Outside the city of Qishi, on a piece of scorched earth, Li Huaitang and Gu Si met again.

"Isn't it okay to sip bones?"

Li Huaitang teased the gray-headed and gray-faced bones.

Gu Si nodded cheekily and shook his head, but his mouth bypassed Li Huaitang's greetings and went straight to the point: "Sulu Khan sent me here to make a deal with you." It is hoped that the general will focus on the overall situation and ignore past suspicions. ”

"Deal?" Li Huaitang pretended to be confused, "I really can't think of any other deal to do with Sulu Khan." Please also sip clearly. ”

"Sulu Khan agrees to accept your offer of tribute, to withdraw his army, and to release your envoys and not to hold you accountable for your impudence."

"Wait!" Li Huaitang interrupted the gushing bone slurp, "I heard me right, right? Such generous conditions, wouldn't it be in exchange for my first evil head? ”

Gu Si smiled awkwardly: "How can it? You don't know, General, that I've always been against them going to war with you. It's just that you also know that I am weak and soft-spoken. After this defeat, Sulu Khan was finally convinced by me. As for the price, for the general, it is just a gesture. ”

"Oh? Then I have to thank Bone Sip? Say, at what cost? Li Huaitang sneered.

"Return the property, and that Que Yi is difficult. Please also ask the general to fulfill. But well, if that Que Yi Nanru was burned to death in the fire, then forget it. ”

Speaking of the back, the bone slurp dragged out the tone meaningfully.

Li Huaitang didn't understand what he meant, but Li Huaitang was asking them to eat dogs, so it was a pity that Que Yi was as difficult as death. It's hard to put a queyi, and it's fun to watch a nest fight with each other.

"Whatever I find, whatever I find, I will return it to you. However, the flammable ones such as grain are all burned, and the cattle and sheep are dead and scattered, and I don't bother to catch them, so you can send someone to find them. As for that Que Yi Nanru, I intend to return it to you. ”

Li Huaitang played a scoundrel.

Gu Si said: "If there is not enough food, I'm afraid, the army will have to ask for it from Qishi City." In that case, the life of the envoy will not be guaranteed. ”

"You're threatening me?"

Li Huaitang was very angry, but he had to admit that his opponent was very accurate.

"The general misunderstood. This is my advice, no one can grasp the temper of Sulu Khan. ”

Bone Si spoke carefully, but his tone was not without smugness, and what supported his arrogance was the tens of thousands of troops behind him

Although the night raid was a great success, the Turgish army was unwound and ready to make a comeback at any time. Under the trade-off, Li Huaitang could not help but give in.

"Okay, I can lend you grain for cattle and sheep. However, you must be a guest in the city of beggars. ”

Of course, it was said that it was borrowed, but in fact, Li Huaitang also made up his mind and returned half of it at most. In order to prevent the Turgis from shamelessly repenting, it is still necessary to leave the bones as hostages.

As usual, it was another bargain, and Gu Si finally gritted his teeth and agreed to Li Huaitang's conditions, he knew that in order to recover the loss, Sulu Khan would not mind letting him be a hostage. Rather than being forced to make a trip in the end, it is better to take the initiative and earn enough credit and prestige.

Saddened, he rushed back to see Sulu Khan with news that was not good for him, and returned to the temporary station, where he found that the atmosphere was a little unusual. Gu Si was very strange, and just happened to meet Ah Lifu, so he asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Ah Li said: "Someone from Broken Leaf City has come, and there is also a Tibetan envoy with him. ”

"Tibetan envoy? What are the Tibetan envoys doing here? ”

Doubts took over Bontu's head.

"I heard that it was their Zampu who wanted to invite us Sulu Khan to fight the Tang Dynasty together."

Ah Lifu was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "The Great Khan agreed?" ”

Ah Lifu shook his head blankly and pointed to Sulu Khan's Chinese army account.

Gu Si left Ah Li's servant and hurried to see Sulu Khan. In his eyes, Datang is not so easy to deal with, he admires Datang culture, how much he knows the history and strength of Datang, the powerful Turks once dominated the grassland, but because of their arrogance to provoke this terrible enemy, under the blow of Datang, fell apart. Although today's Turgish people are in full swing, they are far from the strength of the Turks when they were at their strongest. Once this behemoth empire is provoked, the Tibetans can rely on the geographical advantages of the plateau to resist, and the Tuqi people will be wiped out.

In the tent of the Chinese army, the Tibetan man Mo Luosang is gushing about painting a big cake for Sulu Khan, depicting a bright future.

"Since ancient times, Anxi has belonged to the homeland of your and my ancestors, but it has been occupied by the Tang Dynasty for a long time, which is not the blessing of the Tibetans and Turks. If you don't take this opportunity to restore the glory of your ancestors from the hands of the Han people, I am afraid that the world will laugh and future generations will regret it. How can the will of heaven be violated? Therefore, my family Zampu wants to conspire with the Great Khan, and after the matter is completed, the north of Lingshan will be returned to the Great Khan. ”

Sulu Khan was noncommittal, and said with a smile: "I heard that Zampu has broken through Guazhou and gained a lot." Now that the Tibetans are strong and their morale is booming, it is easy to capture Anxi. Why should I be concerned about me, a man of the wilderness? ”

Mo Luosang said: "Sulu Khan is a hero in the world, who doesn't know." The various tribes of Anxi were scattered and there was no common master, and my family Zampu thought that non-Great Khan could not obey it, so he invited the Great Khan to hunt Anxi. ”

After a pause, he found that Sulu Khan was very happy and useful, so he worked harder to add oil and vinegar to the flatbread.

