In September of the fifth year of Dazhi, the Hui and the Great Cannibal reached an agreement, the two countries will jointly attack the Tang Beiting, the Great Cannibal agreed to the conditions of the Hui in writing, and guaranteed that after the victory of the Battle of Broken Leaves, the land east and north of the Daqing Pond was included in the territory of the Hui, and in return, the loyal Khan also promised not to set up the Tang Princess as Kedun, and the Kedun of the Hui only had the Great Food Princess.

Hui immediately sent 100,000 troops, led by the loyal Khan himself, marched to the north court of the Tang Dynasty, half a month later, the Hui army arrived at the north bank of the Dolas River located in the Altun Mountains, the army camped here, as Li Mi expected, the Hui army led the army but did not send, the loyal khan was waiting for the Tang Dynasty to reply to his conditions.

Just when the crisis in the northern court of the Tang Dynasty slowly began to brew, a group of Tang cavalry was galloping on the vast land north of Yibohai, they set out from the city of Ashibulai, through a large black forest, jumped over the babbling stream, walked with reindeer, danced with wild wolves, and traveled for ten days, on which day they arrived in the hinterland of the Desert.

"General, after thirty miles, we will arrive at the place where the royal family of Huangjiasi gathers." A cavalry member who had been escorting weapons to the city several times was becoming a guide, and he pointed to a majestic mountain in the distance and said, "I remember bypassing that mountain and arriving there." ”

Ten days ago, he received an order from Broken Leaf to transfer a flying pigeon, and the emperor ordered Ashi Bulai City to send people to the city, and ordered the Gregorians to immediately launch an attack on the Hui.

The emperor's order was very strict, Shi Yang realized the urgency of the situation, and he ordered Lai Jinlin to defend Ashi Burai City. He personally led a detachment of cavalry to the far north.

The Han Dynasty called Kunjian, after the Han surrendered to the Xiongnu, the Han Dynasty Li Ling surrendered to the Xiongnu, it was sealed here, so the Huang Jiasi people also called themselves the descendants of Li Ling, most of them are red-haired and white-skinned, like to cover the face with oil paint, in the early Tang Dynasty, it belonged to the Xue Yantuo Khanate, its leader lost the bowl Qu Azhan into the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty with its department as the Jian Kun Governor's Mansion, and the lost Bo Qu Azhan as the governor. Later, he was defeated by the Hui and became a part of it, and was enslaved by it for nearly a hundred years, but the rebellion against the Hui people rose one after another. It has never subsided.

The area controlled by the Uighurs was originally located on the upper reaches of the Sword River (the upper reaches of the Yenisei River in present-day Russia), but more than a decade ago, the Uighurs sent an army of 50,000 to brutally suppress a large-scale uprising of the Uighurs. At that time, the Hui Dengli Khan was angry and drove the Hui people out of their homes, and the Hui people were forced to leave the land where they had lived for generations, and moved west to the north of Yibohai, where they lived by grazing and fishing, and most of the annual harvest had to be handed over to the Hui Hui, and last year there were continuous heavy snowfalls in the north, and both the Hui and Hui suffered serious disasters. Under the persecution of the Hui people, the Tang Dynasty Emperor Zhang Huan immediately decided to support the Tang Dynasty, and after nearly half a year of support, a large number of materials sent from the broken leaves went around the west of the sea and secretly sent them to the Huangjia people.

The cavalry of the Don Army crossed a small river. Before coming to a jungle, the Tang army was a little tired, two scouts were ready to explore the way, and the rest of the Tang army dismounted one after another and rested by the river.

But they had just dismounted, when suddenly a scout shouted, "What man! ”

Sou! An arrow shot out of the woods, as fast as lightning, and hit Shi Yang's face, but Shi Yang was motionless. Stared coldly at the arrow. Arrows! The ground brushed past his ear chakra and nailed it firmly to a large tree beside his face.

