Above the steppe, the Turks were in deep shock.

The earth-shattering thunder also completely shocked their hearts that were not firm, lack of self-confidence but were arrogant.

For a while, most people were speechless and didn't know what to say!

"It's called the Heaven-Shaking Thunder? Sure enough, it shook the sky like thunder! ”

Xie Yi just smiled at this.

"Dare to ask Xie Changshi, what is this earth-shattering thunder made of? How could these small pieces of iron and a black lump have so much power? ”

The gunpowder had burned, and there was nothing left except for a few blackened traces, which the Turks could not see at all, and naturally did not know.

It's ridiculous to think about it, such a powerful new weapon can definitely be called a state secret, how can such an important issue be revealed to the outside world?

Xie Yi would definitely not say, to be precise, the Turks should not ask this question at all, this is the minimum rule. But in this matter, they have forgotten this very important taboo rule, what should they say?

Are they ignorant?

Obviously not, it should have been shocked by the powerful power of the earth-shaking thunder, even to the point of being a little stupid; Or is it something that the Turks want to tempt? Did you think Xie Yi was stupid?

In any case, this behavior of the Turks at this time was not appropriate, but they did it anyway, and they really did not know what to say.

However, Xie Yi knew very well that in the future, the Turks would definitely use various ways to explore the raw materials and production process of the earth-shaking thunder. Not only the Turks, but also Xue Yantuo, Tubo, Goryeo, and even many people in the Tang Dynasty, whenever they get news, they will find a way to find out one or two.

When the power of the earth-shaking thunder is revealed, the people of the world will definitely believe that as long as they master this thing, they can master the world.

And that seems to be the case. Fortunately, he has Li Zhi to accompany him all the way, and there is a prince staring at him, Li Shimin should always be able to rest assured, right?

However, after returning to Chang'an, you still have to hand over this hot potato as soon as possible, and other inventions can be kept for yourself to make money, but gunpowder is such a thing, and people outside the royal family are contaminated with it, which is death.

As a human minister, you must not take the path of death.

"Xie Changshi, I don't know if I am sure that the Xiang army is suitable to be equipped with such weapons, and there is a heaven-shaking thunder. Xue Yantuo and the Hui people have nothing to fear, only tens of thousands of horses can completely ensure the safety of the northern border of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Sooner or later, it will be equipped, and the earth-shaking thunder will be the standard configuration of all my Datang armies in the future, but now...... For the time being, it is mainly concentrated in Guanzhong and the state army. ”

Xie Yi said with a smile: "Oh, by the way, this time General Niu Jinda led his army to Songzhou to stop the invading Tubo people, and he also carried a heaven-shattering thunderbolt.

The king of the county also saw it, do the Tubo people have the ability to resist in front of my Tang Heavenly Army? How long can you resist? ”

This is a hypothetical question, and Xie Yi is more inquisitive about it. He didn't know if Niu Jinda would be able to win. This is not easy to say, and Princess Wencheng and her relatives don't know whether it is the result of victory or defeat.

Generally speaking, princesses and relatives are helpless choices when defeated, but Li Shimin is such a strong person. How can it be so easy to succumb? The princess of the Tang Dynasty can only marry, if there is nothing wrong with Princess Wencheng, then the battle of Songzhou will not be lost very badly.

Actually, it doesn't matter, I can't manage so much now. Songzhou is thousands of miles away, and Dingxiang can't receive news in a short time. This statement is just a deterrent, and the most powerful people around Datang in recent years are the Tubo people. Even the Turks had to obey.

The earth-shattering thunder can easily bring down the Tubo people, but what can they do with the Turks? The same vulnerability is inevitable.

Sure enough, after Ashina Simo heard this, he did feel this way. At the same time, he also thought of more things, and when Tuli lost to lobby him, a very important premise was that the Tibetans also sent troops.

Tubo is the most powerful, and it is also the most headache for the Tang Dynasty, and their opportunity is precisely because of the premise that Tubo sent troops to Songzhou and Guanzhong was empty.

Now if Tubo is defeated early, then it will be very fast for the Tang troops to return to Guanzhong. Guanzhong has sufficient troops, and Li Ji of the annexed state is the silhouette, and then occupies the geographical advantages and people advantages, what can others get from the Tang army?

Although it was just Xie Yi saying it casually, it was not appropriate, but Ashina Simo believed it. After all, the power of the earth-shattering thunder is here, this thing must already be in the Tang Army, at least it is a secret equipment, it can't be a thing created by Xie Yi temporarily, right?

