In mid-to-late February, 20,000 troops arrived in Jinman County, and at present, a total of 15,000 troops were stationed in Beiting, Anxi, and Hexi Jiedu Prefecture, plus a small remnant of their own army, a total of 20,000 troops were stationed in Beiting and Anxi.

Beiting and Anxi are worthy of being rich lands, last year the Tang army began to settle fields here, and in just one year, it reversed the dilemma of lack of grain in Beiting and Anxi, harvesting nearly 400,000 stones of wheat and raising more than 700,000 sheep.

At present, the Jiedu envoy of the North Court has been concurrently served by Guo Song, and Yang Zhengu has been reappointed as Changshi, with three soldiers and horses, Luntai, Yiwu and Gaochang, of which the Luntai soldiers and horses are served by Yang Zhengu's henchman Li Jiao.

For the whole year last year, the military and civilians of Jinman County were participating in the reconstruction of Luntai County, and the arrival of Guo Song's army also happened to complete the reconstruction of Luntai County.

Yang Zhengu accompanied Guo Song to the city wall of Luntai County, Yang Zhenggu pointed to the military city faintly visible in the distance and smiled: "That is Zhangbao to guard and capture, there are seven military cities to the west, all of which have set up beacons, once the Qarlu people or the Hui people kill from the west, the beacons will be ignited, and Luntai County will become the last barrier of Jinman County." ”

Guo Song stared at the beacon in the distance and asked, "The Hui people are also the enemies of the Northern Court?" ”

"How so? Although the Hui have not attacked Beiting so far, and seem to be friendly, they are actually smiling tigers, constantly compressing the Tang army's place of survival, that is, from the beginning of the Hui Hui, they used the method of cutting off supplies to force the Tang army to retreat from the cities guarded one by one, so that the Tang army lost control of more than 1,000 miles of land in just three years, and the Hui Hui also supported the Shatuo people and connived at the Shatuo people to intensify their suppression of us, but it pretended to be good people to prevent the Shatuo people from attacking us. ”

"Yang Gong hates the Hui people?" Guo Song asked further.

Yang Zhenggu shook his head, "I can't talk about hatred, but I don't have a good feeling either, the Hui people withdrew their troops from Beiting, I hope I don't have to deal with them." ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhengu realized something, and looked back at Guo Song, "Does the envoy want to cooperate with the Hui people?" ”

Guo Song nodded, "I plan to join forces with Hui Hui to deal with Ge Lulu together, does Yang Gong think it's feasible?" ”

Yang Zhengu pondered for a moment and said: "If it is to deal with Qarluq, this kind of cooperation is feasible, we have no threat to the Hui, but Gelulu is a big problem for the Hui, Gelulu's eastward expansion is certainly a threat to us, but in fact they directly infringe on the vital interests of the Hui, but frankly speaking, I don't trust the Hui. ”

"I don't trust the Hui either."

Guo Song said calmly: "I just choose reality, at least at this stage, the Qarluq people are much more threatening to us than the Uighurs, I need to have an army from the north to block the Qarluq invasion of Yizhou, this is the basis for my cooperation with the Uighurs." ”

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Three days after the Tang army arrived in Jinman County, the Hui envoy arrived as scheduled, and the envoy was not sent by the Hui Hui longevity heavenly khan, but sent by the Hui Jinshan Ye Hujie Gangas, called Guli Jie Dagan.

From the time the Hui envoy arrived so quickly, Guo Song realized that the Hui still had eyeliner in Hexi, paying attention to every move in Hexi, and Zhangye did not have a Hui person, and their eyeliner was very likely to be Sogdian.

Yang Zhenggu on behalf of Guo Song went out of the city to welcome the arrival of the Hui envoys, the bone strength knot was about forty years old, medium in stature, but very strong, he was the great chief of the southern part of the Hui Jinshan, and he was also the general of the Hui Meilu, and his status on the western front of the Hui was second only to Jiegangas.

Yang Xinggu has always dealt with him and is very familiar with each other.

Guli Dagan can also speak Chinese, although he is not very fluent, but basically the meaning can be expressed clearly, and there is no need for translation.

"General Yang, you Guo Jiedu envoy is very courageous! He actually wants to compete with the Qarlu people, our Ye Hu admires it very much, I heard that he is the grandson of Guo Lao Linggong? ”

Yang Xinggu smiled and nodded, "My family envoy regained Anxi and Beiting and exterminated the Shatuo people, which shows his courage, and Hui is no stranger to him!" He defeated the people of Xue Yantuo twice in Fengzhou, and the destruction of Xue Yantuo had something to do with him. ”

The slender eyes of the bone knot are narrowed into a slit, and their information is incomplete! This Hexi Jiedu envoy turned out to be General Guo of Fengzhou, who was called the wolf general by the Sijie people.

