The person who was escorted kept his head down, hiding his true face under the fur hat, and after hearing Gao Baoyi's voice, he raised his head and smiled: "Prince Dubi, Mr. Gao, we meet again!" ”

The prince hurriedly said: "Quickly untie the rope, the person who came is not a spy, but an old friend!" ”

Several Turkic soldiers hurriedly untied the ropes on Wei Zheng's body, and one of the escort soldiers led by him said: "Prince, this person holds the prince's token in his hand, and he came alone, and he has been saying that he wants to see the prince, now is an extraordinary period, the prince originally ordered anyone to come, it is to kill, we saw that he had a token, so we brought it over, but we really don't know that he is an old friend of the prince." ”

Prince Dubi waved his hand: "Those who don't know are not guilty, you have done a good job, step down, we have important matters to discuss with this gentleman." He turned to Wei Zheng, pressed his chest later, and bowed, "Mr. Wei, my subordinates are rude, I am not well disciplined, please forgive me!" ”

Wei Zheng shook his shoulders and said with a smile: "The Turkic cow tendon rope is getting tighter and tighter, and I am almost out of breath, and if I tie it for another half an hour, I am afraid that my hands and feet will be wasted." ”

Gao Baoyi snorted: "Mr. Wei, let you be wronged, the people below are rough-handed, we will definitely punish them and be angry for you when we turn around, but why did you come here at this time, isn't it??" ”

Wei Zheng had already walked to the side of the two at this time, and there were only three of them left on the sand dune, Wei Zheng's thin face and eyes were blazing: "Yes, our lord has arrived in Xue Shixiong's army, prince." Your plan has been discovered by the Lord. The Lord sent me here at this time. I just want to remind you, don't make a mistake to the end, it's irreparable! ”

Prince Dubi's face was gloomy: "Why did General Wang come to Xue Shixiong's army again?" Obviously, there is no him in this expedition, he should follow Yang Guangcai now, I know this very well! ”

Wei Zheng said calmly: "The plan can't catch up with the changes, Wei Weiqing Liu Quan took the initiative to ask for orders, passed through Yiwu City, and divided Xue Shixiong's troops to attack the Tuyuhun people in the West Sea. He named our lord as his deputy, so my lord came with me, just in time for this incident, Prince Dubi, now you still have to stick to the original plan and collude with Kuzhen Tutun of the Western Turks to attack the Sui army? ”

Prince Dubi gritted his teeth, and his eyes sparkled: "Your lord, like us, is not a loyal servant of the Great Sui, otherwise he would not have made a secret pig iron deal with us for so many years." This time it was our Turkic real rise to prominence and get rid of the Sui Dynasty's control of the first battle. It's very critical for us Turks, so why would General Wang get in the way? He could pretend not to know, and then divide Xue Shixiong's soldiers and walk away. ”

Wei Zheng shook his head: "My lord just didn't want the prince to be exposed and make a big mistake, so he ordered me to come in the starry night and persuade the prince not to attack the Sui army." ”

The face of the prince is gloomy: "Here is two or three thousand miles away from the Yumen Pass, although this Sui army is elite, but it is already a lone army, the lack of water in the desert, and the Sui army has no follow-up food road, as long as the siege is not overcome, the Dun army will be defeated under the strong city, I will be defeated undoubtedly, I am now sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight, once I find that the Sui army can not support, I will attack, discipline the Sui people and not be born into the Yumen Pass, who will know what happened here at that time?" ”

Wei Zheng smiled slightly: "Prince Dubi, do you think that with the lord here, and a commander like Xue Shixiong, Yiwu City and Kuzhen Tutun, can they still hold on?" ”

The corners of Prince Wang's mouth hooked: "General Wang is indeed a military wizard, but this Yiwu country is not the Central Plains, and his art of war may not be able to be used here, even if he knows our plan now, now our two Turkic troops are more than 80,000, all of them are elite ironclad cavalry, and if you let go, you may not be at a disadvantage." When the time comes, the face will be torn, and the cooperation for many years will not be maintained, and even in the battle array, General Wang himself will be in danger, and this point should be considered by Mr. Wei and General Wang. ”

Wei Zheng smiled and waved his hand: "Prince Dubi, when people do anything, they always have to make choices and judgments of interests, which can make you not hesitate to cut off contact with the lord, how much benefit and benefit can Kuzhen Tutun give you, so that you don't hesitate to do this?" ”

Prince Dubi and Gao Baoyi both had gloomy faces, their eyes sparkling, but they didn't speak.

