A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1153 Don't move, or the country will be destroyed

"Who is coming?"

Ashina Helu held the wolf-head knife cup in his left hand and the ox-horn cup in his right hand. He was a little drunk, and with a red face and red eyes he stared at the Tang man who strode up to him.

He wore a purple robe, jade belt, a right-handed crown, and a sword hanging from the gold and jade belt.

This civilian official's attire looked out of place in this camp.

Liu Deming held his head high and his eyes swept across everyone, finally falling on Helu.

He was not unfamiliar. Helu had previously gone to Shuanghe to pay a visit to Wu Huaiyu, and then followed him from Shuanghe to Luntai, so he became familiar with the man along the way.

Helu recognized the man in front of him at a glance. Although he had seen him wearing armor before, he was wearing an official robe today. However, this man also had status under Wu Huaiyu. He remembered that he was the governor of Shazhou and the Marquis of Wangdu County. He was born in the Liu family of Pengcheng in the Central Plains. His brother was the Minister of Punishment of the Tang Dynasty. He was a county duke and married a county lady from the royal family.

But this time he pretended not to know him and asked loudly.

"I am Liu Dewei, the governor of Shazhou, the Grand Secretary of the State, the founding marquis of Wangdu County, and the deputy chief of the rear wing of the Western Expedition Camp. I am here on behalf of the Anxi Grand Protectorate."

"Hey, Yaochizhou Governor Ashina Helu, how dare you neglect the imperial envoy?"

Helu originally wanted to show off his power, but unexpectedly, he was scolded by Liu Demin. He was immediately angry and embarrassed. His face turned even redder. He threw the ox horn cup in front of Liu Demin and said, "How dare you."

"You are so bold that you dare to act so recklessly in my tent. Do you really think my sword is not sharp?"

Liu Deming still held his head high, and even looked at Helu with disdain.

"Helu, don't be ungrateful. Prime Minister Wu and Deputy Chief Steward Cheng are giving you a chance. We hope you will turn back. If you can repent in time, we will give you a chance to cleanse your mind and start a new life."

"Shut up, do you think I dare not kill you?" Helu shouted angrily.

Liu Demin snorted disdainfully, "If you kill me, everyone here will be buried with me!"

The atmosphere was tense for a moment.
Liu Demin still had the same attitude, "Today, tens of thousands of you attacked Futu City, and my Tang Dynasty only had a few thousand people defending it. You lost tens of thousands of people today, but you still couldn't shake Futu City at all. Instead, you hit your heads and bled. To tell you the truth, there are only 3,000 elite soldiers of my Tang Dynasty in Futu City today.

The rest were the Qibi and Eastern Turkic tribesmen.

We went out of the city to fight in the field, and you couldn't defeat us. What do you think will happen to you when the elite troops dispatched by the Minister of War arrive?"

"I have another piece of news for you,"

He sneered a few times, "You are secretly plotting something bad, and the Minister of War has long anticipated it. Otherwise, why do you think Deputy Chief Cheng led his troops to Futu City so quickly, and why do we carry so many powerful firearms? They are all specially prepared for you, waiting for you to attack Futu City."

"Oh, I have another piece of news for you. Since the Prime Minister has long expected that you would rebel and attack Futu City, then where do you think the main force of our Great Tang Western Expedition Army should be?"

As soon as this word comes out,
Helu's face changed drastically.

If you think about it carefully, what Liu Demin said does make some sense. Qibi Heli and Zhuxie tribe fought for Futu City, and then Cheng Yaojin rushed to Futu City with thousands of elite troops so quickly. It was obvious that he came prepared.

If what Liu Demin said is true, then Wu Huaiyu is definitely not in Gaochang City now.

So where is he?

Hu Luwu's Quechu also had a gloomy expression. He now regretted more and more that he had boarded Helu's pirate ship. He should not have been tempted by Yaochizhou and easily agreed to Helu and followed him to rebel against the Tang Dynasty. Now he was in a difficult situation.

Liu Demin looked towards Quechu,
"This is Quechu from the Huluwu tribe, right? We have been traveling all the way from Gongyue City to Luntai, so we are no strangers. I remember that Prime Minister Wu was very kind to Quechu and the Huluwu tribe, and he gave you the Salt Lake Prefecture Governor's Office, which is rich in water and grass. The Xilin River, the Donglin River, the Black Water River, and the Yeye River are all fertile and excellent pastures.
What else are you not satisfied with? Why do you turn evil into good and join the rebellion?"

