Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 622 Ma Zhou's Doubts

From Liu Mu's point of view, his eldest sister, Liu Ruyan, has changed, at least that's how Liu Mu sees it. Since Qin Huaidao came into being, Liu Ruyan's life has focused on Qin Huaidao.

Liu Mu could feel that Liu Ruyan hoped that Qin Huaidao would have the purest path of Tang nobles in the process of growing up.

"Go to the lake." Liu Mu asked.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Ling'er has already prepared a set of travel itinerary. Although the four sisters from the Liu family are Liu Mu's closest relatives, Xiao Ling'er has the right to be the master of the Liu family.

Those who are married are outsiders, and those who are not married are still underage, so Xiao Ling'er can receive her as the host.

"Go and play, I will listen to lectures and learn a little ancient Greek."

"What is ancient Greek?"

Xiao Linger took over the conversation: "Sister, it's like this...

At this time, deep in the grassland.

Xue Yantuo's leader, Yi Nan, has not closed his eyes for two days and two nights, and his most elite troops have been transferred back to him from various places.

"Khan, what should we do?" A clan leader asked anxiously.

Yi Nan didn't answer, just looked out of the tent, his eyes were bloodshot already.

At this time, someone trotted in from outside the tent: "Khan, come to report that the Jieli Khan has not summoned troops recently."

Yi Nan heaved a long sigh of relief, but his brows were still furrowed.

Another old man entered the tent: "Khan, how should we deal with the envoys sent by Tongluo?"

"Tong Luo, there are more than 7 households, large and small." Yi Nan rubbed his forehead vigorously with his hands, and instead of answering this question, he asked instead: "How are the soldiers, horses, food and grass prepared?"

"There is not enough food and grass, but we can fight."

After hearing this, Yi Nan said: "The Tongluo tribe is not an ordinary small tribe. If there are fewer, there will be fewer. They broke away from Jieli and joined me. Then we must be ready to fight with Jieli. The civil strife in Western Turks, mud You Kehan ​​has a good friendship with me, but he needs to put down the chaos right now, and he can't spare himself to help us."

"Where is Datang?" Someone stood up: "Datang and Jieli are deadly enemies, or they can be allies."

Yi Nan shook his head: "It's too late, let's send people directly to Chang'an, the result is unknown. I contacted the Huihe Khan, but the Huihe people contacted Datang, and then to Chang'an, back and forth. It's too late, right now we can only rely on us The fight with Xieli is not what I want, but I am forced to fight."

"The tribes belong to each other. If we don't fight, we will be laughed at for being weak. But if we fight, alas..."

Yi Nan's sigh means that he is not ready for a life-and-death duel with Jie Li, and the chance of winning is not high right now, or it will hurt his vitality.

It was another sleepless night, and Yi Nan barely fell asleep when he was extremely sleepy.

In the early hours of the morning, Yi Nan had been asleep for less than two hours, when a scout horse galloped up and rushed into the tent: "Khan, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty is already within a hundred miles."

"An envoy from the Tang Dynasty?" Yi Nan suspected that he had heard wrong.

Tan Ma immediately replied: "It's definitely an envoy from the Tang Dynasty, and there is a scepter. And the forward guard said that the distance between the forward and the home team is only thirty miles."

130 miles, it will be there in the afternoon.

"Issuing orders, killing sheep, preparing wine, all in the back camp, don't let the Tang envoys see. Zuo Duhu Dai Ben Khan sent fifty miles to meet him, and dispatched a thousand elite Ben Khan to go ten miles to welcome them."

Tang Mission.

The chief envoy is Ma Zhou, and the deputy envoy is Wei Ting from the Ministry of Rites.

On official positions and titles.Wei Ting and Ma Zhou are in the same rank, but this time, Ma Zhou will be the main player for the time being.

The general who guards the army is Dugu Xiude. After he led people to kill Wang Shichong, who was spared by Li Yuan, he thought that he might never be able to lead troops, but who would have thought that this time he would have the opportunity to put on his armor again.

There are two lieutenants in the guard army, one is Xi Junmai, and the other is Niu Ben, the cousin of Yuan Niu Jinda.

"General, there are scouts around." Niu Ben came to Dugu Xiude to report.

Dugu Xiude waved his hand: "This is already around Xue Yantuo's tooth tent, so it's not surprising that there are horses. With only our people, we probably have no chance of winning in this place if we really want to fight. This is the stinginess of King Yi. I have a thousand ding, and I will not go around hundreds of miles to avoid Xieli's men and horses."

Wei Ting was in the middle of the team, so he said to Ma Zhou, "Do you want to make a plan?"

"I'm thinking..." Ma Zhou stopped at this point, and changed his words: "There's no rush, after Yinan Khan reads Concubine Liu's handwritten letter, it's not too late to see his reaction before making a response."

"What is written in this letter? Can you read it?"

Ma Zhou shook his head: "I don't know either. The saint personally ordered that no one be allowed to read it privately. This letter can only be handed over to Yi Nan Khan. I guess we will know the result tonight."

Wei Ting nodded: "That's the only way."

Ma Zhou was thinking about the incident five years ago.

The details of some things may not even be known to the saints, and Xianyi County King only knows part of them.If he hadn't been working as Liu Mu's clerk for several years, sorted out a lot of information, and then talked about the affairs of Yanzhou with Yijun Wang Qinqiong and others, Ma Zhou would not have thought about it.

But this time, Liu Mu had to surrender Yi Nan with a letter instead of an equal alliance.

Where does the confidence come from?
That's all.

Ma Zhou knew that the mission personnel recommended by Liu Mu at that time were all people close to Liu Mu.

Fourth brother-in-law, fifth brother-in-law, and myself.

Liu Mu didn't have absolute self-confidence, how could he make such an arrangement, just like the surprise attack on the Turkic tooth tent at that time.

Ma Zhou had personally analyzed all the information on the grassland, and he could only say that Yi Nan was under some pressure, but it was definitely not to the point of submission.

Weird, everything is too weird.

Ma Zhou tried his best not to let himself think too much, he believed that he would know the result when he saw Yi Nan.

In the afternoon, Ma Zhou was welcomed into Xue Yantuo's tooth tent.

The welcoming etiquette is very face-saving, but before entering the dental tent, there is no appearance of a dust-cleaning feast.

Etiquette is a necessary face, but the dust-cleaning banquet is a kind of heart and a way to express attitude, but there is no dust-washing banquet at this time, which makes Ma Zhou feel a little more uneasy.

"I don't know why the envoy Tang came to visit me, Xue Yantuo?" Yi Nan asked seriously.

Hearing this tone, Ma Zhou thought that this time it might not be so easy.He handed the scepter to Wei Ting, and took out a wooden box from his body, which was sealed with glue.

"Before explaining the purpose of coming, there is a letter from Yinan Khan, you can read it first." Ma Zhou handed over the wooden box with both hands.

Yi Nan took the wooden box and asked, "What does this letter mean?"

"I don't know the content of the letter, but this is a letter that Concubine Liu asked me to send to Yinan Khan."

Yi Nan Khan returned to his throne with the wooden box, stretched out his hand and slapped the sealed wooden box to pieces, and then tore off the lacquer seal.

(End of this chapter)