Li Yuanji's face became a little hot when he was said to be said, and he defended: "I only had a few soldiers and horses in my hands at that time, and how many Turks and horses there were. How could I defeat Jieli and Tuli head-on?"
It’ll be good if I can defend Weize Pass!”
Li Shimin nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, with the soldiers and horses at Weize Pass at that time, even I could only defend Weize Pass. As for disturbing the Turkic camp, killing the Turkic Khan Langtou, and driving a wedge between Jieli and Tuli.
, I might not be able to do it yet.
But so what?
Apart from the battle at Wezeguan, do you have any outstanding achievements that deserve the attention of the Turks?"
Li Yuanji was immediately asked.
He could answer Li Shimin's question without even thinking about it carefully.
Regardless of his predecessor, it seems that the only record that he can achieve that is worthy of attention is the battle at Wei Zeguan.
But this kind of record is not necessarily comparable to Li Shimin's record in Hulao Pass, or even compared to Li Shimin's record in conquering Liu Wuzhou, Liu Heitai, and Zhu Jie.
Moreover, there are still many rumors circulating inside and outside the Tang Dynasty that he is domineering, arrogant, cruel and incompetent.
Under such circumstances, it seems impossible to get the Turks to take him seriously.
But why is this?
He was the final winner of the coup in the Tang Dynasty. He defeated Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, two people who were considered smart and capable people in the eyes of the Turks.
For this reason alone, the Turks should value him.
Did they mistake him for Yang Guang?
Do you think he, like Yang Guang, used some dishonorable means to overthrow Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin and seize the power of the Tang Dynasty?!
"You seem to attach great importance to the Turkic people's attitude toward you?"
Li Shimin suddenly asked.
Li Yuanji rolled his eyes and said, "It's not considered important, but you feel happy when you are despised?"
Li Shimin nodded and sighed: "Being looked down upon is indeed an unpleasant thing. But in this situation, being looked down upon is actually a good thing.
Toluo despises you so much and tests us again and again with such an arrogant attitude.
Then as long as he relaxes his vigilance against us, he will definitely bring his army to raid us, and then we will be able to trick him."
The corner of Li Yuanji's mouth twitched and he said nothing.
This benefit is based on his pain.
However, considering that the Tang Dynasty could deceive tens of thousands of Turks at a time, and might be able to use this to reverse the war situation between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, there is nothing to say about him being aggrieved.
"Okay, don't think about this. It's useless to think about it now. The most important thing we should do now is to dress up and prepare for the formation.
I guess the next time the Turks come to raid, or the next time they come to raid, they will definitely come out in full force.
Then it will be time for us to fight the Turks, and it will be time for you and me to go to the battlefield in person."
Li Shimin was a very decisive and confident man in war.
After saying this, he walked under the observation tower without looking back.
Li Yuanji knew that if Toluo was really fooled by Datang, what Li Shimin said would happen soon, so he had to be prepared.
Immediately, he did not stay at the observation deck any longer and followed Li Shimin down the observation deck. After returning to the Chinese army's tent, he began to put on his armor and stomach, and asked Yu Wenbao to call Li Jiancheng, who was sleeping like a dead pig.
Get up and put on your armor and stomach together.
Since he is going to the battlefield, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin must also follow him.
He would never let either Li Jiancheng or Li Shimin leave his side.
One of these two people is responsible for the righteousness of the eldest son, and the other is responsible for the trust of all the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. Letting them leave is equivalent to letting them contact the old department and old ministers.
God knows if after a big war, they will arrange everything for a comeback.
Once they gather their strength and start to attack, it will be a big trouble for him.
After all, after a failure and nearly half a year of planning, if they plan again, their methods will be more subtle, their plans will be more thorough, and their reaction will be more violent.
If he doesn't handle it well, 99.99% of the time he will die.
After all, neither Li Jiancheng nor Li Shimin would leave his brothers behind after seizing power like him.
Historically, when Li Jiancheng launched the Renzhi Palace Rebellion, he launched it when Li Yuan left Chang'an City and went to Renzhi Palace to escape the summer heat. The place where Yang Wenqian and others attacked was also the Renzhi Palace.
What does this mean?
It shows that Li Jiancheng and even Li Yuan wanted to kill.
In this case, how could he tolerate his brother?
Needless to say, Li Shimin has already killed his brother once in history, and also slaughtered all the men in his brother's house, but he did not kill Li Yuan.
Therefore, nothing he could say would make Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin make a comeback.
After Li Yuanji, Li Shimin, and the scolding Li Jiancheng put on their armor and stomach, the fourth Turkic attack also came, faster and more powerful than the previous three attacks.
It's just that this time the Turks didn't seem to be coming to attack the camp, but to destroy the wooden gates around the camp and some ordnance that could resist enemy invasion.
After breaking down the wooden gate in the northwest corner of the camp and burning all the defensive ordnance that was stuck on the ground and difficult to move, they walked away.
