A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 907: Bai Shi is scheming against the Uighurs and is willing to be a real man on the chopping board
After making the request, Bai Hui should give some sweet rewards.

"Since the imperial court abandoned the Chanyu Protectorate and the Anbei Protectorate, the Uighurs have grown stronger and the Great Wall has fallen into disrepair. As a result, the Uighurs have invaded the south every year. The northeastern border of Hebei has not been at peace for decades. As a result, Daibei has been in ruins and the people have moved south one after another."

"For this reason, nearly half of Hedong's elite troops, tens of thousands of them, were tied up in the north and could not be moved at will."

"There are now hundreds of tribes in northern Dai, large and small. Although they are Tang citizens in name, they actually do not obey orders, and many even collude with the Uighurs and move south."

"Hedong has suffered this for a long time. As a prominent family in Hedong, the Bai family naturally has the obligation to protect the people of Hedong from harassment."

"So." At this point, Bai Hui paused, looked at Zhu Xie Chixin and said:
"The family plans to support a pro-Tang tribe and unify the tribes in the north of Dai, using cavalry to counter cavalry as a line of defense against the Uighurs' southward advance."

"But as for this candidate, the family and even the Hedong government don't know who to choose, in case the person they support becomes ungrateful and defect to the Uighurs, or even secedes from Daibei."

"Instead, it brought disaster to Hedong and became a major threat to Hedong."

As the Tang Dynasty gave up the area south of the desert during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, an important tribe of the Western Turkic Khanate had already shown signs of prosperity. The Uighurs, who occupied most of the northern desert, took the opportunity to move south and occupied the area south of the desert after the Tang Dynasty withdrew.

Because the Huihe were originally a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, their consistent pro-Tang policy prevented them from being attacked by the Tang Dynasty.

In addition, although the Tang court was in turmoil, the feudal lords became powerful, and power was divided, the strength of the border towns was still strong.

Therefore, the Huihe did not march southward in large numbers like the Turks, but instead marched southward on a small scale to plunder.

Furthermore, because the looting was carried out on border towns, it weakened the military strength of the vassal states.

Therefore, Emperor Li Tang in Chang'an was happy to see this happen, and even frequently used the Uighur soldiers to attack the vassal states that did not obey his orders in order to achieve his own goals.

As a result, the strength of the Uighurs increased greatly in recent years, and they were even able to compete with the Tibetans and divide the Tang Dynasty's territory in the northwest with them.

Tubo occupied Hexi and Huihe occupied the Western Regions.

Eventually, the Huihe people, whose power grew greatly, changed their name to Uighur, becoming another unified nomadic state in the north and south of the desert after the Turks.

The Li Tang royal family did not care about the Uighurs, and even treated them more kindly than the lower-level vassal states because there was no conflict of interest.

More than once, he promised the borrowed Uighur soldiers the right to plunder cities where military targets were located.

But the Bai family couldn't do that, as the Hedong area where the Bai family was located was directly threatened by the Uighurs.

Although there were numerous scattered tribes in the war zone between the two sides, their dispersion made them of little use, so a large military force had to be deployed in the north to protect the safety of Hedong.

This is also the reason why Hedong rarely intervened during the many chaos in the Central Plains.

After hearing what Bai Hui said, Zhu Xie Chixin couldn't suppress his excitement and asked tentatively:
"What your Excellency said, but?"

Bai Hui said without hiding anything: "That's right, since your Zhuxie clan is willing to submit to the Tang Dynasty and respect the Tang Dynasty, and you are my Bai clan's son-in-law, how can you let an outsider take control of your power?"

"We are ready to support your Zhuxie tribe in suppressing the tribes in northern Dai and blocking the Uighurs' offensive."

"The world is about to fall into chaos. The Li Tang royal family will make one last stand. This final blow, with all its might, will surely be more powerful than ever before."

"And Hedong is one of the largest towns in the world, so as not to become a target of the imperial court in the future."

