Chapter 18: Use iron hooves to determine the ownership of this land!

Zhang Mai's words and deeds at the iron gate were unexpectedly something Cao Yuanshen had never thought of before he came, but since Zhang Mai had already said this, the so-called peace talks naturally could not continue. The Uighurs were worried that the Anxi Army would have another back, so they retreated in despair.

Before leaving, Zhang Mai glanced at Lu Mingde, his eyes were full of ambiguity, and he nodded again. Lu Mingde was sweating in his eyes, and suddenly felt something was strange behind him. When he turned around, it was the servant who was looking at him. Lu Mingde suddenly shivered and secretly shouted that he was going to be bad.

Ma Xiaochun said: "The Protectorate is too close to Yanqi. We are not close to the enemy. We have no heavy troops nearby. Let's go back first."

Shi Ba smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? Even those people in Yanqi City, we are not afraid of tens of thousands of dollars!"

Zhang Mai glanced at Cao Yuanshen and said, "Let's send Cao Er Gongzi a journey."

The two armies were in one place, and Zhang Mai and Cao Yuanshen led the lead. Although Cao Yuanshen was secretly annoyed about the matter of Tiemen Pass, he felt that he had been fooled by Zhang Mai, but the middle and lower-level Guiyi generals secretly cheered after hearing this. Most of these men in Hexi did not have as much concern as the top leaders. After hearing about Zhang Mai's refusal to the righteousness of the Uighurs, they all felt a further favor, especially the saying "As a soldier in the Tang Dynasty, he should defend the country, which is where the righteousness lies!", which won the recognition of many people.

The Anxi Army and the Guiyi Army walked south, and the sun slid from above the head and sank to the right, and walked for more than twenty miles. Cao Yuanshen asked Zhang Mai back several times, but Zhang Mai always said, "Let's go with the second young master again." Cao Yuanshen's mood gradually calmed down, and asked, "Zhang Dadu, what are you planning? Do you really want to fight against Viaga? That would not be beneficial to Anxi."

Zhang Mai waved his horse and whipped it out in an empty voice, saying, "I have never been afraid of the situation against the Hu people, no matter how dangerous the situation is. Since I started the army, I have only been afraid of four things."

"Oh? There are still things that Zhang Dadu is afraid of in the world? There are four more things? But I don't know what Zhang Dadu is afraid of?" Cao Yuanshen asked.

Zhang Mai said: "What I fear most is that my brothers are separated from me, my friends are indifferent to me, my relatives are disconnected from me, and my tribesmen are alienated from me. Compared with this, no matter how fierce the enemy is, it is nothing."

Cao Yuanshen was silent for a long time before sighing: "That is indeed the most terrifying thing."

Zhang Mai said again: "Viga will go south in advance. I had already expected this before arriving in Kucha. Gaochang Uighurs regarded themselves as the leader of the Kucha. I heard that if I captured Kucha, I would go westward and would not stop until I took Kucha back. The later Viga came, the more powerful the counterattack would be. Therefore, although Yanqi's guards agreed to accept the mediation of Guiyi Army, I knew that they had no sincerity in their hearts. Even if they had sincerity in Luo, they could not represent Viga. No matter what promises he made, he was nonsense. Even if he made a piece of text, he would just tear up the agreement. They would directly use iron hooves to decide the ownership of this land! I could see these habits of the Hu people very clearly when I was in Talas. To deal with them, I could only use golden swords and iron horses, but not moral faith!"

Cao Yuanshen said: "Since that is the case, why did the Grand Protector give up the siege of Yanqi?"

Zhang Mai suddenly pulled the horse, and Cao Yuanshen also stopped. As soon as the leaders of the two armies stopped, the troops behind them also stopped. However, Anxi immediately set up the entire team and the team was not in chaos. However, some of the Guiyi Army rushed out a few steps, and the team was a little confused. Cao Yuanshen thought to himself: "Although there has been no battle on the battlefield, our army is really worse than Anxi Army."

But after Zhang Mai was established, he said: "After Yanqi withdraws the siege, he can still surround him again, but once there is a misunderstanding between people, the crack may be difficult to make up from now on. I am not afraid that Yanqi will not be able to capture for a while, nor will I be afraid of the duel with Viaga, but I do not want Lingzun Cao Linggong to have any misunderstandings about me, nor do I want the Anxi Army and Guiyi Army to have a gap."

