In late July, the situation in Anxi changed dramatically, Wang Siyu took advantage of the opportunity of Tubo's retreat to the west and Huifu being pinned, took advantage of the weakness to enter, captured Yanqi and Qiuzi in one fell swoop, and slaughtered into the gap between Tubo and Hui, at this time Jiegan had no way to retreat, in an emergency, he sent dozens of messengers overnight, from all directions, to ask for help from the Great Khan of Beiting, but he did not know that the loyal Khan who had confronted Zhang Huan for nearly half a month was also in a precarious situation at this time.

Whenever the new monarch of a country ascends the throne, he always goes inside and then outside, repairs internal affairs, and kills rebel ministers to consolidate his throne, but the Hui Loyal Khan has been on the throne for less than two months before fighting abroad, first sending Jiegan Garth to lead an army of 100,000 to the south, after being cut off by the Tang army, the Loyal Khan is even more raised a large army to the south to rescue, making the capital empty, which is a taboo for the new monarch to ascend the throne.

Just ten days after the Loyal Khan sent his troops, his righteous brother Tuoba Qianli, with the support of the two major tribes of Fugu and Absi, led the 50,000 troops stationed on the Tang and Hui borders to kill back to Han'er Bali, and was supported by the second prime minister Mosi Dagan, who announced the deposition of the Loyal Khan, and set up the second son of the former Dengli Khan to inherit the throne and called the Yingwu Khan, and he himself proclaimed himself the prime minister and took over the military and political power of the Hui.

The news of the upheaval in the country soon reached the ears of the loyal khan who was confronting Zhang Huan, the loyal khan was about 30 years old this year, and his body was quite thin, as early as when his father was still the prime minister of Hui, he was a famous prodigal son in Huijing, when Pei Mingyuan sent an envoy to Hui, it was he who accepted Pei Mingyuan's money and arranged for him to meet with his father.

Things changed over time, and when his father succeeded him as Hui Khan, he, as the crown prince, also lost his prodigal temperament. I began to worry about military affairs. He also believed that the Central Plains had a profound culture and a long history, and that it could never be replaced by the Uighurs, and that the West was vast, sparsely populated, and had a cultural foundation laid by the Turks, which was in the same vein as the Uighurs and suitable for the rule of the Uighurs, so he also strongly supported his father's national policy of westward expansion.

Not long after his accession to the throne, he ambitiously sent generals to regain Beiting and advance into Anxi, in an attempt to seal the mouths of the various tribal chiefs with brilliant victories and consolidate his position as khan. It's a pity that people's hearts are unpredictable, and the person his father appreciates the most, the party nobleman Tuoba Qianli, actually took away his sweat position.

The loyal khan hurried back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back. He had calmed down from his initial shock and anger, and now he was thinking about how he could regain his position, and he knew it well. The reason why Tuoba Qianli was able to succeed in seizing the throne was supported by many tribes. The key lies in his father's seizure of the throne back then, but in any case, he will never be willing to lose his position as Great Khan in vain.

At this time, a soft laugh came from the door: "What is the Khan worried about?" ”

The loyal khan turned around and saw a person standing at the door of the tent, but it was his other righteous brother Yao Luo Geling, who was originally a Han Chinese named Lu Geling. In the Anshi Rebellion, he fled with his parents and returned to Hui. Later, both parents died, and he was sold into slavery in the mansion of the later Hui Prime Minister Dunmohe Dagan. Because of his cleverness, he won the love of Dun Mohe Dagan, so he adopted him as an adopted son, and after Dun Mohe Dagan ascended the throne of Khan, he gave him the surname of the Hui nobleman Yao Luo and changed his name to Yao Luo Ge Ling.

This time, the loyal khan personally led a large army to support Anxi, and he accompanied him as a military advisor, and when the loyal khan saw him come in, it was as if he had caught a life-saving log, and hurriedly pulled him into the big tent, first briefly explained the situation, and finally said: "This time Tuoba rebelled thousands of miles, and my brother was already in turmoil, and I hope my brother will teach me good strategies." ”

Yao Luo Geling was also taken aback when he heard that Tuoba Qianli had set up a new king, but he immediately calmed down, and he said with a slight groan: "Khan, don't worry, I think there is still room for redemption." ”

The loyal khan was overjoyed, and hurriedly pulled him to sit down, and said hurriedly: "Say quickly, what should I do?" ”

Yao Luo Ge Ling thought for a while and said: "Now there are 70,000 horses in the hands of the Khan, as well as more than 70,000 troops in Jiegan Garsnen, adding up to nearly 150,000, which is stronger than Tuoba Qianli in terms of strength comparison, the key is to hurry up and return to the capital before the army is disheartened, otherwise once Tuoba Qianli threatens the soldiers with his family, then everything will be over." ”

