Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1945 Force Tang
As the prince of the Tang Dynasty, he should have the aura he should have.

Even if you become a prisoner, you must have it.

At this time, Li Ke had already put life and death aside, even though he was very afraid of death and didn't want to die, but as a prince, he had to do so.

Shi Liang glanced at Li Ke, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He had already expected Li Ke's reaction.

If Li Ke was the kind of person who would surrender immediately after being arrested, then he would not be the current King of Shu, Li Ke.

"Okay, don't scare our Highness the King of Shu. Although His Highness the King of Shu is a prisoner, he is still a prince after all. We still have to give him the respect he deserves."

Shi Liang spoke, which sounded a bit surprising, especially for Li Ke, who thought Shi Liang would surrender before him, but he didn't.

However, Shi Liang did not force him to surrender, and he would not make any changes because of this, he just snorted coldly.

On Shiliang's side, he glanced at Wu Qingyi, Wu Qingyi nodded, and said, "General, it's better to send Shu King Li Ke to the capital, Chuncheng, and leave everything to His Majesty."

Li Ke's status is unusual after all, and it's a bit unreasonable for them to deal with it here.

And now that they have won the battle and defeated Tang Jun, they should tell Shi Qiang quickly.

After listening to Wu Qingyi's words, Shi Liang nodded, and immediately gave orders to take Li Ke, king of Shu, to Chuncheng.

The distance between Chuncheng and Qiucheng is not very far. A few days later, Li Ke was escorted to Chuncheng.

The news of Shiliang's defeat of the Tang army also spread.

On this day, in the morning court of Dali Kingdom, someone told about this matter.

"Your Majesty, General Shiliang defeated the Tang army and captured Shu King Li Ke alive. Now, this Shu King Li Ke has been sent to the capital to wait for His Majesty's order."

When the news came out, the ministers rejoiced.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, we have won a great battle, and the Tang army will suffer a lot if they want to come. In this way, the Tang Dynasty may not dare to fight with us easily, and our Dali Kingdom will be justified, and it will be just around the corner. "

"That's right, that's right, Dali will soon be recognized by other countries."

"That's right, as long as Datang doesn't dare to fight us again, even if they don't admit it, our Dali Kingdom will definitely exist."

"........."

Everyone was talking excitedly, and Shi Qiang was also very excited.

Shi Qiang is a burly man. He used to be one of Gu Liang's generals. He is very capable of fighting and is also very smart. However, he also has great ambitions.

He has proposed to Gu Liang many times to establish himself as the emperor, divide Yunnan from the territory of Tang Dynasty, and become Dali Kingdom.

Their Dali country is to the south, and it is not easy for the Tang army to encircle and suppress them. As long as they withstand a few attacks from the Tang army, their Dali country will be established.

After all, as kings with different surnames, Li Shimin would probably destroy them sooner or later.

What he didn't expect was that this Gu Liang was so loyal to Datang that he never had the heart to resist Datang until his death.

However, Gu Liang did not, but Shi Qiang did. After Gu Liang passed away, he quickly took control of the military power and completely controlled the entire land of Nanzhao.

Now, everything here is similar to a country, the only thing missing may be the recognition of other countries.

Logically speaking, this thing is not important to them, but if it is not recognized, others will become rebels if they own it. This Shi Qiang is a very ambitious person, and he wants to be the founding emperor. How can it be done without admitting it?

Now that the ministers are saying this, Shi Qiang also has confidence in his heart. He nodded and said: "My loves are reasonable. Now that we have captured Li Ke, King of Shu, we can just put forward conditions and demands to Datang. If they If you want the life of Shu King Li Ke, it is simple, you must recognize the legal status of our Dali Kingdom, if they are willing to admit it, then let their Shu King Li Ke go, what does it matter?"

When Shi Qiang said this, everyone felt that it was reasonable.

After a group of people finished talking like this, Shi Qiang sent someone to write to Datang, asking Datang to agree to their conditions.

After making such arrangements, an official stood up and said, "Your Majesty, can you summon that Shu King Li Ke?"

Shu Wang Li Ke has become a prisoner. If he is summoned, it will be a humiliation to Li Ke, and many of their officials just want to humiliate this Shu King Li Ke.

So what if you are the prince of the Tang Dynasty, you are not now a prisoner of our Dali Kingdom?
However, facing this official's request, Shi Qiang was not interested at all. He waved his hand and said, "No need, just arrange a residence for Li Ke, king of Shu, so that he can take care of him. Don't be lazy either."

In Shi Qiang's view, as the founding emperor of Dali, he still needs to have the bearing he should have, and he can't humiliate others just because he captured Li Ke, King of Shu.

This is not the behavior of ambitious people.

After Shi Qiang gave such instructions, many officials in the court were stunned for a moment, somewhat disappointed.

But who dares not to listen to Shi Qiang's orders? Don't look at Shi Qiang who seems to be easy to talk, but those who know him know very well that this Shi Qiang is not easy to talk at all, and he has touched his bottom line. There are no bones left.

Shi Qiang's order was quickly conveyed, and Dali quickly arranged a residence for Shu King Li Ke.

This residence is not very big, but it has everything you need inside. Even considering that Li Ke, King of Shu, is an adult, they even brought two beauties over for Li Ke.

This kind of situation surprised Li Ke, he felt that this must be a trick of the rebels, maybe the rebels wanted to get something from him.

However, in the face of this situation, Li Ke did not deliberately alienate, or was very vigilant, he just ate, drank and had fun here. For him, since he has become a prisoner, what else can he do? ?
The only thing that can be done is to say nothing, no matter what method the enemy uses.

And if he could take the blame and make meritorious deeds, and think of a way to destroy the enemy when he was captured, then his shame would be reduced a lot.

Li Ke had this kind of thinking, so he felt that only by playing tricks, could he find out what these rebels wanted from him, and only by dispelling the vigilance of these people against him, would he have a chance to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds.

However, what Li Ke didn't know was that Shi Qiang and the others didn't have the slightest intention of getting anything from him. They did this purely out of humanitarianism.

In other words, here is Li Ke's face, and Li Shimin should speak better on the other side.

(End of this chapter)