Chapter 80, Chapter 81: The two of the Western Regions

Early in the morning.

Last night, Su Lai originally planned to leave the city, but because of Zhang Mai's attempt to stay, he stayed in the city for another night and was about to go back the next day. Zhang Mai agreed to send important officials to visit.

Su Lai was over 65 years old. In this era, he was considered an old man in places like the Western Regions. He got up early and opened his eyes before dawn. Although he was old, his eyes and ears were still sensitive. Seeing a figure flashing by the window, he quietly came to the door. However, when someone outside the door opened the guard, he opened the door, but outside the door was an acquaintance - Mouluo Wule, who had been renamed Li Bin.

When he turned around, he saw that Su Lai had opened the door, Li Bin smiled and said, "Uncle Su Lai, don't you invite me in and sit down?"

When returning to Satuk's army, Li Bin became a staff officer as Tang Nu. Every time he participated in a military meeting, he sat in the last position of more than 30 people. His status was much lower than Xue Suding, which was really a world of difference with a confidant general like Su Lai. However, Su Lai was the mastermind of Satuk and valued talent. He also valued Li Bin more often than not. The two often communicated, and Li Bin often received Su Lai's reward and respected this veteran. The two had this relationship, and although they were in different camps at this moment, they couldn't help but sigh when they met.

Fortunately, there is no threshold in this cottage, so Li Bin pushed the wheelchair and didn't need anyone to help him. After entering the door, Su Lai looked at Li Bin's legs and said in surprise: "You..."

Li Bin just suffered the double torture of physical pain and mental pain when he was punished by Bin, which actually made him walk back and forth several times on the edge of hell. However, it was the torture that made him so moved that he felt so irritable. In a few months, he seemed to have completely changed his body. At this time, he could see through all these things, smiled faintly, and said, "When I first came, they refused to surrender, so they took off my knees."

Su Lai yelled, reached out and touched her hand, and found that his knees were gone, and a look of tragic appearance appeared on his face, saying, "These Tang Kou are so cruel!"

Li Bin whispered: "Speak softly. Although the two armies are fighting and there is no envoy to kill, this place is the Tang army camp after all. Uncle Momo caused trouble because of his words."

Su Lai sighed for a long time, pulled Li Bin closer, and said, "Tell me what happened to you."

Li Bin's eyebrows were hanging down. He really didn't want to look back on that past. This was his true feelings. Su Lai saw it and sighed, "Okay, I won't say it anymore, I won't say it anymore." He asked again, "What are you going to do in the future?" Li Bin said, "I was tortured, I have done something sorry for Bograhan, and I can only take one step in the future. Fortunately, Special Envoy Zhang loves my talents and is finally good to me, and because my advice is effective, I trust me more and more. As for how far the Tang army can go, it is not something I can predict. If I have good luck, I may have a good end. If I am not lucky, I will have no complaints in the future even if I cut it into pieces. It's just my wife and children..." He couldn't help but choke up: "My wife and children don't know what happened, Uncle, you have to give me a real news!"

Su Lai Yisu knew that he was a good man from the Gu family. He patted his back and said, "I tell you the truth, there are rumors that you have joined the Tang army, and Bograhan supervised your wife and children and took them to the army, but because the news was not confirmed, there was no difficulty. Don't worry, I will take good care of you in the future."

Li Bin's eyes suddenly turned red: "Uncle, don't comfort me. Bograhan is a strict person. If you know that I have surrendered to the enemy, my wife and children will have no life? Even Uncle, you can't stop his thunderous anger."

Su Lai was silent for a moment, held Li Bin's hand, pressed his voice very low, and said, "Wul, to be honest, do you still want to save your wife and children?"

Li Bin's whole body was shocked and his head was lowered. It took him a long time, and then he said, "Uncle, I know what you mean, but... it's impossible." He understood that Su Lai was showing his intentions and asked him to work for Satuk in the Tang army.

"How is it impossible?"

Li Bin smiled bitterly: "Uncle, with your friendship and wisdom, we don't have to say calculating each other. Let's talk about it openly. Bograhan's character will not let the betrayer go easily. Even if I... I made contributions to Bograhan according to your meaning, on the day of his return, he will be considering merits. At the beginning, he may endure and not kill me or even give me some rewards, but he will never trust me anymore. Maybe he will find a chance to get rid of me in the future. That's right, I am considering my wife and children, but I have to consider my own life. Now no matter how unwilling I am, I have to follow the Tang Army to the point of darkness."

He was frank and thorough in his words. Su Lai knew that it was very difficult to pull him as an insider and sighed, "Since you think so, there is nothing you can do. Then what are you going to come to me today?"

