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Chapter 854 Worth One Million Taels of Gold
Unexpectedly, as soon as the two finished talking, Shi Luodie found it so easy.

He said nonchalantly: "Father Khan, what's so difficult about this? All my subordinates are warriors who have just come down from the battlefield. They are just worried that they haven't had enough fun fighting. Leave this battle to me. I will definitely make sure it goes flawlessly."

"You bastard?"

Jie Li's heart, which had just been relieved, became tense again. He stood up angrily, pointed at Shi Luodie and started to curse: "I have told you a long time ago that you should be modest and prudent, and you should know how to respect others. You just won a few battles, and you are already cocky?"

"We are a whole. From a public perspective, both you and Li Yan are subjects of this Khan."

"Personally speaking, you are my son, and Li Yan is my future son-in-law."

"We are all one family. We should unite, help each other, and stick together. We should fight together and share the credit. You are so greedy and have no dignity as a ruler. How can you be my Turkic Khan in the future and make everyone convinced?"

Shi Luodie didn't know why Jie Li suddenly got so angry. He was stunned for a moment and subconsciously asked back: "Father Khan, it wasn't you who asked me to do that."

"Shut up!" Jie Li was startled and shouted angrily.

Shi Luodie looked up and saw Jie Li glaring at him with fierce eyes, as if he wanted to eat him up. He felt timid.

"I didn't say I wouldn't share it, I just wanted to share the burden for him!"

Shi Luodie stammered, "If that's the case, then the final battle will be handed over to Li Yan. It's just acting anyway, and I don't want to play the losing side, right?"

Shi Luodie felt that he was insulted by Jie Li, so he did not stay any longer after he finished speaking. He flicked his sleeves and left angrily.

When Jie Li saw Shi Luodie's impulsive behavior, he gasped again. He was just acting just now, but now he was really a little angry.

"The prince has this temper, Khan, there is no need to be angry!"

However, the commotion between the father and son actually put Li Yan's guard down.

Li Yan quickly stepped forward and smiled to smooth things over: "Leave the rest to me. The Khan and the army still have to escort people and goods, and the journey will be slow. We should pack up and set off as soon as possible!"

Jie Li felt relieved that he did not arouse Li Yan's vigilance, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous. Fearing that further complications would arise, Jie Li took advantage of the situation and pretended to be indignant and blamed Shi Luodie for a while, then sent everyone away.

When there were only two people left in the hall, Jie Li said mysteriously, "Oh, there is one more thing I want to tell you."

"Many people have moved to the grassland this time. I'm afraid that this winter, all kinds of daily necessities will be scarce on the grassland. I left 200,000 taels of gold in the warehouse. I will use it to buy a batch of food, cloth, iron pots, salt and other daily necessities from the Tang Dynasty."

"I have already given the list of needed supplies to Changsun Wuji."

"We will not transport the siege equipment outside the city back to the grassland. We will return them all and exchange them for supplies. The Tang army will give you the first batch of 200,000 dan of grain when you leave, and you can take it back to the grassland at that time."

Li Yan saw that Jie Li was very thoughtful and nodded silently: "Don't worry, Khan, leave it to me, I guarantee it will be foolproof!"

"Well! I believe in you. You have never let me down. Meeting you is the greatest luck in my life." Jie Li reached out and patted Li Yan's shoulder with emotion, feeling very uncomfortable.

Looking at Li Yan, who had suffered such a great injustice but still respected him very much, he thought that it would not be long before this general, whom he relied on most and who had conquered half of the grassland for him, would be killed in the city of Liaodong in a foreign country with his dream of becoming an emperor.

The scenes of their past interactions kept coming to his mind. The first time they met, that young and immature boy walked into the tiger's den and rescued him from the Tang army. Afterwards, he was even more devoted to giving him advice. Later, he did not have any capable generals under his command.

Li Yan personally led the charge into battle, wiped out the rebellious tribes, and conquered one hostile force after another.

He managed to integrate the Turkic people, which were on the verge of falling apart, back together again.

At the important moment when the new Turkic Khanate was established, he gave a slight signal, and Li Yan handed over the iron-blooded army he had brought out to conquer the world to him without hesitation, and moved to Hulun Lake thousands of miles away with only 50,000 people to guard the border for him.

When he learned that he wanted to pass the throne to his son, he planned the southern expedition himself without saying a word. With one victory after another, he pushed the unyielding Shi Luodie into a position of attention.

Li Yan had never felt sorry for himself, and now it was only because he didn't want him to drag the future Turkic Khanate into the quagmire of war with the Tang Dynasty, as well as the possible threat to his son in the future.

While the other party was racking his brains to plan for his father and son, he secretly revealed the other party's secrets to the Tang Dynasty, and together with the Tang Dynasty, they set up this deadly trap with ambushes from all sides.

