Chapter 239: The Mission

A convoy was slowly driving on the grassland.

Tang Jian sat in the car, holding the envoy's scepter, his eyes slightly closed, as if he was taking a nap. However, those who knew him well knew that he was thinking about something.

For the Turks, it is not the first time that Tang Jian has dealt with the Turks, he has been an envoy to the Turks in the early years of Wood. This is also the reason why Li Shimin fell in love with him and asked him to send an envoy to the Turks.

The wheels of the wagon pressed against the grass and made a "rolling" sound.

"Lord Guogong, there is the camp of the two General Li in front, do you want to go in?" The attendant in the carriage looked at the yurt tent and fence tower standing not far away, and asked softly through the curtain.

Slowly opening his eyes, Tang Jian was silent for a moment, and finally said, "Forget it, it's better not to go!" ”

First, Tang Jian considered himself and the envoys of the peace talks, and the two were the main battle generals, and there would inevitably be contradictions between the two. Second, there is the contradiction between Tang Jian and Li Jing and Li Ji, and this contradiction is very common in the imperial court, which is the contradiction between the old minister of Wude and the new minister of Zhenguan. Although Pei Lin has been driven out of the court, there are still several achievements left by the Wude Dynasty active in the court. Seeing what happened to Pei Lian, it was inevitable that he would not be sad, so he resisted these Zhenguan Xinchen.

The convoy slowly bypassed the barracks and headed northwest.

In the barracks, General Li Jing and Li Jier, who were preparing to greet the mission, received a report from his subordinates that the mission had bypassed the barracks. Li Jing is nothing, but his face is as cold as water. But Li Ji was furious and said: "This old man simply doesn't take us seriously!" ”

Inside the convoy, Tang Jian leisurely looked at the scenery outside the window, but he thought about how much credit he would add to this negotiation and how much shade he could create for his children and grandchildren.

After thinking for a while, he stroked the scepter in his hand and began to think about the problem of negotiating with Jieli again. How to make the Turks attach themselves to the Central Plains? How can we get them to be grateful? What price does Datang need to pay? All of these are taken into account.

The meadows began to get cold in November, and the cold wind blew across the flat land, blowing up the yellow grass to roll on the ground, and occasionally one or two flew into the sky in the bleak wind.

In this way, the mission walked slowly on the grassland for two days, only to feel that the terrain gradually undulated, and the trees gradually increased, and everyone knew that they had arrived at Yinshan.

The Yinshan Mountain Range stretches across the entire Monan, from Hebei Road to the west of the Hetao area, stretching for more than 2,000 miles, and the widest point is up to 100 miles, which can be regarded as the first mountain in the north.

The Turkic tent was located south of Yinshan Mountain, a place called Iron Mountain. Now that the mission has reached Yinshan, it only needs to walk west along the foot of Yinshan Mountain to reach the tooth tent.

When he arrived at the foot of Yin Mountain, Tang Jian specially came out to take a look at the mountain range that was like a giant dragon lying horizontally, which was magnificent and powerful, and people couldn't help but have the meaning of worship.

Eilechuan, under the Yin Mountain, the sky is like a dome, covering the four fields. The sky is blue, the wilderness is vast, the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep.

Tang Jian looked at Yin Mountain, but couldn't help but remember that the majestic mountain in front of him would soon be the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and his heart was suddenly heroic, "haha" laughed twice, and was about to get back into the car.

At this time, a voice came: "What makes Lord Tang so happy and laughing here?" ”

As soon as they heard a voice, the soldiers guarding the mission hurriedly drew their weapons and looked straight in the direction from which the sound came.

