The stabbing relayed Ma Xuan's words, which as expected, immediately aroused the anger of the tribal leaders.

"Khan, the Tang people are too arrogant! If the Katan Mountains are let out, how can we Qarluqs still serve the people? ”

"The Tang people deceive people too much! Khan, we will now raise our troops and horses to fight the Tang people to the death! ”

"Khan, Katan Mountain can't let it! Broken Leaf City can't let it go for hundreds of miles east and west! If we let them out, where will we graze the horses and sheep? ”

“……”

He stood up, motioned for the angry tribal leaders to calm down, looked at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, how are our three tribes of Qarlu compared to Huihui? ”

The tribal leaders looked at each other, but they did not speak. Hui Su is now the overlord of Mobei, and the three surnames Ge Lulu are naturally not as good as Hui Hui.

"Everyone knows very well in their hearts that our strength is far inferior to Huifu! This time, the army of the Heavenly Khan passed through here to destroy the Hui Hui, this army is only 5,000 people, do you think we can eat it? ”

"Ma Lan is ruthless, and the big cannibals he has killed in the past two years are afraid that there will be almost a million! What does he rely on? It's this army in his hands! Don't look at them there are only 5,000 people, that's 5,000 tigers! Compared to them, we are just a flock of sheep! No matter how many sheep there are, where is there any reason to take the initiative to provoke tigers! ”

The big leader of the tribe with a cold face said unconvinced: "Khan, my warriors are all eagles on the grassland, not timid sheep!" ”

Mou Tingteng snorted: "You mean you are willing to fight Ma Luan?" You can go, I won't stop you. ”

"I can't do it with one tribe, but we have three tribes, which is enough to gather fifty or sixty thousand cavalry!" The big leader of the tribe of stepping on strength said unconvincedly, "Our fifty or sixty thousand cavalry are rushing up, can't we kill so many Tang people?" ”

"A year ago, the Great Cannibal Caliph thought the same thing. What the final result will be, you are not unaware. Mou Tingteng sneered, "The Anxi army is not easy to get along with, and this new Anxi army is very different from the previous Anxi army. If you want to win by relying on more people, but people are going to destroy the Hui, how do you think your soldiers and horses are more than the Hui? ”

Seeing that the great leader no longer spoke, he raised his voice. He said in a deep voice: "We can become the master of the land of ten arrows, relying on the prosperity of people!" If we clash with the Heavenly Khan, our warriors will shed their blood, and our women and children will become slaves of others! The Five Lu tribes and the Five Crossbow Lost Bi tribes are all ambitious, and they will immediately take our place! We have lived under the oppression of the Turgish for thirty years. Do you want to live like this? ”

"Give up the Katan Mountains, there are vast grasslands in the west and north! Only by surrendering to the Heavenly Khan can we exchange the survival of the tribe! If we don't fall to the heavenly khan, we will be the next Hui! ”

"Khan, I don't believe that Hui Hui can be easily destroyed by the Tang people!" An elderly leader, Dao, was an old man from the tribe of the Plotter.

He glanced at the old man and said in a deep voice: "Ma Luan's new army is so powerful, everyone hasn't seen it with their own eyes, so it's common to think like this." Since everyone is suspicious, I'll take a look at it with everyone. To see is to believe. When you see how powerful they are, you will understand that we have no other choice. ”

"How can you see how good they are? Khan, you won't let us go to war with the Tang people! The elder asked.

Mou Assassin Teng said in a deep voice: "Although the tribes of Wulu are subservient to our department, they are dissatisfied, I will go and tell Ma Lu, just say that someone betrayed the Tang Dynasty and asked him to send troops to suppress it." When that time comes, you'll be able to see for yourself how great they are. ”

"Okay, then let's see how powerful the Tang people are, whether they have three heads and six arms!" The old man nodded and said loudly.

Everyone agreed. Each nodded. He glanced at the old man, and a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

……

Standing in front of the camp gate, he watched as the Qarluq cavalry set up camp and then fell into commotion. Finally calmed down again.

The scout approached the Qarluq cavalry to investigate, and had already reported back the news, and it turned out that the assassin Teng Du had killed the leaders of the three eastern Qarlu tribes under the banner of the order of the Heavenly Khan, and took advantage of the situation to take the cavalry of the eastern Qarlu tribe as his own.

"This scheming trick will take advantage of the situation, and he is also a scheming guy." Ma Lan looked in the direction of Qarluq's army. Said with a smile.

Duan Xiushi nodded and said with a smile: "That means that he has already figured it out, otherwise he wouldn't have taken advantage of it like this." After a while, this guy will definitely come back. ”

"If you have a scheming guy, you have to be on guard. If he doesn't do it, we don't have to bother too much, we can go directly to Tingzhou. After destroying the Hui Hui, the town of Broken Leaves will be rebuilt. At that time, the trade route to Whira will be reopened. ”

As he spoke, a hundred and ten men galloped over from the Qarluq cavalry camp, led by the plotters. Behind them, the shepherds, driven by the sheep and horses of the labor army, approached again.

"Meet Ma Xiang!" He arrived at the camp gate, jumped off his horse, and led his soldiers to bow to Ma Lu again.

