It was only after arriving in Lanzhou that He Sijia found out that he had been deceived.

Seven days earlier, her second brother Tanli had returned to the imperial capital from the battlefield on the Western Front and had reported to her father Khan and his ministers the results of his initial contact with the Zhenjiang army:

Li Jiangyao is willing to temporarily cease the war and start peace talks.

This means that Ashina's plan to delay the army is about to work.

The Turkic monarchs were very pleased with this. Once the situation in the Central Plains is completely opened, the Turks will have the opportunity to revitalize the situation in front of them again.

At least, that's what they think.

Tanli got Ashina's approval, and put forward another suggestion: I hope that my sister and brother-in-law can also go to the front line in Lanzhou to help him mediate together and drag each other down.

The reason he gave was very good: He Sijia had dealt with the Zhenjiang army before, and the noble status of He Sijia and Yun Qianxue made it easier for Li Jiangyao to believe that the Turks had the sincerity of peace talks.

In this regard, Ashina was a little hesitant. He Sijia is the pearl of his palm, and he is easily reluctant to let this girl take risks. However, Tanli found his sister privately, coaxed and deceived him, and used national righteousness to force the Hesijia couple to agree to go.

Seeing that his daughter and son-in-law were willing to send envoys, Ashina finally nodded helplessly. After all, this peace talks are just a cover, just meet Li Jiangyao casually, just drag him for a month or two, with the protection of the Eleventh Legion, He Sijia should not encounter any danger.

In this way, Yun Qianxue handed over the command of the Blood Guard Iron Cavalry Legion, accompanied his beloved wife, and followed his good brother Tanli to the front line in Lanzhou.

But who would have expected that as soon as they arrived at the place, they would be placed under house arrest by the Golden Wolf Army.

He Sijia sensed that something was wrong and asked to see Tanli many times, but the guards guarding them said that His Royal Highness the Second Prince had gone to the camp of the Zhenjiang Army and would not be able to return in a few days.

Three days later, Tanley finally returned to Lanzhou. Accompanying him was the special envoy of the Zhenjiang Army and the head of the Intelligence Department.

On behalf of Li Jiangyao, the capital protector of the Zhenjiang Army and the holy king of Western Xinjiang, Yudra met with He Sijia and Yun Qianxue. As soon as he came up, he went straight to the point and directly relayed Li Jiangyao's suggestion to the husband and wife: ask the virtuous couple to sign a peace and friendship treaty with His Royal Highness Tanli and the Holy Tang Dynasty, and immediately return to the Turkic Empire to reorganize the rivers and mountains.

This is not so much a "suggestion" as an "order".

Because after this suggestion, there is also a sentence: If Ruoxian and his wife refuse to accept this suggestion, then the Zhenjiang army can only have no choice but to attack Lanzhou.

Attack if you don't obey, and you are "helpless"?

He Sijia had a frosty face, and asked coldly, "Where is General Li now?" Metasequoia City or Zijin Pass? ”

Yudra replied calmly: "Back to Your Highness, Dadu Hu has now come to the front line of Lanzhou and is with Xu Shuai. ”

Hearing the word "Xu Shuai", He Sijia couldn't help but tremble in his heart, and immediately regained his calm: "I ask to meet General Li and General Xu, and everything else is not to be discussed!" ”

Hearing this, Yudra glanced at Tanli next to him, and Tanli made a helpless expression: "Her Royal Highness the Princess and Yunjun are both representatives of my father Khan, and it is normal for them to ask to meet. ”

Yudra nodded in understanding: "Understood, I will immediately go back to report to the capital protector and ask him to decide." ”

Soon after, a reply came from the Zhenjiang Army: agreed to meet. I would like to invite the three Turkic representatives to deign to come to our army camp to meet.

In this way, He Sijia and Yun Qianxue were "protected" by the Golden Wolf Army again, and came to Yongdeng County in the northwest of Lanzhou with Tanli.

At this time, Yongdeng County has become the front-line base camp of the Zhenjiang Army, where more than 300,000 troops roar and gather, with strong soldiers and strong horses, swallowing mountains and rivers.

Li Jiangyao, dressed in cyan civilian clothes, accompanied by Xu Youchang, who was fully armored, met with Tanli and them at the Yongdeng County Ya.

