Xue Yantuo's envoy finally arrived, and the person who came was Xue Yantuo's Aejin, equivalent to a prince on the Tang side, a group of more than ten people, with a lot of things, driving a few camels to Dingxiang.

As for Xue Yantuo's purpose this time, in fact, Dingxiang Daying has been speculating all along, although he actually has the answer in his heart, but until the last moment, he still can't make a final conclusion.

Therefore, in the big tent of the Chinese army at this moment, not only Li Jing and the old lieutenant Chi Gong and others, but also Zhao Chen, wrapped in a coat, sat silently beside Du Ruhui, waiting for Xue Yantuo's envoy to explain the purpose of the trip.

"What is the reason why the Khan suddenly and quietly sent 3,000 men and horses to Baidao to station?" At this time, Li Jing sat at the top of the big tent, frowning and looking at the envoy Xue Yantuo below, his expression was a little cold, and he asked in a calm tone.

"I guess the Grand Administrator may have misunderstood?" Xue Yantuo's envoy was a guy like Simo Lao'er, with a swarthy face, full of flattering smiles, and after hearing Li Jing's contemplative words, he immediately explained to Li Jing: "The Khan heard that my Tang army and horses were mighty, and he pacified the Jieli army in the first battle, and specially sent Lao'er to congratulate His Majesty the Tang Emperor!" ”

"Celebration?" When Li Jing heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly on his cold face, revealing a solemn smile, looking at the envoy in front of him and saying, "Do you need to bring three thousand soldiers and horses to celebrate?" ”

"Hehe, the chief manager doesn't know anything!" An embarrassed smile appeared on the envoy's face, met Li Jing's gaze, and said, "The grassland is not peaceful during this time, this is... Oh, the centaurs used to escort Lao Er! ”

"Oh!" When the old lieutenant Chi Gong on the side heard this, he immediately smiled, took the envoy's words, and said coldly: "My Datong army is near Baidao. Why don't you let me be escorted by the Tang Dynasty military horses? ”

"This..."When the envoy heard the words of the old lieutenant Chi Gong, he hesitated slightly, looked at the old lieutenant Chi Gong and explained: "My Tang army and horses have been fighting hard for days, and the old man is just a little thing, how dare he bother the Tang army and horses!" ”

"Now that the envoy has come to Dingxiang safely, does that mean? Will the 3,000 soldiers and horses left in Baidao return soon? Zhao Chen, who was sitting next to Du Ruhui, had been silently listening to the conversation between several people, and only then did he look at Xue Yantuo's envoy and ask.

“… This young man, I think it is the disciple of the immortals, Zhao Chen, the Marquis of Chang'an! When Xue Yantuo's envoy heard Zhao Chen's words, he couldn't help but turn his head and look at Zhao Chen beside Du Ruhui, but he was not in a hurry to answer Zhao Chen's words, but. Looking at Zhao Chen, he asked with a smile.

"Exactly!" When Zhao Chen heard this, he didn't move a bit, met the envoy's gaze, continued the topic just now, and asked, "The envoy hasn't answered my words yet?" ”

"Hehe, I'm afraid this will be delayed for a while!" The envoy looked at Zhao Chen's gaze, and his expression did not change on his dark face. said with a smile: "Lao Er always needs an escort when he goes back!" ”

"The envoy doesn't believe in the army of the Tang Dynasty?" Du Ruhui, who had not spoken from beginning to end, looked at the smiling envoy at this time and said: "My Datang is now in Mobei with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. Could it be that the envoy felt that there were still people who would ignore the military might of the Tang Dynasty and take the liberty of doing something to the guests of the Tang Dynasty? ”

"The Tang Army is mighty, naturally no one dares to underestimate the Tang Army!" As soon as Du Ruhui's words came out, Xue Yantuo's envoy's face suddenly skipped an embarrassment. After hesitating slightly, he looked at Du Ruhui and said, "It's just..."

"In that case, the envoy should let the three thousand soldiers and horses withdraw!" However, without waiting for the envoy to speak, Li Jing, who sat at the top. At this time, he coldly interrupted the envoy's words and said in a calm tone.

"This... I'm afraid that I can't be the master! As soon as Li Jing's words came out, the eyes of several people in the tent, almost at the same time, looked at Xue Yantuo's envoy, and Xue Yantuo's envoy he saw lowered his head and thought, and after a long time, he raised his head, looked at Li Jing and said: "This envoy is only responsible for the duty of envoy, and does not have the right to command the army. ”

"Again!" Xue Yantuo's envoy's voice fell, and without waiting for Li Jing and the others to speak, he continued: "This envoy sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty this time, with the mission of the Khan, to belong to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, it seems a little inappropriate for several generals to treat this envoy like this!" ”

"Huh!" Hearing Xue Yantuo's envoy's words, Zhao Chen, who was sitting there, couldn't help but sneer.

After sneering, Zhao Chen immediately stood up, turned around and walked towards the outside of the tent, several people in the tent, Li Jing, Du Ruhui and others looked at Zhao Chen and turned away, and they all sighed.

Before, they couldn't be completely sure of Xue Yantuo's true intentions, but now, listening to Xue Yantuo's envoys, they couldn't understand that these shameless guys, the envoys sent were fake, and the real plan was the grassland in Yinshan.

As Zhao Chen has been emphasizing before, words like shame are not suitable for these people at all, they only care about actual interests, even if they bow down to the Tang Dynasty for this, they will not hesitate.

