The key is in negotiations.

Wei Zheng took the initiative to request an envoy to the Turks, which was precisely to fight on the basis of reason, try to avoid the Turks being angry and attacking the city, and reduce the price paid by the Tang Dynasty.

When Li Yuan heard this, he immediately agreed, and said to Wei Zheng: "You go to negotiate peace with them tomorrow, let them withdraw as soon as possible, the Turks will not bring much rations when they go south, and they will definitely attack the city if they don't talk about it!" ”

Chu Zhen glanced at him, Li Yuan had traded with the Turks many times and knew something about their temperament.

But his son, Li Shimin, must have a different opinion.

"No, wait for them to talk!" Li Shimin vetoed Wei Zheng's words as soon as he opened his mouth.

also vetoed his father.

"Waiting for them to come?"

Li Yuan was annoyed and was about to speak, but Fang Xuanling preemptively said: "I also agree with what His Highness said, we will wait for Jieli to take the initiative to ask us, and then we will make peace with them." ”

"Your Majesty had an alliance with them before, but they broke the covenant and went south, and now they take the initiative to talk, and Rong Di's arrogance is becoming more and more rampant!"

Fang Xuanling added another sentence, blocking what Li Yuan wanted to say.

Du Ruhui also agreed: "His Royal Highness has taken the lead, Rong Di has hesitated, he has vented his anger, and now they are in a hurry." ”

"Can you imagine, how could the Turks not have imagined? They're not stupid! ”

Li Yuan said coldly, "If they are impatient to wait and start a big battle, see how you stop!" ”

Li Shimin laughed: "If they want to fight, they can fight the next day, but now that five days have passed, they are just pretending to cut down trees and send prisoners."

If you really want to fight, then fight them! ”

Knowing that he couldn't move this son, Li Yuan simply asked Chu Zhen: "What does Mr. mean?" ”

And everybody looked at it.

Chu Zhen said: "The Turks are going south, and the troops are coming to Chang'an, and they are bound to loot some things before they are willing to stop, or fight a battle to force them to retreat." ”

There was no doubt about it.

Chu Zhen said again: "There is a saying in later generations, called 'The greatest deterrent effect of nuclear weapons is when they are on the silo'. ”

Li Yuan, Wei Zheng, Li Jing and others didn't know what a nuclear weapon was, but Li Shimin thought of it.

Chu Zhen explained with a smile: "A nuclear weapon is a kind of artillery shell that can blow up an entire city, and the silo is equivalent to when the cannon fuse is not ignited!" ”

Fortunately, the gunpowder was manufactured, otherwise Chu Zhen would not have been able to explain what a cannonball was.

Li Shimin immediately said: "Sir's meaning, is it for me not to use cannons and spears, but only to threaten the Turkic soldiers and horses?" ”

"If you're not going to fight."

The implication is that if you fight, then hide the gunpowder weapon and use it in the decisive battle.

This was said by Li Shimin.

Everyone in the hall discussed for a while, mostly focusing on the cannonballs that Chu Zhen said about blowing up the city.

"Erlang!"

Li Yuan opened his mouth and asked, "Tell me the truth, how many cannons and guns have you made?" ”

Chu Zhen's face was strange, but he didn't say much to take care of Li Yuan's face.

"There are 200 cannons and more than 5,000 guns."

Datang now lacks everything, lack of people, lack of craftsmen, lack of iron, and not much gunpowder.

Li Yuan asked again: "Can these cannons and guns stop the Turks from attacking the city?" ”

Li Shimin also has no bottom, he has only seen how to use guns and artillery to line up and fight from the video, and he has not fought in actual combat.

"Video?"

Under Li Yuan's questioning, Li Shimin took out the tablet and called many Wenchen over to look at it together.

Li Jing had seen it many times, but he still surrounded him and explained to everyone: "This is the video that His Highness got from Mr. Chu, which is the combat records of two armies hundreds of years later, one side is the Yan army, which is the attacking side, 50,000 people; One side is the Ming army, more than 100,000 people, and the two sides are fighting in Yandi. ”

Chu Zhen smiled slightly, the Tang monarchs and ministers didn't know where the Yan army and the Ming army came from, and they probably thought that two countries and forces were fighting, and they would never have thought that the Yan army was the army pulled out by the rebellion of the vassal king.

