Jieli sat in the tent a little irritably. The slave brought the freshly stewed mutton. The sheep had eaten a lot of crops and millet of the Tang Dynasty people and was very fat. Jieli took a knife and cut a piece, but it was tasteless.
"Isn't Simo back yet?"
"Not yet." One of the attached wolf guards replied.
"Where's the salt? How can you eat meat without salt!" Jieli cut another piece of mutton to eat, but immediately spat it out and yelled at the slave, "Damn slave, take it out and chop it up."
Two fierce attached wolf guards came in and dragged out the panicked Han slave who begged for mercy, completely ignoring his pleas.
"Damn it, everyone deserves to be killed." Jie Li cursed angrily.
The guard gave him fine green salt, but it still didn't calm his anger.
After waiting until the sun went down, someone finally came back from Chang'an. It was not Simo, but one of his followers.
"Where's Simo?"
The attendant reported with a mournful and uneasy look, "Jiabite Qin was retained by the Emperor of Tang Dynasty, and was given the surname Li." As he said this, he handed over a letter, saying that it was an edict given to him by the Emperor of Tang Dynasty.
Jieli looked at the envoy with big eyes, "Did Li Shimin detain it, or did Simo keep it himself?"
The attendant said that he had been detained, but Jieli didn't believe it and asked the guards to pull him down and chop him down.
"The sweat calms down!"
A female voice sounded outside the tent, and then a woman came in. In the grassland wind of the Turkic Khan tent, she was wearing a Han family palace dress, wearing a long-sleeved shirt and a silk scarf, especially her high bun.
There is a world of difference from the Turkic women who follow him.
"Ketun!" A group of attached wolf guards saluted the woman.
This woman is none other than Turk Ketun, Princess Yicheng of Sui Dynasty and close to Turks. She lived in the grasslands for nearly thirty years and married Qimin, Shibi, Chuluo, Jieli and her son. They lived in the Turkic Khanate.
The impact is not small.
"Damn you bastard Simo!" Jie Li was very polite to the Yang family. When Chuluo Khan suddenly died on the way to conquer the Tang Dynasty in the south, it was Princess Yicheng who supported him and became the Great Khan instead of supporting Chuluo.
The son touched the end.
"This Khan has long known that Simo bastards cannot be trusted. Seeing that the situation was not good, he actually defected to the Tang people and even changed his surname."
Yang took Jie Li's hand and sat back with him.
"The Great Khan will have a cup of milk tea first." She poured out Jieli's wine and replaced it with a cup of thick milk tea. "Simo is the Great Khan's elder brother, both are great-grandsons of Tumen Khan, noble blue Turks,
He has been loyal to the Turks for several dynasties, and this is not his first mission to the Central Plains. Now our Turks have strong soldiers and horses, and the Great Khan treats him well. How could he go to the Tang people? The Great Khan must not fall into the discord of the Tang people.
plan."
After Yang finished speaking, he picked up the letter Li Shimin had brought back and opened it.
"Hmph, it's a little trick, but it's also trying to alienate Dahan."
Jieli's anger calmed down a bit when Yang said this, "Li Shimin has now detained Sili, Simo and Jisheer one after another. Does he really don't want to talk to us and wants to fight us to the death?"
In the twenty-six years since the Yang family lived in the grassland, she has married four fathers, one son, and four brothers. She has already transformed from the frail princess of the Sui Dynasty clan into a strong and experienced grassland Kedun.
The Sui Dynasty was overthrown, but the Yang family had people take Empress Xiao and her grandson Yang Zhengdao back to the north of Saibei from Dou Jiande, and persuaded the Chuluo Khan at the time to support Yang Zhengdao as king of the Sui Dynasty and transfer the land of Dingxiang County to the north.
, assigned to Yang Zhengdao, and all the officials and people from the Central Plains captured by the Turks were assigned to Yang Zhengdao to govern, and the Sui regime was restored, with hundreds of officials and more than ten thousand supporters.
