Chapter 519: Raising troops to appease the emperor
Chapter 519 Raising troops to appease the Qing emperor
Power can make people confused and even stupid.
The Ashina Association was already frivolous, but Wu Huaiyu just threw out a little bait, and he had already lost his way. He didn't even think about it, even if the Tang Dynasty was really disappointed with the little Khan Tuli, it would not be his turn to support him.
Today, under the great Khan Jieli of the Turkic Khanate, there is also Ashina Sunisi, Shaboluo Khan. This is the half-brother of Qimin Khan. He is also the uncle of Jieli and the great-uncle of Tuli. It turned out that
It was established for Shaboluo, with a total of 50,000 governors stationed in the northwest of Yaling Prefecture. He was so powerful that he now became the Turkic Little Khan.
Below this old wolf, there are several powerful people in the Turks, such as Chuluo Khan's son Yu Sheshe Ashina Momo, who is stationed in Yahetao and has tens of thousands of governors. Yu Sheshe also has a younger brother Tuo Sheshe.
Shi Nashe'er, together with Tuli Khan's younger brother Yugushe, guarded Mobei.
Under the great Khan Jieli, there are two minor khans, Tuli and Shaboluo, and three very powerful ones, Yusheshe, Tuoshe, and Yugushe.
There are also a lot of special services such as Ashina Simo, Zhi Losi Si Li, Qi Jin, etc.
No matter how we turn, it will never be our turn to form a society.
But Jiu Sheer became more and more excited as he thought about it. Wu Huaiyu just smiled at this guy's excitement, but the guy thought it was encouragement.
"My brother is indeed too cowardly,"
The young green wolf Jie She'er was excited and showed his ferocious nature. He whispered to Huaiyu, "As long as the Tang Dynasty can support me, as long as Wu Xianggong can support me, I will definitely do more than my brother.
good."
"Oh? What are you going to do?" Huaiyu asked with a smile.
"If you don't do this, I can arrange for someone to poison Tu Li, and then put the blame on Jie Li, saying that he poisoned Tu Li,"
Cruel, indeed cruel enough.
It is said that Tuli was very kind to this brother, but he didn't expect that he would poison his brother now.
"Even if Tuli dies suddenly, his son should take over the tribe, right?"
When Tuli was less than thirty years old, he first married a Huainan princess from the Sui Dynasty. Later, he married Li Shentong, daughter of the Huai'an king of the Li Tang royal family, who was granted the title of Princess of Hejian.
The eldest son of Tuli, He Luo'u, was still very young, and the other sons were even younger.
"Our Turkic tradition does not necessarily mean that the father dies and the son succeeds. It is more likely that the elder brother dies and the younger brother succeeds. He Luohu is young, and the leaders of the various tribes will not support him."
He even planned to murder his brother after Wu Huaiyu arrived at Tuliya's tent in Jinlian River. When Tuli died, he would contact the tribal nobles and ask Wu Huaiyu to come out to support him.
"As soon as I inherit the position of Little Khan, I will immediately gather people and send troops to attack Jieli."
What this guy thinks is really simple.
The black sheep in the pack.
Huaiyu still just smiled and didn't give him any response, but this guy thought Wu Huaiyu acquiesced.
"Wu Gong, this guy can't be trusted." After Li Jinyan left, he persuaded Huaiyu after hearing about the incident.
"I'm telling you this. Of course I know this. This guy, huh, but maybe he can use it."
"What does the Governor mean?"
"Although Tuli has been at odds with Jieli in the past few years and has been flirting with me, this guy has always refused to fall out with Jieli. He is very cautious. We need to add fuel to his fire."
"The governor wants to use the association?"
"It's not good to stay in such a stalemate. We will go on the Northern Expedition next year. It would be better if Jieli can fight Tuli first, and if Yu Sheshe and Shaboluo Khan are involved again."
Wu Huaiyu rode a white-hoofed crow and looked at the continuous army coming out of the fortress.
Twenty thousand horses spread out across the vast grassland, still nowhere to be seen.
This beautiful grassland outside the Great Wall, it is a pity that the Central Plains has been able to defeat the grassland tribes for thousands of years, but it is difficult to truly control it.