Li Yuan's eyes were firmly fixed on it, and he was shocked again in his heart.

Looking down on an entire barracks from a high altitude, what kind of drone is it?

At the beginning of the video, there was silence for ten seconds, and everyone only saw that the Ming army had finished crossing the river and was about to build camp fortifications.

Suddenly, the sound of thousands of horses galloping together was heard in the distance, and everyone immediately knew that this was an attack on the camp!

Li Jing explained to everyone: "The Yan army grasped the timing very well, and the three thousand people drove straight into the handsome tent ......"

Everyone was fascinated, and the shouting of killing seemed to sound in their ears, and the Yan army and horses stepped on the joint camp, making people's blood boil.

I don't know how long it took.

"What about firearms?"

Someone asked.

In the series of images just now, muskets and cannons are almost never present.

As soon as he asked, the next moment, the main force of the Yan army arrived, and the Ming army showed a large area of chaos, but there were still many Ming troops organized a defensive formation.

Firearms are finally on the scene.

Facing the cavalry of the Yan army, the Ming army formed a formation to shoot according to the slogan, and after the bullet was fired, the soldiers retreated and quickly changed to another group.

After three rounds of firing, the formation was broken up and fell into separate battles.

However, they were already impressed by the power of the bullets, and even the armor could not stop the cavalry, and the horses fell directly.

They were also impressed by the sound of explosions and the smoke of gunpowder ignition throughout the battlefield.

It's very different from the battlefields they've seen!

After the video was played, Li Shimin looked at everyone, especially at his father.

At that time, after he played this video to Wei Chigong and Cheng Yanjin, the generals pondered for a long time, and they were all shocked by this novel combat method.

And concludes:

If they fight against this army equipped with firearms, they will most likely lose head-to-head.

The lethality of firearms is strong, and the effect of breaking the formation is also strong, and the kind of smoke rockets can shoot straight into the formation, making people constantly cough and cry, and it is even more difficult to maintain the formation.

“…… Let's decide. ”

After watching the video, Li Yuan seemed to be a lot more discouraged, pointed to the video, and said to Li Shimin seriously: "In the future, the Tang Army will also fight like this, make more guns and all kinds of firearms, and make the soldiers proficient!" ”

He knows how to lead troops to war.

It is precisely because of this knowledge that we can see the role of firearms in this war.

Even if he didn't fully understand it, he could see that these two armies were elite armies, and there were a lot of armored soldiers, and they could quickly organize a counterattack after being attacked by the camp.

The two elite divisions are equipped with firearms, which has already shown that this is how wars will be fought in later generations, and Datang must also have its own firearms army!

"Yes, Father!"

Li Shimin received the order, and then announced: "Please ask my father to draft a document to reprimand Jieli for breaking the covenant, and to go south when my country is in trouble, and order him to leave quickly, otherwise I will take advantage of the radio station and spread the net, and it will be difficult for Jieli to escape!" ”

Li Yuan groaned slightly, but also agreed, and ordered Xiao Yu to draft a document, and he copied it again.

Chu Zhen understood Li Shimin's intention of inviting Li Yuan.

This time, the Turks went south, which was to take advantage of the change in Xuanwumen and the unstable situation in the Tang Dynasty to invade brazenly, intending to get rich in a wave.

Li Shimin went the opposite way and told the Turks that although the Tang Dynasty experienced a turmoil, the emperor and the crown prince were of the same heart, and no one could shake it!

At the end of the meeting, Li Yuan sighed with emotion before leaving: "If the main general of the Yan Army, who led the army to rush to the camp, can come to the Tang Dynasty, I will definitely make him the general of the conquest!" ”

Chu Zhen almost died of laughter, in a sense, Zhu Di is the general of the conquest!

