The sky was already dark, and the moonlight was not too bright. Walking among the bushes and thorns at the foot of the mountain, Li Er behaved as usual, agile and fast, clean and tidy. There was a touch of pampering that is unique to a rich man. On the contrary, he was more like an elite warrior who has been galloping on the bloody battlefield all year round. His temperament and demeanor made Li Jing, who was walking with him, secretly heartbroken. The two sons are magnanimous, gentle and elegant, and the other is shrewd and capable, with an amazing bearing. They are all rare dragons and phoenixes in the world.
It was nothing more than a secret compliment, Li Jing didn't know what suddenly came to his mind, and he laughed out loud. Li Er, who was walking with Li Jing, was very curious, and hurriedly asked, "Mr. Pharmacist, what are you laughing at? What is it that makes you so happy?"
"It's nothing, I remembered something about Coke." Li Jing babbled in a hurry, then quickly changed the subject, and asked Li Er: "Second Young Master, Chen Yingliang sent you to the enemy's camp to deceive the enemy, what are you thinking? of?"
"What else can I think?" Li Er smiled quite easily, and said with a smile: "Since I have joined the army, King Qin, of course I am mentally prepared to execute any military order, whether it is to go into battle to kill the enemy or go on an envoy to deceive the enemy, since I am King Qin I have to obey the orders given to me by the commander of the army unconditionally."
In the dim moonlight, Li Jing glanced at Li Er quietly, and found that the smile on his young and handsome face was sincere, and he really couldn't see what he was thinking. It's pretty good to say, but only you know what's on your mind. No, I have to stimulate you."
After making up his mind, Li Jing carefully asked again: "Second son, I have another question to offend. I heard that Marshal Chen's current fiancée used to be your childhood sweetheart, and she almost talked about getting married. Didn't achieve good things, was taken by Chen Dashuai first, I don't know if this is true or not?"
After Li Jing poked the scar on his heart, Li Er's expression darkened for a moment, he paused for a while before nodding his head and said: "It's true, Mr. Pharmacist, who did you hear about this?"
"Mr. Chai Shao, Mr. Chai, he said it unintentionally when we were chatting with me." Li Jing confessed, and then took the opportunity to ask: "Second Mr., I heard that Mr. Chai once pointed out Chen Yingliang outside Daxing City more than two years ago. The Marshal has a relative who is an important henchman of Yang Xuangan's traitor, who is this relative?"
"I don't know either." Li Er shook his head and replied: "Because of that incident, Duke Chejun and brother-in-law offended a large group of dignitaries in the court, and were stripped of their titles and official positions and demoted to commoners. I am extremely remorseful, I can't bear to poke the scar in my brother-in-law's heart again, so I never asked, and my brother-in-law never took the initiative to say it."
Li Jing was silent, and took a peek at Li Er again. Seeing that his expression was the same, he sighed: "I really didn't expect that that poor boy in Daxing City could be so proud and famous all over the world in such a short period of time. And even though he didn't directly take revenge on Cheshire Duke's family, what he did hurt more than taking revenge directly."
"It's all over, why are you still talking about these things?" Li Er felt a pain in his heart again. In order not to continue on this topic, Li Er simply changed the subject and asked Li Jing: "Mr. You sent an envoy to the enemy's camp and informed Shibi Chieftain that he will increase his troops in Yanmen City tomorrow night, and he will definitely take advantage of the opportunity to use deceit. What is his tactical plan? Does Mr. Pharmacist know?"
"Sure enough." Li Jing trembled in his heart, and quickly shook his head and said, "I don't know, you know, Second Young Master, because Master Yin discovered the secret conversation between me and your father, and I have already lost Chen Yingliang's trust. Except for consulting me on the Turkic military situation and the geography of mountains and rivers, I have never been asked to advise the military plane, so I don’t know what he plans to do this time.”
Li Er was silent for a while, and then asked suddenly: "Mr. Pharmacist, Shibi Khan personally handed over the golden arrow token to my brother-in-law, did you tell Marshal Chen Yingliang the real purpose of the golden arrow token? Also, did Marshal Chen have people forge a large number of such Golden Arrow Orders?"
"This kid actually knows the true purpose of the Golden Arrow Token!" Li Jing was shocked, then quickly shook his head and said, "Maybe Chen Dashuai thought that this Golden Arrow Token was just a token of the Shibi Bandit Chief, so he didn't ask me about it. I don't know the specific purpose of this Golden Arrow Order, whether it was faked or not."
