Chapter 211: The First Strike (Part II)

The relationship between the Tang and the Turks is quite complicated, and they have deep grievances with each other, both the Eastern Turks and the Western Turks are the sworn enemies of the Tang Empire, and now the Eastern Turks have been destroyed by Li Jing, but the remaining Western Turks are still in a hostile state with the Tang Dynasty, and they are constantly attacking each other, and now the main enemy of the four towns of Anxi is the Western Turks, in the land of the Western Regions, both sides have already killed the red eyes, and both sides have only one way to treat prisoners of war - kill! Not only killing, but also usually torture and killing, there are all kinds of tricks, lighting sky lanterns, dragging horses to death, beheading, hanging, etc., which makes people shudder when they think about it. Since he was captured, he originally thought that he would definitely die, and he just hoped to have a good time, but he never thought that Li Zhen did not intend to kill him, but wanted to appease him, this change was completely unexpected by Amotti, and he was stunned for a while.

"Your Highness, what you said is true, but should it be?" After a long time, Amotimuna finally came to his senses, but he swallowed vigorously and asked dryly.

"There is no lie in the mouth of this king!" Li Zhen smiled and said very calmly.

"But, but ......" Amotti's throat was dry, but there was no result for a long time, but Nwanda, who was kneeling on the side, couldn't hold back and shouted: "Big brother, the Tang people have no faith, how can our brothers be people who surrender, if they want to kill, they will kill, and Hugh will play some conspiracy!" ”

As soon as Awanda shouted like this, Amotti came to his senses, his whole body trembled, he knelt straight, stared at Li Zhen with a pair of eyes, and said, "What does Your Highness want me and other brothers to do?" If it is not indicated, please forgive me for not daring to descend. ”

Hehe, this kid is really a cautious person, it's kind of interesting! The reason why Li Zhen wants to surrender the brothers is not to deal with those sand thieves who are not in the climate, but to prepare for the future attack on the Western Turks - the Western Turks are Li Zhen's biggest enemy to pacify Anxi, and it is also the first force that Li Zhen has to deal with, of course, today's Western Turkic forces are huge, and they are not so easy to deal with, although Li Zhen is confident that he can defeat the army of the Western Turks head-on, but the price to pay is bound to be small, and the current Li Zhen can hold a limited number of troops, Li Zhen can't afford this kind of price, without him, the other two opponents in Anxi are by no means vegetarians, whether it is Xue Yantuo or Tubo, they are both fierce rivals, Li Zhen will not be stupid enough to fight with the Western Turks after losing both, and be benefited by the two fishermen in vain, in this way, Li Zhen must make full use of the contradictions between the various castes of the Western Turks to make a fuss, and the guy in front of him who claims to assassinate Amoti is obviously a good target to use, which is also the real purpose of Li Zhen to take some trouble to surrender the brothers, of course, Li Zhen knew this in his heart, but he would never say that it would come out, and when he saw Amotti asking, he did not answer, and smiled indifferently: "This king is very curious, your brothers are originally surnamed Ye Hu, why did they become thieves?" ”

"So-and-so, so-and-so, so-and-so......" Amoti's old face was red, and he couldn't speak - although the Western Turks are known for their plundering habits, most of them act in the name of tribes or khanates, and the Western Turks hate the sand thieves very much, after all, the sand thieves don't care if those caravans are owned by the Western Turks, and the Western Turks are unceremoniously killed when they catch the sand thieves, this is surprisingly consistent with the Tang Dynasty, and Amoti is the eldest son of Ye Hu of the Qarluq tribe, and he is a small nobleman of the Western Turks. Now he appears as a sand thief, and he has been exposed by Li Zhen, no matter how thick-skinned Rao is Amotti is, he can't bear it anymore.

"Nonsense, I can't live anymore, if I don't live a sand thief, I really can't wait for death, hum, what if I'm a thief? It's better to go over and be a dog for the Turks......" Amotti didn't speak, but Awanda couldn't help but scold.

