When Mo Hedong and Mo He Dagan heard Pei Min's words, they were stunned one after another.

Pei Min squinted at the two of them, with his personality, he would never let go of the enemy who invaded his country.

Just like the particularly bloody saying of the Han Dynasty, "Those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away."

Therefore, since Pei Min commanded the army, his tactics and tactics have been different, but the final result is the same, the battle will be completely destroyed, or captured or killed, and they will never be allowed to leave comfortably.

Not simply to defeat and repel, but to inflict a heavy, devastating blow on the invading enemy.

But there are exceptions.

After a meeting with Mosley Massa, Pei Min realized the seriousness of the situation in the Western Regions.

Having reached this level of war, Datang also needs a decent ally to relieve the pressure.

Pei Minxuan is naturally not a Tuqi Shi, and the Tuqi Shi does not talk about the jackal habits of the grassland people, and he is not qualified enough.

He chose the Eastern Roman Empire, that is, Byzantium.

The Byzantine Empire had no obvious conflict of interest with the Tang Dynasty, and the Byzantine Empire needed a strong ally to help share the pressure.

Compared with the Western Regions, Constantinople of the Byzantine Empire was the giant city that the Arab Empire was more eager to capture.

But Constantinople has a defense system that Westerners claim to be invincible, plus it has the most advanced and powerful naval army in the world, and there are artifacts such as Greek fire, which make the Arab Empire fearful.

However, the current Byzantium, in front of the real Arab Empire, can boast of Constantinople and the naval army.

Their army was nearly completely wiped out, and they were defended by a huge city that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

It is also for this reason that Byzantium spared no effort to support the Turgish and fund the Sulu Khan, in order to use the iron spears and horses of the Turgish to resist the pressure of the Arab Imperial Army.

The Byzantine and Turgish alliances have been in league for many years, and it is not easy for the Tang Dynasty to intervene.

Moreover, the alliance that Pei Min wanted to promote was not a purely interdependent alliance of mutual benefit, but with the Tang Dynasty as the leader of the alliance, so that Byzantium would recognize the Tang Dynasty as the big brother, on the one hand, it would reflect the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, and on the other hand, it would also facilitate future actions.

It's just that Byzantium, as a descendant of ancient Rome in the early years, although its strength has been greatly weakened, it has also strengthened its face.

With the strong reinforcement of the Tang Dynasty, Pei Min believed that the Byzantines would raise their hands and feet to agree, but they were mostly unwilling to let them recognize the Tang Dynasty as the leader of the alliance.

They will not accept such alliance conditions unless absolutely necessary.

Pei Min's release of Mo Hedong and Mo He Dagan was motivated to force Byzantium to bow his head.

Byzantium now had an alliance with the Turgish, and the need for a new ally was not so urgent, let alone a big brother.

Although Tuqi Shi dealt a heavy blow to Pei Min, the foundation is still there.

Qarlu was able to take advantage of the situation to bite off a piece of Turgish's flesh, but there was no way to destroy it.

In the end, the two sides were opposed to each other, which was originally more suitable for the current interests of the Tang Dynasty.

But now what Pei Min has to do is to ruin the reliance of Byzantium and let Mo Hedong and Mo Heda go back, which will inevitably cause a split and civil strife between the black and yellow departments.

The Tang Dynasty was giving more support to Ge Lulu, and the original unbearable situation of Tuqi Shi was even more critical, and he would take care of himself.

Without Turgish as a reliable ally, Byzantium desperately needed a new one.

The Tang Dynasty is undoubtedly the best choice, and the Tang Dynasty can also take advantage of the situation to accept a younger brother......

However, after letting Mo Hedong and Mo Hedagan go like this, Pei Min was not reconciled, and at least he had to collect some money from selling his body and come back.

Mo Hedong was older, and the city government was deeper, and asked, "What do you want to do?" The Tang Dynasty, the dignified Pei Guogong, where would he care about a little bit of small profits? ”

Pei Min smiled: "It's not that I care, but I am unwilling." ”

When he said this, his expression was stern and stern, and he said: "I hate those who violate my territory the most in my life, and I will kill as many as I want, and there is no ambiguity. You've more or less heard of a ...... or two."

Mo Hedong and Mo Heda felt a chill in their hearts.

They had already heard of Pei Min's achievements, but they only felt that they were exaggerating. It wasn't until I experienced it myself before that I knew it was terrible.

"It is no secret how much profit our dynasty has gained by virtue of the trade routes of the Western Regions. The more stable the Western Regions are, the more profit we will make. Therefore, we hope for peace in the Western Regions more than killing you! ”

"Sulu's son, Erweitler does not trust our court, and instead of letting him rule the Turgish, it is better to let you go back and make you the Khan of the Turgish."

"Of course, it's not for nothing, you have to pay tribute to our dynasty and show your submission."

"What do you think?"

Pei Min gave up his territory to a great extent.