He pointed to the two armies behind him and said, "Look, these are the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. Whether it is the Anxi Army or the Guiyi Army, we are all descendants of the Tang Dynasty who stayed on the Western Regions. We have the same hair, the same eyes, the same skin, and the same words. We should naturally fight side by side! Whether the opponent is the Turks, Saman, the Uighurs or the Khitan! We should unite Kucha, Yanqi, Shule, and Khitan, and unite Shazhou, Guazhou, Suzhou, Ganzhou, and Liangzhou! Only unity is our only way out and our strongest force. If our Tang Dynasty children can work together, let alone a mere Viaga, even if Viaga, Arslan, and even the Uighurs, Saman, and Khitan are all united, they will not be our opponents!"

Cao Yuanshen is already a middle-aged man, but at this time, he couldn't help but feel a urge to surge in his blood after hearing Zhang Mai's words!

Zhang Mai continued: "It doesn't matter if one city is more or less. The most important thing is that the children of Anxi Town and the children of Hexi Corridor are united! He will come to him if Piga wants to come. I am not afraid of him. Even if he has the upper hand for a while, in the long run, it is only a matter of time before the Hu people fall at the feet of the descendants of the Han and Tang Dynasties!"

Cao Yuanshen felt dizzy for the second time in a day. The first time was when he first met the Iron Cavalry of Longxiang Mansion, and the second time was when he was now.

Zhang Mai's words made him feel a little incredible. This hero who was scattered across the Western Regions was so naive. It sounded like Zhang Mai was so emotional. If his younger brother Cao Yuanzhong said such words, Cao Yuanshen would not be surprised, and he would also sneer, because Cao Yuanshen had long believed that nothing could be accomplished with just a passion. More often, "compromise is needed! Strategy is needed! Even abandoning dreams!"

Cao Yuanshen has had dreams, but now most of them have been forced to bow their heads by reality.

"Unify Anxi and Hexi and unite?"

Think about it, that is indeed a hot thing, but is that possible in reality? Cao Yuan deeply doubted.

The scattered decline of the Han family in the Western Regions has been going on for more than a hundred years and is getting worse. Now, can Zhang Mai revitalize it just by these few words? Cao Yuan is deeply suspicious.

Vijay's territory spans north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and behind them are the support of the Khitans, and more than 100,000 cavalry under his command are waiting for dispatch. Zhang Mai actually wanted to fight with him when he could not concentrate his full strength. Can he win? Cao Yuan deeply doubted.

But the person in front of him was not Cao Yuanzhong, nor was he a young man who could only boast. This person had already come from the distant Xinliye City, all the way to Shule, to Kucha, to Yanqi...

Could it be that his words come from sincerity, and can people who act according to their dreams also succeed?

That was really incredible.

Cao Yuanshen rode his horse farther away, and walked to the place where the soldiers behind him could not hear him, and said, "Zhang Dadu, do you want to impress me and ask me to persuade my father to send troops to help Anxi?"

Zhang Mai sighed and said, "It is normal for our two families to form an alliance for a while. Today, I only met the second son. Although I was in love, I was pale and powerless after all, but I will use my actions to prove my thoughts in the future. The second son will go back to the base and wait and see. I believe that one day the second son will walk into Kucha without a soldier and a soldier and drink with me. Similarly, I also believe that one day, Shazhou will open its doors to welcome my arrival."

Zhang Mai did not answer Cao Yuanshen’s question positively, but his words conveyed more information to Cao Yuanshen.

Lu Mingde was a little lost after being looked at by Zhang Mai. Suddenly someone called him on the road. When he looked back, he found that it was one of the prisoners released by the Anxi Army this time. His clothes were torn and yellow-haired and brown-skinned. Lu Mingde looked familiar with him. The man struggled to step forward and claimed to be Lu Mingde's lost subordinates when he stopped him.

Lu Mingde glanced at him again, suddenly recognized who he was and said, "That's right, it's my man. He got separated when Kucha fell."

The soldiers next to him let him approach.

Lu Mingde lives in the Buddhist temple in Yanqi City - this is the sphere of influence of his sect. Living in the temple will not be monitored and detained.

After returning to the city, Lu Mingde called the man alone, closed the door, and then asked sternly: "What are you doing when you come to me!"

The man laughed instead and said, "What is Mr. Lu's sake, instead of revealing my lies, but seeing me alone?"

Lu Mingde was so blocked by his words that he could not answer.

It turned out that the person who came was not Lu Mingde's separated subordinate, but Li Bin's subordinate.

In order to investigate the intelligence of the enemy country, the Sima Office recruited a group of people with similar appearances to those of the Hu people - even those of the Hu people themselves were trained, and then sent them to the Uighurs and Saman countries to engage in espionage operations. The philosopher who came to find Lu Mingde was named Huang Laotong. Because he had yellow hair, short body, and a rather vulgar appearance, he had a nickname called Huang Haired Mouse. When Lu Mingde was in Kucha, he contacted Lu Mingde in the center and kept revealing various information from Shule and Wensu to Lu Mingde. Most of these information were true, but the last one was fake - but that piece of information hurt Lu Mingde badly!

