The word "side by side" king of the Tang Dynasty

In the first year of Wude, on the fifth day of the eleventh month, King Li Shimin of Qin rebelled and forced the palace to surrender, and placed Li Yuan under house arrest.

On the sixth day of November, Li Shimin claimed that Li Yuan was seriously ill and issued a false edict to supervise the country.

On the seventh day of November, Li Shimin began to arrange matters for Li Yuan's Zen throne.

On the eighth day of November, in Tai Chi Hall, Li Shimin sat in Li Yuan's usual seat to review the memorial.

Today is his third day in prison!

In the past three days, he has exercised the power of the emperor without the uneasiness he felt before.

Changsun Wuji said:"King Qin, everything has been arranged for your enthronement. Tomorrow, His Majesty will take the throne and announce to the world that you will be the new monarch of the Tang Empire."

Li Shimin put down the memorial in his hand, with a smile on his face. Smiling, he said:"As the king ascends the throne, my assistant will be the prime minister!"

The two looked at each other and both laughed.

They have been planning for today for nearly a month.

Now everything is ready, just waiting for Li Yuan's throne tomorrow, the Tang Dynasty will be in Li Shimin's hands!

"newspaper——"

Suddenly, Li Shimin's personal bodyguard hurriedly entered the Tai Chi Hall.

With a face full of panic, he reported:"King Qin, urgent news came from the border. The Turk Jieli Khan led an army of 250,000 troops (of which 50,000 troops were borrowed from Tubo). They took advantage of Tubo and broke through Yumen Pass three days ago. The guards at Yumen Pass The general fought to the death and refused to retreat. The entire army of 40,000 men and horses perished under the iron hoof of the Turks. The

Turkic army went south from Longxi and entered the hinterland of the Central Plains. Now they are marching straight in, heading straight for Chang'an!"

After hearing the report, Li Shimin and Changsun The smile that originally hung on Wuji's face disappeared in an instant.

The two of them looked shocked, both feeling shocked and frightened.

None of them thought that Jieli Khan would take advantage of Tubo to fight all the way from Longxi to Chang'an!

Wasn't he just beaten by Li Changqing in Youzhou and fled in embarrassment? Why did he turn around and break through Yumen Pass in just half a month?

Such a sudden event greatly exceeded Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji's expectations.

For a moment, both of them fell into a state of shock.

After the shock, there was great panic.

Even Li Shimin, who was not panicking even when he conspired to rebel and force the palace, now had a look of panic on his face.

"Auxiliary machine, the Turkic army of 250,000 is moving south, Chang'an is in danger! I wait, what should I do?"

Changsun Wuji's face was gloomy, and his eyebrows were tightly knitted together.

"On the day of the palace coup, the Xuanjia Army fought bloody battles with the Imperial City Forbidden Army, resulting in heavy casualties. Now Chang'an has less than 50,000 available troops, and it is absolutely unable to withstand the 250,000 Turkic cavalry!

For the present plan, we can only order the garrison stationed in various places to go to Beijing to serve the king.

However, the Turks broke through Yumen Pass three days ago. With the marching speed of the Turkic army, they can reach Chang'an tomorrow.

Before the defenders from all over the country rushed to Chang'an, Chang'an might be crushed by the Turks."

Suddenly they heard that the Turks had broken through Yumen Pass and were marching straight into the hinterland of the Central Plains to kill Chang'an. Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji thought about it, but they didn't have any effective countermeasures.

"Damn Turks! Li Shimin punched the table with a ferocious look on his face, and cursed angrily:"If you don't come sooner, you won't come later, but you're here to kill me when I'm at my weakest!""

"If this catastrophe can be overcome, the Japanese king will send millions of troops to go deep into the desert and kill all the Turks!"

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On the ninth day of November, the Turk Jieli Khan led an army of 200,000 Turks and an army of 50,000 Tibetans. They marched all the way south to Chang'an and marched to the city gates!

Two hundred and fifty thousand troops surrounded Chang'an.

The people of Chang'an were all in panic.

Li Shimin canceled the scheduled enthronement ceremony for the Zen throne and led his generals to climb the city wall to defend against Turks attacking the city.

As soon as they climbed the city wall, they saw 250,000 Turkic soldiers arrayed on the north bank of the Wei River, with banners covering the sun and flying for dozens of miles.

Li Shimin and his advisers and generals were all frightened.

At this time, the capital was empty of troops, with only 50,000 capable fighters. Once a war started, they would be far from the Turks' opponents.

In the midst of the Turkic military formation, a tall and brave Turkic man in Chinese attire stepped out on horseback, pointed at the Chang'an city wall with a whip in his hand, and said loudly:

"I am a Turkic Khan. Does the Emperor of Tang dare to come out and tell me?"

Today's Jieli Khan is full of ambition, and the look on his face can be described as arrogant and arrogant.

It is completely different from the embarrassment of being killed by Li Changqing half a month ago.

Li Shimin took a step forward and shouted loudly. Said:"I am the second son of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, King Li Shimin of Qin!

Jieli Khan glanced at Li Shimin and said sarcastically:"The King of Qin is not qualified to talk to me." Let Emperor Tang come here quickly!

Duan Zhixuan was furious:"How dare the Turks be so rampant!""

Although Li Shimin was very angry in his heart, he knew that it was not appropriate to offend Jieli Khan at this time, so he quickly grabbed Duan Zhixuan.

Facing Jieli Khan, he said:"My father is seriously ill, and I have ordered this king to supervise the affairs of the country and the affairs of the court. All will be handled by this king. Jie Li, you lead a large army to besiege the city, are you not afraid of my power from the Han and Tang Dynasties?"

"Ha ha ha ha——"

Jieli Khan threw his head back and laughed, laughing unscrupulously

"If the white-robed army was defending the city today and the general was Li Changqing, I might still be afraid. But what ability do you, Li Shimin, have that can make me afraid?"

In Jieli Khan's words, he was obviously afraid of Li Changqing, but he did not take Li Shimin seriously.

Li Shimin's face instantly darkened.

This comparison made him feel very uncomfortable.

It was as if he was not as good as Li Changqing!

But Li Shimin was Li Shimin after all, and he quickly adjusted his mentality.

With a solemn look on his face, he yelled at Jieli Khan:"Since the Sui Dynasty, our Han Dynasty has made peace with your father, Qimin Khan, and donated a legacy. Silk, there is no calculation before or after. Today, you are proud of your alliance and lead your troops deep into the country. Are you worthy of our Han people? Although you are a soldier, you still have a human heart. Why do you forget all about your great kindness and boast about your strength?"

On that day, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, married Princess Yicheng to Qimin Khan, the father of Jieli Khan. Breaking a promise and breaking a promise.

Hearing this, Jieli Khan laughed again and said:"Li Shimin, don't provoke me with the promise of a promise. The covenant of friendship between the two tribes was signed between the Turks and the Sui Dynasty, not you, Li Tang!

I, the Khan, led an army of 250,000 men and marched all the way south to take Chang'an. How could I leave just because you broke the covenant?

On that day, Li Changqing took advantage of the emptiness of our royal court and led the dragon cavalry guards to attack Huanglong. More than 100,000 people in the royal court were killed by his butcher knife, and the huge royal court was also destroyed by fire.

Today, I will imitate Li Changqing and ride on Chang'an, killing him and turning the world upside down. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth!"