On the banks of the Weishui River, Li Shimin confronted the Turkic army across the river."
I am Li Shimin, the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty, please ask Jieli Khan to speak."
Li Shimin's loud voice resounded over Weishui.Jieli didn't expect that Li Shimin would dare to leave Chang'an City with only 2,000 men.In other words, he didn't expect Li Shimin to dare to go out of the city to see him.Hearing that Li Shimin wanted to see him by name, Jieli was not willing to lose his courage, he only took ten personal guards to urge the horse out of the battle, came to the head of the bridge, and looked at Li Shimin across the bridge."
Virtuous nephew, don't come to harm," Jieli greeted Li Shimin very respectfully.In that year, when Li Yuan Taiyuan raised troops, in order to stabilize his rear and also to obtain trade help from the steppe peoples, he once declared himself a vassal to the Turks.Therefore, Jieli has a great sense of superiority in front of the Tang monarchs.In addition, his age is not much younger than Li Yuan, and it is also said that Li Shimin is a good nephew.Li Shimin didn't buy his account, and asked directly with a cold face: "Jieli Khan, is this time to reminisce about the old relationship or to be my enemy" "Haha, I heard that my brother Li Yuan's family is restless, and he is deeply concerned, so he came to Chang'an to take a look." ”Jieli didn't spare anyone, and slapped Li Shimin's face when he opened his mouth, and his words pointed directly at Li Shimin's Xuanwumen change and seizure of the throne.Li Shimin's face was blue, and he said sharply: "I am in the internal affairs of the Tang Dynasty, and I don't care about outsiders.Jieli, you are also a hero, don't you blush when you cover up the fact that you are a soldier in the Tang Dynasty?"
"Haha, virtuous nephews and nobles forget a lot, probably because they forgot, your father Li Yuan was a Turkic minister to me.In this way, I can ask about the internal affairs of Datang. ”Hearing Jieli talk about this, Li Shimin couldn't help but be angry.The matter of once claiming to be a vassal to the Turks, whether it was Li Yuan, who had abdicated, or the current Tang monarchs, they all felt a great shame.At this time, Jieli said this in one mouth, asking Li Shimin how to suppress his anger: "Jieli, you still remember that my Tang Dynasty and your Turkic relations are reconciled."
From the time when my father raised the army to the present, I have sent countless Turkic gold and silver treasures before and after the Tang Dynasty.But you don't remember the old feelings, and you have repeatedly raised troops to invade.A treacherous person also dares to be the master's scheme" Li Shimin put his right hand and two fingers together with his sword, pointing directly at Jieli and scolding.The expression on Jieli's face when he was scolded by Li Shimin changed several times, and he suddenly laughed and said: "Virtuous nephew, you Han people have a saying, called the destiny of heaven is permanent, and only the virtuous live in it."
What is the mandate of heaven and what is virtuous, now my Turkic army of 200,000 is here, as long as I give an order, Chang'an City can be broken overnight.The so-called Mandate of Heaven, the so-called virtuous, only strength and "Jie Litu is poor and dagger, and threatens Li Shimin with force."
Li Shimin smiled coldly and said: "Jieli, do you really think that with you rabble, you can break my Chang'an" "Can you break Chang'an, just try it." ”Jieli said casually.Li Shimin also laughed: "Jieli, don't deceive yourself.Although you have 200,000 wolf soldiers, among these 200,000 people, there are a few people who are really with you who have the advantage to take advantage of, maybe everyone comes forward, but if the war is frustrated, whether there is someone behind your back to give you a knife, you know in your heart.On the other hand, I Datang, the ambition to protect the family and defend the country is united.Although I don't dare to say that I will break your army in a battle, I can still do it if I drag you under Chang'an City for a few days.You go deep into our country, the back road is cut off, and when the army of King Qin arrives from all over the country, can you go back to the grassland and say it?"