At this time, when he saw Huang Lao Tong and Lu Mingde, he would naturally lose his temper, but after being blocked by Huang Lao Tong, he calmed down. Lu Mingde was not a person who acted voluntarily after all, and he knew very well what he was in at the moment.

This is a remote Zen room in the temple. The Zen room is simple, but there are still tables, chairs and cushions. Lu Mingde fell on a cushion with a little dejected look and said, "What did you come this time? Isn't it enough for Li Bin to make me so miserable?"

Huang Laotong smiled and said, "Mr. Lu, don't think of our Deputy Sima Li so badly. In fact, our Anxi Tang Army has always had clear grudges and rewards and punishments. Mr. Lu, you are not from your original intention, but our army can achieve such a victory in Kucha, thanks to Mr. Lu who helped us a lot. So Protector Zhang had already told us to contact Mr. Lu. If there is any need, we will do our best to help Mr. Lu. Deputy Sima Li said that although we Protector Lu is grateful to Mr. Lu for his work in Kucha, after the Khan of Viagra comes back, I am afraid that he will complain about Mr. Lu's contribution."

His tone was filled with "kindness" in his tone, but Lu Mingde was sweating down his face when he heard it!

Once Viaga understands the Kucha incident, it is not just a complaint to Lu Mingde. It is light to kill Lu Mingde on the spot. Not to mention that he is also a rival, Yo Chang. These days, Lu Mingde is frightened and panicked every time he thinks of this. He never slept peacefully all night. Every time he heard that an envoy from Gaochang was frightened and trembled all over. Although he was still holding on to the imperial envoy in front of Tongluo and others, he also understood that as long as Viaga had an order, his head would probably be hung on the top of Yanqi City the next day.

Now Viaga is not looking for him. It is probably someone around him who is helping Lu Mingde speak, but that will only be delayed for a while. One day he will take over Viaga and confront you directly!

"Why, Mr. Lu, are you very hot?" Huang Laotong said knowingly: "It's already autumn now, the weather is getting colder, and I'm almost going to get more clothes."

Lu Mingde came to his senses and looked at Huang Laotong in front of him. Although he had fallen into Zhang Mai's plan, he was also a very smart person. From the moment he found Huang Laotong, he knew that this person must have done something.

"Mr. Huang, please tell me if Deputy Sima Li or Protector Zhang Da is instructed this time."

"I dare not show my words," Huang Laotong smiled. His military and political vision was naturally impossible to compare with Zhang Mai and Li Bin, etc., but as a person who has experienced and rolled in Shule City, he naturally likes to talk to smart people, because that would be easier than talking to stupid people. "Our Deputy Sima Li sent me this time to ask me if Mr. Lu needs anything to help us. After all, you have also helped us a lot. Now is the time for us to repay Mr. Lu."

Lu Mingde almost had an impulse to shout: "If you don't come, I will be the biggest help." But this is just an emotional fluctuation. He calmed down before his temper was released and said calmly: "If I say I hope Zhang Dadupudor will arrange a way out for me, will Zhang Dadupudor agree?"

Huang Laotong smiled and said, "If Mr. Lu is willing to settle down in Anxi to make a fortune, our Anxi military and civilians will naturally be very welcome." After a pause, he said, "But if Mr. Lu wants to come to Anxi to do some business, our Anxi Tang army is not short of people now, and the entry threshold for those who come back is quite high. Of course, with a talent like Mr. Lu, it should be fine to build a temple host or something like that."

This sentence is said implicitly, but Lu Mingde has already understood the mystery hidden in this sentence. He knows that Zhang Mai is willing to accept him, and at the same time he also gives him the treatment of how to settle after surrendering. However, after Lu Mingde has a path to life, he doesn't want to really remain silent, whether in Anxi or Gaochang.

"My six senses are not pure and I can't be a monk." Lu Mingde said: "If Zhang Daduhu really can make contributions to his conquest of Kucha, then I hope he can reward me with a tax-free territory with a radius of fifty miles and lush water and grass."

Huang Laotong shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this is a bit difficult. We have never heard of such a feudal in the Anxi Protectorate. Besides, with Mr. Lu's contribution to our Anxi now, it seems that it is not enough to make our Anxi Protectorate such an extraordinary reward."

Lu Mingde said: "Since Protector Zhang Da is going to do a big thing, he can't even give up the land of fifty miles? You must know that what I can bring to him is ten times more profit than this!"

"What about it?" Huang Laotong asked.

"For example," Lu Mingde said word by word: "Yanqi City!"
Chapter completed!