks and Li Tang could maintain the situation of the middle of the Sui Dynasty at worst, they were evenly matched, you couldn't capture my Central Plains, and I couldn't cross the grasslands. This situation did not want to happen.

"The Central Plains city is small. This is even more true around Dingxiang, Li Xin can even take Jinyang, and he may not be able to capture Dingxiang. He Li also said: "Li Xin has defeated Li Ji, and Bingzhou will fall into his hands, the next step is to enter Hebei or Youzhou, and Li Zhao's defeat has become a foregone conclusion." The Great Khan, the last general thought that at this time we should focus on getting benefits, first, to transport everything we got from Bingzhou back to the grassland, these Han people will either become our slaves, or give birth to children for us, and strengthen our strength, and the second is Youzhou, now there are not many soldiers and horses in Youzhou. We should attack Youzhou, and even occupy Youzhou. ”

"Ask the Great Khan to return to the army." The generals stood up one after another and spoke loudly.

At this time, the Turkic tribal alliance system played a decisive role, although Jieli Khan had controlled the entire steppe, but the major tribes still had a certain amount of power, and sometimes, even Jieli Khan had no way to change it.

Jieli Khan looked at everything in front of him, and his heart was filled with a feeling of powerlessness. It's better to be the emperor of the Central Plains, they can be arbitrary. But in the steppe, this is basically impossible. But there is also a reluctance in his heart to let him withdraw the army like this.

"Hmph, my dignified Turkic warrior is actually afraid of Li Xin, the Central Plains, and the immortal heaven is above, and the world will not ridicule us in the future. Our ancestors and gods are above, and when they see us all this, will they bless our descendants? Jieli Khan glanced at everyone with disdain.

"Khan, you don't have to provoke us, aren't you just fighting with Li Xin? We are not afraid of death. But at the very least, I don't know what that weird thunder is about, and that is to send our soldiers to death in vain. A tribal leader stood up and said in a loud voice.

"Hehe, Patriarch Grim, I didn't expect you to have so much courage, it seems that you ran the fastest last time you ran away!" Jieli Khan said with a smile.

After hearing this, Grim lowered his noble head and said loudly: "Since the Great Khan has decided to fight Li Xin, the last general is willing to be the vanguard. He knew that Jieli Khan was not a good talker, and when he said such a thing at this time, he wanted to kill people, but Grim had an army of thousands of people, and he couldn't be killed by Jieli Khan so easily.

"Although Li Xin has strange heavenly thunder to help, but the number of heavenly thunder is very small, if we gather together, we will naturally die more, but what if we are separated? When the army is attacking, try to split the ranks as much as possible so that there will be fewer casualties. Jieli Khan took out a letter from his bosom and sighed: "It's a pity that Li Ji died too early, otherwise he would have been the general of our Turks." Look at him and make arrangements for Li Xin's heavenly thunder. Unfortunately, he died a little earlier. ”

Tuli and the others changed their faces when they heard this, but they didn't expect that Li Ji actually wrote a letter to Jieli Khan, and listening to Jieli Khan's tone, I am afraid that Li Ji already had a plan to join the Turks.

"The advantage of our Turks is in the cavalry, although Li Xin is powerful, but the cavalry is very few, and when Li Xin comes to attack, the army swarms up and quickly impacts the opponent's camp, so that their thunder has nowhere to go." Jieli Khan said proudly: "It is the Han people themselves who really understand the Han people. With Li Ji's reminder, you don't have to worry about how to deal with Li Xin's thunder. ”

"I wonder where the Khan is going to set up the battlefield?" Tuli Khan asked suddenly.

"Dingxiang is surrounded by mountains on three sides, east, south and north, only the central and western parts are vast plains, if you want to defeat Li Xin, you can only be here, thirty miles away from the county seat, the terrain is open, and a horse and a flat river can be used as a battlefield." Jieli Khan said without thinking.

