Xue Shixiong's sword eyebrows were raised, and he shouted: "You guy, you are full of nonsense, the total number of defenders on your city wall is no less than 5,000, what do you say that there are only more than 1,000 defenders, really when this commander will fall for you?!" ”

Ali Baba hurriedly waved his hand and said: "The general misunderstood, those are not the soldiers and horses of our Yiwu country, but the Western Turkic tribes brought by Kuzhen Tutun himself!" ”

A look of confusion flashed on Xue Shixiong's face: "What, it's a soldier of the Western Turks?" But I didn't see a brigade of cavalry from the Western Turks outside the city, and I didn't see any tribes, as we all know, the Turks all rely on cavalry, and foot combat and defending the city are not what they are good at. ”

Ali Baba cried with a sad face and said: "General, Kuzhen Tutun put his main cavalry force of more than 5,000 people in a place twenty miles west of the city, just to take advantage of the army to attack the city, unexpectedly killed, now he put more than 3,000 of his guards into the military uniform of our Yiwu country, guarding the head of the city, although our Yiwu country is small, but this city is in the Western Regions, it is also considered strong, and the food, grass and weapons in the city are sufficient, and now he has coerced many Ding men in the city to go to the city to defend, It is to rely on the strong city to wear down the spirit of the Celestial Empire army, and wait until the army is unable to attack the city and then use cavalry to attack. ”

Wang Shichong said with a smile: "This is a typical Turkic tactic, but my lordship, I am very strange, why do you want to tell us such a heavy military secret, it is said that Kuzhen Tutun is your master, and for many years, your Yiwu country has actually submitted to the Western Turks." Don't you want them to win? ”

Ali Baba gritted his teeth: "Our Yiwu country has been conquered and controlled by the Western Turks for nearly a hundred years, so many years. No matter how the Western Turks changed their thrones, they had to set up Tutun here to collect our taxes, and these Tutun relied on the support of the Western Turks to act like the emperor in our country, and even our king was often insulted to their faces. ”

"Especially this Kuzhen Tutun, he moved to the country of Yiwu with his tribe. Not only must we pay the required tribute, but we must also give up the best pastures to the Turks under his command. These people are rampant and domineering in our country, bullying men and women, and even our princess has teased that Kuzhen Tutun. was almost occupied by him, if it weren't for our king kneeling down and kowtowing to him, I am afraid that he would have been poisoned by him, and the king is still like this, what about the people? We, the Yiwu people, now dream of driving away these damned Turks, so I hope that the Great Sui will win and help us avenge our hatred! ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Really? Your story is very complete, and I can't find any flaws, and my intelligence in the Western Regions proves it. It is true that the Turks have caused enough harm in your Yiwu country, but there is one thing you still can't explain, that is, how could Kuzhen Tutun allow you to come out with nearly a thousand cattle and sheep to work like this? You Yiwu people want to have a good relationship with our Great Sui. This is understandable, but since Kuzhen Tutun doesn't want to withdraw and wants to defeat our army, then how can he let you come out and tell us about the truth in the city? ”

Ali Baba sighed: "Although the little one doesn't know what Kuzhen Tutun thinks, the small one guesses by himself, I'm afraid that Kuzhen Tutun doesn't want to completely tear his face with the Great Sui." And he didn't know if the army was coming for Igo or just passing by. So I just want the little ones to come out and touch the reality. ”

Wang Shichong nodded and said to Xue Shixiong: "Dashuai, my words are finished, please decide." ”

Xue Shixiong listened to it for a long time just now, and he had been muttering, and when he heard this, he nodded, sat back in his handsome position, and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, what do you want us to do now, just say it!" ”

Ali Baba Zhengse said: "General Xue, I have told all the inside information just now, our Yiwu country up and down, all hope that the Great Sui can help expel these Turks, when the army is attacking the city, our Yiwu soldiers and the king's guards will also watch the development of the war situation, and the one who turned against him is just asking the general to guard against the Turkic cavalry." ”

Xue Shixiong nodded: "Can you open a city gate?" According to what you said, the strength of Kuzhen Tutun in the city is not too much, and Ding Zhuang of your Yiwu country will be requisitioned to guard the city wall, so he shouldn't be able to see the four gates. ”

Ali Baba nodded hurriedly and said: "That's right, the Turks are guarding the east gate that is now facing the army, in addition to the south gate and the north gate, there are also many Turks, only the west gate is handed over to the soldiers of our Yiwu country to defend, if the general wants us to join forces inside and outside, then we only need to besiege on all sides, mainly attack the west gate and the south gate, and then take advantage of the fact that the west Turks have gone to reinforce these two city gates, we take the wolf smoke as the number, open the west gate, and enlarge the army into the city, so that Kuzhen Tutun will be captured!" ”

Xue Shixiong laughed: "Okay, just do as you say, Minister Alibaba, you have worked hard, and when you go back, you will sue your king, and say that you will act according to your agreement, and don't let us down when the time comes." As he spoke, he handed the seal to Alibaba.

