Chapter Twenty-Three: The Messenger of Return

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Zhang Mai wanted to go to the front line, Guo Shidao was afraid that something would happen to him, and said: "I will go back to the road to mobilize the generals, at least it will take ten days and a half months, I didn't expect them to come so quickly, the front is dangerous, the fortune and misfortune are uncertain, the envoy should stay in the army." Zhang Mai refused, so he took Tang Renxiao and rushed to the front.

At this time, the two battalions of Bao Tao and Ying Yang had already arranged an ambush in front, and when they heard that Zhang Mai was coming, Guo Shiyong said secretly: "What is he doing here." "Sent Yang Yi to take care of him. Zhang Mai asked how the battle was going ahead, but Yang Yi was very enthusiastic when he saw him, and said: "What has appeared temporarily is only a small group of people, and the army has not yet been seen." Brother Mai, don't worry, if there is a war, let's kill the enemy side by side, you can also try your skills! ”

Walk more than 20 miles, along the way soldiers, each busy, some young soldiers look at Zhang Mai, with their eyes to show goodwill, but did not stop the work, to Yang Dingbang camp is already late at night, at this time the leopard Tao camp has been stationed properly, Zhang Mai asked about the battle, Yang Dingbang said: "There is no conflict, maybe just a small group of scouts approaching." It seems that we are taking things into a big picture. ”

"Don't be big." Guo Shiyong, who had just arrived with the troops, lifted the curtain and came in: "We have no city behind us now, no strong reinforcements from outside, and we can't afford to lose a battle." Be careful in everything. ”

Zhang Mai also agrees with his statement, the Tang Army of Anxi now has neither a rear nor even a city, and has few soldiers, so it can only continue to win, and has no capital to defeat the battle.

Yang Yi said: "It's better for me to attack overnight and catch them off guard!" ”

Yang Dingbang didn't allow it, and said: "Now the shape is unknown!" If there are many people on the other side, you are going to the mouth of the tiger, if the other party is just a small team, we must listen to the protection of the capital, and give him a total annihilation, not just to win! ”

While they were deliberating, their subordinates from outside came to report: "The Hui Hui have sent an envoy here." ”

Yang Dingbang and Guo Shiyong glanced at each other, and Yang Dingbang said: "Please!" ”

Guo Shiyong said: "Hui Hui actually sent a messenger, that is something that has never happened!" In the past, they either directly drew their swords to kill us, or they threatened us with majesty and asked us to surrender. ”

Yang Yi said with a smile: "Of course, they were scared of the Broken Leaf Burning City in the battle, so the peace came." ”

Yang Dingbang shouted: "Ah Yi, you are less arrogant!" There are more than 100,000 people who control the strings in Balasha, and two or three thousand people die, what is it to them! In the battle of Broken Leaf Burning City, we just killed each other. ”

Zhang Mai lowered his head and pondered: "Are these Hu people really afraid of being killed by us?" But I heard Guo Shiyong muttering to himself: "Negotiate peace, discuss peace...... If it is really a peace, it is a good thing......"

As he spoke, the envoy of the Hui people arrived, and Zhang Mai looked at this person under the lamp, and saw that it was a man of thirty or forty years old, with a hooked nose, his eyes shining with cunning, his clothes were quite luxurious, and his demeanor was also very polite. It seems that there must be a certain status in Huili. "I also want to return to the nomadic people, but it has been a hundred years since the dominance, and I think it should have reached a certain level of civilization.

This envoy spoke Turkic dialect, Zhang Mai practiced martial arts in the spark and learned some Turkic and Arabic daily language from Guo Fen, but the time is too short, where can he learn it? This messenger spoke so fast that Zhang Mai couldn't understand most of them, Yang Yi listened for a while, and said in his ear: "This person claims to be a Gululu. ”

"Qarluk?"

"Well, it is one of the main ethnic groups of the Western Turks, under the rule of the Uighurs. The Qarluqs are insidious and cunning, not a good thing! Well, he said that he had been sent by Arslan, the Great Khan of the Hui Dynasty, to negotiate peace with us, and that he was only a deputy envoy, and that there was also a chief envoy. ”

After listening for a while, Zhang Mai noticed a strange change in the expressions of Yang Dingbang, Guo Shiyong and others.

"What's wrong?"

"It turns out that the light cavalry is not an invading force, just a mission." Yang Yi said.

