A few days later, Li Zhiyun received news from Honglu Temple, and Bazhuo did not mention the purchase of briquettes again.
Li Zhiyun didn't feel much regret about this either.
The Leading Party can be found everywhere. If Bazhuo doesn't sell them, why don't the small tribes on the border sell slaves?
Afterwards, after finding a time, Li Zhiyun met with Bazhuo.
In the main hall, Ba Zhuo walked forward slowly and bowed slightly to Prince Li Zhiyun. The translator translated a non-irritating greeting to Li Zhiyun, and the two parties got to the point.
Ba Zhuo said: "My father asked me to tell the prince that as long as the Tang Dynasty is willing to send troops to attack Jieli, Xue Yantuo is willing to cooperate with the Tang Dynasty. After the event is completed, he will always surrender to the Tang Dynasty and pay tribute every year."
Li Zhiyun forgot about the words "always surrender".
This is absolute bullshit!
In history, many small tribal countries surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, but they were all based on the strength of the Tang Dynasty.
And once the Tang Dynasty weakens, these alien races will definitely turn around and bite the Tang Dynasty.
There are too many examples of this in history.
For example, Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Turks, Khitan, Jurchen, etc.
In Li Zhiyun's view, only dead people will always surrender, while living people will only surrender but not surrender.
"How many troops do you have?"
Ba Zhuo replied: "Tens of thousands of warriors!"
"Ha." Li Zhiyun chuckled and closed his eyes slightly.
Ba Zhuo looked at the young man in confusion. He felt that he was younger than himself, but why did he not look like a young man, but rather like an old fox?
Next, Li Zhiyun did not speak, and the ministers in the palace took turns bombarding Bazhuo. They asked Xue Yantuo how many troops he could send, and why he wanted to betray Jie Li. Others asked how many Turkic tribes Xue Yantuo could contact.
Question after question, Xue Yantuo's underwear was almost removed.
Half an hour later, Li Zhiyun ended the conversation and asked Bazhuo to return to Honglu Temple to wait for news.
After Bazhuo left, Li Zhiyun said: "There is nothing in his words, which shows that Xue Yantuo is not sincere, and Yi Nan just wants to take advantage of our court. But he can send Bazhuo over, which shows that the situation in the grassland is indeed not good."
This sentence is not contradictory.
According to Li Zhiyun's guess, Yi Nan wanted to send troops to the Tang Dynasty, but he did not want to agree to anything from the Tang Dynasty, and coupled with Jie Li's pressure, he chose to let his eldest son Ba Zhuo go to the Tang Dynasty as an ambassador.
On the surface, Xue Yantuo seems to be very sincere, but in fact he is not sincere at all.
In other words, Yi Nan wanted to use his words to lure Datang to attack Jieli.
Is this possible?
Impossible.
Chen Shuda asked: "Your Highness, what should we do with this Bazhuo?"
"Let Honglu Temple be released first, and then let him go back to the grassland when the time comes." When Li Zhiyun said this, he grinned, as if he was remembering something happy.
Yang Gongren said thoughtfully: "Your Highness, the situation in the grassland is critical. Yi Nan has two minds. I think other tribes are the same. Maybe we can send people to lobby again."
"Yes." Li Zhiyun agreed.
Pei Ju said: "According to the information revealed by Bazhuo, Jieli is planning to solve Shibobi in a short time. So now, I'm afraid there will be a war over there in Youzhou."
Hearing this, Li Zhiyun nodded and gently placed one hand on a document.
That was sent by Duan Zhixuan, the governor of Youzhou, with news about Shibobi.
After winter, Jieli led his tribe to move south to find a place with a suitable temperature to escape the wind and snow. Usually they stayed on the side of Yinshan Mountain, but this year, Jieli went against the norm and led his army straight to Yanshan Mountain.
Any fool knows what Jie Li wants to do.
"It doesn't matter, there are Duan Zhixuan and Xie Shufang in Youyan."
Youzhou, Xiguan.
Xiguan, later known as Gubeikou.
From this pass, you will reach Liaodong, where the Xi people live.