Ali Baba smiled slightly, pressed his hand to his chest, bowed deeply, and walked out, and when he passed by Wang Shichong, he also bowed to him slightly, and then hurried out.

Wang Shichong glanced back at Alibaba's whereabouts, thought for a while, but heard Xue Shixiong smile and said: "Wang Shilang, thanks to you today, I have come up with so many words about Alibaba, and after the city is broken tomorrow, Ben Shuai will definitely report to the Supreme and show your merits." ”

Wang Shichong's face was solemn and he shook his head: "I'm afraid this matter is not so simple." ”

All the generals in the tent just looked relaxed, except for a bunch of sons brought by Xue Shixiong and Pei Renji, everyone is a veteran general who has been fighting for many years, experienced in a hundred battles, and when he looks at the frame of the city of Yiwu country, he knows that it is not easy to attack, after all, the army is on an expedition, the food and grass are not enough, and the advantage is to fight quickly. So when everyone heard Alibaba say that it could be used as an internal response, everyone was overjoyed, but when they saw Wang Shichong's statement. and they all looked left and right, and looked at each other.

Pei Renji looked at Wang Shichong and said, "Wang Shilang." Is there anything wrong with what Ali Alibaba said? ”

Wang Shichong nodded, and said loudly: "In my opinion, this person should be a deceitful surrender, just trying to deceive our army into dividing the troops, stationed in the four gates, and then make the deception and annihilation!" ”

Everyone gasped. The young and vigorous Pei Xingyan laughed: "I have heard for a long time that Wang Shilang has experienced a hundred battles. I am very good at using soldiers, but I didn't expect that it would be better to be famous than to see it, and I would actually say that the enemy army was a fraudulent surrender, and I wanted to annihilate my 50,000 army. It's ridiculous! ”

Pei Renji's face sank, and he said sharply: "The kid is rude! When Wang Shilang went into battle to fight, your kid was still breastfeeding, how could you speak here, and you didn't give me a retreat! After training his son, Pei Renji changed his smiling face and bowed his hand to Wang Shichong: "The dog has no words, Wang Shilang should not blame, but the general also thinks it." With the strength of the Iwu country, or the Western Turks, self-preservation is already good. How can you defeat the idea of destroying my army? ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "If I remember correctly, General Xue made an agreement with the Qimin Khan of the Eastern Turks this time to meet here and take Yiwu together, right?" ”

Xue Shixiong nodded: "Yes, that's right." It's just that it's been ten days since our army came here, and nine days have passed since the appointment between the Khan of Qimin and us. It's not here yet, will there be any problems? ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "There are not so many coincidences in this world, General Xue went out to the Western Regions for the first time, crossed the vast desert, and did not get lost, Qimin Khan led the army to come and meet, as long as he started from Mobei and crossed the Xingxing Gorge, he could enter the Western Regions, he was familiar with this road, how could there be a problem?" ”

Xue Shixiong's face changed: "Wang Shilang, what do you mean?" ”

A cold glint flashed in Wang Shichong's eyes: "I mean, maybe the Eastern and Western Turks have joined forces, and they want to take this opportunity to destroy our army, so that my Great Sui will not dare to send troops outside the fortress from now on!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the audience was shocked, and even Wang Rengong, who had always been calm, changed his expression greatly, and said to Wang Shichong in a deep voice: "Wang Shilang, you can't talk nonsense, do you have any real evidence to prove that the Eastern Turkic reinforcements will also turn against the water and start a war against our army?" ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "I don't have any evidence, and today is just the first time I've come here, but with my Wang Shichong's many years of understanding of the Turks, as well as my judgment of the battlefield shape, I can conclude that the shape must be as I said, the Western Turks and the Yiwu ** team are ready to fight with our army to the end, and the tens of thousands of cavalry of the Eastern Turks should also be hesitating to wait and see at this time, if our army is in an unfavorable situation, they will not hesitate to pretend to be the Western Turkic army, attack and kill on horseback, and do not teach our army to retreat to the Yumen Pass!" After meeting that Alibaba just now, I have even more confidence in my own judgment. ”

