Hou Junji, the general of Zuo Qianniuwei, who was in charge of guarding the palace, clenched his hands into fists, his bones made a loud sound, his eyes swept to Zhiya Sili, and he said fiercely: "In front of the Son of Heaven, those who do not bow down and worship will die." ”

Zhiya Sili panicked for a while, but quickly calmed down and said, "What are you going to do? My Great Khan is stationed in Wugong County, which is only forty miles away, and has a million heroes in his hands, and now is the time for you to bow down to my Great Khan, and it should be you who should kneel. Li Shimin, you Longyou Li started from Bingzhou, you should know the strength of my Turkic cavalry, it is invincible, invincible, in front of my Turkic warriors, there is no one who can resist, even if it is a strong city, it will be instantly razed to the ground by my Turkic warriors. Now that the Great Khan of my family has raised the army of the whole country to the south, you will never be able to resist it, and I advise you to know the times as a handsome man and surrender to my Great Turkic Khanate. Li Shimin, if you can tie yourself up and surrender as soon as possible, my great Khan will definitely allow you to set up a tooth tent on the side of his sweat tent, so that your Longyou Li clan can protect the wealth and dignity, and the common people in the world will not be ruined, wouldn't it be the best? ”

Li Shimin stood up and laughed loudly: "The lord is mad and the minister is rebellious, the sky is still bright, you are actually talking in your dreams in this Qianyuan Palace, you are so stupid, I don't know what to say." Hou Junji, throw this arrogant and rude person out of the Qianyuan Hall for me, and let him sober up. If he dares to talk nonsense again, you will reward him with a whip for every word he says. ”

Hou Junji stretched out his big hand and grabbed Zhiya Sili, dragged it up, and walked outside the Qianyuan Palace.

Zhi Ya Sili struggled and said: "Li Shimin, you can't treat me like this!" I am an envoy of the Great Turkic Khanate. If you treat me like this, my Khan will not let you go......"

Before the words fell, Hou Junji picked up the saber hanging from his waist, and pulled it towards Zhi Ya Sili, scolding as he smoked: "The name of the Son of Heaven is unknown, are you shouting at will?" Now I don't have a whip here, this sword of mine is my whip, this time with a scabbard to whip you, next time, don't blame me for pulling out my sword as a whip, that sin will be good for you. ”

Zhiya Sili was immediately silenced, and he didn't dare to say a word.

The two attendants who insisted on thinking about the power were also so frightened that their faces turned white and trembled.

Li Shimin looked at the two of them and said loudly: "You go back and report to Jieli." Tell him not to think that a few horses and a group of reckless men dare to look at the world as nothing. In my Chang'an City, there are hundreds of thousands of Tang elites and tens of millions of Tang people, and if he wants to come, let him come. I fought him to the end, I want to see if he can return to the grassland safely and continue to be his master of the grassland? ”

The two entourages who insisted on thinking about each other glanced at each other, and hurriedly left the Qianyuan Hall and left Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. As an envoy of the Turkic Jieli Khan, Zhiya Sili was bound by Hou Junji outside the gate of the Qianyuan Palace.

In the main hall, everyone remained calm, but they were actually extremely worried in their hearts. It was clear to everyone that at this time, the imperial capital of Chang'an simply did not have many troops that could be used to fight against Jieli Khan. The Nine Guards army commanded by Li Jing did not go south, and the soldiers and horses closer to Chang'an were rushing to King Qin in the starry night, but there were not many troops, and it was difficult to help the big thing. Now under the bloody mouth of the Turkic in the south, the Tang Empire has really reached a critical juncture of life and death.

Wugong County, Jieli Khan's big tent, followed by the two entourages who held the arrow and hurriedly entered the big tent.

Jieli Khan looked at the panicked two people with displeasure on his face, and asked sharply, "Where is your general's Zhiya Sili?"

The two attendants replied tremblingly: "Our family, our general was arrested by the Tang Emperor and tied up outside the gate of the Tang Dynasty Qianyuan Palace. ”

"Zhiya Sili was arrested by Li Shimin?" Jieli Khan thought it was incredulous.

After some thought, Jieli Khan asked, "What is the situation in Chang'an City?" What is the attitude of the officials and people of the Tang Dynasty? ”

The two entourages replied: "The place we passed, there were Datang flags everywhere, and there were Datang sergeants guarding under the banners, three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and the guards were tight, all the sergeants were burly and fierce, with our many years of battlefield experience, they have all been on the battlefield, killed a lot of people, shed a lot of blood, and are definitely the elite of the Tang elite." The killing intent and the cold aura on their bodies, we believe that we will never be wrong. We estimate that there are at least 100,000 troops in Chang'an City, or even more, after all, we have only seen some of them, not all of them. The officials and people in Chang'an City are very calm, without the slightest panic, and there is no sign of running away, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin is more tyrannical, and the attitude of our general Zhiya Sili is a little arrogant, so he was arrested by Li Shimin and tied up outside the gate of the Qianyuan Palace. ”

After listening to the remarks of his entourage, Jieli Khan's brows were tightly wrinkled together, he was already suspicious by nature, and now he muttered in his heart: "Damn, was Ben Khan tricked by Li Yi's guy, didn't he say that there are less than 30,000 horses in Chang'an City?" How is it that now at least a hundred thousand troops suddenly appeared? In the face of my Great Turkic Khanate, 400,000 horses, the officials and people in Chang'an can still be so calm, without the slightest panic, and the Tang Emperor Li Shimin is also so arrogant, where is his confidence? Could it be that he really has the strength to stand up to my Great Turkic Khanate? ”

Taiji Palace, the palace door is closed, the lights are bright, and the Tang Emperor Li Shimin sits on the dragon chair.

Li Xuan, the king of Yong'an, the left servant of the Shangshu, the Shangshu Fang Xuanling, the right servant of the Shangshu, the Shangshu Du Ruhui of the Criminal Department, the Shangshu Cui Gan of the Ministry of Rites, the Shangshu Lu Chengqing of the Military Department, the Zhongchang Sun Wuji of the Wenxuan Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, and the Zhongcen of the Gongshi Lang of the Ministry of Officials sat in an orderly manner on both sides of the head of the Tang Emperor Li Shimin.

Lu Chengqing, the secretary of the military department, said to the Tang Emperor Li Shimin: "Since the relocation of the capital has become a luxury, the ministers are willing to work with Your Majesty to defend Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty." The minister suggested that the Tang Dynasty court would defend Chang'an City and delay time, and on the other hand, urgently order the Nine Guards army led by the general and marshal Li Jing to return to the imperial capital Chang'an day and night. As long as Li Jing can lead the army to Chang'an City, our Tang Imperial Capital can turn the crisis into safety, turn danger into disaster, and survive this catastrophe. ”

Tang Emperor Li Shimin groaned and thought to himself: "The Jiuwei army commanded by Li Jing is thousands of miles away in Youzhou, and the Turkic army is less than forty miles away from the imperial capital Chang'an. But as Lu Chengqing said, only by letting the Nine Guards Army under the command of Li Jing return, can Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, turn the crisis into safety. At this moment, Li Xuan, the king of Yong'an, suddenly stood up and said: "No, at this time, the army led by Li Jing must not return to the imperial capital Chang'an City." ”

In the main hall, everyone was surprised and looked at Li Xuan in surprise.