The soldiers and horses returned to Yanmen after a day's journey. This Yanmen
County Magistrate Xu Guichang once again stood at the city gate to greet Xu Yunyan and others.
Only this time, Xu Guichang was extremely shocked when he saw so many heroes falling to the ground.
"How could this be? How could there be such heavy casualties?"
Just when Xu Guichang was here in a daze, he saw that he was rescued again. Some of his colleagues hurriedly arranged for someone to go forward and talk to the general.
When the government officials came to accept these rescued compatriots and began to arrange them step by step so that they could have no worries, Xu Guichang leaned next to Xu Yunyan and asked cautiously.
"General Li, what's going on?"
Xu Yunyan looked at Xu Guichang and sighed.
"I also ask Magistrate Xu to find a geomantic treasure land so that these more than a thousand soldiers can rest in peace."
Xu Yunyan brought back more than a thousand soldiers wrapped in leather. Some of them were no longer in human form. They were pieced together with great difficulty. They were placed on the carriages captured from the Turks. They were piled up like a hill, and there were not many visible ones at all. people.
But this time Xu Guichang was surprised.
"More than a thousand warriors have sacrificed their lives for the country, who are you?"
Xu Yunyan sighed again.
"I am still too arrogant. Let our warriors fight against the Turks with their flesh and blood. We could have reduced casualties by relying on our geographical advantages and our elusive fighting style. It's just..."
Xu Yunyan was just here talking about his own mistakes, but the soldiers of the Tang Army were talking here.
"General, you are worrying too much. How could it be your fault? We can't live by conspiracies and tricks every day. We should fight these Turks with real swords and guns. This is what I, the great Tang Dynasty son, should do. thing."
Perhaps because he was in a low mood, Xu Guichang did not stay in front of him for long. He sent the soldiers and horses back to camp to rest, and arranged for Xu Guichang to find a geomantic treasure land and wait for the right time to bury many heroes.
After Xu Yunyan galloped across the north and made great military exploits, he once again sent the memorial to Chang'an.
Only this time, Xu Yunyan did not say how many people he had rescued or how many enemies he had defeated. Instead, he wrote a letter to plead guilty.
In a moment, he led his men to fight the enemy bravely, and he could have suffered fewer casualties, but he had an unknown idea and ended up like this unexpectedly.
After Xu Yunyan sent his letter, Tuli, who was far away in the north, walked out of the temporary camp and looked at the south for a long time without saying anything, while several of his confidants looked at him in confusion.
"Khan, what's wrong with you? Why have you been looking at the north for so long without saying anything?"
Seeing how concerned they were, Tuli sighed dejectedly again.
"Do you think the person we sent to Chang'an to deliver the letter actually sent the letter to Li Shimin? There has been no reply for such a long time."
Tu Li was puzzled here. When there was no news from Chang'an, these confidants were suddenly surprised.
"Khan, what are you doing?"
Then Tu Li sighed again and told him about the affairs between him and Li Shimin. However, after this, everyone was frightened.
"Khan, how could you do such a thing?"
Seeing that none of his subordinates supported him, Tu Li sighed helplessly.
"At this point, it's useless to say anything. I just hope that you can think of a way to keep the blood of my great Turks from being cut off. This is also a helpless choice for me. I can't look at all the Turks. Are you going to die on the battlefield? As long as we have a chance to breathe, sooner or later we will be able to rise again."
Just when Tuli was here thinking that these messy things in the North should not cause trouble to him anymore, and Li Shimin also gave himself a good place to go so that his great Turks could continue again, Xu Yunyan's camp welcomed Meet someone he didn't expect?
Su Dingfang and Xu Yunyan were surprised when they saw the wind and fire coming to their camp.
"Brother Su!"
Seeing Su Dingfang standing at the door, Xu Yunyan immediately rushed forward and hugged him directly.
Su Dingfang was so embarrassed, he said helplessly.
"Brother, what are you doing? We two old men are hugging each other. Aren't we afraid of being laughed at by others?"
Xu Yunyan looked at Su Dingfang and laughed.
"Brother Su, we haven't seen each other for a long time, how can we make people laugh so hard? Come in quickly, I wonder what Brother Su is doing in coming to the North this time?"
Su Dingfang looked at Xu Yunyan here and said, "A certain family has been ordered by His Majesty to convey the will."
When Su Dingfang said this, Xu Yunyan remembered that Su Dingfang was the commander of the palace personally appointed by Li Shimin, but there was one thing Xu Yunyan didn't understand, and he was looking at Su Dingfang here.
"Brother Su, it's okay to just say your Majesty's order, but I still have a question. Were you not in the capital some time ago?"
"oh?"
After Su Dingfang asked Xu Yunyan, he did not immediately start to read out Li Shimin's fate. Instead, he and Xu Yunyan started asking and answering questions here.
I did go to the west on His Majesty's order some time ago.
Xu Yunyan looked at the west and fell into deep thought.
"West of Chang'an? Western Regions?"
Su Dingfang shook his head.
"It's not the Western Region, but the area bordering Tubo."
"oh?"
Xu Yunyan suddenly became interested, but soon Xu Yunyan thought of Princess Wencheng who married into Tubo, and couldn't help asking curiously again.
"But this Tubo came to ask for marriage?"
"Brother, how could you think so?"
After Xu Yunyan asked this question, Su Dingfang looked at Xu Yunyan curiously.
