Chapter 334: Falling into a Trap

As expected, the arrival of the two Tang envoys was indeed related to the Turgish, and they made requests and concessions from the Turgish. The pragmatic proposal of the Turks no longer insisting on the original three harsh conditions and agreeing to demarcate the land for non-aggression was an attractive one, and was approved by Wu Xin, but the Turks withdrew from the city on the grounds of safety, demanding that the negotiation venue be changed to outside the city.

Li Huaitang was still immersed in Ye Ji Youxi's 'agitation', he suddenly returned to his heart like an arrow, and Li Huaitang was quite unhappy with the many changes in the Tuqi Shi people.

"Do the ambassadors think it is still necessary to talk? As far as I know, Sulu Khan is already in contact with the Great Cannibals, and, if I'm not mistaken, the Tibetans have reached an alliance with them, and at the latest next year, the three of them will be under my Ningyuan City. Now they are just trying to appease me here with a delaying tactic and sabotage my preparation plan, and I can't see their sincerity at all! Therefore, even if the Turgish people promise to give me Broken Leaf City now, I will never talk to them, I will leave, and go back to Ningyuan City to sharpen my sword. The ambassadors were also asked to forgive him for his recklessness and anxiety. ”

Wu Xin said with a straight face: "I'm afraid the general is alarmist, Sulu Khan has fought for many years with the Great Cannibal for my Tang Dynasty, and there are irreconcilable contradictions with the Great Cannibal, and it is impossible for them to form an alliance." As for Tubo, it is now under the military attack of our Tang Dynasty, and the army is defeated like a mountain, and it is even more incapable of an expedition to Ningyuan City. The general kept saying that the Turks were insincere, but I think the general was belligerent and 'sexual'! ”

"Haha," Li Huaitang smiled instead of being angry, and said, "Does the secretary know about the Great Food Country?" Let me tell you, the great Judah of the Great Food Country is better than the Tang Dynasty, and there are many internal forces, and the contradictions are quite profound. According to my information, the 'collusion' with the Turgish people is the largest opposition force in the country, the Abbasids. By the way, let me tell you again, the Tubo people have married Xiao Bolu, and there is no longer an obstacle to the passage of the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms region, and it is not difficult to send an army of 30,000 or 20,000 to my Ningyuan City. ”

Wu Xin's face changed slightly, and soon returned to normal, Li Huaitang's words entered his left ear and went out from his right ear, leaving not many traces in his mind.

"General Li, I also tell you that our Datang princess Broken Leaf will marry Prince Tuqi Shi Gulu this year, and the friendly relationship between the Tuqi Shi people and our Datang will be even deeper. I have reason to believe that the promises made in front of our Datang will never be easily torn up. Now that the Tuqi Shi has shown their sincerity, they also ask the general to face up to the reality, don't anger our Datang, otherwise, I am afraid that the general will not be able to eat the navel at that time. ”

Li Huaitang stared at Wu Xin coldly, and snorted before saying, "Are you threatening me?" ”

The atmosphere was suddenly tense, and the conversation tended to reach a dead end, so Qi Jishan made a speech at the right time to make a round: "The negotiations will not delay for much time, General Li might as well give me a face, and listen to what the Turks have to say, and it will not be too late to make a decision then." ”

"Humph! That's all I have to say, you can do it, farewell! Without waiting for Li Huaitang to make a decision, Wu Xin brushed his sleeves away.

With Wu Xin's departure, Li Huaitang retracted his disgusted gaze and arched his hand to Qi Jishan: "Since my uncle said so, I agree to it, but I have a word first, no matter what the result is, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, I will leave, and no one can stop my determination." ”

"Okay, when the time comes, my uncle will go with you, and my uncle is very curious about your Ningyuan City. ”

"Yes, welcome! Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell my uncle a great event," Li Huaitang regained his bright smile. "Ye Ji is happy!"

"Good! That's great! What a joyous event! Qi Jishan's happiness is no less than that of his father-to-be Li Huaitang.

"Let's go, Li Langzi, take me to meet my nephew 'daughter'!"

To the south of the city is the Ake River, a stone bridge connects the north and south banks, and the rushing river roars under the stone bridge, and the surging waves and flowers shine with the summer light. The stone bridge, named Tongbao Bridge, is the only bridge over the Acre River, and it is the only way to cross the Acre River in the summer when the water is high.

Just after the hour, a huge cavalry team appeared on the Tongbao Bridge, and more than a thousand knights slowly lined up to step on the bridge. Li Huaitang and his generals and cavalry followed, he was extremely reluctant to come here, whether he came or not, the result was the same for him, at this moment his heart was still by Ye Ji's side, and he was still complaining to each other warmly last night. But the damned Turgish invited him out of the city, about ten miles across the Treasure Bridge, to talk about a bird sentence.