That hussar is just a mission? Zhang Mai also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and found that the gaze of the scheming Wule stopped on him for a moment, and said with a smile: "The little envoy is here, and he has no evil intentions, and he also asks General Yang to guide him and ask to see the leader of your department." ”

Yang Yi shouted: "You asked to see us Daduhu, what are your intentions?" ”

"Daduhu?" The envoy was slightly stunned, although there was harassment and raiding between the Hui and the New Broken Leaf City, there was no official contact, so the Hui people were completely ignorant of the internal organization of the Tang Army in Anxi.

Yang Dingbang shouted: "Ah Yi, it's your turn to speak here!" ”

Yang Yi lowered his head and didn't dare to say more, but Mouluo Wule laughed: "You Han people have a saying: God has the virtue of a good life, and I, Arslan Khan, also have this benevolence." Although your ministry and my khanate have just experienced a great war, it is also the result of a misunderstanding, and my Arslan Khan is magnanimous and deliberately reconciles with your ministry regardless of past suspicions. After a pause, he said: "Although my Khanate does not know the details of your department, it is expected that this bitter cold land in the northwest will not be able to raise many soldiers and horses. Military affairs, after all, we still have to speak with strength, I go back to the Khanate east of the Tianshan Mountains, west of the Great Food, south across the green mountains, north of the desert, two or three hundred thousand people on horseback to control the strings, if there is really any attempt, wave the army forward, ten thousand hooves to step on the flat, and there is no need to use any strategy. ”

Zhang Mai listened to his words, both soft and hard, and the other party's sentence "The bitter cold land in the northwest can't raise many soldiers and horses" pointed to the fact that the Tang army in Anxi had little money, Yang Yi was angry and wanted to refute, but was pressed by Yang Dingbang with his eyes, and he didn't dare to speak after all, Yang Dingbang laughed and said: "Although the northwest is a bitter cold place, our army has its own way to make a living!" Although the Hui army is strong, the military affairs are dangerous, and it is not necessarily easy to do things when there are many people, and under the thousand-mile expedition, it may not be necessary to win. However, since Arslan Khan has good intentions, our army must not be rude, and I ask the envoy to rest in his tent, and tomorrow I should personally escort your envoy to my Anxi Grand Protector. ”

Mouluo Wule smiled slightly, said goodbye and left, Yang Yi waited for him to leave, and couldn't help but say; "Uncle! These Qarlu are not good things, we fought against Talas with the Great Food Society back then, if it wasn't for Qarlu stabbing us in the back, how could we be defeated! Hui Hui suddenly sent an envoy, most likely some conspiracy! We can't afford them! ”

Zhang Mai heard him mention Talas, and his heart sank. The Tang army and the Great Food fought against the Great Food in Talas and lost the battle, which was the key to the retreat of the power of Chinese civilization in Central Asia, and it was also the eternal pain in the hearts of the Tang Dynasty soldiers and people. He didn't know once he heard Guo Luo and others talk about the war, and knew that at that time, Gao Xianzhi, the envoy of Anxi Jiedu, led 20,000 Han troops from Anxi Protectorate plus 10,000 Han troops from vassal allies Ning Yuan and Gelulu, and fought with 30,000 Arab cavalry mobilized by the governor of Dashi Khorasan to fight in Talas, as a result, Ge Lulu colluded with Da Shi and attacked the Tang army behind the battle, and the elite of the Tang army in Anxi suffered heavy losses, which led to the defeat.

Guo Luo and the others gritted their teeth when they mentioned this matter, but Guo Shiyong said: "It's been a hundred years, what are you doing with him?" Now that Qarluq is also ruled by the Uighurs, this plot to fall Ulle is just to negotiate with us on behalf of Arslan, what are you pulling out Qarlu for? ”

"Peace! What a bird to talk about! Yang Yi said: "Didn't the envoy say it?" Our Tang Dynasty has been revived, and we will send troops at any time, we still listen to the envoy, while recuperating, while saving the Tang people who are scattered in the Western Regions, and uniting all the pro-Tang forces to restore the Western Regions! If you can't do it, then lead the people to return to the east, open up the Hexi Corridor, back to the Central Plains, and then fight back, respond to the call of Chang'an, that is the right way! What kind of birds and what kind of birds are talking about, it has broken morale in vain! According to me, I should immediately cut down the sacrificial banner of Ulle, and then besiege it overnight, and destroy this mission......"

Before he finished speaking, he was drunk by Yang Dingbang: "Are you crazy enough!" Do you think that the current Western Regions is still the situation where more than 36 people can run rampant in the Eastern Han Dynasty? Hum! Besides, the two armies are fighting, and if they don't kill them, whatever you say about sacrificing the flag, it's all bastard! ”

Yang Yi was very unconvinced, and hit Zhang Mai with his elbow: "Brother Mai, why don't you speak!" ”

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