Han Erbali, just as Zhang Huan worried, twenty days after the outbreak of the Broken Leaf War, the Hui Loyal Khan got the news that a Great Food Army was wandering in the Yili River Valley, and the Loyal Khan sensitively realized that this was a hint from the Great Food to him, or a temptation, the two families took the North Court together, of course, the Great Cannibal would not want this place too far away, it should be given back to it, even if it was a reward for the allies, it should also be given to the Hui Hui, and the real purpose of the Great Cannibal was to attack the North Court in order to finally win the victory of the Broken Leaf War.

Frankly speaking, before the Great Eclipse did not make this gesture, the loyal khan was very dissatisfied with the Great Eclipse, and this dissatisfaction was not because the Great Eclipse did not support the Qarluqs and led to their demise, but because the Great Eclipse Caliph Rashid deceived him in the matter of peace, and thought that Rashid would marry one of his two most beautiful and moving sisters, Abasai or Anrise, to him, but in the end it was an ordinary woman of the Hashemite family, an old virgin who could not marry at the age of twenty-five, who was temporarily crowned a princess by Rashid and gave it to him, This made the loyal khan full of resentment and resentment towards Rashid, and he did not even wait for the canonization wedding to pull her into his bed as a humiliation to her, but he treated the real Tang princess with courtesy, promising not to touch a single hair of her until he canonized Kedun.

Loyal Khan was full of gratitude to the Tang Dynasty, gave him a real princess of the Tang Dynasty, a beautiful woman who was only eighteen years old, and lent him 300,000 stone grain, although he never thought of paying it back. Of course, the loyal khan knew that this was not the daughter or sister of the Tang Emperor, and his daughter was still young. There is no sister either, this is the daughter of Li Yidi, the king of the Tang Dynasty, who was named the princess of Korea, despite this. He is still grateful for Datang's respect for him.

This gratitude lasted from the beginning of the year to June, when the Tang army of Broken Leaves wiped out the Qarluqs and occupied the valley of the Erie River. His gratitude slowly faded, and a sense of unease and anxiety began to permeate him. The Tang army was too close to him, and soon, the Broken Leaf War broke out, and the fisherman's mood of seeking profit once again replaced his previous restlessness and anxiety, and he began to feel restless. How can I get a good deal out of the Broken Leaf War?

Now the opportunity has come, the posture of the big cannibal wandering outside the north courtyard gate. made his dissatisfaction with Rashid turn into a brotherly friendship, and his gratitude to Datang has transformed into a sharp knife to slaughter the fat sheep, Datang has always been a fat sheep in his eyes, when the fat sheep has sharp horns and a strong body, he does not dare to move, but if there is a chance, he will not mind slaughtering this fat sheep with a knife.

But the Loyal Khan was not in a hurry to send troops, he was waiting, waiting for the Great Cannibal to give him a clear answer, and he had to think carefully. How to maximize benefits.

Perhaps it was because the god of fate began to favor Hui Hui. Within two days of his wait, a Great Eclipse Messenger came to Han Erbali. The emissary, Ibrahim, had been a Uyward envoy a few years earlier, and he was now the chief tax officer of Samarkand, second only to Prince Agush.

Hearing that Ibrahim was coming again, the loyal khan immediately welcomed him into his palace, and ordered the prime minister Jiegangas, the second minister Yao Luo Geling, and the national teacher Surman to accompany him. ”

"When did this happen?" The flesh on the face of the loyal khan! The ground shook for a moment, and a look of surprise appeared, "I didn't even know about this." ”

Ibrahim gazed closely at the eyes of the loyal khan, and there was no sign of falsity in his eyes, and he turned to the others and smiled: "Don't the important ministers know this?" ”

Ibrahim's gaze swept over everyone one by one, the prime minister Jiegan Garth and the second phase medicine Luo Geling were silent, but the eyes of the national teacher Surman flashed a trace of strangeness that was extremely difficult to catch, Ibrahim immediately understood, the loyal khan opposite him knew about it, pretending not to know, it was nothing more than trying to blackmail the food to the greatest extent, he secretly sneered, but he smiled on his face: "It's okay!" Don't worry! I have come here now to inform your country on the orders of the caliphate that I have eaten 80,000 troops and want to enter the northern court, and I wonder if your country is interested in going south to hunt sheep together? ”

