Feng Changqing stood there quietly, his eyes lowered and he didn't say a word.

Gao Xianzhi did not mean to let Feng Changqing respond, and there was silence in the big tent of the Chinese army.

After a long time, Gao Xianzhi spoke again: "Feng Er, I know what you're worried about." It was nothing more than the fear that Wang Zhengjian would deliberately delay due to the vicious fight between Li Xiang and the East Palace in order to weaken the strength of the Anxi army. However, a certain firmly believes that no matter how the court fights, the blood of the soldiers and the victory or defeat of the war should not be gambled, this is the foundation of the husband, and it is also the bottom line that the minister should abide by. A certain believes, although they belong to different camps, on the battlefield, Wang Zhengjian and a certain are actually the same people. ”

The marshal said this, and he didn't dare to question it. I just hope that the festival commander is not wrong. Feng Changqing said softly.

"Look at what is right and what is wrong!" Gao Xianzhi laughed wildly: "After all, the eldest husband has to rely on the sword in his hand to create an immortal career, how can he succeed because of people?" Even if the Beiting Army does not come, a certain self-confidence can rely on the elite soldiers of Anxi to break the rebels! ”

"Although there is no advantage in numbers, it should be able to compete with the Khorasan cavalry of the Great Food Rebels." Feng Changqing saw that Gao Xianzhi had made up his mind, and began to think seriously about how to defeat the Great Food rebels simply by relying on the soldiers and horses going south.

"Feng Er, what do you think of the two armies of Qarlu and Hui?" Gao Xianzhi asked.

"Commander, the Qarlu Department has close contacts with Anxi. Although he is greedy, he is still very in awe of you. This time, he followed the instructions of the marshal, deliberately jumped out to ask for a reward, and took the initiative to create an opportunity for the marshal to stand up, and his performance was not bad. Although the soldiers of the Qarluq division were slightly inferior to the Turgish at their peak, especially in terms of military discipline, their combat power was not bad, and they could be used. Although the Hui cavalry was in contact for the first time, based on the observation of a certain pair of Prince Ye Hu and General Lu Leluo, Prince Ye Hu was young and could already do it without leaking a drop of water when he was in contact with people; Torero doesn't say much, but his eyes are shining, and he is also a scheming and capable person at first glance. By the generals, the Hui Department can reorganize Mobei, which is indeed not a fluke. The combat power of the Uighur cavalry should be higher than that of the Qarluqs, or at least among them. Therefore, under the command of the commander, with the elite soldiers of Anxi as the core, and the Qarluq and Hui people as the two wings, the program is clear, and there should be sixty percent certainty that the Khorasan cavalry will be wiped out. Feng Changqing calmly analyzed.

"It's a pity that the soldiers and horses of the country of Bakhana are not available, otherwise the chances of victory are greater." Gao Xianzhi said regretfully.

"Zhaowu Jiu, living in the land of the four wars, surrounded by countless strong neighbors, but he likes to do business and light military brigades, and his military power is naturally weak. The Nine Kingdoms are divided again, lacking a male lord who can cross and close, and the strength cannot be twisted together, so it can only be like a grass in the wind, clinging everywhere. "Feng Changqing looks down on the surname Zhaowu Jiu.

"When the Thiri Sulu Khan was there, the nine surnames of Zhaowu basically obeyed his orders, and under his leadership, they jointly resisted the great cannibals. Although there were also conflicts between Sulu and the Tang Dynasty, they were generally respectful at first, and there was peace in the river. Later, Sulu's ambition became more and more intense, and he wanted to dominate the river alone, and he also repeatedly attacked Anxi and interrupted the trade routes, which caused unrest in the western part of the country, which triggered our army's attack on the Turks. Now, after the decline of the Tuqishi, the jurisdictions of Anxi and Beiting are peaceful, and the barriers that can resist the eastward invasion of the Great Food have also been demolished. Therefore, sometimes I also wonder if the appearance of a male lord like Sulu in the middle of the river is more beneficial or disadvantageous for the Tang Dynasty? Should someone like Sulu be allowed to rule the river? Gao Xianzhi sighed.

"Maybe the marshal is thinking too much? In my opinion, the basis for judgment is actually very simple. Feng Changqing saw that Gao Xianzhi was deep in thought, so he smiled and explained.

"Tell me about it." Gao Xianzhi knew that Feng Changqing often had amazing words, so he asked with interest.

"Only the male lord who obeys the orders of the saint can benefit the Tang Dynasty, and will be tacitly allowed by the saint to rule the river; Otherwise, I would rather have a lot of wars in the river than allow a male lord who disobeys the Tang Dynasty. Feng Changqing said without hesitation.

"My father once said that a certain person is not as decisive as Erlang at the key point. I didn't believe it before, but today I heard Erlang's words, and I knew that I was hypocritical. Gao Xianzhi praised.

"The festival is ridiculous! It's just that a certain person comes from a humble background and has a deeper understanding of the greed of the world, so he has fewer scruples. Feng Changqing said lightly.

