The autumn is high and cool, and the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep.

In the far reaches of the grassland, a long procession of flags waving in the wind, the friction of weapons and armor rattled. Zhao Ziliang and Duan Xiushi rode their horses and walked at the front of the team, and Brehan had already sent people to the front to investigate, and since the team was out of the actual control of the Tang Army's forces and into the range of the Five Crossbows, the situation had become delicate.

In order to prevent their specific situation from being discovered, Zhao Ziliang ordered Brehan to lead people to drive and chase these rangers, he knew very well that although the five crossbows lost all the tribes reached an alliance because of the common interests on the Silk Road, maintaining the safety of this road, but now Ashina Xin came to serve as the position of the ten surnamed Khan, but there is a huge threat to the leaders of the various tribes, which involves the struggle for power, in the original situation that there were no ten surnamed Khan, These tribal leaders are living very well, but now suddenly there is an extra ten surnamed Khan on their heads to control them, you can imagine how reluctant they are, now these tribes are just sending rangers to spy around the team, and in the next few days, maybe they will send people to attack and kill Ashina Xin, the ten surnamed Khan appointed by the imperial court.

Zhao Ziliang took out a telescope to observe the situation around him, and asked Duan Xiushi: "How has the situation of the Western Turkic tribes been in the past few years, is it still honest?" ”

Duan Xiushi said: "It's okay that the five crossbows are lost, but the five land departments are a little dishonest!" ”

Zhao Ziliang frowned and asked, "Is it the reason why Mohe Dagan is doing it?" ”

Duan Xiushi nodded and said: "Yes, Mohe Dagan's tooth tent is located in Moon Bow City, which is in the center of the Five Bases Land, in the past few years, Mohe Dagan has used various means to recover many small tribes, and several of the tribes of the Five Bases Land Department have also been attached to him under his obscenity, and if this continues, I am afraid that the remaining tribes of the Five Bases Land will also be taken into his pocket."

Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment and said: "It seems that when General Ben returns to Beijing, he will discuss with the marshal, treat this Mohe Dagan, and let him be honest."

As the two were talking, a few rangers appeared from the right side of the team, looking at the outfits should belong to the Five Bases Land Department, these rangers were so bold that they were so close to the Tang Army, which made Zhao Ziliang furious, and he immediately shouted: "Duan Xiushi, send someone to catch them, ask them whose men and horses they are, if they dare to resist, they will be killed!" ”

"No!"

Duan Xiushi immediately sent a team of night guards to pursue those Western Turkic rangers. After about half an hour, the pursuing team did not recover at night, and lost one person, but signed back five horses and five heads, and the chief reported to Zhao Ziliang and Duan Xiushi: "General, when the little ones were chasing them, they shot arrows at us while fleeing, and we immediately returned fire, and after two quarters of an hour of fighting, we lost one of them, and all of them were annihilated, these were human heads and their horses, saddles, weapons, and bows and arrows."

The two looked at the war horses and items and the five bloody human heads, Duan Xiushi turned his head to Zhao Ziliang and said, "General, this is Mohe Dagan's people."

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "It is normal for him to send people to investigate our situation, Ashina Xin's return to the Western Turks is not a big threat to the leaders of the ten surnamed tribes, but the threat to him is the greatest, and he has always thought that the position of the ten surnamed Khan should be his, so he is very dissatisfied with the imperial court giving the ten surnamed Khans to Ashina Xin and not giving him the title." Xiushi, this general will return when he sends Ashina Xin to Kulan City, it is impossible to stay there for a long time, this time you lead the troops to garrison Kulan City to support Ash Naxin, you must be cautious, you can use the five crossbows to lose the leaders of the Bi Division, they have common interests with us, try to obtain their support, so that they can be hostile to Ash Naxin, but they can't let them do anything to him, and at the same time, you must also win them over to deal with Mohe Dagan and his tribal minions, Kulan City has our envoys, and we must have a good relationship with this person, Through him, he can keep abreast of the news of the various tribes, and in addition, he must contact the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion and the Metropolitan Protectorate at any time to report the situation of Kulan City to them."