Ibrahim has already made it clear that Da Shi intends to take the North Court with the Hui Hui, he looked at the Loyal Khan with a smile, waiting for his reply, the palace suddenly became silent, shrouded in an ambiguous atmosphere, for a while, the Loyal Khan coughed, smiled awkwardly and said: "Da Shi and Hui have always been allies, Da Shi intends to go east, Hui Hui will not stand by, please rest assured, Hui Hui will definitely support Da Shi to enter the North Garden." ”

"So how is your country going to support Big Food?" Ibrahim did not mean anything tactful, and he continued to ask without concessions.

At this time, the prime minister next to him, Jiegangas, suddenly spoke, "How can the big food want me to support it?" ”

Jiegan Garth lost in the battle of Anxi Zhangsancheng, so that he was finally defeated in the hands of the Tang army, for which he has been obsessed, looking for an opportunity for revenge, as the prime minister, of course, he knows that the Khan is taking in the greatest benefits, but as a soldier he knows that the battle of broken leaves has dragged the energy of the Tang army, and can not deal with the Hui again, this is a golden opportunity to take the north court land, and there are big cannibals to help, if the Beiting battle can be launched, the Tang army will inevitably take care of one and the other on the two fronts of broken leaves and Beiting, and finally lead to the comprehensive rout of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions, The pattern of the Western Regions will be redivided, whether Hui Hui can regain the North Garden, break through the barrier of Altun Mountain, and expand the territory to the Yili River Basin in one fell swoop, the opportunity is here, he is in a mood, and he is already impatient with the Khan's twisting and turning temptation.

Ibrahim looked back at Jiegangas deeply, and said with a smile: "It's very simple, Da Shi hopes to send troops back to Hui, and the two families will take the North Court together." ”

The Loyal Khan glanced at Jiegan Gas dissatisfiedly, his face changed slightly, and he suddenly laughed and said, "Good! Since your envoy is so frank, then I won't beat around the bush. Speaking of this, he narrowed his eyes, forced his eyes to look at Ibrahim, and said, "I want to know, if we go back to the North Court to send troops." What good can your country do us? ”

"What's good! Of course. Ibrahim smiled unhurriedly: "Our caliph promised to hand over the entire northern court to the Hui, and the two countries will be bounded by the Yili River and divide the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Erie River as the boundary? The Loyal Khan shook his head, his bottom line was bounded by the Great Qing Pool. All the land north and east of Daqing Pond was included in the territory of Huifu, and the Yili River was bounded, and he gained too little benefit. But he didn't refuse explicitly, only smiled faintly and said, "Let me think about this matter again." I hope that your country will also think again, after all, there is still a lot to be discussed. ”

Generally speaking, the pace of the negotiations is to move forward in a spiral, rather than like a shuttle dart, and the two sides talk about the need to let go at a certain point. Solidify the consensus that has been reached and move forward, and this is the case today. Although the conditions of the two sides are still unnegotiable, this is not important, the important thing is that Da Shi and Hui Hui have reached a common intention to enter the Beiting Land, as long as a little more catalyst is added, the two sides can finally reach an agreement.

Ibrahim got up to take his leave, and the loyal khan gave the prime minister Jiegangas, a look and motioned for him to stay, and the second minister, Yao Luo Geling, and the national teacher Surman sent the Great Food Messenger out of the palace on behalf of the Khan. Then. Seeing that there was no one left and right, Surman quickly whispered to Ibrahim in the language of the Great Eater: "Come to me at night." I have something important to say to you. ”

Ibrahim nodded knowingly, and the two exchanged a few more pleasantries before parting.

And said that Yao Luo Ge Ling returned to the house, changed his clothes, and rode away outside the city, Yao Luo Ge Ling's original name was Lu Geling, is the Han Yi son of the former Hui Khan, the official worship Hui Hui second minister, is the representative of the Hui pro-Tang faction, today he met with the Great Food Envoy, and was deeply worried about the possible joint attack on the Tang by the Hui and the Great Food, but now the pro-Tang faction is at a disadvantage in the Hui country, especially after the demise of the Qarluqs, the Hui has set off a clamor of the Tang threat theory, the Sogdians, Manichaeism, The three factions of the Hui military jointly promoted this huge anti-Tang public opinion, which seriously affected the relationship between the Hui and the Tang Dynasty, making it impossible for the Tang princess to marry the Hui Khan, but the loyal Khan had an ambiguous attitude, Yao Luo Geling knew that he was waiting to see the results of the Battle of Broken Leaves, and under the pretext of preparing for the wedding, he was unwilling to marry Da Shi or the Tang princess prematurely.

