In the early hours of the morning, the royal court of the Tiele Ministry. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Last night, Qi Bi Zheluo's brother-in-law, Ma Hangu, received news that the envoy sent by the Tang Dynasty had arrived on the nearby grassland. After he reported to Qibi Zhangjun, Qibi Zhangjun asked him to secretly bring the envoy of the Tang Dynasty.

At two o'clock in the morning, Mahangu quietly left the camp with a team of cavalry and marched south. Shortly after they left, two dark shadows quietly followed them. Soon, behind these two black shadows, another group of cavalry appeared, and the leader of the team was none other than Qibi Dark Cloud.

An hour later, Ma Hangu led the people to the agreed place, held a torch and made a continuous circle, sending out the agreed signal.

Not far away, Li Su and the others, who had been waiting for a long time, saw the signal and greeted them.

The two black shadows who followed Ma Hangu whispered a few words, and one of them left, galloping in the direction of the camp. The other continued to spy on Ma Hangu and the others.

The black shadow who had left galloped quickly, and suddenly, in the darkness of the night, several arrows flew and shot him off his horse. When he was shot, he let out a terrible scream, which alarmed the lurking black shadow, and he got up and ran on his horse, and just after running far, he was shot by Ma Hangu on his mount and fell off. Several samurai went up and grabbed him.

It turned out that from the last time the chief guard of Chebi Zheke, Wu Lick, made trouble, Ma Hangu noticed that someone was secretly spying on them. So when he came out this time, he specially set off first to attract the attention of the spies, and then led people to follow him, and a yellow finch came behind and got rid of the spies in one fell swoop.

The dark clouds of Qibi saw the long-awaited Liang King Li Su, and the unrestrained nature of the grassland daughter made her desperate to throw herself into his arms.

Li Su hugged her soft body, looked at the pretty face with pear blossoms and rain, and gently kissed her forehead, eyes, and the bridge of her nose, and then landed on her cherry lips.

Such an intimate gesture shocked Du He, Cheng Chumo and others, and they were very envious. They were all thinking that they would try it when they went back.

After the intimacy, Qibi Wuyun said worriedly: "Your Highness, why did you come in person, this is too dangerous, you should go back quickly." ”

Li Su smiled: "Baby, you are here, how can I not come?" Whether you live or die, I will be with you. ”

A warm current poured into Qibi Wuyun's heart, and he felt extremely happy, and couldn't help but hug his body tightly.

The two of them were slimy, Ma Hangu couldn't stand it anymore, and said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, it's not too early, we have to go back quickly, and we must rush back to the camp before dawn." ”

After all, Qibi Wuyun is his daughter's family, so he was embarrassed, so he let go of Li Su. Li Su couldn't bear her fragrant body, hugged her hard, and let go of her.

The people mounted their horses and galloped toward the camp.

When he heard that the prince of the Tang Dynasty had come to the grassland, he was satisfied and thought that the Tang Dynasty was very sincere. On the same day, I will meet Li Su, the king of Liang.

In a guard's humble yurt, Qi Bi Zhangjun and Liang Wang Li Su had a secret meeting. Qibi Zhangjun was a cheerful person, and he asked bluntly: "Your Royal Highness King Liang, if we agree to your request, after the war, how will the Heavenly Khan (Li Shimin) arrange for the Tiele Ministry?" ”

"First of all, we will provide all the food for the Tiele Department to survive the winter until the pastures can be grazing. Secondly, just like before, the Tiele Department continues to be subordinate to the Tang Dynasty, the new khan can be named the county king of the Tang Dynasty, and the great elder can be named the founding prince of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Qi Bi Zhangjun is very satisfied with such conditions. The main reason why they are willing to send troops to fight is to obtain food for the winter, and for this purpose, I don't know how many men from the steppe will die.

Now, without having to fight, you can get food, and you can get a reward, who wants to fight?

Qi Bi Zhangjun calculated very clearly, they helped Xue Yantuo to attack the Tang Dynasty, the strength of the Tang Dynasty was too great, they couldn't take too much advantage, in the grassland, the Tiele Department was still a small tribe, if they cooperated with the Tang Dynasty to defeat Xue Yantuo, the strength and status of the Tiele Department would rise, and it would become one of the largest tribes on the grassland.

Qi Bi Zhangjun said: "Okay, I agree with Datang's opinion. I'll talk to a few elders right away and give you a final answer tomorrow. ”

Li Su and others waited patiently for his news.

Taiji Hall of Chang'an City.

The war was about to start, Li Shimin, the eldest grandson Wuji, and Fang Xuanling were discussing the battle, and the right general Hou Junji was also called to the staff officer.

Xuan Ling, the secretary of the military department, said: "According to the information provided by His Royal Highness King Liang in advance, the general Li Jing has already conducted reconnaissance on the three major tribes on the grassland.

The main force of Xue Yantuo's department has been assembled on the front line of Xinzhou, with a total strength of about 120,000 people. The main force of the Turkish Army, about 70,000 people, has been assembled on the front line of White Horse City. The Tiele troops have not yet been dispatched.

According to the date of the attack they agreed, by November 28, Li Jing could have 150,000 troops in his hands. The assembly of local government troops will not be completed until mid-December. Therefore, Li Jing's deployment was to stick to the main points, delay the enemy's offensive speed, and wait for the main force to be in place before counterattacking. ”

In this war, although preparations have been made in advance, in the early stage of the war, we will still face a passive situation, and we can only fight defensive counterattacks. This means that in the early days of the war, all parts of the border of Datang still had to face heavy losses.

Moreover, this is still a case when the war is going well, if the war is lost, the grassland departments will continue to move south, and Datang is in danger of being subverted. Li Shimin had a headache.

Hou Junji said: "Your Majesty, this time the grassland coalition invaded with a lot of troops, and the general's deployment was right. However, the minister thought that in order to win the victory, he could only use a small number of troops to contain two of the three families, concentrate the main force, and go all out to deal with one of them.

As long as one of them can be defeated, their alliance will break down, and the war will basically be over. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "This is a solution, but if you concentrate the main force to attack one family, the pressure in the other two directions will be too great." After all, this time the enemy's forces in all directions are not small. ”

Fang Xuanling said: "There is another problem, if we concentrate the main force in one place, and the enemy perceives our intentions, they are all cavalry, and they can be quickly transferred and strengthened to other battlefields." It's very risky. ”

Eldest Sun Wuji frowned and said: "These grassland tribes are really troublesome, after this battle, even if the Tang Dynasty defeats them, the casualties on both sides will not be small, and in this way, they will form a mortal enmity with them." We're going to have a lot of trouble going forward.

If only two of them could be persuaded to withdraw from the war, even if only one of them, the battle would be easy to fight. ”

Fang Xuanling said: "Among these three clans, the Tuli tribe was originally closer to Datang, but this time they were also determined to participate in the attack on Datang. These steppe people are really restless. ”

Li Shimin didn't speak, he was waiting for news from the clouds. Count the days, it should have come.