"His Royal Highness should know about it, the King of Yue has sent an envoy to the Qiuci Kingdom to propose marriage, planning to marry the Princess Mingyue of the Qiuci Kingdom, in addition, it is reported that this Princess Mingyue is now very likely to be in the Yue Wang's Mansion, it seems that the end of the Qiuci Kingdom is not safe, once the Qiuci Kingdom sends troops to help the Tang Dynasty, it is not a child's play, and now our army is scattered, we must prevent the Tang Army from breaking through, what does Your Highness think?" Ashina Sero sat on the handsome seat, looked around at the generals under the tent, and then turned slightly sideways, looking at Yibi Baduo, who was sitting in the seat of the deputy marshal next to him, and asked very sincerely.

He didn't say anything special, he just rolled his eyes and smiled, "Oh, what does the big man mean?" ”

It's not so much that Ishbita is answering, but that he is provoking, Rao is Ashina Sero is known for his kindness and forbearance, and at this time he can't help but be angry, his face immediately sank, and he stared coldly at Ibiba for a long time, but he saw that Ibhi Bata was so indifferent, I really wanted to immediately draw a knife and chop this annoying little cub, but unfortunately Ashina Sullo couldn't, unless he planned to rebel, otherwise he couldn't move Ibira Pull, and in desperation, he could only suppress the anger in his heart, and said calmly: "Your Royal Highness Mingjian, the King of Yue is known for his strange soldiers, good at sneak attacks, and now our army is divided into three places, scattered within a radius of 100 miles, unable to unify the power, once attacked, each other can not be rescued, I think it is time to join forces, and please ask His Highness to move to Yiwu City to meet can be?"

This time the Western Turks sent troops to attack Tang, with a lot of intentions, although Yibi Baduo is the deputy commander of the army, but his department is not subject to Ashina Sero's control, and there is no need to obey Ashina Sero's orders, at this time the White Wolf Army is hiding far away in Nazhi, besieging the city without attacking, it has its own intentions, it is impossible to ask Yibi to move the army to listen to Ashina Sero's dispatch, no, Ashina Serro's voice just fell, Yibi Batero's voice just fell, Yibi Baduo laughed wildly and said: "Haha......, the marshal is too careful, As far as Li Zhen'er is concerned, a little soldier and horse can be used to send a very son, hehe, the turtle soldiers are even more useless waste, if the marshal is worried about being attacked, then transfer your second son's soldiers back, as for the last general's soldiers, although there are fewer, but they are not afraid of Li Zhen'er playing very mysterious. ”

Seeing that Yibi Baduo not only did not listen to the dispatch, but ridiculed himself for being cowardly as a mouse, even if Ashina Sero was well-cultivated, at this point, he really couldn't bear it, snorted coldly, and slapped the table and said: "Your Highness, please respect yourself, a certain is the commander, and he has the right to transfer troops, and he doesn't need to be reminded by His Highness." ”

"Hmph, the last general's soldiers are guards, not soldiers that the marshal can deploy, the marshal must be transferred, take the warrant of the father Khan, and the last general will bow his head and listen to the order, otherwise don't even think about it, leave!" Seeing Ashnathro's anger, he was not afraid at all, and he didn't care that he was now on Ashnathro's territory, so he immediately turned his face, sneered, and got up to go out.

"Presumptuous, I want to leave, leave your dog's head!" Ashina Sero has not yet spoken, his eldest son Ashina Ruda "Qiang" pulled out the scimitar on his waist, "Boom" pointed to the chest of Yi Bi Pull, at the same time, the five crossbow lost the generals also drew their swords at the same time, and the generals of the White Wolf Army led by Yi Bi Pull out were not to be outdone, and they also greeted each other with their knives.

