The autumn wind is bleak, the cold is awe-inspiring, on the vast grassland, a large-scale camp tent is endless, it seems to extend to the end of the sky at once, on the outer grassland, countless herdsmen are desperately harvesting the grass that has turned yellow, and make reserves for the coming winter, after all, it will snow every winter, and the livestock will not be able to eat grass at that time, so they can only rely on the forage they have stored to survive the winter. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is the Turkic royal court, Jieli's big tent sits in the middle of the royal court, this big body is made of snow-white lambskin, and there are countless small tents sitting around, which live Jieli's concubines selected from various tribes, and every night, he will choose a small tent to live in according to his mood.

However, during this time, Jieli was not in the mood to play with women, just the war with the surrounding tribes had already made him anxious, and the Turkic nobles questioned him more and more intensely, seeing that another winter was coming, the cattle and sheep food reserves in the tribe were still insufficient, which made Jieli have a headache.

"Khan, the Mohe Ministry has sent people to sue for peace, as long as we don't take the initiative to attack them, then they will surrender to the royal court, and are willing to send a batch of cattle and sheep as an apology!" In the big tent of the royal court, a tall and thin middle-aged man solemnly reported to Jie Liyu, who was sitting cross-legged, and this middle-aged man was Zhao Deyan, who was recommended by Li Xiu to Li Shimin.

"Yes, it's rare to have such good news that makes me happy, or Zhao Qing, you have a way, unlike those fools who fought for a few months, instead of defeating Mohebu, they also suffered huge losses!" When Jieli heard Zhao Deyan's words, a smile rarely appeared on his tired face.

The Mohe Department was originally a large tribe attached to the Turks, but it also raised troops to resist the Turks before, and also attracted a group of small tribes to form an alliance, Jieli sent people to attack several times in vain, a month ago Zhao Deyan took the initiative to take over this matter, but only sent a few envoys, so that the Mohe Department surrendered to him again, which made Jieli how unhappy?

"The khan praised it falsely, the minister just did his duty, and he deserved His Majesty's praise!" Zhao Deyan replied with a smile at this time, but under his smile, there was a bit of coldness hidden, because he would not tell Jieli that although the Mohe Ministry surrendered on the surface, but because of the Turkic conquest before, the Mohe Department had formed an undying enmity with the Turks, and now the Mohe Ministry just needed time to recuperate, so they had no choice but to bow their heads, but when they recovered their breath, they would definitely launch a rebellion again.

"By the way, winter is coming soon, how are the various tribes prepared, is there enough forage, and I heard that there is a fuel called coal in the Central Plains, which can be used for heating and fire, can we find coal mines on the grassland?" At this time, Jieli asked with concern again, if the herdsmen want to survive in the winter of the grassland, there are two things that are indispensable, that is, food and fuel, which is also the most concerned issue for Jieli now.

"Qi Yu Khan, all tribes are seizing the time to store forage, this year we have grabbed a lot of livestock food from outside, it should be enough for the tribe to spend the winter, as for coal fuel, I have also heard people say, but I don't know if there is on the grassland, the minister is going to send people to the Central Plains next year to find some craftsmen who understand this area, look for it on the grassland, if we can find the best, if we can't find it, we can also buy some from the Tang people." Zhao Deyan reported again.

However, when it came to the coal mine, Zhao Deyan sneered in his heart again, in fact, there was a caravan before, saying that he had seen an open-pit coal mine on the grassland, but this caravan was killed by Zhao Deyan casually on a charge, and other people who knew about it had almost no good end, even if there were other people who knew about it, I am afraid they would not dare to tell Jieli, this is the benefit that he brought by Shutian.

"Well, then you have to hurry up and do it, last winter's snow disaster, most of the people who died were frozen to death, if we have enough fuel, I'm afraid we can let many people survive, so this matter is very important, you must not slack off!" Hearing this, Jieli nodded and said, he naturally didn't know what Zhao Deyan was thinking, so he specially advised, after all, he was not stupid, and naturally knew the importance of coal mines to the Turks.

Hearing Jieli's words, Zhao Deyan agreed again, and then said a few good things to pick out, which made Jieli even more happy, and praised Zhao Deyan for his ability, but Zhao Deyan was very modest, but this made Jieli more satisfied with him.

It wasn't until it was getting late that Zhao Deyan came out of Jieli's big tent, and then looked up at the dark sky and the endless mountains behind the royal court, and then he let out a sigh, and then looked at the big tent behind him, but the corners of his mouth showed a sneer that was not easy to detect.

Originally, Zhao Deyan was only in charge of internal affairs, regardless of the military, so these wars had nothing to do with him, but he took advantage of this opportunity to start meddling in the Turkic military, although he could not command the army, but he also expanded his influence.

