Datang Almighty Dad

Chapter 97 To change or not to change?
"Wait, noble envoy, wait a minute, it's okay to exchange prisoners for a peace agreement, but it must be returned to our military adviser!" Xie Li hurriedly stopped Tang Jian, and his tone became respectful.

Tang Jian stopped in his tracks, turned his head slightly but did not turn around, and snorted coldly, "Oh? You are stubborn, are you still making progress? Don't talk about it!"

"No, that's not what I meant. I don't need the prisoners of the Zuoxian King's Department, but only ask for the return of one of the military divisions." Xie Li said anxiously.

What? ? ?
Tang Jian was stunned, looked at Jieli in a daze, and said to himself that you are not sick, that is an army of more than 2, would you rather exchange for a Han Chinese than your own people?
But Jieli's attitude was firm, and he could feel the importance he attached to Zhao Deyan. Tang Jian pondered for a moment, "I can't make a decision on this matter, let me go back and ask for instructions to discuss it, but there is one thing for sure, since you and I both intend to stop the war and negotiate a peace, Then you can return to the grassland as a whole army, and the rest is the exchange of prisoners, which can be discussed."

Jieli was worried, "If we withdraw our troops, what will you do if you break your promise? Let's talk about it after you release my army division."

Tang Jian raised his eyebrows and said in displeasure, "Where did this come from? In the country of etiquette in the Tang Dynasty, there has never been any act of treachery. No one in the world knows? All right! You don't have to withdraw your troops, anyway, we don't care about food, please Jieli Khan restrained his soldiers well, but if he found anyone disturbing our people, Zhao Deyan's head would fall to the ground immediately."

you……

Xieli wanted to have an argument, but Tang Jian didn't give it a chance, and he led the people away on horseback without talking too much.

In the big tent of Li Jing's army, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. They never thought that Zhao Deyan was so important to Jieli that he would be willing to exchange [-] soldiers and horses. So, should we exchange or not?

Cheng Yaojin said indignantly: "If you don't want to change it, let me tell you, this person is very bad. Letting him go back is like letting the tiger go back to the mountain. In the future, he will definitely help the Turks harm my Tang Dynasty in a different way, so he cut it with a single knife to save worry. Jie Li If you don't accept it, you will fight, we are not afraid of him."

"That's right! It was cut with a knife!"

……

Many generals supported Cheng Yaojin's words, it can be said that everyone hated Zhao Deyan to the bone.

Of course, it might not be accurate to say that it is hatred, and there may be a little fear in it. Zhao Deyan is a scheming man. He suffered a lot of hidden losses in the previous fight against Datang, and even the commander-in-chief Li Jing was no match for him at the beginning. Such an opponent , now that you have caught it, you can cut it with a knife and don't worry, you will meet again after letting the tiger go back to the mountain, it will be difficult to deal with!
Li Jing looked up at Li Ji, "What do you think, Lord Mao?"

Li Ji pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I can't make a decision. As Zhijie said, letting the tiger go back to the mountain may be a disaster, and the future is unknown, so it can't be done! But as Jieli said, exchanging more than 2 captives for one Zhao Deyan may not be a bad thing. .”

"Niubi, are you stupid? Are we short of people in the Tang Dynasty? Why do we need more than 2 prisoners? We also have to feed them with food." Cheng Yaojin refused to accept.

Li Ji smiled without saying a word, looked at the commander-in-chief Li Jing, Li Jing understood, nodded in praise and said: "Mr. Mao wants to borrow a knife to kill people, and use a trick to kill?"

"Exactly! But this matter is not up to you and me to decide. The Duke of Ju is the envoy to negotiate peace, and he has the right to represent the court." Li Ji kicked the ball to Tang Jian again.

Tang Jian shook his head and said, "It is precisely because of the seriousness of this matter that I am undecided that I came back to discuss with you. If you do not make a decision, then I have no choice but to ask Your Majesty to wait for news. This place is not far from Chang'an."

Li Ji smiled and said: "Don't be upset, Mr. Tang, I will accompany you to the enemy's camp tomorrow, and you must let Jieli lay down his weapons. We will send him back to his hometown as a gift. One hundred thousand grassland Turkic soldiers stationed in my Tang mansion is a hidden danger after all. "

"Very good!"

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A day later, the imperial court received an urgent report from Babaili.

