Didn’t Wang Zhongsi attach great importance to Ni Fuguo’s safety? After all, he is a popular person in front of Li Longji. If something happens to him, Li Long is basically dissatisfied with the three Turkic tribes, and he is very likely to use this as an excuse to launch a conquest against the post-Turkic Khanate. Completely wipe the Turks off the map. Although it sounds incredible, Wang Zhongsi knew very well that even if everyone in the world wanted peace, and Li Longji seemed to be sending three missions to seek peace, he still wanted to defeat the Turks in his heart. For other reasons, just to complete the unfinished business of his ancestors, this is enough to make him famous in the history of Tang Dynasty. In the past, even during the Taizong period, he could not completely annihilate the Turks, giving birth to the East and West Turks and later the post-Turks.
If Li Longji could eradicate the Turks, wouldn't it mean that he had accomplished something that even Taizong could not do? Not to mention that Li Longji was already in his twilight years and was eager to do something that would leave a mark in history. This was also the reason why he changed his life to Tianbao and set off another wave of territorial expansion wars in the Tang Dynasty. Even when he was young, if he had the opportunity to annihilate the Turks, he would spare no effort to do it, but the people would not support this, and even the Tang Army probably did not want to launch the next big battle so soon, after all, because Because he reused talents based on their abilities, there were quite a few Hu generals and Hu soldiers within the Tang army. If troops were launched against the post-Turks, they would also be a hidden danger that should not be underestimated.
So he needed an excuse. Although this was what Wang Zhongsi had guessed, he thought he should be right. He was raised by Li Longji, and he has a certain degree of understanding of this old ghost's psychology. I dare not say anything else, but that Li Longji wants to eliminate the Post-Turkic Khanate, which should be correct.
Therefore, he would send a relatively embarrassing person like Ni Fuguo to represent him as an envoy to the three Turkic tribes to clarify their intentions, but he did not send an envoy to the real owner of the Turks, which made people confused. The reason why it is Ni Fuguo is because he represents himself enough to let people know that this is what he means. But at the same time, Ni Fuguo is just a eunuch who is relatively trusted by him, and is not a real power figure. Logically speaking, he makes such an envoy. Matters are usually left to people from Honglu Temple or civil servants with certain diplomatic skills, but this time a eunuch was sent. This shows that the success or failure of the envoy is not actually important.
But he, Wang Zhongsi, wanted to make the mission a success. Since he, Li Longji, did not blatantly say that he wanted to fight the Turks, if he had contributed to peace, he would not have been able to find an excuse to punish himself, and he would not have had to reward him in turn. You must know that even the reward for the Sanggan River battle is still in arrears and will be calculated after this time is over.
What Guli Philo said was right. Even if he really sent a thousand people to protect Ni Fuguo, not only would it be very eye-catching, but if Li Longji really laid some trap here, his people would be mixed in among these thousand people. The rebel army killed Ni Fuguo and threatened that he was killed by the Turks. Wouldn't that really be an excuse to attack the Turks? On the contrary, if only Ye Qingcheng and the others were there to protect him, not only would the target not be easily discovered, but there would also be absolutely no problems. With Ye Qingcheng and the others protecting Ni Fuguo, they would be able to keep him safe even among thousands of troops. He still trusted Ye Qingcheng very much.
After that, the Uighurs were responsible for the safety of the envoy team. He also believed that there should be no problem. After all, the strength of the Uighurs was there, and they were Northern Yi, so there should be no conflicts between Tang and Hu with other tribes. This kind of estrangement and hostility, furthermore, even if Li Longji could arrange men to lurk in the Tang army and wait for an opportunity to kill Ni Fuguo, what about the Huihe army? It was impossible for him to arrange for spies among the Uighurs. Before this, the Uighurs basically had no contact with the Tang Dynasty, so he could eliminate such worries.
Therefore, under various arrangements, on the afternoon when Ye Qingcheng and the three of them returned, a group of more than 20 people passed through the dig that Ye Qingcheng had already ordered Wang Zhongsi to dig without anyone except some senior officials knowing that they were leaving. A secret passage left the Tang Army camp and headed north.
The Yazhang of the Uighurs is located next to Kusupo where the tributary of the Solingshui River flows into. Geographically speaking, it is located northwest of the Turks' Yazhang Han Erbali. It is at least hundreds of miles away from the Tang Army's camp. If it is just If it were Ye Qingcheng and his ten men, they should be able to arrive in a few days. But now they are not going to fight or in a hurry. There is a eunuch and some of his followers in the team, so the journey will not be much faster. In addition, when they set off, they did not use a carriage in order not to attract attention, so this way The horse riding experience made Ni Fuguo, who was used to enjoying things in Chang'an, miserable. But he only complained, which changed Ye Qingcheng's impression of him. After all, Ni Fuguo had been lurking in the logistics troops of the United Tang Army for a while, which showed that there was still a gap between him and those truly incompetent eunuchs. They can eat some bitter food, but in the end they are just city dwellers with tender skin and tender meat who cannot stand the hardship. Helpless, they slowed down their journey. The reason was that they did not encounter any danger along the way. They only encountered an attack by a pack of wolves late one night. Ye Qingcheng and the others had not yet taken action. The experienced hunting bones Philo and him A group of personal guards drove away these wolves, which opened their eyes. If it were them, and they didn't know the habits of wolves, they would have to annihilate the wolves. In that case, they don't know what would happen. No matter how much effort you put in, someone may be injured.
What surprised Philo Bones the most was that when they first set out, they encountered the Turkic cavalry patrol on the road. Therefore, they were very careful along the way back, but they did not encounter a single person. They were greatly surprised. In this regard, Huan Chenyu's personal opinion is that Hou Turk's current military strength is not large, and most of them should be deployed to the south of Handuo Bali to deal with the Tang army currently stationed. The remaining troops should also be deployed slightly to the west. After all, Bashmi has established himself as Khan. Without knowing their movements, Usumish Khan must remain wary of them. As for their Uighurs, because they have always been low-key, people did not take much precautions against them. Therefore, the Turkic defense focus has never considered their Uighurs.
