Datang: Just been appointed as the crown prince, the counterattack system is here

Chapter 149 Li Chengqian: Am I the Son of God? [Seeking monthly votes]

"Li Shimin must have thought I was no longer capable, so he dared to treat me so lightly. How despicable!"

Jie Li complained angrily in the Khan's tent, "I've already sent an envoy almost half a month ago, and there's still no reply! Do you want me to go south to the Wei River again?!"

"Khan calm down!"

Zhao Deyan smiled and consoled him, "Winter on the grasslands is over, and spring is coming soon. When spring comes, we'll be able to recover. By then, it will be easy for our horses to drink from the Wei River, right?"

"What's more, after what happened at the Wei River last time, Li Shimin wouldn't dare to refuse your terms!"

"Too!"

Jie Li finally revealed a satisfied smile, which then slowly froze. His voice became a little low, with a hint of regret: "However, if I had not agreed to form an alliance with Li Shimin, perhaps I wouldn't have to return to the grassland and suffer disaster."

"The past is the past, now it's time to focus on the present!"

Zhao Deyan said this disapprovingly, then picked up a leg of lamb, took a bite with relish, and continued, "The most important thing now is to deal with the remaining Tuli troops!"

"They are like venomous wolves waiting for revenge. We must be on guard!"

"That's right! You're right!"

Jie Li picked up the wine cup, drank it down in anger, and then said with a fierce look in his eyes: "Unless Tuli is eliminated, the hatred in my heart will never be relieved!"

"hehe."

Zhao Deyan smiled, then took a quick look at Jie Li's expression before letting go of his smile. He sighed and said, "Originally, we didn't want to clash with Tuli so soon, but Tuli is so ignorant of the current situation that he refuses to even give us a little food and supplies. Isn't this clearly a disrespect to the Khan?"

"Yes! You are right!"

Jie Li was furious and said, "Tuli no longer cares about me, the Great Khan, so I must deal with him! So that the tribes of the grassland can see who is the king of the grassland!"

"But, Great Khan, have you noticed that those who have recently rebelled against you are all Turks, while people from other tribes are more obedient?"

"Ok?"

Hearing Zhao Deyan's words, Jie Li was slightly stunned and couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean by that?"

"hehe."

Zhao Deyan smiled awkwardly, then put down the lamb leg in his hand, wiped the grease off his hands, and said with a smile:
"In fact, the fundamental reason for the enduring prosperity of the Central Plains dynasties was the integration of multiple ethnic groups. Look at the Tang Dynasty: there were Han, Xianbei, Mohe, Khitan, Tibetan, Nanzhao, Goguryeo, and even Turks, and they all lived together happily!"

"On the other hand, although the Turks also controlled many tribes, they were never able to integrate them together. Therefore, every time they went into battle, they relied on the Turks themselves to lead the charge. This was actually disadvantageous to the Turks!"

"Well, you have a point."

Jie Li pondered this carefully and said with deep conviction, "My grassland tribes are no less numerous than those in the Central Plains, but we have never been able to form the great fusion of the Central Plains dynasties!"

Having said that, he stepped forward a few steps to Zhao Deyan and asked, "Do you have any good ideas that can help me integrate all the tribes?"

"Don't worry, Khan!"

Zhao Deyan gave a pretentiously profound smile, then picked up the wine pot and poured Jie Li a glass of wine before continuing, "The emperors of the Central Plains dynasties loved to use the art of imperial balance, which meant giving each race a certain amount of preferential treatment, allowing them to accept each other and gradually integrate."

"Today, the Khan has always been mainly Turkic. Although it is beneficial to the Khan's rule, if we want the grassland to form a dynasty like the Central Plains, we must get closer to other tribes and let them feel the Khan's love and treat them equally!"

Jie Li picked up his wine glass, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "You mean, I should treat them with the same preferential treatment as the Turks?"

"No, we can't treat them the same way as the Turks. We must treat them better than the Turks!"

"Why?"

Zhao Deyan smiled mysteriously. "As the saying goes, 'One who eats someone's food will be soft-hearted, and one who takes someone's money will be grateful.' If the other tribes felt that the Khan valued them more than the Turks, would they still be so distant from the Khan as they are now? Wouldn't they have been conquered by the Khan's love long ago?"

"By then, even without the Turks, the Great Khan will be able to completely rule the grasslands, and there will be no Turkic khans like Tuli who only care about himself and not the Great Khan!"