Tang Jun was so shocked that he jumped up one after another. At this moment, a large group of warriors poured out of the dense forest, including hundreds, all red-haired, grimacing, and wearing leather armor, and they formed a semicircle, drew bows and arrows, and forced the Tang army.

"Don't resist!" Shi Yang recognized their equipment at a glance, all of them were Tang Jundi weapons and leather armor, and he knew that these people must be the Huangsi people.

He raised his hands high, walked up to the group, and said loudly in Turkic: "We are the Tang Army, coming from Broken Leaves, looking for your Khan. ”

At this time, a young and strong man walked out of the team, he looked Shi Yang up and down, and then looked at the arrow just now, with a look of surprise in his eyes, he suddenly turned around and shouted twice, and a large group of people put down their bows and arrows.

"Kurband, is that you?" The Tang army that led the way suddenly recognized the young leader, he shouted excitedly, the young man was stunned, he immediately recognized the Tang army, and a bright smile suddenly bloomed on his serious face, "It's Team Li!" The two laughed at the same time, hugging each other tightly like children.

"Team Li, do you know each other?" Shi Yang next to him asked quietly.

Immediately reminded the team, he hurriedly pulled this young man over and introduced: "His name is Kurband, the first warrior of the Ques, famous for his archery, the first two times I escorted weapons, he came to greet him." ”

Your name is Kurband. Shi Yang smiled faintly and said, "The archery technique is really good!" He didn't look back, he picked up the steel crossbow and backhanded an arrow, only to see the arrow flash, and the arrow nailed to the tree just twenty paces away suddenly fell, and its place was replaced by another crossbow arrow.

"Good archery!" Kurband was amazed, if it was him, he could shoot down, and he would shoot better, such as nailing to the tail of the opponent's arrow, but the other party did not look back, and shot it all by feeling, which he could not do.

Team Li hurriedly introduced Shi Yang to him, "This is our Commander General Shi, and he is also the number one archer in our Broken Leaf Army." ”

Kurband glanced at Shi Yang deeply, and solemnly bowed to him: "I was just a temptation just now, and if I offended, please forgive the general." ”

"It's just a small thing, don't take it to heart. ^^^UC e-book^ Premiere ^^" Shi Yang waved his hand and said: "I have something important to look for you Ye Hu, the matter is urgent, please take me quickly!" ”

"Good! We are also on the way back, so please go back with me. ”

The Men of the Devils led a large number of horses from the woods, carrying countless prey on their horses, turned over their horses, galloped on horseback, and led the Tang army downstream along the river.

It traveled more than 20 miles. Bypassing a large forest, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up, only to see a big river flowing quietly on the grassland, like a winding jade belt, on both sides of the river, dotted with dotted tents, as far as the eye can see, this is the location of the tooth tent of the Huangjiasi Ye Protector.

Seeing that the hunters had returned, countless children cheered and ran towards this side, and the hunters dismounted one after another. He picked up the children with open arms and threw them high into the sky, laughing and shouting.

At this moment, several more horses came running in the distance. The person at the head was Shi Muhua, who was the envoy to the Tang Dynasty, and he had received the news in advance and came to greet the Tang army and his party. And behind him followed a petite knight, a black robe wrapped her tightly, revealing only a pair of beautiful and moving eyes, she is naturally Gu Dai, the rules of the Juansi people, unmarried women can not show their true faces, if they don't want to put oil paint on their faces. Then you must cover your face with a black robe.

When Kurband saw her, he jumped from his horse in excitement, and he took up a hunted ground fox, offered it with both hands, and looked at her with affection. The princess of the Zodiac is going to marry the first warrior of the Plague, and he is the first warrior of the Plague, Gu Dai saw that Kurband blocked the way, so he smiled at him: "Brother Kur's fire fox should be dedicated to your mother or our khan, not to me, if you must give it to me, then I will accept it on behalf of the khan." ”

There was a gloom in Kurband's eyes, and Gu Dai rejected him again, since she returned from Chang'an. It was the third time that he had declined his affection. He sadly retracted the firefox and gritted his teeth and turned on his horse. Horses galloped away to the distant camp.

