The meandering Chu River flows quietly on the prairie like a jade belt, and the unknown wildflowers on the bank of the river are dotted in the green tender grass, which dresses the entire Chu River into extraordinarily enchanting, of course, this Chu River is not the Chu River of the Han border of the Chu River, but a large river that originates from the northern system of the Tianshan Mountains, runs through the entire fertile Chu River Plain, is one of the richest places in the Western Turkic Khanate, and its wealth is second only to the Nalati steppe, although the war for many years, and coincides with the great drought, but the Chu River basin is still full of vitality, The old camp of the wolf tent set up by the new Western Turk Khan Sisadu was located at the foot of Mount Ters on the southern shore of Issyk-Kul Lake in the Chu River Plain.

War is war, even if life is a little harder, but it still has to go on - since the fight last October Ashina Sero was defeated by the former Great Khan of the Western Turks, there has been no war in the Chu River Valley, although most of the men in the four major Si and the affiliated small tribes gathered here were recruited by the new Khan of the Western Turks to the front line of the Qingshui River, the remaining women, children, old and children of the tribes have not been idle, whether it is grazing or making feather arrows and other logistical burdens are not easy work, The heavy pressure of survival oppressed the people of the Western Turkic Khanate to the point of breathlessness, and the daily hard work of hundreds of thousands of people was barely enough to make ends meet, not to mention ordinary civilians, even those who were originally high in the tribes were also struggling to survive, hoping that the front line could send back good news to end this suffocating war, but unfortunately what they were waiting for was not the good news from the front line, but an attack from the rear - April 23, the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, Kang Guo, An Guo, More than 50,000 troops of the Cao Tong Three Kingdoms suddenly slaughtered from Kangguo, swept all the way through the small tribes of the Western Turks, and on April 27, the 18th year of Zhenguan, they had already killed at the foot of Mount Tailes, where the Western Turk wolf tent was located.

The sudden outbreak of war caused the entire Chu River Plain to fall into complete panic, countless refugees rushed to the location of the wolf tent, and the Triple Alliance army also deliberately indulged in this crazy atmosphere of fleeing - wherever the army passed, all the cattle, sheep and horses were swept away, but they did not kill the mourning and frightened tribesmen, but blindly drove the refugees who had nothing to do all the way to the Tails Mountain. The arrival of hundreds of thousands of frightened refugees suddenly made the old camp of Mount Tails, which was already panicked, completely panicked, demoralization is still a trivial matter, nearly 230,000 mouths to eat have really become the shackles around the neck of the wolf's tent, with the approach of the Triple Alliance Army, whether to fight or surrender has become the top priority that the tribal magnates urgently need to decide, in the midst of such panic and uneasiness, a meeting was held under the auspices of the right wolf of the Khan Court who stayed in the old camp.

"Wolf handsome, let's fight, that group of dog minions are also too deceitful, grandma is a bear, a few years ago she knelt to pay tribute to the old sons, and now she dares to hit the door and beat him a son of a bitch!"

"What are you talking about the old emperor's calendar, fighting? Fart, we only have so many people left now, how to fight, it's better to hurry up and ask the Great Khan for help. ”

"Fart, the Great Khan is far away in Qinghe, and when the Great Khan returns to the division, I will become a dry corpse early, so it's better to withdraw quickly."

"Huh, where are you going? Without the old camp, what will the big guy do to resist the group of turtle grandchildren, it is better to defend first. ”

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Sure enough, as Wu Li Si expected, there was no need to convene this at all, no, just after the meeting, the magnates of all ethnic groups in the big tent quarreled indiscriminately, saying everything, but no one came up with a reasonable strategy, whether it was to defend or escape, it was all lip service, no practical things, which made Wu Li Si very angry, but helpless - since the battle of Baiye River luckily escaped from the pursuit of the Tang army, Wu Lisi's courage was lost, In his opinion, instead of lowering Xue Yantuo, it is better to attach the Tang Dynasty to be real, he is not optimistic about the prospects of Xue Yantuo's battle, even if Xue Yantuo's strength is more than twice that of the Tang army and the Ashina Sero coalition army, but Wu Lisi did not think that Xue Yantuo could win this battle, how could he not think that Xue Yantuo could win this battle, how could he not listen to Ya Lisi's advice at all, which made Wu Li Si extremely disappointed, Simply under the pretext of not healing from his injuries in the Battle of the Baiye River, he did not go out with the army, and he did not dare to force the only general who escaped from the front line of the Baiye River too much, so he appointed Yalisi as the commander of the Khan's court to take charge of the logistics supply. For the survival of the entire Western Turks, although he was not satisfied with the decision of Si Sadushe, he still presided over the overall situation with all his heart, and continuously mobilized the logistics to the front line of the Qingshui River, however, he did not expect that the front line of the Qingshui River had not yet started, and the three small countries such as Kang Guo would take this opportunity to suddenly wave their troops to attack.