Mo Hedong and Mo Heda looked at each other, and they were already somewhat aware of Pei Min's intentions, thinking that even if they didn't bleed, they would let themselves go, so why waste it.

Mo Hedong bent his waist deeply and said, "I am willing to submit to His Majesty the Great Heavenly Khan." ”

He verbally expressed his submission, but he did not say anything about paying tribute or anything.

Pei Min sneered: "Yes, you have a good idea, no matter what, I will let you go back." It doesn't matter if you pay the ransom or not, pay tribute to our court or not. But don't forget, the decision on when to release you is up to me. It just so happens that I have a good relationship with the Khan of Qarluq, I can let him attack the Supu tribe, or let him attack the city of Kulan, do you think your new khan will send troops to rescue? ”

Mo Hedong and Mo Hedagan's faces changed suddenly, and they were sweating profusely.

Pei Min said that the Supu tribe and Julan City are the backbone of the Tuqi Shihuang tribe, the former is a large tribe with a heart to Mohedong, and the latter is directly the lair of the Mohe tribe.

Now that the Yellow Department of the Turk has lost an arm, and if they lose the Supu tribe and Julan City, their Yellow Department will no longer have a chance to compete with the Black Department.

And Erweitler is the most ruthless, and he will not let go of this opportunity to subdue the Yellow Department.

At that time, there was civil strife in the Turgish, and they didn't even have the slightest chance of winning.

Mo Hedong faced Pei Min, didn't dare to leave any luck, and bent down again and said: "Since you have promised to surrender, tribute is naturally indispensable." For the sake of compassion for the great virtues of the country, I am willing to offer 5,000 iron to repay the grace of forgiveness. ”

Pei Min frowned.

Mo Hedong immediately said: "Don't underestimate these five thousand iron, when he took advantage of the great food of the country, he attacked their baggage carts and plundered the Tianzhu fine iron. Because the Duke of Guo knows that I am not good at smelting, this fine iron is of no use to us. But I know that the Celestial Empire regards it as a treasure and is willing to give it all ......"

"Good!" Pei Min replied without hesitation, very refreshing.

Tianzhu fine iron is Damascus steel, which is indeed a treasure worth impressing.

"The patriarch will go back first, and I will stay as a guest. The day your Tianzhu fine iron is delivered, it will be the time when I return Ling Lang! ”

Mo Hedong also knew that he was not qualified to bargain, so he accepted his fate and agreed.

The affairs of the Western Regions have been almost dealt with.

Just as Pei Min was about to withdraw his troops and return to Liangzhou, Pei Min received an unexpected letter of worship.

The signature of the post is Gao Xianzhi!

Pei Min thought that he still had some things to deal with in his hands, and said, "Let Gao Xianzhi come and see you in the afternoon!" ”

At noon, Gao Xianzhi came as promised.

"You may be seated!"

In the more than ten years since he came to Datang, Pei Min has seen a lot of celebrities and generals, and he has a certain immunity to this kind of celebrities.

Unless it is a figure of Du Fu's level, Pei Min believes that he will not be too excited, and he only has this simple appreciation for Gao Xianzhi.

"Xie Guogong!"

The current Gao Xianzhi is still a guerrilla general, although he is quite famous, but he is just a common general, compared with Pei Min, it is a world of difference, and it also seems very respectful.

Pei Min praised Gao Xianzhi with a smile, praised him for fighting well in the previous battle, and spoke: "If you hadn't attacked in time, grasped the fighter, and stopped Sulu's breakthrough, we wouldn't have been able to win such a big victory." ”

Gao Xianzhi said: "That's because the Guogong is well-commanded, and the last general is very curious. Why was Kokuko sure that Sulu would choose to bypass the Katan Mountains instead of breaking through from the Broken Leaf Kawaguchi? ”

"Is there a difference?" Pei Min shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said, "Soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent." I was never sure that Sulu would go to Katan Mountain, but I just arranged for you to surround it. If he goes to Broken Leaf Kawaguchi, he will lose even more. I laid down 150,000 troops at the mouth of the Broken Leaf Kawaguchi, and once we fought, Sulu did not have the experience of taking care of the rear at all. When the time comes, you'll be given my new order to run and flank. ”

"Sulu showed his hole cards too early, so I calmly arranged the battlefield, no matter how he chose, the result was the same, just a different way of playing."

Gao Xianzhi sighed and said: "The national public soldiers, the combination of Qi Zheng, the vastness of the regular soldiers, and the great benefits of the strange soldiers, the last general is deeply admired." ”

Pei Min saw Gao Xianzhi's "honest" face pale: "The general praised it falsely, you didn't come here just to praise Pei Mou, right?" ”

Gao Xianzhi was slightly embarrassed, and suddenly bowed deeply: "The last general admires the high righteousness of the Guogong, and is willing to serve the subordinates, and saddle the front and back of the Guogong." ”

Pei Min was stunned, he thought about Gao Xianzhi's reason for looking for him, but he didn't expect that he came to the door to let him accept him?

