Chapter 426 Understand

Jinshan, a grassland nomad with wolves as a totem, thinks that this is the place where the wolf god lives, so it is called "Wolf Mountain" and regarded as a holy place in their hearts.

Between Jinshan and the Mobei grassland, there is a large desert stretching for nearly thousands of miles, commonly known as the "eight hundred deserts", which is also a geographical watershed that is used to the East and West Turks.

"You can see Jinshan." Xue Rengui raised his eyes and looked into the distance. He looked back again and sighed, "I didn't expect that we had crossed 800 deserts again..."

"Brother..." Ashina Xuelian couldn't help wondering and asked, "Since the first day I stepped into this desert, I have seen you and your soldiers in a heavy and melancholy mood. I've always wanted to ask why, but it's not easy to talk. Now that you have come out of the desert, can you tell me the reason?

"Actually, it's nothing." Xue Rengui said indifferently, "Not long ago, I led 20,000 Western Expeditionary troops to break through the north, fighting dozens of battles all the way, and now more than half of the casualties. I remember that at that time, we fought with tens of thousands of troops of the Western Turkic Hu Lu at the foot of Jinshan, and finally broke out and escaped into the 800 desert. At that time, we were short of food and horses, and it was difficult to find drinking water in the desert. Many injured brothers died in the desert because they did not receive timely recuperation and treatment. At that time, we were worried that the Western Turkic army would come to chase and flee, and we didn't have time to let them be buried. At most, we covered the bodies with some stone branches. All the way back to our hometown, we saw that the bodies of many soldiers had turned into white bones, and many of them were destroyed by beasts..."

"No wonder..." Xue Lian also sighed and said, "Actually, I should have thought of it. What else can make a person like my brother sad?

"Is that right?" Xue Rengui smiled slightly and said nothing more.

At this time, several sentries in front of them came back and reported to Xue Rengui that they were about to step into the territory of Hu Lu, and they could already see their military camp; depending on the situation, Hu Lu people also found the army on the desert side and were gathering troops.

"Brother, do you want to fight with them again?" Xue Lian said, "In the past, you only have 10,000 or 20,000 disabled soldiers. You can still kill nine in and nine outs in his battle. No one can stop the enemy. This time, with the help of the little sister and the 40,000 elite cavalry under his command, they will definitely defeat him!"

"No worries." Xue Rengui's face was as heavy as water and said, "This time is different from the past. At that time, I was fleeing, and now I'm borrowing. Moreover, the situation is changing as the sun and the moon are changing. I don't know what kind of position the Northern Court of the Western Turks is taking towards the Tang Dynasty now. Don't use force rashly.

"Oh, first salute and then soldier, right?" Xue Lian smiled and said, "Yes, the officials and generals in the Central Plains like to get one."

Xue Rengui was slightly stunned, and then said with a meaningful smile, "You're right. I learned this from a big official. That official is exactly the person you are eager to meet.

"Do you dare to make fun of me?" The blood lotus apricot's eyes are round and the willow eyebrows are flying, and the posture is about to change.

Xue Rengui laughed and said, "Don't mess around. Look, the smoke in front of us is rising, and it seems that soldiers and horses are coming.

Sure enough, in less time, a large array of cavalry was discharged a few miles ahead, about 60,000 to 70,000. On this side, Xue Rengui and Xue Lian led the two soldiers and horses of Han Hui, and there were also 50,000 people. The two sides lined up, and the cavalry were all right. It was like a big battle was about to start.

The soldiers and horses of Hu Lu's army were not in a hurry to move, but ran out of a rider's flag and came to Xue Rengui's front of the array and said, "Marshal Hu Luwu, the main general of our army, please answer before the battle."

"Please." Xue Rengui agreed with only one flag bearer. He rode forward alone, and even Fang Tian's painting halberd was inserted on the ground.

"Brother, be careful of fraud!" Xue Lian reminded, "How can I come forward so alone? No matter what, you have to bring weapons!"

"It doesn't matter." Xue Rengui turned around and smiled indifferently and went straight forward.

Only two people came out of the other party. Hu Luwu, the chief of Hu Lu, who is also one of the two marshals of the Northern Court of the Western Turks, and another flag envoy.

