A crescent moon hangs on the starry sky, and the night on the grassland is particularly quiet. Only the rustling sound of insects and the "screaming" wolf howls from time to time are always lingering in my ears, and they cannot be dispelled. People who are used to this kind of sound can ignore it and turn a blind eye; while the Han soldiers who first arrived in the grassland were creepy when they heard these sounds and couldn't sleep.

The discussion of the general tent had already ended, the Han army camp was silent, and many exhausted soldiers were already dreaming. Only a few timid soldiers could not sleep for a long time after listening to the howl of the wolf. They were covered in quilt, covered their ears, and tossed for a while before they fell asleep.

It was late at night and the lights were still on in the tent of the Central Army Commander, and the lights swayed in the wind and flashed unsteadily.

It is said that the West is cold and bitter and cold. In fact, the real bitter and cold place is the northeast border of the Han Dynasty. It is summer, the day is still good, the sun is warm and even a little hot, but it is quite cold at night. It should be the evening breeze in summer, which is cool and comfortable, but now it is very similar to the cold wind, and the night is as cool as water.

Li Li stood at the door of the big tent wearing a brocade robe, looking up at the stars in the sky, but his eyes were searching for Xiliang thousands of miles away, dazed and thoughtful.

Speaking of which, by this time, he had led his army to the east for half a year, and he spent the New Year's Eve in Youzhou last year. When he was leading the army, a group of wives and concubines were following each other, but Li Li cherished his wives and concubines, worried that they could not stand the cold weather of the snow and snow, so he politely declined his wives and concubines and led his troops alone. The days of march in recent days have been common for Li Li and are not worth mentioning. Whenever the night is late and quiet, it is also the softest time in his heart. The loneliness from the bottom of his heart is entangled with the chaotic current situation, which makes him often unable to sleep all night, thinking about the upcoming complex wars and the pros and cons.

This is the responsibility and responsibility that a superior person must shoulder. Otherwise, it will be a mistake for oneself and an army, which is an extremely irresponsible act. One person cannot harm the entire army. Missing his wife and children is the heart and tenderness that a man should have. A person with a broad mind can take it and let it go. But this does not mean that he does not have his own tenderness, but this kind of tenderness never shows others, let alone be told to others.

"The lord is not yet at ease?" A light inquiry interrupted Li Li's contemplation and pulled him back from his chaotic thoughts. There was no need to turn around. Without looking back, Li Li knew that the person who spoke was the military advisor to sacrificial wine Zhuge Liang.

Before moving, Li Li whispered: "The long night is long, and I have to rest for three hours every day. Why is Kong Ming still thinking about Suli and Que Ji coming to discuss peace?" As he spoke, Li Li slowly turned around and waved to Kong Ming to enter the account with him. After all, the outside of the account was too cold, and Kong Ming was a scholar, so he might not be able to withstand the coldness as cold as water.

After entering the tent, a table was placed in the middle. Li Li and Zhuge Liang sat opposite each other. At this time, Li Zhi walked into the tent lightly, bowed to deliver the hot tea that had just been cooked, poured two cups of them, and then bowed and retreated aside.

"General Zicheng might as well sit together and have a tea and talk together?" Seeing Li Zhi bow and retreat, Zhuge Liang hurriedly spoke and tried to keep him.

Li Zhi stood behind Li Li three steps away. After hearing the sound, he shook his head and said, "I am not inconvenient to accompany you. Besides, I am not able to drink tea. Thank you for your good intentions." After speaking, he flashed and stood in the shadow of the cylinder, and looked at himself and rested. He didn't say much.

At this time, Li Li smiled slightly and said, "Forget it, Zicheng has always been like this. I have said it many times before. He always politely rudely rudely on the grounds of his duty, and over time he will follow his wishes." Zhuge Liang nodded after hearing this. Then he stopped talking and picked up the teacup and savored the teacup carefully.

Putting down the teacup gently, Zhuge Liang thought about it, "I just thought about the result of the matter in the commander's office. After returning, I weighed it repeatedly, but finally I felt something was wrong. Now our army is at the city. Kebi can lead the army to defend while sending envoys to ask for peace. This move is quite strange and seems to have a deep meaning. In addition, the envoys he sent were also quite thoughtful. He actually sent Su Li and Que Ji, who had fought head-on with our army, as envoys. Wouldn't he beheaded the two of them in anger?"

Li Li nodded slightly, after thinking for a moment, he chuckled meaningfully, "If I behead Suli and Que Ji and the others, maybe Ke Bi would have the same idea. Perhaps this was his real attempt to send Suli and the two tribes to the envoys, and to use my hand to get rid of the leaders of the two tribes, and then take the opportunity to annex the two tribes and territories, and transfer the hatred of these two tribes to me. Wouldn't this be the best of both worlds?"