"Get up!" Ma Lan smiled, "A certain family was ready for a bloody battle, but it seems that there is no need for it." Ye Hu figured it out so quickly? ”

The assassin Tenglu stood up with his own soldiers, and said with a smile: "The three divisions of Gelulu are the vassals of the Tang Dynasty, and they have been attached for a hundred years, and the Tian Khan let Ma Xiang dominate the west of the quicksand, and Ma Xiang's words are the orders of the Tian Khan, and they are naturally obeyed." Just now, after I went back, I convened all the leaders to discuss this matter, but the governor of Yinshan and others were not convinced, and they spoke falsely, and they have been killed by me. The rest of the leaders were willing to obey the orders of the Heavenly Khan. ”

Ma Lan smiled, this guy was clearly telling a lie, he didn't let the leader of the Eastern Branch Qarluq tribe know the order at all, but first made up a fictitious order to kill the killer. However, since this guy is no longer ready to start a war with Datang, Ma Lan will not break it. The Western Turks will have time to deal with them in the future, and they will not be in a hurry.

"These are a little thoughts, sent for the army, and I hope that the prime minister will not dislike it." The spurt stabbed and said in a row.

"Let's go into the camp and talk!" Ma Lan smiled lightly and galloped back to the camp.

He left his own soldiers outside, led the war horse over the three-story trench outside the camp, followed the horse into the camp, and entered the big tent.

"It's best if Ye Hu can figure it out, lest the two families make a big fight, they are both old friends, and they must not look good when the time comes." Ma Xuan sat on the main seat, looked at Mou Tingteng and said with a smile, "Since Ye Hu has already made a decision, then make preparations early." When a certain family comes here next time, I hope I won't see Ye Hu's tooth tent here again. ”

"Ma Xiang rest assured, the three departments of Gelulu are naked to Tang, what does it have to do with migrating the tooth tent." "It's just that Kadan Mountain is the place where the ten tribal chiefs have always built their teeth, and this time the tooth tent moved away from Kadan Mountain, there must be people who are not convinced." Especially the Rat Nishi tribe in the east, they are quite prosperous, and they have always been disobedient to the Tang Dynasty, and this time they know the news, they will definitely take the opportunity to make trouble. For this problem, please ask Ma Xiang to help and teach these barbarians who don't surrender to the Heavenly Khan a lesson! ”

When Ma Xuan heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "Ye Hu is trying to use Ben quite a knife?" ”

plotted to assassinate Teng, and even said that he didn't dare.

"It's nothing, since you want to do this, a certain family will do what you want!" Ma Lan smiled lightly, "Since the establishment of my Anxi New Army, I have not used sword soldiers in Shaye River, this time I will let you see the majesty of the Datang Iron Army, so that you can understand that the situation has changed, and the Datang Iron Cavalry is no longer something you can resist." ”

The stabbing Teng showed joy on his face, and said respectfully: "Ma Xiangmingjian, if you want to do this, it is really a perverse act of the Rat Nishi tribe, and many leaders of my subordinates also want to take advantage of the situation to see the military power of the Tang Dynasty." ”

"Tomorrow morning, lead the way."

When the matter was decided, he said a few more gossips, and then left.

Duan Xiushi said with a smile: "This barbarian is excessive, he actually wants to get rid of the enemy with the help of the general, but it's a pity for the Rat Nishi tribe." ”

Ma Lan sneered: "In the past, the people of Kou Beiting, the Rat Nishi tribe also had a share, and now they have suffered this catastrophe, and they can't be wronged. What he wants is nothing more than killing chickens and monkeys. Among the five land tribes in the east of Broken Leaves, the Rat Nishi tribe is the best target for surgery. There is also a reason for the assassination to choose this tribe. Cheng Gong, prepare today, and break this tomorrow! ”

Duan Xiushi smiled and nodded, he was from the Tang Dynasty, and he didn't care about the rise and fall of a grassland tribe. For him, Datang is the most important.

……

Hundreds of sheep were killed to reward the athletes, and everyone had a beautiful meal, and after a night's rest, the army gathered its camp and prepared to set off.

Most of the nearly 30,000 Qarluq cavalry dispersed, only the 5,000 elite cavalry of the Qarlu tribe followed him, and the leaders of the Qarlu tribe also followed him, ready to see how the Tang people swept away the Rat Nishi tribe.

The Rat Nishi tribe is one of the five land tribes, located in the north of the Broken Leaf Water, four or five hundred miles away from the Broken Leaf City. Ma ordered the Qarluq cavalry to follow the army for five miles, and the scouts dispersed for more than ten miles, gradually expanding into the distance, and then the army set out and galloped northeast through the icy wasteland.

The location of the Rat Nishi tribe is not far from Yibohai, and it was not originally on the route of Ma Lu's east Benting Prefecture, and the army has stepped into the pasture of the Rat Nishi tribe on the morning of the third day after two days of rapid marching.

The Tang army scouts had been released for dozens of miles, and there were more than ten people in each team, and when they encountered the shepherd, they were directly shot to death with a hard crossbow. In this way, it was not until the army approached the vicinity of Yibohai that the leader of the Rat Nishi tribe learned the news and hurriedly assembled a cavalry of three or four thousand people to meet him.

…… (To be continued.) )