PS: Because I have something to do on Monday, so today's two chapters are updated in the early morning, and I ask for your forgiveness.

A month later, the autumn is high and cool, Daxing, Wang Shichong's Bliss Villa has taken off the original plaque, no longer open to the public as an entertainment venue, the original style is extraordinary, the busy village in front of the archway, has re-hung a bronzing blue background plaque: full garden.

Just after Yin, the sky was still cloudy and cold, and at this time, Wang Shichong was sitting in the underground secret room of his Xiaoyao Building, with a smile on his face, and stood respectfully in front of Gao Xi with Pei Shiju.

Wang Shichong only returned to Daxing yesterday, and coincidentally arrived at almost the same time as Pei Shiju, and as soon as Gao Xi heard that the two had returned to Beijing, he directly sent someone to tell him that he would meet in Wang Shichong's secret room today.

Gao Xi is still dressed in casual clothes today, he hasn't seen him for a month, his white hair looks a lot more, and the wrinkles at the corners of his forehead and eyes have also added several lines, he looks tired today, and he is not sitting in the posture of the prime minister who usually sits like a green pine, but half-lying in this big chair, supporting his jaw with his hand, squinting his eyes slightly, and raising his hand to Pei Shiju: "Hongdae, you tell me about going back to the Western Regions again." ”

Pei Shiju smiled slightly: "In the document submitted to the Ministry of War last night, it was only said that the countries of the Western Regions had taken advantage of the main force of the Western Turks to march eastward, and had already raised troops to expel the envoys of the Western Turks. Fifteen days ago, the Datou Khan's department, which was still in the desert in the east, also heard this rumor, and the soldiers had no heart to fight. They all asked to return to the teacher. Datou Khan had no choice but to do so. He had no choice but to lead his army through the desert and march to the Western Regions. ”

Gao Xi didn't open his eyes, and nodded: "So the main force of the Western Turks has returned to the division, so now the two Turks have broken up again, and they no longer have the momentum of 400,000 soldiers, Hongdae, how long do you think it will take for Datou Khan to find out that he has been deceived?" ”

Pei Shiju pondered for a moment and said, "The spread of rumors started from two places. One is the countries of the Western Regions, which was spread by the students themselves, in order to be realistic, they also used some horse bandits and robbers from the countries of the Western Regions to disguise themselves as the armies of small countries in the Western Regions, and haunt near the Khan Court of the Western Turks. At least it can be delayed until the time when the Western Turkic army returns to the division. ”

Gao Xi continued to ask: "It's just that these horse bandits in the Western Regions, are they so reliable?" Will they take the money. Just disperse in a hurry and don't continue to perform this play? ”

Pei Shiju shook his head: "Probably not, these horse bandits are also nomadic people who live in a fixed place, there are Tuqishi people, Gahusi people, and Tiele nine surnames, they are also fierce and fierce nomadic tribes, they have never surrendered to the Western Turks, Datou Khan has conquered them several times, but they can't wipe them out, they just need to flee to the area of the river (the vast area between the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers in Central Asia, that is, today's Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan), which is a country with the nine surnames of Zhaowu, and it is not easy to deal with together, Even if it is as strong as the Western Turks, it can only be treated equally. ”

Gao Xi nodded: "The old man already knew that the Western Turks had many enemies in the Western Regions, and the surrounding countries were only afraid of their force, not really surrendered, but Hongdae, where did you get the money to bribe those horse bandits and thieves this time, the old man didn't remember to allocate money to you." ”

Pei Shiju smiled, looked at Wang Shichong, and said: "Teacher, it all depends on Xingman's business in the Western Regions, his Wang family firm has strong financial resources, and has a semicolon in all countries in the Western Regions, and the student greeted Xingman before leaving, he directly asked the steward to accompany the student to the Western Regions, and took out the ten boxes of gold from there and the shops in the Longyou area, which contributed to this incident." ”

Gao Xi glanced at Wang Shichong with satisfaction: "Very good, a gentleman loves money, he takes it in a good way, and he has to use it in a good way, and the money you earn can be used for state affairs, the old man is very satisfied, but this money is not going in the right way, and it is impossible for me to make this secret matter public, I am afraid that this time I can only let you cut a piece of meat." ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Xiaguan's qiē is the emperor, it is the imperial court, it is given by the high servant, just ten boxes of gold, it is nothing, and if the Datou Khan becomes powerful, then all the properties of the lower official in the Western Regions can only be wasted, and the high servant must not take this little money to heart." ”