However, Xu Yunyan did not answer directly, but said with a smile.
"It turns out that it wasn't Songtsen Gampo who came to propose marriage. If Songtsan Gampo hadn't come to propose marriage, then it was Tibet that came to invade the border?"
Xu Yunyan asked Su Dingfang curiously, and Su Dingfang couldn't help but smile when he looked at Xu Yunyan.
"Songtsen Gampo has just ascended to the throne, and the country is unstable. His Majesty sent me to the west because he was afraid that the new Tibetan ruler would ascend the throne and send troops to attack the Tang Dynasty in order to show his force. So I went to be on guard, but I didn't expect that everything would be like this. It’s all in vain.”
Xu Yunyan couldn't help but nodded when he heard this.
The current Tibetans do not have such courage, but once there is a flaw in the Tang Dynasty, they will spare no effort to come and take a bite. Just like Chang'an was empty during the Anshi Rebellion, they attacked the capital of Chang'an twice, and even the Anxi Governor The mansion was occupied by the Tubo people.
But this time I'm here, you won't invade my Datang again. Let's merge together in advance!
Su Dingfang fell into deep thought after watching Xu Yunyan ask a few words here, and couldn't help but ask here.
"But brother, do you have any good insights? You can talk to brother Wei. If brother Wei can make some progress, I would like to thank you more here."
After Su Dingfang said a few words half-jokingly, Xu Yunyan looked at him.
"What did Brother Su say? Do we two brothers need to talk about this or that? As long as Brother Su thinks, we can definitely do it."
Su Dingfang looked a little unnatural.
"You, you, isn't this all a drag on you so that I can be treated like this?"
Xu Yunyan smiled again.
"Brother Su, isn't this because your reputation is too great and I'm taking this opportunity to become famous?"
"oh?"
Su Dingfang looked at Xu Yunyan curiously after he finished speaking.
"Then I don't know what I can do if I want to, brother?"
While Su Dingfang was looking at Xu Yunyan curiously, Xu Yunyan was talking here.
"Brother Su is here to test me on purpose. Isn't it possible that Brother Su is not capable of leading the king's division to destroy this small country in an instant?"
Su Dingfang suddenly laughed here.
"Brother, you really think too highly of me."
But just after he finished laughing, Xu Yunyan changed the topic in order to get rid of the embarrassing situation at hand, and asked Su Dingfang here.
"By the way, I still don't know what kind of order Brother Su is conveying to His Majesty when he comes to Beidi this time?"
Su Dingfang was shocked. "Oh, look at the two of us talking here. We almost forgot about His Majesty's business. Your Majesty has a purpose."
In an instant, Xu Yunyan stood up from his seat and was about to kneel down. Su Dingfang looked at him, "We two brothers, do you need to be so rigorous?"
"The etiquette cannot be abolished."
Although Xu Yunyan and Su Dingfang have a good relationship, they can't leave anyone with any clues. If it involves not only themselves, but also Su Dingfang, it will be troublesome.
After Xu Yunyan stood up, knelt down and saluted in the direction of Chang'an, Su Dingfang continued to speak here.
"Your Majesty asked General Li to arrange for trustworthy people to enter the grassland and find out all of Tu Li's every move. After figuring out Tu Li's situation, if he can carry out a thunderous strike, he will carry out a thunderous strike and completely eliminate Tu Li. , destroy one of the Turks’ wings.”
Xu Yunyan was surprised after Su Dingfang finished speaking.
"Is Tuli really going to be eliminated? Historically, Tuli had a close relationship with Li Shimin. How could it be like this now?"
Soon Su Dingfang told Xu Yunyan that the people arranged by Tuli had gone to Chang'an City to kill Xu Yunyan's sister, which made Xu Yunyan very angry.
"Little Tuli, how dare you do this? Aren't you deliberately planning to kill me? If you can't kill me, then you go find my sister. What kind of hero are you? Since you are so unreasonable, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Xu Yunyan said viciously here, and Su Dingfang also said here.
"Yes, brother, if he talks to us openly and honestly, we can still save his life, but in this situation, we have no way to save his life."
After Su Dingfang finished speaking, Xu Yunyan temporarily suppressed the angry feeling in his heart and punched Su Dingfang here.
"It's a joke to Brother Su. We, as generals, should be so happy and angry, but we actually committed such a military taboo and almost exposed what we were thinking. This won't necessarily cause much trouble."
Xu Yunyan was polite to Su Dingfang here, and Su Dingfang nodded again.
"Under such circumstances, we can still maintain a good mind. As my brother said, we should not show our joy and anger at any time. This is the best policy."
After Su Dingfang finished speaking, Xu Yun looked at Su Dingfang.
"Brother Su must have come here because His Majesty was afraid that there would be no one to lead the North when I was out, so he asked Brother Su to come, right?"
This time Su Dingfang shook his head and denied Xu Yunyan's words.
"This time you thought wrong."
"ah?"
Xu Yunyan was very curious.
"Brother Su, didn't you say you wanted to help me here?"
Su Dingfang was confused, "When did I say that?"
"Oh, you didn't say that?"
Xu Yunyan looked at him here as if he said, "How can I remember you?" But Su Lie was puzzled.
"Did I say that? But it doesn't matter."
Just after the two looked at each other, Su Dingfang said here.
"This time I came to Northland to fully obey General Li's instructions. What arrangements are there? General Li will just make arrangements."
