Li Ye looked at Yelu Abaoji, who committed suicide but refused to fall, his face lost his playfulness, and his superiority with the victor was replaced by a look similar to sympathy.

When Yelu Abaoji said that he wanted to see him, Li Ye thought that the other party wanted to find a way to live, and then followed the example of Goujian, the king of Yue, endured humiliation and stealing his life, and tried his best to make a comeback.

For any kind of creature, not only human beings, the greatest need is to live, and for a hero, no matter what circumstances he faces, how much defeat he suffers, and how much he pays, he cannot tolerate the loss of his status and power.

But Yelu Abaoji died very simply.

This man who conquered the grassland, established the Khitan State, imitated the Tang Dynasty system, learned the Han and Tang cultures, governed the country and improved the national strength, was changed to the Khitan Kingdom to the Liao Dynasty by his son many years later, officially called the emperor, and obtained the Yelu Deguang of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun as the Liao Taizu.

This made Li Ye feel a little nostalgic for a while.

King Qi also sighed a little, but the direction of her emotion was a little different, "Yelu Abaoji is also a wonderful person, regardless of his position, he is also a little respectable." He is not stealing his life when he is defeated, he is not crazy when he is cornered, and he is still concerned about his siblings when he is dying, but he does not live up to his name as a grassland hero.

"But the reason why I can see all this, after all, is because his opponent is you. If he encounters others, even if Yelu Abaoji has a cheerful temperament, he will not enter the enemy camp alone, and he can still have a full meal and a cow drink at the last moment. He is more likely to be humiliated or even tortured by the victors.

"He is even more impossible, and he can still beg you to let those Khitans live. Look, your name of benevolence has not only been widely known in Datang, but even your opponents have recognized it.

"If it weren't for that, Yelu Abaoji would give it a go, even if the defeat was decided, our soldiers and monks would still have a lot of casualties. At that time, not only will there be countless orphans and widows in the country, but it will also be detrimental to the subsequent conquests. The charisma of people sometimes really works. ”

Listening to King Qi's heartfelt words, Li Ye smiled dumbly.

He shook his head and said sincerely: "How can I have so much benevolence, it's just that I don't love killing, and I don't like to show my strength and merit by humiliating and trampling on the dignity of others." ”

King Qi spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders very ungracefully, "Isn't this what makes you cute?"

The word cute made two black lines appear on Li Ye's forehead.

However, King Qi is serious, and it is not easy to say anything to Li Ye.

Speaking of which, she is the first prince to take refuge in Li Ye, and she has a lot of say in the cognition and judgment of Li Ye's character. If she hadn't recognized Li Ye, she knew that she would not be humiliated after taking refuge, and as a hero, she would not be willing to give away her inheritance.

For aspiring people, dignity is sometimes more important than survival.

At the end, King Qi sighed and looked at Yelu Abaoji, who was still standing, "In any case, Yelu Abaoji's performance before his death will not make people feel disgusted." Since everyone is competing for merit and doesn't have many personal grievances, if you want me to see it, let's bury him. ”

Li Ye nodded, "Since you are the king of the grassland, you can use the king's regulations to bury you." ”

Compared with the grass to bury Yelu Abaoji, Li Ye still decided to arrange the funeral more solemnly.

Not to mention the respect for the opponent, the ability is the respect for oneself, degrading the opponent to worthless, and his own rank is not high, just properly handling the aftermath of Yelu Baoji, which is conducive to subduing some Khitan people, and it is also worth Li Ye's mouth.

Li Ye didn't plan to kill all the Khitans.

In Li Ye's view, the genocidal policy is not only unnecessary, but also useless, and the extermination of humanity is the only evaluation of this strategy.

The cattle and sheep on the grassland still need to be put by people, not to mention anything else, how useful the wool milk is, Li Ye, a visitor from the earth, still knows.

If you want to rule the grassland for a long time, and let the place be stable for a long time, you must let the herdsmen be fed and clothed, and they can live and work in peace and contentment without having to rob and deprive others of their living wealth.

Therefore, it is undoubtedly the most appropriate national policy to develop the commercial trade of cattle and sheep and their derivatives, so that the Central Plains and the grassland can learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses, and everyone can benefit each other.

The huge demand of the Central Plains people, once stimulated, is enough for the grassland people to not worry about food and clothing.

After all, what is the fault of ordinary farmers and herdsmen, as long as they can live well, the vast majority of people will not be enough to twist knives when they are full.

Over time, the dissolute steppe people will also give birth to the idea of the country. Because, that is the guarantee of their stability and happiness.

National integration, harmonious coexistence, and living and working in peace and contentment are the aspirations of the people and the inevitability of historical development.

At that time, Datang will only be stronger.

It's a long-term idea.

