Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 35: Going on a Mission (1)

After traveling for more than [-] days, Li Ke and his party came to Gancheng, where Xue Wanche was stationed, less than a hundred miles away from the front line of Dingxiang.

Xue Wanche had been waiting in front of the gate for a long time, and when he was a little anxious, there was dust flying in the distance, and dozens of horses galloped towards the camp.

Li Ke jumped off his horse when he saw Xue Wanche, "The last general Xue Wanche has seen the prince", "General Xue has not seen you for a long time, the general is becoming more and more heroic."

"Your Highness was joking, please enter the camp, and at the end of the day, you will prepare food and drinks to welcome your Highness."

After some red tape, Xue Wanche dismissed all the generals, and now only Li Ke, Xue Wanche and five people remained in the big tent.

Xue Wanche learned ten days ago that Li Ke was coming to negotiate with Xieli in exchange for the captive border residents. To be honest, Xue Wanche did not agree to do so. He has been fighting the Turks all year round, and Xue Wanche knows them well.The eight characters of treachery and greed are the best portrayal of them.

Right now Xieli is stepping up to eliminate the leaders of various ministries to unify the military order, the blood on the butcher knife is still wet, and the king of Han obediently sent it to his door at this time, he is courting death.

"Your Highness, the border situation is complicated now, you shouldn't have come." Xue Wanche had a bitter face, but Li Ke didn't take it seriously: "Why, there has been a change in the Jieli Army recently."

"Is that true? At present, Jieli is annexing other tribes, and he has no energy to go south. However, Ashi Nasimo, the subordinate of Jieli's army, has recently changed defenses in Dingxiang. He can be said to be the number one general in the grassland. Chai Shao fought against him a few days ago. , suffered quite a loss. So the general thought it would be better for His Highness not to go."

Liu Yu interjected from the side: "But General Xue, Cen Zhongshu said that the Jieli Department has arranged for people to contact our dynasty and intends to exchange border residents with our dynasty. Even if the situation is tense, does it mean that he doesn't want money and food?"

Liu Yu's words won the approval of Li Ke and others, but Xue Wanche shook his head: "A Shi Nasimo is different from other generals. Most generals are greedy and lustful, but this person is different. Xieli is from the same family, so he is still Xieli's uncle.
This man can fight, loves soldiers, and his troops are all Turkic elites. He wants to expand the territory for the Ashina family. Do you think he will let the two sides enter a state of detente for petty gains? "

Just as Liu Yu opened his mouth, before he could say anything, a middle-aged man came in and said, "General Xue is right."The Chai brothers quickly stood up and saluted the person who came, calling them their father Jin An.

It turned out that the person who came was Chai Shao, the general of the left guard. When they saw Chai Shao coming, everyone couldn't help being polite. After they were seated, Chai Shao said to Li Ke: "I hurried to kill three fast horses along the way. I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up. Fortunately, Your Highness, we still caught up."

"Uncle has really worked hard, and it really hurts Ke Ke."

After hearing Li Ke's words, Chai Shao waved his hands, indicating that he should not be polite: "His Royal Highness cannot go to Turkic from General Xue, or he will surely die. It is better to let this matter go."

Seeing everyone's puzzled eyes, he continued: "A Shi Nasimo is very ambitious and wants to go south to attack the Tang Dynasty. He will not let His Highness appear in the Jieli army to influence the south."

"Father, your Highness's life in the court is getting more and more difficult, and the power of the Eastern Palace is growing day by day. The King of Yue is also the object of the aristocratic family's scrambling to befriend him. Your Highness just wants to seek some merits to reverse the passive situation.", Chai Zhewei He quickly explained the purpose of Li Ke's trip.

In this way, Chai Shao understood. He originally thought that Li Ke was forced, but the situation was tense anyway, so he just had to find an excuse to go back. Now it seems that it is really impossible not to go.

Chai Shao drank the wine poured by Chai Lingwu, thought for a while and said, "If you have to go, it's not impossible."

Seeing that there is still a way, Li Ke asked happily: "Ke is bound to win the matter of exchanging the border people. If uncle wants a good plan, let's talk about it."

"Your Highness, do you know Princess Huainan?" When Li Ke heard these four words, it was like being struck by lightning. He knew too well that it was his aunt, but there was no news for many years.

"His Royal Highness knows that I did it when I was young. I was the attendant of Yang Yong, the former Crown Prince of the Sui Dynasty, so I have old acquaintances with Concubine Yang and Princess Huainan. He accidentally captured Princess Huainan."

"Chen Nian is an old friend, and Tuli has always been at odds with Jieli, so he let him go. If His Highness really wants to do this, then Tuli is the key to success."

"But father, you have already said that Tuli and Xieli are not on good terms, can he help?" Chai Zhewei didn't understand. Didn't it mean that Xieli was eliminating dissidents? It would be a dead end to go to Tuli.

Chai Shao gave his son a white look. This kid is good at everything, but his cleverness is far behind Li Ke, let alone Li Chengqian.When I was young, I was also a romantic talent, and Pingyang was also a heroine, so why didn't it be passed on to the two of them.

But anyway, he was still his own son. Chai Shao said patiently, "Turks are composed of tribes. In Turks, the elders can communicate with gods and take charge of tribal sacrifices, which is similar to our Zongzheng Temple in the Tang Dynasty. Tuli has been taught since childhood. Because of Bi Khan's favor, the elders also took good care of Tuli because of Shibi, so even if they don't deal with it, Tuli will not be punished."

Hearing what Chai Shao said, Li Ke and others understood that there is a group of magic sticks behind the emotional Tuli, so it is in Turkic, and the Hu people are so foolish. If it was in Datang, Tuli would have been killed long ago up.

Think about it, in the Central Plains Dynasty, the prince dared to lead a group of magic sticks in front of the emperor. If he dared to do this, he would be dead, so it is right to say that the old boy Tuli should be reincarnated.

"Since Tuli has such an influence in Turks and has such a relationship with Xiao Wang, it is indeed a good strategy to choose to break through from him. Uncle is the favorite general of the father, and the son-in-law of the Li family is indeed better than that. Much stronger."

Li Ke's finger pointed to the south, and everyone in the big tent knew that Li Ke was referring to Li Ji. This time when Li Ke was on an envoy to the Turks, Li Ji sent only a general to lead the way, without even showing his face, saying that it was military affairs. Busy, please Your Highness Haihan.

Who doesn't know that he looks down on the King of Han, even disregarding the most basic courtesy of a monarch and his ministers.The lord humiliated his minister to death, and if Li Ke hadn't stopped him, Chai Zhewei would have killed this rascal with a knife, cursing those ugly girls of Li Ji's family that they would never be able to marry for the rest of their lives, eating that old thing to death.

"The Tuli Army is now near our army. Since Your Highness decides to go to his army, he should go with the minister. If there is an emergency, the minister can also respond nearby."

Then Li Ke and his party bid farewell to Xue Wanche and galloped towards Chai Shao's camp. For safety's sake, Xue Wanche sent a thousand cavalry to accompany him.

(End of this chapter)