Chapter 60 Taibai Clan

At the moment when Kulan City was captured, the son of the leader of the Hei-Tou Wuhu tribe of Kitanuma, who had been promoted to Zhang Mai's fire chief, immediately received Zhang Mai's order and rode a fast horse out of the city to inform Yang Yi. Along the way, the Wuhu department had arranged a horse exchange post in advance - every 80 miles, a Huhu department soldiers set up a camp tent, prepared food and water and transferred horses. Fuhui changed the horses, and did not stop, and ran towards Baersi. The original three or four days trip, Fuhui ran to one day and one night, and only slept for an hour in the middle.

When he reached Chin Ersi, he could not see Yang Yi. When asked where "Yang Duwei" was going, the team guarding the city was saying: "Yang Duwei didn't come to Chin Ersi at all."

"What?"

The team said, "We broke up at the dry Talas River. We drove all the way. Halfway through the walk, Yang Duwei sent us two," he pointed to the other team and said, "Lead two teams to take off Baersi."

"Two teams?" Shi Hui showed surprise on his face, obviously feeling that Yang Duwei's arrangement was too big.

"What?" the team was asking.

"It's too risky for two teams to take off Baersi," said Muro Hui.

"Adventure? Haha." Another team was saying: "We were also worried at first. Although Jade-Si is a small town, we only have one hundred people. How can we attack? I didn't expect..."

"How about it?"

"I didn't expect that there was no need to fight at all. When we set off, Deputy Chief Murong said, "This time you are going to take over this small town, there is no need to fight at all. He expected that the enemy was really accurate. When we arrived, half of the people in this small town had escaped. The rest quickly opened the city and surrendered as soon as they saw our banner. They took over here without any trouble."

Shi Hui was stunned when he heard this. When the Tang army first planned to attack Baersi, it took so much effort. It could almost be said that the lion fought with all his strength. But after the battle on Ding Shangcheng, the hearts and situation of the entire Talas area changed.

"So, what about Yang Duwei? He didn't come to his chin, but where did he go?"

"Emperor Yang, he has already gone straight to Julan City."

Outside the city of Talas, in the small tent of Wule.

Zhang Mai was also puzzled by Mouluo Wule begging him to announce all the contributions he had made since Edan: "I heard from Ma Xiaochun that you know that you have always refused to give up on the darkness and turn to the light, because you are worried that your wife and children will be harmed by Satuk. Why has you changed your mind now and asked Zhang Dashi to do the matter?"

"Because the situation has changed now, Bograhan has already doubted me, so I have to do the opposite." Mouluo Wule said: "The Uighurs are cruel and killing, and they are suspicious, especially the Khan tribe. But Satuk is the best among the Uighur Khan tribe, and he is not very rational in the face of things. If I just betray the intelligence to the Tang army, he will definitely do everything he can to take revenge on my wife and children! But if I have become a key figure in the Tang army, then... the lives of my wife and children can still last for a while..."

Zhang Mai immediately understood: "Do you hope he will keep your wife and children hostage? Is it a rare item?"

Mouluo Wule nodded, but he was only a prisoner now. Whether his wife and children can become "strange goods" depends entirely on how Zhang Mai dealt with.

Zhang Mai thought for a while and said, "Okay, I will send someone to send a letter to Satuk, telling him that I would exchange my ten thousand taels of gold and the life of Baitash for your wife and children, and let the messenger give him hints as you ask."

Mouluo Wule was just begging for a moment, but he didn't expect Zhang Mai to agree to him. He couldn't help but choke up and said, "Enter Zhang, I've caused you... so naughty again, and you haven't surrendered for so long, you..."

Zhang Mai smiled and said, "Don't cry like a woman." When he said this, he suddenly remembered Guo Fen's warning, and subconsciously covered his mouth, and smiled and said, "I may not really give you ten thousand taels of gold and Baitash to exchange for your wife and children. Those gold is all military funds, and it is owned by the Tang army. I can't just slap my head alone. Baitash, the hostage, cannot be let go. Send an envoy to see Satuk, just to delay. After this battle, things may turn around, but if things fail, you can only accept your fate."

Mouluo Wule sighed and said, "I understand, I understand, special envoy, I am already very grateful for your willingness to do this for me."

Zhang Mai said, "Then you have a good rest and don't think too much." As he said that, he was about to leave. Mouluo Wule picked up the letter that was soaked by his tears and shouted, "Encourt, has Satuk only come with such a letter?"

He did not call him Bogra Khan, but changed his name to Satuk, and obviously his position in his heart had changed.

Zhang Mai said: "There are two more letters."

Mouluo Wule asked, "Li Bin is daring, can you ask the special envoy to show me the two letters?"

"Li Bin?"

Ma Xiaochun said next to him: "Special Envoy, my brother-in-law's original surname is Li. He is the same descendant as the great poet Li Bai."

Zhang Maiyiqi: "There is still this?"

Ma Xiaochun asked his brother-in-law again: "But brother-in-law, do you have another name called Li Bin? Why don't I know?"

But he didn't know that "Bin" was torture that cut off his knees, and it was the experience that his brother-in-law had personally suffered. Now, after a hundred kalpas, he learned from his mistakes and decided to be a new person. Changing such a name also means self-inspiring.

