Man Tanghong

At night, the fire lights Huai'an.

Su Dingfang sent people to report that Huai'an City was completely breached, and the Turkic people in Huai'an City were also cleaned up, and nearly 6 people were rescued. It was only the leaders of the Turkic people such as Jieli and Tuli. When the city was broken, he fled, and left an envoy behind, saying that he wanted to see Emperor Tang.

Li Yuanji ordered people to bring the envoys up.

The envoy was a standard Turkic, with sunken eye sockets, a hooked nose, and pupils of a different color than that of the Han people. He was dressed in rough animal skin and was fluffy, looking like a bear.

"The Turkic envoy Hamur is visiting His Royal Highness King Qi of the Tang Dynasty."

When the envoy arrived in front of the king's chariot, he hammered his chest with one hand and saluted humbly.

Li Yuanji stared at the envoy for a long time, then slowly said: "What is the position of the foreign envoy in Turkic?"

Hamur bowed his head humbly and said: "Go back to His Royal Highness King Qi of the Tang Dynasty, the foreign minister is in the Turkic official residence Yan Hongda."

Yan Hongda is not a personal life, but a Turkic official position. His main function is to advise the Turkic Khan and help the Turkic Khan handle government affairs, similar to the Eighteen Scholars in the original Qin Palace.

It sounds like the authority is equivalent to that of the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, but in fact he doesn't have much real power, and he only helps the Turkic Khan to give advice when encountering things. The most important thing is that the Turkic Khan seldom listens.

The reason for this situation is also related to the Turkic regime.

Turkic is a country formed by many tribes. The Khan is only the co-lord elected by each tribe, and his power is based on the trust of all the tribe chiefs.

To decide on any major matter, it is also necessary to discuss with the great chiefs of the various tribes.

However, there are many Turkic tribes, and the Turkic royal family implements a kind of enfeoffment system, so there are also many tribes established under the command of various Turkic Khans, She, Teller and other princes.

Therefore, there are many people from various tribes who participate in and discuss state affairs, and there are also many people who have the right to speak.

In comparison, it is difficult for Yan Hongda, who does not have a tribe to rely on, to intervene when these people participate in and discuss state affairs, so naturally he has no right to speak, let alone the right to make decisions.

Therefore, the position of Yan Hongda is generally awarded to wise men who have been eliminated from various tribes.

These wise men have prestige, but their prestige is not high, and they were driven out by the ethnic group. There is no ethnic group to attach to, so they can only attach themselves to the tent of the Turkic Khan to survive.

"So you are a wise man?"

Li Yuanji questioned.

Hamur lowered his head and said, "In front of the king, foreign ministers dare not call themselves wise."

Li Yuanji was just being polite, and didn't intend to say anything more on this issue, and immediately asked: "Jieli and Tuli have fled, and the other Turkic chieftains have also fled, leaving you alone. I don't know what happened." ?”

Hamur quickly bent down and said: "The reason why Khan kept the foreign ministers is to use the mouths of the foreign ministers to negotiate peace with the Tang Dynasty."

"Reconciliation?"

Li Yuanji was full of surprise, and Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Shentong and others were also surprised.

Yesterday, Xieli was still full of murderous intent, wishing to fight Datang to the death.

Why did you change your gender today and want to negotiate a peace?

"What do you think?"

Li Yuanji looked at Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Shentong and others and asked.

Li Yuanji always felt that it was not that simple for Jieli to propose peace suddenly.

Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Shentong and others did not speak, but exchanged glances with each other.

Seeing this, Li Yuanji said to Hamur: "You retreat first, I will call you later."

Hamur hesitated for a moment, but still gave a salute, and retreated slowly.

As soon as Hamur left, Li Shentong couldn't wait to say: "Yesterday, Jieli was aggressive, why is he negotiating peace again today?"

Li Deliang pondered and said: "Could it be that Su Dingfang broke Huai'an, making all of Jieli's plans come to naught, and Jieli had to negotiate a peace?"

Changsun Shunde stroked his beard and said, "It's possible, but it shouldn't be the key."

Li Deliang looked at Changsun Shunde and said, "How do you see that?"

The elder Sun Shunde cupped his hands at Li Deliang, and then said: "If it was because Su Dingfang broke Huai'an and completely destroyed Xieli's plan, Xieli chose to negotiate a peace, then he would definitely not be in such a hurry.

After all, we have only fought one battle, and the hatred between the two sides has not been completely let go. Xieli chose to negotiate a peace at this time. Even if he is willing, we may not be willing. "

Li Deliang said thoughtfully: "However, there are countless peace talks between the two armies in history, especially after the defeat of the army, they are everywhere.

It seems that there is nothing wrong with Xieli choosing to negotiate a peace after the defeat. "

Changsun Shunde explained with a smile: "Your Majesty, the two armies have always negotiated a peace before the battle, but they chose to negotiate a peace after they were exhausted and unable to fight any more.

After the defeat, the peace was negotiated because the vast majority of the victors had no power to continue and were no longer willing to fight again.

The two sides hit it off, so they chose to negotiate a peace with a very tacit understanding.