As far as the short-term situation is concerned, after this battle, the Yellow Head and Tatar tribes will inevitably recover their power, and in the current situation that there are not many large tribes on the steppe, they will become the existence at the top of the pyramid, leaving available Khitans, which is conducive to counterbalancing them.

For these reasons, Li Ye issued a military order to Yikun Prefecture not to kill those who surrendered. and strictly ordered the steppe tribal army, and the soldiers of the Huangtou and Tatar tribes to immediately sit up and guard the camp, and not to go out without permission. The disarming, recovery, and surrender of the Khitan monks and the army must and can only be done by the Tang army.

Compared with the steppe barbarians, the civilized Tang people, when they went to the battlefield, were still more merciful and disciplined.

As for the spoils of war, Li Ye will still give them to those grassland tribal armies, this is a promise.

Don't lose your trust, this is what Li Ye must do, otherwise he will not be able to control the grassland smoothly in the future.

For Li Ye's arrangement, the grassland tribal army had a lot of complaints at the beginning, from the chief to the soldiers, after these days of fierce battles, all of them were red-eyed, it was the time of emotional agitation, at this moment, they were full of Khitans who killed all the Khitans in Kunzhou, and took all their belongings and what was left for themselves.

However, in the face of Li Ye's Longwei and the deterrence of the Tang army, these grassland tribal armies would not dare to violate military orders.

After a few days, when their ferocity stimulated by the bloody battle cooled down, and the endless spoils of war began to be handed over to them by the Tang army, these tribal armies were only left with elation and praise for Li Ye.

When the Tang army surrendered to the Khitan army in Yikunzhou, there were no accidents, and things went smoothly.

Although the confiscation of their cattle, sheep, armor, and blades made many soldiers indignant and sad, they had no choice when they were cornered. Moreover, Li Ye also made it very clear that as long as they are obedient and don't make trouble, they won't starve to death, and they will be allowed to return to their tribe safely.

Several prominent Khitan figures, after hearing the news of Yelu Abaoji's death, lost control of their emotions for a while.

But no one, including Yelu's enemy Lugu, cried and shouted to pounce on Li Ye and wanted to fight with him.

These people are so restrained, in order to survive is part of the reason, presumably Yelu Abaoji's explanation before leaving also played a lot of roles, after all, for the brave grassland people, it is not unimaginable to produce a few important ministers who are willing to die for Yelu Abaoji.

Li Ye's decision to bury Yelu Abaoji obviously stabilized the sentiments of Yelu and Lugu and others.

Seeing that Li Ye was so benevolent, they were no longer afraid and began to negotiate conditions with Li Ye.

"The king is the king of the grassland, and the burial ceremony should be in accordance with the rules of the grassland. Please also ask His Highness the benevolent King An to allow us to transport back the body of the Great King and bury him in the holy land of Khitan!" Yelu Rugu saluted respectfully in front of Li Ye.

People said that they were merciful, and Li Ye would not damage his image, and it was not a big deal, and it was also conducive to reducing the hostility of the Khitan people towards him, so he generously agreed: "Although Yelu Abaoji is Lone's opponent, he is also a rare hero in the world.

These words made Yelu Enemy Lugu extremely moved, and hurriedly thanked Li Ye, emphasizing Li Ye's broad-mindedness again.

His attitude was so positive that Li Ye was quite satisfied.

Obviously, letting Yelu Abao's soul return to his hometown is what Yelu Lugu really wants to do, as for whether there is any idea of thinking about his future and wanting to leave a good impression in front of Li Ye, there is no need to talk about it separately.

In short, the Battle of Yikunzhou ended smoothly, although a few families were happy and a few were sad, but everyone no longer had to risk their lives and twist knives to fight, so there was nothing to worry about.

The end of the Battle of Yikun Prefecture marked the complete end of the national war between Datang and Khitan.

Since then, the northern border has stabilized, even though the formation of a new pattern of the grassland still requires Li Ye to spend some more energy, but the situation of the whole world attacking Tang has collapsed.

Next, the Chang'an Forbidden Army and the Tang monks who went to the north can also divide at least half of them to support the battlefields in Hexi and Shuzhong.

"The victory of the war in the north has a great impact on the situation in Hexi, Shuzhong, and the battle in the fairy realm, and its weight is not an exaggeration. ”

When King Qi walked into Yikun Prefecture, he sighed to Li Ye, "We have worked hard in the north for so long, and we have finally reaped the rewards we deserve. ”

Li Ye smiled and arched his hand towards King Qi, "This battle is thanks to King Qi sitting in the center and leading the overall situation, in the future, the name of King Qi who is good at fighting will definitely spread all over the world and become a shining star in the sky of my Tang Dynasty." ”

Receiving King An's flattery, King Qi couldn't help but raise his hands, the tip of his nose, and pretend to snort, looking very proud and happy.