Chapter 66: If you don't win the last battle, you will die

On the Baidao Plateau in the north of Tiemen Mountain, in the distance in a valley, there was the sound of people shouting and neighing.

With a machete in hand, Jieli Khan rushed out of the tent in a panic.

Jieli said in fear: "What happened?" ”

A personal guard hurriedly came over and said, "Qiyu Khan, it's Ashina Sheer who is here."

Jie Li threw down the machete and walked into the tooth tent.

Ashina Sheer walked into the tooth tent and gave Jieli a salute.

Ashina Sheer said: "Khan, only four thousand sons have been found. ”

Jieli said with a disappointed face: "Only four thousand? Of the 350,000 horses, only 4,000 remained? ”

Ashina Sheer nodded.

Jieli sat down and said, "Ashina Sheer, what should we do?" Going to the North? ”

Ashina Sheer said: "Khan, we should send envoys to Chang'an to ask Li Jiancheng to surrender." ”

Jieli suddenly jumped up and said, "Send an envoy to Chang'an?" To beg Li Jiancheng? Ashina Sheer, is your brain confused by ice and snow? ”

Ashina Sheer smiled bitterly and said: "Great Khan, the Han people have a saying, it is called to use the way of others, and give back to others......"

Jieli rolled his eyes in doubt and said, "You mean, we pretend to surrender?" ”

Ashina Sheer nodded and said, "Now the snow is too big, even if the sons and daughters know that the Great Khan is here, they won't be able to come for a while." Let's send an envoy to the south and pretend to surrender. When the men and horses of the various tribes are gathered again, whether to fight or withdraw, it is all up to the Great Khan to decide. ”

Jieli said with a knowing smile on his face: "Good idea, Ashina Sheer, just do what you do." ”

Bu Lugen came out and said: "Great Khan, let's take a trip to Chang'an!" ”

Jieli nodded and said: "Okay, ride my chasing the wind, ordinary war horses will take at least ten days or half a month to reach Chang'an, but chasing the wind, at most five days!" ”

Bu Lugen nodded.

In the expectant gaze of Jieli Khan, Bu Lugen jumped up to chase the wind, with only more than 100 horses, one person and three horses galloping towards Chang'an.

……

Li Yuan stood at the door of the main hall, with several concubines standing beside him.

The chamberlains and palace maids were busy, moving all kinds of items from the main hall.

Concubine Yin Defei said with a reluctant expression: "Emperor Taishang, Your Majesty didn't say that you want us to move out, why are we ......?"

Li Yuan lowered his face and shouted coldly: "Confused, how can there be a reason for the emperor to live outside the Taiji Palace all the time?" ”

Concubine Yin Defei lowered her head aggrievedly.

Li Yuan's face softened, and he sighed and said, "I know, you are used to living here, but you also have to think about it, the prince will be an adult in two years, where do they live?" ”

An attendant hurriedly ran over and said, "The Emperor, Your Majesty is here." ”

Li Jiancheng strode towards the meteor from a distance.

Li Yuan walked down the steps.

Li Jiancheng looked around at the busy chamberlain and palace maid and said with a wry smile: "Daddy, in fact, you don't have to move to Da'an Palace." ”

Li Yuan waved his hand and said, "This little thing, Da Lang, you don't care." Now that the army is on the Northern Expedition and the affairs of the DPRK and China are busy, you should return to the Hall of Virtue! ”

Li Jiancheng opened his mouth.

Li Yuan said suddenly: "There are still a few major things...... Don't make it clear......"

Li Jiancheng came over a few steps, held Li Yuan's hand and said, "Daddy, you say, I listen." ”

Li Yuan sighed and said, "Beidi Hou Mo Chen Ying, Wuyuan Li Pharmacist...... The public is loyal to the country, the wisdom is unparalleled, the army is strict, and the class teacher will enter the prime minister after returning to the court, and he is indeed a good candidate for the imperial court. ”

Li Jiancheng nodded and said, "Okay, I remember." ”

Li Yuan smiled gloomily and said: "Da Lang, governing the world is public, and the public weapons of the imperial court should not be taken with personal feelings, the Tang Dynasty is the most important, and when the Northern Expedition of the army is victorious, let Mohou Chen Ying directly receive the seal letter shot by Yang Gongren's Shangshu left servant, and Li Yaoshi directly received the seal letter shot by the right servant of Shangshu Province!" Just reward its contribution to Pingbei......"

