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

No one can tell now what the outcome will be if we follow His Highness the King of Chu to conquer Xiangcheng.

But seeing that this Lezi man was still looking happy and accepting his fate, everyone felt very uneasy.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, how about we join up with other armies first, and then make a new plan to attack Dingxiang City?" Li Jing had already lost interest in the so-called surprise attack - after all, His Highness the King of Chu had been He committed murder, arson, and other evil deeds on the Turkic territory, and he was forced to give him honorific titles.

Therefore, under this situation, Jieli Khan had already felt that he was facing a formidable enemy, and naturally he already knew the general movements of the Tang army.

Now counting his three thousand elite soldiers, when the King of Chu appears at the foot of Dingxiang City with six thousand cavalry, Jie Li will really be happy.

He will not even let the 50,000 to 60,000 troops in the city leave the city. Even if he is as stupid as Jie Li, he will honestly pretend to defend the city and wait for reinforcements, because as long as he defends the city for at least two days, Ashina Simo will They will appear at the foot of Dingxiang City with a large army. Under attack from inside and outside, these six thousand cavalry will become fish on the chopping board and be slaughtered by others.

"Uncle Li, I know what you are thinking." Li Kuan had already stood up from Xue Wanche and gave him a hand. Then, he turned his head and looked at everyone: "In the battle of Dingxiang City, maybe In the eyes of you and even the Turks, this is the final battle, but in the eyes of this king, this is just the beginning.

Since the Sui Dynasty, the Turks have risen. Later, during the Daye period, the Central Plains was full of wars. Since then, the Turks have regarded the Central Plains as their own hunting ground. Whether they are happy or unhappy, they will plunder our Han people. Why? "When Li Kuan said this, he looked at Qibi Heli, who had been silent all this time: "Qibi Heli, I now regard you as one of my own, tell the truth, why? "

Qibi Heli saw Li Kuan looking at him. After a moment of silence, he said, "On the grassland, wolves eat sheep and sheep eat grass."

To be concise and to the point, the weak eat the strong, it's just natural selection.

"This is the truth, I like to hear it!" After Li Kuan finished speaking, he took a roast leg of lamb from the grill with a smile and forced it on Qibi Heli. Then he continued: "This time, I I just want to tell the Turks one thing. If tolerance is just weakness in the eyes of greed, if kindness is just timidity in the face of cruelty, and if civilization cannot inspire awe in barbarism, then maybe we can reason with each other in the same way that the other party reasons - —Let the force scare them, and then let them choose to surrender out of fear!"

Li Kuan's voice was not loud, but whether it was Li Jing, Dou Shilun, Jiang Qu or Yuan Tiangang, or even Qibi Heli who was still holding the leg of lamb in his hand, when they looked at the young man in front of them, a long-lost flame suddenly rose in their hearts. .

In the bones of the Chinese people, gentleness, courtesy, thrift and humiliation have always been traditional virtues. But on a deeper level, starting from the origin of our ancient mythology, bloodiness and rebellious spirit are qualities that the Chinese people have never lacked.

In fact, the people who had the deepest understanding of Li Kuan's words were not Han Chinese like Li Jing and Yuan Tiangang, but Qibi Heli, a Turkic man who was treated with cold eyes on the grasslands and whose entire tribe was bullied at will.

"Your Highness the King of Chu," Qibi Heli suddenly knelt down on one knee in front of Li Kuan: "Qibi Heli has not been welcomed by any tribe on this grassland in the past few years. My tribe and I , just like a rabbit that has been living under the talons of an eagle but cannot find a hole in the earth, living a homeless and fugitive life..." Qibi Heli said the emotional part, his voice gradually choked up, but in the end , he still gritted his teeth and said: "I dare to ask you to make a request on my behalf to the benevolent Emperor of the Tang Dynasty after this battle, asking this benevolent king to take in my people. In this way, Qibi will die without any power. Sorry!"

Qibi Heli's show of loyalty was something Li Kuan didn't expect. Of course, the reason why he took this person with him with confidence was because this guy was destined to be unable to return to the grassland family.

Of course, if he could take off his own head and make a "Mission: Impossible" movie, maybe the matter would turn around, but Li Kuan also knew that Qibi Heli succeeded his father's throne at the age of nine, but he was eliminated as soon as he came up. His title was demoted and he became a lower level "Da Qi Li Fa".

Perhaps from then on, the young Qibi Heli had a profound understanding of the principle of "wolves eat sheep and sheep eat grass".

"Qibi He Li," Li Kuan looked at the foreign general kneeling in front of him. The expression on his face was extremely serious, but his words were still outrageous: "Don't make such a big battle, making it look like this king." It's like charging you into battle. Don't worry. You don't need to say anything about this. My father, the foolish king, can promise you that after this battle (after the Turks are defeated), you and your people will enter the Tang Dynasty (then the Turks will become the territory of the Tang Dynasty). After entering the territory of the Tang Dynasty), I will personally carve out a fertile land (fertile pasture) for you and your people to live (raise cattle and sheep for the Tang Dynasty)."

"Thank you, His Majesty the King of Chu!" Although Qibi Heli was a little suspicious of Li Kuan calling his father a "foolish king", he saw that none of the court ministers such as Li Jing and Dou Shilun raised any objections. Naturally, he also understood that this was a tacit approval of His Highness King Chu to have such ability. At the same time, Qibi Heli was well aware of the combat effectiveness of Li Kuan's soldiers, especially the black-armored troops. In his opinion, being able to lead such elites into the grasslands and act independently would also be possible from the side. This shows the high status of this king of Chu in the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, if Qibi Heli knew that Li Jing and Dou Shilun were not talking, it was purely because he had foreseen the beating that His Highness King Chu would be unable to escape due to this matter in the future, and because he had transformed the word "faint king" into a "faint king" for his majesty. The matter of "pet name" has long been considered a ghost. Perhaps Qibi Heli will pick up the slack at this moment and run away as far as he can...