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Wang Junlin smiled and said: "The general thinks that it may be more beneficial for us to have this secret. What do you think, Lord Changsun?"
Changsun Sheng was thoughtful after hearing this and said: "General Wang means to find a substitute for himself, and you pretend to be other people in the mission."
Wang Junlin thought that it would be easy to talk to smart people, and said: "Yes, the Western Turks have never seen the generals at close range. At most, some of the portraits drawn by spies were seen by King Bodo, Tong Yehu Khan and other senior Western Turks.
After that, I will use some disguise and make-up techniques to find someone with a similar body shape and face to the general, and then dress it up to make it look real. When the time comes, it will be more convenient for the general to hide and act in secret."
Next to him, Zhang Sun Wuji's eyes lit up and he said: "Father, I think General Wang's move is excellent. With General Wang's prestigious and poisonous reputation, if he goes to the Western Turks, he will definitely become a key target of the Western Turks, and he will most likely be attacked by the Turks.
People are keeping a close eye on us, and there are many links in our plan that General Wang needs to do. If the Turks keep a close eye on us, it will be difficult to accomplish anything."
Changsun Sheng pondered for a while and said: "In that case, according to what General Wang said, General Wang found someone to pretend to be himself as a deputy envoy, and General Wang pretended to be an ordinary military attache in the envoy team. With this identity, General Wang
Your actions will not attract too much attention, and it will indeed be much easier to do things.”
Wang Junlin discussed with Changsun Sheng and Changsun Wuji in detail for an hour and a half, and finally agreed on a specific departure time tomorrow. Wang Junlin then took his leave and went to the military camp. He had many things to do, so he chose to go with him.
cavalry, and explained matters such as arranging the garrison of Gaotai City.
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The envoy sent to the Western Turks added Wang Junlin and his two thousand cavalry, plus the five hundred cavalry and accompanying officials brought by Chang Sun Sheng from the capital, as well as a group of people to serve the princess, for a total of nearly three thousand people.
It also included a convoy of 200 people, but at Wang Junlin's suggestion, the convoy turned into a camel convoy. These camels were bought by Wang Junlin from passing merchants in Gaotai City. A total of 400 camels were fully loaded with the Sui Emperor.
A gift from Yang Jian to the newly appointed Tong Yehu Khan, and a dowry from Princess Xinyi.
It's already April, and the south is already starting to feel hot. But in the northwest, when the grass grows and the orioles fly, it's also the most dynamic season. The vast Gobi grasslands are full of vibrant scenes, with endless new green grassland.
Covering the grassland, looking into the distance from the grass hills, groups of yellow sheep are grazing leisurely on the grassland. The clear water is like a belt, meandering on the grassland. Lakes are inlaid on the grassland like gems. Further away, there are dark mountains.
The Qilian Mountains stretch for thousands or even tens of thousands of miles, running through the entire Hexi Corridor.
Wang Junlin is now a centurion leader. He just made his eyebrows thicker, then put a beard on his chin, and finally put on a little makeup. It looked very simple, but with the makeup skills he mastered for later generations, even if
In this way, he also turns himself into another person, and no one can recognize him unless he is very familiar with him.
On the contrary, Zhou Hu, who was Wang Junlin's substitute, was carefully dressed up by Wang Junlin.
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The Chaiwobao Basin with a radius of more than 500 miles at the foot of Bogda Peak is where the Western Turkic Royal Court is located.
At this time, in the center of the basin, on the shore of Chaiwopu Lake, the waves are rolling and ospreys are flying in the sky.
The spring grass on the shore is undulating with the wind. At a glance, it looks like the waves in the lake.
Groups of cattle and sheep grazed leisurely and walked slowly on the prairie, like slowly moving clouds in the sky.
On the grassland, there are many felt tents sitting like stars. In one place where the felt tents are densely packed, there are sixteen pure white felt tents in the center, closely arranged together. In the middle tent of the sixteen white tents,
The Western Turkic leader Yehu Khan is currently having a secret conversation with the state advisor, King Bodo.
Tongyehu Khan was the original number one warrior of the Western Turks. He was bald. He was not tall, but his figure was extremely strong. A thick beard covered most of his face, but the exposed cheekbones were like knives.
Generally speaking, with sharp edges and corners, he glanced at King Bodo and said: "National Advisor, the marriage envoy from the Sui Dynasty will arrive soon. This also means that we no longer have to worry about the Sui Dynasty sending troops to deal with us in a short period of time. Now we only need to concentrate on
After these two thieves, Kurunubi and Ashina, are eliminated, my position as the Great Khan will be justified!"
King Bodo shook his head and said: "The chief envoy of the Sui Dynasty is Chang Sun Sheng, and the deputy envoy is the poisonous general Wang Junlin. These two people are not easy people. After coming, they will probably make trouble."
Tong Yehu Khan smiled slightly and said: "The Sui people have arrived on our territory. Although we will not kill the envoys, how can we let them do what they do? Don't worry, I will arrange for people to keep an eye on them, and I will
Restrain your troops and not have too much contact with the Sui envoys. Especially the people of Hurunubi and Ashina!"
King Boduo smiled and said: "I have been studying the Nestorian Feather Dress Dance for several years. I have gained some experience recently and improved it a lot. I just dedicated it to these Sui Dynasty envoys. If I let Changsun Sheng and Wang Junlin
Becoming a believer in our religion is not the best of both worlds."