Li Jiancheng was thoughtful.

……

With Li Yuan's official move to Da'an Palace, he gave up the Ganlu Hall of Taiji Palace and emptied the Wude Palace.

Li Jiancheng finally moved from the East Palace to the Liangyi Hall of the Taiji Palace.

However, Li Jiancheng held the first court meeting in the Liangyi Hall of Taiji Palace, but he received a surrender from the Eastern Turkic Jieli Khan to envoy Jun Bu Lugen.

After a lot of effort, Bu Lugen stumbled to finish reading the table.

Li Jiancheng looked at the Manchu Dynasty Minister of Civil and Military Affairs aggressively, and said in high spirits: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Turkic Jieli Khan asks to surrender, should I accept it?" ”

The ministers were silent for a while.

At this moment, Xiao Yu came out of the ranks, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, Jieli is now in a general trend, and he is willing to bow down and be a minister, this is a great joy, Your Majesty should accept Jieli's submission and seal it in the north of Yulin to balance other Mobei forces." ”

Dai Xuan said: "Your Majesty, what Xiao Shenzheng said is very true, the so-called bitter sea is boundless, and the shore is the shore, originally my Central Plains, I was separated from the Turks inside and outside the Great Wall, communicating with each other, living peacefully, and being consumed by the desire for profit and profit, causing the people of the two countries to suffer from war. Now Jieli is willing to bow down and be a minister, and it is not appropriate for the king to kill again. ”

Fang Xuanling said: "Your Majesty, Jieli is a man-eating wolf, expecting him to eat fasting and chanting Buddha is purely a fool's dream, Jieli sent someone to send a table, this is just a delaying tactic, once Jieli gets out of trouble, he will definitely make a comeback." The minister thinks that he should not be deceived. ”

Li Jiancheng stood up with a solemn face and said: "Jieli can be so perverse, but I can't follow suit, I can't bear to see the people of the world in the war and displaced, since Jieli has offered a surrender, I will allow him." ”

Step deer root is overjoyed.

Wei Zheng was about to defend himself.

Li Jiancheng hurriedly said: "Spread my will, and ordered Tang Jian, the secretary of Honglu Temple, to serve as an envoy to the Turks, bring Jieli to Chang'an, and listen to the fate of the Hou." ”

Xiao Yu said again: "Your Majesty, you should also send an envoy all the way to inform Li Jing to dismiss the army." ”

Li Jiancheng nodded and said: "That's natural, the envoys of the two roads, tomorrow I will go to the Liangyi Hall to face the saint." ”

In the provincial government hall under the door, Fang Xuanling was in a daze with a brush in his hand.

Wei Zheng passed by and found that Fang Xuanling was abnormal, and shook his hand in front of Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling came back to his senses and couldn't help but sigh.

Wei Zheng asked puzzledly, "Xuanling, what's wrong?" Ants? ”

Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly: "I'm worried that this Northern Expedition will not do well and fall short." If you don't die, you will suffer from it! ”

Wei Zheng patted Fang Xuanling on the shoulder, and said with a light smile: "Xuanling, you can relax, I know Your Majesty better than you, Your Majesty has been fighting in the Quartet since the first year of Yiningyuan, and it has always been others who have suffered his losses, when have you heard that he has been plotted?" Your Majesty's abnormal move must have a deep meaning. ”

Fang Xuanling continued to sit there in a daze unwillingly.

In the side hall of the Taiji Palace, Li Jiancheng looked at Bu Lugen and said: "You came from Mobei with a descending table, how much time did you spend on the road?" ”

Bu Lugen said: "The minister traveled day and night, a total of five days. ”

Li Jiancheng nodded and said: "Tang Jian, you should also go to Mobei to surrender this time, you should also travel day and night, the sooner the better, within half a month, you must see Jieli, so as not to dream too ......much at night."

