Gambling is to have a bet, the capital in the hands of Amoti is really not too much, it is only enough to play, once the pressure is up, if you lose, it is not only a matter of bankruptcy, if you don't make a good trouble, it will be the end of the extermination, and what is more troublesome is that it is impossible to stay out of the matter - take so many benefits from Li Zhen, the king of Yue, but do nothing, once Li Zhen wins the battle in the Qingshui River, how can he let the Amotti brothers be at ease, as for completely taking refuge in Xue Yantuo, it is no different from staying out of the matter- Bazhuo can't look down on such a little soldiers and horses of the assassination tribe at all, even if Amoti goes to hold stinky feet, he is not qualified, and he can't spread any benefits, just a coolie's life, can he put all the bets on Li Zhen, the king of Yue, in case Li Zhen is defeated in the Qingshui River, he will be arrogant, how can he tolerate the assassination tribe behind his back, so calculated, Amoti's only choice is actually the question of whether to press on Li Zhen, as for the head of Bazhuo, pressure injection and non-pressure injection are the same thing, there is no difference.

Headache, incomparably headache! There is not much direct contact between Amoti and Li Zhen, but there has not been a lot of correspondence over the years, and he knows that Li Zhen is a very shrewd person, and if he wants to lie and coax Li Zhen, it is absolutely impossible, and it is even more impossible to delay - and now that Chen Dongliang dares to issue such a strong ultimatum, there is no doubt that he has received Li Zhen's clear instructions, and seeing that the big war is about to start, there is not much time for Amoti to delay and play, However, it is really impossible to deduce a result from Amotti's ability to win the battle of Qingshuihe, and in the face of the possible extinction of the clan, it is really difficult for Amotti to make up his mind to put the lives of the entire clan on Li Zhen, the problem is that time is running out, and there is no room for Amotti to hesitate any longer.

"Third brother, go and invite Envoy Chen to the big tent of the Chinese army to discuss matters." Amotti, who had been silent for nearly half an hour, finally opened his mouth, his face full of exhaustion.

"Big brother......" As soon as Awangda heard this, he shouted with a look of anxiety on his face, but Amodi didn't give Awanda a chance to finish speaking, and shook his hand weakly and said: "Needless to say, for the brother has his own measure, third brother, go." ”

"Yes." Asmo didn't dare to say much, bowed respectfully, withdrew from the tent, and went to ask Chen Dongliang and the others not to mention it.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Chen Dongliang sat behind a few sons with a solemn face, no matter how Asmo provoked the topic, but he never spoke, blindly remained silent, never even raised his eyelids, and did not pay any attention to the wine and food in front of him, the whole person sat still like a wooden statue, however, his heart was not as calm as it appeared on the surface, without him, the burden on his shoulders was too heavy, although His Royal Highness King Yue had given the final limit, will not blame himself for the failure of this mission, but Chen Dongliang, who is one of the middle-level backbones of the "Rising Sun", does not want to lose this opportunity to make great contributions - although the treatment of the "Rising Sun" is good, but after all, it is a secret organization, and it cannot be on the big stage, but if you have a great achievement, you will have the opportunity to enter the Anxi military and political system and become an official official of the Tang Dynasty, which has many precedents, Dong Qianli, Yan Wancheng and a large number of original "Rising Sun" The middle-level backbone of the rudder of the Western Regions has now become the military and political chief of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, Chen Dongliang does not want to be willing to live in the future, especially after the Qinghe War, the northern Xinjiang will have a huge space for development, Chen Dongliang is counting on himself to occupy a position in it, as for the victory or defeat of the Qinghe War, Chen Dongliang does not think about it at all, in his opinion, with His Royal Highness the King of Yue, there is no possibility of failure, which Chen Dongliang has absolute confidence.

Just when Chen Dongliang was thinking a lot, a burst of footsteps suddenly sounded outside the big tent of the Chinese army, and Chen Dongliang's ears knew that it was the main man who appeared, and he was alerted in an instant, although the person was still sitting still, but the cranky thoughts in his mind had been thrown aside by Chen Dongliang. Sure enough, the people outside the tent had not yet entered the tent, and the words floated in first: "Envoy Chen is here?" The old man is a step too late, sorry, sorry. As the words sounded, the Amotti brothers, dressed in hunting clothes, walked in with a smile.

