Chapter 2 Wu Gou (Part 2) Pan Zhanyang is a familiar person. Before Xu Zi could ask questions, he had already told a rough story of his experiences after the separation. The facts were indeed similar to what Xu Zi expected. When this person fled to Khitan
, the tribe was entangled with the tribes of the Xi people over the matter of Suotouxi being exterminated. After Xu Dayan left with his crown, the Suchu tribe lost an important think tank, so it could no longer maintain its aggressive posture. Pan Zhanyang, who was eager to make meritorious deeds, took the opportunity to ask the Khitan
The patriarch of the Yuling Tribe suggested giving up part of the compensation that was impossible to obtain, and instead asked the other party to release the surviving descendants of Suotou Xi Guixuan.
With these noble sons in hand, in the future the Khitan tribe will be able to legitimately lay claim to the pastures near Suotou Water and Yueya Lake. This routine that the Central Plains people abandoned hundreds of years ago is obviously still effective on the grasslands of the Khitan tribes.
The elders discussed it briefly and adopted Pan Zhanyang's suggestion. So, after the spring of the next year, Ayun of the Xi tribe and some captives were sent to a place of crisis that had never been used before as a witness to the reconciliation between the Khitan tribe and the Lin tribe.
In the hands of the Khitan people who helped
"Then you were rewarded for your merits and became the great plum of the Yuling tribe?" Xuzi placed the new wine bowl brought by the soldiers in front of Pan Zhanyang, poured a bowl for him with his own hands, and asked with a smile.
"It's not that easy. It was just a small job at first. It was Ayun who became the princess of the Khitan people first, and then I had a backer, and I got promoted step by step." Pan Zhanyang dipped his fingers into some wine and sprinkled a few drops around as a habit.
Then drink it all
"Indeed, Mei Lu was a high-ranking official on the grassland!" Seeing that Pan Zhanyang had almost completely transformed into a grassland man, the smile on Xuzi's face relaxed a lot, "It is equivalent to the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue at that time, I guess
You’ve gained a lot of weight these past few years!”
"What a fat ass, he's just a housekeeper who helps with arithmetic and accounting. The whole tribe doesn't have as many people as our county in the Central Plains. It's divided into countless small tribes. If they disagree, they will draw their swords at each other, and the whole tribe will fight and kill. From the beginning of the year
At the end of the year, the clan leader never paid attention." Pan Zhanyang took hold of his felt boots and crossed his legs on the bench.
A pungent smell of sweat immediately filled the whole room, making Xuzi want to run away. "Didn't you just say 200,000 people? Why are there suddenly so many fewer people now?" He lowered his head and drank wine.
The taste is blocked, while asking
"That's the number of people in the entire tribe. In their place, the patriarch can't even say what he says, even if the tens of thousands of people around him are willing to listen!" Pan Zhanyang shrugged and answered.
He heard the interrogation in Xu Zi's words, but in this time of chaos, no wonder others were suspicious of his whereabouts. "The Khitan is divided into eight major tribes, and each tribe has a khan. There are countless tribes in each big tribe. The following is
There are a lot of Aijin, special forces, and Xiaohans like the Yuling tribe. They claim to have 200,000 soldiers who are really fighting against people. It is very difficult to raise 10,000 soldiers!"
Following his intermittent introduction, Li Xu sketched in his mind the general outline of the Khitan tribes. The blood of the Khitans was inherited from Rouran Xianbei. The word Khitan in Rouran dialect originally meant iron and iron. Rouran Xianbei was defeated by the Northern Wei Dynasty.
, split into several tribes, and then came out the same as many grasslands. A certain hero who was once fed by the Heavenly Wolf was inspired by the Changshengtian and established his own tribe. His descendants later established the eight Khitan tribes, named Xiwandan, He
Dahe, Fufuyu, Yuling, Piji, Li, Tuliuyu, Rilian
After Ayun arrived in Khitan, because she had the blood of Elder Suotou Xi in her body, her identity suddenly changed drastically. Several tribes were vying to recruit her, and they quarreled over the "dowry" they might earn in the future. They all decided to fight to solve the problem.
In the end, Yu Ling Yuan, the Great Khan of the Yu Ling tribe, defeated all the heroes and got the beauty back as he wished.
"That Yu Linyuan must be a hero too. If Ayun marries him, she will have a place to live!" After hearing his old friend's bizarre experience, Li Xu felt closer to Pan Zhanyang and said with emotion.
"A hero is a hero, but he made a profit by marrying Ayun. Although he couldn't get the two pastures near Suotou Shui and Crescent Lake for a while, in the past few years, Ayun has helped him run the tribe more and more.
Prosperity! Seeing it, it will soon become the largest part of Khitan, and countless people are drooling with envy!" Pan Zhanyang jumped off the stool, showing off while moving his legs and feet that were numb from sitting.
"If you can't get used to sitting, just sit on the floor!" Xuzi was so dizzy from the smell of his body that she put her nose in the wine bowl and protested, "Don't swing back and forth, and try not to come closer to me, big
It’s a hot day, you’re covering so much skin on your body, aren’t you afraid of getting prickly heat?”
"Hot?" Pan Zhanyang looked at his own clothes awkwardly, then grinned and replied: "I'm used to it. In our place, everyone wears this all year round. If I hadn't seen you, I would have forgotten that I was from the Central Plains.
people"
After that, he pushed the stool away and sat on the ground with the wine bowl. While drinking, he explained intermittently, "Besides, wearing this way is also convenient for officials from all over the Central Plains to see me dressed like this. They never dare to embarrass me."
Even the bandits from Jie Dao laughed and put away their knives when they heard that I had traveled thousands of miles to pay tribute to the Sui Dynasty!"
