Late Tang

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"Your Highness!" Gao Huaisheng reminded Da Weizhen loudly that there was a group of cavalry in front of the tall city of Fuyu City, and they came slowly. "That should be a member of the Yelu family of the Khitan Deira tribe."

"That's right." Da Weizhen was standing on the gate tower of Fuyu City, holding a valuable binoculars in his hand to look at him. Although he was still a thousand steps away, he could clearly see in the binoculars that he was coming. team.That must be a member of the Yelu family of the Deira tribe, and the three sons of Yelu Yun Deshi, Yili Jin Yeluyun Deshi, who came to the Diera tribe, came from Yelu Yanmu, Yelu Shilu and Yelu Saci.

It was Khitan cavalry who came, but what they fought was neither the Sun and Moon Banner of the Khitan Khan, nor the Silver Wolf Banner representing the Khitan Tribal Alliance.Instead, the flying eagle flag was played, and the black eagle spread its wings on the flag, ready to fly.This is the eagle flag of the Diela tribe, and Da Weizhen has seen it several times.

Khitan Khan King Khan Hende will not come, the messenger brought back definite news before, Khan Hende is now focused on dealing with the Diela tribe, and has no interest in other things.Da Weijun is the son of the current king of Balhae, Daehyunseok, and the chosen next king of Balhae.Some time ago, Yelu Yanmu of the Khitan Diela tribe sent envoys to Longquan Mansion in Bohai Sea, and brought back a piece of news that made Daxuanxi very angry.His daughter, Princess Dayue'er of Bohai Sea, was snatched by Li Jing, the general of the Tang army who invaded southern Liaoning last year, and became his seventh wife, and now even let the princess give birth to a son for him. .

This incident has become a joke in Liaodong and Liaoxi, as well as the Khitan, Xi, Qi, and Tatar tribes.

Dae Hyun Seok is not a hard-working and promising king, he is already the No.13 king of Balhae Kingdom.The former prosperous country in the east of the sea is now at dusk in the west.Although Bohai State has five capitals and fifteen prefectures, 62 states, and more than 130 counties.The population is also as high as more than 500 million, and there are more than [-] soldiers and horses.

But in fact, the royal family of Balhae had long lost its strong control over the region. More than 30 years ago, the Balhae Kingdom also annexed the small Goguryeo Kingdom in Liaodong.But it has only been more than [-] years, and the entire land of Liaodong has been completely divided by the Goguryeo nobles, and it is not even as strong as when it was not annexed.The aristocrats [***], the factions fighting in the DPRK and China, and the self-respect of the local generals make the Bohai Kingdom look huge, but it has already decayed.

However, although Bohai State is weak, Da Xuanxi is still enjoying the luxury of Bohai.Hearing this news, he was furious, and he kept saying that he would summon soldiers and horses to fight to Liaodong. He wanted to capture Li Jing who insulted his daughter alive and cut him to pieces, and he also wanted to kill all the nobles of Liaodong Goguryeo who supported their own self-respect. Reconquer.

Fortunately, it is not that there are no people in the country who can see the current situation clearly. It is considered good that the Bohai country can maintain its own stability.Raise troops suddenly, but no one can guarantee the final result.Da Weiyu came here on his own initiative, hoping to contact the Khitan people and the Goguryeo nobles in Liaodong to deal with Li Jing together.In order to force Li Jing to return the princess, and at the same time let Li Jing return to the side of the sea.

Da Weizhen's thinking is very simple. Tang Jun's re-entry into Liaodong can be said to be a threat to the entire Goguryeo, Khitan and Bohai countries.We should work together to drive away Li Jing, and everyone should be able to contribute.It's just that Khitan actually fought internally, and Khan Hende was not willing to contribute at all, and he guessed in his heart that he hoped that Li Jing could fight up immediately.After all, the Khitan tribe on the Liaohe River are all from the Diela tribe.

Although Khan Hende was unwilling to make a move, the Deira tribe still attached great importance to this matter in the end, and Yili Jin Yelu Pu Guzhi sent three clan brothers Yelu Yanmu, Yelu Shilu, and Yelu Saci to come.

On the contrary, the courtiers of Bohai Kingdom in name, and the Goguryeo generals in Liaodong, have not arrived yet.

When the Khitan approached, Da Weizhen went down to the city on horseback to meet them outside the city.

When the people on both sides approached, Da Weizhen was surprised to find that the Khitan knights who were always wearing broken leather armor and smelling like cattle and sheep in the past had all changed.Although all of them are still bald on the top of their heads, their hair is very clean and neatly combed.The three Yelu brothers have a set of shining golden armor inscribed on their bodies.Their girdles are more inlaid with white jade and precious stones.Even the scimitars in their hands were replaced with swords, and a red gem the size of a pigeon egg was set on their hilts.

The other attire on his body is also very dazzling, a white folded narrow-sleeved round-neck robe, a pair of high boots, and breeches cut from precious silk.

On their white flag, there is a picture of an eagle about to fly.The tall knight holding the flag was also wearing a shiny silver armor, and immediately hung two shiny black bamboo whips that looked like they were worth a lot of money.