Yibi is arrogant to take people, but he is not a fool, how can he really fight with him in the army of Ashina Sero, seeing that the five crossbows are menacing in the future, he immediately calmed down, and did not take out the knife, but coldly glanced at the snowy scimitar in Ashina Ruda's hand, slowly turned around, looked at the iron-faced Ashina Sero and said, "Is the marshal planning to rebel?" ”

After Ashina Thero's face changed for a while, he finally calmed down, waved his hand, signaled the generals under his tent to put away his knives, and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness has misunderstood, the dog is rude, and a certain self will be strictly disciplined, come and take down Ruda!" At this order, several soldiers guarding outside the tent rushed in, stabbed Ashinararuda, tied him up, and no matter how Ashnaruda struggled and roared, he pushed out of the big tent.

"Your Royal Highness, the military situation is not child's play, the courage of the king of Yue is famous all over the world, it is by no means easy to be with his generation, the war is about to start, you and I are both the generals who lead the troops, we should work together and cooperate with each other to ensure the victory of our army, this article also asks His Royal Highness to know clearly." Ashina Thero let out a sigh and persuaded as calmly as he could.

"Hey, hey, the handsome is too worried, I think that Li Zhen is just a yellow-haired child who has not dried up, even if he has fought a few battles, it is just a fluke, what is commendable, hey, the handsome is afraid of him, but the last general does not take it to heart, if he dares to come, the last general will definitely call him to come and leave!" As soon as Ebiba's voice fell, he didn't give Ashina Sero a chance to open his mouth again, and led the generals of the White Wolf Army to swagger out of the battle of the Chinese army, got on his horse, rushed out of the camp gate with a roar, and galloped away the way he came.

"Let's all go down." Seeing that Ebi Batu had left the camp without permission, Ashina Sero sat silently for a while as if he had suddenly aged a few years, and then waved his hand at the generals who seemed a little overwhelmed by the group of generals under him, and gave a weak command. The generals saw that a good military meeting had died before it was convened, and each of them was a little depressed, and when they listened to Ashnathro's dissolution order, they did not want to stay longer, and they saluted and retired without mentioning it.

"Father, why don't you let the child cut down that guy and take the opportunity to incorporate his army, it's a big deal, the Khan of his Yibi family is a usurper, and it should be my Ashina family......" The generals had just retreated, and the curtain of the back tent was lifted, and Ashina Ruda, who had been taken, walked in, shouting unobstructedly.

"Presumptuous, you shut up for me!" Ashina Sero didn't wait for Ashina Ruda to finish speaking, slammed the table, and interrupted Ashina Ruda's words.

Although Ashina Ruda is a reckless person, he has always been afraid of his father, and when he saw Ashina Sero angry, he hurriedly fell to his knees, but he still muttered unconvinced: "Father, the Yibi family is coming to the door, and you are still ......."

"Bastard thing!" Ashina Therro slapped the table angrily, scolded hatefully, and paced back and forth in the big tent of the Chinese army with a blue face, and after a long period of breathing, he finally settled down, looking at Ashina Ruda who knelt on his knees, some of them sighed and said: "Luda, you are not young anymore, why can't you learn to be calm, just like you, how dare you let your father rest assured that you will lead the army?" ”

Ashina Ruda kowtowed, knelt straight, looked at Ashina Sero, and said very sincerely: "Father, the child knows that he is not as good as the second brother, and he never hopes to lead the army alone, but the child is not a fool, that Yibi family is really too deceitful, and it is the father's head merit to lay down the rice country, and the Yibi family not only has merit but also lets the father go to touch the Tang army, and even asks us to wait for the troops regardless of the day. I'm only afraid that this winter will be difficult, father, since the bastard of the Yibi family didn't listen to the order, our army simply used this as an excuse to withdraw the army, and to fight, let the Yibi family fight. ”

