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Li Siwen looked at the pigeon in Su Dingfang's hand and said in a daze, "What's this thing? General Su, do you still have the mood to play with pigeons at this time? You've disappointed me so much!"

When Fei Ge sent a letter, Li Mu was always fiddling with it, and no one else had ever taken care of it. Li Mu was kidnapped suddenly, and he had not had time to tell Su Dingfang and Li Siwen that Li Siwen and Su Dingfang didn't know about this, so when reporting the news, no one remembered Ge Zi, but sent 800 miles to rush.

But after arriving in Chang'an, the news reached Dugu Jiu's ears. Dugu Jiu knew about Feige's letters. In order to get the news quickly, when Chang'an returned the message, he used Feige's letters to rush forward while using 800 miles to speed up. The pigeon was faster. He looked for the Taoist stones placed in the bags that Li Mu put in his carry-on and found Li Siwen's camp. When Su Dingfang was patrolling, he saw the pigeon and then remembered the pigeons brought by Li Mu, the small bamboo tubes found on the pigeon's feet.

After hearing Su Dingfang's explanation, Li Siwen was so angry that she pounded the table and said, "Why didn't you say it earlier! I had known that there would be pigeons to use, and the news would be able to arrive in Chang'an early. Oh my brother, you are really-"

"Okay, stop talking, let's see what Chang'an says." Qin Yu interrupted Li Siwen, untied the pigeon's bamboo tube, took out the note inside and spread it out. He saw that there were small fly-headed calligraphy on it, and there were a lot of words written densely.

"It has been learned that Your Majesty is furious and has allocated the troops and horses of Bingzhou and the three guards of the imperial guards from Li Ji. Hou Jun gathered his troops in two groups and a total of 50,000 troops to Gaochang. You and others returned to Dingxiang to defend and wait for assistance. Gaochang was acting strangely, and he was afraid that he would involve the Western Turks. You must not act rashly. Once there is any news about Li Mu, Fei Ge will pass on a letter."

There is also a line of small words on the back: "Li Siwen, I am Dugu Jiu. My sister-in-law still doesn't know about this. I am ordered by my elder brother to protect the safety of my sister-in-law and the fetus in my belly. I have been thinking about it over and over again and again, and I dare not leave without permission. My elder brother's life depends on you, tens of millions of millions."

After seeing it, Li Siwen cried again, "That's a big deal, I'm a waste, I don't have the ability--"

"Closing your mouth!" Qin Yu really couldn't stand Li Siwen's like this. The female tiger showed her power, which scared Li Siwen so much that she didn't dare to speak. Qin Yu handed the note to Zhang Tianai, and her suited leather armor set off her heroic spirit, saying, "Now your Majesty has given an order, General Su, please send an order to detach the camp and return to Dingxiang."

"No!" Although Li Siwen was afraid of his wife, when it came to Li Mu, he forgot to be afraid. "Brother is still in their hands. If you want to go back, I'm here. I can't save my elder brother, I'm dead here-"

"What are you doing?" Qin Yu was anxious and said, "You didn't read the note that Gaochang was acting weird, and he might have implicated the Western Turks. Don't you understand? Gaochang is a small country and has just met His Majesty. We come here under the banner of the Tang army. Whether they arrested the eldest brother or not, at least they should come out to explain it personally, even if they were acting, but now they look like they ignore it. What does this look like?"

Su Dingfang frowned and continued, "Like - they seem to be standing firmly waiting for help!"

"Yes!" Qin Yu nodded, "They don't believe that we dare to come over with just three thousand men. They thought we had the rear army to tempt them out of the city. So they didn't move and waited for reinforcements to rescue them. Think about it, Gaochang only had a few small cities. If it were their own reinforcements, what should have come had long been here, but no one came for so many days, which means that they were not waiting for reinforcements from their own country. Then the answer was about to come out. They were waiting for foreign aid. And what could Gaochang take to be reinforcements from the nearby countries besides the Western Turkic who had been eyeing the east and wanted to advance eastward?"

Qin Yu looked at Li Siwen and said, "Husband, I know you and your elder brother are like brothers. Even if you die, you are not afraid. But is it useful if you die here now? If you don't leave, once the Western Turkic army really comes, our three thousand men will not be able to withstand for a while. By then, you will really never see your elder brother again."

Zhang Xun, who had not spoken, finally spoke up and said, "I'll say something."

Zhang Xun and Li Ji have an old age. Although Li Ji wanted to break the relationship, Li Mu couldn't break it now. Although Li Ji and Zhang Xun no longer contacted him, Li Siwen recognized his uncle as his uncle. When they met, they were very polite. Seeing that he spoke, Li Siwen also looked over and said, "Uncle, please speak."

"I think we should follow Your Majesty's will, for two reasons. Your Majesty attaches great importance to Li Mu, and will not sit idly by. He will not harm Li Mu. Moreover, Your Majesty is a general of Tiance, and his judgment on military strategy and strategy is not something we can compare with. His decision should not be wrong, at least much stronger than us. Moreover, before the reinforcements arrived, we really couldn't do anything, and it would be useless to stay. Just as Miss Qin said just now, if Gaochang really colluded with the Western Turks, we could not resist it. It would be a trivial matter to die, but no useful news was left. When the reinforcements arrived, they were facing the enemy's waiting for it, but it was a big problem."

Li Siwen bit his lips tightly. Although he thought in his heart that Qin Yu and Zhang Xun both made sense, he firmly believed that Li Mu was in Gaochang and asked him to betray Li Mu and leave like this. He really couldn't do such a thing.

"Oh!" Qin Yu was also impatient. Seeing Li Siwen's indecisive appearance, he raised his hand and slashed his hand. Li Siwen's eyes raked and fell on the table. Qin Yu caught him and said, "No, Your Majesty has the will. We will obey it. More scouts will pretend to be merchants, bypass Gaochang and release them for a hundred miles, drive the camp back to Gaochang, and hold on to the waiting for assistance! Bingzhou is closer, and counting the days, there should be a vanguard army in another six or seven days. When my father comes, he will have an idea. I can't count on my family!"

Li Siwen's performance was obvious to all, and everyone knew that Qin Yu was telling the truth, so they stood up one after another, restrained their troops from their headquarters, and the army drove back to Dingxiang.

On the wall of Gaochang, the defenders cheered when they saw the Tang Dynasty withdraw their troops. Every Gaochang person felt very honored about "victoring" the Tang Dynasty. That was the Tang Dynasty that destroyed the Eastern Turks. Although there were only 3,000 troops, they also won after all, right? In the future, seeing people from other countries in the Western Regions, this alone would be enough to brag for decades.

In contrast to the happiness of the soldiers, Ju Wentai and his son were filled with sorrow. In the past few days, Ju Wentai and his son did not sleep much. As Li Shimin expected, they did collude with Gaochang.

But as soon as they got together, Li Siwen brought troops here before they had actually formed an alliance, and on the grounds that Zhulu Hou was kidnapped by Gaochang, Ju Wentai and his son could not believe it. They just thought that the Tang Dynasty had noticed clues and wanted to attack. They had no choice but to close the city gates and defend the other side, and sent envoys to the Western Turks. All the originally proposed conditions were withdrawn and they completely turned against each other.
Chapter completed!