Chapter Ninety-Four: The Two Countries Compete One to One
This time, the Turks smuggled sick horses and sick sheep through the Wukus River, which made the people of the Tang Dynasty complain, so Tang Taizong ordered the soldiers guarding Gaochang to strictly control the materials and things that the Turks wanted to import to the Tang Dynasty, and once they found that there was an abnormality, they immediately detained all the materials and things, which caused the dissatisfaction of the Turkic Great Khan, and repeatedly sent troops to camp on the other side of the Wukus River, and also arrested the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty many times without permission.
"Your Majesty, you also know that some time ago, the Turkic pastures didn't know what was going on, and suddenly there was a plague, which caused many sheep and horses to be sick, and I ordered the herdsmen to bury all the sick horses and sheep, but they didn't listen to the order, and dared to disobey my will, and took advantage of the night, with the minced meat of these sick horses and sick sheep on their bodies to swim through Ukus, and started smuggling hookups, I heard that after you Tang Dynasty ate this plague sick sheep and sick horses, you vomited and diarrhea, and died because of it, I caught these smuggling herdsmen, Taught them a hard lesson, fortunately, this plague has passed, and now the Turkic horses and sheep are very healthy, I think the emperor can rest assured now, and the border pass does not need to be strictly guarded to such a nervous level, it is better to send a team of people and horses from the Gaochang territory, and I also send a team of people and horses from the Turks, so that it is divided into two, isn't it wonderful. The Great Khan took a sip of wine, stared at Tang Taizong sitting on the dragon chair with burning eyes, and did not let go of what he said, it seems that after returning to the Turks, he still has to take action, unite the Khitan, Mongolia, and take this Tang Taizong by surprise.
"Great Khan, you have come all the way here, it is rare to come back to the Tang Dynasty, play for as many days as possible, there are so many delicious foods and wines on this table, and the vocal music is beautiful, let's stop talking about these annoying political affairs, taste the food and wine, and enjoy the dance of the dancing girl."
Tang Taizong waved his hand at the Great Khan, thinking in his heart, the wolf ambition of the Great Khan was clearly revealed, and he even wanted to divide the territory of Gaochang, and today he was divided into half of the territory of Gaochang, and he would dare to divide the territory of the Tang Dynasty tomorrow. I didn't want to negotiate anymore, so I could only stop discussing this matter, and drank silently, but I was thinking in my heart.
After everyone was full of wine and food, Tang Taizong led everyone to pace slowly, and came to the training ground of the soldiers, Feng Xu and Feng Luan saw such a large training ground, they were ready to try, both of them grew up on horseback since childhood, pulling a bow and archery and riding a horse is their specialty, Tang Taizong turned his head to the Great Khan and said, "After this wine and food are full, the stomach is very supportive, it is time to exercise, the Great Khan, General Molin, do you two want to ride a horse to compete!" See who's the brave warrior. ”
The Great Khan and Mo Lin glanced at each other, since the emperor has spoken, how can they refuse, the soldiers heard the emperor's words, each pulled two sweat and blood horses, the Great Khan and Mo Lin jumped on the horse, and at the same time rode on the horse, the horse crossed the high railing, circle, uphill, downhill, all the way to the finish line, many people nervously looked at the two people galloping on horseback, at a bend, Mo Lin narrowly won, the first to cross the finish line, the two people dismounted, Mo Lin clenched his fist at the Great Khan and said, "Admit it." The Great Khan had no choice but to clench his fists and reply, "You're polite, General Mo is really good." ”
The civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty saw that Mo Lin was narrowly defeated, and they all applauded, Tang Taizong was also very happy to see Mo Lin win the Great Khan, with a smile on his face, Feng Xu and Feng Luan saw the Tang Dynasty officers and soldiers who clapped their hands, and saw that their father Khan rode a horse slightly inferior to the Mo Lin general, and couldn't help but snort coldly, the Great Khan and Mo Lin walked in front of Tang Taizong, and the Great Khan said, "This adult has also warmed up, my two children are impatient when they see such a wide training ground, Why don't you ask the children of the Tang Dynasty to compete with my children, and see which newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. The Great Khan knew that Feng Xu and Feng Luan had both grown up on horseback, and they must have a better chance of winning than riding a horse and archery, so as to save the face of the defeat he had just failed.