Gao Xi waved his hand and sat up straight: "One yard is one yard, this time the money can't be allocated to you from the imperial court, but don't worry, the old man remembers to owe you a sum here, and he will compensate in other ways in the future." He turned to Pei Shiju, "Hongdae, as you can see, how long will it take for Datou Khan to withdraw his troops back to the Western Regions this time to send more than 200,000 troops again and invade my border again?" ”

Pei Shiju shook his head: "The student doesn't know, this time the student has just returned to Beijing, and he doesn't know how the war is going in the east, just now I only heard Xingman say something hurriedly, saying that Dye Gan has fled into the border pass, and it will be greatly prospered under the escort of General Changsun in the next two days, how much time does it take for Datou Khan to send troops again, it actually depends on his gains and losses in the east this time, if he loses a huge loss, especially the fifty or sixty thousand ironclad cavalry in his headquarters, if he loses more than half, then it is not easy for him to subdue the Western Regions, Not to mention sending troops again. ”

Gao Xi's brows furrowed: "I'm disappointed to you, this time Datou Khan has almost no losses in the east, and in turn, he has robbed hundreds of thousands of people and millions of cattle and sheep." If it weren't for the news that his hometown was attacked all over the army, he had no intention of fighting, but I was afraid that he would have fought for more benefits from Dulan Khan. ”

Wang Shichong said: "What Gao Servant said is extremely true, this battle Datou Khan shocked the desert, the East-Turks have always regarded themselves as Turkic orthodoxy in the past, and did not put the Western Turks in their eyes, as a result of the battle of Monan, the army of Datou Khan as the main force almost killed the elite of the dyed and dried to pieces, but their losses were less than two thousand, which can be described as minimal, once this battle passed, the various departments of Monan did not even dare to take in the dyeing and drying, if it were not for the news you spread, the Datou Khan might not return to the Western Regions, Directly in the Yinshan royal court of the Turkic headquarters, that is, the enthronement ceremony of the Great Khan, in that case, it will be even more difficult to deal with him. ”

Gao Xi said coldly: "Xingman, look ahead, this time the dyeing and dry finally entered the customs, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Dye Gan this time to trick into the pass, there is no other thought, we can only rest assured that we are our puppets, with his banner, we can also easily fight back, high servant shooting, the lower officials think, since the armies from all walks of life have gathered in the area of Youhe and Guanzhong Longyou, you might as well kill it now, since the Turks have divided their troops, the strongest combat effectiveness of the Datou Khan has returned to the Western Regions, then with the more than 200,000 elites now concentrated in the state, there is no problem in cleaning up the Dulan Khan, to the worst, It is also possible to restore the land of the south of the desert, let Dye Gan return to his hometown, re-recruit the scattered tribes, and create conditions for the large-scale march in the coming year. ”

Gao Xi smiled and nodded: "Xingman, why is it not a good opportunity to send troops now?" Still preparing for the coming year? ”

Wang Shichong said: "This year, the country has too many soldiers, two expeditions to Ningzhou, crusade against Lingnan, and hundreds of thousands of troops against Goguryeo, these are very consuming national efforts, this time in order to prevent the Turkic invasion, all the state and county soldiers on the entire northern border have been urgently mobilized, missed the autumn harvest, when I came back, I have found that most of the granaries in the state have been empty, or half empty, our army's infantry-based troops can not fight under the condition of lack of food and grass, and only rely on cavalry, I am afraid that I will not be able to win a big victory, so the lower officials think, This year, it is best to rest and recuperate, and at most only use troops in one place in Monan. Next year will be the time for a big army to fight a decisive battle with the Turks. ”

Gao Xi's eyes flashed with coldness: "Okay, you are only half right, the reason why the emperor and the old man did not order the army to go out of the fortress this time is because there are more important things in the court, and if this matter is not resolved, it will not be possible to fight at all." ”

Wang Shichong was slightly stunned: "What can happen to the court?" ”

Gao Xi stood up suddenly, and his gaze swept over the faces of Wang Shichong and Pei Shiju like cold electricity: "Someone has practiced witchcraft and wants to curse Queen Dugu, Queen Dugu is now bedridden and even unconscious. (To be continued......)