Chapter 146: Empress Xiao
Chapter 146 Empress Xiao
Because of their own calculations, hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops stationed on the Weibei line for many days, but they never took a step across the Weihe River.
After delaying for many days, Xieli finally arrived.
Jieli Khan's golden wolf banner was surrounded by tens of thousands of troops and came south. Jieli Khan Ashina Duobi riding a white horse was indispensable, and Xiaojian's attached wolf guards showed off their might.
When Jieli arrived in Jingyang, he directly reprimanded Tuli and others.
"Why stand still?"
"Why did Wu Meichuu lose all his troops?"
Tuli Khan Ashinash Bobi looked at the woman next to Uncle Jieli. Among the gowns full of cow and sheepskin, the Han-style palace skirt was too conspicuous. The silk skirt was soft, and there was a piece of silver on the shoulder. The mink shawl and the high bun made him feel an uncontrollable impulse surging in his blood.
What a **** stunner, it's hard to imagine that this woman is already sixty years old. Looking at the skin on her face, it is still rosy and shiny, without any wrinkles at all. Even after years of suffering from freedom, and even staying away from outside the Great Wall in recent years, there is no sign of weather at all.
No wonder Xie Li arrived so late. It turned out that he was with this woman. If he knew this woman, he would probably not want to leave.
Jieli seemed to have seen his nephew's disrespectful gaze towards Empress Xiao, and said dissatisfiedly, "When my father lost his country, he became a Khan thanks to the support and assistance of the Sui Dynasty. Such a great kindness, we Ashina family can't forget. This time, I have brought troops to the south to attack Li Yuan and his son, the rebellious officials and thieves, and to help Empress Dowager Xiao and King Sui return their capital to Chang'an again!"
He waved his hand and called the child beside Xiao Hou to him. He embraced the nine-year-old child and reiterated to Tuli and others, "This is the king of Sui. I, Turk, will embrace him to regain the Central Plains and restore the country." Rejoice!"
Tuli looked at the child, but curled his lips in disdain.
Back then, when Yang Guang died, the Sui king named Yang Zhengdao hadn’t been born yet. He was the posthumous son of the Xiao family’s second son, Qi Wang Yang Hao. When Yang Hao and Yang Guang were killed in Jiangdu, Yang Zhengdao was still in his mother’s house. Later, Xiao and others went north with Yu Wenhuaji, but in the end Yu Wenhuaji was killed by Dou Jiande, and Xiao and Yang Zhengdao were treated courteously by Dou Jiande, and later Luo Khan succeeded to the throne and obeyed Ke Dunyi According to the words of Princess Cheng, he sent people to Dou Jiande to bring Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao back to Turkic.
After Chu Luo Khan took back the Xiao family, he supported Yang Zhengdao as the king of the Sui Dynasty, and allocated all the officials and hundreds of officials in the Central Plains who remained in the Turkic territory to Yang Zhengdao's governance, and restored the Sui regime. After nine years, this In the later Sui Dynasty, a hundred officials were set up, all in accordance with the system of the Sui Dynasty, and they settled in Dingxiang County in the north of Yunzhou in the Sui Dynasty, with more than 10,000 people.
This Dingxiang County is also the place where Qimin Khan was resettled by the Sui Dynasty after he was defeated and surrendered to the Sui Dynasty.
It's just that Tuli is not stupid, and he doesn't know what the King of Sui and the Sui Dynasty are? If you really want to talk about Sui's kindness to Qimin Khan, then why did his father Shibi Khan surround Yang Guang in Yanmen?
The so-called Later Sui Dynasty was just a puppet supported by the Turks taking advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains, and wanted to interfere in the Central Plains. It has been nine years, and Sui Wang Yang Zhengdao is only nine years old.
This post-Sui Dynasty is nothing more than completely dependent and controlled by the Turks, and even Yang Zhengdao can't control things at all. It is Empress Dowager Xiao who actually manages the small Sui court after Dingxiang.