What Erlang said is very true. If the Turgish do not obey the orders of the saints, they should have suffered the ruin of their country and their families. When the barrier was destroyed, we swung our swords forward. Tang boy, how could he have ever been afraid of anyone! Gao Xianzhi laughed, and pointed at the sand table with the bamboo cane in his hand: "Tomorrow, you can send Li Siye to lead five thousand Anxi soldiers and horses, and together with the Qarlu Department, send troops to Ashi Bulai City!" ”

Late at night on the ninth day of the fifth month, in the backyard of Ruyiju Branch, East City of Broken Leaf City, Ashina Wenxia, who had been busy all day, lay on the bed and fell asleep. Probably because she was so tired, she didn't even cover the quilt, so she fell asleep on the bed haphazardly.

Su Sanniang quietly pushed open Ashina Wenxia's door, crept in, and gently covered the brocade quilt for Ashina Wenxia.

Although Su Sanniang was already very careful, as soon as the quilt touched Zifu's body, the sleeping Ashina Wenxia seemed to notice something, her muscles tightened, and her arms waved wildly.

Su Sanniang saw that her lover was so alert, and while avoiding the attack with her arm, her face was happy.

After Ashina Wenxia's blind attack missed, she rolled over and fell into a deep sleep again. While turning over, she also muttered a messy dream: "Why are all the good things yours?" I'm not convinced! You're deliberately angry with me, aren't you? We'll see! ”

Looking at the apprentice's face, which was still stubborn and unwilling in her sleep, Su Sanniang covered the quilt more carefully, and then sighed very lightly and left the room.

Walking in the courtyard of the back house of Ruyiju, Su Sanniang couldn't help but be a little irritable when she thought about her lover who was trapped by love. She reached out and patted the tall spruce tree in the courtyard vigorously, but she still couldn't relieve the worry in her heart.

As a sober bystander, since the Yuanri fire in Tingzhou, Su Sanniang has seen the emotional journey and love-hate entanglement between her disciple, Xiao Langjun and Xiaoyun Xiaoniang clearly.

The confession and strength of her lover, Xiao Langjun's obsession and hesitation, and Xiaoyun's little lady's retreat and counterattack, in her eyes, are actually just children's games.

However, she also understands that no matter how deep the red dust is, it is difficult to lose a wisp of original intention. No matter how naïve or ridiculous the emotion is, in the hearts of young boys and girls who have tasted green fruits for the first time, it will be something bigger than the sky and more important than life.

"Wenxia, you can do it yourself, I hope you won't be trapped by love in the future." Su Sanniang muttered to herself. She sincerely hopes that the future love path of her lover will be smoother.

After worrying about the chaotic love apprentice, Su Sanniang's heart suddenly flashed with a calm and dark face.

"Phew!" Su Sanniang spat into the empty distance, trying to run away from the big black bull that broke into her heart, but in her charming eyes, there was an irrepressible smile.

"After the end of the Western Expedition to Shiguo, do you need to hurry back to Chang'an? Master's side may not be in a hurry, but the lazy Qiu Niang may be impatient, wait for me to go back and work for her. Su Sanniang rubbed the scabbard on her waist and thought secretly.

Regarding Ruyiju's so-called westward expansion business, Su Sanniang knew very well that it was just a cover to cover people's eyes.

At the end of February, Ruyiju's carrier pigeon brought a secret letter from her master, asking her to follow the Beiting Army on the westward expedition under the pretense of guarding Ruyiju's business in the river, and use the channels of Ashina Wenxia and Wang Fei to obtain intelligence for Wang Zhengjian and help the Beiting Army win the victory of the Western Expedition.

In the secret letter, the master did not elaborate on the reason for this, but simply wrote, "At the head of the national war, although my master's strength is weak, he does not dare to flinch." Wangru did his best to assist the Tang Army in Beiting. ”

Su Sanniang guessed that there seemed to be some inexplicable relationship between the master's secret letter and the proprietor Wang Yuanbao of Ruyiju. But she remembered that when her master sent her to Tingzhou, she once said that she owed Wang Yuanbao a lot of favors, so she didn't doubt him.

What's more, even without Master's order, Su Sanniang also considered going west with the army to hone her beloved disciples while assisting the Beiting Army.

Su Sanniang just wondered why Wang Yuanbao was so enthusiastic about the war in the west. She knew that before the Beiting Army was launched, the shopkeeper Liu of Ruyiju was ordered to donate a large number of military funds, grain and grass to the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate; When traveling west, Shopkeeper Liu asked the caravan to bring all the gold and silver worth more than 700,000 yuan of the Tingzhou branch, which far exceeded the need to develop the branch; After arriving in Broken Leaf City and setting up a semicolon posture, Shopkeeper Liu didn't care about developing business at all, but was busy purchasing all kinds of military supplies......

Su Sanniang is obsessed with improving her swordsmanship every day, acting chivalrous and righteous, punishing the evil and killing the evil, and fighting grievances, and has little interest in businessmen. After confirming that Ruyiju was sincerely helping Tang Jun, she suppressed a little doubt in her heart. And she didn't notice that Master's secret letter and Ruyiju's funds were clearly directed to the Tang Army of Beiting, not the soldiers and horses of Anxi......

