A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 181
Wu Huaiyu is lined with iron chain mail and bright light armor on the outside. He holds a thousand-ox knife in his hand and steps on the stirrup to mount his horse. The weather is very sunny today.

Fang Xuanling wore a purple robe and looked up at the sky from the horse, "Today is a good day."

Li Shimin in the yellow robe had a solemn expression, "Today is a shameful day, which should be remembered forever."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone restrained their expressions. Yes, today is the day to make an alliance with Xieli. No surprises, the alliance will be concluded again today, and then Xieli will lead his troops to withdraw from Guanzhong.

Everything will come to an end for the time being, but for the Tang monarchs and ministers, this is definitely not a victory.

"Let's go."

Li Shimin clamped the horse's belly and urged the horse to move forward.

Wu Huaiyu and An Yuanshou, the two Qianniu bodyguards, also urged their horses forward, passed the emperor, and led the way to guard.

Zhongshu Ling Fang Xuanling, Shizhong Gao Shilian, Minister of War Du Ruhui, Zuowei General Qin Qiong, Chief of Chang'an Road, Right Wuwei General Wannian Road Chief Cheng Jin, Zuo Tunwei General Zhou Shaofan, You Jianmen General Li Mengchang rode seven horses and followed behind.

Baiqi, Qianqi, Feiqi, Xiaowei and other guards in the camp are around.

Leaving Chang'an City and arriving outside the west gate of Chang'an, a large number of elite Tang troops have already assembled here, and the soldiers and horses are displayed on the south bank of the Weihe River Bridge.

Tens of thousands of soldiers have clear banners, shiny armor, and forests of swords and guns.

The emperor inspected the soldiers, and the soldiers shouted long live, and their voices echoed in the sky.

Today is August 28th.

All the armies arrived, banners and armor covered the field.

Jieli also led the Turkic army to the south to the north bank of the Weihe River.

Li Shimin asked Du Ruhui, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, to assist the left servant to shoot Xiao Yu and the right servant to shoot Feng Deyi to command the camp, while Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin, the two generals, commanded the left and right sides of the army.

The emperor only led Fang Xuanling, Gao Shilian, Zhou Shaofan, Wu Huaiyu, An Yuanshou,

Liuqi went directly to the Wei Bridge.

Although the Weishui Bianqiao is called Bianqiao, it is not simple. It is only called because it was directly connected to the Bianmen in the Han Dynasty. The bridge is one mile long and more than five feet wide. , very broad and flat.

Huaiyu and An Yuanshou rode side by side, not crowded at all.

They slowly urged their mounts, and stopped all the way to the center of the temporary bridge, with the Taotao Weihe River under their feet.

Jieli also led Tuli to wait for six riders to get on the bridge and come slowly.

There were still a few feet away, so Jieli stopped his horse and stopped moving forward.

The two sides just looked at each other from a distance on the bridge.

Li Shimin urged the horse to step forward slowly, Huaiyu and An Yuanshou were ordered to step aside, Li Shimin came to the front, and walked a few feet forward, only three feet away from Jieli Liuqi.

"Hey, the two countries have long had an alliance agreement, why did you break the agreement and break the oath, and led troops into the customs?"

Seeing the flags behind Li Shimin covering the field, and seeing the emperor's self-confidence and power, Xieli couldn't help feeling a little scared.

At this moment, Tuli saw something familiar hanging around the waists of Wu Huaiyu and An Yuanshou's armors. He took a closer look and saw that it was the white-robed manager who demonstrated fish frying to Li Shimin when he met Li Shimin across the river. Is your palm thunder?
Throwing the palm thunder into the Weihe River, a high water column was splashed, and the big fish in the bottom were blown up.

Unexpectedly, when meeting on the Weishui River, the white-robed chief took the palm thunder, and there were so many hanging around his waist, and he counted them carefully, good guy, eighteen.

He swallowed involuntarily, if this was suddenly thrown here, they would have nowhere to hide.

Tuli's heart was pounding.

Wu Huaiyu also noticed that Tuli's eyes were staring straight at his waist, he chuckled, then put his hand on the palm thunder at his waist, and turned the belt hanging on the palm thunder with his hand.

