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Chapter 1199 Sparing His Life (Part )
Outside the city of Leshou in Hebei Province, in the Khan's tent in the middle of the Turkic military camp, Shiluodie, Zhuolibuhua, Ashina Moduo, as well as the chief of the Uighur tribe, Ugesi, the chief of the Pugu tribe, Lelitai, the chief of the Tongluo tribe, and many other tribal leaders gathered together.

A whole lamb was roasted, sizzling in the charcoal fire in the middle of the big tent. People sat around it, feasting on the food and drinking kumis.

As the Great Khan of the Turks and fighting in Tang territory, Shi Luodie was very cautious.

After entering Hebei, he issued a strict order that all tribal leaders and captains of more than 3,000 men were not allowed to stay in the city for a long time, let alone stay overnight. All affairs were to be handled by lower-level generals, and important personnel had to stay in the military camp outside the city with the soldiers.

One reason was to prevent these people from being corrupted by the singing and dancing and the feasting and drinking in the city. Everyone in the world knew that the aristocratic families were the best at this. Although the Turks were fierce and cruel, most of them were brainless.

He is greedy for money and lustful, and cannot resist the sugar-coated bullets.

It would be inconvenient for the wealthy families to do this if they stayed in the military camp outside the city, so this effectively maintained the combat effectiveness of the Turkic army.

Secondly, it was to prevent these people from committing crimes in the city, harassing the people, raping and looting, and oppressing the good. As we all know, the people of the Tang Dynasty were open-minded, and there were many women and young ladies in the city who liked to hang out on the streets, and the Turks were mostly beasts in human form.

If it is not handled properly, it will cause large-scale protests and easily lead to conflicts between the invaders and the local people.

Under this arrangement, the leaders who held great power, were bold and reckless were left in the military camp, and were suppressed by Shi Luodi, and could only spend the whole day drinking and barbecuing to pass the time;
The people who went to the city to guard the ground were all lowly grassroots people who had just gained power and did not know how to use it. In addition, they were supervised by the law enforcement officers of the Khan's court, so they did not dare to do anything wrong.

Therefore, this model was very effective and Shi Luodie insisted on sticking with it.

The third is to stay in the military camp and effectively control the army. Once there is a change, you can get into the state at the first time to deal with all emergencies. Avoid the situation where the generals are trapped in various mansions in the city, resulting in poor information flow and slow response.

The situation where soldiers cannot find their generals and generals cannot find their soldiers occurs.

Finally, for the sake of safety, they went deep into the "enemy territory". If the majority of the Tang army attacked, they would naturally have a large army to deal with it. What they were afraid of were the assassins raised by the nobles and wealthy families, who would carry out point-to-point assassinations against high-level Turkic leaders.

Even Shi Luodie was very cautious. Even though he had extraordinary martial arts skills, he would never put himself in an unpredictable situation.

In fact, Shi Luodie's arrangement did play a big role. From the perspective of safety alone, it made many noble family heads hate him. Generally, the person who entered the city to guard it was at most a captain of a thousand men.

Compared with the hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops, a thousand-man captain was only a small colonel-level figure, not even a Langjiang in the Tang army. Killing such a small figure would be useless, and it would easily arouse the Turkic people's anger against the nobles and wealthy families.

In Rong County of Yizhou, because several centurions were assassinated, the wealthy families in Rong County did not even have the chance to "pay money to redeem themselves" and were directly killed by the angry Turkic leaders. More than a dozen local wealthy families were wiped out, and even the elderly and children were not spared.

This move effectively deterred the cities behind them, and they also knew that it didn't matter how they fought on the battlefield, as long as they died in the open, the Turks would accept it and would not retaliate afterwards. But if they assassinated secretly and made the Turks suffer, then all the wealthy families would be wiped out.

The Turks will not even conduct a trial. No matter how deep you hide or how convincing your excuses are, it will be useless. They will simply massacre all the rich and powerful families. Even if there is no real murderer among them, they will not pursue the matter any further. Their main strategy is to fight violence with violence.

This unreasonable practice of concealing the truth left the wealthy and powerful with no chance to take advantage, so they had to take the initiative to ban the assassination.

Therefore, most of the generals who died in the Turkic army died in the frontal battlefield, and very few were assassinated.

"Come, General Cheng, drink."

After drinking more than thirty glasses of wine, Shi Luodie, who was a little tipsy, came to Cheng Yaojin's table with a cup of wine, clinked glasses with him, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp, then put his arm around Cheng's shoulder and said, "I, Shi Luodie, have heard of General Cheng's reputation for a long time, and I have admired him for a long time!"

"I didn't expect to have such a kindred spirit as the general. I am so happy. Come, General Cheng, have another drink."

Cheng Yaojin, however, had a miserable expression, like a sheep that had fallen into a wolf's den. Seeing a group of grassland barbarians wantonly indulging themselves in pleasure, their unkempt appearance, after getting drunk, became even more ferocious and ferocious like evil spirits.

Although Cheng Yaojin had once mingled among the outlaws, when he met with his brothers at that time, he felt that they shared the same righteousness and was excited.