After all, the Han people still had a farming civilization.
However, he thought of Tsarist Russia. In modern times, Tsarist Russia expanded to Central Asia and was invincible in places such as the Kazakh steppe. It even expanded eastward to Siberia and reached Heilongjiang.
The method of the Tsarist Russians was very simple, using fortress tactics, establishing fortresses and strongholds, and then using advanced weapons such as firearms to conquer, suppress and rule the surrounding areas.
This trick is very simple, but they have used it for a long time without any disadvantage.
In fact, the Tang Dynasty also had strong advantages over the grassland in terms of equipment and other aspects. However, think about the surrender city built outside the Great Wall during the Han Dynasty to cope with the Xiongnu invasion. For decades, the Han and Huns fought for this city outside the Great Wall.
, fought many great battles, changed hands many times, and was eventually abandoned.
The Sui Dynasty's policy towards the steppe khanates was quite severe. They united the weak and separated the strong, divided and pulled them together, and tried to find ways to divide and weaken them so that they could not unite as one to fight against the Central Plains.
However, after the two dynasties of the Sui Dynasty fell, and the great cause finally weakened, Shibi Khan immediately sent troops to surround him in Yanmen.
In contrast, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties later adopted a more successful strategy to rule the Mongolians in the steppe. They married each other for generations, and then used alliance flags to delimit them and divide them and rule them. These tribes became scattered and difficult to gather together. Although there were many incidents in the middle,
There is a tribal rebellion, but it is difficult to become a threat. Coupled with other methods of weakening control, they are tightly controlled.
For Datang, the Turks were only the first challenge for Datang to prove that it could truly stand up. The Turkic Khanate must be overthrown or even beheaded. The actual control line must be pushed to the foot of Yinshan Mountain.
It's a revival.
To become more powerful, we still have to face many difficulties and challenges, such as killing Tuyuhun in Qinghai, destroying Goguryeo in Liaodong, and even going out of Yumen Pass to restore the Han Dynasty's Anxi Protectorate and control the Western Region... Three days later.
Wu Huaiyu led 20,000 Han and Tibetan troops to the Jinlian River in Liangxing, where Tuli's tooth tent was located.
From a distance, a group of Lang family guards holding silver wolf flags arrived. They were Tuli's elite guards, Prince Consort Langqi.
Later, Tuli also came to greet him with his two princesses, wives, children, as well as a group of Turkic nobles under his command and the tribal chiefs such as Xi, Khitan, and Lin.
"Welcome Mr. Wu!"
Tu Li was still very uneasy about Wu Huaiyu suddenly marching out with 20,000 troops and stuffing them into his tent, even though he and Li Shimin were sworn brothers, he also had a prince of Peiping County, and he was married to a princess of the Tang Dynasty.
But no one dared to be careless when they saw the 20,000 men.
Jinlianchuan is a good place.
Tuli prepared many cattle and sheep, and when the Tang army arrived, he immediately ordered the slaughter of cattle and sheep. There were many livestock on the grassland, so they would also kill many male and female animals before winter. These would not allow them to waste fodder during the winter.
No matter how much you raise it, the fat you lose will not be worth it.
In the past two years, the Tang Dynasty and the Turks finally had a truce and became friendly, and the border trade was opened up. The cattle, sheep, livestock, furs and many other things in the hands of the Turks could finally be sold, and a lot of good things could be exchanged for them.
Life is much better for everyone.
The herdsmen welcomed this Tang army but were a little wary. After all, in the past few years, they had gone south to the Central Plains to plunder several times every year.
Here in Jinlianchuan, there are still many Han people who returned from plundering in the early years.
Tuli hunted a lot of deer in advance, and specially prepared a Megalosaurus feast for the reception feast.
The so-called Megalosaurus Feast is actually quite special. It's not that you got a dragon from somewhere, but that you drank the blood of a deer.
Tu Li waved, and he left the wolf guard and brought up a big deer. The head of the live big deer was firmly fixed with a cowhide rope.
A wolf guard took out a silver needle and pricked the Tianchi point on the deer's head, and then used a silver tube to prick the bridge of the deer's nose.
