"The foreign minister has seen Kedun, and he hasn't seen him for a few days, but Kedun is fine."

The same place, the same people, but the mood at this time is very different.

Shen Rou, who used to sit firmly in Diaoyutai, rarely showed a solemn expression today, while Duan Jian looked a little casual.

"Hahaha, Duan Changshi deserves to be the world-famous Tang Yingjie, and his decisiveness in handling things makes me, a person who has lived for dozens of years, feel palpitations, and over time, Duan Changshi's achievements will be limitless!"

Shen Rou sighed half-truthfully.

"Hmph, Duan Changshi, Ben Khan respects you as the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, and Chu Chu treats you preferentially, but I didn't expect that you not only don't know gratitude, but also brought us a huge disaster, could it be that this is your Tang Dynasty's etiquette."

Compared with Shen Rou's confidence, Aledo was a little uncomplacent.

"Khan, don't be impatient, let me say, you are the king of a country, and Duan, as a foreign minister, should not refute it, but you are really a little wrong to blame the foreign minister." Duan Jian still said with a smile.

"Oh, if you kill the Turkic envoy, this kind of thing doesn't bring disaster to my reply, but brings glory, Duan Changshi won't be drunk too much, and he will say drunken words!" Aledo said with a disdainful face.

"What the Great Khan said is right, why did the Turks come, the Great Khan should know it, if the Turks really came with the sincerity of peace talks, why didn't they come sooner or later, but they came at this time, you know, the Turkic Great Khan Ashina Guduolu is coming here with 200,000 elite troops, at this time, the Turkic mission came, there is only one purpose, that is, to stabilize the Great Khan and the Hui tribe, so that the Turks can break the Tiele tribes.

The foreign minister's killing of the Turkic envoy just helped the Great Khan to make up his mind to break off with the Turks in order to safeguard the interests of the Hui Dynasty, I don't know if what the foreign minister said is true. ”

Picking up his eloquence, although Aledo is the Great Khan of the Hui people, how can he be Duan Jian's opponent, his words are reasonable and well-founded, even if Aledo knows in his heart that this is not the case, he can't refute it.

"Okay, Aledo, the past has passed, whether good or bad, people need to look forward, I invited Duan Changshi to come tonight to discuss how to cooperate with the Tang Dynasty and unite against the Turks, those irrelevant topics, don't talk about them."

Shen Rou was extremely disappointed with Aledo's performance, and wanted to use Aledo's momentum to suppress Duan Jian, so as to gain more benefits in the next conversation, but after this confrontation, Aledo not only did not take advantage, but was dumbfounded by Duan Jian, and in desperation, Shen Rou could only appear in person.

"Duan Changshi, whether you killed the Turkic mission before for yourself or for our return, I will no longer pursue it, and I came to you today to discuss with you about joining forces to deal with the Turkic army, I don't know if Duan Changshi has any good suggestions for this matter." Shen Rou turned her head to Duan Jian and said.

"Ke Dun Yingming, about this matter, before coming, I have already prepared for the protection of the capital of Anbei, and we are ready to ........ like this."

"Duan Changshi is saying, you want us to resist the frontal attack of the Turkic army in front, you will find an opportunity to sneak attack them in the back, you are not joking, the Turkic army of 200,000, and they are all elite soldiers, although I am also a large clan on the grassland, but the warriors who can really participate in the war are not even 100,000 people, even if you add the warriors of other tribes of Tiele, that is, the number of people who are about the same as the Turkic army, but you don't forget, although the number is the same, but one side is the elite of the battlefield, and the other side is a rabble, You should know best what the real confrontation will be like over time.

Besides, you said that you were attacking from behind, but why should we believe you, you now want to have no soldiers, you want no people, it will not be to coax us and the Turks to fight hard in the front, you sit in the back and watch the tiger fight, and when we are almost fighting, you are sending a large army out of the pass, so as to annihilate us in one fell swoop. ”

As soon as Duan Jian's suggestion was finished, Aledo couldn't help but shout angrily.

