Chapter 0928 Do I need to pay more to betray my allies?
Li Yuanji smiled happily, "Prince She'er is wrong. Our Tang Dynasty is willing to live in peace with the Turks. But our Tang Dynasty cannot let your uncle Jieli continue to be powerful, right?
You also know that during the reign of your uncle Jieli, he invaded the Tang Dynasty many times and caused immeasurable harm to the people of the Tang Dynasty.
Now that we, the Tang Dynasty, have the opportunity to completely eradicate your uncle, how can we sit back and wait for death?"
Ashina Sheer wanted to argue.
Li Yuanji then said: "The Tang Dynasty's invasion of the Turks this time is mainly to target Jieli, not Sunishu. So if you and Sunisu are willing to live in peace with the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty will still
I am willing to live in peace with you."
Ashina Sheer said sadly and angrily: "But if your soldiers and horses from the Tang Dynasty enter the Turks, many innocent people will be implicated!"
Li Yuanji laughed and said: "When Jieli soldiers entered our Tang Dynasty, didn't they implicate many innocent people? As far as I know, in your Turkic royal court, there are still hundreds of thousands of people in our Tang Dynasty living in precarious life. It's not as good as
The days of cows and horses.
So if he can implicate innocent people, why can't we implicate innocent people?
Prince She'er doesn't just want to see my subjects of the Tang Dynasty suffer from your Turks, but doesn't want to see your Turks' subjects suffer from my Tang Dynasty?
If this is the case, then how can we talk about peaceful coexistence?"
If you want to have double standards, go ahead and have your spring and autumn dreams.
Ashina Sheer blushed a little at these words. He wanted to refute and fight for a way out for the Turkic people, but he couldn't say anything.
Today, the Tang Dynasty is strong and the Turks are weak.
The Turks were not qualified to set fires and light lamps at the same time as they were not allowed to set fires and light lamps in the Tang Dynasty.
"Then please, after joining the Turks, please refrain from killing and give the people of the royal court a way to survive. It was my uncle who harmed your Tang Dynasty, not those people."
After Ashina Sheer was silent for a while, she suddenly began to plead.
He had no way to refute Li Yuanji's words, so he could only put down his posture and ask for help.
Li Yuanji smiled and nodded: "That's okay, but if you Turkic people help your uncle to resist us, then we won't be able to guarantee their safety."
Ashina Sheer gritted his teeth and said, "I will send someone to warn them privately, so that they will not help my uncle become your enemy."
Li Yuanji said with a smile: "That's good..."
Ashina Sheer followed up and said: "After defeating my uncle, what are you going to do with my Turkic people and my Turkic territory?"
Li Yuanji chuckled and said, "I'm not going to lie to you either. After we defeat your uncle, we will incorporate the people under his command into the control of our country, the Tang Dynasty, and the territory under his rule will also be included in the territory of our country."
Since we have occupied everything, we must occupy it and continue to operate it.
Is there any reason to go back?
There is no international situation or international risk assessment to consider now.
If anyone feels that this is inappropriate, there are plenty of people in Datang to ask him to change his mind.
When Ashina Sheer heard this, he became sad and angry again, "That is my Turkic territory and my Turkic subjects. How can you, the Tang Dynasty, occupy it?"
Li Yuanji said in a funny way: "You are allowed to have Turks occupy my territory of the Tang Dynasty and plunder my subjects of the Tang Dynasty, but we are not allowed to rob your Turkic subjects and occupy your territory of the Tang Dynasty?"
How can there be such a truth in the world?"
Ashina Sheer defended: "That was a wrong thing done by my uncle, not by my Turkic subjects. You should not vent your anger on my Turkic subjects."
Li Yuanji smiled calmly and said: "I am not a good person. I have always been about reciprocating tooth for tooth and eye for eye. The crimes your uncle committed in our Tang Dynasty and the harm he caused to our country are...
I will return it intact."
Ashina Sheer became anxious and exclaimed: "You can't do this to my Turkic subjects, they are innocent."
Li Yuanji put away his smile and said coldly: "Then those Tang people who were captured by your uncle and sent to the Turks are not innocent?"
Ashina Sheer opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a word to refute.
He has realized that he has some double standards, but for the sake of the lives of the Turkic subjects, he has to double standards.
Li Yuanji continued: "You kept saying that you wanted to live in peace with the Tang Dynasty and me, and you kept asking me not to harm your Turkic subjects. But you never expressed any expression at all.
If you can gather those Tang people in your Turks and send them back to me, even if they send back tens of thousands.
I also agree with what you said.
But you did nothing. While you asked me to live in peace with you Turks and not harm your Turkic subjects, you also allowed your Turkic subjects to harm my subjects of the Tang Dynasty.
How do you want me to approve what you said?
Could it be that in your eyes, your Turkic subjects are subjects, but my subjects of the Tang Dynasty are not subjects?
Or do you think it’s okay for you, the Turks, to harm my subjects of the Tang Dynasty, but it’s not okay for me, the Tang Dynasty, to harm your subjects of the Turks?!”
Ashina Sheer opened her mouth wide in horror and was completely speechless.
