His Majesty the Emperor asked him to serve as a decoy. Although he did not elaborate on his intention, Su Lie had some guesses. The purpose of asking him was to contain the troops and horses belonging to Dayan Mangjiebo, Prince of Tuyuhun, and then serve as the main force.
Attack Tuyuhun to buy time.
How to lure soldiers is also a matter of particular importance. If you do it well or do it poorly, the effect will be as different as clouds and mud.
The key point is time.
The longer it is delayed, the more advantageous it will be for the main force to attack Tuyuhun. Moreover, it must be done in a decent manner and Dayan Mangjiebo cannot be suspicious.
"Conquer the enemy without fighting." Su Lie chuckled and suddenly thought of a wonderful little plan.
"Someone is coming!"
"Here." The guard walked in.
"Take my handwritten letter and go to Yanqi."
"yes."
Half an hour later, a dozen Tang cavalry rode towards the Yanqi Kingdom in the northwest.
Puchanghai was more than 600 miles away from the Yanqi Kingdom. Tang Qi ate and slept in the open all the way, traveling day and night. On the fourth day, he arrived at the Yanqi Kingdom and handed Su Lie's handwritten letter to Ashina Nishu.
"How dare this Dayan Mangjiebo be so bold?" Ashina Nishu looked surprised after reading Su Lie's handwriting.
According to the letter, Dayan Mangjiebo plundered Tang merchants wantonly, seeking wealth and killing, and showed no repentance.
"General Su means that in order to jointly maintain the safety of the trade routes, please send troops to Shanshan to warn Dayan Mangjiebo."
Hearing this, Ashina Nishu thought for a moment and said, "You should know what my situation is like."
Recently, he and Yeli fought again, but his side suffered heavy losses.
Tang Qi Danmo said: "This time, our army is the main force. We don't need many Turkic soldiers and horses, but my general said that the Western Turks must send troops."
Ashina Ni clearly knows that Su Lie wants to have his own attitude. As for whether Dayan Mangjiebo is really destroying the trade route, who knows.
Anyway, the Tang Dynasty was powerful, so whatever they said was what they said.
"Okay, I will let Tong Ershe lead more than a thousand cavalry to accompany him to enhance the reputation of General Su."
Immediately, Ashina Nishu sent someone to send Tang Qi back to rest, and ordered people to find his younger brother Ashina and Eshe.
"Let me go to Shanshan?" Tongeshe frowned and said, "But Khan, Yeli is pressing our army everywhere. If I leave now, won't it weaken our strength?"
"It doesn't matter." Ni Shu said: "You don't need many troops to go, just more than a thousand cavalry to support Su Lie. Su Lie asked me to send troops this time, just to see if I have any contact with Tuyuhun.
At this critical moment, we cannot risk offending the Tang Dynasty people by not sending troops.
The power is great, we need the Tang people to remain neutral, and even try to win them over to help us."
After hearing this, Tongeshe lowered his eyes slightly and nodded immediately.
"Yes, I understand."
Shanshan County and Qiemo County were once the former Sui County counties. Later, when the world was in chaos and Tuyuhun restored the country, this place was captured by Tuyuhun.
Most of the buildings in Shanshan City are similar to those in China. It was a former county government. After Dayan Mangjiebo occupied this place, it was built into a small palace for Dayan Mangjiebo to live in.
Previously, Dayan Mangjiebo's attack on Murong Shun failed, and he was in a very bad mood after returning to Shanshan. What was even worse was that the Western Turks, who had a close relationship with him in the past, had become very strange to him for some reason.
The envoys he sent were not seen at all, which made Dayan Mangjiebo, who was deliberately trying to win over the Western Turks, very hurt.
He didn't even understand why the Western Turks were suddenly so indifferent to him.
What did I do wrong?
After much thought and investigation, Dayan Mangjiebo finally found clues that the Tang envoy had seen Ashina Nishu.
After learning the news, Dayan Mangjiebo guessed that it was probably the Tang people who were causing trouble.
