62. Temptation

With Qiu Shiliang's big tree as a backer, and the eldest princess with the golden signboard on her head, with the prestige accumulated over the years, even if it is forbidden to beat the pawn on the street, even if he connived at his wife to make trouble in Jingzhao Mansion, Yu Chenwan is still at large like a troublemaker, and as he wished, he became a consolation envoy in Hexi, and went to Quze Department with an edict, the purpose of this trip, in Li Yan's words: to see his place, to see his war horse, to see his loyalty, before leaving, Yu Chenwan went to Qiu Shiliang to say goodbye, Qiu Shiliang did not see, let Wu Chen meet, Wu Chen asked him: "Your Majesty asked you to do three things, and you think that thing is the most important." ”

Yu Chenwan said: "I want to take a look at his war horse. ”

Wu Chen said with satisfaction: "That's good, Liu Yanfeng strongly recommended the lieutenant, it seems that he is the right person." As soon as the words changed, Wu Chen said again: "The people in the northwest are strong, although you are an angel, you have to be careful, Qiu Gong ordered me to configure two hundred forbidden troops for you to drive, you can kowtow to Qiu Gong before you go." ”

Yu Chenwan was overjoyed when he heard this, and sure enough, he kowtowed in the courtyard of Qiu Shiliang's duty room before leaving,

He is no stranger to Asmith Yuchenwan, he is the second son of Yuan Yuan Khan, the leader of Qu Ze, Qu Ze is located in the Karaar prairie, the water and grass are abundant, coveted by the surrounding departments, Yuan Yuan in order to protect himself to the Tang Dynasty, sent Asmi to Chang'an Taixue to study, in fact, he acted as a hostage, Asmith grew up in Chang'an with his mother, can speak fluent Chinese, proficient in the Tang Dynasty's rules and regulations, familiar with the customs and etiquette of the court, he is a person with great ambitions, and pays the emperor's relatives, dignitaries and celebrities in the opposition, At that time, Asmi became the guest of honor in the Yuchenwan Mansion, who had recently inherited the title of Duke of the County, and not only that, but six years ago, he also inspected the Quze Department with Li Yan, the king of Ying, and the current emperor.

Twelve years ago, the old Yuan Yuan Khan accidentally fell off his horse and died on a safari, and there was no designated heir before his death.

But Li Yan is self-aware, he understands that although he is a prince, he can't ask about national affairs, so he politely excused himself, how could Asmi kneel on the ground, cry bitterly, begging bitterly, Li Yan had to repair a copy of the book for him to take to see the hot prime minister Song Shenxi, Song Shenxi had a good impression of Asmith, and saw that he could sell Li Yan a favor, so when Emperor Wenzong asked about politics, he recommended Asmi,

Emperor Wenzong then summoned Asmi in the Daming Palace, and had a good impression of Asmith, who was dressed plainly, humbly and politely, and immediately issued an edict to make Wang Xilian send troops to escort Asmi back to China to inherit the throne.

In the second year after Asmi succeeded to the throne, he brought tribute to Beijing to worship, and in the following five years, the border war between the two countries stopped, the people's livelihood was happy, and Quze became a useful buffer between the Tang Empire and the Uighur royal court.

However, since the death of Wang Xilian from Shuofang Jiedu, the relationship between the two countries has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and the well-equipped and well-trained Quze cavalry has continuously attacked the northwest frontier of the Tang Empire, the most serious one, Asmi personally led three tiger divisions to besiege Qinzhou, an important town in Longxi, for a month, until the general Xia Rong of the Zuolong Guard led 30,000 people to help, and Asmi withdrew from the border.

After that, Xia Rong remained as the governor of Qinzhou, he asked Emperor Wenzong to ask the imperial court to take advantage of the fledgling of Asmi, to Qu Ze with troops, once and for all to solve the northwest border troubles, Emperor Wenzong presided over the court discussion on the plan of peace and war, Wu Chenghao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was in favor of sending troops, and Xu Lian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, opposed the use of troops, and the courtiers were soon divided into two factions, and it was difficult to break the mouth and scold, just when Emperor Wenzong hesitated, Asmith's envoy suddenly arrived in Chang'an, and Xu Qian's faction quickly gained the upper hand, which escaped,

Five years ago, he colluded with Fengzhou defense to make Yang Hao attempt to seek Shuo Fang, Yang Hao was defeated, he felt that his strength was weak, and he really stopped for a while, and now Yang Hao has made a comeback, and his power is greater than five years ago.

