A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 626 Qikou
Wuchuan,

The wind stopped and the snow stopped,

The long-lost sunshine is falling.

"Ju Guogong and Shen Guogong have a safe trip and wish them success!"

The Northern Expedition generals, led by Li Jing, saw off Tang Jian and others at the north gate of Black Castle.

"It's the first lunar month, so you two have to travel six hundred miles." Huaiyu said with a smile.

Tang Jian was wearing a brocade coat and a large cloak, but he was in good spirits. This time he was sent as an envoy to Jie Li, which made him feel that it was a rare opportunity to redeem his past deeds. If he went back in despair, he would really have lost his founding plan. s face.

The same goes for An Xiuren. This man assisted Li Gui in establishing Xiliang in Hexi. Later, he listened to his brother's surrender to the Tang Dynasty and easily dismounted Li Gui and sent him to Chang'an. The An family is so prestigious in Hexi, even if When they arrived in Chang'an, the emperors of the two dynasties were also very courteous, but Jieli wanted to send them to Beihai to shepherd sheep.

"Please rest assured, Duke Dai, Duke Jin, Duke Ying, Duke E, Duke Zou, etc. This time we will definitely persuade Jie Li to join us and submit to the court."

"Okay, we are here to welcome you."

The two princes led the delegation on horseback to the north.

Wu Huaiyu and the others returned to the city and immediately began preparations for a raid.

Tang Jian and his party stayed in the open for many days under the guidance of the Turkic guide, and finally crossed the [-]-mile vast snowfield and found Qikou all the way.

There is a tunnel in the desert that runs from north to south, and the south of the tunnel is called Qikou.

This Qikou is actually quite large. It generally refers to a large area south of the tunnel. The middle and lower reaches of Xilamuren River and the Yibei area can be collectively called Qikou.

After Tang Jian and others left Wuchuan, they walked along the Xilamuren River. This river originated from the Guyang Mountain area in Baotou, north of Yinshan Mountain, and went northeast for more than [-] miles. It is also called the Tabu River.

The middle and lower reaches of the Tabu River are actually no longer part of Monan. They belong to desert. This is desert steppe, semi-desert, Gobi, sandy land, and saline-alkali land. Compared with the fertile Monan steppe, the conditions here are poor. There are many, but they are only suitable for nomadic herding, and the pasture conditions are also poor.

However, Qikou is connected to Baidao in the south and Mobei in the north, so its location is very important. Therefore, although it is remote, the location of Yugu in Mobei is untenable. After Li Zai fled here and there, he also arrived at Qikou.

Once the Tang Dynasty accepts his surrender and withdraws his troops, he can return to Monan. If the situation is not right, he can immediately enter the desert tunnel and escape to Mobei.

"Great Khan, the Tang delegation has arrived."

"How many people came?"

Jie Li asked cautiously, "About a hundred cavalry guards,"

"Only a hundred cavalry guards?"

"They were traveling along the Tabu River. Our scouts kept an eye on them. There were indeed only a hundred or so of them. The Tang army in Black City did not move."

"Where have you been?"

"There are still a hundred miles."

Jieli walked around in the tent for a while and said, "Ask Mogatqin to greet the Tang envoy on my behalf."

After Fu Li left, Jie Li was still a little uneasy. After thinking about it, he called another Fu Li guard, "Immediately take my order arrows to Yu Gu She and deploy a thousand fine cavalry to act as my great sweat tooth." Soldiers, let each of them prepare three horses and enough food and grass to station in the north."

If something goes wrong, Jieli plans to run away immediately. He first arranges for a thousand spirits to ride on the edge of the desert so that they can respond and protect him at any time.

Yugushe came to Jieli and said, "Great Khan, what will the Tang envoy do if he lets the Great Khan go to Chang'an?"

"Just find an excuse to delay. You can say that I am injured or seriously ill. It doesn't matter. Two Tang envoys are not tens of thousands of Tang troops."

Jieli looked very calm and confident again in front of his son, hiding his fear of insecurity.

"But will they believe it and be willing?"

"Is it possible that Tang Jian can still take me away by force? Although we are defeated, there are tens of thousands of people here now."

"My son understands that if they want to take the Khan away by force, my son will kill them all."