"Shut up!" Amotti didn't wait for Awanda to finish speaking, he immediately turned his face, glared at Awanda, yelled, interrupted Awanda's words, and at the end, he looked at Li Zhen with a wry smile on his face and said: "Your Highness Mingjian, a certain is the eldest son of Gelulu Yehu, alas, although my second brother's words are coarse, but it is the truth, if they are not thieves, the old and young in the clan will have no food and clothing, and pity my six thousand old and young people of the Qarlu tribe have their own land of gold, but after a year of grazing, the income is not enough to pay the taxes sent by the khanate, A certain one was also a last resort, which made His Highness smile. ”

The power of the "Rising Sun" has already penetrated into the Western Turks, although the high-level of the Khanate has not yet been able to break in, but the specific situation of those various castes is still understood, and Li Zhen has long known what happened to the Qarluq tribe, and he knows that what Amotti said is the truth, but Li Zhen still pretended not to believe it, and looked at Amotti with a puzzled face: "Aren't you also a Western Turkic clan, how can you be exploited like this?" Do you want to deceive this king? ”

"Your Highness, a certain person is a person who will die, why should you deceive Your Highness, not only my Ge Lulu is like this, but also Ba Simi, Tiele and other tribes are like this, alas, our small clan can only be the vassals of those big surnames, life and death are not up to their own decisions, we are also forced by life to be thieves, and we have to do it." As soon as Amotti remembered what had happened to his tribe, he burst into tears and could no longer speak.

Ha, it's a good thing that you can't live, grandma's, someone sent a pillow when she was really sleepy, cool! Li Zhen was overjoyed in her heart, but she showed a look of deep sympathy on her face and said, "Oh, that's a misunderstanding by this king, come here, loosen the bindings for the two Ye Hu." Li Zhen gave this order, and several of his own guards rushed forward and untied the ropes on the Amotti brothers.

Amoti couldn't tell what Li Zhen's intentions were, so he looked at Li Zhen blankly and said, "Your Highness, ...... you are"

"You are a thief for a reason, this king can't bear to add crimes, but the Tang Dynasty has its own laws, this king just wants to indulge in fear and difficult, alas, if this king cuts off the heads of the two Ye Hu, the Jinshan Qarlu clan is only afraid that it will be wiped out, pitiful, pitiful!" Li Zhen didn't answer Amoti's temptation, and shook her head with regret on her face and said.

The subtext in Li Zhen's words is that if the Amoti brothers don't surrender, they can only be dealt with according to Tang Law, if they fall here, they can still have a way to live, Amoti is not stupid, he can understand the meaning of Li Zhen's words, but he really can't see through what Li Zhen wants his brothers to do, for a while I really don't know whether to surrender like this, or to mention more conditions, after hesitating for a while, he gritted his teeth and knelt on the ground, but he kowtowed a few times and said: "Your Highness is lenient, a certain wish to surrender, I only ask Your Highness to have mercy on me and the old and young of the Qarlu clan, and I dare not ask Your Highness to send a large army to pick it up, but I only beg Your Highness to let me wait to rescue the Manchu old and young, and come to His Highness together. ”

, what does Lao Tzu want you to do? Raise it to be an uncle? Li Zhen understands the meaning of what Amoti said - the Western Turkic Khanate is a country, in fact, it is a loose khanate with a tribal system like the Xiongnu in the Han Dynasty, and the independence of all tribes, especially the large tribes, is extremely high, and the Khan's court generally can't manage the internal affairs of the tribe, but there is one thing that all tribes dare not violate, that is, betraying the khanate and turning to other countries, once a tribe dares to do so, all the tribes will attack it under the call of the Khan's court, Amoti is the eldest son of the tribe Yehu, that is, the heir of the tribe, If he votes for Tang, then the Qarlu clan can only have one end - extermination!

Li Zhen wants to use Amoti, not to be a general, as far as Amoti's ability, Li Zhen is not eye-catching, even if it is the so-called six thousand Gelulu people, for Li Zhen, it is just an insignificant mustard, what can really enter Li Zhen's eyes is actually the geographical location of Jinshan - Jinshan is located at the junction of the Junggar Basin and the Mongolian steppe, in the rear of the Western Turks, and borders with Xue Yantuo, outside the Western Siberian Plain, the strategic position is extremely important, Originally, it was the place where Li Zhen was scheduled to focus on building the city and defending, and there could be a nail nailed there first, not to mention that there would be enough human resources when building the city in the future, that is, once the Western Turkic troops met, the Qarluq people could also play the task of rioting behind enemy lines, if the Qarlu tribe left Jinshan, then for Li Zhen, there would be no use value, right?

