The war horses kicked three feet thick with ice and drove on the grassland. The more than 20 cavalrymen were wearing thick felt shirts.

The leader was a man in his fifties. Although his beard and brows were stained with a little snow, he was full of joy, excited, and anxiously looking at the direction of the journey.

Of course, this person is Li Chongjiu's father Li Hu. When he learned that Shi Deyun was pregnant, he was so happy that he would definitely rush to Yuyi Town.

Next to Li Hu, a man covered his face with a felt shirt, and his eyes were slick, as if he was thinking about something. This man was one of the earliest businessmen in Huaihuang Town, Shi Kang, a Sogdian.

Shi Kang had a considerable industry in Huaihuang Town, mainly engaged in Kunlun slaves in the Western Regions, buying and selling slaves. He had an ordinary relationship with Li Chongjiu, but he had a good relationship with Li Hu. With his intention to curry favor with him, his business has always been good in Huaihuang Town.

Shi Kang smiled and said, "Is Mr. Li so anxious?"

Li Hu couldn't help but smile. Shi Kang said immediately: "Master Li, I am an outsider. I'm saying something that should not be said. Although Li's envoy is still young, he only has his wife and wife. If Mrs. Shi De gave birth to a son, it would mean unusual for the general of the Xi clan under his command."

Li Hu felt a sudden heart. Although he was a bandit, he knew what this meant. Generals of the Dexi under Li Chongjiu, such as Ertuo, Yinghefu, Shi Defeng, etc., were all generals with heavy troops. They always hoped that Li Chongjiu could take Shi Deyun as the main wife, and called it Kedun on the grassland.

But Li Chongjiu seemed unwilling, and the Han generals did not support this idea. But now if Shi Deyun gave birth to a baby boy, then the weight of Shi Deyun would undoubtedly increase. It is very likely that Shi Dexi's Xi's master will put pressure on Li Chongjiu, hoping to use Shi Deyun as the main room. Once Shi Deyun becomes the main room, her son will immediately be able to inherit Li Chongjiu in the future.

At that time, all Li Chongjiu's subordinates had to be loyal to him.

At that time, whether it was the Han general under Li Chongjiu or the Hebei gentry who did not support him very much, they might be unhappy because of this. They hoped that Li Chongjiu could make the Han daughter the main wife, and even the noble relatives in the North of the North would be better than the daughter of the Xi clan.

Li Hu thought about it for a while and was quite satisfied with Shi Deyun's daughter-in-law, frankly and sincere. He was full of thought for Li Chongjiu, and what else can I ask for if I can get my daughter-in-law like this?

He did not reject Shi Deyun as the main wife. He had also asked Li Chongjiu about this, but Li Chongjiu's words did make sense. Shi Deyun was simple-minded. Such a woman, if she was placed in Li Chongjiu's harem in the future, she would definitely not escape the struggle of power.

Instead of doing this, it would be better to let her be happy next to Li Chongjiu without thinking too much. Li Hu couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this. As his father's wish, he just hoped that the Li family could have a lot of branches and leaves. That's all, but he did not expect that state affairs and family affairs were involved, which he did not want to see.

While Li Hu was meditating on his thoughts, a large group of cavalry suddenly appeared in the grassland in the distance. In the winter, he rarely encountered so many people on the grassland.

The Turkic people, Li Hu couldn't help but feel a stern heart. Although he could not make up, Li Hu did not dare to take risks and immediately ordered his subordinates to retreat in Huaihuang Town at a faster pace.

After retreating for a while, he suddenly looked and found that the other party was actually coming towards him. The guard beside Li Hu insisted on putting the horn beside the horse beside his mouth and blew it up long. The desolate horn sound was spread through the heavy wind and snow, warning the surroundings, and also reporting to others for help.

The wind and snow are getting heavier and heavier, and the snow particles that are striking the head and face make people almost unable to open their eyes. In the past, it was a wind and snowy day that was absolutely disgusting, but for Li Hu and the others who are running around at this moment, it is the best cover.

This time, he walked east for more than twenty miles. Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to Yuyi Town, the cavalry still rushed into Li Hu.

In Yuyi Town, Li Chongjiu was sitting next to Shi Deyun, holding a Jin version of the ancient book Shanhai Sutra translated into vernacular, saying it to Shi Deyun, Pingping listened to Shi Deyun. When Shi Deyun heard stories like Kuafu chasing the sun in the story, he couldn't help but fall in love with it.

In the past ten days since Shi Deyun became pregnant, Li Chongjiu has turned down all major events, and he has given himself a leave of absence, and Yu’s family is with Shi Deyun, and the two of them are Pingping.

After talking for a while, although Shi Deyun was still sleepy, she still cheered up and listened carefully.

At this time, there seemed to be a rapid sound of footsteps outside the door. Because Li Chongjiu wanted to accompany his room, he was in the deserted town and Yuyi Town were managed by Wen Yanbo, Ji Chuan, Liu Yi and others. At this time, someone suddenly came to him, and it must be a major event that the three of them could not handle.

Then he stopped at the door, and was probably stopped by his own guard. Soon Li Chongjiu heard the knock on the door.

