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Alliances

Seeing this, Fang Xuanling also smiled and said: "The first foreign minister can promise the Khan now, and the general will definitely return it to the Khan unharmed, and now, what needs to be discussed is this grain and grass."

Hearing Fang Xuanling so "refreshing", Jieli Khan also waved his hand generously, "As long as you let go of your stubbornness, everything is easy to say, well, that grain and grass, Ben Khan doesn't force it, only 50,000 stones, 2,000 horses, how about it?" ”。

Fang Xuanling sighed secretly when he heard this, this Jieli Khan is really cunning, Turkic

It is a people on horseback on the steppe, will there be a shortage of horses?

You must know that only four or fifty percent of the horses in Datang are raised on their own horse farms, and most of the others are secretly purchased from the Turks.

Datang prohibits the export of iron, weapons, armor and other items to Turks and other foreign peoples, and the Turks are also prohibited from exporting horses and other strategic materials to Datang.

The horses that Datang has managed to accumulate, and now Jieli Khan wants 2,000 horses, how is this possible?

So immediately, Fang Xuanling shook his head and said, "Khan, it is still impossible for the foreign minister to agree to these two conditions."

Jieli Khan's face sank again when he heard this, and the other Turkic Ye Hu immediately took action when he saw this, "This can't be, that's not okay, mother-in-law, mother-in-law, say, do you Tang people want to fight?" ”

Ma Zhou's eyes widened when he saw this, "Why is it a good word, if you want to start a war, you can accompany you at any time." Although Ma Zhou is a scribe, when he raises his head and scolds angrily, he also has a bit of momentum.

At that time, Ma Zhou said this, Fang Ma and the two of them also mentioned it in their hearts, after all, they were purely to scare people, and if they really wanted to fight, then they were sinners.

Jieli Khan is not a fool, he knows that Datang is now very inward-looking, but he also has suffering.

At this moment there was a sudden sound of horses' hoofs, and a beautiful horse came before the king's tent, and the knight turned and dismounted, and rushed straight into the tent.

"Great Khan, a large number of Tang troops appeared in the direction of fifty miles south of Gaoling City, numbering about forty or fifty thousand, under the banner of "Li Li, the Great Governor of the March of Bingzhou", and they are coming to Chang'an." The Turkic scout said bluntly.

Jieli Khan raised his eyebrows when he heard this, looked at the simple map on the desk, and before he could speak, a group of Turkic leaders were already in an uproar.

"This must be the army of King Qin of the Tang Kingdom."

"yes, there will be more and more, we are all going to be surrounded."

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When Jieli Khan heard this, he slapped the table, and the leaders immediately shut up, and Ma Zhou smiled when he heard it: "The 50,000 elite soldiers of the British Duke have returned, fifty miles south of Gaoling City?" Well, Gaoling is more than 100 miles away, that is to say, there are still about 50 miles, and the British Duke will return to Beijing." Ma Zhou's expression when he spoke was a triumphant, completely victorious attitude.

Jieli Khan's face was gloomy when he heard this, and then there was a sound of horses' hooves, and a Turkic knight entered the account and reported: "Great Khan, a large number of Tang troops appeared in the west of Xinfeng City, and the dust in the sky was full of people, and the number of people could not be seen clearly, at least more than 50,000, and the banner was written "Youzhou Road Marching Chief Li".

As soon as these words came out, the hall was in an uproar, and Jieli Khan's face also changed, and it was Ma Zhou who said: "Haha, this is my return to the division of the soldiers and horses of the Patriotic Army, and there are still more than 80 miles to return to Beijing."

Fang Xuanling twisted his beard and said with a smile: "Khan, don't panic, it's not over yet."

Jieli Khan was stunned when he heard this, what did he mean, what was not over yet, but soon he knew, but a cup of tea, and a horse came to report: "About 30,000 or 40,000 horses have passed through Tongguan and are galloping towards Chang'an, and the banner is "Yizhou Marching Chief Chai".

Ma Zhou laughed when he heard this, and said proudly: "I am returning to Master Ma, Huo Guogong."

Hearing this, Jieli Khan suddenly couldn't sit still, got up suddenly, and stared at Fang Xuanling with his eyes, "Fang Zhongshu, is this the sincerity of your Tang State alliance?" ”

Fang Xuanling blinked his eyes when he heard this, and said very innocently: "Why did the Khan say this, the Khan also knows, my Tang Youyan had a slight disease of ringworm and scabies before, and it was pacified in just one month, and the counterinsurgency army should return to the division, but it has nothing to do with the alliance, Khan don't think about it, come, let's talk about grain and grass."

Jieli Khan was already scolding in his heart when he heard this, don't think about it, your army of more than 100,000 people is about to surround me, but you let me not think about it.

Immediately, there was a showdown: "This is your confidence, okay, Ben Khan doesn't force it, Datang has to agree to my three requests, if you agree, you can immediately make an alliance."

Fang Xuanling raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Khan, please speak."

Fang Xuanling said that Jieli Khan was about to speak, but Ma Zhou on the side said hehe, "I still hope that it is as ridiculous as before."

Jieli Khan was extremely angry when he heard this, but he could only endure it.

"First, return unscathed. Second, immediately order the armies of the three parties to camp in place and not block our way back to the north. Third, we must supply me with food and grass all the way back to the north." Jieli Khan said in a sharp tone without question, and stared at Fang Xuanling closely, as if he had the intention of flipping the table without saying a word.

Fang Xuanling sighed secretly when he saw this, he had to do this, this should also be the limit of Jieli, the Turkic army returned to the grassland from Chang'an, they were all cavalry, it should take ten days to go back, 200,000 troops, ten days of grain and grass, it is not too harsh.

Immediately, Fang Xuanling had to nod and say, "Yes."

Jieli Khan smiled when he heard this, "Haha, okay, that's it, come on, serve wine and meat, and entertain our brothers."

Fang Xuanling was also smiling when he heard this, and in response, Ma Zhou flipped over millions and entertained his brothers...... The blood on Nima's neck hasn't dried yet......

The next thing is simple, Fang Xuanling drafted a covenant, and there is no shortage of capable people among the Turks, and they all looked at the various terms one by one, all of them are the same, what is non-aggression, mutual friendship, basically no different from the covenant signed by Li Yuan and Shibi Khan.

It's just that there are some disputes over the payment of grain and grass, and Jieli Khan wants Datang to clear the grain and grass at one time according to the number of heads, per capita consumption and time on the road, but he is as shrewd as Fang Xuanling, where will he agree, if he gives the Turkic grain and grass at one time and solves the problem of grain and grass, maybe there will be some kind of moth.

Therefore, Fang Xuanling insisted that the Turks go to one place, and the local state capital will pay for grain and grass, and no rest is allowed on the road, one place is only supplied once, you can leave after eating, don't stay.

After arguing for a long time, Jieli Khan saw that it was soft and hard, and the tripartite army was almost in front of him, and Fang Xuanling insisted on not sending his mouth, so he had no choice but to respond.

The two sides agreed again that tomorrow, on the bridge, they would kill the white horse and swear an alliance.