Tongye Khan felt awe-inspiring. Three years ago, King Bodo used a colorful dance to convert the Turkic nobles and people present to become Nestorian believers. Afterwards, some strong-willed people, such as Yuan and Chuluo Khan, took a long time to become Nestorian believers.
Slowly awakening, Nestorianism has become a powerful force in Western Turks. More than half of the ordinary herdsmen believe in Bodo Dharma King as a god. Even the original Chuluo Khan was dissatisfied with Bodo Dharma King's interference in the political affairs of Western Turks and had no regard for Bodo Dharma King.
The Dharma King had murderous intentions, but he did not dare to take action. Instead, Dharma King Bodo, who also saw that Chuluo Khan did not believe in Nestorian Christianity, joined forces with him to kill Chuluo Khan.
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"Five thousand hangings!"
"I'll pay you 10,000 yuan! You lose, hahaha..."
As soon as Wang Junlin played his cards, Changsun Wuji opened his hole card with an enigmatic look on his face, and he threw it with a smile, and it turned out to be a "Thousand Hang".
Wang Junlin, Changsun Wuji, Jiang Muchang, and Su Changqing are playing the leaf cards invented by Wang Junlin on the cart. There are thirty-five cards in them, divided into four colors: Ten Thousand Diagrams, Five Thousand Diagrams, One Thousand Diagrams, and Five Hundred Diagrams.
, the playing method is similar to that of cards. In fact, it is a simplified version of the card game. Wang Junlin had someone make it and explained the rules to the three of them. He thought that he would definitely win when he often played this kind of card when he was a mercenary in later generations. As a result, his grandson
Wuji is indeed a famous person in history. After getting familiar with the gameplay, Wang Junlin quickly lost more than 500 taels of silver.
"Brother Changsun, how is this possible? How come you have ten thousand cards in your hand?"
Wang Junlin stared at the card and said sadly and angrily: "Brother Zhangsun, your acting skills are really great. You have the big name in your hand. Why are you sweating so much? Seeing how nervous you are, I thought the big name is in Jiang Murang's hand!"
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Changsun Wuji chuckled and said: "It's not that I'm nervous, I like to sweat since I was a child, it's just that you made a mistake in your judgment, hahahaha..."
"Give me money, give me money quickly!" Jiang Mulang was not willing to be lonely, and reached out to Wang Junlin to ask for money. Wang Junlin gave a wry smile and started to take out the money.
In the entire team, apart from Chang Sun Sheng and Chang Sun Wuji, only the three captains Jiang Mu Lang, Zhou Hu and Su Changqing knew Wang Junlin's identity. When they first started playing cards, Jiang Mu Lang and Su Changqing couldn't let go, but Wang Junlin was interested.
In order to be in harmony with other military attachés and soldiers, and Wang Junlin usually has no airs about him, he took Changsun Wuji along, and after half a month along the way, everyone became familiar with Wang Junlin.
This is very important, otherwise the Turks will easily see clues from other people's attitudes towards Wang Junlin, thus ruining the matter.
"We're almost here, in an hour at most. If we walk more than thirty miles further and bypass the mountain, we can see Bogda Peak. At the foot of Bogda Peak is the Chaiwobao Basin where our Khan's Court is located."
When they were in Dunhuang, a group of Turkic cavalry picked up the Sui Dynasty envoy and escorted them all the way. At this time, the captain leading this group of Turkic cavalry pointed his spear forward and shouted, Wang Junlin poked his head out of the car.
, brushing aside the note on his face and looking forward to the clouds, he saw blue sky, green mountains, green water, and a meadow rolling along the river until it spread under the mountains in the distance...
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An hour later, a group of ten cavalrymen came forward. They reined their horses in front of the convoy, saluted the captain, said something, then turned around and left again.
The captain of thousands turned around and said loudly: "Lord Changsun, our Khan heard that the angel was coming, so he sent his national advisor and two captains of thousands to wait outside the royal court for a long time!"
"Oh! Then let's speed up a little!"
"good!"
The captain and his men speeded up slightly in front, followed by the convoy.
In the distance, two cavalry teams with a combined total of 5,000 people were arrayed to meet each other. Everyone had swords, shields, bows and crossbows, and lambskin armor. They were all fully dressed. Seeing the Sui Dynasty delegation's convoy approaching, the cavalry suddenly came in like a tide.
Its momentum was like an overturned mountain, which was shocking. The five hundred Turkic cavalry who had led the way had quickly stepped aside as agreed in advance, exposing the Sui Dynasty delegation's convoy at the front. Changsun Sheng was startled and subconsciously
He turned and glanced behind him at the cavalry beside him.
Along the way, it was boring to travel long distances. Although the cavalry were vigilant, they were a little lazy along the way. Changsun Sheng had been a little worried. He asked Wang Junlin privately, and the latter said not to worry, and emphasized that it is not good to keep the army tense.
No matter what good thing it is, you will naturally become nervous when you should be nervous.
Sure enough, at this time, the appearance of the army suddenly changed. It moved like a forest and was as fast as the wind. It was completely different from its original appearance. The Turkic cavalry who had been escorted all the way were surprised by the fierce appearance of a dragon and a tiger.
As an envoy of the Sui Dynasty, Changsun Sheng naturally could not weaken the momentum of the Sui Dynasty. He took a long breath, straightened his back, and sat upright with a solemn expression on his face.