On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

Chapter 449 "I am willing to submit and make the Turks and Andong friendly for eternity!"

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When Li Shiyue rode her little red horse to the riverbank, Chen Yong and Sun Xiaoliu, who had been waiting there, quickly mounted their horses and followed behind. Together with Li Shiyue, they crossed the stone bridge and headed towards the horse farm behind the river.

Yes, Li Shiyue did have official duties to attend to;

However, Liu Tan, who was already at the horse farm, learned that it was Li Shiyue's elder sister's wedding day, so he specially granted Li Shiyue an hour's leave, allowing her to go back and attend Li Qiutian's wedding.

Thus, Li Shiyue missed Li Qiutian's wedding banquet and hurried back to report.

After all, Li Shiyue was already extremely grateful that Liu Tan was so considerate as to give her an hour's leave.

At this moment, the little red horse was running very fast, making it very tiring for Chen Yong and Sun Xiaoliu to chase after it.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the little red horse arrived at a place about five or six zhang away from the gate of the horse farm.

After Li Shiyue dismounted, she stood still for a while before she saw Chen Yong and Sun Xiaoliu catching up.

Sun Xiaoliu spat twice at the grass beside him. After being choked by the dust all the way, he dismounted and immediately complained to Li Shiyue, "General, Xiao Hong runs too fast!"

Yong and I cracked our whips twice, but we still couldn't catch up.

Li Shiyue didn't respond to Sun Xiaoliu's words. Instead, she handed the reins of the little red horse to Chen Yong, who had already walked over.

Because Li Shiyue knew that Sun Xiaoliu was a chatterbox, and even if he didn't respond, he could talk excitedly for half an hour without stopping.

If you agree with him, you'll have to talk to him for at least fifteen minutes.

Sure enough, Li Shiyue and Chen Yong ignored Sun Xiaoliu. They walked several steps ahead of each other before Sun Xiaoliu, who kept muttering to himself, pulled on the reins to catch up with them.

"General, why isn't Little Red in heat yet?"

Such a stamina-rich warhorse should be kept for breeding; who knows, I might be able to ride Little Red someday, right?

Sun Xiaoliu kept talking all the way to the gate of the horse farm.

However, he was quite perceptive; upon seeing the guards standing watch outside the door, he shut his mouth.

"Please inform them that Li Shiyue has returned to the team!"

The guard standing at the door returned the salute to Li Shiyue, who was bowing with his hands clasped, and then opened the door directly. "General Li, the General said that if General Li returns, there is no need to announce your arrival; you can just come in."

"Thank you!"

Turning around, Li Shiyue gently turned to Chen Yong and Sun Xiaoliu behind her and said, "You two go find a place to rest and wait for me to come out."

"Yes, General."

Li Shiyue entered the courtyard and walked to the door of the house. She stamped her foot to the side, raised her hand to touch the silver hairpin on the top of her head to make sure her hair was not messy, then smoothed the hem of her clothes a couple of times before knocking twice on the door.

"General, Li Shiyue has come to report!"

In just a couple of breaths, the door opened, and the person who opened the door for Li Shiyue was Ma San with a smile on his face.

The room was fairly well lit, but since this horse farm was not a place Liu Tan frequented, although some fine white candles were prepared, there weren't many because it wasn't a place Liu Tan often visited.

Therefore, near where Liu Tan was located, most of the candles were white.

In the other corners of the room, oil lamps were lit. After greeting Liu Tan, Li Shiyue listened to what Ma San said and found a place to sit down.

Then she heard Zhou Yiran, who was closest to Liu Tan, point to a spot on a map hanging on a wooden frame and say, "If we can enter the Turkic territory from here, we can directly avoid the Turkic Khan's people."

According to Prince She'er, the Turkic Khan's troops would not be here at that time!

But the grassland is vast, and although it stretches as far as the eye can see, it offers no cover.

If we rashly send troops, I fear the path provided by Sherta might not be feasible, and our people might suffer losses instead.

Yes, Liu Tan is sending troops to the Turkic royal court!
It wasn't that Liu Tan suddenly became bolder and recklessly decided to fight the Turks to the death.

Instead, it was She'er, the eighth prince of the Turks, who "invited" the Xuanjia Army to go!

What exactly did Xie Mingyue write in that letter?

In the past two years, Xie Mingyue has been secretly having frequent contact with She'er.

She not only advised Sher on his position in the Turkic court from behind the scenes;
How did Jiaosheer gain a reputation among the various Turkic tribes?

He also acted as a go-between for She'er, enabling him to trade with merchants from Youzhou who came to the grasslands, so that She'er would not have to trade with only Andong and would not be subject to others.

What Xie Mingyue did was to get She'er to provide her with the city defense map of the Turkic royal court!

Xie Mingyue's ambitions are not small!
She intends to support Sher to become the next Khan!
So, how could a good leader, whose mother's clan was a large tribe in the Turkic Khaganate, become the next Khan?

Of course, it would be fine if the current Khan were to die.

So, there are two steps. The first step is how to kill the current Khan.
The second step is that the current Khan roars, how can he still quickly take control of the situation?
As long as someone is willing to send troops to help Sher!

This foreign army can cooperate with the barbarian army of the Sheermu tribe. In this way, with the help of both inside and outside, they can catch the Turkic royal court off guard!
If he wins, then Sher can become the next Khan!
Who are these outsiders?

Liu Tan's Xuanjia Army, Xie family's Youzhou Army!
She'er promised Xie Mingyue the following benefit: "I am willing to befriend the Youzhou army! I can sell a thousand warhorses to Youzhou every year!"

As for what She'er said to Liu Tan, it was: "I am willing to submit and make the Turks and Andong friendly for life!"

Sher's words sound nice, but how much of them are truly sincere?

Of course, regardless of how much sincerity She'er might have, Xie Mingyue and Liu Tan don't need it.

Xie Mingyue wanted warhorses and chaos in the Turkic Khaganate!
This would greatly reduce the pressure on the Youzhou army at the border, allowing the civilians there to live in peace for a few years.

This is exactly what the Xie family needs.

Because the heir apparent of the Duke of Yingguo, who is Xie Mingyue's biological father, is currently the General of Youzhou stationed in Youzhou!
As for Liu Tan?
Haha, Liu Tan didn't care about the nonsense She'er was spouting.

What Liu Tan needs is to set foot in the Turkic Khaganate, kill more Turks, and deepen the internal strife within the Turkic Khaganate!

His goal was to weaken and defeat the Turks, so that he could find an opportunity to truly eliminate these northern barbarians once the troops in Andong were strong and well-equipped!

Therefore, Xie Mingyue's letter, which was ostensibly a request for "aid," actually had the real intention of getting Liu Tan to send the Xuanjia Army to cooperate with the Youzhou Army to enter the Turkic territory and fight a battle!
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