Su Sanniang was in a reverie, and the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded outside the wall, and it seemed that two teams of cavalry met unexpectedly. When she was about to jump up to the spruce treetops, she saw Ashina Wenxia also holding a long sword and rushed out of the back room.

"What people!" Someone outside the wall asked. Su Sanniang stretched out her hand and pulled Ashina Wenxia, lurked on the spruce tree with her, and peeked at the two teams of cavalry with torches outside with the help of the starry sky.

"Who are you?" Illuminated by blazing torches, someone from the cavalry on the opposite side replied in fluent Chinese.

"We are the light cavalry of the North Court, and we have been ordered to enforce a curfew. Prince Sihan, why did you violate the military order and come to Dongshi in the middle of the night? "The Beiting Light Cavalry did not hesitate.

"My eldest brother was kicked out of his father Khan in anger because of his misconduct today, and he was kicked unconscious by his father Khan. After the eldest brother went to the military camp in the north of the city to apologize to Wang Duhu, he returned to the Xuanse tent and saw that his brother was still unconscious, so he remembered that he had seen a home remedy in a medical book. In order to treat his brother as soon as possible, after obtaining the consent of his father Khan, he came to Dongshi at night to grab medicine. As he explained fluently, he slapped his horse forward and handed the fish talisman around his waist and the order talisman of the Qarluq tribe to the Beiting light cavalry.

"Since we have permission to protect the leaves, we don't dare to delay Prince Sihan." After careful inspection, the light cavalry returned the fish charm and the command charm to Mou Rasihan and made way of the way.

After the sound of the hooves of the horses of the Murashan and the Qarluq cavalry gradually died down, the Beiting light cavalry left the vicinity of the Ruyiju branch and continued their patrol.

Su Sanniang knew that after the Beiting Army arrived in the north of Broken Leaf City, Wang Duhu not only sent troops to block the communication between Shiguo and Broken Leaf City, but also sent people to garrison the gates of Broken Leaf City together with the Qarlu Department, and sent more than 1,000 light cavalry to begin to strictly enforce the curfew in the city.

Regarding the arrangement of the Beiting Army, Su Sanniang agreed very much. Before the war, the most important thing to guard against is the leakage of information, which must be strictly restrained and cut off channels.

However, Su Sanniang, who is good at reconnaissance and intelligence, also understands that the spies are everywhere, and it is particularly difficult to prevent them. The best way to deal with spies is to train your own spies.

In Chang'an, the military and political offices of Jin Wuwei, Jing Zhaoyin, and street envoys, who were in charge of public security, maintained overt or covert, public or private contacts with the swordsmen of the rivers and lakes due to their heavy responsibilities, so as to grasp the movements of the three religions and nine streams in the city in a timely manner.

The Beiting Border Army was different from the government office in Chang'an, and in terms of intelligence, they were obviously more focused on scouts and merchants traveling between the east and west, and lacked their own secret agents. Therefore, after the Beiting Army arrived in Shattered Leaf City, although they strengthened their control over the city and its surroundings, the exploration of the shadows was very limited, and they still relied more on the strength of the Qarluqs. And the ability of the Qarluq people, Su Sanniang can't look down on it at all.

She has the heart to help the Beiting Army clear the spies in Broken Leaf City, but she is unfamiliar with the place and language, and the progress is slow. The biggest harvest in recent days is still discovered by the people of Ashina Wenxia disguised as the city of Qarluq.

When there was a noise outside the wall of Fangcaifang, Su Sanniang was very excited, thinking that there would be something big. It can be seen that Mou Ra Sihan is not leaking a drop of water, and she no longer pays attention to it.

"It's been a long time, just to grab medicine for that big fat man, it's really boring!" The disappointed Su Sanniang yawned, grabbed the rope, and slid lightly down the spruce tree.

"Master, what's the matter with what Mou Sihan just said about contradicting Brother Fei?" Ashina Wenxia asked hurriedly after learning from the master's appearance.

"After they left here, Fei Langjun and your sister met Morakoro by chance when they were about to turn onto Honghu Street. I heard that it was the maid ring who made a lot of words to tease Fei Langjun, and I don't know if it was your sister or the little lady of Yiyue. You also know that with the temper of the king and the king, they will not give up. Mou Ra Luo Duo was kicked unconscious by his father, and Mou Ra Sihan went to the Beiting military camp to make amends, probably that's it. You were in your backyard figuring out how to dress up more like a Qarluq, and I didn't think it was particularly important, so I didn't tell you. Su Sanniang said lightly.

"Raklota?" Ashina Wenxia said word by word, her smart eyes turning rapidly.

"It's getting late, don't think about it. Your sister and Fei Lang-kun have not suffered, don't worry. Sleep, sleep! Su Sanniang rubbed Ashina Wenxia's hair and urged.

Soon after the two of them entered the inner room, several carrier pigeons suddenly flew in the sky above the eastern city of Shattered Leaf City.

Under the light of the stars, the carrier pigeon flapped its white wings and flew towards the night west of Broken Leaf City.