Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 426: Understand
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Jinshan, a nomad on the prairie with a wolf as a totem, thinks that this is the place where the wolf **** lives, so he called it "Wolf Mountain" and regarded it as a holy land in his heart.
Between Jinshan and the Mobei prairie, there is a large desert that stretches for nearly a thousand miles, commonly known as the "eight hundred deserts", which is also a geographical watershed between the east and the west.
"I can see Jinshan." Xue Rengui raised his eyes and looked into the distance, then looked back and sighed, "Unexpectedly, we once again passed through 800 deserts..."
"Brother..." Ashina Snow Lotus couldn't help but wonder, and asked, "Since the first day I stepped into this desert, I have seen you and your soldiers, feeling heavy and depressed. I am unhappy. I've always wanted to ask the reason, but it's hard to speak. Now I am out of the desert, can you tell me the reason?"
"Actually, it's nothing." Xue Rengui said calmly, "Not long ago, I led 20,000 troops to the west to break through the north, fighting in dozens of battles all the way, and now has more than half of the casualties. I remember that we were at the foot of the Jinshan Mountain. Tens of thousands of troops from the Hulu Tribe of Turkic fought a **** battle, and finally broke through and escaped into the 800 Desert. At that time, we were short of food and horses, and it was hard to find drinking water in the desert. Many wounded brothers did not have it. After getting timely recuperation and treatment, they were all killed in the desert. At that time, we were worried that the Western Turkic army came to chase and rushed to flee, and there was no time for them to enter the soil for safety. At most, we used some stones and branches to cover the bodies. Along the way, we saw that many of the soldiers’ bodies have been turned into bones, and many have been destroyed by wild animals..."
"No wonder..." Blood Lotus also sighed and said, "Actually, I should have thought of it. What else can make someone like my brother sad?"
"Really?" Xue Rengui smiled slightly, and said no more.
At this time, several sentry riders in front came back and reported to Xue Rengui that they were about to step into the territory of the Hu Lu Ministry, and they could already see their military camp; depending on the situation, the Hu Lu people also found the desert. The army is gathering troops.
"Brother, do you want to fight them again?" said Xuelian, "You only had 10,000 or 20,000 remnants in the previous game. You can still kill nine in and nine out in his formation. No one can stop the enemy. Dare. This time, the younger sister and her 40,000 elite returning cavalry will be able to defeat him!"
"Don't worry." Xue Rengui said with a face sinking like water, "This is different from the past. I was fleeing at the time, but now I am borrowing. Moreover, the changing times of the sun and the moon are changing. I don't know that the North Court of Western Turks treats me What kind of position Datang is taking, and you cannot use force rashly."
"Oh, rituals first, then soldiers?" Xuelian smiled, "Yes, the officials and generals of the Central Plains like to get a set."
Xue Rengui was taken aback for a while, and then he smiled meaningfully: "You are right, I learned this from a high official. That high official, it was you who were eager to run away. Someone to meet."
"Dare to make fun of me?" The blood lotus stared at the willow with round eyes and eyebrows.
Xue Rengui laughed haha, "Hugh is messing around. Look, the smoke is rising in front, it seems that soldiers and horses are coming."
Sure enough, without a stick of incense, a large formation of cavalry was lined up a few miles ahead, about sixty to seventy thousand. On this side, Xue Rengui and Xuelian led the Hanhui two soldiers and horses, and there were also fifty thousand people. The two sides lined up, all cavalry, it was a big battle to open the curtain.
The soldiers and horses of the Hu Lu Ministry set up their formation, but did not rush to move, but ran out a rider carrying the flag, came to Xue Rengui’s formation, and said: "Our military commander, Marshal Hu Luwu, please invite General Xue Rengui. , Answer before the battle."
"Please." Xue Rengui promised, with only one envoy, he rode forward alone, and even Fang Tian's painting halberd was inserted on the ground.
"Brother, be careful of fraud!" Xuelian reminded, "How can you go forward so alone? No matter what, you need to bring weapons!"
"It's okay." Xue Rengui looked back and smiled indifferently, and went straight forward. The other party, only two people came out. The chief of the Hu Lu tribe, Hu Luwu was also one of the two marshals of the northern court of the Western Turks, and there was another envoy.