Regarding Aledo's attitude, Duan Jian had actually prepared for a long time, not to mention Aledo, if he changed anyone, even if it was Duan Jian, if he was in Aledo's position, he would not believe everything Duan Jian said.

After all, in the eyes of outsiders, especially the various tribes on the grassland, since the Tang Dynasty's Anbei Protectorate moved from the same city to Xi'an City, it means that the Tang people have withdrawn from the grassland.

At this time, Duan Jian proposed that let the Hui people confront the soldiers of the Turkic army head-on, and carry out a sneak attack in the back, everyone would think that this was a plan by the Tang people to kill two birds with one stone, who would dare to believe it easily.

"I don't know what Kedun thinks."

Duan Jian also knew that this kind of thing would not work with Aledo, the Great Khan, and it was Shen Rou, the Kedun, who was really decided, in the end.

Compared with Aledo's impatience, Shen Rou seemed to be a bit of a city, although she didn't believe what Duan Jian said in her heart, but she also knew that Duan Jian would not say anything, otherwise, it would be too cost-effective to risk her life and attack the Turkic Mission at night for a fake plan.

"The plan is a good opportunity, but what Aledor said is not bad, how can you ensure that your words can be realized, now the discerning people can see that the Han people have withdrawn from the grassland, and the nearest Tang army to the grassland is also thousands of miles away, we can't gamble with the lives of hundreds of thousands of people of the Hui tribe for your empty words, in that case, not only can we not convince the rest of the tribe, but even we ourselves will not agree." Shen Rou said.

"I don't know how Khoton would believe in our sincerity." Duan Jian asked.

"Since Duan Changshi is happy, I will no longer hide it, according to the customs of our Han people, when encountering this kind of thing, one party will always give the other party a deposit, I don't know if Duan Changshi thinks what I said is right." Shen Rou asked.

"Hmm........ What Kedun said is good, from the current point of view, this method is the best way for you and me to unite, since Kedun has proposed it, I don't know what Kedun needs to make this deposit. Duan Jian hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement, after all, this method seemed to be the best solution to the problem of distrust between the two sides from the current perspective.

"Hahaha, although I don't want Datang to play a role all over the world, there are all kinds of treasures, but there is no shortage of gold and silver treasures, forget about those treasures or something, we don't need it, we need someone."

"Who, I don't know what Kedun thinks of the foreign minister."

I don't know why, hearing Shen Rou's words, Duan Jian's heart jumped violently, and a bad thought came up.

"Ah..... Hahaha, Duan Changshi is really too anxious, in terms of identity, Duan Changshi is a famous young man in Datang, and he is willing to serve as this proton, we are happy to be able to return to it, but this time we and Datang jointly deal with the Turkic army, Duan Changshi can be said to be the most important part of it, how can you do it without you, if you serve as this proton, wouldn't it be overkill. Shen Rou said with a smile.

"Oh, Ke Dun should say it directly, who is needed, and the foreign ministers should give an answer to the court and the capital after they go back."

"Some time ago, in order to better cooperate with Datang, I once wrote a marriage proposal form, hoping that Datang can make peace with us Huifu, although I didn't get a clear answer, but your queen mother also said that as long as we Huifu passed a certain test, he would marry his own daughter, Princess Taiping, to Aledo, so this time, if you want us to join forces with Datang to fight against the Turks, we need Princess Taiping to come to Huifu in person to make this proton, and only Princess Taiping made a proton, That's why we can work together wholeheartedly. ”

Shen Rou said with a solemn face.

"This ......."

After hearing Shen Rou's words, Duan Jian's first reaction was to refuse, but when the first word came out, he couldn't say the next words anyway.

In Duan Jian's mind, giving the woman of his own nationality to someone of a different race is the biggest insult to a nation, which is why Duan Jian would be so impatient when he knew that Li Lingyue came this time to prepare to make peace with the Hui tribe.

Then, after arriving at the Anbei Protectorate in Xi'an City, Duan Jian tried his best to explain Xi Shoucheng and formulated a joint Tiele tribe to jointly fight against the Turkic army, the purpose is also very simple, that is, to eliminate the Later Turks, the future Tang Dynasty or Wuzhou's strong enemy, in advance, and create a balance for the northern frontier of the Tang Dynasty for decades.