Brother Yelu brought about a thousand knights, all wearing brand-new studded leather armor, carved saddles, majestic steeds, and all silk robes.

"His Royal Highness!" Yelu Yanmu reined in his mount and greeted with a hint of showing off.Yelv Shilu and Yelv Sala also nodded with a smile, the three brothers were more handsome than he remembered.

"Three Yelu brothers!" Da Weizhen responded.

The tangy smell of perfume on the three of them made Da Weizhen wrinkle her nose a little uncomfortable.Looking at the costumes of the three of them, and the costumes of their accompanying knights.Da Weizhen regretted the shabby appearance of her casual attire today.These damned Khitan people looked like they had just gone south to rob the emperor's palace of the Tang Dynasty. "I didn't expect to see three of you in Fuyu City."

Buyeo City belongs to Buyeo Prefecture, one of the five capitals and fifteen prefectures of Balhae State. It used to be the capital of Balhae State in the early days.After the capital was moved, Fuyu City has always been a big city in Bohai. By this time, Fuyu Prefecture had a population of more than 50 households with a population of more than [-].Fuyu Kingdom was once an ancient country in Northeast China. It was established for more than [-] years and was finally destroyed by Goguryeo.Both Baekje and Goguryeo were established by the people of Buyeo.

Right now, Fuyu is also the junction point of the border between the Bohai Sea and the Khitan. It is bounded by the confluence of the Liaohe River in the east and west.

As the important town in the northwest of Bohai Kingdom, Fuyu City has always been an important border city for the trade between Bohai Kingdom and Khitan.

This is also the reason why Daweixuan chose Buyeo as the place for trilateral negotiations this time.

Yelu Shilu stepped forward to give Da Weizhen a hug and patted him on the shoulder, which made him very uncomfortable.Although he changed his clothes and sprayed on perfume, in Da Weizhen's eyes, they were still shepherds with chariots and horses as their home. "We regret what happened to the princess," he said, "although we have never been friends."

"But we have never been enemies, brother Yelu. Remember when the Khitan rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, my ancestors have been helping you fight against the Tang army. Even if the Khitan surrendered to the Tang Dynasty in the end, we have never stopped fighting. .Without our Bohai Kingdom, the Tang Dynasty would never have kept the Khitans. It is because of our Bohai Kingdom that the Tang Dynasty would give up the suppression of you in order to use the Khitans to contain the Bohai. In fact, it was our Bohai that made the Khitans turn against the Tang. Survive failure."

"That happened 200 years ago." Yelv Shilu replied, "However, our two clans have always been good friends, and we get along happily. The land of Liaodong was originally owned by Goguryeo, and it was occupied after the fall of the Tang Dynasty. , and later withdrew, and those who can live in this land. They should have belonged to our Khitan!"

"The Goguryeo nobles took the initiative to defect to us, and we did not take the initiative to plot the land of Liaodong."

"But you still accepted it. It should belong to our Khitan. If Bo Hai can assure us that the land of Liaodong belongs to our Khitan, then we will send all our troops to drive Tang Jun out of Liaodong this time."

Although Da Weizhen is young, she is not stupid either.The territory of Liaodong belonged to the Goguryeo people. When the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Goguryeo people, naturally this territory belonged to the Tang Dynasty.The Khitan people have already gone too far in plotting western Liaoning, and now they want to occupy eastern Liaoning all by themselves. "It has been a hundred years since the Tang army withdrew from the land of Liaodong, and this time it has come back with a menacing momentum. But to be honest, in fact, our Bohai Sea, the land of Liaodong, is only occupied in name. We are not interested in whether Liaodong belongs to the Goguryeo people or the Khitan people. We only hope to save the princess, who is still in the hands of Li Jing, and we just want to take her back as soon as possible."

"If we find the princess after defeating Li Jing, we will immediately send her back to Bohai." But maybe there were more than one sent back at that time, and Yelu Shilu didn't say this.

"I only count on the Khitan warriors to drive Li Jing away, I'm afraid I don't know when it will be. Li Jing's army has already marched north, but at this time the warriors of the Diela tribe have been transferred back to the Khitan grassland instead." Da Weixuan Said.

"Your Highness is very frank. This is very good. Then let us tell the truth. To deal with the Tang army, our Diela tribe must regain the power to command the Khitan's twenty troops and horses. Right now, Khan Hende wants to change the old system. , so we must defeat Khan Hende first, and then we can command the Khitan troops to drive south to drive away Li Jing."

"Brother Yelu, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resolve the infighting among the seven departments of Sanyelu. And Li Jing is aggressive. I'm afraid that by the time you win the Khitan's internal struggle, Li Jing will have fought all the way to the Khitan's door. If the Khitan can Stop fighting-"

"We don't have the problem of fighting in Khitan. It's just that Khan Hende needs to know the rules of the tribal alliance. He is the king of the Khan, and Yili Jin was elected by our Diela tribe. Yili Jin has the right to command the twenty troops and horses. , This is an old rule that has been handed down for more than 100 years. Yeluhende should be his Khan honestly, and the tribal command should be handed over to our Diela tribe. All we want is this!" Yelushi Luwang Looking at Da Weizhen, "Your Highness, this is a matter within our clan, isn't it?" (To be continued.)