The two stood side by side, Xue Rengui clasped fists, and Hu Luwu nodded his chest, which was regarded as a gift.
"General Xue, there is an old saying in the Chinese, it is called the first courtesy and then the soldiers." Hu Luwu's Chinese is fairly fluent, he said, "The former fan will be ordered to intercept and chase you. It is your duty; but today you Why did you go and come back again? Could it be that you really want to have trouble with my Hu Lu department?"
"It's definitely not the intention." Xue Rengui said, "If this were the case, I wouldn't have released my captured son. I know that your Hu Lu tribe was under pressure from Beiting to become an enemy of Datang. So I don’t blame you. Today, I just came here to borrow. If the general agrees, please clear the way and let me wait. Xue promises that he will not commit any crimes along the way and will never be an enemy of your Hu Lu Department. ."
"By way?" Hu Luwu obviously took a long breath, with a smile on his face, he stroked his chest and bent over to bow to Xue Rengui again, and said, "Hu Lu Department, must be tolerant. Originally , Beiting has already abandoned the relationship with Tubo, and repaired it with Datang. There is no reason for our team to be an enemy of Xue Rengui. Not only do I want to make way with General Xue, but I am also willing to ask General Xue to lead your troops in the army. Let me do my best as a landlord for a few days!"
"Bei Ting has been repaired with Datang?" Xue Rengui was taken aback and asked: How is this possible? The North Court was the culprit who killed the Marshal. Even if the court agreed, how could the Marshal forget this **** hatred? … By the way, Beiting rejected the Tubo for cultivating the Great Tang. The purpose was nothing more than sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight. At this time, the marshal faced a powerful Tubo enemy. It was a good strategy to temporarily tolerate Beiting and reduce one enemy. That being the case, why don't I follow the intention of the young marshal and try my best to seek the help of Beiting, and use them to help me deal with Tubo?
"Since the marshal's fist has won, Xue will not refuse!" Xue Rengui, who figured out the twists and turns, said heartily, "It just happens that our army has just passed through the 800 desert, and the people are tired and tired and waiting to rest." /
"That's great!—General Xue, please!"
That night, Xue Rengui's troops were stationed in the territory of the Hu Lu people. Hu Luwu also truly fulfilled the friendship of the landlord, slaughtering cattle and slaughtering sheep for three days of hospitality. Only then did Xue Rengui know that the Marshal Beiting, who was shot by him during the First World War in Tianshan, was familiar with the mud. He luckily survived but was seriously injured. So far, he can only stay in bed and recuperate and cannot handle military affairs. Although Hu Luwu is the second only to the deputy marshal who is familiar with the mud, Yazhang did not hand over the military power to him, the "foreign chief" who guards the frontier. Instead, he dragged it firmly in the northern court Khan Yugu. In the hands of his sons who can't fight.
For this reason, Hu Luwu was quite remarked. He complained to Xue Rengui more than once after drunk, saying that he and the whole clan had sacrificed their lives for Yuguxie, but in the end they were still regarded as outsiders and watchdogs. .
Xue Rengui can be regarded as smelling the taste of his words--he wanted to say that instead of working for Beiting, it is better to rely on Datang!
So Xue Rengui struck the iron while it was hot and told Hu Luwu that Datang had sent Li Ji to command the army to advance Xue Yantuo in the north, which was quite peaceful. At that time, the Datang will dominate Mobei, and the nine tribes of Tiele and Turkic Huihe will all belong to one by one. Hu Lu Department is located between Beiting and Mobei. Since it is the throat of the Western Turks, it is the battleground for the first military strategists to bear the brunt. If one day the Great Tang and Beiting renewed war, then the Hu Lu Ministry would undoubtedly be the first to be devastated by the war!
Xue Rengui told the truth. Hu Luwu also knew in his heart that now Datang and Tubo "two tigers must have a wound" is natural, but no one dared to persuade them-so Beiting and Datang temporarily repaired. Another important reason is that the vitality of the northern court was greatly damaged in the First World War of Tianshan, and the pillar of the top beam fell and was seriously injured. Now that Datang has already swept Mobei, sooner or later it will move westward to clean up the Beiting. In any case, there has been a **** and deep feud between Beiting and Datang, which cannot be resolved by peace!