Loyal Khan's brows furrowed, and he hesitated for a long time before he said: "I also know that we have to hurry, but now that we are in a stalemate with the Tang Army, and Jiegan is also trapped in Anxi, what should I do?" ”

Yao Luo Geling smiled, "It depends on whether the Khan can make concessions." ”

"You mean to give up Anxi and Beiting." The loyal khan shook his head and sighed: "The Tang army has been confronting me until now, and we have to look for fighters, and now the situation is not in my favor, how can Zhang Huan give up this opportunity to completely annihilate our army." ”

"I don't think so, Zhang Huan is not an ordinary general, the Khan only needs to think about it when he was only a city of Wuwei, so he sent an envoy to contact his father Khan to fight against Tibet, and he is now the secretary of the Tang Dynasty's military department, and he is the second minister of the Tang Dynasty, how can he not have this vision?"

Speaking of this, Yao Luo Geling stood up and bowed deeply: "I am willing to go to the Tang camp for the Khan's envoys and persuade Zhang Huan to make peace with the Khan. ”

The loyal khan thought for a while, and then resolutely decided: "Maybe you are right, that Tuoba Qianli is also his sworn enemy of Zhang Huandi, just by virtue of this, he may be able to consider making peace, you go now, if necessary, I can negotiate with him personally." ”

The Tang army camp is about ten miles away from the Huifu camp, located in the north of Xianquan Town, at this moment Zhang Huan is sitting cross-legged in the big tent, concentrating on reading a letter from home, the letter is written by his wife Pei Ying, hoping that he will pay more attention to rest and take care of his body in the army, but the focus of the letter is that Cui Ning has given birth to a son for him, the child is a premature baby, the body is relatively thin, but the mother and son are safe, and the mother has named her grandson.

Thousands of miles away, suddenly heard that he had a son again, Zhang Huan couldn't help but be overjoyed, he walked slowly on his back in front of the tent, looking at the stars in the east, homesickness spontaneously arose in his heart. At this time, he saw a personal soldier trotting from a distance, Zhang Huan saw him in a hurry, knew that there was something important, so he took the family letter into his arms. "What's the matter?" he asked. ”

"Report to the Governor. Outside, there were dozens of soldiers escorting one person to come, saying that he was the Khan's envoy. ”

Zhang Huan was stunned, the loyal khan sent envoys to find him, what happened? Could it be that he also learned that Wang Siyu's troops had invaded Qiuzi and Yanqi?

"Bring him in!"

Zhang Huan walked back to the big tent quickly, sat down, and after a while, several personal soldiers brought Yao Luo Ge Ling in, and Yao Luo Ge Ling stepped forward and gave a deep salute, "The prime minister under the tent of the loyal Khan protects the medicine Luo Ge Ling, see Zhang Shangshu!" ”

Zhang Huan listened to his pure accent, and there was no obscurity in speaking Chinese. I couldn't help but ask in some surprise: "Are you a Han?" ”

"Exactly!" Yao Luo Geling nodded and said: "My ancestral home is from Taiyuan, Hedong, and I fled to Huifu with my parents during the Anshi Rebellion. ”

Zhang Huan smiled slightly, "In this way, we are still fellow villagers." You may be seated! ”

Yao Luo Ge Ling sat down, he groaned for a while and said frankly: "Zhang Shangshu still remembers the person Tuoba Qianli!" ”

Zhang Huan didn't know why the other party suddenly mentioned Tuoba Qianli, he didn't speak. Just looking at this uninvited guest vigilantly, Yao Luo Ge Ling smiled bitterly and said, "I really don't hide it from the governor." It is this Tuoba Qianli who has now set off a storm in Huifu, he has led the army to occupy Han'er Bali, announced the abolition of our Khan, and set up the second son of Dengli as the new Khan, and he Tuoba Qianli is now the prime minister who holds the military and political power. ”

Only then did Zhang Huan understand that there was a civil strife in Huifu, and now there are two khans, which is interesting. The other party's intentions must have come from seeking peace.

He smiled. Quietly: "So your khan sent you to write a war letter, and the two armies will fight a decisive battle tomorrow." That's what it means! ”

"Nope! No! No! Yao Luo Geling was so frightened that he waved his hand again and again, "Our Khan sent me to reconcile with Zhang Shangshu, and there is no intention of a decisive battle, Shangshu must not misunderstand the sincerity of my Khan." ”

"Sincerity?" Zhang Huan looked up to the sky and laughed, laughing so hard that Luo Ge Ling was frightened, he was about to speak, but Zhang Huan's laughter suddenly stopped, and he looked at him coldly and said: "Not long ago, your khan sent people to Chang'an to ask for peace, but while he was suing for peace, he personally led the army south, such a style of action, how can I understand his sincerity?" ”

"This

Yao Luo Ge Ling was stopped.

