Hu Hongxiu suddenly frowned when he heard this: "General Yelu, are we going to Hamili or Gaochang?"

Yeluyu was slightly startled when he saw it, and immediately asked: "Aren't they all the same place? They are all the places where the Xizhou Uighurs are? And according to what was said before, the Xizhou Uighurs just made a subordination agreement with my family, King Dashi, so they found the Xizhou Uighurs.

The Uighurs of the state can know the message of my king. Calculating the time, even if they see him directly, they can't tell."

"Having said that, Gaochang and Hamili are not the same place." Hu Hongxiu shook his head. "Gaochang has to go from Yumen Pass, but what about Hamili? We are actually going to look for the Xizhou Uighurs, right? We didn't specify Gaochang or Hamili.

Hamili?"

Yelu Yujian wanted to refute, but was finally discouraged... He really didn't want to offend this senior official Zhao Song, who had an awkward personality.

In fact, even other attachés of the Song Dynasty felt that Hu Hongxiu was overthinking. Both Hamili and Gaochang belonged to the Western Regions, and they were both from the same family. If they wanted to go to the Western Regions, wouldn't they have to go through Yumen Pass or Yangguan Pass?

However, at this moment, the Khotan businessman who could speak Chinese suddenly interjected knowingly: "If you go from Shazhou to Hamili, you don't have to go through Yumen Pass."

Everyone turned around to look.

"Shazhou, Guazhou, Hamili, and Gaochang are a four-cornered circle..." The Khotan merchant quickly explained under the gaze of everyone. "Yumen Pass is between Shazhou and Gaochang, Hamili is in the northeast of Gaochang, and northwest of Guazhou...

...If you want to go to Hamili from Shazhou, of course you can take Yumenguan to Gaochang and then transfer to Hamili, but you can also turn east from Shazhou, retreat to Guazhou, and then go directly from Guazhou to Hamili... This road is not the same.

There are no barriers.”

The Han merchant also nodded heavily.

Yelu Yu saw Hu Hongxiu and Hu Hongxiu looking at each other silently, and seemed to be moved. The latter turned back to see the two heads of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War.

The two principals hesitated for a moment, and then one of them, a member of the Ministry of War called Liang Jiaying, blurted out with a strange accent: "It's a bet! The population here is so sparse, let's divide the troops into two groups, and go all the way.

Qingqi is going from Guazhou to Hamili...why can't we bet on it!"

Hu Hongxiu nodded immediately, and the matter was considered passed.

There was no way, three of the four who had the right to speak had been on the battlefield, and the three who had been on the battlefield basically had no doubts about this risky choice, which made the learned etiquette officer

The foreigner had nothing to say.

For a time, everyone made a plan. Hu Hongxiu and Yelu Yujian selected a hundred horses, wearing local yellow-headed Tatar rags, carrying enough water and food, leaving the Zhengbei Pass, entering Shazhou, retreating to Guazhou, and then heading straight to Hami.

force.

The remaining people, headed by Liang Jiaying and the rites official Wai Lang, took their baggage, caravans, gifts, and ceremonial guards and continued westward calmly. They walked for another twenty days and transferred to Datun City in the Western Region as a backup.

But now that the decision was made, and the leaders were all from the battlefield, they did not hesitate and put it into effect immediately.

It can only be said that the Xixia people never thought that the one hundred cavalry who jumped out of the Qilian Mountain Pass were actually Han envoys. In fact, they did not realize that the one hundred cavalry were at all... After the hundred cavalry came out of the Qilian Mountain Pass, according to the guide's guidance, there was no

Instead of paying attention to Shazhou City, they went out at night and day. They first ran to Sanwei Mountain and then passed through Changle City, a small town on the way. They only bought enough food and water in the villages around Changle City, then crossed over at night from the north of Guazhou City and bypassed it.

The small desert around Shule finally galloped straight to the northwest.

The Xixia people didn't react during the entire process.

They had no reason to react. The Xixia Xiping Military Division in Guazhou only received a report from Changlecheng two days later, saying that there was such a group of yellow-headed Tatars. They must have just robbed a fortune and were actually quite rich.

, went from west to east... The people from the Xiping Military Division didn't want to go and look for it, but when they asked and learned that these people had already crossed the Shule Desert, they lost all interest.

As long as the core land of the Hexi Corridor is not disturbed, who is willing to take care of this kind of place?

So, surprisingly but not dangerously, Hu Hongxiu and Yelu Yujian arrived at Hamili five or six days before the Chinese New Year, and then got the exact news. It turned out that Yelu Dashi was ahead in Gaochang (later Turpan)!