Li Shimin hurriedly said: "Father, this person is King Yan, and he will also become the emperor in the future, he will not come to the Tang Dynasty." ”

"Oh, what country is he the king of Yan? Did he later destroy the Ming Kingdom? ”

Li Yuan walked out with him and asked casually.

“……”

Li Shimin didn't dare to answer.

Hurry up and send my father away.

……

Day 2.

Before Chu Zhen got up, Li Mengwei hurriedly knocked on the door and reported: "Mr. Chu, there is a change in Weishui!" ”

"What? So early! ”

Chu Zhen suddenly woke up and quickly got up.

When he went out, he rode to the side of Weishui, and saw the Tang army lined up on the river bank from a distance, while the Turkic army on the opposite side threw many driftwood into the water, as if preparing to cross the river.

Li Shimin changed into armor, rode a horse from a high place and looked at the opposite bank from a distance with a telescope, and Li Jing also had a telescope in his hand.

For some reason, seeing the scene of the two using binoculars to observe the enemy situation together, Chu Zhen thought that in the movie, the marshals also used binoculars to watch the enemy's movements.

Chu Zhen didn't ask, and watched from the sidelines.

He was sure that at this time, Li Shimin went to the riverbank and shouted, Jieli would come.

But Li Shimin held back.

Not long after, a eunuch came to the palace and hurriedly passed Li Yuan's words to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to make peace quickly!" ”

Chu Zhen glanced at Chang'an City, and it was Li Shimin who was also lost, otherwise Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng made a decision, and now the Turks have already withdrawn their troops - if they get compensation, they will naturally withdraw their troops.

Li Shimin waved his hand and said lightly: "You go back and say that I have my own plans." ”

The eunuch didn't leave, and stood aside in a daze.

On the other side of the river, the Turks were moving even more, and they did not know where they had snatched the boats, but at this moment they were all placed on the banks of the river, and a large number of Turks wearing armor and braids boarded the boats and crossed the river in a noisy manner.

The Tang army was ten zhang away from the river bank, and it was not lined up on the bank, as if it was to avoid its edge, and it also seemed to be still restrained.

As the minutes passed, the Turks stretched for miles on the opposite bank.

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"Your Highness!"

The veteran Qu Tutong stepped forward to ask for instructions.

Li Shimin nodded and ordered him to prepare.

Qu Tutong turned around and gave an order to the herald, and after a while, Chu Zhen saw Tang Jun pushing a car forward until he came to the bank of the river.

There was no carriage on the car, but a huge iron pipe, and the muzzle of the black hole was pointed towards the Turks opposite.

"What is this?!"

At the time of the historian, Chu Zhen couldn't understand the Turkic language, but he could guess what it meant from the suspicious expressions on their faces.

The large crowd of Turkic soldiers, stunned by this strange appearance, could not figure out what they were for a while.

But since the Tang army placed these cars in the forefront, it must be a weapon for long-range attack, and it is very important, stronger than the stone thrower, which was placed behind by the Tang army.

"Open fire."

Li Shimin ordered: "Use the largest cannon, only one cannonball!" ”

The order was quickly delivered.

The Turks on the other side watched the four Han people with their own eyes, and laboriously carried a round iron ball to the cart and put the iron ball behind.

"It's a catapult, dodge!" Someone shouted, and many Turks looked up at the sky, waiting to see where the stone fell.

But looking at the Turks on the other side of the river, they saw that the Tang army was lighting the car with torches, and the rest of the Han people retreated one after another, covering their ears with their hands.

Just when they wondered—

"Boom !!"

There was a loud thunderous sound, and almost in the blink of an eye, a wooden ship was hit head-on, and in an instant the sawdust exploded, and a huge hole appeared in the cabin.

What was even more amazing was that the ball pierced through several layers of wooden planks, flew to the other side of the river, and smashed at the large group of Turks, and several people were directly smashed into the air, and the blood flew up along with the shattered internal organs.

Before they could be shocked, their horses brought from the steppe neighed and chirped, and they were so frightened that they dodged again and again, causing a great deal of trampling and chaos, and the shouting continued.

"Tsk, times have changed, Turks."

