A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 539

The Great Wall is a hundred miles north.

Nostalgic old city, Tuli old teeth.

In the snowstorm, at the foot of Langwei Mountain, the Turkic company camp is more than ten miles away,

The sheltered place at the foot of the mountain is the big tent of Jieli Golden Wolf.

Lu Chengye and his party arrived slowly against the wind and snow. Under the guidance of the guards attached to the wolf, they dismounted outside the camp, handed over their weapons, and then entered the camp on foot.

This group of people was stiff from the cold, but Lu Chengye secretly looked at the people in the Turkic camp and found that they were not having a good time. Even though they were camping at the foot of Langwei Mountain, the yurts still couldn't keep out the wind and snow and the cold in such a heavy snowstorm.

They huddled in their tents, wrapped tightly in leather robes, and snuggled up in front of a small fire, but they carried limited dried cow dung, and they didn't dare to build a big fire, which wouldn't bring much warmth.

The whole camp was somewhat lifeless.

And there are many Turkic people who don't even have tents, so they can only huddle among the sheep to keep warm. These are soldiers who followed Tuli, but were defeated and captured. They are not eligible to receive money and have no dried cow dung, so they have to squeeze in the cows and sheep to shelter from the wind and keep warm.
In contrast, the prisoners who are also Turks are treated much better. At least they can be allocated some tents. Although there is no fire, it is better than outside if they squeeze together.

Come to the innermost.

There are more and more guards attached to them. These elite wolf riders wear thick leather robes and cloaks, and they are not afraid of the wind and snow.

"Wait here."

A Turkic guard left a word and went to report it.

After a while, the guard came out, and said coldly, "Da Khan summoned me, come with me."

In the wind and snow, Xieli's golden wolf tent is very big, although it is not as big as the palace tents in Khan Court, but this tent is also huge, with willow wood as the bone, it can be rolled up, and the front door is like an umbrella bone, with a hole in the top , which is called the skylight, and the back is covered with felt.

Moreover, several felt tents can be combined to form a large suite.

The inside is tall and large, can accommodate many people, and is also richly decorated.

What's even more rare is that outside the north wind howls, and the wind and snow blows heavily, but inside it is warm as spring, and Xie Li even eats meat shirtless.

A group of nobles from the Turkic Khanate sat inside and ate roast mutton. There were noble Blue Turks, including the Ashina family of the Khan family and the Ashid family of the Ketun family. , Sunong Department, Zhishi Department, and Bayan Department.

In Turkic legends, the core origin of the Ashina family is that the ancestors of Ashina were destroyed by neighboring countries. The sons of the ancestors were cut off and abandoned in the wilderness. After being fed by wolves, they combined with wolves and gave birth to ten sons. The son, Ashina is the eldest son among the ten sons.

This legend is very similar to the Wusun legend in which Kunmi Liejiaomi was killed by the Huns and abandoned in the wilderness. As a result, he was raised by wolves and crows, so he was adopted by Shanyu and returned to Wusun to become the leader.

It is very likely that the Turks borrowed from this Wusun legend and changed it to the origin of the Ashina family.

Turks worship wolves.

Blue Turks now say that blue is noble. In fact, Turkic people used to use Sogdian script. Ashina means blue in Sogdian, but now they say it is noble.

Someone once said that the ancestor of Ashina was actually one of the ten sons of Wusun Liejiaomi, the ten tribes of Wusun, and the ancestor of Ashina was one of the leaders of the ten tribes, but later Wusun became weak and no longer famous At that time, the Ashina family became one of the Pingliang miscellaneous beards, and was even called by the Han people the wrought iron slaves of the Huns. They even defected to Rouran and Tie Le, and were almost assimilated by Tie Le.

As for the Ashid family, who has always been the Turkic queen Ketun, it means eight in Sogdian.

These core blue Turks have a respected status and cannot be challenged by other tribes. For example, the Ashina family is a khan, and other tribes are not entitled to the power of the khan. Unless they marry relatives, the Turkic queen, that is, Kedun, All from Astor.

Their power comes from the sacred Longevity Tengri, which is granted by the gods and is sacred and inviolable.

Under the blue Turks, there are black Turks. Their language and customs are similar to those of the blue Turks, and they are considered by the blue Turks to be their own people. Most of these black Turks are Tiele people, and they are also Oghuz people in the Turkic population.

After the establishment of the Turkic Khanate, all Tiele people were regarded as Turkic people, but they were different from Blue Turkic people, so they were called Black Turkic people.

However, there are also grades among the Black Turks. For example, in the Baximi tribe, the upper ranks are basically blue Turks, while the lower ranks are all black Turks. They have a slightly higher status among the black Turks.

Now with the rebellion of Xue Yantuo, Huihe and other Tiele tribes, and even jointly established their own khanate, they were expelled from Turkic by Turkic, and their black Turkic status was cancelled.
Now they are not even as good as the Turkic affiliated tribes like Xi, Khitan, and Miao who were not originally included in the black Turks, and have become sworn enemies of the Turkic Khanate.

Of course, there are also many Sogdians who are not Turks in today’s accounts. These Sogdians basically migrated to the grasslands to live and do business, and became the Sogdians of the Khanate. With their shrewdness and ability, they became the center of the Khanate. Important economic finance and even administrative officials.

They also added a separate Hu Ministry to the Khanate.

Under the watchful eyes of the blue Turkic, black Turkic, Hu tribe, Biebu and other aristocratic leaders, Lu Chengye paid his bills and greeted Xieli.