Tang Jian said: "The minister must see Jieli within half a month." ”

Li Jiancheng nodded.

After Tang Jian and the Turkic envoys bowed, they withdrew from the main hall.

Zheng Yuanshou, the envoy of the Tang army camp, went to the palace to salute.

Li Jiancheng hooked his hand and motioned for Zheng Yuanshou to walk in.

Li Jiancheng lowered his voice and said: "You sent the edict to Li Jing this time, don't hurry up, walk slowly, and you are not allowed to arrive at Li Jing's military camp within three months." ”

Zheng Yuanshou looked at Li Jiancheng in confusion and asked puzzledly, "Your Majesty, why is this?" ”

Li Jiancheng straightened his face and scolded: "How can there be so many whys, just do what I say." ”

Zheng Yuanshou bowed and retreated.

……

Mobei Baidao, outside the temporary tooth tent of Jieli,

Dressed in shabby sheepskin and wearing boots with exposed toes, Jieli knelt on the ground and said with a sad and pitiful expression: "Angel of the Kingdom, I have already submitted the surrender table to Li Jing, but he is still desperately behind, chasing and slaughtering our defenseless Turkic people. Please go to the angel of the kingdom to be the master for us! ”

Jieli kept bowing and weeping bitterly.

Tang Jian helped Jieli up and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty has promised the Khan's surrender, as long as you honestly follow me back to Chang'an to ask for guilt, the general will not embarrass you." ”

Jieli said: "Thank you angels!" ”

After a while, Jieli stopped "crying bitterly" and commanded to the left and right: "Please go down and rest the angels of the kingdom!" ”

The Turks led Tang Jian into a tent to rest.

Jieli returned to the tent, took off his torn sheepskin jacket in three or two times, kicked off the broken boots on his feet, and then picked up a glass of mare's milk wine from the table.

Jieli laughed and poured a glass of wine into his mouth.

Jieli laughed and said: "Li Jiancheng, this idiot, can't even see through such a simple plan to delay the army, that kid is already stupid when he stays in Chang'an City." ”

Ashina Sheer sat worriedly on the side in a daze.

Jie kicked Ashina Sheer and said, "Ashina Sheer, what are you doing in a daze?" ”

Ashina Sheer said: "Khan, I'm worried, if we miss the opportunity to surrender this time, I'm afraid Li Jiancheng will never give us such an opportunity again." ”

Jie Li snorted coldly and said, "Next time? I don't need next time, next time, I will take more Turkic iron horsemen to Chang'an to find him. ”

Jieli is not dead, after all, he has already made alliances with more than a hundred tribes and countries. From the west of Goguryeo to Tibet and the Western Turks, the whole world attacked the Tang Dynasty.

Dingxiang City, in the big tent of the Tang Army Camp and the Chinese Army.

Li Jing said with a worried face: "Jieli made peace at this time, and it was clear that it was a delaying tactic, and during these days, there were more than a dozen of the herald cavalry that we intercepted and informed the people of various tribes and clans to return to the building, and maybe there were some that we did not intercept." ”

Du Fuwei nodded and said: "Jieli is cunning and wise, if he is not completely defeated, he will never be sincere." ”

Li Jing said with a worried face: "But if we delay and delay the fighter plane, not only will the lives of the envoys be lost, but half of the 140,000 horses and horses under our current commander can return to the south of the Great Wall alive, it will be good!" ”

Du Fuwei said: "What about His Majesty's edict?" The Turkic envoys were really cunning, working day and night, to bring the edict before our army was dispatched. ”

Li Jing said while thinking about it: "That edict did not ask us to strike the army, but only ordered Jieli to go to Chang'an to ask for guilt. As long as we defeat Jieli, it is too late for him to beg us to spare our lives, how can we harm the lives of the envoys? For these foreign barbarians, courtesy, righteousness and shame do not work, they only believe in strength, as long as you have strength, they will kneel in front of your horse and recognize you as the master! ”

Du Fuwei smiled bitterly: "If we send troops, I am afraid that Your Majesty will suspect us, and we will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected." ”

Li Jing sighed, frowned and muttered, "Your Majesty is a person who knows the army, how can you not see that this is a strategy to delay the army......"

