Seeing Mo Helu's concern, Xiao Rui said with a smile: "Of course not, being close to each other is just a trivial matter, and it won't destroy other people's countries because of this, doesn't it seem that I, Xiao Rui, don't have any strength?" ”

"In fact, I have long seen Gao Chang unpleasant."

"Old Mo, you may not know that on our Silk Road to the Western Regions, Gaochang is the first stop, and it is the only way. Our Datang caravans have been repeatedly plundered and looted by him, and the merchants of Datang have been suffering for a long time. This is the first and most important reason why we want to destroy him. ”

Mo Helu was surprised: "Gaochang is a small country, Ju Wentai is a coward, he dares to rob the merchants of the Tang Dynasty like this?" ”

Xiao Rui smiled, "It's true that Gaochang is a small country, but Ju Wentai is not a coward, in fact, he is a vicious character who pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger." They are not openly looting and collecting tariffs, they don't dare to offend my Datang head-on. But what does Gaochang rely on to eat? You don't want to watch the silver come and go from your own turf, and you go hungry. ”

So Ju Wentai sent his men and horses to pretend to be horse thieves, coming and going like the wind and plundering. The caravan went to the local government to suppress the bandits, but the bandits were suppressed, but the bandits were not seen, and finally Gaochang made our money at both ends, but in fact, they were a nest of snakes and rats, and they were a family. ”

Hiss...... Can it be like this? How did I not think of that before? Mo He scratched his head and fell into a momentary distraction.

Xiao Rui patted the other party, "What do you think?" Want to learn from it? Then don't talk about this deal, I'll lead the team myself. ”

"Don't, don't, Hou Ye continued." Mo He said with a smile, "I just didn't expect that Gao Chang Ju Wentai would be so cunning. ”

"This second point is that they firmly believe in Buddhism, when our Datang completely destroyed the Buddha, he Gaochang took in an unlimited number of escaped Buddhists, isn't this blatantly against our Datang? I have been busy dealing with Jieli before, and I can't let go. But they relied on the high emperor to be far away, and intensified their temptation, is it true that my Tang Dynasty's soldiers can't beat the Western Regions? ”

"As early as the Han Dynasty six hundred years ago, we set up the Imperial Protectorate in the Western Regions!"

"This third point ......"

Mo Helu pressed Xiao Rui's hand, "That's that, needless to say, this third point must be because I don't know how to come and kiss." ”

"These three points are enough. If it were me, I would have already sent troops for the first one alone. ”

"Master Hou, how do you want to cooperate?"

With a shrewd look and expression, Zhao Deyan was stunned, and said in his heart that this is the Khan of the Western Turks? Changing face so quickly?

Xiao Rui smiled, this is the Mo Helu I know.

Hold out two fingers, "Two ways." First, I will pay for food, you will send troops, and I will hire you with an army of 100,000 Western Turks to help me destroy Gaochang in the Tang Dynasty. After the victory, the territory is ours, and the spoils captured by Gaochang will be divided into half for you. ”

Is there such a good thing? Mo Helu's eyes lit up, and he said in his heart that Hou Ye is a bright person, and this condition sounds like a lot of money.

"What about the second one?"

Xiao Rui was a little surprised and said: "Okay, Lao Mo, I haven't seen you for a few years, have you risen to the market?" When I helped you defeat the Western Turks, I gave you an idea, and you had to pay for it. It's good now, share half of your Gaochang profits, can you bear it? ”

Mo Helu said with a smile: "Cooperative business, of course, you have to listen to everything." ”

"In this second case, I will neither pay nor provide food, and you will send troops to destroy the country yourself. After taking Gaochang, the territory, money, grain, and population are all your Western Turks. ”

Yes? This...... Mo Helu was stunned. Even Zhao Deyan next to him opened his mouth and wanted to dissuade Xiao Rui.

Although all this is taken for granted, on the surface, it has nothing to do with the Tang Dynasty, the Western Turks destroyed Gaochang by themselves, of course they want to occupy everything in Gaochang, do you still need you Xiao Rui to say?

