Six days later, Yao Jin led an army to escort a large number of baggage back to Dunhuang, and the day before him, Liang Wu also received the news that the Tang army had seized the baggage, so he no longer responded, and led the army back to Dunhuang first.

It is no wonder that Yao Jin was reluctant to give up this batch of logistical supplies, the number was very large, mainly sheep, reaching 550,000, but not much wheat, only 5,000 stones, in addition to 30,000 Tubo short swords and 10,000 short spears.

The abundant booty made Guo Song can't help but smile, he distributed two sheep to the people of Shazhou, and ordered to kill the sheep and sacrifice the army, the army and the people had fun, that night, the Tang army lit hundreds of bonfires, and the people of Dunhuang drank wine and ate meat together, celebrating the victory.

Guo Xin had already left a few days ago, taking with him a large amount of food and tents, and Guo Song immediately ordered to return to Ganzhou.

At this moment, the Shatuo envoy arrived in Shazhou.

Interestingly, this Shatuo envoy is none other than Zhu Xie Shenglu, who once became a prisoner of war of the Tang Army, in fact, Guo Song still underestimated his importance to Shatuo, after Zhu Xie Shenglu returned to Shatuo, he successfully mediated the contradiction between Zhu Xie Jinhai and the Council of Elders, and he is now named Jinshan Yehu, whose status is equivalent to that of Shatuo Prime Minister.

The arrival of the Shatuo envoy was expected by Guo Song, after all, on the map, from Suzhou to Shazhou, it must pass through Guazhou, and it is impossible for the Tang army to fly over, it must be borrowed from Guazhou, and it is strange that the people of Shatuo are not nervous.

Sima Liu Zi took the lead in receiving Zhu Xie Shenglu, Liu Zi has outstanding ability, rich experience, and good character, Guo Song thought about it again and again, and decided to recommend him as the first Shazhou Assassin, and let Yao Jin lead 5,000 troops to garrison, plus 6,000 Shazhou children, in fact, 11,000 Shazhou garrisons, and at the same time build a castle to guard the Dangjin Pass.

In the marshal tent of the military camp, Liu Zi reported to Guo Song about his meeting with Zhu Xie Shenglu.

"Shatuo is very confused, how did the Tang army kill Shazhou, I hope the Tang army can tell the route truthfully, this is the first thing they are concerned about."

"Are they protesting against our transit?" Guo Song asked with a smile.

Liu Zi smiled slightly: "Because we are at war with the Tibetans, to a large extent, the panic of the Tubo army has been relieved, and they did not protest, but just hoped that we could inform them in advance before we crossed the border." ”

Guo Song nodded, and asked again, "What do they want from Shazhou?" ”

"Shatuo proposed to restore the status quo before Shazhou, that is, to maintain the neutral zone position of Shazhou, and the Tang army withdrew from Shazhou, and they also promised not to get involved."

Guo Song sneered and said, "It's their Shatuo who broke the neutrality of Shazhou by themselves, and they still have the face to make this request again?" ”

Liu Zi hurriedly bowed down and said, "Tell him that they will only cheapen Tubo in vain if they make this request." ”

Guo Song said happily: "Well said! I'm afraid that even they can't believe this request, it shouldn't be his real intention, right? ”

"Yes! I also felt that Zhu Xie Shenglu had other intentions, but he didn't say it explicitly, and it is estimated that he would not be able to say it clearly until he saw the envoy. ”

"What do you think he really meant?" Guo Song asked with a smile.

Liu Zi groaned and said: "I think that their real intention is probably related to Guazhou." ”

"Absolutely!"

Guo Song praised: "They now have the greatest sense of crisis is Guazhou, from the normal way of thinking, Guazhou hinders the exchange between Shazhou and Ganzhou, Suzhou, our next step must be to seize Guazhou, completely recover the Hexi Corridor, Shatuo will inevitably be two-pronged, on the one hand, to increase troops in Guazhou, on the other hand, to send envoys to inquire about the situation, so Zhu Xie Shenglu came." ”

"Does the envoy want to see him?"

"Of course!"

Guo Song smiled: "Some things still need to be made clear." ”

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In the afternoon, Guo Song officially met with Zhu Xie Shenglu in the Shazhou Prefecture, Zhu Xie Shenglu of course will not worry about becoming a prisoner of war again, on the one hand, he is a messenger, the Tang Dynasty has a rule that the two countries compete with each other since ancient times, and do not cut the envoy.

On the other hand, the Tang army and the Shatuo army are currently at peace, and to some extent, they still have the common enemy of Tibet.

Guo Song greeted Zhu Xie Shenglu to the Tang Hall, and the two sides sat down separately, and Liu Zi and Yao Jin sat at the bottom of Guo Song.

"It's been a long time since I cared about Shatuo, how is Shatuo doing now? Is Qarluq still a big threat? Guo Song asked with a smile.

"Shatuo is still the same, but the threat of Qarlu is deepening day by day, last month, we also fought with Qarlu for the Jinshan Ranch, both sides suffered more than 2,000 casualties, Gelulu did not take advantage of the retreat."

"Did Hui put pressure on Qarlu in the north?"

"Don't mention it, Hui Hui is busy annexing small tribes in the Mobei grassland, and he doesn't pay attention to the southern invasion of the Qarluqs, if it weren't for the Tang army's defeat of Tubo this time, I'm afraid Tubo would cooperate with Qarlu and threaten us from the south."

