Chang'an City, in the Wude Palace, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military were neatly arranged, and the three-day court meeting began. Halfway through the agenda, Abba said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the fine work I sent to Qinzhou has sent back the news that Xue Ju has sent an envoy to Liang Shidu and the Turkic Mohe Division, wanting to ask them to join forces to attack Chang'an. I plan to return the favor to the way of others, and also send an envoy to the Turkic Mohe Dushi Ministry, bribing Moga Dushi with a lot of money to break up their alliance, I don't know which Aiqing is willing to send an envoy to the Turks? ”

When Abba had finished speaking, the ministers whispered, but no one answered. Abba's gaze roamed around everyone's faces, and he raised his voice and said, "Everyone, Aiqing, who is willing to send an envoy to the Turkic Mohedu?" As soon as his words fell, Li Zhiyun stood up and arched his hand: "Abba, Erchen is willing!" ”

When the civil and military officials in the main hall heard this, they all turned their eyes to Li Zhiyun. The reason why Li Zhiyun recommended himself and asked to send an envoy to the Turks was because he had already sent someone to inquire clearly, and the Zhang Shouyi he saved on the way back to Chang'an last time, his son Zhang Changxun was indeed the general guard of Wuyuan, and the tooth tent of the Turkic Mohedu's department was in the north of Wuyuan County. If he sent an envoy to Mo Helu to set up a department, he could escort Zhang Shouyi to Wuyuan County by the way.

In addition, because of the chaos in the Central Plains, Zhang Changxun attached the entire county to Mohedu, and was named Cutletler by Mohedu. With Zhang Changxun's relationship, Li Zhiyun sent Mo Hedu to set up a department, and many things were much easier.

Abba agreed, and appointed Li Zhiyun as an envoy, carrying gold, silver and jewelry, and sending an envoy to Mohedu. Because he was an envoy, the new army could not be brought with him. Li Zhiyun asked the family affairs office and the tent house to draw out a hundred guards to form their own honor guards and guards.

Li Zhiyun told Zhang Shouyi the news and asked him to get ready to go. After everything was ready, Li Zhiyun rode a horse with his entourage, Zhang Shouyi took a carriage with the courtyard, and the group left the Chu Palace. When they came to the Guanghua Gate in the north of Chang'an, they saw dozens of people standing at the gate of the city, all of them carrying bags and holding horses, led by Yu Wenxin, the supervisor of the capital. When Li Zhiyun saw it, he turned over and dismounted. Yu Wenxin walked over, hugged his fists and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu, the emperor has an order to let the last general accompany you to the Turks." ”

At the beginning, when Li Zhiyun was in Jinyang, he and Yu Wenxin inspected the state and county defenses together, and the two also joined forces to defeat Gao Tansheng's rebellion in Xia County, which can be regarded as old acquaintances. Li Zhiyun nodded with a smile and said, "The edict has been seen by this king." General Yuwen, the two of us are partners again. ”

"The last general is willing to take the king's head as a horse."

"Alright, let's go!"

Everyone got on their horses. The brigade went out of Guanghuamen and headed all the way north, heading towards Wuyuan County (now Wulateqian Banner, Inner Mongolia).

The journey from Chang'an to Wuyuan County is long, not only trekking through mountains and rivers, but also crossing the desert. The crowd marched hard and walked for more than a month before they arrived in Wuyuan County.

Wuyuan County is the eastern half of Jiuyuan County placed by Zhao State and Qin Shi Huang during the Warring States Period. The area around Jiuyuan County is known as Beijiao and Henan in ancient books. After the fall of the Qin Dynasty, it was occupied by the Xiongnu. In the second year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (127 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent the general Wei Qing to expel the Huns, and set up two counties of Wuyuan and Zhenfang in the territory of Jiuyuan County of the former Qin Dynasty.

The territory of Wuyuan County is equivalent to the area south of the Yinshan and Wujia rivers in present-day Inner Mongolia and north of the Kubuqi Desert. The five reasons are that it is located in the borderland, and it is also used as the name of the Guansai, such as the "Out of the Stopper" written by Jia Zhi in the Tang Dynasty: "The preaching of the five original beacons is urgent, and the new Qin was only last night."

The team marched on the vast grassland. Li Zhiyun rode on a horse and looked into the distance, only to see the continuous mountains lying in the north, which was the Daqing Mountain in the middle of the Yinshan Mountain Range. He turned his head to the northwest again, and a wide river meandered like a shining jade belt, and that was Shimenshui (now the Kundulun River).

On the grasslands, herdsmen are grazing. Unlike Shuofang County, Wuyuan County is located on the edge of the Hetao region, where agricultural production conditions are not very good. Therefore, in addition to trading, most of the border people here live by herding.

The county seat of Gohara County is in Gwangroku City. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Great Wall and fortresses were built on a large scale in the border areas adjacent to the Xiongnu. Guanglu City was built by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the first three years (102 BC), Guanglu Xun Xu built by himself. On the northwest line of Guanglu City, there are several castles and fortresses such as Zhizhuo, Touman, Huhe, and Sulu (surrendered city), and the middle of each castle is connected by the Great Wall, which is called Leh.

After a day's trek on the grasslands, the sun was setting and a city appeared on the horizon in the distance. Yu Wenxin, who was walking side by side with Li Zhiyun, pointed with his hand and said, "Lord Wang, Guanglu City has arrived!" ”

After everyone entered the city, it was already time to light the lights. The streets were lit up with lights, and the huge city was darkened. There are a lot of pedestrians on the road, and some areas are quite lively. Most of the people wore Han Chinese clothing, which was no different from the people in the mainland. It can be seen that the people here live a peaceful and comfortable life. Li Zhiyun and Zhang Shouyi broke up at the crossroads, Li Zhiyun and the others went to find the post house, and Zhang Shouyi went to find his son.

