Chapter 942

As soon as these words came out, Cao Hu'er's heart couldn't help jumping, and he raised his head in some astonishment, when he saw the affirmative expression and gaze of the military advisor Zheng Sleeve, Cao Hu'er cleared his throat and asked the generals to retreat, and in the big tent of the Chinese army, only Cao Hu'er and several henchmen and military advisors Zheng Sleeve were left, and of course, the messenger of His Royal Highness Tukun Damo was indispensable.

And Damo will not be like those civil officials of the Tang Dynasty, always detouring, but maintaining the straightforwardness of the Qihu people, and directly clarifying his intentions. "Damo is for the friendship between General Cao and your Royal Highness of my family, in order to show sincerity, this time, I have brought five hundred war horses, which will all be given to the general, and I also ask General Cao to smile."

Hearing this, Cao Hu'er couldn't help but be a little moved, five hundred war horses, this number seems to be not much, but it is also a lot, you know, Cao Hu'er is only a border army, among the border army, can have one-third of the army as cavalry, it can be regarded as the elite of the elite, even if the place where he is garrisoned is the land of the Tang Dynasty, but the horses there are not under his jurisdiction.

And over the years, the Tang Dynasty has been fighting all year round, and the loss rate of war horses is very high, and the horses in the horse farm are generally sent to the armies everywhere to be handed over to those riders for training as soon as they reach adulthood, and it is impossible to leave adult war horses at all, so even if Cao Huer has betrayed the Tang Dynasty now, it is impossible to mature those underage horses into excellent war horses all of a sudden.

Therefore, in Cao Hu'er's army, there were only more than 7,000 cavalry, and after annexing Kirch's soldiers and horses, the number of cavalry was only less than 13,000, and now, as soon as Damo came, he gave 500 war horses as a meeting gift, I am afraid that His Royal Highness Tukun has a great plan.

"Presumably, His Highness Tukun's plan is not small, otherwise, how could he have taken out so many war horses as gifts at such a cost?" The military advisor Zheng Sleeve was also aware of this problem, and his eyes couldn't help but narrow when he looked at Damo.

"Yes, my Royal Highness hopes to form an alliance with General Cao to jointly deal with the great enemy of the Tang Dynasty." Dahmer smiled and threw a bombshell.

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Cao Hu'er almost jumped up from the couch, and the other henchmen were also shocked and inexplicable, staring blankly at the damour whose smile was gradually becoming evil.

The military advisor Zheng Sleeve took a deep breath, staring at the Qihu envoy with his eyes, and after a long time, he asked slowly. "How do you want to ally with my lord?"

"As long as you are willing to give up the three counties of Hetao to my lord, my lord is willing to provide you with a steady stream of war horses, and even we can send heroic grassland warriors to help in the war." Damo said with a faint smile.

"Impossible, this is simply impossible, the three counties of Hetao are the foundation of my lord, how can they give in!" A fierce general under Cao Hu'er's tent jumped out and shouted angrily.

Cao Hu'er's expression instantly became gloomy, and he narrowed his eyes dangerously and stared at Damo deadly, like a vicious wolf examining his fat prey.

The military advisor Zheng Sleeve did not directly object, but set his eyes on Cao Hu'er. Cao Hu'er took a deep breath, and after communicating with the military advisor Zheng Sleeve, he suppressed the anger in his heart and tried to keep himself calm. "Your Highness, you have a good calculation."

"General Cao, my Royal Highness, is definitely not a person who is untrustworthy, as long as General Cao is willing, I Tuotuohai is willing to advance and retreat with General Cao, if I can win the world, then, I hope General Cao can share the Tang Dynasty with His Royal Highness...... Of course, Damo also knew that it was too early to say this, but the question was, with General Cao's current predicament, did you really not need a strong and powerful foreign aid? ”

This sentence made Cao Hu'er, who had always been giggling and seemed to be a bad thing in the world, couldn't help but change his face slightly. Indeed, for the current Cao Jun, the current situation is really difficult and dangerous.

Without waiting for Cao Hu'er to speak, the military advisor Zheng Sleeve rolled his eyes and said with a smile. "Then Zheng should ask Mr. Damo, how many horses and reinforcements can His Highness Tukun provide to our army?"