As Hesjia said in the letter, after a few years, everyone has changed.

Xu Youchang's resolute and simple face is engraved with the weather-hardened weather, and the sideburns are already a little white;

He Sijia is already a wife, and she has a little less innocent girlish feelings, but a little more elegant charm of a mature woman;

Thanli doesn't know when he slowly grew a sideburns beard, changing the image of the bohemian prince and brother in the past, and becoming more and more like the princes and nobles of the Turkic tradition;

The scar on Yun Qianxue's face was still very conspicuous, and the bravery in his eyes was no longer as aggressive as before, and his clear eyes were mixed with a bit of indescribable melancholy.

The biggest change is Li Jiangyao.

The person is still the same person. Calm, shrewd and wise. But at the same time, a kind of kingly spirit that is proud of the world also jumped into existence, which is convincing.

He Sijia looked at Li Jiangyao and Xu Youchang in front of him, and secretly sighed in his heart, his right hand stroked his left chest, bowed and said: "He Sijia, the envoy of the Great Khan of the Holy Lord of the Turkic Empire and Princess Yingyang, would like to pay the highest respect to the Grand Protector and General Xu. ”

Li Jiangyao sat still and didn't move, only smiled and raised his hand: "Your Highness has worked hard all the way." Come, give a seat to the three envoys. ”

The three of them sat down as they were told. Xu Youchang stared at the princess, his eyes were full of soft and deep light, and he only heard him ask gently: "Your Highness, our suggestion, I wonder if you have thought it through?" ”

He Sijia's gaze touched Xu Youchang, a touch of resentment flashed, and he said in a deep voice: "I don't know what General Xu is referring to when he suggests?" ”

Xu Youchang said lightly: "Dadu Hu hopes that you, His Highness Tanli, and General Yun Qianxue can get out of this war as soon as possible and return to the Turkic Empire." ”

He Sijia nodded lightly, and turned to look at Li Jiangyao: "Dadu Hu, you want me to betray my father Khan." I understand it that way, right? ”

Li Jiangyao first glanced at Yun Qianxue, who was full of anger, and then responded: "That's right, it's not right." ”

He Sijia smiled: "Is it right or not?" Most of the protectors are still the same as before, and they like to say two-sided things that make people scratch their heads and can't grasp the pain of their feet. I'd like to ask for advice from the majority, but what is called is right or wrong. ”

In the face of He Sijia's sarcasm, Li Jiangyao did not disobey at all, and said calmly: "I believe that for the sake of the future of the Turks, betraying the Great Khan does not mean betraying the empire Such high-sounding rhetoric should not be easy to use in front of the princess and the concubine." Did I guess right? ”

Yun Qianxue said coldly: "The Great Khan is the Empire, the Empire is the Great Khan, there is no difference between the two, and we will definitely not choose to betray like Tanley." Now that both parties already know what each other has in mind, there is no need to continue to deceive each other. See you on the battlefield. ”

"Yunjun, what are you doing!" Tanli hurriedly stopped: "Dadu Hu and Xu Shuai are merciful, and they don't want to hurt my Turkic soldiers anymore, why do you still have to push everyone into the fire pit?!" Most of the guards, Yun Qianxue is straightforward and speaks, you must not be like him. ”

"Tell me, Stanley!" Yun Qianxue's sword eyebrows were raised, and she said angrily: "You are also worthy of talking in front of He Sijia and me?" Greedy for life and afraid of death, betraying your father, betraying your sister and friends, are you still human? I want to kill you right now! ”

He Sijia said coldly: "Yunjun, please restrain yourself." Let's settle our own accounts, go back and settle it slowly, don't lose the face of the Turks in front of Dadu Hu and General Xu. ”

Hearing this, Yun Qianxue had no choice but to snort and say no more. The handsome face was full of cold and arrogant air.