Du Fuwei suddenly remembered something, and said hurriedly: "Pharmacist, do you still remember the tips that Your Majesty gave you?" He said that if you encounter something difficult to decide, you can open it and take a look. ”

Li Jing was stunned, and hurriedly took out the bag from the suitcase and opened it.

Du Fuwei snatched the note, unfolded it and read: "All military affairs are paid to the public, and I will not govern from the middle!" ”

Du Fuwei slowly raised his head and looked at Li Jing in silence.

……

Mobei Baidao, in the tent of Jieli.

Ashina Sheer took two Turkic agents and walked into the tooth tent.

Jieli stood up excitedly.

Ashina Sheer's eyes emitted a green light and said: "Khan, two more are back." ”

Jieli's eyes lit up and he laughed: "Ashina Sheer, you have made great contributions to the Turks, and the gods will remember your merits."

Two Turkic agents saluted Jieli.

Jieli looked at the two spies and said, "How many sons have you brought back?" ”

The Turkic agent said: "Great Khan, five hundred tents." ”

The smile on Jieli's face gradually faded and said, "Five hundred tents? How do I remember that you had five thousand accounts? ”

The Turkic secret service began to wipe his tears and said: "The wind and snow are too big, the Great Khan, and many sons and daughters are frozen to death in the field. ”

Jieli gritted his teeth and roared, "It's all Li Jiancheng's sin...... When we survive this winter, we must let them repay it a hundredfold. ”

Ashina Sheer said: "Khan, we still have to beware of a sneak attack by the Tang Army. ”

Jieli thought for a while and said, "How many people are guarding the road?" ”

Ashina Sheer said: "Twenty-one thousand." ”

Jie Limo rubbed his chin and muttered: "There are fewer troops, you must know that Li Jing has brought 150,000 Tang troops." plus 100,000 Hedong troops of 10 Li Xiaogong, a full 250,000 horses! ”

Ashina Sheer frowned, and said with hesitation: "Khan, there is still a small road, do you want to divide the troops to guard?" ”

Jieli was shocked and said, "Xiaolu? You said the one on the back of Yinshan Mountain? ”

Ashina Sheer nodded.

Jieli shook his head and said, "That road can only go to goats, how can they get by with such heavy snow?" The most important thing now is to keep an eye on that Tang envoy. ”

Ashina Sheer said: "Tang Jian? ”

Jieli nodded and said, "Haosheng watch him, if there is any abnormal behavior, notify me immediately." ”

Ashina Sheer said: "The meaning of the Khan ......"

Jieli said: "If Tang Jian shows signs of escaping, it means that the Tang army will definitely attack." ”

Ashina Sheer said: "Such a big snowstorm ......"

Jieli said: "It's because of the bad weather, so you have to be careful." ”

Dingxiang City, in the big tent of the Tang Army Camp and the Chinese Army

The wind blew violently on the big tent of the Chinese army.

Li Jing glanced at it, kept shaking the top of the tent, and continued to look through the military documents.

Dozens of generals seated in the big tent sat silently.

The marching Sima Du Fuwei and several partial generals lifted the curtain and walked into the big tent, and a large stream of wind and snow followed suit.

Du Fuwei slapped and cleaned up, and said with snowflakes all over his head: "The snow is so big, ten steps away, you can't see people and horses clearly." This ghost weather, I can't pull the bow at all. ”

Li Jing stood up and said, "Is there any new news?" ”

The partial general Xiao Nuo stepped forward and saluted: "General Qiyu, Jieli is still nested in the white road and has not left. ”

Li Jing let out an "oh" and raised his eyebrows: "How is the deployment of the Turkic troops?" ”

Xiao Nuo hesitated for a moment and said: "There are two roads to Jieli Yating, and there are more than 20,000 Turkic cavalry patrolling and guarding the main road to the northwest......