Duan Xiushi clenched his fists and agreed: "Don't worry, general, the last general understands!" ”

Without Zhao Ziliang's promotion and recommendation, Duan Xiushi would not have been able to rise from a squad leader who did not accept the night to a guerrilla general so quickly, this kind of promotion and recommendation is completely selfless, so Duan Xiushi not only reveres Zhao Ziliang, but also gratitude, and has the feeling that Maxima has met Bole and died as a confidant.

Every time I pass through a tribal gathering place along the way, the local tribal leaders will personally greet them, these leaders are basically people who signed an alliance with Zhao Ziliang back then, and they are also people who have experienced the Tang Army's battle to exterminate the fire spitting immortals, they are not only afraid of Zhao Ziliang, but also admire, although they are not happy to inherit the position of ten surnamed Khans when Ashina Xin returned to the Western Turks, but they did not dare to show any enemies to Zhao Ziliang, this person who killed people and killed a sea of corpses and blood, iron and blood, they all said it with their own eyes, but they didn't want to anger him, Even if he had to do anything, he had to wait until he was gone.

On this day, there were several more rangers sent by Mohe Dagan to spy on the situation of Zhao Ziliang's army, and Zhao Ziliang immediately ordered Duan Xiushi to send Ye Buhui not to collect the pursuit and kill, and asked Ye Buhui, who was in charge of the pursuit, not to kill all the rangers, and let the last person who was seriously injured go, and left a letter on the seriously injured ranger.

A hundred miles northwest of Ashbulai City, on the south bank of Broken Leaf Water.

Hundreds of tents were scattered in a messy green meadow by the river, and in the middle of a large tent hung with various small colored flags, Mohe Dagan, who was full of white beard, sat on a large tiger skin chair, eating meat and drinking wine, accompanied by several commanders and shamans, and Liang Wenzhao was also impressively listed.

Liang Wenzhao was eating meat, while observing the expressions of Mohe Dagan and the others, after a while, he saw that Mohe Dagan was in a good mood, so he put down the knife to cut meat, wiped his hands, and said to Mohe Dagan: "Khan, now Zhao Ziliang has escorted Ashina Xin through Ashina City, if they don't do it again, there will be no chance, when they arrive at Julan City, which is Ge Shukun's territory, Ge Shukun is afraid that he will not allow the Khan to do it on his territory!" ”

Mo Hedagan was a little displeased when he heard this, glanced at Liang Wenzhao and said, "What's the hurry? Don't you know how powerful Zhao Ziliang is? If you don't understand the situation of Zhao Ziliang's army, you will act rashly, Ben Khan will not do such a stupid thing! ”

At this moment, a centurion rushed in and bowed down and said, "Khan, the fourth team of rangers sent has returned, but ······ But only one person came back, and he was still seriously injured, but there was a letter on his body, which was written by Tang General Zhao Ziliang to the Khan! ”

When everyone in the tent heard this, their faces changed, and Mo Heda didn't even eat meat, so he quickly wiped his hands and said, "Quickly bring the letter!" ”

After reading the letter, the muscles and body on Mo Hedagan's face continued to tremble. After a long time, he took a deep breath and said to Liang Wenzhao: "Mr. Liang, please recuse yourself first, Ben Khan wants to discuss with his subordinates."

Although Liang Wenzhao really wanted to stay and listen to what they had to say, but now that people were sending guests directly, he couldn't rely on not leaving, so he got up with a smile and said: "In this case, I will return to the camp tent below, and if the Khan has something to do, he just needs to send someone to say goodbye!" ”

As soon as Liang Wenzhao left, Mo Heda shook the letter with his right hand and said to the vassals on the left and right: "Zhao Ziliang already knows that we have sent four groups of rangers in a row to inquire about their movements, and he severely reprimanded Ben Khan in the letter, and warned not to let Ben Khan fight Ashina Xin's idea, otherwise he will lead his troops to level the Moon Bow City!" ”

