In the early morning of the second day, the strong wind in the Northland, mixed with some snowflakes, was raging in this endless wilderness.
A team marching from south to north, with loud gongs and drums, headed towards the north in a lively manner.
Soon the team ran into the reluctant Turkic patrols coming out of Yinshan Mountain.
The Turkic patrolmen watched hundreds of Tang troops escorting a large amount of supplies, beating drums and gongs, marching towards Yinshan, and surrounded them curiously.
"What do you do?"
Although they were very reluctant to talk to the Tang people so kindly, there were only a dozen of them, and there were hundreds of Tang people. If they really charged and killed each other, who would kill whom? It's hard to say.
Although this place is very close to their base camp, and they may receive support at any time, but who can say for sure whether they will fall into this horrible weather before receiving support?
Seeing that the Turks were coming and could still speak a few words in Chinese, Xu Yunyan was so happy that he directly kicked aside the translator he had finally found from the Tang Army camp next to him, ready to translate at any time and hurriedly greeted him. .
"This Turkic brother, listen to me, I am the envoy sent by His Majesty the Tang Dynasty."
Xu Yunyan raised the stick in his hand as he spoke. He found some cattle, sheep and horses in the military camp and borrowed some hair to make a wooden stick that represented the status of the messenger, like driving a flock of sheep.
After Xu Yunyan revealed his identity, the Turks nodded when they saw the items used by the messenger.
"What's the point of your Tang Dynasty? Just after attacking us, you come again to send us envoys. What do we mean?"
These Turkic scouts heard that they were not here to attack them, nor were they the Tang army who had taken the wrong path in the snow and wind. They were asking here.
Xu Yunyan said with a smile after they asked questions.
"I, Emperor Tang, are here to express my apology. Isn't it because the northern general accidentally took back Dingxiang? We are really sorry and have specially sent a large amount of money, food and supplies. When the weather gets warm next year, we will send most of them again. Supplies came to the door to apologize."
Xu Yunyan's figure was very low, and he kept apologizing to these soldiers, and these Turks couldn't help laughing when they heard this.
"I think you Tang people have a lot of backbone, but you are just a bunch of weaklings, right? You know you are not my opponent of the Great Turks, so you came to apologize?
You did a good job this time, follow us forward, I will take you to the camp to meet my Khan. "
Although the Turks said it was very casual, the group of Tang soldiers following Xu Yunyan wanted to go forward and chop them twice to let them know why the flowers were so red.
However, Xu Yunyan reached out in time to stop them.
"Everyone, please be patient. Everything is based on the general's orders. Don't do anything casually and ruin the general's plan."
After finally pacifying everyone, everyone looked at Xu Yunyan as if their ancestors had died, which made Xu Yunyan look helpless.
"Okay, okay, you all wait."
Xu Yunyan, knowingly promised them, "When the general sends out his troops, you can do whatever you want. Is that okay?"
After Xu Yunyan's words, everyone burst into laughter, and Xu Yunyan didn't know how much trouble he would cause this group of people if he delegated power to them.
In the large tent of the Yinshan Army, Jieli hosted a banquet for the dignitaries in the Yinshan Mountains in a tent as warm as spring.
A group of generals are here to guarantee, "Khan, in this damn weather, the Tang army will never be able to go north. When the weather improves, we, the great Turks, can send troops to capture Dingxiang, expand again, and connect Wuyuan, Yunzhong and Yanmen." Take it down and let the disrespectful Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty know what kind of price we have to pay for daring to offend our great Turks."
A Turkic general was roaring here, and just as he was shouting here, he saw a soldier running over in a hurry.
As soon as he came in, he knelt down and said loudly, "Report! Khan, General Ashina Simo and General Zhishi Sili have received the news. General Zhishi Sili has taken custody of the tribe and returned. General Ashina Simo has led the team. Return."
Hearing the news, Jieli was happy.
"Okay! Ashina Simo and Zhishi Sili are indeed my most loyal generals. They started to lead their troops back as soon as something unexpected happened to me."
One of Zhisi Sili and Ashina Simo was ordered to attack the countries in the Western Regions to the west, and the other was monitoring Tuli. However, after Tuli was defeated and retired, they could not find the Tuli tribe, so they had no choice but to go north to search for other Turkic tribes. Let them join with you to strengthen the power of Jieli.
Unexpectedly, Jieli had just run out after being attacked by him in Dingxiang City, and asked people to find them to return troops for rescue, and received a reply so quickly.
"I don't know how far away they are from me now, but seeing that the messenger can go back and forth in a few days, I know that they are not far from me, or that they have already gained a lot, and they can only start their return journey at such a speed.
Of course, this is Ashina Simo, as for Zhisi Sili? Aren’t they several tribes? It seems that he is still fighting endlessly for himself. "
But Jieli laughed loudly after thinking about this clearly.
"These two people are really my great Turks. I will reward them well when they come back."
Although there were many generals accompanying Jieli's camp, Jieli didn't care about their faces and directly talked about the merits of Zhi Shisi Li and Ashina Simo, which made these generals very unhappy.
However, their strength was not as strong as Jie Li's, so they had no choice but to follow Jie Li's arrangements and dare not say anything.
