Chapter 517 The moonlight serves as a matchmaker. Cut the grass to clear the way and offer deer tongue. This is actually what Tuli Khan’s grandfather, the old Tuli Khan, also Qimin Khan, did.
After Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty came to the throne, he patrolled the northern border fortress. Qimin Khan personally led the Turkic tribesmen to cut grass to clear the way for Yang Guang, and also hunted deer and offered tongues to the descendants of the Lang family of the Ashina family.
Very respectful.
However, Shibi Khan, who had been mowing grass and hunting deer with him at first, later followed Yang Guangdong on several expeditions to Goguryeo. After seeing through the Sui Dynasty's foreign power and internal power, he resolutely ordered dozens of soldiers to join Yang Guang's northern patrol again.
Wan Langqi came to Yanmen and surrounded Yang Guang. Forty-one cities of Yanmen were captured by him, and thirty-nine cities were captured by him, and he almost captured Yang Guang alive.
In fact, the siege of Yanmen was only thirteen years ago.
A new true dragon emperor has replaced the dragon throne in the Central Plains, and several wolf kings have also changed in the prairie wolf family.
The Shibi Khan who besieged Yanmen died young, and his two younger brothers Chuluo and Jieli succeeded him one after another. His own son Shibobi was only the junior Khan of Tuli.
"This Tu Li is so respectful, is there any fraud in it?" Mr. Duan asked.
"Tuli has had a hard time in the past two years. Jieli blamed him for the failure of the Weishui River. The uncle and nephew almost decided to start a war. Tuli is just a little khan after all, and his strength is far inferior to Jieli. Now
Jieli's life became increasingly difficult. Hearing that Jieli couldn't bear it any longer, he summoned Tuli several times to the Khan's court for questioning, but Tuli refused to go, and Jieli already planned to send troops to kill his nephew.
." Peng Zizi said with a smile. He now has a large trade with the Turks and has a deep understanding of the internal situation of the Turks.
Everyone knows that the relationship between Jieli and Tuli has broken down. The herdsmen on the grassland all know that there is going to be a big war between the uncle and nephew.
This is the fledgling Tuli who wants to challenge his uncle's position as the Wolf King.
This kind of thing is very common in the grassland, and the herdsmen are not surprised. They even feel like watching the fun and eating melons. Anyway, the Turks are no different from Rouran, Xiongnu, etc. It is like this on the grassland, fighting and raping.
Those who are respected.
Tuli, Yu Sheshe and other core descendants of the Ashina family are the same. They all have the right to inherit the Great Khan. It depends on who is stronger. When there is enough strength, they will definitely launch a challenge.
Whether a son inherits his father's legacy or whether his elder brother succeeds him depends entirely on his strength.
When Shibi Khan died, Tuli was too young, so his stepmother, Princess Yicheng, supported his uncle Chuluo to inherit the throne. After Chuluo's death, Chuluo's sons Yu Sheshe and Tuoshe also returned to the throne.
He was young, and Tuli, who was granted the title of Nibushe, was not as strong as his uncle Jieli, and he still did not get the Khan position.
Nowadays, although Tuli is a little khan, he is already very powerful. However, Jieli's continuous failures in recent years, especially the rise of the Xueyantuo people in Mobei, have caused Jieli's prestige as a great khan to drop again and again.
Tuli naturally wanted to gain the support of the Tang Dynasty and replace him with the title of Great Khan.
However, the Tang Dynasty also had its own plans. The Tang Dynasty did not want to really support Tuli and become a great khan. The Tang Dynasty just wanted to win over Tuli and let him stab Jieli in the back, and finally destroy Jieli, or even destroy the entire Turks.
No longer exists.
Of course, it was impossible to tell Tuli about this kind of plan.
Tu Li was the Prince of Beiping County whom Li Shimin enthroned at the Wei River, the General of the Right Guard, and in terms of rank, he was still above Wu Huaiyu, the Duke of the Yi Kingdom, the General of the Right Army, and the Governor of Youzhou.