"I think a Hedong led by a foreign general would make the royal family and other powerful vassals feel more at ease than a Hedong led by the Bai family or even a noble family."

Because Zhuxie Chixin will have in-depth cooperation with the Bai family in the next few years, many things must be said in advance.

Don't let Zhuxie Chixin feel that the Bai family is a die-hard Li Tang, and then do something bad to the Bai family at the behest of the court. It's better to be careful about bringing in foreigners. The Bai family doesn't want to be like the Yuan family, nor does it want to train Zhuxie Chixin to become Dong Zhuo.

Therefore, in the future cooperation, the Bai family will certainly exert more influence on the Zhuxie family to ensure that the Zhuxie family is under the control of the Bai family and there is no possibility for them to resist.

This was the case with the Chinese studies teacher, the daughter of Zhuye Chixin, and Zhuye Keyong, and also with the clerk who was later given to Zhuye Chixin to assist him in handling government affairs.

However, although Bai Hui said a lot, and many of them were even secrets within the Bai family, his most fundamental desire to change the dynasty was not revealed.

The most common feeling given to outsiders is that the Bai family wants to completely control Hedong to protect themselves and will not participate in the subsequent struggle for hegemony.

This was also the strategy of Baixian and his son, to show weakness.

In the following period of time, the Bai family will present such a situation to people.

Because of Neo-Confucianism, the Bai family lost the heart of the aristocratic family.

The Bai family's base in Hedong was controlled by a foreigner who was also a foreign general. The Bai family's son, who was supposed to serve as the governor of Hedong, was serving as the governor of Xuanwu in Henan, far away from the influence of the Bai family.

The Bai family officials in the court were collectively suppressed by the eunuchs.

Anyone who looks at such a situation will come to the conclusion that the Bai family is declining in power.

"Thank you, old sir, for not abandoning me and respecting Zhuxie Chixin and Zhuxie Clan. From now on, I, Zhuxie Chixin, will help the Bai Clan to clean up the bad politics in the north, stop the Uighurs from going south, and bring peace to the people of Hedong."

Zhu Xie Chixin immediately knelt on one knee and clasped his fists towards Bai Xian and Bai Hui.

At this moment, Zhu Xie Chixin could not hide his excitement.

Although he is the leader of a tribe, he is also a well-known figure in Daibei.

But in Daibei, there are dozens of people like him, if not hundreds, and even an official from the Tang court can order him around at will.

It was only because they had to rely on the Tang Dynasty for survival. Without the protection of the Tang army, their tribe would have been conquered by the Uighur cavalry, the men would have been enslaved, and the women would have been used as reproductive tools.

According to Bai's promise, he will become the person in charge of Daibei in the future.

He will be the tribal leader who controls tens of thousands of tribesmen and more than a thousand cavalrymen. He will also be the tribal leader of hundreds of thousands of nomads and tens of thousands of cavalrymen in Daibei, and he will have the support of the Tang soldiers in Hedong.

With such strength, they can already compete with the Uighurs.

If he did well, he might even hope to sit on the throne of the Lord of Hedong, enter a wider world, and compete with other heroes for supremacy in the Central Plains.

This is much more exciting than chasing wolves and the moon on the grassland.

Even if you accept Bai's help, you will not be able to break away from Bai's influence in the future, or become Bai's puppet.

But he knew that even so, it was much better than the current Zhuxie leader who had to worry about his livelihood.

You know, many people want to be this puppet, but they don’t have the means to do so?

After walking out of the Bai Mansion, Zhu Ye looked back at the tall and heavy main gate that was tightly closed, as well as the warriors standing guard on both sides. Zhu Ye Chixin only felt that "a real man should be like this."

Leading Zhuxie Keyong, they joined dozens of tribal knights stationed outside Songxi. Zhuxie looked at the mountains in the sky with a sincere heart, whipped his horse, and galloped towards the official road at the mountain pass, laughing boldly:
"Let's go. From today on, Zhu Xie's name will be praised by people all over the world. Hahahaha"

(End of this chapter)