Yelu Qi looked up at Li Ye, drank another bowl of wine, and said with a wry smile, "I know I can't convince you. I just came here to have a drink with you."
"I know!" Li Ye looked at him quietly, as if he admired a resentful woman looking at the door.
"Starting from tomorrow, we are enemies. How should I treat you?" Yeluqi looked at the imperial advisor who had just turned sixteen in front of him and couldn't help but sigh again and again.
God's will plays a trick on people, and two people who could have been friends end up facing each other for life and death.
Li Ye looked at him and grinned: "Don't worry, I'm afraid of death and won't charge into battle."
Yelu Qi was stunned. He didn't expect that Li Ye would respond to him like this. He couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Actually, I'm also very afraid of death. I'll try not to confront you head-on."
"I think so too. If you can't move your hands, it's best not to move them. Let's just talk and have a glass of wine!" Li Ye looked at him and laughed.
Yeluqi nodded and said with a wry smile: "That's good. No matter who wins or loses, we must live well."
Li Ye couldn't help but be moved when he heard the words, and reached out to hold his hand that continued to pour wine: "We all need to live well!"
"We all need to live well!" Yeluqi nodded vigorously.
...
The two people in the tent were cherishing each other, but the eldest prince and Yang Kaiyi on the tower were anxious.
"Isn't this Imperial Master just messing around? There's no reason for a general to go drink with the enemy." Yang Kaiyi walked around anxiously.
Nalanyu looked at the anxious two people and comforted him with a smile: "I heard from the Imperial Preceptor that the person coming from the opposite side is named Yeluqi. Last year, the Imperial Preceptor invited him to drink a pot of tea in front of Xichun City. He is I’m here to return a favor!”
"Is this the son of Yelu Chucai from King Yelu's court?" the eldest prince looked at Nalan Yu and asked.
Nalan Yu nodded.
"Why did these two guys start a relationship and become friends?" The eldest prince looked down in disbelief.
"He didn't let me go with him at that time. It was Mu Mu who went with him. You have to ask her to know." Nalan Yu looked down at the two people outside the moat and laughed.
"This...is this driver too brave? If it were me, how could I have a tea and chat with the opponent's general?" Li Kaiyi said while rubbing his hands.
Even Wei Qingyu, who was standing behind the eldest prince, covered her mouth. Such secrets were something they could only know in the imperial city. Even the general marshal of the dynasty in front of them did not know.
"Isn't this Imperial Master a bit too aggressive?" Yang Kaiyi murmured.
"Wait a little longer and see what news the Imperial Master can bring back." The eldest prince said in a deep voice.
...
"The war will start after tomorrow. I hope you can leave Nanyun City and not go to war. After all, the Khans of the four major tribes are going to fight in person this time." Yeluqi looked at Li Ye with red eyes and said seriously.
Li Ye stood up after hearing this and thanked him.
"Brother, please don't worry, we take care of our bodies." Li Ye really felt Yeluqi's true feelings this time.
Yeluqi shook his head and sighed: "From tomorrow onwards, you will know that the prairie cavalry are not so easy to mess with."
When Li Ye heard this, he felt unhappy. He looked at him and replied sternly: "Brother Yelu, I have something to tell you. I hope you can tell your sister and King Yelu Khan."
"How do you say that?" Yeluqi was stunned.
"If we fight back, I hope you can take your sister back to Xichun. After all, I don't want to collect my brother's body in front of Nanyun City!" Li Ye said coldly without any emotion.
"Can you beat us? Where do you get the confidence? You know..." Yeluqi, who almost spilled the beans, stopped his voice.
"Whether you believe it or not, I, Li Ye, never do anything I'm not sure about. You've already experienced this."
Li Ye knew he couldn't tell him anything, so he could only emphasize again and again that naturally he couldn't tell him his trump card.
Both of them are playing dumb,
Both of them were worried about each other.
Yelu Qi thought to himself, do you know our trump card?
Li Yexin said, do you understand how many mass graves I dug in these ten miles of wilderness?
