The suspicious messenger Li Menglong was indeed the person sent by Shibi Khan to contact Ambassador Li Yuan and Li. Shibi Khan knew that doing this was a bit dangerous, and the unexpected consequences would be unimaginable. But there was no way. Li Yuan had never sent anyone to establish a stable and reliable communication channel. The traitor who betrayed the Turkic army's sneak attack plan was like a thorn. If he didn't quickly pull out the damn traitor, Shibi Khan wouldn't even say that the Sui army's army had managed to break through Yanmen City, he wouldn't even dare to close his eyes when he was sleeping in the camp, so there was no way. Shibi Khan could only grit his teeth and actively send someone to contact Li Yuan and ask Li Yuan to help investigate the Turkic traitor who deserved to be dead.

Of course, while actively sending people to contact Li Yuan, Shibi Khan and Ashina's family were inevitably resentful to Ambassador Li. Chen Sangliang set up a trap to ambush the Turks and attacked the army. If Ambassador Li reported it in advance, why would the Turkish army suffer so much casualties? Why did Ashina Yusheng's rate fall into the ground? So while hoping for Ambassador Li's help, Shibi Khan and Ashina's family were not very relieved of Li Yuan's, and secretly decided that even if they received Li Yuan's tip, they would carefully investigate the authenticity before taking action, so as not to be trapped in the Sui army's tricks and injustice and cause civil strife.

The messenger was sent out, and the number of casualties in the sneak attack battle was also counted. What made Shibi Khan and Ashina's family extremely angry was that less than 40,000 troops attacked south had fled back to the camp. The heavy losses made Ding Danfan's Turkic tribe extremely painful. At the same time, the besieged camp, which was attacked by the Yanmen Guards' suicide squad, also suffered a lot of losses. Because of the surprise attack, more than 1,400 Turkic soldiers died tragically under the sword of the Yanmen Suicide Squad. More than half of the troops of the 500 Sui Army Suicide Squad successfully escaped back to the city. Shibi Khan was furious and chopped down two Turkic commanders who took the lead in escaping, but it was still difficult to relieve his anger.

The Turkish Hu soldiers were more than that. The performance of the Turkish Hu soldiers in the Sui Army camp also made Shimbi and Ashina family furious. The defeated Turkic soldiers reported to Shimbi Khan truthfully that they had been ambushed by the Sui Army. In order to escape, Turkic Hu soldiers frantically waved butchers knives at Turkic soldiers, killing Turkic soldiers more cruelly than the Sui Army soldiers. They also deliberately rode horses to trample on Turkic soldiers, deliberately pushing Turkic soldiers into the sea of ​​fire to burn them to death, deliberately pushing Turkic soldiers into the trenches, and even deliberately cut Turkic soldiers into the trenches and opened the way, chopping and killing Turkic soldiers all the way, causing Turkic soldiers to escape from the ambush circle, causing Turkic soldiers to kill each other completely chaotic, and various crimes were all in one go. Every Turkic Hu soldiers deserved to be killed ten thousand times, and every Turkic Hu soldiers should be put into sacks and trampled to death with thousands of war horses.

No matter how powerful the Tuojie Hu soldiers were, they had no choice. As mentioned earlier, the Turkic army consisted of three parts: Fuli, Guanxian and Tuojie. Fuli was the personal soldiers of Shibi Khan and Ashina's family. They were loyal and elite, but due to the small number of productivity, they were basically used as guards. The number of control strings was the largest, and they were ordinary Turkic herdsmen. Although Turkic herdsmen were born knight archers, their organizational discipline was poor after all. They received less regular military training, had uneven combat power, and were of varying quality. They basically rely on many people, horses, many bows and arrows to fight. They were used to charge and close combat and had poor results. They were difficult to use as elite dead soldiers at critical moments on the battlefield.