Li Bin, who had changed his name, touched the part where his knee disappeared, with a look of ashamed, and said, "The previous thoughts and Wule are dead. Now I have changed my ancestors back to the surname Li, but I am afraid that the words and deeds of the years will defile this surname." He sighed twice before saying, "Our branch was originally from the Li clan of Longxi. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, his ancestors were punished and exiled to Suoye. During the Shenlong period of the Tang Dynasty, one of the houses escaped from the Middle Earth. Later, he heard some news that a great poet appeared in the same sanctum, which was Li Taibai. However, this is just the statement of my ancestors. Perhaps it is true, or perhaps it is just to use the name of the poet to raise his family to invite favor to the master of the captives." He frowned at this point: "No matter whether my family and the exiled immortals are of the same sanctum, such words and deeds, such thoughts are really a shame to the ancestors."

If he had repentant before he repented, Zhang Maishi would have sneered and mocked the behavior of the Li family in the Tibetan Monument Valley. Seeing that he was repentant, he comforted him: "A man who talks about Tang words, writes Chinese characters, reads Tang poetry, and has a heart for his homeland. He is a child of China. He can correct his mistakes when he knows his mistakes, and it is no good. As long as you sincerely regret, our Anxi Tang army will open the door to accept you, and will not regard you as an outsider. If you can make meritorious service for the country in the future, the faults and shames of our ancestors can be erased together." He took out the two letters and handed them to him, saying, "Do you want to read these two letters?"

Seeing that Zhang Mai had just given such an important thing without saying a word, Li Bin felt a little warmer in his heart, took the two letters, and read them carefully. He was already cunning and wise, and had a wide range of information in his abdomen. After such cruel physical and mental hardships, he had a deeper understanding of the human nature. His wisdom became deeper and his mind became more determined. At this time, he pondered slightly, combined with what he saw and heard during this period, he had already made a claim in his heart, and said, "Enterprise, Satuk will arrive in till months. How sure are you to this battle?"

Zhang Mai said: "If you can grab Melki, you'll be 30% or 40%."

"Thirty-four percent...thirty-four percent...if you are really sure, it would be amazing..." If half a month ago, Zhang Mai said that he was 30-40% sure, and Li Bin refused to believe it either, but the battle on Ding Shangcheng changed his confidence in the Tang army. He actually agreed with Zhang Mai's statement and asked again: "Enter Zhang, if Satuk dispatched troops from Shule again, how many rounds can you withstand?"

Zhang Mai was shocked, and Li Bin said again: "Talas is a place where many soldiers are robbed, with more soldiers and fewer people. The production of food, grass, cattle and sheep has always been ineffective. It has to rely on other places to transport and provide support. I don't know exactly how much military rations are in the Talas army warehouse. I think the envoy must have seen it, but I don't know how long it will last? Even if our army can withstand Satuk's repeated attacks, can the grain production in this area last for a long time?"

This is another problem. Zhang Mai occupied the granary of Talas. Seeing that it had enough grain to support the Tang army for more than half a year, and Satuk's threat was imminent, he rushed first and then slowed down, temporarily putting down the problem of food. But at this time, he thought that when the war started, half a year would pass in a blink of an eye. If he did not prepare for the rain, he would have had immediate worries.

Although Zhang Mai did not answer, Li Bin guessed the answer in his heart when he saw his reaction. Before he could answer, he asked again: "Enter Zhang, you should have plans to send an envoy to fight for Saman and become a lobbyist at Arslan, right?"

His question really made Zhang Mai admire his wisdom. Seeing that he had changed his name and said "our army" again, he obviously recognized that he was a member of the Tang army. Zhang Mai was about to take advantage of his strategy, so he did not hide it from him and said, "Yes."

Li Bin said: "Now our army has already gained a certain reputation in the north of the Saiye River and even in the Yibohai Yili River Balashaguon. If we heard that Talas was also captured by us, Balashaguon would be shocked, and Arslan would not stand by and watch. But the special envoy, if you were Arslan, what would you do? Did you listen to the instigation of the Tang army envoys, and did you interfere with Satuk when Satuk attacked Talas?"

When Zhang Mai first heard Guo Shiyong's proposal, he felt that the plan to provoke the two Khans of the Uighurs was very feasible. At this time, he heard Li Bin mention it and put himself in Arslan and thought more deeply. Suddenly, he felt that Guo Shiyong's plan might not be feasible.

Li Bin said: "It seems that the envoy also thought of it. That's right. If Alslanken inserted a knife with Satuk behind his back, it would naturally be of great benefit to our Tang army, but it would be beneficial and harmful to him Alslan."

"What's the disadvantage?" Zhang Mai asked.

"Arslan and Satuk are still the chief and deputy Khan of the Uighurs in the west of Lingxi. Satuk is still under Arslan's orders for the sake of this relationship. With this relationship, both of them still maintain the relationship between brothers until the final battle. For the Uighurs, our Tang army is a foreign enemy. When Satuk deals with the foreign enemy, Arslan just stood by and watched others and couldn't say anything about him, but if he colluded with our army and stabbed Satuk behind his back, Nabalashagun and the Yilihe tribes would be dissatisfied.

When he had to do so, Arslan would not do this easily." Li Bin said: "Arslan and Satuk are not the only two people who are qualified to be the Khan. However, the power of the others is not as great as his. If Satuk is defeated and Arslan's prestige is weak, a third Khan may take the opportunity to rise and replace them. This is the envoy. When Ogurchak was defeated by Saman, Basil just let the help and did not take the blame. This is the reason."

Zhang Mai asked: "If you follow your analysis, will Arslan not take action?"
Chapter completed!