Quechu's face flushed red, he mumbled and could not answer.

"Quechu, Prime Minister Wu is willing to give you another chance to turn from evil to good. Stand by my side."

Quechu hesitated under everyone's gaze.

Seeing that Quechu was wavering, Ajue Quejijin of the Chuyue Zhuxie tribe stepped forward and walked to Liu Demin.
"You are such a sharp-tongued Tang man. Do you think you can shake us with just a few words? We killed a white horse and swore together to drive the Tang army out of the Western Regions."

"I will chop off your head right now, and then cut off your tongue, so that you will never be able to talk nonsense again after you die."

Zhuxie's tribe suffered heavy casualties today.
Originally, everyone agreed that Futu City would belong to him after it was captured, so they were naturally the main force in the siege. As a result, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and in the end the city was not captured. When they returned, they were criticized by Helu, and he was already burning with anger.

This Tang man came to shake the morale of the army again.

If Quechu really stood on the side of the Tang people, then Luchu might also be shaken. Without these two allies of the Dulu tribe, their alliance would exist in name only. How could they resist the Tang people?
When the army is defeated, the first to suffer will be the Zhuxie tribe. To the west is Luntai Town, to the east is Futu City, and to the south is Xizhou. How could the Tang people allow them to roam here?

Ah Jue reached out to grab Liu Demin.
Liu Demin looked at Zhuxie Ajue who was approaching with a smell of alcohol, and naturally knew the identity of this person.

In an instant,
lightning flint,

All I heard was the sound of a sword being unsheathed.

next moment,
In the flickering firelight,

Seeing Liu Demin standing there with a knife in hand,

Zhu Xie Ajue, who stretched out his arms to capture Liu Demin, covered his neck, stared with his eyes wide open, and stood unsteadily, "You, you, are so brave,"

Ah Jue covered his neck tightly with his hands, but blood still flowed out from between his fingers, even spurting out.

Everyone looked at this scene in shock, some of them were unable to comprehend it.

what happened?
When everyone's eyes fell on Liu Deming's hand and saw the unsheathed sword in his hand that was still dripping with blood, they were all a little bit unbelievable.

The Tang envoy Liu Demin killed someone in their tent, and the person he killed was Que Jijin of the Zhuxie tribe.

Zhuye is one of the three tribes of Chuyue. Ajue, a Turkic tribe, can add the word "que" before his title, which is very special. Que means glorious, honorable and great in Turkic.
The fact that Ajue was honored as Quejijin not only showed his prestige in his own tribe, but also in the entire Western Turkic empire. The word "Que" could not be used casually by oneself; it had to be granted by the Khan before it could be recognized by everyone.

Such a famous leader,

But now he is assassinated by the Tang people?

When everyone finally reacted, Ajue could no longer stand and knelt down in front of Liu Demin, looking like he was begging for mercy.

"What did you do?" "Damn it,"

"kill him,"

After that moment of dead silence, there were angry roars, and everyone drew their knives, ready to cut this daring guy into pieces.

Liu Dewei came forward with a knife in hand, grabbed Ajue's hair with one hand, and held the knife in the other.

He cut off his head very skillfully.
Ah Jue wanted to resist, but he was too weak. In the end, his head was cut off with his eyes wide open. Only a headless corpse fell to the ground, spewing blood.
Liu Dewei was covered in blood. He held Ajue's head high in his left hand and held the sword in his right hand.

"This is the fate of rebelling against the Tang Dynasty,"

Then he uttered a classic line,
"The Han army is coming, don't move, or your country will be destroyed!"

Few of the Turks present understood the source of this statement, but when Liu Dewei said this, he was trembling with excitement.

This sentence was said by Fu Jiezi, an envoy of the Han Dynasty, when he was on a diplomatic mission to the Kingdom of Loulan. He said this while beheading the King of Loulan in front of the nobles and officials of Loulan while the King was feasting. He then held the King's head in his hand and said this.
After Fu Jiezi did such an astonishing thing and said such cruel words,
But the Loulan Kingdom was so shocked that no one dared to step forward.

