Chapter 192 Turkic Response
In the mountainous area of ​​Pingzhou, at a house in Dongliulin Town, Di Renjie and his companions, who were on a secret visit, rescued a middle-aged man who had fallen to the ground and was seriously injured.

Su Honghui and Song Wuji led their troops in mutiny, and they became the rebels who were surrounded and suppressed, so naturally they could no longer kill innocent people and take credit for their achievements as they did in the original world line.

Wang Xiaojie had already fallen into the hands of the Khitan, and Zong Huaichang's troops were defeated by the Khitan, so there was no need to kill them to claim credit.

However, Pingzhou was close to the front line where the Zhou army was fighting against the Khitan. Although it was not affected by the war, the lives of the people were still affected and their days were not easy.

Di Renjie led Di Chun, Zeng Tai, Zhang Huan, Li Lang and other six military leaders, and a wounded soldier, and stayed overnight in a wealthy family in the town.

The head of the household was an old man. Di Pangpang had just finished chatting with the old man and was also trying to find out about the character of Qiu Jing, the governor of Pingzhou.

Zeng Tai waited until Di Renjie finished talking with the old man and left the room before he stepped forward to report: "Master, the injured person we rescued on the way has been settled. Zhang Huan brought back the medicine according to the prescription you wrote and is decocting it now."

"Yeah." Di Renjie just nodded, not very interested.

Zeng Tai couldn't help but ask, "Why are you so worried, Master?"

Di Renjie sighed and said, "The war has been going on till now, and the people have suffered a lot. The old man has three sons. Except for the youngest son who is still young at home, the two older sons are serving in the army and have not been heard from for a long time."

Zeng Tai also looked gloomy when he heard this, but he immediately cheered up and comforted him, "Teacher, you have always cared about the people, and I deeply admire you. This time the court has sent reinforcements, and Teacher is personally leading the battle. I believe that the Khitan can be pacified soon, and the people's suffering can be relieved."

Di Renjie smiled when he heard this, shook his head and said, "The Khitan issue may not be that simple, and the people of Pingzhou are not in such a desperate situation."

Zeng Tai quickly followed Di Renjie's change of view: "Master, what you said is very true. As we have come along, although the people of Pingzhou are not rich, they still have enough food to live on."

"This is already very valuable in wartime. Pingzhou Governor Qiu Jing has made great contributions. He has a good reputation among the people. Unfortunately, Governor Qiu is not good at military strategy and there was a problem in supplying food and wages to the army."

Di Renjie nodded slightly, with a look of regret on his face: "Qiu Jing managed the people's livelihood quite well, and also made contributions in defending the city several times. It's a pity."

Zeng Tai changed the subject and talked about the injured person he rescued: "Master, who are the injured people we rescued today?"

Di Renjie smiled and said, "It's hard to say now, let's go and see him."

As he spoke, Di Renjie took Zeng Tai to a side room.

In the wing room, Zhang Huan was supporting the patient by the bed, while Di Chun pried open the patient's mouth and fed him medicine.

This scene seemed familiar, and Di Renjie's thoughts drifted away in an instant, and his expression was stunned.

Zeng Tai noticed something was wrong with his mentor and asked softly, "Master, what's wrong with you?"

Di Renjie shook his head, looked at Di Chun deeply, and said with emotion: "This scene reminds me of what happened in Youzhou. Di Chun took care of Jili Khan in the same way back then."

"Chengyuan and Yuanfang were there at the time. It was they who revealed the identity of Jili Khan, and I helped him detoxify. We developed a deep friendship, and then we formed an alliance between the two countries, and the hard-earned peace."

Zeng Tai, the unintentional listener, nodded as if he understood, while Di Chun, another attentive listener, although concentrating on the movements of his hands, ripples appeared in his heart.

Di Renjie didn't care about the reactions of the crowd. He just took out the tiger-head flying eagle ring and sighed: "Now the Turkic army has crossed the border to attack our army. I'm afraid Jili Khan is in trouble."
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Thousands of miles away, the Turkic Stone Kingdom, Yazhang.