Li Chongjiu said calmly to Shi Deyun, who was a little sleepy, and said, "I will tell you tomorrow, let's go to bed early."

Shi Deyun, Pingping reluctantly heard this, Shi Deyun said, "You can't cheat tomorrow."

Pingping immediately nodded in agreement. Li Chongjiu smiled and walked out the door.

Li Chongjiu restrained the gentle smile in the room and asked expressionlessly: "What's the matter?"

A subordinate in sheepskin knelt down beside Li Chongjiu and said, "Khan, Lord Ling, outside Yuyi Town, was attacked by the Turks!"

Li Chongjiu's eyes condensed and said, "How is he now?"

"Fortunately, Uguna heard the sound of horns outside the city and led his army to rescue and repel the other party, but the adults were injured by arrows. Fortunately, it was not serious, but the guards suffered more than half of their casualties."

Li Chongjiu was furious when he heard this, but then he paved and said, "In the wind and snow, the road is not good, and the Turks suddenly came and intercepted them. The other party must have discovered this in advance and had planned it."

At that moment, Li Chongjiu immediately got on his horse and then headed out of the city. At this time, Wugu Naizheng led his army back.

Li Chongjiu immediately asked Wugunai: "Have you captured the Turkic prisoners?"

Wuguna shook his head, and then his subordinates said, "It's not our fault that Khan, we killed the other party's thirty-five cavalry. We could have captured two of them alive, but the other party committed suicide."

Li Chongjiu's eyes sterned and said immediately: "There is something strange about this. Let me ask you to come immediately, Yinghefu will come."

Under the city tower, the corpses were arranged in a row, all of whom were sneak attacking Li Hu, and the corpses were picked up from the snow.

Etuo, Yinghefu monitored the bodies one by one. Then the two came back and reported, Yinghefu said, "Khan, I have seen the bodies of these people. Although they are dressed as Turks and use scimitars, they are all Xi people."

"Really?" Li Chongji asked. The Orchid Turks of the Asana clan were the species of the subtropical species. Although the species was close to the white species and were very easy to identify, many of the black Turks were from the local tribes on the grassland.

If you talk about the difference between Li Chongjiu, you can't tell it, but Ying Hefu and the others can do it. Just like now, they are judged to be Koreans, Japanese, Chinese, and Europeans and Americans. The three countries all look similar, but only we can identify the difference between them, and Koreans.

Yinghefu said immediately: "Yes, Khan is indeed a Xi person, and one of them will be recognized by our tribe."

"Which of the five Xi tribes belongs to?"

"It's a warrior from the King of the Suihe tribe."

Li Chongjiu narrowed his eyes after hearing this.

Since the storm of Chuluo Khan was going to be unfavorable to Huaihuang Town, the elders of Shide's ministry have been using a lot of money to buy the Turkish ministers and generals through various relationships with the Turks, asking them to say good things to Chuluo.

Now Li Chongjiu led a large army to pacify Zhuo County and return to the grassland. The Turks were also quite concerned about Li Chongjiu's army that he was used to fighting.

It is said that there are two opinions within the Turks. One is that Li Chongji, who is rising in the east, believes that Li Chongjiu, who is rising in the sky, is a big problem. In the future, he will challenge the hegemony on the Turkic grasslands, and should be removed as soon as possible.

First, he believed that although Li Chongjiu is now a dominant of the grassland, he was always a Han regime. He would not pose a threat to the hegemony of the Turks like Xue Yantuo. His important strategic goal was the Central Plains, not on the grassland. Having such a powerful separatist force as Li Chongjiu was definitely a big problem for the Sui Dynasty.

The Turks always believed that the Sui Dynasty, which had defeated them in the past, was the most powerful enemy, so they always followed the strategy of separation, strength and weakness. They supported separatist forces such as Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu, and Gao Kaidao to fight against the Sui court, and at the same time hoped that the Central Plains would be as chaotic as possible. For the Turks, a powerful separatist force such as Li Chongjiu was a barrier between the Sui Dynasty, and the more forces the Han people split, the more profits the Turks could gain from the chaos of the Sui Dynasty.

So under this, the Turks' determination to use military force will never be very strong. Otherwise, Chuluo Khan would not make any noise to attack Li Chongjiu, but led a 300,000 army of troops to really come to the city.

Li Chongjiu guessed that Luo Khan's purpose was really hoped that Li Chongjiu could formally submit to the Turks like Liu Wuzhou and Liang Shizhu, and so he deliberately proclaimed his troops, hoping to achieve the goal of defeating others without fighting.

Now both sides are coming and going, and they are putting pressure on each other in secret, and they are not communicating in secret. There are a group of subordinates and factions inside both sides, and they do not want the two families to fight.

So when this winter is about to pass, the war between Li Chongji and the Turks has not yet broken out. Among the two ministries, everyone thought that the war would not break out before at least next autumn. As expected, there were third-party forces. They did not want to see the two families be at peace, and the Hunhe Wang tribe pretended to be Turks and assassinated Li Hu.
Chapter completed!