"Military Division, this is it." Hu Xiao'er turned his head to look aside, and he led the troops to follow him as a personal entourage.

Mu Changzhou sat on the horse, pulled the reins with one hand, wore a black brocade lapel robe on his body, tied his arm guards, and only wore a knife on his waist, and whispered: "Everything will be on the fly later." ”

Hu Xiao'er responded, and hesitated a little: "Why does the military secretary have to come here?" ”

"If they don't come at this time, they will surround Liangzhou." Mu Changzhou raised his hand slightly, "Remember the arrangement, and listen to my orders at any time." After saying that, he shook the reins and galloped away.

The horses' hooves stepped on the high ground, and a low tent was erected there, and the envoy flags were carried by the tents, so as to show that there was no movement in the tents. Among them, the open-air carpet is set up, the milk wine is fragrant, and there are already people sitting and waiting.

In the distance was the Western Turkic army waiting in formation, with horses neighing and flags waving, and the black pressure was a long stretch.

Mu Changzhou fell off his horse, threw the knife to Hu Xiao'er, and walked directly into the account.

Hu Xiao'er caught his knife, followed closely, and as soon as he arrived at the tent, he was stopped by the Western Turk soldiers on one side, and his beard shook angrily, and he could only wait outside the tent.

Only the Western Turk Khan, who was nearly sixty years old, sat alone.

He got up after the case, his eyes were deep and his nose was hooked, his eyebrows and temples were slightly white, his braided hair was hanging back, and his robe was heavy, and he said in Turkic: "After the incident of Xiantian, I met with the Liangzhou Military Division again. ”

Mu Changzhou stood still after a while, raised his hand slightly, and replied in Chinese: "The Khan is here to congratulate me on my promotion to the governor." ”

Khan's face suddenly became unhappy, and he suddenly turned to blunt Chinese and said: "The wife of the governor of Liangzhou begged me for help, you committed a crime and led the rebellion, and now you want to be the governor yourself, it is not so easy." ”

Mu Changzhou's eyes were cold: "Collusion can be said to be a call for help, then the khan came here to meet the alliance, it has another purpose." ”

Khan's face became more and more displeased, and his words deliberately slowed down: "I said when I was idle, I heard the name of your Liangzhou Military Department earlier, you dare to plan, but the name is not right, if you want to be the general manager, you must show sincerity." ”

Mu Changzhou asked, "What kind of sincerity?" ”

Khan laughed suddenly and got straight to the point: "As long as you are willing to submit to both sides, it doesn't matter how the Liu family is, and it doesn't matter to us who is in charge, we can support you to ascend the throne immediately." ”

As soon as the words fell, Hu Xiao'er, who was outside the tent, widened his eyes and glanced at the tall figure standing in the tent in disbelief.

Mu Changzhou remained unmoved: "What the Khan means is that I have to connect with the Khan's Western Turks and Tubo in order to sit in this position of governor." ”

"You don't have any other choice." Khan said, "I don't care about the matter of Xiantian anymore, as long as a new alliance is made here today, you will be the new governor of Liangzhou." ”

Mu Changzhou was unhurried: "At the beginning, the Khan was forced to return the idle land, but now he doesn't care, he probably wants to take not only the idle field, but also the fourteen states of Hexi." Or ......" he deliberately dragged, "the Western Turks and the Tibetans, take half each." That's how it was planned for so many years. ”

Hearing this, Khan's face changed, as if he had lost his patience, and he reached out to pick up the milk wine on the table: "Needless to say, drink the alliance wine, make a tripartite covenant, and you can go back to be the manager!" ”

Mu Changzhou said: "What if you don't know? ”

The khan uttered a string of Turkic words: "You have not been appointed, and the troops and horses of the fourteen prefectures in Hexi cannot all be mobilized, even if there are several states of military power, I have a large army here, and the Tubo army is also ready to fight. You have to defend Liangzhou and other states, how to take care of both? ”

His tone gradually became proud: "Seeing that you came like this, most of Liangzhou has not been mobilized, although most of them can defend the city, but there is no leader in the city, how long can it last?" You don't have many people here, and you will be surrounded by a large army at any time, so you might as well accept it as soon as possible. ”

Mu Changzhou nodded: "I did pick an excellent time." ”

Seeing that he seemed to have loosened, the khan pushed the wine cup in front of him, and said again: "When the alliance was made in the matter of Xiantian, you were fearless, and claimed to have no weaknesses and shortcomings, but now listening to what Liu said, it is not true, you are very protective of your lady, and you should think clearly for her." ”

The golden cup filled with milky milk wine pushed closer, Mu Changzhou glanced at it, and suddenly smiled: "So I sent her to Chang'an." ”

They didn't even send it far away to avoid attracting attention.

