Seeing that the Queen Mother had even exhausted the anger accumulated in the past few days of the assassination of King Jin, Gao Yuxiang signaled his godson to present Xie Ying's secret letter, and said: "Now that the Taiyuan affairs have been resolved, the Queen Mother may wish to see if Xie Niangzi has any secret report." ”

"Xiao Gao, you are really getting more and more capable." The Queen Mother slanted to the eunuch, but there was no displeasure, she signaled to open the secret letter, and before she could read it, she sneered first: "I promised her to marry the Turkic Khan again, thinking that it could have a little effect, after all, it was the Turkic envoy who named her to marry, but I don't know, Xie Shi is indeed wolf-hearted, I heard that she is very favored by Ashina Qisang, but the five Turkic soldiers committed such an important military situation in Ganzhou, she didn't know anything about it!" ”

Gao Yuxiang has a lot of resentment towards Xie Ying, and of course he has to fall into the well at this time: "Although the accompanying palace people were robbed and killed by the Northern Liao Xiao, only Xie Niangzi survived, which shows that the mission is more thorough than the noble lord in protecting her, and at this time she can send out the secret letter, saying that she is clearly favored by Ashina Qisang, but how can Xie Niangzi forget that the Queen Mother is deeply kind to her, how can she forget that although she is married far away, she still has the blood of the Great Zhou people in her body, and Xie Niangzi only wants to be rich and noble for herself......"

But he suddenly stopped complaining, because Gao Yuxiang left an opinion to read the secret letter, the empress dowager's expression changed greatly, it was not anger, according to his experience, it was a surprise, obviously touched by Xie Ying's secret letter, and he had an unexpected joy of excitement!

Could it be that Xie Ying reported a military plan that was related to victory or defeat? Gao Yuxiang suddenly felt depressed in his heart, he didn't want to see Xie Ying's arrogant face anymore in his lifetime!

Before this secret letter arrived in Chang'an, at the end of June, it was the hot season, Ashina Qisang's repeated attacks were ineffective, but he was defeated and retreated, of course he would be anxious and angry, but the plan that had been prepared for many years would not be revoked because of temporary setbacks, this foreign leader who played a huge role in the restoration of the Turkic country, began to reflect on what went wrong with him, he obviously seized the opportunity of Zhou's domestic and foreign troubles, and the Yingzhou Department had not yet been leveled, the king of Yunzhou died violently, and the old Wang of the Wang family had not completely surrendered to the Zhou court. Even when the rebellion of King Lingnan caused An Ningbo, an opponent, to be unable to take into account the Anbei war, this was clearly an excellent opportunity to attack the key points of the Zhou State in Gyeonggi, he gathered five military forces, and even received the support of Tianzhu, Dashi and other countries, why was it not able to succeed? Why did the rebel party of the King of Lingnan suddenly surrender to the Zhou court? So much so that Zhou Ting's military strength in Anbei increased dramatically, and An Ning Bo Qijun, a terrible opponent, was more than the threat of an army of 100,000 alone!

What to do, what to do? Ashina Qisang knew that Tianzhu and Da Shi had been shaken, because if the five Turkic tribes could not destroy He Zhou Jiangshan, Tianzhu and Da Shi would not dare to completely tear their faces with the Zhou State, and if they continued, it would not be long before even Tubo would be shaken, which would be a fatal blow to Ashina Qisang.

If this time it fails and retreats to the western frontier, then the Turks will lose their position as the leaders of the five alliances, and the Tibetans are likely to surrender to the Zhou court again and turn the spearhead to become enemies of the Turks.

If the situation does deteriorate to such an extent, it is very likely that the Turks, who have only been restored for only a few years, will once again face a situation of fragmentation.

This is because the Yi people are mainly nomadic, and the political system that has always been implemented is very different from that of China, to put it bluntly, the former Turks, although they are also the overlords of the grassland, but they are not the implementation of the imperial system, they are more similar to the state system, similar to the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Tianzi only has the direct right to rule the capital city-state, and the rest of the feudal monarchs are mainly Zhou Tianzi, but they enjoy an independent governing power in the fiefdom, and at the same time have their own armed forces, although the Turks do not have the concept of a city-state, but they are composed of many tribes, and the Turks can be Han. Each major tribe has its own leader and pasture, and the people directly obey the orders of the clan leader, and the clan leader should obey the orders of Kehan in principle, which is in fact equivalent to an independent feudal state, and if the strength is strong enough, it can completely ignore the Kehan.

