Sun Xiangfu's proposal made Yi Nan tempted, judging from the bet that Sun Xiangfu said, whether he wins or loses, it will be good for his Xue Yantuo department, and with the current strength of his Xue Yantuo department, it is indeed not suitable to start a war with the Tang Dynasty.

War knives, leather armor, these things, he is lacking, because he has not yet conquered the tribes of Murowei and Yao, so he is even short of wood for making arrows, Mobei grassland, it is really all grass, and it is not easy to find wood for making arrows, which makes his population large, but in terms of military strength, it cannot be compared with the previous Turks.

The historical Yi Nan also devoted himself to development for more than ten years before he had the courage to propose marrying a princess to Li Shimin, and he was rejected, because Li Shimin knew his military strength very well and was confident that he would defeat him.

But if he is a minister to the Tang Dynasty because of Sun Xiangfuyou's words, it is equivalent to sending a great contribution to Sun Xiangfu, and for such a big favor, he must strive for enough benefits.

"Since Sun Dudu is interested, then why not gamble with you." After thinking for a moment, Yi Nan finally relented.

When Sun Xiangfu heard this, he was overjoyed, but he didn't show it on his face, and said, "In fact, to my Tang Dynasty, for the chief, there are only benefits and no disadvantages, and it is hard to say what kind of favor Your Majesty will give you, but my Sun can promise you to help you build a huge city with a warm house to live in and a warm shed for cattle and sheep to spend the winter, so that once your khanate is established, those northern desert tribes that have just been conquered by you will quickly gather around you." As for why after this city is built, those tribes will gather around you, you will know all about it when you look at Shanyang City. ”

"Sun Dudu seems to have a lot of confidence in your soldiers! The warriors of my Xue Yantuo tribe are not inferior to the Turks in terms of combat power on horseback, so they won't be able to win even a game! Shouldn't we talk about how much forage and coal you should give to my troops for the winter after my warriors win? ”

"Hehe, the results will be revealed soon······"

Just as Sun Xiangfu was about to continue, Sanjay, who had a blue skin and swollen face, lifted the sheepskin curtain of the tent and stumbled in.

"Your Excellency, Sanjay has disgraced you."

"Uh, that's it, it's over?"

Yi Nan looked at Sanjay and the group of people behind him who were kneeling on the ground and refused to look up.

At this time, Su Dingfang took Xi Junmai and Xue Li and a few people, with their heads held high, their faces not red and out of breath.

"It's so boring, it's so boring, none of them can walk three rounds in my hands, Xue Li's kid grabbed it quickly, Lao Zhang and Abu haven't made a move yet! The so-called most brave and combative warriors of the Xue Yantuo Department were all knocked off their horses by him. Xi Junmai complained as he walked towards the tent.

Dare to be affectionate, the guy who subdued Sanjay with this move is not the most capable general under Sun Zhengming.

Who is Xue Li? That is recorded by the official history, a fierce man who rode alone and took the head of the general among the ten thousand armies, although he is young now, but there are Su Dingfang and Xi Junmai, who are also known for their bravery, and more than a dozen or twenty Xue Yantuo horsemen are there to block his might.

Looking at the situation of the two sides, Yi Nan naturally knew the victory or defeat of the two sides, the number of people on his side was more than double that of others, and they were all beaten down by others in a moment, this strength gap is too big, no wonder this Sun Zhengming suddenly became arrogant in front of him, it turned out that he wanted to take the opportunity to stand up.

"You wait for these useless things, why don't you get out of the tent and embarrass the leader here?"

After Yi Nan drove Sanjie and the others out of the camp, he said to Sun Xiangfu again, "I lost this bet, but if I want to be willing to gamble and lose, you must first prove to me that the city you mentioned can indeed help our steppe people withstand the cold winter, and then, fulfill your promise to build a city for the khanate that my Xue Yantuo Department is about to establish." ”

When Sun Xiangfu heard this, he smiled knowingly, he knew the purpose of Yi Nan's condition, he had expanded too fast before, the territory he occupied was too big, and there were not enough people in his own tribe, with tens of thousands of people in his own department, to control the tribes with a population of five or six hundred thousand and scattered around, there would be internal instability, and the previous Jieli also had a similar situation to him.

Therefore, he needs the kind of city that Sun Xiangfu said before that can help his people resist the cold winter, so that he can quickly gather the people of different tribes and build them into a monolith.

In addition, with the name of the Tang Dynasty's vassal state, then, after he raised troops to conquer the Muwei and the Yan Ya and other departments, it would be difficult for the Tang Dynasty to intervene, after all, those two departments have not yet declared themselves vassals to the Tang Dynasty, and they maintain close ties with Goguryeo in the east, and the Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo are not very dealing.

Third, after becoming a subject state of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty's control over Xue Yantuo's goods could not continue, they were a tribe that was even more backward than the Turkic Department, so they needed to learn a lot of some of the Tang Dynasty's crafts to strengthen themselves.

Sun Xiangfu analyzed all these things, and said with a smile, "What's so difficult about this, as long as the leader of Yinan takes a trip to Shanyang with me, it is clear whether it is good or not, whether it is good or not, whether it is good or not." The promise of helping you build a city, I Sun Zhengming said that I will definitely do it. ”

Yi Nan has his abacus in his heart, why doesn't Sun Xiangfu have it?

