The corners of Ashina Moye's eyes twitched, and his temples fluttered.

The five hundred cavalry sneak attack on Li Zaixing failed, but was beaten to the ground by him, and even his younger brother Ashina Molu was killed on the battlefield, which was a result that surprised him. Even though Du Fu stood in front of him, he still refused to believe it.

How is this possible? With that little bit of people, can Li Zaixing defeat his five hundred elite horsemen? He knew that Li Zaixing was very brave, and the scale of this battle was not very large, but after all, personal bravery could not offset the huge gap in numbers, at most it could only bring some trouble to his younger brother, and should not affect the final outcome of the war.

Unless Li Zaixing is secretly ambushing others.

It must be so.

Regarding Du Fu's big words, Ashina Moye disagreed. Du Fu's poems are good, and the truth sounds good, but for Ashina Moye, this is not enough. If it can be solved by force, he will not have to pay attention to Du Fu's reasoning. Only when force cannot solve the problem will he consider the issue of negotiating with Li Zaixing.

Du Fu was not in a hurry, in fact, he didn't realize what Ashina Moye had in mind at all. And his calmness also made Ashina Moye firm in his thoughts: Tang people are cheating.

As time passed, more and more defeated soldiers returned to the city, and Ashina Moye slowly learned more about the whole battle. These understandings all confirmed his thoughts: Li Zaixing had ambush troops, otherwise, he would not dare to divide his troops in the face of Ashina Modu's five hundred elite cavalry. When the troops are insufficient, how can it be possible to divide the troops, this is not in line with the common sense of the art of war.

Ashina Moye was preconceived, and those soldiers who fled back also contributed to the troubles intentionally or unintentionally, and no one refused to admit that they were defeated by dozens of people, and even lost the life of the main general, and the battle flag was taken away. Under this collective unconscious rendering, Li Zaixing's troops became more and more, from dozens to hundreds, and finally to thousands.

And at this moment, the latest news also came from outside the city, the Zhongcao people heard the wind and moved to go to Li Zaixing, the people in the city can't get out, but it is also dangerous, because they may be in harmony with the people outside the city at any time.

Ashina Moye had a headache.

After capturing the city of Chaldezhen, out of the recognition of the courage and good fighting of the Zhongcao people, for the sake of safety, he drove most of the Zhongcao people out of the city, leaving only a small number of wealthy families in the city. Zhongcao people are not prosperous, and if they are divided into two, it is less likely to get up and make trouble. It was originally a good plan, but now it has become a trouble, as soon as Li Zaixing comes, the people outside the city will be moved, and the people in the city will also be restless. Once the inside and outside are attacked, the inside should be combined with the outside, and he can't resist it at all.

Especially in the case of the loss of more than half of the elite and low morale.

Ashina Moye thought about it and met with Du Fu who was left to the side again. This time, he had a different face, filled with righteous indignation and rage.

"Du Jun, I have already found out, my brother did all these things." Ashina Moye patted the desk and said loudly: "He has been doing some small actions behind my back, and I have not bothered with him for the sake of my brothers." Now he is so bold that he goes to rob the Tang Lieutenant, it is really bold, the crime is unforgivable, and I can't protect him. The Captain killed him, and if he killed him well, even if the Captain was kind, when he came back, I would tie him up in front of the Captain and plead guilty. ”

Du Fu blinked, not arguing whether it was true or false.

"It's because I'm not strict in discipline, I can't control my subordinates, I offended the captain, and I'm ashamed." Ashina Moye said with a smile: "Can you ask Du Jun to say a few kind words in front of the captain, so that he can know my true heart." If he can forgive me for my incompetence, I am willing to invite him into the city and give him a feast. If there is any inconvenience, I can also go out of the city to meet him and explain to him the question of Zhongcao's throne. Du Jun didn't know, I also saw that Zhongcao fell apart and felt heartache, so I made this decision, if Princess Cao Ye can return to the city of Gadi, I am willing to give up the throne and continue to serve her. ”

Ashina Moye said as he asked people to give a generous gift, and asked someone to arrange a big gift, ready to give it to Li Zaixing. Then he invited Xue Yu and others, who were under house arrest, to explain and apologize as much as they could.

Du Fu was very satisfied, and he responded with a large package, and went out of the city with a complete merit. Ashina Moye sent a Tutun named Moganda (the minister of the Turks, equivalent to the imperial historian of the Tang Dynasty) to accompany Du Fu out of the city to reward the army.

As soon as Du Fu went out, Ashina Moye's face sank, and his smile disappeared without a trace. He turned around and called a cronie: "Immediately send a letter to Mohelu Tutun (King Shi) and Prince Naju Chebi Shi, Bahana colluded with the Tang people to occupy the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu." ”

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"Misunderstanding?" Li Zaixing raised his eyebrows and twitched the corners of his mouth.

"Yes, misunderstanding, misunderstanding." Moganda Tutun accompanied the smiling face and explained repeatedly: "We all have our hearts set on the Tang Dynasty, how dare we fight with the captain, it is the vice king who wants to seek the throne, so he acts behind the king's back." ”

"And what happened to Prince Xue Yu?"

