The conversation between Li Congjing and Tubak fell into a brief silence after Tubak rejected Li Congjing's proposals several times.

Tubak's face was full of anxiety and worry, while Li Congjing looked calm and light, just full of doubts.

After a while, Li Congjing took the lead in speaking, "The Great Khan, the grasslands in the north, the vast world in the west, and the mixed land of farming and herding in the south, the Tatar Department does not want to go, but Ben Shuai does not know where the Great Khan intends to go. ”

The previous conversations between the two looked like nonsense, but in fact, both parties were testing each other's attitude and testing each other's true thoughts at this time. For Li Congjing, of course, he hoped to unite with the Tatars not to deal with the Khitan together, and when necessary in the coming days, the Tatars would unite with other tribes conquered by the Khitan, raise troops from the west, and deal a fatal blow to the Khitan, but this has a premise, that is, the attitude of the Tatar Department towards Qida. If the Tatars have lost the courage to fight against the Khitan, or if their fear of the Khitan has outweighed the hatred in their hearts, then the coming army is an empty word and a joke, even if Tubak Khan agreed to Li Congjing's proposal at this time, Li Congjing did not dare to really believe them.

For Tubak, he also needs to know Li Congjing's position and plan to treat the Khitan, and he also needs to know the extent to which Li Congjing can help the Tatar Ministry, or in other words, Tubak needs to know the attitude of the Tang Dynasty. If Li Congjing, or the Tang Dynasty, has the established policy of attacking the Khitan and curbing the development and growth of the Khitan, and is willing to send troops to balance the forces of the various tribes of the grassland, or even to stabilize the order of the grassland, as he did in the early Tang Dynasty, then Tubak can unite with Li Congjing without reservation, or to a certain extent, without reservation, and is willing to look forward to a certain level. But if the Tang Dynasty didn't have this mind, but just gave it a limited counterattack when the Khitan invaded as before, and didn't plan to go deep into the grassland and go to the next Daqi, then Tubak would rather continue to move westward than give it a go with the Khitan. After all, although the current Tatars are in a tragic situation, they have not been wiped out after all, and if they turn back at this time and fight hard with the Khitan, they will accidentally lose miserably in the future, with the current strength of the Tatar department, it is very likely that the clan will be wiped out and erased from the map. So Tubak can't be careless.

Both sides have their own thoughts, and this mind cannot be placed directly on the table in the way of "digging out the heart and lungs", so the conversation between the two will seem to say a lot of meaningless nonsense, in fact, through the dialogue of Fang Cai, both of them are pondering each other's thoughts.

After Li Congjing threw the question out again, the intention was already obvious, that is, to ask Tubak to come up with "dry goods" to further show his true thoughts, after all, the answer to that question literally has not much choice. In this way, Li Congjing allowed Tubak to reveal some hole cards, which was also necessary for the conversation to continue.

Tubak also knew this, but he wanted Li Congjing to show some cards first, otherwise he wouldn't have taken the initiative to say anything when Li Congjing's proposals were rejected by him again and again. But after some conversation, he found that the young Tang Festival envoy in front of him was really sophisticated in his words and deeds, and it was really impossible to get something useful from the other party without paying something. Thinking of this, Tubak decided to confide in some truths, and at the same time, in order to show that he was not a petty family and was sincere in uniting with Datang, Tubak decided to make it more obvious.

Tubak said: "General Li, you are from the Central Plains, in your Central Plains, there is a saying, called 'the homeland is difficult to leave', in fact, this sentence is not only applicable to you Han people, but also to us steppe people and Tatars. As he spoke, he let out a long sigh, "The Tatars are far away from their homeland and forced to move west, which is really a helpless move. The Khitan army was strong, and although the Tatars had the heart to resist, they did pick up bows and arrows to fight, but their skills were not as good as others, and in the end they could only end up uprooting their homeland. To tell General Li, on the way to the west, the people of my tribe were shouting to go back to their homeland along the way, and I don't know how many people wept about it every day. ”

As he spoke, tears welled up in Tubak's eyes.

Ahri and Balashi are related, Balaxi is good, after all, he is young, but Ahri is a lot older, and his understanding and feelings for the word hometown are deeper, after hearing Tubak say these words and show such a look, Ahri's heart stinged, "Father Khan ......"

