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    The offensive and defensive battle lasted for most of the day. The Turks were good at field battles. Whether they were attacking or defending the city, they were not good at it.

    The attack below the city was clumsy, and the defense above the city was equally clumsy.  If there were not thousands of Tang troops in the city, Shuozhou City would have been captured long ago.  But it cannot be said that it has no effect. There is great strength in numbers. As long as the hearts are united, having more Turks defending the city will only help.

    It¡¯s getting dusk.

    In February Nisheng, it was still a bit cold outside the Great Wall.  But it is no longer the gentle sword and frost sword it was a month ago, it has become slightly colder.  The Turks sounded the clarion call for withdrawal

    After a day of fighting, many soldiers on both sides died.

    Mo Chui was a little angry, and happened to see Kong Zhengfang, and asked sullenly: "Kong Jun, why did your strategy fail again?"

    I have been thinking about this answer for most of the day.

    Kong Zhengfang replied calmly: "It's not that the strategy failed, it's that there are experts in the city giving guidance. Great Khan, think about the morale in the city yesterday. How is it today?"

    Gu Duolu is not an unreasonable person. He thought about it carefully and felt regretful. He should have attacked the city yesterday and could not delay it until today.  Then he asked: "So what's Mr. Kong's clever idea?".

    I didn¡¯t take it seriously, I just asked, it would be better if there was no Lali.

    Kong Zhengfang replied: "The question doesn't matter. Shuozhou City is small and there are not many soldiers guarding the city. Daozhen is in danger of the city wall, so he talks a lot. Once Shuozhou City is conquered, he will obediently serve the Great Khan."

    "Is it so easy to break through?" Shuduulu said angrily.  Siege warfare is more annoying than field warfare. The city is often well-walled, the generals who defend the city can command, and the army is well-organized. There are only a few thousand people, and one's own army of hundreds of thousands can't take advantage of it.  Besides, the Tang Dynasty army is coming soon.

    Kong Zhengfang didn¡¯t understand at all, so he said blankly: ¡°Great Khan, I¡¯m new to the Northland and I don¡¯t know much about the situation. I don¡¯t even know the information you asked for, so what ideas can I have?¡±

    "Okay, come with me." Take him to the big tent.

    The Turks still have to inquire about the simplest information, but it is written in Turkic characters, not by the scouts themselves. Turkic characters are very complicated. They have been created for more than two hundred years, but few people know them.  This was compiled in words by people sent by Guduulu to collect the news brought by the scouts.  The Tang Dynasty did the same thing. After all, at this time, there were very few people in the Tang Dynasty who could read and write, and Kong Zhengfang didn't know him" Gu Duolu sent someone to read it to him.

    Having finished his instructions, he left here and went to find his men to discuss the plan to attack the city tomorrow.

    Kong Zhengfang listened one by one. In fact, he wanted to find out a way from the news. Jin Guduolu's service was fake, but to see if he could find a way to escape through the news.

    After listening for a while, I heard the list of officials and generals from Yunzhou, Yuzhou, Shuozhou, Xinzhou, Shizhou, Lanzhou and Bingzhou brought back by the scouts. The information was very rough, except for some famous generals or ministers, and some brief information.  , and only a list of others remains.

    However, Kong Zhengfang¡¯s eyes lit up, he found Gu Duulu and said, ¡°Great Khan, I thought of a method that might be useful to Great Khan.¡±

    "What's the clever idea?"

    "Sima Quping of Bingzhou is my fellow countryman and good friend. He was originally the governor of Shenzhen. Because he was loyal to our emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he was pushed out to Bingzhou to serve as Sima. He has always been very dissatisfied with Zhu Wu. If you let me go to persuade you,  , persuade this person, and assist me. There are not many troops in Bingzhou at this time. When the time comes, the Great Khan will send a surprise army to cooperate inside and outside to capture Bingzhou. Wu's army will be defeated, so the Great Khan can point his troops to the eastern capital and go to court for me.  All the warriors have been eradicated."

    Why do you think you want my army to attack Luoyang?

