Li Congjing and Tubak exchanged a few pleasantries, and Tubak invited Li Congjing to accompany him, and the two stepped on their horses again and walked west with torches. didn't go far, he could already see the lights of a sea of stars in the distance, and Li Congjing secretly thought, that should be the Tatar camp.

Although the camp of the Tatar Department is improvised, the steppe tribes have lived in pursuit of water and grass, and often need to move back and forth between several grasslands, so the difference between their temporary camps and permanent camps is not too big.

The Khitan country is different, Yelu Abaoji built a city, imitating the appearance of the Central Plains, the reason why he acted like this is because he has ambition and strength, the city is much stronger than the tribe in terms of defense and management, but the city can not be built anywhere.

Entering from the main gate of the camp, Li Congjing saw the Tatar people greeting each other in the road, and the entire Tatar department, under the mobilization and order of Tubak, most of them participated in the team to welcome Li Congjing tonight.

Speaking of which, this kind of treatment is the first time Li Congjing has encountered it. Whether it was the destruction of Liang or other battles before, when entering the city, there was no scene of 10,000 empty alleys, the only exception was after Bianguan defeated Yelubei and Yelu's enemies, when returning to Pingzhou, the people heard the news and surrounded the streets and alleys outside the official office.

Of course, there is no comparison between this, after all, the Tatars were greeted by order of Tubak.

The Tatars were now in dire straits, but Tubak concentrated his limited material resources and set up a grand welcome ceremony in the camp. Unlike the Central Plains, the rituals of the steppe peoples have always been simple, and now it is even more so, so Li Congjing did not suffer much, and after arranging the garrison for the Hundred Battles Army, Li Congjing and Tubak participated in the "bonfire dinner" of the Tatar Ministry.

Since the Tatar tribe was defeated by the hands of the Yelu enemy, and since the people moved westward, they have been constantly fleeing and fighting, not to mention that it is like today, the banquet of the whole tribe is a rare meal for a stable meal, and the people of the Tatar Department are still quite happy about today's events, and those people at the bottom have a much better impression of Li Congjing, in their opinion, it is the arrival of Li Congjing that gives them the opportunity to enjoy this stability.

Such a dinner will also play a great role in stabilizing the hearts of the Tatar people and raising the morale of the troops.

In front of the largest bonfire, Li Congjing and Tubak sat together, and the long table in front of them was full of wine and meat. The two talked happily, raised glasses from time to time, and enjoyed the Tatar songs and dances in front of the bonfire.

The singing and dancing in front of us is also different from the Central Plains, the biggest feature is that it is almost the participation of the whole people, focusing on liveliness, as for appreciating the artistry, it can only be said that the benevolent see the wise and the wise see the wise.

"General Li, don't talk about business today, just let go and eat and drink, I hope the enthusiasm of the Tatar Ministry can satisfy you." Tubak raised his glass and drank with Li Congjing, smiling sincerely, looking at his appearance, not to mention whether Li Congjing was satisfied or not, he was satisfied anyway. Putting down the wine bowl, Tubak looked at the Tatars who were singing and dancing in the field, and said to Li Congjing: "General Li, why don't you go down and dance?" ”

Li Congjing shook his head with a smile, "Don't hide the Great Khan, but I don't know anything about the way of singing and dancing." ”

Hearing Li Congjing's honest answer, Tubak laughed.

At this time, the lively scene of the people in the field had changed a little, and Li Congjing and Tubak looked at the same time, and saw that the Tatar people who were singing and dancing had stopped, and they all gathered around to watch a woman dance. The woman was gorgeously dressed, dancing like a butterfly, and her figure was even hotter to the extreme, and her charm was fully displayed under the bold and wild dance.

It was none other than Ahri.

She danced together, no wonder everyone else stopped, that style is indeed outstanding, people are unconsciously deeply attracted, and it is difficult to take their eyes off.

In Ahri's whole dance, her infinite charm and seductive eyes are undoubtedly the biggest highlight, and the flowing eye waves seem to be able to speak. They fell on Li Congjing, intentionally or unintentionally, as if they were telling something.

Tubak glanced at Li Congjing, and his smile was full of meaning.

Finally, after a dance, amid the cheers of the mountains and tsunamis, Ahri withdrew from the field, and the Tatars resumed their previous liveliness.

Ahri came to Li Congjing's table, picked up a bowl of wine, and looked directly at Li Congjing, "General Li, I salute you with a bowl, I hope our friendship can last forever!" ”

Li Congjing stood up and drank the bowl of wine with her.

After drinking the wine, Ahri glanced at Li Congjing deeply, and then turned to leave.

Li Congjing sat down again, and was about to say something to Tubak, but what he saw was the other party's disrespectful gaze, and the words that came to his mouth were immediately swallowed back into his stomach.

The night was filled with joy and joy. Early the next morning, Tubak asked people to invite Li Congjing. After breakfast, the people began to discuss business in the big tent.