"Don't be impulsive. It's okay for us to bow our heads to the Tang people. You go prepare more treasures, fine horses and beauties, and give them more bribes when the time comes. I'll just pretend to be seriously injured and delay my trip to Chang'an."

It is impossible for Jieli to go to Chang'an.
What kind of good outcome would there be if you went to Chang'an? Think about it, the Chuluo Khan of the Western Turks was forced to go to the Sui Emperor. He has been a prisoner of Yang Guang ever since. Later, during the Wude period, they sent people to Chang'an from the Eastern Turks. , forcefully asked Li Yuan to kill him.

Tuli, that idiot, thinks that by surrendering to the Tang Dynasty, he will become the Great Khan?
As a result, now he has the title of Prince of Beiping, but he is not allowed to return to the grassland. He has been left in Chang'an for almost a year.

The next day.

Jieli's son Mogat Qin led his light cavalry to receive Tang Jian and his entourage back to Qikou Yazhang. Jieli asked his eldest son Dieluozhi and his second son Yugushe, as well as his youngest sons Ashinaran and Ashina Brahman to greet them.

Outside the camp, Yugushe specially arranged thousands of fully armed Turkic warriors in advance and lined up on horseback to greet them, which was quite impressive.

Especially before entering the camp gate, the knights were specially arranged to face the formation and draw their swords to form a long corridor of swords, allowing Tang Jian and others to pass under the corridor of swords.

Tang Jian did not dismount outside the camp, and rode with An Xiuren until they arrived in front of the sword corridor. Still not intending to dismount, he held a riding whip and said, "Where is Jieli Khan?"

"Respected Angel of the Tang Dynasty, Khan was injured by an arrow and suffered from wind and cold. Now he is suffering from multiple injuries and is bedridden. He cannot come to greet the angel in person. He is very scared, guilty and uneasy. Please forgive me."

"Oh, I'll go take a look."

Tang Jian still didn't dismount and urged his horse forward.
The sword gallery set up by Yugu was originally intended for Tang Jian and the others to walk under the swords and show off their power. Unexpectedly, Tang Jian forced his way into the sword formation and had to quickly wave his hand to tell the knights to put away their swords.

The sword is sheathed,

The road ahead is smooth,

Tang Jian, wearing a purple robe with a jade belt, a large mink fur cloak, and a sheath on his waist with a horizontal sword around his head, rode straight into the camp on a tall horse, all the way to Jie Li's golden wolf tent.

"How is Jieli Khan?" Tang Jian immediately shouted outside the tent.

An Xiuren followed on horseback and said loudly, "The Inspector of Lizhou in the Tang Dynasty, the Minister of Honglu Temple, Ju Guogong Tang Jian, General Zuo Wuhou, and Shen Guo Gong An Xiuren have come by the order of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to invite Jie. Li Khan comes out to greet you!" Jie Li's voice came from inside, asking the envoy to enter the account.

But Tang Jian and An Xiuren did not dismount.

An Xiuren once again loudly asked Jie Li to come out of the tent to greet the angel.

"Two angels, Khan is really seriously injured and injured, and it is difficult to stay and walk. Please forgive me, messenger."

An Xiuren snorted coldly,
"If Jieli Khan has trouble moving, then there will be someone to help him out to meet the angel."

"We represent the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Since the emperor has come, how can we not welcome the angel?"

"Or is it that Jieli has no intention of actually surrendering?"

Although Tang Jian and An Xiuren were detained by Jie Li not long ago and served as prisoners for a period of time, they came back today with strong aura and no mercy at all.

The Turks set up a sword array for them,
Then now he would go out of his tent to welcome him personally.

The scene was solemn for a moment.

After a long time, there was a sound of coughing in the tent, and Jieli asked his sons to carry him out to greet the angel.

He was really carried out. Jieli looked quite haggard, with disheveled beard and hair. He was carried out with a blanket by the attached wolf guards.

He looked like he was struggling to get up to get his luggage, but in the end he couldn't stand up for a long time. He was weak and said, "I made the angel laugh and got injured. Please forgive me."

Tang Jian and his wife were on horseback, waiting for Jie Li to finish his performance.

Then he got off his horse and came over to express condolences to Jie Li.
"How is Dahan injured? There is a doctor in the mission. I asked him to come and examine Dahan and apply medicine."