Tubak waved his hand, signaling that Ahri didn't need to say much, he looked at Li Congjing, his face showed a thick look of pain, and said, "General Li, my people want to return to their homeland, why don't I want to?" To be sure, my affection for that land is deeper than that of everyone in the Tatar tribe. But I can't, because I am the Great Khan of the Tatars, and the first thing I have to do is to let my people live well. Right now, although my heart is cramping, I can only grit my teeth and endure and lead the tribe to move west...... Alas, this helplessness and pain, day and night, do not torment me, it is really difficult for me to endure! ”

Li Congjing was silent, a look of sympathy appeared on his face, Tubak's words were very affectionate, and with the tragic experience of the Tatar Ministry now, it was indeed very infectious, even if it did not achieve the effect of making the listener cry, but it was also touching, and people couldn't help but be indignant when they sympathized with them. Although the grassland people are nomadic peoples, the scope of this "nomad" is limited, usually only in a few pastures back and forth, or in the climate changes, the original place is not suitable for survival, will migrate to other places, the nomadic people's situation in their homeland can not be compared with the Central Plains people, but it is by no means half a point. Moreover, the Tatars were now forced to leave their homeland instead of migrating on their own initiative, being defeated by the Khitan army and suffering numerous casualties. Itubak's rhetoric is not empty words.

However, in politics, feelings have always been one of the means to be used, it is the surface rather than the inside, Tubak's words are emotional and reasonable, but what makes Li Congjing's heart move is the hatred of Khitan implied in Tubak's words, and he already wants to change the status quo, regain his homeland, and restore the former prosperity of Tatar. This is what Li Congjing wants to see.

Li Congjing first expressed sympathy for Tubak's suffering, and then said: "Great Khan, the Tatar tribe's plight is sympathetic and indignant, and you, as the Great Khan of the Tatar tribe, care about the people and think about the Tatar people everywhere, which is admirable. Speaking of this, the tone gradually became thick and passionate, "The Khitans, the wolf ambitions, since the founding of Yelu Abaoji, have never stopped fighting abroad, so that the originally peaceful and peaceful grassland will never stop, which is really a grassland crime." Since Taizong in this dynasty, the grassland people and the Han people have gradually become a family, and they have deep feelings for each other. In the final analysis, Datang also hopes that the peace of the grassland will last for a long time. Now the Khitan has taken advantage of the chaos to poison the grassland, which not only caused great disasters to the grasslands, but also repeatedly made the Central Plains aspirants. Datang wants to attack Khitan for a long time! It's just that the Central Plains was in turmoil before, and the court lacked skills, which gave the Khitan a chance to grow. Now, the Central Plains is established, I am wise and martial towards Your Majesty, sitting on the Central Plains, overlooking Kyushu, how can I lack the ambition to swallow the Eight Desolations? At this time, the cancer of Khitan must be pulled out! ”

Li Congjing's words made Tubak's eyes light up, and he finally said: "The recovery of Pingzhou is not the end, but the beginning!" He also said: "The Great Khan can only not know that before Ben Shuai went north, the Shengzhou stolen by Yelu Enemy Lie has returned to the Tang Dynasty!" ”

Tubak sighed in surprise, "Shengzhou has been recovered by the Tang Dynasty?" ”

"Exactly." Li Congjing nodded and said.

Because of Li Congjing's words, Tubak's confidence increased greatly, and he was excited to reconfirm to Li Congjing, "Your Majesty the Tang Emperor, do you really have the intention of attacking the Khitan to suppress its development?" ”

Li Congjing nodded solemnly and said: "My Wang Shi has successively recovered Pingzhou and Shengzhou, and now my Hundred Battles Army has appeared here again, can't it explain this problem?" ”

Li Congjing's words are half-true and half-false, which makes it difficult to distinguish, but Li Congjing's last sentence is a genuine thing, especially Li Congjing, as the envoy of Lu Longjie, actually appeared here, what does it mean, is it to explore the road first, or to attack the Khitan first, these are difficult to guess, but at least, this makes people can't help but believe that Datang does have the intention of going out to the grassland! Tubak was overjoyed, and the news made him feel uncomfortable, and he said again and again: "This is wonderful, wonderful! ”

"From beginning to end, Datang has always hoped for peace and tranquility in the grassland, and does not want to see anyone break this balance." Li Congjing continued to drop bombshells.

