Li Shan in the city recalled where he had seen the word "Huairen" before, while thinking about the possibility of refining penicillin.
It is said that there was glass in ancient China, but because it was imitated from jade, transparency was not considered valuable... I don’t know if I can get some transparent glass.
In the camp outside the city, Yugushe was furious and scolded Liu Heitai for being useless. Ashina Sheer on the side listened indifferently... Liu Heitai was not here anyway.
In fact, even if they are here, these two people don't care... Although Li Shan's words are unpleasant, they also agree with this view. Liu Heitai is just a dog raised by the Turks.
When his cousin's mouth was already dry, Ashina Sheer raised his fingers and said: "We attacked the city on October 17th. Today is the 19th. Within three days, Liu Heitao sent 40,000 soldiers under his command to attack Guantao. It can’t be said that we don’t try our best.”
"But what's the result?" Yu Gushe scolded with a livid face: "We couldn't even climb the top of the city, and nearly 10,000 infantry were driven away by hundreds of cavalry and they were driven away!"
"Is it possible that you still want to take risks as a tribal warrior?" Ashina She'er snorted coldly, "Today the siege equipment was burned down, and the morale of Liu Heitai's army was demoralized."
"If we want to attack again, we need to reorganize the army and build siege equipment. It is absolutely impossible to attack the city on a large scale within three or four days."
"The morale of the Tang army in the city is high. The man who led the attack today...clearly won a great victory, but did not pursue us. Obviously he will not be lured out of the city and be surrounded by us."
"If we want to attack Guantao with force, it will take a long time. Liu Heita has more than 40,000 people under his command. We have more than 30,000 cavalry. Do we have enough food and grass?"
"You know, it is already difficult to feed horses in the middle of the night in the camp."
"What's more, as I said just now, today is October 19th, when we set out to return north, it is already late winter when we return to Qibei."
After looking at Yu Gushe who was angry, Ashina Sheer emphasized his tone and said decisively: "We will set off to return north tomorrow."
It was difficult for Yugushe to refute the reasons before him. He also knew that there was no possibility of breaking the city in the short term, not to mention that his cousin Ashina Sheer was... already kind to him, and he was even more tolerant this time.
Historically, when Xue Yantuo rebelled against the Eastern Turks and defeated Yugushe, it was Ashina Sheer who sent troops to rescue him.
Even later, Ashina Sheer took advantage of the civil strife in the Western Turks to capture half of the Western Turks' territory and established himself as Dubu Khan. He also avenged Yugushe and led an army of more than 100,000 to attack Xue Yantuo, and finally defeated Gaochang.
But when Yu Gushe lowered his head and his eyes fell on the scarred arms, his eyes were like spitting fire. An army of 70,000 to 80,000 people was unable to break the city, and he was unable to avenge his shame!
Ashina Sheer saw what Yu Gushe was thinking and said softly: "Such a person... well, even if he is not a member of the clan, nor is he Li from Longxi or Li from Zhaojun, he will definitely be famous all over the world. This time It’s the first time we’ve met, but it won’t be the first time.”
If you want to take revenge, you will naturally have the opportunity in the future!
Yu Gushe took a deep breath and noticed that his cousin's brows were frowning slightly. He thought for a while and asked in a low voice: "Is what that person said true or false?"
Ashina Sheer smiled and shook his head, then nodded again, "The person who claims to be a doctor must be a fake... He has a good relationship with Li Daoxuan, and can also recruit Liu Heitai's old subordinates such as Su Dingfang. Naturally, this person is not a doctor, so he should be His status is not low in the Central Plains."
"But this person said that the grassland will get colder in the future, and it will be difficult for cattle and sheep to survive the winter. There will be year-round famine in the grassland... I'm afraid it's not false."
"At least in the past two years, Tiele, Uihe and other tribes have shown signs of instability..."
"And this person is right...Liu Heita will not follow us back to the grassland."
"That's it, that's all, let them bite it."
Early the next morning, Li Shan took the hot water brought by Zhou with a smile and found an opportunity to chat for a few words.
Before he started brushing his teeth, Ma Zhou, who had his hair half tied up in a bun, suddenly barged in. Instead of making fun of him, he said with a solemn expression: "There is something strange happening in the Turks!"
"Retired?" Li Shan carefully took out his toothbrush, dipped it in warm water and started brushing his teeth.