"It's not a problem. It's just a few arrow wounds. But I'm old, and I'm suffering from the cold, so I can't get out of bed for a while. Our Turkic witch doctor has already given me medicine, so I can take care of myself slowly."

Both parties accounted for it.

Tang Jian took out the emperor's imperial edict.

The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty saw the envoys sent by Jie Li and Yu Gushe and his son to Chang'an to plead guilty and surrender, and also received Jie Li's personal letter of surrender. The emperor accepted Jie Li's surrender and asked him to go to Chang'an, and specially sent Tang Jian and others to appease the Turkic tribes. , and picked up Jieli and headed south.

"Thank you, Emperor, for your grace."

Jieli accepted the order and said a lot of words of gratitude to the emperor for his kindness, but then he changed the subject and said, "I wish I could fly to Chang'an immediately to apologize to the saint in person, but I am like this now. I can't ride a horse, and I can't bear the long distance." The carriage was bumpy, so I could only ask a messenger to report the situation to the emperor on my behalf. As soon as I recovered from my injury, I immediately set off south.
Now I can only send my sons Magadha and Brahmin to the capital with thousands of BMWs to express my gratitude, and let them serve the saint in Beijing for me..."

After saying that, Jieli waved his hand,
Yugushe immediately asked someone to bring two large boxes. When he opened them, he found a bright and clear box full of gold, silver, jade and pearls, gold collars, silver ingots, various gold and silver hairpins, etc.
Two large boxes, definitely very valuable.

"The two angels have worked so hard to come here. This is just a small gift. A little carelessness cannot be considered a salute."

Tang Jian looked at Jie Li. The last time he went to see Jie Li in Dingxiang, Jie Li was very arrogant, but now Jie Li was very respectful.

"Khan, what does this mean? As angels, we dare not accept this gift. Otherwise, it would be a serious crime to be impeached for accepting bribes."

After some negotiation, Tang Jian and the others confiscated it.

But Jieli also said that he couldn't go to Chang'an for the time being.

"Then let's wait here for a while until Dahan gets better, and then we can return to Chang'an together."

Jie Li was stunned.

In the next two days, Jieli repeatedly sent treasures to Tang Jian and the others, including beauties and BMWs. Tang Jian and the others refused, and did not intend to leave empty-handed. They insisted on leaving together when Jieli recovered.

Jieli was very irritated, but he gradually relaxed his vigilance. After all, it was better to face those two pieces of dog-skin plaster than to face Li Jingwu, Huaiyu and those guys directly.

He planned to just spend it like this, while secretly sending people to recruit his followers to recuperate and prepare for a comeback.

In the middle of the night, Tang Jian and An Xiuren were warming themselves by the fire and drinking tea in the tent. They were also a little sad. Jieli acted like a rogue and refused to enter the capital. They had no countermeasures and had no other choice but to waste money.

But spending this way is not an option after all.

The two of them were holding tea cups and were relatively speechless.

"Listen,"

An Xiuren suddenly spoke,
Tang Jian strained his ears to listen, and there seemed to be a faint cry of killing.
An Xiuren stood up quickly, then leaned down and put a quiver next to his ear.

"Masho, this is the cavalry. Many cavalry are galloping, coming here."

Tang Jian was stunned, "Are they coming?"

In the fourth year of Zhenguan, on the eighth day of February, night,
Under the cover of thick fog, Tang general Su Dingfang led a thousand elite cavalry to advance quickly, and was only discovered seven miles away from Qikou Jie's sharp tooth tent.

The Turks blew their horns,

But Su Dingfang had already marched straight in,

In the thick fog, on the other side, Yuchi Gong also led a thousand cavalry to rush into the camp.
Then, not far behind them, Li Jing, Wu Huaiyu, and Li Jing each led [-] cavalry and followed them.
Attacked Yazhang at night, and the Turkic army was defeated.

By the afternoon of the second day of the battle, [-] enemies were wiped out and more than [-] were captured. Jielizi Dielozhi, Moga, Brahman, Ran, etc. were captured.
"Report, Jieli Khan was not found."

"Yugushe was not found either!"

Wu Huaiyu, who was eating horsemeat stew, heard the report and couldn't help but sigh, "This Jieli's ability to escape is really impressive."

"Send Qingqi to pursue him. Don't let him escape this time!"

(End of this chapter)