"It doesn't have to be that much trouble." Li Zhen would not reveal what he was thinking in his heart, but shook his head with a smile and said: "This king has never been strong, if you are willing to surrender, this king can first hang a deputy army number for you under this king's account, but you don't have to serve under this king's account, you and other brothers go back to Jinshan, this king can give comprehensive support, and there is no need for you to immediately hang out the banner of anti-Western Turks, but there is one, you remember it for this king, that is, take down the Jinshan area, be sure to control Jinshan in the hands of your department, when the time comes, This king has his own great use, so it's good, this king gives you a pillar of incense time to consider, come to someone, incense! ”

Confused, completely confused, not only Awanda, a guy with no brains, was confused, but also Amotti, who has always been known for his shrewdness and prudence, was also dumbfounded, facing the huge pie that Li Zhen threw out, his head couldn't turn for a while, he looked at Li Zhen stupidly, his mouth was wide open, and he couldn't think of the reason why Li Zhen did this, and after standing for a while, the brothers got together and muttered quietly, until the pillar of incense used as a timekeeper burned out, Amoti turned to Li Zhen with a solemn face and said: "Your Highness Gaoyi, we admire it in our hearts, I don't know what Your Highness wants us to pledge?" If His Royal Highness does not dislike it, he is willing to take the eldest son as a hostage, and ask His Highness to accept my Qarlu family. ”

"No need." Li Zhen smiled and waved his hand and said: "This king never needs such formalities to act, and the sincerity of your king can be trusted, so this king, this king can let you go now, and send you and a cart of property, and after you return to Jinshan, this king will send another caravan to send you and other urgently needed things, as long as you can firmly control the land of Jinshan, and in the future, when this king destroys the Western Turks, he will definitely give you and other merits to the Ming court and give a heavy reward, so it can be done?" ”

As soon as Li Zhen said this, he was immediately moved by Amotti, and he fell to the ground in a hurry, kowtowed and said: "Your Highness Xie Longen, so, plotting to assassinate Amotti hereby swear to Tianming: for the rest of my life, follow His Royal Highness the King of Yue, never betray, all my Qarlu tribesmen are ordered by His Royal Highness, if you violate this oath, you will die with ten thousand arrows through your heart!" ”

"Okay, this king remembers what you said, get up!" Li Zhen didn't have much politeness, raised his hand and said: "This king will do what he says, as long as you can really contribute to my Tang Dynasty, this king will not treat you badly, but if it is duplicity, then don't blame this king for turning his face and not recognizing people, Yan Eighteen, send two Ye Hu and his subordinates to leave the camp immediately, return all the war horses and weapons, and choose another car of silk to send to the two Ye Hu." ”

"Subordinates obey!" Although Yan Shibai didn't understand Li Zhen's intentions, and he was not very willing to deal with these waste-like Turkic people, Li Zhen had already given the order, he didn't have the courage to disobey, so he hurriedly stood up, answered in a loud voice, and turned his head to look at the Amoti brothers who were a little sluggish and said, "Two of you, please!" ”

The encounter of the Amodi brothers this night is like a dream, but first it was a nightmare and then a beautiful dream, the contrast is so great, change a bad heart, I am afraid that I have already had a myocardial infarction, even if Awangda is such a big hearted guy, at this time, I am also dizzy, I don't understand what is going on now, the brothers were stunned by Yan Shibai and others to gather the remnants of their subordinates, each brought back the war horses, weapons, and brought the carriage sent by Li Zhen, until they were escorted out of the camp by the Tang army, Still couldn't believe that all this would be true, and was afraid that Li Zhen would regret it, and after Yan Shibai explained the joint code of the person sent in the future, he didn't dare to ask more, and hurriedly drove the carriage, taking advantage of the slight light of the sky, he ran into the depths of the desert, and didn't even dare to turn his head.

"Your Royal Highness, the person has been sent away, it's just ......, cough, it's just ......" After Yan Eighteen sent the Amotti brothers away, he immediately returned to the big tent of the Chinese army to resume his life, although the matter was done, but there were many questions in his heart, and he was going to ask, but when he saw that Chen Wu and Lin Chenghe were there, he was afraid that Li Zhen would not come to the stage, so he didn't dare to really ask, so he could only stutter somewhere.

What Yan Eighteen wants to ask, Li Zhen has a number in his heart, not to mention Yan Eighteen, even Chen Wu and a few others are now full of doubts, they can't guess what Li Zhen thinks, he let go of Amoti so easily, and he didn't even have a pledge, if Amoti and the others regret it after they go back, wouldn't it be a chicken and egg fight?

Hehe, these stinky boys, it seems that they don't explain it to them clearly, I'm afraid that they won't want to sleep in peace! Li Zhen saw that a group of henchmen were all staring at him, and immediately laughed and said, "What? Do you think this king has done something stupid? Ha, anyway, this king is tired, so it's better to let the military advisor analyze this matter. ”

Yes, as soon as Li Zhen said this, everyone's eyes swept towards Mo Li, who was always sitting in the corner of the tent and shaking a feather fan in the cold night, and there was a look of doubt in his eyes - Li Zhen's surrender of the Amotti brothers was obviously improvised, and everyone looked at the results of the treatment together, and they didn't see Li Zhen and Mo Li discuss, although everyone knew that Mo Li was very valued by Li Zhen, but they didn't believe that Mo Li could guess what kind of medicine was sold in Li Zhen's gourd.