Li Yuanji snorted coldly and said: "If you come here and want to ask me for a way out for your Turkic subjects in vain, then I advise you to save it.
I still say the same thing, I have always been about reciprocating tooth for tooth, eye for eye, I will treat whoever treats me the same way, and there will be no changes."
Ashina Sheer was anxious and said anxiously: "Then if I gather your subjects of the Tang Dynasty and return them all, will the Tang Dynasty let my Turkic subjects go?"
Li Yuanji chuckled and said, "Do you think I can wait, or my army of the Tang Dynasty?"
Ashina Sheer hurriedly said: "We can compensate Datang for its losses!"
Li Yuanji waved his hand and said: "No need, I, the Tang Dynasty, will personally take back the subjects who have been robbed."
Ashina Sheer's face changed drastically, and she exclaimed in shock: "Does that mean there is no need to discuss it?"
Li Yuanji did not reply.
Ashina Sheer gritted his teeth and said, "Aren't you afraid that my uncle and I will fall to my uncle together and resist the Tang Dynasty together?"
Li Yuanji's eyes turned cold, and he stared at Ashina She'er with a stern face for a long time. When Ashina Sheer looked down and lowered his head uncomfortably, he suddenly smiled and said: "This is your last bargaining chip."
?”
Ashina Sheer didn't say anything, which was regarded as acquiescing to this statement.
Li Yuanji continued to smile and said: "Then you go and try it..."
Ashina Sheer suddenly raised his head, with a look of disbelief on his face.
Li Yuanji smiled and said: "Do you think that as long as you, Sunishu and Jie Li join forces, our Datang will be unable to do anything to you? Or do you think that if the three of you join forces, we will be able to fight against our Datang?"
Strength?
In fact, I, the Tang Dynasty, really hope that you will join forces, because if you join forces, we don’t have to conquer Jieli at the same time and guard against you at the same time, we can conquer you and Jieli together and defeat them in one fell swoop!"
Ashina Sheer said in horror: "Do you have such strength in the Tang Dynasty?!"
Li Yuanji said with a smile: "You can definitely give it a try."
Ashina Sheer's eyes flickered and he swallowed his saliva, unable to say a strong word.
The power of the Tang Dynasty was proved as early as the Battle of Gyeongju.
Jieli led nearly half of the Turkic troops to attack the Tang Dynasty. Not only did he not get a favor, he was also severely punished and almost lost his position.
Now that the Turks are divided into two parts and have been fighting among themselves for two years, their strength has long been reduced to what it once was.
In the past two years, the Tang Dynasty worked hard to recuperate and recuperate, and its national strength more than doubled, and the strength of its soldiers and horses will only be stronger than before.
Comparing the two, it is clear at a glance who is the father now and who is the grandson.
Therefore, even if all the Turkic forces united together, they would not have the capital to compete with the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, no matter how unconvinced or aggrieved Ashina Sheer was, she could not say a strong word.
"Then how can you let go of my Turkic subjects and return my Turkic territory?"
Ashina Sheer knew that the Turks were no longer a match for the Tang Dynasty, and he did not scare Li Yuanji, so he could only negotiate terms with Li Yuanji.
When Li Yuanji heard this, his eyes lit up slightly.
Another good thing is that the war has not even started yet and it has directly entered the negotiation stage. The Tang Dynasty is still the sword and the Turks are the fish and meat.
If the operation was done properly, Datang could really level up the Jieli and gain enough benefits. Then when the benefits were digested, the Tang Dynasty could continue to conquer Suni's lost troops and continue to gain benefits.
As for the Turkic troop training, we can make appropriate adjustments and turn the entire thing into a staged matter. By completing a section of each stage, we can achieve the goal, but it will take longer.
"What price can you pay? Help me conquer Jieli, or help me win a territory that is not lost to the Turks, and then use it in exchange?"
Li Yuanji asked calmly.
Ashina Sheer said without hesitation: "This is impossible. It is impossible for us to help you secure a territory that is not lost to our Turks, and then exchange it for territory that belongs to my Turks."
If they paid so much, they might as well find another place to establish a new Turk.
Anyway, they don't have a strong sense of territory, and they don't care about returning fallen leaves to their roots. They can survive wherever there is water and grass.
Li Yuanji joked: "Then you are only willing to help me conquer Jieli? But we can conquer Jieli ourselves, so why should I trade with you?"
Ashina She'er said in a deep voice: "We can still help you conquer Liangshidu, but if that doesn't work, we can still do it."
Then add the Dahe family."
What a guy! What a guy!
Liang Shidu and the Dahe family are both Suni's allies.
In order to gain advantage over the Turkic subjects and territories in their hands, Sunishi and Ashina Sheer were willing to betray their allies, and were even willing to help the Tang Dynasty stab their allies in the back.
It's simply dishonest and unrighteous.
But this is normal. There are no firm allies between countries. They all come together for their own interests.
If one day there is a conflict between the interests of both parties, then those who should part ways will part ways, and those who should betray will be betrayed, and no one will be merciful.
If someone is soft-hearted, then he is the biggest hammer.
