"Oh, be careful! Hello? Why did you run outside with your child? It's still snowing!"
In the garden, the child's clear laughter blended with Xiao Han's laughter and Xue Pan's tenderness, and finally merged into a sound called "happiness".
The crystal snowflakes are still floating in the air.
Even until the belated morning bell rang, there was no sign of any decrease.
After all, Princess An'an of Lantian is still a child under one year old. After playing with her parents all morning, she is tired and hungry, and her little mouth starts to curl up again.
Seeing this, Xue Pan took the child from Xiao Han's arms and returned to the house to prepare for breastfeeding.
Xiao Han also wanted to follow him in, but was rejected. When the door was about to close, Xue Pan gave him a pair of big hygienic eyes.
Last time, who stole my daughter’s food rations? My daughter didn’t even have enough to eat?!
The door slammed shut, and Xiao Han had no choice but to touch his nose and return to the corridor in embarrassment.
"Master Hou, Master Hou!"
Seeing that Xiao Han seemed to have nothing to do, Gouzi, who had been waiting outside the garden for an unknown amount of time, finally seized the opportunity, flashed over with a "swish", and then mysteriously took out a letter from his arms and handed it over.
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"It seems to be a letter from Chang'an!"
Gouzi looked to the left and right with a stern look, covered his mouth and nose with his hands, and said in a low voice, he looked very much like the two Japanese devils who were stealing money...
"There are no outsiders in this yard, why are you so nervous?" Xiao Han gave Gouzi a funny look, reached out to take the letter, and read it first and back.
The envelope made of mulberry paper was clean, with no other markings except a bit of wax paint, not even the proper name.
But when Xiao Han looked at the letter, he seemed to know who it was from. He smiled slightly, picked up the paint with his fingernails in a familiar manner, shook the envelope again, and a blank page fell into his hand.
superior.
"to whom It May Concern……
Now Jieli Khan trusted the Han Chinese Zhao Deyan, changed the Turkic national customs, and made the government decrees cumbersome, causing dissatisfaction among the various Turkic tribes.
However, Jie Li did not regard it as a disaster, but instead squandered unlimited amounts of money, increased taxes and restrictions on various tribes, and most of the tribes rebelled.
Moreover, because of the recent continuous wars by the Turks, their finances and people are poor, and this time they encountered a heavy snowfall that is rare in a hundred years. Many livestock were frozen to death. They have been hungry for years, and their tribesmen were frozen and discouraged. The Turks' power has gradually weakened, and it is no longer half as good as the total victory.
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This letter is not long, and the words and sentences are very concise, but not as confusing as classical Chinese. In just a few paragraphs, everything that happened on the grassland is described.
After reading the letter, people will immediately have a systematic impression of the things on the grassland, as if they are not reading a letter, but a picture or an image.
There is no doubt that the only person in the Tang Dynasty who can provide information to this level is the man in the Fair Teahouse.
After reading the last month of the letter, I found a small mark hidden at the end.
Xiao Han squinted at it for a while, then slowly closed the letter, then looked up at the flying snow in the sky, and suddenly felt a little relieved.
Since the snow in Yangzhou has been so heavy this year, the snow on the grassland should be even more intense!
This is not because Xiao Leng is ruthless. Since he is on a different stand, confrontation is unavoidable. Being kind to the enemy is the greatest cruelty to oneself!
So Xiao Han will never commit the woman's benevolence at this time! His heart is soft, only towards the kind-hearted people of his own clan, and towards others?
Sorry, his mind is too small to tolerate so many things. If it really doesn't work, then he will annex you and become a family. Then we can talk about soft-heartedness and mercy.
The climate is harsh on the prairie!
A heavy snowfall in winter may wipe out a small tribe.
So they don't call snow snow there, but call it white disaster, which means that snow is like a disaster and cannot be resisted by human power.
The Turks who live on the grasslands do not have the sturdy and warm houses like the Han people, nor do they have the carbon stoves with chimneys that have become popular all over the world recently.
How much heat can the fire of burning cow dung dissipate under a thin felt tent? In this extremely cold winter, how many people cannot survive the "white disaster"?
Natural disaster is just one of the Turkic people's reminders. In fact, as early as the cold winter has just arrived, the people in Qintian Prison have already predicted that this winter will be extremely cold.
After receiving the news, Li Shimin quickly discovered the opportunity hidden in it.
So the two troops quietly left Chang'an and headed toward the northwest quickly without many people knowing about it.
The leaders of these two armies were General Wei Xiaojie and Xue Wanche who had just surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.
Among the two, Wei Xiaojie is better off. After all, he is the one who followed Li Shimin to conquer the world. Regardless of his character, ability, or loyalty, he can be trusted!
But Xue Wanche is very different!
First of all, he is not Li Shimin's old team, but a new general!
I remember that when Li Jiancheng was still alive, he led his army to fight to the death against Li Shimin during the Xuanwumen Incident.
Even though Li Jiancheng was later killed, his head fell in front of him.
Xue Wanche did not surrender immediately, but immediately fled to the Qinling Mountains for more than a year.
It wasn't until later that I met Xiao Han and was persuaded by him to rush back to Chang'an to surrender. How can such a person be used? How can he be of great use?
Therefore, when the candidate was announced, almost all the ministers involved jumped up to object. Only Li Shimin overcame all opinions and appointed him as the general, and this suppressed the opposition!
It is said that a scholar will die for his confidant!
Xue Wanche accepted the order without saying a word, and then led his army to Shuofang!
On the day they arrived, there was a heavy snowstorm at night, and the Turks were so careless that they did not even have people on duty to defend the city. They launched an offensive and made a surprise attack on Shuofang. After the city was broken, they killed nearly 10,000 Turks in the city in one battle!
After he recaptured Shuofang at lightning speed, he ignored his subordinates' advice to stabilize the city defense first and left only a team of about a hundred people to guard Shuofang.
Others immediately rushed to Xiang without stopping to help Wei Xiaojie take back Heng'an (today's Datong, Shanxi).
At this point, the two big cities of Heng'an and Shuofang are like two sharp knives inserted into the heart of Turks, standing firmly in the northwest.
As soon as this news spread back to Chang'an, those who originally opposed Xue Wanche's leadership immediately became silent!
After traveling thousands of miles, the team dared to attack the city without rest!
And after the siege was over, he went to help others regardless of everything.
This kind of combat method can only be accomplished by a life-threatening general like Xue Wanche! Others, including Cheng Yaojin, shook their heads after hearing this, feeling ashamed!