"Amotti is so interested, I think I have hit a lot of prey, it seems that I should have a good fortune to enjoy today, when Ke Mou is drunk, hahaha......" Chen Dongliang laughed out loud with a pun.

"Hehehe, that's, that's." Amotti naturally knew that he couldn't hide Chen Dongliang in the past few days, and at this time he was pinched by Chen Dongliang, and he was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Brother got up a few days ago, and walked up the mountain, but Brother Chen waited for a long time, hehe, today my brother should accompany Brother Chen to have a good life, in order to make amends." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, the head of Amoti is polite, please." Chen Dongliang arched his hand with a smile, and made a gesture of invitation, letting the Amodi brothers go to the top, and each of them sat down as guests.

"Brother heard that Brother Chen wants to leave today, but do you think that he is not well taken care of?" Amotti smiled and picked up the horn glass containing the wine, and asked as if intentionally or unintentionally.

Chen Dongliang is a shrewd individual, as soon as he heard it, he knew that Amotti was coming to the bottom, but he didn't pay much attention to it, and said with a smile: "I have been here for a long time, thanks to the hospitality of the head of Amoti, I am really grateful, but there is no feast in the world, and I still have important things to do, but I don't dare to stay longer, I have to rush to other places at the end of today, I have to have to do it, I have to forgive me." ”

Amotti and Chen Dongliang are old acquaintances, and they have dealt with each other countless times, so they know that it is difficult to find out what is going on from Chen Dongliang's mouth, at this time, although Chen Dongliang said politely, but the inside is non-negotiable resolute, his heart suddenly sank, he frowned quickly, and simply made his words clear and said: "Brother Chen, but Qingshuihe is going to war?" ”

Chen Dongliang smiled indifferently, but he didn't take the topic, just took a sip of the horn cup, and said with a smile: "Good wine, this 'victory' has to be the best wine for some years, good wine." Chen Dongliang naturally has hidden words in his words, and there are two meanings in it - one is that this wine is brought by the Tang caravan, without the support of Anxi, where did the assassination tribe come from today's strength, if this time it is stiff, the decline of the assassination tribe is at hand, as for the second, that is, it is saying that the Anxi Tang army will be able to "return victorious" in the first battle of Qingshuihe, and Amoti must recognize the situation and not make mistakes.

Chen Dongliang's words Amotti can understand himself, but he is not as optimistic as Chen Dongliang, after all, the safety of the whole clan is all on his shoulders, how can he make a decision easily, at this time he can only make a haha: "It's good wine, hehe, it's rare to be able to drink once, this is also the Chen envoy is here, otherwise he is reluctant to take it out, come, come, come, drink." ”

Amotti is a master who doesn't see rabbits and doesn't scatter eagles, which Chen Dongliang has long been familiar with, at this time, seeing that Amotti is pretending to be confused, Chen Dongliang will not break it, smiled, picked up the horn cup and drank with Amotti a drink, and no longer spoke, just sat still with his hands down with a smile on his face, as if nothing happened. "Brother Chen, can you stay for a few more days, hehe, in a few days it will be the slash ploughing festival of my Qarlu tribe, there will be a lot of excitement, Brother Chen might as well have a good time?" Seeing Chen Dongliang smiling and silent, Amotti said tentatively again.

"Thank you for the kindness of the head of Amoti, I have said that I have to do something to do, and I must not delay, hehe, it is almost noon at this time, and I have to prepare to leave, so I will leave." Chen Dongliang was really too lazy to talk to Amotti anymore, so he smiled, got up, and put on a posture of preparing to say goodbye.

If Chen Dongliang is not tightened, the three Amoti brothers will not be able to sit still, if Chen Dongliang is really allowed to leave like this, it means that the assassination tribe has completely broken with Anxi, and the consequences are unimaginable, at least not what the Amoti brothers can afford, seeing Chen Dongliang get up, Amoti jumped up and said: "Brother Chen, slow, do you have something to discuss, sit down and say, sit down and talk about it." Asmo ran over and pulled Chen Dongliang's arm forcibly, also comforting with kind words.