In this way, the importance of Tuojie Hu soldiers in the Turkic army is extraordinary. These mercenaries from Central Asia are not only tall and big, but also proficient in close combat, raid, and cavalry. They are also cruel and tyrannical in nature. They are not only not afraid of blood but also like to see blood. They are the most ideal charge dead soldiers in the era of cold weapons. Although the hiring price is higher, the discipline is so-called poor, and their personality is too greedy and capricious, but they can make up for the weakness of the Turkic army's lack of elite troops. Even the Shibi Khan and the Ashina family members must be polite and respectful to these Tuojie Hu soldiers, and cannot kill them just like ordinary Turkic soldiers. Therefore, even if Shibi Khan and Ashina family are big, these Tuojie Hu soldiers can only pretend not to know what they do and will not pursue them.

The night when he was too far away, he took the initiative to contact Li Yuan, Shibi Khan held a military meeting in his own tent to discuss the next combat plan. Given that the Turkic army had suffered three consecutive defeats, and the Sui army for the King of the Kings also showed a strong combat power that must not be ignored, it was obviously impossible for the Turkic army to fight on both sides. Therefore, the Shina family agreed to not attack Yanmen City for the time being and concentrate their main forces to deal with the Sui army for the King of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings of the Kings, three completely different combat opinions emerged.

Let’s take a look at the three different combat opinions. One is to base yourself on guard and stand firm in the camp while waiting for an opportunity to attack, find the weaknesses of the Sui army, and then launch a fierce attack on the weaknesses of the Sui army; the second opinion is a comprehensive decisive battle, taking advantage of the fact that the overall strength of the Turkic army is still stronger than that of the Sui army, launch a comprehensive decisive battle as soon as possible and crush it strongly to win; the third tactical opinion is proposed by Turkic general Asina Simo, suggesting that Shibi divide a light cavalry and go south and detour to the rear of the Sui army to destroy and cut off the Sui army's food and grass supply route, so that the Sui army will lose the food and grass supply supply and will be in chaos without fighting. Asina Simo also volunteered to take on this task of cutting off the food and food and grass supply.

If it were replaced by the Central Plains army, the second of the three tactical opinions would undoubtedly be the second most suitable. They would use their strength to crush the enemy with strong force, give full play to the human advantage of many soldiers and wide generals, and first master the battlefield and then take the initiative to win. However, the Turks were different. Weak productivity and sparse population were fatal injuries to the Turkish army. If they had strong formation combat capabilities, they would have suffered heavy casualties and injuries, and even the gains would be more than worth the loss. Therefore, Shibi Khan, who was still competent, first abandoned this plan, focused on the first and third tactical opinions, and asked Ashina Simo at one time: "Smo, if I give you a light cavalry and go south, how sure are you to cut off the food route of the barbarian army?"

"Khan forgives the crime, this cannot be guaranteed." Asina Smo, a person who is realistic and answered truthfully: "Because the general of the army does not know the size of the barbarian's grain team, how many army escorts, and those famous barbarian generals lead the army to protect it, the general of the general can only detour to the rear of the barbarian to act according to the opportunity, and cannot guarantee you now. But what the general can guarantee is that the general of the general will do his best to prevent the barbarian army from transporting grain forward. Even if it cannot be completely cut off, it will definitely make the barbarian army's grain supply difficult and cannot fight with peace of mind."

The realistic answer was exchanged for Shibi Khan's worry and dissatisfaction. Shibi Khan shook his head and said, "Since we are not sure, it's best not to take risks. Our army has to surround Yang Guang's tyrant while facing the reinforcements of the barbarians. It's already been attacked from both sides. If you divide your troops south again, it's best to cut off the barbarian food route. If you encounter any accidents again, we can't even support us. Our previous losses are already great enough and we can't take risks and expand."

"Khan, but if we don't do this, it will be difficult for us to kill the reinforcements of the barbarians?" Asina Smo insisted: "Or let the generals lead only five thousand light cavalry south, so that even if there is any accident, there will be no big casualties. But if the generals succeed, we will definitely win."