Of course, Guli Dagan knew General Guo of Fengzhou, and their current pasture was the territory of the Xue Yantuo people back then, but they confused Guo Yao and Guo Song, who later succeeded as the envoy of Fengzhou, and always thought that General Guo who defeated Xue Yantuo was Guo Yao, the son of Guo Ziyi.

"I heard that your Guo Jiedu envoy has a good relationship with Sijieren?"

Yang Zhengu shook his head, "I don't know much about this, you know that I have been interrupted with the Central Plains for many years, but Xue Yantuo is the common enemy of Fengzhou and Sijiebu, and it should be normal for them to join forces against Xue Yantuo, just like now Hui wants to join forces with the Tang Army against the Qarluqs." ”

Bone Knot laughed dryly, "General Yang is right!" ”

They came to the Tingzhou Thorn Mansion, Guo Song was already waiting for them at the door, Yang Xinggu introduced with a smile: "This is the envoy of the Hexi Festival and the protector of the capital of Anxi, Guo Envoy!" ”

Guli Da was really taken aback, he didn't expect the other party to be so young, he looked like he was about thirty years old, very tall, and heroic.

Bone strength Da Gan was afraid, and hurriedly pressed his left hand on his chest and saluted, "May the immortal heaven bless Guo Yuanjun!" ”

Guo Song also smiled slightly, and saluted back: "May the Immortal Heaven bless the Bone Power General!" ”

Guo Song invited Guli Dagan and several entourages into the official hall together, and everyone sat down in the lobby, Guo Song and Guli Dagan sat in the middle, and on both sides were the subordinates of both sides.

"Our Hui people have always been sincere and frank, and we don't tell lies, is it true that I heard that Guo Envoy Jun led a large army to prepare to fight against the Qarluqs?"

Guo Song nodded, "The Qarluq people have already marched towards the Yili River Valley and invaded the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and we will not tolerate it. ”

The Yili River Valley was originally of the Tang Dynasty, but it was later occupied by the Hui Dynasty, and after the Hui withdrew the army, it was ceded to Shatuo, and Shatuo was destroyed by the Tang army, speaking of which the Yili River Valley did belong to the Tang Dynasty.

He was a little reluctant and said, "But the Yili River Valley is now the territory of the Wusun people. ”

Guo Song smiled faintly, "I agreed to the Wusun people grazing in the Yili River Valley, and the Wusun Department is a Tang subject under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and they pay taxes to the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and they are not the same thing as the Shatuo people." ”

This question was a little embarrassing, and he didn't want to talk about it, so he waved his hand and said, "Let's get to the point!" My mission to Tingzhou this time was to contact the Tang army on the order of Jinshan Yehu, hoping that our two armies could work together against the Qarluqs, who were our common enemies. ”

"Can the ambassador tell us more about Qarluq?"

"What does the envoy know about the Qarluqs?" Bone Knot Tagan asked rhetorically.

"We heard that Gelulu is known as 300,000 armorers, and last year there was internal strife in Gelulu, and the assassination department united with the strength of the army to defeat the Bolu tribe, and the Bolu tribe fled to the west, and their new khan is called the assassination of Amit, I probably know so much."

Guli Dagan shook his head, "The Qarluq people have never had an army of 300,000, they themselves only have more than 100,000 people, plus the ** teams such as Bahanna and Xue Yantuo under their control, it is only about 200,000, and now they are divided, and the army directly under them is less than 100,000, but they are also grassland warriors, and the Tang army is not their opponent." ”

"How can you see that Tang Jun is not their opponent?" Guo Song sneered.

"Because of your lack of troops, the Tang army in Beiting is now only 30,000 people at most, and if there is no support from Hui Hui, you are by no means an opponent of Ge Lulu."

"Then how are you going to support us?"

Bone Knot Da Gan smiled arrogantly, "Tang Jun can join us and accept the command of Jinshan Ye Hu!" ”

There was an uproar in the lobby, the generals of the Tang Army were so angry that they were about to get up and reprimand, Guo Song waved his hand to stop their emotions, Guo Song said coldly: "I think we should each send troops to deal with Ge Lulu!" With Huangcaobo as the boundary, the north of Huangcaobo is defended by the Hui army, and the south of Huangcaobo is dealt with by the Tang army, how? ”

This is actually to demarcate the boundary according to the control range of the two sides, and the bone knot is very shrewd, he understood the meaning of Guo Song's words, squinted his eyes and said: "Guo Yuanjun admits that the north of Huangcaobo is the territory of Huifu?" ”

"I've always been pragmatic, and if I want to sign a written agreement, I don't object to it."

Bone Knot smiled dryly, "Let's talk about it after this battle!" Let's see if Tang Jun is qualified to sign an agreement with us. ”