From Zhu Xie's words, Guo Song knew that a war had broken out between Ge Lulu and Sha Tuo, and Sha Tuo had suffered a big loss, although he drove away Ge Lulu, he also suffered heavy losses.

The second is Hui Hui, who wants to return to the hegemony of the grassland, so he doesn't care too much about Shatuo's life and death, which makes the Shatuo people feel chilled up and down.

Guo Song smiled slightly, "Instead of expecting others to help, it is better to rely on yourself, if I am not mistaken, this time Tubo is likely to cooperate with Ge Lulu to attack Shatuo from the south, so the dispatch of troops by the Tang army has greatly relieved the pressure on Shatuo." ”

"That's true, we don't deny it, to be honest, after hearing the news that the Tang army completely annihilated the Tubo army and occupied Shazhou, Shatuo breathed a sigh of relief."

Guo Song said lightly: "In this case, why do you want the Tang army to withdraw from Shazhou and wait for Tubo to reoccupy Shazhou?" ”

"This ..... I'm afraid this is a misunderstanding, I said that the premise of Shazhou's neutrality is that including Tibet will not touch Shazhou, of course, this is also unlikely. ”

The two chatted indiscriminately, and Guo Song said solemnly: "I think Ye Hu came all the way to Shazhou not to persuade the Tang army to evacuate, let alone to thank the Tang army, it's better for us to be honest, no need to test each other anymore, Ye Hu said directly!" What is the reason for this? ”

Zhu Xie Shenglu was silent for a moment and said: "Since you are honest with each other, I will also be blunt, I am actually here for Guazhou." ”

Guo Song smiled faintly, "I think so!" ”

"Please forgive me for saying bluntly, this time the Tang army suddenly killed Shazhou, it should be through Guazhou! We guess that the Tang army should have passed Yumen Pass and Jinchang County in the middle of the night, so the Shatuo defenders did not find it. ”

"Did Ye Hu come here to protest?"

Zhu Xie Shenglu shook his head and said: "It's not to protest, according to the agreement between our two sides last year, we won't touch Tingzhou City, and even the Sogdian caravan sold them grain and salt and oil, we didn't stop it, provided that the Tang army does not attack Guazhou, if the Tang army attacks Guazhou, we will also break through Tingzhou within one day, and we dare not guarantee how many people will survive in Tingzhou City." ”

Zhu Xie Shenglu also felt that it was a bit too much to threaten the other party with Tingzhou, so he softened his tone and said: "Our Khan promised that the Tang Army can use Guazhou, but we must be told in advance, and if we don't tell in advance, it will be no different from a sneak attack." ”

Guo Song was not angry, this was a tacit matter between the two sides, but Zhu Xie Shenglu repeated it again.

Guo Song took a few steps and turned around and said: "Let's not talk about Guazhou, let's talk about Shazhou, the Tang army has recovered Shazhou, does Shatuo want to take it back?" ”

"Of course we want to control Shazhou, if the Tang army gives us a chance, for example, there are only more than a thousand garrisons and so on, we can't watch Tubo reoccupy Shazhou, I'm telling the truth, please don't blame you."

"I know Ye Hu is telling the truth, I want to know, if the Tang army fights the Tubo army in Shazhou, will Shatuo attack the Tang army from behind?" Guo Song stared at the other party fiercely.

"This shouldn't be, as long as the Tang army has no intention of getting involved with Guazhou and Yiwu, maybe we will help the Tang army defeat Tubo, after all, Tubo is a much greater threat to Shatuo than the Tang army."

Guo Song didn't know how sincere he was in saying this? Maybe there is sincerity now, but when it really comes, they can't say anything.

Putting this aside for the time being, Guo Song smiled again: "This time the Tang army attacked Shazhou, but it didn't actually pass through Guazhou. ”

"How is that possible?"

"How is it impossible, could it be that the snow-capped mountains that stretch for thousands of miles also belong to Guazhou? At least in the map of Guazhou in the Tang Dynasty, the Great Snow Mountain was not included. ”

Zhu Xie Shenglu was stunned for a long time before he hesitated and asked, "Could it be that you are walking from the Great Snow Mountain?" ”

"Of course, I didn't walk from the Great Snow Mountain, but along the foothills of the Great Snow Mountain, it can also be said that I came from the Great Snow Mountain."

Zhu Xie Shenglu suddenly had nothing to say, in fact, they occupied Guazhou, and they only ran through both sides of the official road in the central part of the country, including two county towns and several fort passes such as Yumen Pass, the north of Guazhou is a desert, they have never been there, the south of Guazhou is a reckless snow mountain and a large forest, they have not set foot in it, as for whether the big snow mountain is the territory of Guazhou, even they don't know.

But one thing is certain, as long as the Tang army is thousands of miles away from the Shatuo army when they pass through Guazhou, then they can also turn a blind eye.

Guo Song took out the map, drew a line at the foot of Qilian Mountain, and said to Zhu Xisheng: "The area of fifty miles on both sides of the Great Snow Mountain has always been a borderless land, and we have occupied this land one step ahead, so it should belong to the Tang Dynasty."

It just so happens that Ye Hu is also there, let's negotiate, with fifty miles as the boundary, and within fifty miles at the foot of the Snow Mountain, it belongs to the jurisdiction of Shazhou, so that we will not stray into Guazhou, as a reciprocal response, we can assign the same area to the north of Shazhou to Guazhou, and Shazhou will not be bordered by Yizhou, I don't think both sides will suffer from this plan. ”

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