Chapter 468: Tang Wok

At that time, the northeastern border forces of the Tang Dynasty were staggered, and the places where the Tiele Jiu surname area in the north of the Turkic Khanate was mainly the area of activity of the Turkic, Khitan, and Sumo tribes. Among them, the Khitan was conquered by the Turkic state and is currently actually controlled by the Turks; After crossing the Liao River in the east, the leader of the end of the Su Dynasty (the Jin tribe) Da Zuorong established a regime and called himself the king of Zhen, and sent an envoy to the Tang court to call him a minister, and the Tang court canonized him as the king of Bohai County, ruled over the Kuhan Prefecture, and awarded the governor of the Kuhan Prefecture, so they took the Bohai Sea as the name of the country. In contrast, the Bohai State was a state of Tang court, and the Tang Dynasty made Tongguò more secure.

The envoys of the Protectorate of Andong crossed the border of the Bohai Kingdom and went to Tiele, and the first trip was very smooth, and the Sumo people allowed them to cross the border with the courtesy of the envoys of the above countries. Unexpectedly, when the Tang people returned with the Tiele envoys, they encountered the Turkic rangers, and the guards were all captured.

Tang envoy Li Tianshu and Tiele Bagu's envoy were both arrested and taken to Heisha City. The two of them walking together naturally made the Mosi Khan furious with the Tiele people, because the nine surnames of Tiele were all Turkic lineage, and the Mosi Khan had always regarded them as his vassal forces, and the alliance between Tiele and the Tang Dynasty was a betrayal for him.

was silently sipping the Khan's anger, but Li Tianshu reprimanded him to his face: "Since the Turks are ministers of the Tang Dynasty, how can they bind the envoys of the Kingdom like this?" ”

Mo Si sneered: "What are you going to do when you take a detour to Hanhai (Tiele)?" He turned to the Turkic generals who had brought the captives and asked, "Have you found their letters of state?" The Turkic general hurriedly said: "When we encountered this group of people, there was a conflict soon, and the Tang envoy saw that the guards were defeated, so he ate the national letter into his stomach......

Mo Si immediately said: "Come on, peel off his stomach for me!" ”

Li Tianshu said angrily: "Who dares? You and other rebels want to rebel against the Tang Dynasty? ”

"It's too late to beg for mercy now, tell me your schemes." ”

Li Tianshu suddenly laughed "haha" after hearing this, and ripped off his shirt: "Come on, Li is loyal to the court today, and 100,000 iron horsemen will avenge me another day!" ”

Then he saw two Turkic warriors come up and drag him down. After a while, the warrior came back and said: "Tang Envoy's face has not changed, he is dead after breaking his stomach, and the contents of his intestines have rotted into bloody mud, and we have nothing to gain." ”

At this time, the face of the envoy of Tiele had turned pale, not to mention seeing it with his own eyes, even if he only heard about such cruelty now, his hands and feet were trembling. When Mo Si looked back at him, he suddenly felt a chill on his body. "I have never been soft on betrayers, and there is a boiling cauldron outside that will boil you to the bone." ”

The envoy of Tiele fell to the ground with a thud, and said tremblingly: "I was only sent by the leader Ba Tugu and their Chang'an, and I have no intention of betraying the Khan. ”

"What are you going to Chang'an for?" Mo Si sneered, "As long as you say half a lie, I will ask someone to cook you." ”

The envoy of Tiele said: "Ba Tu Gu is in Hanhai to unite the thirteen divisions of Tiele, and if I want to fight with the Tang army in the north and south to deal with the Khan, I will go to Chang'an to form an alliance with the letter of state." ”

When the Turkic ministers heard this, they were in an uproar and shouted: "The Han people are cunning and cannot be trusted! "A few months ago, they swore an oath with us not to fight each other, and we treated them peacefully at the border, but the Han people actually planned to kill us first!"

"Drag this traitor out and cook it, and give an example to all the Tiele people who have betrayed us." Mo Si ordered.

The messenger of Tiele wept: "I have told everything I know, why did the Khan lose his words? He sobbed, "When did Ben Khan say he would let you go?" ”

So the two warriors who had previously killed the Tang envoy Li Tianshu came up again and grabbed the Tiele envoy, and dragged him outside no matter how he begged for mercy and cried. Seeing this, the envoy of Tiele scolded loudly: "You must not die well...... He was dragged out of the battle, and sure enough, there was a boiling cauldron under a flagpole, and the firewood at the bottom of the pot was burned red, and the turbid water in the pot was bubbling, and a skeleton was faintly seen in the white smoke being washed up by boiling water. The envoy of Tiele was so frightened that he lay on the ground and could not survive, so the warriors forced him. The messenger was dragged away with his hands on the ground, his nails cracked and his hands covered in blood, and his face was full of tears, snot, and mud. Seeing this, a Turkic man next to him said indifferently: "Why don't you tie your hands and feet?" I didn't throw him in for a while, and I overturned the pot first. So the warriors tore his clothes to the ground, and tied him with ropes, and no matter how heart-rending he screamed, he threw his head down into the pot, and suddenly there was a violent struggle, and boiling water splashed everywhere, and the messenger struggled his head and screamed, only to see that his hair and skin were burned off, and with a distorted expression, a face of indescribable horror. Even the faces of the guards next to him changed.