After all, Chang'an is the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and the city is high and strong, if it weren't for the fear that it would not be able to go down in one drum, so that those tribes who do not like it will have different aspirations, Jieli will not delay until now and not attack the city.At this moment, Cheng Yanjin, who was beside Li Shimin, suddenly raised the horse lance in his hand and roared: "Kill" Cheng Yanjin roared, and the two thousand Xuanjia troops behind them also raised their horse lances together, shouting "kill" and soaring into the sky.Immediately afterwards, a banner was suddenly erected on the wall of Chang'an City, and a black head was also revealed from the battlements of the city wall.Louder shouts of killing rang out on the city walls.Three shouts in a row were sounded, each more majestic than the last, roaring like waves crashing against a boulder.In the mountains in the north of Chang'an City, the echo is endless.The war horse under Jieli's crotch was frightened by the military might of the Tang Dynasty soldiers, and suddenly took a few steps back.Although it was only a few steps, this retreat, in the eyes of everyone, Jieli's momentum suddenly decreased.Jie Li just wanted to say a few cruel words to save face.Suddenly, there was a noise in the rear army of the Turkic Formation.Jieli hurriedly looked back in surprise.Li Shimin and the others also looked curiously at the Turkic rear.It's just that the army is gathered and covers an extremely wide area, and neither Jieli nor Li Shimin can see the situation in the Turkic rear.After a while, the Tuli Khan rode out of the formation, ran to Jieli with a panicked face, and said: "Uncle, it's not good, the big village that is stuck in the Wind Valley has been broken by Wei Chigong.More than half of our army was killed and wounded, the rout had just fled, and Ashdewumo did not know whether he was alive or dead. ”"What Wei Chigong only has less than 10,000 horses, how can he break that big village" Jieli was surprised when he heard it.Tuli added: "According to the defeated soldiers who fled back, Wei Chigong is not 10,000 horses, but 80,000. ”"Where are so many people," Jieli said in disbelief."
I'm afraid that the soldiers and horses of King Qin, who returned to Chang'an from other places, joined forces with Wei Chigong."
Tuli guessed."
In this way, Wei Chigong is about to return to Chang'an" Jieli was really a little flustered at this time."
I think so."
Tuli nodded.When Jieli and Tuli were talking, because they were nervous, they ignored Li Shimin's ministers opposite, and their voices were not deliberately lowered, so what they just said reached Li Shimin's ears."
Hahaha, Jieli, my Qinwang army is coming in an instant, do you still dare to shout to break my Chang'an" Li Shimin's tone and expression at this moment were completely a victor's posture.Jieli hesitated.Why did the Turkic rout of the camp in the Valley of the Wind flee back at this time, it has to start from when the camp was broken.Because the horses were frightened, the Turkic soldiers who fled to the south could only run on two legs.But the strength of man will eventually be exhausted.After running for about twenty miles, the Turks could not run.So he rested on the spot.Several henchmen who have lost their thinking power are also among the defeated troops.When they gathered the rout, there were only about 2,000 people around them.If you take such a few people back to see Jieli, I'm afraid you will be torn apart by Jielisheng.As soon as a few people discussed, they didn't leave first, gathered the routed troops in all directions, and brought back one more.Fortunately, the Tang army did not chase after them, which gave them plenty of time.So the 2,000 routed soldiers scattered in all directions, looking for their countrymen.By daybreak, there were about 8,000 people gathered.A few people discussed it again, and it seemed that these people would also be held accountable by Jieli Khan.Simply, put the blame on the Tang army, help the Tang army blow the prestige of the army, and say that they are 50,000 no, 80,000 people attack Dazhai.80,000 to 30,000, and he and others finally brought out 8,000 soldiers, which is not easy.I think Jieli Khan should be able to spare himself and others.If he can't calm Jieli's anger, he will put the blame on Asdewumer, who will make him the commander of the big battalion.Anyway, that kid probably won't be able to see Jieli.In this way, several Turkic generals, who were afraid of being held accountable for the defeat of the army, made up a lie that frightened both Jieli and Tuli.In fact, this kind of false reporting of military information is also common in war.When victorious, overreport the number of enemies destroyed; When suffering defeat, exaggerate the number and strength of the enemy's army.These are the most common tricks of the soldiers.It's just that those few mindless henchmen made up a lie at the wrong time and in the wrong place, and they would not have thought that this lie would be enough to change the final outcome of a war
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