Chapter 704: Wangcheng Fengyun
There was a chaos in the heart of Heluo, but there was no fighting, which was naturally a miscalculation for the nine surnames, but there were gains and losses, but their ally Huangjia won successive battles in the desert steppe, and miraculously approached the Uighur royal city.
The Uighur Khanate, which had dominated the steppe for more than 100 years, had to bow its noble head and sign an alliance with Age, losing coins, sending princesses, ceding land, and sealing the king, so as to envelop Age, and the two countries temporarily ceased their wars.
After the death of the eldest princess of Xian'an, she was buried in the Phoenix Ridge thirty miles southwest of the Uighur royal city according to her wishes, and the ritual Tang Dynasty and the Uighurs had both, and set up mountains and rivers to protect the mausoleum in the cemetery, take care of the mausoleum, set up a palace and a mourning hall in the city, set up an incense hall, hang embroidered statues before her death, and accept the worship of the officials and people of the two countries. Wang and Xiaoru concurrently serve as the left and right palace guards, the left guards preside over the city palace guarding the mourning hall, and the right guards concurrently serve as the mountains and rivers to protect the mausoleum and take care of the mausoleum.
After Wang's death, Xiaoru took over as the left guard and moved to the city. The eldest princess of Xian'an, who was married to four khans and served four khaduns, held a high status in the Uighurs, and was deeply loved by the military and the people of all ethnic groups. The rising tide lifts all boats, and Xiaoru's order is also well-known in the royal city. It was with this identity that she entered and exited the upper class society of the royal city and collected intelligence for Datang.
Li Mao sent envoys to take her back to Tang several times, but she refused, and made a grand vow in front of the envoy that "Mobei will not return to her hometown".
However, the current situation was not as good as in the past, and the Shoshin Khan, who was in charge of the Uighurs at this time, was discredited and his status plummeted due to successive defeats in the vassal state of Tunjas, and the ambitious prime minister Delab took the opportunity to seize the power. The Khan was dissatisfied with the seizure of power, and the Khan hated the Khan for occupying the pit and not. The contradiction between the two families reached its peak with the repeated defeats of the Heavenly Wolf Army and the arrival of the Gang Warriors in the city, and there was a great tendency to erupt.
At this moment, although the agreement was signed, the army of the Gang was still eighty miles outside the city, camped and refused. The people in the royal city were panicked, most of the merchants and travelers of various countries (clans) had left the city, and a small number of stranded people were also ready to evacuate at any time.
Chen Muyang, the commander of the right wing of the Youzhou Jiedu envoy to the pro-army Mobei, was a powerful Hedong merchant in Wangcheng, and there were many Hedong merchants in the Uighurs, and it was not uncommon in Wangcheng, his business was not big or small, and he was also dealing in large road goods, so he did not attract attention. What is striking is his young and handsome appearance, and he often goes in and out of his order-abiding home, which inevitably leads to some gossip, but fortunately, the Uighur social atmosphere was deeply influenced by the Tang Dynasty, and it was open and tolerant, and there were no special requirements for men and women. Unmarried, Chen Muyang has no wife in the Uighurs, and a pair of lonely men and widows do not hinder anyone in their private contacts, and who cares more?
Chen Muyang bowed to the embroidered statue of the eldest princess of Xian'an as usual, put on incense, and then accepted the upright answer, and after the ceremony, the two sat in the back hall with tea.
Exchange information as usual first, the situation in the city is already very bad, this is the consensus of the two, but in terms of withdrawing or not withdrawing, the contradiction between the two still exists, Xiaoru still says the same thing, until the last moment, she will never leave, it is easy to go, and it will be difficult to come back.
"The Khan secretly sent troops into the city. Feeling that danger was approaching, he was in private contact with the Digs, and the situation in the royal city was dangerous, and my opinion, Madame should evacuate for the time being. Even if you go to Phoenix Ridge for a few days, it's not too late to come back when the situation calms down. ”
"It's easy to go, but it's hard to come back, how many pairs of eyes are staring at me."
"Madame can't help but think about complicated things, everyone has the heart to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, the royal city is cloudy, you go out to avoid it, who will gossip."
Xiaoru stared at Chen Muyang and asked, "Is it really just to go out to avoid it?" ”
Xiao Ru is no longer young, years of lonely and treacherous life have worn away all her angular enthusiasm, and although her face is very delicate, it does not have any human breath, like wearing a heavy human skin mask. Although her eyes were still as clear as water, they could no longer see the slightest ripple, no enthusiasm, and were as cold as ice.
Chen Muyang cautiously avoided her gaze and replied, "Although I was ordered to ask Madame to go back, but Madame insisted on refusing, what can I do." ”
Xiaoru said: "I don't embarrass you, you allow me a few days to prepare." ”
Chen Muyang came out and said to the left and right: "It's still delaying, I can't do it, so I have to tie it up." ”
Everyone could only smile bitterly, if they offended Xiaoru, they would definitely be in trouble in the future, but if they couldn't complete the task assigned by Li Mao, it would be even more troublesome. The lesser of two evils can only be done.
It was the third watch of the night, Chen Muyang appeared outside the Guardian Mansion again, the left and right return tasks were successfully completed, and the guards in the mansion had already been bought by the right wing, although the carefully selected personal guards were loyal, they were far from being the opponents of the right wing.
Chen Muyang lifted the curtain of the carriage and shone it inside with a lantern, and the woman between the two healthy women was undoubtedly Xiaoru herself, her eyes were cold and her face was expressionless. Chen Muyang hurriedly made amends, did not speak, and waved his hand to signal the carriage to leave the city.