The ministers in the sweat tent didn't care about the screams outside, they were busy getting down to business. Mo Si's brother-in-law, Huo Bajie Lifa, said: "Since the Tang Dynasty has rebelled, we don't have to be polite to them anymore, and when the horse fat is fat, the Khan will lead the iron cavalry to rob Hebei and other places to retaliate." ”

Another relative, Shi Abi, said: "The Tang Dynasty also gave money and grain in the summer, and maybe it will be delivered in full in the autumn to stabilize us." Let's take the benefits of the Tang Dynasty and first crusade against the nine surnames of Tiele and plunder their cattle, sheep and horses, and it is the most cost-effective to have benefits on both sides. ”

Huo Bajie Li said angrily: "Your abacus is a good fight, but if we all kill the Tang envoys, will they still give a good face?" ”

"Isn't it just a death, the Tang people have always focused on the overall situation, and they are not afraid that we will go south with the Khitans? What kind of loss can be compared to a dead envoy? ”

Yang Izhi (Mo Si's son) also spoke: "Uncle Shi Abi's words are reasonable, don't do anything to the Tang Dynasty first, otherwise the surrounding tribes who hate us will be instigated by the Tang Dynasty to plot against us in order to make meritorious contributions." It would be wise to get rid of the Tilers who oppose us first. Far away in the grassland, the Tang army could not be eliminated, and the border was harassed all year round, so sooner or later it would have to negotiate peace. Anyway, with the current strength of the Turkic state, it is impossible to drive the Central Plains for a long time, and it is best to maintain the status quo and benefit as much as possible. ”

Mo Si lightly tapped the ground with his scepter, and said coldly: "I hate betrayers the most, and if I don't give Tiele people a little color, it's hard to vent the hatred in my heart!" ”

…… Princess Ashina Zhuo heard about what happened that day from her elders, and when she went back, she naturally told Li Shizhi, because Li Shizhi liked to listen to national affairs. The composition of the Turkic regime was mostly based on family relatives, and then composed of relatives of various tribal leaders, unlike the Tang Dynasty's stable system such as the imperial examination, it was too easy for their relatives to learn about state affairs.

Li Shizhi listened patiently and said without hesitation: "What your father Khan decided today is completely wrong!" ”

Ashina Zhuo looked at him with admiration and asked, "What does Gongzi Li think Father Khan should do?" ”

Li Shizhi looked forward and pondered for a moment before turning around and saying: "The ancients have already made the truth clear, but the present people do not take the way of their predecessors." The Mosi Khan is like the thirteen tribes of Tiele, with his murderous nature, he will inevitably deepen the grudge, the Hanhai capital is thousands of miles wide, can the Turkic army kill them? It will leave a calamity and cannot get rid of it, so why bother to accumulate resentment? Moreover, the most common technique of the Xue family, who is now in charge of the imperial court, is to claim to be righteous and evil enemies, and then claim to be justified but use the benefits to attract various forces to attack the opponent. When the Tang Dynasty suddenly goes to war, the Turkic state will be besieged from all sides!

The correct thing for the Khan to do now is to immediately send Tiele and give up some profits to win them over, even if they can't get them to join sincerely, at least don't let the Tiele people bent on vendetta against the Turks. And didn't the Khitan and other clans take refuge in the Mosi Khan? These tribes have to be co-opted. Then, as long as a certain victory is achieved on the frontal battlefield, those wall grasses will not dare to betray the Turks and become enemies. Next, you only need to guard against the Tang Army, a cavalry from the farmland, isn't it possible to save the day? ”

Ashina Zhuo said happily: "Li Gongzi is really powerful, sitting at home can cut off everything in the world!" I will go and persuade my father Khan to do what you say. ”

Li Shizhi said with a smile: "The Mosi Khan will not listen, otherwise why would I speak out to help the Turks?" Don't forget that I'm after Li Tang. ”

"Why don't you help the Turks, am I not a Turk?" Ashinada looked at him expectantly.

Li Shizhi was silent.

Ashina Zhuo said softly: "Father Khan doesn't listen, forget it, but tell him first, and wait until he realizes that he is wrong before he will find out Li Gongzi's cleverness, then ......" Ashina Zhuo's face turned red.

Li Shizhi sighed when he saw this, his heart is not so hateful for all barbarians, like this princess is endearing, her kindness is touching but he doesn't know how to reciprocate.

At this moment, Li Shizhi suddenly realized that what he said just now was indeed from the position of helping the Turks deal with Xue Chongxun, and it was completely subconscious. After thinking about it, he felt that it was completely impossible for him to be loyal to the Turkic Khan because of Ashinazhuo, but he really didn't want Xue Chongxun to win! Although Li Shizhi is a Han Chinese, he is most proud of the Li family, but now that the Li family's country is under the control of the Xue family, he wants to restore the Li family's country even more under the contradiction.

Xue Chongxun's power has grown, in addition to the reason that Princess Taiping's family has developed several times, and the victory of the battle has been an opportunity. Especially the recent defeat of Tubo has made his reputation soar and become more difficult to shake. If the Turkic Khanate is destroyed again this time, its martial arts reputation will be comparable to that of its predecessors...... When Li Shizhi thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh with sadness: I think that my Datang foundation has been a hundred years, do you want to be buried today?

At this time, Ashina Zhuo was about to leave, and Li Shizhi guessed that she was in a hurry to sue Sù Mo about the Khan's strategy, so he stopped her. Ashina Zhuo turned around and said, "Does Gongzi Li have any other clever plans?" ”

Li Shizhi hesitated for a moment, and said indifferently: "Don't say it yourself, first tell your uncle Tun Desire Valley, the Turkic minister who sent me to Black Sand City that day." Then let Tun Lust Valley go to the Silent Khan to advise, not to mention my strategy, so that it is easier to be effective. ”

Ashina Zhuo thought for a while and frowned, "Then Father Khan doesn't know that it is the credit of Li Gongzi." ”

Li Shizhi said kindly: "Isn't it better to learn afterwards? ”Q