"Oh?" Zhuge Liang pondered in surprise, his pupils quickly turned, and a gleam flashed in his eyes in an instant, and he nodded with deep conscience. Then, he looked thoughtful and said while thinking: "The lord said that he woke up the person in his dream, and the empress almost let Ke Bi Neng deceive him. According to detailed investigations, Ke Bi Neng is quite similar to the leader of the Wuhuan Tadun. Both seem to be reckless, but in fact they are both civil and military, and have deep scheming. They can be called a cunning and cunning grassland hero, which is very difficult to deal with. Su Li and Que Ji, who were sent as envoys this time, were both powerful leaders of the large tribes in various Xianbei tribes, and Su Li was the most powerful.

The strength of the Queji tribe is not as strong as Ke Bi Neng. He had a good relationship with Ke Bi Neng before, so Ke Bi Neng was inconvenient to attack him. At that time, the elite of the Queji tribe was still there. Even though Ke Bi Neng was willing to merge him, he had some concerns, fearing that he would not be able to defeat one blow and lose a loyal ally. But now Queji was defeated and returned, and the elite warriors of the tribe were almost completely lost and had no value for use. The only thing that could make Ke Bi Neng look at were the tens of thousands of tribes, war horses, cattle, sheep, livestock and pasture territory of the Queji tribe. This was the best time to annex the Queji tribe. Otherwise, once Queji recovered and some vitality was restored, it would not be so easy for Ke Bi Neng to annex his tribe.

As for Suli, the leader of the Xianbei in the eastern region, he was the large tribe that Ke Bi Neng had coveted for a long time. Before the decisive battle of Lu Longsai, the Suli tribe was not inferior to Ke Bi Neng, and could compete with Ke Bi Neng, even more than that. What Ke Bi Neng coveted the most was that Suli had an extremely large tribal population and a plump grassland ranch, with a very vast territory. Most of the western Liaoning counties were almost the territory of the Suli tribe. In addition, Suli also had multiple pastures in the southern desert and Liaodong, with countless war horses, cattle, sheep and livestock, which made Ke Bi Neng salivate and admire him.

Now Su Li is in a difficult situation. There are only more than 10,000 people left in the tens of thousands of string control men. Their strength has plummeted. It is definitely a great opportunity for Ke Bi Neng. If he can merge with Su Li tribes, it is equivalent to occupying most of the Xianbei grassland. His strength will inevitably increase several times, becoming the strongest force among the various Xianbei tribes, and is expected to unify the Xianbei tribes and reproduce the glorious achievements of Tan Shihuai in the past."

As he spoke, Zhuge Liang's deep eyes flashed, as if he had captured Ke Bi Neng's core intention of sending envoys to seek peace. When he finished speaking, a cold light suddenly appeared in his eyes, filled with strong murderous intent. Obviously, Ke Bi Neng's careful calculations and insatiable ambition touched Zhuge Liang's murderous intent, which made him very afraid and intolerable.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang, who had always been introverted, was so fierce and fierce, Li Li nodded in a secret voice, and said with deep feelings: "Yes, before, we underestimated the leaders of the barbarian tribes, especially the Wuhuan Shanyu Tadun and the current Xianbei 'adult' Ke Bineng. I mistakenly thought that they were all barbarians who had not yet been civilized. Even if they were a little brave, they were just ordinary men at best. It was not fearful at all. But we all ignored a fact that we cannot ignore, that is, no matter where we were, those who could become large leaders or barbarian leaders were not mediocre people, and they could not be reckless warriors who were just showing off their strength. On the contrary, anyone who did something must have extraordinary points, and the barbarian leaders who could become overlords were definitely not purely violent and reckless men. His wisdom and strategies were definitely not inferior to those of us, Han people. They were even more than those of us."

Speaking of this, Li Li paused and sighed and said, "For many years, our Han people regarded themselves as the country of the Celestial Empire, looked down on the military preparations and strategies of the barbarians, and even disdained to communicate with them. They often educate and comforted them with etiquette. However, many barbarian countries were humbly learning everything about the Han people, especially military strategies, and turned the learned military tactics and weapons production methods to practice them on the Han people. If they could win, they surrendered and surrendered, temporarily endured, and surrendered and rebelled after their strength grew, provoking the Han people again and provoking the battle. For hundreds of years, this was the case, whether it was the previous Huns or the current Xianbei and Wuhuan.

