(I drank a bottle of beer at night, and as a result, I was shamelessly drunk and slept all night.) &*．． Fastest update**Sorry, now I have to code words in the middle of the night, please comfort! ）

The grasslands in the north have long since turned into a vast sea of snow, silver and white.

In the snowflakes flying in the sky, a small black spot appeared in the vast snowfield, and it was moving forward against the wind and snow.

"My lord, there is Gaochang City in front, the wind and snow are too big, let's go into the city to rest and replenish, how about continuing to rush tomorrow?" A Turkic herdsman guide said cautiously to the Han people behind him. He was originally grazing under the golden mountains on the border of the East and West Turks, and was invited by this generous Han people to be a guide with a small bag of gold coins. Along the way, there were also many tribes who fought their ideas, but in the face of thousands of Han cavalry, none of them really dared to come forward to try.

A weak Han leader nodded, "Okay, let's go to Gaochang City to rest and replenish for one night." ”

As he spoke, he threw out a small bag of gold coins to the herdsman, telling him to go into the city first and take care of everything. Watching the herdsmen ride their horses and leave excitedly, Zhao Qi said to the people behind him, "Have you recorded the terrain along the way?" ”

A few men in literati attire in the back nodded, "Don't worry, Lord Commander, the terrain and roads along the way have been memorized." ”

After a while, the herdsman rode back and hurried to Gaochang City with his team.

When everyone rushed to the outside of Gaochang City, Rao had seen a lot of big cities of different colors in the Central Plains, and they were still surprised to see this Gaochang City in the Western Regions at this time.

I saw that on the vast snowfield, a huge city suddenly appeared there, which looked like a small dot from a distance, but when it really came closer, people couldn't help but look up. This Gaochang city is rectangular, according to the guide, the circumference is more than ten miles, divided into three parts: the outer city, the inner city, and the palace city. The outer wall is five zhang meters wide and four zhang meters high. Built by rammers. There were nine gates in the city, and they stood before the east gate.

Gaochang City has a long history. It has a history of more than 600 years. It can be described as a central place in the Western Regions. It has always been the political, economic and cultural center of the Western Regions, and Gaochang City at this time was the capital of the Gaochang Kingdom of the Koji clan. The lord of the country, Lu Wentai, is also a Han Chinese. However, it is the same as other countries in the Western Regions. As early as many years ago, Gaochang and Yanqi and other countries in the Western Regions had already attached themselves to the Western Turks. Although they still maintain the title of Gaochang and their lord is also called king, they are in fact vassals of the Western Turks. &*．． The Turks have long held the countries of the Western Regions in their hands and stationed troops and horses in various places.

As soon as the mission arrived at the gate of the eastern city, a group of hundreds of cavalry rushed out of the city and surrounded the mission.

Zhao Qi held the knot in his hand and said loudly, "I am from the Central Plains Great Sui. On the orders of His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness King Chen, I have brought gifts and come to meet you to meet the Great Khan! ”

A leader of a Turkic knight wearing a wolf's helmet on his head rode to the convoy of the mission, took the scabbard and opened the cover felt to look at it, "I have brought a lot of things." ”

Another Turk laughed loudly in the back, "We've been really lively lately, is this the fifth or sixth to come to see our Great Khan with a sumptuous gift?" ”

Zhao Qi smiled and threw a small bag of gold coins from his arms, "Meet the brothers on a snowy day, this is my invitation to the brothers to drink." ”

The leader took the money bag and opened it, and his face showed surprise, and his attitude immediately became much more eager.

"I don't know what to call my brother yet?"

"Just tell me to be obsessive, I'm the captain of a hundred people stationed in Gaochang." …,

"Brother Zhisi, I wonder who else has come to meet the Great Khan these days?"

With soft hands, the Turkic centurion got such a sum of money, and he said very happily, "At the earliest, it was Liang Shidu in Longshang, Zhang Changxun, Xue Ju and Li Liang in Hexi, by the way, and Liu Wuzhou and Li Yuan in Hedong." They came before you, but they didn't have as many people as you, and they weren't as generous as you. ”

Zhao Qi's eyes lit up, and he exchanged glances with a few people behind him.

Pulling Zhisi to the side, he secretly stuffed him with a money bag, the amount of which was more than just now. Zhisi hurriedly glanced left and right, and found that no one had noticed, so he happily put away the money bag. Although he had received the money just now, he had given it to the brothers, and the money was entirely for him. That's a lot of money, how to be unhappy.

"Brother Zhisi, I don't know if these people are still shooting the Great Khan's Khan Tent?"

Zhisi smiled and said, "Well, they were all left in the tooth tent by the Great Khan, I heard that the Great Khan was going to hold some kind of celebration, and they were left to watch the ceremony." ”

Zhao Qi's eyes moved, "Brother Zhisi, we have a lot of gifts for the Great Khan this time, but we don't want to miss this celebration, I don't know if I can ask you to escort us all the way." ”

Zhisi hesitated for a moment.

