Chapter 40 Night Talk
The Blizzard tiger lies on the scar-faced camel, and its snow-white hair dances in the night wind. Its cold eyes seemed to penetrate the darkness, and they patrol the surroundings alertly.
More than a dozen horses, tall camels connected to each other, and surrounded a tent in the middle.
The black panther wandered outside the camel and horse formation, and his agile body appeared in the darkness, just like a ghost of hell, silently. The two fierce eyes that occasionally broke out into the air showed a terrifying murderous aura.
The brazier in the tent burned, and the swaying firelight reflected on the solemn faces, alternating light and darkness, depicting the dark and uneasy minds of everyone.
Xue Deyin sat in a dark corner wrapped in a gray fox fur, silently looking at a few new strange faces.
These are the northwestern wolf soldiers of the Laolang Mansion and the northwestern warriors who have experienced many battles. However, in places where there are people, there are wars of interests, and places like Laolang Mansion are even more fierce in struggle, and these warriors with great achievements have become victims of the struggle of the powerful. Once the emperor and the court are the same, the temple is the same, and the rivers and lakes are also the same. If the wolf king of the Laolang Mansion has changed, the subordinates of the former wolf king will naturally be driven out of their nests, wander around, and die for themselves. No matter how brilliant their past is, it is already a legend. Now all they have to leave are memories. In order to survive, they have to struggle.
Ziyuntian's thief was sitting cross-legged on the edge of the brazier, wearing a thick piece of beef with a knife, and was concentrating on roasting it. Although his eyes were always staring at the brown, sizzling beef, his eyes were a little dazed. The situation in the West Land changed too quickly. He intervened in it without hesitation because of his loyalty, but now he has no way out and can only accompany the group of northwest wolves to the dark. He is a thief in the West Land, a thief. Today, Ziyuntian's thief actually sat with the wolf in the Old Wolf Mansion and discussed a strategy for survival. It was really incredible to think about it.
Shi Penglai was in a complicated mood, nervous and frightened, but he felt an uncontrollable excitement in his heart. As early as when the King of Shi Kingdom found him, he had already made the worst plan. However, things were impermanent. Who could have expected that Zhaowu Qushuzhi's affairs would go as smooth as expected, but he was involved in a more sinister whirlpool. Now he fought bloody battles with the legendary Northwest Wolf Soldiers. Although he fought for survival, the result might be very miserable, but it still made him excited. Once upon a time, he was also a passionate young man who wanted to use his sword to the world and roared proudly in the world. Now he has such an opportunity, but unfortunately he is already in twilight and has no strength.
A young man of twenty-seven or eight years old, handsome and in a blue robe sat beside Galan, and his rebellious aura was revealed, and his bright eyes revealed his confidence and wildness.
This man did not look like a Northwest Wolf Savage. He did not have the sharp edge of the body that had been forged through countless killings. To some extent, he was more like a ranger from the Western Land, but in Ashina Hebao's impression, there seemed to be no such a ranger from the Western Land. Xue Deyin and Shi Penglai were also very careful about him. In Xue Deyin's view, this young man had the elegant style unique to Confucian scholars and clerks. In Shi Penglai's view, the words "smart" were written on this man's face. His shiny eyes and the cunning hidden in his eyes clearly indicate that this man was a profiteer, a big profiteer who eats people and does not spit bones.
Jialan spoke, and he introduced Shi Penglai, a master of Shi Kingdom to the Northwest Wolf, and explained in detail the affairs of the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms and the Zhaowu Qushu Branch, as well as the impact of this matter on the current situation.
Then he introduced Xue Deyin and the real purpose of escorting the Xue family to Dunhuang.
As for Ashina He Bao, no one knows his real name, but Ziyuntian's Firefox is notorious. This time, the Firefox helped him with righteous help and dragged Ziyuntian into a desperate situation. Now, except for leaving Dunhuang with anonymity, there is no good solution for the time being.
Jialan introduced the journey to the west, Chu Yue, Wei Fei and Yang Hu, and finally pointed to the young man in the green robe and said, "This is Fu Duanyi, the military officer of Gongcao from the Western Regions, the Huangmen Minister, and the disciple of Pei Ge Lao of Wenxi."
Xue Deyin was a little surprised. He never expected that this person was Pei Shiju's disciple.
"The Duwei Changsun firmly rejected Brother Ji's proposal, and the Laolang Mansion refused to recruit. In this way, Brother Buyi and Brother Xiong Ba, I must take Tianma Shushu and the prisoners to Yingyang Mansion in Shanshan. Our idea of trying to quickly rush to Dunhuang with the convenient conditions of the Laolang Mansion was immediately dashed."
Galan's voice was not loud, but it was calm and powerful, and a sense of desolation and sadness appeared in his hoarse voice.
