My father, Li Shimin, requests Your Majesty to become the Retired Emperor.

Ashina Simo never expected that the old man following behind Li Shimin was no ordinary person, but Qin Qiong, who specialized in capturing and killing enemy generals.

Qin Qiong immediately tied Ashina Simo up with a rope, pulled out a pair of bronze maces from his waist, held them to Ashina Simo's neck, and said sternly, "Who dares to move?"

"If anyone tries to move, I'll kill them!"

This sudden change stunned everyone.

They didn't expect Li Shimin to pull this stunt.

If they resist now, Ashina Simo will likely be in grave danger.

"Ashina Simo, why aren't you telling your men to put down their weapons?" Qin Qiong pressed his mace even harder.

"Who are you?" Ashina Simo stared wide-eyed at the old man.

"I am Qin Qiong."

Ashina Simo was taken aback: "So you are the famous Qin Qiong."

"Aren't you sick?"

"He was ill, but he has just recovered." Qin Qiong immediately searched Ashina Simo's body and found the military tally, which he then handed over to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin immediately confiscated Ashina Simo's military power: "Ashina Simo, it's not that I want to take away your military power, but what you've done makes it impossible for me to explain to the civil and military officials. For now, I'll take you back to Chang'an and imprison you in the Dali Temple's jail, so Dai Zhou can interrogate you properly!"

"Your Majesty, you promised my army that it would maintain its independent designation and not accept reorganization. Aren't you going back on your word by doing this?" Ashina Simo was very indignant.

"I did agree, but I didn't agree that you could mobilize the army at will!"

"Now that you have surrendered to our Great Tang, your army must abide by our military discipline and accept the orders and commands of the Ministry of War. How can you move your troops without authorization?"

"This—." Ashina Simo was speechless.

Ashina Zhong, Ashina Misha, and the others panicked, not knowing what to do.

Besides, Li Shimin was the Heavenly Khan, whose fame spread far and wide, and people regarded him as a god.

Li Shimin's prestige was undeniable; who wouldn't be afraid?

Moreover, Chang He is by his side. Chang He is the commander of the Imperial Guards. Who knows how many Imperial Guards are behind him?

Just at this time,

All that could be seen on the hillside were the Imperial Guards, who had charged down.

In this way, Li Shimin successfully seized Ashina Simo's military power and brought more than 100,000 Turkic troops back to Chang'an.

Li Shimin first imprisoned Ashina Simo, Ashina Zhong, Ashina Misha, and others, and then reorganized their armies, dispersing them to various places and camps.

As a result, the more than 100,000 Turkic troops were all scattered and could no longer be regrouped, and could only obey the command and mobilization of the court.

then,

Liu Bang was defeated by Xiang Yu.

He and Cao Shen stormed into Han Xin's military camp and seized Han Xin's military power.

Li Shimin was well-versed in the classics and history, and had a thorough understanding of that period of history.

Therefore, Fang Xuanling suggested that Li Shimin follow Liu Bang's example.

This trick worked really well.

Li Shimin completely absorbed Ashina Simo's army without losing a single soldier.

Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief.

Because these 100,000-plus Turkic troops were of great importance to him.

However, the 30,000 troops that Su Wan took away could not be recovered.

Li Shimin thought to himself that Su Wan was really clever; she actually managed to trick Li Tai out of 30,000 troops.

Thirty thousand men is no small number, and it includes infantry, cavalry, and navy.

Li Shimin grew angrier the more he thought about it.