Outside the tent was snowing heavily, but inside the tent was bustling. A few slaves sat in the corner of the tent and played the flute and piano, and the music was cheerful. Several young girls, dressed in bright Turkic clothes, danced briskly in the tent, and the brass bells on their feet made a pleasant sound with their light dance steps.

The wind was not strong, the curtain was lifted, and the white snowflakes drifted in lightly, followed by the strong fragrance, and two big men walked in with a golden roasted whole sheep on their shoulders.

The people in the tent talked and laughed loudly, drank wine in wooden bowls, reached out and grabbed tsamba with their big oily hands, or cut large pieces of fat beef and mutton on the plate with knives, and put them in their mouths to chew.

Sitting silently on the throne, drinking fine wine, casually responding to everyone, smiling into the eyes of the leaders of the various tribes, a slight flash of divine light flickered.

The previous time he invaded Helong, forced Wu Zetian to agree to peace, gave a large amount of gold and silver, farm tools, iron tools, seeds, medicine, and then the troops went out of Hebei, captured countless rice, grain, cloth, and money, and then forced Wu Zetian to give in again, and returned the six prefectures of Hequ to the Turks.

This series of victories gave the tribes that followed him a real taste of sweetness, increased his adherents and prestige, and united the Turkic tribes. At this time, the silence had gradually surpassed the prestige of his brother.

Originally, he thought that the Central Plains Imperial Court was far from being able to eat it with his appetite. The foundation of this empire is too thick, and if he does not lose a family for more than 100 years, the family foundation will be exhausted, so he has always taken advantage of it and left. But Wu Zetian's repeated concessions made Mo Si's courage gradually grow.

He is like a cunning wolf, constantly tempting his prey, and the more the prey gives in, the more he is convinced that the prey is not strong, and therefore the more greedy it becomes. And precisely at this time. The Khitans sent envoys. The Khitan people want to cooperate with him and carve up Hebei together, which is exactly what Mo Si wants.

For the proposal of the Khitans, he seriously considered it for a long time, and he felt that the Central Plains Empire was still not something that he could eat with his current strength, but what if he only ate Hebei? Of course, in this way, the Khitan will also grow, and he does not want another powerful nomad to appear next to the couch.

Although the Central Plains Empire was strong. But for countless years, the grasslands have always been nomadic people, no matter how powerful the Central Plains Empire is, it is better to seal the wolves and make them wander on the grassland like rabbits. But the Central Plains Empire could not take root in the steppe desert, after a moment of glory. They are still the masters here.

The real threat comes from within. Coming from other peoples who are also nomads, their Turkic people were once a small tribe in this steppe, and eventually replaced the once invincible Xiongnu, who knows that there will be no new people to replace them in the future? It is necessary to curb the growth of the Khitan.

However, ......, there should be no problem with temporary cooperation, and he is confident that with his strength and wisdom. In this alliance, he could use Wu Zhou's troops to weaken the Khitan, and borrow the Khitan soldiers to weaken Wu Zhou, and he would profit from it at the smallest cost. Today's meeting of the heads of the ministries is to announce his decision.

The Turkic was far less centralized than the Central Plains Empire, and although he was now a khan and had the largest tribes and territories, all tribes were the only ones to follow, but if his jihua did not serve the interests of most of the tribes, and most of the tribal leaders objected, he could not go his own way.

Therefore, he was patient, first chatting and laughing with everyone and drinking, seeing that everyone was getting more and more drunk, and he also considered his rhetoric, then he grabbed a towel and wiped his oily hands, got up and smiled: "Everyone, be quiet, I have something to say!" ”

With this opening of his mouth, the leaders of the various tribes who were talking and laughing quieted down, and looked at him one after another, and the slave musicians in the corner of the tent also hurriedly stopped the music, and several girls who danced with ruddy faces and sweaty relished flicked their long sleeves and retreated.

Mo Si said with a smile: "Before, we attacked Liangzhou, Zhanling Prefecture, and Shengsheng Prefecture, and each tribe made a fortune. Ha! Seljuk, when you hit Lingzhou, you don't want anything else, you specially kidnap those who are good at farming, and capture more than 2,000 serfs, and others laugh at you for being stupid, I see, you are the most shrewd. ”

Mo Si pointed at the love general Seljuk and said with a smile: "This time, we asked Wu Zhou for a large number of grain seeds, and in the spring of next year, you let those serfs open up the wasteland and sow seeds, and when the next winter, your tribe will be even stronger, and you will no longer worry about the livelihood of the people, have a vision, have a vision!" ”

Seljuk picked up the wine bowl and said with a smile: "The grassland in the land of a stone's throw can only raise one horse." But the crops in a stone's throw can support dozens of families, and I felt at that time that instead of grabbing some gold and silver, it is better to grab some slaves who can grow crops, and it just so happens that there is a place in my territory suitable for planting.

However, although I robbed many serfs, it is a pity that there is not enough grain and tools. I don't know what to do, or the Khan's care, giving us so many farm tools, grain seeds, and agricultural books, I am thanking the Khan's blessing, and our entire tribe will remember the Khan's kindness! ”

Mo Si smiled and waved his hand, and said: "I am the Khan, all the ministries trust me, support me, and let our people live a good life, it is my responsibility to Si Si, there is nothing to thank." ”

After sobbing silently, he turned to Chebikli again, and said with a smile: "I heard that you have captured a pair of twin beauties in Zhaozhou, who are fourteen years old, and they are more beautiful than flowers, and they are not shallow!" Do a good job, let them give you a few more cubs, and when you grow up in the future, we will have a few more heroes like you on the prairie! ”

Chebikli was a strong man in his early thirties, this man fought bravely, but he was clumsy in words, and when he listened to the silent words, he just laughed, scratching the back of his head, and his look naturally caused the other tribal leaders to laugh, and many people made fun of him.

