bastard seizes tang

Chapter 128
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The deafening sound of war drums came from under the Chengtian Gate, and the waves spread, moving Chang'an.

This is the third day of Li Ke's return to Chang'an, and it is the ceremony of presenting prisoners of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

On this day, all the Zhuque Gate and Mingde Gate were opened. Looking north from Mingde Gate, the entire wide Tianjie Street looks like a giant dragon hovering in Chang'an City.

Outside the Chengtian Gate, there are many guards, and countless civil and military ministers of the Tang Dynasty stand on both sides of the Chengtian Gate, looking up at Li Shimin standing on the wall of the Chengtian Gate.

Today is Li Shimin's proud day. Four years ago, Jieli went south to knock on the pass. In order to protect Chang'an, Li Shimin had to sign an alliance with Jieli under the city to accept money and send protons. Li Shimin was deeply ashamed.

But now, four years later, the Tang army won the Northern Expedition, and the Jieli Khan, who once commanded 20 troops and swaggered by the Wei River, has become Li Shimin's prisoner and was taken to Chang'an from the Turks.

This day is not only a grand ceremony of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin's grand ceremony, Li Ke's grand ceremony, but also a grand ceremony of 20 soldiers in Chang'an City.

Chengtian Gate is the main gate of the imperial city. Emperor Li Shimin stands in the middle of the city wall of Chengtian Gate. King Li Ke of Chu and Crown Prince Li Chengqian stand on the left and right sides of Li Shimin.

Li Ke was originally a concubine, if he hadn't stepped forward when the Tang Dynasty was in crisis, and had been a hostage in the Turks for four years, no matter what, he should not have been in this position, and he was not qualified to stand in this position. stand right here.

But now, he is standing here, without any doubts, without any obstacles, even from left to right, without any discomfort, it seems that Li Ke already has enough confidence to stand in this place, to stand up to the crown prince Capital.

With the first step now, there will be countless steps in the future. At least from this moment on, the situation in the Tang Dynasty has quietly changed. Officer, let Wanmin see him.

Enjoying the glory that belonged to him at this moment, Li Ke suddenly felt that it was worthwhile to be a hostage in Turkic for four years.

"The Tang Dynasty is all victorious! Your Majesty is all victorious!"

"The Tang Dynasty is all victorious! Your Majesty is all victorious!"

Ever since Li Shimin appeared on the city wall with Li Chengqian and Li Ke, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty standing in a forest below the city roared out, and the mountains roared like a tsunami, rolling incessantly.

I don't know if it's because of physical discomfort or the scene of menstruation, the young crown prince Li Chengqian's face became paler and beads of sweat dripped from his forehead amidst the shouts of thousands of troops like a tsunami, but as a crown prince He didn't back down due to stage fright, he was still struggling to hold on.

On the other hand, Li Ke on the other side looked calm and upright, like a strong bamboo rooted in a rock and standing in the strong wind, unwavering.

As a young man, Li Chengqian's performance was already considered very good, but compared with Li Ke next to him, he was a bit dwarfed. Li Shimin next to him may not have seen this scene clearly, but the officials standing below saw it. Look forward to it.

Li Ke seems to be born for big scenes, and he can't show the slightest timidity.

Others may not know this scene, but Li Jing, Zhang Gongjin, and many soldiers of the Northern Expedition knew very well that the situation in Heng'an City was more critical than it is now, and Li Ke was still able to make a generous statement at that time, let alone today?

But no matter what, Li Ke's performance today has caught everyone's attention.

"The auspicious time has come, offer prisoners!"

At Chen Shi in the morning, when the time came, Prime Minister Fang Xuanling, who presided over the ceremony of presenting the prisoners, took a deep breath and shouted in the direction of the Suzaku Gate opposite.

Following Fang Xuanling's order, a group of Tang troops from the Suzaku Gate to the south of Chengtian Gate entered from outside the Suzaku Gate, and in the middle of this group of Tang troops, the Turkic Jieli Khan was holding the lock.

"Where is the Turkic Khan Jieli!" Li Shimin asked, looking at the army of the Tang Dynasty under the city.

At this time, Xieli suffered setbacks, and he was no longer the prairie eagle in the past. Now Xieli is just an old wolf locked in a cage and trying to beg for life by wagging his tail.

Jieli knelt down and replied, "The criminal minister Jieli is here."

Li Shimin looked at Jieli who was kneeling at the foot of the city, and felt a little dazed for a moment. Jieli Khan, who had been competing with him for supremacy in the past and caused him a lot of headaches, was actually kneeling at his feet now.

Li Shimin paused before saying: "Jieli, since you ascended the throne of Khan, you have started wars without authorization, and caused the people of the two countries to suffer, so I hereby accuse you of six crimes: Your father's country is destroyed, and Sui Yiyi is safe." If you don’t use the power of one arrowhead to help them, so that their temples will not be fed with blood, you are guilty of one crime; if you are neighbors and abandon your trust and disturb the border, you are guilty of two crimes; You have committed four crimes by robbing the people of China and destroying the grain and crops; you have committed four crimes by procrastinating and escaping with your relatives; you have committed five crimes by looting my beloved son and keeping my father and son from seeing each other for several years. "

Jieli listened to Li Shimin's rebuke, lowered his proud head, knelt down and said: "The guilty minister is guilty."

There is no debate, no entanglement, just a simple sentence, but it represents too many things.

Since the founding of the Turks, the Turks have been fighting and entangled with the Central Plains dynasties for many years. Many Central Plains dynasties have failed to completely quell the northern troubles, but now, the Tang Dynasty has done it.

With Xieli's confession, Turkic became a vassal, Tang ruled the roost, and Turkic troubles in the north were completely pacified.

But as Xieli pleaded guilty and surrendered, Li Shimin looked at Xieli kneeling under the wall, and felt a sense of loss in his heart.

The joy and excitement are still there, but there is an inexplicable emptiness in my heart.

With the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Shimin raised his troops to save the world, defeated Xue Ju, defeated Wang Shichong, and captured Dou Jiande alive. Li Shimin surpassed countless opponents step by step.

In such a lively place, Li Shimin felt a sense of loneliness inexplicably.

As for Xieli's life and death, in fact Li Shimin had already considered it.

There are constant troubles around the Tang Dynasty, the Turks will not be the end of the Tang army's conquest, the Turks are just the beginning, what Li Shimin wants is not a situation where the world is afraid of the Tang Dynasty like a tiger, but what he wants is for all nations to come to the dynasty and see the scenery at home, so Jieli doesn't want to will kill.

He wants to inform the people of the world about the benevolence and tolerance of the Tang Emperor through Jieli.

Li Shimin said to Jieli: "If I want to kill you, there are thousands of reasons, but you and I have made a brotherhood agreement in Weishui, so I don't want to kill you."

After listening to Li Shimin's words, Jieli's life was saved, but his face did not show the joy of the rest of his life, he just said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing me."

Xieli didn't give a big gift to thank him, and it might be disrespectful in the eyes of others, but Li Ke saw Xieli's actions in his eyes, and he knew that Xieli was really safe.

The current Xieli is just an old man who is frustrated, desperate, but has no guts to kill himself, and just wants to spend the rest of his life in a daze. Such a person is the least threatening, and the most reassuring for Li Shimin.

If Jieli had really excitedly paid homage to Xie En, Li Shimin would have doubted his intentions.

Jieli is alive.

(End of this chapter)