Then, within less than three sticks of incense, there was a deafening sound of horse hooves from the northwest corner of the camp.
The sound of horses' hooves was not only dense, but also powerful. The sound of the horses' hooves shook the ground.
It's obviously a charge.
"Why did the Turks come so quickly this time?!"
After Li Jiancheng put on his armor and stomach, he slumped lazily in a corner of the tent. After hearing the deafening sound of horse hooves outside the tent, he suddenly sat up and asked in surprise.
Li Shimin subconsciously grasped the handle of the horizontal sword at his waist, and said in a nonchalant manner: "They have already heard clearly what is true and false in my camp, and have also damaged the weapons in my camp that can stop them, so they will naturally come over.
And they have to come over immediately. If the soldiers in my camp reset the wooden gates and all kinds of ordnance to resist them before they come, wouldn’t their last raid be a hundred raids?"
Li Jiancheng shook his head and said, "That's the truth, but I always feel like there's something wrong with it?"
Having said this, Li Jiancheng suddenly looked at Li Yuanji and Li Shimin and said, "Did you do something behind my back? Otherwise, the Turks wouldn't be so anxious!"
Li Shimin did not hide anything, and said calmly: "I didn't do anything. When the Turks attacked the camp for the third time, I pretended to be frightened, and then escaped from the Chinese army's tent and fled to the southeast corner of the camp.
"
Li Jiancheng suddenly said: "No wonder, the Turks regard you as cowardly people, so they are so eager to dispatch the whole army. This is to catch you two big fish and force the soldiers guarding the pass to let go
At the pass, let them drive straight in from all over our country in the Tang Dynasty.
At the same time, I can use you two big fish to negotiate terms with father."
Li Shimin nodded and said: "It should be like this..."
Since the time when Li Yuan was still the Duke of Tang, the Turks have been accustomed to negotiating conditions with Li Yuan, and are accustomed to getting what they need from Li Yuan through negotiating conditions.
At the beginning it was Chuluo, then Qimin, then Shibi, and now Jieli.
There are four Turkic Khans in total, and they have been negotiating terms with Li Yuan from the time Li Yuan came to visit him until now.
However, in the past, it was Li Yuan who begged the Turks, took the initiative to negotiate terms with the Turks, and cut off his flesh to seek peace. Later, it was the Turks who took advantage of their soldiers and armor to force Li Yuan to negotiate terms with them. Sometimes Li Yuan would agree, and sometimes he would not.
Later, the Turks frequently invaded the Tang Dynasty, and they had to negotiate terms with Li Yuan.
Li Yuan became hardened and didn't want to talk to them anymore. He even wanted to be their father.
Then the two sides had more military exchanges.
However, before and after the war, the habit of negotiating terms was still maintained.
Therefore, Li Jiancheng said that the Turks wanted to capture the prince of Tang Dynasty and negotiate terms with Li Yuan. This was not an empty talk, but something that was very likely to happen.
Even though the Turks defeated the Tang Dynasty, invaded Chang'an, and even captured Chang'an, the Tang Dynasty still owned all the land except Guanzhong.
Therefore, the Turks can still rely on the chips in their hands to continue to ask for benefits from Li Yuan.
Of course, if Li Yuan could accept the Turks as their suzerainty because of his son, the Turks might give up Yang Zhengdao, return Chang'an and other places in Guanzhong, and then happily bring a lot of money and food back to the Turks to do something.
Suzerain country.
After all, it will take a long time to support Yang Zhengdao to establish the country in Chang'an and then compete with the Li family for the world.
If the Tang Dynasty surrendered directly, this process could be omitted and the Turks could directly enjoy the benefits of being a suzerain state.
Therefore, the Turks had no reason to support Yang Zhengdao when the Tang Dynasty directly surrendered.
As for saying that Yang Zhengdao has the support of Turkic Kohe Dunyicheng, that is a joke.
It is useful to the Turks, and Yicheng can be the leader of the Turks. Yang Zhengdao can also gain a foothold in the Turks through Yicheng.
It was useless against the Turks. Whether Yicheng could still secure Kehe Dun's position was a question, let alone use Kehe Dun's name to help Yang Zhengdao gain a foothold.
Yicheng was the daughter of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. She was of the same generation as Li Yuan. She was already in her fifties and had already grown old.
If Jie Li had any lust for him, it would be a joke.
The reason why Jieli has not abandoned her till now is because she is the property that Jieli inherited.
In the eyes of a greedy person like Jie Li, there is no reason to abandon property without reason, even if it has no great use.
Therefore, Yicheng's influence on Jieli is limited. Similarly, Yicheng used his identity as Kehe Dun to help Yang Zhengdao gain a foothold in the Turks, and even let Jieli help Yang Zhengdao plan for the restoration of the country, just because he helped Yang Zhengdao.
Restoring the country is only beneficial to Jie Li.
If there is no benefit, Jieli will help Yang Zhengdao establish the country only if he is ill.
