Chapter 1074: The Little Khan of the Servant Department
Sending Bazhuo away.
Xiao Rui returned to Li Chengqian's side.
He looked directly at Li Chengqian and said: "Your Highness, if Bazhuo really shows extraordinary strength, will you still support him?"
"Whether you do or not, don't you already know?"
Li Chengqian raised his head and glanced at Xiao Rui.
Hearing this, Xiao Rui couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly: "It turns out that Your Highness had this abacus..."
"hehe."
Li Chengqian chuckled: "Whether it is Xue Yantuo or Western Turks, in the final analysis they are all the same."
"When I'm good with you, I'm as good as the same person."
"But if I don't treat you well, I will immediately turn into a wolf that may eat people at any time."
"We naturally cannot use conventional methods to deal with such wolves."
"After all, if you push a rabbit into a hurry, the rabbit will bite you, let alone a pack of hungry wolves."
"So..."
Li Chengqian laughed and said: "It is best to let wolves fight with wolves. For the hunters, it will be a good show."
Hearing this, Xiao Rui pursed her lips noncommittally.
Then, he cupped his hands towards Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness, Yi Mang has also received our letter. I believe he will come here in the near future."
"Um……"
Li Chengqian narrowed his eyes and then asked: "How much do you know about Yi Mang?"
Because Yimang was only Yi Nan's second son, there is very little information about him.
Even Li Chengqian, who was well versed in ancient and modern times, only knew that Yi Mang died in the hands of Bazhuo.
But as for the details of the fight between the two on the grassland, I don't know anything about it.
So at this moment, he also wanted to see Xiao Rui's evaluation of this person.
Xiao Rui shook his head slightly.
He said: "This person's status is not as good as that of Bazhuo, and his influence in the local area is not very great."
"Even the soldiers and horses in his hands have changed a lot."
"In the early years, there were mutinies. Affection."
"And he himself almost died in the rebellion."
"So, from my point of view, this person seems to be an ignorant and dull-minded person."
Xiao Rui looked at Li Chengqian and said, "If His Highness wants to control Xue Yantuo, this person is a good candidate."
After hearing these words, Li Chengqian rubbed his chin.
He thought for a moment and then said: "Okay, I understand, you go down first and wait until Yimang comes."
"yes."
Xiao Rui bowed and saluted Li Chengqian, then turned and left the room.
…
Deep in the desert.
Xue Yantuo's Bone Department.
This is the fiefdom that Yi Nan awarded to his son, the young Khan Yimang.
Now, Yi Mang, like Bazhuo, received a letter from Li Chengqian.
However, he seemed a little tangled and hesitant, and looked extremely frightened.
Seeing this, the counselors around him also had a headache.
It was not good for me to take refuge with someone in the first place, so I had to take refuge with such a loser?
At this moment, all the princes of the Tang Dynasty came to seek cooperation, but their master was still hesitant.
Among them, a counselor named Huang Fan said directly: "Xiaohan, the Tang Dynasty is as powerful as ever, and the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty is even more outstanding in the world."
"This man is not only extremely brave personally, but he also leads troops to fight like a god descending from heaven."
"Now that he can write you a letter in person, it means that he wants to cooperate with you..."
Hearing this, Yi Mang showed a worried expression.
"I also know that he wants to cooperate with me."
"And this letter also makes it clear."
"But I just can't figure out why he wants to be with me
cooperate?"
After hearing this, Huang Fanzhi said: "Everyone knows that the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty and Zhao Youlin of the Western Turks are mortal enemies."
"At the moment, it is only because the country is in the rest stage that we have to stop fighting with the Western Turks and make peace."
"Thinking about it, the reason why he wants to cooperate with us must be related to the conquest of the Western Turks..."
His analysis is quite reasonable and well-founded.
Several counselors nearby also nodded in agreement.
But Yimang shook his head.
"If he was looking for someone to join him in conquering the Western Turks, why didn't he go to his elder brother instead of me?"
"I just have such a small place, and I only have thirty or forty thousand troops."
Yimang shook his head and sighed: "All of us, together, are not even half as good as my eldest brother..."
"Maybe it's because he looks down on the eldest prince."
Huang Fan said: "Xiaohan, you don't know that the eldest prince's temperament has always been unpopular with others."
"Not to mention outsiders, even his own subordinates are always full of complaints against him."
"Now that I think about it, it was because His Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty looked down upon him that he came to see you."
Huang Fan said directly to Yimang: "Xiaohan, you have to seize the opportunity. After all, it is a great blessing to be favored by the Prince of the Tang Dynasty."
"Maybe when the time comes, when we are competing for the crown prince..."
Before he could finish his words, Yimang stood up straight.
His sudden move startled Huang Fan, and he swallowed all his subsequent words.
"Huang Fan, you are so brave!"
Yi Mang pointed at Huang Fan's nose and shouted: "This Khan is just the bastard son of my father Khan."
"Today, it is a great blessing to be able to obtain a fiefdom. How can you still have illusions about the position of crown prince?"
Hearing this, Huang Fan also hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said to Tu Yimang hammered his chest with one hand: "I know I was wrong..."
Seeing this, Yimang's mood calmed down a lot.
He said directly to the other party: "Although the eldest brother has a bad reputation, after all, he is the eldest son of my father, and he is also my eldest brother."
"In these years, he made expeditions south and north, not only defeating the Northern Desert Turks on behalf of his father Khan, but also repelling the attacks of the Western Turks."
"Nowadays, my brother's reputation in various ministries can almost surpass that of his father, so the position of crown prince naturally belongs to him."
Yimang blushed and said, "If you dare to mention this matter again in the future, I will not forgive you!"
"Your Majesty understands..."
Huang Fan sighed secretly.
Immediately, he raised his head and looked at Yi Mang and said, "Wouldn't you just go to the Prince of Tang Dynasty?"
"Of course I want to go."
Yi Mang sighed, with a look of helplessness on his face and said: "After all, we can't afford to offend the Prince of the Tang Dynasty."
"Now that someone has invited us, if we refuse, wouldn't it be a disgrace to them?"
"If by then the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty will bear a grudge against our Xue Yantuo because of this matter, then the gain will outweigh the loss..."
Yi Mang looked directly at a general in the tent and said: "Gai Mu, you go back and clean up. Come with me to the Tang Dynasty tomorrow to meet the prince of the Tang Dynasty."
The general named Gai Mu also rushed out to intervene.
"Everyone."
"While I was away, Huang Fan took care of everything."
"You must obey Huang Fan's instructions carefully. If I can't come back, then you..."
Yi Mang sighed and said, "Let's all go on to our own futures..."
At this moment, Yi Mang's whole body was filled with a sense of tragedy, the rustling wind and the cold water, the tragic feeling of a warrior gone and never coming back.
It seemed as if he might die at any time if he left the camp.
It also seems that Li Chengqian is a man-eating devil, and once he goes there, he will never come back alive...