In fact, Lao Murong's arrangement was not unreasonable, on the third day after Gao Wei arrived in Pingcheng, there was a report from the Malays, and the Turkic Tubo Khan led a large army to the city, and all the civil and military people were frightened and advised the emperor to stick to the city pass.

Gao Wei looked coldly at the chaotic courtiers below, and sneered: "I am poor in bowl skills, I heard that I came to Pingcheng, so I came to the country in a vain attempt to make some gains, if I show weakness and refuse to defend behind closed doors, they will definitely let their troops plunder." Come on, I don't have to talk to him! There are 100,000 heroes in this city, what am I afraid of him doing? ”

After calming the restless hearts, Gao Wei turned his gaze to Old Murong and asked, "Zuo Xiang, do you think our army may fight?" Old Murong was full of anger and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, our army will definitely be able to repel the Turkic army and keep Your Majesty safe!" Yuan Jing'an also came out at the same time, saying that there was plenty of money and food in Pingcheng, the armor soldiers were available, and the people's hearts were also available, and the city gate could be opened to fight with the Turks!

Immediately, several town generals received the military order of the left prime minister and went out of the camp outside the city to mobilize troops and horses. Gao Wei said with a cold face: "Since ancient times, Huayi's defense is very clear, it seems that it is not unreasonable, this bowl, first formed an alliance with our dynasty, and then betrayed the alliance, first wrote a letter to me to beg for mercy, and when I really came, he wanted to tear his face and kidnap me, it was really despicable, human-faced and beast-hearted!" ”

This sentence made Lao Murong's heart feel relieved, and his attitude was much better, and he arched his hand and said: "I want to teach Your Majesty to know that the Turks have always been human-faced and beast-minded, and they are good at taking advantage of the fire to rob, which is even more unbearable than the previous Rouran." What covenants, what commitments? It's all bullshit in their eyes, and that's not true! For them, they can only be blocked, dare to reach out and chop their hands, dare to stretch out their claws and chop their claws, so that they can know that they are afraid! ”

At this time, Tang Yong said: "Your Majesty, the ministers dare not agree with the views of the leftists, although the Turks are fierce and timid, but it is not appropriate to make a big move. The minister thought that according to the previous strategy, it was the best policy to try to talk as much as possible, and not to be bloody. ”

Old Murong glared at Tang Yong and reprimanded, "Yu Chen! Still want to disturb His Majesty's mind here?! Tang Yong's face was bitter, Gao Wei's expression softened slightly, and he snorted lightly, stopping the escalation of the contradiction, and said:

"Bloodless? It's difficult, what Zuo Xiang said is very reasonable, Turkic bandits, they have no shame, they don't know how powerful we are if they don't beat them first. Although peace talks are in the ultimate interests of my Daqi, I have suffered this kind of scumbag before, and I don't want to endure it now! ”

Tang Yong hurriedly came out: "Your Majesty-"

"You don't have to say more, you don't understand the bowl, he just came to try his luck, if it doesn't work, he will blackmail, damn!" Gao Wei scolded a dirty word, "I want to get money, and I want to get the dignity of a winner, people are ugly, and I want to be beautiful!" I can't wait to wake him up with urine in front of me!

“…… The key is to talk about it on the same plane, or to be coerced to talk! Forced to talk, I can't take this breath, I must teach him a lesson first! Left Phase—"

Old Murong's face suddenly turned pale, he clenched his fists, and said categorically: "The minister understands!" "Old Murong deserves to be a famous general, he led the army out of the city, brazenly met the Turkic army, hit it head-on, and ate 10,000 soldiers and horses in its vanguard at once, and the news was transmitted back to Pingcheng, and everyone was excited. Not to mention, he knew that it would be in the Yang Shan Division, which was less than eighty miles east of Pingcheng.

Tu Bo originally advanced in three directions, and the mighty army was frustrated. His fantasy of wanting to take the opportunity to pick up a bargain was punctured. Old Murong was well prepared, and he thought of everything the Turks wanted to do, so he was naturally not afraid of what tricks he was going to do. Entangled again, when Yang Yan's old horseman arrived, the two old guys struck a brazen blow, and the situation was very bad!