Jie Li ruled the grassland with an iron fist, and countless people died. He fought wars all his life, and more than a million people died at his hands.

He had never been soft-hearted. Looking at Li Yan, who was loyal to him, Jie Li's conscience was awakened, and a strong sense of guilt surged in his heart. This was the lifesaver of his father and son, and a person who really cared about him, but he was pushed into hell by his own hands. If he were a few years younger, if his son Shi Luodie could be stronger, if his daughter grew up earlier and married Li Yan, if Li Yan could stay in the grassland to assist his son, maybe.
‘cough cough cough’

A strong sense of guilt gnawed at Jie Li's conscience like a poisonous snake. A heart-wrenching heartache swept over him. Jie Li couldn't stop coughing. The huge gasps made Jie Li's old body hunch over.

Li Yan said with concern: "Khan, you must take care of yourself!"

Jie Li straightened up with difficulty, waved his hands, and slowly calmed down. He knew that Li Yan would curse him harshly before he died.

Because I was still deceiving him at the last moment.

The gold was indeed left for the Tang Dynasty to purchase supplies, but the grain did not need to be shipped immediately. This was said to stabilize Li Yan and avoid the last possible change.

"Finish your work as soon as possible and come back early. Jing'er and I are waiting for you on the grassland." Jie Li insisted on saying the last sentence against his will. He no longer dared to look into Li Yan's clear eyes and turned around and left.

The next afternoon, Li Yan and two capable generals, Hermu and Gu Rentu, stood at the north gate of Liaodong City and watched Jie Li's troops slowly leave. The team was accompanied by large and small vehicles, each of which was filled with looted property from Liaodong.

Heermu said worriedly: "Your Majesty, I always feel a little uneasy in my heart. You said that Jie Li's army has withdrawn and left us in Liaodong City. What if the Tang Dynasty changes its mind and eats us up?"

"What are you afraid of?"

"Jie Li left behind a large sum of gold and wanted to trade grain with the Tang Dynasty. He didn't even move a single soldier from us. He didn't seem to have any bad intentions at all. I think you scholars just like to think too much. There's nothing to worry about."

Gu Rentu patted his chest excitedly and said, "With 20,000 cavalrymen in hand and our Right Wise King here, even if there are dragons and tigers' dens ahead, we can break through them. The Tang army is all infantry, so even if there are 200,000 troops, it won't be a problem to defeat them."

"Let's take a step back. Even if we can't win, if we want to escape, no one can stop us."

If it were any other situation, Li Yan would naturally be alert and avoid danger. But the key point is that now they are in Liaodong, the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the enemy's main generals are Changsun Wuji and Hou Junji, which is simply their home court.

Li Yan had a sense of security that came from the bottom of his heart. On the contrary, when he was on the grassland, he felt like he was in a tiger's den and had to be on guard every day.

Li Yan was not as carefree as Gu Rentu, nor did he have the feeling of being surrounded like Heermu. Instead, he was very relaxed. He smiled and pointed to the wilderness in the distance: "Don't worry, there is an endless plain outside Liaodong City, which is very conducive to cavalry galloping."

"Gu Rentu is right. In this kind of terrain, as long as we want to leave, no one can stop us."

"Next, we will wait for the Tang army to arrive and send someone to contact us to see how the battle will be fought. When the time is right, we will leave."

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, Li Yan's heart moved and he teased, "How much money and property have you two withheld this time? You should pack it up and prepare it in advance, lest you withdraw your troops too hastily and fail to take it away in time, which would be a big loss."

"Haha, my king, you can rest assured that I will do my job well."

Heermu looked around and said cautiously, "This time I have seized a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, jade, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and other treasures. Most of them are gold and silver. The total value is estimated to be no less than one million taels of gold."

"Oh, and there are also many fine weapons such as swords, bows and crossbows, and spears collected by the royal families of Goguryeo and Silla and Baekje."

"hiss"

Li Yan took a deep breath, also with a look of shock on his face: "There are so many, and Jie Lishi Luodie and the others didn't find them?"

"No."

Heermu showed a mocking expression: "Those people are all rough and reckless. After looting from various cities, they transported them all to Liaodong City without keeping statistics. Moreover, they were transported from all directions and the items were different."

"They themselves don't know the number. I only see this and feel relieved to cut costs."

"Shi Luodie and his generals only cared about robbing beautiful women, and they didn't care much about these properties."

"Don't worry, my king. We have destroyed three countries this time. The wealth accumulated in the Three Kingdoms of Korea over thousands of years has been plundered by us. Various treasures have occupied dozens of courtyards. They are simply piled up like mountains. It's shocking, isn't it?"

"I'm afraid Jie Li didn't know there would be so many things gathered together, otherwise he would definitely not have handed this task over to us. But I know how to do things. What I have confiscated is only one or two tenths. It doesn't look noticeable at all, and no one will notice it."

(End of this chapter)