In addition, Zhao Deyan now reports good news to Jieli, every day he will only pick some good news to tell Jieli, but he will never tell Jieli about the crisis faced by the Turks now, for example, he will not tell Jieli, the Turks are full of internal contradictions, even among the nobles who supported Jieli before, there are already many dissatisfaction with Jieli; And he won't tell Jieli either, because he reused aliens in the internal reform of the Turks, which led to problems such as internal division of the Turks, which may not have much impact at first, but when the time comes, they will erupt like a volcano.

Zhao Deyan's tent was not far from Jieli's tent, so after a while, he returned to his residence, but as soon as he entered the tent, he saw a girl in a skirt immediately greeted him and said, "Husband, are you back?" ”

"Well, is the meal ready, I'm hungry?" Zhao Deyan looked at this girl with a bright smile, and couldn't help but show a warm smile at the moment and said, this girl's surname is Yang, and she is the granddaughter of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, when he went to see Queen Xiao before, the other party actually married this girl to him in order to slap him, and it just so happened that Zhao Deyan did not marry a wife, and at the same time he also wanted to win over Queen Xiao and eliminate the other party's vigilance, so he agreed.

"It's ready, the concubine made the soup cakes that the husband eats, and there are a few side dishes, just waiting for the husband to come back!" I saw this Yang smile again and replied, although there was a huge age difference between her and Zhao Deyan, she was a little reluctant at first, but later found that Zhao Deyan still loved her, and because of their marriage, Zhao Deyan also took great care of her grandmother and cousin, which also made her even more grateful, and began to regard Zhao Deyan as her husband wholeheartedly.

After Yang finished speaking, he stepped forward to help Zhao Deyan take off the fur fur outside, and then served him a meal, Zhao Deyan was busy outside for a whole day, and he was also hungry at this time, so he picked up chopsticks and ate it in a big gulp, he is also a native of Guanzhong, he likes pasta since he was a child, and the soup cakes made by Yang are also very suitable for his appetite, this alone makes him very satisfied with his wife.

But just when Zhao Deyan was about to finish eating, he suddenly heard a guard's deep voice from outside: "Sir, the villain has something important to report!" ”

As soon as he heard the word "sir", Zhao Deyan immediately stopped his chopsticks, and his face showed a solemn expression, and then he looked at Yang next to him. In the face of this situation, the Yang family has long been used to it, because she knows that although Zhao Deyan loves her, she never likes her to participate in political affairs, especially a few guards are even more special, and they are deeply trusted by Zhao Deyan, and they even forbid themselves in the tent when they deliberate, so she also left the tent very sensibly and went to help Zhao Deyan brush the horse.

"Come in!" Seeing Yang leave, Zhao Deyan opened his mouth and ordered, and then saw a person dressed as a guard striding in, among Zhao Deyan's guards, a few of them were assistants placed by Fei Nusi beside him, these people were Zhao Deyan's henchmen on the surface, and they were usually different from other guards, and Zhao Deyan was also commensurate with Mr., and every time these people took the initiative to ask to see, they generally had extremely important information.

I saw that after this guard walked in, he came directly to Zhao Deyan's side, and then whispered a few words in his ear, after all, they went deep into the Turks to be spies, and they were all around Jieli's eyes and ears, so they usually lowered their voices when communicating, and entered your ears out of my mouth, and they would never let a third person hear it.

When Zhao Deyan heard the guard's report, even if it was his city government, he still showed a shocked look, and he didn't react for a long time, until he finally suppressed his excitement, and muttered to himself at the moment: "It's really going to happen, great, finally let me wait until this day!" ”

It turned out that the guards reported to him that it was the Tang Dynasty that was preparing to use troops against the Turks, although Li Shimin had decided on this matter as early as the beginning of the year, but it had been kept secret, Zhao Deyan was in danger, and it was impossible to know, even if the Tang Dynasty was ready to use troops against the Turks, but the news still did not reach the grassland, and it was not until today that Fei Nusi told Zhao Deyan the news, so that he could cooperate with the actions of the army.

"Is there anything else you have to tell you?" After Zhao Deyan was excited, he finally calmed down again and asked in a low voice.

"No, the boss just said that we should act when the opportunity arises, and the other big boss will bring you a message, so that you can protect yourself and return to Datang alive!" The guards reported again that the big leader of the Feinu Division had become Ma Ye again, so Li Xiu asked Ma Ye to bring a message to Zhao Deyan, he could cooperate with the army's actions best, but the most important thing was to ensure his safety.

Hearing that Li Xiu was still concerned about his own safety, Zhao Deyan was also moved in his heart, but it made him feel the urge to die for his confidant, and he also had a plan to cooperate with the army's actions.