Gao Manzheng and Du Qi had talked and decided to pledge allegiance to the Tang dynasty. Under this premise, Cao Cheng's threat made Gao Manzheng want to kill. He ordered, "Guards!"
"Here!"
Two soldiers came in and saluted.
Gao Manzheng's eyes flashed with cold light. He said coldly, "Take this man!"
The soldiers came forward and restrained Cao Cheng.
Cao Cheng was stunned. He looked shocked as if he didn't believe that Gao Manzheng dared to arrest him. He shouted with all his strength, "Gao Manzheng, what are you doing? You dare to arrest me. Aren't you afraid that the Khan will kill you? "
Cao Cheng only knew a little about martial arts. Especially when he was old. In front of two fierce soldiers, how could he resist? He couldn't even struggle.
Gao Manzheng said, "You, Cao Cheng, only represent Princess Yi 'an Yang Lizhi. How can you represent Xieli?"
Cao Cheng shouted, "You will regret it."
Gao Manzheng shook his head and ignored Cao Cheng. He turned to look behind the screen and asked, "Young Master Du, Cao Cheng has been arrested. How should we deal with this man?"
Du Qi and Zhangsun Shunde came out from behind the screen. Du Qi stared at the pale and beardless Cao Cheng and said lightly, "General Gao, it's useless to keep people like Cao Cheng. Kill him."
"Listen to Young Master Du."
Gao Manzheng nodded and waved his hand. The soldiers took Cao Cheng out. Seeing this, Cao Cheng was stunned. He still didn't understand why Gao Manzheng was so bold to kill him.
Cao Cheng struggled and didn't want to be dragged away. He shouted, "Gao Manzheng, if you kill me, the princess won't let you go, neither will Khan Xieli. You can't escape in Mayi. "
"Take him away!"
Gao Manzheng waved his sleeve.
Although Gao Manzheng was not a strategist, he knew that Xieli wouldn't come to Mayi for a little Cao Cheng. What's more, he had pledged allegiance to the Tang dynasty. He would no longer be disloyal to avoid being suspected.
After Cao Cheng was dragged away, a blood-curdling scream was heard shortly after.
Cao Cheng had been killed.
Gao Manzheng smiled and said, "Great General Zhangsun, Du Gongzi, you are going north to the Tujue as envoys, not only you must guard against Xieli, you must also guard against Yicheng Gong's main force Yang Lizhi! This woman was from the Great Sui Dynasty and had served Qimin Khan and his sons. Her status was extraordinary and not simple. Especially since she has always wanted to restore the Great Sui Dynasty. If you go north, she will definitely think of a way to kill you and instigate a war between the Turks and the Tang dynasty. "
Du Qi said, "General Gao's concern is very reasonable. Previously, we had overlooked the threat of Yang Lizhi. Yang Lizhi is a variable, so we need to be careful. "
Zhangsun Shunde nodded in agreement.
Yang Lizhi had some influence in the Turkic Khaganate, so he had to be on guard against her.
Du Qi said, "Since we've mentioned Yang Lizhi, we can't just ignore her. Right now, we can make use of Cao Cheng to deal with Yang Lizhi so that she won't be able to cause any more trouble in the Turks. "
Gao Manzheng said, "What should we do?"
Du Qi said, "Now that Cao Cheng is dead, you have the final say on how to report to Xieli. General Gao, you immediately write a letter, saying that Cao Cheng came to Mayi under Yang Lizhi's order to threaten you, asking you to kill the Tang dynasty's diplomatic corps on the way. Cao Cheng said that if you don't cooperate, not only Yang Lizhi will deal with you, she will also incite Xieli to deal with you. "
After a pause, Du Qi continued, "You've considered that once you kill the Tang dynasty's diplomatic corps, it will cause a war between the Tang dynasty and the Turks, which will lead to both sides suffering losses. Therefore, you killed Cao Cheng directly."
Gao Manzheng's eyes lit up, he said, "Xieli is a person who understands the overall situation, he will consider the overall situation of the Turks. And he thought that Yang Lizhi actually intended to fish in troubled waters, even plotting against the Turks, so he will definitely deal with Yang Lizhi. Is that right, Young Master Du? "
Du Qi smiled and nodded.
Gao Manzheng praised, "Young Master Du is really amazing, this plan of taking advantage of the situation is incomparably exquisite."
Du Qi said, "General Gao is overpraising. In fact, if Cao Cheng's matter is not reported to Xieli, once Yang Lizhi is the villain and files a complaint, Xieli may suspect you and target you."