"Since the Great Khan has made a decision, then I just have to obey it." Tuli thought for a while and said: "Li Xin is our great enemy of the Turks, and only by defeating him can we get more opportunities to go south to the Central Plains." ”

"It's better if Erhan can think so. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the time to prove that our Turkic warriors are the most courageous, and you can't retreat at a critical time, that is what makes the world laugh. Jieli Khan didn't expect Tuli to support him, so he was very happy in his heart, and looked around and said.

"Yes." Everyone nodded, and then Jieli Khan discussed it again, and the situation of the soldiers and horses of each family was arranged before letting everyone leave.

Jinyang City, Li Xin asked Zhang Bang Anmin to finally look at the map in front of him, Jieli Khan led more than 100,000 people to sit in Dingxiang, and he would attack Jinyang at any time, although Li Xin had captured Jinyang, but he could not go south for a while. If you don't get rid of the Turks, you won't be able to send troops to attack Hebei and Youzhou in time.

"Although Jinyang is in our hands, the Turks are on the side, and they still can't leave if they want to! Jieli Khan is not a good thing, this man is very ambitious. He said worriedly, "So the minister thinks that we still have to fight with the Turks." ”

"I'm afraid Jieli Khan thinks so too." Li Xin looked at the location of Dingxiang and said: "Look, Dingxiang is surrounded by mountains on all sides, southeast, north and south, and only one horse is Pingchuan in the west, and the Turks can only deal with it here." You say, 'Should I set up camp here?' Do you follow the command of the Khan of Jieli? ”

"Then it depends on what Your Majesty is going to do?" He smiled respectfully: "If there is really a war here, Your Majesty is afraid that you will have prepared for it a long time ago!" But the minister heard that His Majesty asked Wei Chigong to collect all the seized money together. Your Majesty, is this trying to lure the enemy deeper? ”

"Hundreds of thousands of cavalry, if you want to deal with them, you can only do this." Li Xin glanced at Shun Jing, but he didn't expect Shun Jing to observe so carefully, and he could guess what he wanted to do even with a little preparation he had done. This Dou Jiande's Guozi Priest Wine is really not simple.

"Your Majesty, although the Turkic soldiers are brave, their military discipline is extremely poor, and they have an inexplicable preference for money and jewelry. Jing Jing also spoke.

"There is another reason, fighting on the plains, the role of the conscienceless cannon is not great, and the Turks probably already know it." Li Xin snorted coldly and said, "Do you know what Jin Yiwei found in Li Ji's study?" He really colluded with the Turks, and told the Turks his inference that Jieli Khan had made Dingtang Khan and gave him the territory of a hundred miles around Dingxiang. ”

"Then this man really deserves to be killed." Qing Jing was also taken aback, no matter whether what Li Xin said was true or not, he could only say that Li Ji should be killed at this time.

"If you want to attack Hebei, it seems that there is still a battle with the Turks, I will lead the guards to conquer in person, Ling Qing is sitting in Jinyang, we used to fight with the Turks, relying on strategy, this time, while plotting, we also need strength, let Jieli Khan see the power of my Tang warriors." Li Xin clenched his fists.

"Your Majesty, a letter from the General." Shen Qianqiu's voice came from outside.

"Has the general already arrived in Shandong? Bring it in. Li Xin's eyes lit up, and he said to Wei Jing: "It seems that the general has arrived in Shandong." Haha, that Li Shimin thought he had a plan, but he didn't know that his ability was much worse than that of the general, and the general played him with applause, and he didn't know it. He thought that the general was still in Guandu, but he didn't know that the general had gone to Shandong at this time. ”

"Your Majesty, the general has arrived in Dengju, laid down the formation, and is waiting for the Goguryeo army to come ashore. Jinyiwei found out that the Goguryeo army had already set off, and at this time, it had already entered the encirclement of the general. Shen Qianqiu also said with a smile.

"Yes. When Goguryeo is solved, the next one is Lee Hyo-gong. Li Xin nodded, and instructed Xu Jing to say: "Once the banner of the general appears in Shandong, Li Shimin will definitely know that he has been fooled, and he will definitely forcibly attack Pei Renji, and let Du Fuwei transfer 10,000 soldiers and horses from Jiangnan to Guandu to support Pei Renji." ”

"Yes." (To be continued.) )