Yang Zhi is neither good at drinking, nor is he addicted to alcohol, and the amount of alcohol is only average. The last time I got drunk, it was six years ago when I drank heavily with the first emperor in the palace on Chongyang Day.

The next day, I slept until almost noon and woke up, feeling groggy and having a splitting headache. poured two cups of strong tea, wiped his face, woke up and asked, only to realize that he drank with Geng Chao almost all night last night. It is said that the two sometimes slapped the table and hit the chairs, sometimes looked at each other angrily, sometimes hugged their heads and cried, and sometimes laughed relatively loudly. Yang Zhi's alcohol consumption is obviously not the same level as Geng Chao. As soon as the day dawned, Geng Chao led a few accompanying guards to leave quietly.

Thinking about it carefully, the reason why I talked so much with Geng Chao yesterday is that in the final analysis, I actually care very much about the friendship with Geng Chao in my heart, and I am very worried about him. The new emperor ascended the throne, and the ministers had different thoughts. Geng Chao wanted to prove his loyalty and ability too much, and even more eager for war with the Turks than the new emperor.

Yang Zhi tactfully reminded Geng Chao that this is a war between Zhao Qi and Suoli, you just need to be a competent thug.

Yang Zhi has no bottom in his heart about Geng Chao, and even less about Zhao Qi's strategic intentions. After Geng Chao left, Yun Niang was summoned to repeatedly instruct and strictly ordered to send more than seventy percent of the secret spies of the Detective Department to pay attention to the recent movements of the Turks, Northern Yan, and Southern Chu!

The growing strength of Great Xia was a very real threat to the Turks, Northern Yan, and Southern Chu. The Turkic war may not be defeated, and what Yang Zhi is really worried about is the collusion of the three parties to form a joint encirclement of Great Xia. Because of the decline of Great Xia, it is of great benefit to the three countries. If this prediction comes true, it is very likely that the Turkic war will turn into a national war of life and death in Bactria. Can Zhao Qi think of it? Can Great Xia withstand it? Can you handle it? The war is actually fought with silver, and the embezzlement of customs taxes seems to have to be more leisurely.

The fourth day of the ninth month of the first year of Longchang in the summer calendar. The emperor issued an edict: Geng Chao, the former general of Pingnan, was reappointed as the general of Pingbei and transferred to Shuofang. The elite cavalry commanders Dong Jian and Li Wei were under the control of the current general Zeng Yingming. The former Tong guard general Ye Chuang. He took over as General Pingnan and commanded the troops to garrison Yuhang. Wang Wenguang, the former deputy general of the forbidden army, succeeded Ye Chuang as the general of Tongguan. Yan Fang, the former general of the Imperial Guard, was reappointed as the deputy general of the forbidden army. Wei Zhigao, the former general of the forbidden army, took over as the general of the Imperial Guard. Zhang An, the former general of the forbidden army, succeeded Wang Wenguang and was promoted to deputy general of the forbidden army. Zhu Dawei, Chen Zhun and Hu Zhixiong, the former generals of the Forbidden Army, were promoted to the generals of the Forbidden Army.

The emperor's military personnel transfer did not have much impact on the courtiers. The Turkic situation changed abruptly, and Soli was ambitious. It is reasonable for Geng Chao to go north to resist. The transfer of emerging generals such as Ye Chuang, Yan Fang, Wang Wenguang, Wei Zhigao, and Zhang An had nothing to say in order to protect the palace ban and defend Gyeonggi.

In October of the first year of Longchang, Suoli once again sent Turkic envoys to Chang'an. It is still claimed that the grassland has not yet recovered from the locust plague last year, and the remnants of the Eastern Turkic enemy have not been cleared after the desert has been reunified, so that the people's livelihood has withered, and "requested" that Bactria continue to exempt from tribute and provide grain and grass.

This is undoubtedly a further test of the bottom line of the new Great Xia Emperor.

Whether or not he agreed to exempt the tribute, he didn't intend to give it to you anyway. Stinky shameless asked for aid to food and grass. It doesn't matter if you say yes or not. Anyone with a little bit of brains has already realized that the days of the Turks and Bactria turning their faces will not be long in coming: the first two are to lay a pretext for starting a war, and words like "the desert is reunified" have a strong threatening connotation.

