A blizzard came unexpectedly, and the grasslands in the north were covered in silver overnight.

Changsun Wuji sat in a cowhide tent and grilled lamb skewers. He hung a pot on the brazier, and then warmed wine in the brazier. He ate the hanging pot and grilled skewers, and warmed wine. It was very comfortable.

"We have so many people, just giving such a little meat. This Turkic person is so rude." A member of the delegation said dissatisfied while sprinkling cumin on the skewers.

"It seems that the Turks don't have much food and grass. It's heavy snow. This is the beauty of the God. God helps me, the Tang Dynasty." Changsun Wuji sipped a sip of wine and said with a smile. He was covered with a marten fur, and it was not cold to hide in the tent and not go out. In fact, he couldn't do it now.

Since they talked with Tongye Hu that day, Tongye Hu offered the condition of Li Chao's head, they have never seen each other again, and Tongye Hu has not allowed them to make a bill.

The Turks had not moved for three days, and now they were snowing heavily and they had no knees all night, so the Turks could not leave. Changsun Wuji predicted that the Turks would likely withdraw their troops and negotiations became inevitable.

"The Turkic soldiers are strong, and not Tong Ye Hu is very angry, how could he retreat now?"

"What can he do if he doesn't retreat?" Changsun Wuji took another sip of wine. The Tang army had already prepared, but now the Tang army has basically withdrawn from the Guanbao Fortress near the Great Wall. At the same time, when he headed south, he had not forgotten to build a strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields and scorched earth.

From the Great Wall to the foot of Yinshan, Hetao, Daibei and other 800 miles deep, there were no people and no livestock at all. The death of Tuli was a big reason for this. Without the on-site supplies, they could only go to attack Guancheng. They were careless and were killed by Li Chao.

Now Tongye Hu has more soldiers and horses, and it is divided into three groups, but each group has more than 100,000 people. Although there are many people, the food and grass needs are even larger. Tongye Hu does carry a lot of cattle and sheep, and they all march together with livestock.

But a blizzard almost freezes all the livestock of Tongyehu to death.

Their war horses couldn't even eat any grass roots, and they all depended on their own fodder.

Even if the cattle and sheep that are frozen to death are still eaten, carrying beef and mutton and driving cattle and sheep are different, and transportation is also a problem.

Moreover, after such a big blizzard, it would be very difficult to march. Besides, this sudden blizzard not only freezes cattle and sheep, but also has a great impact on the Turks. Many people are so cold that they are not as good as they are frostbite. Many are also frostbite.

"Tongye Hu is now in a difficult situation, so he must have wanted to continue moving south, but with the current conditions, he cannot go south anymore. Eight hundred miles, this distance, plus this weather, he cannot cross the 800 miles of supply-free zone, so Tongye Hu can only talk to us now."

Changsun Wuji's judgment is very accurate.

Tongye Hu stayed quietly in his golden wolf tent, with a dazed look and a gray face.

Over the past few days, the plan he had conceived was ruthlessly torn to pieces by a blizzard. Everyone around him had been driven out by him.

He just wants to be alone now.

The power of heaven is hard to resist.

This blizzard was unexpected and amazingly big.

He needs time to rethink the whole picture.

In the current situation, even if he still has 400,000 people, it will be difficult to reach the Great Wall after 800 miles of distance. Even if he arrives, with his current food and morale, how can he attack those strong Guancheng Fortresses?

He could not be exhausted from his food and grass under the Tang people's fortress like Tuli, and then failed.

But now he is retreating, he is very unwilling to accept it.

Not long ago, he was still in the Western Regions. When he was urging his troops to advance east, he never thought that he would rule the eastern grasslands so easily, become the Khan of the entire Turkic Khanate, and reunify the Turkic Khanate.

When he became the Khan of all the Turks, he was indeed a little proud. He planned to go to the south to teach the Tang people a lesson and push the border under the Great Wall.

But now, he was hit by a blow.

Dream, woke up.

He did unify the grassland and the Khanate, with strong soldiers and strong horses and numerous people. But the Tang people were even more powerful. They came to a solid wall and clear the fields, moved Yinshan to the Great Wall, and moved all the people and animals within 800 miles.

Unlike the Central Plains, the main grazing place is here. There are no cities, villages and towns. The Tang people moved decisively and cleanly, leaving nothing except the vast grasslands. Even the Tang people burned the grass when they left.

Tongye Hu had strong troops, but the area that could not be replenished on the spot at 800 miles became the most powerful defense of the Tang army.

Eight hundred miles south is the Great Wall.

Now, there is a blizzard again.

He had a headache, as if ice water was in his mind. He looked up at the empty tent, which was empty, but very warm, but he knew that the army outside was still suffering from the cold.

The sudden snowstorm made them not even prepared enough fuel, the army could not march, and there was no firewood to burn. This was not like when the tribe grazed on the grassland, there were still a lot of dry manure that they usually prepared to be used as fuel.

This battle cannot be fought any more.

"Come!" Tongye Hu shouted, called the guards and asked him to inform the Turkic generals in the camp to come.