"That's right! You're right! It's because I was too kind to Tuli and the others that they dared to disobey me! If I had treated them the same as other tribes, or treated them differently, would they still dare to disobey me? I can still rule the grasslands without them!"

When Jie Li heard what Zhao Deyan said, it was like a sudden enlightenment, and his thoughts became clear in an instant.

Then, he said solemnly, "Originally, I was a little worried about you asking the Tang Dynasty for the opinions of the Khitans. Now I think you were absolutely right!"

"If the Khitan tribes submit to me wholeheartedly, they will be no worse than Tuli!"

"Furthermore, if we go to war with the Tang Dynasty, it will be the Khitans who will die, which will also benefit the Turks in my own tribe!"

Having said that, I couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Hahaha!"

"Report——!"

Just when Jie Li was getting carried away, a voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty has sent someone to deliver a message saying that the Tang Emperor has rejected your request and is unwilling to return the Khitans who defected to the Tang Dynasty!"

Hearing this, Jie Li still had a big smile on his face, but his eyes seemed dull and he looked petrified.

It was so unexpected.

He thought his ears had misheard.

Then he turned his head and looked at Zhao Deyan.

The other party also looked surprised.

"What did you say?"

Zhao Deyan rushed out from his seat and shouted, "How dare Li Shimin reject the Khan's terms?"

"Yes, he said that the Khitans and the Turks were not of the same race, and that the Khan had no right to claim it back. He also said that if the Khan wanted to help Liang Shidu, he could do so. After all, Liang Shidu was a fish in his hand and could not escape his grasp."

"Damn it! Damn Li Shimin!!"

Before the reporter could finish his words, Jie Li interrupted him with a roar: "I want to send troops! I want to send troops south!!"

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

Zhao Deyan quickly spoke out to stop Jie Li, his face darkening as he said, "Li Shimin is doing this to provoke the Great Khan to come south and set a trap. The Great Khan must not fall for Li Shimin's provocation!"

"Are you just going to let me go like this?" Jie Li glanced at him coldly.

Zhao Deyan shuddered, but still said, "Although the grasslands have suffered natural disasters, the Central Plains have also suffered natural disasters. In terms of national strength, the Tang Dynasty is simply unable to deal with us. Therefore, as long as we don't go south, Li Shimin will have no way to deal with us."

"In that case, why don't we do our best to protect Liang Shidu? Let him know that even if it's a fish in your hand, you can't eat it just because you want to!"

"Wonderful!"

Jie Li seemed to react, his eyes lit up, and at the same time, the anger in his heart disappeared for the most part.

"Li Shimin doesn't give me face, and I won't give him face either. He can't get what I can't get!"

Jie Li angrily ordered outside the tent: "Come here, beat the drum and tell me to send troops to aid Liang Shidu!"

"Yes!"

The personal guards outside the tent retreated in response.

At this time, Zhao Deyan said thoughtfully: "Although we have decided to send troops to Liangshidu, we still have to find other ways to compensate the Khitan tribe for the conditions they agreed to. Otherwise, Tuli will collude with the Khitan tribe, which will still be disadvantageous to us."

"Ok?"

Jie Li was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Any other way to compensate?"

"I need to think about this carefully!" "Okay! You can do the brainwork, and I'll handle the fighting!"

Jie Li readily agreed to Zhao Deyan's request, then strode out of the tent, cursing, "I just don't believe it. If I can deal with Li Shimin once, I can't deal with him twice!"

At the same time, the Khitan tribe.

In the tent of the Khitan chief Mo Hui.

The bonfire was burning brightly, and the mutton bone soup above the bonfire was boiling, emitting fragrant white smoke.

Mo Hui, who was sitting in the main seat, drank kumis and looked at Tuli on his right from time to time.

Seeing that Tuli looked sad, he wanted to say something but stopped himself several times.

After a while, a strong young man sitting opposite Tuli appeared and said with a smile: "Tuli Khan, don't worry. The conditions my father proposed are just to appease Jieli Khan. He will not betray you!"

"Brother Ku, I believe in the Great Chief and our friendship. I'm not worried about that!"

Upon hearing this, Tuli couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, "I'm worried about whether my subordinates can complete that task!"

"This"

Da He Ku Ge and Mo Hui exchanged a glance, only to hear Mo Hui curiously ask, "I've never understood why you chose to seek refuge with a little kid instead of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Could this little kid be the Son of God?"

