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Chapter 132: Has my Chang'an been captured? [Subscribe please]

Snow falls one by one.

The Ilie River in winter has long lost its cheerful waves.

The surface of the river froze into ice and merged with the earth, appearing vast and boundless.

Whether it was dead trees or grass, they were all covered with white snow. The cattle and sheep in the herdsmen's pen were so cold that they huddled together for warmth.

At the foot of a mountain opposite, countless tents stood proudly in the wind and snow, protecting everyone inside.

In one of the largest golden tents, a mighty Turkic man was chatting and laughing with a Central Plains man wearing a fur coat.

"Mr. Zhao's plan is truly brilliant! We've collected a lot of taxes recently, and our strength has greatly increased!"

"Hehe, it's my honor to serve Jie Li Khan!"

"Well, don't worry, your family is on the way. I believe you will be reunited soon!"

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Khan!"

"Easy to say!"

"Report——"

The two were talking and laughing when suddenly a report came from outside.

When Jie Li Khan heard the report, he immediately shouted in displeasure, "What's the matter?!"

"Tuli Khan and Yugushe Yehu are here!"

"What are they doing here?"

Jie Li Khan frowned and turned to look at Zhao Deyan.

But Zhao Deyan laughed awkwardly and said, "They are probably here to collect taxes. I won't stay here to avoid embarrassing the Khan!"

"Well, you go down first!"

Jie Li Khan nodded, but did not force Zhao Deyan to stay.

But just as Zhao Deyan walked out, Tuli Khan and the other two walked in at the same time.

The three of them bumped into each other.

"Hey! You're walking around with your eyes closed!"

The Yehu named Yugushe started cursing.

Zhao Deyan's face darkened, he spat in annoyance, and left.

"you!"

Yu Gushe was so angry that he was about to chase after him, but was stopped by Tuli Khan.

But he was still furious, and angrily rushed into the tent and asked Jie Li Khan, "Great Khan, why is that Tang man always here with us?"

Jie Li Khan frowned, but did not get angry. He just said calmly, "He is a smart man. I need him!"

"Humph! No matter how smart the Tang people are, they are not grassland people!"

"No matter how smart the grassland people are, they are not as smart as the Tang people. Their minds are like a hornet's nest on the grassland. Do you understand?"

"But their thoughts are more poisonous than a wasp sting!"

"Ugh!"

Jie Li Khan sighed helplessly, then turned to look at Tuli Khan.

But Tuli Khan smiled coldly and said, "There are all kinds of Tang people, and there are all kinds of grassland people. Li Shimin is different!"

"Why is it different?" Jie Li Khan said in a deep voice.

Tuli Khan shook his head and said nothing.

Yu Gushe interrupted again, "Anyway, we can't just listen to this Tang guy on everything!"

"What he said makes sense, why can't we listen to him!?" Jie Li Khan said angrily.

"He might be a spy sent by the Tang Dynasty!"

"He gives me advice. Even if he's a spy, I'd rather listen to a spy!"

Jie Li Khan said this stubbornly, then glanced coldly at Yu Gushe and warned him, "Tuli, manage your subordinates well. I don't like people talking to me like that! If he does it again, I will chop off his head and feed it to the wolves!"

When Yu Gushe heard this, his face changed drastically.

But Tuli said with a bit of amusement: "The sky wants to blow, people want to talk, and if he has something to say, no one can stop him!"

"It's you!"

Having said that, he looked up at Jie Li, put away the smile on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Why did you send people to my tribe to collect taxes? They have already paid my taxes!"

"I am the Great Khan of the grasslands. Every citizen of the grasslands should pay my taxes!"

Jie Li Khan said without a doubt.

Tuli Khan and Yugushe exchanged a glance, then said gravely, "But they have nothing to eat at home! Are you disregarding their lives by doing this?"

"They are your people. Their life and death is up to you. As the Great Khan of the grassland, I collect the taxes I am supposed to collect. Is there any problem with that?"

Jie Li sneered, "If you pity them, you shouldn't collect taxes from them anymore!"

"you!"

When Tuli heard Jie Li's jokes, he was so angry that he stood up from his seat.

Yu Gushe on the side quickly grabbed him.

Jie Li and Tuli stared at each other, their eyes flashing with swords and sabers. It was not until Tuli was defeated by Jie Li's fierce gaze that the two men withdrew their gazes.

"let's go!"

After Tuli withdrew his gaze, he took Yugushe away from Jie Li's tent without saying a word.

"Fuck him! Damn Jie Li! He won't even give us a chance to live!"

After returning to his tent, Tuli went mad and hacked and stabbed around in the tent, chopping everything in the tent into pieces.

The Tuli generals who heard the noise rushed in from their tents.

