Chapter 321: The Prince Defeated Without Defeat, and the Turks Defeated Without Victory!
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The guards of the East Palace put on a dark gold cloak of gold weaving and embroidery for Li Jiancheng, and the prince of the Tang Dynasty and the generalissimo of the Northern Expedition slowly walked to the table under the protection of a group of East Palace Qianniu and Qin Xun Yiwei.
This is the Youzhou military capital closed.
Jundu Pass, that is, the Juyong Pass of later generations, the northwest gateway of Youzhou, and the Tongsai of Jin.
The large table was made of improvised logs, and the wood still smelled good.
On both sides of the long table, celebrities gathered.
Qu Tutong, Liu Hongji, Yin Kaishan, Duan Zhixuan, Chai Shao, Dou Rail, Duan Lun, Dou Dan....
Li Shentong, Li Daozong, Changsun Shunde, Qian Jiuyue, Fan Shixing, Yang Mao, An Xiuren, Wang Changkai, Shi Danai, Shi Wanbao......
Wei Ting, Feng Li......
Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong, Cheng Yanjin, Luo Shixin, Shan Xiongxin, Niu Jinda, Wang Junkuo, Xue Wanche, Xue Wanjun, Wu Heimin, Li Junxian......
Every military general who is fully dressed is famous and brave.
But at this time, they were all focused on the military capital and stood behind Li Jiancheng.
The stars will shine and the fierce generals will gather.
Since Li Jiancheng led his troops to Hebei, the three elite regiments in Guanzhong converged with the soldiers and horses of Hebei and Shandong, and Li Jiancheng had 100,000 troops.
Li Jiancheng commanded the army and fought a series of battles with Gao Kaidao and the Turkic army in the area of Youji. Although the Turks had the advantage of cavalry, the elite of the Tang army also had the strength of bows and crossbows, and the two sides fought one after another, causing damage to each other.
But the Turks did not get any benefit in the hands of the Tang army, especially in the Great Wall, the Tang army relied on the numerous cities and fortresses in the area of Youji, forming a tight defensive line, which could be attacked and defended.
The Turkic cavalry did not have much advantage here.
Repeated tear-ups.
The thistle became a meat grinder.
Li Jiancheng's advisers are like rain, fierce generals are like clouds, and soldiers are brave.
The more they fought, the more difficult it became for the Turks, and one city after another was recovered by the Tang army, and the Turks fought more and more and retreated. Three days ago, Qin Qiong, Dou Dan, Duan Lun, and Chai Shao unified their armies and successfully surrounded Gao Kaidao. The two sides fought on the bank of the Sanggan River, although Gao Kaidao desperately resisted and broke through, he was finally stabbed to death by the general of Yulin, the governor of Tongzhou, Shangzhu State, and Qin Qiong, the prince of Yiguo, the squire of the military department.
The rebels under Gao Kaidao were scattered like birds and beasts, and most of them were captured.
Luo Shixin, Shan Xiongxin, Wei Chigong, Cheng Yanjin, Niu Jinda, Wang Junkuo, Xue Wanjun, and Xue Wanche fought with the Turkic cavalry under the military capital, broke the Turkic army, and killed more than 5,000.
These two battles laid the foundation for the victory of the Tang army in Youji, and the Turks abandoned the army and retreated to Ulzhou and Yunzhou.
Li Yuanji also made good progress on the battlefield in Hedong, taking advantage of the opportunity when Li Jiancheng contained a large number of Turkic soldiers and horses in Hebei, and frequently launched attacks on the Turkic army with Li Shiji, Su Dingxing, Princess Pingyang, etc.
The intensive raid battles were annoying to the Turks.
In particular, Li Shiji set up a strong wall and cleared the wilderness on the front line of Taiyuan and Daizhou, so that the Turkic army in the south could not plunder on the spot and feed the war with war.
On the Western Front, Luo Yi broke the Liang division and beheaded more than 10,000 people.
A series of news reached the ears of Jieli Khan, and finally he felt that he had underestimated the Tang army, and planned to retreat beyond the Great Wall first.