"Please drink this fresh deer blood directly!"
Huaiyu looked at the silver tube handed over by the guard and did not refuse.
Deer blood is indeed a good thing, as long as it is not overdosed it is beneficial.
Drink a few sips of fresh deer blood, then a few sips of prepared medicinal wine, then prick again, drink blood again, and then drink medicinal wine.
This Megalosaurus feast is truly extraordinary.
In addition to drinking deer blood and deer bark medicinal wine, the Megalodon Feast also has various types of venison. It is actually a full deer feast.
All the civil and military officers of the Tang Army had a portion of venison today.
Soldiers below the rank of officer can only eat beef and mutton.
Shi Bobi, a dignified little Turkic Khan and Prince of Beiping County in the Tang Dynasty, was very respectful to Wu Huaiyu. Halfway through the Megalodon banquet, he took advantage of his drunkenness and asked Wu Huaiyu if he had any plans for this visit.
"I heard that Jie Li now favors a Sui Dynasty fugitive named Zhao Deyan. Zhao Deyan, relying on his power, has drastically changed your old Turkic customs and habits. The government orders have also become cumbersome and harsh, and the herdsmen are very dissatisfied.
Jieli also trusted the Sogdians very much and alienated the Turks themselves. These Sogdians were greedy and capricious.
Then Xue Yantuo in Mobei led the Tiele tribes to rebel, and the war continued for years. In addition, there were frequent white disasters in recent years, which caused many livestock to freeze to death. Years of famine, the herdsmen suffered from hunger and cold, but Jieli was defeated repeatedly and lacked expenses.
, they levied heavy taxes on each tribe, making everyone miserable.
I heard that Jieli levied the largest amount of taxes from the prince, but the prince did not pay as much as Jieli expected. Jieli threatened to send troops to attack. The prince is my sworn brother of the Holy Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. I was with the prince at the Wei River.
It can be regarded as an acquaintance. Now I am guarding Youzhou. When I heard these news, I was very worried about the prince. I went out of the fortress to see the prince while it was still cold.
If the prince needs help in any way, just ask and I will try to help."
These words made Tuli feel moved and puzzled at the same time.
Jieli shouted every day to send troops to teach him a lesson, but he didn't think Jieli dared to fight at this time. But since Wu Huaiyu came with the Tang army, did Jieli really dare to attack him? Tuli hurriedly said first
Thanks a lot.
At this time, Wu Huaiyu excused himself to change clothes and asked Tu Li to accompany him.
Tu Li couldn't refuse, so he helped him get up and leave the Silver Wolf tent.
In a smaller tent, Wu Huaiyu held Tu Li's hand and said, "I got important news. It's very urgent. Jie Li has bought your brother's association rate. He promised to join the association rate as long as he poisons you."
, then you will make him a little khan and inherit your wife, tribe, livestock, etc."
Tu Li looked shocked.
“How dare the association rate be like this?”
"In front of the little Khan's throne, anything is possible. When he came to greet me before, he even took the initiative to show his kindness to me and wanted me to support him. Khan, be careful."
"Old thief Jieli, you are going too far!" Tuli roared angrily, and the wolf also became angry.
"I will send Mr. Wu back to the camp immediately. Please forgive me. I have to clean up the house immediately."
"Understood. I won't be involved in the prince's family affairs. I'll go back to the camp first and meet again tomorrow morning."
Wu Huaiyu did not hesitate to betray Jiuhe Sui and even framed him, but he did not have the slightest hesitation or guilt. Jiuhe Sui was too ambitious and had no sympathy for him.
Returning to the main tent, Wu Huaiyu excused himself as drunk and stood up to leave. The generals of the Tang army also left, and the banquet ended early.
Huaiyu and the others returned to their camp.
Sure enough, soon a commotion broke out in Tuli's Yating. There were flames and shouts of death, which lasted for about an hour and then ended.
The night passed, and it was dawn. Wu Huaiyu didn't sleep much last night. Although he didn't think that the association would be able to escape, and he didn't believe that Tang Ying would be involved, he still had to be careful in other people's territory.
"Captain, Tuli Khan has arrived outside the camp to see you."
Huaiyu smiled and said, "Please."
