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Li Yuan was resourceful and used the "empty city plan" to scare away the Turks, and the people in Taiyuan City clapped their hands and applauded, but at this time, Li Yuan did not feel relieved, but more nervous, what should be done next? On the way to Chang'an, it was difficult to guarantee that the Turks would not make a comeback, and once they besieged Taiyuan, it would be equivalent to encircling Li Yuan's rear road, and the consequences would be unimaginable. In order to fundamentally solve this problem, Li Yuan needs more careful planning and deployment, so what strategy will Li Yuan use this time?
In the end, Li Yuan thought that there was only one way to go, to ally with the Turks, so what happened as mentioned in the previous article, Li Yuan sent Liu Wenjing to the Turks, temporarily calling the subjects weak. Moreover, before this mission, Li Yuan specially wrote a handwritten letter to Liu Wenjing, in which he carefully wrote, "I want to raise a large number of righteous soldiers, to welcome the Lord from afar, and to restore peace with the Turks, as at the time of the opening of the emperor." If you can be with me, may you not invade the people, and if You are kind and receive treasures, you will choose only the Khan. ”
That is to say, Li Yuan launched a large number of righteous soldiers to restore the world, hoping to be able to reconcile with the Turks, just as the Turks had been reconciled with this Sui Wen Emperor during the Kai Emperor's reign, Li Yuan also pointed out that if the Turks were willing to ally with them, no matter how much treasure they wanted, they could give and lure them with profits.
This time, in the process of writing letters to this Turkic khan, regarding the words of the letter, such as whether to use "qi" or "book", Li Yuan and his subordinates had a disagreement, Li Yuan insisted on using "qi", and his subordinates suggested that the Inner Turks did not have much culture, and that "book" was used to indicate equal relations, and that "qi" was a bit of a subordinate to the superior.
Li Yuan smiled and said that thousands of gold have already been paid, do you still care about a "Kai" word? He also told his subordinates that there were now many intellectuals in the Turkic region who had fled to the Central Plains, and he was particularly worried that these intellectuals would use one or two words on the letters in front of the khan to provoke, which he did not want to see. To show weakness for the time being is to show weakness. Therefore, he insisted on using the word "Kai" in his letter.
In the end, Liu Wenjing's envoy can be said to have completed the task brilliantly. The Turks sent a large number of war horses and soldiers to Li Yuan, which marked the establishment of the alliance between the two sides, and Li Yuan could be said to have eliminated a major problem for the time being. At the same time, Liu Wuzhou, who was under the command of the Turks, was also an imminent threat, especially this guy had been looking at Taiyuan City, which made Li Yuan have to be on guard, so when Li Yuan embarked on a journey to Chang'an later, he had to leave Li Yuanji to guard the town of Taiyuan, and divided a considerable number of troops to Li Yuanji.