Seeing this, Li Jiangyao smiled faintly: "I'll just say, those ordinary truths are not convincing to you." Luckily, I have some other reasons. ”

Seeing that there was still room for things to turn around, Tanley couldn't help but rejoice: "Oh, please don't hesitate to give advice." ”

Li Jiangyao glanced at him and said to He Sijia and Yun Qianxue: "I just received the information, on the second day of your departure, the tenth army of the Prince of the Temple, Ronia, was stationed in Tianshui, the fifth army was stationed in Baoji, and the first part of the Polar Army was stationed in Hanzhong. Three, do you know what that means? ”

He Sijia and Yun Qianxue couldn't help but be stunned and looked at each other.

Tanley was even more surprised: "This is impossible! After my father Khan learned that I had stabilized the Zhenjiang army, he had already decided to use troops against the Central Plains first, so how could he send the main force of the Golden Clan to set up a defensive line behind me? ”

Xu Youchang said in a deep voice: "This is indeed the case, my scout force has already confirmed it. ”

Li Jiangyao faced the three people who were stunned, and said calmly: "What does this mean?" The only thing that can be said is that your father, Khan, has seen the true intentions of His Highness Tanli and acquiesced to all this. ”

As soon as these words came out, He Sijia and the others were even more stunned, and they didn't know how to react for a while.

Xu Youchang nodded and explained softly: "The actions of the Fifth Army and the Tenth Army of the Golden Tribe are very unreasonable. They did not directly transfer heavy troops to defend Lanzhou, but chose to deploy layers of defenses in the rear of Lanzhou, obviously preparing for the loss of Lanzhou City. To be honest, the implication of releasing water is extremely obvious. ”

Li Jiangyao continued: "Prince Tanley, think about it, what kind of negotiation can be used by Her Royal Highness the Princess?" No matter how confused I, Li Jiangyao, I won't be fooled around by a delicate little girl, right? If the Turkic Khan sees me like this, it will be a real disgrace to his reputation. ”

Tanli was stunned and said, "You mean to say that Father Khan deliberately let us go?" ”

"Your father Khan, with good intentions." Li Jiangyao sighed softly, and looked at the sky outside the window: "Perhaps, he wants to complete a tacit deal with me." The price of the transaction was Lanzhou City, and the result of the transaction was for me to let his children live and the Turkic Empire to live. ”

Although everything Li Jiangyao said sounds incredible, from another angle, it is not impossible to do so.

The Turkic Eastern Expeditionary Horse was firmly trapped in the Guanzhong area by the Zhenjiang Army, and struggled to break through the siege three times in a row, but failed to knock on the door of Zijin Pass. Perhaps, Ashina is really desperate. For the sake of the future of the Turkic Empire, in order for his son, daughter and son-in-law to survive and return to their homeland, he actually pushed the boat down the river and acquiesced to Tanli's plan.

Of course, this is just Li Jiangyao's speculation, and there is no actual evidence to prove this inference.

However, Ashina, who has always been a maverick and has no last resort, did make a series of unreasonable arrangements.

first agreed to negotiate with the Zhenjiang army on behalf of the Turks, and then agreed to let He Sijia and Yun Qianxue also come to Lanzhou, and then specially deployed the main force to hold the last line of defense east of Lanzhou.

How do you look at it, how does it seem that he did it on purpose, so that Tanli Hesijia and they can get Li Jiangyao's forgiveness and lead the Eleventh Army to return to the Western Continent.

This will be the last spark of the Golden Clan and the last hope of the Turkic Empire.

"No, it's not like that!" With tears in her eyes, He Sijia said stubbornly: "Father Khan is by no means the kind of person who gives up easily, he will lead us to continue fighting!" ”

Yun Qianxue suddenly reached out and grabbed his wife's trembling shoulders, and said in a deep voice: "Dadu Hu may have guessed correctly......

As he spoke, he took out a golden token from his bosom: "This was secretly given to me by the Great Khan himself before we set off. At that time, he told me that with this holy khan's golden decree, I could mobilize all the troops of the Turkic Empire, and let me carry it with me in case of accidents. At that time, I thought that this was used to control the Eleventh Legion, but now that I think about it, the Great Khan ...... The Great Khan may really want us to go back......"

"Father Khan-" He Sijia couldn't hold back her grief any longer, turned around and threw herself into Yun Qianxue's arms, and cried bitterly.

[Heroes, the decisive battle between the Zhenjiang Army and the Turks is coming, please use your valuable comments and likes to cheer for Li Jiangyao and them! ] 】