Man Tanghong

Chapter 114 Conspiracy or conspiracy?

Li Zhongwen watched from the side, feeling a little itchy in his heart. He really wanted to know what Li Yuanji said to Xie Shufang, which made Xie Shufang react so much.

However, he didn't ask, because he knew in his heart that what Li Yuanji was unwilling to say clearly must be a secret that cannot be announced to the public.

"Remember?"

Li Yuanji stared at Xie Shufang and asked.

Xie Shufang hesitated for a moment and said, "Is it possible?"

Li Yuanji was silent for a while, and said frankly: "I'm not sure if it's feasible or not. But if it's a critical moment and there is no other way, you might as well give it a try."

Xie Shufang nodded thoughtfully, "I understand."

Li Yuanji told Xie Shufang a few more words to let Xie Shufang go down to make some preparations.

After Xie Shufang left, Li Zhongwen also bowed to leave.

Li Yuanji stayed outside the side room, accompanying the imperial physician to take care of the injured soldiers.

Until the daylight breaks.

Li Yuanji fell asleep on the long table in the side room in a daze.

Su Dingfang didn't sleep all day and night, and Li Yuanji didn't sleep all day and night either.

It's just that Li Yuanji didn't lead the army to fight, so he wasn't as tired as Su Dingfang.

Li Yuanji slept for less than two hours, and vaguely heard the sound of horns and drums outside the pass. When he opened his eyes, he saw that Xie Shufang had changed into a normal suit, and walked over the threshold of the side room. Walk towards him quickly.

"Your Highness, the Turks are about to attack the city again."

After Xie Shufang walked up to Li Yuanji, he bowed and said.

Li Yuanji rubbed his face to wake himself up, then nodded and said, "I'll take you out of the city."

The timing for Xie Shufang to go out of the city to negotiate with the Turkic people is very important. Going out of the city when the Turkic people are about to launch a second round of offensive on Weizeguan may make the Turkic people temporarily stop the second round of offensive.

Although doing so may not necessarily buy Wei Zeguan too much time, it is a moment to buy an extra moment.

Every time we fight for an extra moment, we can create more hope for Wei Zeguan.

Li Yuanji got up and checked the injuries of Su Dingfang and several seriously injured soldiers, and led Xie Shufang up the city wall.

The Turkic soldiers were approaching the city. If Xie Shufang wanted to go out of the city to negotiate with the Turkic people, he must not go through the city gate. He could only go down the city wall through a hanging basket.

When Li Yuanji brought Xie Shufang to the city wall, Li Zhongwen had ordered the hanging basket and scepter to be prepared.

A scepter is a must.

Those with a scepter are envoys, and those without a scepter are nothing.

When the Turkic people met, they killed them in vain.

Datang sent people to reason with the Turkic people, but it didn't make sense.

"Be careful!"

After Xie Shufang sat on the hanging basket with a scepter in his hand, Li Yuanji gave instructions.

Xie Shufang saluted Li Yuanji solemnly, and said, "I will definitely not disappoint Your Highness's expectations."

Li Yuanji nodded.

Li Zhongwen ordered people to lower the hanging basket bit by bit.

After the Turkic army was assembled, they were just about to approach Weize Pass when they saw a hanging basket placed on the top of Weize Pass.

Jieli, Tuli, Liang Shidu and others sat on the observation deck, looking at each other.

Jie Li sneered and said, "The people of Tang want peace talks?"

Although he couldn't see what the person in the hanging basket looked like, and he couldn't see whether the person in the hanging basket had a scepter in his hand, but at this time Wei Zeguan put down the hanging basket, and there was still a figure in the hanging basket.

That must have been sent to negotiate with him.

Tu Li gritted his teeth and said, "Since Li Tang occupied Guanzhong, he never bowed his head to my Turk. I guess he definitely didn't come to talk to us about peace."

When Li Yuan raised his troops, he was very polite to the Turks.

Not only did Liu Wenjing be dispatched to negotiate peace with the Turks, but he also had a relationship with Shibi Khan who was still alive at the time.

After Li Yuan settled in Guanzhong, his attitude towards the Turks became tougher.

Of course, this has something to do with the fact that after Jieli came to power, under the joint persuasion of Yang Shanjing, the younger brother of the former Sui Yicheng Princess, and Wang Wensu, the emissary of Wang Shichong, relying on the huge family business left by his father and brother, as well as their huge strength, it also has something to do with it. .

Anyway, with Datang's current attitude towards Turks, it is absolutely impossible for Datang to negotiate peace with Turks.

Otherwise, the Turkic envoys sent to Chang'an would not be detained.

Although Tuli doesn't have much capital and doesn't have much scheming, he can clearly see this.

Master Liang nodded and said, "Little Khan is right. Li Tang will definitely not negotiate peace with us. If I guess correctly, Li Tang is sending envoys now to delay time."

Although Jieli drew Liang Shidu before, but now Liang Shidu can only achieve his goal with the help of Jieli's power, so he continues to make suggestions for Jieli regardless of the past.

When Jieli heard what Liang Shidu said, he nodded in agreement, "You are right, the Tang army in Weize Pass is not enough to resist our Turkic attack.

The Tang people should have suffered a lot in the previous wars.

Now they are not sure that they can stop us, so they made such a bad move, trying to delay the time and wait for the reinforcements to arrive. "

Master Liang has pointed out the key points of the problem, and Xie Li can naturally see the plan behind it.