Whether it is Li Congjing's return to the Tatar Ministry, or the Tubak father and son's invitation to Li Congjing as a guest, they all have a deep intention, and this intention is the current situation in the grassland. I didn't talk about business last night, I was already busy, and now the situation in the Tatar Ministry is critical after all, but the business cannot be delayed any longer.

Li Congjing's side, the senior generals of the Hundred Battles Army, Li Shaocheng, Guo Wei, Lin Ying and Lin Xiong, etc., including the fifth girl, were all present; On the Tatar side, Tubak, Barasi, Ahri and Mosiri were the leaders. Everyone gathered together and greeted each other briefly, Li Congjing got straight to the point and said, "I don't know where the Great Khan intends to go ahead of this trip?" ”

Tubak sighed and said in silence: "The Tatar tribe lives in the southern desert, and now that they have suddenly left their homeland, I don't know where the Tatar tribe should go. General Li, do you have a good plan to teach me? ”

Li Congjing groaned and said, "From here to the west, there are the Uighurs in Western China, and the Great Khan may go to the Uighurs in Western Province to borrow a piece of pasture to support the tribes. ”

Tubak shook his head, "The Uighurs of Xizhou are not good people, and besides, they have migrated to the southern foot of the Jinshan Mountains not long ago, and it is the time when they need pastures to store their strength, so I am afraid it will be difficult to borrow pastures from them at this time." ”

Li Congjing pondered for a moment, and then said: "Through the Xizhou Uighurs to the west, you can go to the land of the nine surnamed Wuhu, I heard that there is no lack of abundant water and grass here, and the cohesion of the nine surnamed Wuhu has always been not strong, and the soldiers and horses are not very strong, if the Tatar Department can come to this place, they may be able to find a place." ”

"The land of the nine surnames Wuhu, located in the western border, is a place where there are many rights and wrongs, if you come here, you can find a place, and you are only afraid of too many disasters in the future, and the Tatars are now greatly damaged, and they need to recuperate, and they are involved in meaningless wars, which seems to be impossible." Tubak still shook his head.

"In the south of Qiuzi Henan, in the north of Tibet, there are large areas of sparsely populated land, and there are few disputes. Li Congjing said again.

"Although this place is sparsely populated and has few disputes, the reason for this is the lack of land and the lack of pastures to nourish the large tribes. If you get here, the 100,000 Tatar people will probably have no meat to eat. ”

"Why don't you turn around here and go further north, into the land of Mongolia?"

"In the far north, the sky is extremely cold, and the Tatars live in warm places, so I am afraid that they will not be able to adapt to it."

"It is not advisable to go west, nor is it advisable to go north, but how about going south?"

"The southern part is the land of the Uighurs of Ganzhou, Dangxiang, Tubo, and Xiliang, and there are frequent wars, which seems to be even more undesirable."

"Since it is not desirable, where does the Tatar want to go?" Li Congjing frowned, looking worried and helpless.

……

Liaodong, Jian'an City.

After many days of hard fighting, the Bohai army finally captured Jian'an City and drove the Khitan army out of the city under the premise of paying a huge price. The army marched into the city, but it was confronted with an empty city, in which there was no food or grass, and the people had fled almost desolately.

In the past few days, Da Ming'an, accompanied by Mo Li, Li Siping, Tao Yaoyao and others, has been patrolling around the city, and the lifeless atmosphere in the city has not made this prince who is determined to be the lord of the Bohai Kingdom despair, on the contrary, his heart is filled with a great sense of accomplishment in capturing Jian'an City.

"I said before that if you take Jian'an, you can take the entire Liaodong. Now Jian'an is in my hands, there is no Xiongcheng in Liaodong, based on this city, you can send troops everywhere, and Liaodong will become the thing in the Bohai Sea, it is not far away! Da Ming'an said with a happy face.

It's not so much that he's been patrolling the city these days, but that Da Ming'an is appreciating his results. In the later stage of the attack on Jian'an City, the Bohai State sent a large number of reinforcements over, and the elite of the capital was in the country, and now, more than half of the mobile army of the Bohai State has been in the hands of Daming'an.

"It will be much more difficult to conquer this city than we expected, and after the city is taken, the scene in the city is also beyond our expectations." Mo Li said, "After this battle, the army suffered heavy casualties. The top priority at the moment is to repair the city defenses, collect supplies, and treat the wounded. With me, the revenge of the Khitan will follow, and the army should be ready for a big battle. ”

Da Ming'an waved his hand and said with confidence: "Mr. Mo's three strategies are not bad, but if you want to say that the Khitan can regain this city, I don't believe it." How much time did it take us to conquer this city, and how much did it cost? Now that we have this city, it will be ten times more difficult for the Khitan to regain it! The gentleman was overwhelmed. ”

Mo Li's eyes sank.

At this moment, the rangers reported that tens of thousands of Khitan troops, known to be hundreds of miles away, were attacking Jian'an City.