What is the hardest reason for nomads to conquer? There is no fixed place to live.

And what about when they have a fixed place?

This is the same as Li Jing's raid on Jieli who was fighting against Cheng Yanjin outside the Yumen Pass, and he could fight in a battle.

Of course, in the case of Yi Nan's honesty, Datang is not willing to fight him, after all, with the current population of Datang, the land he rules cannot be cultivated!

However, not to fight him, does not mean not to invade him, the invasion of cultural customs, is the most difficult to resist, when these herdsmen on the grassland habitually gather in the city for the winter, to spread culture to them, it becomes simple, just like a story of the teahouse in Shanyang City, will soon be introduced to the ears of all the residents of the city, just a short month, the popularity of Chinese in the city has increased a lot.

Moreover, due to the need for forage, they would want to learn from the Han people to grow oats and save enough forage for their livestock to survive the winter while ensuring their own rations. After learning how to grow oats, they would learn from the Han Chinese to grow other better crops, such as more delicious wheat, spices that are in great demand in the grassland, and so on.

And when they got used to living in the city and learned to farm, then the difference from the Han people was very small.

These cultural aggressions will make them invisibly have a centripetal force on Datang, of course, this is only the first step.

Corrupting the rulers of the steppe with a comfortable life is one of the reasons why Sun Xiangfu has launched many entertainment projects in Shanyang.

Of course, it's not just the rulers who are corrupting, when the people can live a well-fed and warm-clothed life with their own productivity, who wants to risk their lives to wage a senseless war with you.

"So, tomorrow, I'll order five thousand light horsemen and follow you to Shanyang City to have a look."

Yi Nan finally made a decision, and Sun Xiangfu smiled and said, "Then the governor is waiting for the arrival of the leader of Yi Nan in Shanyang City." ”

"Hehe, this general is also waiting for the leader of Yi Nan at the racecourse in Shanyang City, listen to your subordinates, you are the most brave and good fighter in the Xue Yantuo department, please give me advice when the time comes!"

The militant Xi Junmai did not forget to interject at this time, but it made Yi Nan feel the difference of the Tang Dynasty even more, there are so many arrogant soldiers, it is no wonder that Tuli Yejie Li will be defeated in the hands of the Tang Dynasty one after another. At the same time, it also made him feel that the decision to temporarily choose to be a vassal to the Tang Dynasty was wise.

Bidding farewell to Yi Nan, when Sun Xiangfu led five thousand horsemen out of his camp, they were greeted by the awe-inspiring gazes of the soldiers of Xue Yantuo's department.

On the not-so-tall city wall of Dingxiang City, the eldest Sun Chong saw that Sun Xiangfu led the men and horses out unharmed, and a big stone in his heart fell, and he ran to the city.

Grabbing Sun Xiangfu's horse reins, Eldest Sun Chong asked, "How are you talking?" Really don't fight? ”

"Of course I won't fight, tomorrow Yi Nan will leave for Shanyang City as a guest, so you can put your heart in your stomach! I'm here to say hello to you. I'm about to leave for Shanyang, you can't settle the manpower, so I'd better hand it over to General Su to bring back to Shanyang together! There's a lot of coal and forage there. ”

"You, you're going to let Yi Nan's people go to Shanyang? Isn't the heart a little too big? When the eldest grandson Chong heard this, he looked at Sun Xiangfu with some surprise.

"Hehe, what's wrong with letting him go to Shanyang, he doesn't go, isn't my work in vain, but you don't have to worry, he will only go to 5,000 people." Sun Xiangfu smiled indifferently.

"Then you still let General Su take all the cattle and sheep in Dingxiang to Shanyang, Xue Yantuo will go to 5,000, and leave 40,000 or 50,000, in case of bad intentions towards Dingxiang, how about it." The eldest grandson said angrily.

"Just this broken city, you can treat it as a baby bump, don't worry! Yi Nan has the heart to call me a vassal to the Tang Dynasty, and he will not touch your Dingxiang City, and when he returns to Shanyang, I will ask His Majesty to support him in establishing a khanate and managing the land of Mobei for the Tang Dynasty. ”

Sun Xiangfu's words have a deep meaning, that is, the eldest Sun Chong is his own person, which is a little wind for him, what does it mean to manage the land of Mobei for the Tang Dynasty? This is a pit he dug for Yi Nan.

It's okay to be a minister in the above table! From then on, the Tang Dynasty will declare that the Mobei grassland is the inherent territory of the Tang Dynasty, but it is currently divided into subordinate Khan kings to specifically manage, once the minister, in a sense, Xue Yantuo has already joined the Tang Dynasty, and the people of the Xue Yantuo Khanate established after that can also be regarded as the people of the Tang Dynasty.

After all, before the beggar servant led the Hui to surrender, even the land was assigned to the Metropolitan Protectorate of Anbei.

In this way, there is another advantage, that is, to set a tone for all the Fanbang kingdoms that may be surrendered in the future, surrendered, first of all, the sovereignty of the land will belong to the Tang Dynasty, and if there is a rebellion in the future, the nature is a civil war, and the army of the Tang Dynasty will drive over, which is to quell the internal rebellion, not an invasion war.