Mo Si went back to his desk and sat down, and said loudly: "I invite everyone to come today, in addition to drinking together, happy and happy, there is one more thing to discuss with you!" ”

Everyone looked at him and said silently: "The Khitans have sent envoys to invite us to send troops to carve up Hebei with them. ”

The generals were stunned when they heard this, and they discussed it one after another. The big arrow Xiao Mumu arched his hand and said: "Khan, let's take advantage of its unpreparedness and bite it, although they are resentful, it is difficult to make up their minds to send troops to the desert, after all, ...... Sending troops to the desert, even if it is just once, their consumption will be thousands of times that of what we have taken captive, they can't afford it, but we want to occupy their land. I'm afraid they won't give up. ”

Zhu Tuye echoed: "Yes, Khan, our strength lies in galloping the desert grassland, whether it is attacking or defending the city, it is not my steppe athlete's strength, and it invades Hebei." I am afraid that it will be difficult for the enemy to counterattack the imperial court. Moreover, Hebei has just been plundered by us, and there is no oil and water for the time being. Heavy snow and cold winter. Why bother on an expedition? ”

The two people led this speech, and the tent was like a hornet's nest, and with a buzz, the tribal leaders talked nonsense, and the leaders who ate more sweetly such as Seljuk and Chebikli supported the silent sip, while the moderate factions such as Xiao Mumu and Zhu Tu expressed their opposition.

And Moon became in-laws because of his relationship with Mosi. He was reluctant to refute his opinion, but Moon himself did not believe that with the current strength of the Turks, he was capable of seizing the territory of the Central Plains Empire, so he adopted a compromise strategy. He was in favor of another army, but not of occupation, and thought it might be better to attack the fortified cities that had not yet been conquered by them, and to take more supplies and people back.

He hoped that the Turkic tribes would retreat to the desert as soon as they plundered, leaving the Khitans alone to deal with the enraged Wuzhou court, who happened to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, watching the Central Plains Empire and the Khitans fight and lose both. On this point, Lu Bugu agreed with him.

Mo Si kept smiling, whether it was for approval, against it, or for the mud, he just listened carefully, he wanted to find out what the leaders really thought and knew what their concerns were. It wasn't until he figured out what everyone was thinking that he clapped his hands.

The tent fell silent again, and he smiled silently: "I understand your concerns. You are afraid that even if we take possession of those cities, we will not be able to hold them, and we will not be able to rule over the people there and become rulers there. Sooner or later, we still have to retreat to the desert, and instead of working in vain, it is better to take the people and leave with rice and grain, right? ”

Seeing that Xiao Mumu, Zhu Tu and others nodded one after another, they smiled silently and said, "Actually, my original thoughts are the same as yours, so ...... I changed this mind? ”

Mo Si's gaze slowly swept over everyone, and when he saw that everyone was holding their breath and listening, he said: "Because I think that today's Wu Zhou is no longer the Tang Dynasty of the past, is it really as powerful as we imagined?" ”

Mo Si raised his voice: "We Lianke Liangzhou, Lingzhou, and Shengzhou, attacking cities and plundering land, and capturing their people, what is the result?" When we said that we were kind, they agreed, and they also sent silk silk, agricultural tools, seeds, steel, medicinal herbs, agricultural books, medical books, and many treasures......

Our troops entered Hebei, Lian Kefei, Tan, Ding, and Zhao Zhuzhou, seized countless wealth, and killed tens of thousands of Tang people, what was the result? They promised to expel all the subgraded households of the six states that had surrendered to them and return them to us, and they were willing to do so? Have you ever thought about it?

Besides, the Khitan, the little Khitan, actually defeated their soldiers and horses one after another, causing the officers and soldiers from all walks of life to go to Hebei to defend the city, and they couldn't shrink out. The Khitan Li Duzhong has already sent a messenger to reveal to me that they have won successive battles, and the Tang people have broken their courage for this, but they are limited to the strength of the ......."

As soon as Mo Si said this, a guard walked into the big tent quickly, stroked his chest and said, "Report!" A Khitan envoy arrived and asked to see the Khan! ”

Stunned, the Khitan sent an envoy again?

The leaders of the various departments under the account also exchanged heads and talked about each other.

Mo Si pressed his hands to stop the commotion of the crowd, and said in a deep voice: "Call him in!" ”

The guards immediately retreated, stood at the mouth of the tent, and shouted loudly: "The Khan has an order, and the Khitan envoy will come in!" ”

Outside the Khan's tent, only a fence was inserted in the snow to prohibit the tribesmen from trespassing, and there was a doorway in front of it, where seven or eight Turkic warriors were standing with swords, and on the opposite side were two Khitans wearing leather robes and wrapped tightly.

As soon as the tent mouth shouted, those Khitans immediately retreated left and right, and the two Khitans strode towards the tent.

The two people walked in a tiger's step, walked to the tent, and suddenly pulled the cowhide belt, untied the leather robe, and threw the leather coat on the snow behind them like molting.

In the tent, from the silent sip, all the leaders were looking at the tent, and they saw a flash of light and shadow, and two people walked in side by side, one wearing a scarlet coat, the other wearing a green coat, with soap boots on their feet, a leather belt around their waists, a brocade around their waists, and an embroidered flying bear and a rhinoceros.

As soon as the two of them entered the tent, they stood firmly, their eyes swept slightly to the left and right, and they grabbed the fluffy dogskin ear cover on their heads and threw it at the corner of the tent, revealing the soft wrap of black yarn.

The leaders of the various departments in the tent stood up for most of the time, and exclaimed in surprise, where is this Khitan messenger, it is clearly two Tang generals!

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