The two stayed for an hour and drank a jar of kumiss. Li Ye waved his hand and said, "I'm drunk, so I won't send you back!"
Yeluqi looked at Li Ye who was staggering out of the tent, shook his head, and shouted: "If we are still alive after this battle, you will be my brother Yeluqi!"
Li Ye waved his hand to him and replied vaguely: "You have been my brother, Li Ye, for a long time. Otherwise, I would not let you go in Xichun City!"
Looking at Li Ye walking onto the trestle, Yeluqi felt dizzy and slumped down on the soft chair.
"You have been my brother, Li Ye, for a long time. Otherwise, I would not let you go in Xichun City!"
These words were like thunder, hitting his head heavily.
He finally understood why Li Ye chose to leave quietly despite being able to injure countless enemies under Xichun City.
So, have you considered me a brother for a long time?
Yeluqi, who was slumped on the soft chair, laughed wildly regardless of his appearance.
...
Li Ye staggered across the moat. As soon as he entered the city gate, he was hugged by the eldest prince. He reached out and held his wrist. He pondered for a long time before saying to Nalan Yu, "It's okay. I just drank too much." ”
Nalan Yu looked at the eldest prince and said, "I will take him back to his residence to rest. The marshal will come back to have a detailed discussion with the Imperial Master in a few hours."
The eldest prince nodded. "Go back and make him a bowl of hangover soup. It looks like he will drink a lot."
Wei Qingyu stood behind the eldest prince, frowning and said, "I'll go find the carriage."
Yang Kaiyi shook his head and said with a smile: "These two guys are interesting. The battle is about to begin, but the two of them set up a table in front of the battle to drink and talk. In a few years, they will become legends!"
The eldest prince sighed. When he came in, the imperial master told me that we couldn't fight today. Let's go to the tower to have a look.
Yang Kaiyi was stunned and followed him towards the city wall.
After climbing up the tower, the two of them looked up and saw that the tents by the moat had been dispersed. The place where they had just discussed wine was empty, as if no one had ever been there.
Tens of thousands of grassland cavalry outside the city have also dispersed. Outside Nanyun City, which is flat and flat, it is eerily quiet, and even the birds do not know where they have flown.
"It's really weird, sending tens of thousands of troops just to drink a bottle of wine with the Imperial Master outside the city?" Yang Kaiyi said with a bitter smile.
"Maybe they just want to show off their cavalry?" the eldest prince said with a faint smile.
...
At nightfall, Li Ye finally woke up from his dizziness. He tilted his head and saw Mu Mu staring at him, holding a handful of melon seeds in her hand. The ground was covered with melon seed shells.
"Mumu, what time is it?" Li Ye reached out to lift the quilt and got up from the bed.
"It has just passed the Youshi hour. The eldest prince and City Master Yang have been waiting for you in the living room for a long time." Mu Mu replied unhurriedly.
"Come with me to have a look." Li Ye put on his shoes and opened the door.
Mu Mu followed behind and gently tugged at the corner of his clothes: "Last time you went to see him alone, and this time again, can you call me next time? My parents asked me to protect you."
Mu Mu was very angry. When she got the news, Nalan Yu and Wei Qingyu had already sent the drunk Li Ye back, and she was so angry that she stamped her feet.
"Today was an accident. I didn't know they would come suddenly." Li Ye smiled bitterly, thinking that his drinking capacity was still not good enough.
"We won't be like this next time. How about I go back and explain to my parents? And my husband and my wife? And my sister?" Mu Mu followed behind and kept nagging.
"Okay, I'll listen to you from now on, okay?" Li Ye shook his head and walked forward.
"That's pretty much it. You should have been like this a long time ago!" Mu Mu nodded and smiled.
While talking, the two of them entered the living room. The eldest prince and Yang Kaiyi had already had wine and food delivered to them, and they were about to start.
"You guys are here just in time, let's sit down and have a drink together." The eldest prince looked at Li Ye and Mu Mu and said with a smile.