Gu Dai looked apologetically at his back and disappeared, she shook her head, she had a heart, it was impossible to accept him anymore, she immediately urged the horse to follow the eldest brother to Tang Jun, she was here to find Tang Jun of Broken Leaves, and asked them if they knew a young man named Cui Yaodi.

"Welcome, I am Shi Muhua, the prince of Huangjiasi, and I welcome you on behalf of my father."

Shi Muhua's fluent Chinese surprised Shi Yang, and he hurriedly bowed his hand, "We are from Broken Leaves, and our surname is Shi, and we are the lieutenants of the First Army of Broken Leaves, and this time we have come to see your khan with the will of His Majesty the Emperor on the orders of the marshal." ”

"Excuse me!" When Gu Dai heard that they were from Broken Leaves, she couldn't hold back the excitement in her heart, and interjected and asked, "Do you know a young man named Cui Yao?" He is also an official in Broken Leaves. ”

Cui Yao, a rare smile appeared on Shi Yangdi's face, "Of course I know, he is my eldest brother." ”

Gu Dai was taken aback, Cui Yao was only sixteen years old, could it be that the old-looking officer in front of him was not yet sixteen years old? But this thought only flashed through her mind, and what she cared about now was her Di Cui Lang, and after a moment's hesitation, she asked again: "He, is he okay now?" Shi Yang is a young man and an old man, and he has already understood a little about men and women, and when he saw the masked woman in front of him mention Cui Yao's name, his eyes flashed with a strange brilliance, and he realized something in his heart, so he smiled slightly: "Actually, I have been outside, and I haven't had a chance to see him yet, I only heard that he is now a member of the military of Hu Cao of Broken Leaves, and he is the best of the latest batch of young officials." ”

Gu Dai wanted to ask again, but Shi Muhua stopped her, "Sister, they have something important to come to see their father, let's not delay the big thing." ”

Gu Dai was helpless, so she had to take a step back, Shi Yang passed by her, and said with a hearty smile: "I will definitely convey your concern to Cui Yao when I return." ”

Gu Dai stood there for a moment, and she suddenly asked loudly, "Then when will you go back?" ”

Shi Yang had already rushed out hundreds of steps, and his voice came from afar, "Let's leave in the afternoon!" ”

The people of the Tang Dynasty are only a tribe of the Hui people, so its supreme leader can only be called Ye Hu, but the people of the Huang Dynasty do not pay attention to this set, they all call their leaders Khan, and not long ago the Tang Emperor has canonized their leader as the Zhongxiong Khan, which is a title that makes the Hui people extremely satisfied, the Hui are loyal Khans, they are loyal Khans, in the eyes of the Tang Dynasty, the Hui people and the Hui are equal relations.

The Khan of the Tunja people, that is, the father of Shi Muhua and Gu Daidi, his name is Sudaro Nurman, a middle-aged man in his fifties, although he has a petite and beautiful daughter like Gu Dai, but he himself is very stout, burly, strong as an ox, and the thing that makes him most proud is that his four wives have given birth to him thirteen children. Shi Muhua and Gu Dai were born to his third wife, and now his wife has only given birth to two daughters, according to the principle of the heir of the Huangjia people, Shi Muhua will be the next Khan of the Huangjia people, of course, if his current wife or the next wife gives birth to a son, it will be a different matter.

Su Daluo warmly welcomed Shi Yang into the big tent, ordered people to entertain the Tang army from afar with the freshest mare's milk, and was full of gratitude to the Tang Dynasty for the selfless help given to the people of the Tang Dynasty. They now have 40,000 men of arms and armor, so that in October, when the Hui people extort cattle and sheep from them again, they can say no loudly. And they also have to move back to the ancestral land of Jianhe, which is the land left to them by their ancestors.

