So the two sides met smoothly on the border, and under the payment of money with one hand and delivery with the other, the two sides ended the transaction in a rather relaxed and happy atmosphere. The people on both sides took what they needed, and they all went back to their own places with great joy. Li Wenyuan got 200,000 cattle and sheep for no reason, and there is no need to say more about how to distribute them, these cattle and sheep are useless for Li Wenyuan to hold anyway, so they were sold in the market, and all the proceeds were given to the families of the soldiers who died in the previous western expedition. Because of the particularity of the times, Li Wenyuan did not have the slightest fear that hostile forces outside the country would launch an economic attack on his side, so as long as the 200,000 cattle and sheep were sold under his own rule and bought by the people under his rule, then the self-regulation of the market would naturally turn these cattle and sheep into grain under his own rule.

On the other side, after getting 40,000 Turkic prisoners of war, he was also very happy, and after returning to his lair with these 40,000 Turkic prisoners of war, he talked with them all night. In such a long and unconnected situation, although the language spoken by the two sides is still Turkic in the main body, there are already differences in some details. But fortunately, these differences did not delay the exchange very much, and in the conversation with these prisoners of war, Tong Lifu had a general understanding of the people under Li Wenyuan's rule.

After listening to the introductions of these prisoners of war, the more he listened, the more frightened he became. Because he heard from the mouths of prisoners of war that Li Wenyuan was already a giant who could compete in the world at any time, it was no exaggeration to say that he was already a giant. Li Wenyuan's rule must now have surpassed the opening of the Sui Dynasty in some respects. You must know that it is only the Western Regions, but the Western Regions with a sparse population and barren land since ancient times. To achieve such an achievement in such a place, it is not difficult to imagine what kind of powerful Chinese empire Li Wenyuan would bring after Li Wenyuan won the Central Plains one day. If it really comes to that time, then even if he unifies the steppe and even unites the Sassanid Empire again, it is still unknown who will die if the two sides join forces to start a war with Li Wenyuan.

In the heart of Tong Lifushe, Li Wenyuan's threat level was secretly adjusted to the highest. But in his opinion, Li Wenyuan's current expansion rate is calculated, and by the time he wins the Central Plains, he should have already integrated the entire Eastern Turks, and even said that if it goes well, he can recover it together with the Western Turks, and the two sides will be reunited into a powerful Turkic Empire. Therefore, he now thinks that he is in a race against time, and if he can unify the Turks before Li Wenyuan unifies the Central Plains, then it is still possible to defeat Li Wenyuan.

In the heart of Tong Lifushe, those forces in the Central Plains, except for Li Yuan, were all short-lived forces like shrimp soldiers and crab generals. Although the leaders of those forces also have many brave and resourceful people, these people are not as brave as the overlord, but their strategy can only look at the three steps in front of them, and it is difficult to achieve a long-term plan for a hundred years. So these people are all inconsequential little people, thinking of Li Yuan's forces, Li Lifushi suddenly realized that he still has such a hidden ally, and the so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend. Although Li Yuan represents that the Han people and his own Turks are enemies, there is a common enemy on both sides, that is, Li Wenyuan. Therefore, while training the 40,000 prisoners of war to return to the state of battle, he also contacted Li Yuan in private, wanting to secretly conclude a mutual defense agreement against Li Wenyuan: once one of the two sides is attacked by Li Wenyuan, then the other is to unconditionally send troops to help the attacked side to carry out defensive operations.

Li Yuan hated Li Wenyuan very much, Li Yuan's title was Tang Guogong, but Li Wenyuan was even more straightforward, and he was directly awarded the title of King of Tang. Since ancient times, is there a reason to divide two people in one place? Moreover, Li Yuan, as a descendant of the old ministers of the Sui Dynasty, inherited the title of Duke of Tang Guo, and at this time, it was not as high as the title of Li Wenyuan, who was born out of nowhere. Fortunately, Yang Guang is dead now, otherwise if he saw him in the court of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan would even need to salute Li Wenyuan. How can Li Yuan, who has the world in mind, stand it? So Li Yuan nodded and agreed to the proposal of Li Fushi without the slightest hesitation, after all, this defense agreement is still very beneficial to Li Yuan now. Although the Eastern Turks and Li Yuan's forces have built a mutual defense agreement against Li Wenyuan, only the Eastern Turks are really bordering Li Wenyuan, and there is still a Xue Ju force between Li Yuan and Li Wenyuan, but it is only for now. If the Liang division in the north really can't resist Li Wenyuan, then he will also border Li Wenyuan.

Since Sun Hua's spies were interrogated last time, Li Yuan has been grasping the implementation of the implementation plan for Sun Hua. Li Yuan now also sensed that his soldiers were a little insufficient. After his second son Li Shimin was defeated in the west, his youngest son Li Yuanji led an army into Bashu, so the defense of Guanzhong was a little weaker at this time. Therefore, when encountering some battles that can not be fought without swords, Li Yuan is also very willing to solve them in a peaceful way. Therefore, after catching Sun Hua's spies, Li Yuan began to send people to contact Sun Hua frequently, wanting to absorb Sun Hua's army and territory through peace talks.

Sun Hua has not had a good time lately, he was originally just the leader of the rebel army. After Yang Guang's death, the Sui army, which originally encircled and suppressed Sun Hua, surrendered to Sun Hua one after another. Suddenly, Sun Hua's army continued to expand like a balloon, but as the surrounding Sui army completely disappeared, Sun Hua's only source of soldiers was also cut off. And he also acted in Guanzhong, but he did not get the support of the officials and nobles like Li Yuan, so the days became more and more difficult, and his intelligence base in Chang'an was wiped out by Li Yuan's men in one fell swoop some time ago, so he seemed to be like a blind man and no longer knew any movements of Li Yuan. This made Sun Hua feel very restless, for fear that one day Li Yuan's army would suddenly come to his territory and launch an attack on him.

However, at this time, Li Yuan's soldiers did not come, but an envoy came. This envoy came for only one purpose, that is, to talk to Sun Hua about the cooperation between the two sides, and said that it was cooperation, but in fact it was only to give Sun Hua a certain reward and let him return to his hometown to retire, as for Sun Hua's army and territory, it was to be merged into Li Yuan's forces as a whole.

(End of chapter)