Everyone found the post house, and after completing the check-in procedures, as soon as they settled down, a guard walked into Li Zhiyun's guest room and said, "Lord Wang, someone wants to see you." ”

"Please!"

After the guards went out, Shaoqing led in a man. Li Zhiyun took a look at it, this person was wearing a loose robe, about thirty years old, medium height, rectangular face, the contours of the face were strong and powerful, two thick black eyebrows, a pair of bright eyes, and a short beard under the chin.

When the visitor saw Li Zhiyun, he arched his hand and said, "Dare to ask if you are the King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty?" Li Zhiyun nodded and said, "May I ask who you are?" ”

"In the Lower Sui Dynasty, Wuyuan guarded Zhang Changxun."

"It turned out to be Lord Zhang, disrespectful! Disrespectful! Li Zhiyun hurriedly returned the salute.

"His Highness saved my father and escorted him here. Such a great kindness is unforgettable, please accept it in the next worship. Zhang Changxun said, lifted his robe and knelt down.

When Li Zhiyun saw it, he hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and said, "Master Zhang, I can't help it!" Don't do it! Zhang Changxun saw that the other party was sincerely blocking him, so he had to take a step back and bow to Li Zhiyun. Li Zhiyun smiled: "Lord Zhang, don't be so polite, please take a seat." "Let's let the guards make tea. Zhang Changxun stopped and said, "Your Highness, there is no need. In the next in the humble house to prepare a little wine, dust for His Highness, and please His Highness do not hesitate to come. ”

"This ......" The reason why Li Zhiyun hesitated was because he felt that it seemed to be a little late and inconvenient.

When Zhang Changxun saw it, he hurriedly explained: "The humble house is only a stone's throw away from the post house, and it is very convenient to reach it with your legs." Li Zhiyun listened, and thought about it, he would inevitably ask for help from Zhang Changxun when he sent Mo Helu to set up a ministry this time, so he had to befriend him sooner or later. Thinking of this, he nodded and said, "Then disturb Lord Zhang." ”

Li Zhiyun called Yu Wenxin, Zhang Zheng and Cai Hu, and several people walked to Zhang's mansion with Zhang Changxun. They were led to the Houhua Hall, where Zhang Shouyi was already waiting. When he saw Li Zhiyun, he said another word of thanks.

The people sat around the table, and the servants served the food and poured it full of wine. Everyone drank and chatted while eating. After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhang Changxun said to Li Zhiyun: "Your Highness, I heard my father say that you are here to see Mo Helu this time?" ”

Li Zhiyun nodded and said, "This king is ordered by Abba's emperor to send an envoy to Mohe to set up a department, and he has to trouble Lord Zhang to help introduce him. When Zhang Changxun heard this, he waved his hand and said, "Some little things, why worry about it?" His Royal Highness has worked hard all the way, and I will rest for two days first, and then I will accompany His Highness to the tooth tent set up by Mo Helu. ”

Li Zhiyun smiled and said, "There is no need to rest." This king has a mission and wants to meet Mo Helu as soon as possible. Master Zhang, how about we leave early tomorrow morning? Zhang Changxun listened, nodded and said, "Okay, just listen to Your Highness." ”

After the banquet dispersed, Li Zhiyun and others said goodbye and left. The father and son sent the guests outside the gate, and Zhang Changxun instructed two servants to carry lanterns to send the guests back to the inn.

The father and son returned to the house, and Zhang Changxun invited his father to drink tea in the study. Zhang Shouyi came to the study and sat down, took a sip of the fragrant tea offered by the maid, put down the teacup, looked at the son sitting opposite and said: "Xun'er, I heard that my father heard that you surrendered to the Turks, and you were made an official by the Turks, what is going on?" ”

Zhang Changxun put down the teacup and explained: "Father, the Central Plains is in turmoil, thieves are swarming, and my son is also a self-preservation strategy to do this." Zhang Shouyi looked suspicious: "The Turks don't know etiquette and righteousness, they are barbarians, we are the descendants of China, and they are intolerable, you can't forget your roots!" ”

"The father is relieved that his son's defection to the Turks is only an expedient measure. When the destiny of heaven is returned and the country is unified, the son will naturally lead his subordinates to return to the Central Plains. ”

Zhang Shouyi listened, nodded, and said: "At present, although there are frequent wars in the Central Plains, and the heroes are competing with each other, according to my father's observation, the Tang Dynasty seems to have the upper hand. That Li Yuan was originally a nobleman of the Sui Dynasty, and there have long been rumors in the world that the Li family should be the son of heaven. My father lived in Chang'an for a period of time this time, and saw that Chang'an was prosperous, all industries were thriving, and there was quite a new dynasty. ”

Zhang Changxun listened, pondered for a moment, and said, "Father, let's let the child think about it again." Zhang Shouyi urged: "You have to make up your mind earlier." ”

Early the next morning, Li Zhiyun led his entourage to leave the post house and followed Zhang Changxun to the tooth tent set up by Mohedu. Zhang Changxun did not bring an army, only a dozen followers. It seems that he and Mo Helu get along quite well.

The tooth tent set up by Mo Helu is located in the north of Yin Mountain. The team walked for two days before arriving at the ranch where the tooth tent was located. Li Zhiyun sat on horseback and looked around, only to see that under the blue sky and white clouds, the prairie was vast, magnificent and rich. He suddenly remembered the famous poem "Eilechuan": "Eilechuan, under the Yin Mountain, the sky is like a dome, covering the four fields." The sky is blue, the wilderness is vast, the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep. ”