The two stood up side by side. Xue Rengui held his fist, and Hu Luwu stroked his chest and nod his head, which was a courtesy.

"General Xue, there is an old saying in the Central Plains that salute first and then soldier." Hu Luwu's Chinese dialect was quite fluent. He said, "It is my duty to be ordered to intercept and chase you before; but why did you go back today? Is it true that you really want to get along with my Hu Lu Department?

"It's not that way." Xue Rengui said, "If it were like this, I wouldn't have released the captured son back at the beginning. I know that your Hu Lu Department is under the pressure of the Northern Court to be the enemy of our Tang Dynasty, so I don't blame you. Today, I'm just here to borrow it. If the general agrees, please get out of the way and let me wait. Xue promised that he would not offend along the way and would never be your Hu Lu's enemy.

"Broad?" Hu Luwu obviously took a long breath, with a smile on his face. He stroked his chest again and bent down to salute Xue Rengui and said, "Hu Lubu, you must allow it. Originally, Beiting had abandoned the relationship with Tubo and repaired it with the Tang Dynasty. There is no reason for me to be the enemy of Xue Rengui again. I not only want to make way with General Xue, but also ask General Xue to lead your troops and horses in our department for a few days, so that I can fulfill the friendship of landlords!"

"Has Beiting been repaired with the Tang Dynasty?" Xue Rengui was shocked and said to himself: How is this possible? Beiting is the culprit who killed the marshal. Even if the court agrees, how could the young marshal forget this deep blood feud? ...By the way, the purpose of Beiting abandoning Tubo and repairing the Tang Dynasty is nothing more than sitting on the mountain to watch the tiger fight. At this time, the young commander is facing a powerful Tubo enemy, and it is also a good strategy to temporarily condone the Beiting to reduce one enemy. In this case, why don't I follow the young commander's will and try my best to get the help of Beiting and use them to help me deal with Tubo?

"Since the marshal's fist wins, Xue will not refuse!" Xue Rengui, who figured out the twists and turns, said cheerfully, "It happens that our army has just crossed 800 deserts, and we are sleepy and eager to rest."

"That's great! - General Xue, please!"

That night, Xue Rengui's soldiers and horses were stationed in the territory of the Hulu people. Hu Luwu really had a landlord's friendship and had a three-day banquet to kill cattle and sheep. At this time, Xue Rengui knew that the Marshal of Beiting, who was shot by him in the First World War of Tianshan, was sip. Fortunately, he did not die but was seriously injured. So far, he can only stay in bed and can't take care of military affairs. Although Hu Luwu was the deputy marshal second only to the mud, the tooth tent did not give the military power to him, the "foreign chief" guarding the border, but dragged him to the hands of Beiting Khan Yu Gushe and his sons who could not fight.

For this reason, Hu Luwu complained more than once to Xue Rengui after drinking that he and the whole clan sacrificed their lives to set up their lives, but in the end, he was still regarded as an outsider and a watchdog.

Xue Rengui can smell the smell of his words - he wants to say that it is better to turn to the Tang Dynasty than to work for the Beiting!

So Xue Rengui hit the iron while it was hot and told Hu Luwu that the Tang Dynasty had sent Li Xun to lead the army to the north to attack Xue Yantuo, which was quite flat. At that time, the Tang Dynasty will dominate Mobei, and the nine surnames Tiele and Turks will definitely be attached one by one. Hu Lubu is located between the North Court and Mobei. Since it is the throat of the West Turks, it is the first place for soldiers to fight. If one day the Tang Dynasty and the Beiting reopen the war, then the first to be devastated by the war must be Hu Lubu!

Xue Rengui told the truth. Hu Luwu also knew in his heart that now that the Tang Dynasty and Tubo "the two tigers must have a wound in the fight", which is natural, but no one dares to persuade them to fight - so Beiting and the Tang Dynasty were temporarily repaired. Another important reason is that the vitality of the Beiting was greatly damaged in the first battle of Tianshan, and the mud sip-cooked this pillar fell seriously injured and could not be taken over. Now the Tang Dynasty has attacked the north of the desert. Sooner or later, it will go west to clean up the Beiting - in any case, there has been a deep blood feud between the Beiting and the Tang Dynasty, which can't be resolved by peace!