Therefore, rather than saying that the many barbarians in the border counties of our Han Dynasty were too fierce and tenacious, it would be better to say that our repeated indulgence and charity prompted them to grow step by step. As a result, raising tigers was a disaster, and repeatedly suffered backlash, and countless people in the border counties were poisoned; it became more and more fierce, and eventually affected the entire Yanhuang land, and even enslaved our Han nation!”

When he said this, many memories emerged in Li Li's mind. The Five Barbarians invaded China made many barbarian countries full of the essence of Chinese civilization, and they made them make up for thousands of years of gaps in a very short period of time. In the chaos of the north and the south, a large number of Western barbarians rushed into the Central Plains and plundered them wantonly, thus creating their eternal civilization. In the prosperous period of the Li Tang Dynasty, a group of island natives sent tens of thousands of envoys to the Tang Dynasty to study for hundreds of years, and eventually they were all a group of ungrateful wolves. The Song Dynasty worshipped literature and educated thousands of people, but ended up throwing the entire Han Dynasty to the grassland.

Zi. In the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was flirting with internal control, and first stabilized the country, and pointed the finger at the Han people. As a result, Dapian occupied the entire world and enslaved the Han people for more than 200 years. Dapianzi looked like beans, sealed the country, and would rather give friendly countries than domestic slaves, causing the great China to retreat a hundred years and suffer from the slavery of foreign devils. What's more, a mere Japanese pirates actually wanted to do a snake and swallow the elephant in a small place, trying to swallow the land of China. Looking at the past and present, it was ultimately one sentence: educated the barbarians, fattened the barbarians, and eventually backed on themselves, causing the Han people to suffer all their suffering.

Zhuge Liang didn't know that Li Li was thinking about what happened a thousand years later. All he thought about was the war in front of him. Seeing that Li Li had a different expression, Zhuge Liang asked in a low voice: "The generals did not agree with the establishment of an alliance with Ke Bieneng before. I dared to ask, I wonder how the lord decided on this matter?"

Li Li came back to his senses when he heard the voice and said, "Since he wants to submit to me, how can we refuse to accept it? After all, our great Han Dynasty is a country of etiquette, governing the world with kindness, and tolerating all foreign tribes who are willing to live in friendship with us with a broad mind. After joining us, Kebineng's troops were the front army of our army and continued to conquer the remnants of Wuhuan. If he refuses to send troops, he is insincere; if he does not have sincerity, he is the enemy, and there is no need to be kind to the enemy."

Zhuge Liang looked happy when he heard this and nodded happily, "My wise, I am here tonight. If Kebi wants to form an alliance with us, then it is an alliance. However, after the alliance, you must obey the order of the lord, otherwise it will be resolutely wiped out. As for whether after the end of this Eastern Expedition, if Kebi can know himself, he should know what to do; otherwise, I would not mind annihilation them together. After all, the purpose of our Eastern Expedition is to clear the border troubles of Youzhou and maintain long-term stability. Any existence that endangers the border security of Youzhou is the goal of our Eastern Expedition; as long as we can, we will not allow it to continue."

Li Li smiled and nodded, and praised: "What Kong Ming said is exactly what I want. I will send an envoy to reply to Ke Bineng at noon tomorrow and ask him to come to our army camp in the evening to sign the alliance. I will give him a great gift at that time!"

"I wonder what the lord wants to give him? I am very curious. I have never seen my lord give gifts to others in recent years. Why is he so generous this time?" Zhuge Liang asked.

Li Lilang laughed and said, "Am I very stingy? Why don't I think? The gift I gave to Ke Bineng this time was Que Ji's head. Hahaha!"

Zhuge Liang's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, "Why is it Queji, not Su Li?"

"You should raise a hungry wolf, you can't let it eat, otherwise what's the use of keeping it?" Li Li said with a smile. Zhuge Liang was so arduous that he knew the elegant meaning when he heard the string song, and immediately understood it. Then he looked at Li Li and smiled: "Hahaha."

It was deep in the night, and the evening breeze blew by, and the curtain was tilted and "suddenly" sounded. After a pot of tea, Zhuge Liang bowed and left. Li Li personally sent him outside the tent and watched him return to the military tent until his figure disappeared.

Standing on the stone steps outside the tent, Li Li's eyes were on Zhuge Liang's military tent and murmured to himself: "If you want the long-term stability of Youzhou, the surrounding barbarians are just one of them, but the other half will fall on Gongsun Zan. Kongming, you almost missed me a big deal. Our army has just taken over Youzhou. Gongsun Zan must not die at this time, otherwise everyone in Youzhou's civil and military officials will be in danger and will inevitably be in chaos. What's more, Gongsun Zan is the first prince to surrender to me, he is a banner. Even if he is useless, he must keep it. Once he dies, who will dare to bow to me in the future? Perhaps, this is a mistake for wise people."

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