So he summoned Luo Hou and Da Luo and said to them: "I want to see Gao Wei, but he hides in Pingcheng and refuses to see me, so you two will go to Pingcheng as my envoys, and say that I have wolves under my command and a million horsemen." If he is interested, he will bring the gold silk tribute early, so that I will not do it. "Chu Luohou and Da Luo Bendeng's faces turned pale, and they are not stupid, they don't know that the Tubo Khan wants to use them to deceive Gao Wei?

But seeing the impatient look on Tu Bo's face, they just didn't want to go and didn't dare to say it, so they had to accept it with a bitter face, and only two people rode into the city. At this time, the Turkic soldiers came to the city, it was an extraordinary period, I heard that the Turks sent envoys, the officials did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly reported, but the emperor did not look anxious at all, and said to the left and right ministers: "The bowl is in a hurry, I can't be in a hurry, the old rules, hang them first." ”

Tang Yong said with some urgency: "Your Majesty, it's better to talk early......

Gao Wei hugged the leather mattress and roasted the fire, the messy hair on the corners of his forehead hung down, a little raunchy, and when he said this, he just smiled, and then said:

"Don't be in a hurry, how can you do things well in a hurry? To find out what they want to do in the end, so that they can ask for the price to pay back, this is all the same reason, first keep an eye on them, report their every word and deed, and remind the left minister to keep an eye on the movements of the Turks. ”

After a few days, it was calm and calm, nothing happened, except that the Turks were still restless, and the second envoy who entered the city was still nervous, but nothing else happened. Gao Wei felt that the time had come, so he ordered the envoy to come over.

The next day, the emperor summoned Luo Hou and Da Luo Ben in the palace. After a while, the two entered the palace under the guidance of the forbidden army, and when they saw the emperor, they did not kneel, but performed the Turkic salute, and forced the hard state to say: "My Great Khan led the wolf to ride a million, and I have arrived at the city, waiting for His Majesty to reply." ”

[This pig's brain, his life may be gone, what garlic to pretend? ] Da Luo glanced at Luo Hou vaguely, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty the Emperor of Great Qi, the foreign ministers are ordered by the Great Khan to be the special envoy to convey the meaning of the Great Khan to His Majesty. ”

Gao Wei was condescending, and said in a cold voice: "Not long after he succeeded to the throne, I wanted to send an envoy to congratulate him and make friends with all allies, but as soon as he succeeded to the throne, he led troops to invade our border and entered our country to plunder, what is the reason?" Are you Turks all such perfidy? ”

"Your Majesty, the Great Khan has no other intention here. However, I feel that there are some provisions in the old oath that need to be revised, so I ...... Also, the Great Khan sent us to ask why there was no tribute last year. "Da Luo has read books anyway, and he speaks Chinese quite fluently.

As soon as he heard the word Suigong, Gao Wei was furious, slapped the case, and reprimanded: "It is you who have broken the covenant, and it is not me, but you still mean to question me?" When I became a vassal of the Turks, I don't know! It seems that you don't have the slightest sincerity, but deliberately humiliate me! ”

He was furious and brazenly ordered: "Come on, drag these two thieves down and behead them!" ”

Da Luo Ben and Chu Luo Hou and the others no longer cared about decency, and after hearing this, they were terrified, and fell to the ground and begged for mercy. The ministers on the left and right naturally wanted to persuade the emperor in anger, praising that a great country should have the bearing of a great power, and should not kill envoys without permission. He also reprimanded these two people, saying that the Turks betrayed the alliance and betrayed their righteousness first, and they could not vent their anger even if they were cut off. After Gao Wei scolded, his anger gradually subsided, and he said coldly: "Da Luobian, speaking of which, you are still my relative, and the daughter of my Gao family married you, so you will say a word of conscience, have I ever owed the Turks?" ”

Gao Wei is the same age as him, and at this time he shows a kind and tolerant bearing, but after all, he is the king of a country, although he is polite, he still has a sense of superiority, although his face is peaceful, he is not angry and arrogant. It made Da Luo feel that he was facing his dead father, the Khan of the Wooden Pole, and he was filled with fear from the bottom of his heart. So he said, "No." ”

Gao Wei's face was slightly pale, and he asked the chamberlain to step forward to help them up and take their seats, and then said: "It's all come to this point, simply open the skylight and say something bright, you Tuobo Khan, what is he trying to do?" ”