Is it dissatisfied with the current status?

His father, Gao Sheji, had worked hard in Anxi for half his life, but he was only a guerrilla general, and he was twenty years old at the same rank as his father. In terms of age and status, it is already very remarkable.

Pei Min sighed slightly: "I appreciate your talent, and it is also an honor for me to be served by such an excellent general as you." It's just that I wondered, why so suddenly? Have you had a bad time in the North Garden? ”

Gao Xianzhi was silent for a while and said, "It's not unpleasant, it's just a little unsatisfactory." ”

He was a little overwhelmed and didn't know how to speak.

Pei Min smiled: "It's okay, there are only you and me here, there is nothing bad to say." After a pause, seeing that Gao Xianzhi was still a little embarrassed, he guessed: "Is it because of the envoy of the festival?" ”

Gao Xianzhi nodded and said, "Guogong will see you!" Indeed, it is because of the knots. It's not that I'm dissatisfied with my boss as a subordinate, it's just a pity that today's festival is not what it used to be. When the festival envoy was not the festival envoy, he was proud and righteous, brave and fearless, and he must go forward in every battle, and his merits were brilliant, which was sincerely admirable. But since he was in a high position, he was a little content and hedonistic, without enterprising, and his pride was not there. When the Turgish invaded, the last general repeatedly proposed to either go south to support Anxi to share the pressure, or directly send troops to the Turgish to force them to divide their forces. However, the envoy said that his priority was to guard the north court, and it was inconvenient to move troops easily. It's a bit disappointing......

Pei Min looked at Gao Xianzhi with his head down, his eyes were like torches, and he sighed in his heart: Gao Xianzhi, it is indeed Gao Xianzhi, who has extraordinary strategies and extraordinary ambitions.

It's just that this ambition is both a motivator and an invisible hazard.

Pei Min is very clear about the deeds of famous generals, Gao Xianzhi has made great achievements for the Tang Dynasty across the frontier, which is indeed commendable.

However, with the higher the status, the ambition cannot be suppressed, and it becomes a negative emotion.

Located on the Silk Road, Shiguo has developed agriculture and its residents are good at doing business.

Gao Xianzhi coveted the wealth of Shiguo and wanted to plunder it for himself. In the ninth year of Tianbao, Gao Xianzhi falsely accused King Shi of "Wufan courtesy" and led his troops to crusade.

In fact, Shiguo was extremely respectful to the Tang Dynasty, and always regarded the Tang Dynasty as the suzerain, and paid tribute.

However, because Gao Xianzhi was the king of kings in the Western Regions, for his own selfish interests, he forcibly attacked Shiguo, killed and plundered his troops, and even refused to let go of the old, weak, sick and disabled, causing the local people to resist.

Gao Xianzhi was even more aggressively suppressed, causing the efforts of his ancestors in the Western Regions to turn into nothingness, and greatly reducing the prestige of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions.

Gao Xianzhi has great achievements, but he also has great faults.

Merit is because of ambition, and passing is also because of ambition.

Pei Min hesitated for a moment, then made up his mind and said, "Okay!" Go back, and I'll take you first." You must not spread this matter, and when there is a suitable opportunity, I will report to the court and transfer you to listen to it. ”

A character like Gao Xianzhi needs to be trained and cultivated.

He has the ability to take charge of his own talents, but he does not have the mentality of controlling one side, and he can give full play to his strengths in his own hands, and at the same time can limit his shortcomings, the best of both worlds.

Gao Xianzhi was overjoyed, got up and bowed: "Xie Pei Shuai took him in, his subordinates will never live up to Pei Shuai's trust!" ”

When he had to take him in, he immediately changed his words, and there was no need for Pei Min to remind him at all.

Pei Min waved him back.

Gao Xianzhi was overjoyed and walked down quickly.

Pei Min thought about it, and couldn't help but sigh, no one is perfect, and no one is perfect.

There are too few handsome talents with excellent character like Wang Zhonghe.

It's better to teach it yourself!

Pei Min muttered to himself a little smugly.

After dealing with all the things in the Western Regions, Pei Min also compiled all the details of the expedition to the Western Regions, such as the merit book, the loss of soldiers, the captured materials, etc., and sent the Khan of Tuqishi to Chang'an.

In this duel with the Turgish, the Tang army did not count the losses of Fu Meng Lingcha, because Pei Min let the cavalry of Ge Lulu take the lead, absorbed a large number of casualties, and lost a total of 8,600 people, killed more than 46,000 Turgish soldiers, captured 68,000 people, and captured tens of thousands of military horses and equipment nets.

The results are not abundant.

The news of the great victory of the Tang army had already been conveyed to Chang'an, and with the arrival of the Sulu Khan, Chang'an was boiling again.