The Uighur royal city was large, larger than Chang'an, but it was haphazardly planned, and most of the rest of the area was chaotic except for the area around the palace. The 300,000 Heavenly Wolf Army is rotten to the core, and has been defeated in the battle with the Devils, but it is still a good hand when it comes to harming the people. The stragglers roamed around the city, and the places did not dare to control them, and order was lost in many areas.
Chen Muyang drove the carriage not far away, and was confronted by a group of drunken sergeants, and the network of relationships he had painstakingly woven in the city was of little use to these unorganized and undisciplined routs, and he had no choice but to avoid the edge for the time being.
The convoy entered the nearby workshop, and the supervisor who was placed in the right compartment of the workshop soon arrived, and these people were not only well-informed, but most of them were "capable people", and soon took the convoy to a quiet courtyard.
Chen Muyang asked Xiaoru to get out of the car and rest, Xiaoru should not be cold, Chen Muyang did not dare to force it, and asked people to send the soup to the car.
Sending people outside to watch, wanting to set off immediately after the rout had passed, the people who were watching rushed back for a while, panicked, and shouted repeatedly: "Great, terrible, Dig Luo Be, open the gates of the city and lead the city into the city." ”
The irreconcilable conflict between the Uighur prime minister and the Shoshin Khan eventually broke out into a war of war, and after the defeat of the Uighur prime minister, he made a desperate attempt to open the city gate and lure the city into the city to "mediate". Wang Ji Wujin, the left commander of the Emperor, led a large army into the palace, and Zhangxin Khan committed suicide after drawing his sword and killing his wife and daughter in order to avoid insult.
Xu Shang took advantage of the chaos to abscond out of the palace with the gold seal, scepter and jade book. In the southeast of the city, Bailuchuan convened a meeting of the thirteen leaders of the Uighur tent, and each ministry promoted Yutler as the khan, and the Khan and the thirteen allied forces besieged the royal city, and the relatives and nobles of the grassland tribes led their troops to help. Seeing that the Uighurs were not exhausted, the leader of the Khagas, Are, killed Rabe and sent an envoy to negotiate peace with the Khan.
The two sides agreed to double the benefits promised to the Emperor by Khan and to allow the Commander to garrison troops around the royal city, but not to exceed 5,000 troops.
The peace agreement was reached, the war subsided, and the Ji Wu Jin Department was ordered to withdraw from the royal city, leaving one to garrison outside the city, and the rest to return to the camp. The new khan succeeded to the throne, the royal city was heavily guarded inside and outside, isolated from inside and outside, Chen Muyang tried his best to get out of the city, Xiao Ru tried to escape, Chen Muyang was afraid of long nights and dreams, and in desperation, he had to take the risk to go to the camp to see the left marshal Wang Ji Wujin.
Ji Wujin was the first fierce general under the command of the Khan of Huangjiasi, commanding 100,000 troops (claimed), sweeping thousands of miles of grasslands, and never had an opponent.
Chen Muyang and Ji Weijin have never known each other in their lives, and they also know that this person has no other special hobbies except for being a good leader. But Chen Muyang still left with confidence, because he knew that Ji Wujin had another name many years ago, called Mo Qi Shentong.
He was already a dead man in the Tang Dynasty, but he was in another capacity in the Tang Dynasty.
For nearly 20 years, thousands of miles away, there are only a handful of people who know this secret, which is one of the top secrets that Chen Muyang holds as the head of Mobei.
Ji Wujin had already received a messenger from the Tang Dynasty earlier, and was not surprised by Chen Muyang's arrival, and after verifying his identity, he asked Chen Muyang in Chinese dialect, which was no longer very neat: "Is the Yan King of the Tang Dynasty in good health?" Chen Muyang said: "Everything is fine, recently I often miss my brother who was lost in the grassland." Ji Wujin said: "Mrs. Ru is okay, I heard that she is in the city." Chen Muyang said: "Mrs. Ru has been stranded in the royal city for more than ten years, and King Yan ordered me to take her back to China, but she was trapped by the rebellion. ”
Ji Wujin sighed: "I haven't seen her for many years, and I really want to see her, but I'm afraid of giving birth to meaningless right and wrong." It's gone, take my troop knife and escort her back to China for reunion, the sky on the grassland is about to change. I asked her to greet my old brother on my behalf, saying that I missed him very much. ”
Ji Wujin not only gave Chen Muyang a knife to transfer troops, but also sent a team of personal guards to accompany him, escorted by the guards of the Uighurs, and no one dared to stop the Uighur defenders, and they traveled all the way out of the royal city unhindered. Chen Muyang did not dare to delay at all, and escorted Xiaoru all the way south, through the grassland desert, over the Yin Mountain, and to Fengzhou.
Shi Xiong got the secret rumor, sent Han Jiangchun out of the plug for 500 miles to meet, Yang Qi also sent Yang Bao out of Fengzhou 300 miles to meet, Chen Muyang saw that the former Longshou Mountain general Qiu Kangzong was also in the crowd to welcome him, so he relieved his heart, and handed over the guardianship to Shi Xiong and Qiu Kangzong, and immediately returned to the royal city.
Li Mao wanted to go to Fengzhou to meet Xiaoru, but he couldn't do it, under his personal arrangement, Han Jiangchun, Yao Jinghua, Gu Zang, Yao Cuihua and his wife escorted Xiaoru back to Beijing from Fengzhou.