At this time.
In the previous battle, he had lost 120,000 troops, and later he personally killed 20 to 30 core members of the Guanlong clan. Although the Tang Dynasty was large, there was no place for him to stay. Once the Turks returned to the grasslands or perished, would he have to live in exile for the rest of his life?

Even with the example of the Right Wise King, Cheng Yaojin still doesn't have much confidence that he can achieve greater success again. He is already sixty-six years old. Can he hold on until the day when he can become successful again?

Maybe it won’t be long before he dies in a foreign land.

Seeing the Turkic Khan's closeness and appreciation, Cheng Yaojin forced out an ugly smile, picked up the wine cup and drank it. At this moment, he just hoped to get drunk to death, and when he woke up, he would find himself on the bed in the Duke of Chang'an's mansion. All this was a dream.

"General Cheng, I notice that you haven't been in a good mood recently, and you look worried all day long. Are you worried about something? You might as well tell me, and I may be able to help you relieve your worries." Shi Luodie saw that Cheng Yaojin had a miserable look on his face, and he didn't have the two-timing spirit he had when he was in Chang'an. He felt secretly happy and asked even though he knew the answer.

"I want to kill you, then flee back to Chang'an and continue to be the Duke of Lu, okay?"

Cheng Yaojin secretly complained in his heart, and forced a smile that looked uglier than crying: "The Khan has misunderstood. I am very happy to have abandoned the dark and joined the light. But I am worried about my family in Chang'an. If the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty knew, it would be bad for them, right?"

"Well, the general has a point."

Shi Luodie smiled calmly: "I guess the general is just missing his family. Otherwise, this time when I went south, I also captured many people from aristocratic families. Tomorrow, I will send someone to tell the Tang Emperor to exchange your children for these people."

"So, can the general's family also come to my tent and spend time with the general?"

"No."

Cheng Yaojin's heart shuddered, and the alcohol in his brain was sobered up instantly. It was good for him to escape alone, and if it was not possible, he could die for his country. If his whole family surrendered to the Turks, it would not be a matter of dealing with it, and his descendants would not be able to turn things around.

Seeing Shi Luodie looking at him suspiciously, Cheng Yaojin was so anxious that cold sweat broke out on his forehead. His mind was spinning frantically, and he said hurriedly: "You don't know, Khan, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is fighting fiercely with the noble families. The noble families are in trouble, and the Emperor is too happy to be happy."

"To be honest with you, Khan, when you released Lu back to Chang'an, the Emperor was very unhappy and secretly complained, asking why the Khan didn't kill them all!"

"If we threaten the lives of these nobles at this time, it will play into the emperor's hands. I am afraid that he will not only not show mercy, but will kill my family as soon as possible to force the Khan to kill these nobles as well. Therefore, this strategy is absolutely unacceptable."

"Oh? So that's how it is."

Shi Luodie pretended to be ignorant of the inner workings of the Tang Dynasty and frowned as he asked, "I heard that the general's wife is a woman from the Cui family of Qinghe?"

"The Khan is wise. My first wife died early, and my second wife is the eldest daughter of Cui Xin, the deputy governor of Qizhou."

Shi Luodie nodded, and suddenly said loudly: "Zhuoli Buhua."

Zhuolibuhua, who was drinking with Ashina Moduo on the other side, heard someone calling him, so he stuck his head out and looked around. When he saw the Khan staring at him, he quickly put down his wine glass, ran over, squatted on the ground, and said respectfully: "Khan, are you calling me?"

"Yes, I want to ask you, how many members of the Qinghe Cui clan did we capture during this trip southward?"

Zhuoli Buhua was stunned, frowned and thought for a while, then said: "The Qinghe Cui family's nest is in Ji and De states. We have basically taken over the cities here. The Cui family is the leading clan, and their members have been imprisoned by us."

"During this period, we were busy dealing with the Tang cavalry and had no time to ask them for money. They are now imprisoned in the city. What are your instructions, Khan?"

After getting the exact news, Shi Luodie turned to look at Cheng Yaojin, who seemed to have thought of something and had a hopeful look on his face, and said with a smile: "General Cheng, if this Khan gives you face and releases everyone from your wife's family, tell me, can they save the lives of your family in Chang'an?"

"Uh"

Cheng Yaojin was overjoyed. He stood up, knelt down, clasped his fists, and said, "If the Khan is so kind, I will be loyal to him from now on and be willing to serve him as his vanguard and obey his orders."

When Cheng Yaojin surrendered to the enemy alone, he was most worried that the Guanlong nobles and the emperor would not wait and kill his family. If the Cui family of Qinghe could protect him, at least the lives of the whole family could be saved. He did not care about the official positions and titles of his sons.

Where there is life, there is hope.

As long as one can save his life, even if he is sent to prison, there is a chance for him to be cleared of his charges, but if his head is lost, it cannot be reattached.

Cheng Yaojin's gratitude at this moment came from the bottom of his heart.

I didn't expect that this insidious, despicable, shameless and vulgar Turkic Khan could actually be so thoughtful and do something humane.

This is good too, I will give him a quick death later.

Shi Luodie could naturally guess the other party's thoughts. He had never intended to kill those nobles. He was just doing a favor and making Cheng Yaojin think that he had put in so much effort and that he could trust his surrender.

(End of this chapter)