But in the battle of Huai’an this time, although the Turkic people were exhausted and had no strength to continue, our Tang soldiers were still able to continue to march north when their morale was at its peak.

So Xieli chose to make peace with us at this time, even if he is willing, it depends on whether we are willing or not. "

Yuwen Shiji nodded his head and said: "Xieli has invaded our Central Plains for many years, and has negotiated peace with me several times. It is impossible not to understand this truth. But he chose to negotiate peace at this time. There must be something behind it that we don't know. "

Li Deliang suddenly realized, and then asked: "What is it?"

Yuwen Shiji smiled wryly and did not speak any more.

This is also the question he wants to know.

It was also the question that Li Yuanji and everyone here wanted to know.

Cai Yungong suggested at this time: "Should we send someone to ask Su Dingfang to see if he has caught a big fish? If you press him, maybe there will be an answer."

Li Yuanji thought about it for a while, and felt that this method was feasible.

Anyway, everyone can't guess what happened now, so find some tongues to ask, maybe there will be an answer, even if there is no answer, it is good to provide some ideas.

Immediately, Li Yuanji sent Yu Wenbao to Huai'an City to ask Su Dingfang.

An hour later, Yu Wenbao returned to Wang Che and reported the result of his inquiry, "Your Highness, I have questioned Su Shuai, and Su Shuai did catch a few big fish, and pressed him for a while.

I only got one piece of valuable news, but I don't know if it will help His Highness. "

Li Yuanji didn't talk nonsense with Yu Wenbao, and motioned Yu Wenbao to speak directly.

Yu Wenbao continued to report: "According to the big fish caught by Su Shuai, since His Highness entered the battle that day, Xieli and Tuli seemed to have conflicted. Jieli wanted to take back Tuli's military power, but Tuli refused. And plotting a mutiny.

Xieli acted first, sent people to take down Tuli first, and seized Tuli's authority.

At the same time, Xieli blamed Tuli for all the faults of the invasion and defeat of our Tang Dynasty. "

After hearing this, Li Yuanji called him a good guy in his heart.

Jieli is framing him, and he is also abandoning his car to protect his handsome man.

Jieli's southward invasion was a complete defeat, and he suffered heavy losses. He must give an explanation to all the tribal chiefs under his command.

If Xieli admits his mistake, he will lose all his majesty.

If you don't admit your mistakes, it will drive the tribes apart.

It can be said that whatever Xieli did was wrong, and no matter what he did, it would not be conducive to his continued rule of Turks.

So he came up with the idea of ​​abandoning the car to save his handsome man, let Tuli take the blame for him, and pushed Tuli out to help him take the blame.

Presumably Xieli had this idea a long time ago, and has been plotting against Tuli since then, but Tuli is not as smart as Xieli, and he didn't know that he had been tricked, so he stepped into helping Xieli take the blame step by step. swirl.

Jieli should have discussed with Tuli when he planned to kill Tuli, and let Tuli take the initiative to take the blame, but Tuli refused, so he chose to act first.

The big fish caught by Su Dingfang described Tuli's act of self-protection as Tuli's plot to mutiny, which means that he has chosen to side with Jieli in terms of position.

I am afraid that other Turkic chiefs also chose the same way.

Turkic will soon become the chief culprit of the Turkic defeat under the verbal and written criticism of the various Turkic tribes, and become the most brutal and evil Turkic person.

And Tuli himself will die quickly in these criticisms.

"Jie Li is ruthless enough."

Li Shentong couldn't help sighing.

Li Jiancheng said without hesitation: "I think Jieli deserves to be the hero of the grassland, he is decisive enough."

If Li Shimin said this, there would be no problem.

But from Li Jiancheng's point of view, it always makes people feel a little contrary.

However, now is not the time to discuss what kind of person Xieli is. What needs to be discussed now is the matter of Xieli's summation.

"So, the reason why Xieli is so eager to seek peace is to digest the various tribes annexed from Tuli?"

Changsun Shunde said thoughtfully.

Yuwen Shiji said puzzledly: "If it's just to digest the various tribes annexed from Tuli, Xieli shouldn't be in such a hurry, right?

After all, Tuli has already been captured by him, and the tribes under Tuli's command have become headless flies. They have no other choice but to attach to him, and he can digest it slowly. "

Changsun Shunde said: "Perhaps Jieli has any scruples and worries, and needs to digest these tribes as soon as possible?"

Yuwen Shiji's eyes lit up, and he blurted out: "Su Ni is missing?!"

Li Shimin, who had been silent on the sidelines, finally spoke at this time, "Yes, it was Suni. This time Jieli invaded south, the soldiers and horses under his command suffered heavy losses, and the soldiers and horses under Tuli's command were also defeated in Yansui. , only the troops under Suni's command are still complete.

If he had any dissent, he could launch a mutiny at this time, drive Xieli out of power, and inherit the Turkic rule by himself. "

Li Shentong nodded and said: "It doesn't even need to be so troublesome, as long as Sunis blocks Xieli's escape from Gyeongju, we will help him achieve this goal."