Wei Zhengzheng said: "Then let's guess next, I'm afraid that not only will the armor and weapons of the Sui army belong to the prince, but also Kuzhen Tutun will also offer more favorable conditions, allowing you to go east out of the Star Gorge and enter the Western Regions, and even acquiesce to you to capture Gaochangguo, an important town on the northern route of the Silk Road, as a stronghold." ”

Gao Baoyi's body trembled slightly, and Prince Dubi's face changed greatly, and he exclaimed, "How do you know?" Could it be that General Wang and Kuzhen Tutun are also connected? ”

Wei Zheng shook his head calmly: "No, my lord will only choose partners who can cooperate for a long time, why should he have anything to do with a guy who is about to be wiped out?" Now the situation in the Western Turks is unstable, and all the little khans and powerful Tutun are interested in challenging the throne of Chu Luo Khan, but it is absolutely impossible for our lord to support someone like Kuzhen Tutun as a successor. ”

Gao Baoyi said coldly: "But our judgment is different from your lord, since last year, Luo Khan made a mistake, summoned hundreds of leaders and nobles of the Tiele tribe to the banquet, and killed these Tiele nobles at the banquet, the Tiele tribe rebelled, and the Tutun of the Western Regions countries also got rid of his control and stood on their own. ”

"Chu Luo Khan can now control the territory of zhì, but it is just the place of the tooth tent near the Shi Kingdom, once it loses the support of the Sui Dynasty, it will be destroyed, we can't sit back and watch this situation and ignore it, so take advantage of the current friendship with Kuzhen Tutun, even if we can't let Kuzhen Tutun become the Great Khan of the Western Turks, at least let him dominate the Western Regions and become our reliable new friend!"

Wei Zheng smiled slightly: "Then it depends on whether this new friend of yours can live to dominate the Western Regions." Both of them are smart people, and they don't really think that even if Kuzhen Tutun can defeat the Sui army this time, the Great Sui will sit back and watch him dominate the Western Regions. To know. Yang Guang's 400,000-strong army to conquer Tuyuhun is not too far away from here now. If the army is defeated here, with his personality, he will not raise a large army to conquer the Western Regions, then it will be strange! ”

The muscles on Prince Dubi's face jumped, and he glanced at Gao Baoyi, and when he spoke again, his tone was no longer as tough as just now: "Mr. Wei, what is Yang Guang going to do." That was later, but this time if we can completely annihilate this Sui army, the morale of our Turks will also be greatly improved, since the Turks were completely defeated by the Sui Dynasty more than ten years ago, whether we Great Turks (Eastern-Turkic people think that they are the Turkic Zhengshuo, so they call themselves the Great Turks) or Western Turks, we have been servants of the Sui Dynasty for more than ten years. ”

"You can see clearly the situation of Yang Guang's tour outside the Saiwai more than a year ago, if you don't take this opportunity to boost the morale and morale of our Turks, how can you really stand on your own feet in the future? If you are still a Turk who is a vassal of Yang Guang, it will probably not help your lord in the future. ”

Wei Zheng shook his head: "Our lord judges that now is not a good time for you to start an incident. The strength of the Sui Dynasty was still very strong, and Yang Guang could still easily mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops out of the customs for thousands of miles. This time he conquered Tuyuhun, he did not carry out a national mobilization at all, but only requisitioned the government soldiers along the way, that is to say, only relying on the government soldiers in the area of Guanzhong Longyou, he can easily discharge more than 400,000 troops, do you think that with the strength of your Eastern Turks, you can compete with the Sui Dynasty? ”

Prince Dubi didn't speak, but his hands were already clenched into fists, and the bone joints were pinched loudly, it could be seen that he was unwilling in his heart at this time, Gao Baoyi sighed: "Mr. Wei, it is precisely because of this that we need to unite with the Western Turks, this time we agree to this Kuzhen Tutun's request, and then help him ascend to the position of the Great Khan in the future, the two Turks join forces, may not lose to the Sui Dynasty, at least, it can also lead the Sui Dynasty army to the end, and the people in the country are not happy, isn't this a good opportunity for your lord to start up?" ”

Wei Zheng said coldly: "There is no need for this at all, my family master has his own plan, and he doesn't need you to make troubles to sabotage most of his plans, and you really think that people like Kuzhen Tutun will die for you and become allies in the future because you helped him once?" ”