    ?????????????????????? But generally these people always have a strong sense of corruption in them. In the past, Gu Luduo also encountered many similar people in the Tang Dynasty.  He didn't care about it, but if he really succeeded and invaded Bingzhou, then the harvest of this industry would be great.  Gu Duolu fell into deep thought.

    Kong Zhengfang didn't know what he was thinking and whether he could escape, so he made a move here and said sincerely: "Great Khan, please don't worry about me. I have had an affair with the Qinghai generals and there is no place for me. The year before last year  I have offended Wu Chengjin again, and I can't live in the country. Moreover, even though I came to your tent to surrender to the Great Khan, it is far away from the Central Plains. The people in the Central Plains will not know the news for a while, but as time goes by, they will definitely know about it. If  Knowing that I instigated the Great Khan to lead his troops to restore the Tang Dynasty and eliminate the military forces, will the court let me go?"

    It¡¯s not that Gu Duolu doesn¡¯t worry about him.

    Rather, he thought that his chances of success in this line of business were slim, so it was better to keep him here.  He was the loyal minister of the emperor in the Tang Dynasty whose life and death were unknown. Once he reaches the critical period, it will have extremely important symbolic meaning if he is mentioned.

    Seeing the bone recorded in groaning, hole.The other party added: "Great Khan, besides, there is huge wealth in Bingzhou City. Once this wealth is obtained, it will be enough to make up for the losses of your troops in this battle."

    Gu Duo Lu finally got a little excited. There were only a few megacities in the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an and Luoyang, Chengdu and Yangzhou, Taiyuan and Jingzhou, and Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Bianwei.  After pondering for a long time, I finally agreed.

    That night, Kong Zhengfang lay on the corner of the ground, thinking about something.

    Gu Duolu agreed, but sent a few guards to follow him, euphemistically calling it secret protection.  But as for me, I don¡¯t know Qu Ping at all. It¡¯s all true among my fellow villagers. This man was a Jinshi in high school more than ten years ago and was well-known in the countryside.  I know him, but he doesn't know me.  As for Qu Ping's attitude towards the emperor, there is no way to know. God knows how he changed from the governor of Shenzhen to the Sima of Bingzhou.  Once he sneaks into Bingzhou City, his lies will inevitably be seen through by Gu Duolu's followers.

    How to get rid of these guards?

    After thinking about it all night, no good idea came up. The siege started again the next day. The group disguised themselves, left the battlefield, and sneaked south.

    A few days later, they arrived at Taiyuan City. At this time, Li Xiaoyi's army was about to arrive in Bingzhou.  But if Kong Zhengfang really had the ability to convince Qu Ping, and Qu Ping had the ability to open a certain city gate in Taiyuan, his statement could still come true.  After all, although Lanzhou City was defended, the outside of the city was completely destroyed by Mo Chu's plunder.  Qingqi can avoid Yanmen Pass and enter Taiyuan through Lanzhou.

    This also made Kong Zhengfang not very happy. He didn't know what strategy the emperor used, but if he hadn't allowed himself to be tortured, would the invaders have entered the country, and would these people have suffered from the disaster of charcoal?

    Guan Jian is not capable of thinking that far.

    For example, Niu captured Cheng Wuting and Zhang Qianxun, and captured the Tang army's intention without any blood.

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? When the entire Turkic army moved south, what became of the rear area?

    Of course, it¡¯s not that Gu Duulu was careless. After so long, even Wu Zetian thought that her son was in danger, not to mention Gu Duulu.  Under these circumstances, who dares to touch the Turks' rear?  Qinghai and the Western Regions Army?  Do they have this elegance?  Does Huichun have the courage?  The Turks of today are not the Turks of two years ago. Given their courage, they dare not take the initiative to confuse themselves.

    With this huge vulnerability alone, the damage caused by the intrusion is worth it.

    We entered Taiyuan City very depressed and puzzled.

    Time has arrived in late February, spring is blooming, and some pretty girls and handsome young men in Taiyuan City are wearing thin clothes.  There were people coming and going on the street. Kong Zhengfang tried quietly several times, but the guards were always stuck behind him like gummy candies.

