At the southern foot of Jinshan, the grassland in July is verdant, and all kinds of wildflowers in full bloom are bathed in the sun, a bush here, a bush there is a competition in the vast grassland, exuding a rich fragrance, as far as the eye can see, the wildflowers are like colorful clouds, falling on the green grassland. A large cloud drifted through the sky, and the sun shone through the gaps in the dark clouds, shining on the grassland like golden threads, and with the gusts of morning wind, it set off blue waves and golden waves. Flocks of sheep move across the grassland, and herdsmen gallop across the grassland on horseback singing pastoral songs

At the foot of the mountain, there are large tents gathered together, clustered around a large tent in the middle, and the banner on the top of the big tent is painted with a golden wolf's head to indicate that this is the large tent of the Turkic khan. The sound of the horse-head fiddle and the tambourine came out continuously, and a thick blanket was spread in the middle of the tent, and a man in his forties with a broad face sat on it, wearing a gold ring on his earlobe, and his thick eyebrows and eyes were bright. Wearing a loose robe with slits on both sides of the calf, his sturdy body sat on the blanket and looked a little bloated, and the two Turkic maids on the left and right were pouring wine into his cup from time to time, this person was the Turkic Jieli Khan, and there were also a lot of tables on both sides of the big tent, and some leaders behind the tables also drank mare's milk wine and roasted sheep with knives, and happily watched some maids in the middle dancing with horse-head fiddles and tambourine.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there were three Turkic khans who were brothers, the eldest was the eldest son of the Qimin Khan, Shibi Khan, when the rebel army and warlords in the Central Plains were fighting one after another, so they had no time to care about the Turkic tribes in the north, and Shibi Khan took the opportunity to break away from the Sui Dynasty and began to rise rapidly.

One of the best things that Shibi Khan did was to besiege Yang Guang at Yanmen Pass, and later fortunately, Li Shimin and Wang Shiquan led their troops to relieve the siege so that Emperor Yang of Sui was spared. At the time of the great turmoil in the world, in order to stabilize the rear, the rebel armies in the north formed alliances with the Eastern Turks one after another, and called them ministers.

The second son of Qimin Khan, Tong Lifushe, was a Luo Khan, who also wanted to attack the Sui Dynasty, but died of illness after not reigning for a long time. The person sitting in the middle of the tent is Jieli Khan, whose original name was Ashina Dubi, who was the third son of the Eastern Turkic Khan Qimin Khan, that is, the younger brother of Shibi Khan and Chuluo Khan.

After Jieli ascended the throne, he took advantage of the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty to force and lure Liu Wuzhou, Xue Ju, and Liang Shi to become ministers. After Li Yuan raised troops in Taiyuan to chase the Central Plains, his own backyard was Jieli's territory at that time. Li Yuan understood that he could not compete with the Turkic cavalry, so he sent Liu Wenjing as an envoy to the Eastern Turks to pay tribute to the Turks. The two sides agreed that in the area captured by the Tang army, the land and people would go to Li Yuan, and half of the gold and silver wealth would be divided into Shibi Khan. Shibi Khan readily agreed, and provided Li Yuan with some Turkic war horses.

After the unification of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan also sent Tang Jian to send goods and goods to seek peace many times when he was in power, Jieli still broke the alliance between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks from time to time, and repeatedly cooperated with Tiele, Xue Yantuo and other troops to attack the northern border cities, he seized the opportunity to take advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains, invaded the border passes on a large scale, and seized a large number of people and goods. Every time the Turks invaded, the Tang army often fought back, and the two sides also won and lost each other, but in general, the Tang army was in a weak position.

When the people in the tent were in high spirits, a general opened the curtain of the tent and walked in, this person was the Turkic Telle Wuyan Tu who assisted Liu Wuzhou in the second rebellion, and he went to Jieli and whispered,

After hearing this, Jieli suddenly showed a smile on his face, clapped his hand to signal the song and dance to stop, waved his hand to drive these people out of the tent, and then said to the people in the tent: "Everyone, just now our warriors sent us good news, the second prince of the Tang Dynasty, that is, the generals under Li Shimin, killed Li Yuan's eldest son and fourth son, and now he has just become the emperor, we can now take advantage of his instability to snatch what you want."