Unfortunately, knowing all this does not mean that he can repair the relationship with the Western Turks. So far, he has no contact with the Western Turks.
Inside the main hall.
There were banquets and beautiful women, but Dayan Mangjiebo was not very happy. It was not only the affairs of the Western Turks that troubled him, but also Murong Shun in Tuyuhun and the famous kings who cheated on him.
He didn't even dare to think about what kind of bad surrounding situation he would face when he inherited Tuyuhun in the future.
At this moment, a man hurriedly walked in from outside and knelt on the ground.
"Prince, something bad happened, Qitun was taken away by others!"
The singing and dancing were extinguished, and the officials were silent.
"What!" Dayan Mangjiebo suddenly stood up and said angrily: "Who is so ignorant that you dare to attack my city? Who!"
"It's Tang Jun..."
"Tang Army?" Dayan Mangjiebo's eyes widened, "Tang Army wants to attack me?"
Although he said he was very dissatisfied with the Tang Dynasty, when he heard that the Tang army was coming, he instantly became extremely nervous.
There is no other reason, mainly because the Tang army destroyed countless countries.
However, when I thought about it, how could it be possible? The Tang army had nothing to do but travel thousands of miles to attack Shanshan City?
What are they planning?
"There are people from Gaochang," the man added.
"Gaochang dares to disrespect me?" Dayan Mangjie laughed angrily. Tang Jun was arrogant. He couldn't do anything to them, but why do you, Gaochang!
"There are also Ashina and Oshe from the Western Turks." The man finished the last sentence.
"Ah?" The officials were shocked.
"how so?"
"Why do the Western Turks invade our country?"
"Didn't you hear that Qitun was captured by the Tang army, the Gaochang people, and the Western Turks? Does that mean they united?"
The discussions of the ministers reached Dayan Mangjiebo's ears, which made him feel like a ray of light on his back.
He is not afraid of the Tang army alone, or the Tang army and the Gaochang people teamed up. They can still run away if they can't be defeated. He doesn't believe how many soldiers and horses the Tang people will station after they occupy Shanshan. When the time comes, he can definitely recapture Shanshan later.
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But when the Western Turks intervened, things got serious.
Although Shanshan is far away from the Yanqi Kingdom, it is not beyond reach. If Shanshan is occupied by the Western Turks, how can he get it back?
"Why did they attack Qitun?" Dayan Mangjiebo swallowed his anger and asked.
The messenger hesitated and said: "General Tang said, said, said..."
"What did they say!" Dayan Mangjiebo said impatiently: "This time, please finish it once for me!"
"The Tang general said that we robbed Tang merchants and wanted us to give an explanation."
ha?
Just go to war over this?
Dayan Mangjiebo's whole body was not well. Although he knew that the Tang people were overbearing, they were not so overbearing.
Why are you only looking for yourself when you rob Tang merchants?
Haven't the Western Turks done this before?
No, this is an excuse!
This is why there is no excuse for wanting to inflict a crime!
Their purpose is to attack themselves, that must be it!
"Where are they now?"
"It's close to the peaches."
Dayan Mangjiebo let out a sigh, knowing that he could not sit still and wait for death. No matter what Tang Ren wanted to do this time or what his purpose was, he had to stop it.
Qitun has been lost, and we cannot lose Pu Tao again. It is one of the rich cities under his command.
"Send the order, the soldiers and horses in the city will follow me to support Pu Tao!"
"As you command!"
Dayan Mang formed a knot and rode towards Pu Tao.
This sudden crisis made Dayan Mangjiebo very frightened. The appearance of the Tang army was secondary, mainly because the Western Turks actually mixed with the Tang army, which should not be careless.
If the Western Turks and the Tang Dynasty reach an alliance, it will be difficult for them to make any progress here, let alone unite the Western Turks to deal with the Tang Dynasty.
If this crisis is not handled properly, I am afraid it will be difficult for me to gain a foothold in the Western Region.