Over there, Tuli had been staring at him nervously, seeing that his hand touched the palm thunder, his brain was already swollen, he jumped off the horse, and knelt down towards Li Shimin with a plop.

"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, we did not break our promises, we just heard about the chaos in Chang'an and were worried about His Majesty's safety, so we worked tirelessly to come to Guanzhong from Saibei..."

When Tuli knelt down, the few followed Tuli, they had worshiped Li Shimin in secret, and they were rewarded with official ranks, many gold, silver and jewels, and the leaders of the Jinjin who had promised from the mutual market, all got off their horses and knelt down to worship.

Among them, some people have already discovered that Huaiyu's palms around their waists are thunderous.

Jieli six riders.

Five riders got off their horses and knelt down to the emperor, leaving Jieli alone on the horse, a little messy.

"Everyone is free from courtesy!"

Li Shimin was very satisfied with this show, Tuli's Kun brother did not eat in vain, and the others did not eat in vain.

"Hey, is that really the case?"

Jieli Khan looked at Li Shimin, then at the five Tuli people kneeling on the ground in front of them with their buttocks raised high, and then at the Tang army on the other side, whose armor was shining brightly with banners all over the field.

gritted his teeth.

Although he was unwilling, he finally got off his horse.He bowed to Li Shimin, but he didn't kneel down, which was the last stubbornness of his profuse sweat.

"I heard that Jiancheng Yuanji wanted to murder the king, so I immediately summoned all the troops to go south day and night..."

The skill of telling nonsense with eyes open is a compulsory course for those in positions of power.

Wu Huaiyu couldn't help but want to laugh at this scene. Jieli's ability to open his eyes and tell nonsense is obviously not proficient. It may be that everyone on the grassland is more straightforward, so his words are full of loopholes.

But Li Shimin is obviously not here to be serious, what everyone wants is to be able to negotiate a withdrawal.

Datang showed enough strength, but Jieli failed repeatedly, and Tuli and other leaders shouted to retreat, and even secretly crossed the river to pay homage to Li Shimin.

Today's meeting is actually a step up for each other.

Jieli said that he was here to support Li Shimin. He heard that Li Shimin had wiped out the rebellion halfway, but he came here, so he came to Chang'an to congratulate him face to face.

As for the fact that the Turkic tribes plundered Longyou and Guanzhong along the way, it was because the Turkic leaders had no way to control them and did not restrain their subordinates. It was also because those guys on the grasslands had never seen the world and found everything new. Want to see everything.

He will definitely restrain them when he turns back, and let people whip those people severely.

At this point, Li Shimin naturally stopped pursuing these things, and instead began to express his gratitude to Xie Li and the others for coming to congratulate him.

Jieli took advantage of the situation and continued, "To congratulate the emperor on his enthronement, we have prepared [-] horses and [-] sheep as congratulatory gifts to His Majesty the Emperor."

Li Shimin also couldn't accept the congratulatory gifts from the Turkic people in vain, and immediately expressed that he would give them back.

The so-called reward is just something that everyone tacitly understands. In fact, it is impossible for Jieli to be willing to retreat like this, to give Li Shimin a face, and to congratulate Li Shimin, but if he wants to send him away, he must pay back the benefits.

It's just that it's too hard to come, and I don't have the confidence, so I just give in and say that to congratulate, the Tang Dynasty must give rewards, and rewards and tributes are just two ways of saying the same thing.

Turks suffered a loss, so they came softly, and asked Datang to reward them.

If they gain the upper hand, they will come hard and force Datang to pay them tribute.

Xieli paid tribute to horses and sheep, while Li Shimin gave gold, silver and silk in return.

Both sides agreed tacitly and did not mention any additional topics such as ceding Lingzhou Shuozhou and making Datang promise not to do anything to Liang Shidu.

When everything is settled.

Li Shimin got off his horse and took a few steps forward, and Jieli also got off his horse and took a few steps forward.

The two sides stood in the center of the Weihe River Bridge, opened their arms to each other, and hugged each other.

Huaiyu was one step behind Li Shimin. He stared at Jieli's braided head, thinking that he would take Jieli down at this time, and then the Tang Dynasty canonize Tuli as the Great Khan. He didn't know if Tuli could do it. Control the people who live on the other side.

