Chapter five hundred and eighty second: Alliance of Western Turks
After dealing with Zong Luohu and Zhong Juchou, the entire hall became as noisy as before. The generals were still drinking and playing with women, as if the bloody fight just now had never happened at all.
Xue Ju snorted coldly, glanced around with his eyes, grabbed a heavy wine jar, poured wine, and strode out of the hall. After standing still at the door of the hall, Xue Ju took a breath He drank all the jar of fine wine, threw it away, and threw the empty jar aside, and suddenly shouted: "Come out,"
As Xue Ju drank violently, a figure walked out from the corner next to him. This man was thin and frail. He was wearing the official robe of a civil servant. He looked like he was in his forties, but his face was covered with With a gloomy expression, this person was Hao Yuan, the former Jincheng magistrate and current Wei Qing of the Western Qin Dynasty. When Xue Ju started an uprising in Jincheng, Hao Yuan originally recruited more than a thousand people to arrest Xue Ju. Instead, he was captured by Xue Ju, and later surrendered to Xue Ju's tent. There were many people in Xue Ju's army who were good at fighting, but they lacked wise men, and Hao Yuan's resourcefulness just filled this gap, so Now Hao Yuan has become Xue Ju's think tank, specializing in making suggestions for Xue Ju.
Hao Yuan slowly walked into Xue Ju, but smelled a strong smell of alcohol from Xue Ju's body. Then she looked back at the hall behind Xue Ju, and she couldn't help but frown, as if she was worried about Xue Ju's subordinates. The behavior of those generals was very dissatisfactory.
"Tell me, how's it going?" Xue Ju didn't care what Hao Yuan thought at all, he just asked in a deep voice.
Hao Yuan hesitated for a moment, but still refrained from making any suggestions to Xue Ju on improving military discipline, and then reported the truth to Hao Yuan: "I have contacted Master Liang, and Master Liang has responded to your majesty's request. We are also very interested and have already agreed to send troops south. As long as all Liang divisions send troops, we don’t have to worry about Li Gui’s tricks behind us.”
"Don't talk nonsense." Xue Ju seemed very impatient with what Hao Yuan said. He waved his fist directly. Although the fist did not hit Hao Yuan, Hao Yuan could clearly feel the punch. The wind blew across his face, even causing Hao Yuan's cheeks to hurt.
Hao Yuan's heart tightened, but he immediately said to Xue Ju: "Yes, Your Majesty, I have contacted Mohe Dushe of the Western Turks through Liang Shidu, and Mohe Dushe also agreed to form an alliance with our Western Qin Dynasty Alliance, go south to carve up the world together,"
The Western Turks in Hao Yuan's mouth are not the Turks who besieged Yang Guang at Yanmen Pass a few years ago. In fact, just like the Han people, even the Turks are divided into several factions, and the largest faction is the Eastern Turks and the Western Turks. As for why the Turks were divided into two groups, the Eastern Turks and the Western Turks, legend has it that they are related to Yang Jian, the founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty. Of course, the secret behind this is not well known, but one thing is very clear. Yes, whether they are Eastern Turks or Western Turks, their strength cannot be underestimated.
A few years ago, the sudden dispatch of troops by the Eastern Turks alone trapped Yang Guang at Yanmen Pass for a full month. From this, it can be imagined that the military strength of the Western Turks will never be much worse than that of the Eastern Turks, and Hao Yuan The Mohe Dushe mentioned in his words is the current ruler of the Western Turks, whose power is second only to the Great Khan.
But even so, Hao Yuan's answer did not satisfy Xue Ju. Xue Ju frowned and shouted in a deep voice: "Why is it Mohe Duo? Isn't the Khan of the Western Turks Tong Yehu? He alone A Mohedu can be the master of the Western Turks,"
Hao Yuan suddenly broke out in cold sweat. He could clearly feel the murderous aura emanating from Xue Ju. Obviously Xue Ju was very dissatisfied with the results of his actions, but what could Hao Yuan do? Tong Ye Hunai Hao Yuan could see all the Khans of the Western Turks as he said, but in front of Xue Ju, Hao Yuan did not dare to answer like this, otherwise his head would not be saved, so Hao Yuan could only He hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, the situation in the Western Turks is already very tense now. Tong Yehu has just inherited the position of Khan a few years ago and is still unable to fully control all the tribes in the Western Turks. And Mohe Duo is Tong Yehu's uncle. , holds a lot of power among the various tribes of Western Turks. It is enough for us to get Mohedu's promise, and I also sent people to the Western Turks royal court to secretly meet with Tong Yehu. I believe it won't take long. There’s good news to come back,”
After hearing Hao Yuan's answer, Xue Ju's face looked a little better. Then Hao Yuan said to Xue Ju: "Your Majesty, I actually think that the current situation is even without Liang Shidu and the Turks. With help, we can march straight in and conquer Chang'an. His Majesty sets out from Gao'an, while the Prince sets out from Ningzhou. The troops are divided into two groups and finally meet up with Chang'an. As long as Chang'an is captured, the Tang army will be defeated. By then, Your Majesty will use Guanzhong. Given time, it will be easy to annex the world, so why wait for the Western Turks and Liangshidu to give half of this great country to others?"