Chen Dongliang wanted to leave just to make a gesture, at this time, seeing that Amotti was soft, he accepted it when he saw it, and sat down, but the smile on his face was put away, and he looked at Amotti with a solemn face and said: "Your Highness's soldiers are there, and those who block are invincible. ”

"Not necessarily, Xue Yantuo has an army of more than 200,000 this time, even if His Highness is clever, he may not be able to win, if His Highness can't win, I will wait for this end to be cut off and the scorching grain channel, and turn around, don't you want my whole clan to be martyred? Hmph, how can there be such a thing in the world, don't do it! As soon as Chen Dongliang's words fell, Nwanda, who was sitting sullenly and drinking on the side, suddenly sneered, and said a lot of strange things.

Chen Dongliang laughed and said: "Hahaha...... ridiculous, ridiculous, how can fireflies compete with the sun and the moon, like Xue Yantuo and other local chickens and dogs, even if there are many of them, our army will undoubtedly win this battle, but if Awangda's words are spread, I don't know what His Highness will think, so I don't dare to guarantee it." ”

"You ......" Seeing Chen Dongliang threatening him, Awanda couldn't help jumping up, pointing at Chen Dongliang and about to scold, but Amotti didn't dare to let Awanda be so presumptuous, and shouted with a calm face: "Awanda, you get out of here, you don't have the right to talk here, get out!" ”

"Big brother, I'm ......" Awanda's face changed, but he didn't dare to speak back, he stomped his feet hatefully, and rushed out of the Chinese army's tent angrily.

"Brother Chen, let you laugh, my brother is ignorant, but ...... Alas, it is very difficult for someone to bear the burden of the whole clan. Instead of paying attention to Awanda's departure, Amotti shook his head with a wry smile and said with a distressed look on his face.

These two brothers are singing red face and white face, with the double reed, in fact, it is just a high price, without him, since the Amotti brothers have already appeared, they naturally have made up their minds to cooperate with the Anxi Tang Army, otherwise, the three of them will not come out together at all, this Chen Dongliang knows this, at this time, seeing Amotti with a sad face, he was amused in his heart, but he did not say anything, but said calmly: "The head of Amotti cares about the whole clan, and he admires it very much, His Royal Highness has an order, If the head of the Amoti can act according to the plan, in addition to the original heavy reward, they can consider the land of a state as the residence of the Qarluqs, if not, the head of the Amoti will bear the consequences. ”

Previously, Li Zhen had promised to give autonomy to the assassination tribe where Amoti was located, and agreed to give rewards such as silk and satin, in addition, he also agreed to give the assassination tribe the right to trade in Anxi and even the Tang Dynasty, and now he has added a state reward, which can be said to be a heavy reward, Rao is Amotti is calm, but he is also a little unable to hold his breath, although Chen Dongliang's last sentence was very harsh, but Amotti automatically filtered out this harsh words, and after the light flashed in his eyes for a while, he took a deep breath and said: "Brother Chen, Real people don't tell lies in front of them, but they don't know where this state refers to? ”

The fish has already been hooked, Chen Dongliang is not in a hurry, he smiled and picked up the horn cup, took a sip slowly, and then explained with a smile: "There will be six states north of the Tianshan Mountains, and one state north of the Ulungu River, tentatively named Wuzhou, which is the land of His Highness's promise to the Erqlu tribe." ”

"Oh?" Amotti's eyes flashed, but he didn't say anything, just picked up the horn cup, drank slowly, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Thank you for the love of His Royal Highness King Yue, but there are only less than 5,000 soldiers and horses in a certain hand, I am afraid it will be difficult to be useful. ”

I want to make a profit but I don't want to contribute, how can there be such a good thing in the world, Chen Dongliang sneered and said: "That's all for a certain word, and the head of Amoti has done it himself." As soon as the words fell, he took the horn cup and drank it himself, not even looking at Amoti again.