Zhang Huan stood up and said coldly: "It's okay to reconcile, tomorrow at noon, let your khan come to my camp in person, and I will talk to him, otherwise, even if he takes the initiative to withdraw his troops, I will chase and fight hard, let alone let go of Jiegangas." ”

Yao Luo Geling listened to Zhang Huan's resolute tone, so he had to reluctantly get up and say goodbye, and when he walked to the door of the tent, he heard Zhang Huan say behind his back: "Tell your Khan again, don't think about taking the opportunity to sneak attack, then he will really be finished." ”

Yao Luo Geling's body was shocked, he suddenly understood Zhang Huan's deep meaning, turned around and saluted Zhang Huan, and walked quickly.

Yes! Zhang Huan has implicitly passed his meaning to Yao Luo Geling, and he can accept reconciliation, of course, conditional reconciliation.

Zhang Huan walked outside the tent with his hands behind his back, the cool breeze on the summer night blew his face, and there was a civil strife in the Hui, but this was something he did not expect, he knew very well in his heart that as long as the army of the loyal Khan was dragged for another ten days, the Hui army would fall apart, and he was completely sure that the 150,000 Hui army would be annihilated in Anxi, and even tonight, he could defeat the enemy.

But he doesn't want to do this, he must think in the long run, Tuoba Qianli is a person with strong hatred and ambition for the Tang Dynasty, once he really takes power, the national policy of returning to the west will definitely change, and the Hui army will go south again, slaughtering the border people of the Tang Dynasty, plundering the wealth and children of the Tang Dynasty, no! Although the loyal khan was not reliable, he at least inherited his father's national policy of westward expansion, which was crucial for the Tang Dynasty to stabilize the situation in Mobei.

In this way, the Tang army could free up its hands to deal with the Khitan, Murwei and other ethnic minorities one by one, not giving them a chance to sit on the ground, and even recovering the vast territory west of the Green Ridge also needed to have a stable situation in Mobei.

Taking another 10,000 steps back, Zhang Huan also hopes that the more tragic and long-lasting the room-mate fighting within the Hui people, the better. At noon the next day, 3,000 Hui cavalry escorted their loyal khan to the Tang army camp, which was already in full position to prevent a possible sneak attack by the Hui people.

The 3,000 cavalry stopped a mile away from the Tang camp, and then a group of Tang troops went to negotiate, and soon, more than 100 cavalry escorted a gorgeous carriage to the Tang army camp.

In the carriage, the loyal khan looked at this murderous Tang army camp with a worried mood, if he was not afraid of being detained or even killed by the Tang army today, it was a lie, and as the king of a country, he actually came to the Tang army camp to negotiate, which in itself was an extremely humiliating gesture, but the grim situation in the country has made him have no choice.

He also knew that Zhang Huan had actually agreed to his request for reconciliation, even if he needed to exchange conditions, it could be discussed by the envoys of both sides, but Zhang Huan insisted that he come to the barracks to negotiate in person, first, to confirm the truth of the matter, but more importantly, to give an explanation to his soldiers.

The carriage moved slowly in the sword mountain and gun forest of the Tang army, and one hundred of his personal guards also dismounted and followed on foot, with rows of Tang army helmets on both sides, staring at the carriage coldly.

The carriage finally stopped in front of a big white tent, Zhang Huan led dozens of civil and military officials were already waiting in front of the tent, he saw two Hui generals and Yao Luo Geling together helped a man in Hui Chinese clothes out of the carriage, only to see that his face was pale, his body was thin, and the imaginary strong Hui leader was very different, Zhang Huan turned around and whispered to Shen Fang, the imperial historian who came to the army on behalf of the imperial court: "Is it him?" ”

Shen Fang had just come from the Hui Capital City more than a month ago, and he had met the Loyal Khan, and he nodded, "He is the Hui Khan." ”

Zhang Huan saw that Hui Khan's expression was a little uneasy, so he greeted him with a big smile, and bowed to him: "Zhang Huan has heard of the Khan's prestige for a long time, but today is the first time to meet, and I hope the Khan will forgive me for the rudeness." ”

The loyal khan looked at Zhang Huan with complicated eyes, he had actually seen Zhang Huan, his original name was Dumo Luo Dagan, when Zhang Huan broke his ears for eight miles, he was once captured by the Tang army as a young Hui nobleman, but he was inconspicuous at that time and was not valued by Zhang Huan.

The loyal khan smiled and replied: "Zhang Dudu has a very deep relationship with our Hui Hui, and I hope that Ben Khan can gain something when he comes here today." ”

Zhang Huan saw that he could speak fluent Chinese, so he smiled happily and said, "Khan, please come into the big tent and talk in detail." ”