In the first month of the spring of the second year of Yuanshuo, Li Siye led his troops out of Dunhuang and came to Gaochang in Xizhou, where the troops were stationed in Gaochang and Puchang counties, waiting for the envoys of the Beiting Festival to come and visit.

Zhou Yi was the envoy he personally arranged in the North Court, and was later officially appointed by the imperial court as the envoy of the North Court Festival, this person gave him the impression of loyalty, reliability, sincerity and trustworthiness. But humans are the most difficult animals in the world to tell, and it is impossible to guess, and time will change them.

It's just that he waited for three days, but he didn't see Zhou Yi coming, let alone him sending any envoys, at this time Li Siye had already realized the problem, and his face was terrifyingly dark.

He quietly returned to the tent and ordered someone to send a message to Bai Xiaode, who led the artillery battalion stationed in Dunhuang, and ordered him to lead the artillery battalion into Xizhou and be ready to fight at any time.

After Bai Xiaode got the military order, the belligerent factor in his blood became restless again, he thought that there would be no battle after Hexi defeated Tubo, but he didn't expect someone to die, and now it hit the muzzle of his gun.

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The North Courtyard Festival makes Zhou Yi's mansion magnificent, not at all like the mansion of a general of Xitui, there are pavilions and pavilions in the courtyard, and the sound of silk and bamboo is pleasant. Among them, there are beauties of various styles in the inner courtyard and back house, and its scale is comparable to the emperor's harem.

Where did he get the money for such a luxurious life, the answer is obvious, guarding such a huge treasury in Tingzhou City, few people can resist the temptation. The past few years of An Lushan's rebellion were the most nourishing days he had in Beiting, the Central Plains fought and died, and he spent all day drinking in the rear. He thought that Li Siye might be entangled in the war and could not come back, and might even die on the battlefield, or be placed elsewhere by the emperor, but he never thought that he would be able to lead his troops into Hexi.

Zhou Yi was anxious, in the face of Li Siye's sudden arrival, he knew that the wealth in his hands would not be able to be kept, but he was unwilling to give up like this. If it was only a few tens of thousands of taels of gold, it would be okay to give it up, but he personally took someone to weigh the gold in the treasury, and it took a full ten days to arrive at a number of 1.63 million catties, not to mention all kinds of brocade silk and Shu brocade, mountains of sandalwood and agate, this is simply a treasure trove.

He squandered five years to spend a small fraction of it, as long as he had this gold in his hands, he was enough to become the overlord of the Western Regions, but only if Li Siye, who came to escape his debts, was dealt with.

This is the difficulty of Zhou Gong's dream for him, but the other party defeated Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi, and squeezed out Li Siye in the imperial court to occupy the pass. Even Yang Zhilie, who had 40,000 soldiers and horses, had to bow his knees to him, and now he led the army from Dunhuang to Xizhou, obviously wanting to enter Tingzhou to take the gold and property in the treasure house, what he had been guarding for several years, how could he let others take possession?

When Zhou Yi was anxious, he finally thought of a way, that is, to spend money to ask for rescuers, active in the east and west of the Broken Leaf River, north of the Tianshan Mountains, Ge Lulu is known as the mercenaries of the Western Regions, there are 100,000 cavalry in West Ge Lulu, and they will do anything for money. There are also nearly 30,000 people in the Shatuo tribe north of Tingzhou, plus he has spent money to recruit troops and horses in the past two years, and he has also regathered an army of 25,000 people, adding up to a total of more than 100,000 people, and he will definitely be able to defeat Li Siye.

Before Li Siye arrived in Gaochang, Xizhou, Zhou Yi hurriedly took out four large carts of gold from the vault, and he and his eldest son Zhou Tianwang personally escorted them to the Qarlu and Shatuo tribes.

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The camp of Sigarlulu was a hundred miles from Tingzhou, and before he set out, he instructed his henchmen to defend the city and resist, and not to reply to anyone in the city until he returned.

Three days later, Zhou Yi arrived at the Qarlu camp and stood outside the gate of the camp to ask for an audience, and the two soldiers guarding the camp looked at him indifferently before ordering, "Wait here!" "Turn around and go into the camp gate to report.

