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The Turks retreated

That night, Fang Xuanling and Ma returned to Chang'an City on Tuesday, and when they heard the news that the covenant had been completed, Li Shimin, the talented emperor, also breathed a sigh of relief, and encouraged Fang and Ma to let them go down.

The sun had set in the west, the twilight was heavy, Li Shimin's face was heavy, there was no sadness or joy, standing by the railing, looking at the vast night, silent for a long time.

Not far behind him, there was only Wang Jingzhong, an inner attendant, waiting, seeing that it was late at night, Li Shimin was still standing still in that posture, Wang Jingzhong was also anxious, so he had to call softly: "Everyone, it's time for dinner, the queen is waiting."

Li Shimin's body moved when he heard this, and he said straight without looking back: "Go and pass the word, don't wait for me, let the queen eat first"

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Wang Jingzhong responded softly when he heard this, went down to send someone to pass the word, and stood behind him again.

After a long time, Li Shimin sighed leisurely, "Jing Zhong, you say, will I become a faint monarch and a mediocre lord in the annals of history?"

Wang Jingzhong's face was shocked when he heard this, and he knelt down and said: "Where do you say this, everyone loves the people, reviews state affairs day and night, and even forgets to eat meals, or the palace sends meals, so hard work, everyone must be a good emperor who will be famous for future generations." His voice was sad, and he wiped his tears as he spoke, as if he felt very sorry for Li Shimin.

When Li Shimin heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he sneered: "Good emperor...... Hehe, they were all beaten to the city of Jingshi by foreign races, and their names were passed on to future generations, I'm afraid it will be a sound of shame." Saying that, Li Shimin sighed again.

When Wang Jingzhong heard this, he said: "Don't think so, everyone has ended the turbulent times of the Sui Dynasty, and let the people of the world settle down and live and work in peace and contentment, which is a great achievement, and only the three emperors of Yaoshun can compare."

Li Shimin also smiled when he heard it, sweeping the world, this is his greatest achievement so far, and he likes others to say this the most.

Li Shimin is Li Shimin after all, and he is only in such a state of decadence for a while, and after being praised by Wang Jingzhong like this, he also flicked his sleeves and walked towards the Ganlu Palace.

The next day, the east was white, the sky was just bright, and the court meeting began, and this time Li Pojun also participated.

First of all, Fang Ma and the two talked about the covenant, and the ministers were also overjoyed when they heard this, those three conditions were already very decent, of course, there were also strong and righteous times to call shame, and then the eldest grandson Wuji reported on the placement and reward of those young men who pretended to be soldiers in Chang'an, some post-war trivial matters, the sun had risen in the evening, and it was not far from Shizheng.

Li Shimin led all the men and horses out of the city from the Xuanwu Gate, Li Pojun followed, all the way to the Weishui side, and saw from a distance Jieli Khan and other people were already waiting on the bridge.

Then, the two gentlemen met, and they had a pleasantry, but both parties wanted to make an alliance as soon as possible, quickly disperse, and go back to their respective homes.

The Turks came in a hurry, went in a hurry, Jieli Khan saw the lively and stubborn lost thinking, before noon was in a hurry to order the withdrawal of the army, the three sides of the more than 100,000 troops are a thorn in his heart, do not hurry back to his sky high on the steppe, Jieli Khan's heart is fluttering.

On the Xuanwu Gate, Li Shimin watched as all the Turkic troops on the north side of Weishui were withdrawn, and even many tents, weak and sick horses were too lazy to bring them, and they were thrown everywhere along the Weishui coast.

Watching the Turkic army roar north with smoke and dust, Li Shimin was also deeply relieved.

This toss, Li Shimin, who is still twenty-eight or nineteen years old and in the prime of life, is still exhausted, and after this time of majesty and domineering, it is Li Shimin who bears the great risk of dying again and again.

Although the Turks went south this time, they had unlimited scenery and fought all the way to the capital city of the Tang Dynasty, which was worthy of boasting of Jieli Khan, but in fact they did not get anything.

The Weishui Alliance in history, the Turks asked the Tang Dynasty for a large amount of gold and silver materials, and emptied the treasury of the Tang Dynasty, but now due to a slight shift in history, not only Li Pojun's Shence Army helped, but also the return of the counterinsurgency army from all over the country, if it were not for the Tang Dynasty's strong inward, no national strength to fight again, this time the Turkic 200,000 strong people are afraid that they will all stay in the Tang Dynasty, but the Tang Dynasty now has an empty army but no food and no money, fighting is money, just someone can't do it, you have to have money, a big war of 120,000 people, The logistics dispatch behind it is extremely huge, just this counterinsurgency army is to completely empty the treasury of the Tang Dynasty, how can it have the strength to fight the Turks again.

Although the Turks have the glory of hitting the other party's capital, but traveling thousands of miles all the way has also consumed a lot of Turkic national strength, at least this winter, Jieli should worry about going to that tribe to grab food.

And the Turks were defeated in the hands of Wei Chigong in Fengzhou and Jingyang, losing forty or fifty thousand troops, which was enough for Jieli Khan to feel distressed for a long time, in general, this time the Turks earned face but lost their hearts, purely on the surface, on the other hand, the Tang Dynasty is the opposite, at least since Li Shimin signed, his face is gloomy, although this time the Tang Dynasty did not lose much, only to supply the grain and grass for the Turks to return to the north, but it was a loss of face, Li Shimin's face was beaten, and he had just ascended the throne, was beaten to the capital by the enemy country and signed an alliance under the city, which made the arrogant Li Shimin how to stand it.

Of course, this shame is left in the history books, and the current people don't think about the history, they only know that when the Turks came, their majesty Li Shimin rode out of the city, mediated with the Turks alone, retreated the Turkic army of 200,000, avoided a great war, and earned great prestige for Li Shimin, which Li Shimin did not expect.

Three days later, in the Shenlong Palace, Li Shimin sat on the main seat, Li Pojun sat under him, the civil and military officials sat second, and the palace maids served a steady stream of wine and food.

The drums in the arena were loud and cheerful, but this time the banquet was held to celebrate the suppression of the Youyan rebellion and the repulsion of the Turks.

It's just that Li Pojun's interest is not high, if he didn't know that everyone here is not such a mediocre official, Li Pojun would not come, in Li Pojun's opinion, where to repel the Turks, it is just to sign an alliance under the city, and grovel to invite away the Turkic bandits, and the face of the Tang Dynasty is lost.

Originally, Li Pojun was still indignant in his heart, and after learning that the tripartite counterinsurgency army had returned to his division, he was still thinking about whether he could encircle the Turkic army of 200,000 in the hinterland of Gyeonggi in one fell swoop.