Chapter 291: Provocation

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The horses kicked three feet of solid ice and drove on the grassland with a puff, and the more than 20 horsemen on the horses were all dressed in thick felt shirts.

At the head was a man in his fifties, although his beard and eyebrows were dyed with a little snow, but the whole person was beaming, excited, and anxiously looking in the direction of the road.

Of course, this person is Li Chongjiu's father, Li Hu, and when he learned that Mu Deyun was pregnant, he immediately ignored it happily and was sure to rush to Yuyi Town.

Beside Li Hu, a person covered his face with a felt shirt, and his eyes were sleek, as if he was thinking about something, this person was one of the first merchants in Huaihuang Town, Shi Kang, a Sogdian.

Shi Kang has a lot of industry in Huaihuang Town, mainly engaged in the Kunlun slaves in the Western Regions, buying and selling slaves, he has a mediocre relationship with Li Chongjiu, but he is good with Li Hu. Under his intention, his business has always been good in Huaihuang Town.

Shi Kang said with a smile at the moment: "Is Master Li so anxious? ”

Li Hu couldn't help laughing. Shi Kang said at the moment: "Master Li, I am an outsider, say a word that should not be said, although Li Yuanjun is still young at the moment, but at the moment there is only Mrs. Murude, if Mrs. Murude gives birth to a son, it means unusual to the general of the Murode Xi clan under his command." ”

Li Hu felt a pang in his heart, although he was born as a bandit, he also knew what it meant. Li Chongjiu's generals under the Mur De Xi system, such as Eto, Ying Hefu, and Mur Defeng, are all generals with heavy troops, and they have always hoped that Li Chongjiu can accept Mur Deyun as the main room, which is called Kedun on the grassland.

But Li Chongjiu seemed reluctant, and the Han generals did not support the idea. But now if the room is born to a baby boy, then there is no doubt that the weight of the room will be increased, and it is likely that the general of the room will take advantage of this to put pressure on Li Chongjiu, hoping to use the room as the main room, once the room will become the main room, and then her son will inherit more than eighty percent of Li Chongjiu's one qiē in the future.

At that time, all of Li Chongjiu's subordinates had to be loyal to him.

At that time, whether it was the Han generals under Li Chongjiu, or the Hebei scholars who did not support him very much at the moment, they may be unhappy because of this. They hope that Li Chongjiu can make the Han woman the main family, even the noble relatives of Daibei are better than the daughters of the Xi family.

Li Hu pondered for a while, he was quite satisfied with the daughter-in-law of Room Deyun, frank, sincere, and had a heart for Li Chongjiu, what else could he ask for if he could have a daughter-in-law like this.

He did not reject Room Deyun as the main room, he also asked Li Chongjiu about this, but Li Chongjiu's words are indeed reasonable, Room Deyun is simple-minded, such a woman, placed in Li Chongjiu's harem in the future, as the main room, will inevitably not escape the tilt of power.

Rather than this, it is better to let her be happy next to Li Chongjiu without thinking about anything. Thinking of this, Li Hu couldn't help but sigh. As his father's wish, he just hoped that the Li family could spread out, nothing more, but he didn't expect that state affairs and family affairs were involved, which he didn't want to see.

Li Hu was meditating on his mind when a large force of cavalry suddenly appeared in the grassland in the distance. In the usual winter, it is rare to encounter so many people and centaurs on the grassland.

Turks, Li Hu couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, although he couldn't conclude, but Li Hu didn't dare to take risks, and immediately ordered his subordinates to immediately accelerate their retreat in the direction of Huaihuang Town.

After retreating for a while, he took a sharp look, and found that the other party was really coming towards him, and the guard next to Li Hu resolutely put the horn next to the horse to his mouth and blew it for a long time. The desolate sound of the horn spread through the heavy wind and snow, warning the surroundings and asking for help.

The wind and snow are getting heavier and heavier, and the snow particles that split their heads and faces make people almost unable to open their eyes, in the past, it was an absolutely annoying wind and snow day, but for Li Hu, who was tired at the moment, it was the best cover.

This time, he had been speeding eastward for more than 20 miles, and he saw that he was getting closer and closer to Yuyi Town, but this cavalry still broke through to the vicinity of Li Hu.

In Yuyi Town, Li Chongjiu was sitting next to Mu Deyun, holding a Jin version of the ancient book of Mountains and Seas translated into the vernacular, and said it to Mu Deyun, listening to it peacefully. Room Deyun, Pingping heard stories in the story, such as Kuafu's chasing the sun, and couldn't help but be leisurely fascinated.

In the past ten days since Mu Deyun became pregnant, Li Chongjiu has pushed away all major events, and he has given himself a vacation to accompany Mu Deyun at home.

After talking for a while, although Mu Deyun was still sleepy, she still cheered up and listened carefully.

And at this time, outside the door, there seemed to be a sound of fast footsteps, Li Chongjiu wanted to accompany the room, so Huaihuang Town, Yuyi Town was managed by Wen Yanbo, Ji Chuan, and Liu Yi, and at this time, someone suddenly came to him, it must have been a major matter that the three of them could not handle.

After that, he stopped in front of the door, and was stopped by his own guards. Soon Li Chongjiu heard a knock on the door.

Li Chongjiu was a little sleepy at the moment, and said calmly: "I'll talk to you tomorrow and go to bed early." ”

Room Deyun, Pingping listened to this reluctantly, and said in a word: "Don't play tricks tomorrow." ”

Ping Ping then nodded in agreement. Li Chongjiu smiled and walked out of the door immediately.

