The hall was quiet again, and everyone understood in their hearts, what kind of credibility can they have with the Xiongnu? Back then, the contract for the extension of Zhengliangguan to the border city was set for two hundred years of non-aggression. When it's time to fight, I don't see Hu people being polite anymore. Credit is a piece of paper. When you want to fight, you can find an excuse to fight. The key is the situation.
If the situation is misjudged, it will be difficult to subjugate the country, so Zhao Chao hesitated to join forces with the Xiongnu, not knowing when and how to turn his face.
"Let the Hun envoy come over and talk." Zhao Chao ordered: "First pass General Tiger Might into the hall, and then summon the Hun emissary."
The hall was silent for a while. After a while, Li Zhifeng came and asked nothing. Standing to the side, Li Yan brought the Hun envoy into the hall. After Zhao Chao avoided the screen, only Sun Yu received the envoy. The messenger said a lot, and handed it to Sun Yu. You Miao took it. The messenger was very arrogant, and a scholar brought by Li Yan translated it for him.
The messenger murmured, and the scholar translated: "The Xiongnu is just in Qiuque, and I would like to lend a way to His Majesty, so that the Tianqi army can be sent to the Central Plains..."
Li Zhifeng said a few words of Hu Ren coldly, and the hall fell silent.
When the messenger saw Li Zhifeng, he seemed a little frightened. Li Zhifeng took another step forward and drew the knife carelessly. Everyone in the hall was startled, and Li Zhifeng put the knife on the messenger's neck. Watch the messenger.
The messenger kept trembling, You Miao hurriedly winked, but no one in the hall dared to stop him.
"General Li." Someone hurriedly said: "Don't be busy, what did he say?"
Li Zhifeng's eyes were fixed on the messenger, and he said, "He asked us to fight He Motie'er. The Huns will not help each other. The road fee is 30,000 taels of gold, 1,000 horses of silk and silk, and 500,000 stones of grain."
"What did you say?" You Miao asked in a low voice.
Li Zhifeng said: "I said, I asked Qiu, but before he came out, he didn't tell you that He Motie'er was defeated by my father's sword? If you don't want to send troops, don't blame me and General Nie to destroy the Xiongnu first, and then Destroy the Tartars. The Xianbei army is your fate!"
The messenger whispered a few words, and Li Zhifeng reprimanded him coldly. The messenger nodded, and Li Zhifeng put the sword back into the sheath and said no more.
As a result, the situation on the field reversed immediately, Sun Yu pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "You ask him to go back and report to Shan Yu, if you want to make an alliance, it is impossible for the two to help each other. Unless your Huns do not believe that General Nie can defeat General Nie. He Motie'er."
"Whether He Motie'er will be defeated depends on the succession of Queen Baoyin and the little prince." Sun Yu added, "If Shanyu is willing to talk, please show some sincerity. Important minister, you might as well hang around for a few more days, and I will send someone to deliver the letter."
The interpreter listened to this to the messenger. The messenger's eyes flickered. He didn't expect to be detained. He looked at the people in the hall, and then looked at Li Zhifeng. Obviously, the only one who was afraid was Li Zhifeng. Had to nod.
The guards took the man down, and Zhao Chaofu came out again. After discussing with the ministers for a while, he retreated to the court and waited for the second delivery of the Xiongnu letter. This time, You Miao knew that Sun Yu had full confidence that it was a matter of the country's survival. Since Sun Yu came forward, he no longer had the opportunity to make his own plans, so he handed it all over to Sun Yu.
Yumiao came down that day and entered the military camp. In winter, the days are short and the nights are long, and most of the soldiers have nothing to do, and wait for the New Year to cook the fire. Li Zhifeng, dressed in military uniform, is sitting in front of the brazier in a daze.
"What are you thinking about?" You Miao asked.
"I miss you." Li Zhifeng said bluntly.
You Miao smiled and said, "I'm afraid you are going to go out again."
