Let Li Chengqian receive the surrendered troops and prisoners.
This is Li Shimin's secret plan.
Who is Li Chengqian?
That was the dignified eldest prince of the Tang Dynasty.
The eldest prince's personal visit was equivalent to Li Shimin's personal visit.
Not everyone can accept such courtesy.
As a result, Li Chengqian went to Dingxiang to receive prisoners of war and surrendered troops under the escort of Qianzi Camp on the second day.
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Datang came too fast and too suddenly.
Almost half of the Turkic territory was occupied.
And the successive defeats made Jieli see the situation clearly.
He called many advisers to his tent to discuss how the Turks should deal with themselves next.
A Han minister said: "Great Khan, our army should not continue to entangle with the Tang Dynasty now."
"We should retreat to Mobei as soon as possible and rely on Yinshan Mountain to deal with the Tang Dynasty."
"fart."
A Turkic general said angrily: "Now, it is the Tang Dynasty that has betrayed its trust and invaded our Turks regardless of the covenant."
"If our army retreats now, how can we have the dignity to command various ministries in the future?"
"How else can we get all ministries to obey the orders of our army?"
The Han minister was unconvinced: "If we don't withdraw now, will we have to wait until all the men and horses in the Khan's tent are dead before we are forced to withdraw?"
"At that time, the men and horses under the Great Khan's tent will be completely inferior to what they are today, let alone dispatching the various tribes in the desert. Whether the Turks will still have the status they have today is anyone's guess."
"You are trying to embolden other people's ambitions and destroy your own prestige."
The Turkic general knelt down on one knee facing Jieli and pointed at the Han minister: "Khan, you must not believe the slander of these Han thieves."
"After these people arrived in our country, they spread rumors everywhere and even bewitched the Khan."
"So many tribes have been forced to withdraw from the Turks. Khan must not listen to the villain anymore."
Upon hearing this, the Han minister was not happy: "Fart, you are the villain, I am obviously thinking about the Khan in everything."
"But you said that I was slanderous."
After that, he also knelt down: "Great Khan, you must clear my name."
At this time, all the Hu people, Han people, and Turks all started to quarrel.
All along, Jieli's ministers have been in great confusion.
Some are Hu people, some are Turkic people, and some are Han people who fled north.
Jieli, on the other hand, alienated himself from the Turkic people and became close to the Hu people and the Han people.
This has caused dissatisfaction among many Turks.
At this moment, this dissatisfaction completely broke out.
After the three parties quarreled, they even wanted to take action.
Jie Li also had a headache about this.
He has been troubled by the recent defeats one after another.
These ministers in front of him actually made trouble for him.
Looking at these people, Jie Li became more and more angry and threw the gold plate in his hand to the ground with his hand.
"Shut up, Ben Khan!"
Seeing Jie Li getting really angry.
No one dared to make any noise.
Seeing everyone shut up, Jie Li spoke up and said, "What Ben Khan wants now is a solution. The solution is not for you to come here to quarrel."
He turned to look at Zhao Deyan.
"Deyan, tell me, what should Ben Khan do now?"
Zhao Deyan's life has not been easy recently.
He had two sons in total. The eldest son was killed by Li Tingxue half a month ago.
The second son fell behind and was captured by Li Ji while escaping in the last war.
How could Zhao Deyan calmly advise Jie Li?
However, he still did his duty.
After Jieli asked, he said, "I still say what I said, we have lost this battle."
"If the Great Khan still has great ambitions, then he should ask for peace and surrender from Tang at any cost, even if the whole country is annexed."
"As long as the Tang court agrees to our surrender, our army can take the opportunity to gather various troops and move to Mobei."
"When the grass on the grassland is green and the horses are fat, the Khan can make a comeback."
Although I hate to admit it.
But Jie Li also knew that he had indeed lost this showdown with Li Shimin.
And he also knew that the Turks were no longer a match for the Tang Dynasty.
If you don't want to destroy the country, there is only the way Zhao Deyan said.
On this day, Jieli sent his general Zhi Shisili as a special envoy to Tangying to apologize to Li Shimin and ask for surrender.
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But Jie Li didn't know that the letter of surrender did not reach Li Shimin's hands, but was intercepted by Li Chengqian.
The reason is the same. If you want peace talks, you must first go to the nearest Tang camp.
And now the closest to the Turks is naturally the Baidao Tang Camp.
After Li Jing and Li Ji reunited, this place gradually became the largest Tang camp.
After learning about Zhi Wansili's intentions, Li Jing attached great importance to it. After leaving Li Ji to garrison, he personally led troops and horses to escort Zhi Wansili to Yanmen Pass.
However, as soon as they arrived in Dingxiang, they met Li Chengqian who came to express condolences to the prisoners and surrendered troops.
When he saw Li Chengqian, Zhi lost his ability to think and saluted Li Chengqian: "Your Highness, you are well."
Li Chengqian chuckled: "Whatever, let me just say, we will meet again, right?"
Seeing the pride on his face, Zhi lost his mind and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Sure enough, Li Chengqian was right.
In fact, they had met a long time ago.
It was the early stage of the Weishui Alliance, and Li Chengqian had just come to this world.
Old boy Jieli led his troops south, and this guy was the one who served as the vanguard.
Moreover, the troops led by this guy attacked very quickly. Among the many vanguard troops under Jieli's account, he was the first to arrive at the Weishui Bridge.
However, when this guy entered Chang'an City to find out the truth, he was tricked by Li Shimin.
In order to prevent Jie Li from knowing that Chang'an was short of elite soldiers, Li Shimin detained the Prince of Qin's Mansion with Zhi Shili.
This guy was also seen by Li Chengqian in Prince Qin's Mansion.
When he was later let go, Li Chengqian also said: "It won't be long before we meet again, and you will be lower than me."
At that time, I was young and frivolous, so I naturally didn’t believe it.
He also said something to Li Chengqian: "If we meet again one day, you will definitely be my prisoner."
But the slap in the face came too fast, like a tornado.
Two years later, the powerful Turks collapsed and were defeated one after another by the Tang Dynasty on the battlefield.
And the harsh words that started out turned into bragging.
Li Chengqian rubbed his chin and said, "Let me guess, the purpose of your trip is to negotiate peace with my father on behalf of that old boy Jie Li, right?"
For him to know this, Zhi lost his mind and was not surprised.
After all, this matter is not a secret, and it is not surprising that Li Chengqian is well-informed.
Li Chengqian raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and his eyes were slightly treacherous: "If I guess correctly, it was that old boy Zhao Deyan who suggested this matter."
Hearing this, Zhi lost his thoughts and was a little surprised.
"Don't be so surprised."
Li Chengqian got close to Zhi and lost his thoughts, staring straight into his eyes.
"I also know that this is Zhao Deyan's plan."
"The purpose is to return to Mobei to hide one's strength and bide one's time, wait until the grass is green and the horses are fat, and wait for an opportunity to make a comeback, right?"
If you say the previous sentence, Zhi loses his thinking power, he is just surprised.
Now, he started to sweat.
He is not a fool.
Naturally, we know what it means to the Turks after the secrets are exposed.
I can only bite the bullet and hide it.
He pretended to be relaxed and said to Li Chengqian: "Your Highness, you are worrying too much. My Khan sincerely wants to attach himself to the Tang Dynasty this time."