Li Er was also stunned for a moment, who is this Zhao Deyan who can make Turkic Jieli spend tens of thousands of soldiers in exchange?To change or not to change?
They called together a group of think tanks, and there was a lot of discussion. Almost everyone thought that it was not a good thing to let such a resourceful person familiar with the Han people assist the Turks, so kill him!
Moreover, after the killing, the Turkic captives were still in our hands, and Xieli did not dare to act rashly, so he had to withdraw obediently.

Coincidentally, Li Yuanying, the king of Qin, brought his children into the palace to play on this day, just in time for this meeting.

Just when Li Er was about to accept the remonstrance and ordered to kill him, Li Yuanying said, "My brother thinks that it is better to let him go than to kill him!"

Li Er looked at Li Yuanying who was seated aside in surprise, "Fifth brother, don't you know nothing about military affairs? How do you say that?"

Li Yuanying spread his hands and said: "I don't know how to lead troops to fight, and I don't know how to handle government affairs, but this matter is not difficult to figure out. There are three plans. One, as General Li Ji suggested, let Zhao Deyan go back, and let Zhao Deyan go back. Gaining the trust of Xieli, but Xieli will lose the love of the people, if we release the more than 2 captives back afterwards, hehe, Zhao Deyan will not survive, and Xieli will be rebelled if he says otherwise."

Li Er nodded in agreement and said, "That's right, that's what Maogong meant. It's rare to capture more than 2 people, and all of them were sent back. This is to add weapons to the Turks. If their weapons are stronger, my Tang Dynasty will be more dangerous. It's not worth it." What about the second and third?"

Li Yuanying went on to say: "Secondly, I also think it's a pity to let these more than 2 fresh troops go back, but raising them in Datang would waste food, so it's better to use the captives, anyway, they are people of foreign races, they don't have any human rights, and they use them as coolies." Let them do the dirty and tiring work of repairing water conservancy and city defense, and the people of my Tang Dynasty can farm and live with peace of mind.

Don’t worry about not being able to support them, let each state share a share, where there are engineering corvees that need coolies, let them come to the people, and the localities are responsible for supporting them, I think, in this way, we don’t have to worry about the surplus of captives, we may have to worry about captives In the future it will be too hot to be used. "

"Although this method is a bit harsh, it is indeed a good idea. But in this way, the scheming will be useless." Everyone nodded in praise.

Li Yuanying chuckled: "How could it be? It's nothing more than scheming. It's nothing more than spreading rumors. We can use it if we create a rumor. After all, everyone knows the tens of thousands of captives. Why put them all back? Otherwise, let these people work for a period of time. It’s painful enough, a hundred or ten of them were secretly released, and when they go back to publicize it, it’s more useful than our rumors.”

……hiss!Good means!

Li Er clapped his palms and praised, "Fifth brother, great plan! I am very curious, but there is one third thing you haven't said. What is it?"

"It's better to have an acquaintance we know to help Xieli than an unknown stranger. Besides, there are so many talents in our Tang Dynasty, will no one be able to match a Zhao Deyan? Although Zhao Deyan knows the Central Plains, that is the past, and the future Tang Dynasty It's changing with each passing day, and he doesn't necessarily understand it.

The third thing I said, you may not believe it, is that Jieli is a man of great talent and great admiration for the culture of the Central Plains. With Zhao Deyan by his side, he will definitely follow the example of the Central Plains. It is not an anti-dog, but in the long run it will damage the Turkic combat power and morale. "

... Well, in the Palace of Political Affairs, no one spoke.

Li Yuanying murmured in his heart, maybe what he said was too general, so he continued: "For example, if they admire our etiquette culture, they will promote the etiquette of the Central Plains culture, but the Turkic people are so tough, how can they be so easy to change customs? If things go on like this There must be complaints and public complaints everywhere..."

After he finished speaking, the hall was completely silent. After a long time, Li Er took the lead to break the silence and said with emotion: "In the future, who will say that the fifth brother is not good at military and political affairs, I will be the first to stand up and disobey. You said you don't know how to divination, I even thought you were divination into the future.

Zhuqing, what do you think of the three opinions of His Highness King Qin, Zhao Deyan, should he be killed or let go? "

Baiguan: ...It's all like this, and you still ask us?Is this interesting?In the Tang Dynasty, there was His Highness Qin Wang, who could calculate the general situation of the world as clearly as a palm reading without leaving home, and Zhao Deyan was not worth mentioning from now on.

Li Yuanying couldn't help touching her nose, thinking, I haven't read the history books, Zhao Deyan is such a best sixth man role, but he made Jieli suffer.

(End of this chapter)