However, Wu Huaiyu now still has the title of envoy to the Tibetans, and Wu Huaiyu has the final say in all matters involving Tibet and Hu in Youzhou.
The scenery at Dushikou is beautiful.
In front of you is the vast grassland of Bashang. The scenery is unique and beautiful. Even if it is not as beautiful as in summer, it still feels very magnificent and beautiful, completely different from the scenery in the mountains.
The army encamped.
Wu Huaiyu asked people to roast the deer tongue that Tuli had hunted and sent in person.
Roast mutton and roast deer tongue.
It was quite a sight to set up camp with 20,000 horses. Fortunately, Kang Po was the logistics manager, and Tang Fengxiao, Peng Zizi, and Duan Canjun assisted. There was enough food and grass, and even mutton soup.
Lu Sanwu and Gao Twelve who were accompanying the camp were still dressed in men's attire, neat and tidy. They helped Wu Huaiyu barbecue, make tea, and cut meat.
Wu Huaiyu looked at these two people, and then at Lu Chengye and Gao Wei Gaorong and his son next to them.
"Is Tuli reliable?"
The person asking the question was Lu Chengye.
Wu Huaiyu laughed in his heart, is Tuli reliable? It depends on what the situation is. If we talk about Tuli and Jieli, Tuli must be united with Tang Dynasty to deal with Jieli, but it is wrong to say that Tuli is one of his own people. Tuli is one of his own people.
Of course, the fundamental interest is still the Turks.
Here Datang must grasp the situation carefully.
As long as the Tang Dynasty always gave Tuli the illusion that the court hated Jieli and wanted to support Tuli to replace Jieli and become the Turkic Khan, so that the Turks led by Tuli would respect the Tang Dynasty, then Tuli would certainly be willing.
Tuli cannot be allowed to realize that the Tang Dynasty wants to destroy the entire Turks together, otherwise Tuli will not be willing to do so.
"Captain, I think we can't be too nice to Tuli now, otherwise Tuli will have more ambitions when he is full-fledged. I think we should provoke Jieli and Tuli to fight first, and then don't support Tuli and let Tuli
First be severely injured by Jieli, so that Tuli, who is at the end of his rope, will have no way out and seek refuge with Datang, and we, Datang, can also take the opportunity to cause Jieli and Tuli to fight and get injured," Li Jinyan's words were very cruel.
Tuli was so respectful to Tang Dynasty, but he felt that his current strength was still too strong, and he had to make Tuli suffer more in order to better control and utilize him.
"How to make Tuli and Jieli fight?" Lu Chengye asked.
Tu Li and Jie Li went from being at odds with each other and causing trouble in secret to now being incompatible with each other. However, they still maintained some restraint. They both knew that if they really fought, they would not necessarily benefit in the end, especially since Xue Yantuo was so powerful in the north.
With the rise of the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains to the south, its strength has grown by leaps and bounds. Sandwiched in the middle, it is difficult for them to fight among themselves.
"It's easy." Li Jinyan put on a mask on his face to avoid the half-burnt face being too scary. A cold laugh came from under the mask, "As long as the imperial court directly issues an edict and canonize Tuli as the Great Khan of the Turks, Jieli will
I can't sit still immediately, I will definitely have to start a war with Tuli, otherwise his prestige as the Great Khan will be wiped out, and he will be completely unable to control the small Khans of the Turks. It's a set-up."
"It is impossible for the imperial court to directly consecrate Tuli as Khan. If he did, Jieli might directly send troops to attack the Tang Dynasty instead of fighting Tuli." Wei Xiaojie said bluntly while cutting the mutton.
Since the Weishui Alliance, the imperial court and Jieli have basically maintained their alliance to non-aggression. Although they kept making small moves, at least no one officially broke up with each other.
Now Jie Li is being forced to send troops to invade the Tang Dynasty, which is not in line with the strategic plan of the Tang Dynasty.
"That's simple. There is no need for the imperial court to issue an edict. The governor will meet with Tu Li. When the news comes out, the imperial court will support Tu Li to become the Great Khan. At that time, the military governor will send troops from Youzhou to join forces with Xi Qi and others to conquer Jie in the west.
