In addition to Dingxiang, there are many Turkic resident pastoral areas. ←,.

As nomadic peoples, their cattle and sheep depend on grass. If they are too concentrated, there will be no enough grass. In order to prevent cattle and sheep and not let themselves go hungry, they must be dispersed to live.

Therefore, outside Dingxiang, there are many tribes scattered on the large land on the bank of the Yellow River. Walking on the grassland, you can often see a tent.

Because the cold winter has arrived, except for the necessary outings, most of the shepherds hid in tents, roasted lamb and drank wine.

In a tent in a tribe by the Yellow River, there was a different scene. At least there was no strong smell of sheep in the tent, and there was even a little fragrance, which was very clean.

Because there is a woman living here, a woman covered in a veil, and a purple skirt can be seen vaguely under her luxurious fur.

The woman sat on the clean carpet, with a wine pot on the table in front of her, pouring and drinking on her own. Her movements were elegant, but her expression was very sad, and she seemed to have a bit of unconcealed sadness.

It was not until someone lifted the curtain and the cold wind rolled in to brush the veil that she woke up, sighed inwardly and changed her face.

"How is it? Have you found out clearly?" Before anyone could speak, the masked woman asked in front of her.

A young man bowed and said, "Sister, I have figured it out. Tubo people invaded Songzhou in the south, and the entire Jiannan Road was already in a panic. The 50,000 or 60,000 troops in Guanzhong were led by Niu Jinda and have already gone south.

And Xue Yantuo has already deployed troops. It is said that Prince Xue Yantuo has personally visited Dingxiang and said that he would contact Ashinasmo to go south to attack Chang'an."

"It's interesting. What we thought about last year and didn't do, but now we have taken shape. It's really unexpected, unexpected!" The masked woman smiled, a little bitter, and a little bit embarrassing the impermanence of the world.

"Yes!" the young man just responded lightly, but did not continue.

This was an abnormal behavior. The masked woman immediately noticed something, frowned, and asked in a low voice: "What's going on?"

"Asnasmo did not agree immediately, and Dingxiang also leaked the news..."

"Is that so? It's so hard to deal with good things!" The masked woman was an extremely smart person. Of course, she knew what this matter meant, so she lowered her head and pondered without saying a word.

"Indeed, good things are a lot of trouble..." The young man just silently echoed like this from beginning to end.

The masked woman knew something was wrong, so she asked calmly: "Tell me. What happened? How did the news leak?"

"It's Brother Kan Ling. He happened to send food and grass from Bingzhou to Dingxiang, and found something abnormal..."

The young man's voice was not loud, but when the two words popped out, the masked woman suddenly throbbed in her heart, and even stormy waves were stormy. She could not calm down for a long time, so she didn't hear anything the young man said later.

"Big sister..." The young man pondered for a long time. After all, he had to speak and gently wake up the masked woman, although it was a bit cruel to do so.

The masked woman shook her face slightly, came to her senses, and said with a low expression: "Has he been?"

"Come!"

"Leave again?"

"Go away!"

“Where did you go?”

"Back to Hedong!"

"Is the news he leaked?" The masked woman's emotions seemed to gradually recover, and her expression became more and more serious. She asked a question that was crucial to her.

"Yes!" The young man was helpless and gave another cruel answer.

"Hmph!" Sure enough, the masked woman sneered, her eyes flashing.

"Sister, don't want it..." The young man fully understood the masked woman's mood and spoke softly to comfort her.

"I know!" the masked woman nodded slightly and said, "He has been away for a long time. He is not the same as us now..."

"Yes, Brother Kan has only his sister in his heart now. It is said that Xie Yi was in Hedong at that time. So he went back..."

"I won't talk about him anymore. What will happen after the news is leaked? Didn't Ashinasmo immediately move south?" The masked woman asked softly. Maybe she had been cultivating in the tribe on the bank of the Yellow River for too long that the news was blocked.

"No, Asunasmo is more suspicious, as if he is worried that Xue Yantuo is stabbing the knife in the back. He refused on the grounds that the ice layer of the Yellow River is not thick enough."

The young man said, "What is even more unexpected is that King Li Zhi of Jin and Xie Yi came to Dingxiang at this time."

"Oh?" The masked woman was very surprised. Her eyes were wide open, obviously too unexpected.

The young man was afraid of being unconvincing, so he emphasized again: "It is true that too many people were surprised, but it is true that Li Zhi and Xie Yi were already in the camp of Asunasmo."

"Interesting!" The masked woman believed it, but she was more suspicious in her heart. What was going on? Li Zhi and Xie Yi's abnormal behavior was too weird, and it was really a bit...

How could Xie Yi be so risky if he is not stupid? Li Shimin is well aware of the principle that a gentleman does not stand on a dangerous wall. How could he let his beloved son take the risk?

How could it be?

He was so angry when he was in Shanzhou that year. Speaking of this, the situation today is really strange, really strange!

Even if he wanted to shock Asanasmo, he shouldn't use this method? Why is Li Shimin sure that he could hide a hero by letting a son go to the mouth of a tiger?

It’s better to play other tricks. In short, being able to bet on the life of your son who loves the most is special enough, and it can even be said to be intriguing.

It is precisely because of this that the masked woman was quite curious. She wanted to see what the situation was like. She was even more curious about what the Turks thought? Was she really indifferent?

"What should Asunasmo do? Did the Turks hold Li Zhi?" the masked woman asked softly.

"No, not only did not hold it up, Ashinasmo also arranged the welcome matter very politely, as if he was very respectful. As for whether it was sincere or false, he would not know if there was any other plan." The young man told the masked woman truthfully about the situation he had found.