"Actually, it's not a risk." Li Bin said: "Actually, this time it was Special Envoy Zhang's arrangement, so I asked me to explore my uncle's words." He smiled bitterly: "Actually, what kind of character is Uncle is? Where can I find out? But the master has his life and has to do it. Well, I took the opportunity to talk to Uncle about this old friend."

Su Lai nodded and said, "So that's it."

The two sat down and sighed. Li Bin asked about some family matters. Su Lai told him what he knew. Those who didn't know said they didn't know. Li Bin couldn't help crying again. Su Lai kept holding his hand and said, "Wul, although you are in the Tang army camp now, you can still contribute to Bograhan-I mean, you can contribute to the Tang army without betraying the Tang army."

Li Bin's eyes flashed and said, "Uncle said..."

"I mean, try to make this alliance between the two sides."

Li Bin said oh, "Uncle, does Bograhan really want to form an alliance with Special Envoy Zhang? This is not like his personality."

Su Lai smiled bitterly and said, "Of course this is not his style, but the situation is better than others. What can I do? You have been in our army and you should understand that the current situation is quite unfavorable for Bograhan."

Li Bin said: "Is Arslan doing something?"

"Your words are superfluous," Su Lai said: "Arslan always wants to weaken Bogra Khan. If it weren't for the East's urgent force, with Bogra Khan's temperament, could he swallow this breath to the Tang army?" He patted Li Bin's back and said: "Ull, you also know that Arslan is hesitant and lacks a break. He was not Bogra Khan's opponent in any case. In recent years, he has been forced to retreat step by step by step by step by step by step by step, but the appearance of the Tang army has disturbed the clear water of the river. At present, Bogra Khan has lost his city and lost his strength. Once Yili and the tribes of the two rivers of the two rivers hear the news, they will definitely leave Bogra Khan with his troops. Heart, Bogra Khan could not even save this sweat. The current situation of the Tang army is probably not much better than that of Bogra Khan. He is called a two-hero, but in fact, it is a double danger. If he wants to kill each other at this point, he will be self-destructive. However, if the Tang army can help Bogra Khan in turn, even though Bogra Khan loses a Talas, he will get a big arm to help! The Tang army has Bogra Khan as a supporter, which is enough to turn the danger into safety. If you can make this happen and make the envoy Zhang work together with me in the future, then why should Bogra Khan cherish a woman and two children? The day when the great cause is successful, it will be the time for your family to reunite."

Li Bin's eyes lit up, but then shook his head and said, "If Bogra Khan unified the Uighurs, how can the Tang army survive in Talas? If the Tang army is destroyed, how can I be self-reliant?"

Su Lai smiled and said, "Although the two rivers of Ye Yili are rich, how is it like the river? Neiser II worked hard on internal affairs, and the Saman Dynasty was rich but not strong. If Bogra Khan echoed, they could gradually erode from Baishui City and even Samarkand. If the Hezhong area was annexed, the Tang army would be able to be ranked alongside the two heroes of the Western Regions with our Uighurs. Later, the Uighurs went east and the Tang army went west, and the two sides were backers and supported each other. This was the way to win-win results for both victories and wins. Ule, what do you think?"

Li Bin pondered for a long time, lowered his voice and said, "If this is true, special envoy Zhang and I will be very beneficial. Although I have gained the trust of special envoy Zhang, there are only a few rebellious warlords in the Tang army who only want to fight and may not be willing to make peace."

Su Lai said: "I can't help you with the internal affairs of the Tang army. But if you need external cooperation, you can send someone to tell me."

"Cooperate?" Li Bin said: "Although Uncle is wise, this is a matter within the Tang army after all. How can he cooperate?"

Su Lai smiled and said, "It is precisely because I am an outsider that I can cooperate. For example, if you have any thorns in your side, or if there are rebellious generals in the Tang army who are dissatisfied with Special Envoy Zhang, and if Special Envoy Zhang is not easy to do, you can use Bograhan to get rid of it. Isn't this clean and neat?"

Li Bin whispered, "It's reasonable." After a while, he said, "If there are such people in the Uighurs, Wule will also respond to this matter."

The more they talked, the more they became, the more they were in a relationship. Finally, they slapped into a alliance and agreed to be foreign players.

"As for your wife and children, I will take good care of you, so you don't have to worry." Finally, Su Lai said.

Li Bin was overjoyed and immediately made an agreement with Su Lai to contact him. After the negotiations were made, he saw that the sky was already bright, so Li Bin said goodbye. Then Zhao Ziming came to send Su Lai out of the city.

Yang Dingguo, Guo Shiyong, Zheng Wei and others walked out from behind the wall. Zheng Wei asked Li Bin: "What did this old fox reveal?"

Li Bin then wanted to say what he had just said, and Zheng Wei smiled and said, "Brother Li is really amazing. If I were Su Lai like this, I would have to fall into the trap."