Under Ashinaqisan's proposition, the Turks after the restoration of the country followed the imperial centralized system, and the conquered tribal leaders no longer enjoyed direct rule, and even many were directly executed, and the capital army sent by the Turkic king's account took over the military power, and the state pastor was responsible for civil affairs, but such a system was more compulsory than surrender for the major tribes, because the vast number of tribes could not adapt to this change, they did not understand the cumbersome decrees of the Turkic king's account, did not understand why the number of cattle and sheep should be reported, and could not raise horses privately, However, they had to adopt horses issued by the state shepherd, and if they accidentally raised them to death and lost them, the adopter would even be executed.

Ashina Qisan ruled by power, he treated all his people as slaves, but he knew that if he lost his power, these people would no longer obey his decrees, they would re-elect a valiant leader, and then gather to break away from the Turks, and the Turkic Empire would once again face the disaster of falling apart, and all Qisan's efforts would be in vain.

If he can't lose his power, he can't withdraw his troops, he can't compromise with the Zhou state, and he can't be questioned.

can barely support it, just like drinking a donkey to quench your thirst, if there is no turnaround, it is only a matter of time before the whole collapses.

And although Ashina Qisan has tiger and wolf soldiers under his banner, what annoys him is the lack of strategists, and his generals have no other suggestions except for the word "charge", but he, the "strongest brain" of the Turkic Empire, faces the current predicament but does not know where to turn around.

When he was anxious, he suddenly heard "Xie Niangzi rushed to the barracks", Ashina Qisang was originally a little impatient, he did like this woman, on the one hand, because this woman is far superior to the style and beauty of Turkic women, and her knowledge and talent are not comparable to those women who only know herding, but Ashina Qisang does not think that Xie Ying has enough ability to interfere in military affairs, this woman who can't even ride a horse too fast, where will she know how to fight?

Therefore, when he heard that Xie Ying was here to offer advice, Ashina Qisang simply scoffed, stretched out his long arms, pulled down Xie Ying and pressed it: "Why should the lady find those high-sounding reasons? Don't I know how much my wife cares about me? "This hungry woman!

However, Xie Ying pressed her hands against Qi Sang's chest, struggled to get out like a fish, and sat in her whole dress, as serious as those clay bodhisattvas.

"Kehan, now is not the time to be greedy for lust, the concubine thinks that there is only one way out for Kehan, and that is to negotiate peace with Zhou Ting."

"Peace talks?" Qi Sang lay on his back and sneered: "Do you think there is still a possibility for the Turks and the Zhou State to be reconciled?" ”

"Why not?" Xie Ying smiled confidently: "Although the concubine does not know how to march and arrange, she knows the Empress Dowager Wei better than Kehan, her ambition is nothing more than not moving to make all countries come to the dynasty and restore the rule of the prosperous era of the Great Zhou, in the annals of history, better than Empress Duan Huiwen, the battle of Anbei, the reason why the Han is so difficult and temporarily lost, it is because the royal family of the Zhou State did not cause the people's hearts to turn back, when the external troubles are coming, the current national disaster, those pedantic people who believe in Confucianism will still unite with the outside world, this is called cohesion, and what Kehan wants to do is to let the royal family of the Great Zhou, To be precise, Empress Dowager Wei has lost the hearts of the people, and at that time, don't talk about Ganzhou, Chang'an will also be like a bag to get things! ”

"Are you asking me to surrender to Zhou Guo?"

"It's not a surrender, but a strike agreement, but the Han doesn't need to be a vassal to the Zhou State, and can even ask for the restoration of the great prince system, the governance of Anbei, and the garrison of Chang'an City!" Xie Ying's eyebrows fluttered: "In this way, although it is difficult to achieve the Han ambition for the time being, it will not disappoint the people, and on the contrary, it will make Empress Dowager Wei suffer from the reprimand of the subjects of the Great Zhou Dynasty for losing power and humiliating the country!" ”

Qi Sang sat up and hooked Xie Ying's chin: "There is such a good thing in the world?" Are you sure you can facilitate? ”

"The concubine is confirmed." Xie Ying chuckled, charming and charming: "Because the concubine knows the giant thorn in Empress Dowager Wei's heart, Kehan is not her primary enemy, as long as Kehan proposes peace talks, Empress Dowager Wei will be ecstatic, of course, regarding many conditions, you can't put forward them directly, which still needs to be planned step by step and carefully." ”