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

Chapter 164: To exchange sincerity for sincerity, to repay blood debt with blood debt [ask for monthly ticket]

"Idiot! Jiro is an idiot!!"

When Li Yuan heard Li Chengqian's complaints, he also became furious and scolded Li Shimin.

"Why is he always focused on his own little piece of land? Why can't he take a longer-term view?!"

"It was like this when we launched the Xuanwu Gate, and it's still like this now!"

"Do fathers and sons have to scheme against each other like this? Can't they just work together and get things done?!"

"How can this be absurd! How could such a scourge emerge from my Li family?!"

"Does he know that he has set a bad example for the descendants of the Li family? This bastard! This bastard!"

"Grandpa, calm down! Grandpa, calm down!"

Seeing that Li Yuan was getting more and more agitated, Li Chengqian quickly tried to comfort him: "Now that things have come to this, it's useless to scold him any more. Let's not hurt ourselves for him!"

"But Jie Li was let go in vain!" Li Yuan sighed unwillingly.

Upon hearing this, Li Chengqian remained silent and then turned to look at Su Dingfang.

Su Dingfang was seen sitting there with a depressed look on his face, clutching his knees tightly, looking unhappy.

It was obvious that he was also very disappointed about letting Jie Li go.

Looking at Xue Rengui again, although he was wiping the Mo Dao in his hand, his whole body revealed a sense of anger that had nowhere to vent.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian felt he needed to calm them down, so he suddenly smiled and said, "Even if Jie Li runs back, he won't be able to accomplish much!"

"Ok?"

Everyone was slightly stunned when they heard this, and couldn't help but look at Li Chengqian.

But Li Yuan asked doubtfully, "What do you mean, grandson?"

"To be honest, Grandpa, when I learned that Jie Li was among the reinforcements, I sent the Wolf Fang Guards to raid his tribe. Now, he has returned with a mess!" Li Chengqian said with a smile.

"What!?"

Li Yuan was shocked, and then said with surprise: "Is this true?!"

"Of course it's true! How could I possibly lie to Grandpa!"

"Hahaha!"

Li Yuan threw his head back and laughed, praising him repeatedly: "Well, well, well! My good grandson! You did a great job!"

"What Wolf Fang Guard?"

Su Dingfang asked doubtfully, "Has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince trained new guards?"

"Not the new guard!"

Xue Rengui shook his head with amusement and said, "But he is also considered a new guard commander!"

"What do you mean?"

"Oh, let me tell you this, they are Turks who have surrendered to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Xue Rengui explained with a smile, "That day, we were having a barbecue in the mountains when a group of people suddenly appeared and said they wanted to join His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Later, we learned that they were actually Tuli's men. He surrendered to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and even gave his elite cavalry to His Royal Highness as a guard!"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince recruited them into the Eastern Palace Guards and named them the Wolf Fang Guards!"

"what?"

Su Dingfang's face was filled with astonishment. He immediately glanced at Li Chengqian strangely and said, "There's actually such a thing!"

"Yes, I didn't expect that Tuli would actually come to me! And he gave me such a big gift," Li Chengqian said with his hands spread out.

Su Dingfang asked cautiously, "But will those Turkic cavalrymen really be loyal to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

"This"

Li Chengqian hesitated for a moment and said, "In fact, in my opinion, whether they are loyal to me or not is not important. As long as they can complete the tasks I have assigned to them, that is enough!"

"That's right. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince won't bring them with him anyway, so it doesn't matter whether they are there or not!" Xue Rengui echoed.

Su Dingfang glanced at him and said thoughtfully, "If they sincerely surrender to His Royal Highness, how should we arrange for them?"

"What's the big deal? Since you're truly committed to me, I'll treat you with sincerity!"

Li Yuan said with some amusement: "Could it be that the Tang Dynasty cannot tolerate a group of barbarians?"

"Well, Grandpa is right!"

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "If others treat me with sincerity, I will repay them with kindness! If others treat me like a piece of trash, I will treat them like a piece of trash!"

"This"

Upon hearing this, Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang looked at each other and said in unison: "Your Highness the Crown Prince is wise!"

the other side.

Yu Gushe, the commander of the Wolf Fang Guard, had just led a brand new Turkic cavalry to a small hill about ten miles away from the Jie Li tribe.

At this time, one of Yu Gushe's personal guards asked hesitantly, "Ye Hu, are we really going to raid the Jie Li tribe?"

"What? You don't dare anymore?" Yu Gushe turned his head to look at him and asked coldly.

But he sighed and said, "If we raid Jie Li's tribe, he will definitely take revenge on us!"

"Humph!"

Yu Gushe snorted coldly and said with disdain, "Do you think I'm afraid of his revenge? Do you think he can still hold on to the Khan's throne?"

"This"

Upon hearing this, the personal guard was speechless.

Yu Gushe warned solemnly, "Also, don't call me Ye Hu from now on. Call me the Grand Commander. I'm afraid His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will misunderstand!"

"From now on, we are no longer members of any tribe on the grassland. We are the Wolf Fang Guard, one of the six commanders of the Eastern Palace. Do you understand?"

"Ming, understand."

"Alright, keep moving forward. We must capture them before Jie Li returns!"

"Yes!"

Soon, Yu Gushe led his men and headed straight for the Jie Li tribe. In less than half an hour, they rushed into the defenseless Jie Li tribe and attacked and killed the Jie Li tribe.