Yang Dingguo Guo Shiyong and others all said: "It seems that Satuk is really going to make peace with us."

Li Bin said, "No, Su Lai has no sincerity here. All this is a plan, and we cannot believe a word of his words!"

Everyone was stunned: "Why is this?"

Li Bin: "Because he leaked Satuk's weaknesses and seemed too frank, for Su Lai, this is a mistake that should not be made and could not be made! So, the only explanation is that his purpose is to prompt me to believe in something that did not exist."

Zheng Wei said: "You mean, he saw through you and you are using tricks on him?"

"I don't know if he has seen through my tricks against him," Li Bin said: "I only know that he is using tricks against me."

Yang Dingguo pondered: "Before Liu An set off, please ask the special envoy to come over and discuss it together."

Shiba was standing guard, and Ma Xiaochun cooked milk in a small stove, and the fragrance was everywhere.

The Tang army's material conditions still seemed very scarce, but Ma Xiaochun always allowed Zhang Mai to enjoy the best under limited conditions.

After the milk was boiled, Zhang Mai asked Ma Xiaochun to say: "Call Xiaoshitou in and eat it together."

Halfway through eating, Zhang Mai suddenly stopped and was stunned. Ma Xiaochun said, "Enterprise, is this milk not good?"

Zhang Mai didn't answer. After a while, he said, "Don't do your business, it's a big thing in my heart, and it's hard to decide."

Shi Ba asked casually, "What's the matter?" Ma Xiaochun said, "The special envoys find it difficult, it must be a big deal. How can we understand it?" Shi Ba said, "That may not be. Special envoys, if we can listen, let's talk to us."

Zhang Mai hesitated for a moment, and he didn't know if such a big thing was appropriate to Shi Ba.

"It's a...way we are moving forward." Zhang Mai said.

Shi Ba said without thinking, "Where is the way forward? What's there to think about? Aren't we going back to Chang'an?"

Zhang Mai was stunned! Looking at Shi Ba, the boy looked as if he was taken for granted.

"Back to Chang'an?"

"Yes, go back to Chang'an." Shi Ba counted his fingers and said, "Save Tang people, contact Chang'an, restore the Western Regions, and revitalize the Tang Dynasty - isn't this what we are going to do?"

The expression on his face was very serious, very serious, so serious that it made Zhang Mai ashamed!

Zhang Mai smiled bitterly and almost wanted to say, "This is our slogan." But looking at Shi Ba's serious expression, how could he say this?

"Xiao Shitou believes in these four goals."

These four goals, or slogans, were first shouted out by Zhang Mai, and responded to the Tang army soldiers, and finally summarized by the knowledgeable people in the army.

Some "smart people" in the Tang army saw through the fact that these four slogans were just "slogans" from the beginning. Although they often took them out and shouted them, they did not take them seriously. Zhang Mai understood these in his heart.

Even Zhang Mai himself did not completely regard these four slogans as unremovable beliefs. Yes, he often talked to his subordinates about how to save the Tang people, how to connect with Chang'an, how to restore the passion of the Western Regions, and the ambition to revitalize the Tang Dynasty. He often talked about it.

But, does he really believe it?

It is hard to say, it is hard to say, it is hard to say, not to believe. It is a mixed attitude. Zhang Mai is still looking forward to these four major goals, but he has not yet fanatically thought that it is necessary.

However, Shi Ba's words at this moment made Zhang Maiqi, there were many innocent soldiers among the Tang army soldiers, and he really believed that the Tang army, including the senior management, were fighting for this!

The soldiers fought desperately not for the glory and wealth of the senior management, not for the establishment of hegemony by leaders, but for the four more ambitious goals.

Zhang Mai even remembered that the miracle created by the Tang army along the way was whether the smart people made more contributions, or the naive "stupid" soldiers made more contributions?

At this moment, Zhang Mai was a little moved and changed a little.

Save the Tang people, contact Chang'an, restore the Western Regions, and revitalize the Tang Dynasty...

These four slogans were shouting, and before they knew it, they had already taken root in the hearts of many Tang army soldiers. Even Zhang Mai himself seemed to have persistence similar to faith.

Is this kind of thing called "long-term falsehood becomes true"?

Tang Dynasty...Chang'an...

"Yes, you can use smart people to do things, but the direction and goal..."

After looking at Shiba again, Zhang Mai suddenly laughed out loud, making Shiba and Ma Xiaochun feel a little confused.

"Entertainment, what's wrong with you?"

"You..." Zhang Mai pointed to Shiba and said, "Little Shitou, you are such a simple-minded guy!"

Shiba scratched the back of his head and said, "I'm simple."
Chapter completed!