Since Hu Luwu can be the chief of a family and the marshal of a country, his vision is naturally not bad, and people are even less stupid. After several in-depth discussions with Xue Rengui, he made a bold decision - secretly leave the Beiting and return to the Tang Dynasty!

Xue Rengui is naturally very happy, but he also knows that this kind of thing should be slow or not urgent, and it should be dark or not. It is unrealistic to want Hu Luwu to agree to the Tang Dynasty now. After all, Li Xi's army is still thousands of miles away from the north, fighting with Xue Yantuo; Qin Mubai in Kansai has not won the battle with the Tubo people; now the Western Regions are still the dominant family in Beiting!

So Hu Luwu and Xue Rengui agreed that one day when Wang Shikai of the Tang Dynasty reached Jinshan, it would be the time for his Hu Lu tribe to invest in the effect of the family! Before that, this could only be a secret agreement between him and Xue Rengui. Xue Rengui said that he was just a general under the command of Qin Mubai, the commander of the Kansai Army, and could not decide such a big event. Unless Hu Luwu writes down a document to make a contract, waits for Xue Rengui to return to Lanzhou and hand over the contract to Qin Mubai, which will be approved by him before counting.

Hu Luwu agreed and immediately wrote down the contract document and gave it to Xue Rengui, who took it to Qin Mubai.

The Tang Hui allied forces rested for five days in Hu Lu's department, and then left here and marched towards Tianshan in the south. He Jing pointed straight to the throat of the Western Regions - Gaochang Country!

On the way, the puzzled Xue Lian asked Xue Rengui, "Brother, what is Hu Luwu's idea? His hospitality to us these days is simply more warm and thoughtful than we were to you at that time. He is like a slave serving his master. He is obviously flattering you. Does he want to leave the Northern Court and serve the Tang Dynasty?

"It's this intention, which can be seen at a glance." Xue Rengui smiled and said, "But he still thought he was doing it secretly."

"So he really mentioned this to you? So did you promise him?"

"I agree for the time being, but I can't make the decision. I have to make a decision by Major General Qin." Xue Rengui said.

"Oh! Why don't you say three words from General Qin? Xuelian curled her lips and said, "Now that he is thousands of miles away, he can't even control your life or death. Now the remaining 10,000 soldiers in the West were kept by you fighting for your life. There are also 40,000 more iron horses. In the last time, you were defeated by the man. It was easy for Li Xun to calm down Xue Yantuo. This is all thanks to you alone! Now, in the Western Regions and Mobei, who knows that he is Major General Qin but doesn't know you, Xue Rengui? - What else can't you do!"

"There is an ancient saying in the Central Plains, called 'father and son, king and minister', do you understand?" Xue Rengui smiled.

"I don't understand, but I can't say it. Although my mother is Han Chinese, she didn't teach me such profound knowledge. The blood lotus shook its head.

"Let me explain it to you like this..." Xue Rengui smiled and said, "Even if you live to be eighty years old, you are still the daughter of your parents."

"..." Xue Lian was silent for a while, sighed and nodded, "I understand! ...You men, especially those from the Han family, are so strange!"

"You won't understand." Xue Rengui raised his eyes and looked into the vast Tianshan Mountain in the distance. He sighed to himself leisurely, "Just like many people don't understand why the marshal did that at the beginning..."

"Report - General Xue!" A whistle horse rushed over and flew to report, "A dozen horses were found at the foot of Tianshan Mountain in front of me. The visitor claimed to be the confidant envoy sent by Nanting Shabao Luo Yehu Khan. He made a special trip here to meet General Xue!"

"Strange things are going on." Xue Rengui couldn't help laughing and said, "I just sent Hu Luwu in the North Court and the messenger of Khan in the South Court! - Is the smell of the Western Turks so sensitive?"

The soldiers of the Tang army laughed together, while Xue Lian was confused and eagerly asked Xue Rengui what this meant.

"Tianshan is the territory of the North Court, but the messengers of the South Court appear here. Isn't it interesting?" Xue Rengui smiled and said, "Come on, invite the messenger! - Let me see what he wants to do!"