Shibi Khan was a little moved, but Chakan Ashina Yushe said, "Khan, there is no need to take the risk of division of troops. In my opinion, we only need to stand firm and fight and win. Khan should not forget that the barbarian official Xiao Qi, whom we detained, once said that Chen Yingliang's barbarian gave Yang Guang food and grass, which was only enough for five days at most. Now two days have passed. We only need to be besieged Yanmen for three days, and Yang Guang will be out of food again. At that time, in order to rescue Yang Guang quickly, Chen Yingliang's barbarian will definitely launch an attack at any cost. We will face the battle calmly with a relaxed and easy fight. Not only can we fight easily, but we also have the opportunity to seize the flaws exposed by Chen Yingliang's barbarian's desperate attack to launch a counterattack, so that we can win even more."

Asina Yushe mentioned the food and grass issues of the Yanmen defenders. Shibi Khan then realized that he had almost forgotten the important issue of Yang Guang's about to cut off food. Seeing that Asina Yushe's family agreed with Asina Yushe's opinions, Shibi Khan had a little thought and nodded and said, "Good idea, just do it like this, continue to siege the city and force Chen Yingliang's barbarians to attack us. We will find an opportunity to fight back while staying in the camp. We will definitely win."

The Asana family praised the good, but Asana Smo sighed quietly and said intimately: "The terrain in Yanmen is originally relatively narrow, which is not conducive to our Turkic army's combat. The Khan even took the initiative to give up the only opportunity to fight mobile combat. Isn't this using our shortcomings to fight against the strengths of the Barbarian army?"

Sighing, the Asana Smo people, who were not pure enough to be banned because of their impure bloodline, did not dare to continue to stick to their opinions. Unexpectedly, Shibi Khan from the other side sighed and said, "It's a pity that the Duke of Tang has not fully attached to us. Otherwise, it would be too easy for us to defeat the barbarian army. By the way, after we sent someone to contact Duke of Tang today, will Duke of Tang have any answers?"

Ashi's family shook their heads and advised Shibi Khan to continue to wait patiently, because no matter how brave Li Yuan was, he did not dare to send envoys to the north in broad daylight to contact the Turkic army. So even if Li Yuan had any reply, he would definitely send someone to send a letter to contact him in the evening. When Shibi Khan heard this, he felt it was reasonable and nodded and said, "Okay, that night, I'll arrange more scouts outside the camp and tell them that if someone was going north, don't rush to kill people. Ask them clearly for the purpose of the visit. If the Duke of Tang sent someone to contact me, no matter how late they were, they would bring me to see me immediately."

Everyone agreed and made arrangements quickly. Shibi Khan ordered the tent to be dispersed and a group of blood-related relatives went back to rest. Shibi Khan also returned to his tent, hugging two snatched Central Plains girls to vent their beastly nature, and continued to fall asleep until midnight at the third hour. Most of Ashina's family were like this. Only Ashina Smo routinely led the army to patrol the camp at the third hour, and loyally took on the night patrol mission for Shibi Khan.

It’s good to say that at around 4 o’clock that night, Shibi Khan was really awakened by Fuli’s personal soldiers. Shibi Khan, who had explained before, was also very happy for a while and asked if it was the messenger Li Yuan coming? Fuli’s personal soldiers answered truthfully: “Khan, it’s not the messenger of Duke Tang, but some Tuojie who escaped into the mountains last night came back. There were about 30 people who checked their identities and asked them to return to the camp. The camp officials did not dare to make decisions, so they came to ask you for advice.

"The Nine Hu Gou" Shibi Khan cursed and gave a casual command to let these Tuojie return to the camp and return to the team. Then he got into the quilt and bit the girl in the quilt and fell asleep again, regardless of whether the girl in her arms was covered in scars and she couldn't cry.

The night finally passed, and the next morning, the first sentence of Shibi Khan woke up was still the same as if there was any news from Duke Tang? After getting the negative answer, Shibi Khan was disappointed and had to get up cursed, and then asked casually: "The Tuojie all returned to the camp last night? How are their situation?"

