The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 426 Peace Talk
After Liu Heikai was defeated by Yang Yong, 10,000+ troops were lost, leaving less than 2 horses and fled back to Youzhou. There were not many states and counties left under his Handong Kingdom, with a total force of only [-]. He hated Yang Yong and Li Tang to the core, but he couldn't beat Yang Yong, let alone Li Tang.In desperation, he adopted Fan Yuan's strategy, openly taking refuge in the Tang Dynasty, and secretly colluding with the Turks to deal with Yang Yong, so as to survive and strengthen his Handong Kingdom.

To put it bluntly, Liu Heitai planned to play with Li Yuan and his son this time, but he had to play with the Turkic Ji Li Khan first, so that his prime minister Fan Yuan went to Turkic to borrow troops.But the Turkic Ji Li Khan is not a fool, and he doesn't want his soldiers to be used as spearmen by Liu Heita for nothing.

In recent years, the Turkic people have long coveted the rich land of the Central Plains, and they have long neglected the Sui and Tang regimes, and they are eager to try.Ji Li Khan once directly sent troops to invade the south, but the Sui and Tang were difficult to deal with, especially when Yang Yong and Li Shimin came out later, which made the Turkic people even more headaches.

After learning from the pain, Ji Li Khan thought of a way to control violence with violence, that is, to support a puppet regime and oppose Yang Yong and Li Shimin, and the Turks profited from it.For example, Li Gui of Wuwei and Liu Wuzhou, king of Bingzhou, were all his favorite objects.However, Li Gui and Liu Wuzhou were defeated successively, which made him very disappointed. Now he has selected Liu Heita to support him, and Han Dongguo is the product of his support.

However, this Liu Heikai still did not give them much hope for the Turkic people. The Turkic people finally cultivated him from a small sapling after the defeat to a towering tree. , occupying almost the whole of Shandong.

However, next, Liu Heitai met Yang Yong, but he was defeated again and again, even the tens of thousands of soldiers from the Turks and Mohe were defeated.Now he came to borrow soldiers from him again, and Liu Heikai made it clear in his letter that after the Eastern Han Dynasty came back, the territory and property it gained would be shared equally with the Turks.

Although Ji Li Khan was disappointed with Liu Heitai, he did not give up, just like Liu Heitai who has been defeated and fought repeatedly.But this time Ji Li Khan is no longer so stupid, and intends to use another way to deal with these cunning Han people in his mind.

After reading Liu Heikai's secret letter, Ji Li Khan thought for a long time and came up with an idea, and smiled at Fan Yuan: "Your Majesty, thank you for your trust and kindness, our Turkic and Handong countries are in the interests Good friends who are connected, now that your country is in trouble, of course we Turks can't just sit idly by, the noble minister can just rest in the post, Ben Khan will reply within three days, and the noble minister is satisfied."

"Thank you King Khan." Fan Yuan stayed happily.

The next day, Ji Li Khan went to Goguryeo in person and persuaded the king of Goguryeo, Gao Yuan, to send [-] troops and listen to Liu Heita.After Liu Heitai came back from the mountain, they got a share of the land, livestock and property.

Gao Yuan was dissatisfied with both the Great Sui and the Great Tang, because the Great Sui had conquered them several times, and Li Yuan, the founder of the Great Tang, had personally led troops to capture their cities and kill their people .In the past few years, Goguryeo has raised a strong army and horses. Taking advantage of the separatist regimes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Gao Yuan has long wanted to go south for revenge.More importantly, he did not dare to easily offend the powerful Turks, so he graciously agreed.He sent General Gao Yang to lead [-] elite soldiers to serve under Liu Heita's command.

When Fan Yuan heard it, it doesn't matter who the generals are, as long as the generals are available, although 5 horses are not many, they can also solve the urgent need.So, he thanked Ji Li Khan, and happily returned to Han Dongguo to report to Liu Heita.

Liu Heitai was naturally also very happy. After Gao Yang's [-] troops arrived in Youzhou, Liu Heitai let Gao Yang and Liu Shishan's troops join together and there were also [-] troops.

With these 8 horses, Liu Heitai was confident, and asked them to station in Youzhou on standby, waiting for Li Shimin.

Seeing Li Shimin's men and horses driving aggressively outside the city, Liu Heitai did not show weakness, and ordered the 8 men and horses to stand ready.When Li Shimin led his people into the city, Liu Heita deliberately pulled out all the [-] troops. That means, don't protest against me, don't watch me lose the battle, but I, Liu Heita, still have strength.

In this atmosphere, Li Shimin and Liu Heitai sat at the negotiating table with two groups of people.After the greetings, Liu Heikai came straight to the point and asked to join forces with Li Shimin's soldiers to deal with Yang Yong. The two sides stopped their troops and made peace, and they will be friends forever.

Li Shimin nodded approvingly, but there are still many details to be discussed in order to form a coalition.

After Li Shimin asked the question, Liu Heikai smiled and said generously: "It has been heard that His Royal Highness King Qin has the talent for latitude and longitude, and the ambition to stabilize the country and stabilize the country. Of course, the commander of the coalition army is none other than Your Excellency. We sent [-] troops to form a coalition army. Fifty thousand soldiers are all at your command, and you are the only one who follows the lead, what do you think?"

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction: "Brother Liu is really righteous, so it's a deal. Our Tang Dynasty sent 15 troops to form a coalition army. There are a total of [-] horses, and Xiao Wang will lead it without hesitation."

Then the clauses were formed in words, signed by both parties with seals, the agreement was reached, and the peace talks ended successfully. No one expected it to be so smooth.

Liu Heitai was happy, and ordered a large banquet for Li Shimin and his party to congratulate the two sides on the success of the peace talks.After eating and drinking enough, Li Shimin took Changsun Wuji and other personal guards out of the city and returned to camp.

When they arrived at Shuai Zhang, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Li Yuanba, Luo Yi, Luo Cheng, Shi Danai and other generals all gathered around to inquire about the status of the negotiation.

Li Shimin did not conceal the truth and informed them of the truth, and Li Yuanba quit after hearing it: "Second brother, he sent [-] troops, we sent [-] troops, and we have to share the territory and property with us equally, then we will lose money." Is it too big? How can you promise him? If I say [-]% to give them [-]%, it’s not bad, if they don’t agree, then beat them, and I’ll shoot all their shit!”

Li Shimin smiled but did not answer.Changsun Wuji said: "Brother Yuanba, don't be reckless. Although they sent [-] troops, the command is in our hands. I'm afraid the current Han Dongguo can only draw out this number of troops. Don't force Liu Heikai to turn against us." Right. But I think Liu Heitai is too generous, the [-] army is mostly his family property, and all of them are under the command of His Highness, so he is so relieved?"

Fang Xuanling frowned: "Your Highness, what the eldest grandson said is reasonable. This time the peace talks have gone very smoothly. Is Liu Heita playing some tricks? As far as my subordinates know, this Liu Heita and Dou Jiande are from the same village. He is addicted to alcohol, gambling, capricious, Your Highness must beware of this person's tricks."

Du Ruhui interjected: "Then don't be afraid of him. If Liu Heitai really dares to trick us, he will not be given any vested interests after the war. Don't forget that the command of the coalition forces is in the hands of our highness. If you are in a hurry, we Just kill him first."

Li Shimin smiled lightly and said: "What Keming said is true, but this king hopes that Liu Heita will play tricks."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone laughed heartily.

(End of this chapter)