Especially hateful. At that time, the first emperor instigated Suoli to worship Yang Zhi as his father-in-law, and after the new emperor ascended the throne, the Turks sent envoys to the court several times to play scoundrels and pour bitter water in front of the emperor. But every time, he didn't forget to give a generous gift to Yang Zhi, the cheap godfather's Hou Mansion. knew that it was just a clumsy discord plan, but it still couldn't stop the emperor's depression and the resentment of many courtiers.

Fortunately, Zhao Qi is still very sober-minded. In order to avoid the Yang Mansion falling into the embarrassing situation of not receiving or not receiving, he ordered Jin Zishan, a close servant, to go on a trip. Specially passed down the message for this matter: people have sent it from afar, don't do it in vain, just accept it with confidence.

The reply to the Turkic envoy was not as polite as the previous two times, and he kicked the ball back to Soli very neatly: Bactria and the Western Turks were states of kings and ministers, and they should strictly abide by the peace treaty between the two countries. Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites drew up a reply letter based on the common practice of diplomatic relations with foreign countries. is full of national letters, and Zhao Qi even saves a symbolic glance. Long Yan explained unhappily, you directly told the Turks that there is a saying in Daxia that what you give is a favor and what you want is your duty, so isn't that the end?

The peace treaty between the two countries was concluded by Yang Zhi to "convince people with virtue". Zhao Qi's reply was very different from the previous two times, with a distinct Yang style, and the government and the opposition suddenly raised their eyebrows and sighed.

Yang Zhi couldn't help but laugh when he saw Chang'an's urgent newspaper. Last year, Zhao Qi visited Yang's mansion at night as the crown prince of the prison state, and Xu Wenhan and Yang Zhi both advocated being tough on the Turks. Zhao Qi was obviously worried about this, and ordered Geng Chao to come to ask for advice, and there was no lack of anger.

Xue Qingyun was silent when he saw Yang Zhi reading the Di Bao, and accosted: "Master Hou, Geng Chaozhong has been transferred back to Shuofang, it seems that Great Xia still regards the Turks as a big trouble, and the emperor has begun to reorganize the army for war." No wonder Geng Chao came to visit Hou Ye last month! ”

Yang Zhi shook his head and said, "It's not just about arming the war. As we spoke, we might have started fighting. Whatever news comes from Shuo Fang's secret, day or night, must be reported to me immediately. ”

Everyone in the world knows that Yang Zhi is famous all over the world because of the bloody battle in the desert, and Xue Qingyun and others have followed Yang Zhi for many years, but they rarely hear him take the initiative to mention that past. In Xue Qingyun's view, those years of bloody singing must have left an unforgettable memory for Yang Zhi, so much so that his concern for the situation in Shuofang now seems a little too sensitive: "Let's fight? Master Hou, won't you? The Turks sent envoys to the court several times, and Daxia also treated each other with courtesy, and the two sides did not look like they were immediately torn apart. It's late autumn, and the harsh winter is just around the corner. The Turks did not invade in a big way when the autumn was high and the horses were fat, so how could they choose the most difficult season when the weather was cold and the ground was the most difficult, and they dared to start a war with Great Xia? ”

Yang Zhi said with a worried face: "The Turks will not, the Great Xia Meeting." Geng Chao was the general with the most experience in Turkic warfare in Great Xia, and he also had the most thorough understanding of Turkic customs. ”

"When fighting with the country, interests come first, and you don't necessarily have to tear your face. Suoli wants to fight, and the emperor also wants to fight. The two families take what they need, but they don't have enough confidence, so they don't make up their minds to fight to the end. The exchange of envoys meant that the two sides maintained formal official channels of communication in order to control the scale of the war and leave room for manoeuvre between the two sides. ”

"What worries me the most is that whether it is Soli Khan or the emperor, the situation and purpose of the two are quite similar. Because of this, none of them can afford to lose! But where there is a battle, there must be a victory or defeat, how many draws can you get? If no one side takes the initiative to compromise, it will be a battle to the death! I always felt like someone was backing him up, and he dared to do that. The person who supports him, except for Nan Chu, can only be Nan Chu! The battle between the north and the south is on two fronts, can the emperor cope with it? (To be continued.) )