The extremely arrogant Fu Jiezi made the prince of Loulan, who was studying in Chang'an, the new king, and then he and his entourage swaggered away with the king's head.

From then on, no one in the Western Regions dared to underestimate the Han Dynasty.

The Han Dynasty's envoys left behind one arrogant story after another in the history books.

Nanyue killed the Han envoy and divided it into nine counties; the King of Wan killed the Han envoy and hung his head on the Northern Palace; Korea killed the Han envoy and was immediately executed.

Later generations who read history books all felt that Su Wu's fate was very tragic as he had been herding sheep in the North Sea for 19 years.

Little did they know that when Su Wu was sent as an envoy to the Xiongnu, he and his deputy envoys Zhang Sheng and Chang Hui temporarily recruited more than a hundred soldiers and scouts to go with them. After they arrived in the Xiongnu, Yu Chang, a subordinate of the Han Dynasty rebel Wei Lu, and the Xiongnu King Gou planned a rebellion, intending to support the mother of the Chanyu and bring the Han Dynasty soldiers and generals that Wei Lu brought with him when he defected back to the Han Dynasty.
Yu Chang took the initiative to contact Zhang Sheng and plan together, but the plan was leaked and failed. Su Wu failed to commit suicide and ended up herding sheep in the North Sea for 19 years.

The envoys of the Han Dynasty were the most ferocious and daring group of people in history. They would attack and kill envoys from other countries, and even kill kings.

Liu Demin had read a lot of history books and admired these Han envoys very much, so this time he took the initiative to fight for the opportunity to be on the diplomatic mission.

He even dared to kill Zhuxie Quejijin in public in the enemy camp.

"Quechu, as long as you turn back now, the court and the Minister of War will forgive you this time, and Yanbo Prefecture will still be handed over to you.

This is your only chance, don’t miss it.”

Quechu looked at Ajue's head in his hand, gritted his teeth, and stood up to stand next to Liu Demin. He put his hand on his sword and said, "Shaboluoyehu, forget it."

His words "Shabolayahu" meant that he no longer recognized Helu as Khan.

Liu Demin still held Ajue's head high and continued, "It's not too late to turn back now, Lu Chue, please come over here."

Helu was shaking with anger.

But he just didn't have the courage to draw his sword and kill Liu Demin.

Especially when Quechu and Luchu stood up and stood beside Liu Deming one after another, he felt his hands were very weak, and the knife seemed to weigh a thousand pounds and he couldn't pull it out at all.

Satanasukhijin hesitated.

Finally, after Liu Demin said that as long as he stood over, he would let bygones be bygones, he hesitated for a long time but still walked over.

Duman walked over without hesitation.

Helu was angry and frightened.

"Helu, you are still stubborn and stubborn, come here quickly!"

Helu was stunned.

"Come here, turn back and confess your sins to the court and the Prime Minister. The saint may be able to pardon you. If you persist in your wrongdoings, you will end up like Ajue, with your head hanging on the north gate!"

Helu hesitated, feeling unwilling yet desperate.

suddenly,

There was a sound of hurried footsteps.

One of Helu's guards ran over.
"Great Khan, the Tang cavalry are coming, they are only a few miles away."

Helu's face changed drastically, and his red face turned pale in an instant.

Liu Demin laughed a few times.
"I just said that the Han army is coming, Ashina Helu, why don't you surrender quickly!"

Helu looked ashen. He looked at Liu Demin, then at the leader of the Ajue in his hand, and then at Quechu, Luchu, Shatuo Surang Jijin, Duman Teqin and others who were standing beside Liu Demin.
I'm almost alone.

The Tang cavalry is coming.

The Tang cavalry that attacked at this time were definitely not the Tang cavalry from Futu City. They were also extremely tired and could not possibly have the energy to attack again.

It must be Wu Huaiyu. The face of Prime Minister Wu flashed through his mind.

Just now Liu Demin also said that Wu Huaiyu had long anticipated that he would rebel, so he arranged for Cheng Yaojin to reinforce Futu City. The people who appeared outside now must be Wu Huaiyu and the elite Tang army from Gaochang.

My heart was suddenly filled with despair.

for a long time,

Helu trembled and said two words,

"I surrender!"

(End of this chapter)