The stone bridge was not long, and it didn't take long for the thousand horsemen to pass, and when Li Huaitang got off the bridge, he found that many people were blocked in the south of the bridge. The pomp and circumstance of the officers and soldiers going out of the 'door' was really unusual, Li Huaitang shook his head with a smile.

"Yo, good horse!" There was a cry of envy from the crowd waiting to cross the bridge.

Li Huaitang subconsciously looked over, and a rugged middle-aged Hu man caught his attention. Hu Ren's face is fierce, his eyes are 'dewy' and 'fine', and there is a murderous aura on his body, and he can be seen at a glance that he is a warrior of a hundred battles.

Hu Ren is not an ordinary person, Li Huaitang's gaze is like a flying arrow, which makes him vigilant, and his eyes move from the war horse under Li Huaitang's seat to Li Huaitang.

The eyes of the two touched, collided, and almost rubbed out a spark, a hostile spark! Li Huaitang's murderous intent suddenly rose, and he couldn't help but stare at him twice. Li Huaitang didn't know, and the same feeling also came to Hu Ren's heart.

"Touren, this horse is rare in the world, it's better to be him!" Another Hu man standing beside the fierce Hu Man had a greedy look in his eyes.

Hu Ren, who was called the leader, sneered and asked himself, "Do you know who he is?" He is Li Huaitang of Ningyuan City! His war horse is a bloody horse, who else in the whole Anxi will have this BMW except him? It seems that I am not late. ”

The news of the legendary Li Huaitang in Bahuan City is not only known to everyone in Anxi, but even spread to the adjacent Hexi Corridor area, two days ago, Yi Li Siba heard the news, he still remembers the two beauties, and the hatred of several clansmen being slaughtered is still lingering. He didn't believe that the Turkishes would willingly give up this opportunity for revenge, and he had come to be a fisherman to see if he could pick up a ready-made bargain.

"Go, call all the sons and daughters, we are waiting here, I have a feeling that the Turgish will attack him today."

Bahuan City is not big, two days is enough time for Yi Li to inquire about enough news, and he inquired about the invitation of Li Huaitang to go out of the city to negotiate last night. The early bird has worms to eat, he Yi Li poke and pull convinced this truth, and waited in the south of Tongbao Bridge in the morning, looking forward to a sandpiper clam competition, the opportunity for the fisherman to profit. This time, he brought 500 'elite' tribal warriors in the name of business, and in order not to attract attention, he specially arranged these 500 people in the southeast of Bahuan City.

The garrison of the Turgish mission consisted of about 20 'wool' felts, and they camped in the wilderness. The cavalry team crossed the Tongbao Bridge less than half an hour before arriving at the camp of the Turgish, to everyone's displeasure, Kenta and Murto were not there, and the remaining Turgish said that they had a stomach trouble, and they went to lose half a catty.

Zhao Hanzhang was furious: "How can this be reasonable! Fool me, don't you? Have you eat together, pull a bird droppings together? If they want to pull enough, we won't accompany them, go back to the city! ”

The leader of the Tuqi Shi people who stayed behind hurriedly begged: "Zhao makes the king angry, there are coincidences, and there are many offenses. I'm going to ask the chief steward, and they're going to do business in the grass over there!" ”

Wu Xin said: "Forget it, I'm here anyway, just wait for him for a while." ”

"Hmph, get out! If he doesn't show up for a cup of tea, we'll go back to the city. The horsewhip was waved by Zhao Hanzhang so that it was hunting, and his tone was even more vicious, which made the Tuqi Shi people jump in shock.

The wait is quite boring, but the idyllic scenery is quite good, and the arrival of early summer has dyed the once bleak gray 'color' world even greener, adding a lot of hope to the vision, which makes people feel refreshed.

Looking at the greenery, Qi Ji said with a smile: "Zhao Envoy Jun is a great talent, these days in Anxi, everyone in my view lives and works in peace and contentment. It will be another bumper harvest year in front of us, presumably this year can be self-sufficient, and no longer use Hexi to transport grain to make up for the shortfall, right? ”

"Alas!" Zhao Hanzhang smiled bitterly and sighed, "Qi 'waiter' Lang doesn't know, the Central Plains proverb Yun Ruixue is a good year." But it's different here in Anxi, every time there is a blizzard, there will be floods in Anxi in the coming year. Don't look at the crops in front of you, they are growing in vain. ”

"Flooding?" Qi Jishan asked puzzled.

Zhao Hanzhang explained: "Yes, there was so much snow last winter, and this year it was very hot, and all the ice and snow melted intensively from the influx into the Akhe River, looking at the water potential, the Akre River may burst in a few days, and it may even wash away Bahuan City." ”

"Bursting the levee?" Qi Jishan and Wu Xin were surprised. They had the impression that Anthy was an arid region, and if they had been told that there was going to be a flood, they would have laughed.