Da Luo Ben and Chu Luo Hou looked at each other, and looked left and right, Gao Wei knew what they meant, and ordered everyone to retreat, leaving only a few guards behind. Chu Luohou looked at Da Luo, but Da Luo Ben bowed his head and didn't say a word. Chu Luohou didn't want to say it, but he was bluffed by Gao Wei, and thought of his brother who didn't know life and death, and finally gritted his teeth and said:

"It's very simple, he just can't fight anymore, and he is afraid that the leaders will rebel, so he wants to force His Majesty to contribute gold silk, but he has no other intentions. Before he came, he said that if His Majesty could pay the annual tribute, he would withdraw immediately! ”

"Hmph, don't think about it, I'm not his subordinate, why should I pay him tribute? He likes to talk about it, don't talk about it, there are 100,000 warriors under my command, and there are 300,000 tigers and wolves in six towns in Jinyang. ”

Da Luo hurriedly said: "However, in this case, both countries will be difficult to ride tigers, and they will have to fight to the end!" At that time, the mourning will be all over the wilderness, although the Great Khan will return defeated, he will not take the slightest advantage, and His Majesty's northern Xinjiang will not want to have a day of peace, which is probably not His Majesty's wish!

"The Great Khan asked for gold silk, and His Majesty did not lack gold silk...... It is better to discuss it in person, and each side will take a step back, and then the Great Khan will have a ladder, and he can go downhill and lead his troops back. Your Majesty will once again win allies, win the opportunity to recuperate, and is expected to recover the Central Plains in one fell swoop. Your Majesty and the Great Khan were originally sons-in-law, not enemies! ”

Gao Wei looked at him deeply, and said, "The truth is good." What kind of face-to-face interview method does he want? Da Luo immediately said: "The Great Khan is determined not to enter the city, let His Majesty go out of the city, Your Majesty is not at ease, it is better to do this, both sides only bring a few hundred followers, and the army retreats...... In this case, Your Majesty should rest assured, right? Cushman thought for a while, nodded, and said, "Okay." ”

Regarding the emperor's promise to talk face-to-face, the ministers naturally reacted violently, almost unanimously not allowed. But Cushman & Wakefield has its own plans, so how can it teach them to shake their stance as soon as they say it? He said to the hundred officials: "Let everyone disperse, return to their own duties, and take care of their business as usual." Fu Fu and Xian Yu Shirong went out of the city with me! Gao Wei brocade hat light fur, only with a bow and a knife on the horse, behind only three hundred armor soldiers.

When he crossed the city gate, Lao Murong was already waiting on the side with a soldier, and he said: "The old minister has already made arrangements, and His Majesty will be sure to be thorough!" Outside the city is full of the banners of the army, Gao Wei sat on the horse and nodded, and then went out of the city gate with complicated feelings, naturally there will be risks, but sitting in his position, he is destined to face the wind and waves will not be peaceful, rather than apprehensive, timid, it is better to face.

[For the unification of the world, you can pay anything, so what about taking a risk? I will not be defeated! 】

Gao Wei straightened up, the horse's hooves gently knocked on the ground, Fu Fu and Xian Yu Shirong followed, except for the emperor, everyone was in full armor, and the tower-like people and horses stepped on the ground, rumbling. There were hardly any pedestrians outside, only heavily guarded forbidden troops forming in formation in the outskirts of the city.

When passing through the military formation, there was a slightly urgent sound of horse footsteps behind, and Yuan Jingan caught up from behind. "Your Majesty, if you go any further, you will be out of the range covered by the bow and arrows, please think twice!"