Guard? Even if the offensive of the Three Kingdoms Alliance can be contained, how can the food and drink of these more than 200,000 people be solved? If you want to drag the Qingshuihe army back to help, you have to starve to death more than half of the population, and Wu Lisi can't afford this responsibility, and he can't give this order. Escape? That's even more nonsense, how can the more than 200,000 people who dragged the old and the young can escape the pursuit of the enemy army on the endless plain, it is simply a way to kill themselves, of course, the so-called retreat in the mouth of the powerful people actually means one thing - leaving the whole clan old and young, only to ensure that they can escape under the cover of the army, this kind of thing Wu Li Si disdains to do, and it is impossible to agree to the gang of powerful people to flee without authorization. But the question is, can you fight? It's hard to say, just now there are no more than 10,000 soldiers in hand, even if all the young and strong people of all races who can go into battle are gathered, the total number is less than 30,000, can you defeat the menacing Three Kingdoms Alliance Wu Li Si has no bottom in his heart, as for surrendering? That was definitely not what Gullysiw wanted, although now the Western Turks were no longer the first-class powers that were proud of the Western Regions, but if Ulrichie was asked to surrender a group of small countries, how could he swallow this breath.

Seeing that the gang of magnates below were getting more and more outrageous, Wu Lisi's face suddenly drooped, and he didn't want to speak, but he didn't want to say it, but others let him go, after all, now he is the left-behind handsome, and the sub-magnates quarreled together, and finally kicked the ball into Wu Lisi's arms, and they all excitedly surrounded Wu Lisi, asking Wu Lisi to come up with a quasi-idea, which made Wu Lisi's head three times bigger, and he couldn't stand it, and yelled: "Shut up Lao Tzu!" ”

Don't look at the magnates together, they are all very angry, but they don't dare to be too presumptuous in front of the veterans of the Khan Court like Yali Si, as soon as they saw that Wu Li Si was angry, they all stopped talking, and after looking at each other for a while, the oldest of the magnates, the patriarch Du Lies, sipped out of the crowd tremblingly, and said with a trembling old eye, and the corners of his mouth trembled: "Wu Li Si Xian nephew, you are a wolf handsome, how to deal with it, just come up with an idea, the old man will listen to the virtuous nephew for everything." ”

"Yes, Dashuai, you can have an idea." Hulu Wuque's patriarch Dalatiyah also stood up and echoed a sentence, with these two old magnates coming forward, the big and small magnates below all followed, gossiping to Ya Li Si quickly come up with an idea, and so on, the crowd of emotions suffocated Wu Li Si blushing, refusing of it is not possible, but if he really wants to take a feasible idea, how can Wu Li Si take it, was in trouble, but saw a thousand household chiefs hurriedly ran in from outside the tent, and reported loudly: "Yu Dashuai, Ladies and gentlemen, there is a famous envoy outside the camp who claims to be an envoy from the Tang Dynasty and wants to see the commander. ”

"What?" When Lorry Si heard this, he was dumbfounded-in Gully's original prediction, this time the Three Kingdoms Coalition Army was just planning to take advantage of the decline of the Western Turks to get a handful, Gully Si still has some confidence to deal with the Triple Alliance Army for one or two, to see if he can seek peace by war, and pay some gold, silver, jewelry and other property to send the Three Kingdoms Coalition Army over, but if the Tang Dynasty participates in it, the nature will completely change, and it is by no means just a matter of paying some wealth to get through, as soon as I think of the storm of annihilation that Li Zhen, the king of Yue, has stirred up in the Western Regions for more than two years, Orisi's heart immediately turned cold, his face turned pale, and he couldn't speak for a while, not only him, but also the magnates of all the tribes below, and there was a strange silence in the big tent.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry." Ori was stunned for a while, and then came to his senses first, and said the word "please" one after another, not caring at all about the extremely difficult faces of the powerful people.