Such a thing as bowing down to the vassals is unacceptable to the Han nation in the Central Plains, which is influenced by Confucian culture.

However, for these people who believe in vested interests on the grassland, dignity is nothing more than having a full stomach and having nothing to think about.

For these people, he can bow down to you today, and that's because he can get what they need from you, and when you can't meet their needs in the future, it's their turn to grab the knife.

Xue Yantuo's purpose is very clear, that is, to bow down to the Tang Dynasty, but the condition is that the Tang Dynasty can assign the grassland in Yinshan to Xue Yantuo.

The 3,000 Xue Yantuo's men and horses were not the escort troops that the envoy said, but the troops sent by Xue Yantuo to the grassland in advance, and since they left the Xue Yantuo tribe, these 3,000 men and horses did not plan to return to Xue Yantuo.

It is pointless to stay in the military tent any longer, it is just some nonsense, Xue Yantuo will not change his mind, so Zhao Chen is too lazy to listen to those nonsense.

"Go back and help me set up a tent outside!"

When he returned to his residence, Cheng Chumo was sitting by the fire, baking sweet potatoes, Zhao Chen took off his coat and sat opposite Cheng Chumo, holding his knees with his hands, silent for a long time, then raised his head and looked at Cheng Chumo and said.

"What's wrong?" Cheng Chumo has been with Zhao Chen for a long time, and he has basically figured out Zhao Chen's temper, and when he heard Zhao Chen's words, he immediately frowned slightly, looked at Zhao Chen and asked strangely.

"I'm useful!" When Zhao Chen heard this, he suddenly took a long breath, gritted his teeth secretly, looked at Cheng Chumo and said in a low voice.

"Brother Chen wants to make gunpowder again?" When Cheng Chumo heard Zhao Chen's words, he looked at Zhao Chen and asked, almost without thinking.

It is obviously impossible to live in a good house and live in a tent outside, so there is only one possibility, Zhao Chen wants to make gunpowder again!

Hearing Cheng Chumo's words, Zhao Chen took a light breath at Cheng Chumo and nodded slightly.

Xue Yantuo's three thousand soldiers and horses will not retreat, Zhao Chen has already thought about it, if Li Er changes his mind, then everything will be fine, he can provide gunpowder and directly leave Xue Yantuo's three thousand soldiers and horses in Baidao.

If, at such a time, Li Er still refuses to change his mind, then there is nothing to say.

If Li Er doesn't fight, then he will fight, and take more than 100 guards with him, believing that with what he has in his hands, Xue Yantuo's 3,000 men and horses will inevitably stay.

"But your wind chill hasn't gotten better yet!" Cheng Chumo heard that Zhao Chen really wanted to make gunpowder, and he didn't ask what he was doing to make gunpowder, but looked at Zhao Chen and only cared about Zhao Chen's illness.

"It's fine!" When Zhao Chen heard this, he smiled at Cheng Chu, sighed lightly and said, "When the time comes, I will teach the gunpowder to the guards!" ”

Gunpowder is not something that everyone can master in this era, and the guards are their own people, and they are only loyal to themselves all their lives, and teaching them can be regarded as a kind of plan of Zhao Chen.

And just when Cheng Chumo was busy starting to set up a tent for Zhao Chen, Xue Yantuo's envoy also took people from Dingxiang and headed towards Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty.

Regardless of whether Xue Yantuo belongs or what, the only person who can really decide is Li Er, who is far away in Chang'an, so if Xue Yantuo wants the grassland in Yinshan, he must go to Chang'an to see Li Er.

Xue Yantuo's envoy, it will take at least ten days to go to Chang'an, Zhao Chen doesn't know, when Li Er sees Li Er, what Li Er's reaction will be.

Although he had already decided in his heart that no matter whether Li Er changed his mind or not, he would go and leave Xue Yantuo's three thousand men in Baidao at that time, but in fact, he still hoped that Li Er would change his mind.

It didn't take long to set up a tent at all, and in half a day, Cheng Chumo set up a huge tent outside Zhao Chen's residence.

When the tent was completed, Zhao Chen immediately selected ten clever wingmen from among the wingmen and began to patiently explain the formula of gunpowder in the tent.

And when Zhao Chen was in the tent, explaining to several wingmen, outside the tent, all the rest of the wingmen were guarded, without Zhao Chen's order, let alone others, it was difficult for Cheng Chumo to get close to half a step.

"Marquis Chang'an, Your Majesty has news!" The next day, when Zhao Chen was in the tent and explaining the gunpowder to the bureaucrats, Du Ruhui's obviously excited voice suddenly came from outside.

"Message?" Zhao Chen, who was in the tent, was slightly stunned when he heard Du Ruhui's words, and then walked out of the tent after giving a few words to the staff.

"Hurry up and follow the old man to the big tent!" As soon as he walked out of the tent, he saw Du Ruhui standing far away from the tent, and as soon as he saw Zhao Chen come out, he immediately waved to Zhao Chen excitedly, and shouted excitedly.

Li Er came to the news, Zhao Chen heard this, and his heart suddenly hung high, but seeing Du Ruhui's excited face, Zhao Chen could probably guess what news Li Er was.

Sure enough, as soon as Du Ruhui entered the Chinese army's big tent, Li Jing said excitedly the moment he saw Zhao Chen: "Your Majesty has a will, and from now on, I will prepare a public trial of Jieli in Dingxiang!" (To be continued.) )