Man Tanghong

Chapter 681 The Outrageous Battle (29)

Li Yuanji's face was a little hot when he was said, and he argued: "I only had so many soldiers and horses at that time, and how many soldiers and horses the Turks had, how could I defeat Jieli and Tuli head-on?

It would be great if I could defend Weize Pass! "

Li Shimin nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, with the soldiers and horses at Weize Pass at that time, even I could only guard Weize Pass. As for disturbing the Turkic camp, beheading the Turkic Khan's wolf-headed banner, and separating Jieli and Tuli , I might not be able to do it.

But so what?
Apart from the battle at Weizeguan, what achievements do you have that make the Turks value you? "

Li Yuanji was immediately stopped by the question.

He didn't need to think carefully, he could answer Li Shimin's question.

Whether he is good or his predecessor, it seems that the only record that can be achieved and worthy of attention is the battle of Wei Zeguan.

But this kind of record is not necessarily comparable to Li Shimin's record in the battle of Hulaoguan, even if it is compared with Li Shimin's record in conquering Liu Wuzhou, Liu Heita, and Zhu Jie.

Moreover, there are still many rumors about him being domineering, arrogant, cruel and incompetent inside and outside the Tang Dynasty.

Under such circumstances, it seems impossible for the Turks to value him.

But why?

He was the final winner of the coup in the Tang Palace, and he defeated Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, two smart and capable people in the eyes of the Turks.

The Turkic people should also pay attention to him based on this alone.

Did they treat him as Yang Guang?
Think he, like Yang Guang, used some dishonorable means to overthrow Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, and seize the power of Datang? !
"You seem to value the way the Turks look at you?"

Li Shimin asked suddenly.

Li Yuanji rolled his eyes and said: "It's not considered important, but being despised by others, can you feel happy in your heart?"

Li Shimin nodded and sighed: "It is indeed an unpleasant thing to be underestimated. But in this situation, it is actually a good thing to be underestimated.

Turo despised you so much, and tempted us again and again with such an arrogant attitude.

Then as long as he relaxes his vigilance against us, he will definitely bring a large army to surprise us, and then we will be able to cheat him once. "

The corner of Li Yuanji's mouth twitched, but he didn't speak.

This benefit is based on his pain.

However, considering that Datang was able to deceive tens of thousands of Turks at a time, and might be able to use this to reverse the situation between Datang and Turks, there is nothing to say about his being wronged.

"Okay, don't think about it, it's useless to think about it now. The most important thing we should do now is to dress up as a soldier, and once the geese are in formation.

I reckon that the Turkic people will come out in full force next time, or the next time they come to make a surprise attack.

Then it's time for us to fight the Turks, and it's time for you and me to go to the battlefield in person. "

Li Shimin is a decisive and confident person in war.

After saying this, he walked down to the observation deck without looking back.

Li Yuanji knew that if Tuluo was really fooled by Datang, then what Li Shimin said would appear soon, so he really had to get ready.

Immediately, he didn't stay on the observation tower any longer, and went down from the observation tower with Li Shimin, and began to put on his armor after returning to the tent of the Chinese army. By the way, he asked Yu Wenbao to wake up Li Jiancheng, who was already sleeping like a dead pig, Put on armor together.

Since he was going to the battlefield, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin had to follow.

He would never let either Li Jiancheng or Li Shimin leave his side.

One of these two people bears the righteousness of the eldest son, and the other bears the trust of all the officers and men of the Tang Dynasty. Letting them go is tantamount to letting them go to contact the old ministry and the old ministers.

God knows if after a big battle, they will arrange everything for a comeback.

Once they gathered their strength and started to attack, it would be a big trouble for him.

After all, after a failure and nearly half a year of planning, if they plan again, the methods will be more concealed, the planning will be more thorough, and the reaction will be more violent.

If he doesn't cope well, 90.00% will die at [-]%.

After all, neither Li Jiancheng nor Li Shimin, like him, would leave behind brothers after seizing power.

Historically, when Li Jiancheng launched the Renzhi Palace Rebellion, it was when Li Yuan left Chang'an City and went to Renzhi Palace to escape the summer heat. The place where Yang Wengan and others attacked was also Renzhi Palace.

What does this mean?
It shows that Li Jiancheng even wanted to kill Li Yuan.

That being the case, how could he tolerate his brother.

Needless to say, Li Shimin, he has already killed his brother once in history, and he also slaughtered all the men in the brother's house, but he didn't kill Li Yuan.

Therefore, no matter what he said, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin could not make a comeback.

After Li Yuanji, Li Shimin, and the cursing Li Jiancheng put on their armors, the Turks also came to attack the camp for the fourth time, faster and faster than the previous three times.

It's just that the Turkic people who came this time didn't seem to be rushing to attack the camp, but to destroy the wooden gates around the camp and some ordnance that could resist the enemy's invasion.

After breaking down the wooden gate at the northwest corner of the camp and burning all the defensive ordnance stuck on the ground and making it difficult to move, they walked away.

