People are always arguing, when opinions are on the left, when goals are different, and even more so when vested interests conflict.

The Sui Dynasty proposed peace, and naturally some people agreed with it and some people disagreed with it within the Turks, and the repeated battles were fruitless, and the continuous death of the warriors already had many different voices within the Turks.

"Khan, let's talk with them and take the opportunity to slaughter them."

Listening to the noisy voice, Shabalu Khan said, "Stupid! Do you think I asked you to come here to discuss whether or not to have a meeting? ”

The majestic voice of Shabalu Khan ceased the noise and the surroundings became quiet.

Everyone was informed about the strength and rudeness of the Shabali Khan, and although there were complaints, no one dared to say that this tyrannical khan could kill at any time.

For him, killing was just a hobby, and he once slit the throat of a maid with a knife at a party because of the rise of drinking, and poured bright red blood into the wine.

"You are so stupid that it makes me feel cold, there are such stupid villains, no wonder our Turkic soldiers can be defeated by the Sui Dynasty."

As soon as this pot was divided, the Turkic generals were not happy, but because of the identity of Sha Bolu Khan, no one dared to speak, and they were all full of unconvincing under the expressionless face.

Sha Bolu Khan continued his high opinion: "The Sui Dynasty has now had a crack in its internal relations, the King of Jin was seriously injured and couldn't get out of bed, and the military order was given to the guard of Yanmen Pass in Dehuai, Yu Dehuai didn't want to fight, King Wei wanted to fight, and there was a contradiction, and now Yu Dehuai sent people to sue for peace to make it clear that he did not listen to the command of King Wei, and King Wei is now outside Yanmen Pass......"

Speaking of this, Sha Bo Luo Khan laughed: "If we exacerbate their contradictions, if we can really reach an inextricable situation and weaken the power of King Wei, then we will attack Shuozhou, King Wei has no reinforcements, Yu Dehuai is afraid that King Wei will complain, he will stand by and watch, and then the Sui Dynasty will lose a general, and the Yanmen Pass without a heart of war may also be in the bag, and then look south to the Central Plains, when the emperor of the Sui Dynasty will definitely seek peace, and we will get more resources for peace." ”

Everyone listened to the words of Sha Bo Luo Khan, looked at each other and then discussed softly.

Then someone asked: "Khan, how do we exacerbate the internal contradictions?" ”

"First pretend to accept its proposal and plan, take some food supplies from the Sui Dynasty, let them think that we are interested in talking, and now quickly send someone to the royal court to bring troops over, King Wei will be unhappy when he sees the relationship between us and Yu Dehuai, and according to my understanding of the people of the Central Plains, as long as we show friendliness and have the intention of talking, their court will definitely actively advance, and then the main battle of King Wei will be powerless, if the right time is found, he will be able to win with one blow."

"Khan, will the Great Sui people really go as you envisioned?"

"I've fought so many times with the people of the Central Plains, can I still not understand them?"

Hearing Sha Bo Luo Khan say this, everyone understood that Sha Bo Luo Khan's strategy had been decided.

"Send someone to find out first, what Zhang Xiangren said is true, whether King Wei and Yu Dehuai really have a conflict, and Liu Wuzhou, he brought your father, you help me talk to Zhang Xiangren to find out his details."

"Yes, Khan."

As a subordinate who had just been recruited, Shabalu Khan valued Liu Wuzhou's talent very much, but he was still not at ease with him himself, so he asked the Turks to go with him, and instructed him not to leave an inch.

Liu Wuzhou came to Zhang Xiangren's camp at nightfall, saying that it was a camp, but Zhang Xiangren lived in it alone, surrounded by Turkic soldiers, and it was almost the same as saying that it was a prison.

At this time, Zhang Xiangren was raising a bonfire to barbecue meat to eat, and when he saw Liu Wuzhou and others coming, he just glanced at it and turned his attention back to the bonfire barbecue.

Liu Wuzhou sat down beside him: "Zhang Xiangren, what do you want to deceive His Royal Highness the Khan." ”

Zhang Xiangren didn't even look at him, and turned the barbecue in his hand by himself: "You, what do people like you know?" Don't use this ridiculous little trick to trick me. ”

"The Khan won't believe you, you must have a conspiracy."

"Conspiracy? People always have a purpose in doing things, just like you, His Royal Highness the King of Jin values you so much, Qin Qiong treats you like a brother, but what about you? You are treasonous and unfaithful, intercepted and killed the King of Jin, and imprisoned Qin Qiong, but it also boils down to your father, if we have a conspiracy, what is the purpose of you? ”

Liu Wuzhou glared angrily, and immediately drew his sword: "Tell me quickly, what kind of conspiracy do you have, are you trying to kill the Khan?" ”

The Turkic soldiers behind him were afraid that Liu Wuzhou would really make a move, so they stopped him, Zhang Xiangren patted his leg and stood up: "What are you anxious about?" You are not worried at all about any conspiracy we have, but you are worried that after our cooperation with the Turks, your position will not be secured, the trust of the khan that you have gained by betraying the country for glory will become useless, and you will become an outcast. ”

Zhang Xiangren said to the Turkic soldiers behind him without humility or arrogance: "Does he say that no matter what he says or does, it is for you Khan?" He was the same when he was at Yanmen Pass, everything was for the sake of King Jin, but in the end? Led people to intercept and kill the King of Jin, causing the King of Jin to be seriously injured and recuperate, he is always selfish! ”

Liu Wuzhou was in a hurry, because of the failure of the previous matter, Shabalu Khan didn't blame Liu Wuzhou, he felt that his plan was still good, but the other Turks didn't think so, because so many brothers died.

