"Then according to your meaning, what are you going to do with these Han people in the Western Regions?" Shibi Khan felt that what Tuoba Shishu said made a little sense, and he was faintly aware of Tuoba Shishu's thoughts, but this matter was always his own guess, and he didn't count it until he said it from Tuoba Shishu's mouth.

"In my opinion, either these Han Chinese should be expelled to the far north, and they will be in the company of the Digas, and they will be enslaved, so that they can also feel the pain of freezing and starving to death when winter comes. Or kill them all, to show the world what will happen to those who dare to invade our Turkic territory. Tuoba Shi Shu successively said two of the fate he had prepared for the Han people in the Western Regions.

Shibi Khan also knew that Tuoba Shishu's father died at the hands of the Han Chinese, which is one of the reasons why he was so relieved to appoint Tuoba Shishu as his personal advisor. Tuoba Shishu and the Central Plains Han people have a grudge against their father, at this time it is naturally impossible to betray himself and defect to the Han people, on the contrary, he has to rely on the troops in his hands to seek revenge against the Han people, plus Tuoba Shi Shu grew up among the Han people since childhood, and he knows the tricks of the Han people very well, and it is good to take them with him to prevent the behavior of the Han people.

"There are also many scheming people among these Han Chinese, who are full of talents, but they do not have a place to display them. In the words of their substitution, this is called, called Huai Cai is not met. As long as we give these people a place where they can give full play to their talents, we don't have to worry that they will not return to me, why are we finally defeated in the struggle between the grassland people and the Han people for nearly a thousand years? It is nothing more than that these Han people are good at using stratagem, and every time they face our overwhelming army, they only need to use four taels of strength to defeat us completely, which is the power of stratagem.

That is to say, once we can grasp the strategy of the Han people, and then cooperate with our invincible army, then the whole world is within reach, in this case, why should we cut off this great future by ourselves, only to be angry for a moment and ruin our Turkic national fortune for a hundred years? "Shibi Khan has lived in the Central Plains for a long time, and his vision at this time is naturally not comparable to those native steppe khans.

He had seen the prosperity brought about by a unified dynasty, and he had also accompanied the emperor of the Sui Dynasty as a guest of honor to receive the small states of the surrounding vassal states to come to the Nagong court, and naturally he also imagined that one day he would accept the worship of the surrounding vassal states as the person in the position of being seen. Therefore, when thinking about some things at this time, it is not like those steppe khans in the past who only want to be happy for a while and ruin their good future.

Tuoba Shishu saw that Shibi Khan had seen through his intentions, and he was also faintly aware of Shibi Khan's warning to him, so he stopped talking, but looked at the Great Wall defense line not far from the south from afar, and muttered to himself: "This Great Wall is really a little easy to defend and difficult to attack." ”

Shibi Khan saw that Tuoba Shishu no longer mentioned the previous matter, but instead diverted the topic with the matter of the Great Wall, so he also stopped at the point and did not continue to talk in depth. At this time, he also followed Tuoba Shishu's gaze to the Great Wall, and said with some solemnity: "It doesn't matter, no matter how strong the city wall is, it can't stop the eagles flying on the grassland." Now that our steppe army has come to the city, we just have to wait for a rest and recuperate, and then we will directly capture the Great Wall in one go, and then recapture the territory that originally belonged to us. Let our people of various tribes have a place to escape the bitter cold of winter, what kind of steppe people do not dare to go south to herd sheep, this year we are going to bring herds of cattle and sheep across the Great Wall, just in the warm south to spend the winter. ”

The Turkic army set up camp north of the Great Wall, and naturally could not escape the eyes of the scouts sent by the Great Wall defense line, and a little later after the Turks began to set up camp, Zhang Deqing already knew the news of the Turks. On the one hand, he sent people to inform Li Wenyuan of the situation of the Turks in Dunhuang County, and on the other hand, he personally climbed the Great Wall to inspect the situation of the city defense facilities on the Great Wall.

Previously, at the request of Li Wenyuan, Zhang Deqing had weakened the defensive force on the Great Wall defense line by more than five points, although under the planning of the staff of the Great Wall garrison, even if something happened on the Great Wall defense line and the Turks successfully landed on the city, the Great Wall garrison also had several sets of alternative plans to quickly recapture the lost city head again. But all this is just a plan after all, and for a veteran who has been stationed on the Great Wall for nearly ten years, he has never fought such a defensive battle on the Great Wall with insufficient troops. Therefore, even if some things were left in advance, Zhang Deqing still chose to inspect them with his own eyes to eliminate some unexpected factors as much as possible.

On the Great Wall, Zhang Deqing saw soldiers equipped with Li Wenyuan's meticulously built brand-new Mingguang heavy armor, as well as fire bottles, muskets, and corresponding gunpowder and projectiles neatly placed on the city wall as they did during the drill. At this time, it was just nightfall, and except for the necessary sentries left behind on the city wall, the rest of the soldiers returned to the nearby watchtower to rest.

A few soldiers saw Zhang Deqing coming, and they were about to salute and say hello. was stopped by Zhang Deqing, Zhang Deqing walked to the side of a sentry, holding the head of the city and looking north. Although the moonlight was like a wash at this time, but under the cover of the heavy night, it was still impossible to see things a hundred and ten steps away, Zhang Deqing asked the sentry next to him and said: "This kind of night is very suitable for the enemy's night attack, are you all ready?" ”

The soldier nodded, but before he could speak, there was a sudden explosion in the night north of the Great Wall, and then a ball of fire appeared on the ground out of thin air, and the burning fire illuminated the surrounding area of more than thirty paces for a long time.

Shibi Khan saw that the troops he sent to try the night attack seemed to have triggered some mechanism, and after a thunderclap resounded throughout the plain, a fire was ignited on the land out of thin air, and the illumination range of the fire covered the entire night attack army, exposing them completely to the eyes of the Great Wall army defending the city, so he ordered to the side: "Let them withdraw, the road of night attack will not work, the whole army will seize the time to rest, and start attacking the city at dawn tomorrow." ”

Seeing that the Turks who had triggered the mechanism receded like a tide, Zhang Deqing nodded and said to the soldier, "Stand guard well, but don't fall asleep." ”

After saying that, Zhang Deqing patted the soldier on the shoulder, turned around and went down the Great Wall under the escort of the personal guards, and returned to his command post. In his heart, he was also greatly impressed by the batch of equipment that Li Wenyuan sent temporarily, and thought that once he had the opportunity in the future, he would definitely ask Li Wenyuan for more of this equipment, after all, as long as they were there, then the defense line of the Great Wall at night would be more reliable.

(End of chapter)