"This ......" The head of the thousand households pale, lowered his head and said: "Dashuai, Tang Envoy said that he wants Dashuai to come out of the camp to meet." ”

"How can this be reasonable, the deception is too much, the marshal must not leave the camp, let him go!" The grumpy Sheti Dun Patriarch Shesher Duo cocked his mustache and shouted hatefully: "If you want to fight, you will fight, and my Great Turkic Khanate is not so easy to bully. ”

"Yes, yes, how can an envoy be so presumptuous, no matter how you say it, you can't let the marshal go out of the camp to meet a small envoy."

"That's right, that's right."

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A group of magnates who didn't have much idea saw that the relics were coming out, and they echoed their words, completely forgetting that they didn't know how to deal with the embarrassment of the Triple Alliance before, and the big country was about to come out, but whether it was appropriate or not, then only the old man knew.

In the midst of the clamour, the old and dignified Du Liese glanced at the silent Wu Li Si, flicked the white beard on his chest, and said with a calm look: "Wu Li Si Xian nephew, since the Tang envoy is here, it is good to see each other, and it is not too late to discuss anything back." ”

"Brother Duliès is right, the virtuous nephew will go to see him, and it won't be too late." Huluwu's patriarch Dalatiyah followed suit, and echoed a sentence.

The so-called face is maintained by strength, just like the Western Turks are now so dilapidated, how can there be face at all, when I saw that the brainless magnates were still chattering on the side, Wu Li Si was bitter in his heart, he was really too lazy to bother to talk nonsense, nodded to the two old patriarchs wordlessly, silently walked out of the big tent, took the reins of the horse handed by the guards, turned over the horse, and led more than 30 horsemen to rush out of the camp gate, and greeted the dozens of riders who were parked in the distance.

"The old man is Wu Lisi, I don't know what to call the Tang envoy?" When he approached, he first glanced at the Three Kingdoms Alliance army formation that stopped in the distance, and then slowly stepped forward, bowed to one of the young generals dressed in the Tang Army's Mingguang armor, and said reluctantly in Chinese, which was not very proficient.

"Shi Moli, the head of a certain Yue Wang's Mansion, has heard the old general for a long time, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its reputation, and I was fortunate to meet it." Mo Li smiled slightly, and said very politely in fluent Turkic lingua franca.

"Sss As soon as he heard that the person who came was the long history of the Yue Palace, he gasped when he arrived, without him, since Li Zhen sent the first high-ranking official in his own palace, it was obvious that it would not be easy for the Western Turks to pass the test this time, and how could he not help but be frightened, and after being silent for a while, Wu Lisi gave up his hand and said: "I have been looking up for a long time, I don't know what the envoy Mo means by coming?" Is there anything that needs the service of the decrepit? ”

As early as the beginning of February, Mo Li was ordered by Li Zhen to secretly send an envoy to the three kingdoms of Kangguo, Anguo, and Caotong, which were closest to the Western Turks, in the country surnamed Shaowujiu, and secretly mobilized the military strength of the three kingdoms in the name of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, in order to achieve this sudden blow, for this reason, Li Zhen has invested a lot of money, just giving the three royal families a heavy gift to make Li Zhen's pockets deflated a large piece, not to mention that all the expenses of the Three Kingdoms have to be paid by the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, if it is not possible to achieve a satisfactory result to Li Zhen, Mo Li should also go to jump the Yellow River by himself, of course, it is just an impossible assumption, after all, all the situation is now under Mo Li's control, at this time, in the face of the embarrassed Wu Lisi, Mo Li's mentality is very relaxed, and he smiled slightly: "The old general is polite, there is only one thing to inquire about: whether you are willing to surrender or not"

Although Mo Li's tone is plain, but the inside is full of domineering, there is no room for Yali Si to choose, as soon as these words came out, Wu Lisi's face immediately darkened, to be honest, if it was the past, the Three Kingdoms Alliance's army with average combat effectiveness Lou Lisi really didn't pay much attention to it, but unfortunately now the situation is stronger than people, and the Western Turkic Khanate, which has long been broken, lacks even the most basic rations, how can there be any combat effectiveness at all, therefore, although Mo Li's words are difficult to hear, Wu Lisiu did not dare to attack, and said with a calm face:" Mo Changshi said with a smile, how can I be a person who surrenders to the Western Turkic Khanate easily, and if you want to fight by force, you may not be able to please it......"

