Seeing this, Li Shimin looked startled and asked slowly.
Fang Xuanling quickly bowed his hands and saluted, and said with some fear: "Your Majesty, forgive me. I remembered that Li Jing and others reported that Jie Li still had 20,000 soldiers.
I can't help but worry, what if Jieli's request to surrender this time is just to delay the time and stabilize His Majesty. After next spring, when the grass is green and the horses are fat, Jieli will retreat to Mobei and rely on Xue Yantuo or Tuyuhun and other countries. For us,
For the Tang Dynasty, it must be a big hidden danger!"
"Now that Jie Li has sent his confidant Zhi Shili to Chang'an to beg for surrender, is it possible that this is a delaying technique?"
Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but frown slightly.
"Your Majesty, since he wanted to surrender so eagerly, why didn't he come to Chang'an in person to plead guilty to Your Majesty, so as to appear sincere? But now he is shrinking into a mountain of iron, doesn't it mean that there is something evil in his heart?"
At this moment, Changsun Wuji also thought of something, his heart was shocked, and he said quickly.
"Furthermore, Zhi Shisi Li is just the chief of the Zhi Shi tribe of the Eastern Turks, and he seems to be Jieli's adviser. He is not a member of the Ashina family such as Ao She of the Eastern Turks!"
Hearing this, Li Shimin narrowed his eyes slightly. Originally, according to his intention, all the elites of the Tang Dynasty were sent out to defeat Jieli in one fell swoop, and he could just make Jieli obediently join the Tang Dynasty.
Then, he was made king and kept in captivity in Chang'an.
In this way, the Tang Dynasty's northern Turkic problem could be solved.
And now that he is in this situation, Jieli is still thinking carefully?...
Thinking about it, Li Shimin also felt that it was really possible. The Turks had no credibility at all!
"If all Jie Li's troops were to be wiped out, how long would it take for Li Jing? How much would we lose to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty?"
"Your Majesty, Li Jing and other large armies have sufficient supplies and sharp soldiers and armor. As long as they fight steadily, they can push Jie Li into a desperate situation in at most two months.
However, Li Jing’s military tactics are treacherous, and we have all the elites from the Tang Dynasty this time, so we don’t know how long Jie Li can last under Li Jing and others!”
After pondering for a while, Fang Xuanling said slowly.
"Then are you sure you can catch Jieli?"
Li Shimin asked again.
This matter is what Li Shimin is most concerned about.
If he couldn't capture Jie Li alive, Li Shimin would rather use the safest method and accept Jie Li's surrender, then trick him into coming to Chang'an!
"Your Majesty, it's freezing cold, and as long as a hundred thousand troops gather together to surround us, Jieli will not be able to escape even if he has wings.
When Li Jing and other large armies are surrounding you, Your Majesty can issue an edict and ask Jie Li to come to Chang'an City to plead guilty and surrender!
At the same time, His Majesty also issued an edict to Li Jing and other senior managers. If Jie Li listened to His Majesty's edict and came to Chang'an to surrender and plead guilty, it would be fine. However, if he dared to have any evil intentions, Li Jing and others would act according to their intelligence and destroy Jie in one fell swoop.
profit!"
Fang Xuanling said again.
Then, I remembered something and felt regretful.
"It's just that this way our Tang Dynasty will lose a lot of capable laborers!"
"The Prime Minister is a little greedy. The number of Turkic slaves I have captured in the Tang Dynasty now is probably more than 200,000!"
Changsun Wuji chuckled and said slowly.
"Exactly, there are so many slaves. Fortunately, we have to build cities and lay concrete roads. Otherwise, we, the Tang Dynasty, would suffer greatly just from raising these Turkic slaves this winter!" Du Ruhui, who was standing aside, finally said
He spoke.
"Come here and issue an edict!"
At this moment, Li Shimin's eyes were fixed and he had made a decision in his heart.
"I ordered Honglu Qing Tang Jian, General An Xiuren and others to go to the Turks to appease them and accept Jieli's troops to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. The Turks are capricious and have no credibility at all. In order to show sincerity, I ordered Jieli to come in person.
Chang'an City, surrender to me!"