The Uighurs, who had been dormant for a long time, saw the vitality of spring again, and then jumped out again, and the court on the table asked to move the department to Longxi, but anyone with a little vision can see that Qu Zebu's move is Xiang Zhuang's sword dance intended to Pei Gong, under the pretext of returning to Longxi, and then infiltrating to the east, and finally achieving the goal of not leaving Longxi,

If Longxi is lost, Datang is in danger,

Yu Chenwan blinked helplessly, border troubles, party disputes, eunuchs, feudal towns, the four major evils of the Tang Kingdom, the world is decadent, the princes of the court and the central government are still asleep, is there really no sunny time in the Tang Dynasty?

Quze people are still in a semi-civilized state, the court etiquette is extremely simple, the Great Khan patrol is escorted by the tiger division, the prince goes out to patrol the leopard division to follow, foreign guests visit, depending on their official positions and titles, the highest etiquette is to be greeted by a tiger division, but this time the etiquette to welcome the Tang Dynasty and the pro-embassy far exceeds the regulations,

Asmi let his younger brother Chilu personally lead two tiger divisions and four leopard divisions to greet the Datang border three days in advance, and after taking over the mission guard task from the Tang army, Chilu ordered a tiger division to act as a pioneer, a tiger division as a rearguard, and four leopard divisions to support the left and right, together with more than 1,000 people from the Tang Mission, a mighty formation of more than ten miles.

That's not all, on the way to the royal court, there is a welcome platform every three miles for Angel Yu Chenwan to rest, and every time he passes, the local tribal leaders take their own clansmen to dress up and line up, dancing and singing the folk songs of the Tang Dynasty, everyone in the Tang Dynasty mission felt extremely honored, and even Yu Chenwan, who prides himself on being old and sophisticated, was moved to tears.

But Yu Chenwan is a person who has seen the world, it is not easy to be overshadowed by the glitz in front of him, at this moment he is still thinking about his long-brewing plan, which is a big plan that is related to the life and death of tens of thousands of people, and may change the national fortunes of the Tang Empire in the next ten years, regardless of success or failure, once this plan is implemented, his name will be left in the history books,

Yu Chenwan sat in the sedan chair and made a look of closing his eyes and recuperating, he carefully reviewed this plan in his heart, and then, he opened his eyes and slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time:

"The sky has eyes, help me get through this catastrophe."

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"It's really a crying child who has milk to eat, when did your brother learn it."

Asmy responded to Yu Chenwan's teasing words with a generous smile and a warm hug, which is the etiquette of Quze people to greet friends,

After more than ten years of wind, frost, snow and rain, the former gentle and elegant Tai Academy scholars have long become black King Kong like iron towers.

Asmi happily accepted the gift given by the Tang Emperor, and gave everyone in the mission an extremely precious gift, a golden sheep that amounted to half a catty,

All the gifts brought by the golden Yu Chenwan, and at the same time, the Tang Emperor reaffirmed the peace between the two countries.

But just as Yu Chenwan was satisfied with leaving the Zuting Yana River in Quzebu, Asmith secretly sent one of his most elite cavalry, Agona, winged lions, which were tempered with gold and steel, and they were equipped with blue river yellow-maned horses that were more durable than Dawan horses, and used snow-bright long knives imported from Arabia, which were light and extremely sharp, far sharper than the folding iron swords equipped by the Tang army, and more importantly, they were helped by the Persians. Camel hair wire made a heartfelt armor that was both light and warm, and their knights were the best at it, in addition to five years of almost brutal training and combat tests.

Practice has repeatedly proved that Agona has become the trump card of the desert trump cards, and their combat power even exceeds that of the Uighur Great Khan's personal guard Jianpu battalion.

But can it be said that Ah Ge Na is already the first in the world?

Asmi has no bottom in his heart, he knows that in Chang'an, the heart of the rule of all countries, there is a mysterious elite army, which nominally belongs to the Tang Emperor, but in fact it is in the hands of the eunuchs.