Mu Mu sat next to Li Ye opposite the eldest prince, and reached out to serve Li Ye a bowl of rice: "Let's eat tonight, don't drink."
Seeing Mu Mu's domineering look, Li Ye was a little moved.
"How is the situation today? Are they going to take action tomorrow?" Yang Kaiyi looked at Li Ye and asked in a deep voice.
Li Ye shook his head and said, "He didn't say it clearly, but I felt something was wrong."
"How to say?" Yang Kaiyi asked in a deep voice.
Li Ye raised his head and glanced at him, then replied quietly: "From what he said, the tribes on the grassland came well prepared this time. They were not just attacking the city out of whim, just like I plotted against them last time. ."
Looking at the confused eyes of the two people, Li Ye continued: "Just like me last time, I will not fight an uncertain battle. They are the same this time. He even persuaded me to leave Nanyun City."
"Is it so scary?" The eldest prince frowned.
We are not afraid of the enemy's brutality, but we are afraid that we know nothing about the enemy's methods and will be beaten to death.
Looking at the gloomy sky outside the house, Li Ye said coldly: "From tomorrow on, I will move to the tower. We will never leave the city to meet the enemy until we understand their intentions!"
"That's it! Never leave the city. The moat has been processed according to your requirements, and we are just waiting for them to attack!" The eldest prince also said coldly.
"We won't leave the city to see what tricks they can play!" Yang Kaiyi said with a smile.
"I also want to live in the tower with my brother!" Mu Mu looked at Li Ye and said firmly.
Li Ye glanced at her, looked at the eldest prince and said, "This time is no better than last time. Everyone must obey the order. What we have to face is the cunning King Khan on the grassland."
"I promise not to cause trouble." Mu Mu was also moved by the seriousness of the matter.
"Everything must follow the command of the Imperial Master. This big battle is no joke!" Yang Kaiyi looked at Li Ye and said seriously.
The eldest prince also nodded and replied: "The army will obey your orders, don't worry."
"We'll waste time with them before we figure out their intentions. We have plenty of time." Li Ye picked up the bowl and reached out to pick up a chopstick.
...
After learning the plan of the grassland tribe from Li Ye, the eldest prince and Yang Kaiyi left in a hurry after eating.
They must make corresponding arrangements and dispatches for the deployment of the army in order to deal with sudden attacks from the grassland tribes.
Li Ye moved a chair and sat in the courtyard of the city lord's mansion. He asked Mu Mu to make a pot of tea. Wei Qingyu also sat beside him.
"Don't we have a better way to deal with it? Should we sit here and wait for them to attack?" Wei Qingyu asked softly.
Mu Mu poured hot tea for the two of them, looked at Li Ye and said, "Should we go for another sneak attack?"
Li Ye looked at the two of them, couldn't help but smile, and replied lightly: "They are all out in force this time. In the face of absolute strength, there is no room for any conspiracy."
How to fight? The enemy's strength is nearly twice that of ours, and their combat effectiveness is even greater than that of the soldiers in southern Xinjiang. How to fight a head-on conflict? Just wait for the opportunity...
Looking up at the starry sky, Li Ye murmured to himself: "Victory in a hundred battles is not a good thing; subduing the enemy's soldiers without fighting is a good thing."
Mu Mu didn't understand and frowned as she looked at Li Ye in a daze.
Wei Qingyu was shocked. Although she had not read the military book, she still understood a bit of the truth. Looking at the young man in front of her, she couldn't help but admire him even more. This big battle really belongs to him.
"The Imperial Master is really powerful. If it had been anyone else, I would have been frightened by this southern Xinjiang army!" Wei Qingyu looked at Li Ye and couldn't help but say something.
"I can't help it. You haven't seen the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, nor the people of Nanyun City." Li Ye replied with a bitter smile, his eyes staring blankly at the sky.
"Brother, are you looking up at the moon? Today is not a full-moon night." Mu Mu looked at his silly look and couldn't help laughing.
"Looking at the moon? No, I'm looking at the spring breeze!" Li Ye looked at her and replied quietly.
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