As soon as these words fell, a commander of a thousand men immediately exploded, stood up and shouted: "What a gut, he Zhao Ziliang really thinks that he is invincible in the world, others are afraid of him, I am not afraid of him, Khan, please give me 2,000 men and horses, I will definitely take his head back and use it as a urinal for Khan!" ”

Mohe Dagan was also so angry with Zhao Ziliang's tone in the letter, he felt that this commander had commendable courage, and was about to agree, but an old shaman next to him said indifferently: "A few years ago, someone also said such things, but they all died, Zhao Ziliang was only eighteen or nineteen years old at that time, and now Zhao Ziliang is twenty-two years old, and his strength is better than before!" In the battle of Broken Leaf City, that battle lasted all day, and everyone was exhausted after the battle, but he was still alive, he alone killed more than 2,000 enemies, more than 2,000 heads, this is a real 10,000 enemies, and it is definitely not blown, you take 2,000 people and horses, it is not enough for him to stuff his teeth alone! What's more, he still has Duan Xiushi 1,000 elites under him, and if he wants to deal with him and this team, he can't do it without more than 10,000 elite cavalry! Khan, are you willing to spend such a large amount of money? ”

Mo Heda has 20,000 people in his hands, but the elite cavalry is only 10,000, which is already his entire family background, if he wants to take out all his family resources to deal with Zhao Ziliang, he is not sick in the brain, of course he does not dare to lose money in this kind of business.

Mo Heda sighed dryly and asked the old man: "Shaman, now that Ashina Xin is back, once he sits firmly in the position of ten surnamed Khan, there will be nothing to do with Ben Khan, Ben Khan's age is not young, but Ash Naxin is still young, Ben Khan is afraid that he will not be able to survive him!" ”

The shaman touched his long beard and said slowly: "Khan, could it be that Zhao Ziliang will stay in Julan City all the time and not leave?" ”

Mo Hedagan's eyes lit up when he heard this, "The shaman said that we will wait for Zhao Ziliang to leave Anxi before we do it?" ”

The shaman smiled, nodded and said, "Well, now in Anxi, only Zhao Ziliang is really difficult to deal with, and as for the others, they are probably not in the eyes of the Khan."

Mo Heda was a little happy when he heard this, but he frowned again and said, "Once we kill Ashina Xin, will Fu Meng Lingjing be regarded as if he didn't see it?" Although this person is not as terrible as Zhao Ziliang, he holds the entire military and political power in Anxi, and he is not an easy person to deal with! ”

The shaman smiled and said: "After Ashina Xin arrives in Kulan City, Ge Shukun will definitely not let him live in the city, then he can only set up the tooth tent outside the city, and then the Khan will send a large army to surround his camp, kill him and the thousand Tang troops, and not let go of a single one, as long as there is no leakage, who is sure that the Khan did it?" At that time, the biggest suspicion will be Goshukun, not Khan!"

Mo Heda slapped his palms and laughed, "Hahaha······ The shaman's plan is wonderful, wonderful! Let's do it! ”

At this time, a leader next to him asked, "If the Khan decides to do this, then how can we explain to Mr. Liang from Chang'an?" The Khan has already received his supplies! ”

Mo Heda snorted coldly and said, "He thinks that these things can buy Ben Khan? Dream! Ben Khangen doesn't need to explain to him, go and call him! ”

"Yes, Khan!"

Liang Wenzhao was quickly called over, and after seeing Mo Hedagan, he asked, "I don't know what happened to the Khan's call?" ”

"Kill you!" Mo Heda snorted coldly, and immediately waved his hand: "Come on, drag him out and cut him down!" ”

Liang Wenzhao's face changed greatly: "Khan, you can't do this, since you have received the materials below, you can't go back, you can't be untrustworthy!" ”

"For you Tang people, Ben Khan doesn't need to talk about any integrity, as for the remaining half of the materials, Ben Khan will personally take people to Xilin Shou to capture them!"

No matter how Liang Wenzhao called, after all, he didn't make Mo Heda change his mind, he was dragged out by two strong men, and soon there was a scream, and after a while, a soldier walked in with a human head. (To be continued.) )