Ashina Sero is an old and sophisticated person, how can he not know what Ashina Ruda said, if he can withdraw the army, he would have withdrawn a long time ago, and how can he stay here in vain to be taken away by Yibi, so he does not withdraw the army, not unwilling to really can't hear - there are many Western Turkic tribes, and they are not very harmonious with each other, and there has always been intrigue between the ten major tribes of the five great sipping and the five major sipping tribes. This person is greedy and cunning, and suspicious, he has long had scruples about the gradual strengthening of the five crossbows, whether it is the previous conquest of the United States or the current provocation of the Tang Dynasty, its real intention is to weaken the strength of the five crossbows, although Ashina Sero knows that Yi Bi Lu has bad intentions, but he can't help it, after all, Yi Bi Lu is a khan, and the strength in his hands far exceeds the five crossbows, if Ashina Sero dares to retreat without a fight, he is only afraid of facing the revenge of the Tang army, I'm afraid that I will have to face the crusade of Ebiru - the white wolf army that Ebi took the 15,000 is not so much here to help the war, but to supervise the war, once Ashina Sero retreats without a fight, how can the white wolf army sit idly by?

"Alas, you don't understand this, you don't need to say anything more, just get up." Although Ashina Serro was like a mirror in his heart, he didn't dare to declare it, even in the face of his son, he had no choice but to sigh and say: "This battle not only has to be fought, but also won, Luda, Er sent someone to inform Heru, attack Rouyuan more fiercely, I don't believe that Li Zhen can calm down, in addition, send more manpower to closely monitor every move of the Tang army in Jiaohe, once the Tang army moves out in a big way, immediately let Heru withdraw his troops to meet in Yiwu, don't blindly meet the enemy, go." ”

"Yes, Father." Ashina Ruda kowtowed, answered, and stood up, but he asked a little uneasily: "Father, ...... that Guizi country"

"Hmm, that class of old men ......" Ashina Sero frowned and thought for a while, and was a little undecided about the possible reaction of King Qiuzi's class, muttered for a while, shook his head in distress and said: "Don't care about that side for now, just send someone to watch closely, once the country of Qiuzi changes, we will withdraw our troops immediately." ”

"Yes, Father!" Ashina Ruda didn't ask any more questions, answered respectfully, and withdrew from the big tent to go to the busy side, Ashina Sero walked to the large map hanging on the right side of the big tent, and a pair of eagle eyes patrolled back and forth between Jiaohe and the capital of Qiuzi Kingdom, falling into deep thought......

Snow is not cold and snow is cold, this is common sense, Qin Wenhua, who has been in the desert for a long time, knows very well, although there is a blazing charcoal fire in the room, but the temperature is still low enough, and people shiver from the cold, but Qin Wenhua doesn't care very much, because his heart is hot, and the cold outside the body does not affect the fire in his heart at all, yes, it is hot, it is a strong desire to repay the kindness of knowing the encounter in his heart, burning in his heart - a scholar from a poor family and a former leader of sand thieves was caught by officers and soldiers, Not only did he not die, but he also became an official, not only became an official, but also a big official, although Daxi Prefecture is still only a middle state, but as a senior official from the fourth grade of the Great West Prefecture Thorn History, according to the Tang Dynasty system, the official above the fifth grade is a senior official, and can have the qualifications to play and face the king, and this kind of honor is not something that the children of the Han family can have, all of this is given by Li Zhen, the king of Yue, how can Qin Wenhua not feel his kindness, and what makes Qin Wenhua admire is Li Zhen's absolute trust - since Qin Wenhua took office, Li Zhen has never interfered in civil affairs, even the governor of the palace, Shi Moli, has never interfered, everything is up to Qin Wenhua, this kind of undoubted attitude really makes Qin Wenhua heartbroken, so not to mention that it is just cold, even if it is a knife, Qin Wenhua dares to break forward.

