Ji Tang

Chapter 105 The Turks retreat (End)
In addition, Li Shimin skillfully used diplomatic means to send someone to meet Tuli Khan last night, and made a powerful statement.

At that time, there were two Khans in Eastern Turks, one was the Great Khan Jieli Khan, and the other was his nephew, the Little Khan Tuli Khan.

And this situation was just taken advantage of by Li Shimin.

Li Shimin made good friends with Tuli Khan, became brothers with him, and had a strong relationship with him.In this way, Tuli Khan had no intention of going against Li Shimin, the crisis was resolved, and Jieli Khan's plan fell through.

This was also the reason why Jieli had to give in. His allies were not stable, so what kind of battle was he going to fight? Maybe in the decisive battle, Tuli would join hands with the Tang Dynasty to defeat him.

With the joint efforts of Li Shimin and his ministers, Datang signed a peace agreement with East Turks, and Jieli Khan's dream of the Central Plains came to nothing.

The two sides killed a white horse by the Weishui River and made a covenant of non-aggression. Jieli Khan led his troops back to the grassland, and the crisis in Chang'an was resolved.

Li Shimin used the strategy of suspicious soldiers to make Jieli Khan mistakenly think that Datang had already responded to his attack, and all the emptiness was just a cover-up, so he dared not continue to fight.

Jieli Khan should have known about Li Shimin's win over Tuli Khan.Now that he realizes that the internal fortress has been breached, he can't just go his own way
The victory of Datang on the battlefield and the imprisonment of his obsessed mind made Jieli Khan understand a truth. Datang cannot be defeated by himself. At this time, he is not Li Shimin's opponent, and he has not done anything. Good preparations for the destruction of Datang.

This battle was originally a hasty war.Datang did not have any preparations, and the Turks were also preparing to take advantage of it.

But when he found that not only would he not be able to gain any advantage at this time, there might be a sudden decisive battle with Datang, which they did not expect and did not want to see.

For Li Shimin, what he lost was dignity, and what he gained was shame.

Although in the end Jieli Khan retreated under some threats, but after all, the alliance under the city is not something glorious, and this is the reason why he felt so ashamed and humiliated.

As for the property, Li Tang did not lose anything. Li Shimin knew very well that once the property was given to the Turks, the emptiness of Chang'an would be exposed, so he would not give it.

For Jieli Khan, his loss was huge.

After this battle, he had nothing to gain from Li Shimin, but he could dispatch [-] troops, which would definitely consume a lot of food and grass.

The internal division was once again intensified. Although he and Tuli Khan were at odds with each other before, the two sides did not have conflicts for the benefit of the tribe. But after this time, Tuli Khan had a conspiracy with Li Shimin, a powerful enemy. This also paved the way for the later split of East Turks.

War is the continuation of politics, which is a truth recognized by later generations.

With no profit to make, Jieli would have no possibility of continuing to wage war, unless he was out of his mind and went to fight a meaningless war.

Li Shimin used his political wisdom to resolve this crisis, and all the officials in the court also worked together to disintegrate the Turkic war from all aspects at the same time.

What made Ji Song even more happy was that Datang didn't give even a hair of the supplies that were supposed to be given to Jieli this time, which was also the deterrent of the previous two wars.

Jieli did not dare to make excessive demands. Now he just wanted to return to the grassland immediately. The longer he stayed in the Central Plains, the worse it would be for them.

If Datang's reinforcements arrive and cut off his retreat, then the loss outweighs the gain.

In the evening, Ji Song received the news that the alliance ended and the Turks returned to the north overnight.

Later, the emperor's imperial decree came, ordering Yuchi Gong to follow the Turkic army overnight and monitor it leaving the territory of the Tang Dynasty.Do not go to war unless it is absolutely necessary!
This is also the most helpless place for Li Shimin. Although it is his own land, he cannot annihilate them. This is the greatest shame of being an emperor.In addition, Datang was always bluffing. If there was no certainty of victory, it would be better not to anger the Turks.If Jie Li is forced to death, everything he has done before will be ineffective.

Li Shimin did not return to Daying, but went directly back to Chang'an. As the emperor, he could not leave Chang'an easily, and he would need to deal with a series of matters after the war.

Ji Song did not follow Yuchi to the north, but stayed in the camp to sort out supplies and teach the eighteen boys.

As time passed, reinforcements came one after another.They didn't stop. Except for the infantry stationed in place, all the cavalry they used immediately went north to meet with Yuchi, and continued to put pressure on the Turks, forcing them to leave the northern border quickly.

Facts have proved that this approach is correct. When Jieli knew that there was a steady stream of Tang troops gathering behind him, he quickly ordered the army to march quickly, and all unimportant materials were discarded.

As a result, Yuchi's army grew more and more, and the cavalry had assembled more than [-] cavalry, and there were still troops gathering.

From Ji Song's point of view, this in itself has the shadow of fueling tactics in it.But at this time, it is just right.

At this time, the transmission of information was extremely slow and there was a great delay. Jie Li only knew that there were more and more Tang troops, but he didn't know how many there were.

Therefore, he didn't dare to gamble, so he could only leave quickly, fearing that his army would be blocked to the north, and it would be too late to say anything by then.

In a blink of an eye, more than ten days passed, Jieli had already left the Great Wall, and Yuchi also began to return. The reinforcements from all over the place were left in the north as a reserve force, and the rest returned to their bases.

What's more interesting is that Li Shimin's threats to Jieli Khan not only scared him back to his Turkic hometown, but also made the frightened Jieli Khan give Li Shimin a bunch of things: September Bingxu, Jieli Offer three thousand horses and ten thousand sheep.

When Ji Song heard the news, he was stunned and thought: How cowardly is Jie Li to do such a naive thing?
The Weishui alliance broke Jieli Khan's dream of entering the Central Plains, and gave the Tang Dynasty, who had been waiting for a while, a chance to recuperate.

After the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the lives of the people gradually began to improve.

If the Weishui alliance agreement fails, there will inevitably be another war, but his peace signing will save the people from the suffering of war.It also gave the Li and Tang Dynasty valuable time to develop the economy and accumulate strength.

He once again proved Li Shimin's ability to the world and consolidated his throne.

Although it has been proved many times before Li Shimin ascended the throne, only Li Shimin is the qualified heir of the Li Tang Dynasty.

However, after all, the Xuanwumen incident was seen by outsiders. He still killed his elder brother and threatened his father by force.

Naturally, some people would be dissatisfied, but the wisdom and courage shown by Li Shimin in the Weishui alliance made these dissatisfied people surrender one after another.

It also triggered a split within the Eastern Turks through diplomatic means, and the friendship between Li Shimin and the Tuli Khan made this little Khan ready to move.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the Tuli Khan and Jieli Khan to have a head-on conflict, and the Eastern Turks began to split.

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