The Tang princess and her entourage do not live in the city of Han Er Bali, but in a small earth city called Harlem City about fifty miles away from the city, here is backed by Yun Kunshui, there is a large forest in front, and the far south can see the Wude Mountain that stretches for thousands of miles, the scenery is very beautiful, the Tang Princess and her party are about 1,500 people, composed of 1,000 cavalry and 500 retinues, and the wedding envoy is Pei Mingyuan, who has been an envoy to Hui, they set off from Chang'an in May, lasted three months, and arrived at the capital of Huifu in mid-August. Temporarily living in Harlem City, as soon as he arrived at Huifu, Pei Mingyuan actively went to negotiate with Huisu Khan about marriage, and the loyal Khan was very enthusiastic, and promised to marry the Tang princess as soon as possible, but more than a month has passed, and the Huifu side is still delaying the marriage with various excuses and reasons, so that Pei Mingyuan has to doubt their sincerity.

At noon that day, Pei Mingyuan was preparing to go to Han'er Bali as usual, and as soon as he got on his horse, an entourage galloped from afar and reported loudly: "Pei Envoy, Yao Luo Geling is here, and I have something important to ask to see the envoy." ”

"Take him to my study." Pei Mingyuan turned over and dismounted, since Yao Luo Ge Ling came, there was no need for him to go to Han Er Bali, and soon, Yao Luo Ge Ling was hurriedly introduced into Pei Mingyuan's study, Pei Mingyuan's study was set up temporarily, which contained more than 100 books that Pei Mingyuan carried with him, and he was able to relieve his boredom during the journey.

"I was just about to go to Han Erbali, but Brother Ge Ling came." Pei Mingyuan smiled and hugged his fists and saluted, "Did you ask Brother Ge Ling to discuss the marriage?" The two went north together and formed a very good personal friendship during the three-month journey.

Yao Luo Geling's face was solemn, he shook his head and said, "I brought bad news, I'm afraid that Hui Hui will join forces with Da Shi to attack Datang." ”

Pei Mingyuan was taken aback, and he hurriedly asked, "Why is this?" What's going on? ”

"The Great Food Army is approaching Gongyue City, assuming the posture of attacking the North Court, and sending envoys to invite battle, the Khan is already quite moved, and the conditions between the two sides are not too different, I estimate that an agreement can be reached tomorrow." Yao Luo Ge Lingdi's face was very gloomy, and afterwards the Khan left Jiegan Garth alone, which must have been to discuss the possibility of sending troops. Jiegangas was a die-hard anti-Tang faction, and he would have tried his best to persuade the Khan to march into the army, and with the instigation of the Sogdians and Manichaeans, the situation was critical!

"No! I will immediately go to the Loyal Khan. He can't be untrustworthy in his words, he just married Datang but turned against him. Pei Mingyuan was extremely annoyed, and now he finally understood the reason why Hui Khan was reluctant to marry the Tang princess. It was simply that he was insincere, Pei Mingyuan turned around to leave. Yao Luo Geling grabbed him, "Brother Mingyuan, please stay!" ”

"Is Brother Ge Ling okay?"

Yao Luo Ge Ling sighed, "Brother Mingyuan has no effect if he goes like this, the Khan won't see you at all, let's think of another way!" ”

That's when it happened. Suddenly, a soft voice came from outside the door, "I'll go." Her voice was soft. But the tone was very decisive, "I'll persuade him!" ”

The two hurriedly turned back, only to see an extremely beautiful palace beauty appear at the door, she combed a high bun, wore a red silk on her shoulders, wore a green narrow-sleeved shirt, and a yellow floor-length skirt, with a graceful and luxurious temperament, it was Li Su, the Korean princess of the Tang Dynasty, Li Su was the young daughter of the King of Jin, originally named the lord of Danyang, and was only eighteen years old this year. Among the five county lords in the candidate land. The other four were crying and refusing to be Hu Ren's wife, but she was the only one who stood up. Willing to return to the Tang Dynasty and his relatives, Zhang Huan praised his righteousness, immediately recognized her as a sister, and named her a Korean princess, married back to the north, left Beijing in May and went north, all the way to the wind, but it was difficult to hide her pretty appearance, she came to Pei Mingyuan to borrow a book at the moment, but she happened to hear Pei Mingyuan and Yao Luo Ge Lingdi conversation, she immediately stepped forward and was willing to persuade the loyal khan as the princess of the Tang Dynasty.