"Everyone has returned to the camp." The personal soldiers of Fuli replied truthfully: "Their situation is fine. Their weapons and armor are still there, but the war horses are lost, so please ask Khan, you will assign them war horses."

"The ninth surname Hu Gou, who was defeated and still had the face to ask me for a war horse."

Shibi cursed again, and just as he was about to say something, there was another report outside the tent outside the tent, and he reported: "Khan, our patrol scout caught a man in casual clothes outside the camp. He claimed that he was a messenger sent by Li Yuan, Duke of Tang, and asked to see you."

"Finally come." Shibi Khan jumped three feet high with joy. He couldn't wait to rush out before he even put on his clothes. While strode to the Golden Wolf Khan tent, he shouted: "Take him to the Khan tent to see me, prepare for translation, and then, blow the trumpet and raise the tent, and call all the generals of Ashina to enter the tent to discuss matters."

The horn sounded, and Ashina's family rushed to the Khan's tent. It was just so coincidental that as soon as Ashina's family arrived, a young man dressed in the common people was taken into the Golden Wolf Khan's tent. Seeing Shibi Khan sitting high in the middle, the young man hurriedly bowed and said, "Mao Fugui, a guard under the command of Li Yuan of the Great Sui and Tang Dynasties, came to visit the Turkish Shibi Khan and Khan Jin'an at the order of Duke of Tang."

After saying that, Mao Fugui quickly showed his waist card again, held up his hands and said, "This is the identity token of the villain, please read it."

The translation quickly translated Mao Fugui's words. Before Shibi Khan's orders, the personal soldiers of the same army had already come forward to take Mao Fugui's waist card and handed it to Shibi. Shibi Khan took it carefully and found that it was exactly the same as the Hou Junji waist card he had caught. He was even more happy. The translation next to him also translated the text of the waist card, proving that Mao Fugui was indeed Li Yuan's guard. Shibi was even happier, but he did not dare to believe Mao Fugui immediately. He hummed and asked, "Are you the guard of Duke Tang? I am fighting with Duke Tang now, where did he send you?"

After passing the message through the translation, Mao Fugui was stunned. Then he realized that Shibi Khan was testing himself, so he respectfully said: "Khan, of course, Duke Tang sent me to serve you. You sent Brother Hou Junji, who had previously contacted Duke Tang, because Chen Yingliang and General Chen had already contacted Yanmen City. Chen Yingliang had previously sent people to Yanmen City to pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor and knew Hou Junji. Duke Tang was afraid that Hou Junji's identity would be exposed, so he asked him to return to Taiyuan first to hide for the time being, and instead sent villains to pay homage to Khan to serve the Khan."

After hearing what the translation was translated by the translation, Shibi Khan remembered that Hou Junji had indeed said that he had met with Chen Yingliang's envoy Qian Xiangmin, and Chen Yingliang had sent someone to deliver food to Yanmen City. He must have seen Qian Xiangmin. Hou Junji's identity may indeed be revealed. Shibi Khan suddenly realized that he secretly admired Li Yuan's meticulous and carefulness, and also changed his face with a friendly face and said with a smile: "Duke Tang sent you here, what letters did you bring?"

"Reporting to Khan, Duke Tang did not dare to let the villain bring letters to him for caution. In this way, even if the villain was discovered by Chen Yingliang's people on the road, he could also use the excuse of saying that he was disguised as a scout who disguised as a commoner, and there was no need to be afraid of being searched for letters." Mao Fugui replied respectfully: "Duke Tang only asked the villain to give you three verbal messages, and he also said that you would understand it as soon as you heard it."

"Those three verbal messages?" Shibi Khan asked quickly.

"Report to Khan, the first message from Duke Tang was that he had not made up his mind before." Mao Fugui replied in a deep voice: "But now, Duke Tang has made up his mind and is determined to help Khan you defeat his enemy Chen Yingliang."

"Why is Duke Tang just making up his mind now?" Shibi Khan asked again quickly.

