Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

"Your Highness is telling the truth." Xue Wanche looked at Li Kuan for a long time and then said: "It's just that I can't explain it to you for a while."

"No need." Li Kuan shook his head after hearing this: "Since you have made your words clear, I..."

"Your Highness, what do you think of this?" Xue Wanche suddenly smiled and said: "From now on, I will be your vanguard. On the battlefield, I and the two hundred troops under my command will be the death squads..." (The term "death squads" originated from the Three Kingdoms. )

Li Kuan looked at Xue Wanche, who looked calm in front of him and ignored life and death while talking and laughing. This was the first time that he felt ashamed of himself.

"What...Uncle Xue..." Although Li Kuan wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in, he still forced himself to say: "Don't say that. Speaking of which, I am too suspicious. This is As for my problem, besides, there is no such thing as a death squad among my subordinates."

"But Your Highness..." Xue Wanche was about to speak.

"No need to say more," Li Kuan stretched out his hand to interrupt him: "I heard my imperial grandfather say, 'Don't trust people who are suspicious, but don't trust people who are employed.' Before this moment, I did have a little bit of worry about you. But now, this trace of worry has disappeared: General Xue, your statement is very precious in my eyes. After all, you took a risk to say this. Since you took the risk, I should also It’s only reasonable to take some risks, right?”

"Your Highness..." Xue Wanche was stunned for a moment when he heard Li Kuan's words, and then burst into laughter. His laughter was full of some unspeakable emotions: "Your Highness has such a big heart, really... really with Your Majesty... …”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Li Kuan solemnly interrupted Xue Wanche's next words when he heard this: "Everyone in the world knows that my father is as broad-minded as me, but is this allowed to be said?"

"Ah...ah?!" Xue Wanche obviously didn't realize that King Chu was joking at first, but when he reacted, he let out a series of signature heroic laughter: "Hahahaha..."

"Alas..." Upon seeing this, Li Kuan could only shake his head and sigh, and then he thought thoughtfully. He always felt that Xue Wanche's laughter at this moment was somewhat sad, but it was right to think about it. The incident that happened that year, It was not just the imperial grandfather Li Yuan and his sons who had their fate changed...

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Ashina Simo didn't know how long he had been running around, but when he returned to Dingxiang City, the base camp of the Turks with his army of less than a hundred people, his consciousness was almost blurred, and he faced someone who stepped forward to help him. The guard who dismounted, he tried his best to move his dry lips, and murmured in a low voice: "Quick... Go and tell the Great Khan... Shuofang City was defeated, and the Tang Dynasty sent the Emperor's Imperial Guard Xuanjia Army! This time... the Tang Dynasty... The entire country will attack!" After Ashina Simo said these words, he passed out.

Yes, after the defeated Ashina Simo reviewed and thought about the war all the way, the only conclusion he came to was: apart from the young general with unparalleled archery skills, what really should scare the Turks was the fact that Li Shimin actually sent He defeated the Xuanjia Army.

In this way, the Tang Dynasty made it clear that it wanted to fight a quick national war, so Dingxiang City, as the headquarters of the Eastern Turks, must have been very dangerous at this time. For this reason, he rushed back without stopping to report the news. That is to ask Jieli Khan to start preparations as soon as possible after receiving the news.

But what Ashina Simo never expected was that when the news was sent to Jieli, this guy was discussing plunder with his Kehedun (Khan's wife), Princess Yicheng of the Sui Dynasty. Datang border plan.

After listening to the report of his men, Jieli Khan immediately said angrily: "Wow! Damn Li Shimin, he actually dared to send his troops northward. Why, has he forgotten the humiliation he suffered by the Weishui River in Chang'an three years ago?!"

"Profuse sweat," Princess Yicheng on the side looked at the bloated husband in front of her, who blushed easily when angry and had a thick neck. Although she was disgusted in her heart, she still said softly: "Since Li Shimin is disrespectful to you, you There is no need to abide by the original covenant. According to my concubine, it is better for us to immediately order the army to assemble, and soon go south to bloodbath the Central Plains!"

It has to be said that Princess Yicheng is indeed the most outstanding Sui clan girl. After the fall of the Sui Dynasty, she has been focusing on promoting the war between the grasslands and the Central Plains. To use a common saying, that is, "Since I can't get it, Then destroy them all!"

She is basically a madwoman who regards the country as something within her grasp, and does not hesitate to gain it, but is devastated when she loses it.

And what this madman wants to do now is to let Jieli lead an army to attack the traitors in her eyes.

"Don't worry, He Dun." In the sweat tent at this time, Jieli's confidant Zhi Zhi lost his mind and said immediately: "The situation is really unfavorable for us now, not to mention Tuli Khan's previous rebellion. , before this, the northern tribes such as Xue Yantuo, Huihe, and Bayegu were also in turmoil. Now we have finally managed to gather some of the tribes, and the grassland has suffered from continuous snow disasters..." Zhi lost his thoughts and sighed helplessly. After taking a breath, he looked at the silent Jieli Khan and said: "And... Great Khan, now that Ashina Simo has been defeated, you ordered him to be imprisoned. In my opinion, it is unnecessary.

He was not defeated by the defenders of Shuofang City. Although according to the account of his personal guards, the Xuanjia Army that entered the battlefield at that time was only more than a thousand people. Later, a thousand-man crossbowmen were added. According to the statement at that time, Judging from the situation they described, if those were really the Xuanjia Army, then Ashina Simo would not have lost unjustly in this battle... I think, even if I were in Ashina Simo's position, I will also arrange my troops like him to face strong enemies, so can you..."

"That's enough!" Jie Li shouted violently, stopping his stubborn words. When he looked at his confidants, his expression was cruel: "Twenty thousand people, a total of twenty thousand people! He brought back one hundred relatives." Wei, the rest was lost to Shuofang! I have lost my thinking power. Even if things are really as you analyzed, he, Ashina Simo, did not lose unjustly. But if you ask me not to punish him, how can I follow him? What do the other generals say?! Do you want me to tell them, go ahead and fight bravely against the enemy? Even if you end up fighting to the death, and come back defeated, your Khan will not do anything to you?!

——Let me ask you, do you think this is appropriate? ! "Jieli's angry roar was almost breaking the sweat at this moment, while Zhihu Sili, who defended his friend, looked pale at this moment.

"Profuse sweat..." Zhihu Sili, who was kneeling down to apologize, suddenly understood something: perhaps Ashina Simo's defeat was not his own fault, but after losing so many people, he abandoned his armor. , fled back in embarrassment, this was his way to die!

And Ashina Simo obviously understood this truth, but the reason why he came back alive was because he wanted to bring back the terrible news: the Tang Dynasty really had the capital to fight the Turks now!

If Jieli Khan still cannot recognize this truth.

Then Dingxiang City is obviously in danger!