He was eager to give it a try, Yu Chenwan gave him such an opportunity, because of Qiu Gong's "love", Wu Chen sent a full hundred guards of the Iron Armor Army, accompanied by a captain, named Escort Accident, in fact, to monitor Yu Chenwan's every move, Wu Chen was eager to know everything about Qu Zebu, but he forgot the last instruction of General Li Jing, the founder of the Iron Armor Army and one of the twenty-four ministers of Lingyan Pavilion: The sharp weapon of the country should not be shown lightly to others,

Although Yu Chenwan stayed in Quze for half a month, Asmi and his advisers still did not know how many people the ironclad army had dispatched this time, and they hid in Yu Chenwan's huge entourage without a trace, this team had 2,000 people, including all kinds of people from Shinong, industry and commerce, etc., and there were even rare eunuchs and palace maids, and the escort sergeants had brightly clad Shence army, as well as capable and simple Shuofang border army, as well as the private army in the princess's mansion,

After thinking about it, Asmi decided to take advantage of Yu Chenwan to inspect the northern part of Quze, let his elder brother pour out of the nest to test how deep the water of the Iron Armored Army is, this move is not all out of curiosity, but closely related to a major event that is about to be executed, and the results of the test can even affect the "big thing" he will execute, a total of two thousand elder brothers scattered out one by one, and thirty percent of them, as the main executors of this conspiracy, are hidden in the mountains on both sides of the White Wolf Valley, and the rest are not far away, ready to respond at any time,

It was the eighth day of April in the first year of the Tang Dynasty, Angel Yu Chenwan went to the northernmost part of Quze under the escort of a knight of five hundred people to visit the three clans such as Shan Yan, and he insisted on going, he accompanied King Ying six years ago to go there, in addition to the wine and meat, there was a beautiful encounter, he politely declined Asmy's kindness to personally escort him there, and went on the road alone,

At three o'clock in the morning, the patriarch of the single indiscriminate led the people to meet him in Ying'er Mountain, but until noon, there was still no shadow of the mission.

Six years ago, Yingwang Li Yan's horse team was also attacked in the Wild Wolf Valley, and eighty dragoons were splashed on the battlefield, and when Yu Chenwan saw those horse bandits with black cloths covering their faces, rushing down from the slopes on both sides like dumplings, he scolded in his heart: "it, you won't play some new tricks." ”

The angel of the kingdom was attacked, and the big guy didn't say a word when he heard the news, so he got on his horse and ran towards the Wild Wolf Valley eighty miles away.

Almost at the same time, Yang Hao was surrounded by Zheng Huatai, Zhang Bo and others in front of the huge sand table in the hall of the Xining Army Battalion, where you can see at a glance, but the logo on the sand table is still too rough, and you can't find the specific location of the Wild Wolf Valley. The map uses red, yellow, blue, green, and black background colors to identify the topography and landforms of various places in the northwest, red plateaus and mountains, yellow deserts, blue lakes and rivers, green grasslands and farmlands, and black cities and military towns.

Wu Weijie's gaze wandered anxiously on the map, and after a while, he figured out the distance between the Wild Wolf Valley and Qu Zebu and Lingwu City, and he said impatiently to Yang Hao: "The angel is in danger, please send troops to rescue immediately, and don't give anyone in the court a chance to take advantage of it." Yang Hao nodded slightly, without accosting him, Zhang Bozhong said to Wu Weijie: "This place is in the territory of Tubo, if you rashly send troops, I am afraid that it will cause disputes with Tubo, and at that time, it will be difficult to do." ”

Wu Weijie said: "If you sit back and don't save it, how will the marshal explain to Your Majesty in the future." ”

Zheng Huatai said with a smile: "In my opinion, people still have to be saved, but in the name of the Xining Army or the Weiyuan Army, let them change into civilian clothes, pretend to be horse bandits, and give the Tubo people a face, and everyone will have a decent face, and they will not be able to say anything." ”

The eyes of the three people moved to Yang Hao at the same time, and Wu Weijie said: "Please make up your mind as soon as possible." ”

Yang Hao said: "I think according to Zheng Shuai's idea, let Xiao Enqing attack in casual clothes." ”

Xiao Enqing attacked in civilian clothes, Yang Hao's military order was still in Xiao Chang'an, and his war horse was still three miles away from the Wild Wolf Valley.

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