Shi Yang drank a large pot of mare's milk and wiped the corners of his mouth. Carefully took out the emperor's edict from his arms, which was transferred from Chang'an with a pigeon letter, written on a silk as thin as a cicada's wings, Shi Yang slowly shook the edict and stretched it, and handed it to Su Daluo with both hands, "Khan, this is the edict given to you by our Emperor of the Tang Dynasty." I hope you will do what you will. ”

Su Daluo took Zhang Huan's hand with an unusually serious face, although he didn't know Chinese characters, but he had seen the bright red big seal not long ago, at this time, Shi Muhua approached his father. Translate the will of the Tang Emperor to him, and the will is very clear, and order the people of the Tang Dynasty to attack Hui immediately.

Offensive returns? Su Daluo suddenly remembered something, and he hurriedly said to Shi Yang: "I just heard the day before yesterday that the Hui Hui had assembled a large army to march to the south, and it was very likely that they would attack your northern court. ”

Shi Yang's face turned white, the Hui people actually attacked the North Garden, could it be that the 20,000 food army was also at this moment, he suddenly understood the emperor's intention of ordering the Hui people to send troops back to the Hui people, and contained the Hui people from the north.

"Khan, I, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, will not be a last resort. I won't let you send troops back. Now that the situation is urgent, please ask the Khan to send troops immediately. to solve the danger of the North Garden. ”

Su Daluo was silent in thought, but Shi Muhua next to him said hurriedly: "Father, Datang has helped us so much, we should know that Entu is retribution." ”

"Of course we're going to send troops!" Su Daluo was not happy that his son had misunderstood him, so he waved his hand and said, "Now that the Hui army is heading south, Han's ears will be empty, and we can kill him by surprise." ”

Speaking of this, he turned back to his son and said, "I have decided to personally lead the troops to Huifu, and you are responsible for temporarily moving the people north to prevent the Huifu army from turning around and retaliating against us." ”

Shi Muhua hurriedly agreed, Shi Yang was overjoyed when he saw that they were willing to send troops, and hurriedly got up and saluted Su Daluo deeply: "Thank you Khan." ”

Su Daluo nodded slightly, "General Shi, please rest assured, I will immediately assemble the army, and the day after tomorrow I will send troops back to the Hui, and we can kill the Han Ear Bali within seven days, this time we will teach the Hui people a hard lesson." ”

In the afternoon, the Tang army after a little rest set off to return to the city of Ashbula, Su Daluo led more than 20 Huangjia nobles to send the Tang army to twenty miles away, until the Tang army disappeared in the distance, they returned to the camp, ready to gather troops from all over the country, suddenly, a war horse in the distance galloped over, immediately it was the famous warrior Kurband of the Huangjia people, I saw him sweating profusely and reported: "Great Khan, Princess Gudai is missing." ”

Su Daluo was stunned, he seemed to have thought of something, and immediately turned back to look at his son Shi Muhua, Shi Muhua knew it, he nodded and said, "My sister must have chased Tang Jun to break leaves." ”

Sudaro also knew that his daughter fell in love with a Han Chinese, but the Hughis people have always regarded the reproduction of the tribe as the first priority, so they are very tolerant of the love between men and women, and never interfere with their freedom to marry, so Sudaro did not interfere with his daughter's feelings, but his daughter's single trip to the broken leaves made him a little uneasy, autumn is the season of tigers and wolves, although the daughter knows a little martial arts, but after all, he is young, and before he can think about it, Kurband said loudly: "Khan, let me protect the princess, I will not allow anyone to bully her." ”

Sudaro smiled, he patted Kurband on the shoulder heavily, and led him two more horses, "You go!" You are the number one warrior of my Ques, and if you can persuade Gu Dai to come back, I will marry her to you. ”

Kurband's face was as excited as pig's liver, he roared, and jerked his war horse, which rushed out and chased in the direction of the Tang army in the south, and the three horses and one person gradually disappeared at the end of the grassland.

Sudaro watched his back disappear, and immediately turned around and ordered: "Go and inform all the warriors of the Yaks that they must arrive at the tooth tent and assemble within two days." ”

In late September of the fifth year of the Great Reign, a 30,000-strong fierce cavalry of the Hus slaughtered like arrows to the hinterland of the Hui people.