If he was just frightened by the power of the earth-shattering thunder before, he was suddenly a little shocked, so much so that he didn't know what to do. Now, then, it's more of a sane analysis.

Chang'an has no way to go, and the cooperation with the Xue Yantuo people is completely meaningless. Even if the Yellow River is frozen and the ice is solid, and Yi Nan has led the army to Dingxiang, there is no such possibility.

Ashina Simo was even vaguely a little lucky, glad that he did not act recklessly, let alone neglect Li Zhi and Xie Yi.

As the old saying goes, it's right and necessary to leave yourself a way back at all times.

At this point, the so-called drill is meaningless.

The Turks appreciated the power of the latest weapons of the Tang Dynasty at the cost of reimbursing a hundred war horses, and they were all dumbfounded. The originally arrogant aristocrats were now all silent, with a sneering expression on their faces, and at this moment, whatever they said seemed superfluous and ashamed.

Xie Yi didn't pay attention to them either, and began to take Li Zhi to chase on horseback on the grassland, hunting or something, completely treating the Turks as an air-like existence.

Now there is no need to worry about the Turks suddenly hurting people, from this moment on, they will treat Li Zhi and themselves with a happy heart, and this is enough.

If you don't have to wait for the results of Li Ji's side, you can even leave Dingxiang at this moment.

Of course, you can't rush everything, leaving now will make Ashina Simo suspicious, and the goal that is not easy to achieve will not fall short.

It's just that I don't know what the battle situation is on Li Ji's side? If he loses, this good situation will still go wrong.

I hope that the honor of the British public generation will not be damaged.

……

When the earth-shattering thunder sounded on the grassland, it was not only Ashnasimo and the Turkic nobles who were shocked.

Someone heard this roar from a long distance, and the face under the purple veil also showed a look of surprise, and his eyes were full of curiosity.

They heard explosions, heard the neighing of war horses, and saw the panicked appearance of the Turkic soldiers and horses on the steppe, although it was not clear what exactly happened. But some results have been detected.

Later, when Xie Yi took Li Zhi to ride a horse and shoot arrows leisurely from a distance, all the facts seemed to become clear in an instant.

"Eldest sister, it seems that the sound just now was not small, and it suppressed the Turks." The young man whispered, an expression of shock and bewilderment on his face.

"It should be, the Turkic soldiers and horses were neat before, but after that loud noise, I panicked, and I don't know what it is."

The masked woman said: "Maybe Li Zhi and Xie Yi dared to come to the grassland because of this, you see." They were now riding their horses gracefully, as if they were not worried about anything, and it was evident that they were confident. ”

"This Ashina Simo is also useless, so it scares him like this?" The young man was clearly unconvinced.

"It should be!" The masked woman shook her head and said, "It's useless to talk about this now, it seems that the Turks will not send troops, something must happen to stimulate them." ”

"Eldest sister, did you kill Li Zhi?" The young man looked at it from afar, shook his head after a moment's silence, and said, "This distance is too far, even the best crossbowmen on the grassland are not sure." Instead, it will startle the snake. ”

"I understand, there's no chance now, don't mess around." The masked woman said: "Let's talk about this matter, presumably Li Zhi and Xie Yi will not leave the grassland immediately." But it has to be done as soon as possible, and it will change later. ”

"Eldest sister, there's something I don't know if I should talk about ......" The young man suddenly hesitated, as if he had some more difficult concerns.

"Say!"

The young man said, "If we do something to Li Zhi and Xie Yi. Will Brother Kan Ling hate us in the future, especially ...... You? ”

Hearing this, the masked woman was obviously a little hesitant. It can be seen that this problem is not unfounded. For them, and especially for her, Kan Ling's attitude is crucial.

Killing Xie Yi is tantamount to making a feud with Kan Leng...... The consequences of this outcome will be severe, at least for the masked woman. Therefore, others did not dare to make decisions on their own, so they had to ask him for advice.

The masked woman pondered for a moment, shook her head lightly, and said, "Now we have parted ways with him, and he has no grievances for helping Li Tang and me; I avenge my big revenge, and he can't care about it, for the sake of the old feelings, it doesn't hurt if he can leave Xie Yi with a life......