Let us also say that after long discussions, the Uighur tribes in Xizhou, with Gaochang as their actual capital, expressed their respect for Yelu Dashi early on. However, Yelu Dashi was not as simple as just a letter. He still led the army southward, and followed Yelu Dashi.

After Dashi's troops went south to Beiting (Belgashi Bali), the Uighur regime in Xizhou, headed by the Uyghur King Bilge, made a final ideological struggle and formally professed tribute to Yelu Dashi.

It was a heavy gift of 600 horses, 100 camels, and 3,000 sheep, and the promise to provide Uighur nobles as hostages.

Therefore, Yelv Dashi's soldiers completely surrendered the Xizhou Uighurs without a single blow. He was about to lead his army to Gaochang to join forces with Bileg, and at the same time accepted his gifts and hostages.

This is great news.

But it's also bad news... Because Yelu Dashi told the Xizhou Uighur tribes from the beginning that he was going to the Black Khanate further west to 'borrow troops', so the Xizhou Uighurs were just borrowing the road.

, we will go west soon.

In other words, if we arrive too late, we will continue westward without knowing the Yelu Dashi.

Hu Hongxiu, Yelu Yujian and others were exhausted at this time. The number of the hundreds of cavalry accompanying them had been reduced to seventy or eighty, and they were all exhausted. But at this time, they could not care about anything. The two immediately changed their horses on the street in Hamili.

Three tired horses were exchanged for a good one, and thirty horses were obtained. Eight more followers were selected, one person and three horses. In the name of Yelu Dashi's subordinates, they immediately set off westward to Gaochang again.

I have to say that Bileg is still very capable. He didn't play any tricks. Facing Yelu Dashi and his army, the Uighur king honestly opened the city gate, presented gifts, and handed over

The children took out their savings at the same time and entertained Yelu Dashi and his entourage. The banquet lasted for three days.

The entire city of Gaochang was in a state of revelry to avoid a war.

On the third day of the continuous banquet, Yelu Dashi, who was happily drinking wine, suddenly heard a name that could bring back sadness for half his life.

And it’s the authentic Khitan pronunciation.

"Yelu Yu Jian?" In the cheerful atmosphere of the whole city, when everyone was excited to avoid a war, Yelu Dashi, who was not yet forty years old this year, sat on the throne of the Uighur King and heard the words

It felt like a lifetime ago. "He still dares to come to see me? How many people did he bring with him?"

"Ten!" In front of Dashi, a Khitan general bowed his head and faced him. It was Xiao Wulila, the arm-like figure under Yelu Dashi.

"Ten?" Yelu Dashi, who had a ruddy complexion and was wearing a brocade robe, smiled, then picked up the glass cup at hand, swung the wine in the cup, and then turned to face the Uyghur King Bilge beside him. "Ten.

Not bad! Ten warriors who live and die together, fighting side by side, are so proud of the thousands of soldiers with different aspirations... This guy can bring ten Khitan warriors here to look for me, I would be embarrassed to chop his head off

Already."

Belgo smiled...he didn't understand a word...but that didn't stop him from smiling.

"There is also a minister of the Ministry of War of the Zhao and Song Dynasties!" Xiao Weilila waited for the Uighur King to finish laughing before adding calmly. "Ten people, one Yelu Yujian, one minister of the Ministry of War of the Zhao and Song Dynasties Hu Hongxiu, one Khotan guide, seven Xihelu

He was born in the Imperial Cavalry of Zhao Song Dynasty... It is said that there is also a handwritten letter from the official family of Zhao Song Dynasty and a gift specially selected by the official family of Zhao Song Dynasty."

Yelu Dashi was stunned when he heard the first sentence of the supplementary description. He listened to it all at once, remained silent for a long time, then suddenly stood up, then suddenly sat back, raised his hand to signal again, stopped midway, and finally opened his mouth to speak.

There was silence for a moment.

No matter how you look at it, it looks like you have drunk too much.

But after waiting and thinking for a long time, the biggest Khitan remnant in exile still waved heavily with a drunken breath: "Bring us in together!"

He didn't drink a glass of wine in three days, but Xiao Weili, who was just setting up the city defense, immediately left and brought ten people in after a while.

The Uighur King and below had already noticed the situation here, but they observed the words and expressions and became awe-inspiring early on.