After hearing this, the generals in the tent were overjoyed, and the people shouted: "Great Khan, we also have to make them understand that even if Li Shimin becomes the emperor, he will also pay tribute to us, we are the boss of the world, and whoever becomes the emperor is the same."

"That's right! It's still a Han girl from the Tang Kingdom, much better looking than these shepherdessmen of ours, but it's a pity that this woman won't live long before she dies in our grassland," said one of the generals, and his words caused the people in the tent to burst into laughter.

"We can't send troops this time to be beaten back like last time, in that case, we won't be the descendants of the Heavenly Wolf King," Jieli squinted at his nephew Tuli on the other side of the left case and said.

Jieli raised his hand and said: "Warriors, when we go back, sharpen your swords, select the warriors of your tribe, ride your horses, and when we are ready, we will go to the Tang Kingdom to show our majesty, we will let the Han people know that we are the descendants of the Heavenly Wolf King, and their treasures, cattle, sheep, and women are our trophies, come, dry the wine in our hands, and go and prepare immediately!" ”

"!" The general in the tent stood up and shouted happily with his glass raised.

When the generals in the tent walked out of the door, each of them carried a wooden tablet in their arms, and a golden arrow was sealed with wax on the wooden tablet and rushed towards their respective tribal territories.

There were two tents not far from the golden wolf tent, which were also very tall, and the neighing and running of the horses alarmed the people inside, and when the tent curtain was lifted, it was surprising that several maids dressed as Han Chinese came out with a woman in palace costumes.

The women walked in a big way among the Turkic crowd, and some of the Turks came over and bent down to caress their chests, and one of the maids said to the women in palace clothes: "Princess, I heard from people in the tribe that the Tang Dynasty changed the emperor, and Li Yuan's second son, Li Shimin, sent people to kill his elder brother and fourth brother in Xuanwumen, and this time they were equipped to attack the Tang Dynasty."

"Well, they went to avenge my Great Sui, and I will go to my sister-in-law and tell her the good news," the woman said as she walked.

The woman who spoke was Princess Yicheng, in the nineteenth year of the emperor's reign, Princess Anyi, who was close to the Eastern Turkic Qimin Khan, died, and Emperor Wen of Sui sent Princess Yicheng to marry the Qimin Khan. He lived in the Turks for nearly 30 years and successively married Qimin Khan, Shibi Khan, Chuluo Khan, and Jieli Khan.

This princess was full of infinite affection for the Sui Dynasty, and when Bi Khan led hundreds of thousands of cavalry south to besiege Yang Guang at Yanmen Pass, he was about to be captured, and the monarch thought of Princess Yicheng and secretly contacted her. Princess Yicheng risked being killed very righteously, panicking that there was an enemy situation on the Turkic border, so she deceived Shibi's troops, and Yang Guang was able to escape back. Not only that, but she also took in Yang Guang's widow Empress Xiao, and this time she got the news and prepared to find Empress Xiao.

When she arrived outside another tent, Princess Yicheng shouted, "Is my sister-in-law there?" ”

With the shouting, a woman in her sixties walked out of the tent, and the wind and frost of the grassland and the grinding of the cold wind did not leave too many traces on her face. This woman is also dressed in palace clothes, and it can be seen that she must have been beautiful and moving when she was young, but now she is gone.

Princess Yicheng saw that Empress Xiao was a little excited and said: "Sister-in-law, this time the Khan is going to send a large army to attack the Tang Dynasty, if it succeeds, my Great Sui will be able to restore the country."

Empress Xiao was stunned for a while when she heard the news and said: "Yicheng, the war is together, and it is the people of Li who suffer, and it must be my Chinese people who are injured, it has been so many years, and the Sui Dynasty has been wiped out for many years." You and I don't just think about going back to the country, if possible, you can persuade Jieli Khan, it's best if you can't afford to be a sword soldier."

After hearing this, Princess Yicheng frowned and said, "Sister-in-law, you are always a woman's kindness, have you forgotten that the Tang Dynasty was formed by usurpation now?" Not only will I not stop it, but I will also encourage the Khan to attack the Tang Dynasty, and when the Tang Dynasty is captured, my Great Sui will be able to restore the country."

After finishing speaking, she turned around and left with the maid, and Queen Xiao looked at her departing back and sighed faintly, and turned back to her tent.