Tuli admired this woman very much. He dealt with the two Khans Chuluo and Jieli, and saved this small court in exile from being annexed by the Turks. I don't know if this charming Empress Xiao has ever slept in those two uncles' bed.
If it was me, I might not be able to reject such a beauty, even if she could be my grandmother regardless of her age.
Xie Li knew exactly what Tuli and the others thought.
He came late this time, it was indeed because he was late sending people to Dingxiang to pick up Empress Xiao, Yang Zhengdao and others.
Originally, the calculation was good. I thought that Li Shimin had just seized the throne in a large-scale southward move. He must have been unstable internally. He would go south and welcome the descendants of Yang and Sui. When Guanzhong collapsed, he might be able to seize Guanzhong. The puppet of Zhengdao nominally occupied Guanzhong and restored the Sui Dynasty, but in fact the Turks controlled the Guanzhong.
It's just that they never expected that Tuli and the others couldn't stay, but Wu Meichuu's entire army of ten thousand people was wiped out.
Qin Qiong from Liangzhou, Hexi has brought 30,000 King Qin troops into Chang'an, Li Shiji and Zhang Gongjin from Hedong Bingzhou have led 80,000 Hedong troops to Guanzhong day and night, Qu Tutong from Luoyang, Henan has also arrived in Tongguan, and there are others from Shandong and Hebei. Ren Gui's tens of thousands of troops are also on the way.
Chai Shao has also led his army out of Qizhou and stationed in Jingxi Wugong.
Li Tang's Qin Wang army came too quickly. The original plan to occupy Wugong in the west and Tongguan in the east, and then besiege Chang'an, has failed.
All of this is due to Tuli and the others not acting according to the plan in advance. They wasted several days of precious time in Weibei.
In particular, Wu Meichuu lost two battles and two defeats, and the entire army of 10,000 people was wiped out. This undoubtedly made people doubt the true strength of the Tang army.
Tuli proposed to Jieli the previous plan of their five leaders, and planned to send people into Chang'an to find out the true strength of the Tang army.
Jieli asked Tuli and the other five to immediately send troops across the Wei River and encircle Chang'an City.
"At the moment of the autumn flood, the Wei River is full of water, and the Tang army controls several Wei bridges. It is difficult for me to fly across the Turkic cavalry!"
Xie Li was very dissatisfied with this reason.
"Can a mere Wei River block the way of my grassland cavalry? If there is no bridge, then take a sheepskin raft and build a boat to cross the river!"
"Sheepskin rafts can ferry people, but what about war horses? How about cattle and sheep? As for shipbuilding, the people of Chang'an on the north bank of the Weihe River have all fled into the city, and we can't catch a few shipbuilders at all."
These are all reasons, but they are just reasons. Xieli believes that as long as he is willing to think of a way, he can find a way to cross the river, but Tuli and others only talk about difficulties, and obviously they refuse to cross the river.
Jieli was very angry and very angry.
Bu Lishe relied on being Jie Li's brother, and even directly proposed to transfer back the 100,000 troops who had been sent to the west of Chang'an to attack the front line of martial arts.
"Since Chai Shao has already entered Wugong, raided to seize Wugong, and then blocked the Longyou River Xiqin King's plan has failed, then there is no need to leave the soldiers there, and beware of being defeated by the Tang people one by one!"
The young Tuoshe Ashinasheer even bluntly said that going south to Chang'an this time was a mistake at all.
Yu Sheshe also immediately supported his brother's opinion, "I came all the way to Guanzhong, and the Great Khan only said that Guanzhong is rich, but what have we got now? We haven't got anything. In my opinion, it's better to withdraw."
Seeing these brothers and nephews who were against him, Xieli was very angry.
Jieli is a great Khan, but these small Khans who control one side are so opposed, which also makes him feel powerless. In the end, he has no choice but to agree to the proposal of Tuli and others, and send people to Chang'an to find out the truth.