These words made Tubak instantly scorched on the outside and tender on the inside, and that was the point. For the grassland, to maintain the balance of forces of all parties, to contain each other, and the strength is not enough to pose a threat to the Datang, this is the most important national policy of the Tang Dynasty for the grassland. Only in this way can the Tang Emperor always be the "Heavenly Khan" who is high above and maintain enough influence in grassland affairs, even in a word.

And now, the Khitan has risen strongly, not to mention breaking the balance of the grassland, and has repeatedly invaded the Tang Realm, which makes it impossible for the Tang Dynasty to sit idly by, and will definitely take action to change this situation. In Li Congjing's words, consciously or unconsciously, he always emphasized that the current Tang Emperor has the ambition to swallow the Eight Desolations, and the fact that the Tang Dynasty can enter the Central Plains also shows this. Logically speaking, after Datang enters the Central Plains, it should indeed conquer the world!

Tubak thought: "When the Tian Khan was in power, he also turned his family into a country, from being the king of one place to entering the Central Plains, after he pacified the Han people, he immediately started on the grassland, even if he was as powerful as Tuli and Jieli Khan at that time, he could only be conquered under the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, is it that now history is going to repeat itself?" The more Tubak thought about it, the more he felt that it was not impossible.

Looking at Li Congjing again, he is young, but he has tens of thousands of male divisions, and when the grassland is turbulent, he dares to go deep alone, isn't this bearing, courage and talent convincing? And isn't a strong dynasty because there are so many such outstanding people? Li Jing, Li Ji, Xue Rengui, etc., were all so eloquent!

Thinking of this, Tubak's whole body trembled slightly, as if he was seeing something, and as if he was grasping something, which made him, who had been anxious and desperate recently, suddenly feel that the blood in his body was boiling. This feeling is called seeing hope!

Tubak stood up, left his seat and came to Li Congjing, and said solemnly: "General Li, the Tatar Department does not want to go north, west, or south, but those who wish will return to their homeland in the east!" Looking at the Tang Dynasty, looking at General Li, can help my Tatar Department regain its dignity and return to its homeland, my Tatar Department of 100,000 warriors, willing to be the vanguard of the Tang Dynasty, and the Khitan duel! ”

Li Congjing also walked out of the desk, looked excited, grabbed Tubak's hand, and said emotionally: "Great Khan, Datang is waiting for the words of the Great Han!" With the words of the Great Khan, with my Tang Dynasty heroes and Tatar warriors joining forces to charge into battle, why is Yelu Abaoji afraid, and Khitan is not afraid? Why can't the Tatars return to their homeland, and why can't the steppes regain peace? ”

Tubak held Li Congjing's hand tightly, and the old tears were full of tears, "There are Tang Dynasty kings, and there are talents like General Li, it is expected that Tatars will return to their hometown, and the grassland will return to tranquility!" ”

At this point, the two looked at each other and laughed, looking at each other and hating each other.

Balasi was already boiling with blood and excitement, clenching his fists on the side, looking at his appearance, but he couldn't wait to immediately fight his troops and horses, and work with Li Congjing to kill the Khitan barbarians, regain the grassland that originally belonged to them, and make contributions. Moxili and the others behind him looked exactly like him, they were all full of hope, and they wanted to start a war with the Khitan immediately.

The only difference is Ahri, who is sitting quietly behind the table, her face is also densely smiling, and the sparkle in her eyes seems to overflow, but compared to Barasi and Moxiri and others, her demeanor is the calmest one, and there is not much excitement and excitement.

Li Congjing and Tubak reached a consensus, this is the biggest purpose of Li Congjing's trip, and it is also the deepest intention of Tubak and Ahri to invite Li Congjing to the Tatar Ministry as a guest.

This matter is not in a hurry, but it is not something that can be discussed immediately. Such a major military event can be carried out step by step. At present, the most important thing is to consolidate this consensus reached by both sides, and at the same time think about the next course of action. After all, such a major event as cooperation and rejuvenating the army, in concrete implementation, it is impossible to be like what Tubak said, the Tatar Ministry will be stupid and stupid to really charge forward, saddle the front and rear of the Tang Army, and Li Congjing naturally can't let the Hundred Battles Army suffer too much in the task allocation, so this requires the two sides to plan their own plans in the next time, and then discuss them together.

Immediately, it was another big feast, and in the afternoon, the two sides parted happily.