Gel Khan Tulishi sat on the throne in the tent, looking at the door with his brows furrowed.
Today is the day when Prince Hedah of Uighur will lead his troops back to the court.
The Uighur nobles in the tent all had solemn expressions on their faces.
Tulishi's second son, Yidijian, who is the Yehu (right killer) of Huihe, stood in the tent, glanced at the expressions of the people around him, and said in a deep voice: "I heard that the four thousand members of our family led by my brother
The fine cavalry suffered heavy casualties...many of the nobles here have nephews in the army, which is really a pity."
Tulishi glanced at Yidijian and said: "Hebei has invaded Uihe many times, captured people and livestock, and Uihe has good relations with the Tang Dynasty. Due to both sentiment and reason, we should send troops to help."
Yi Di Jian stood up and said loudly: "Father Khan, the Four Thousand Jian'er are the elites of the Huihe tribe, but the Tang people regarded them as vanguards. It was obvious that they were pushing our tribe in the front line, while they shrank behind.
Moreover, after the Uighurs sent reinforcements to the Tang Dynasty, the Emperor of Tang just issued an imperial edict and sent us away after praising us. The Uighurs are like slaves of the Tang Dynasty and have no face to speak of. Could this kind of behavior be done by allies? "
Yi Dijian's words were immediately echoed by many nobles in the tent.
For a while, everyone was talking about it.
Turlish stood up suddenly and shouted at the others: "Back then, the Turks drove the Uighurs like cattle and sheep. Fortunately, the Tang State helped us and drove away the Turks. This allowed us to occupy the Mobei area."
The grassland made the Huihe Khanate possible! You people only look at what is happening in front of you, but don’t think about the overall situation!"
When Yi Dijian heard this, he looked unconvinced.
In his mind, his father Tu Lishi, as he grew older, became more indecisive and less willing to kill. He always wanted to convince people with virtue, and he no longer looked like a grassland overlord.
At this time, the guards outside the tent came to report that Prince Hedari was back.
Hearing this, Tulishi looked happy and said, "Let him come in quickly."
During the long journey, Hedari didn't even care that his jumpsuit was stained with mud. He went straight into the tent and shouted to Turish: "Father Khan, I'm back."
Turlish came down, looked at Hedari up and down, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, just come back!"
After a moment of pause, Tulish asked: "I know from the messenger that the Battle of Fan Yang ended long ago, why are you coming back now?"
Hedari turned sideways, with excitement on his face, and said to Turish: "Father, please follow me out of the tent."
Turlish asked in confusion: "What are you going to do?"
Hedari: "Father Khan will know it at a glance."
Tulishi, Hedari, and a group of Uighur nobles in the tent came out of the tent together.
After walking out of the door, Tulishi and a group of nobles stopped in shock when they saw the scene on the grassland outside the tent.
Dozens of large vehicles were parked on the grassland outside the Huihe tent.
The Uighur Guards and Civil Affairs Bureau were unloading boxes of belongings from the cart and storing them in categories.
Tulishi came closer, looked at the silk, gold and silver, orbs and utensils filled in the big box, and asked Hedari: "Are these given by the emperor of Tang Dynasty?"
Hedari shook his head and said: "The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty only issued an imperial edict, conferring the title of An Guogong on my father and the title of Zhu Guo on me. In addition, he also rewarded me with a box of wealth."
Tulishi was stunned, looked at the dozens of large vehicles in front of him, and asked: "What about these things?"
Hedari: "They were all given by Zhou Lang."
Tulish sighed and said with emotion: "It seems that the kindness between allies is still not as good as the friendship between close friends."
Hedari: "Father Khan, not only that, but Zhou Lang also said that any tribe that has helped the Tang army will be exempted from the city tax of 10% and the customs fee for crossing Tianjin within three years.
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Seeing that the tribesmen turned from anger to joy, they moved to the ground and knew something was wrong. They looked at the cart and asked Hedari: "The Tang State had promised to return to He earlier, saying that it would restore the supply of cloud tea. Are you planning to keep your promise now?"
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Hedari heard this and walked back with everyone. There were more than a dozen large cars at the end of the convoy, with well-sealed clay pots placed on them.
Hedari commanded the guards to open the seal and saw that it was filled with wrapped and sealed tea bricks.
Using a knife to open the seal, Hedari took some and put it in the hand of his father Khan Tulishi.
The latter smelled it and couldn't help but feel refreshed. He nodded and said, "The tea has a rich aroma, good!"
Hedari said in public: "Shuofang Tea House has restarted operations. Marshal Zhou said that all the cloud tea that comes out of the tea house will have a share of the Huihe people. We only need to send a fleet to pick it up regularly."
Listening to the laughter and praises of the tribesmen around him, Yi Dijian's face twisted and he quietly walked out of the team.
A Uighur nobleman who was friendly with him came over and said to Yi Dijian: "Ye Hu, we originally planned to attack the Khan today and ask him to pass the crown prince to you, but the current situation... we should
what to do?"
Looking at Tulishi who was full of joy, Yi Dijian's eyes were full of cruelty and gloom.
He said softly: "Father Khan is old and is no longer the hero who once dominated the grassland... If the Huihe people want to get out of this grassland and dominate the entire world, they need a new khan..."
At the same time, in the Tubo Kingdom, on the top of Longle Mountain.
Sang Chiruo, who was dressed in fur and a velvet hat, led a team of people and climbed up the snow-covered mountain peaks, looking toward the north.
He pointed to the north, smiled and asked a strong man nearly two meters tall next to him: "Yin Tu, what is that over there?"
The strong man called Yin Tu had bulging eyes, a square jaw, and the face of a liger. In this ice and snow, he only wore some animal furs, but he didn't feel the cold at all.
Hearing Sang Chiruo's question, Yin Tu replied in a deep voice: "Back to Qianhu, there is a desert."
Sang Chiruo shook his head and said, "No, there is a treasure house there."
Yin Tu: "Treasure house?"
Sang Chiruo: "There is a city there called Dunhuang. It is full of treasures, fine wine and women. Isn't it a treasure house?"
Yin Tu opened his eyes wide and wiped the corners of his mouth unconsciously: "Treasure, wine and women?"
Sang Chiruo nodded and said to Yin Tu: "As the commander of the Mountain Puppet Army, you have been living in the poor mountains and bad land. You and your tribe could never have imagined that there would be something like this in this world.
In a city, gold is paved as floor tiles, cattle and sheep are like clouds, and food is like the ocean, inexhaustible and inexhaustible.”
When Yin Tu heard this, he was stunned on the spot.
After a long time, Yin Tu couldn't wait to ask: "There are thousands of households, when are we going to attack it?"
Sang Chiruo: "I have asked Zuzan for troops, and Dalun is summoning the soldiers of the Six Wings and Thirteen Divisions... The day when the Tubo people will come out of the plateau will come soon... soon..."
In the second year of Tianyou, AD 758, the Tang Dynasty ushered in its 140th year since its founding.
In the past year, An Lushan died suddenly, Fan Yangguang recovered, and the war situation in Hebei became clear. People in the Tang Dynasty thought that the turmoil was gradually subsided and the world was about to usher in stability.
Little did they know, a war that swept the entire Tang Dynasty, and even the entire Eurasian continent, and was the largest and most far-reaching war in human history, finally sounded the horn and kicked off.