Since Hu Luwu can be the chief of a clan and the marshal of a country, it is naturally not bad to see the bottom line, and people are not stupid. After several in-depth talks with Xue Rengui, he made a bold decision-secretly leave the Beiting and return to Datang!
Xue Rengui is naturally very happy, but he also knows that this kind of thing should be delayed rather than urgent, and it should be dark and not clear. It is unrealistic for Hu Luwu to agree to join Datang now. After all, Li Ji's army is still thousands of miles away in Qibei, fighting Xue Yantuo; Qin Mubai of Guanxi is in a match with the Tubo people; the Western Regions are still dominated by the Beiting family!
So Hu Luwu agreed with Xue Rengui that the day when the king of Datang arrived at Jinshan, it would be the time for his Hu Lu tribe to take effect! Before that, this could only be a secret agreement between him and Xue Rengui. Xue Rengui said that he was just the next commander of Qin Mubai, the head of the Guanxi Army, unable to decide on such important events. Unless Hu Luwu writes down a document to establish a contract, when Xue Rengui returns to Lanzhou, the contract is handed over to Qin Mubai for his approval.
Hu Luwu agreed, and immediately wrote the contract and gave it to Xue Rengui, who took it to Qin Mubai.
The Tang Hui coalition army rested for five days in the Hu Lu Department, before leaving here and advancing towards the southern Tianshan Mountains. The Jing pointed at the throat of the Western Regions-Gao Changguo!
On the way, the puzzling blood lotus asked Xue Rengui, "Brother, what is Hu Luwu's idea? The hospitality he has given us these days is more enthusiastic and thoughtful than we were to you at the time. It's like a slave serving his master, and he is clearly trying to please you. Does he want to leave the North Court to serve Datang?"
"This is the intention, it is quite obvious at a glance." Xue Rengui smiled, "but he thought he did it secretly."
"So he really brought it up to you? Did you agree to it?"
"For the time being, I agree, but I don't know what to do, so I have to make a decision by Qin Shaoshuai." Xue Rengui said.
"Hey! Why don't you leave Marshal Qin in three sentences?" Xuelian curled his lips and said, "I want to say, now that he is a thousand miles away, he can't even care about your life and death. There is still one left. You saved your life for the Wanxi Expedition, and this is an extra 40,000 times the iron cavalry. In the previous episode, you defeated the barbarians and made it easy for Li Jiping to take down Xue Yantuo. This is all your credit! Now, in places like the Western Regions and Mobei, who knows about him, Marshal Qin, but does not know you Xue Rengui?-What else do you have to do with nothing!"
"The ancient motto in the Central Plains is called'Father, Father and Son, Jun Jun, Minister and Minister', do you understand?" Xue Rengui smiled.
"I don't understand, I can't speak as I read it. Although my mother is Han, she didn't teach me such a profound knowledge." Xuelian shook his head.
"Explain this to you..." Xue Rengui smiled slightly and said, "Even if you live to be eighty years old, you are still your parents' daughter."
"..." Xuelian was silent for a while, and nodded with a light sigh, "I understand!...you men, especially the men of the Han family, are really strange!"
"You don't understand." Xue Rengui raised his eyes and looked at the vast Tianshan Mountains in the distance, and sighed leisurely to himself, "It's like a lot of people don't understand, why did you do that? ……"
"Report--General Xue!" A horse rushed forward and reported, "A dozen horses were found at the foot of Tianshan Mountain ahead. The visitor claimed to be a confidant sent by Nanting Shaboluo Yehu Khan. , I made a special trip to meet General Xue!"
"Weird things happen again and again." Xue Rengui couldn't help laughing. "I just sent Hu Lu's house in Beiting, and came to the messenger of Khan in Nanting!-Is the sense of smell of the West Turks so sensitive?"
All the soldiers of the Tang army laughed, but the blood lotus was confused, and eagerly asked Xue Rengui what he meant.
"Tianshan is the site of the North Court, but the messenger from the South Court appears here. Isn't it interesting?" Xue Rengui laughed, "Come here, please come the messenger! ——Let me see him, what do I want! "