"Giggle..."
"Ha ha……"
"Oh, be careful! Hello? Why are you holding the child and running outside? It's still snowing!"
In the garden, the child's clear laughter blended with Xiao Han's laughter and Xue Pan's tenderness, and finally merged into a sound called "happiness".
The crystal snowflakes are still floating in the air.
Even until the belated morning bell rang, there was no sign of any decrease.
After all, Princess An'an of Lantian is still a child under one year old. After playing with her parents all morning, she is tired and hungry, and her little mouth starts to pucker again.
Seeing this, Xue Pan took the child from Xiao Han's arms and returned to the house to prepare for breastfeeding.
Xiao Han also wanted to follow in, but was rejected. Xue Pan gave him a pair of big hygienic eyes when the door was about to close.
Last time, who stole my daughter's rations? My daughter didn’t even have enough to eat? !
The door slammed shut, and Xiao Han could only touch his nose and return to the corridor in embarrassment.
"Master Hou, Master Hou!"
Seeing that Xiao Han seemed to have nothing to do, Gouzi, who had been waiting outside the garden for an unknown amount of time, finally seized the opportunity, flashed over with a "swish", and then mysteriously took out a letter from his arms and handed it over. .
"It seems to be a letter from Chang'an!"
Gouzi looked to the left and right with a stern look, covered his mouth and nose with his hands, and said in a low voice, he looked very much like the two Japanese devils who stole sex...
"There are no outsiders in this yard, why are you so nervous?" Xiao Han gave Gouzi a funny look, reached out to take the letter, and read it first.
The envelope made of mulberry paper was clean, with no other markings except a bit of wax paint, not even the proper name.
But when Xiao Han looked at the letter, he seemed to know who it was from. He smiled slightly, picked up the paint with his fingernails in a familiar manner, shook the envelope again, and a blank page fell into his hand. superior.
"to whom It May Concern……
Now Jieli Khan trusted the Han Chinese Zhao Deyan, changed the Turkic national customs, and made the government decrees cumbersome, which caused dissatisfaction among the Turkic tribes.
However, Jieli did not regard it as a disaster, but instead squandered unlimited amounts of money, increased taxes and restrictions on various tribes, and most of the tribes rebelled.
Moreover, because of the recent continuous wars by the Turks, their finances and people are poor, and this time they encountered a heavy snowfall that is rare in a century. Many livestock were frozen to death. They have been hungry for years, and their tribesmen were frozen and discouraged. The Turks' power has gradually weakened, and it is no longer half as good as the total victory. …”
This letter is not long, and the words and sentences are very concise, but not as confusing as classical Chinese. In just a few paragraphs, everything that happened on the grassland is described.
After reading the letter, people will immediately have a systematic impression of the things on the grassland, as if they are not reading a letter, but a picture or an image.
There is no doubt that the only person in the Tang Dynasty who can provide information to this level is the man in the Fair Teahouse.
After reading the last month in the letter, there is indeed a small mark hidden at the end.
Xiao Han squinted at it for a while, then slowly closed the letter, then looked up at the flying snow in the sky, and suddenly felt a little relieved.
Since the snow in Yangzhou has been so heavy this year, the snow on the grassland should be even more intense!
This is not because Xiao Leng is ruthless. Since he is on a different stand, the confrontation is unavoidable. Being kind to the enemy is the greatest cruelty to oneself!
Therefore, Xiao Han will never commit the woman's benevolence at this time! His heart is soft, only towards kind-hearted people of his own clan, but towards others?
Sorry, his mind is too small to accommodate so many things. If it really doesn't work, then he will wait until he annexes you and everyone becomes a family. Then we can talk about soft-heartedness and compassion.
The climate is harsh on the prairie!
A heavy snowfall in winter may wipe out a small tribe.
So they don't call snow snow there, but call it white disaster, which means that snow is like a disaster and cannot be resisted by human power.
The Turks who live on the grasslands do not have the sturdy and warm houses like the Han people, nor do they have the carbon stoves with chimneys that have become popular all over the world recently.
How much heat can a fire burning cow dung dissipate under a thin felt tent? In this extremely cold winter, how many people cannot survive the "white disaster"?
Natural disaster, this is just one of the Turkic people's reminders. In fact, as early as the cold winter has just arrived, the people in Qintian Prison have already predicted that this winter will be extremely cold.
After receiving the news, Li Shimin quickly discovered the opportunity hidden in it.
So the two armies quietly left Chang'an and headed toward the northwest quickly without many people knowing about it.
The leaders of these two armies were General Wei Xiaojie and Xue Wanche who had just surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.
Among the two, Wei Xiaojie is better off. After all, he is the one who followed Li Shimin to conquer the world. He can be trusted regardless of his character, ability, or loyalty!
But Xue Wanche is very different!
First of all, he is not Li Shimin's old team, but a new general!
I remember that when Li Jiancheng was still alive, he led his army to fight to the death against Li Shimin during the Xuanwumen Incident.
Even though Li Jiancheng was later killed, his head fell in front of him.
Xue Wanche did not surrender immediately, but immediately fled to the Qinling Mountains for more than a year.
It wasn't until he met Xiao Han later and was persuaded by him that he rushed back to Chang'an to surrender. Such a person? How can it be used? How can it be of great use?
Therefore, when the candidate was announced, almost all the ministers involved jumped up to object. Only Li Shimin overcame all opinions and appointed him as the general, and this suppressed the opposition!
It is said that a scholar will die for his confidant!
Xue Wanche accepted the order without saying a word, and then led his army to Shuofang!
On the day they arrived, there was a heavy snowstorm at night. The Turks were so careless that they did not even have anyone on duty to defend the city. They launched an offensive and made a surprise attack on Shuofang. After the city was broken, they killed nearly 10,000 Turks in the city in one battle!
After he recaptured Shuofang at lightning speed, he ignored his subordinates' advice to stabilize the city defense first and left only a team of about a hundred people to guard Shuofang.
Others immediately rushed to Xiang without stopping to help Wei Xiaojie take back Heng'an (today's Datong, Shanxi).
At this point, the two big cities of Heng'an and Shuofang are like two sharp knives inserted into the heart of Turks, standing firmly in the northwest.
As soon as this news spread back to Chang'an, those who originally opposed Xue Wanche's taking command immediately became silent!
After traveling thousands of miles, the team dared to attack the city without rest!
And after the siege was over, he went to help others regardless of everything.
This kind of combat method is probably only possible by a life-threatening general like Xue Wanche! Others, including Cheng Yaojin, shook their heads after hearing this, feeling ashamed!