He was not worried that after being captured, Tuli would tell Tuli that he had framed him, nor was he worried that Tuli would say that he had supported him in poisoning Tuli. Tuli would not believe him whatever he said.
As long as it can be found that he has evidence of plotting to kill himself, Tuli will not care whether the association rate is under Jieli's instigation or Wu Huaiyu's support.
Wu Huaiyu came to the gate of the camp. Young Tuli Khan had red eyes and coagulated blood stains on his body. He also held a human head in one hand.
That was the head of his brother Ashina, a young and ambitious guy whose eyes were still wide open at this time.
"This dog slave really wanted to poison me last night. Fortunately, Mr. Wu reminded him in time. When my consort left to catch this guy, he still resisted with all his strength, and was finally killed by random arrows."
Wu Huaiyu glanced at the head and said calmly, "Congratulations to the prince for eradicating this hidden danger, but you still have to be careful with Jie Li. Since he can even bribe the prince's brothers to rebel, it will not help if he just tolerates it.
Jie Li may become more and more unscrupulous and push the envelope even further."
Tu Li was also very annoyed.
I still haven't calmed down yet.
"Xianggong Wu is right. If you can't bear it anymore, there is no need to bear it anymore. I have decided to fight back against Jieli. I want to call on all the Turkic tribes to resist Jieli and overthrow his tyranny."
Wu Huaiyu said with a smile, "If the name is not correct, the words will not be correct. He is the Great Khan and you are the Little Khan. If you raise troops to attack him, it is rebellion."
"Then what should I do?" Tuli asked.
Huaiyu waved and called Lu Chengye, "This Lu Wulang of the Lu family in Fanyang is very good at writing. Can I ask Lu Wulang to write an essay for the prince to attack Jieli?"
"I heard that Chuluo Khan died suddenly on his way south. Everyone said that Chuluo Khan died after taking the five-stone powder given by Princess Yicheng. The five-stone powder was poisoned. Some people said that the poison was Jieli.
To Princess Yicheng, the two of them colluded and poisoned Chuluo Khan together. Later, Princess Yicheng did not make her son Momo Khan, but made Jieli Khan, and Jieli also adopted the princess as Ketun.
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Wu Huaiyu is reminding Tuli that you have to start questioning Jieli's legitimacy as the Great Khan, and then go through his crimes as the Great Khan in the past few years, such as repeatedly invading the Central Plains and losing troops and generals in successive defeats, and excessive oppression of Tiele.
, leading to Tiele's great rebellion, but his command was unsuccessful in suppressing it, and the Turks lost their troops and generals.
Another example is the current favoring of the Han Chinese Zhao Deyan, the emphasis on Sogdian Hu, the alienation of the Turkic people, various exorbitant taxes and oppression of the tribes, etc.
When you, Tuli Khan, raised an army, it was not a rebellion. You were an army of justice, bringing order to chaos and raising troops to bring peace to the people.
"I suggest to the king that when you raise an army, you'd better send someone to contact Yu Sheshe in Hetao, as well as your brother Yu Gushe in Mobei and Yu Sheshe's younger brother Tuo She. You are both Chuluo Khan and Shi Bi.
The sons of the Khan all have the right to inherit the Great Khan. It was Jieli who poisoned Chuluo Khan and stole the position of the Great Khan. The four of you should unite to attack Jieli. After Jieli is destroyed, you can
According to the Turkic tradition, all the tribes will jointly elect a person with high merit to be the Great Khan!"
"Of course, Prince, you are the first to raise the banner of righteousness. If you can make more contributions during the crusade, and with the support of the Tang Dynasty, the position of the new Great Khan must be yours."
Tuli nodded after hearing this.
"Please also ask your husband to lead his troops to help us."
But Wu Huaiyu shook his head and said, "We, the Tang Dynasty, have signed the Weiqiao White Horse Alliance with the Turks. Now this is a family matter within the Turks. We cannot directly send troops to interfere."
"But I can guarantee that I will not let Jieli send troops to attack from my side and threaten your safety in the south. You can also temporarily move your family, wife and children to the back of my Youzhou Mountain, and guarantee that Jieli will not threaten them."