bastard seizes tang

Chapter 95
When Master Liang was killed and the news that the Great Tang occupied Shuofang came from the southern front, the thin fig leaf between the Tang and the Turks was torn off, and the so-called Weishui alliance really became a piece of paper. At the same time, Li Ke, the proton of the Tang Dynasty, was no longer a guest of Khan Ting, but no different from a captive.

However, Li Ke is different from ordinary captives. He is the prince of the Tang Dynasty, but he cannot be killed. He was thrown into the pasture at the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain and ordered to be strictly guarded.

The location of Yinshan Mountain is dangerous. Since ancient times, it has been the dividing line between the country of the Central Plains and the grassland.

"Chilechuan, under Yinshan Mountain. The sky is like a dome, covering the four fields. The sky is bright, and the wild is vast. The wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep."

Yinshan Mountain, Li Ke once passed by here when he went north to the grassland, but it was just the beginning of winter, and his eyes were covered with a vast expanse of whiteness. Even if there was grass, it was dry white grass. artistic conception.

But this time, when Li Ke came to Yinshan here, the time came to the best mid-spring, and Li Ke actually lived a life of herding horses and sheep.

At the foot of the Yin Mountain, the water and grass are lush, and Li Ke is facing the breeze blowing in his face, holding a short whip, and driving the flock of sheep to the small lake.

"Go, go, go."

While driving the flock of sheep with a whip, Li Ke yelled softly, moving forward in an orderly manner.

"I can't tell, but His Highness is still a good shepherd." Dan'er joked to Li Ke when he saw that Li Ke was driving the sheep to the ground.

Li Ke heard the words and said with a smile: "That's natural. Just think about it. Since ancient times, there is no envoy who went to the grassland who was not good at herding sheep."

Dan'er was joking with Li Ke, but Dan'er didn't expect Li Ke to say that. The quality of the envoy has nothing to do with the ability to shepherd the sheep.

Dan'er waved her hand to help Li Ke drive the flock of sheep, and said to Li Ke: "False reasoning, how can there be such fallacy as His Highness said. In this world, except for His Highness's young envoy, everyone else is from a scholar-official background. There is no one who is good at shepherding sheep."

Li Ke looked at Dan'er's serious appearance, and suddenly had fun. Li Ke said to Dan'er with his fingers: "If you don't believe me, just think about it, Su Wu, Zhang Qian, which one is not a good shepherd?"

Dan'er listened to Li Ke's sophistry, thought for a while, and said after a while: "Ban Dingyuan is not, but Ban Dingyuan is not."

Dan'er had read Han books with Li Ke, and knew the names of some envoys from the Han Dynasty. After thinking about it, he thought of Ban Chao.

Li Ke smiled and said: "The length of the Han Shu is not long, and every inch of the word is gold. Since Su Wuzhuyu is in front, I am afraid that it will not record the matter of Dingyuan Hou's herding sheep. There are words of shepherds, but he has been in the Western Regions for 30 years, so he must be good at it."

How could Dan'er's mouth be Li Ke's opponent? Dan'er was speechless when Li Ke said this. Ban Chaomu had never herded sheep before. Who can say for sure?

Dan'er stomped her feet and said, "His Highness is justified on the left and right, but the servant girl can't explain it."

Seeing Dan'er's reaction, Li Ke found it very interesting, and said with a smile: "Forget it, forget it, I won't argue with you, you and I are good at herding sheep. If these lambs are not fattened, I'm afraid this winter will be sad."

Before being exiled by Xieli, Xieli only gave Li Ke these little lambs. Li Ke received all the fine clothes and food. What Li Ke said was not a joke, but the truth. fact.

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In the second spring of the second year of Zhenguan, Li Ke was still herding sheep in Yinshan Mountain, and the crisis between the north and the south of the Turks had become more urgent, but at this time, Xieli suddenly seemed to be a different person.

What can change in two years?
In two years, Li Ke became a hostage in exile in Yinshan from a pampered prince. The current Li Ke is much more mature than that in Chang'an; The flag, the real pearl Vija Khan bestowed by the Tang emperor, dominates one side; and two years have also caused Jieli to suffer repeated setbacks. From a lord of the grassland who dominates the world, he has become a lone wolf in a cage who is beset by enemies on both sides and controlled by the north and south.

Jieli is not young anymore, he is only ten years younger than Li Yuan, the Supreme Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. After this year, Jieli will be fifty years old.

The current Xieli is no longer as majestic and heroic as he was when he succeeded Khan ten years ago. He has suffered repeated setbacks in recent years, and he is more like an old eagle. I also felt powerless, as if I didn't have the energy I had before.

It has always been the same, on the ruthless grassland, those who can pass Pentecost are already old. If you calculate carefully, Xieli is already in the second half of life.

The snowstorm in the grassland, the looting of grain and grass, the loss of Qibei, the rebellion of Xue Yantuo, the defeat of Shuofang, and the fall of Tuli to the Tang Dynasty. A series of blows hit so densely that Xieli's heart is no longer as sharp as before.

At this moment, Jieli seemed to be able to feel the feeling of twilight when Emperor Sui Yang was besieged by soldiers. However, Jieli was still in the prime of his ambition at that time, but now, he has arrived in Sui Yang. God's time.

"You go there yourself and deliver this letter." Jieli sealed the letter in his hand and handed it to Ashina Simo, sighing softly.

Although Ashina Simo didn't see what was written in Jieli's letter, but he knew it very well in his heart.

Three days ago, the nephew of Jieli Khan, the little Turkic Khan Tuli who had always been at odds with Jieli, suddenly led his people to surrender to Tang. Following Tuli's surrender to Tang, the leaders of the eastern Turkic tribes such as Khitan, Qi, and Xi also followed suit. One after another entered Chang'an, and the power of the Turks in Songmo was completely wiped out, and their power was greatly damaged.

The purpose of Xieli's letter was to condemn the Turks, negotiate with the Tang Dynasty, and ask the Tang Dynasty to return Tuli and escort them back to the Khan Court for punishment.

Negotiation, when Ashina Simo thought of this word, he felt very strange in his heart.

Jieli Khan, who ran wild in Mobei in the past and looked down on the world, never negotiated with others, but now that the Turkic power is declining and the Tang Dynasty is strong, Jieli actually wrote such a letter.Jieli wants to use Li Ke as a bargaining chip to exchange Tuli with Datang.

But did Xieli ever think, would Li Shimin, as an emperor, really agree to this deal?
Tuli is the little Turkic Khan. In Turkic, his status is only second to Jieli.

From the perspective of the monarch, Li Shimin would not agree to this transaction, whether it was to win people's hearts or to attack Turkic forces.

What Xieli did would only make Li Shimin look down on him, but when he thought about it carefully, it seemed that Xieli had no better way than this.

"Obey." Ashina Simo didn't say a word, just bowed down to accept the order, and silently backed away.

(End of this chapter)