Gao Manzheng said, "What Young Master Du said is very true."
Gao Manzheng admired Du Qi's arrangement very much. Gao Manzheng did not waste any time, he immediately wrote a letter and arranged for people to rush north to deliver the letter to Xieli.
After delivering the letter, Gao Manzheng discussed the arrangement of Mayi with Du Qi and others, and then he felt a little hungry. He immediately called people to bring wine and dishes to eat.
After having lunch, Du Qi's group rested a little and then set off north. When Du Qi, Zhangsun Shunde and others went north to the border of Shuo Province, the scouts sent by Gao Manzheng were one step ahead and entered the Tujue Royal Court on the back of Shuo Province.
Royal Court, inside the Khan's tent.
Right now Khan Xieli was eating meat and drinking wine. He always liked to eat meat and drink wine in big mouthfuls, he thought this was the Tujue Khan's heroic attitude. Especially when Xieli was in a bad mood, he liked to eat to vent his emotions.
He was not a tyrannical person, he did not like to kill people easily, and he did not like to kill people to vent his anger even more when he was in a bad mood. Therefore, eating meat and drinking wine was his way of venting his emotions and calming himself down.
When Xieli received the news from Daizhou, he knew that Zhi Shili and Yuan Junzhang were captured and the whole army was wiped out. He was very angry.
Even furious.
In his anger, Xieli immediately planned to mobilize the army to go south to Daizhou and Shuo Province to fight and bring Zhi Shili back. But Xieli knew that the Tang dynasty had envoys, especially Daizhou's Li Daen who had Zhi Shili as a hostage, even if he led the army to go down, it would not be easy to handle.
Therefore, Xieli finally decided to wait for the Tang dynasty's envoys to go north and see them before considering the issue of sending the army.
Even after Xieli had made his decision, in fact, he still could not swallow this anger in his heart. As the Tujue Khan, the Tujue cavalry moved unhindered everywhere, when had he ever been captured? Yet Zhi Shili was captured and his whole army was wiped out, this made him very angry.
If he did not eat, it would be hard to vent his inner emotions.
If he did not eat, it would be hard to restore his rationality.
While Xieli was eating and drinking, a soldier came in and reported, "Khan, there is a man outside, he said he is here to deliver a letter on Gao Manzheng's order."
Xieli stopped and thought for a while, then ordered, "Bring him in."
Yuan Junzhang and Zhi Shili were both captured by Li Daen. Today's Mayi was under Gao Manzheng's control, so no matter how angry Xieli was, no matter how much he looked down on the Han people, he still had to see the man sent by Gao Manzheng.
The soldier went to inform. Not long after, the man Gao Manzheng arranged to deliver the letter came in, greeted Xieli, and handed over the letter written by Gao Manzheng. But this letter was written in the language of the Central Plains.
Xieli could not understand it at all, he called the translator beside him to translate the content of the letter.
The content of the letter was very simple, it was what Du Qi told Gao Manzheng, Yang Lizhi sent Cao Cheng to threaten Gao Manzheng, asking him to kill the Tang Dynasty envoy who wanted to pass through Mayi. Cao Cheng even threatened Gao Manzheng and so on, so that in the end, Cao Cheng was killed by Gao Manzheng.
After listening to the translated content, Xieli frowned, there was already anger on his face.
How could he not know Yang Lizhi's intention?
It was to provoke a dispute.
If Gao Manzheng bowed to Yang Lizhi and led the troops to kill the Tang Dynasty envoy, then there would be no room for reconciliation between the Tang Dynasty and the Tujue. Especially now, Gao Manzheng was a vassal of the Tujue, he represented the Tujue. Once the Tujue killed the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, if the Tang Dynasty chose to swallow the insult, the Tang Dynasty would definitely lose the support of the people.
Under the situation where the envoy was killed, the only thing the Tang Dynasty could do was to kill Zhi Shili and the others, and then declare war on the Tujue. At that time, when the two sides fought, it was very likely that both sides would suffer.
On the other hand, the Great Sui side would benefit from it.
Xieli looked at the messenger and ordered, "Go back and tell Gao Manzheng, he did well, he killed Cao Cheng well. This Khan is very satisfied with his way of doing things, let him guard Mayi well, don't let Li Daen invade. "
"Yes!"
The messenger soldier turned and left.
Xieli could not suppress the anger in his heart, he ordered, "Men, bring Yang Lizhi in."
"Yes!"
The soldiers outside the tent immediately went to arrange.
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