Tu Li snorted coldly and said, "Since we have seen their intentions, how can we let them do what they want?"

Jieli nodded his head and said, "What Shibobi said is good, but it won't affect the overall situation for a while."

Although Xieli didn't know very clearly about the deployment of some troops in the Tang Dynasty and the distribution of some soldiers and horses, he still knew roughly.

Among the soldiers and horses currently deployed by Datang on the front line of the northern border, the ones closest to Weize Pass should be the soldiers and horses of Shizhou.

Only the soldiers and horses of Shizhou can rush to help Weize Pass.

It is nearly [-] li from Shizhou to Weizeguan.

When the soldiers and horses in Shizhou got the news that Weize Pass had been attacked, they led their troops to Weize Pass. Even if they traveled day and night without rest, it would take at least eight or nine days, or even more.

It's only been one day now, so there's still plenty of time.

Xieli didn't have to fight for a moment.

"Let our people stop for a while, and then send someone to invite that Tang envoy over. I really want to see what kind of means he will use to buy time for Wei Zeguan."

Xieli gave orders to the guards on one side.

The guard agreed and sent someone to deliver the order.

Not long after, the Turks stopped their attack.

A Turkic headman rode a horse to Weize Pass and met Xie Shufang who had just left Weize Pass and hadn't gone far.

"I am Buik Fuliguli of Fulijubu. By the order of the Khan, I welcome you to the tooth tent."

The Turkic man on horseback shouted loudly after seeing Xie Shufang.

The Fuliju tribe is a Tiele people, and they were not subordinate to the Eastern Turks at first, but subordinate to the Western Turks.

During the reign of Qimin Khan, Jieli's father, Awusili Tengjin of the Western Turks once led an army across the Yellow River to the south and plundered 6000 men and women and more than 20 heads of livestock under Qimin Khan's subordinates.

At that time, Qimin Khan had a good relationship with Qian Sui and was also the son-in-law of Qian Sui.

In the former Sui Dynasty, Yang Su, Marshal of the Yunzhou Road Marching Army, led the army to defeat the army of Awu Sili Tengjin, recaptured all the captured population and looted animals, and returned them to Qimin Khan.

Many Western Turkic tribes were also beaten by Yang Su and knelt down to surrender.

At that time, Sun Sheng, the Duke of Qi in the former Sui Dynasty, happened to be on an envoy to the Eastern Turks, so he suggested that Qimin Khan go to the north to appease the tribes of Tiele.

It was at that time that the Fuligu tribe betrayed Datou Khan of the Western Turks and took refuge in Qimin Khan.

It is worth mentioning that Sun Sheng, the Duke of Qi in the former Sui Dynasty, was the father of Li Shimin's uncle, eldest son Wuji, and Li Shimin's princess, eldest son.

Uncle Xie shouted at Fu Liguli, holding his scepter, and said in a loud voice: "I am Xie Shufang, Marquis Pingyao of the Great Tang Dynasty, the commander of the left-hand army of Prince Qi's mansion, Xie Shufang, and I am sent as an envoy to Turkic by the order of my king."

Identity must be reported.

If you don't have enough status, Xieli won't see you.

If the status is too low, Xieli will feel that Datang is humiliating him.

After all, Jieli is the Great Khan of Eastern Turks and the monarch of Eastern Turks.

If Datang sent a cat or a dog to meet him, it would be belittling and humiliating him.

"Please!"

After confirming that Xie Shufang's status is not low and he is qualified to meet Xieli, Fu Liguli made a gesture of invitation, and rode in front of him to lead the way for Xie Shufang.

Although Datang is now fighting the Turks to the death, and it is a bit unpleasant in diplomatic relations, but there are still necessary etiquettes.

The Turks have already seen the toughness of the Tang Dynasty in terms of diplomatic relations. In order to avoid suffering when their own people are sent to the Tang Dynasty in the future, they dare not make any more troubles.

Under the guidance of Fu Liguli, Xie Shufang passed through the Turkic army and appeared in the Turkic camp.

The news about Xie Shufang's identity was also passed on to Xie Li by Fu Liguli early on, and Xie Li also sent a person with the same identity as Xie Shufang in Turkic to meet Xie Shufang at the gate of Daying.

Xieli didn't stay on the watchtower anymore, but returned to his tooth tent.

Tuli and Liang Shi also returned to their tooth tents, waiting quietly for Xieli to summon them.

Datang only dispatched a prince, not a king.

If the three Turkic Khans met together, wouldn't the Turkic Khan look too cheap.

Under the guidance of the people sent by Xieli, Xie Shufang came to Xieli's tooth tent.

A very distinctive flag is tied on the tent of teeth.

A wolf's head was supported on a thick wooden pole, and behind the wolf's head was a flag with a broken tail, which was always fluttering in the wind.

"This is my Turkic wolf-headed flag, just like the jade seals of your southerners, it symbolizes the supreme authority."

Turkic Ye Hu, who was in charge of welcoming Xie Shufang, saw Xie Shufang staring at the wolf-headed banner, so he introduced Xie Shufang with a proud face.

Xie Shufang gave an 'hmm'.

He thought to himself, "If I can cut three of these things, even if Su Dingfang has Liu Heitai's head next to him, he will not be as good as me."

As for paying homage...

Who would pay homage to something that looks outrageous but actually has no sense of beauty.

Among the guards of honor in the Tang Dynasty, which one is not more beautiful or majestic than it? !

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