Datang: Acting as a celestial mystery at the beginning

When they came to the place where the prisoners of war were being held, Li Yi'an glanced at the family members of Jieli, and asked, "Who said he belonged to the people of the Tang Dynasty? Stand up for me."

After a while, a woman in the crowd finally stood up, she looked about sixty years old, cupped her hands and said, "Yang Man has met General Li."

She kept her head down, not daring to look at Li Yi'an.

"Head up!"

Li Yian snorted.

Yang Man didn't dare to disobey, raised her head slightly, and saw that her appearance was similar to that of a Central Plains person, and she really didn't look like a Turkic person.

However, the Turkic people often went south to burn, kill and loot the people on the border, especially in the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, it was normal to rob a few people on the border and go back.

Li Yi'an said again: "Why do you want to see me?"

Yang Man hesitated for a while, then said: "I am Princess Yicheng!"

Princess Yicheng?

In Li Yi'an's mind, he quickly thought of a princess who was married in the Sui Dynasty. She seemed to be the cousin of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty.

Now that Li Jing hasn't captured Jieli alive, it's the end of the third year of Zhenguan, and Li Yi'an has completed this matter ahead of schedule.

"You are Princess Yicheng from the Sui Dynasty?"

Li Yian asked.

"Exactly!"

Yang Man bowed his hands and continued: "Yating, you come out too."

Another woman stood up in the crowd, she looked much younger than Yang Man, with a delicate face, dignified and generous, she should have been a super beauty when she was young.

However, the maturity shown at her age gives people a feeling of maturity, and has a unique attraction for men.

Her appearance is also from the Central Plains.

When seeing her, Li Yi'an really wanted to shout: Prime Minister Cao, I've realized it!

"Xiao Yating, I met General Li."

The woman bowed and saluted, her attitude was more respectful than that of a rebellious princess.

"Who is she?"

Li Yi'an looked at Yang Man and asked, but quickly said: "Wait, her surname is Xiao, is it Yang Guang's Empress Xiao?"

Xiao Yating seemed surprised that after Da Sui had been wiped out for so long, there were still people who remembered who she was, she nodded slightly and said, "Exactly!"

Is she really Queen Xiao?

It's hard for Li Yi'an not to remember. Empress Xiao was from the Xiao family in Lanling. It is said that she married six emperors, from Yang Guang at the beginning to Li Shimin at the end. But these are folklore or unofficial records.

Looking at Empress Xiao again, according to her age, she should be about the same age as Princess Yicheng, but she doesn't look old, she still has a real charm, no wonder she was taken by Li Shimin after she was brought back by Li Jing.

"General!"

Xiao Yating noticed the way Li Yi'an was looking at her, and called out in fear.

Li Yian came back to his senses and asked, "What do you want from me?"

It was Yang Man who said first: "We want to go back to Datang, but I wonder if General Li can take us back?"

Older people like falling leaves to return to their roots. After all, Turkic is a foreign country. Although the Sui Dynasty did not exist, they still want to go back.

In addition, after revealing their identities, they also hope that Li Yi'an can treat themselves better, so that they don't have to be crowded with so many people.

"This is Datang!"

Li Yi'an said.

This place has been taken down by the Tang army, so what is it if it is not the Tang Dynasty?

They could think of this, and they were a little anxious, Yang Man said again: "We want to go back to Chang'an, let's take a look at Chang'an for the last time, can the general take us back?"

They are considered part of the prisoners of war and should be brought back to Chang'an.

"Let's talk about it after I catch that old thief Xieli."

Li Yi'an continued: "Lock them up, no one can release them without my order."

They thought they would get better treatment by revealing their identities, but in the end this hope had to be dashed, and they were taken back helplessly.

"Sir, there are enemies coming outside."

Cheng Chumo just ran over at this moment.

Li Yi'an boarded the tower of Tucheng and looked outside, only to see more than 2000 Turkic soldiers coming.

It should be that several nearby tribes learned that the city where the Yazhang was located was attacked by the Tang army, and they temporarily gathered troops to come to the rescue.

"Go to battle!"

Li Yi'an didn't quarrel with the people outside, and led his troops to attack.

The Turkic soldiers who came to the rescue had mixed feelings, and they didn't want to come to the rescue at first, but Li Yi'an and the others scattered as soon as they rushed, retreated steadily, and finally all ran away.

After retreating back to the city, bigger snowflakes began to float in the sky.

In less than two hours, the snow almost covered the calves, and the snow in the third year of Zhenguan was really big enough.

Under such circumstances, it is impossible for other Turks to come to rescue here.

Li Yi'an was temporarily relieved, and quickly arranged for someone to come out to clear the snow.

As for supplies, there are plenty of them in the tooth tent, and they put aside their worries about not having anything to survive the winter for the time being.

Half a month after the capture of the city, another group of people organized a rebellion in the city, and they were all suppressed by Li Yi'an. In the end, there were basically no young adults in the whole city except for the soldiers of the Tang army.

However, the heavy snow continued, and an unknown number of livestock were frozen to death. The support Li Yi'an and the others requested could not be reached because of this situation.

"Sir, it's mid-December."

Su Lie said: "There are still more than ten days until spring begins to warm up. After such a long time, the news of the loss of this place should spread. Maybe the old thief Xieli will gather all his forces and come back to attack us. We must be prepared."

Li Yi'an recalled the incident from the third to fourth year of Zhenguan, shook his head and said, "The old thief Jieli will never come back. General Li Jing will chase after him to fight, but I am worried that the rest of the Turkic tribes will take advantage of this opportunity to fight down."

Just like Huihe and Xue Yantuo and other tribes, according to the original trajectory, they were already unhappy that Jieli was going to rebel, and when they learned that the Yazhang was taken by the Tang army, they might attack and seize the Yazhang.

Li Yi'an said again: "We'll just hold on when the time comes."

Su Lie said: "We can use the remaining time to manufacture arrows as much as possible. No matter how cold it is tomorrow, Rengui will pull all the soldiers out for training. It won't work without training."

"it is good!"

Xue Li breathed out, as if exhaling a puff of white smoke.

They had never tried to stay in such a cold place, it was too uncomfortable.

"Chu Mo, you go and collect all the livestock in the city, those that are not frozen to death, and forcefully collect them, and give our soldiers extra meals."

Li Yian said again.

As for whether the people here will starve to death, it is not within the scope of Li Yi'an's consideration.

"Really?"

Cheng Chumo had wanted to do this a long time ago. When he got the order, he immediately went out to gather more than 200 people and went directly to plunder the sheep of the Turkic people.

They have been hungry for a long time.

"Sir, that Princess Yicheng wants to see you again."

Yu Wenzhan said in the wind and snow from outside.

Looking at the heavy snow outside, Li Yi'an didn't want to go out, and waved: "No see!"

A princess from the previous dynasty, Ke Dun of the Turks, was useless to meet her.