Don army camp, handsome tent.

"Come on, come on, Mohedagan, drink and drink!" Gai Jiayun smiled and held the wine bottle to Mohe Dagan.

Mohe Dagan also held the wine bottle and motioned to Gai Jiayun, and the two had a drink together.

After putting down the wine bottle, Mohe Dagan went straight to the topic and said: "Dashuai, now that Tuhuocian and Erwei have both been captured, I Tuqi Shi has no leader at the moment, in order not to make trouble, Tuqi Shi needs a new ten surnamed Khan to lead the tribes, I Mo He Bucai, I am willing to lead the Tuqi Shi tribes, stabilize the western border for the Tang Dynasty, and ask the Dashuai to complete!" ”

Gai Jiayun nodded when he heard this, and said: "Dagan's talent, Ben Shuai is very clear, you also have this strength and prestige, of course Ben Shuai hopes that Tu Cai Shi can be stable and all tribes coexist peacefully, but Ben Shuai does not have the right to decide At this time, Mo He should not worry, Ben Shuai will write to the court, and state your merits and contributions in this war to the court, as for how the court will decide, Ben Shuai will not be able to help, and this matter will not be in a hurry, this kind of thing has always been considered by the court for a few years, The main purpose is to test the object valued by the imperial court, within three or four years, if the object under investigation is dedicated to the Tang Dynasty, sincerely surrenders to the Tang Dynasty, and has the talent and prestige to rule the tribes, the imperial court will issue a holy decree to canonize it, Dagan, you are an old minister of Tuqishi, you should be very familiar with this kind of thing! ”

Mohe Dagan remembered that it really took several years for each of the ten surnamed Khans to be canonized in the past, and he was relieved, he poured a glass of wine with a smile like orange peel, and said to Gai Jiayun: "No matter what, thank you Dashuai for helping to maneuver a thing or two, I salute Dashuai!" ”

"Good, good!" Gai Jiayun raised his glass and took a big sip.

After eating a few bites of meat, Mohe Dagan said again: "Dashuai, since the beginning of Sulu Khan, Broken Leaf City has been ceded to me by the Tang Dynasty as the place where the Khan's tooth tent is located, but now I heard that Dashuai has appointed a general named Zhao Ziliang to form the Governor's Mansion in Broken Leaf City. I wonder why? Where, then, shall my Khan's tent stand? Don't you trust me, Moheda? ”

Gai Jiayun shook his head with a smile, waved his hand and said: "Mohedagan, you are too sensitive, you are against Sulu Khan, and he set up his tooth tent in Broken Leaf City, it can be seen that what he did is wrong, otherwise why would you oppose him, be hostile to him and kill him?" ”

Mo Heda was dumbfounded when he heard this, Ni, this is too, right? It's just a strong word!

Gai Jiayun pretended not to see Mohedagan's face change. continued: "Of course, Ben Shuai and Datang don't believe that Mo Heda did it, but now that the war has just calmed down, the tribes of Tuqi Shi are still panicked, and the leaders of the tribes are also unconvinced, if I don't control Broken Leaf City and don't garrison here, if someone rebels again, won't what I did before be done in vain?" Didn't so many soldiers die in vain? As for the location of the Khan's tooth tent as you mentioned, it is not that the Khan's candidate has not yet been determined. It's not too late to decide where to set up the tooth tent after the Khan's candidate is determined, and then it's the matter of the Ten Khans themselves, so what do we have to do? You say, don't you? ”

Mo Heda couldn't wait to pull out his knife and cut Gai Jiayun, and he scolded Gai Jiayun in his heart for being a cunning and hateful old fox. His face changed a few times, and he still didn't dare to show his face to Gai Jiayun after all, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked, "Then after the candidate for the new khan is decided." Will the Tang army withdraw from Shattered Leaf City and return Shattered Leaf City to our Turgish? ”

Gai Jiayun smiled: "Mo Heda, I said you are too worried, right?" You are not a Khan with the surname of Ten Clans. This Broken Leaf City has nothing to do with you, you are so concerned, is it possible that you want to get involved in this Broken Leaf City? ”

Mo He Dagan's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly got up and bowed down to Gai Jiayun and said: "Don't misunderstand, the big handsome, Mo He has no such intention, just asked casually, the problems of Broken Leaf City are all decided by the Tang Dynasty, Mo He has no words!" ”

"Hahaha, Mo Heda, don't be so nervous, come on, drink and drink!"

After accompanying Gai Jiayun to drink a bitter and tasteless wine, Mo Heda returned to his camp in Shuibei in a rage, and just walked into his big tent and smashed the ground when he saw things and items picked up, smashing several porcelain plates and wine jugs in a row.

He scolded while smashing: "Bastard, damn old man Gai, he actually played the old man like this, the old man must kill you, kill you!" You wait, wait for the old man to take charge of the horseman's power, the old man will definitely break through the four towns of Anxi, kill you, the old horseman, and hang your body at the gate of the city to show the public! ”

A large group of thousand-commanders, centurions, and ten-captains had gathered outside the tent at this time, but none of them dared to enter at this time, until the sound of smashing things in the tent stopped, and the sound of Mohe Dagan letting them in, they dared to enter the tent one by one.