"hehe."

When Tuli heard what Mohui said, he couldn't help but laugh: "Although he is not the Son of God, he is almost the same as the Son of God!"

"what?"

Daha Kugo and Mohui were surprised.

But Da He Ku Ge hurriedly asked: "Tu Li, we have been friends for many years, please don't hide it from me, tell me what is going on!"

"Yes, Tuli Khan, we Khitans value friendship the most, you know!" Mo Hui couldn't help but agree.

Tuli glanced at the father and son, hesitated slightly, and then told them everything he knew, half true and half false.

After hearing this, the father and son opened their mouths wide and their eyes almost popped out of their heads in shock.

After a long while, Mo Hui said with lingering fear: "Fortunately, we didn't get too close to Jie Li. If the Tang Dynasty had such a magical object, it would be only a matter of time before the Turks were destroyed!"

"Yes, this is incredible. The yield per mu is several thousand kilograms. This is simply a magical thing!"

Da He Ku Ge also echoed with a look of shock on his face.

Tuli smiled knowingly, glanced at the father and son meaningfully, and said, "So, what do you think? Was it wrong for me to choose to join the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty?"

"This"

The father and son exchanged a glance, and then Mo Hui asked in confusion, "So, there's a conflict between the Tang Dynasty Crown Prince and the Tang Dynasty Emperor?"

"I think so. I don't know much, but I trust my intuition. It's definitely the right thing to do to join him! After all, he's truly blessed by God!"

Tuli said firmly, "Besides, the Central Plains has always had the merit of following the emperor. Since we are all joining the Tang Dynasty, why shouldn't I choose the one with a better future?"

"This"

The father and son looked at each other again, but could not say anything.

The next moment, a voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Great Chief, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has rejected Jie Li Khan's conditions and is unwilling to return those defectors!"

"Hahaha!"

Upon hearing this, Mo Hui couldn't help but laugh out loud.

And Da He Ku Ge had an expression that said I knew it.

As for Tuli, he still looked worried.

Because this news was not what he wanted.

Regardless of whether Li Shimin agreed to Jie Li's conditions, the Khitan tribe would not betray him.

Therefore, there is only one piece of news that he really cares about.

That is.
"Report——!"

Before Mo Hui's laughter died down, another report came from outside the door: "A letter from Tuli Khan's troops!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Tuli stood up from his seat instantly, unable to hide his excitement.

At this time, Mo Hui and Daha Kugo also stopped laughing and stood up from their seats.

Although they knew that Tuli's choice was a bit crazy, they still had some expectations for it.

Tuli rushed out of the tent without saying a word and snatched the letter from the person who reported it.

Then he opened the letter in his hand without any hesitation.

After seeing that the words above were written by his subordinates, he was so excited that he trembled all over.

"Khan, we are now one of the six commanders of the Eastern Palace, the Wolf Fang Guard."

As soon as I saw the first sentence, Tuli almost cried.

"Hahaha! It's done! It's done!"

"This"

When Mo Hui and his son heard Tuli's laughter, they looked at each other in surprise.

At this time, Daha Kuge, a good friend of Tuli, stepped forward first and asked with a puzzled look on his face, "Tuli, what's going on? Is there any news about the Tang Dynasty Crown Prince?"

"what?"

Tuli reacted in a split second, quickly turned around, hugged Mo Hui, and said excitedly: "Yes, my good brother! My subordinate was recruited by the Tang Dynasty Crown Prince. I made the right choice! He is really amazing!"

"You can't imagine how terrifying his cavalry is! Yu Gushe said he followed them all the way, and the sight of that cavalry gave him a chill!"

"If he hadn't mustered up the courage that night and crossed mountains and rivers to approach the Tang Dynasty prince, he wouldn't have dared to confront him head-on."

"This"

When Daha Kugo heard this, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

But Tuli became more and more excited as he spoke. "Yu Gushe also said that after the Tang Dynasty Crown Prince wiped out Liang Shidu, he would help me kill Jie Li and let me stay on the grassland to cooperate with him from inside and outside. Then, he would send people to deliver supplies and weapons to me to catch Jie Li off guard!"

Having said this, he let go of Da He Ku Ge and fixed his gaze on Mo Hui, saying with a stern look, "Great Chief, do you want to join me in 'leading the way for the king'?"

"What!?"

Mo Hui and his son were shocked when they heard this.

They never expected that Tuli would instigate them to rebel at this time.

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