On the north bank of the Dolus River, the tents of the Hui army are dense and endless. After crossing the river, we walked forward for another two hundred miles, and we arrived at the boundary of the Tang Beiting, but the Hui army had been stationed here for five days, but there was no sign of crossing the river.

On a high hill by the river, Hui Loyal Khan looked indifferently at the reckless mountains in the distance, he couldn't see the movement of the Tang army behind the mountains, nor could he see the fierce battle in the broken leaves thousands of miles away, but he could feel the pressure brought by his 80,000 army to the Great Food and the Tang Dynasty, the Great Food Army outside Gongyue City had come three times to urge him to march, and the Great Food Army would cooperate with him to attack Beiting.

Attack the North Court. An imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of Loyal Khan's mouth, and so far, his moves had been extremely smooth, and now this move had reached a critical moment. It depends on how Datang responds to the pressure he exerts, he doesn't believe that Tang Ting will be indifferent to sending troops back to Huidi, and he also knows that Tang Ting will be extremely annoyed with him. But he didn't care, the key was that he hit Datang's bones with this stick, the battle of Broken Leaves has entered a stalemate, if Datang doesn't want to lose this battle, then even if he is angry, he will have to take out money and food in exchange for Hui Hui's retreat.

As for the Great Cannibal, the Loyal Khan was even more disdainful, and only sent 20,000 troops to clamoring for the North Court to be taken. This is obviously wronged him, what to let out of the North Court, what to demarcate with the Daqing Pond, all kinds of beautiful promises are just the moon in the water, if you can't take the North Garden! What does the Great Cannibal have to lose? Even if the North Court is won, the big cannibal will not have any losses. And it will also become a shield of the big cannibal, so the strategy he adopts is to lead troops and not attack, in order to win the maximum benefit in this three-country game.

Just when the loyal khan was staring at the distance with thousands of thoughts, several war horses galloped from the camp, "Report to the Khan, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty has arrived again and asked to see the Khan." ”

"It's finally here!" The loyal khan suddenly burst out laughing, and he knew that the Tang people would definitely come.

The big tent of the loyal khan was full of murderous nearly a hundred big men, their swords unsheathed, staring at the envoy of the Tang Dynasty slowly walking into the big tent. The envoy of the Tang Dynasty is still Pei Mingyuan. On the third day of the Hui people's army, he received Zhang Huan's secret decree, and the emperor's decree was very simple. There are only four words: Zhang Yi's strategy, and the rest is not explained, of course Pei Mingyuan knows the meaning of this Zhang Yi's strategy, but even if the loyal Khan is the king of Chu Huai, it still takes a lot of skills to implement this Zhang Yi's strategy, and these skills are not explained in the will, that is, he Pei Mingyuan needs to improvise.

Although the big tent was murderous, Pei Mingyuan turned a blind eye, he walked into the big tent quickly, stepped forward and bowed to the loyal Khan and said: "The Tang Dynasty Yinqing Guanglu Doctor Pei Mingyuan is seeing the Hui Khan. ”

Loyal Khan glanced at him coldly, and snorted for a long time, "The war between the two countries is imminent, could it be that the Tang Ting sent you to be my sacrifice for the flag?" ”

"Khan is serious." Pei Mingyuan saluted unhurriedly, "Since the Khan proposed the conditions for the withdrawal of troops to the princess, we immediately reported to the imperial court, but before the messenger went, the imperial court sent a decree, Datang hopes to form a long-term ally with Hui Hui, for which I, Datang, am willing to provide additional assistance to Hui Hui." ”

Loyal Khan nodded, he knew that Pei Mingyuan was telling the truth, Tang Ting should also be aware of the possibility of Hui Hui and Da Shi joining forces, so he offered to help, this is Tang Ting's consistent approach to Hui Hui, aid is just a nice word, he is not surprised about this, if the Tang princess reported to the court and got instructions, it is extremely strange, thousands of miles apart, even if you use the pigeon letter, it is too late in time, thinking of this, Loyal Khan's face softened slightly, and asked again:" Then how much rice is your court going to give me back? ”

