Man Tanghong

Chapter 712 The Responsibilities of Honglu Temple
Li Yuanji hid outside for five days, and did not return to the county government until Li Xiuning stopped pestering her.

At this time, Su Dingfang had already escorted Tuli, and the more than 3000 Turks, more than 1 cattle and sheep, and two to three thousand wounded horses he had picked up after chasing Jieli and Suniso this time came back.

Li Yuanji immediately rushed to the north gate of Huai'an City to greet him.

Although Su Dingfang only had a big battle with Suni Shi during this expedition, and chased Jieli and Suni for the rest of the time, the recovery of the territory south of the Great Wall outside Gyeongju this time is of great significance. A Turkic khan was captured, so the scene still needs to be messed up.

When Li Yuanji led Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Shentong, Li Deliang and others to the north gate of Huai'an City, the former army under Su Dingfang's command had already arrived in Huai'an City and drove a lot of wounded horses.

These war horses were lost by Jie Li and Suni on the way to escape. Since most of the horseshoes were injured, they could no longer be used, so they could only eat meat when they came back.

Li Yuanji ordered the former school lieutenant to hand over the horses to Changsun Shunde, who would handle them under his watch.

In this sudden battle, Datang's Ling, Qing, Yan, Sui, Shi and other states suffered different injuries. The Turks patted their asses and left, but the aftermath had to be done by Datang.

Changsun Shunde has organized the captured Turkic people into serfs and distributed them to the surviving common people. In addition, he has organized the remaining captives into slave soldiers and is responsible for opening up wasteland on the land newly recovered by the Tang Dynasty. , which is currently under construction.

According to Changsun Shunde's statistics, [-] mu of barren land has been reclaimed, and the number will increase as time goes by.

The goal of Changsun Shunde is to reclaim all the newly recovered land in Datang and plant it with grain before the end of this year.

This is a very ambitious goal, because the land newly recovered by Datang this time has as many as five states, including the Daizhou and other places captured by Li Xiaogong and the others, there are as many as six and a half states.

To reclaim these places within a year and plant all of them with food will consume millions of labor.

Only 11 Turks were captured this time, and [-] of them were sent to Yanzhou to accompany Tudiji.

So the remaining people have to complete the workload that millions of people can complete.

Only God knows how many of these Turkic people will be alive after completing these workloads.

In addition, during the period when the Turks opened up wasteland, the food they needed was also a huge number.

The captured cattle and sheep, as well as the food grown by the people of the Tang Dynasty, were naturally impossible for them to eat, so the wounded horses Su Dingfang picked up could just become their rations.

There are two to three thousand horses as rations, which can at least guarantee the needs of [-] Turks for one and a half months.

This one and a half months is enough for them to reclaim 30 mu of fertile land.

With 30 mu of fertile land, the food that can be supplied to Datang should be around 60 shi.

This was a costless transaction, and the eldest Sun Shunde was not used to it, but after adding Cai Yungong, he got used to it.

"Chen Su Dingfang lived up to His Highness's love, and finally took back all the territory south of the Great Wall outside Gyeongju, and captured the Turkic Turk Khan. Please check it with Your Highness!"

Not long after Changsun Shunde brought two or three thousand horses down, Su Dingfang led a team of seven or eight miles to Huai'an City.

Su Dingfang immediately brought a group of songs, and bowed down in front of Li Yuanji's horse.

The trilogy also escorted a man, a rather young Turkic man, who was cleaned up very cleanly and even incensed, and the fragrance of his body could be smelled from a distance of ten feet.

Li Yuanji sized up Tuli carefully, and asked with some doubts, "You are Tuli?"

Tuli didn't speak, but snorted heavily.

Such a rude behavior did not attract anyone's reprimand, because in terms of identity, Tuli is a king on the grassland, a little Turkic khan, and he has royal blood.

Even if you are downcast and captured, you should be treated with courtesy.

This is the etiquette of the Central Plains.

Do not insult other royal families or members of the royal family.

However, Li Yuanji has always felt that this is hypocritical, because before the founding of the country, all dynasties adopted an attitude of killing the royal family or members of the royal family of the previous dynasty.

If this is the case for one's own people, but one must be polite to outsiders, isn't this hypocrisy?
"Your father, Shibi Khan, was also a hero on the grassland, and he left you a huge family business. You've messed around to the point of being a prisoner. What right do you have to put on airs here?"

Li Yuanji snorted coldly, and said to Li Jiancheng who was on the side: "Brother, go and teach him a lesson."

The king should not be humiliated lightly, it is aimed at the common people and the nobles, if they are members of the royal family, or higher-ranking members of the royal family, they can be humiliated.

It was just right for Li Jiancheng to teach Tuli rules.

In fact, it is best for Li Shimin to do this matter, but Li Shimin has Li Shimin's arrogance. He will never bully an unarmed prisoner, so Li Jiancheng can only do it.

Li Jiancheng grinned when he heard this.

