Tang Dynasty: Father, if you don't rebel, I will!

"Chase them! Don't let these good-for-nothings get away!"

"Ashina Shibobi, Ashina Dili! Stop running away! Are all the people of your Ashina family capable of nothing but fleeing in defeat?!"

"drive!!!"

A dark mass of Turkic wolf riders pursued them relentlessly from behind.

Looking out over the vast white grassland, in front of Li Chengqian and his men stood the troops of Tuli and Ashina Dieli, despite having fought with Li Chengqian multiple times.

The losses were considerable.

But now, the total is over 80,000.

However, at this moment, they were being pursued by Li Chengqian's army of less than 20,000, wishing their mounts had more legs.

Ashina She'er, serving as Li Chengqian's deputy general, was left with no choice.

His Highness's sharp tongue had already demonstrated its power in the great battle with Tuli and his forces in Yinshan a few days ago. As the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, the insults he conceived were so powerful that even they, the Turks, had to sigh in admiration.

He is indeed a scholar.

From the women of the Tuli family to the ancestors of the Ashina clan.

Or perhaps it's said that their ancestors lived in abject poverty, like cattle and horses, which is why they gave birth to descendants like Jieli, who are worse than cattle and horses.

Or they could simply shout that the other person's lower body was impotent, making them a good candidate for a palace service.

Throughout the journey, the Crown Prince seemed tireless.

Several times, Tuli, who was originally on the verge of defeat, was so enraged that he gritted his teeth, mustered his courage, angrily turned around, and fought them again. Then, leaving behind thousands of corpses, he fled for his life once more.

Ahead, Ashina Dili felt like he wanted to die.

"Tuli! We're no match for this bastard. If you can't come up with a plan soon, my troops will stop playing with you and your uncle."

Upon hearing this, Tuli became so angry that he immediately started cursing.

"What the hell did you say? We've been fighting for so long, and you're just saying you're not going to fight anymore? You think Tangren will let you off the hook?!"

Ashina Dili sneered.

“Even if they don’t let me go, they will still kill their way to our Western Turkic Khaganate. As for you… Ashina Dubi has already been captured. If you continue to stay here, you will either be captured and taken to Chang’an, or you will die on the grasslands.”

"Of course, you have another option: submit to me! I can allow you to join my Western Turkic Khaganate and put in a good word for you with my father, the Khan. You..."

"You're talking nonsense!!!" Tuli was so angry that he lashed out at the other party with the whip he had been using to whip the horse's rump.

Behind.

"Hahaha! Look, the dogs are fighting!"

Tuli: "..."

At that moment, his teeth almost shattered.

He was breathing heavily, just like the warhorse beneath him, whose mouth was now beginning to foam.

"Hmph! You're asking for it! Since that's how it is, Ashina Shibobi, then you can fight the Tang people yourself! Warriors of the Western Turks, follow me and retreat! Let's go home!"

Ashina Dili's words instantly sparked cheers from the crowd.

The originally chaotic cavalry army suddenly began to split into two groups.

"Brother..."

"Never mind them, we don't have many supplies. Let's take down that old dog Tuli first!" Li Chengqian sneered. As soon as he finished speaking, someone in Tuli's troops in front of him suddenly collapsed from exhaustion.

The warhorses around them were also clearly at the point of exhaustion.

"Hahaha! Tuli and his men are about to collapse! All troops, accelerate!"

Li Chengqian shouted, and the Turkic wolf riders behind him, though equally exhausted, but clearly much better off than the deserters in front, roared and followed.

The already close distance began to shrink again as Li Chengqian and his group accelerated.

Tuli was greatly alarmed.

however.

As the Tang army approached from behind, despair and fear finally reached a breaking point within the ranks.

"No, don't kill me! I surrender, I surrender!"

A man shouted in a hoarse voice, and at the same time, his warhorse began to slow down obediently.

He threw the scimitar in his hand and the bow and arrows on his back, which were already empty of arrows, to the ground.

Just as the Tang army was about to charge, he quickly dismounted and knelt on the ground with a thud.

"Rumble, rumble..."

As thousands of horses galloped past, the man was so nervous he almost closed his eyes.

however.

When Tuli and his men arrived, they saw that the man was kneeling there unharmed, having not been killed by the Tang army.

The emotions that had reached the breaking point completely collapsed at this moment.

"I surrender!"

"Your Highness, Crown Prince of the Great Tang Dynasty, please don't kill me! I surrender!"

"I'm not fighting anymore, I'm willing to surrender..."

Apart from Ashina Dili's troops who fled to the other side and headed north to the Western Turks, there were still more than 40,000 people left in Tuli's troops, who were now covered in snow that had slid down from the top of the snow mountain.

In an instant, the Tang army shouted, "Surrender and you will not be killed."

Finally, at this moment, it turned into an unstoppable avalanche.

Tuli was shocked when suddenly two people rushed towards him from his left and right.

He instantly grabbed the hand that was holding the reins.

next moment.

"Aaaaaah! You, you all, you betrayed me, you cowards..."

......

"Hahaha! You scoundrel! Weren't you supposed to be a fast runner?!"

Li Tai's legs were trembling slightly from riding the horse all the way, but that didn't stop him from grinning and going up to deliver a royal slap to Tu Li's face.