If the khan was countered to the army, his face completely changed, and he suppressed his anger: "I saw that you were a character when I took Xiantian, and I came here in person this time, you are much stronger than the ambitious Liu family, why don't you cooperate with us and seek further progress!" Back then, you were able to kill the county government and surrender, and you were bent on seeking power, what are you hesitating about at this time, you are still a decent man and a gentleman! ”

Mu Changzhou was cold and solemn, his face was gloomy, and he finally stretched out his hand to the milk wine.

Khan's face softened at this time, and he finally waited until he gave in.

But he saw that hand flicked and overturned the wine cup. Suddenly, the cup fell, and there was a soft sound, and Mu Changzhou lifted his eyes: "It's a pity, what I want to do is the head of Liangzhou of the Central Plains Dynasty." ”

As if Hu Xiao'er listened to the order, he suddenly shouted, drew his knife and swung it away, and threw the knife into the tent with the other hand.

Suddenly, a Turkic retinue outside the tent was killed, and the two sides were in chaos.

Mu Changzhou caught the knife, drew the knife out of its sheath, and swung it away, but the khan only had time to turn around in panic, and the blade had already slashed across his back.

The robe was torn apart, revealing the heavy iron armor inside, and the Khan fell to the ground, and was dragged out by the rushing Western Turkic soldiers, with blood trailing on their backs, shouting in Turkic again and again.

The black bright horse rushed in, Mu Changzhou turned over, and immediately fought out of the siege.

Hu Xiao'er followed closely, shouting and giving orders, and in an instant the soldiers and horses that followed rushed behind them, and the light horses and fast horses formed a column and stepped out of the wind.

In the distance, the Western Turkic armies have moved and have rushed straight here......

There is no cold wind in Chang'an City, the winter is warm, the blue sky is slightly cloudy, and it is so soft that it is almost peaceful.

A few Qingling bells rang, floating over the towering palace.

The inner attendant opened the way, led people in, passed through the palace gates one by one, walked to the deep hall, walked west, and then climbed the stairs, stopping in front of the Yanying Palace.

After a while, an attendant walked out of the hall and sang neither high nor low: "Mrs. Sima of the Xuanliang Prefecture Marching Army enters the palace to meet you." ”

Shunyin was dressed in a light blue thick silk shirt, a high-tied skirt with a low tug, a soft silk on her arms, and a hairpin adorned with hairpins, and she specially and solemnly painted her makeup and slowly entered the hall.

There was no sound around, she only saw a figure sitting above, and immediately lowered her clothes and bowed: "Meet Your Majesty." ”

The emperor who sat upright at the top said, "Give me a seat." ”

Shun Yin got up and quickly glanced at it, the young emperor sat on the desk, with a bright yellow robe on his body, clear eyebrows, warm and moist body, and the light smoke of the incense burner in front of him, piled up with layers of folds.

She remembered that Mu Changzhou had said that the saint was the same age as him, and it was indeed the same age as him, and suddenly thought for no reason, if he had not turned to martial arts, perhaps the gentleness on his body would be more obvious, and he might also have such a temperament.

After a daze, she quickly stopped, she felt that she was thinking a little far, and sat down after retreating from the side case.

"The daughter of Feng Shangshu." The emperor's voice was clear, and his eyes looked at her, "The old case of your family closure is not closed, presumably you married Liangzhou far away, and you went for this." ”

Shun Yin couldn't hear it very clearly, so she could only look at his mouth carefully, but he didn't want his first sentence to be this, and paused: "Yes, courtier...... Feng Shunyin, the daughter of a criminal minister. ”

The emperor didn't say anything, and after a moment, he said: "When the old case is settled, I will return the innocence of the book." ”

For the first time in so many years, Shun Yin heard the word clear innocence, and his fingers almost trembled, before he lowered his head: "Your Majesty." ”

With a slight sound, it was the emperor who closed a note: "In this case, it's time to talk about Liangzhou." The original Qinghe voice suddenly became a little more cold, "I didn't summon the Western Turkic envoy, I just asked you, what happened in Liangzhou?" ”

Shun Yin was stunned, took out a booklet from his sleeve, and presented it with both hands: "The former governor of Liangzhou and his wife Liu have fornicated with foreign enemies, and they have confessed. ”

A chamberlain approached the door, took the confession book, and quickly sent it to the emperor.

The sound of the paper flipping was slight, and the emperor twisted the booklet with his fingers, and asked, "That's it?" ”

Shunyin got up, and knelt down again: "Please allow Your Majesty to enter the public opinion." ”

The emperor seemed to pause: "You want to offer a map?" ”

"Yes." Shunyin said, "This is the most important thing of my trip." ”

The emperor beckoned, and the chamberlain immediately shouted, "Quasi-play." ”

Shengyu, who came from outside, handed over the two heavy boxes, and the two attendants took them, walked in one after the other, bowed to the top with their hands, and opened the lid of the box.