Leng Qin Wenhua was not afraid, but his body still trembled slightly, but it was not because of the cold, but because of nervousness - three days, three days have passed since he arrived in Qiuci City, except for the first day when the King of Qiuci showed his face, in the next few days, not only did the King of Qiuci not come forward, but even the Prime Minister of Qiuci Nari disappeared, although Qin Wenhua continued to attack, visited the magnates of Qiuci Country everywhere, gave a lot of gifts, and also made friends with a lot of magnates of Qiuci Kingdom, But the useful news has never been obtained, even if the rumored "Rising Sun" system has never been fed back to this day, which really annoys Qin Wenhua, fortunately, all this torment is about to pass - Qin Wenhua asked someone to bring a message to the prime minister of Qiuci State, saying that the time limit has arrived, if Qiuzi State delays again, it will be rude to the Tang Dynasty, and all the consequences will be borne by the Qiuci Kingdom, and the King of Qiuci, who does not dare to really offend the Tang Dynasty, finally agreed to meet the Tang envoys and hold formal talks. As an envoy for the talks, it was the first time in Qin Wenhua's life, but he couldn't help but be nervous.

"The king has an order, and the Tang Dynasty envoy will meet you!" Just when Qin Wenhua was waiting a little anxiously, a series of calls finally came out from the inner courtyard of the palace, Qin Wenhua stood up calmly, adjusted the official uniform on his body, and strode out of the waiting court room with the big red envoy book in both hands, led by several court eunuchs, and walked into the inner courtyard of the Qiuzi Palace without squinting.

"The envoy of the Tang Dynasty and the assassin of Daxi Prefecture, Qin Wenhua, has seen His Royal Highness the King of Qiuzi." Qin Wenhua walked to the center of the inner court, bowed down in accordance with the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty envoys to meet the kings of the outer domains, and politely reported to his home.

"Ah, Qin Tingshi is polite, hehe, come on, take a seat." It was not the first time that King Qiuzi had met with the envoys of the Tang Dynasty, and he was very familiar with the relevant etiquette, but this time he did not greet the Tang Emperor as usual, and even did not greet the Tang Emperor, but just waved his hand thornily and gave an order with a look of indifference.

As soon as King Qiuci's casual actions came out, Qin Wenhua's heart suddenly sank, but he didn't point it out on the spot, but continued without moving: "The foreign minister is here on the order of His Royal Highness the Holy Son of Heaven and King Yue, and asks His Royal Highness King Qiuci to hand over the state credentials. ”

"Ah, hehe, look at the memory of this king, hehe, good, good, take the letter of state, hehe, this king will receive the letter of state." Seeing that Qin Wenhua was very tight, King Qiuzi couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, laughed for a while, and laughed at himself, then moved his fat body, stepped off the throne, walked in front of Qin Wenhua, bowed slightly, took the national letter with both hands, but did not unfold it to see, just walked back to his throne with a smile, and casually put the national letter on a few beside him, and then seemed to suddenly find that Qin Wenhua had not yet sat down, and asked with a face full of surprise: "Hey, why didn't Qin Tingshi sit down?" Don't you dislike the country? ”

At this time, how could Qin Wenhua not understand that the class was deliberately blind, although he didn't understand what his intentions were, but he was secretly vigilant in his heart, but he was not angry, smiled, and didn't say much, gently stroked the hem of the cotton robe, sat upright on the chair, looked at the class without squinting, but did not speak, his face was full of indifferent smiles.

Qin Wenhua didn't speak, and King Qiuzi was not in a hurry, these two people were on the right track, it was almost the time of a pillar of incense, and no one spoke first, there was a strange silence in the court, and at the end, King Qiuzi really couldn't stand Qin Wenhua's gaze, and tilted his head sideways, avoiding Qin Wenhua's sight, sneered, and asked pretending to be confused: "What is Qin Thorn Shi here ......?"

"The foreign minister came to propose to your country on the order of the Holy Son of Heaven and His Royal Highness the King of Yue, and asked His Royal Highness to agree to marry the princess of Mingyue of your country to His Royal Highness the King of Yue, and the foreign minister brought sixty pieces of silk, two hundred pieces of silk, and ten horses...... as a dowry, and I hope that His Royal Highness will agree to this marriage for the sake of the friendship between your two countries." Qin Wenhua naturally knew that King Qiuzi was knowingly asking, but he was not angry, and reported the gifts he brought one by one with a smile.