"Crack!"

The sound was crisp and clear, seemingly echoing through the surrounding snow-covered forest.

This demonstrates just how noble and weighty this slap from the Li Tang imperial family was.

"Keep running for your daddy!"

Behind him, Ashina She'er opened his mouth, looking at the Prince of Yue who was imitating him, calling out "My son Jieli" like the Crown Prince, and immediately referring to himself as "Father of Tuli".

They wanted to say something, but ultimately chose to remain silent.

Li Chengqian strode over.

Immediately, the Turkic generals who had captured Tuli all wore fawning smiles filled with fear.

They all knelt down with a thud.

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince of the Great Tang Dynasty, we are willing to submit. Please do not kill us. It was all instigated by that bastard Tuli. I..."

They defended themselves, they attacked, they frantically slammed mud at Tuli's head.

Tuli, whose face was almost swollen from Li Tai's slap, was furious, his eyes bloodshot with rage.

"Alright, I'm too lazy to listen to your explanations. History is written by the victors, and since you've surrendered, I'll tell you about your treatment after surrendering..."

Li Chengqian remained calm and composed, even though the number of people present was more than twice their own.

He was still able to maintain the composure of a victor.

"Since you are prisoners of war, don't expect me to overlook your past transgressions. Otherwise, my soldiers will not agree, nor will my Turkic people who are still hoping for their fathers and sons to return home!"

Li Chengqian's words, "I am a member of the Turkic people," inspired the Turkic wolf riders who followed him from Yinshan to pursue Tuli and his men, marching north for over a thousand miles, braving ice and snow, disregarding their own lives.

They all stood tall and proud, feeling a sense of pride.

His gaze swept over his fellow clansmen kneeling on the ground, displaying an air of authority.

is not that right?

How can these bastards who dare to offend His Majesty the True Khan have everything just by surrendering?

"As prisoners of war, if you want to live, you must perform five years of forced labor for me. During this time, I will provide you with food and lodging, but don't expect anything too good; at most, I will ensure you have enough to eat."

"During this period, you will be assigned to repair roads, build cities, or work in mines."

"After serving for five years, I will grant you official status as citizens of the Great Tang Turkic people, and will also allocate you a piece of land or pasture..."

"Those who agree, lead your horses to the other side and stand there. Those who disagree..."

Li Chengqian narrowed his eyes and slowly drew the sword from his waist, the sword that had beheaded countless Turks in the past few days, amidst the horrified gazes of the Turkic generals in front of him.

"I'm giving you the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to run! If you run, my men will keep chasing!"

"If you flee to Jinshan, I will pursue you to Jinshan; if you flee to Beihai, I will pursue you to Beihai..."

As soon as he finished speaking, people in the crowd staggered and dragged their exhausted warhorses toward the direction Li Chengqian pointed.

Although they fantasized that surrendering would bring them the same good treatment as those in the Yanmen Pass breeding area, this never came to pass.

Fortunately, the Crown Prince of Tang spoke up.

Five years. As long as you work for five years, you will regain your freedom.

Not to mention, they would also be allocated a plot of land and pasture, and their food would be guaranteed...

This treatment, placed among their Turkic tribes, was far beyond the treatment of prisoners of war or slaves.

Even ordinary people working in the tribe might not be able to get enough to eat.

"We are willing to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and we are willing to serve five years in prison."

"Thank you for your leniency, Your Highness the Crown Prince (True Khan) of the Great Tang Dynasty..."

Seeing this, Tuli, despite his anger and resentment, was powerless to change the situation.

Exhausted, both physically and mentally, he rolled his eyes back.

He immediately fainted.

The surrender of over 40,000 Turkic cavalrymen brought an excited smile to Li Tai's face, which was red and purple from the recent snowstorm.

"Brother! We've won! This time we've truly won a great victory!"

"We've conquered the Eastern Turks! We've conquered the Eastern Turks!!!"

Such achievements would have been unthinkable for him in the past.

Perhaps only his own father, the Grand General Tian Ce who conquered half of the Tang Dynasty, could have accomplished this. However, Li Tai has now truly witnessed it and participated in it.

My brother and I have only been in Bingzhou for half a year.

This was enough to defeat the Eastern Turkic barbarians, who had once forced the Central Plains to submit and pay tribute, and bring them under the control of the Tang Dynasty.

"Hahahaha!"

Li Tai couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Li Chengqian was also in a very good mood at this moment.

His gaze was fixed on the direction further north. Five or six hundred miles further north, one would reach the place where the Han Dynasty had once sealed the Wolf-Dwelling Mountain.

Langjuxu Mountain is the Khentii Mountains of later Mongolia.

Further north lay the Western Turkic Khaganate, where Ashina Dili fled...

"Hmph, give me another two or three years, and the Western Turks, Tuyuhun, Tibet, Gaochang... one after another, will surely become part of my Great Tang territory!"

Li Chengqian murmured to himself.

The sound wasn't loud, but it clearly reached the ears of Li Tai beside him and Ashina She'er beside him.

The latter was immediately startled.

Looking up at the Tang Dynasty Crown Prince gazing in the direction of Langjuxu Mountain, I couldn't believe it; I had never imagined it.