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Three hours later, the sun had set in the west, and Changsun Sheng and Ran Gan stood on the wall of the white wolf, looking at the lonely smoke of the desert in the distance, and the scene of the sunset on the long river, each with their own thoughts, silent.

The white wolf is a small city fortress out of the desert before the state, only two hundred steps in a radius, the earliest was a beacon tower, and later in the three years of the emperor's counterattack against the Turkic operations, as a temporary place for the army to store grain, it was expanded, that is, around the original beacon tower built a circle of loess mud walls about two people high, due to disrepair, many walls have been weathered to a thousand holes, and even a few places directly through a fist-sized hole, blocking the wind and sand, temporarily hiding from a sandstorm can also, To expect this place to hold the enemy's thousands of troops is a complete dream.

When Dye Gan first arrived here, his heart was cold, and the big battalion that Changsun Sheng said was good didn't even see a shadow, and the big camp of 20,000 or 30,000 cavalry had to be camped for more than ten miles, and the place was dozens of miles, but there was not even a radius of one mile here, and even here could not accommodate the more than 1,000 cavalry they brought, most of these cavalrymen were cruising back and forth outside the walled city at this time, with branches hanging on the horse's tail, raising pieces of smoke and dust, according to Changsun Sheng's explanation, what he wanted was the effect of this smoke and dust, so that the enemy army could not see the reality of his own side.

But Dye Gan still couldn't hide his disappointment after all, and sighed, this lonely walled city, less than a mile behind is a mountain road into Daizhou, and in front of it is an endless desert, through heavy smoke and dust. Far into the distance. There was no movement visible on the distant horizon.

Changsun Sheng smiled slightly. said: "Great Khan, it is safest now that no one comes, although it cannot be defended here, but it can be attacked, retreated can be defended, and the line of sight is good, the enemy army cannot attack in a roundabout way, in case it really can't be done." We can also retreat back into the gate. ”

Dye Gan's face changed: "What, Ambassador Changsun, you just said that you would gather a large army here to defend it, so that you would not enter the customs, why did you change your mind so quickly?" ”

Changsun Sheng shook his head: "I'm just talking about just in case, now the troops who went to search for the Great Khan have not come back, you have also seen it here, there is no danger to defend for the time being, if there are tens of thousands of iron horsemen, naturally there is no need to enter the customs." ”

Standing behind Dye Gan, Du Ji said coldly: "But now we only have a thousand cavalry. And we've been here for more than three hours, and not a single reinforcement has come. Ambassador Changsun, do you want to deliberately trick us here, and then force us to enter the Han Customs? ”

Changsun Sheng's eyebrows moved, and he smiled: "The prince misunderstood, if the eldest grandson really has this mind, does he still need to make a big show of suspicion here?" It's just that the search troops from all walks of life are scattered in the desert for thousands of miles, and it is difficult to transfer them for a while and a half. That's the signal to summon all the troops to come back for reinforcements!"

Shi Shu Huxi, who was beside Du Ji, interjected: "In this case, just in case, please also ask Ambassador Changsun to send someone to quickly return to Daizhou behind him, Daizhou is an important border town, even if there is no cavalry, at least there is no problem in transferring more than 10,000 infantry, there are more than 10,000 foot soldiers, camped and fortified, at least you can hold on until the cavalry from all walks of life return to the camp." ”

The corners of Changsun Sheng's mouth hooked, and there was a trace of dissatisfaction in his voice: "Who is this master, who makes this high statement in front of the Great Khan and the envoy?" ”

Shi Shu Hu Xi pressed his hand to his chest and saluted: "The slave is the personal entourage of Prince Duji, the faithful servant of the Great Khan, named Shi Shu Hu Xi." ”

Lu Ji also introduced: "Shi Shu Huxi is the smartest person in our tribe, and he has always been a last resort, and he also asks Ambassador Changsun to think about it carefully." ”

Changsun Sheng's face suddenly fell: "Who is my Dao, it turns out that he is just a slave, Prince Duji, we are here to talk about important military affairs, can a slave be so presumptuous?" If he's so useful, why are you here now? ”

Du Ji's face was swollen red, and he pointed at Changsun Sheng and said, "You!"