Li Jianwei wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but Wei Zheng, Wang Qi and others strongly persuaded him, and finally Li Jiancheng took advantage of the victory to pursue the Turks and directly smashed the Turkic Khan's idea of attacking Dingxiang.
Li Jiancheng sent a message to the Turks and proposed peace.
Jieli agreed, and sent his nephew, the little Khan of Tuli, Ashnashi Bobi, to negotiate peace. Tuli was the nephew of Jieli and the son of Shibi Khan. This year is only in his early twenties, but he is responsible for the control of the eastern tribes, Khitan, Xi, Tiele, Murwei and other departments, all under his control, when the first Bi Khan died, he was still too young, so he was succeeded by his uncle Tong Lifushe, as the Luo Khan.
Luo Khan died, and he was succeeded by his younger brother Jieli because of his young age.
Li Jiancheng's negotiations with the little Khan of Tuli progressed quickly, and Tuli put forward three demands to the Tang Dynasty on behalf of Jieli.
Let the Tang Dynasty be friendly, call the ministers, and pay tribute!
At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it did borrow troops from the Turks, and also called the ministers to pay tribute. But at this time and at that time, Li Jiancheng was not willing to accept such conditions.
Moreover, this time it was the Tang army that was defeated first and then won.
With the efforts of Wei Zheng and others, the Turks finally gave in and did not require Tang to be a vassal to the Turks, but Tang had to send the princess to the Turks and relatives, and the daughter of the Tang Emperor was married to the son of Jieli Khan, so that Tang and the Turks were relatives, Jieli Khan and the Tang Emperor were brothers, and Tang and the Turks were brothers.
In addition, the Turks will send 1,000 horses, 3,000 cattle, and 10,000 sheep as a gift.
The Tang Dynasty had to marry 10,000 slaves, 40,000 horses of silk, 5,000 taels of gold, and 10,000 catties of tea.
It is said that it is the same as an ordinary family marrying a wife, a dowry and a dowry. Actually, it's just a different name, just to make it sound better. At the end of the day, it's still a tribute to the pen.
1,000 horses for 40,000 pieces of silk, which is a fairer deal, and a horse for 40,000 pieces of silk is very fair. But the Tang people also had to send 10,000 slaves for dowry, 5,000 taels of gold and 10,000 catties of tea, which was much more valuable than the Turks' 3,000 cattle and 10,000 sheep.
Fortunately, the agreement that was negotiated in the end was not an annual tribute.
But being close is humiliating after all.
But Wei Zheng and they all persuaded Li Jiancheng to accept it when he saw it, although the Turks were defeated in a few battles, but the casualties were not more than 10,000, and the real casualties were Liang Shidu, Gao Kaidao, and Yuan Junzhang, several puppet forces of the Turks.
Recovering the lost territory and maintaining it to the pre-war line is already a good result.
Jieli was also willing to accept it when he saw it, although the purpose of the southern expedition was not achieved, but it tested the strength of the Tang army. In addition, they didn't come in vain, they robbed a lot of people and livestock, and now they can marry a princess of the Tang Dynasty and go back, and they can knock a lot of money in the Tang Dynasty by the way, Jieli is very satisfied.
He believed that after this battle, the Tang Army would be honest in the future, and would not dare to miss the annual tribute agreed upon.
Although one of the three dogs died, Liang Shidao and Yuan Junzhang are still there, and there are still some remnants of Gao Kaidao's defeated generals, so just pull one up. The lackeys have lost a lot of strength, so they are better controlled, and they are more and more inseparable from the Turks.
Both sides had their own plans, so the final negotiations were reached.
Li Jiancheng, as the commander of the Tang Army, fought in Hebei, but the battlefields of Hedong and Shuofang were also his.
What a great achievement it is to lead the troops of the whole country, inflict heavy losses on the Turks, and force the Turks to negotiate peace with the Tang Dynasty.