The two Turkic soldiers grabbed Liu Wuzhou to death, Liu Wuzhou was young after all, and his ugliness was exposed in front of an old Jianghu like Zhang Xiangren.

Zhang Xiangren sat back in his position unhurriedly, continued to roast his barbecue, and said to himself: "We just don't want to fight anymore, conform to the idea of the group of officials and men wearing expensive official robes in the court, and the court will find a way to pay for the food, Yanmen Pass will not go out of Yanmen Pass anyway, if we send people to fight, our soldiers will have to fill it with their lives, and we can't get a good word, King Wei has made great achievements, we are dead, and we are not stupid." ”

"That's the purpose and reason for our trip."

Everything pays attention to things for a reason, and Zhang Xiangren grasped this point, because the Turks didn't know the ultimate goal of Yang Guang and others, as long as they couldn't guess, then they couldn't think of what the conspiracy was.

Liu Wuzhou did not relent: "Zhang Xiangren, you are definitely not at ease, His Royal Highness the King of Jin is not a good stubble, and it is impossible for people to negotiate peace with the Turks." ”

Zhang Xiangren looked at Liu Wuzhou's eyes as if with a hint of ridicule: "Let me analyze your purpose, you are eager to slander the King of Jin and us, and want to destroy the peace, because once you negotiate peace, your advantage of knowing the surrounding environment is useless, the Turks don't need you to lead the way, you are worthless, and because you attacked the King of Jin, once the King of Jin recovers from his injuries, he is likely to ask for peace to bring you back to the Great Sui as a bargaining chip, right." ”

"You talk nonsense!"

Liu Wuzhou, who was pierced through his mind, stared at Zhang Xiangren viciously, and Zhang Xiangren was not afraid at all.

Seeing that this situation made Liu Wuzhou stay here, it seemed that it was no longer necessary, so they prepared to take people away.

Before they left, Zhang Xiangren said to them: "Please inform the Khan, don't let Liu Wuzhou come to talk to me in the future, I don't look down on such despicable people, I will negotiate peace with the Khan with General Yu with great sincerity, and hope that the Khan will learn from it." ”

The content of Liu Wuzhou's conversation with Zhang Xiangren was soon known by Sha Bolu Khan, who said with a smile: "This Zhang Xiangren is a character, he is neither humble nor arrogant, he is obviously here to negotiate peace, but he doesn't seem to be very convinced, it seems that he was elected to negotiate peace, and he still has complaints in his heart." ”

"Khan, it is true that as Zhang Xiangren said, at present, we have not found the purpose of their conspiracy, if they want to defeat us, the design to lead us over is not necessarily, as long as we are careful, according to the character of the Central Plains people, we will never chase the Great Wall too far, as long as we set up ambushes along the way back, we can be safe."

"Khan, if you really want to negotiate peace with the Great Sui people, you must do it as soon as possible, the weather is getting colder and colder, winter is coming, if you drag it, I am afraid that our soldiers will suffer heavy casualties under the cold winter."

Sha Bo slightly frowned: "This damn winter, now is such a great opportunity, if we can drag on to negotiate peace with them, maybe we can get unexpected gains, and we can also close other people's mouths in one fell swoop." ”

Shabalu Khan is not the son of the predecessor Tubo Khan, but a nephew, who continued to marry his sister-in-law Princess Qianjin of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and it is precisely because of the non-lineage that other Turkic tribes are not very convinced of him as a khan, and he fought in the east and west in order to establish military achievements and stabilize his position.

And the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and they had achieved good results in the Lintao area before, but there was a famine in the Turks, and the winter was coming again, and he couldn't get in, and if he retreated, his position might not be guaranteed, and the Sui Dynasty's peace proposal gave him a big opportunity.

Disunity within the Turks is the biggest hidden danger of the Turks now, Shabalu Khan knew that he could not convince the people, he needed victory, he needed food, he needed prestige, he needed too many things.

Shabalio Khan sat alone from night to dawn, and finally gave his own orders.

"Allow the Sui Dynasty to negotiate and make peace, exchange hostages Qin Qiong, ask for supplies and food, the whole army retreats into the valley and camps, sends envoys back to the tent to recruit tribes again, and is ready to reinforce from the rear at any time."

When he walked out of the tent, it was already snowing outside, and he reached out to grasp the fluffy and soft snowflakes like goose feathers, which melted into cold droplets as soon as they landed in his palms.

Sha Bo Luo Khan muttered to himself: "After this winter, after the beginning of spring, whether it is a fight or a peace, when you can make a meritorious achievement, when you return to the grassland, no one dares to say more." ”

(End of chapter)