At the end of September, the negotiations with Tuyuhun were in a deadlock. Although reinforcements from Zhongtu were entering the Xichuan battlefield one after another, the threat to the West Sea was increasing, but because of this threat, Fu Yun was determined not to give up Longqi City. {http:

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Giving up Longqi City is equivalent to giving up the eastern barrier of Fuqi City. The royal capital of the Tuyuhun people and many tribes will be directly under the attack of the Middle-Turkey army. This is simply unacceptable to the Tuyuhun people who are rebuilding and needing rest in urgent need of rest.

After Galan completed the mission of the Secret Envoy, with the help of Feng Xiaoci, he made every effort to expand the Longwei Mansion and tried every means to transfer elite troops from Hexi and Longxi towns. Li Yuan was indeed very "cooperating". Considering the emperor's distrust of him and the fatal damage caused to him by the prophecy of "Li's family to rise", he had to maintain his "cooperation" relationship with Pei Shiju. The initiator of the "cooperation" between the two parties was Galan. If there was no Galan

With great help, Li Yuan and his family would not make meritorious contributions in the storm that just ended. This contribution weakened the emperor's "hostility" towards him to a certain extent. At least the emperor has not issued an order to dismiss Li Yuan so far, so Li Yuan would not make things difficult for Galan for reason. On the contrary, he even secretly helped some help in return to Galan, hoping to win Galan's favor and increase his efforts to win Galan.

But Pei Shiju was obviously influenced by the prophecy of "Li's family should rise", and consciously widened the distance with Li Yuan. Yang Xuangan's rebellion must have seriously hurt the emperor. After learning from the pain, the emperor will summarize the experience and lessons. In order to maintain his rule, he will inevitably eradicate all possible or potential hidden dangers. Li Yuan is one of the potential hidden dangers. Once he is involved in the prophecy crisis, there may be many people who are affected, so Pei Shiju is naturally cautious and there is no need to seek disaster on his own.

As a last resort, Li Yuan had to settle for the second best and tried to "influence" Pei Shiju through Galan in order to win Pei Shiju's continued "cooperation". With Pei Shiju's influence on the emperor, he could completely preserve his official position left by Honghua and weaken the emperor's "hostility" towards him. He completely distinguished him, Li, from the "Li" in the prophecy, and escape the disaster of prophecy and divination.

After the negotiations with Tuyuhun reached a deadlock, Pei Shiju worked hard to think about countermeasures at Jincheng Pass, while Li Yuan invited Jialan in Jincheng.

Li Yuan followed Pei Shiju to Longxi. As the commander of the Northwest Army, he had to go to the front line to command the battle at any time. However, Pei Shiju had no intention of letting him go to the Xichuan battlefield to "point fingers", so he asked him to be responsible for resettling the nobles in the northwest and the soldiers of the ninety regiments of Liupai. In name, these people belonged to Longwei Mansion, but according to the emperor's order, the Longwei Mansion was controlled by Pei Shiju. Pei Shiju temporarily presided over the military and politics of the Northwest Army, and was above the command of the Northwest Army. Therefore, after receiving Pei Shiju's order, Li Yuan immediately crossed the river to Jincheng and "take over" the Liupai prisoner who was "escorted" by Jialan from the Dongdu.

Li Yuan used this as a reason to hold a banquet to reward Jia Lan. There was no good banquet and no good wine. Both parties knew it in their hearts. But Li Yuan did not know Jia Lan's thoughts. He did not dare to speak rashly, and could only vaguely indirectly. After Ga Lan thought carefully, he did not dare to have confidence in the future of the empire and had no confidence in his own future. The so-called deception of the heavens is actually just self-deception. Unless a miracle occurs, the future will be dominated by Li's father and son sitting opposite him. It is better to make a good relationship than to make enemies, and the timely help in times of danger will definitely make Li's father and son remember their favor.

"Ming Gong was worried that before leaving Dongdu, he had already told Dalang." Jialan was straightforward and said bluntly, "If Ming Gong wants to protect himself, he must stay in Longyou. This is the only way."

Li Yuan was immediately calmed down, and a faint look of joy flashed across his heroic face. However, Li Shimin looked at Jialan gratefully. This person was indeed a righteous man. At this moment of danger, Li's family always tried his best to help and deserve the word "hero".

"Galan, I want to stay, but your Majesty..."

Li Yuan shook his head and sighed. The liquidation storm in the Eastern Capital is in full swing, and the struggle between various factions in the court has become increasingly fierce. At this time, let alone Li Yuan's resistance to the order, even if Pei Shiju resists the order, the consequences will be unpredictable. Political enemies are like mad dogs, and they will rush up when they smell the smell of blood, and they will peel off even if they don't die.

"The situation in the northwest is special, especially when Tuyuhun restored the country, the Western Turkic tent moved eastward to Sanmi Mountain. After the Tieler Alliance split, Wei He, Bayegu, Pugu and other Tielere Nine Alliances surrendered to the east. The Turks caused its strength to expand rapidly. In fact, Longxi, Hexi and Lingshuo in the northwest border were in a dilemma of surrounding the enemy on three sides. If Your Majesty changes the commander of the Northwest Army continuously, it will inevitably have a serious adverse impact on the situation in the northwest."

Galan was calm and talked freely, from the east and west of the Palacio Mountains to the northern deserts to the battlefields of the Far East.