The emperor's figure moved slightly, pulled out a scroll, unfolded it, put it down, and pulled out another scroll.

No one dared to make a sound, only the sleeves of the imperial robe sounded softly, the young emperor was very patient, his fingers flicked, almost every volume was read, and he held down the last volume, and then he said: "This is the defense map of the fourteen states in Hexi." ”

Shun Yin caught a glimpse of his warm lips and replied cautiously: "Yes, this is the most sophisticated map of the fourteen states in Hexi, and now all of them are escorted into the capital and presented to Your Majesty." ”

The emperor asked, "Did Sima of the Liangzhou Marching Army ask you to come and offer it?" ”

Shun Yin tightened his throat and pinched the hem of his clothes: "Yes." ”

"Liangzhou Marching Sima." The emperor's tone was unclear, as if he was confirming, "It's the marching Sima who was a high school jinshi back then, and later committed a serious crime, and has been promoted step by step in Liangzhou to the present, Mu Changzhou?" ”

Shunyin's fingers squeezed tighter: "Yes." ”

The emperor seemed to be considering, and suddenly said: "Do you know what it means to come to Chang'an to present the map?" ”

Shun Yin sank his heart, his fingers loosened, and he said loudly: "The former Liangzhou Governor's Mansion fornicated with foreign enemies, forcibly pushed nonsense for many years, isolated the Central Plains, and tried in vain to stand on its own. Sima Mu Changzhou of the Liangzhou march has raised troops to expel the rebels and take control of Liangzhou. Now enter the capital to present the map of the 14 states, and in the future, the 14 states of Hexi will be sent back to the Han land, and there will be no isolation, and the people will always be the people! ”

Presenting a map to Chang'an naturally represents submission.

She breathed a sigh of relief, lowered her voice slightly, and lowered her head and leaned over: "Please allow Your Majesty to be promoted to the governor of Liangzhou." ”

There was a sudden silence in the hall, as if it had frozen for a moment, and it was so quiet that it seemed that the sound of rapid breathing could be heard.

Shunyin's fingers loosened and clenched, her heart was beating tightly, and she didn't dare to miss a sound in her right ear.

She didn't know what the emperor would think, and she didn't know if she could be trusted.

It's been a long silence, and time is passing little by little.

Until a sudden sound, she quietly looked, the incense burner on the desk tilted slightly, ambergris sprinkled on the ground, the emperor suddenly got up and walked out of the case, actually walked out quickly, a few steps later, and suddenly stopped.

"So, he succeeded?"

Shun Yin suddenly raised his head: "What? ”

Barely gaffe, she thought she had misheard.

The emperor took a few steps closer and looked her up and down: "I once felt that it was a pity for you to marry him, because he was no longer a person in the open, and he only had a purpose in his eyes. ”

Shunyin was stunned, like falling into the fog.

"I heard Captain Feng say that the gains from watching the defense of Hexi are all from your risk, and it is you who have been quietly hiding in Liangzhou and secretly doing secret things." The emperor said slowly, "But in fact, he is the one who hides the deepest in Liangzhou." ”

If there was a muffled sound in Shunyin's right ear, his heart was blocked, and he was stunned.

In his right ear, he heard the emperor say again, "And voluntarily." ”

Chapter Eighty-Nine

The northwest wind howled, and was instantly crushed by the sound of the hooves of the speeding horses.

The fast horses that swept by like the wind did not exceed a few hundred, but most of the Western Turkic cavalry came after them closely.

The wasteland was endless, and the Western Turkic cavalry in gray beards and furs rushed from the sky, and the gray was like an overwhelming field of sand, and it seemed that it was about to be chased into range.

Hundreds of Liangzhou light horsemen in front of them were all black-skinned soft armor, holding lances and knives, which had been in the direction of Liangzhou, but they turned abruptly, turned back, and leaned over on horseback, as fast as an arrow from the string, and attacked most of the side, and the long lance stabbed out.

Usual surprises, but most of the soldiers and horses chasing from the rear were not light enough, and it was too late for the vanguard to react.

The flanks were rushed away, and the horse lance picked out a gap, which suddenly disrupted the formation of the Western Turkic cavalry, and most of the people who were chasing after the rear did not have time to stop, and the crowding continued.

And the Liangzhou light cavalry, which pierced like a sharp sword, had quickly closed.

A heavy order from the team said: "Retreat!" ”

The fast horse rode like the wind, and moved at command, rushing straight past and turning around, and then galloping into the depths of the wasteland.

An hour later, in the sheltered place on the back of the mountain, the light riders had rushed to this place to pause.