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Chapter 459
A heavy rain fell on Youjing, and the heavy rain hit the roof tiles of Linshuo Palace, making a crisp sound.

In front of the window, Li Chongjiu looked at the northern sky with his hands behind his back, where layers of dark clouds were constantly gathering.

"Tuli is really ambitious." Li Chongjiu put down the letter from Princess Yicheng in his hand.

Wen Yanbo, Xue Wanshu and Wang Gui looked at each other.Wang Gui spoke first and said, "Your Majesty, it is not the time for us to turn against the Turks. We had always hoped that Li Tang could confront the Turks and bring disaster to the east."

Xue Wanshu also said: "That's right, Tuli and Chuluo Khan share different dreams, we just need Tuli to contain Chuluo, and now Princess Yicheng is coming forward to take the lead in making peace, which is exactly giving the two families a chance to step down. "
Li Chongjiu glanced at Xue Wanshu, and said angrily, "This time, Tuli encouraged Dahe Duoluo to send troops, and led my Yan Yelie tribe to rebel. We will take the initiative to negotiate peace. You don't want face, but you need face."

Seeing that Li Chongjiu was angry, Wen Yanbo hurriedly said in the foreword: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Those who achieve great things need to be tenacious. Back then, Gaozu was besieged by Baideng, and Empress Lu got married. At the time of Hanwu, he had accumulated national power for a hundred years. Defeat the Xiongnu. Li Tang is our life-and-death enemy, and the Turks are stronger than me and Li Tang. Now we need to form a good relationship and become a princess, and then use the power of the Turks to suppress Li Tang. This is the best strategy."

Li Chongjiu knew that all the ministers objected that at this time Zhao Guo was at war with the Turks, and they wanted to sit back and watch the Turks at war with Li Tang, which of course was the best policy.But Luo Khan and Zhao Yande in the Turkic area are all treacherous and cunning people. Could it be that they can't see the plans of the ministers.

From the perspective of national interests, both Li Tang and Li Zhao hoped to tie up with the Turks and attack each other.The Chuluo Khan of the Turks, just got the cards for himself and Li Yuan, so he took advantage of Li Tang and Li Zhao's two families.Before the Turks used the matter of marrying Li Gui to force Li Yuan to donate money, and also ceded the two counties to submit, but today they can also use the matter of Yan Yelie to make a big fuss.

Li Chongjiu squinted his eyes. Before he dispatched troops, he planned ahead. If Xue Wanche is a sword in his hand, Zhang Xuansu is his scabbard. Whether the scabbard should cover the sword depends on how Zhang Xuansu judges the situation at that time. . .

On the north bank of Wuhou Qinshui, Zhao Jun camped.

The Turkic envoy wearing a pointed hat strode into the camp.

The guards of Zhao Jun's tiger and beijing stared at him, but the other side turned a blind eye.

After entering the big tent, the Turkic envoy first looked around at the generals of Zhao Jun who were sitting in the tent.

Afterwards, the Turkic envoy coughed lightly, slowly spread the sheepskin in his hand, and said: "On behalf of the great Tuli Khan, I will announce the final decision to you Han people. On the south bank, the two sides are bounded by the Wuhou Qinshui. If you step on the Wuhou Qinshui, it will be regarded as a provocation to the Turks. At the same time, stop the attack on our Turkic allies, the Khitan and the three tribes of the Xi tribe. Any one that takes the initiative to provoke is regarded as a betrayal of the covenant, and the Khan will join forces with other ministries to send troops to fight to maintain the precious peace on the grassland. And from today..."

"enough!"

Xue Wanche jumped up suddenly, his gaze was like a sword.

The Turkic envoy said: "Do you know Han people, if it were not for Ketun's favor, you would die under my Turkic iron hooves today?
Xue Wanche sneered, and said: "Tuli Khan has many conditions, I wonder if you are willing to listen to my conditions from Zhao Jun."

The Turkic envoy sneered and said, "What qualifications do you have to negotiate any terms!"

Xue Wanche said: "How courageous, go back and tell you Khan, my answer is only one sentence, a decisive battle in the future!"

As soon as this remark came out, the Turkic envoy's face changed, and he sneered a few times and said: "You Han people will regret today's decision."

After finishing speaking, the Turkic envoy tossed his sleeve robe heavily, and strode out of the tent.

After the Turkic envoy left, all the generals in the tent applauded secretly. Just now when the Turkic envoy entered the tent, the domineering appearance made everyone very dissatisfied.Seeing Xue Wanche yelling at him angrily, and chasing him away, he felt a sense of anger in his chest.