However, if Li Zhi is dead, Xie Yi, who is a long history, is estimated to have no chance of survival, and Li Shimin should not forgive him. ”

"Okay......" The young man had nothing to say, but there seemed to be some unbearability in his eyes, as if he had foreseen some cruel situation.

The masked woman's eyes flashed a little resolute, and she nodded: "Well, let's find a chance to do it, even if it's time for Li Zhi to leave, as long as he doesn't go out of the Dingxiang range, he can't get out of it." ”

"Good!" The young man said: "Actually, if Xue Yantuo's army arrives now, it may also have some effect, don't hide it from the eldest sister, I have already spread the news that Li Zhi and Xie Yi appeared in Dingxiang, and informed Tuli that he had lost."

I believe that after they receive the news, they will definitely go to Dingxiang day and night. ”

"You're going to hide from me?" The masked woman seemed dissatisfied with the game, but after a moment, she shook her head lightly and said, "That's it, what you said has some truth, just wait!" ”

……

Further northwest of Dingxiang, the sun has turned westward, although I want to travel day and night, all the way south.

But after the people were sleepy and tired, they had to rest, and they happened to encounter a suitable water source, so Xue Yantuo's army stopped. If nothing else, the army should camp here to rest.

Tu Lishu stood on a hill with Yi Nan riding his horse, pointed to the distance and said: "Father Khan, we have crossed the White Road, and it is Ruozhen Water not far ahead, as long as we pass there, we will not be far from Dingxiang." ”

"Well, the journey is also smooth, if you are fast, you will be able to arrive in Dingxiang tomorrow evening, and when our son-in-law arrives, what else can we say about Ashina Simo?"

Probably the journey was quite smooth, Yi Nan did not have the slightest hesitation at the moment, on the contrary, he seemed quite confident, and there was a bit of the future sharpness of the treasure knife.

"Hmm!" Tu Lishu nodded slightly, thinking in his heart that if he didn't care about his status and power in Xue Yantuo's army, he assassin should stay in Dingxiang. Blame that Ashina Simo, if it weren't for his stubbornness, maybe there wouldn't be these troubles at all.

At this moment, a personal soldier galloped over and reported: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, an urgent letter has been sent, saying that it is about the military situation in Dingxiang, so I must hand it over to you immediately." ”

"Bring it!"

Yi Nan was curious: "What happened?" ”

"Father Khan, don't worry, wait for the son to see!" Tu Lishu took the parchment, and when he saw the Chinese characters on it, he was immediately excited, and said excitedly: "Father Khan, good news, great news." ”

"Oh, what's the good news?" Yi Nan saw his son's expression, and subconsciously became excited.

"There is news that Li Shimin's most beloved youngest son Li Zhi went to Dingxiang, and there was also Xie Yi, the most hateful Xie Yi, who went to our Xue Yantuo last year, and he is also in Dingxiang." When he said these words, Tu Liyu's voice was almost trembling, obviously excited, and even a little too excited.

"Really?" Yi Nan also quickly understood, this is indeed good news, if he catches Xie Yi, he will be ashamed, and his eldest son who did not die innocently will set up revenge, so that he can feel more at ease.

As for the prince of the Tang Dynasty, if Li Shimin's son can be in his hands, it will be a lot of bargaining chips? Even if you kill the sacrificial flag, it can boost morale very well.

Tu Li said: "The news is true, it is said that I went in the name of patrolling the border army, and I don't know what kind of ghost I am doing." However, the strange thing is Ashina Simo's attitude, he didn't immediately detain Li Zhi and Xie Yi, and entertained him with delicious food and drink, and he didn't know what he was going to do. ”

Yi Nan smiled: "What can he plan?" It's not that both sides have left a way back for themselves, he is waiting for us, and he will detain people when we arrive.

Before that, he would not act rashly, in case we don't go, he will have to face the pressure of Chang'an alone, and detain the prince with the intention of rebellion, which is a great crime. ”

"Father Khan, if we say so, we must not delay, we must go to the steppe as soon as possible. Li Zhi and Xie Yi are two fat sheep, and they are very important, if there is any mistake or change in the meantime, it will not be good.

We went earlier, not only to detain them, but also to prevent the Tang Army from lobbying Ashina Simo, that guy's mind is not firm enough, in case of a change of hexagram, it will be bad. ”

"Somewhat." Yi Nan agrees.

Tu Li lost his words: "Father Khan, in this case, don't camp tonight, let's set off overnight, and strive to arrive in Dingxiang before noon tomorrow?" (To be continued.) )