At dinner time, the soldiers who had been on the road for a day also sat around the fire and ate dinner, but no one expected that at this moment of laxity in the army, a cavalry suddenly came from the northwest direction, fortunately, Li Jing's army was strict, and he would send rangers to patrol around the barracks whenever and wherever he was, so as soon as this cavalry approached the camp, the rangers immediately warned him. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When Li Xiu heard the shouting of "enemy attack" outside, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, although there were still some remnants of the Turkic people on the grassland, but there was no need to worry about it at all, not to mention that they were now meeting several armies, Qin Qiong and Li Ji's armies were in front and behind, in this case, I am afraid that no one would dare to provoke them without opening their eyes.

Li Daozong was already a little drunk, but when he heard the sound of the enemy attack outside, he immediately jumped up and ran to his camp, after all, he was one of the main generals, if he was not in the army when the enemy attacked, it was likely to cause chaos in the army, so he had to rush back as soon as possible.

As one of the important figures in the army, Li Xiu's place of residence is also located in the middle of the camp, so he can't see what's going on outside? However, the soldiers of the Tang Army are all experienced in battle, and they are also very calm in the face of the enemy's sneak attack, so although the camp is very chaotic, it is orderly in chaos, and they are quickly ready for defense.

Li Xiang wanted to go out to see what the situation was, but the guards he brought were worried about his safety and didn't let him out of the camp anyway, which made him a little helpless, after all, these guards were personally selected by Princess Pingyang for him, and they were responsible for protecting his safety.

Originally, Li Xiu thought that there would be a fierce battle outside the camp, but he didn't expect that the Tang side was ready to defend, but there was no movement outside the camp, and after a while, even the soldiers in the camp relaxed their vigilance, which seemed to be a false alarm, which made Li Xiu a little confused about what was going on?

At that moment, Li Xiu just wanted to find someone to ask about the situation, but he didn't expect Li Daozong, who had just left, to come back again, and as soon as he saw Li Xiu, he immediately said: "Don't worry, don't worry, the enemy army outside has retreated, and the chief manager has sent someone to strengthen the defense, it is estimated that the other party will not dare to come again!" ”

"Retreated? Who is so bold? Li Xiu also asked curiously at this time.

"Hehe, don't guess, after the Turks fell, who in this grassland would have the courage to lead troops to test our Tang army?" I saw that Li Daozong suddenly smiled at this time, he actually didn't have time to return to his camp just now, he was called by Li Jing to discuss matters, and it was from Li Jing that he learned the truth of the matter.

"Are there people on the prairie who have the courage to test us?" Hearing Li Daozong's inquiry, Li Xiu couldn't help but whisper to himself, and then his eyes lit up and he immediately spoke again, "Originally, our biggest enemy on the grassland was Jieli, but in recent years, Jieli has been weakening day by day, but the strength of several Tiele people has risen sharply, among which Xue Yantuo and Hui Hui are the strongest, but Hui Hui has always been friendly with us, so the biggest possibility is Xue Yantuo, right?" ”

"Haha~, the horse is really powerful, I guessed the culprit at once, it was Xue Yantuo who attacked just now, and it was led by Yi Nan himself, but it was a sneak attack, in fact, he just wanted to test us, if we were lax and the soldiers were tired, this temptation might turn into a real sneak attack, fortunately, the general manager sent a ranger outside, so he found them in advance, and when Yi Nan found out that we were ready to fight, he immediately changed to a smiling face, saying that he was here to help us escort Jieli back to Chang'an, Then he retreated. Li Daozong first praised Li Xiu at the moment, and then told what happened.

"Sure enough, it was him, in order to contain Jieli, we also supported Xue Yantuo, but I didn't expect that now that Jieli has just been destroyed, Xue Yantuo is ready to turn his face!" Li Xiu couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, he had long known that the grassland people didn't talk about any faith, but he didn't expect Xue Yantuo to turn his face so quickly.

"It's normal, don't look at the grassland is divided into countless tribes, each tribe has different customs and habits, but in my opinion, the grassland people are the grassland people, in their eyes there are only interests, today you can drink wine and eat meat, tomorrow you can stab you in the back for a sheep, so our Datang don't have any mercy on the grassland, if someone dares to resist our Datang, then send a large army to attack, until they exterminate the clan, and when all those who dare to oppose us are eliminated, then the grassland will naturally be peaceful!" Li Daozong said calmly at this time, he is a military general, and his views on the grassland are inevitably a little arbitrary, but after thinking about it, there is also a certain amount of truth.

"Having said that, but we have just destroyed the Turks, and there is a vacuum period on the grassland, with Xue Yantuo's strength, it is likely to grow into another Turk, and even now Yi Nan dares to test us, it seems that it is difficult to calm down on this grassland!" When Li Xiu said the end, he couldn't help frowning, thinking that after the destruction of the Turks, the external threat of Datang would finally be lifted, and then he would enter a period of peaceful development, but now it seems that he is still too optimistic.

"Don't think too much about the horse, Xue Yantuo is indeed a trouble, but his strength is weaker than Jieli, let alone compared to the heyday of the Turks, so before he grows up, we have a way to deal with him, if it really doesn't work, we can also support a force on the grassland, let them eat dogs, for example, Turki is good, just now that the Turks are extinct, we can hand over the remaining Turks to Tuli and let him compete with Xue Yantuo for the grassland, then we just need to watch the fire from the other side!" Li Daozong smiled again at this time.

Li Daozong's words also represent many people's thoughts, in fact, Li Shimin also did this, according to the original history, he did support Tuli, but unfortunately Tuli himself did not fight, resulting in Xue Yantuo sitting big, and later the Tang Dynasty and Xue Yantuo became evil, although the Tang Dynasty later destroyed Xue Yantuo, but also spent a lot of manpower and material resources, so this method is not feasible at all, fortunately, Li Xiu has advised Li Shimin before, the Tang Dynasty's strategy for the grassland has changed, and there should be different results in the future.

Xue Yantuo's army temporarily retreated, Li Xiu thought that this matter was over, but what he didn't expect was that the follow-up effects of this matter had just begun!