Hearing this, Tang Jian turned around, looked in the direction where the voice came from, and saw a figure in black armor with an incredible look on his face: "Yunwen? How did you end up here? ”

The person who came was Zhang Yunwen. At the beginning, he asked to lead troops to intercept Jieli's escape to the north, but instead of galloping north, he entered the northwest until Yinshan. Because he knew that after the historical Jieli was defeated by Li Ji in Baidao, he fled all the way to the northwest, ran all the way to Tieshan, rebuilt the tooth tent, and sued for peace with the Tang Dynasty. So Zhang Yunwen took people to Yinshan and ambushed them first.

At this time, the second army of Li Jing and Li Ji had already set up camp in the northwest of Baidao and put on a posture of being stationed for a long time. And it is impossible for Zhang Yunwen to take 500 people to attack Jieli's army, and Jieli's envoy for peace talks has already been dispatched. So Zhang Yunwen was waiting, waiting for Li Jing's sudden advance. And the timing of Li Jing's attack was when the Turks and Tang Jian were negotiating.

Five hundred scouts settled down on Yin Mountain, near Iron Mountain, and hunted some prey every day, but they were also leisurely. Zhang Yunwen took the opportunity to ask the soldiers to come to a few survival training sessions to exercise their ability to survive in the wild.

On this day, a soldier came to report that a convoy had come down from the mountain, and the convoy was inserted with a big pole with the word "Tang" written on it. Zhang Yunwen immediately knew that Tang Jian was here.

Although Tang Jian was a little surprised, why Zhang Yunwen appeared here. But he knew that there were things to ask and things not to ask. So he directly dismissed the officials and guards of the mission who came around, and boarded the carriage with Zhang Yunwen.

Zhang Yunwen got into the carriage, sat opposite Tang Jian, held a glass of wine, and laughed softly: "I haven't smelled wine for a long time, I really miss it!" ”

Tang Jian smiled, but did not answer.

Zhang Yunwen took a sip of the wine cup, and said with a smile: "The Turks like to drink spirits, and Tang Gong sent this wine right!" ”

Tang Jian heard Zhang Yunwen talk about the Turks, and said softly at the moment: "Yunwen, I know that you are good at the holy will, and you can tell me, what extent did the old man go to the Turks this time, which can not only satisfy His Majesty, but also allow the Turks to accept it?" ”

Zhang Yunwen put down the wine cup and said with a serious expression: "Tang Gong, with all due respect, this errand of Tang Gong is not a good errand!" Can Tang Gong remember Li Shiqi in the Chu and Han dynasties? ”

When Tang Jian heard this name, he was silent for a moment, paused a glass of wine, and drank it violently.

When Chu and Han were fighting, Li Shiqi sent an envoy to Qi to persuade the king of Qi to stop his troops and defend the city and not fight with Liu Bang. At this time, Han Xin raised troops to attack Qi. The king of Qi thought that Li Shiqi had betrayed him, so he cooked Li Shiqi to death.

Here Zhang Yunwen mentions the name Li Shiqi, which clearly implies that Li Jing may take advantage of Tang Jian's negotiations with the Turks to send troops to attack the Turks.

After a moment of silence, Tang Jian said with some hesitation: "Yunwen is sure that they will take the opportunity to enter the army?" Don't you know that Your Majesty has already decreed? ”

"Outside, the military order is not subject to it! Such an opportunity to destroy the Turks in one fell swoop and clear the south of the desert, if the kid becomes the main general, he will not let it go! Zhang Yunwen said affirmatively.

When Tang Jian heard this, he suddenly smiled and said to Zhang Yunwen: "Since Yunwen appeared here, and he is still planning for the old man, he must have already made up his mind in his heart!" Don't hide it, speak it out! ”

Zhang Yunwen suddenly smiled embarrassedly: "In the end, ginger is old and spicy!" Boy, these plans still can't be hidden from Tang Gong! "Saying Zhengse, "Tang Gong went to the tooth tent and negotiated with the Turks as usual. If the general manager's march was discovered by the Turks, Tang Gong would be killed, and Tang Gong could ask Zhao Deyan for help. That Zhao Deyan has been operating in the Turks for two years, and he must have recruited a group of die-hard loyalists and has his own forces. At that time, Tang Gong can tell him that after this incident, there will be high-ranking officials and him! He'll say yes! ”