The corners of Xue Shixiong's mouth twitched: "Wang Shilang, I know that you are very good at fighting and are also very familiar with the Turks, but my scouts have reconnoitred the thirty-mile area around here, and they have not found a large force of cavalry at all, are you thinking too much?" ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "General Xue is exploring the north and south. When the army came, it was not possible to reach the distance of fifty miles to the east and west of the city. ”

Xue Shixiong nodded, a trace of astonishment flashed on his face: "The east is the way our army is coming, you mean, the enemy army has been ambushed there a long time ago?" But my army of 50,000 came all the way, and there were sentinels on both sides, and I didn't find a large number of enemy troops. ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "The one who is ambushed on the retreat of our army in the east must be the Eastern Turkic troops who have not arrived, and the cavalry of the headquarters of Kuzhen Tutun must be ambushed in the west of the city." The Ali Baba just now, the best of ten is the strategist of Kuzhen Tutun, not the minister of Yiwu. ”

Xue Shixiong said curiously: "Can you see this? ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Of course, in the eyes of our Central Plains people, the Turks are no different from the Hu people in the Western Regions, but in the eyes of me, a businessman who is used to running the Western Regions and the Turks, there is still a big difference, the Turks are braided hair, and the Hu people in the Western Regions are curly hair and hooked beards, although the hair of Ali Baba just now is not braided, but it is not curly at all, and the eyes are not green or blue from the Hu people of the Western Regions, but light gray, which is obviously a characteristic of the Turkic people, so when I see him, I know that he is not a national minister, Moreover, the pronunciation of Turkic dialect is different from that of Sogdian in the Western Regions, and when he speaks Chinese, his tongue curls and intonation are also different, and although that Ali Baba speaks Chinese well, he still can't change his Turkic accent, so I can conclude that he is the one sent by Kuzhen Tutun who wants to earn us. ”

Xue Shixiong sighed: "In that case, why didn't Wang Shilang break it at the right time, so that we could take down this thief and torture it to find out the truth?" ”

Wang Shichong shook his head calmly: "The reality of the enemy army, I have basically drawn a conclusion from his words, the more they want us to do, the more it will reflect their military deployment, so there is no need to take down this person now." Just in case, I finally asked him why Kuzhen Tutun was willing to let him come, and he said that he Kuzhen Tutun didn't want to tear his face with us, and this sentence proved that he must be a spy sent by Kuzhen Tutun! ”

Xue Shixiong wondered: "Could it be that what he just said is a lie?" Didn't you also say that it is a fact that the Turks were powerful and even insulted the princess in the country of Yiwu? Why can't this Yiwu king have a minister of Turkic blood? ”

Wang Shichong said with a smile: "It is a fact that the Turks are powerful and prosperous in the Yiwu country, but if you think about it, they have been bullied like this for nearly a hundred years, and that king can't even keep his daughter, and he has to kneel and kowtow to people, this kind of cowardice, how can he dare to venture out and contact our army at such a time?" He is not afraid that if the matter is leaked, this Kuzhen Tutun will first find him to settle accounts and destroy his country? ”

Pei Renji said with a smile: "Wang Shilang's words are wrong, now that my Great Sui Heavenly Soldier has arrived, then King Yiwu can be described as a hundred years of hatred, so he will naturally find a way to contact us, there is nothing wrong with it." ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "It is absolutely impossible for Kuzhen Tutun to send people from the Yiwu country to come over to contact our army at this time, doesn't he know that King Yiwu has the possibility of rebelling?" Besides, those who can see our army on the wall of the West Gate are all Turkic soldiers, and the people of Yiwu are all staying at the West Gate according to what Ali Li said, and they can't see the number of our army, so how can they risk the lives of the whole country to come into contact with our army when foreign aid is unknown? ”

"What's more, he didn't even mention how to deal with their king after driving out the Turks, Xue Dashuai repeatedly emphasized that he would take this king back to Dasui after breaking the city, such a condition was not refuted, this is still like a Hu merchant in the Western Regions who is known for being shrewd in business and bargaining?" (To be continued)