"Chen Dashuai doesn't need to ask you, Changsun Wuji must know the real purpose of this Golden Arrow Order." Li Er sneered confidently, and then said: "If Changsun Wuji told Chen Dashuai the real purpose of this Golden Arrow Order , then I have already guessed how Marshal Chen will fight this battle."
"How?" Li Jing hurriedly asked.
"To lure the Turks into action, to take advantage of the chaos, and to take advantage of the fire." Li Jing was stunned by Li Er's answer, and Li Er said: "Only when the Turkic troops are dispatched in large numbers and fight fiercely on multiple battlefields, can this Golden Arrow Order play its greatest role. That's why Marshal Chen asked me to represent my father to make a secret alliance with the Turks, promising that after the war, as soon as the Turkic Shibi Zeitou chief's golden wolf flag appeared, my father would immediately lead the Taiyuan King Qin army to defect. If I guessed correctly This time, Marshal Chen is going to adopt a series of tactics of diverting the tiger away from the mountain and fishing in troubled waters, in order to lure Shibi Khan to go out to the camp to capture the thief first and capture the king first, this is also Marshal Chen's usual trick, and he has used it more than once."
At this moment, Li Jing even had the thought of strangling Li Er to death on the spot, and regretted recommending Li Er to be the emissary. However, just at this moment, a few Turkic soldiers jumped out of the roadside and asked Li Jing and Li Er in Turkic why they were here. After showing the golden arrow order, the Turkic soldiers did not launch an attack after seeing the golden arrow order. After carefully checking that the golden arrow order was correct, they also took the initiative to say: "Khan Messenger, you can go on the road, this is already our place." In the defense zone, there are our sentry cavalry on the road, who can escort you to our camp."
Li Er nodded his thanks, and Li Jing was also relieved after expressing his gratitude - because the golden arrow order in Li's second hand was actually a fake, and it was Li Jing who insisted on carrying this fake order to test the degree of forgery. At the same time, Li Jing also comforted himself in his heart, and said to himself: "Fortunately, my deliberate probing is not in vain. It doesn't matter if this kid guesses Ying Liang's real battle plan. As long as I keep an eye on him, I can know whether he has leaked it to me on purpose." Shibi Thief Chief, he leaked it on purpose, and in the worst case, he will plan again, and re-arrange a cracking tactic against Shibi Thief Chief's tactics."
Under the guidance of the Turkic soldiers, they left the mountain road and went down to the open area. Li Jing and Li Er soon saw a Turkic sentry team patrolling with torches from a distance. Li Jing quickly expressed his intention to the Turkic sentry team in Turkic. At this time, Li Er suddenly stuffed a round object into Li Jing's hand, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Pharmacist, keep this object for me, and I will open it later."
"What do you mean?" Li Jing was stunned. After a closer look, he found that it was a wax pill. When he wanted to ask more questions, the Turkic sentry team over there had already rushed over. Negotiating with the Turkic sentry team, at the same time Li Er also showed the forged golden arrow token to identify himself to the Turkic sentry team.
With the forged Golden Arrow Order in hand, Li Er and Li Jing, of course, did not need to be tied to the horses like Chai Shao and taken to the camp, but were respectfully invited by the Turkic guards to mount their horses and ride them all the way. Xiao Pao came to the Turkic camp, and then arrived at the heavily guarded camp gate. Li Er and Li Jing didn't need to wait for the camp gate officer to enter and report. , Li’s second-hand Golden Arrow Order was inspected by Shibi Khan’s confidant generals guarding the Chinese army’s camp, and soon, relying on the absolutely correct secret language on the Golden Arrow Order, Li Jing and Li Er were invited in again. In the camp of the Chinese army, they were directly invited into the Turkic Khan tent with the golden wolf flag hanging high, waiting for Shibi Khan to summon him.
Shibi Khan is a very hospitable and good Khan. In the middle of the night, he heard that the precious son of his good friend Li Yuan, Ambassador Li, came in person. Regardless of how long he fell asleep, Shibi Khan immediately pushed the girl in his arms and jumped out of the bed. , rushed to the Golden Wolf Khan Tent to meet Li Er and Li Jing, after the meeting, Shibi Khan was still hugging Li Er and laughing under the introduction of Li Jing, as affectionate as hugging his own nephew, Li Er was also very polite He saluted Shibi Khan respectfully, respecting Shibi Khan as if he respected his own uncle, uncle, kindness and nephew, filial piety, and harmony.