"Khan, calm down! Khan, calm down!"

"Calm down your anger!"

Tuli angrily thrust his scimitar in, then sat heavily on his throne.

Seeing this, the Tuli generals looked at each other in confusion.

At this time, a general bravely asked, "Khan, didn't you go to the Great Khan to reason with him? What does the Great Khan say? Will he return our food?"

"Bullshit!"

Tuli said angrily, "He has no intention of returning our food!"

Upon hearing this, the generals were immediately furious.

"Ah! What shall we do? Without food, our people will starve to death!"

"Yes, Khan, you have to think of a way!"

"Jie Li is too selfish! Why don't we rob him and take our food back!"

"We can't rob! Jie Li is our Great Khan!"

"Then what do you say we should do? Are you going to let our people starve to death?!"

"Yes! We have to grab it!"

"We can't rob! We can't beat Jie Li!"

"If you rob, you'll die. If you don't rob, you'll die too. What's there to be afraid of?"

"enough!"

Seeing the generals talking non-stop, Tuli, who was already furious, became even angrier.

Fortunately, his prestige was great enough, and the generals fell silent when they heard his words.

He held the scimitar in his hand and said coldly, "Jie Li's actions will make us disappear from the grassland forever, and he still exists!"

After saying this, he looked around at the generals and said, "I have made up my mind. Those who are willing to follow me to kill Jie Li, come here and swear an oath on my royal sword!"

"This"

The generals looked at each other with hesitation.

At this moment, Yu Gushe took the lead and said, "I do!"

"I do too!"

"And me!" Following Yu Gushe's lead, the other generals also ran to Tuli, holding his royal sword in their hands.

However, after vowing to kill Jie Li.

Yu Gushe said with some concern: "With our current strength, I'm afraid we are no match for Jie Li. Khan, do you have any ideas?"

"how?"

Tuli narrowed his eyes and said, "You regretted it right after you made the vow?"

"No, no, I don't regret it!"

Yu Gushe quickly explained, "What I mean is, if we want to defeat Jie Li, we have to think things through!"

"How thorough?" Tuli frowned.

Yu Gushe looked around at the generals and said in a low voice, "Perhaps, we can contact the Tang Dynasty and kill Jie Li together!"

"Ok?"

Tuli was slightly stunned, then fell into deep thought. After a moment, he looked at the generals again and nodded, "That's a good idea!"

"Then we should send an envoy to the Tang Dynasty immediately?"

"it is good!"

Having said that, Yu Gushe quickly rushed out of the tent and went to arrange for an envoy to go to the Tang Dynasty.

Tuli clenched the scimitar in his hand, revealing a ferocious and vicious expression, vowing to pull Jie Li down from the throne of the grassland.

When the other generals saw Tuli's expression, they excitedly drew their swords and howled like wolves.

"woo woo woo woo--!"

On the other side, the Tang Dynasty Imperial Palace, Ganlu Hall.

Li Shimin adopted Wei Zheng's "brilliant plan". On the one hand, he promoted the prince's prayer for rain to comply with God's will, and on the other hand, he secretly purchased grain to deal with the most severe moment of the drought.

At the same time, he did not miss out on the situation on Liang Shidu's side.

Be sure to pay attention to the news coming from Shuofang every day.

Changsun Wuji, Xiazhou Governor Liu Min, and Sima Liu Lan were in cahoots with each other and came up with many sinister schemes. As a result, they made Shuofang a chaotic place and the people's morale was low.

As for the Eastern Turks, they still didn't know what was happening on Liang Shidu's side. Liang Shidu was so angry that he launched several solo attacks, but was defeated by Xue Wanche every time and fled in panic.

"Hahaha! Wuji really made me proud this time!"

Every time Li Shimin read these reports, his mood was as warm as the late spring breeze.

Seeing Li Shimin so happy, the ministers also became happy.

"Your Majesty, if Lord Zhangsun and his men continue to act in this way, and the Turks ignore Liang Shidu, it may be possible to pacify Liang Shidu without losing a single soldier!" Du Ruhui expressed his opinion immediately after seeing Li Shimin finish laughing.

Li Shimin smiled and nodded, then shook his head and said, "Whether it costs a lot of troops is actually not important. What is important is that we can successfully capture Liang Shidu and relieve the Tang Dynasty's core threat!"

"Your Majesty, what you mean is that we should send out a large army to destroy Liang Shidu as soon as possible, and then attack the Turks, right?"

Li Jing immediately became interested: "If that's the case, I'm willing to go to Shuofang!"

"Uh,"

Li Shimin's mouth twitched, and then he said with a bit of a smile: "There is no need to send out a large army, but we can cooperate with Wuji and the others' strategy to capture Liang Shidu's people alive, and then release them back to cause more chaos within Liang Shidu!"