"No way!" Pei Mingyuan even denied her idea, "You are now the princess of the Tang Dynasty, and you are not Hui Kedun, how can you see him alone." Pei Mingyuan had already heard that Princess Dashi had been taken captive by the loyal khan before she got married, and he was deeply vigilant, it was a matter of the dignity of the Tang Dynasty, and he would never allow Li Su to take risks alone.

Yao Luo Geling next to him was thoughtful, he quietly pulled Pei Mingyuan, and said in a low voice: "I think it's a good idea for the Tang princess to come forward, she can represent the Tang Emperor, and her opinion Khan will pay attention to it." ”

But Pei Mingyuan bit his lip and glanced at Li Su deeply, "I'm worried about her safety." ”

Yao Luo Geling smiled slightly: "Mingyuan, please rest assured, I can guarantee the princess's safe return, although our Khan has the intention of attacking the Tang Dynasty, but after all, he is the king of a country, and he will not do anything to lose his identity, besides, the Korean princess is the real princess of the Tang Dynasty, and the woman of the Hashem family is completely different, he will never dare to cause trouble." ”

Pei Mingyuan pondered for a moment, he really thought too much, he sighed slightly, then came to Li Su, and said to her word by word: "You have to remember that my Tang Dynasty is a kingdom in the country, and I would rather fight with the Hui than lose the dignity of the empire." ”

Li Su's bright eyes stared deeply at Pei Mingyuan, she nodded silently, turned around and walked out

A team of cavalry escorted Li Su out of the small city of Harlem, and sent Li Su to Han'er Bali by the deputy envoy of the marriage department, Lin Yuanli, Pei Mingyuan has been sending Li Su out of the city, he repeatedly told Lin Yuanli to protect the safety of the princess, and Lin Yuanli agreed one by one.

"Princess, take care!"

Li Su waved his hand to him, "Pei Yuanjun, please rest assured, I will definitely return safely." ”

Pei Mingyuan kept watching the princess go away, he suddenly ran up to the city again, stood on the city wall and looked at Li Su's graceful figure on the horse, until she gradually disappeared into the sky, his lips moved, and he whispered: "May you return safely." ”

Li Su was escorted by three hundred cavalry, and came to the palace of the loyal khan at dusk, Yao Luo Geling went to report for her first, and after waiting for a while, hundreds of guards surrounded the loyal khan and walked out of the palace, although Hui Hui is no longer the subordinate of the Tang Dynasty as before, but the inertia of looking up for nearly a hundred years, so that the loyal khan does not dare to snub the princess of the Tang Dynasty, he walked quickly to Li Su and gave a deep salute, "Hui He Lu Mo Dagan to see Her Royal Highness the Tang Princess." ”

Li Su raised his slender jade finger and said lightly: "Khan is exempt!" I am here for state affairs, do I have time to meet with the Khan? ”

"The princess is visiting in person, how can I not have time." As he spoke, the Loyal Khan glanced at the princess secretly, for he had heard of her unparalleled beauty, but had never seen a real person. At this moment, when he saw the princess's ice muscles and jade bones, flower and moon appearance, he couldn't help but secretly admire in his heart, compared with Zhaojun, it happened that Li Su was also looking at him. As soon as he and Li Su's clear eyes touched, they immediately woke up, and the loyal khan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Please ask Her Royal Highness the princess to enter the palace with me to talk in detail." ”

Li Su smiled faintly. turned back to Lin Yuan and said, "You just wait here, and I'll be back immediately." "Say it. She gently pulled up her long skirt and stepped into the palace.