Next, of course, is the opening of the main show. With the help of Li Jing's translation, Li Er reported three things to Shibi Khan on behalf of Li Yuan. The first is that the follow-up reinforcements of the Sui army led by Qu Tutong and Gu Yi will be in the near future. It will arrive at the Yanmen battlefield. At that time, the Sui army will not only have more than 200,000 troops, but also have a large number of elite troops available. Hearing this news, Shibi Khan, who had suffered three major defeats in a row, of course changed his face, and immediately understood that there was not much time left for him.
The second thing is the movement of the Sui army tomorrow night. Li Er told Shibi Khan directly that after receiving the news of the arrival of strong reinforcements, Chen Yingliang had given up his plan to attack the Turkic camp with all his strength tomorrow, and was ready to stand firm. After waiting for Qu Tutong's rear army to arrive, they joined forces to attack the Turkic camp. Hearing this, Shibi Khan was of course surprised and asked if Chen Yingliang didn't break his promise to get fat and violate the promise of the three-day agreement? Li Er said with a wry smile: "Khan, Chen Yingliang, the little thief, just said that he would retreat within three days, but didn't say how far he would retreat. So even if he retreats only one mile the day after tomorrow, he will be fulfilling his promise."
After scolding Chen Yingliang for being shameless and treacherous, Shibi Khan hurriedly asked the third thing, and Li Er said: "Khan, the third thing is the most important. While the little thief Chen Yingliang is waiting for help, he is also afraid of Yanmen City. There is no way to guard without food, so he decided to send reinforcements to Yanmen in two ways tomorrow night. One way is to take the northwest road of your camp, and the other way is to go to the east bank of the Hutuo River. , will bring enough food to Yanmen City for several days, as well as soldiers to guard the city. What my father means is, Khan, you must not let the little thief Chen Yingliang succeed, otherwise, you may never break through Yanmen City has a chance."
"Of course I won't let him succeed!" Shibi Khan said viciously: "Not only will I not let him succeed, I will also let his two armies never have the chance to go back!"
"Khan, so you want to ambush Chen Yingliang's army?" Li Er asked, seeing Shibi Khan nodded, Li Er said in a deep voice: "Khan, if you make up your mind, then my father wants to fight with you." You make a deal."
"What agreement?" Shibi Khan asked back.
"My father wants to join hands with you to take down the head of the little thief Chen Yingliang!" Li Er said viciously: "If there is no accident, Khan, once you succeed in ambushing the army of the little thief Chen Yingliang tomorrow night, the little thief Chen Yingliang will definitely send troops to rescue them At that time, our big camp will be empty, Khan, if you want, you can raise troops to attack our big camp yourself. At that time, my father will pretend to be defeated, abandon the camp and flee, and smash the fortifications or army array of the little thief Chen Yingliang for you , to help you confuse the army of the little thief Chen Yingliang, and also help you cut off the head of the little thief Chen Yingliang!"
Hearing Li Jing's translation, Shibi Khan's whole body trembled, he was moved by it, and somewhat worried—after all, it's no joke to lead troops out of the camp to fight late at night. Seeing this situation, Li Yuan hurriedly said: "Khan, it doesn't matter if you have concerns. Duke Tang can also give up this plan, as long as he sends troops to ambush the reinforcements sent by Chen Yingliang to Yanmen City. In short, as long as you are willing, Khan, We, Duke Tang, don’t need to contact you in advance tomorrow, as long as we see Khan’s golden wolf flag appearing, he will follow his plan and immediately pretend to be defeated and smash Chen Yingliang’s barbarian’s central army.”
Of course, Li Jing's words were playing hard to get. Shibi Khan was even more moved after hearing this, and said in his heart: "Good idea, as long as I agree to this agreement with Duke Tang, I can send troops tomorrow night depending on the situation. If I have a chance, I will personally Lead the army south to chop off the head of the barbarian Chen Yingliang, if there is no chance, I will stand still, there is no danger."
The heartbeat returns to the heartbeat. Of course, Shibi Khan had to discuss with Ashina's family before making a decision on such a major event, so Shibi Khan immediately said: "Second son, Li Juncheng, please go down and rest for a while, and wait for me to prepare. After the banquet is over, I will invite you to come here for a drink, and I will clean up the dust for you."