She even persuaded Chuluo Khan to use the banner of respecting the Sui Dynasty and restoring the Sui Dynasty, and sent troops to seize Bingzhou to resettle Yang Zhengdao.
Although Yang's plan to revive the Sui Dynasty came to an end with the death of Chuluo Khan, after Yang established Jieli as Khan, he intensified his efforts to encourage him and persuade him to send troops to attack the Tang Dynasty again and again.
The harder Tang Tu beats him, the happier Yang will be.
She didn't panic at all when Li Shimin refused peace talks, and was even very excited inside. If Li Tang destroyed the Sui Dynasty, she would destroy the Tang Dynasty and restore the Sui Dynasty. As for those who died, she didn't care at all.
When she was a teenager, she married outside the Great Wall, and her mission was to defend the Sui Dynasty. Now the Sui Dynasty in the Central Plains has perished, but she is not dead yet, and the incense of the Sui Dynasty still remains in Dingxiang.
"Great Khan, Li Shimin is just deceiving us. We beat him to Chang'an City. He has no strength to fight against us. The longer we delay, the worse it will be for them."
"The autumn wind is getting colder, and winter is coming soon. Our cattle and sheep have eaten so much wheat, and now they are fat and strong. They can survive the cold winter better than in Saibei. We have also harvested enough grain, so we don't have to worry at all.
This winter will be very difficult for Li Shimin in Chang'an City. The price of food in Chang'an is soaring and there is a shortage of food. They will not be able to harvest the food in Guanzhong this autumn, and there will be even more famine in winter.
By then we don't have to attack Chang'an City forcefully, as they themselves will freeze to death and starve to death. By then, the wide Wei River will also be covered with thick ice. Our cavalry can easily cross the glacier and enter the south bank of the Wei River.
The hard bones of those Tang people's Tianling Gai were smashed one by one..."
"Just wait, it's Li Shimin who is panicking, not us."
"Even if they can survive this long cold winter, the lack of success in the coming spring will turn Chang'an into a dead city, just like Luoyang a few years ago, which eventually surrendered without a fight."
"At that time, the Great Khan can directly use Chang'an City as his winter palace and the eight-hundred-mile Guanzhong Plain as the best pasture..."
Such confusion made Jieli's face turn red and he was very excited.
"Li Jing arrived in Jingzhou, Fan Xing stationed in Binzhou, Chai Shao followed him to Qizhou, Xue Wanche stationed in Longzhou, An Xiuren stationed in Yizhou, Qin Qiong stationed in Xianyang, Yuchigong stationed in Jingyang, and Cheng Yaojin stationed in
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Li Shimin used troops to fight very well, and now many Tang troops have gathered in Guanzhong, and they are getting closer and closer, and there are quite a lot of them." Jie Li still felt a little guilty.
Although he won a complete victory in the Battle of Taigu last year, which could be regarded as washing away the shame of being forced to withdraw his troops when he invaded Guanzhong the year before, the invasion of Guanzhong this year was not very good.
Hexi and Longyou performed very poorly. They harassed them vigorously, but failed to really injure the local Tang army. On the contrary, Yu Sheshe was killed by Chai Shao and killed about 10,000 people.
The Tuyuhun people of Jieli's mother clan were also useless and were beaten by Chai Shao to beg for peace.
Kang Sumi had previously used 20,000 men as the vanguard, but the Tang people took the opportunity to kill and capture 5,000 prisoners.
Facing those famous generals of the Tang Army, as well as Li Shimin who personally commanded the city of Chang'an, Jie Li didn't actually think about a decisive battle with the Tang Army at the beginning. He just wanted to plunder and rush into the richest Guanzhong Plain to ruthlessly attack the Tang Army.
He grabbed a handful and took advantage of the civil strife in Li Tanggang's palace to attack Chang'an City and blackmail Li Shimin severely.
His plan was originally supported by many Turkic nobles such as Tuli, Yusheshe, Shabolushe, etc. They all wanted to go south to grab a big one and go back to live a prosperous life.
But now Li Shimin actually can't get enough salt and oil.