Unexpectedly, after all his efforts, he finally came to this point, and he still needed a woman to come forward, thinking of this, Duan Jian had to sigh, providence made people.

...........................

In May 685 AD, the first year of the Tang Dynasty

After several twists and turns, the Tang Anbei Protectorate and the Hui tribes represented by Duan Jian held a ceremony to worship the heavens in the Hui tribe, announcing that they would jointly fight against the common enemy of the steppe and the Turks.

Soon after this ceremony, after finally receiving the death of all the envoys he had sent to Hui to negotiate, Ashina Guduolu angrily swore a blood oath that he would definitely kill his cousin's murderer with a thousand knives, and at the same time he also issued an ultimatum to all the Tiele tribes, demanding that all the tribes submit to him within three months, otherwise, after three months, he would lead 200,000 Turkic elite troops to sweep the steppe, and all the tribes that did not submit would be reduced to slavery.

After Ashina Guduolu's menacing oath, there was a sudden gust of wind on the grassland, and all the tribes became panicked, some of them sent the Turks to the table according to the regulations, and some led the tribes to the north and defected to the command of the Hui tribe, and for a while, even the air on the grassland was filled with the smell of rust and blood.

..........................

"Hahaha, it's a long way to go, it's really hard to be extraordinary, I heard that you are also swords and swords in the Hui tribe, it's really embarrassing for you, I'm home tonight, I've set up a banquet early in the morning, and I'm waiting for you to get drunk."

Outside Xi'an City, led by Xi Shoucheng, all the officials and soldiers of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate stood outside, looking at Duan Jian and his party with surprise.

In order to save time, this time to return to Xi'an City, Duan Jian and his party can be used as fast as possible, one person and three horses, change horses without changing people, except for three hours of rest every day, eat and drink Lazar is all on horseback, just this, it took seven days to rush back to Xi'an City.

"Thank you, Lord Duhu, thank you, tired of going out of the city to greet you, I really can't afford it, I can't afford it!" After Duan Jian dismounted, he hurriedly saluted Xi Shoucheng and many officials of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate.

"Hey, what can't you afford, if you can't even afford it, who can afford it, these years, after the rise of the Turkic Ashina Guduolu, the days of our Anbei Protectorate are not as good as day by day, and until now, even the station has moved here from the same city, this time you can kill the Turkic envoy by surprise, and let the Tiele tribes form an alliance with us, such a merit, even if it is to let the old man lead you to the horse and kick, let alone welcome you, if you are modest, But I just look down on the old man and his colleagues. Xi Shoucheng pulled Duan Jian's arm and said.

"In this way, the subordinate will be ashamed."

Knowing that the excuse was a little too much, Duan Jian could only nod and accept it.

Seeing Duan Jian nodding in agreement, everyone couldn't help laughing, and with the sound of gongs and drums, the group slowly walked into the city of Xi'an.

It's just that Duan Jian, who was surrounded by the crowd, didn't see that not far from him, an ordinary carriage was parked in the distance, the curtains on the window of the carriage were lifted, and a pretty face with surprise and sorrow was staring at him from the window, and even his back disappeared, still looking at it quietly.

............................

"Great Khan, have you really decided that in three months' time, all the people of the tribe who have not chosen to submit will be reduced to slavery? Isn't it a bit ........ to do that?"

Mulun City

It is said to be a city, but in fact, it is surrounded by wood on a piece of grass, and then many people trade here, and over time, there are more people living there, and it becomes the so-called city, in fact, on the grassland, most of the cities similar to Mulun City are like this.

Looking at Ashde Yuanzhen, who hurriedly came in from outside the big tent, Ashina said with a smile on his face, "Yuanzhen, why are you here, aren't you following the army, so hurried, but what happened is not a big deal." ”

Looking at Ashina, who was still calm, Ashde Yuanzhen said anxiously, "Great Khan, you see what time it is, why are you still doing this?"