"The night before yesterday, Chen Yingliang once again humiliated the Duke of Tang in public." Mao Fugui replied: "In order to boost morale, Chen Yingliang mentioned the son-in-law of the Duke of Tang again in front of everyone that he forced him to break off the engagement, encouraged the soldiers in the army to learn from him, fight hard, make meritorious and become famous, and make all enemies regret it. Although he did this to boost morale, we Ambassador Li still felt greatly humiliated, so he made up his mind to get rid of Chen Yingliang, and deliberately released your generals in the chaos army and let them come back to report to Khan you for your warning."

After listening to Mao Fugui's introduction, Shibi Khan suddenly realized again. While the Ashi family next to him also woke up, someone asked Mao Fugui: "Why didn't Duke Tang send someone to warn us immediately so that we would not fall into the trap? The losses were so miserable?"

Shibi Khan also asked this question, and Mao Fugui replied helplessly: "Khan, it was too late at that time. Your army had already begun to reach the edge of the camp. Our Ambassador Li was by Chen Yingliang at that time, and he had no time to report to you. He secretly released your general. It was also our Ambassador Li who personally led the army to join the war. Therefore, Ambassador Li also asked the villain to apologize to you and promised that such a thing would never happen again."

"Gou Manzi, how good is it to make up his mind earlier?" Shibi Khan cursed inwardly, choosing to temporarily believe Mao Fugui's explanation. Then Shibi Khan asked again: "Who is the traitor who is the Barbarian Chen Yingliang who is stationed here in us? Duke Tang found it for me?"

"Report to Khan, this is also the second message Ambassador Li asked the villain to bring you." Mao Fugui replied: "Amistant Li said that Marshal Chen Yingliang is very cunning and has never published the name of this traitor, so it will take some time for him to find it. However, Chen Yingliang once said in the Central Army Commander's tent that he knew why the traitor betrayed you. He believed that the information provided by the traitor was true, so we Ambassador Li suspected that this traitor was probably someone around you, Khan, who could know your tactical plan in advance, and for some reasons, he really wanted to betray you."

"Can you know my tactical plan in advance? For some reason, you really want to betray me?"

Shibi Khan began to think about it in his mind, and Ashina family was also planning and analyzing it in his mind. One or two people immediately noticed Ashina Smo who stood at the end without saying a word. After all, Ashina Smo is definitely the most outstanding one among the Ashina family, but because of their not pure bloodline and Turkic ancestral teachings, they will not be trusted by Shibi Khan in any case.

Still the same sentence, Shibi Khan still had a limited trust in Li Yuan at present. Even Shibi Khan had some doubts about Ashina Smo, but he did not dare to believe the words of Li Yuan's envoy immediately. Therefore, Shibi Khan could only put this matter aside for the time being and asked Mao Fugui: "What is the third message that Duke Tang asked you to bring me?"

"Report to Khan, our Ambassador Li's third message." Mao Fugui replied respectfully: "It was yesterday evening. Some of our generals familiar with you made a suggestion to Chen Yingliang, suggesting that Chen Yingliang bribe the Tuojie Hu soldiers who were caught on the battlefield the night before, and then release them back, incite your Tuojie Hu soldiers to rebel and rebel, and cooperate with Chen Yingliang to launch an attack on you in exchange for a heavy reward."

"The generals said that the Tuojie Hu Bing is the most greedy, but there is no loyalty at all. As long as Chen Yingliang is willing to offer the price, these Tuojie Hu Bing will definitely abandon you and work for Chen Yingliang. Chen Yingliang felt it made sense, so he decided to give it a try, so we Ambassador Li ask Khan to be careful..."

Before Mao Fugui finished his oral letter, and before the translation of Mao Fugui's words were translated, Shibi Khan had already changed his face and jumped up immediately, shouting: "Hurry up, arrest all the Tuojie who came back last night. They must be spies sent by Chen Yingliang's barbarians."
Chapter completed!