Tang Jian pondered silently for a moment, got up and shook it, but was dodged by Zhang Yunwen. Helping Tang Jian up in fear: "What does Guogong mean by this?" Isn't such a big gift a torment for a boy? ”

Tang Jian said with emotion: "A few words from Yunwen are life-saving words!" The old man is grateful! Saying that, his expression suddenly froze, "Hmph, then the second general Li Jing, if he dares to send troops without authorization, after returning to the dynasty, the old man will definitely unite with Yushitai and join them fiercely!" ”

Zhang Yunwen suddenly had a headache, smiled bitterly, and began to persuade again: "If Duke Tang participates in the two General Li, let's not say what the reaction will be on Your Majesty's side, just how the hundred officials will treat the adults." The two generals took advantage of the time of the Tang Duke's peace talks to attack the Turks, in order to calm the south of the desert and avoid the worry of attacking and disturbing, which is for the public; And Tang Gong impeached the two generals because he was in Turkic, and it was inevitable that he would be suspected of coercing the public for personal gain, and in the eyes of the ministers, it was for personal gain. With such a clear distinction between public and private, wouldn't Tang Gong lose his prestige in the eyes of the ministers? On the other hand, if Duke Tang could cooperate with the two generals Li and actively explain the situation to His Majesty afterwards, how could His Majesty not care about Duke Tang's hard work? ”

After saying this, Tang Jian nodded straight when he heard it. At the end, Tang Jian patted Zhang Yunwen on the shoulder and said with a smile on his face: "Since Yunwen has said so, then the old man will sell Yunwen a favor, and he will not be embarrassed by those two husbands!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Yunwen's face was full of black lines, and he made ideas for Tang Jian, as if he was crying and begging Tang Jian to agree. easily dumped this favor, worthy of a cunning old fox.

After saying this, Zhang Yunwen drank all the wine in the wine jug, and then said goodbye to Tang Jian with a smile.

Tang Jian sent Zhang Yunwen off the carriage and watched Zhang Yunwen disappear into the woods at the foot of Yinshan Mountain after walking a few steps.

He took a deep look at the Yin Mountain again, then got into the carriage, picked up the scepter, and said to the attendant who was driving the carriage: "Let's go!" ”

The squire raised his whip, shook a beautiful whip, and struck the horse's rump with a "snap".

The convoy started slowly, along the Yin Mountain, and headed west.

And at this moment in the camp of the Tang Army, all the generals sat in the big tent and looked at Li Jing on the handsome seat. The heads of the generals are Li Ji and Zhang Gongjin.

I only heard Li Jing say slowly: "Although Jieli is defeated today, its crowd is especially prosperous, if it crosses the desert, goes to Mobei, and is attached to Tiele, it is difficult to chase it." Now that the envoy has reached the tent, the Turks will surely relax their vigilance. If you choose to ride 10,000 elite horses and attack them with 20 days of grain and grass, you can capture them without a fight! Uh, what do the generals think? ”

As soon as these words fell, Zhang Gong said solemnly: "Chief Administrator, since Your Majesty has issued an edict to allow the Turks to surrender, and the envoy is in the Turkic tent, how can you attack it?" ”

As soon as Zhang Gongjin's words fell, Li Ji on the side smiled and said: "Gongjin has not heard that the generals will not be subject to foreign military orders!" ”

"But ......" Zhang Gongjin was about to speak, and Li Jing said: "Han Xin broke Qi back then, and this was the plan used!" Besides, Tang Jian's generation is full of pity! ”

"Yes!" Li Ji on the side also said, "Let Tang Gong make a meal for a while!" ”

Seeing Li Jing and Li Ji's resolute tone, Zhang Gongjin did not say anything more.