Aggressive eyebrows raised: "Why not?" If he can succeed this time, he will need our continued support to control the Western Regions and obtain the throne in the future, even if he himself has other ideas, but in the form, he also needs him to continue to show favor to us, this time he is willing to cede Gaochang, and the benefits for us in the future will only be more. ”

Wei Zheng laughed: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you still think too simply, Kuzhen Tutun is willing to be so generous now, because this battle is life and death for him, only by stabilizing the Yiwu country that he has been operating for many years, he can take advantage of the victory to annex the Western Regions, and then challenge the Western Turkic Khan, if he loses it here, he will become a lost dog, and he can't go anywhere, plus Gaochang is not his now, of course he is happy to send a favor, but I am afraid that even if you really want to take over Gaochang, It's going to take a lot of effort to attack it. ”

Aggressive's face sank like water, and he said coldly: "After all, it was Kuzhen Tutun who personally agreed, we Turks are the most faithful, as long as he doesn't make a move, it will be easy for our military to take Gaochang, besides, as long as our Great Turkic forces enter the Western Regions, the source of pig iron will be guaranteed, and there is no need to look at other people's faces to act, if the Sui army controls Yiwu, it will be General Wang who wants to smuggle pig iron to us in the future, but I am afraid it will not be so easy." ”

Wei Zheng shook his head: "Prince Dubi, do you remember how your two Turks were divided?" At that time, the first Khan of the Turks, Tumen Khan, let his younger brother Mur Dianmi lead ten tribes to the west, thinking that he could maintain this blood relationship for thousands of generations, but he didn't expect that after the establishment of the Western Turks, he chose to stand on his own, but nominally served the Great Khan of your east, and when it came to his son Datou Khan, he raised troops to directly compete for the entire Turkic Great Khan, aren't you afraid that after raising this Kuzhen Tutun to the Khan position, he will become a new white-eyed wolf, and finally eat himself? ”

He was speechless for a moment, his eyes sparkling, as if he was thinking about what Wei Zheng said.

Wei Zheng continued: "You know, this Kuzhen Tutun even betrayed his cousin, the nominal brother Chu Luo Khan, and now Chu Luo Khan is embattled, it is the time when he urgently needs the support of a powerful man like him in the Western Regions, but he chose to stand on his own here, the Tutun of the Western Regions countries will not violate the national policy of friendship between Chu Luo Khan and the Great Sui, let alone block the envoys and caravans from going to the Great Sui, and this Kuzhen Tutun is the only one among the countries in the Western Regions who prevents the king from paying tribute to the Great Sui, what does this mean?" This shows that this person wants to express his maverick behavior, not to submit to the Chuluo Khan, let alone the Great Sui, so as to buy the hearts of the Turkic nobles and support him in his struggle for the throne. Your Royal Highness the Prince, are you really at ease cooperating with such a person? ”

Prince Dubi gritted his teeth: "At least for now, he still has a request for us, as long as we obtain the Gaochang Kingdom, and then slowly encroach on the Western Regions in the future, we will not be afraid of Ku Zhen, Mr. Wei, all outsiders are unreliable, only cooperation based on interests can last for a long time, is the cooperation between your General Wang and us sincere and selfless?" ”

Wei Zheng laughed: "Your Royal Highness, there is no conflict between the interests of our lord and you, as long as you Turks do not enter the Central Plains, you can be friendly with my lord for generations, but this does not mean that when your actions damage the interests of our lord, we can still be silent." ”

Gao Baoyi said in a deep voice: "Mr. Wei, I remember that you and your lord made it very clear that in the future, you want to take the opportunity to stand on your own feet and seize the world when the Sui Dynasty is in turmoil. Now the Qimin Khan is also seriously ill, if the eldest prince of my family can lift the spirit of the Turks this time and hit the Great Sui, there is a possibility of winning the Khan throne, and when the two Turks join forces to attack the Great Sui in turn, it will inevitably make Yang Guang take care of one and lose the other, isn't this a good thing for your lord? ”

Wei Zheng's eyes flashed: "Mr. Gao, you finally said what you thought, as my lord expected, the eldest prince conspired with Kuzhen Tutun so hard this time to attack the Great Sui, just because he took a fancy to the position of the Great Turkic Khan." (To be continued......) R1292