Zhao Qi secretly stuffed a precious gem into his hand, "When you arrive, there will be a heavy gift to thank you, and there will be no shortage of brothers' share." ”

Zhisi grinned and laughed together, "You are the honorable guests of the Great Khan, it is reasonable for us to escort you over, then rest in Gaochang tonight and go on the road tomorrow." ”

"It's important to be in a hurry, let's go now." Zhao Qidao, how could he sit still when he heard that there were so many envoys from the Central Plains forces in the Turkic tent.

"Okay." Pingbai got a lot of money, and his persistence was also quite refreshing, so he immediately ordered fifty people in person, and led the way in front of the Western Turk Khan's Tent Sanmi Mountain.

With the escort of this group of Turkic cavalry, not only did there be a lot of detours along the way, but even the inventory of most of the capital was also omitted. A few days later, the team had already arrived at the Sanmi Mountain Western Turkic Khan's Tent in the north of the Qiuzi Kingdom.

Zhao Qi came on behalf of Yang Gao, the emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty of Hebei, and Chen Pojun of the Liaodong Army, and was ceremoniously received by the Great Khan of the Western Turks.

However, when Zhao Qi asked people to open the hundreds of carts of gifts, they still dazzled the eyes of the Turkic nobles.

All kinds of exquisite and gorgeous silk silks, colorful and gorgeous, are placed in the box one after another. On the carriage on the other side, those exquisitely fired, delicate and beautiful Liaodong porcelain also shocked countless nobles.

In addition to silk and porcelain, the Liaodong mission also brought a large number of exquisite items this time.

For example, boxes of beautifully printed picture albums, an astonishing number of Buddhist scriptures and Sanskrit, and even gifts to the Great Khan of the Shooting Kui, as well as the sparkling glass crystal cups, all kinds of precious glass crystal cups in the Western Turks, these envoys from the Central Plains and Hebei actually offered dozens of pieces at a time.

Such a heavy gift made the upper self-shooting great khan, down to the small khans and tribal leaders also get a share. Immediately, the envoys of the entire Central Plains and Hebei became the most popular people in the Western Turkic tent.

The Great Khan of the Western Turks, who was full of silver hair, kept smiling from ear to ear, and the extravagant items he had received today were more than all the gorgeous luxuries he had ever had in the past. If it weren't for the fact that the gifts had been opened in public, he would have taken them all.

Zhao Qi took a gorgeous brocade box from the hands of the entourage behind him, took out the national letter of the Hebei Imperial Court from it, and presented it to the Khan of Shotkui. …,

The Great Khan took the letter of state without hesitation, and at that moment, Zhao Qi sensitively felt that among the surrounding crowd, there were seven or eight eyes locked on him. He followed the senses and saw at a glance that the owners of those eyes were all from the Central Plains.

And when he looked at the last person, he immediately recognized it, and that person was Liu Wenjing, the envoy sent by Li Tang to the Western Turks. Zhao Qi returned Liu Wenjing with a meaningful smile, but Liu Wenjing was full of worry.

The solemn music sounded, and the Great Khan was in a good mood and ordered a grand banquet to welcome the arrival of the Liaodong envoy.

The 1,000 light cavalry of the Liaodong Army who came with him were arranged in a military camp in the east, and Zhao Qi took several of his subordinates to the golden tent to attend the banquet. However, at the time of the banquet, Zhao Qi sensitively felt again that two eyes had been watching him, and he observed it quietly. One of them was Liu Wenjing's, and the other was a Turkic one.

He had already heard the introduction of the Great Khan of Shooting Kui before, this middle-aged man with the sharp eyes of an eagle was the younger brother of the Great Khan of Shooting Kui, and he was the little Khan of Tongye. Now the Western Turkic soldiers and horses who have attacked Jinshan and penetrated deep into the Yinshan line of the Eastern Turkic steppe are under his command. He was the younger brother of the Great Khan and the most powerful Khan in the Western Turks.

After the banquet, Tongye Hu Xiao Khan smiled and walked directly to Zhao Qi.

"Envoy Zhao, I don't know if you are interested in walking around the horses and hunting with Zaixia?"

Zhao Qi turned all kinds of thoughts in his heart, and secretly guessed why this Tongye Hu Khan had been staring at him at the banquet, and now he immediately invited himself to go hunting. The two did not have any intersection, but Zhao Qi also came to the Western Turks this time with an important mission. Nowadays, many forces in the Central Plains have sent envoys to the grassland, especially Liu Wenjing, who represents Li Yuan

It's like they're familiar here, and it can't help but make me feel a sense of urgency.

At present, this little khan has taken the initiative to come to the door, which may be a breakthrough.

At that moment, Zhao Qi smiled and said, "The little khan is looking at the bottom, and he is invited to hunt in the bottom, and he is deeply honored to be here, and it is better to be respectful than to obey his fate, please." ”

When Tong Ye Hu heard that Zhao Qi agreed so happily, his heart was overjoyed, and he didn't hide his smile on his face.

"Okay, Lord Zhao is really happy, your friend Ben Khan has made a deal.!" ()