The people of Jie Li were killed and fled in all directions, crying for their parents.

"Hahaha! I never thought Jie Li would end up like this!"

Yu Gushe happily waved the weapon in his hand and gave orders to his subordinates one after another.

"Kill all of Jie Li's people!"

"Take no prisoners!"

He wanted to let Jie Li also taste the feeling of losing his home.

It was just like when Jie Li forced them into a desperate situation, forcing them to abandon their tribe and flee everywhere.

As the saying goes, tit for tat. It’s not that there is no tael, it’s just that the time has not come yet.

He didn't know how many times he had fantasized about this day, and now, he finally avenged his people.

But he wants not only revenge, but also gratitude.

He felt that he needed to repay Li Chengqian for giving him this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

So, after a round of burning and killing in Jie Li's tribe, he issued a new order: "Take away all the good things here and present them to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Yes!"

When the subordinates heard the order, they started searching everywhere without saying a word.

Everything that could be taken away was taken away, and anything that could not be taken away was burned.

It was not until dawn that they returned with a full load, leaving behind a mess.

At the same time, in a valley at the foot of Yinshan Mountain.

Jie Li, who had luckily escaped the pursuit of the Tang army, was leading his few remaining troops to hide from the wind and snow in the valley.

For him, this war was probably the biggest defeat he had ever suffered in his life.

Even though he had escaped by chance, he still found it hard to let go. He let the wind and snow fall on him and refused to move a step.

Only when his body was covered with snow did he roar to the sky in anger: "Damn the Tang people! I must have revenge! I must kill all the Tang people! Ah——!"

Hearing his long roar, the Turkic soldiers who were hiding from the wind and snow in the valley looked at each other, but did not dare to make a sound.

Because they all knew how big a blow this defeat was to Jie Li, no one dared to offend him.

However, not everyone was afraid to talk to Jie Li, such as Zhao Deyan.

After arranging for the Turkic soldiers to light a fire for warmth, he cautiously approached Jie Li and whispered comfortingly, "Great Khan, we have a saying in the Central Plains: 'As long as the green mountains remain, there is no fear of running out of firewood.' As long as we return to our tribe, we will surely be able to regroup and achieve greater glory!"

"Humph!"

Jie Li snorted coldly and ignored him.

Zhao Deyan chuckled a few times and continued, "I understand that the Khan must be somewhat resentful of me. My plan was wrong. I didn't expect Li Chengqian to come to Shuofang, nor did I expect that Li Chengqian would have such a powerful army at his command!"

"but."

As he spoke, he changed the subject and continued, "It's not like we haven't gained anything!"

"What's the catch?"

Jie Li couldn't help but look at him sideways.

But Zhao Deyan laughed and said, "Think about it, Great Khan. Is it really a good thing for the Tang Dynasty to have a prince with such a powerful military force? Or, for Li Shimin, can he really be assured?"

"You know, he's a man without moral integrity who murdered his own brothers and seized his father's throne through a mutiny!"

"Isn't he afraid that his son will one day kill his brother and seize his throne?"

"This"

Jie Li's pupils shrank suddenly, and he immediately became interested: "Go on!"

"hehe!"

Zhao Deyan smiled and patted the snow off Jie Li's shoulders. He then said flatteringly, "The Turks are a powerful ethnic group, second only to the Han Chinese in the Central Plains. I remember that during the Turkic heyday, they had an army of a million. Bullying the Central Plains dynasties was as easy as eating and drinking water!"

"Even if we're not as strong as we were in the past, we still have an army of 200,000 or 300,000. Why should we worry about the current defeat?"

"What's more, we can use this defeat to flatter the Tang Dynasty Crown Prince, causing them to kill each other, and we can reap the benefits. Isn't that wonderful?"

"Oh?"

Jie Li's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but ask, "How do you flatter someone and then kill him? How do you sit back and reap the benefits? Tell me!"

"Don't worry, Khan! We can make detailed plans once we return to the tribe!"

Zhao Deyan raised his hand to interrupt Jie Li's curiosity. He then glanced at the remaining Turkic troops behind him, restrained his smile, and said solemnly: "Although this defeat has caused us huge losses, the army commanded by the Khan still has problems!"

"what is the problem?"

Jie Li frowned.

But Zhao Deyan said solemnly, "That day, I followed the Khan's order to persuade the Tang army to surrender, and it was about to succeed. However, Yan openly disobeyed the Khan's order and slaughtered the Tang army, which aroused the Tang army's rebellion and led to the subsequent collapse of the entire line.
Therefore, after the Khan returns, the most urgent task is to strictly discipline the army. The army must obey only your orders, and no one can disobey! "

"This"

Jie Li hesitated for a moment, a fierce look flashing in his eyes. He said, "You're right! I was too indulgent towards them, which is why they became so bold!"

After saying this, he turned his head to look at the wind and snow outside, and said with a dazed look: "When Yan comes back, I will definitely punish him!"

"hehe."

Zhao Deyan smiled with satisfaction upon hearing this, and continued, "This heavy snow should continue for a while. Let's go inside and hide from the snow first, and then return to the tribe after it stops!"

"Alright! Let's go back to the tribe, regroup, and create brilliance together!"

After Zhao Deyan's guidance, Jie Li felt much better.

So they stayed in the valley for a day and a night, and only when the snow stopped did they set out again on their journey back to the tribe.

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