The historical Tuyuhun reached its heyday in the Sui Dynasty, and once occupied the right side of the river, firmly locking the Sui Dynasty's northwest border to the east of the river, and even inferior to the current Han Dynasty. However, the good times did not last long, but in twenty or thirty years, Tang Taizong gathered Li Jing and Hou Jun out of the northwest, and Tuyuhun broke the internal annex.

It can be said that the current Tuyuhun has not yet fully developed, and even because of the suppression of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Turks, even Shazhou (now Dunhuang), which was previously a tribal gathering place, could not stay, so it could only cross the Qilian Mountains and move to Fuqicheng (now Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai), and completely retreated in the south of the mountain.

But what kind of place is in the south of Qilian Mountain, everyone knows in their hearts, not to mention the bitter cold land, they have to fight with the large and small tribes of Tubo at any time to grab the few river valleys. Of course, Tuyuhun also thought that he could return to Shazhou one day, and the first obstacle in front of him was naturally the Turks.

Soon Cao Zhong and Xu Deyan met Shi Fu, the messenger of Tuyuhun.

This is a man dressed in Tibetan clothes, his cheeks are flushed, if it weren't for his identity here, I'm afraid no one would know that this is the eldest son of the future Khan King Tuyuhun and the current Khan King Quarlu.

Qualu let his son come as a messenger, and his sincerity was already full.

And their meaning is also very simple, now the Northern Zhou has mobilized troops and horses to prepare to sweep the Turks, and once the Turks go west, they will inevitably oppress the Han and Tuyuhun, so these two families have to join forces to make a difference in Hexi.

In fact, to put it in layman's terms, Tuyuhun wants to return to Shazhou, so they hope to be able to unite with the Han to deal with the Turks, otherwise with the current national strength of Tuyuhun, let alone return to Shazhou, it would be good if the Turks did not take the opportunity to come and rob them. After all, Tuyuhun at this time did not have the same strength as the Sui Dynasty in later generations, and it was not even comparable to the military strength of the Han in the northwest, so it was reasonable for them to be anxious to seek help from the Han Dynasty.

The Turks will definitely want to find soft persimmons to pinch, so the two soft persimmons have to be put together so that the Turks can't pinch two at once.

In any case, this Shifu still has a lot of talent-it is in history that he has led Tuyuhun, who has been struggling to survive, to his heyday--Tuyuhun's intentions were clarified in a few words, and he didn't say much about the rest, just looked at Xu Deyan and Cao Zhong.

Seems pretty sure.

In fact, it is impossible for Xu Deyan and Cao Zhong not to be moved, now they are worried about the situation of Wuwei, but with the Great Wall, Wuwei is very likely to be unable to hold it, and when the time comes, it may not be so easy for the Han to recapture Wuwei and gain a firm foothold, and once Tuyuhun participates in the war, it can cause enough pressure on the Turks on the west side to force the Turks not to dare to go south to Wuwei.

As for what Tuyuhun wants, it is Shazhou that the Han can't control at all, Cao Zhong and Xu Deyan can't look so far, the problem in front of them can't be solved, let alone Shazhou, the northwest doesn't have to want it.

While sending someone to send Shifu to rest first, Xu Deyan turned to look at Cao Zhong: "What do you think?" ”

"Is there still a choice?"

"Do you want to report this matter to Your Majesty?" Xu Deyan asked worriedly.

In any case, it is a cooperation with a foreign race, and it is not a trivial matter.

"The situation in the northwest is urgent, even if His Majesty has already set off for Jiangling, it will take nearly half a month for the news to come and go, we can't wait." Cao Zhong said in a deep voice, "Seeing that winter is about to begin, the Zhou people are afraid that they will take action." Once the Turks come westward, it will be too late for us to make any preparations. ”

After a pause, Cao Zhong said decisively: "But there is a mistake, and someone will bear it." ”

"What are you talking about," Xu Deyan laughed, "you can't pretend that something doesn't exist." Even if the northwest sky falls, we have to carry it together. and the eldest grandson and the two boys of the Hou family can't run. ”

Cao Zhong was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked over.

Both laughed at the same time.

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Li Xinchen still saw Yang Su, but it was ten days after he ordered Yang Su to be urged, and it was not in Jiankang Mansion, but in Jiangzhou. Yang Su went all the way down the river from Chengdu Mansion and finally met Li Xinchen's fleet from Jiankang Mansion to Jiangling in Jiangzhou.

"Captain Chen joins the army, Yang Su sees Your Majesty." Yang Su knelt down on one knee and saluted, "I traveled all the way through the mountains and rivers, and I couldn't rush to Jiankang to see Your Majesty, and the minister knew that he was guilty." ”

"Alright, get up." Li Xinchen stretched out his hand to help him, "For the sake of your recital, it does look a little good, and I promise you to make up for it." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yang Su hurriedly said, no matter what, he was a little procrastinating along the way, and he still had to take the initiative to admit his mistake.

And Li Xinchen looked at Yang Su and couldn't help but smile. This guy is very shrewd, Yang Su joined the army in the Taiwei Mansion, according to the new official system, he is actually a mutual constraint with the Taiwei, and he is definitely one of the top figures in the middle and high-level of the Han Army, and Li Xinchen is also the position of the chief of staff of later generations when he sets up this position, but Yang Su's qualifications are still shallow, so he uses the seemingly inconspicuous name of "joining the army" instead, otherwise it may attract criticism.

Yang Su is also very smart, it is not for nothing that the Han court can be in a high position without standing up, Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie are two typical examples, but not to mention that the relationship between these two people and Li Xinchen is there, they can really go to this position by themselves, and no one can say anything.

But Yang Su is different, what role does Hongnong Yang play in the north, in fact, not many people know, and it is not a glorious thing, so everyone's understanding of Yang Su is still simply a chess piece of Hongnong Yang's family head and Han in the north. Now that this chess piece has suddenly stepped into the army, it can definitely be called Qingyun Pingbu, so Yang Su also has to make some things that are not very suitable, so that Li Xinchen can grasp some of his handles, so that Li Xinchen can use him with confidence.

In the final analysis, it's just a little bit of the emperor's mind and the courtier's skill.

Therefore, Yang Su knelt down solemnly, and Li Xinchen also made a gesture to help him, and the meaning was obvious, I already understood what you meant.

And Yang Su directly changed the topic: "Your Majesty, the minister has heard on the road that the affairs in the northwest are getting worse, and there is even the possibility of war?" ”

Li Xinchen bowed slightly, he has eight hundred miles to rush to the northwest, of course, he is much better informed than Yang Su: "This is already November, the Zhou people are stepping up the mobilization of troops and horses to the north, the intention is already obvious, the Turks want to get benefits from the Zhou people this time, I'm afraid it's not so simple, and with Yang Jian and Yu Wenxian's thoughts, since they want to go north, they will definitely have to fight a peace for at least five or six years, so it is very likely that the former Wei people's military town system will be directly restored, after all, the Zhou people inherited from the Northern Wei Dynasty, For them, the restoration of military towns is also a familiar road. ”