Although he has lost his authority, he is still the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and asking him to teach an unarmed prisoner a lesson is really a loss of status and the demeanor of the great Tang Dynasty.

Li Shentong saw that Li Jiancheng was in trouble, and knew what it meant for Li Jiancheng to teach Tuli a lesson, so he quickly winked at Li Daoli.

Li Daoli understood, and took the initiative to ask Ying to say: "Fourth brother, let me go. It doesn't take big brother to teach this kind of person a lesson."

With that said, Li Daoli rode out and rushed directly to Tuli's side. Under Tuli's astonished eyes, he gave Tuli two lashes severely.

Tu Li shouted at Li Yuanji angrily, "Don't you Central Plains people always say that your Central Plains is a state of etiquette? How could you do this to me?
Also, Yang Zhengdao told me that in your Central Plains, the king should not be humiliated lightly.

I am the king of the grassland, the Khan of the Turks! "

Li Yuanji ignored Tuli.

Seeing this, Li Daoli sneered and said: "You are a prisoner, how do you want us to treat you? Besides, there is indeed a saying in our Central Plains that kings should not be insulted.

But I am also a king, and I have the right to humiliate you. "

Tuli stared at Li Daoli in disbelief, "Are you also the king?"

Li Daoli laughed and said: "Not only me, but also my uncle and my elder brothers, so there are many people who can humiliate you here. If you don't want to live a hard life in Datang and be bullied every day, I suggest you restrain yourself The arrogance in you, learn how to be a qualified prisoner."

Tuli gritted his teeth, lowered his head and thought about it.

It seemed that he was thinking about whether he should lower his head and let go of the pride of belonging to the wolf king.

After struggling in his heart for a long time, Tuli finally compromised and bowed his head to reality.

He bowed like a soft-legged shrimp whose bones had been taken out, humbly whispered in a trembling voice: "Waiwang Tuli, I have met all the kings of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Daoli shook his head when he heard this, and bluntly said that when he went back, he must let the people of Honglu Temple teach him the rules of Tuli.

Honglu Temple seems to be a diplomatic office, but in fact it is not a simple diplomatic office. In addition to daily diplomatic accidents, the people in Honglu Temple are also responsible for liaising with the vassals, teaching the envoys of the vassals etiquette, and maintaining the relationship with the envoys. The feelings between the vassals and many other people were separated by envoys.

Among them, teaching the etiquette of the vassals' envoys is the most bloody, and using envoys to separate the vassals is the most cruel.

Needless to say, how cruel it is to separate the vassals through envoys.

It is a very time-consuming, labor-intensive, and labor-intensive task to teach the etiquette of the envoys of the vassal states.

Envoys who are familiar with the culture of the Central Plains do not need to be taught, and envoys who are not familiar with the culture of the Central Plains are mostly no different from barbarians, so to teach them etiquette, only some special methods can be used.

Special means can be used directly to deal with some captured members of the royal family.

And these methods are comparable to the ten tortures of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and even crueler than the ten tortures of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

That's why Li Daoli firmly believed that Tuli, who didn't even know how to greet the princes and county kings of the Tang Dynasty, would definitely become an obedient and qualified Turkic Khan after going to Honglu Temple for a while.

However, Li Yuanji just wanted to kill Tuli's arrogance, and didn't think about training Tuli into an obedient dog now, so he didn't accept Li Daoli's suggestion, but nodded in satisfaction after Tuli bowed his head Said: "It's good to know how to bow your head. As a person, I don't like people who raise their necks in front of me the most."

Having said that, Li Yuanji waved his hand directly and let Yuwenbao take Tuli down first.

As for how to deal with Tuli, whether to use Tuli or support Tuli, that is something that the chairman can only decide in the future.

Now is not the time to make decisions.

After going through this battle, Datang's soldiers, horses, food and grass were consumed so much that they were unable to march north in a short period of time, so they had to recuperate well afterwards.

Tuli was again deprived of power by Xieli and abandoned by Xieli.

When Xieli returns to the grassland, he will definitely eradicate all people related to Tuli.

Therefore, supporting Tuli at this time will not have much effect, and it may cause the dilemma of meat buns beating dogs and never returning.

After Tuli was taken down, Li Yuanji jumped off his horse, supported Su Dingfang, who was kneeling on one knee, with both hands, and said with a smile: "You can say that you have worked hard this time. This time, when the Tang Dynasty and the Turks fought, you will be able to fight against the Turks." The credit is the most dazzling.

All the soldiers under your command have also performed very bravely. When I return to Beijing, I will definitely reward them for their merits. "

Su Dingfang said modestly: "In front of Your Highness, I dare not take credit. It was Your Highness who took the lead in the battle of Baijiabao and Baimachuan. He took the lead in the battle, broke the prestige of our Great Tang, and inspired our great Tang. The morale frightened the courage of the Turkic people, so the minister and the soldiers under his command could easily take so much credit.

So if you want to say who has contributed the most in this battle with the Turks, it must be His Highness. "

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