A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Starting from the Village Chief

Chapter 629 The Battle of the Two Kings Decides the Victory over the Turks
"Victory in one battle!"

"Gentlemen, the King of Qin annihilated more than 30,000 of Jieli's troops at Yehuling and captured Jieli alive."

Li Yi summoned his generals and announced the news in the Golden Wolf Tent of the Dingxiang Khanate, where the tent was filled with cheers.

They raided the Khan's court, captured over ten thousand people, seized tens of thousands of livestock, destroyed the Later Sui dynasty, and also seized the Imperial Seal of the State.

However, these blows to the Turks were not very severe.

Now that Jieli has been captured alive, this is the real victory.

This time, they not only captured Jieli alive, but also a group of Jieli Khan's trusted confidants, including the Dagans, as well as many special agents of the Ashina royal family who accompanied the expedition.

There are also figures like Zhishiyan and Jielifa, Sijin, etc.

Li Yi used tea instead of wine to celebrate with his generals.

Now that Li Shimin has succeeded, his actions here need to be adjusted, and he is no longer in a hurry to retreat back to the Great Wall.

With Jieli's defeat, a number of Dagans and Tegins of the Khan's court were captured during the campaign, leaving the Khan's court leaderless for a time.
There's no need to worry about anyone returning to the Khanate.

The Tang army could then sweep through some surrounding tribes in the Khanate, capture more people, and plunder more horses and livestock.

The winner takes all.

If you win the war, you naturally have to seize resources.

The movement of troops consumes countless amounts of money, food, and supplies, which must be recouped from the Turks.

Li Yi summoned eight chief stewards, including Yuchi Gong and Liu Heita.

"You shall divide up and sweep across the area within three hundred li of the Great Wall, the Yin Mountains, and the surrounding area of ​​the Dingxiang Khanate."

Yuchi Gong laughed loudly, "That's right, strike while the iron is hot, and it's finally our turn to rob them, hahaha, don't worry, this time we'll definitely rob them to our heart's content, and anyone who dares to resist will be slaughtered."

Li Yi said, "Don't be so aggressive. Try to bring back both people and livestock. If it's too cold and there's a shortage of grass, and we can't bring back any livestock, we'll kill them and take their skins and meat. We can transport them back; they're all edible and can be sold for money."

As for the Turkic captives, they were able to settle and mine in Daibei after the spring.

They could also be used to exchange for Han Chinese slaves with the Turks and Tiele tribes.

Even if all else fails, they can still be sold directly to slave traders for a good price.

"Quickly notify the merchant caravans accompanying the army and tell them to call for reinforcements. Dingxiang is going to be bustling this time; there will be countless spoils of war waiting to be sold."

Whether they can eat it, and how much they can eat, depends on their abilities.

There is no room for mercy when dealing with enemies.

Li Yi hoped that there would be no more Turkic tribes south of the Yin Mountains.

"This Khan's court should be restored to the name of Dingxiang of our Han Dynasty."

Su Dingfang volunteered, saying, "I am willing to lead a thousand men to block the Yinshan White Road and prevent the Turks from escaping to the north of Yinshan."

Liu Heita then said, "Then I will go to the west of the Khan's court and block them from going to the Hetao region to attack Yusheshe and Shaboluoshe."

"can."

Now, the Turkic tribes here in Khan's court have lost their backbone and are just cattle and sheep waiting to be slaughtered. If they are not killed now, when will they be?

As for Yusheshe in the western Hetao region, Li Yi planned to leave him alone for the time being. Firstly, they were far apart, and secondly, Yusheshe had not followed Jieli this time, so his strength remained intact.

Yushesheke had 50,000 followers.

"Send someone to the Ordos region to see Yusheshe and tell him that Khagan Jieli has been captured alive by our Great Tang and that his court has been breached."
Tell him not to act rashly, or it might lead to war; don't say you weren't warned!

"Tuli Xiao Khan Shibobi and Jiabiteqin Simo have now submitted to our Great Tang. I hope Yusheshe will also be able to recognize the times."