As for the candidates for the envoy, Xieli finally chose his confidant, and he insisted on losing his strength.
Zhi Shisili had many contacts with Tang Jun in the past, and even dealt with Li Shimin several times, so he is no stranger.
After receiving the order from the Great Khan, Tuli Khan came to find Zhi Shisili.
"This is Brother Zhu Xie Jinshan. He rescued Wu Meichuu from the Chang'an execution ground before, and he rescued Wu Meichuu from Sanyuan last time. He heard that you are going to Chang'an, and he also wants to go with you."
Zhu Xie Jinshan handed over his hands, "I escaped from Chang'an in a hurry last time, and some people from my tribe stayed in Chang'an. This time I want to take the opportunity to enter Chang'an City to pick them up."
"They just came out of Chang'an, they are familiar with Chang'an, let them show you the way." Tu Li said.
These days, under Liu Jiu's special friendship, the relationship between Tu Li and Liu Jiu has improved by leaps and bounds, and they have sworn brothers with different surnames.
Zhi lost his mind and looked at Liu Jiu. Seeing his hideous scar, and hearing the experience he told, he felt that this brother from the Shatuo tribe who was able to save Wu Meichuu several times could be trusted.
The team set off, Zhi Shi Si Li took dozens of riders with him, and then Zhu Xie Jinshan took all his men with him.
As a part of Zhu Xie Shatuo, Qin Lang also wore a sheep robe and rode behind him. When he left the Turkic camp, he looked back at Jie Li, and the woman in palace costume beside him. I heard that it was Empress Xiao.
It's a pity that I didn't have a chance to get in touch with her this time. Jieli has already come to Weibei, and I have checked everything that needs to be checked. If I stay here, I won't have any chance, so after receiving Li Shimin sent someone to risk it. After the recall order, after careful consideration, Qin Lang decided to find a chance to leave.
It happened that Jieli wanted to send people to Chang'an, so he planned this withdrawal plan.
A group of hundreds of people rode to the north bank of Xiwei Bridge.
The West Wei Bridge has not been demolished, and the Wei Bridge, which is more than five feet wide and several miles long, is still there.
It's just that Juma was set up on the bridge, and many archers were deployed on the south of the bridge.
Zhi Sisili sent someone to report his intention, and Tang Jiang, who was in charge of guarding the other side, would let him go.
Qin Lang, like Zhi Shi Si Li and others, dismounted and led the horse across the bridge on foot as General Tang asked.
Arrive at the South Bank.
Qin Lang saw an old acquaintance, Cheng Yaojin, the guard of the Tang Army with his helmet on and his horse riding horizontally.
After Sanyuan ambushed Wu Meichu, he and Yuchi Gong and Duan Zhixuan led Xuan Jiaqi to quickly return to Chang'an, Weinan, and once again returned to guard Xiwei Bridge.
When the two met, they both pretended not to know each other.
After some inspection, Cheng Yaojin was quite polite to Zhishen Li.
"I will personally send you to Chang'an to meet His Majesty the Emperor!"
On the road, Qin Lang was hanging far behind. During a break, he found an opportunity to give Cheng Yaojin a look, and not long after, the two met in the grove.
"You boy, you are finally willing to come back, I am still worried that you will be eaten by wolves."
"I was still worried that my uncle was killed in Sanyuan last time. It's good to see you again."
"Little bastard, you are messing with your Uncle Cheng. Tell me, what's the matter with calling me?"
"Uncle Cheng, you'll find a chance later and cut me off as a shame."
"What?"
"I said that you will find an opportunity to kill me later. Now that I am back, I don't want to play with the Turks anymore."
"This is not good, you are Shu Bao's son, the emperor's son-in-law!" Cheng Yaojin said intentionally.
"Uncle Cheng, it's best to kill me and Liu Jiu, and it can also frighten me to lose my mind."
(end of this chapter)