Profit, replace it."
"I believe that Jieli can't bear this winter and will definitely force Tuli. Either Tuli will go to Dingxiang Khan's court to plead guilty and hand over his tribe and military power, or Jieli will send troops to conquer Tuli eastward."
"Why didn't Jieli go south to attack the Tang Dynasty?"
"As long as the imperial court did not officially consecrate Tuli as the Great Khan and did not directly send troops to attack Jieli, then Jieli would definitely still have luck. If there were internal and external troubles, he would definitely deal with internal affairs first and then external ones. He would definitely deal with Tuli first and integrate the Turks
Then we dare to attack Tang Dynasty."
A group of people were eating barbecue and chatting.
He seemed to be talking casually about a trivial matter.
But it is related to the dominance of thousands of miles of grassland.
At night, light a bonfire, surround the curtains, and continue chatting.
Late at night.
Wu Huaiyu returned to his tent, but Lu Sanwu and Gao Twelve followed him.
"If you don't go back and rest, you will have to travel a hundred miles a day tomorrow, which will be very hard." Huaiyu said.
But Gao Twelve went straight to the point,
"What does our husband think we are?"
"What do you mean, Mrs. Gao?"
"Since my husband has agreed to take us as concubines, the marriage certificate has been written, and the wedding ceremony has been carried out, why do you still treat us so coldly?"
"This is in the army, on the march,"
"so what?"
"When we return to Youzhou, we will entertain guests, hold a ceremony, and then have the bridal chamber."
The two of them were not so easy to convince, unless Wu Huaiyu had any objections to them.
"Haha." Huaiyu chuckled a few times, then took off his crown and belt, which made the two women who chased him into the tent panic.
"What is the Governor doing?"
"Aren't you saying that I'm neglecting you and that I can't wait to return to Youzhou? Then I'll follow my advice. Why don't we just don't do those false rituals? The moonlight is just right tonight, and it's an auspicious day, so let's just go here.
The marriage is consummated!"
After saying that, Wu Huaiyu unbuttoned his clothes.
"Ah, how can this be done?"
The two women, who were highly skilled in swordsmanship, were so frightened that they ran away with their faces red and their hearts beating.
Huaiyu laughed, continued to take off his coat, yawned and lay down to sleep.
It's not that he has any objections to the two of them, but that this is indeed a military service, and even though they have signed a concubine marriage contract with their father and brother, the ceremony has not been held yet, and the marriage has not yet happened.
The march northward seemed very relaxed on the surface, but Wu Huaiyu was actually very cautious, and the apparent ease was intentional. In fact, he was so nervous that he was not in the mood to fall in love with them.
Lu Sanwu and Gao Twelve ran back to the camp of their caravan as if they were running away. They were still a little flustered and frightened after entering the camp.
"You said he didn't really want to do that just now, right?"
Gao Twelve became bolder now, "If I had known, we would have two girls serving one husband together, why are we running away? The moonlight is really beautiful tonight."
"Humph, you were the fastest runner just now." Lu Sanwu said with a smile.
The two of them sat in the tent, angry and laughing.
What made Wu Huaiyu angry was that he was a little confused about the style. He had heard before how he and his wife Lady Fan accompanied each other thousands of miles away, guarding the Longyou battlefield, and the scandal between Wu Huaiyu and Lady Li Sanni. Why was he so indifferent to them now?
"Is it because we face him in men's clothing all day long that he doesn't like us?"
"Maybe. I heard that he has a lot of wives and concubines. They all come from famous families and are very beautiful. Maybe we really don't like him."
"Hmph, you're a lecherous vulgar man."
"How about we just go back to Youzhou?"
The two complained, but were unwilling to leave just now.
"Actually, when he is serious, he is really charming!"
"Ah, you are crazy about peach blossoms."
"Isn't it the same for you, and you still blame me?"
"Haha!" The two of them laughed and rolled into a ball.