"Hahaha......" Before Wu Li Si finished speaking, Mo Li immediately laughed out loud, and after laughing wildly, he glanced at Wu Li Si with interest and said, "Is there still food in the old general's camp?" ”

Mo Li's understatement suddenly hit the atrium of the heart like a heavy punch, which made his heart suddenly hurt, and an old face was distorted because of this - as early as when the Three Kingdoms Alliance drove those refugees who had nothing to do with the ducks to the old camp, Wu Lisi had already seen the intention of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, however, in the face of more than 100,000 clansmen who were waiting to be fed, how could Wu Lisi bear it, but as soon as he took over, The grain of the old camp, which was originally tight because of the supply of the Qingshui River, immediately fell into a situation where it was unsustainable, although Wu Lisi had ordered to prohibit the spread of the news that the cattle and sheep and other grains were about to be exhausted, but Wu Lisi knew that his own situation would definitely not be able to hide Mo Li, who came prepared, at this time listening to Mo Li's words, he knew that it was useless to deny, so he could only be silent, he didn't speak, Mo Li didn't continue to ask, and the scene was a little cold for a while.

Mo Li is not in a hurry, that is because he has enough confidence, but Wu Lisi is not so blessed, seeing that the smile on Mo Li's face is getting thicker and thicker, his already bitter heart is immediately a little more bitter, and after being silent for a long time, he sighed and said: "The old man is just a wolf with handsome ears, and he has no right to decide the fortune of the country, only to fight to the death to repay the country's kindness." ”

"The old general's words are ridiculous, you fought to the death to repay the country's kindness, where do you want to put your clansmen? The old general, who was willing to take in refugees, must have been a compassionate man, and now he can sit back and watch hundreds of thousands of people die because of his desire to fight? "Mo Li, who is also a person, as soon as he heard it, he knew that Wu Lisi's desire to fight was just that he couldn't put down his face, and he didn't break it, but persuaded him step by step.

"If you don't fight, you will die, and if you don't fight, you will die." Woody's face darkened, and he said with a long sigh, although it was still a war of words, but the words were obviously much looser.

"Why did the old general say this?" As soon as he heard Wu Lisi say this, Mo Li knew that the matter had become a half, his heart moved, and he said with a smile: "If you fight, you will die, if you don't lie about it, according to the strength of the old general, you don't need to fight, just block your camp, within ten days, the old general's camp will be chaotic, how can the old general fight?" As for not fighting...... Mo Li stopped at this point, and looked at Wu Li Si with a smile.

Knowing that Mo Li was digging a pit and waiting to jump down, but under the eaves, how could he not allow Wu Li to sip without bowing his head, seeing that Mo Li stopped after half of speaking, Wu Li Si could only ask: "What if you don't fight?" ”

Seeing that Wu Lisi was so upright, Mo Li immediately laughed, and said leisurely: "If you don't fight, you and others belong to the people of my Tang Dynasty, with the benevolence of His Royal Highness the King of Yue, how can you sit and watch hundreds of thousands of people of the Tang Dynasty fall into dire straits, if the old general can raise the banner of righteousness, it should be a feat of countless living people, and the position of a duke should be careless. ”

Mo Li said it eloquently, but Wu Li Si was full of taste, without him, if he surrendered, hundreds of thousands of Western Turkic civilians could be saved, but for him Wu Li Si, it was not much benefit, how could a duke who was eating and waiting for death in Chang'an City be compared with the wolf handsome of the smiling grassland, besides, the question of whether to descend or not, he Wu Li Si alone could not make a decision, at this time in the face of Mo Li, who was smiling like an old fox who had only become a fine, Wu Li Si was really miserable, helpless, so he had to groan and said: "This matter is very important, can you allow the old man to think about it in detail?"

It doesn't matter to Mo Li whether he delays the time or not, and now the grain in the old camp of the Western Turks is about to see the bottom, not to mention that Mo Li has already sent people to mix into the old camp of the Western Turks, once the Western Turks do not surrender, then there will naturally be a back hand, yes, as soon as Wu Li's voice fell, Mo Li said with a smile: "The old general, please, there is enough patience to wait." ”

Hearing that Mo Li agreed to his request without even setting a time limit, Wu Li was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Mo Li deeply, arched his hand and said, "Farewell." As soon as the words fell, he twisted the horse's head and led his guards to gallop towards the old camp......

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