Li Mu was eating the jerky "rewarded" by Zepi. He subconsciously compared it with the beef jerky Cheng Yaojin gave him, and found that this jerky of unknown meat actually tasted better.
After some research, he understood. In fact, it was not about the meat, but about the method. Cheng Yaojin's jerky was 'dried' or 'coaxed', while Zepi's jerky was pure
The 'air-dried' ones will be more 'strips' when torn, and the texture will be chewier.
The horse suddenly snorted. Li Mu glared at him. The horse seemed to understand what he meant and snorted several times unconvinced.
"Forget it, I won't argue with you."
Li Mu muttered and took a sip of wine.
Compared with this dried meat, this wine is really spicy, not the spicy kind with a high degree of alcohol, but too unpleasant to drink. What Li Mu can be sure of is that this wine is definitely not brewed from grains common in the Central Plains.
But he couldn't analyze what it was made of. After all, he had never been in the Western Regions, and he didn't know what crops grew there.
As the groom of the vanguard general, the treatment of Li Mu, a small soldier, is much better than that of others. At least he can live in a place with him. He does not have to hide in a leeward place like ordinary Turkic soldiers.
Even if you stay overnight.
The place where he lives now is a 'borrowed' private house. Zepi lives in the main house, and he lives in the 'woodhouse'. At this time, the lights in the main house are still on. Li Mu is very curious about what Zepi is doing.
What, while he was watching coldly, he discovered something strange. Just now, the sentinel from the front came back to report that there was indeed a landslide in front and the road was blocked. As the coach, Zepi should be worried, but he was not
, on the contrary, he looked relieved,
Such strange behavior made Li Mu even more interested in this person.
A Turk who can speak Chinese is already an anomaly among the Turks, especially the Western Turks. With his behavior like this, does it mean that he is unwilling to attack the Tang Dynasty?
But why is this? He is a Turk, and this cannot be faked. His nose and eyes are there, and no one believes him if he is from the Tang Dynasty.
What is going on?
At this time, in the main room, Zepi and several young Turkic generals were plotting.
"I thought that this war with the Tang Dynasty was inevitable, but I didn't expect that Changshengtian would have mercy on him. If something like this happened, it would be delayed for at least ten or eight days. He told the men to slow down and clear the road. It took a lot of time.
Come on, we really can’t put it off any longer.”
"Yes, the damn Si Yehu Khan, he forced us to be vanguards. What kind of vanguards are we going to die? They will be happy if we are all used up."
"Alas, we are the sons of Ashina Nishu. It's strange that Siyehu would let us go!"
These people were very strange. They were all just like Zebei. They were obviously Turks, but they communicated in Chinese. Zebei had been listening to everyone's complaints without making a sound. When everyone saw that he didn't speak, they all looked at him strangely. Only then did he
He spoke and said: "Brothers, to be honest, when I got here, I suddenly had an idea. But if I speak out about it, I will have to bear a huge responsibility, so I am a little hesitant."
Everyone looked at each other and said, "We are all as close as brothers, what can't we say? Don't you still treat us as outsiders?"
Zepi pursed his lips and said, "In that case, I'll say it." He looked around at everyone and said, "Brothers, I think this is a good opportunity!"
Everyone couldn’t understand: “What good opportunity?”
"Now that we are separated from the Chinese army, it will take at least ten days for Si Yehu Khan's troops to arrive. And this place is only five hundred miles away from Gaochang and Dingxiang, and only six or seven hundred miles away from Yanqi. If we can send a few
Wouldn't it be great if I personally climbed the mountain, sent a message to the Tang Dynasty and Yanqi, borrowed the Tang Dynasty's soldiers, and welcomed Ashina Nishu back as Khan, so that the two countries could stop fighting?"
When everyone heard this, their eyes widened. They didn't expect Zepi to have such courage!
After a long time, someone finally said: "Your idea is not bad, but no matter how bad Si Yehu Khan is, we are all the people of Changshengtian. How can we cooperate with the Tang Dynasty? The Tang Dynasty took us
If they are regarded as enemies, how can they help us? If the Tang people cheat and pretend to agree, but in fact they want to see us fight among ourselves, then things will be very bad."
Another person answered: "I think we can give it a try! Nishu and the emperor of the Tang Dynasty once became brothers and worshiped the Changshengtian together. We have also heard about the reputation of the emperor of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions. He
He is a hero, and I believe he will not do despicable things. Khan Siyehu has lost his moral character, and the fate of the Western Turks cannot be in his hands. If he acts according to his wishes, it is better to die!"
Everyone agreed, looked at Zepi, and asked: "What are you going to do? This matter is very involved. If it is leaked, we can't bear it."
Zepi smiled and said: "I wasn't ready at first, but I just met a mute who can't speak, and this matter became clear. I plan to let the mute deliver the message."
"Believe it?" Everyone shook their heads after hearing this and said, "It's impossible to believe it. If the letter is found, it will be evidence. Being mute is useless."
"No, I don't want to write a letter, but let this mute write it."
“How to make a mute write?”
"I told the mute the message I wanted to convey, and asked the mute to write it down after meeting the person. If the mute is caught, what he writes will not count."
"But what if the Tang people don't believe this mute?"
Zepi's tone was choked, and he said blankly: "Then...there is no other way, we can only leave it to fate."
There was silence in the room again, and they all sighed in unison, yes, it really depends on Changshengtian's will to solve such a big matter by relying on fate.
"Without further delay, let's break it off!" Zepi gritted his teeth and opened a wine jar next to him. The aroma of wine spread out, and everyone subconsciously showed an intoxicated look. This was borrowed from the warehouse in Camel Valley.
Zepi found the fine wine from Chang'an just now by following the taste. He had heard about it when he was in the Western Regions, but with his status, he was not qualified to drink such fine wine in the Western Regions. The stock was too small.
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Zepi carefully poured a bowl for everyone, raised it up and said: "What happened today will be witnessed by the Changsheng Heaven. If anyone leaks even a word, he will be stabbed to death by random arrows!"