"As long as he can lead his troops to submit to the Tang Dynasty and become a vassal and pay tribute, the court will not treat him unfairly. He will be granted a title and a surname."

Tell all the brothers in the army

One-third of the spoils will be distributed as rewards to the soldiers.

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"Are they crazy?"

At the foot of Langshan Mountain lies the Hetao region.

Yu Sheshe's tent,

When the Turkic Yushe Ashina Momo saw the Tang envoys who arrived in the snowstorm, he was stunned for a long time after hearing the envoys relay Li Yi's words. Then he shouted that they had gone mad.

Has everyone gone mad?
Why did Jieli, as the Great Khan of the Turks, send troops to attack Tuli, the Lesser Khan of the Turks?

Tuli was the son of Shibi Khan and the nephew of Jieli.

And the Tang army has all gone mad?
Li Shimin actually led his troops to ambush Jieli at Yehuling, north of Yanshan, during the dead of winter, which was also the first month of the Han Chinese New Year.
Li Yi even dared to lead 20,000 troops to directly attack the Dingxiang Khanate.

And all of Tang people's crazy actions actually succeeded.

This world has gone mad.

He thought it was fake news, but among the people who came with the Tang envoy, there was a special agent of the Khan's court and a Dagan of the Khan's court. They had both become Li Yi's prisoners and were now accompanying him to persuade him to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

Just last year, the Turks launched two major invasions into Tang territory.

Now the Turkic Khanate has been breached and the Great Khan has been captured?

Last year, Yu Sheshe joined forces with his clan uncle Shaboluoshe to attack Yuanzhou. He even had two cavalry forces, one of which broke through Dazhen Pass in Longzhou, and the other crossed Tanzheng Gorge to attack Jingzhou and break through Linjing County.

Although they were later defeated by Li Daozong and Yang Shidao, they still made a fortune.

How could this have happened so suddenly?

"Crazy, all crazy."

Tuli's surrender to Tang went mad, Jieli's attack on Tuli during the heavy snow went mad, and the Tang army's two-pronged counterattack in the first month of the lunar calendar went even crazier.

Tang envoy Zhang Hao specifically asked the two special agents and Dagan to stay behind so he could speak with Yu Sheshe alone. Yu Sheshe rubbed his temples, feeling a terrible headache.

He was younger than Tuli Khan. He was the son of Chuluo Khan, whose father died suddenly after only a little over a year on the throne.

Jieli said that the Tang envoy Zheng Yuanzhu poisoned his father, but there are also rumors that Jieli and Princess Yicheng murdered his father.

After his father's death, he was supposed to inherit the Khanate, but Princess Yicheng, in alliance with Jieli, seized the throne.

Afterwards, the two brothers were enfeoffed, one as Yusheshe, with his headquarters in the Hetao region, and the other as Tuoshe, with his headquarters in the northern desert.

But Momo never felt grateful to Jieli; he only harbored resentment towards him.

If he weren't so young and lacking in strength, he would have rebelled against Jieli long ago.

Tuli was his cousin from his grandfather. He was enfeoffed in the east and was more powerful than him. In the past two years, he had seen Tuli ignore Jieli in the east and had been envious and respectful of him.

He looked at the two people in front of him.
One was also a member of the royal family of the Golden Wolf clan, the son of his uncle, Bulish. The other was a Sogdian Hu, who held the position of Dagan in the Khan's court.

"Is everything that Tang envoy Zhang Hao said true?"

Mertegin and Yusheshe were both quite young, not yet twenty. He said with lingering fear, "Reporting to Yusheshe, the Great Khan is very likely to be defeated and captured."

After Li Yi captured the Khan's court in Dingxiang, we met Zhishi Sili, who had accompanied the Great Khan on his eastern expedition against Tuli. He said that the Great Khan's entire army had been annihilated, and he had been defeated, captured, and surrendered.

Yu Sheshe asked with a grim face, "How was the Dingxiang Khanate breached?"