Li Jing and Li Er agreed, and hurriedly resigned respectfully. During this period, Li Jing took the opportunity to say: "Khan, Duke Tang also asked us to remind you of one thing, that is, use those Tuojie soldiers carefully. Those Tuojies have hope, so Khan, you'd better not arrange those Tuojie soldiers on the main battlefield, let alone let them know the ambush plan in advance, so as to avoid accidents."
"I know." Shibi Khan said casually: "Tomorrow night, I will let them stand still and wait for orders in place. With the help of Duke Tang, I don't need to send out these nine-surnamed dogs."
Li Jing nodded, and then he and Li Er went to the guest tent to rest under the guidance of the Turkic soldiers. During this period, Li Er and Li Jing were both hesitant to talk. What was the meaning of the wax pill that Er gave to himself before, but unfortunately they were surrounded by Turkic soldiers and maids all the time, and they couldn't confirm whether these people could understand Chinese, neither Li Er nor Li Jing found anyone to ask. Chance.
After waiting in the guest tent for about half an hour, Shibi Khan finally sent someone to invite Li Jing and Li Erzhong to return to the tent. When they arrived at the tent, they found that Ashina's family had already arrived, and they were ready to go. After serving beef, mutton, wine and meat, Shibi Khan introduced a large group of relatives to Li Er and Li Jing, and then invited Li Er and Li Jing to the table. Li Er and Li Jing said: "Second son, Li Juncheng, I agree to join forces to take down the head of Chen Yingliang's barbarian. If the opportunity arises tomorrow night, I will personally lead the army to the south. At that time, regardless of whether Chen Yingliang's barbarian will go out to fight or not. As soon as Duke Tang sees my Golden Wolf flag, he will immediately act according to plan!"
"Sure enough, I still took the bait." Li Jing was overjoyed, the heavy boulder fell to the ground immediately, and then quickly translated Shibi Khan's words into Chinese, and told Li Er.
"Great!"
Li Er was overjoyed, and then suddenly clasped his fists at Shibi Khan, and said to Shibi Khan in his proficient Turkic language: "Khan, since you agreed to join hands with my father to take down the head of Chen Yingliang's barbarian, then in order to show your sincerity of cooperation , and to make Khan you feel at ease, my father asked me to keep you as a hostage in the camp, I hope you can accept it."
What Li Er said in Turkic was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, which immediately stunned Li Jing and caused Li Jing's uncontrollable expression to change drastically. Shibi Khan and Ashina's family were overjoyed and rushed Asked: "Second Young Master, so you can also speak our Turkic dialect?"
"That's not good, please forgive me, Khan." Li Er smiled and said in Turkic: "Khan, I will eat and drink with you for a few days, and I can't go back until I'm done. I don't know if you can accept it? As for Regarding the contact with my father, Khan, you can also rest assured that the reason why my father sent his confidant Li Juncheng to accompany me this time is to prepare for Li Juncheng to go back and deliver the letter for me after I stay."
"Duke Tang is really careful." Shibi Khan laughed loudly, and said: "Second young master, just stay at ease, I will treat you with good wine, good food and good women, come here, go and prepare the bed for the second young master immediately , arrange two..., no, arrange four of the most beautiful maids to serve him."
Fu Li in the tent agreed, and immediately rushed down to make arrangements, Li Er then turned to Li Jing, and said with a smile in Turkic: "Mr. He didn’t tell you that I speak Turkic, and he didn’t tell you that he was going to let me stay here as a hostage.”
Hearing this, Li Jing, who had been dumbfounded, finally came back to his senses, and hurriedly said with a smile: "It turns out that this was arranged by Duke Tang in advance. It scared me to death. I was worried that I would not be able to bring you back, my lord. The Duke explained."
The conversation between Li Jing and Li Er was in Turkic, and Shibi Khan and Ashina's family could understand it. After Li Jing's shocking reaction, Shibi Khan laughed again and said, "Li Juncheng, go back. Tell Tang Duke, just say that I ask him to rest assured that Second Young Master will receive the warmest hospitality from me. Also, after I successfully take the head of Manzi Chen Yingliang, I will not forget your contribution."
Li Jing nodded with a smile, but complained in his heart, secretly said: "Oh no! Hunting geese all day long, I was pecked in the eye by geese today! I didn't expect Li Shimin to be so treacherous. How can I explain when I go back now? "