Li Su followed the loyal khan into the palace, and as she walked, she looked at the palace of the Hui people. Although the layout is magnificent and glittering, it is far from being comparable to the Tang Dynasty Palace. It lacks a magnificent atmosphere, a kind of open-mindedness, like a nouveau riche family piling together all kinds of valuable things.

"Princess, do you like it here?" The loyal khan asked her as gently as possible, the beauty of the Tang princess shocked him incomparably, he began to regret it a little, he knew that he had married her first, and he would not be so passive today, he had decided to send troops, so that the beautiful princess was very likely to miss him. But he still holds out a glimmer of hope. That is, Datang can meet his sky-high conditions, and at this moment he is like a husband who is about to get married. looked at his fiancée enthusiastically.

Li Su smiled slightly, and replied very politely: "I didn't expect that there would be such a magnificent palace in the distant Mobei. ”

The loyal khan laughed, and the princess's answer made him very satisfied, since the princess of the Tang Dynasty has a noble status, of course she likes to be magnificent, and she has tried her best to find treasures from all over the country, and some of them may not even have the Tang Palace.

Soon, they came to the side hall of the Khan's reception of the VIPs, and the loyal Khan waved his hand and ordered: "Why don't you hurry up and prepare a seat for the princess?" ”

The two maids hurriedly stepped forward to lay a cushion for the princess, and then lowered their hands and retreated, Li Sushi thanked him, and sat down, and the loyal khan returned to his seat, he touched his beard and asked with a smile: "The princess came to me today, I don't know what is important?" ”

Li Su smiled coldly, and she asked straight to the point: "I heard some rumors, and Hui Su is going to attack my Datang with Dashi, so I came here to verify it." ”

This loyal khan was full of embarrassment, he glared fiercely at the medicine Luo Geling next to him, the Great Food Envoy only came in the morning, and the Tang princess came to ask about the crime that day, needless to say, this must be him who leaked the news.

"How can the princess listen to this kind of rumor, Hui and Datang have always been brothers, and soon I will marry the princess again, and our two families will be in-laws, princess, please think about it, how could Hui Hui attack Datang?" The Loyal Khan smiled and shook his head, "The princess is really worried. ”

"If I am too worried, then please ask the Khan to immediately expel the Great Food Envoy from Han Er Bali, and show the brotherhood of the same enemy to the Tang Dynasty, now that the Tang Dynasty and the Great Food are at war, Hui Hui warmly received the Great Food Envoy, which makes me not worry about it."

Li Suyi's words made the loyal khan speechless, at this moment, he suddenly didn't like the Tang princess in front of him, although she was beautiful, she was a very powerful character, this was not the princess he wanted, the princess he wanted not only to be beautiful, but also to have a gentle personality, relying on him like a bird, instead of being so aggressive now, so that he couldn't get off the stage.

After being silent for a long time, he suddenly snorted heavily, and said extremely unhappily: "What does the war between Datang and Dashi have to do with me?" I, Helu Modagan, will also marry the princess of the Great Eclipse as Kedun at the same time, so can't I see the messenger of the Great Eclipse? ”

"As the Khan said, the Tang Dynasty has nothing to do with the Great Food War and the Hui Dynasty, so please ask the Loyal Khan to promise never to attack the Tang Dynasty." Li Su slowly stood up and said in a loud voice: "I am the Korean princess of the Tang Dynasty, the sister of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and I can accept your guarantee on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty." ”

The face of the loyal khan turned white and red, he was going to send troops to Beiting tomorrow, how could he make a promise now, even if he could coax this woman, but Yao Luo Geling was beside him, and he didn't want to lose the dignity of the emperor in front of the courtiers.

After a long stalemate, the loyal khan slowly said: "I can make a guarantee, but Datang also has to agree to some conditions for me." ”

Li Su smiled contemptuously, the Hui people really wanted to take the opportunity to blackmail the Tang Dynasty, she asked quietly: "What conditions do you want, please just say, if you want the title, I can promise you immediately, if you want the money and grain of the Tang Dynasty, I will immediately report to my Tang Emperor and the imperial court." ”

"Nope! I don't need any titles. The Loyal Khan stretched out a finger and waved it gently, squinted and smiled: "I want Datang to send me back five million stone grain and one million horses of silk, and I promise not to attack Datang." "To be continued, uctxt,)