Seeing Mohe Dagan sitting alone on a wide throne covered with wolf skins, a minister stepped forward and asked carefully, "Dagan, how is the situation?" Did Gai Jiayun promise to let you be the Khan of the Ten Surnames? What about the ownership of Shattered Leaf City? ”

Mo Hedagan's face was gloomy, and he said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid this matter is not so easy, I don't think he can be the master of Gai Jiayun, as for Broken Leaf City, Tang Jun obviously has no intention of handing it over to me, just now when he talked to Gai Jiayun about this old thing, he talked to me about it, without a word of use, he was completely fooling me!" ”

A commander couldn't help but jump out and shouted: "Dagan, there's nothing to say, let's reorganize the horsemen and kill the past now, kill Gai Jiayun, capture Broken Leaf City, and then we will support Dagan as the ten surnamed Khan!" ”

"Stupid!" Another minister stood up and pointed at the elder just now and scolded, "Do you want Dagan to end up in the same fate as Charvacant and Erwei?" Although the soldiers and horses of Shi Guo, Shi Guo and Bahanna have retreated, the Tang army still has nearly 30,000 horses inside and outside Broken Leaf City, and we are only more than 10,000 people, do you think the Tang army is all vegetarian? I'm afraid that before we can cross the broken leaf water, we will be completely wiped out by the Tang army! ”

Everyone present has seen the combat effectiveness of the Tang army, when he fought a decisive battle with the Fire Spitting Immortal under the Broken Leaf City, it was the Tang Army who served as the main offensive force, and his 12,000 men and horses were just sweeping the formation in the north of the Broken Leaf City near the Broken Leaf Water, and they didn't have much strength at all, and the loss of soldiers and horses was not large, but they really saw clearly how the Tang Army crushed the nearly 50,000 cavalry under the Fire Burning Fairy.

Another minister stood up and said to Mohedagan: "Dagan, with the current situation and the strength of our army, we can only endure now, not to mention that the five crossbows have lost all the departments, even if the other four departments of the five bases are not convinced by Dagan, if Dragan wants to confront the Tang army, at least the other four departments of the five bases must surrender, so that we can have the capital!" ”

Mo Heda was still unwilling, "According to what you say, we don't want this Broken Leaf City?" The old man can only retreat to Moon Bow City and continue to nest there? ”

"Yes, Dagan, now it can only be like this, we are not without harvest this time, didn't the Tang army give us 10,000 prisoners and countless ordnance, grain and grass? As long as we digest these 10,000 captives, our strength will be more than 20,000 people, and we can send troops to make the other four divisions of the Five Bases surrender! ”

Mo He Dagan pondered for a long time, got up and waved his hand, "Pack up and prepare, we will return to Moon Bow City tomorrow!" ”

Everyone in the tent said in unison: "Yes, Dagan! ”

On the second day, Tian Renwan, the envoy of the Duzhi soldiers and horses, came to Gai Jiayun's big tent and reported to him: "Marshal, Mohe Dagan just pulled out the camp and led his troops to the north with the captives, and it should be back to Moon Bow City!" ”

"Oh? This old boy finally has some eyesight, and knows that this matter can't be fought against us! Gai Jiayun said, thought about it and said to Tian Renwan: "In this case, then I don't want to stay here for a long time, the expedition is outside, the consumption of grain and grass is too great, let's leave tomorrow and return to Anxi, order all departments to prepare for departure, and return to the original station one after another from tomorrow, you make a time arrangement for evacuation, don't go all together, so as not to be too crowded on the road."

Tian Renwan promised: "No! ”

Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion.

Zhao Ziliang set up the Governor's Mansion in the palace before the fire, saying that it was a palace, but in fact it was just a relatively large stone house, to be precise, it was a manor, it had several houses inside, as well as a garden, and nothing else.

Different from the desolation when it just moved in, this time it has now been repaired and renovated, it looks more like the layout and furnishings of an official office, after the transformation, there are many more small rooms inside, all of which are used for the office of various departments under the Governor's Office, which not only deals with the government affairs of Broken Leaf City and the surrounding small towns that are actually controlled by the Tang Army, but also deals with the military affairs of the Governor's Mansion at the same time. In the six small towns of Dunduo City, Zhao Ziliang garrisoned 500 troops in General Pei City and Xincheng respectively, 200 troops in the other four small towns, and all other soldiers and horses were stationed in Broken Leaf City, he ordered that all towns were not allowed to close the city gates for twelve hours around the clock, but there were soldiers stationed at the city gates everywhere, if the city gates needed to be closed and searched to arrest criminals, the news would be transmitted through the iron bell at the highest place in the town, and once the soldiers at the city gate heard the bell, they would immediately close the city gate, and they were not allowed to close the city gate at any other time, even if someone came to attack the city.

Zhao Ziliang's purpose in doing this is very simple, that is, to let several towns under his jurisdiction all undefended, usually send mounted rangers to investigate and patrol fifty miles around the town, once the enemy is found to attack, he will lead the army out of the city to meet the battle, in his opinion, with this amount of strength in his hands and the city defense facilities of these small towns under his jurisdiction are not suitable for defense at all, and he has always believed that the best defense is to attack, and now he does not have the strength to take the initiative to attack other tribes of Turgish, and he will not be allowed to provoke other tribes, Therefore, the only way to spread the outposts and rangers as far away as possible, and to send a small team to infiltrate the surrounding hostile forces to probe the news, so that if there is an enemy coming, he can immediately receive the news, and then go out of the city to meet the battle or set up an ambush halfway. (To be continued.) )