Hearing Hao Yuan's words, Xue Ju frowned. It's not that he didn't understand the truth, but in his impression, the Central Plains was really too big. Xue Ju instinctively thought that relying on his own With this small force, it is still difficult to annex the entire Central Plains. It is precisely because of this that Xue Ju sent Hao Yuan as an envoy outside the pass to seek help from Liang Shidu and the Turks.
However, the battle two days ago changed Xue Ju's mood. Li Shimin was called the victorious general by the Central Plains people, but he was vulnerable to him. This made Xue Ju's self-confidence gradually It increased a lot, and with Hao Yuan's persuasion, Xue Ju gradually strengthened his confidence, and finally nodded and hummed: "Okay, let's give it a try,"
Originally, Hao Yuan said those words just to have the courage to say it, but he did not expect that Xue Ju actually accepted his advice, which surprised Hao Yuan. Hao Yuan immediately raised his hand to Xue Ju. He saluted and shouted: "Your Majesty is wise,"
Xue Ju nodded slightly, waved his hand and shouted: "Okay, that's it. You can just go ahead and make arrangements. We'll leave tomorrow. I'm going to rest." After saying that, Xue Ju turned around and headed towards Walk to the backyard.
After hearing Xue Ju's last words, Hao Yuan was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Xue Ju had directly decided to send out troops tomorrow. All the preparations for sending out troops would have to be completed tonight. He thought Here, Hao Yuan couldn't help but smile bitterly. In desperation, he could only speed up to deal with these military affairs. The orders issued by Xue Ju must be completed. After so many years under Xue Ju, Hao Yuan I also have a deep understanding of this.
Let's say that Xue Ju went directly back to the wing in the backyard. When he was in the hall just now, Xue Ju also drank a lot of wine. No matter how good Xue Ju's drinking capacity was, he was still a little dizzy at the moment. He had just discussed with Hao Yuan After a while, since the troops are going to be sent out tomorrow, Xue Ju naturally cannot stay drunk until dawn like the previous two days. He must seize the time to rest. Although Xue Ju does not pay much attention to military discipline in running the army, he is very strict with himself. , In this backyard, Xue Ju rarely arranges for strange women to stay overnight.
He waved his hands to the maids and servants who were waiting in the room and asked them to retreat. Xue Ju also swayed on his feet and walked slowly to the bedside. He didn't care that the clothes and armor on his body had not been taken off yet. He fell into the quilt on the bed and fell asleep. After a while, thunderous snoring sounded from the quilt.
Soon, more than an hour passed. Xue Ju's snoring was getting louder and louder, and he seemed to be sleeping deeply. In the side room, the candle on the table was dimming little by little. The candle flame was getting shorter, and the candle flame was about to burn to the end. At this moment, a breeze suddenly blew through the window, causing the candle flame to shake violently, and finally there was a hissing sound, and it was blown by the burst of wind. The breeze was blown out.
And at the moment when the candle went out, a ray of silver light suddenly flew out from a corner diagonally above the room, and went straight to Xue Ju who was on the bed. It was about to hit Xue Ju's head. At that moment, the quilt that had been covering Xue Ju's head flew up on its own, and immediately covered the silver light. However, the quilt could not stop the sharpness of the silver light at all, and he was stabbed by the silver light in the blink of an eye. After exiting a hole, the cotton wool was flying above the bed, and with a muffled sound, the silver light sank directly into the bed. Xue Ju, who was supposed to be lying where the silver light was submerged, disappeared at this moment.
Another sound of breaking through the air came directly from the upper side of the wing, and a human-shaped black shadow was seen flying down from the top of the wing, rushing towards the window at an extremely fast speed, but just as the black shadow was about to The moment he flew out of the window, a huge hand suddenly stretched out from the darkness in the wing, accurately grabbed the black figure's feet, and actually pulled the black figure back from the window. , and at the same time, it hit the wall of the side room hard, making a loud bang.
When the black figure hit the wall, it also let out a scream, and finally fell heavily to the ground, its whole body lying limply, and no one knew how many bones were broken.
Immediately afterwards, Xue Ju, who was supposed to be drunk on the bed, slowly walked out of the darkness of the room. In his hand, he was still holding the man in black who was about to escape just now. Xue Ju's face was no longer drunk at this moment. What emitted from his eyes was sharp light, like two sharp swords, shooting straight out of the window.