"Brother Ji delayed the time for reporting the news and had to bear the responsibility for Qiemo's loss. For this reason, he was removed from the Laolang Mansion. Brother Wen Qian failed to accurately analyze and judge the situation and was also responsible for Qiemo's loss, so he was also removed from the Laolang Mansion. If nothing unexpected happens, there will be many clerks in the Laolang Mansion who were expelled from the Laolang Mansion this time because of Qiemo's loss."
"At this critical period, the Duwei of Changsun made a ruthless move and expelled all the people from the Old Wolf Mansion in the past. Their intention was not just to completely control the Old Wolf Mansion."
"Last night I met Daye Hu and learned some secrets. The Achaei attacked Qiemo, and there were the support of the Turks behind it. Now in the Qiang area, there are Achaei soldiers facing the border outside and Turks forced them to force them to join forces to kill Tiele people, but the Laolang Mansion must have used the trick and joined forces with Tiele people, using Mohe Khan as bait to set up a trap in Loulan. If Mohe Khan is assassinated, the Laolang Mansion and Tiele people will use this as an excuse to join forces to deal with the Turks, and then force the Turks to retreat in the face of difficulties."
"Our appearance caused changes in the situation. Dayehu wanted to use the hatred between me and Mohe Khan to let me kill Mohe Khan. This way, no matter whether it succeeds or fails, it will be no loss for the Turks. The Old Wolf Mansion still used the trick and took the opportunity to completely drive us out of the Old Wolf Mansion, and then killed us with the sword of the Tieler people. This not only weakened the power of Pei's staying in the Western Land, but also cut off the Turks' thoughts. It can be said that they kill two birds with one stone."
"We are in a desperate situation and must fight back to fight to break out."
When Jia Lan said this, he looked at everyone with murderous spirit. "According to the convention of Laolang Mansion, unless he had to, he would never easily intervene in the battle between the Western Land's captains. However, Changsun Duwei obviously lacked understanding of the Western Land's captains and lacked experience in dealing with the crisis. He actually believed that as long as we drove us out of Laolang Mansion and created the illusion of the joint efforts of us, the Laolang Mansion, could escape from this crisis. This was undoubtedly wrong. In the end, it was not only his personal and Laolang Mansion that damaged it, but also harmed the interests of our Great Sui Dynasty in the Western Land."
"Where does Changsun Duwei's confidence come from? He overestimated the deterrence of the Great Sui Dynasty against the Western Tu's captives and underestimated the resistance of the Western Tu's captives to the Great Sui Dynasty. His judgment of the situation was wrong."
"Why did the Chailu choose to attack Qiemo and threaten Shanshan at this moment? Why did the Turkic Oyehu rush to Qiang City in the name of tribute at this moment? Why did Mohe Khan of Tiel travel thousands of miles to Loulan at this moment?"
"Since the Turkic Mud Residence Luo Khan went east to Chang'an, the countries in the Western Regions have left their tents one after another. The Shekui Khan, who has replaced it, is doing his best to rebuild the Great Khan. At this time, the Shekui Khan first needs to stabilize the eastern and western borders of the Pamir Mountains and stabilize the ten surnames of the two sides, rather than rushing to conquer the nine surnames of Tiele in the northern expedition of Luomanshan (Tianshan) to conquer the nine surnames of Tiele. Therefore, it is not difficult for us to guess that the most urgent task of the Shekui Khan is to shake hands with Mohe Khan."
"The biggest obstacle for the Turks and Tiel people to shake hands and make peace is the Great Sui people."
"The Sui people finally supported the Tiele people and split the powerful Western Turks. How could the Turks and Tiele people shake hands and make peace again? Let the Shekui Khan rebuild the Turkic Khanate?"
"From this to point out the entire situation in the Western Land, it is not difficult to see that the Western Land are uniting and intending to join forces to drive the Great Sui people out of the Western Regions. It is lost at the end. Once Shanshan is lost again, the Great Sui people will be driven out of the Western Regions, and the Turks, Tielle and Tuyuhun can then divide the Western Lands. After this situation is formed, the Tuyuhun people and Tielle people who are separated from the north and south of the Western Regions will directly confront the Great Sui people, while the Turks won enough time to stabilize the eastern and western territory of the Pamirs. Just when the time is ripe, they can attack Tielle in the north, attack Tuyuhun in the east, and rebuild the Great Khanate."
"So, Loulan is a trap, which targets the Laolang Mansion, the Great Sui Dynasty. It can be imagined that once we fail to kill Mohe Khan, the Turks and the Tielle people will definitely accuse the Laolang Mansion in unison and scold the Great Sui Dynasty for being betrayal. So the two sides joined forces, one openly restrained our Hexi army and the other openly supported Tuyuhun. In this way, Shanshan will definitely lose."
Galan waved his arm hard and said firmly, "The only way to break this trick is to kill Mohe Khan."
"Kill Mohe Khan, the Tielle Jiu's Alliance will immediately fall into chaos. Our Hexi army can quickly move south and reverse the crisis in one fell swoop."