Li Zhifeng nodded and pointed to the map on the handsome tent. You Miao went over to look at it and saw that all the attacking routes had been set by Nie Dan. The striker for the Tatars had already been arranged, with the handsome flag "Li" on it. Li Zhifeng said, "Big Brother Nie wants to go north and have a decisive battle with the Tartars, taking the opportunity to recapture the southern part of the Central Plains."
"He fought too fast." You Miao said worriedly: "Even if Zhao Chao wants to fight, I'm afraid there will be insufficient food."
Li Zhifeng didn't speak, he stretched out his hand, and You Miao came over and sat on top of him, the two of them cuddling quietly. Li Zhifeng asked, "Can Tang Hui still fight?"
"I don't know." You Miao murmured: "I don't know what he said. But the Hanlin Academy is waiting for the opportunity to make a decree to announce to the world that the Huns have returned to Big Brother Tang."
Li Zhifeng snorted, You Miao remembered what Zhao Chao said yesterday, and suddenly smiled: "Yesterday, the third brother suddenly asked me how many years we have been together."
"Five years." Li Zhifeng said lightly.
You Miao smiled and said, "I don't know why he suddenly asked this."
Li Zhifeng replied, "He is reluctant to let you go, for fear that I will take you away and have to let go."
Li Zhifeng answered You Miao in such a serious manner, but You Miao became a little embarrassed. He remembered the friendships that Zhao Chao treated him in the past, and it really had that kind of meaning. However, since You Miao repeatedly rejected Zhao Chao, either tactfully or straightforwardly, Zhao Chao bumped into a wall and stopped talking about it. You Miaoben felt that Zhao Chao was also very interesting, and he would not do anything beyond the bounds, but Li Zhifeng still understood.
You Miao said: "Even if it is, he won't let me do anything, you don't need to care."
"He has something hidden in his heart." Li Zhifeng said: "Don't say it. It's hidden deeply. He will remember who treats him well and who treats him badly."
You Miao was vaguely uneasy, but Li Zhifeng turned his head, stopped mentioning Zhao Chao, and said, "We're going on an expedition."
"Yeah." You Miao said helplessly: "This time it will probably take a long time, and I will be separated from you for a while."
In the past, although they were both civil and military, they still met frequently. After all, they were both in Maocheng. However, in the spring of next year, the expedition to the north will take place. I am afraid that Li Zhifeng will be gone for several months. The manpower and material resources used in the northern expedition are by no means a counterinsurgency raid Waiting for a few small battles to compare, I am afraid that it will be a long time, and no one will be able to walk away or draw a hand.
A month later, Zhao Chao and the Xiongnu Shan Yuqiu reached a contract, the Xiongnu borrowed horses to Tianqi, and Li Zhifeng commanded them. And let out the hinterland of Qishan, allowing Li Zhifeng to pass. In the spring of the following year, Tianqi sent Nie Dan, Li Zhifeng, and Tang Hui three troops and horses, divided into left and right flanks and the center, to attack the fifty thousand Tatar iron cavalry stationed in the mountain by He Motieer.
You Miao never expected that Zhao Chao would be so desperate, and even Tang Hui was sent to battle. But since Zhao Chao believed in Tang Hui, he didn't say anything more. And several civil officials were arguing about whether a blind general could lead troops. In the end, Tang Hui, who was blindfolded with a black cloth, bent his bow and mounted an arrow, and shot an arrow outside the Meridian Gate, hunting the flying imperial flag in the middle, and the courtiers were quiet.
Nie Dan chose to send troops in April. April was the rainy season in the entire Central Plains, and the water flow of the Qinghe River would skyrocket. When Qishan entered the rainy season, the terrain would be covered with swamps, which would greatly restrain He Motieer's cavalry. In the early spring, the spring rains stretched across Jiangnan, finally sweeping away the drought conditions of the previous year. In the fog and rain, Li Zhifeng set out for the expedition.