Chapter 8: The Sacrifice of Prisoners

Li Jing's night attack on Yinshan was a great victory, which is indisputable. However, this war left a hidden danger, that is, the Tang Dynasty accepted the surrender of the Turks and did not kill on a large scale, which made the population base of the Turks too large. In addition, Tang Taizong rewarded the Turks with the land of Hetao, which was fertile and beautiful, so that the Turks could recover quickly, which was an important reason for the Turks' eventual rebellion.

In the first battle of Mokou, the Tang army slaughtered millions of Turks, and there were less than 100,000 surviving Turks, and its results were much greater than Li Jing's night attack on Yinshan. And there's no hidden danger.

As a participant in this battle, and also a hero who has made great achievements, the soldiers have been so praised by Wu Zetian, who can not be proud?

"San Lang, good fight! Worthy of my grandson! After praising the soldiers, Wu Zetian took Li Longji's hand and praised Li Longji.

"This is all grandmother's majesty in the world, and the grandson is just borrowing the grandmother's prestige." Li Longji is humble and has a good fart.

This sycophant made Wu Zetian very happy, where could he close his mouth, he was happy, and said: "San Lang not only fought well, but this mouth is also quite sweet, grandmother is about to be sweetened to death by you." ”

His eyes widened, and he looked at Li Longji and said, "San Lang has grown taller again, and he is much stronger, well, the most important thing is that San Lang is more shrewd." ”

War can train people very well, and after the baptism of war, Li Longji has indeed changed a lot. He is taller, stronger, more mature, and looks like a shrewd person.

"Good grandson! Good grandson! Wu Zetian smiled and said, "You should find a good daughter-in-law for San Lang." ”

Li Longji was also a little shy and said, "Grandmother, don't talk nonsense, your grandson is still young." ”

"Fourteen years old, not too young." Wu Zetian asked with a smile: "Which family's daughter do you fancie, tell your grandmother, grandmother will give you a marriage." ”

After a slight pause, he said, "Grandmother still wants to hold her great-grandson." ”

Wu Zetian at this time. is extremely cordial, not at all the majesty of the Ninety-Five Supreme Mu Mu, but like a kind grandmother.

"Grandmother, that's the grandson...... If you get married later, you won't be able to hold a great-grandson. Li Longji gasped.

"You're naughty." Wu Zetian said to Li Dan: "You two fathers and sons should meet each other." ”

"Thank you, mother." Li Dan has long wanted to be close to Li Longji, but Wu Zetian has been talking to Li Longji, and he has no chance. As soon as he heard this, he couldn't hold back anymore, took Li Longji's hand, his eyes widened, and he looked at Li Longji well, and his mouth smiled crookedly. Said: "San Lang, you have grown taller, stronger, and more handsome." ”

Feeling Li Dan's strong love, Li Longji felt a warmth in his heart, laughed, and said, "Father." I'm more handsome, are you jealous? ”

"You ......" Li Dan rolled his eyes, this was too narcissistic, twisted lightly on Li Longji's ear, and said with a smile: "I am your father, how can any father be jealous of his son." ”

"It seems that I am not handsome enough, and my father is not jealous." Li Longji teased.

"Come, I've seen your seventh uncle." Li Dan rubbed Li Longji's head lovingly. Introduce Li Longji to Li Xian.

Li Longji looked at Li Xian for a while with wide eyes, only to see that Li Xian was a middle-aged man in his forties, but he was elegant and handsome, looking at Li Longji with a kind face, and said with a smile: "San Lang, good job!" Well played! Played the majesty of our Li family! ”

The word "Li" is a taboo, and Li Xian was very happy at this time. I actually said it. Wu Zetian didn't take it seriously, he listened to it.

"I've seen Uncle Qi." Li Longji stepped forward to salute.

"San Lang, no courtesy, no courtesy." Li Xian took Li Longji's hand. Gently patted the back of Li Longji's hand, cordially tight, and said, "Come, this is a meeting gift from Uncle Qi." ”

Li Xian took out a piece of jade pei from his arms and stuffed it into Li Longji's hand.

"Seventh brother, no." Li Dan hurriedly stopped and said, "This jade pei, you have been wearing it for decades, and you have never left it for a day." ”

"Eighth brother, why not?" Li Xian was in a good mood and said: "This jade pei is the most precious for my brother, and it is just right to give it to San Lang." ”

"Thank you, Uncle Seven." Li Longji hurriedly thanked him.

Although Li Xian was a faint gentleman, his ears were soft, and his orders changed every day, and he believed in non-human beings, he was finally poisoned by Queen Wei and Princess Anle. However, he was still a good man, a good uncle. I hope it doesn't come to the point of cannibalism. Li Longji secretly said in his heart that his evaluation of Li Xian was not low.

Li Xian and Li Dan are the same, the two brothers have no outstanding talents, no strong personalities, and no outstanding achievements. However, both brothers attach importance to family affection, which Li Longji recognizes very much.

"Okay, you've met too, and there are things that are about time." Wu Zetian interjected and said, "San Lang, let's move on to the next item." ”

Wang Xiaojie, the marshal, did not come back, he led the army into the desert, and only Li Longji did what happened after returning to Beijing.

"Your Majesty, it's time to sacrifice the prisoner." Li Longji's expression was stunned.

"There's no hurry to sacrifice prisoners." Wu Zetian waved his right hand lightly and said, "Let's take the merit book first, and I will look at it first." ”

"Merit book?" Li Longji was stunned.

According to the normal procedure, those who return from such a victory should first sacrifice the prisoners, and then present the merit book to ask for merit for the soldiers. Wu Zetian actually broke the convention, which made Li Longji a little unexpected.