Li Jing was dissatisfied: "More than 20,000? How much more? ”

Xiao Nuo sighed helplessly and said, "The wind and snow are too big, and our scouts can't get close, so they can't really know ......."

Li Jing looked at Du Fuwei helplessly and said, "What about the other way?" ”

Xiao Nuo said: "The other is a small road, which can be directly inserted into the north of the mouth, but it needs to cross the ridge of Yin Mountain, which is difficult for people and horses to pass, and now it is snowing heavily to close the mountain, and it is even more difficult to walk!" ”

Li Jing was silent for a moment and said, "If we are difficult, won't the Turks be difficult?" Since this road is there, we can cross it. ”

Du Fuwei said with a look of surprise on his face: "The general is ready to use troops? ”

Li Jing sighed and said, "We can't afford it!" ”

Du Fuwei was stunned for a moment, and also frowned.

Li Jing said: "The army of more than 100,000 people, every time they stop for one more day, they will consume 200,000 catties of grain. The Central Plains has just taken a breath from the great famine that occurs once in decades, and the emperor has taken out the whole world's family wealth for us to sweep the north......"

Du Fuwei continued: "Since November last year, this battle has been fought for nearly two months, and it is indeed not easy to have such a situation today! ”

Li Jing looked at the door of the big tent, and the howling north wind was raging in his ears.

Li Jing said: "Now that the heavy snow is closed, the dispatch of the army is extremely inconvenient, and there are a lot of frostbitten soldiers. ”

Du Fuwei smiled bitterly: "If that's the case, if Jieli is willing to let us go safe and return to the Central Plains, you and I will call it a fluke!" ”

Li Jing said awe-inspiringly: "I have decided, this situation cannot be dragged on any longer, we must immediately send troops to attack the mouth." ”

Du Fuwei and the generals straightened their backs.

Li Jing looked around at everyone: "This matter is decided by me, and the order is made by me, naturally I don't want you to be responsible, I am the chief of the festival appointed by His Majesty, and I have the power to act cheaply!" ”

Du Fuwei laughed and said: "Joke, you Pharmacist Li dare to take responsibility, is it true that I, Du Fuwei, am I a soft man without backbone?" Since you have decided, naturally the two of us will order together, if you leave me, Sima, aside, I will not follow! ”

Li Jing said with a smile: "That's good, it's still the old charter, you lead the main force, make a feint attack on the main road, and attract the attention of Jieli and the main Turkic forces; I led 10,000 fine horsemen, brought enough food rations for 20 days, crossed the Yin Mountain by the path, and went straight to the mouth. ”

Du Fuwei shook his head and said: "No, you are the commander of the army, you can't be in danger anymore!" This time, let's change it, I will lead the army to attack, you will lead the main force, and make a feint head-on! ”

Li Jing was about to refuse, but Du Fuwei interrupted him without saying anything: "You are close to the sixtieth year this year, but I have just established the year, no matter what, I should do this kind of drudgery!" ”

Li Jing straightened his face and said: "Fu Wei, don't fight anymore, the ice and snow, the army is attacking from afar, the commander is not in the army, where does the morale come from?" This is my commandment, not a consultancy with you! ”

Du Fuwei frowned, but he couldn't say anything more.

Li Jing looked around at the generals in the big tent and said: "Everyone, this time, it is the last battle of the peace in the world, if you don't win, I, Li Jing, the saint of Shanglongen, the court has high hopes, and the people are entrusted by the people, and the soldiers look forward to returning to Middle-earth without a face." ”

All the generals got up one after another and looked at Li Jing with respectful expressions.

Li Jing said: "If you use your lives, then this battle is the last hope for us, the Marquis of Jin; The princes are slack, this ice and snow, thousands of miles away, is where we bury our bones. ”

The generals shouted in unison: "We wait, I am willing to serve to the death!" ”

Li Jing picked up the order and threw it on the ground crackling. yelled: "The army is out, there is no enemy and no me, there is no enemy and I am invincible!" ”

The officers and soldiers of the Tang Army shouted: "There is no enemy and no me, there is no enemy and I am invincible!" ”

。 Nine Heavenly God Emperors