"I said, what are you doing in Lingnan, I heard that there are poor mountains and bad waters." Ashinadur asked curiously.

"I was thinking about a very interesting thing recently, doing a little experiment in Lingnan. The effect is not bad. Liu Mu happily poured a glass of wine into his mouth, and then pointed to the five cups in front of Ashinadur.

Ashinadur poured five cups in a row, believing that he was confident in the amount of alcohol he had for Willow, and he was confident in one to seven.

After drinking, Ashinadur asked, "What's interesting?" ”

"I can't explain it in a few words, it's complicated, but it's a way to make money. Don't tell me, you don't like money. ”

"Nonsense, money is a good thing, only with money can there be equipment, only with money can there be people, and only with money can you be a prince." Ashinadur blew a third of the way into the bottle, and then he felt a little bit of stimulation from the wine.

"I want to open up the Silk Road."

As soon as Liu Mu said this, Ashinadur shook his head: "Impossible, even if you defeat Jieli Khan, it will be difficult to open up the Silk Road." There are countless melee battles in the small countries of the Western Regions, and the top of the mud does not have enough control, and there are constant large and small melee within the Western Turks. ”

Liu Mu nodded silently, the Western Turks were actually in chaos, and the mud could only control less than a quarter, and the rest still had to be beaten.

Ashinadur stretched out two hands and bent his fingers one by one: "Qiuzi, Dushan, Jimo, Tocharo, Yanqi, Shiguo, Shiguo, Heguo, Muguo, Kangguo." These are all recorded in the former Sui Dynasty, and they are very unfriendly. I also heard it when I was a kid, and further west and north, there are some strong ones. ”

"Don't worry, let's discuss this matter later, drink now, beat the beaten in a few days, let you expand the pasture first, I need more wool."

"Drink." Ashina Dur didn't ask anymore, he just reminded Liu Mu that the Western Regions was a place that needed bloody battles.

That night, Liu Mu soon got drunk, and Ashinadur had just warmed up from drinking, and then pulled the little Khan of Tuli and began to fight for wine.

Liu Mu slept until the next afternoon, after getting drunk.

When I woke up, I saw Baoqin sitting on the edge of her bed, calculating something with an abacus in her hand.

"Hug Qin, what time is it?"

"It doesn't matter what time it is, the important thing is that we are the only ones in this city. The people are gone, some go to collect Shuofangxi County, and some go to prepare for the siege of Zhongcheng City. Li Langjun said, strategic matters will definitely be discussed with you, he is responsible for tactical matters, and one of them will be surrendered to the city, and when you have slept enough, you can go to see him attack the city. ”

Liu Mu supported his head with his arm: "Didn't you say that there is an internal response in the city?" ”

"Li Langjun said that there is no need for internal response, and the city will be surrendered in the storm."

Baoqin is a disciple of Zhang Chuchen, so he has always called Li Jing Langjun, and now he is renamed Li Langjun.

Liu Mu thought for a long time before he understood Li Jing's intentions.

is worthy of being the god of the army, Li Jing is completely sure of taking the surrendered city, so he doesn't care about what Li Zhengbao and the little Khan of Tuli said, and his strong attack on the surrendered city within two days is a strong shock to the surrendered troops on both sides. This has a huge psychological advantage in controlling these two surrendering armies in the future.

Liu Mu asked again: "Then if Nei Ying still runs to open the city gate, then whether Senior Brother Yao will use it or not." ”

"I don't know. I don't know how to fight. ”

In fact, Neiying is really useless, and Li Jing has long been fully prepared. He had been preparing for a year to attack the surrendered city, siege engines, catapults, ramming vehicles, etc.

When these countless ordnance rushed towards Zhongzhu City, they put on an attitude to show Shuofang Xijun.

Nei Ying is still useful, these people are concentrated in various warehouses such as armory and grain and grass warehouses, guarding the spoils of war for Li Jing. And Li Jing magnificently demonstrated the majestic posture of the Tang army attacking the city with all its might.

Whether it is Ashinadur, or the persistence and thinking that came from behind, they are all deeply touched.

The Don Army, stronger than a few years ago.

Li Jing stood in front of the surrender city with an indifferent expression.

Just a city in the middle of the surrender, he has been here for more than a year, not to fight is not because it is difficult to fight, but there is no strategic need, hitting the city of the surrender means that it will start a frontal battle with Jieli, and the city of the surrender is a buffer zone.

Fighting, it means that Datang is ready to fight head-on with Jieli.

After Li Jing easily took the Zhongshou Surrender City, which had long been within reach, in the next three days, under the order of Li Shimin, the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Daozong, Niu Jinda and others arrived with their subordinates.

The next thing to arrive at is the degree of spitting.

Li Jing, Li Daozong, and Ashinadur, as the highest military attachés of the Tang Dynasty here, went out of the city twenty miles to greet them.

"The Khan came from afar, and he worked hard all the way. A dust washing feast has been prepared to catch the wind for the Khan. Li Jing greeted him.

Tu Midu held Li Jing's arm tightly and said word by word: "Don't be busy with the banquet first." ”

Tumidu's gaze took over the person who greeted him, but he didn't see the person he wanted to see. He hadn't seen Liumu, but that didn't mean he hadn't heard of it, and there were not a few young people who dared to fight with Jieli when he was still a crown, and there were not a few people who knew Liumu.

"Khan, please." Li Jing still invited Tumidu into the city according to the courtesy.

"Don't rush into the city." Tumidu refused for the second time, and he rode alone to the south of Zhongshou City, where there was a flag, which Xue Rengui had ordered to insert here when Liu Mu had just opened.

The siege battle was very fierce, but both the Tang army and the defending troops of the surrendered city all bypassed this flag.

Standing in front of the flag, Tumidu looked at the big flag with willow characters written on it for a long time.

"Great!" Tu Midu praised loudly and then turned to Li Jing: "General, let's enter the city together." ”

"Please!"

In the city, Tumidu still refused to receive the banquet, Li Jing took it to a small courtyard, a maid in the pavilion played the Han qin, the grassland outside the pavilion was covered with a carpet, and the willow wood was leaning on the cushion and enjoying the silence with his eyes closed.

Tumidu pulled out his waist knife and threw it at the willow wood, and the knife was stuck in the grass next to the carpet.

Li Jing waved lightly and motioned for everyone around him to retreat.

"Since you invited me to come and talk, but you didn't go out of the city to greet you, what kind of courtesy is this?" Tumidu slowly walked towards the willow wood.

Liu Mu opened his eyes and stared at Tumi: "You and I have never met, but there is one sentence that I believe you will definitely agree." ”

"Speak!"

"Even if you and I meet each other today, the blood of the killing is like a river. But in the face of great interests, you and I will definitely put down the steel knife in our hands and sit down for a drink. Liu Mu said unhurriedly.

Tumidu stood there thinking for a moment and said, "Well, I agree with that." ”