"In the next few years, the most threat to Central China is not the Western Turks, but the Eastern Turks." Galan's tone was very affirmative, "For a long time in the future, the main opponent of the Western Turks will be the Persians. Therefore, in order to ensure the stability of the eastern line of the Pamir Mountains, the Western Turks must establish several strong enemies for Central China. Among them, Tuyuhun has restored its country and the Eastern Turks have also risen, and the Tiel tribes have always been a huge hidden danger. Once these powerful enemies start war with Central China, the Western Turks can launch an attack on the Persians."

"It is certain that the situation in the northwest, especially Hexi and Longxi, will be based on stability in the future, supplemented by local disputes; while the situation in the northern border, from Lingshuo to Daibei, and even Jiyan, is the main battlefield for the battle between Zhongtu and the Northern Lu."

"Pei Ge Lao has already predicted this situation, and Your Majesty has accepted it. Therefore, from the overall situation, whether it is Your Majesty or Your Majesty, you will not want to replace the Northwest Army Commander again in the short term, but the premise is..." Jia Lan glanced at Li Yuan meaningfully, "Ming Gong must first have a clear understanding and accurate judgment of the future Northwest situation, and have a series of effective strategies. Once your Northwest strategy coincides with Your Majesty's Northwest strategy, Ming Gong will prove his ability. At that time, Your Majesty may completely dispel the idea of ​​changing the Northwest Army Commander."

Li Yuan pondered and pondered while Li Shimin was happy.

Galan is a good person to do it to the end, revealing many "secrets". If Li Yuan cannot use this to "impress" Pei Shiju, "persuade" the emperor, and cannot take action immediately and do his best to manage the northwest, then his ability will be questionable.

However, Li Yuan was very cautious. Li and Ga Lan had no friendship. The reason why Li Shimin could force Ga Lan to compromise was because he took Ga Lan's "weakness", which led to the "cooperation" between the two sides. However, "cooperation" with powerful people like Pei Shiju was conditional. Only mutual benefit can cooperation be possible, and Pei Shiju would never be able to cooperate under coercion. The last time the two sides could "cooperate" was because Pei Shiju needed to unite more forces to defeat Yang Xuangan, but what could Li give Pei Shiju this time? Even without Li Yuan, Pei Shiju could still resolve the crisis in the northwest and stabilize the situation in the northwest. The reason Ga Lan had just analyzed it, so this time Li had no bargaining chips. Since that is the case, why did Ga Lan help Li like this "sincerely"? Is Ga Lan really a bodhisattva heart? Ghosts don't believe that Ga Lan is kind-hearted.

Is this a trap? Is Pei Shiju intentionally using his head to exchange for control of the entire Northwest?

"How can I resolve the deadlock in Longxi?" Li Yuan tentatively said.

Jialan smiled slightly, and a trace of contempt flashed through her eyes, "Did Gong Ming have heard that those Turks who were placed in Huining County conspired to rebel?"

Li Yuan frowned slightly and looked at Jialan in surprise. He didn't know why he suddenly mentioned the Turks in Huining County. The Turks in Huining County were all loyal to the tribe of Ashinadaman, who moved east to Central Earth with him. Recently, because of rumors that the emperor wanted to marry Shekui Khan and cut off Ashinadaman's head to please Shekui Khan, they spoke out, if Ashinadaman died, they would have to pay blood debts, which led to a tense atmosphere in Huining County. Li Yuan had to increase troops to Huining for this to prevent accidents.

"The one who commanded these tribes was Ashinadaman's younger brother Quedushi Ashinafunu, and the special agent Ashinabolu and Ashinadana complemented each other. According to some estimates, these Turks had at least two thousand elite cavalry." Galan looked at Li Yuan at this point, but saw that he was still confused, and he couldn't help but feel more and more contempt.

"Brother Jialan means to instigate the Turks to fight Tuyuhun?" Li Shimin asked suddenly.

Li Yuan suddenly realized that instead of putting such a dangerous army in Huining, it would be better to trick them into the battlefield of Longxi and use barbarians to control barbarians. In this way, Huining is safe. Longxi has an additional elite cavalry. More importantly, the Turks serve the emperor and guard the border for the empire. Even if the emperor wants to kill Ashinadaman, he must weigh the pros and cons of it. This is exactly what the Turks need, otherwise they will not find any opportunity to save their Khan.

Li Yuan was secretly embarrassed, but his expression was calm. He glared at Li Shimin with dissatisfaction, then turned his eyes to Jialan, and hesitated, "Come to leave Huining?"

"Ashina Buddha's slave stayed in Huining, surrounded by the Northwest Army. If you rebel, you will die. When you arrive in the Longxi battlefield, you will fight with the Tuyuhun people. Once you want to rebel, you can first surrender Yun, and then return to the tent through the West Sea." Jialan sneered, "This is a way of life. How could Ashina Buddha's slave refuse?"

"What if he defected?" Li Shimin asked worriedly, "In a certain opinion, Ashina Funu didn't care about his brother's life and death."

"If he defected, the elderly, weak, women and children who remained in Huining would have to be buried with him, followed by Ashinadaman, and more importantly, did the Khan of Shekui take him in?" Jialan smiled and shook his head, "The Middle Earth is rich and the West is poor. There is a world of difference between the two. Instead of returning to the tent to be a slave who is inferior to even livestock, it is better to be a Xiaoyaolu King in Middle Earth."

Li Yuan was full of suspicion. Not everyone could think of such a plan. If such a plan came from Pei Shiju, and Pei Shiju told him through Galan's mouth, then Pei Shiju's intention to "cooperate" is self-evident. But what does Pei Shiju need to do for him when it comes to the key issues?

=(To be continued...)
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