"Ah, that's it, this, well, this ......" The class scratched the back of his head, looking very embarrassed, but he didn't make it clear.

"Your Highness, what is the difficulty?" Qin Wenhua asked quietly.

"Ah, no, no, hehe, it's just, this, this, alas, it's really hard to speak, hehe." The class said a lot with a smile, but deliberately didn't say that there was something very difficult, it was clear that it was to arouse Qin Wenhua's curiosity, and Qin Wenhua continued to ask, but Qin Wenhua didn't take the bait at all, smiled, and simply closed his mouth, just looked at the class with a curious look, which made the class feel empty.

Seeing that Qin Wenhua refused to speak, the class had to pretend to be innocent, shrugged his shoulders and said: "Qin Thorn History, this thing is like this, hehe, although the little girl is Pu Liu's posture, she can be regarded as famous in this Western Regions, and it is the honor of the little king to be able to enter the eyes of His Royal Highness the King of Yue, but the person who asks for marriage is not only His Royal Highness the King of Yue, and the king of Shule, Namua, has also sent someone to ask for his eldest son, of course, hehe, of course, Namua's status is not comparable to His Royal Highness the King of Yue, but it's just, hmm, It's just that Namua promised to take the annexed city as a dowry, this condition, ah, this condition makes Xiao Wang very difficult. ”

Qin Wenhua came to Qiuzi Country for three days not in vain, and he knew everything about the fact that King Shule had sent someone to ask for marriage - in mid-May last year, King Shule did send someone to ask for his eldest son, and the dowry given was also very valuable, but he did not take the city as a dowry, as for the result, it was not as undecided as the class said, but was rejected by Princess Mingyue, as for why the class proposed this matter at this time, Qin Wenhua had already grasped a side in his heart - land, city, This is what King Qiuzi really wants, but Qin Wenhua didn't break it on the spot, just smiled, didn't say anything, just looked at Naban quietly, waiting for him to continue.

King Qiuzi's class has always been known for his ability to speak well, but this time he met the silent Qin Wenhua but he had a feeling of being powerless, seeing Qin Wenhua sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, he was really helpless, and he was anxious, and the words blurted out involuntarily: "If His Royal Highness King Yue really has the heart to marry a little girl, then he will be hired by Gaochang." As soon as these words came out, the class immediately regretted it, and hurriedly laughed and said: "Haha, Xiao Wang is telling a joke, Qin Tingshi doesn't have to take it to heart, ah, this marriage, Xiao Wang knows it in his heart, and let Xiao Wang go back and discuss it with the ministers, and then make a decision?" ”

Qin Wenhua is a shrewd person, how could he not hear what is true and what is false, when King Qiuci revealed his hole cards, although Qin Wenhua was anxious, but his face was still as amiable as a spring breeze, and he didn't talk nonsense, got up, smiled and saluted King Qiuci and said: "Discussion is naturally a matter of course, and it doesn't hurt for the foreign ministers to wait a few more days, but I'm afraid that His Royal Highness King Yue will not be able to explain there, so please ask Your Highness to make a decision as soon as possible." ”

"That's, that's, hehe, come on, send off!" Seeing that Qin Wenhua was leaving, he didn't want to keep guests, so he forced himself to laugh and sent Qin Wenhua out of the palace, but he was angry and sulked in the inner court, and after pacing impatiently in the hall for a while, he suddenly roared loudly: "Come here, pass on the king's order, immediately block the Tang embassy inn, without the king's hand, no one is allowed to enter and exit at will!" ”

As soon as this order was given, the entire inner court suddenly became chaotic, a group of palace servants and eunuchs were busy sending orders, and many eunuchs were busy delivering news to their respective "masters", and the entire Qiuzi Palace's palace immediately fell into a commotion......

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