"What about the Turks? When will we fight them?"

"this."

Li Shimin hesitated for a moment, then looked at Du Ruhui.

Du Ruhui then murmured, "Although the Turks have been experiencing heavy snow for years, Jie Li Khan's strength hasn't diminished much. Attacking the Turks now won't gain us much, and will only alert them and draw their attention to Liang Shidu's situation!"

"If Jie Li Khan sends troops to assist Liang Shidu, all our plans will fail and the gains will outweigh the losses!"

"Yes! Shuofang, occupied by Liang Shidu, is extremely important to our Tang Dynasty!" Fang Xuanling echoed.

Hearing this, Li Jing sighed helplessly and remained silent.

Li Shimin glanced at him, then looked at Fang Xuanling, and said as if remembering something, "Xuanling, how is the task I asked you to do going?"

"This"

Fang Xuanling hesitated for a moment, then bowed and said, "Your Majesty, your decree has been sent to Jiangling. I believe His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will respond soon!"

"Well, that's very good!"

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction, then called out to the door, "Wushe, bring in some tea for the gentlemen. We've been talking for so long, they must be thirsty!"

"promise!"

Wushe responded, and soon he came in with people carrying cups of hot tea.

Li Shimin didn't care at first, thinking it was just the usual tea, so he picked it up and took a sip. But as soon as the tea entered his mouth, he felt something was wrong and subconsciously spit it out.

"His Majesty!"

The ministers were shocked when they saw this and quickly looked at Wushe.

Wushe fell to his knees with a thud: "Your Majesty, I deserve to die! Your Majesty, I deserve to die!"

"Ok?"

Li Shimin frowned, and then asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Why do you deserve to die?"

"what?"

Wushe looked up blankly and couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, are you okay?"

"Do you hope that something happens to me?" Li Shimin asked back with some amusement.

"No, no, no, I naturally hope that nothing will happen to Your Majesty, but Your Majesty, you just..."

"Oh, this tea, there's something wrong with this tea!"

"What's the problem?" Wushe was even more confused.

Li Shimin was so angry that he laughed: "Look for yourself!"

As he said this, he handed the teacup to Wushe.

Wushe was stunned for a moment, then took a closer look. He saw that the tea soup inside was pale yellow and clear, completely unlike the tea porridge that Li Shimin usually drank. He was immediately furious and turned to look at the palace servant who was serving the tea: "How dare you! How dare you secretly replace His Majesty's tea!"

"This servant deserves to die! This servant deserves to die! This servant didn't change it! It was Princess Changle who changed it!"

"Changle?"

Hearing the palace attendant's words, Li Shimin was slightly stunned and couldn't help but frowned and asked, "Why did Changle change my tea?"

"She said that it was sent by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince from Jiangling as a gift to Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty can have a taste of it!" A palace servant answered cautiously.

"Prince?"

Li Shimin was stunned again, and then looked at the tea in the cup with a strange expression.

At this moment, Fang Xuanling suddenly spoke up, "May I ask, Your Majesty, is the tea you drank light yellow in color and has a lingering fragrance?"

"Ok?"

Li Shimin tilted his head to glance at Fang Xuanling, then picked up the teacup and sniffed it. It indeed had a fresh and elegant aroma. He couldn't help but ask, "Has the Minister of the Central Secretariat ever tasted this tea?"

"Haha, I've tried it! This tea is called Tuanhuang Tea! It's a specialty of Jiangling!" Fang Xuanling laughed.

Du Ruhui also smiled: "Yes, Your Majesty! I have also tasted it. This tea can boost your spirits and physical strength. Your Majesty may wish to taste it carefully!"

After hearing what the two said, other ministers also began to agree.

"Yes! The taste of this yellow tea is indeed special. It's fragrant! It's fragrant!"

"Not only Tuanhuang Tea, but Jiangling's white wine is also good. It's strong and powerful. It's the kind of wine that real men drink!"

"And that toffee, my kids love it, they're clamoring for me to buy them!"

"Hahaha! My wife has a special liking for Jiangling's silk! She's even sent people to Jiangling to buy some!"

"I think Jiangling's lacquerware and carved porcelain are beautiful, and the craftsmanship is exquisite! I also heard that Jiangling is researching a kind of porcelain that can make sounds! I'm really looking forward to it!"

"Yeah, yeah! I must go to Jiangling when I have time!"

"."

Hearing his ministers talking one after another about the good things about Jiangling, Li Shimin felt as if he was in a different world from them.

Why did Jiangling suddenly have so many things that I didn’t know about?

What is going on here?

When was my Chang'an captured by Jiangling?
Everyone fell in love with Jiangling!
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