"Hard to say!"
Ling Jing's sneer sounded outside, "That boy actually praised you as a famous person from Shandong!"
Rapid footsteps sounded outside, and Li Daoxuan and Xue Zhong rushed in, "Brother Li, the Turks seem to be planning to retreat!"
Ma Zhou blurted out, "Didn't you say that the Turkic army was pressing forward?"
"We should retreat." Su Dingfang walked over from the opposite door.
While brushing his teeth, Li Shan muttered vaguely, "Have the Turks abandoned their horses?"
"How can it be!"
"Then they want to fly up to the city on horseback?"
Ma Yiyi hesitated, and he immediately understood. Regardless of the way of fighting, or the strength and weakness of the Turks and Liu Heita, there were only two possibilities for the Turks to move.
Either bypass Guantao City and go south to attack other cities in Weizhou.
However, the main force of the Tang Army in Hebei has been completely wiped out outside Xiabo City. Other cities in Weizhou will never dare to leave the city to fight in the field and will only defend. It is difficult for the Turks to gain much from going south.
Anyway, the Turks will not go into battle in person, and they will come to the city to fight.
Therefore, the only possibility left is to return north to the grassland.
Everyone present, Li Daoxuan, Ma Zhou, Xue Zhong, and Su Dingfang, all listened to Li Shan's exhortations that seemed to be strictly logical but actually were nonsense when the hostages were exchanged that day... They all made the same judgment. The Turks He should really get out.
After washing his face, Li Shanshi sat down and glanced at Mr. Zhou in the corner, "What do you want to eat in the morning?"
Everyone was startled, Ling Jing stroked his beard and said with a smile: "You are quite calm, kid."
"Whenever big things happen, you should be calm." Li Shan laughed, "Zhu Ba, Zhao Da, and Shitou were all sent to the wounded barracks by someone, so we can only worry..."
Seeing everyone's eyes turning around, Zhou blushed and went back to bring a bowl of soup cakes.
Li Shan smelled it and said with a smile: "It's actually white flour. Oops, it's still made from mutton soup."
Next, everyone could only watch Li Shan eating noodles with dumbfounding... Even when Tian Liuan sent Yuan Zhulin, Li Shan just buried his head.
"Li Langjun..." Yuan Zhulin ran all the way, and a burst of white mist appeared above his head, "The Turks sent a letter, which is for Li Langjun."
Everyone was stunned. Ling Jing looked at Li Shan with interest. The latter stopped his hand and continued to drink the soup while holding the soup bowl.
After all, I haven't eaten meat since I went south from Liting. Having a bowl of broth to drink... is already thanks to Su's mother.
When Li Shan finished eating and drinking, he reached the top of the city. There was already an uproar inside and outside the city. There were self-reliant and brave Turkic knights galloping outside the city, firing arrows sideways, which attracted the Tang soldiers at the top of the city to take up their bows and fire arrows. As a result, the Turkic knights were unharmed. .
Li Shan took the envelope from Tian Liu'an, opened it and looked at it carefully, but Su Dingfang suddenly grabbed a big bow, and the arrows were like meteors. Three arrogant Turkic cavalry fell from their galloping horses, causing loud cheers from the top of the city.
"Tsk, tsk." Ling Jing came over to take a look, "I praise you for your ovary strategy and Chen Ping's wisdom."
Ma Zhou said sourly: "With this letter, it is enough to become famous in Shandong."
Li Shan sighed. The main purpose of coming to Shandong was to have more weight... But was he going too far?
If Li Shimin had any intention of holding back after returning to Chang'an, then he would be in trouble.
Li Daoxuan took the letter and read it, "Ashinashe thanked you for sending me back to Yugushe. I must thank you again when we meet on the road in the future..."
Everyone's faces showed joy, and the meaning was obvious... Ashina Sheer was saying tactfully, we have to get out.
Li Shan shrugged indifferently, "Ma Zhou, reply."
"Tell him I'm waiting for him."
Li Shan stood tall on the top of the city, his clothes fluttering in the cold wind. He looked really good-looking.
But Li Shan was thinking in his heart, and he didn't know whether the frequency of Turks going south in the later years in history was high... At least, there was at least the Weishui Alliance.
Yugushe, I'm waiting for you!