Li Longji waved his hand, and immediately, under the command of Zhang Shuo, the Tang army brought the merit camp book, put it in a thick hand, and placed it in front of Wu Zetian.

Hundreds of thousands of troops, slaughtering millions of Turks, can this merit book not be thick?

Wu Zetian picked up a merit book, unfolded it, his eyes widened, and he browsed it.

She browsed very quickly, and in a moment it was one book, one after another.

The soldiers were very excited when they saw it, and they looked at Wu Zetian's eyes with a little admiration.

Wu Zetian did not accept the prisoners first, but first looked at the merit book, who can not admire?

"Hmm." Wu Zetian finished flipping through it, put down the credit book, and said with a smile: "I took a cursory look and was very satisfied: you guys played well!" Very good fight! The most slashed nearly two hundred levels, and the least thirty or twenty levels, amazing! ”

Millions of Turks were slaughtered, and on average, each Tang army was cut into three or two levels. Of course, if it can be written into the merit book and let Wu Zetian achieve his goal, it must be a great military feat, and those who are like those who cut three or five levels are not qualified.

"Thank you!" The soldiers were greatly inspired.

Wu Zetian: This is a very high evaluation. The soldiers were as if they had eaten honey, and they were very happy.

"My heroes, rest assured, I will reward you according to merit." Wu Zetian assured loudly.

The soldiers did not doubt this, because Wu Zetian was able to drive the heroes because she was very fair. can convince the heroes, she said that rewarding according to merit must be rewarding according to merit.

"San Lang, sacrifice the prisoner." Wu Zetian's waist pole was straight.

"Prisoners! Prisoners! The people and the ministers burst into cheers.

After returning from a great victory, the sacrifice of prisoners is the highlight, which is very exciting.

As soon as Li Longji beckoned, a team of Tang troops drove dozens of prisoner carts to come.

The one at the front is a silent prisoner cart. At this time, Mo Si's expression was abrupt, his eyes were red, and he lost a lot of weight, leaning on the pillar of the prisoner car.

When the prisoner car came to a stop in front of Wu Zetian, Li Longji took a step forward and said loudly: "Your Majesty, this is the Turkic leader sobbing silently." ”

"Sirp!" Wu Zetian said in a deep voice. His eyes rolled, and he said coldly: "Mo Si, you are bent on recovering the Turks, vainly trying to enter the Central Plains like Jieli, have you ever thought that you have today?" ”

For the Turks, Jieli Khan was a contradiction, and he had a glory that the Turks were proud of. There was also the shame of humiliating the Turks.

At the beginning of Jieli's succession, he conquered the east and the west, and achieved a series of glories, especially the captivity of the north, which greatly increased the power of the Turks. In particular, he took advantage of the opportunity that Tang Taizong had just succeeded to the throne and his position was not stable. He led more than 100,000 Turks to Guanzhong, and forced Tang Taizong to make an "alliance of convenient bridges", which was the proudest thing for the Turks.

Mo Si no longer has the courage of the past. I felt that Wu Zetian's eyes were like a sharp sword, as if he wanted to rip out his heart, his heart was sudden, and he involuntarily lowered his head, his eyes dodged, and he didn't even dare to look at Wu Zetian.

"Your Majesty, Mo Si wanted to wipe his neck and commit suicide, but he didn't have the courage and couldn't do it, so he was captured alive by us." Li Longji explained with a smile.

These words were like knives, ripping out his silent heart, making him feel ashamed of himself, and he longed to get into the cracks in an orderly manner.

As a Turkic leader, he was captured by the Tang army, and he must not have a good end, it is better to die than to die. However, he didn't have the courage to do it, and it was really a shame.

"Huh!" Wu Zetian nodded, burst out of laughter, and said, "It's worthy of being a person who wants to learn Jieli, learn it really well!" ”

Jieli Khan was captured alive by the Tang army at Mokou that year and began the rest of his humiliating life. In fact, Jieli had already imagined his fate, and if he committed suicide, it would be much better than being captured alive by the Tang Army. It's just that he didn't have the courage to commit suicide, and was finally captured alive by the Tang army.

Then, he became a tool for the Tang Dynasty to have fun, whenever there was an important banquet in the Tang Dynasty, he would be asked to dance to help the fun, what a humiliation, and finally Jieli died depressed.

Mo Si didn't dare to commit suicide, and was finally captured alive by the Tang Dynasty, which is so similar to Jieli Khan!

"Haha!" A roar of laughter rang out, coming from the mouths of the people and the ministers, all of them excited.

"Mo Si, don't worry, I won't kill you." Wu Zetian said with a smile.

"Thank you." Mo Si knew the humiliation, however, when he learned that he could live, he was happy for no reason, and thanked Wu Zetian.

"Not only will I not kill you, but I will also give you a high-ranking official, Mercer." The smile on Wu Zetian's face was stacked layer after layer, and he said: "Sip silently and listen to the seal: I will make you the general of the right guard." ”

"General of the Right Guard?" Mo Si's face turned purple, his face was distorted, and his body trembled, but he had to thank him: "Thank you!" ”

"The Great General of the Right Guard! Ha ha! A roar of laughter rang out, and the people and ministers all leaned back and laughed.

After Jieli Khan was captured, he was taken to Chang'an, and Tang Taizong did not kill him, but named him "General of the Right Guard". Wu Zetian was named the general of the right guard at this time, and Mo Si inherited Jieli's official position, what a humiliation this is, and Mo Si's face can be good-looking?

Can the common people and courtiers not like it?

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