Facing everyone's staring eyes, Mo Li shrugged his shoulders indifferently, stood up with a smile, walked in front of everyone, and said lightly: "You are all generals, you should know where Jinshan is, and you should also know how uncomfortable the Western Turks will be if Jinshan changes. ”

Among the generals present, they didn't fully understand the importance of Jinshan, but when Mo Li said this, and then thought of the geographical location of Jinshan, he should have reacted if he didn't understand, but he didn't understand that Li Zhen would give Jinshan to the Gelulu clan without pledging, but at this time, no one asked too much, they all looked at Mo Li, waiting for him to uncover the mystery.

Mo Li laughed, shook his fan and said: "Turkic people are greedy by nature, they are wolves, and the word integrity is almost negligible for Turks, let alone betting on a son, even if Amoti bets the whole family, he will still rebel when he should be opposed, in this case, what does His Highness want such a useless hostage to do?" If you have to spoil the rice, it is better to be generous, it is better not to do it, at least you can save some money for food, the Turks are profitable, Your Highness will give him enough benefits, whether it is this cart of wealth or silk, or the future caravan, as long as the Qarluq clan is addicted, then Amotti will not be able to stop, at that time, what does His Highness want him to do, if he doesn't do it, once the trade route is cut off, the loss is heavy, I am afraid that his people will rise up to rebel against him, this is His Highness's intention. ”

"Sss When the generals heard this, they immediately gasped, they didn't expect that there was such a vicious method hidden behind this uprightness, and there was a trace of strange look in the eyes of Li Zhen and Mo Li.

Damn, this dead old Mo said that Lao Tzu was so unbearable, damn, Lao Tzu is really short of so much money? It's called grace, don't you know? Li Zhen was broken by Mo Lidao, and it was really a little embarrassing, but Li Zhen has always had a thick skin, and he didn't bring it to his face, to be honest, this was originally Li Zhen's true intention, the reason why Mo Li wanted to inform the generals, in fact, in addition to giving Mo Li the authority again, the main thing is that in the future, these generals will definitely defend one side of each other, and if they don't let them receive conspiracy education in advance, they will definitely suffer a big loss, they are Li Zhen's hope for winning the heir and even the world, and the loss of the last one can make Li Zhen feel distressed. Rather than suffer a big loss in the conspiracy at that time, it is better to let them know about the conspiracy now.

"Do you understand what the military advisor said?" Li Zhen glanced at the generals and asked lightly.

"Understood." As soon as Li Zhen saw the question, the generals hurriedly replied loudly.

"Okay, I've been busy all night, you can't wait, this king is very tired, pass on this king's order, rest for a day tomorrow, and set off again the morning after tomorrow, and go down." Li Zhen waved his hand quietly and drove all the generals in the tent out.

"Mr. Mo, the Amoti brothers came to such a hand, obviously not from Liu Whirlwind's arrangement, now that the Amoti brothers have fled back to Jinshan overnight, Liu Whirlwind should have a headache, hehe, I don't know if Liu Whirlwind will change his tricks, this king is looking forward to it." After the generals left, Li Zhen glanced at Mo Li, who was silent with a smile, and said something like he had nothing to say.

Mo Li is a person with a delicate heart, and naturally understands that Li Zhen is a little unhappy in his heart, and the left and right are just because his heart has been exposed, not that he is really dissatisfied with himself, with Mo Li's resourcefulness, he understands Li Zhen's painstaking efforts in cultivating generals, and he also knows that Li Zhen is not a small person, so Mo Li does not explain much, and said with a smile: "What is the difference between Liu Whirlwind's change of tactics, and now that the Amotti brothers are defeated, the initiative has begun to change hands, His Royal Highness only needs to go according to the predetermined plan, It's just a matter of time before Liu Whirlwind is captured. ”

Li Zhen actually never took Liu Whirlwind and other Xiaokou to heart, just just casually asked, at this time, seeing Mo Li smiling weirdly, he knew that his mind could not hide from Mo Li, and couldn't help laughing, scratched his head, stretched his waist, strode outside the tent, looking at the gradually brightening sky, his heart was full of longing for the future - anyway, it is a good deal to be able to plant a time bomb in the Western Turks, and it can be regarded as a first hand in the fierce war with the Western Turks that is about to start. It's a preemptive victory!

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