"It's so windy and snowy outside, and they braved the wind and snow to rush to see Ben Khan. It seems that the people of Tang are frightened."

Jieli laughed loudly, and said to his nephew Tuli Little Khan, who was naked in the corner of the tent, beating the cowhide snare drum, "Shibobi, look, this is the Tang people, and this is the Tang people you believe in." , You were deceived by their rhetoric, killed your own brother, rebelled, and attacked your uncle Khan, but did the Tang people send troops to rescue you?
No, they just sent people to pay tribute to ask for peace, to separate the relationship, "

"Hahaha!"

Jieli is very proud.

Tuli lowered his head and continued to beat the small drum. The sound of the drum was neither passionate nor coherent, but weak and sad.

"Give the Tang envoy a leg of lamb and a pot of hot milk tea, so that the poor Tang envoy can also warm up."

All the nobles laughed.

"Tell me, what condition did that Wu Huaiyu ask Ben Khan to withdraw?"

Jieli looked at his weak nephew Tuli mockingly, "Wu Huaiyu, governor of Youzhou, I remember that when the Weiqiao alliance was held three years ago, he was just a bodyguard next to Li Shimin, king of the Tang Dynasty. Ting is very favored. He was the governor of Yanzhou and worshiped the prime minister. Now he is the governor of Youzhou again.
A boy with no hair at all, who claimed to have learned the magic of immortals from an old Taoist in the mountains, coaxed the young Tang Wang to believe it was true, and loved him so much.

Tuli, you are not young anymore, how could you believe such a young boy, not only killed his own brother after listening to him, but also gave him his wife, you really disgraced my Turk, noble Lan In Turkic, you are not worthy. "

The more Jie Li said, the more angry he became, "Come here, take this guy who eats inside and out, and whip him twenty leather whips, let him blow the north wind for an hour, and calm down!"

The concubine Lilang riding guards led the order, set up Tuli and dragged him outside.

The shirtless Tuli didn't resist, and let him be dragged away like a dead dog. Since he was defeated in 99 springs and captured, Tuli has also suffered inhuman torture these days. Although Xieli didn't kill him, he can go to Wherever he took it, he was not only asked to beat drums, dance, and pour wine for him in the golden wolf tent every day, but even insulted him in front of the noble leaders at every turn, and even dragged him out to beat him.

Tuli is used to it.

There is no other way but to endure.

Now he can only hope that his righteous brother Tang Tianzi can rescue him from the fire, and even hope that Wu Huaiyu, the governor of Youzhou who is close at hand, can send troops to help.

But unexpectedly, Lu Chengye, Wu Huaiyu's emissary for peace, came. He had met this Lu Canjun in Jinlianchuan, and he was the one who wrote his appeal to Jieli.

It is estimated that Xieli didn't know about this, otherwise he might push Lu Chengye out to whip his whip and eat the northwest wind together.

Unexpectedly, that Mr. Wu was so helpless, but he was scared when something happened.

Tuli really regrets it now, he shouldn't be provoked by Wu Huaiyu to send troops, he should continue to endure,

It's all too late now.

It was freezing cold outside, but it was not as cold as his heart.

Seeing Tuli being taken out, Lu Chengye felt a chill in his heart.

But still remembering this mission, he got up solemnly, and saluted Jieli, "Khan, the military governor was out of the fortress before, and he met with the little Khan Tuli. Claiming that he was ordered by the Great Khan to murder him, Tuli Little Khan was so angry that he wanted to raise troops. He once asked Wu Dudu to send troops to help him, but Wu Dudu refused at that time.
Frankly speaking, these are the internal affairs of the Turkic Khanate. I, Tang Dynasty, neither know the reason nor interfere.The military governor even returned to Youzhou immediately, and never participated in this incident. "

"Now that the Great Khan has defeated the Turkic Khan and traveled all the way to the east, this is originally a family affair of the Turkic Khanate, and the Tang Dynasty has no intention of interfering.
The Wudu Dudu sent someone to visit the Great Khan in order to reaffirm the Weiqiao alliance to the Great Khan. The stability of the two countries is hard-won. Now the Turkic Khanate is not stable. The Great Khan should take the lead in stabilizing the Khanate. Divorce and be fooled, otherwise it will lead to a war between the two countries, and only others will benefit."

"Wu Dudu has personally arrived at the dam and has prepared a lot of supplies. I hope that I can condolences to the soldiers of the Turkic Khanate in this snowstorm.
The weather is cold, the march is not easy, and the soldiers are working hard. If the sweat hadn't returned to the Dingxiang Khan Court earlier, it would also avoid the tense situation on the border and avoid misunderstandings. "

Lu Chengye thinks that he is neither humble nor overbearing, nor loses his etiquette.

Jieli said disdainfully, "Wu Huaiyu is threatening Ben Dahan?"

"Don't dare, the military governor has absolutely no such intention."

"Ben Khan came here to question Master Wu Huaiyu Xing. It was he who sowed a wedge between my uncle and nephew Tuli, and instigated him to kill my brother and raise troops to rebel.

Secondly, Wu Huaiyu led his troops into the fortress, seduced Tuli's wife, Yang Shi, and brought him back to Youzhou.
Third, the three thousand tents in Sogt in Yanshui were the people of the Hu tribe of our Turkic Khanate. Wu Huaiyu sent troops to attack and took them into slavery for sale. This is an undeclared war directly against our Turkic Khanate!

Wu Huaiyu must give Ben Khan an explanation, otherwise, Ben Khan will lead the 20 riders to flatten Youzhou in the snow! "

(End of this chapter)