Then, less than three incense sticks later, there was a deafening sound of horseshoes in the northwest corner of the camp.

The sound of horseshoes was not only intensive, but also powerful, and the ground trembled with the rattling.

Obviously charging.

"How did the Turks come so fast this time?!"

After Li Jiancheng put on his armor, he slumped lazily in a corner of the big tent. After hearing the deafening sound of horseshoes outside the big tent, he sat up suddenly and asked in astonishment.

Li Shimin subconsciously grasped the handle of the horizontal knife at his waist, and said flatly: "I have already talked about what is true in my camp, and I have also damaged the ordnance in my camp that can stop them, so naturally I have to come here.

And I have to come here immediately. If the soldiers in my battalion reset the wooden gates and all kinds of ordnance to resist them before they come, wouldn't their last raid be a hundred raids? "

Li Jiancheng shook his head and said, "That's the reason, but I always feel that there's something wrong with it?"

Speaking of this, Li Jiancheng suddenly looked at Li Yuanji and Li Shimin and said, "Did you do something behind my back, otherwise the Turkic people wouldn't be in such a hurry!"

Li Shimin didn't hide anything, and said calmly: "I didn't do anything, but when the Turks attacked the camp for the third time, I pretended to be frightened, then escaped from the Chinese army tent, and fled to the southeast corner of the camp. "

Li Jiancheng suddenly said: "No wonder, the Turkic people regard you as cowards, that's why they dispatched the whole army so eagerly. This is to catch you two big fish and force the soldiers guarding the pass to let go. Pass, let them drive straight into all parts of our Tang Dynasty.

At the same time, I can also use you two big fish to negotiate terms with my father. "

Li Shimin nodded his head and said: "It should be like this..."

From the time when Li Yuan was the Duke of Tang, the Turkic people were used to negotiating conditions with Li Yuan, and they were used to getting what they needed from Li Yuan by negotiating conditions.

At the very beginning, it was Chuluo, then Qimin, then Shibi, until now Xieli.

A total of four Turkic Khans have been negotiating conditions with Li Yuan since Li Yuan approached him until now.

However, in the past, it was Li Yuan who begged the Turks, took the initiative to negotiate terms with the Turks, and cut their flesh for peace. Later, it was the Turks who took advantage of the power of the soldiers and forced Li Yuan to negotiate terms with them. Sometimes Li Yuan would agree, and sometimes he would not.

Later, the Turks frequently invaded the Tang Dynasty and insisted on negotiating terms with Li Yuan.

Li Yuan's waist became stiff, and he didn't want to talk to them anymore, and even wanted to be their father.

Then the two sides have more exchanges in military affairs.

However, the habit of negotiating conditions was maintained before and after the war.

Therefore, Li Jiancheng said that the Turkic people wanted to arrest the prince of Tang Dynasty and negotiate terms with Li Yuan. This is not empty talk, but something that is very likely to happen.

Even though the Turks defeated Datang this time, soldiers came to Chang'an, and even captured Chang'an, Datang still owned all the land except Guanzhong.

Therefore, Turks can still rely on the bargaining chips in their hands to continue to demand benefits from Li Yuan.

Of course, if Li Yuan could regard Turkic as the suzerain state because of his son, then Turkic might give up Yang Zhengdao, return Chang'an, and other places in Guanzhong, and then happily bring a lot of money, food, and Dingkou back to Turkic to do it. Suzerainty.

After all, it will take a long time to support Yang Zhengdao to establish a country in Chang'an, and then compete with the Li family for the world.

If Datang surrendered directly, then this process could be omitted, and the Turks could directly enjoy the benefits of being the suzerain.

Therefore, there is no reason for the Turks to support Yang Zhengdao when Datang directly surrendered.

As for Yang Zhengdao being backed by Turkic Ke He Dunyicheng, that is a joke.

It is useful to the Turks, Yicheng can be the Kehe Dun of the Turks, and Yang Zhengdao can also gain a foothold in the Turks through Yicheng.

It is useless to the Turks, and it is a question of whether Yicheng can secure Ke He Dun's position, let alone use Ke He Dun's name to help Yang Zhengdao gain a foothold.

Yicheng is the daughter of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. She is of the same generation as Li Yuan. She is already in her 50s, and she is already old.

It would be a joke to say that Xieli had any lust for him.

The reason why Xieli has not abandoned her until now is because she is the property inherited by Xieli.

In the eyes of a greedy person like Xieli, there is no reason to abandon property without reason, even if the property is of no great use.

Therefore, Yicheng's influence on Xieli is limited. Similarly, Yicheng used his identity as He Dun to help Yang Zhengdao gain a foothold in Turkic, and even let Xieli help Yang Zhengdao plan the restoration of the country, just because he helped Yang Zhengdao Restoration of the country is only beneficial to Xieli.

If there is no benefit, Xie Li will help Yang Zhengdao establish the country if he is sick.

(End of this chapter)