    Not wanting to go too far, I had to find an inn to stay in, and then ask people for the address of Qu Ping's home.

    They may not have a home. Some officials are honest and live in inns or temples while they are in office. Some save trouble and rent a house.  Qu Ping didn't, so he bought a small villa. The yard was not very big, with two rows of houses with three entrances and three exits. There was a concierge, an old servant, and two maids inside. After asking, Qu Ping was not at home. He went to the Yamen.  I have gone to work and will be back in the evening.

    Kong Zhengfang had no choice but to visit again in the evening.

    Hearing his name, Qu Ping was shocked and immediately came out to greet him. He asked in surprise: "Kong County Cheng, how did you come to Bingzhou?"

    "Qu Sima, did you hear my name too?"

    "How could Qu not know that there was a verbal battle between Zhou Guogong and the generals in Qinghai, and they had a quarrel with the generals and fled to Sheng Kong County Cheng, what happened?"

    ¡°It¡¯s hard to put it into words.

    "Qu Sima, can I tell you the truth of the matter in twenty days?"  "Kong Zhengfang didn't know what kind of medicine Li Wei was selling in his gourd, but it would probably be revealed in twenty days.

    "Why does it take twenty days?"

    "It's an agreement."

    "As a gentleman says, a galloping horse is hard to catch, so Qu just did it without asking. I wonder why Kong County Cheng came to visit Qu?"

    "I would like to ask Qu Sima if he can be kept under his wing for twenty days."

    Qu Ping was very curious and wanted to ask again, but he endured it and asked another question: "Kong Xiancheng, you are in Qinghai, do you know the whereabouts of His Majesty? There are so many rumors outside"

    "I don't know either." You can't say this even to death.

    "So where are you staying now?"

    "I found an inn in the morning."

    "There's no need to stay in an inn. Qu has only been here for a short time and doesn't have any women with him. You can stay at my place first. After all, we are still in the countryside."

    "Then thank you Qu Sima." Kong Zhengfang breathed a sigh of relief. These few tails following him made him very uncomfortable, and he felt a lot of pain in his heart.?Somewhat scared.

    When he returned to the inn to pick up his luggage, several followers asked, but when they heard that he was moving to Qu Ping's home, they didn't ask any more questions.  The purpose of coming here was to instigate Qu Ping. As soon as the two met, Qu Ping asked him to move to his home, which showed that the two had a good relationship.

    After settling in the Qu family, Kong Zhengfang breathed a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, three days later, when he came out, one of the guards followed him quietly and asked, "Mr. Kong, how are things going?"

    ¡°There¡¯s no rush, let me communicate with him slowly.¡±

    "Mr. Kong, time cannot be delayed any longer. The Tang army is approaching Bingzhou."

    "Yes, I understand." After Kong Zhengfang finished speaking, he immediately returned to Qu Mansion.  Then I thought sadly, what should I do about this?  Qu Ping cannot be allowed to lead a few government officials to arrest them. It is easy to arrest them, but when asked, what will be the result?  Why did you say I was your good friend, and why did the Gougong Turks invade Yunshuo under the banner of anti-military restoration of the Tang Dynasty?  After several days of talking, Qu Ping also expressed his admiration for His Majesty, but people were so far apart that he dared to say it openly?

    "There's no way to drag it out like this. A few tails won't let me drag it out for twenty days."

    Sitting in the west wing of Qu Ping's courtyard, Kong Zhengfang thought for a whole day, his hair turned gray, but he still couldn't come up with a solution.

    But he neglected one thing, people's greed and lust, and the desire of middle and lower-level officials for fame.

    After three days of testing, Qu Ping concluded that Kong Zhengfang was hiding something very secret, and that he had disgraced Wu Chengbeng at Wu Chengsi's house the year before last. He betrayed Kong Zhengfang to Wu Chengbeng based on the latter alone.  You can also get a chance for promotion.

    While Kong Zhengfang was trying to resolve several tail tactics at his home, Qu Ping was writing a secret letter and preparing to send it to Luoyang.
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