When these people were complaining here, Jieli didn't have any sense of crisis at all, but continued to talk here.
"You all go back and prepare well. When the wind and snow subside, we will send troops south to find a warm place for my sons of the Great Turks, and let these Tang Dynasties pay the price for their stupidity."
Jieli once again repeated the advice of a confidant just now and was about to let them out, when suddenly another messenger rushed in quickly.
"Repay the Great Khan, a good deed, a great deed."
Upon hearing this, many small tribe leaders did not withdraw. Instead, they waited here to see what kind of good thing it was.
Jie Li was also very curious about the good things this messenger said.
"Good thing, what good thing can you say?"
As soon as Jie Li shouted, the ordering soldiers hurriedly spoke here.
"Khan, the Tang Emperor's envoy is here to apologize to us and send us a large amount of food and supplies."
Jie Li was happy when he heard that Li Shimin came to apologize to him and escorted a large amount of food and supplies.
"good very good."
Xie Li felt that he had gained more face this time, and waved his hand to call back the leaders who were about to leave secretly after hearing what was going on.
"Look at this Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty. He didn't dare to go against us. He actually came to apologize. He sat down here and waited for us to greet Li Shimin's envoy. He also embarrassed him and let him know the majesty of our great Turks. Inviolable."
Many leaders of small tribes hurriedly came forward and sat down in their respective positions. Jieli saw that the hall was full of people and there was no empty seat, and he randomly ordered the soldiers.
"Go find me a tattered fur and put it in the corner next to the tent. Then set up a table for me with uncooked food. Let the envoy from the Tang Dynasty sit there when he comes."
Jie Li said this, and everyone here agreed with Jie Li's wise arrangement. The envoy from the Tang Dynasty just couldn't go to the elegant hall. After doing this series of things, Jie Li waved his hand.
"Go ahead and call the Tang envoy up. I want to see how Tang Emperor Li Shimin will come to apologize to me. If you don't satisfy me, I won't wait for the army to go south and kill him every time after the storm subsides. Stay until we reach Chang'an City again and we will not return until Chang'an City is breached."
Jie Li felt at ease here, and soon, an envoy from the Tang Dynasty wearing scholar's clothes was invited into the tent.
When I first came in, the wind and snow outside were a bit strong, blowing the eyebrows and hair of Xu Yunyan, who was wearing a scholar's costume and a cloak, all white. His age could not be seen at all, but just now
The Turkic man who came in burst into laughter under the guidance of someone unknown.
"Is there no one left in the Tang Dynasty? He actually sent such an old guy to our Turks. Why do you think our Turks don't bully him because he is old?"
Someone was saying sarcastic words here. Xu Yunyan was very curious. He could understand what these Turks were saying when he first came in.
"As expected of a Turkic noble, you can all speak Chinese. This is destined to completely integrate you with us!"
Xu Yunyan said this with emotion in his heart, casually dismissed the snowflakes on his body, and looked at the Turkic people in front of him talking here.
"The envoy of the Tang Dynasty, Li Ying, was ordered by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to come to apologize to the Great Turkic Khan Jieli Kehan and send some supplies."
When Xu Yunyan said this, Jieli and the others looked at this old guy and suddenly turned into a weak scholar, and they couldn't help but laugh at him.
"This Tang Dynasty is so thin and weak. He can't carry it on his shoulders or lift it like a girl."
This man was laughing at Xu Yunyan here again, and Xu Yunyan was finally able to take a look, and this look shocked the man who kept laughing at him.
The person who kept laughing at Xu Yunyan shuddered instantly.
"It's you? How is it possible? How can it be you!"
Jie Li was very curious when he saw one of his generals shivering here.
"What's wrong with you, Bo'er Jijin? Can't you even handle the woman you call me? Are you still so scared?"
This Turkic man looked at Xu Yunyan in front of him with fear, and said to Jieli tremblingly.
"Khan Rongzhen, this...this is a demon, the demon of us Turks!"
When Bo'er just said this, Jieli was stunned.
"Devil? When did the devil appear in our Turks?"
But not long after I thought about it, I suddenly reacted.
"What? Is this the demon from the Tang Army who defeated us many times in Yanmen in the North?"
Jie Li was a bit out of his element.
"Yes, it's him, it's him. He's the Northland Demon Xu Yunyan."
When Bo'er said this, Jieli was a little unsure.
"Wait a minute, Xu Yunyan? Isn't this Li Ying? When did you become Xu Yunyan?"
Jie Li was puzzled here, thinking that he didn't know when the Han general named Xu suddenly became a general named Li. However, during the questions and answers between the two people, those who could understand Chinese were also anxious at this moment. They did not speak their Turkic language, and the senior Turks who were destined to merge into one big family in the south were surprised here.
"Is this the devil? The guy who beat Tuli to ashes?"
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look at Xu Yunyan.
"Is this true or false? A girl-like person who can't carry it on his shoulders or lift it with his hands is actually a general of the Tang Army. Interesting, so interesting."
These Turks did not believe the words of the leader of a small tribe who came to join Jieli from Tuli. Instead, they looked at Jieli with doubts.
If it was really that devil, Xie Li should know him, right? After all, Jieli was defeated by him once.