Mo Ganda shouted repeatedly: "Prince Xue Yu's business, it's really none of our business, he met an old friend and got drunk, so he rested in the city for a night." If the lieutenant doesn't believe me, the prince is here, and you can ask him. ”

Li Zaixing glanced at Xue Yu, Xue Yu looked ashamed, he didn't know what was going on, he did meet an old friend yesterday and was dragged to the restaurant to drink. The general situation is similar to what Moganda said, and as for whether someone is secretly manipulating, he has no evidence.

Seeing Xue Yu's expression, Li Zaixing no longer dwelled on this matter: "What about Adar and Julia?" ”

"Are they back?" Moganda's eyes widened in surprise. "We really don't know, they must have misunderstood the king and hid. Captain, this must have been a misunderstanding. ”

"Whether it's a misunderstanding or not, I don't know now." Li Zaixing waved his hand and interrupted Mo Ganda: "You can also see how many people I have here, it can be seen that Zhongcao is still the Zhongcao of the Cao family, not the Zhongcao of the Ashina family." You go back and bring a message to Ashina Moye, if he is really temporarily king, then let him hand over the throne immediately, withdraw from the city of Gadizhen, and wait for the fate of my Tang Tianzi and Princess Cao Yena. Tomorrow before dawn, if I don't see Adar and Julia, I will go to the city myself to look for it. ”

Moganda smacked his lips in embarrassment, not daring to agree. He knew in his heart that Adar and the others would be locked up as soon as they came back, and if they were sent to Li Zaixing, this lie would not be able to be made up. But he didn't dare to refuse, Li Zaixing was murderous, with the support of the powerful Tang Dynasty behind him, not to mention that Ashina Moye couldn't resist it, even Shi Guo might not have such courage.

"Can you ...... Would you please give the Lieutenant two days? Moganda gave his hand again and again: "Now that the city is in chaos, it is really not easy to find someone." ”

Li Zaixing shook his head, waved his hand, and directly drove Mo Ganda out. He immediately invited Ibrahim and others, and pointed to the gift sent by Ashina Moye: "You're welcome, since Ashina Moye is filial, let's not live up to his filial piety, let's share it." ”

Ibrahim readily agreed.

Li Zaixing immediately distributed the property sent by Ashina Moye to the soldiers, and divided the wine and meat of the army. There are not many things, and the most that is distributed to everyone's hands is a glass or half a glass of wine, and as for the meat, it is not enough, so Li Zaixing had to order it to be boiled into broth, in short, everyone shared it equally.

This initiative has achieved good publicity results, and everyone is jubilant.

Holding a wooden bowl and drinking broth, Li Zaixing discussed the military situation with Ibrahim and others. Du Fu was not in the mood to listen, he became interested in the poems of the Great Cannibal, found a translator, and was talking freely with one of Ibrahim's military poets. However, it is a bit reluctant to talk freely, the level of translation is really not up to their realm, and the poetry of the translation is the same as chewing wax, and Li Zaixing, an uneducated old man, frowned.

Don't look at the mathematics, physics and chemistry knowledge in Li Zaixing's stomach can stand alone in the contemporary era, but in the eyes of the Tang people, he doesn't know poetry and songs, he doesn't know Confucian classics, that is, he is illiterate, he is a rough person, and no matter how much miscellaneous he learns, he will not be elegant. Just as the imperial examination is based on Jinshi, learning is also based on poetry and policy, and the rote memorization of the Ming classics is looked down upon, not to mention Li Zaixing, who can't even memorize the "Analects".

"Ashina Moye is using a plan to delay the army." Ibrahim first put forward this opinion, "At present, Da Shi is uneasy and it is difficult to provide him with any help, so his greatest possibility is to ask for help from Tuzhi City (Stone Country)." Tuozhi City is more than 400 miles away from here, and the fast horse can be reached in one day and one night, and Ashina Moye has to delay the time for two to three days, probably because of this. ”

Almadi glanced at Li Zaixing, and then stopped: "I heard that the gates of the city of Gadizhen have been closed, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. I'm afraid that the people in the city will be killed by that Turkic man of Ashina Moye. Master, let's attack the city as soon as possible. ”

Li Zaixing frowned, he also had such worries as Al Maidi, but he also knew that with the current strength, attacking the city was an absolute strategy. Ashina Moye closed the city gate tightly, obviously preparing to hold on. Once the strong attack cannot be carried out, the losses will be heavy, and the people of Shiguo will definitely be defeated as soon as they come.

At the moment, he could not afford any heavy losses and could only establish his prestige with one victory after another. Siege is not advisable.

However, he couldn't say in front of so many people that I didn't dare to attack the city, I couldn't attack the city.

He pondered for a moment, and glanced at Du Fu, who was talking to the great food poet Chicken and Duck in the distance: "Al Maidi, have you heard Du Er's new poem?" ”

Almadi was inexplicable, talking about the war, what kind of poems to talk about, can the poet attack the city?

"Don't underestimate the poet." Li Zaixing straightened his waist and patted his thigh: "Go to the army to fight and plan, and then fight and fight, if you use it well, the poet can reach a million soldiers." Please Du Er come over, I want him to go to Tuozhi City, and first break Ashina Moye's thoughts. ”

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