As soon as Chen Dongliang said this, Amotti's face was wonderful, white and red changed for a while, he had a heart attack but didn't dare, he was stunned for a while, and then he took a deep breath and said: "Brother Chen, I won't tell you that a certain force is really not enough, if there is no plan to fall and the two departments to help, even this red mountain mouth will be difficult to break, let alone the Takshiken Pass, as for the Ulastai and other passes, they are even more intentional and powerless, if they are unwilling to do it, they are really powerless." ”

Chen Dongliang could tell the truth from the false, and as soon as Amoti's voice fell, Chen Dongliang said: "Your Highness has an order, the head of Amoti only needs to cut off the Red Mountain Mouth and Takshiken, and the rest of the passes His Highness has his own other arrangements, so there is no need for Brother Amoti to worry about it, as for the lack of troops, hehe, isn't it enough to use the troops of the two divisions?" ”

Amoti is a smart person, as soon as he heard Chen Dongliang's words, he understood that he was afraid that it would not work without bleeding, so he gritted his teeth fiercely and said: "Okay, since that's the case, in the name of the slash and plough festival, please invite the two big and small people to come to discuss the matter, and ask Brother Chen to cooperate more." ”

"Hahaha......" Chen Dongliang laughed and said: "Brother Amoti don't worry, there is a certain plan, you can let Brother Amoti ascend to the position of Ye Hu of the Qarluq clan." ”

"Oh? Brother Chen, please advise. When Amotti heard this, he was immediately moved, without him, the Qarlu clan has been divided into three since they were annexed to the Western Turks, and there is no longer the existence of Ye Hu, although the three tribes live next to each other, but they are not harmonious with each other, just because of the same root and the same origin, a council of elders was set up to regulate each other's actions, and the previous decision on whether to let go of the Red Mountain Mouth and let Xue Yantuo's army pass was decided at this elders' meeting. If it weren't for Amoti's insistence on not agreeing to belong to Xue Yantuo, I am afraid that at this time, the soldiers of the Qarlu clan would have already gone to the front line of the Qingshui River with the Bazhuo army to fight the Tang army. Amoti has been trying his best to merge the three tribes into one again over the years, especially after getting the support of Anxi, and he has dreamed of being the Ye Hu of the Qarlu tribe, but he is not absolutely sure that he will forcibly unify the other two tribes by force, and secondly, he does not have an advantage in assassinating the tribe in the elders' meeting, so he did not dare to act rashly.

"What's so hard about that? Then come over with your ears and let someone say. Chen Dongliang laughed and got up, walked to Amotti's side, and whispered in Amotti's ear, hearing that Amotti's face was cloudy, and he couldn't speak for a long time, and after being in a daze for a while, he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, then so-and-so will gamble!" ”

Slash-and-lay Festival, a big festival of the Qarlu people, is more grand than the Spring Festival, the origin of this festival is taken from the meaning of slash and burn, without him, the Qarlu people are a semi-agricultural nation, however, its cultivation method is extremely backward, that is, the level of slash and burn farming, after the burning of the famine in March every year, it will be sprinkled after the seedling, and after the seedlings emerge in April, it will no longer be managed, let the rice grow on its own, and the idle tribesmen will begin to prepare for migration and grazing, and the three tribes will have a big thing to do in a month before going out, That is the marriage match - according to the clan rules, the same surname is not allowed to intermarry, the three tribes will take this opportunity to gather all the unmarried young men and women together to have a lively time, people of each family and surname take this opportunity to make a marriage ceremony, quite a bit of the meaning of the blind date conference of later generations, since there is a lively to see, of course, to hold such an annual slash and plough festival is not a simple matter, to organize the things are very cumbersome, all the matters since the ghost elders unified consultation decision, although this year is in the war, But for the Qarluq tribe who did not participate in the war, this slash-ploughing festival cannot be mistaken, no, there are still four days before the slash-ploughing festival, as the leader of the assassination tribe Amoti, as the host tribe, has already issued a post to convene the heads of the tribes and magnates to discuss the matter, and the ministers dare not slack off, and rushed to the station of the assassination tribe early, waiting for the start of the discussion......

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