Jili Khan stood with his back to the door of the royal tent, his face as gloomy as water and anger gathering between his brows. On the table in front of him was the letter from Wu Zhou.

Prince Mochu stood aside, his eyes on his nose, his nose on his heart, without saying a word, and the tent fell into dead silence for a while. Suddenly, footsteps sounded outside the tent, breaking the depressing atmosphere.

General Daleha walked quickly into the room, knelt on one knee and saluted Jili Khan, but ignored Mochu.

Jili Khan slowly turned around and asked slowly: "How is it, did you find anything?"

Daleha replied solemnly: "Khan, the Turkic Guards have three tiger divisions, sixteen leopard divisions, and thirty-two eagle divisions, and they have never mobilized a single soldier."

"I checked all the tribes under the jurisdiction of the Turks. Apart from some minor wars in the Yanqi tribe recently, there has been no large-scale military conquest."

Jili Khan slammed the table and shouted, "The tribes haven't moved, the army hasn't moved, so how come the Great Zhou said that the Turkic army attacked General Zhao's troops who were passing through the country?"

Mochu's face showed resentment. He looked up at Jili Khan and said, "Father Khan, last time the Great Zhou came to the Turks to borrow the passage, I felt that this move was inappropriate and would bring trouble to the Turks."

"It turns out that Zhao Ji really played a trick on us and never passed through the Turkic territory. Now he is biting back and saying that we Turks crossed the border to attack him. It is really unconvincing."

Jili Khan sneered: "Do you think that the Great Zhou would be like a scum like Mordu, who likes to stir up trouble out of nothing? Peace on the border is hard-won. It was bought with the blood of hundreds of thousands of soldiers."

"Now, there is a force in the Turkic country that is trying every possible means to provoke a war with the Great Zhou, and is willing to tear up the alliance and put our Turkic people in dire straits."

His eyes were like torches, shooting sharply at Mochu, and his voice was low and powerful: "With their little strength, the Khitans dared to openly rebel and oppose the Great Zhou. This is inseparable from the secret support of certain people in my country, right?"

When Mochu heard this, his heart was shocked. He looked up suddenly and met Jili Khan's eyes that seemed to be able to see into people's hearts. Then he hurriedly lowered his eyes, not daring to look directly at him.

"Before the Khitan rebellion, they bought food and weapons from us Turks. Mochuo, I heard that this matter was handled by you?" Jili Khan asked in a cold voice.

Mochu's face suddenly changed, and he hastily explained: "Father Khan, please understand, that was a normal transaction. Li Jinzhong and his men paid a lot of money to buy it, so there is no reason for us Turks not to sell it."

Jili Khan sneered: "It's better this way!"

He stretched out his finger and excitedly pointed it in the air: "Do you think war is a joke? Do you think the army of the Great Zhou is so easy to deal with?"

"Let's not talk about the distant past. Now the Khitan royal court has been breached by the Zhou army, and Li Jinzhong's head has been sent to Luoyang for tribute! The wives, concubines and children of Li Jinzhong and Sun Wanrong have fallen into the hands of the General Zhao you mentioned."

"Isn't Li Jinzhong's fate a warning to us? Some people in the Turkic country are sitting in a well and looking at the sky, thinking that they are very powerful. He is still far from it!"

Mochuo quickly responded: "Father, you are right. I have learned my lesson. Peace between the two countries is hard-won. The Central Plains is strong, so it is indeed not appropriate to start a war."

Jili Khan calmed down a little after hearing Mochu's words of surrender: "It's not enough to just say nice things, we need to take actual actions. Don't just say one thing and do another!"

Mochu was startled and knelt down immediately: "I would never dare to have such a thought, please rest assured, father."

Jili Khan took a deep look at Mochu and waved his hand, "Get up. We need to give an explanation to the Great Zhou. Daleha, take my order and go to the battlefield mentioned by the Zhou army to investigate in detail to see if there is any troop movement."

Daleha bowed and said, "Yes."

Mochu lowered his head, the muscles on his face twitching. He knew that his father was determined to get to the bottom of the matter. This was a risk, but also an opportunity.

(End of this chapter)