"In addition, give Li Jing an edict to send troops to meet Tang Jian and An Xiuren!"
"In addition, I will issue a secret edict to Li Jing and send troops to protect Tang Jian and An Xiuren. If Jie Li disobeys my order, I will act according to my plan and destroy Jie Li in one fell swoop. I must not let Jie Li escape. I will see him alive."
People want to see their corpses when they die!"
"..."
Li Shimin issued several edicts in succession.
Soon, Honglu Qing Tang Jian, who had previously been sent as an envoy to the Turks, left for the Turks under the escort of General An Xiuren.
For Emperor Li Tang to send these two men to accept the surrender of his own Khan, Zhi lost his mind and was not dissatisfied at all.
Tang Jian, the minister of Honglu, had experience in sending envoys to the Turks earlier. Now he is still the minister of Honglu and the Duke of Ju in the Tang Dynasty.
Another rough-looking man, An Xiuren, was also the Duke of the Tang Dynasty, and he was also from the Sogdian tribe!
However, what made Zhi lose his mind and envied him was the clothes worn by the envoys sent by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Although they are not expensive silk, they look much more comfortable than silk and are very warm.
Even the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who were accompanying them were all wearing the same style of clothes, and their hands were also wearing such comfortable clothes, which was extremely luxurious. Judging from their expressions, they were not cold at all while marching in the cold wind.
Feeling the curious glances that Zhi Huan Si Li kept looking at him along the way, a smile flashed in Tang Jian's eyes.
Immediately, he discussed with An Xiuren who was traveling with him, and when he stopped to rest, he called Zhi Huan Si Li over.
"The general has been watching our clothes all the way, but is he curious about the clothes we are wearing?"
Tang Jian asked directly.
Hearing this, a trace of embarrassment flashed across Zhi Shansi Li's face, but then he chuckled and asked directly.
"The Duke of Ju is really very smart. I remember that when the Duke of Ju came to Turks a few years ago, he was still wearing silk clothes. I didn't expect that in just a few years, not only the Duke of Ju but other nobles of the Tang Dynasty would also wear this kind of clothes.
Clothes, even a group of soldiers of the Tang Dynasty can wear such clothes with them, even their hands are wearing such clothes!"
"The general doesn't know that these are cotton clothes, invented by King Jin of the Tang Dynasty. As long as we wear these clothes, we will be as warm as inside the house, even if we stand in the cold wind.
And the clothes we wear on our palms are gloves, which are also very warm. Soldiers wear gloves, which not only keep their hands from freezing, but also prevent shocks and injuries!"
Tang Jian explained in detail.
“This kind of cotton-padded clothes actually has such effects?”
Zhi lost his mind and couldn't help but widen his eyes with a look of surprise on his face.
"Exactly!"
Tang Jian chuckled and nodded slowly.
"If the general doesn't believe it, you can give it a try!"
"Can someone wear this kind of clothing?"
Zhi lost his thoughts and was startled. He glanced at An Xiuren standing aside in surprise, somewhat unbelievable.
"Why not?"
Tang Jian smiled heartily, "Anyway, Jieli Khan has surrendered to me, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. In a few days, all Turkic people will become my subjects of the Tang Dynasty. The general just tried on this clothes, who will say anything about it?"
Four!"
"Hahaha, Duke Ju is still as cheerful as ever!"
Zhi lost his mind and smiled with a smile on his face.
Tang Jian waved, and a guard on the side quickly took a set of large cotton-padded clothes.
Seeing this, Zhi lost his thinking power and didn't hesitate to replace it directly.
Even gloves are worn.
"The Duke of Ju really did not lie to you. This kind of cotton-padded clothes is really comfortable and warm!"
Zhi lost his mind and moved his body. At the same time, he picked up the steel knife put aside by the guard and waved it vigorously a few times.
Suddenly, he couldn't help but think of something, and he chopped down a tree as thick as his neck.
After the blow, Zhi lost his thoughts and was shocked. He didn't feel any resistance.
Could it be...
Thinking about it, he quickly stared and looked towards the tree.
As a breeze blew, the tree fell down with the wind.
At the same time, a smooth cross-section is exposed.