Chu Zhen smiled and sighed.

But it was soon noticed that not only the Turkic army, but even the horses of the Tang army were frightened, and neighing was everywhere.

"This ......"

Li Shimin was also surprised, looking at the chaotic scene of his army's horses, and said to Chu Zhen in surprise: "I watched the video, the horses of the two armies did not run away due to the sound of cannons...... I understand! ”

Not only did he figure it out, but Li Jing also figured out why this was so.

The horses of the Yan army and the Ming army were all war horses that had been on the battlefield and heard the sound of artillery, and the sound of cannons and guns would not frighten them.

But the Tang army and the horses on the Turkic side heard the sound of huge cannons for the first time, and they were immediately frightened.

Li Jing said with emotion: "Sure enough, I haven't experienced it, I don't know how to use firearms, and when I test the cannon in the future, I have to put the war horse aside to let them get used to the sound of the cannon." ”

Li Shimin thought so.

The riot stopped, but the Tang army invariably shouted:

"Datang is mighty!! The prince is mighty!! Mr. Chu is mighty!! ”

This is the first public appearance of the cannon, and its power makes the enemy frightened, and it also makes the morale of the Tang army soar!

Hundreds of cannons lined up on the south bank of Weishui.

Previously, only one shot was fired, and a Turkic ship was broken.

Neither side could have imagined what an earth-shattering sound would be if hundreds of cannons were fired at the same time.

The power of thunder is nothing more than that!

"Jieli is here."

Li Jing, who was holding a telescope and looking into the distance, said with a smile.

"Well, I saw that too."

Li Shimin nodded, and also smiled: "I originally wanted the musketeers to come forward and fire a salvo, but now it seems that only one cannon can scare this group of Rong Di!" ”

The generals laughed.

Chu Zhen actually saw it before Jieli left, a group of people followed him out of the handsome tent, his face was not very good-looking, and the stubborn thinking force he saw last time was also among them, but his expression was much calmer.

Jieli, Tuli, Zhizhi Sili and others came to the Weishui Benmen Bridge, and Zhizhi Sili stood up and shouted:

"Great Khan of the Turkic State, please ask the prince of Tang to come out and talk!!"

This time, Li Shimin didn't wait any longer, and rode a horse to lead people to the temporary bridge.

Chu Zhen didn't follow, he used the eyes of a historian to see any place on the battlefield clearly.

Li Jing didn't go either, staying in command.

The people who went were Li Mengwei, Gao Shilian, Fang Xuanling, etc., and the eldest grandson Wuji was not in Chang'an, and like Cheng Yanjin, Hou Junji and others, they all participated in the encirclement and interception of the Turks in other places.

Chu Zhen saw that the Turkic Jieli Khan asked the Tang army to pull those cannons to retreat, and he was willing to go to the bridge.

Li Shimin asked the Turks to withdraw one after another, and there must be no Turks on the river, otherwise the peace talks would be waived.

The stalemate between the two sides seems to be only competing for priority, which is not unimportant, but this is an appetizer before the negotiation, and whoever compromises first will have a weaker momentum.

"Jieli, you broke the covenant!"

"I am good friends with your brother, you killed your brother in the Xuanwu Gate of the palace, I am here to avenge him!"

"Hehe, where is the Ao Shooter? You and the former princess Sui Yicheng were in cahoots and robbed your nephew of the throne, and I will lead the troops to you another day to avenge him! ”

"My nephew is not dead, what revenge do you have?"

"I heard that your eldest brother was poisoned with medicine by the former Princess Sui Yicheng, that is, your mother and your sister-in-law and your wife?"

"Fart!!"

The two had an argument across the river, and Chu Zhen listened to it hilariously, these things would definitely not be recorded by ordinary historians.

In addition, the identity of Princess Yicheng of the Sui Dynasty can also be called against the sky.

She married first Qimin Khan, then Qimin Khan's son Shibi Khan, then Shibi Khan, Shibi Khan's younger brother Chuluo Khan, and finally Jieli Khan.

Therefore, Li Shimin said that Princess Yicheng is Jieli's mother, sister-in-law, and wife.