Actually, otherwise, if it was so simple, the Western Turks would have started a long time ago, where would Xiao Rui be reminded? The reason why he didn't dare to get involved in the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions was that he was afraid of the Tang Dynasty's move, so he had always maintained a balance.

Including Gao Chang, sandwiched between the two powerful countries of the Western Turks and the Tang Dynasty, he wants to survive from it, in fact, such a country has always been dancing on the edge of the cliff, and sooner or later it will be a death.

Now, with the promise of the Tang Dynasty, the Western Turks can expand their territory without any scruples, and Mo Helu will wake up laughing in his dreams.

"Master Hou, what do you want?" Mo Helu knew that there was no free lunch in the world, and Xiao Rui dared to promise to expand his territory, which must be conditional.

Xiao Rui waved his hand and said, "With your friendship with me, I can do nothing." But in order to block the mouths of some people in the imperial court, after you take Gaochang, you can give Datang a promise. ”

"Promise? What kind of commitment? ”

"It's very simple, the Datang caravan passed through your Western Turkic territory, and all bandit accidents occurred in you, and you are all responsible for them."

This......

Mo Helu understood, this is to ask my Western Turks to serve as a guard for the Tang caravan on the Silk Road from now on.

After hesitating for a moment, Mo Helu nodded and agreed, "No problem, I don't dare to guarantee otherwise, in the territory of my Western Turkic territory, the Datang caravan is absolutely safe." ”

Xiao Rui patted the other party's shoulder: "Don't worry, along the way, the various caravans pass through the territory of the Western Turks, and the tariffs that should be given will not be less than yours." In the future, I will send someone to negotiate, and the two sides will set an appropriate tariff price, and we will get rich, and you will also be rich, which is called win-win cooperation. ”

Mo He nodded heavily, this is good, it is of course the best to be able to cooperate and make a fortune together.

"Ahem, Master Hou, it's no problem to send troops to destroy Gaochang. However, our Western Turks have only been developing for a few years, and their strength is still somewhat lacking......"

Xiao Rui frowned, "What do you mean?" Lao Mo, you are a dignified Western Turk, the overlord who occupies half of the sky in the grassland, not to mention elsewhere, you are the strongest country in the Western Regions, and you can't even take Gaochang? ”

"Forget it, such a waste, what am I looking for you to do? I only work with the strong. ”

Burst......

"No, no, it can be taken, but there may be some casualties ......"

"Ahem, heavy casualties are nothing, there are no immortals in a war. I'm afraid that other countries won't open their eyes to help, so it will become a tug-of-war, and it will take a long time to miss the matter of Hou Ye, if the battle of Gaochang is destroyed, it will take a year and a half...... And you know, we're all sons on horseback, and we don't know much about siege warfare. ”

Xiao Rui waved his hand and interrupted: "Okay, okay, don't talk about it, if you keep talking, you won't go to destroy Gaochang, you will die with others." ”

"Don't you just want a hand? Just say it straight, why twist and pinch? ”

"In this way, I will send a general over and lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to cheer you on, and give you advice to help you fight and reduce casualties. That's all right, right? ”

"If you give me any more verbosity, then this matter will be forgotten, and I will find someone else."

Mo Helu grabbed Xiao Rui's hand, "Deal, deal!" Three months, three months at most, I will definitely take Gaochang and ensure that Datang's trade routes in the Western Regions are unimpeded! I'll go back and make arrangements. ”

After saying that, he really got up and walked out.

"Hey, don't be in a hurry at this moment, I've eaten anyway!"

"Don't eat, I'll go back to Chang'an to arrange business first, and when the arrangements are ready, I'll come back and stay for a few days."

After sending Mo Helu away, Zhao Deyan expressed the worry in his heart, "Master Hou, you want to use the Western Turks as the escort of the Silk Road, but it is not a good thing to send them a rich piece of land for no reason, and the imperial court will not agree." ”