"It's interesting!" The masked woman nodded slightly and said leisurely: "It's so abnormal, it's not a good sign. It won't work if this continues...

If Li Zhi and Xie Yi comforted Ashinasmo, what would happen if Xue Yantuo's army reached the Yellow River? This is a rare opportunity. We must seize it."

"What my elder sister said is that we cannot let Li Zhi and Xie Yi talk about Asunasmo in any case. However, our identities are limited now and we can't see Asunasmo at all."

The young man pondered: "Do you want to find a way to inform Tulihu? If he comes forward, there may be some solutions."

"It's too late. Tulishi has returned to Xueyantuo now. How much time will it take to go back and forth?" The masked woman pondered: "Besides, he will definitely be able to persuade Asuna Smo when he comes forward? If so, he should be able to do it last time.

After all, Xue Yantuo and the Turks are separated and do not trust each other. And Asanosmo is a master who does not see a rabbit or a hawk. How could he be moved by a few high-sounding words?"

"What should I do?"

The masked woman whispered: "There is no way. Isn't there any other way to let a person do something besides persuasion?"

"What do you mean by force?" The young man didn't turn around and thought to himself that the dignified Turkic Khan and Prince Heshun. How could Ashinasmo be so easy to submit? If you want to force him, you have to have this opportunity.

The masked woman smiled faintly: "Is it necessary to force him? Think about it, if the prince of the Tang Dynasty and Li Shimin's favorite son died on the grassland, what would Asuna Simo do?"

"Yes!" the young man suddenly said, "Sister Gao Ming, if Li Zhi dies, the situation will be serious. Even if Ashina Simo has a thousand mouths, he will not be able to explain clearly. At that time, he can only... go all the way to the dark."

"Isn't this going to end? It's not impossible. Yes?" the masked woman asked softly, with a slight joking smile on her lips.

"What should we do?"

"If anything else is not possible, we should be able to assassinate, right?" the masked woman whispered: "But before that, we will go to Dingxiang to see what Li Zhi and Xie Yi sold in the gourd, and they were thinking about what they were doing."

"yes!"

...

Although there are no snowflakes in Chang'an City thousands of miles away, there is already a thick layer of frost on the eaves of Tai Chi Hall.

The wind is a little cold, and people's hearts are a little uneasy.

In the past few days, we often see bright lights in Chengqing Hall. The prime ministers run around every day. It is common for long talks to each other for a long time.

No wonder, the Tang Dynasty has been really not safe recently.

There was a Tubo people invading Songzhou in the south, and there was no one who had seen the war. I heard that the entire Jiannan Road was ready to move. Now, there was another trouble in the north that Xueyantuo people took advantage of the situation and wanted to contact the Turks to take advantage of the situation to rob.

It's really troublesome.

Niu Jinda took away many elite Guanzhong troops. Now Chang'an is empty. No one dares to imagine what the consequences would be if the army on the northern grasslands came to the city.

After all, the Tang Dynasty has only been established for more than 20 years, and its rule is not so deeply rooted. It is entirely possible that it will fall apart due to an external threat and invasion of foreign races.

Haven’t you seen this in the Jin Dynasty back then? The Five Barbarians and Sixteen Kingdoms occupied the north, but the Jin Dynasty could only settle in a corner of the south of the Yangtze River. How desolate?

If there is a major turmoil now, the Tang Dynasty may not have followed the footsteps of the Jin Dynasty, so people are inevitably panic and uneasy.

Especially when neither party has any results or even progresses, the atmosphere is even more solemn.

But today it was fine. When Li Shimin was discussing matters with the prince, prince and important officials, Cen Wenben trotted all the way and brought good news.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, the King of Wu, and his army of 30,000 Anzhou have arrived at Baqiao and sent someone to ask for the imperial edict."

"Oh, Ke'er is here?" Li Shimin smiled softly, as if he was a little happy. In addition to the arrival of reinforcements, Li Ke's behavior was probably even happier. The army returned to the capital and stopped in Bazhou. This was a very tactful behavior, especially for a prince.

Now that Guanzhong is empty, 30,000 troops entering the city or reaching the edge of Chang'an City, it is possible to influence the situation.

Everyone knows what situation is influential, but if it is not done properly, it will be turned upside down.

On this point, Li Ke was very cautious and tactful. Li Shimin was quite satisfied with this, at least he did not feel suspicious about his son.

Li Shimin was in a good mood and said with a smile: "It's great. Let Ke'er lead his troops to the Wei River to prepare defenses. After the arrangements are made, we will come to the palace to see me."

"yes!"

"With His Highness the 30,000 troops, Guanzhong's troops will be much more at ease." Fang Xuanling agreed softly.

Li Shimin said: "Well, Ke'er is very sensible. Anzhou is not close to Chang'an. He rushed back so quickly. I guess he had to work day and night, and it was very hard."

The emperor was just a simple praise, but it was not the case in people's ears, and the ministers didn't care. But the Crown Prince Li Chengqian and King Li Tai of Wei felt a little uncomfortable.

In the face of this major crisis, they could do nothing. The young Li Zhi could still go to Dingxiang to take risks for the Tang Dynasty, while Li Ke directly showed up with a large army. With the praise of his father, the court officials and the people must have favored him, and they were compared in an instant.

This feeling is really bad!

However, at this moment, Li Shimin didn't care about his sons' emotions and just listened to him: "Ke'er is back, but the important thing is that there is news about Songzhou and Dingxiang as soon as possible... Zhinu, I'm really worried."
To be continued...