"The Great Khan took away the Khanate's troops, and most of the warriors from the surrounding tribes also took them with him. Thirty thousand men marched eight hundred li to attack Tuli."
Unexpectedly, Tang general Li Yi attacked right afterward.

They launched a surprise attack on the Khan's court, catching us completely off guard...

"Enough, you bunch of useless trash!" Yu Sheshe cursed.

But after cursing for a while, Yu Sheshe could only shut up in dejection.

Finally, he waved helplessly and had someone take the two of them down to rest.

He summoned his trusted confidants and told them, "Do you think the Tang people will attack us next?"

Everyone looked at each other.

They were all greatly shocked.

One person asked cautiously, "Yushe, is this true?"

"There's no mistake, that scoundrel Jieli has completely fallen into the hands of the Tang people this time. Those Prince Qin, Li Shimin, and Prince Wu'an, Li Yi, of the Tang Dynasty are truly capable, and they're only in their early twenties, not much older than me."

"But to possess such skill is truly terrifying," Mo Mo sighed.

Faced with such heroic figures, he felt utterly powerless.

An old minister left behind by his father, Chuluo Khan, also sighed repeatedly, "Now let's treat the Tang envoy well. I just inquired and found out that this Tang envoy, Zhang Hao, is Li Yi's maternal cousin."

We must treat them well and not offend them.

Not only should he be provided with good food and drink, but also young and beautiful women should be arranged to serve him, along with gold and fine horses, and every bit of information extracted from him should be obtained.

"and then?"

"And then," the old minister chuckled bitterly, "if Khagan Jieli is truly captured, the Turks will be thrown into chaos."

The Tang Dynasty produced heroes like the Prince of Qin; it's best if we don't contend with them.

"Do you want me to surrender?" He picked up the milk tea, took a sip, and felt only bitterness in his mouth.

"It's best to observe first and not act rashly."

The Tang army's swift and decisive victory over Jieli's 30,000-strong eastern expeditionary force, including capturing him alive and then raiding the Dingxiang Khanate, was truly awe-inspiring.

This deeply shocked the group of people from Hetao Yushe.

They didn't even dare to rebel against Khagan Jieli, let alone the Tang army that so easily defeated him.

Tuli clearly voted for Tang early on.

Yu She asked a series of questions.
As a result, not a single one dared to fight.

The capture of Jieli and the fall of the Khan's court have terrified them.

They believed that they were far inferior to the Great Khan Jieli in both ability and strength. Yusheshe was enfeoffed in the Hetao region, becoming the Southern Khan, and commanded 50,000 tents with a considerable number of troops.

But it's far inferior to Jieli.

The Great Khan Jieli was defeated and captured, while the Lesser Khan Tuli surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.

How can we fight this?

The people of the grasslands revere strength.
When the Tang Dynasty demonstrated its overwhelming strength, Yu Sheshe and others naturally backed down.

Submitting to the Sui Dynasty was not unusual; Yusheshe's grandfather, Qimin Khan, naturally submitted to the Sui and, with its strong support, seized the throne from Dulan Khan and Datou Khan.

In that struggle among the Five Khans, they had the last laugh.

Even after he became the Great Khan, he always remained extremely respectful to the Sui Dynasty.

“Choose a wild camel to properly entertain our distinguished Tang envoy.”

Yu Sheshe ordered his men to roast a whole camel for Zhang Hao, a higher honor than roasting a whole lamb. And it had to be a wild camel, the one with the biggest and fattest head.

They stuffed pigeon eggs into the belly of a swan, then stuffed the swan into the belly of a sheep, and finally stuffed the sheep into the belly of a camel before roasting it.
Multiple layers of grilling, multiple flavors.

This dish is even more extravagant than the Tang Dynasty imperial dish, "Hun Yang Mo Hu".

Another roasted camel hump and camel hoof soup, please.

When Zhang Hao was invited to a banquet held in a large tent in Yushe, he saw the lavish camel feast and felt reassured, knowing that his mission was successful.

(End of this chapter)