First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 15
The man was reprimanded by Shibi Khan and kept silent. At this time, the Turkic man who looked somewhat similar to Shibi spoke up, "Khan is right. There is a saying in the Central Plains called the snipe and the clam. Fishermen benefit, what we need is a Central Plains where there are endless strife.” This person is Shibi Khan’s younger brother Ashina Tulifsheh.

Shibi Khan's words reached Shibi Khan's heart, and Shibi immediately said: "I know the character of the emperor of the Sui Dynasty. He is arrogant and arrogant. If he is really allowed to return to the capital and regroup, he will definitely be the first emperor." The one who kills is Li Yuan, and then they will attack the Turks.

If Li Yuan can be the emperor himself, it would be great. As long as Li Yuan is the emperor, the Sui Dynasty will be completely destroyed. Those ambitious people, such as Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu and others will compete with Li Yuan for the world. This is the time for my Turks to grow stronger."

After finishing speaking, he immediately ordered: "Kang Xiaoli, you will gather [-] war horses tomorrow and go back to Jinyang with Li Shimin, and tell Li Yuan that this is what I gave him as a gift, and you must return it ten times in the future. And tell him clearly, Our Turkic soldiers and horses will not cross Taiyuan County an inch."

The next day, when they received the news from Shibi, Li Shimin and the others were all surprised, and Liu Hongji was even more overjoyed. Only Gao Chong remained calm, as if he had expected this result a long time ago, nonsense, Gao Chong The reason why Chong dared to take the initiative to ask Ying to go to Turkic as an envoy and acted calmly along the way was because he knew this.

The general trend of history will not change easily. In history, when Li Yuan rebelled, Turkic soldiers and horses did not really invade. Even Shibi Khan strongly supported Li Yuan. This is clearly recorded in history, and this is also criticized by many people. Don's point.

Later generations of Gao Chong also paid attention to this historical controversy, so Gao Chong was not worried all the way, because he knew that Shibi Khan could not really turn against Li Yuan. Raise troops.

Li Shimin frowned, "It's a good thing to have Turkic support, but don't allow Turkic soldiers to go south, so riding into the Central Plains will be a great harm to the people. As long as the Turks don't collude with Liu Wuzhou to bring disaster to northern Jin, then it will be a blessing." ", Li Shimin also noticed the expressions of several people while talking, and also saw that Gao Chong seemed to be very calm.

Immediately asked: "Yuzhi, did you expect it a long time ago?"

"It's obvious. If you turn against Mr. Tang, it's definitely not in line with Shibi's interests." Gao Chong spread his hands and said as a matter of course, "As for the second son, you are worried that Hu Qi will enter the Central Plains to harm the people. Then It’s even more worrying, Shibi will not support us so hard, I guess the two thousand horses are his greatest sincerity.”

When Li Shimin heard this, he raised his eyebrows and showed joy, "This statement is reasonable. Since Shibi wants to reap the benefits of being a fisherman, he must support us vigorously. In this way, we only accept supplies and do not need his troops. We It can also pacify the world, so that Hu Qi will not harm the people."

Hearing Li Shimin's sincere and sincere words, Gao Chong felt that he was right with the wrong person. If he was any other warlord, he wouldn't care about the life and death of the people, and the Turkic cavalry would help him, even if it was a dream, he would wake up laughing.

Liu Hongji also smiled wryly and said: "Liu Wuzhou is eager for the Turkic people to help him with all his strength, but we think of the law to refuse."

Jiang Song heard the words with a serious face, "The second son is right, Hu Qi is tyrannical and tyrannical, once he enters the Central Plains, it will be disaster for the people." He respected Li Shimin very much in his words, which made Gao Chong's thoughts come alive.

When Li Shimin expressed his thanks in person, the receptionist, Kang Xiaoli, said that Shibi had something important to do and it was inconvenient to summon him, so please feel free.

Li Shimin and the others were overjoyed by these three words. Li Shimin didn't want to have too much involvement with the Turks. Now that he has completed the task beyond expectations, he resigned immediately. Kang Xiaoli also said that he would lead [-] cavalry escorts Two thousand war horses accompanied Li Shimin back to Jinyang City.

When he was leaving the city, seeing Huang Ziying's gloomy face on the tower, Gao Chong felt very happy. After coming to Jingle City for three days, he and Li Shimin were placed in Shibi Khan's side yard by Kang Xiaoli, and he never stepped out. , which also caused Huang Ziying to want revenge but could not find the time.

In Jinyang City, Li Yuan and others were overjoyed to receive the news from Li Shimin first, but Li Yuan and Li Shimin were also a little worried about the Turks sending [-] cavalry to help.

It's just that Li Shimin was worried about the Turkic cavalry invading the people, but Li Yuan was more worried about other things.

"Xuanzhen, now that the Turks are sending troops to help out, you are asking if they will lure wolves into the house at that time, and turn against the guests." Li Yuan tapped his fingers on the desk and said with a frown.

Pei Ji, who was lying crookedly on the couch drinking fine wine, heard this and snorted, quite disdainful, "Shu De (Li Yuan's name is Shu De), I think you are looking forward and backward, thinking too much, don't you mean only If 500 people come, just 500 people can still make waves, and when the time comes, just find a reason to send them up to attack the city, and the loss will be more than half."

Li Yuan listened to the good friend's words, pinched his nose, still a little worried, shook his head and said: "After all, it's from Shibi's side, it's not good to send it to damage, and Shibi's meaning is to help I ascended the throne? This is too soon."

Pei Ji also frowned slightly when he heard the words, and sat up straight, "That's true. If you become the emperor first, you will undoubtedly become the target of public criticism. Our original plan was to use the Qing emperor's side to welcome you back to the capital, but if you don't become emperor, I'm afraid that old thief Shibi won't help, and it's fine if he doesn't help, if he colludes with Liu Wuzhou and makes trouble in the north..."

Hearing this, Li Yuan shook his head, "This is absolutely impossible. We intend to capture Guanzhong. Taiyuan is our rear foundation. We must stabilize the Turks, and we are in urgent need of the Turks' [-] war horses."

Pei Ji rolled his eyes after hearing this, "You want the benefits, but you don't want to pay the price."

Li Yuan drank the wine in his glass, seeing his good friends, there was no other way, so he immediately said: "Then call Zhaoren (Liu Wenjing's name is Zhaoren) to discuss and brainstorm together", and then ordered his attendants to inform him.

When Li Yuan mentioned Liu Wenjing, he didn't see the stern look in Pei Ji's old eyes.

After Liu Wenjing, Changsun Shunde and others gathered together, Li Yuan expressed his worries. Unexpectedly, just as Li Yuan said it, Liu Wenjing shook his head and laughed, "That's it? It's actually embarrassing Mr. Tang?"

Li Yuan was taken aback, that's all?Isn't this a problem? I glanced at Pei Ji intentionally or unintentionally, but Pei Ji was expressionless.

(End of this chapter)