But this crazy idea can only be thought about, this kind of thing is full of too many changes, and Jieli was robbed during the alliance. In the eyes of the ancients, this kind of thing, regardless of Hua Yi, is a very unethical behavior , will be criticized by the people of the world, and the Turkic people may not be able to obey Datang even more.

After some hugs, the atmosphere became much more relaxed.

Li Shimin invited Xie Li to go to the south bank, and Xie Li said that he would go back first to prepare a congratulatory gift.

"Okay, then tomorrow, we will build an altar of alliance on the south bank of the temporary bridge, and then swear the oath of alliance."

Jie Li also said, "Tomorrow I will bring the white horse one and the white camel eight."

Sending a white camel and eight white horses is called the tribute of nine whites on the grassland, which has a deep meaning.

Li Shimin was very satisfied.

Just as they were about to say goodbye and return each other, Jieli pointed to Wu Huaiyu, "This is Wu Huaiyu, the white-robed chief?"

"Khan also heard of his name?"

"It's thunderous!" Xieli deliberately emphasized the word "thunder".

Li Shimin laughed.

Jieli's gaze was like a knife, and he gouged out Huaiyu's face, but in the end he didn't make any excessive demands, and he didn't say anything rude, but Huaiyu believed that Jieli really hated him. Yes, back then there was a reward of a thousand cows for his head.

Face to face now, but there is nothing to do.

Back at the south bank, Li Shimin patted Huaiyu on the shoulder, "I am very happy to see Jieli holding you helpless. When Jieli's [-] horses and [-] sheep arrive, go pick two horses." , ten sheep."

On the south bank, Xiao Yu, Feng Deyi, Du Ruhui, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and other civil and military personnel came to welcome them.

Zuo Pushe Xiao Yu grabbed Li Shimin's saddle and said that the emperor was too risky today, especially when he had agreed to talk at a distance of a stone's throw away, but when the emperor got on the bridge, he talked directly with Jieli at close range, and even hugged .

If this is robbed by Xieli, it will be over.

Li Shimin believed in himself: "I have been planning for a long time, and I didn't know about it. The Turks dared to pour their country and came straight to Chang'an. They thought that there was a problem in our country. I was newly enthroned. I was deceived by the Tang Dynasty and could not resist. How can I show it again? weak?

Showing weakness at this time, the Turks will only gain an inch, and even more looting.

Today I go out alone on Qingqi, all of them are prepared. Tuli and others have no intention of fighting, and they want to withdraw their troops for reward.

What's more, today, there are tens of thousands of elites behind me, shaking the military appearance.

In the west there is Chai Shao in martial arts, in the north there is Fan Xing in Binzhou, in Jingzhou there is Li Jing, in Longzhou there are brothers Xue Wanche, and in the north of Wei there are generals such as Yu Chigong who lead the army.

Jieli dares to fight and is bound to lose.

When I saw Liuqi, Jieli was only Liuqi. Jieli dared to hijack the driver, but he was only taking his own humiliation. Do you really think the Qianniu sword in Wu Huaiyu and An Yuanshou's hands is a display?
Or do you think the string of palm mines around their waists is just a decoration?
What's more, I'm the Son of Heaven, and today I hide fine armor under the dragon robe, and there's a bow and knife hanging on the saddle. If I really do it, I can capture Jieli by myself. "

Li Shimin rode back to Chang'an Palace, Huaiyu still accompanied him all the way.

East Palace.

Li Shimin sat there, pondered for a long time, and suddenly said to Fang Du and the two, "I observed today that although there are many soldiers and horses, but the formation is not neat, Jieli Tuli and other monarchs are only greedy for money.

Tomorrow Jieli and Tuli and other Turkic rulers and officials will come to the south bank. You say that if I get them drunk and tie them up, and then order all the troops to attack and kill the Turkic soldiers and horses on the north bank, they will be defeated.
Then order Chai Shao, Li Jing, Fan Xing, Yu Chigong and others to lead troops to intercept, and they will surely wipe out the [-] Turkic soldiers in one fell swoop. "

This is a very exciting plan for Li Shimin, and it has been hovering in his mind along the way, and he has even drawn up many steps quickly.

The more I think about it, the more excited I become, and I can't get rid of this idea.

(End of this chapter)