"Reinforcements, well, it's hard to say now, but I don't know how much your army needs?" Damo didn't expect the military advisor Zheng Sleeve to ask such a question, and after being stunned, he asked with some hesitation.

"Actually, the current situation of our army is indeed not optimistic, but this is only temporary, and now, the Tang Emperor has been captured by my lord. Datang has no owner, and with time, even those loyal ministers and good generals who have no disagreement with Datang may have dissent because of the bewitchment of their subordinates, and at that time, the entire Datang will fall apart. And at that time, my lord could still blackmail the Son of Heaven to beg for disobedience, but he took the position of righteousness......"

I have to say that this Shi Zheng Sleeve's mouth is indeed good enough, at least the mouth is loud, which not only makes Cao Hu'er and the others look suddenly enlightened, but also makes Nadamo realize a trace of danger.

However, fortunately, Damo is not a fool, and the person who can be Tukun is very responsible for it, and his brain is flexible enough. Damo smiled and nodded, and saluted to the military advisor Zheng Sleeve. "Mr. Zheng's words are indeed very reasonable, but no matter what, if there is no effective backup, even if General Cao can coerce the Son of Heaven to beg for his subordinates, then he also needs weapons and armor, good horses, and a stable rear ......."

"It is true that we need a stable rear, but what our general needs is an ally who can be trusted and trustworthy." The military advisor Zheng Sleeve looked at Damo and replied without showing weakness.

Damo narrowed his eyes and nodded after a long pause. "You're right, but I believe that my Highness's sincerity is very sufficient."

"Is it enough, we can sit down and talk slowly, and want to understand each other...... I wonder if the Lord thinks so? When he said the second half of the sentence, the military advisor Zheng Sleeve turned his head and winked at Cao Hu'er.

Cao Hu'er's heart was indeed moved by the bait thrown by Damo, but after seeing the eyes of the military advisor Zheng Sleeve, he bowed his head slightly. "Mr. Damo, Mr. Damo has just arrived today, please rest first, and Lao Cao will set up a banquet for Mr. Damo to pick up the wind and wash the dust, as for the main thing, let's talk about it later......"

Damo finally said goodbye, and went to find a place to rest with a general sent by Cao Hu'er, and at this moment the military advisor Zheng Sleeve stayed, looking at Cao Hu'er, who had fallen silent again.

"Strategist, do you think those Qihu people really have the heart of alliance with my old Cao?" After thinking about it for a long time, Cao Hu'er asked the military advisor Zheng Sleeve for confirmation.

The military advisor Zheng Sleeve stroked his long beard, and he was also staring at him, and after hearing Cao Hu'er's words, he raised his eyebrows and said: "The current Qihu must be willing to be an ally with the lord you, because the stronger your strength, the weaker the Tang will be, only by relying on the lord can you involve the main force of the Tang Dynasty, and their Qihu people can profit from it." ”

"I see......" Cao Hu'er heard this, and naturally understood what kind of thoughts those Khithu people had, and also knew very well how much the Khithu people coveted the prosperous land of China.

"According to the opinion of the military division, should our army cooperate with Na Tukun now?" A confidant general next to him also opened his mouth and asked the military advisor.

The military advisor Zheng Sleeve stroked his long beard, his brows were tightly pressed together, and he did not open his mouth to answer the general's question, and Cao Hu'er did not impulsively continue to ask, but kept quiet, as if he was afraid of disturbing the military advisor Zheng Sleeve's train of thought.

After a full half of an hour, the military advisor Zheng Sleeve raised his head. "I don't know if you want to change your son."

"Changer?" Cao Hu'er was a little stunned, and didn't seem to understand what the military advisor Zheng Sleeve meant.

"In fact, according to Weichen's opinion, our army is currently forming a stalemate situation with the Tang army, such a situation, for our army, there are all kinds of harm but no benefit, we need an opportunity to break the current stalemate. And the appearance of these Qihu people is a good opportunity to break the situation. ”

"Strategist, why do you say that?" Cao Hu'er sat up straight and patiently asked the military advisor Zheng Sleeve for advice.

"Because nowadays, what we need most is time, but Datang doesn't need it. It's just that there are some bogeys now, but in case, if there is a new monarch on the Tang side, this trump card in our hands is likely to become a talisman for our army...... These words are really inconvenient to say. The military advisor Zheng Sleeve explained with a bitter smile.