Zhao Hanzhang nodded and said, "Yes, if we don't discharge the flood first, the embankment burst will be inevitable." ”

"Flooding?" Two more rounds of curiosity.

Zhao Hanzhang continued: "Well, the flood discharge point is selected on the embankment of the river a few miles north of us, and tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, this place will become an ocean. ”

Hearing this, everyone was shocked. Of course, except for Li Huaitang, who knew about it through Xue Ling's mouth the day before yesterday, but Li Huaitang still frowned, feeling sorry for this large piece of farmland.

"Huh?" The crow standing beside Li Huaitang cried out in surprise, "Look, there's a pillar of smoke!" ”

Following the crow's point, everyone saw a pillar of smoke rising hundreds of steps away, and a sense of déjà vu instantly jumped into Li Huaitang's heart.

"Not good! There is fraud! Li Huaitang instinctively exclaimed.

Wu Xin said with a smile: "It's just fireworks, why should General Li be surprised, isn't his guts as good as me, a literati......"

Before the taunt was finished, several hounds brought by the crow suddenly became restless and barked wildly at the north.

"There must be a problem, Zhao Yuanjun, uncle, let's evacuate quickly!" Li Huaitang shouted vigilantly, and ran towards the war horse as he shouted.

"Cowardly as a mouse!" Wu Xin curled the corners of his mouth disdainfully.

It's no longer a matter of intuition, every time several hounds bark in unison, it must mean that danger is coming, thinking of the strange absence of the Tuqi Shiren, and then listening to Zhao Hanzhang's flood discharge, Li Huaitang faintly saw a specific threat.

"Uncle, Zhao Yuanjun, believe me, there must be a problem with the Tuqi Shi people, and the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall!" Li Huaitang jumped on the war horse, turned around and said solemnly.

Zhao Hanzhang looked suspicious, but he was also impatient, "That's it, if the Tuqi Shi people are sincere, let them go to Tongbao Bridge to talk, we have already given them enough face." ”

After finishing speaking, Zhao Hanzhang also got on the war horse, and then everyone also followed the war horse.

After only a hundred and ten steps, the barking of the hounds suddenly became more intense, and gradually, there was a cool smell of water vapor in the usually unusually dry air.

"Not good! It's a flood! Zhao Hanzhang exclaimed first. He had been serving here until he was appointed as the protector of Anzai, and he had two experiences of flooding, a bitter smell that he remembers very well. "Damn, how did it break the levee? Wrong! Someone must have deliberately burst the embankment! ”

There was no need for orders, more than a thousand knights panicked into a mess, scrambling to ride their horses and flee for their lives, the flood was more terrible than the beasts, and even surpassed the serious military discipline.

"Damn, it's the Turgish, it must be the Turgish!" Zhao Hanzhang frantically shook the horsewhip and scolded angrily. Not only him, but everyone thought of the identity of the suspect.

At the place where the Ake River burst, the violent water rushed happily along the gap like a wild horse that had escaped, and the gap became larger and larger, and more and more water broke away from the river, and there was a sea south of the mouth of the embankment. Dozens of levee breakers stood on the embankment, looking at their results in amazement, and the ferocity of the flood far exceeded their imagination.

"Haha, this damn horse thief can't escape with his wings, and he will definitely die without a place to be buried!" Kenta smirked.

"Not bad. Our chief manager made an extraordinary move, and the horse bandits had no possibility of escaping, but it was still cheap for him, and he even let the two messengers of the Tang Dynasty, as well as the dignified Anxi, escort him to the funeral, tsk, scenery! Ha ha. Murto patted Kenta's ass without leaving a trace, turning Qin Jiegao's dedication into Kenta's wisdom and merit as a matter of course.

Sure enough, Kenta was very useful, putting on an unfathomable look, and Qin Jiegao had been automatically forgotten by him.

"It's a pity that our 200 warriors have also become their burial companions."

Murto continued his flattery: "The chief steward is kind-hearted and generous to his subordinates, which is not to be taken for granted. In order to kill this hateful bandit, the warriors willingly gave their lives even if they knew about it. ”

"Yes, that's right!" Kenta laughed.

Murto said: "Chief, we have to go, hurry back to Broken Leaf Town, so that no one can find out that we are still alive." As for the specific news, let's let people find out. ”

"Well, let's go!"

Dozens of Turgish rode their horses across the Acre River in the shallow waters downstream, and galloped non-stop towards the Boda Ridge. Their worries are right, in order to kill Li Huaitang, they broke into a catastrophe, they can only pretend to be dead, let the facts be confusing, even if the other party has survivors, they can't find evidence, Qin Jiegao is right, it is completely possible for the river to burst naturally, this is a natural disaster, and the Tuqi Shi people are also victims. As long as Sulu Khan insists on this statement, Datang is helpless. Please keep in mind the URL, if you like "War Owl in Tang" written by the wolf under the moon