"The Tieles would never believe that Mo He Khan died of personal grudges. They would definitely blame the Laolang Mansion and the Turks, believing that the two had joined forces secretly and betrayed the Tieles for their own interests. Therefore, the alliance between the Western Land and the enemy was completely destroyed, and chaos arose again, while the Great Sui Dynasty could firmly gain a foothold in the Western Regions."
"The Chief of the Changsun will pay the price for his mistakes. If we escape from Loulan alive, we will definitely report to Mr. Pei Ge as the truth and give him a fatal blow to Mr. Changsun. However, after the battle of Yiwudao, I was disappointed with the Laolang Mansion and hated the powerful people at the top of the temple. Whether it is the Pei family or the Changsun family, what they need is not the Laolang Mansion, not the Northwest Wolf Soldiers, but their personal interests. The Laolang Mansion and us are just tools for them to seize power and wealth."
"We are no longer a murderer. We want to live for ourselves. We have to fulfill our vows to the robes. Therefore, we can make a deal with Changsun Duwei."
"The credit can be given to the Changsun Duwei, but the Changsun Duwei must give us freedom and allow us to leave the Western Land."
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The tent was silent, and everyone was thinking about Galan's words.
Ashina He Bao was surprised. He did not expect that Jialan and his old wolf brothers would actually kill Mo He Khan of the Nine Tiel League and would leave the Western Land.
Before, Ziyuntian's brave soldiers walked out of Tulunchuan with Jialan. If Jialan later killed Mohe Khan, Ziyuntian would be the enemy of the Tielite people and had no place to gain a foothold in the Western Land.
Is there still a way out? No. This is why Jialan invited him into the tent and sat with the Northwest Wolves to discuss survival strategies. Ziyuntian was completely brought in, and Ashina Hebao and his Ziyuntian brothers could only accompany these northwest wolves to the end.
He Bao thought too much and was too obsessed with it, and even forgot that he was still roasting beef.
"Brother, the beef will be burnt if it is roasted." Galan stretched out his legs and kicked him gently.
He Bao suddenly woke up and hurriedly raised his sword, but he was still unsteady and his eyes were quite confused. Ziyuntian was finished like this? He was swept away by a gust of wind? What will the brothers eat and drink in the future? Where can they make a living?
"The Changsun Duwei and Daye Hu don't trust each other, beware of each other, and be more careful about our backhand attack at critical moments. What is particularly important is that they must make necessary corresponding preparations for the upcoming new situation in the Western Land, so the winter nests are very lively these days. I will take a few people here to stay with the Laolang Mansion and the Turkic people, and bluff."
Jialan pointed to Fu Duanyi and the journey westward, "Brother Wen Qian and Brother Ji led a few people to Loulan immediately, calling on the power we hid in the Peacock River area to make preliminary preparations for the assassination of Mohe Khan."
Then he pointed to Ashina He Bao and Shi Penglai, and pointed to Xue Deyin who was hiding in the darkness. "In the past few days, my elder brother will find a way to leave with the camel caravan. Please cooperate with Shi Bo and Mr. Xue."
Shi Penglai had to speak anymore. Loulan has become a dangerous place. If the Camel Caravan goes to Loulan ancient city again, he may have life worries. "Garan, will the Camel Caravan go to Loulan?"
Jialan shook his head, "Go to Bailongdui, my elder brother and I have some friends there, which can temporarily ensure your safety. If we all die in Loulan, my elder brother will obey our promise and send you safely to Dunhuang."
"You can't die." He Bao said, "As long as you arrive at the Devil City and see the little devil, we can summon enough people. Don't underestimate the undead in the Devil City. Once those ghosts gather, they will be enough to compete with the Bear Que and Leopard Cavalry of the Great Sui Yingyang Mansion."
"Tell Brother Long to go to Puchanghai area to meet us as soon as possible."
"Don't worry, I can't miss you." He Bao smiled, "Let's rush up, maybe we can still rush to Loulan with the little devil. This time, we brothers will take down the Jingjue Fairy first, and then kill Mo He, haha."
"She has left the Peacock River." Galan said.
"How do you know?" He Bao asked strangely.
"She is in the winter nest, right here."
"Have you met her?" He Bao was surprised.
Jialan nodded, "She went to Dongwan, which showed that Lou Guandao was involved in something big." Jialan turned her eyes to Fu Duanyi, "Brother Wen Qian, what's wrong with the Old Wolf Mansion recently?"
"Two noble children came from Chang'an." Fu Duanyi said, "One is the legitimate son of Changsun Sheng, Changsun Wuji of Duke Qi; the other is Li Shimin, the second son of Duke Tang Li Yuan. Among the entourages, I saw two Taoist priests who were in the Lou Guan Dao. Han Zuo and Feathered Clothes came here, which must be related to these two nobles."
Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji, Jialan frowned deeply, his eyes showed a look of shock and suspicion, and then he fell into deep thought.
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Chapter completed!