Jiu Zhang Ji: The Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter

Chapter 225: Western Turks in Danger

Nine days later, the group arrived at Xiguan City. Because Feng Wuzui was traveling with them and they knew that Qiao Peng had a longer journey to go, they did not travel day and night.

Two days after arriving at Xiguan City, Qiao Peng and Xiao Wenchu ​​arrived. They traveled lightly and did not bring any followers with them.

Qiao Lili was angry at her brother's irrationality, so she had to let Sister Xiao bring someone with her, even the little girl who usually followed her. She had no choice but to let Huiming stay with Xiao Wenchu ​​temporarily so that they could take care of each other.

Zuoqiu Linlang was conferred the title of sixth-rank general Wude by the emperor and had to stay in the army on standby and could not follow them out. The only people she brought with her were Caiqi Caixing and Huiming.

What Qiao Lili didn't expect was that Xiao Wenchu ​​had been dressed like a man since he was a child. He was very capable in the army alone, and it would be a burden for him to bring others with him.

The two teams merged into one, rested for another day, bought necessary things, and then returned to the original Northern Mongolian territory and entered Western Turkestan from there.

Western Turks and Dayan were at war, all passages in and out of the two countries were closed and the defense was extremely strict. However, their defense against their former ally Northern Mongolia was much weaker. A group of them disguised themselves as Western Turks and went to Northern Mongolia as a caravan. They encountered war in Northern Mongolia and tried every means to get Western Turks back.

With Liang Yuanming, a descendant of the Liang family who is good at making human skin masks, it is not a problem to dress up as anyone.

A day later, this Western Turkic merchant caravan, disarmed and without weapons, sneaked into the territory of Western Turkic from a small town in the former Northern Mongolia. Perhaps there were many people in the same situation as them who fled back to Western Turkic during this period, so they were only interrogated as usual and then let go.

These few border towns in the former northern Mongolia were loose on the outside but tight on the inside in their border with Western Turkestan, with the purpose of allowing some Western Turks in northern Mongolia to escape back to Western Turkestan, so that the spies of Dayan could also sneak in. If the border was like an iron tunnel, not a single person could get through, how could the spies easily infiltrate Western Turkestan?

Although there is no suspense in the war against Western Turks, it will be a crushing victory once the war starts. However, if we know ourselves and the enemy, we can reduce the losses to a smaller extent, wouldn't it be better?

If it is possible to defeat the Western Turks without losing a single soldier, no one would want to end the war with a large number of casualties. Therefore, strategies, deployment of troops, preparation, and planning are all essential.

They stayed at the largest inn in the town, took a shower, changed clothes, and gathered information while eating. This group of more than 30 people, each doing their own job, everyone was keeping an eye on all directions and listening in all directions, entering a state of tension.

This small town is not a military stronghold. It is the kind of military stronghold or important city that once occupied, they don't have to waste any soldiers and can only raise their hands and surrender. There is no point in struggling.

Although the coalition forces of Western Turks and Northern Mongolia were defeated in the battle outside Xiguan City and fled separately, Dayan went straight to Northern Mongolia afterwards, and Western Turks were temporarily safe. Some people in the small town fled inward for fear of being affected by the war. Most people believed that no one would care about their remote place whether there was a war or not, so they continued to live a stable life.

Even because of the war between Dayan and Northern Mongolia, some people fled back one after another and came to the town to settle down, eat, stay in hotels, and do shopping, which made the town incredibly prosperous for a short period of time.

Qiao Lili and her group also wanted to take advantage of the convenience of returning home to bring some goods back. They went to buy in the small town and the surrounding towns. Many people had done this before them, and more would do so in the future. Therefore, their behavior was not abrupt and did not attract any attention.

After getting tired of shopping, I would have a meal in a restaurant, take a break in a teahouse, chat with the waiter, and listen to other people's chats, and then I would get the news. There were many people in the town, and Ah Cang and Ah Hui were too big to be noticed, so the pigeons would fly back and forth. The number of troops stationed, the quality of weapons, and which areas were guarded tightly and which areas were lax, were basically known. The news was also sent to Duke Dingguo and King Zhenbei one by one.

Three days later, the group, with complete carriages and supplies, left the town like an ordinary caravan and headed for Panhu Man, a vassal state of the Western Turks.

Panhu Man is located at the southwesternmost tip of the entire continent. Beyond Panhu Man are towering snow-capped peaks that never melt all year round. No one has ever been able to cross those snow-capped peaks. People who make a living by collecting herbs all year round can only climb to the halfway point of the mountain. Once there, it is very cold and difficult to breathe. If you don't come down immediately, you will suffocate to death due to lack of breath or freeze to death due to the low temperature.

This is a good thing. A trip to Panhu Man is equivalent to visiting all the vassal states of Western Turkic Khanate.

The group walked and stopped along the way at the pace of the caravan, getting information and buying and selling supplies. These vassal states of Western Turkestan had not traded with Dayan for many years, so many things were unique, which opened everyone's eyes. The happiest one was Feng Wuzui. Many of the ancient recipes passed down by their masters could not be made due to incomplete medicinal materials. However, along the way, he actually found more than a dozen medicinal materials that he knew but had never seen before.

Along the way, he was as excited as a child.

The small country of Panhu Man has always been quite mysterious, but after becoming a vassal state of Western Turkic, it had more exchanges with other countries, and some news came out. They walked along the way and inquired, and unexpectedly found out another piece of news, that is, the alliance of the fifteen small countries of Western Turkic became a country, which was also completed under the lobbying of that counselor.

This is a capable man. He defeated the enemy without fighting and accomplished such a great thing with his eloquence.

What did he want to do by persuading fifteen small countries to become a big country and persuading the Western Turks and Northern Mongolia to unite and attack Dayan?

What does Dayan have that makes him covet it so much? She must not let this person go, as he has put so much effort into targeting Dayan.

Something appeared in her mind and flashed away so quickly that she couldn't catch it.

After walking for more than 20 days, they were on the road to Panhu Man. They passed through eight small vassal states in total. After leaving the Wuqimu State they were currently passing through, the next country was Panhu Man.

That night, they stayed in Ulu Town, a small border town of the Uqimu Kingdom, and planned to gather some information and make full preparations before heading to Panhu Man.

In the middle of the night, Qiao Lili suddenly smelled the smell of kerosene. She forced herself to wake up from her sleep and quickly woke up Caiqi and Caixing beside her.

The two of them slept outside the tent and inhaled more smoke. They had fallen into a coma and could not be woken up no matter what. Qiao Lili was also weak all over. She stretched out her hand and reached for the leftover herbal tea on the bedside table and splashed it on their faces.

The two of them woke up slowly, and at this moment, they heard the sound of fighting outside the window.