Let's say that the ten people who had gone all out to get here were already exhausted to the extreme. When they entered the palace, compared with the Uighurs and Khitan nobles who had been feasting and carousing for three days, they were really embarrassed.

As for the first two people, Yeluyu knew that today's success or failure depended on whether they could form an alliance, but they remained silent and just stood in the palace panting, then went to see Hu Hongxiu.

As for Hu Hongxiu, who calmed down for a moment, he handed over his hand calmly: "Today is the New Year's Day. Hu Hongxiu, the Minister of War of the Song Dynasty, asked Da Shi Lin Ya on behalf of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, what is the mood of the New Year in Yi State?"

"Is the New Year going to be celebrated today?" Yelu Dashi looked at the audience in astonishment in Hebei Chinese he was familiar with, but then shook his head. "You can't celebrate the New Year... Don't you, Mr. Hu, know that since your family broke the alliance, Song Dynasty

Have the Liao been at war with each other for fourteen years? How dare you come to the enemy's territory in Gaochang?"

Hu Hongxiu was silent for a moment, and the scene actually turned cold.

After a while, Xiao Weili stood by and snorted coldly: "Why doesn't the Song envoy speak? After thousands of miles, there is nothing to say?"

"It's not thousands of miles. From Xining Prefecture to here, it's only more than two thousand miles, and it takes less than two months." Hu Hongxiu said sincerely. "If we can go to the Hexi Prefectures, it will be faster. It's not that I have nothing to say... I

When I came here, I thought about it for a long time on my horse. I also thought that after meeting Dashi Linya, I would have such boring words waiting for me, so I also thought of many responses... For example, at this time, I just said that Gaochang is the hometown of China.

, I am an important minister of China, why can't I come? But just as I was about to say it, I felt that after all, I have worked hard for two thousand miles to get here, and if I just talk about these nonsense, it seems quite meaningless, and I will also be sorry for the emperor who is waiting in Tokyo."

Yelu Dashi sneered, not sure whether he was mocking himself or the person in front of him.

At this point, Hu Hongxiu also turned to Yelu Dashi and handed it over calmly again: "The Dashi Linya... My official family wants to use the river as the boundary to allow Xixia to be divided into six counties in the west of the river, the land of the Sisi and Daliao, so that Xixia can be divided equally between the two families.

How about being able to visit your homeland in Dashi Linya?!"

Yelu Dashi's heart was pounding, but he sneered again, and then he seemed to feel that he was a bit embarrassed to intimidate an important minister of the Song Dynasty who dared to lead only ten people across 2,000 miles of Xixia to blockade this place, so he directly stroked his chin while considering the gains and losses in his heart.

Perfunctory: "You just said you had a gift for me?"

"have."

As Hu Hongxiu spoke, he took off the helmet of a Han knight beside him while Yeluyu was stunned, and then handed it to Xiao Weili, who was also at a loss.

But then, this important minister of the Song Dynasty, who did not look like an important minister of the Song Dynasty at all, made all the Khitan people present change their expressions with just one sentence:

"This is the helmet that Wanyan Loushi wore when he died in battle at the foot of Yao Mountain! My emperor heard that this man was closely related to Dashilinya, so he sent it to me... It happened to be the New Year for Dashilinya and all the Khitan warriors.

present."

Xiao Weili, who had always had a sullen face, immediately lost his composure. His helmet, which smelled of sweat, fell to the ground and rolled several times in the splendid palace of Gaochang before he stopped.

"Shilang Hu." After a long time, Yelu Dashi broke the silence. "I also heard some words from Dangxiang merchants... Some people said that in the battle of Yaoshan, it was your official who shot Wanyan Lou to death with an arrow.

?”

"No, it was Qu Duan, commander of the Imperial Cavalry Army, who shot Lou Shi's armpit with an arrow. Han Shizhong, Commander of the Imperial Left Army, shot an arrow at the head of Lou's horse. Then Hou Dan, the commander of the imperial camp's central army, struck out with an axe.

Before, chop off his arm first, then chop off his head!" Hu Hongxiu answered seriously. "As for my emperor, although he opened his bow early and wanted to shoot, he failed to succeed. If Qudu hadn't unified the arrow, he would have almost died on the spot... However, these are all old things.

Okay, my emperor still has a few words for me to convey to Dashi Linya..."

"There's no rush." ​​Yelu Dashi suddenly stood up and turned to look at Bileg, the Uighur King of Xizhou. "I will lend you flowers to offer to the Buddha, and I will also ask for a glass of wine for Mr. Hu."
Chapter completed!