In the past, Li Jiancheng could only sit in Chang'an City, waiting for the good news from the front line of King Qin. Listening to the proud achievements of King Qin's 3,500,000 and 100,000 victories, capturing two kings in one battle, winning the Central Plains in one year, and Pinghebei in March, Li Jiancheng was happy, but he was envious in his heart, and even a little jealous.
He is the crown prince and the prince of the country.
Except for the beginning of the army, he led several soldiers, and then basically didn't even have a chance to go out of Chang'an City.
He was very uneasy to see that the people of the world relied on the opportunity to command the army, and the influence in the army became higher and higher by virtue of their achievements, and even when the prestige of the people became very high.
This time, he made up his mind to come, and finally won the battle. It didn't win as much as he had planned, but it was indeed a victory, regaining lost ground and cutting off the capricious high opening.
In addition, in this Hebei operation, Li Jiancheng also took the opportunity to meet with many senior generals in the army.
"Oops, it's a nice day, it's sunny and it's warm!" Li Jiancheng sat down with a smile on his face, and did not hide the smug look in his heart.
After this battle, he has proved to the world that it is not only King Qin who is powerful in leading troops to fight. This Tang Dynasty is not without King Qin, so it can't work.
Little Khan walked over to the table and sat down.
"Tuli Little Khan, do you still have any doubts about the proposal and agreement proposed by the Tang Dynasty?"
Turi, dressed in a sheepskin robe, was young, but his eyes were sophisticated.
He sat there, his eyes didn't stay on Li Jiancheng's body, his eyes were always on Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong, Luo Shixin and other fierce armored generals behind Li Jiancheng.
These people are the protagonists who made the Turks suffer a secret loss this time, but unfortunately at this time, they can only wear armor, stand there, and act as a guard for Li Jiancheng.
"There's no doubt about it."
"Then sign a contract!"
"Well, sign." Tuli replied with a smile.
When the peace treaty is signed, the war is over. This time, the Turks divided their troops to the south, took three dogs, destroyed countless cities and villages, captured nearly 100,000 people, and destroyed a large number of villages and towns in the war and turned into white land.
The winter wheat in many places in Hedong in Hebei Province was about to be harvested, but it was also cut into pasture by these Turks, and those who could not be taken away were also set on fire and trampled on horseback.
In the northern part of Hebei and Hedong, the losses were extremely heavy.
Tuli reaped a great harvest, and his men captured more than 30,000 Han people, as well as tens of thousands of cattle and sheep and other livestock. In addition, the gold, silver, silk and jewelry that were captured and destroyed by the siege of the city and the pond were often satisfied.
Jieli also promised to give him another batch of loot, and as soon as Gao Kaidao died, his remnants of the defeated army and the territory were actually his.
He secretly despised Li Jiancheng in his heart, Tang Jun suffered such a big loss, and he was still happy when he smiled, what was there to be happy about?
After signing, Turki left with his deed written in Turkic.
The contract, in his eyes, is just a piece of paper, and it is useless. As long as the Tang people are not honest one day, the Turks are happy to go south at any time, just a piece of paper, can they still manage the Turkic iron horses?
He breached the contract, so what could he do?
What you can really rely on is the knife and bow in your hand, not some paper and pen!
Li Jiancheng held the peace agreement, looked left and right, and was very happy.
On the way back to Youzhou, he kept watching immediately.
When I arrived in Youzhou City, I carefully put it away and put it in a sandalwood box.
"Your Highness, there is news from Longyou."
Wei Zheng and Wang Jue, Wei Ting, and Feng Li came in.
"It's news from King Qin, what is there but it doesn't hurt to say it." Li Jiancheng didn't care so much when he heard Li Shimin's name. In the future, Li Shimin will not be a threat to him.
Wei Zheng and Wang Qi looked at each other.
"I just received the news that King Qin led 10,000 soldiers and horses to rush to Weizhou, and was surrounded by 60,000 troops of Tuyuhun in Longxi City!"
"The people of the world were surrounded by the Tuyuhun army in Longxi City, and there were only 10,000 soldiers and horses?" Li Jiancheng raised his head fiercely, and there was some surprise in his eyes.
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