"So, you deceived me all the way from the fortress!" Li Xu also sat cross-legged on the ground and added with a smile for Pan Zhanyang
"I'm not lying, I did bring the Yuling tribe to the Sui Dynasty. The Khitans were bullied by the Turks, so they wanted to surrender to the Sui Dynasty in exchange for material support from the Central Plains!" Pan Zhanyang shook his head and answered
If so, it would be a very good opportunity! Li Xu suddenly sat up straight, and the expression on his face instantly became solemn. He remembered that when he returned from beyond the Great Wall, the Turks had already plotted against the Central Plains. If it hadn't been for the Central Plains hero's accidental attack.
Ashina Choyu's company camp was accidentally hit and burned. I'm afraid that in the autumn when the first Eastern Expedition failed, the fortress was already at war.
At present, the Central Plains is in chaos and wars are raging. Therefore, a foreign aid located on the flank of the Turks is even more important. If this foreign aid is used well, it can effectively delay the invasion of the Turks and have the opportunity to greatly weaken the Turks and permanently eliminate the border troubles on the northeast side.
The exchanges between countries are by no means polite. To maintain friendship calmly, only by stumbling upon each other, poking knives, grasping each other's sore spots, and letting everyone see the potential threats, will they sit down and maintain a short-term relationship.
"Friendship" if one wishes to regard the other party as the kind and honest Mr. Dong Guo, then the final outcome will be lying on the ground and being beaten, with no room for fighting back.
The Sui Dynasty has already suffered many mistakes. This time, he should not make the same mistakes again.
"Have you gone to Dongdu? How did the emperor answer you?" Thinking of this, he stopped chatting with Pan Zhanyang and asked with a somewhat eager tone.
"When I arrived in the Eastern Capital, the court heard that some barbarians from outside the Great Wall had come to become naturalized. Naturally, they were overjoyed!" Pan Zhanyang's expression was a little bitter, and his tone was full of disappointment. "Your Majesty gave a generous gift to the Khitan people who came with me.
The return gift to the Khitan tribes alone was enough to load three large ships. But as for the joint attack on the Turks, he did not agree, saying that the Sui Dynasty was a celestial kingdom and would not use intrigues and tricks to deal with its subjects!"
How long has it been? The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty are still dreaming of the heavenly kingdom. Haven’t they opened their eyes and seen the foreign enemies staring at them? After hearing Pan Zhanyang’s words, Xu Zi pounded the ground anxiously, “You didn’t tell the emperor.
Have the Turks already strengthened their troops outside the Great Wall? Where is Mr. Pei, doesn’t he know what is good and what is bad?”
In Xu Zi's mind, although Pei Ju, the Huangmen servant, was greedy, he was a very far-sighted man. Back then, this man once managed the Western Region for the Sui Dynasty. After expanding the territory for thousands of miles, he repeatedly came up with strange strategies to deal with the Turks, and finally made the Turks and the Sui Dynasty sign an agreement.
Alliance under the City Now, his old rival Turks are starting to make moves again. Logically speaking, Lord Pei should be aware of it? How come he, like everyone else, sees the God-given opportunity but misses it in vain?
"You said that Mr. Pei is Mr. Pei Ju?" Pan Zhanyang sneered in his nostrils and replied, "His surname should not be compensation, but gain! I brought half of the gifts to His Majesty the Sui Emperor.
After his private treasury met with the emperor, he took away 20% of His Majesty's gifts. Still not satisfied, he pulled me to ask how much Khitan's products were and when he could come to pay tribute to the Sui Dynasty again?!"
"Since he wanted your gift, he should help you more? Didn't you bargain with him?" Li Xu's brows furrowed into a big knot. In the current situation of the Sui Dynasty, I am afraid that officials who are not greedy
It is so rare that even His Majesty the Emperor asks for gifts when conferring official positions, and others line their own pockets, which can only be regarded as a small fault. But the premise of all this is that he is planning for the country. If he is greedy for money, he still refuses to do something.
His behavior is indeed intolerable
"Why not? I promised him that if this matter goes through, he will have a share of the results of every tribute in the future. Before the two parties could finalize the price, the Turkic envoy visited him again, and then he was no longer willing to help!" Pan Zhanyang couldn't help it!
A wry smile, obviously full of disappointment in the country of his parents
Because the Turks paid a lot of money, the favored ministers around His Majesty the Emperor sold out the interests of the country. This means that he has learned the truth. Although it is embarrassing, it cannot be concealed.
"These maggots without eyes!" Xuzi was so angry that he clenched his fists and beat the ground. In the face of internal and external troubles, the scholar-bureaucrats of the Sui Dynasty, who had inherited the tradition for hundreds of years and claimed to have noble blood, actually only cared about burying the dead.
They are trying to make money for themselves! Can't they look up and see that Chu Ge has already retreated from all corners of the country? Could it be that they have brought down this country and corrupted it, and are they sure that they will not be destroyed together?
No one could give him this answer. "The duty of a general is to protect!" Zhang Xutuo's words rang in his ears instantly, but this time they could not bring him back to his senses. "Then what, and then you are willing to leave empty-handed?"
"Then I will never have the chance to see your Majesty the Emperor again!" Pan Zhanyang no longer addressed us in his words, and it was obvious that he had completely despaired of the Sui Dynasty. "Then I will let the others return to the outside of the Great Wall first, and I will inquire about you."
When I heard that you had arrived in Qijun, I took the waterway halfway to Qijun and heard that Master Zhang was transferred to Xingyang to guard the city. I eagerly chased after you. Before I could reach Xingyang, I heard that a General Li had entered the city tonight!"
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