"Back to the Khan's words, the Tang Dynasty ended the troubled times not long ago, and had to deal with the Broken Leaf War, and the national strength was extremely tired, so the imperial court proposed two aid programs, one is annual aid, every year the Tang Dynasty assists Hui 200,000 stone rice, 50,000 horses of silk, to be completed in six years, and the other plan is to aid Hui Hui 1 million stone rice and 200,000 horses of silk at one time, and the money and rice lent to Hui Hui last year do not have to be returned, and the two plans ask the Khan to choose one of them."

"Your country doesn't seem to be sincere enough!" Loyal Khan sneered and said: "I proposed five million stone rice and one million horses of silk, but you only gave twenty percent, is it really called Huazi when I return to Hui?" ”

"But five million stone rice Datang really can't get it

Without waiting for Pei Mingyuan to finish speaking, the loyal khan slapped the table fiercely, bang! There was a loud bang on the ground, and the loyal khan stood up and shouted: "It's your business whether you can take it or not, I tell you, I will not give in to the conditions of the land, and give me a clear answer within ten days, otherwise, you will blame me for being unkind." ”

With that, he kicked over the table and left the tent in a rage.

But there was no need to wait ten days, only a quarter of an hour later, a fast horse galloped from Han's ear, and immediately the knight rushed into the big tent of the loyal khan, "Khan, something is wrong

Immediately afterward, the thunderous roar of the Loyal Khan came from the big tent, "Damn the Digs, I'm going to skin them!" ”

In the big tent, Pei Mingyuan was writing a letter to the imperial court at the request of the loyal khan, he had already seen that the loyal khan had no intention of attacking the north court, but just wanted to take this opportunity to blackmail the Tang Dynasty, in the letter he proposed to increase the aid to two million stone grain and 400,000 horses of silk, of course, this letter to Chang'an back and forth will take at least two months, and then negotiate, and then prepare, then the Broken Leaf War should also end, and his mission as Zhang Yi will end, as for whether the Hui people will kill him to vent their anger, it depends on the result of the Battle of Broken Leaves.

Before the letter was finished, there was a sudden chaotic sound of footsteps outside the tent, "What's the matter with you?" "It's the voice of his entourage.

"I came on the orders of the Khan, and the Khan wants to see you Dr. Pei."

Pei Mingyuan smiled slightly, and actually called his official name, it seemed that the loyal khan seemed to have figured out something, he immediately put the letter away, walked out of the tent with his hands behind his back and asked, "Who is making noise here?" ”

A commander stepped forward and saluted, "Doctor Pei, my Khan wants to see you, please go with us immediately." ”

Pei Mingyuan nodded, "Okay!" I'll go with you. ”

The group walked quickly towards the Khan's tent, along the way, the whispers of soldiers could be seen everywhere, everyone was frightened, the whole camp was filled with a tense atmosphere, Pei Mingyuan was also quite surprised in his heart, could it be that something happened to Huifu?

"May I ask this general, what happened?"

The commander sighed and said with a gloomy expression: "Doctor Pei, I don't know what happened, so don't ask me." ”

Pei Mingyuan knew that he didn't want to say, so he didn't ask any more, and followed him to the tent of the loyal khan, and the commander of the thousand commanders reported loudly: "Khan, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty has been brought." "Let him in!" The voice coming from inside the tent was full of resentment and helplessness.

Pei Mingyuan walked into the big tent and saw the loyal khan staring at a map with his hands in a daze, he immediately stepped forward and bowed down and said, "Pei Mingyuan see the khan." ”

After a long time, the loyal khan slowly turned around, and said with a blushing face: "Doctor Pei, I can promise your country's second plan, give me one million stone rice and 200,000 horses of silk at one time, and I will withdraw immediately." ”

(It's been a whole day and a night, and I haven't gotten a monthly pass, Lao Gao can't help but sigh, sad!) ）