Li Siwen looked at the pigeon in Su Dingfang's hand and said confusedly: "What is this? General Su, are you still in the mood to play with pigeons at this time? You disappoint me so much!"
Feige's letter was always in the hands of Li Mu himself, and no one else had done anything about it. Li Mu's kidnapping happened suddenly, and before he had time to tell Su Dingfang and Li Siwen, neither Li Siwen nor Su Dingfang knew about it, so
When the news came, no one thought of the pigeons, but sent a 800-mile rush.
But after arriving in Chang'an, the news reached Dugujiu's ears. Dugujiu knew about the flying pigeon's message. In order to spread the news quickly, when Chang'an returned the news, he used the flying pigeon to send the message.
After spending 800 miles in a hurry, the pigeon was faster after all. He looked for the road sign that Li Mu had put in his luggage and found Li Siwen's camp. When Su Dingfang was patrolling, he saw the pigeon and thought about it.
When I saw the pigeons brought by Li Mu, I found the small bamboo tubes on the pigeons’ feet.
After hearing Su Dingfang's explanation, Li Siwen was so angry that he pounded the table and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier! If I had known that there were pigeons available, the news would have reached Chang'an earlier. Oh my big brother, you are so awesome."
"Okay, stop talking about it now and let's see what Chang'an has to say." Qin Yu interrupted Li Siwen, untied the pigeon's bamboo tube, took out the note inside and unfolded it, only to see that it was written in small regular script, densely packed with words.
Few words.
"The news has been learned. Your Majesty is furious. He has mobilized the soldiers and horses of Bingzhou and the three guards of the Forbidden Army. Li Ji and Hou Jun have gathered the troops in two groups with a total of 50,000 horses and rushed to Gaochang. You are back to Dingxiang and are waiting for help. Gaochang is acting strangely and may be involved.
The Western Turks must not act rashly. Once there is any news about Li Mu, flying pigeons will send a message."
There is also a line of small words on the back: "Li Siwen, I am Dugujiu. My sister-in-law doesn't know about this yet. I have been ordered by my eldest brother to protect the safety of my sister-in-law and the fetus in her belly. I have thought about it again and again and dare not leave without permission. My eldest brother's life depends on you."
, tens of millions.”
Li Siwen cried again after seeing it: "What a fart, I'm a waste, I don't have the ability."
"Shut your mouth!" Qin Yu really couldn't stand Li Siwen being like this anymore. The tigress showed off her power and frightened Li Siwen to the point where he didn't dare to speak out. Qin Yu handed the note to Zhang Tianai, who was set off by a suit of suitable leather armor.
He was full of heroic spirit and said: "Now that your Majesty has issued a decree, we must obey it. General Su, please send the order to break camp and return to Dingxiang."
"No!" Although Li Siwen was afraid of his wife, when it came to Li Mu, he forgot to be afraid: "My eldest brother is still in their hands. If you want to get it back, I will be here. If you can't save my eldest brother, I will die."
here"
"What are you talking about!" Qin Yu said anxiously, "Didn't you read the note that Gaochang is acting strangely, which may involve the Western Turks. Don't you understand yet? Gaochang is a small country, and we have just met His Majesty.
They came under the banner of the Tang Army. Regardless of whether they arrested the elder brother or not, they should at least come out and explain it personally, even if it is just a pretense, but now they look like they are ignoring him, what does this look like?"
Su Dingfang frowned and said, "It seems like they are waiting for help!"
"Yes!" Qin Yu nodded and said, "They didn't believe that we dared to come here with only 3,000 troops. They thought we had a rear army to lure them out of the city. So they didn't move and waited for reinforcements to come to save them. Think about it, everyone.
, there are only a few small towns in Gaochang. If they were reinforcements from their own country, they would have arrived long ago, but no one has come for so many days. This means that what they are waiting for is not reinforcements from their own country. Then the answer is obvious. What they are waiting for is
Foreign aid, and from the nearby countries, who can be recruited by Gaochang as reinforcements, besides the Western Turks who have been eyeing the east and want to advance eastward, is there anyone else?"
Qin Yu looked at Li Siwen and said: "Husband, I know that you and your eldest brother are brothers, and you are not afraid of death. But even if you die here, will it be useful? If you don't leave, once the Western Turkic army really
It's coming, and our three thousand troops won't be able to withstand it even for a while. By then, you will really never see big brother again."
Zhang Xun, who had been silent for a long time, finally took the initiative to speak and said, "Let me say something."
Zhang Xun and Li Ji have an old relationship. Although Li Ji wants to break off the relationship, Li Mu can't break it off now. Although Li Ji and Zhang Xun no longer have contact, Li Siwen is close to him, but he recognizes him as his uncle.
, when they meet, they are very polite. Seeing him speak, Li Siwen also looked over and said, "Uncle, please speak."
"I think we should obey His Majesty's will for two reasons. Your Majesty values Li Mu very much and will not sit idly by and do nothing. He will not harm Li Mu. Moreover, Your Majesty is a natural strategy general, and it is not for us to judge the art of war, strategy, and vision.
Comparatively, his decision should not be wrong, at least it is much better than ours. Furthermore, before the reinforcements arrive, there is really nothing we can do, and it is useless to just wait. Just like Miss Qin just now
As I said, if Gaochang really colludes with the Western Turks, we can't resist it. It's a trivial matter to die, but no useful information is left. When the reinforcements arrive, we will face the enemy's waiting for work, but there is no big deal.
Wonderful."
Li Siwen bit his lips tightly. Although he believed that what Qin Yu and Zhang Xun said were reasonable, he firmly believed that Li Mu was in Gaochang and asked him to abandon Li Mu and leave like this. He really couldn't do such a thing.
"Oops!" Qin Yu was also impatient. When he saw Li Siwen looking so indecisive, he raised his hand and stabbed Li Siwen. Li Siwen's eyes popped out and he fell to the table. Qin Yu caught him and said, "No argument.
Yes, Your Majesty has a decree. We must obey it. Send more scouts to pretend to be merchants, bypass Gaochang and then go out for a hundred miles. Break camp and return to Gaochang to wait for reinforcements! Bingzhou is relatively close. Calculate the days and there should be a vanguard in six or seven days.
The army will come, and when dad comes, he will have an idea. It is hopeless to count on my family!"
Li Siwen's performance was obvious to all, and everyone knew that Qin Yu was telling the truth. They stood up one after another, restrained their troops, and the army broke camp and returned to Dingxiang.
On the wall of Gaochang City, the defenders cheered when they saw the Tang Dynasty withdrawing its troops. Every Gaochang person felt very proud of the 'defeat' against the Tang Dynasty. It was the Tang Dynasty that destroyed the Eastern Turks, even though there were only three thousand
Although there are many people and horses, it is still a victory after all, right? When I see people from other countries in the Western Regions in the future, this alone will be enough to brag about for decades.
Contrary to the joy of the soldiers, Ju Wentai and his son looked sad. They had not slept much in the past few days after being besieged. Li Shimin's expectation was correct, they had indeed colluded with Gaochang.
Just as they had just established a side, and before they had truly formed an alliance, Li Siwen came with his troops, and he used the ridiculous reason that Zhuluhou was kidnapped by Gaochang. How could Ju Wentai and his son believe it? They could only think that the Tang Dynasty had noticed the clues.
We were about to attack. We had no choice but to close the city gates and defend, while sending envoys to the Western Turks. They withdrew all the conditions they originally proposed and completely switched sides.