On this day, Duan Zhixuan and Xue Wanshu came to the juncture for inspection.
"Captain, according to reports from scouts, many Turks have been found infiltrating Xidi in the past few days." Wan Xuandao said worriedly.
He was young. Although he fought with Duan Zhixuan and learned a lot, he was inevitably not stable enough.
Duan Zhixuan reassured: "Don't worry, there are 30,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Youzhou, and there are 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Yingzhou. As long as we guard Xiguan, the Turks will not be able to move south on a large scale. Besides, the Turks are not here for this purpose.
us."
"What kind of bowl is this?" Xue Wanshu, who had been silent for the whole time, guessed.
"That's right." Duan Zhixuan looked at the dense forest and said, "The scouts told me that the Xi tribe is preparing for war. It seems that Jieli intends to take the opportunity to completely eliminate Shibobi."
"This is not good." Xue Wanshu frowned and said: "Shibo must die, and the Xi clan is occupied by Jieli, then his next step must be Youzhou. We must take precautions early."
Duan Zhixuan nodded calmly.
Although he was calm on the surface, he couldn't help but worry in his heart. The Turks had hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and with the defense power of Youzhou and Yingzhou, once Jieli moved south, he could only hold on desperately to buy time for the imperial court to send reinforcements.
"I hope Shibo will have some effect." Duan Zhixuan said: "If we wait a few days, it will be extremely cold, and Jieli will not be able to go south even if he wants to."
According to the prince's instructions, he did some business with Shibo Bi privately and sent some grain to Shi Bo Bi to extend his life.
I hope that Shibo will be able to fulfill its potential and continue to enjoy the good fortune.
Duan Zhixuan suddenly said: "Perhaps we can give Shibo Bi a little support."
"Support?" Xue Wanshu was puzzled.
Two hours later, hundreds of Tang cavalry surveyed the mountains and forests to drive away the roving Turkic scouts. When the two sides met, they were jealous like enemies meeting each other. They had to greet each other's ancestral women of eighteen generations, and then you would shoot and I would test them with swords.
Phew!
One of the Turkic scouts died tragically at the hands of Tang Qi, and the remaining one hurriedly fled into the dense forest on horseback.
"Brother Xiong, do you want to chase?" the scout asked.
Brother Xiong shook his head, "Fuck you, the higher ups asked us to cause trouble, not to serve as a shield for the Xi clan, retreat!"
"yes."
Jie Li quickly learned the news of Tang Qi's dispatch.
"Tang Jun and Shibo must join forces?" Jieli looked at the Turkic nobles and asked.
The Turkic nobles looked at each other, but no one answered.
Jieli's younger brothers, Xue Yantuoshe and Bulishe, said, "Do you want me to lead troops to block Xiguan and prevent the Tang army from sending troops to help Shibobi?"
Jieli thought for a while and said: "Let's do this. You lead the troops to keep an eye on the Tang army's movements. If they don't leave the border, forget it. If they dare to send troops to help Shibobi, you take action immediately and don't let them go."
"yes."
Bu Lishe took the order and left.
Immediately afterwards, Jieli looked at Hu Bushe, who was also his younger brother, and scolded Jishe.
"How many cavalrymen do Hu have?"
Chi Jishe said: "Thirty thousand."
"Okay, the Hu tribe will be the vanguard in this battle and attack the Xi people first!"
"As you command!"
"Remember, we must succeed." Jieli said: "In a few days, the weather will become colder, and it will be difficult to catch Shibo."
"yes!"
It's freezing cold, but the Xi tribe's jungle is extremely lively.
Facing the menacing Jieli, Shibobi was ready for a last-ditch battle, using all his available troops to resist Jieli with all his strength.
Shibo must know very well that once he falls into Jieli's hands, even if he doesn't die, he will still have to shed his skin.
Therefore, he must fight and fight until the end.
At the same time, Duan Zhixuan also learned that the Turks were camping outside Xiguan.
He thought to himself, Shi Bo Bi, I have tried my best to help you, please don't let me down. If you last one more day, I will thank you one more day.