As a result of the mutual revelations, the Turks gave in and ordered the men to leave the ship and take thirty steps back.

Li Shimin also asked the Tang army to retreat.

Only then did the two sides begin formal peace talks.

Jieli asked for gold and silver, silk cloth, grain, iron weapons, saddles, stirrups, iron pots, and so on.

Special points out, to maps and radio!

Li Shimin didn't want to give any of them, he would fight if he was not convinced, the map and radio station were in Chang'an, and if he wanted to take them, he would go into Chang'an City to get them.

Jieli was furious, and he said that he would fight.

Stubbornly lost his thinking and hurriedly persuaded him, and Tuli Khan watched coldly.

Fang Xuanling also advised: "Your Highness, tens of thousands of Tang people are still in their hands now. ”

These words seemed to remind Jieli, and he immediately threatened the people.

Li Shimin was forced to give in, agreeing to exchange the usual money for a Tang people, and not allowing Jieli to do any more looting when he returned.

Jieli asked a person to exchange ten pieces of money, ten horses of silk, and ten stones of grain.

"Trade my life!"

Li Shimin drew his sword in anger, and he persuaded him again.

Chu Zhen remembered that the annual coin of the Song Dynasty was 100,000 guan per year, plus 200,000 silk cloth, and the price increased once later.

Now that the Central Plains has just ended the war, Li Jing has only come back from the pacification of Fu Gongqi, and he really can't afford to fight with the Turks again.

In the history books, the Tang Dynasty was able to destroy DTZ three years after the Weishui Alliance, because the Tuli Khan and the Jieli Khan fell out, Li Shimin won over the Tuli and other tribes, and took advantage of the heavy snow disaster in the grassland to send Li Jing and others to destroy the DTZ.

Now that Jieli and Tuli are there, it is too much to suffer from fighting.

But 500,000 guan money, silk, and grain are undoubtedly impossible, and now Datang does not have as many copper coins as the Song Dynasty, and 500,000 guan can empty the treasury.

The two sides quarreled fiercely.

But neither the Tang Dynasty nor the Turks want to fight this war.

The end result is:

The Tang Dynasty used 100,000 yuan of money, 50,000 silk cloth, and 50,000 stone of grain in exchange for 50,000 Tang people in the hands of the Turks, and when the Turks left, they were not allowed to loot again, and the two sides agreed not to use swords and soldiers for five years.

50,000 stone of grain is enough for more than 100,000 Turkic troops to eat for ten days, which can allow them to return to the steppe.

Radio maps, etc., are not included in the exchange.

On the second day, the two sides swore an oath by slashing the white horse at the bridge.

Seeing them pull out the camp and leave, Li Shimin looked at the Turks in the distance, pointed to the Turks in the distance, and swore to everyone: "Within three years, I will send troops to destroy the Turks, and I will be ashamed of today!" ”

For Datang, it is the alliance of Weishui, and for Li Shimin, it is the shame of Weishui.

Although the two sides agreed not to use swords for five years, with the actions of the Turks, they would inevitably plunder when they left, and they would inevitably invade again in the coming year, but they would cover up a little.

"Thank Your Highness the Crown Prince for saving your life."

There was a noise behind him, Chu Zhen turned his head to look, and found that it was the 50,000 Tang people who had been exchanged back, bowing down to this side in the distance.

Chu Zhen said to Li Shimin: "Life cannot be measured by gold and silver, but 100,000 yuan in exchange for the lives of so many people is also a blessing in misfortune." Erlang is ashamed and brave, I believe that you can destroy the Turks in three years! ”

You refer to the generals and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.

Today's events must be remembered by everyone.

Li Shimin calmed down and sneered: "It's not so simple to leave, when they are halfway through, I will fight with them first!" ”

This was another encirclement and interception of the Turks in order to weaken their power and prepare for future counteroffensives.

Halfway through the journey, a lot of food was eaten, and even if more than 100,000 Turks returned to Chang'an, there would not be much food.

It will take three years for Datang to train an army that is proficient in the use of firearms.

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