The order of Tong Ye Hu was passed down, and soon all Jie Lifa came, and all the others came.

After everyone entered the tent, they were patting the snowflakes on their bodies and rubbing their hands and noodles.

"Shank Sword, this blizzard is too big. It is impossible to march in such weather. Our soldiers have no firewood or dry manure, so they can't be frozen." Tongye Hu's uncle Mo Hedu Xiao Khan slapped the snow on his body and complained to him.

Mo Hedu was the uncle of Tongye Hu, but he was quite young. He was in his prime and was no more than ten years older than Tongye Hu. He was the son of Datou Khan. During the time of Shekui Khan, he was already a powerful prince of the Western Turks. Now he was named the little khan by Tongye Hu, and his hands were also strong.

After the news of Tuli's death at Li Chao's hands came, Mo Hedu walked around a lot and pulled the Turkic nobles to drink. Tong Ye Hu knew that Mo Hedu wanted to be the second Turkic Khan.

"I know." Tongye Hu said.

"The blizzard suddenly fell, unexpectedly, we were not prepared. We are now staying here, trapped in the blizzard, lack of fuel in the camp, and most of the livestock in the army are frozen to death...`"

He paused, "I thought about it carefully just now. Maybe this is God's warning, and we should withdraw our troops."

"Get out?" Mo Hedu spoke out in surprise.

"I have thought about it, and there is no rush. The cold winter has arrived, and it is not suitable for military use at this time. Let's discuss peace with the Tang people first and withdraw to spend the winter."

He thought that even if he retreated at this time, he would not be a loser. The Tang people had retreated to the Great Wall, and he had actually achieved his goal. Now the places outside the Great Wall are all his.

The Tang people abandoned the Hetao, Daibei, Yinshan Mountains to the Great Wall, 800 miles away.

He is going back to spend the winter now and can come back to grazing next summer. In less than a few years of operation, he will be able to gain a foothold here. At that time, after sufficient preparations, he will start a war with the Tang people, and there will be no 800-mile unmanned land.

"We just retreated like this? Tsuli 100,000 troops died in vain?"

Mo Hedu asked loudly.

"Of course I won't die in vain, but now we have to withdraw. Uncle, if you want to stay and continue the southern expedition, I won't stop you. If you can conquer Hedong, I will assign Hedong to you as a ranch. If you can conquer Hebei, I will assign Hebei to you as a ranch. How about it?"

Mo Heduo hit a nail in front of his nephew and had to shut up. Of course, he knew that now was not the time to attack. He just wanted to ask Tongye to protect himself in public.

"Call Changsun Wuji to come." Tongye Hu ignored Mo Hedu.

Loufanguan.

After putting down the suspension bridge, Li Jing led a team of cavalry into Guancheng.

Li Chao wore a Lei Feng hat, a military coat, a pair of thick gloves, a scarf wrapped around his neck, and a pair of thick high-tube cotton boots under his feet. He was fully armed, but although his bag was tight, there was still a cold wind leaping into his body from every corner.

Li Jing jumped off his horse and saluted Li Chao.

"The last general Li Jing, pay homage to the general."

Li Chao was wearing a big mask on his face, with only two eyes exposed. He said, "Thank you for your hard work, General Li, but the sound made was a little buzzing."

Li Jing looked at Li Chao like that, and didn't know what to say. He came from Mayi all the way, braved the wind and snow, wearing iron armor. When he arrived here, his face was frozen and he felt irritated, and his beard was even more frozen.

"The handsome guy is really warm."

"What's the point of keeping warm? It's useless. It's still cold. It's better to go into the city and go into the house quickly. I don't want to stay outside for a moment. On this day, I just want to lie on the warm kang and not get off."

Li Chao pulled Li Jing in, "Actually you can come on a sled. This day, it is more comfortable to ride a sled. You can also burn a charcoal stove on it and cover it with a quilt. It feels much more comfortable all the way."

Li Jing stood there motionless, looking at the tall snow pile outside the city. It was so high, eight or nine feet tall.

"Could this be the pyramid Jingguan?"

"Well, that's that thing." Li Chao said casually.

Li Jing looked at it carefully. Although it was covered with snow and looked as ordinary as a big earth mountain, there were 100,000 Turkic heads piled up below.

He stared for a while, then turned around and followed Li Chao inside.

"I'm here to report good news to the Grand Marshal. Tong Ye Hu is willing to negotiate."

When he entered the house, Li Chao directly removed the coat, hat, mask, etc., and then sat on the kang.

The house is as warm as spring, and it looks like two worlds outside.

Sitting on the kang, drinking a cup of hot tea first, Li Chao breathed a long sigh.

"This is actually expected."

Li Jing also sat on the kang, holding a teacup in his hand and warmed his frozen hands, "God blesses the Tang Dynasty."

"Actually, we are not afraid of this snow. General Li's solid walls and clearing the wilderness are done well. If Ye Hu goes south, he will face the same embarrassing situation as sudden and sudden. Maybe we can also borrow the fortresses such as Mayi, Loufan, and Yanmen to consume the strength of the Turks."

Speaking of this, Li Chao looks a little regretful.
Chapter completed!