The Qarluq Khan Dun Viga was old and strong, and although he was gray-haired, he was surrounded by two young and beautiful spies. Hearing that Zhou Yi was coming from Beiting Jiedu, the corners of his eyes suddenly shot out of the corners of his eyes, and he muttered in his heart: "I heard that there is a huge treasury left by Li Siye in Tingzhou, where Zhou Yi'er is located, and he is a person who looks after the money for others." Now that there is chaos in the Central Plains, Li Siye is afraid that he will not be able to return to the Western Regions in this life. I have long had the intention of annexing Tingzhou and taking this treasury as my own, presumably Zhou Yi will not be able to resist it this time, but if the Anxi Festival makes Wei Boyu meddle in his affairs, it will be difficult to ride the tiger. ”

At this moment, many ** thoughts flashed in Lao Dun Viga's head, but he didn't consider the purpose of the other party's coming.

"Let him in, remember the swords and guns! Give him a dismount to taste! ”

After receiving permission, Zhou Yi shrank and walked into the Qarlu camp, where two rows of warriors stood in front of the Khan's tent, one with a scimitar in his hands and the other with a spear.

This Zhou Yi is a person who fought hard from the Beiting army, how can he be frightened by this kind of battle, raised his head and crossed under the arch with a blank face, entered the tent and said to the Don Viga Khan sitting on the Persian carpet: "In the next Zhou Yi, the Don Viga Khan will be unharmed." ”

Dun Bijia raised his beard and sneered: "Zhou Yi, you are just a small envoy of the Beiting Festival, and you don't even call it a visit when you see this Khan?" ”

This Viga's face made Zhou Yi almost blow up his stomach, but he had a request today, so he had to bend his waist lower, and said: "Zhou Yi visited the Khan of Dun Viga." ”

"That's pretty much it." Dun Bijia couldn't help but become arrogant, and said to Zhou Yi with a smile: "Zhou Yi, I heard that there was a rebellion in the Central Plains, maybe there will be a change of dynasty, you frontier envoys will become motherless children, they are fighting in the Central Plains, and they will not care about you in ten years and a hundred years." Now the Western Regions are not peaceful, Da Shi has successively marched into the nine surnamed tribes in the river, and the Tubo is aggressive in trying to capture the west of the Longyou River, and the Shatuo people are not willing to stop. I've heard that you still have a sum of gold in your hand, and that this man is guilty of it, and that you're in a bad situation. ”

Zhou Yi patiently listened to him chattering in front of him, and had already greeted the eighteenth generation of the other party's ancestors in his heart.

"Don't worry about Khan for me, Zhou Yi has his own way."

"I'm also worried about you, I think it's better for you to lead the entire Tingzhou people to submit to my Gelulu, and when the time comes, Ben Khan will dominate the Western Regions, and he can also make you a special agent, haha."

The special service is equivalent to the prince, and only the heirs of the khan can be appointed as special services, which seems to be accepting a righteous son in disguise, which is a great humiliation for Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi thinks that his eldest husband can bend and stretch, so he doesn't care about him now, and he will turn his face when he is done using it. Then he smiled and said, "I'll talk about this matter later, today I'm here to ask the Khan for help." ”

Vigilant, the Khan of Don Viga leaned back and asked, "What help?" I'm not going to help you with this in vain. ”

Zhou Yi clapped his palms heavily, the sound of a carriage outside the tent sounded, and Zhou Yi opened the curtain and invited: "Khan, please see." ”

Surprised, the Khan followed him out, and in the first car he opened several large chests, all of which were full of glittering gold collars and Sassanid coins, and by this time his eyes were so bright that he could not even close his mouth. He jumped on top of the second carriage again, stretched out his hand and lifted the tarpaulin on it, and looked at rolls of silk, bright and intense in color, among which the Shu brocade and the ripe brocade from Jiangnan were the most expensive.

These are the most sought-after treasures on the Silk Road, and as long as you flip your hands on the big food, you can exchange for more wealth. Although Qarluq, as a grassland tribe, can meet the requirements of life as long as the cattle, sheep and horses are in hand, people should have higher pursuits, right?

He retracted his expression of surprise and asked with a solemn expression, "Are you asking me to help you fight?" Hit whom? ”