They also suffered losses one after another. The losses were bearable, but there were already a lot of complaints.
"Great Khan, calm down. We are in an invincible position. We can attack when we advance and defend when we retreat. What are we afraid of? No matter how many soldiers there are in the Tang Dynasty, how many can be defeated? As long as we don't attack Chang'an, then in these 800 miles, we can't defeat Chang'an."
On the plains, would the Tang army dare to fight a decisive battle with us on the plains?
We have a hundred thousand light cavalry, coming from like the wind, fighting in the wild? They are seeking their own death."
"If you don't accept it, then let's wait and see who can't. If the Tang people dare to leave the city and fight in the field, then let them die and we will use their corpses to warm the fire!"
Jieli picked up the cup and took a sip of milk tea, feeling much calmer.
"That white-robed manager really deserves to be killed. He has ruined my good deeds time and time again. This time he was so alert and allowed him to escape. It's really hateful."
"Why does the Great Khan care about a low-level Imperial Guardsman? A monk can't escape from the temple if he escapes. He escaped this time, but when Chang'an is destroyed, how can he be saved? The Great Khan will kill or cut him into pieces by then.
Don’t you just do whatever you want?”
Jieli said harshly: "Ben Khan must capture him alive, break his kneecaps, and make him a crawling slave in my tent... Hahaha," when he thought
That scene made Jieli very happy.
"It's a pity that the mysterious palm thunder will not be available for a while. It's hateful, it's really hateful!"
Yang smiled and said, "I heard that Wu Huaiyu's family is not far from the Dragon Bridge in Sanyuan. If the Great Khan is dissatisfied, he can send a cavalry to uproot the Dragon Bridge to vent his anger.
, anyway, Longqiao is just a village,
Slaughtering Longqiao Fort can be regarded as a response to Li Shimin for detaining our envoy."
Jie Li nodded.
"Okay, let's do it like this. When someone comes, call Qinjinwuwushuipiao."
Jin Asdewu was summoned. He was a big man with a broad waist and a general's belly. He had been staying in Weibei every day for a while recently. The mutton was so fat that his belly was full of fat and his face was shiny.
"Sweat!"
"Wumeitui, I will give you a task. Command your five thousand troops to move to Sanyuan and destroy the Sanyuan Longqiao Fort for me."
"Great Khan, who is stationed at Longqiao Fort and how many soldiers and horses are there?"
"There are no generals of the Tang Army, and there are no troops stationed there. It is just a village, but this village is the hometown of the white-robed manager. I want you to crush him and send everyone back as prisoners."
"Great Khan, why does a mere village need so many people? Just three to five hundred light cavalry would be enough."
Wumedu's surname is Ashed. This is one of the Blue Turkic tribes, the core headquarters of the Turks, and is also the Ashina family of Khans who have been married for generations.
Wu Meitu's name is actually the first two characters of Wu Mei. Chu is an official position passed down from the Rouran era on the grassland, similar to the commander-in-chief of the army in the Central Plains.
And Qijin means tribal chief. In fact, Astdewumuchu was a chief of the Astide tribe. He served as the general manager under Jieli's account. He had 5,000 men and horses under his command, and about 2,000 elite cavalry.
There were old, young, women and children who accompanied the expedition.
Anyway, when we went south to plunder, we took all the tribes with us, driving the cattle and sheep, grazing wherever we went, and plundering wherever we went.
"This land in Sanyuan County has been set aside for you to plunder, and each of us will receive half of the proceeds from the plunder, including people, livestock, money, and silk." Jie Li said impatiently.
Asdewu smiled, but he bargained for a while, and finally agreed that all the territory in Sanyuan County would be plundered by Wuwu. Three points of the proceeds would go to Jieli, one point would go to Wuwu, and one point would be left.
To the warriors of their tribe.
"Capture Longqiao Fort, remember not to kill those people, I will live."
"Please rest assured, Khan, I promise to capture Longqiao Fort within three days!" Wu Meitu was confident.
