Three days later, Yu Yu, the great commander of the Yuanrong clan, sent a letter to He Tan, asking for peace with the Tang Dynasty and being willing to return the captured cities in northern Xinjiang.

At the same time, Li Daoyuan, the Son of Heaven, also issued a holy decree, asking Li Leng, the commander of Northern Xinjiang, to end the war in Northern Xinjiang as soon as possible and open up state affairs between the Tang Dynasty and the vassal states of the Western Regions. At the same time, the holy decree also clearly requires that if the conditions are ripe, they can make peace with the Yuanrong clan. As long as the Yuanrong clan is willing to return the captured cities in northern Xinjiang, then the Tang Dynasty will naturally not care about the Yuanrong clan.

Although the holy decree was to let Li Leng take the opportunity to act, and only when the conditions were ripe could he make peace with the Yuanrong clan, but the discerning person could see at once that this was Li Daoyuan, the son of heaven, and intended to ask Li Leng to make peace with the Yuanrong clan at all costs.

This is tantamount to secretly giving Li Leng a death order, and if he does not make peace with the Yuanrong clan, then the Son of Heaven will take Li Leng to open the knife and ask for the crime.

At this time, Northern Xinjiang is already in an absolute advantage, and it is absolutely impossible to make peace with the Yuanrong Clan, so they must take the cities in Northern Xinjiang in one go, and take the opportunity to occupy the fertile land and rich cultivation resources of the Yuanrong Clan, such as spar mines.

Everyone was in high spirits and thought that the victory was in hand.

Li Leng listened to the heated discussion of the generals, and sat motionless all the time, without clearly expressing his views and opinions. After a while, a pair of eyes inadvertently passed by Li Chengqian, and suddenly smiled: "What does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince think?"

Dozens of pairs of eyes looked at Li Chengqian in unison. Li Chengqian didn't expect Li Leng to ask him suddenly, and after his expression was slightly stunned, he quickly reacted, and said with a smile: "Tenth brother, you are the commander of Northern Xinjiang, and you are the one who really makes the decision, and you can't come to ask my opinion." ”

"Oh, don't you dare to say it, or don't you want to say it?" Li Leng tapped his fingers lightly on the table, the smile on his face became even more weird, and said lightly, "The Son of Heaven suddenly sent down a holy decree, it should be that someone here from us has sent a message to the Son of Heaven." Otherwise, how could the Son of Heaven know so quickly about the Yuanrong clan's resignation and peace?"

"You ......" Li Chengqian's face changed slightly, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he said stiffly: "Why do you think that I sent a message to the Son of Heaven? What's more, the Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven, the monarch of the Tang Dynasty, and we are all subjects of the Tang Dynasty." Do you still want to bully the king as a subject?"

"Oh, what if you deceive the king, what if the Son of Heaven doesn't care about our life or death, why should we care about the feelings of the Son of Heaven?" Li sneered a few times and said, "If you don't want to say it, then forget it, I already know your thoughts." ”

At this moment, everyone believed that it must have been Li Chengqian's secret, and they despised and looked down on Li Chengqian even more. Li Chengqian sat in the barracks, his expression was very unnatural, and he hated Li Leng even more in his heart.

"I understand everyone's opinions, but everyone seems to have forgotten one thing, the Yuanrong clan iron cavalry has suffered a big loss, but the Yuanrong clan is still the overlord of the Western Regions. Da Dan Yu still has the ability to command all the tribes in the Western Regions. Li Leng kept tapping his fingers on the table, and said lightly, "Once our war is too tight, it will undoubtedly unite all the ethnic groups in the Western Regions to resist our Tang army together." If this is the case, then we Datang will be dragged into an endless struggle. This is not necessarily a good thing for us and Datang. Therefore, striking the army and making peace is definitely a trick played by the Yuanrong clan, but it is also the path we must take at present. ”

Tang said: "But they are asking His Highness to go, and moreover, they are still going deep into the Yuanrong clan military camp. In case of any accidents, our army will not be able to break through the iron cavalry defense line of the Yuanrong clan in a short time. Then Your Highness is in danger. ”

"So, I decided to negotiate on the other side of the Guanding River. If there is any unexpected situation, I believe that our iron cavalry will rush over in a short time. Li Leng smiled lightly, "Even if the defense force of the Yuanrong Clan's iron cavalry is very strong, and our iron cavalry can't rush through the Guanding River for a while, I just need to retreat from the west and enter Qingzhou, which is the territory of the Han Empire." It is believed that the Yuanrong people did not dare to send troops to declare war on the Han Dynasty. ”

After thinking about Li Leng's words carefully, everyone thought that Li Leng's arrangement was the best, so they agreed to Li Leng's plan one after another. In terms of candidates, many people volunteered to accompany Li Leng across the river to negotiate.

The Yuanrong clan big single stipulated that Li Leng could bring two retinues with him, and they were all experienced masters, and in times of danger, they could help Li Leng resist the attack of the Yuanrong clan's iron cavalry. Even, he would spare his life to let Li Leng safely cross the Guanding River and return to the base camp of Datang.

Li Leng shook his head, he didn't need any generals to accompany him, he only ordered two people who surprised all the generals, Qin Yanran and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Li Chengqian.

Even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince felt very strange, and he didn't understand that after Li Leng already knew about his collusion with the Yuanrong clan, he still asked him to accompany him to the Yuanrong clan territory for negotiations.

"Does he have any conspiracy?" Li Chengqian was not at ease, but after thinking about it carefully, he reached an alliance with the Yuanrong clan and said that he would join forces with the Yuanrong clan to kill Li Leng, so wouldn't it be convenient for Li Leng to let him go with him.

In the end, Li Chengqian said: "I am willing to obey the orders of the tenth brother." ”

Li Leng said: "In this case, tomorrow morning, we will set off on time." A cold smile appeared on his face.

The next day, the blizzard was much lighter, but there were still countless snowflakes floating in the sky, which were finely broken and blown by the cold wind, affecting people's vision.

In order to protect Li Leng's safety to the greatest extent, Tang Chop arranged most of the vanguard army on a hill on the bank of the river, and once there was a situation, the army could take advantage of the terrain to instantly rush across the Guanding River.

Even if he did a thorough security, Tang Shu did not dare to be careless, the negotiation site was more than ten miles away from the base camp and the Guanding River, in case of heavy snowfall, the line of sight was blocked, and it would be difficult for the rear to get news in time. Without reinforcements, Li Leng's situation would be very dangerous.

Tang Shu immediately made adjustments to the vanguard army on the north bank, which was originally three miles and one outpost, but now it has become one sentry in one mile, and it has continued to five miles of the Guanding River, and the message is transmitted regularly without interruption.

This arrangement, to some extent, strained the relationship between the two parties. Naturally, the Yuanrong clan had to make the same adjustment, and both sides were watching on the other side of the river, and the air was filled with an atmosphere of slaughter.

Li Leng didn't need Tang Shu to make such an arrangement, but Tang Shu insisted, saying that only in this way could he protect His Highness's safety to the greatest extent. Li Leng was helpless, so he had no choice but to comply with Tang Shu's meaning, so let's arrange it like this first!