Chapter 2179
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"Jiming, you're right. The barbarian man may end up burning himself in the end!"
In the main tent of the Qigu Tribe, Qigu Heli sighed and said, "After the Wei River Alliance, the Tang Empire has been recuperating for the past two years, and its national strength is becoming more and more prosperous. On the other hand, our Turks have been caught in internal strife. The current Tang Empire's strength is not weaker than Xieli's!
Half a month ago, Xieli sent fifty thousand of his most elite Wolf Riders to the Tang Empire's border to receive State Teacher Wu Jie. But in the end, the fifty thousand Wolf Riders were annihilated by the Tang Empire's army. From this, it can be seen that the current strength of the Tang Empire's army is definitely not the same as two years ago!
The barbarian man wants to lead the Tang Empire's army north to attack Xieli, and then drive the tiger to swallow the wolf. But how does he know that the Tang Empire will definitely send troops to the grassland?
As far as I know, the current Tang Empire's imperial court can be said to be full of talents and bright stars. There are Fang Xuanling, Zhangsun Wuji, and other world-shaking talents. In the military, there are peerless generals like Li Jing, Cheng Zhijie, and Yuchi Jingde. If Tuli leads his troops to return to the Tang Empire, if the civil and military officials in the Tang Empire's imperial court know about the current situation in the grassland, in my opinion, they will most likely choose to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. When our Tiele Tribe and Xieli's imperial court both suffer losses, they will then lead their troops north and reap the benefits!
Therefore, since yesterday's frost on the grassland and rumors about Xieli's misconduct spread everywhere, I'm afraid all the tribes on the grassland have already fallen into the Tang Empire's scheme! There are experts in the Tang Empire's imperial court! And now in Tuli's camp, there must be a senior official of the Tang Empire secretly adding fuel to the fire! "
"Oh? Why does Chief say so? "
Jiming agreed with the first half of Qigu Heli's words. He also thought that after the Tang Empire knew about the grassland's situation, they would most likely choose to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight instead of rashly sending troops to attack Xieli. On this point, he and Qigu Heli agreed. However, Qigu Heli's last sentence surprised him.
"Thanks to Barren Man's reminder this morning, I was reminded of something!"
Qiguhe Li furrowed his brows and said in a deep voice, "A few days ago, a squad leader named Qiguhe from Putuo's tent guarding the southern fortress reported that there was a caravan of Pugu tribe coming from the south. They claimed that they were under the orders of the chief of Pugu tribe to transport a batch of Tang specialties from Taiyuan and offer them to the Great Khan!
Qi Ge He brought people to inspect the carriages of the caravan. Seeing that the carriages were filled with silk, porcelain, and ironware, he gave the order to let them pass. Not long after that, there was a prophecy on the grassland that 'Xieli's misconduct incurred the wrath of Tengri. At the end of July, there will be frost in midsummer'. At first, no one believed it, but unexpectedly, there was frost yesterday morning. The situation on the grassland instantly became delicate!
Later on, I asked the chief of Pugu tribe. He said that their tribe had not sent out any caravan recently, and no caravan came back from outside. So, I guess that the caravan that Qiguhe let go was most likely an envoy sent by the Tang Empire to help Tuli. The prophecy of frost in midsummer at the end of July was purposely released by the Tang Empire's envoy to stir up the situation on the grassland and make the grassland fall into greater turmoil so that the Tang Empire's imperial court could reap the benefits and conveniently help Tuli! Brilliant! Really brilliant! "
When Qiguhe Heli first heard about the prophecy of frost in the grassland at the end of July, he suspected that this rumor must have come from Tuli. He guessed that Tuli wanted to use this rumor to stir up the situation on the grassland and then take the opportunity to lead his tribe out of the encirclement and surrender to the Tang Empire.
He even guessed that Tuli might have already gotten in touch with the Tang Empire's imperial court. Otherwise, he would not have suddenly put on such a show. But he never expected that an official from the Tang Empire's imperial court would secretly sneak into the grassland and infiltrate the heavily encircled Tuli's court!
This was really a case of how to catch a tiger cub without entering the tiger's den! Even Qiguhe Heli somewhat admired that person's courage!
"This …? If this is true, then the Tang Empire's imperial court is really too terrifying! "
Hearing this, Guzang Jiming opened his eyes wide and said with a shocked face.
"So, the grassland's civil strife is about to rise. If our Qiguhe tribe still follows the barbarians and becomes the enemy of the Tang Empire, it is really an unwise move. We have to think of a way out for our tribe in advance!"
Qiguhe Heli sighed and then looked at Guzang Jiming and said in a deep voice, "These years, the grassland's civil strife has not stopped. The Qiguhe tribe has been suppressed by Xieli. The warriors in the tribe are often sent to the front line by Xieli. In just over two years, more than ten thousand warriors of our Qiguhe tribe have been killed or injured. In the long run, even if our little family property is not exhausted by Xieli, it will be lost in the endless civil strife! As the chief, I have to think of a way out for my tribesmen! "
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