Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 75 Is it war or peace?

Seeing that Li Shimin was about to get angry at this moment, all the ministers were guessing what was actually written in this third document.

The Turkic special envoy came today in the name of "peace talks", but what he did did not imply peace talks at all. Everyone knew that the content of the third document was definitely not about "peace talks".

At this moment Li Shimin finally put down the scroll, his face turned from flushed to livid.

"boom!"

After slamming the scroll on the court, Li Shimin finally exploded.

"Turks, Xue Yantuo, Goguryeo! These small barbarian countries dare to unite and intend to fight against my Tang Dynasty! It's really unreasonable!"

Li Shimin's eyes widened and he shouted sharply at Ashina Bakan: "Do you think that by uniting these countries as big as a grain of rice, you can threaten the power of the Tang Dynasty?"

Upon hearing Li Shimin's words, everyone was shocked again. The previous land cession document stated that the land was divided among the three kingdoms, but they had not yet understood the implication.At this time, everyone realized that it was these three countries that wanted to unite to fight against the Tang Dynasty.

"hey-hey!"

Facing the angry Li Shimin, Ashina Bakan was not afraid at all. He shook his head lightly and said leisurely, "There is an old saying among you that three cobblers are the best of Zhuge Liang!"

"Of course I, Turkic Three Kingdoms, is not a cobbler, and you, Tang Dynasty, are naturally not Zhuge Liang!"

Ashina Bakan looked proud: "Now, our three kingdoms have raised 50 troops and are ready to attack Datang at any time! Your Datang was beaten to Chang'an by my Jieli Khan last time. It can be seen that the strength is not very good! Now that our Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms are going south to attack Tang, do you still expect to escape this catastrophe by luck?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Yaojin stood up: "Humph! The Turks, a certain man's defeated general! Xue Yantuo and Goguryeo are just small, peaceful countries! You three countries have united and want to threaten me, the Tang Dynasty? What if? It's ridiculous!"

"Who is ridiculous, you will find out when you fight!"

Ashina Bakan turned his head away and did not argue with Cheng Yaojin. He cupped his hands again and said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, you have read the request made by this envoy. Please give me an answer if you agree or not." !"

Li Shimin snorted coldly, and said sternly: "Do I still need to answer? You small foreign countries want to threaten me, Datang, have you asked my soldiers?"

As soon as these words came out, the generals in the field took a step forward one after another, and the Qianniu guards guarding the hall also raised their long sabers one after another, pulled out the long sabers with a "clang", and glared at Ashina Bakan.

With so many big and round generals showing their might, Ashina Bakan was startled, and he took a small step back.

"Humph!"

Li Shimin said coldly at this time: "Your Excellency must already know my reply, right?"

"If you want to fight, we in the Tang Dynasty have many elite soldiers and generals, and we will never agree to such unreasonable demands!"

Li Shimin refused resolutely, and Ashina Bakan thought for a while, and said bitterly: "Since your majesty does not want peace talks, then we will only have to fight each other! But I advise you not to be obsessed with it. My Turkic cavalry has already Enough to break through the mountains and rivers of the Tang Dynasty, plus Xue Yantuo and Goguryeo, such a powerful force is absolutely invincible to you in the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Shimin raised his head: "Our celestial dynasty has countless elite soldiers, fierce generals like clouds, a mere 50 soldiers and horses, why should we be afraid?"

What he said in a chic and casual manner, attracted many courtiers in the court hall to applaud in unison, and everyone shook their fists to encourage them, shaking all the strength out of their bodies.

Ashina Bakan had been frightened by many generals before, and he didn't dare to be presumptuous again. Seeing that the Tang people refused to back down, he leaned his hand behind his back, took a step back and said:

"This envoy will wait five days in Chang'an. If you want to make peace, send someone to discuss with me. After five days, this envoy will set off to return to Turkic. By then, there will be no turning back! "

He was straightforward, left a period of five days, and then walked away.

"Your Majesty, there must be no peace!" After the special envoy left, Du Ruhui was the first to speak up, "These foreign enemies are all ambitious people, even if we agree to cede the land, they will not stop, they will only intensify. Continue to eat away at my Great Tang!"

"What did Du Xianggong say!"

As soon as Du Ruhui finished speaking, Cheng Yaojin retorted with a dark face: "What do you mean 'even if you agree to cede the land'?"

He stomped his feet: "It is impossible to cede the land at all. They want a large area north of the Yellow River. Can this be given?"

"Oh! I'm just making an analogy!" Du Ruhui hurriedly explained.

Cheng Yaojin wanted to argue again, but Li Shimin raised his hand to stop him.

"Don't make trouble if you know the integrity!" Li Shimin said, "I will never agree to such absurd demands. This peace talk, let's not talk about it!"

Li Shimin decided not to make peace, so the crowd naturally did not dare to make peace, and those officials who wanted to talk about peace were silent.

The remaining people were divided into two groups. People like Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde and others stood up and said they wanted to fight.

But what more people are discussing now is, what to use?

Including Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, Wei Zheng and others, everyone is already calculating the current strength of Datang.

This Ashina Bakan said that the three-nation coalition has 50 people, and everyone has no doubts. Although just now everyone said that these countries are just small countries, but everyone knows very well that these countries are not weak. It is not uncommon to add up to 50.

As for Datang's existing military strength, it is possible to add up to 50 troops, but now the borders are not peaceful. In the north, I am afraid that it is too late in time and space.

Besides, wars are about saving money and food. At this time, natural disasters and man-made disasters are gathering in the Tang Dynasty. The Turks were just driven out a few days ago.Even if it costs a lot of money to win, how much impact will it have on the lives of the people?
Nowadays, peace talks are extremely expensive, and war is an extremely expensive and risky option. Everyone is worried, can't the Tang Dynasty live a peaceful life for a few days?
Li Shimin was very distressed. Before the Turkic special envoy was in front of him, he naturally couldn't admit his cowardice and put on the air of the heavenly kingdom.But after careful calculation, this matter is indeed extremely difficult.

If it is not handled properly, the consequences of the fight may be much more serious than ceding the north of the Yellow River.

Seeing the courtiers expressing their views, but still unable to come up with a solution, he was deeply moved.

Last time, it was Ke'er who fell from the sky and took the risk of his own life to pull Datang back from the decline.

But now, the situation is more dangerous than last time. Who can save Datang?
(End of this chapter)