Li Chongjiu restrained the gentle smile in the room and asked expressionlessly, "What's the matter?" ”

A subordinate dressed in sheep's clothing knelt down beside Li Chongjiu and said, "Qiyu Khan, Lord Ling, outside Yuyi Town, has been attacked by the Turks!" ”

Li Chongjiu's eyes froze, and he said, "How is he now?" ”

"Fortunately, Ugunai heard the sound of the horn outside the city, led the army to the rescue, and killed the other party, but the Lord was wounded by an arrow, but fortunately there was no major problem, but more than half of the guards were killed or wounded."

Li Chongjiu couldn't help but be furious when he heard this, but then paced and said: "In the wind and snow, the road is not good, and the Turks suddenly kill and intercept, the other party must have detected this matter in advance, and there was a premeditated matter. ”

At that moment, Li Chongjiu immediately mounted his horse and immediately went out of the city, at which time Wu Gu Nai was leading the army back.

Li Chongjiu immediately asked Ugunai, "Have you captured the Turkic captives?" ”

Ugunai shook his head, and then his subordinates said: "Qiyu Khan, it's not our fault, we killed the other party's thirty-five horsemen, and we could have captured two people alive, but the other party committed suicide. ”

Li Chongjiu's eyes lit up, and he said immediately: "There is something strange about this matter, immediately let Eto and Yinghefu come."

Under the city tower, the corpses were lined up, all of them were people who attacked Li Hu, and the corpses were picked up from the snow.

Eto, Inghefer watched from the corpse one by one. Then the two of them returned to pay their respects, and Yinghe said: "Khan, I have seen the corpses of these people, although they are all dressed as Turks and use scimitars, but they are all Xi people. ”

"Really?" Li Chongjiu asked, the Lan Turks of the Ashina clan are the Cypriot race, although the race is close to the white race, which is very easy to identify, but among the Black Turks, although many of them are people from local tribes on the grassland.

If you say that the difference between Li Chongjiu really can't be seen, but Yinghefu and they can, just like now judging Koreans, Japanese, Chinese, in the eyes of Europeans and Americans, the three countries all look similar, but the difference, only we can recognize the difference with the Japanese, Koreans.

Inghofer immediately said: "Yes, Khan, it is indeed a Xi man, and one of them will be recognized by the people of our tribe. ”

"Which of the five tribes of the Xi clan is it?"

"A warrior from the Humiliation King's Division."

Li Chongjiu's eyes narrowed after hearing this.

Ever since the Khan of Chuluo had spread the news that it would be unfavorable to Huaihuang Town, the elders of the Murod Department had been communicating with the Turks in various ways, bribing the Turkic ministers and generals with heavy money, and asking them to say good things to Chuluo.

Now Li Chongjiu led the army to pacify Zhuojun and return to the grassland. The Turks also had scruples about Li Chongjiu's ability to conquer the army that was accustomed to war.

It is said that there are also two opinions within the Turkic people about Li Chongjiu, who is rising in the east, one is that Li Chongjiu, who is rising day by day, is a great trouble, and in the future, he will be like Xue Yantuo, posing a challenge to the hegemony of the Turkic steppe, and must be removed as soon as possible.

First, he believes that although Li Chongjiu is now a hegemon of the steppe, he has always been a Han regime, and will not threaten the hegemony of the Turks like Xue Yantuo, a steppe tribe, and that his important strategic goal is the Central Plains, not the grassland. With such a powerful separatist force as Li Chongjiu, it was definitely a big trouble for the Sui Dynasty.

The Turks always believed that the Sui Dynasty, which had defeated them in the past, was the most formidable adversary, so they always pursued a strategy of combining the strong with the weak. He fostered separatist forces such as Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu, and Gao Kaidao to fight against the Sui court, and at the same time hoped that the Central Plains would be as chaotic as possible. For the Turks, such a powerful separatist force as Li Chongjiu was a barrier between them and the Sui Dynasty, and the more Han separatist forces there were, the more the Turks could benefit from the chaos of the Sui Dynasty.

Therefore, under such circumstances, the Turks' determination to use force against Li Chongjiu will never be very strong, otherwise Chu Luo Khan will not let out a rumor to attack Li Chongjiu, but will lead an army of 300,000 to really come to the city.

Li Chongjiu guessed that the purpose of Luo Khan was really to hope that Li Chongjiu could be like Liu Wuzhou and Liang Shidu, and officially declare himself a vassal to the Turks, so he deliberately declared troops abroad, hoping to achieve the goal of surrendering the army without a fight.

Now you come and go on both sides, both openly and secretly pressuring each other, and secretly communicating with each other. There is a vote of the main and faction on both sides, and they don't want the two to have a big war.

Therefore, seeing that this winter is about to pass, and the war between Li Chongjiu and the Turks has not yet broken out, among the two departments, when everyone thought that the war would not break out at least before the autumn of next year, there was really a third-party force, and they did not want to see the two families in peace, and there was a matter of insulting the royal department pretending to be Turkic to assassinate Li Hu.

Li Chongjiu can also understand that the five tribes of the Xi tribe, the original humiliation of the king of the five tribes is the leader of the alliance in the five tribes, but now Huaihuang Town, Yuyi Town has appeared, so that the five tribes of the Xi tribe are now the Xi tribe, replacing the status of the original humiliation of the king department, Li Chongjiu's now powerful power has become what they are increasingly afraid of. (To be continued.) )