Changsun Sheng said coldly: "Your Royal Highness, it's not that I despise this think tank of yours and deliberately use my identity to suppress him, it is really this person's construction, it is really not feasible, it is purely to harm us." ”

Dye Gan said in a deep voice: "Why are you trying to harm us?" Although Shi Shu Huxi is a slave, he is resourceful and loyal to Ben Khan, please don't jump to conclusions!"

Changsun Sheng smiled slightly: "This person may be loyal, but the construction given is indeed to harm our lives, the Great Khan has also been to Daizhou, when we know that the passage into the mountain behind us is not more than five feet wide, we must be careful when we walk side by side, if we are not careful, we will fall into the valley, and there are no bones, such a steep terrain, how can the army quickly pass Guò?" Even our army dispatched all the cavalry from Daizhou to search for the Great Khan, and it took two or three days to walk this road. ”

"And this person mentioned that the infantry of Daizhou was dispatched to camp here for defense, and I would like to ask more than 10,000 infantrymen to carry the equipment for camping and transport carts loaded with military rations and baggage, how many days will it take for these 10,000 infantry to walk out? And let the one-man pass, the unruly Daizhou does not defend, but wants to let the infantry who are good at defense come to this endless desert, where is the water source? If the enemy army gathers in large numbers, we can only surround this place, and our army will not even have water, and within three days, all of them will die of thirst!"

His dyed face gradually turned pale, Changsun Sheng glanced at him, swallowed his saliva, and continued: "What's more, when all the more than 10,000 infantry come out, it will take at least two days, and if there is that time, our cavalry will already come back to help, if even 20,000 iron cavalry can't defeat the enemy, what is the use of more than 10,000 infantry?" At that time, these infantry will not succeed enough, and they will be more than defeated, if the real enemy army attacks, they will still fill up these miles of mountain roads back to Daizhou, even if we want to escape back to Daizhou, it will be impossible!"

Shi Shu Hu Xi also said that his face was red and he was speechless, and Du Ji was still not convinced, so he moved his mouth: "Could it be that if the enemy army attacks, we have only one choice, running back to Daizhou?" Ambassador Changsun, my father Khan is the eagle of the steppe, even if he died in the desert, he also returned to his hometown, and he would never be born in the Han Pass. ”

The eldest grandson Sheng said sharply: "What the prince said, the eldest grandson really doesn't dare to agree, stay in the green mountains, not afraid of no firewood, my Han Gaozu Liu Bang, was repeatedly defeated by Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and was beaten to abandon his wife and children, but as long as he left a life, he finally won the great cause of the emperor." Liu Bei, the Zhaolie Emperor of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms, was displaced for half his life, rushing from one place to another like a duck, and finally established the Shu Han and established the Three Kingdoms. ”

"It is your goshawk on the grassland, Hu Han Evil Khan was born in the Han Pass, married Wang Zhaojun, and became a good story for thousands of years, and the Southern Xiongnu were also able to multiply, avoiding the doom of dying like the Northern Xiongnu. The establishment of the Northern Wei Dynasty, its ancestor Tuoba Shi Yijian, defeated by the former Qin King Fu Jian, since the name of the country, into the customs and submission, in the end is not in Tuoba Jue to restore the country, and even unify Jiangbei, the establishment of the Northern Dynasty. These are typical examples of heroes who don't suffer immediate losses, how can the prince bear to put your father to death for the sake of saving face? ”

He was speechless, and when he heard the last sentence, he shouted unconvinced: "This king is willing to die on behalf of my father Khan, Ambassador Changsun, you have to stir up the relationship between our father and son!"

Changsun Sheng said coldly: "The envoy didn't have that idea, but the current situation is that the envoy is thinking about the life of the Great Khan, but the prince doesn't know what the purpose is, and wants to put the Great Khan in danger. The Great Khan married the princess of our Great Sui, who is the son-in-law of our Great Sui, and if something happened to the son-in-law's family, he went to his father-in-law's house to take refuge for a while, which is not okay? Isn't it commonplace for your tribes on the steppe to attack each other? ”

Dye Gan sighed faintly: "Ambassador Eldest Sun, the dog is young and vigorous, and he has no words, please forgive me, but is there really no good way?" You know, unless it is absolutely necessary, Ben Khan does not want to enter the Han Pass. This has nothing to do with the father-in-law and son-in-law, it is purely the opinion of our Turks. (To be continued......) (To be continued......)