"That's okay, let's see which junior pushes the front wave, and who to send?" Tang Taizong glanced at the children among the hundreds of civil and military officials who were standing, and saw that Mo Xingyao had the Xingyue Sword pinned to his waist, so he said, "Then let's send Mo Lin's children to compete, what does General Mo think?" Mo Lin secretly complained in his heart, he will definitely try archery at the meeting, this Mo Xingyao can't even shoot the arrow target, how can he compete in the competition? Just when Mo Lin didn't know how to answer the emperor's words, he didn't expect the princess Tang Yini to say to her father, "Father, when Mo Xingyao gave me soup just now, my hand shook accidentally, and my little hands were red, how to compete, I'm afraid that Mo Xingyao will not be able to shoot arrows on weekdays, father, you better change to someone else." ”
When Tang Taizong saw the princess say this, he thought that his hand was burned, and it must have a great impact on archery, so he looked at the many children and said, "Then Li Tong's grandson, Li Tong, what are the names of your two grandchildren?" Li Tong saw that the emperor personally named him, so he replied, "Your Majesty, the two of them are called Li Tu and Li Shui, let Li Tu compete, he is slightly older." The emperor nodded, and the Great Khan said a few words to Feng Xu and Feng Luan in Turkic language, Feng Xu nodded, and Li Tu and Feng Xu walked to the archery range.
Li Tu and Feng Xu began to pull up the bow at the same time, swish, the two arrows shot towards the arrow target quickly, everyone looked at the two arrows nervously, the arrow was finally fixed on the arrow target, a ten rings, a seven ring, the ten rings must belong to Feng Xu, they have been galloping on horseback since childhood, and they have been training to draw bows and archery since they were children, archery is of course a very simple thing for them.
The Great Khan clapped his hands with satisfaction, and looked at the emperor with a smile, the emperor saw Li Tong's dark face, and hurriedly said, "This kid will inevitably win and lose in the competition, General Li doesn't have to take it to heart." Seeing this, Mo Lin even comforted Li Tong, "Turkic children have lived on horseback since they were children, bows and arrows are tools for them to eat, can they shoot arrows well, Li Tu can shoot the seven rings at such a young age, which is already very good." ”
Li Tong heard the words of the emperor and Mo Lin, thinking about it, he stretched the gray face on his face, touched Li Tu's little head, Li Tu looked up at his grandfather, and saw that his grandfather's face was not sharp, he was relieved, his grandfather was very strict with him on weekdays, this time he tried with the Turkic children, he actually lost, if it was on weekdays, his grandfather must have reprimanded him with a black face, and I don't know if his grandfather will reprimand him after returning home.
Mo Lin looked at Mo Xingyao standing next to the princess, this child, he became the princess's little follower so quickly, and heard the princess also say that he had just served soup to the princess, it seems that he is still quite clever, but how this hand is hot red, I don't know if it is serious or not, but Sai Weng lost his horse, he didn't know if it was a blessing, but fortunately he couldn't compete because of the burn, so he escaped this catastrophe, Li Tu can shoot the seven rings, Feng Xu's ten rings, and he loses decently, if Mo Xingyao and Feng Xu compete, he won't even be able to shoot the arrow target, This is really going to lose the face of the Tang Dynasty, it is better to burn his hands than to lose the face of the Tang Dynasty, and it should not be a big problem to see him and the princess whispering there.
The emperor laughed out loud and said, "This movement is also over, one to one, just a tie, all Aiqing, everyone is tired and tired, let's go back to the house early, Great Khan, do you continue to play in the palace, or have other plans, I have ordered someone to prepare the best guest room for you at the post station in Chang'an City, if you want to go back to the post station to rest, someone will naturally take you there." The emperor was a little tired, and wanted to go back to rest, so he said to everyone, the Great Khan saw the emperor say this, and knew that he had issued an eviction order, and there was nothing fun about this huge palace, so it was better to take the children to Chang'an Avenue for a walk, I heard that Chang'an Street in the Tang Dynasty was very famous.
The Great Khan saluted the emperor and said, "Thank you for the emperor's concern, I want to take Feng Xu and Feng Luan to Chang'an Street for a walk, these children are greedy, and they just saw all kinds of delicious food in Chang'an City, and they are all talking about going." When the emperor saw the Great Khan say this, he nodded, and Gonggong Zhang said with a sharp voice, "The banquet is over, everyone, please go back to the house." The emperor sat on the dragon chariot and took the queen and the princess back to the palace, the princess Tang Yini waved her hand at Mo Xingyao, Mo Xingyao also raised her hands and waved at the princess, and the two of them reluctantly said goodbye.
Princess Tang Yini returned to her dormitory Daming Palace, she was lying on the Luohan bed, recalling the scene at the banquet just now, thinking about it and couldn't help but smile, she was sitting in the small hall, many children saw that she was a princess, so they looked respectful and cowering, and did not dare to talk to her at all, only Mo Xingyao, who was sitting next to him, was not afraid at all, he opened his eyes and said to the princess, "Hello, princess, my name is Mo Xingyao, what is the name of the princess?" Seeing that Mo Xingyao was not afraid of her at all, the princess replied with a smile, "My name is Tang Yini." ”
"Tang Yini, it is the appearance of the flag fluttering in the wind, soft and beautiful, it means that the woman is beautiful, princess, you look so beautiful and cute, this name is really worthy of you!" Mo Xingyao looked at the princess's fair smiling face and praised her from the bottom of her heart, Tang Yini couldn't help blushing when she heard Mo Xingyao's praise.