"I know, you stay where you are." Gao Wei, the party concerned, was calm, Yuan Jing'an saw that the dissuasion was useless, his face turned red, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The minister will go with Your Majesty!" Anyway, the minister is already old and useless, if there is a case, the minister will block the arrow for His Majesty! ”

"No, we won't go far. You are also a person who has seen great storms and waves in your life, why are you still so timid? Gao Wei said: "I know that you are now blaming me for underestimating the enemy, not for me, but for the Turks who are too arrogant and come from all over the country, just thinking that we can't stop them, and if you refuse to fight behind closed doors, you will only encourage them." Raise the morale of others and destroy your own prestige! ”

"Besides, since there is an opportunity to try it, why don't I seize it, you have also seen the strength of the Turks, I don't want them to really fall to the side of the pseudo-Zhou. If you are blackmailed, you will be blackmailed, and you will settle accounts with him in the future! The bowl is also waiting for us, how is the movement of the Turks now? ”

"It's miles away." Yuan Jingan said. Gao Wei suddenly reined in his horse, and seven or eight scattered cavalry teams came in the distance, they were not densely arranged, far or near, west or east, galloping, but in the blink of an eye, they converged, very strange. Xian Yu Shirong ordered an iron cavalry to drive them out, and they immediately scattered again.

"This is the Turkic people's usual way of playing, the attack power is not very good, but the depth and range of activity is very wide, there are hundreds of cavalry around the crowd, we used to break this formation, than first to the left and right sides of the cavalry to compress their activity space, and then to use foot soldiers to suppress the formation." Xian Yu Shirong explained, Gao Wei nodded, and immediately, the Turkic Golden Wolf Banner appeared in Gao Wei's sight.

"The Khan is well, Gao Rengang is here to see him!" Cushman took a few steps forward and shouted loudly. The wolf flag was stunned, hundreds of wolf riders stopped one after another, and then a short middle-aged and elderly man came out from behind, compared to Gao Wei's light armor, the bowl khan was very well guarded, wrapped in a double layer of heavy armor, and his cheeks were squeezed by the helmet and deformed.

He rode a war horse covered with iron armor under his crotch, and his voice was like a wolf's howl: "My beloved son-in-law is fine, I haven't seen him for a few years, but I don't expect to meet again?!" I heard that you are now the ruler of the world, and the Zhou Kingdom in the west has been beaten by you and can't raise your head, which is really gratifying! The Khan spoke sarcastically.

"I didn't expect that after more than two years, the Khan worked hard and traveled thousands of miles. The Khan was polite, and he actually poured the country to congratulate! Rengang really can't afford it! ”

"Hey, your son-in-law doesn't have to be polite, but I don't know that my son-in-law's Jinyang City can accommodate my millions of male soldiers!" He shouted. Gao Wei was silent, looking behind him, several miles away, as far as the eye could see, there were Turkic military flags, a large area of black pressure, boundless, filling the sky and the earth. The Turks are at least honest in numbers, and counting the four-legged ones, there are really a million people.

Gao Weice immediately took a step forward and said loudly: "Within the Great Wall, hundreds of years of troubled times, this fertile soil of the Central Plains is full of blood, if you dare to die, I will dare to bury it, don't say millions, even tens of millions can be pretended, I'm afraid that the Khan will not want to come!" ”

The face of the Tuobo Khan was pale, and with a sound of a horn, the Turkic army behind him was like a sea tide swept up by the wind, and the iron armor turned and rolled forward! The Khan seemed to be teasing a lamb, looked at Gao Wei with contempt, and said: "Beloved son-in-law, you listen to me, we are barely a family, if you are willing to pay tribute to me, then I will stop the war, if not...... I have to invite you to Mobei as a guest! ”

Yuan Jing'an subconsciously took a few steps forward, it seemed that he was really ready to block the arrows for the emperor, the armor behind Gao Wei drew his blades and faced each other, not afraid of the intimidation of the bowl, Gao Wei took off the big bow from the saddle, and said with a smile: "The Turkic millions of people came to the meeting, but I was facing hundreds of cavalry, which is really rude!" He slammed his horned bow to the sky, and with a thud, he went away with it, the bowstring still trembling, and then a sharp sound of breaking the air resounded through the sky.

He Bo's eyebrows twitched, and an ominous premonition surged up.

The earth began to tremble neatly, and countless military flags began to show their sharp tips on the hillside on that side, and soon filled the sky! The wind and clouds are whirling, and the flag is hunting! The sound of the military horn of "Woo Woo Woo ......" was long and shocking, and a large black and oppressive military array was assembled, constantly extending to both sides!

First there was a black line, and then this black line became thicker and denser, and suddenly zoomed in and looked, and the endless armor warriors came with bows and hogos, like a torrent of steel, faster and wider! At the end of the last line of sight, there is a shining armor!