However, there are also a few seasoned and prudent generals who think that Xue Wanche's move is very wrong. The current Zhao State is not an opponent of the Turks in terms of military strength. If they offend the Turkic envoys, the risk of a decisive battle in the future will be huge.

Right now Li Chongjiu is in Youjing, Yu Chigong is guarding Li Tang in Taiyuan, Xu Shiji is intimidating Liu Heitai in Hebei, and the most capable fighters in Zhao are not there.That's why it was Xue Wanche's turn to lead the army. Everyone felt that the opponent's prestige and qualifications were not enough to command half of Zhao's army.

At present, Zhao's main force, the 7 troops gathered by the Wuhou Qinshui River, according to their thinking, as long as they can join forces with Wang Junkuo's army and escape from the Turks and Khitans, they will win.But Xue Wanche kicked out the Turkic envoy. This was a plan to gamble the fate of the country on World War I. This decision was too hasty.

Everyone looked sideways at Zhang Xuansu. Zhao Wang regarded him as the supervisor and the bridle to restrain Xue Wanche. What did he think of Xue Wanche's decisive battle?

Interested people saw that Zhang Xuansu had always looked at ease since the Turkic envoy entered and exited the account, as if he didn't take this matter to heart at all.This person is very powerful, and the generals are not sure what is going on in his heart.

On the contrary, Xue Wanche took a look at Zhang Xuansu. After getting along with Zhang Xuansu for more than ten days, he admired Zhang Xuansu's resourcefulness and insight from the bottom of his heart.Therefore, Xue Wanche, who always had his eyes above the top, always had a respect for Zhang Xuansu in his heart, but seeing that Zhang Xuansu was silent, he immediately asked: "What does Zhang Sheren think?"

Zhang Xuansu stroked his long beard with his hand, and said solemnly: "This time, Tuli was really provocative first, and the army attacked me for no reason. The king has the virtue of being good at life, and he can't bear the two armies to meet each other. Therefore, if I can make peace, then I will make peace." , can't fight again, but now Tuli is arrogant and arrogant, thinking that we can be bullied by others, we really can't bear it, there is no need to talk about peace, there is a saying in ancient times, whoever commits a strong man will be punished even if he is far away, All the generals can encourage you."

"well said."

All the generals clapped their hands together.Qin Qiong said: "Someone is a vulgar person, and he can't say anything. Every sentence Zhang Jianjun said speaks to our hearts."

Luo Shixin also said: "Our army is patient first, but Tuli thinks that we are weak and can be bullied. Instead of this, it is better to fight!"

Xue Wanche took the case and said: "The army's heart is available. Tell the whole army to leave the camp tomorrow and go north, ready to fight the Turks to the death."

The next day, Xue Wanche ordered Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin led [-] elite soldiers as the forward, Tudiji [-] Mohe cavalry as the left wing, Guo Xiaoke as the right wing, and nearly [-] troops marched northward.

Fifty miles deep into the grassland, the army encountered the main force of Turkic cavalry.

On the grassland, horns blared, and all the Turkic cavalry marched in formation in the distance.

In the center of countless Turkic wolf riders, under the banner of black wolves, dozens of Turkic generals surrounded the Turkic Khan like stars holding the moon.

Tuli is only 20 years old this year, very young, but as a descendant of the Ashina clan, he has inherited his father Shibi Khan's majestic strategy, even his uncle Chuluo Khan dare not underestimate him.

This time, after he heard that Xue Wanche's army had gone north, he ordered Dahe Duoluo to lead the Khitan army. After the Xi clan coalition continued to monitor Wang Junkuo, he personally led [-] Turkic cavalry to go south to intercept Xue Wanche's northward reinforcements.

The armies on both sides had discovered the movement of the other side as early as dozens of miles away, and each sent out white troops to scout each other.

The black wolf banner slowly advanced, and the Turkic scouts in front returned wave after wave, reporting to Tuli the position of Zhao Jun and the distribution of troops.

When many Turkic scouts reported back, their bodies were either stained with blood or wounded. Tuli heard that Zhao Jun's rangers and white troops were very brave. Keep it close to the army.

The Turkic scouts are all the elite Turkic cavalry. The Turkic people have roamed the grasslands for decades, and they have never seen any cavalry that dares to provoke the Turkic in a cavalry battle.

The two sides fought fiercely, and the Turkic cavalry found that although there were not many cavalry on the other side, they were not afraid at all in cavalry battles.The two armies hadn't clashed yet. The scouts of the two armies fought dozens of battles, and each other suffered hundreds of cavalry casualties. Although the Turkic cavalry had a slight upper hand overall, the advantage was not obvious.

This time even Tuli himself was surprised.

(End of this chapter)