"Sister Wang's Zhuoma, her appearance is unparalleled, her talent is complete, and she is at the right age to marry, if she can find a husband who is a hero such as the Great Khan, it will be a match made in heaven, and the two clans will be lucky. My family Zampu wanted to imitate the Western Turks and the Tang Dynasty, and became in-laws with the Great Khan, and from then on they were allied and advanced and retreated together. ”

Hearing this, Sulu Khan moved, almost wanted to stand up, and his face changed accordingly. The Tibetans were a powerful tribe, and being able to marry and form alliances with them was undoubtedly a great addition to the Turgish.

Seeing that Sulu Khan was moved, Mo Lobsang continued to increase his weight.

"Don't you hear the Han people's art of war: soldiers, the most important thing is speed. If Sulu Khan hesitates any longer, he is afraid that he will miss the fighter. The Zampu army was already waiting for Sulu Khan to raise his arms at any time. After the city was broken, half of the population was wealthy. ”

Originally, hunting Datang is not a big deal, the rich Datang has made him dying for a long time, last year he swept the four towns of Anxi, plundered back, and left a few desolate cities for the newly appointed deputy protector of Anxi, Zhao Yizhen, and finally Datang had to be gone.

Just now, the messenger who came with him from Broken Leaf City with Mo Losang handed over a secret letter to him. A wounded soldier who went deep into the Tang Dynasty and chased down the artifact from the sky fled back, bringing back the news of the mysterious Tang people's rampage, but unfortunately, he died because of his excessive injuries, leaving only ominous clues. The last place where the artifact disappeared was near the area of the Turtle Ridge.

Sulu Khan was torn between two options, either to return to his army and join forces with the Tibetans to attack Anxi, or to stay here and plot to beg Shicheng.

The bone slurry appeared in time to bring news about the negotiations.

Originally, Sulu Khan planned to deceive back the robbed grain, cattle, sheep, gold and silver treasures from the Shi Guoren, and then break the contract to take a bad breath. But the plan has not changed quickly, and it seems that the city of Qishi will have to be with Samarkand City, and it will be leveled together in the next year. After all, it is more important to marry the Tubo Zampu oath, and the gain and loss of that heavenly artifact makes him haunted, Datang, he must go again.

"Gu Si, give you the command of 20,000 people, and Que Yi Nanru stay here, responsible for supervising the collection of tribute from various countries in the coming year. If the big cannibal has any changes, you can ask me for help. ”

Sulu Khan's determination has been made, and once the matter with Shi Guoren is over, he will immediately move eastward.

Gu Si wanted to object, but when he heard that Sulu Khan had granted him great power, he immediately swallowed the advice that he had spit into his throat. This is a good time for him to develop, and as for the anger of Datang in the future, there are still powerful factions to stand up. As long as Sulu Khan's army left, Li Huaitang would not embarrass him, and let him continue to waste food in the city. So he pushed the boat down the river, happily received his life, and started the spring and autumn dream.

The army of the Turgish retreated, leaving only 20,000 men, under the command of Gusi and the commander of the army, and Que Yinanru in charge of supervising the army, confronting the defenders outside the city of Samarkand.

Umeng also returned safely to the city of Qishi, and this trip, in the eyes of Umeng himself, could only be regarded as a failure. However, Li Huaitang does not think so.

"Staying up to the mission and returning safely is already a huge victory in itself. Moreover, the seeds sown will always sprout one day. What's more, haven't the Turgishes accepted our terms? Whatever their purpose, in short, our purpose was achieved. ”

Li Huaitang still affirmed Wumeng's merits.

As for the reason for the departure of Sulu Khan's army, Li Huaitang has also been confirmed from two channels.

For a long time, Li Huaitang mainly obtained the enemy's information through the Eagle Cavalry Scout, and it was difficult to reach the enemy's core intelligence. Realizing the importance of intelligence and the thirst for intelligence, Li Huaitang can no longer endure this state of being a blind man touching an elephant. He had made up his mind that he had to act immediately, no matter what.

Under Li Huaitang's personal arrangement, his first intelligence organization was finally listed, and the name was taken as "Follow the Wind". Wherever the wind goes, I smell it. Wumeng was the first official, and Shi Yiwang was the deputy. Umeng, who was the first official, immediately proposed to train flying slaves to deliver messages in order to increase the speed of delivery.

In the Tang Dynasty, people had already begun to domesticate pigeons to deliver letters, and Wumeng, who was familiar with Tang culture, entered the role quite quickly, and immediately thought of using flying slaves.

As the eyes and ears of the battlefield, the scouts of the Eagle Rider also remembered to enhance their ability to gain enemy intelligence. The Flying Eagle was the first to come up with the super vision with the help of the wild eagle, and the new crow came up with the idea of domesticating the hound. Eagles flying high in the sky can spot enemies within a radius of tens of miles, while hounds have a keen sense of smell and are good at tracking and warning of enemies in ambush.

Without the threat of the Turgish, Li Huaitang let go of his ambitions, and carried out various measures around strengthening the Ministry of Light step by step.