The Turks' breathing was suffocated, and the face of the Tuobo Khan was blue and pale, and he stared at Gao Wei viciously, as if he was going to eat him! He was about to say something, when another large army appeared in the northeast, that is, behind the flanks of the Turks. But it's the old horseman of Yang Yan, who everyone is afraid of, is here! Yang Yan led a military horse and settled three miles away, and the earth was stunned.

It turned out that His Majesty had already planned, and Yuan Jing'an finally put his mind at ease and smiled. "I'm going to have a big Qi Iron Brigade, and I'm going to invite the Khan into the city!" Cushman & Wakefield was even stronger and shouted loudly. He Bo was choosing between two dilemmas, and there was an uproar in the Turkic array, hundreds of thousands of people, even if they spoke softly, they could roll up a tsunami-like movement, but it was those vassal tribes who saw that the Qi army was strong, and Mr. had the heart to retreat. Now it's a mess!

The army stopped at three miles, and Gao Wei stepped forward again surrounded by Sheng Jia's forbidden army, "Khan, since both you and I have no intention of fighting, why don't you stop the war here?" Our army has retreated three miles, leaving behind a buffer zone, and now we can make an alliance with blood, and I will never do anything to attack halfway. If the Khan wants to fight, then please stand back, when the two armies are fighting, and the sword soldiers have no eyes! ”

Fu Fu and Xian Yu Shirong are under a lot of pressure, and they don't understand why His Majesty has such courage when he is pampered in the palace! Two kings face off against each other, with their respective million-strong armies behind them, could there be anything crazier than that?!

The other side fell silent, and Tu Bo seemed to be still thinking, but he had to make a decision after all, not to mention that Cushman & Wakefield had already given a decent ending. Then, he said, "Then let's make peace!" "It's not that I'm afraid of him, it's that the leaders don't want to fight. Tu Bo comforted himself like this in his heart, no matter how reluctant he was, he still spit out those words: "Blood is an alliance!" ”

Gao Wei got off the war horse, and Fu Fu led a white horse behind him and came towards the bowl. [He actually has the guts? He Bo was in a complicated mood, got off the horse with his legs, and ordered a guard to lead him forward. The two didn't even say hello, they went straight to the topic, Gao Wei ordered Fu Fu to bring the white horse over, Gao Wei likes to collect hunting bows and horses, this is Gao Wei's favorite horse, and he is usually reluctant to ride.

Cushman & Wakefield gently stroked the supple horse's mane, and the horse was also attached to Cushman & Wakefield's palm. A cold light flashed in Gao Wei's eyes, and he pulled out his waist knife and cut off the horse's head! The white horse fell to the ground with a bang! He Bo Khan subconsciously took a few steps back, Gao Wei took out two jade bowls, and personally collected the horse's blood at the horse's neck......

"Khan, please!" Gao Wei handed the horse's blood to the bowl with one hand, and the bowl Khan took it, and then saw Gao Wei tilt his neck, his Adam's apple squirmed, and he had drunk the horse's blood. "May the alliance between the Turks and the Great Qi last forever!" The bowl of blood was eaten with a gloomy face, the horses had just been killed, the blood was still very hot, the smell was pungent, the bowl frowned, and reluctantly drank it.

"The jade cup is the same as you, and the white blade is not forgiving." Gao Wei laughed, arched his hand towards the bowl, the level of the bowl's Chinese language was lacking, he didn't understand what he said, he returned the salute in a daze, and then dispersed. Yang Yan led people to patrol not far away, took in this scene, and exclaimed to his left and right henchmen: "Today, I know that Your Majesty is really a hero!" ”

Gao Wei was surrounded and returned to the army, and then the Turks announced their retreat, and then the Qi army retreated. Gao Wei ordered several courtiers to go to the Turks, re-establish the covenant, and only returned to the dormitory after he was done.

Lu Ran hurriedly stepped forward and beckoned His Majesty to change his clothes, but he sent His Majesty's clothes bulging under them, and they were still a little cold to the touch. When I took off my clothes, I saw a whole set of close-fitting chain mail underneath. Gao Wei ripped it off and threw it on the ground, suddenly feeling a lot more relaxed, and muttered, "I knew he was just a paper tiger." ”