Chapter 677: Muddy Waters (Part II)
Lao Gele's leg was crippled by the arrows of the Tang Army, and most of the population of their tribe died at the hands of the Tang Army before, after that massacre, Lao Geler's courage had long been frightened by the Tang Army, and he did not have any idea of revenge at all, and even today when he saw the cavalry of the Tang Army, he was even more frightened and paralyzed to the ground, and he did not even have the idea of resisting. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
However, what Lao Geler didn't expect was that the cavalry of the Tang Army did not raise the butcher knife to him after rushing over, but stopped in front of him, and what surprised him even more was that the leader was a young man in civilian clothes, who looked like an official of the Tang Dynasty.
"Are you from the Muddy Waters Department?" I saw the young man at the head riding on a horse, condescendingly asked him in Turkic language, and his expression was also very arrogant, as if he was looking at a man named Hanako, in fact, Lao Geler did look like a Hanako in front of the other party, and he was a Hanako who was about to starve to death.
"Yes, we're the Muddy Waters Ministry, you...... What are you going to do? "Although Lao Gele didn't feel like the other party was here to kill people, but as Turks, they had just been defeated by the Tang Dynasty, and even the Khan was captured in Chang'an, so they didn't have any confidence in facing the Tang Army at this time.
"Take us to your leader!" I saw that the young official led by him said arrogantly again, and when he spoke, he spoke in a commanding tone.
Old Gele didn't dare to offend these Tang people at all, for fear that they would kill the rest of the tribe in a fit of anger, so he immediately agreed and took this Tang cavalry into the valley, but when the people of the Muddy Waters Department saw this cavalry, they were all frightened and silent, whether it was adults or children, they all hid in the tent, and then secretly peeked through the gaps, and their eyes flashed with fear.
The young official looked at the reactions of the Turks around him, the expression on his face became more arrogant, and he admired His Majesty the Emperor even more in his heart, the battle last year had completely knocked out the courage of the Turks, even if the Tang Dynasty did nothing next, the Turks would not dare to resist again in ten years.
The head of the Muddy Waters Department received the news and immediately ran out, and his son Yonggu also followed closely behind him, when he saw this Tang cavalry, a bit of hatred flashed on his face, but then he lowered his head, although he was reckless, but he was not completely brainless, with the current strength of the Muddy Waters Department, just this cavalry squad in front of him could destroy them, so he didn't dare to express his hatred.
"You're the head of the Muddy Waters Department?" The young official still did not get off the horse, and once again he was very arrogant under the high prison.
"Yes, I'm the head of the tribe, I don't know what happened to this Shangguan?" The head man also said very politely at this time, but he was also very strange at this time, the Tang army had already destroyed the Turkic Khanate, and even Jieli was arrested, how could the Tang army send people to their small tribe at this time?
"This official is here to inform you of one thing, you are limited to gather in front of Dingxiang within one month!" The young official immediately opened his mouth and commanded, the matter of the internal migration of the Turks has been decided, he is the official who was sent out to inform the Turks to assemble, for these small tribes, they are directly using orders, if the other party dares not to obey, then the consequences will be very serious, but for those powerful large tribes, it is still mainly persuasion.
"Go...... Go to Dingxiang? Why? When the leader heard the young official's order, he couldn't help but ask in a panic, although they are not far from Dingxiang here, they are also nearly ten days away, and their tribe can't even eat enough now, how can they travel a long way to Dingxiang?
"On the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, the imperial court is ready to move the Turkic people to live in the Tang Dynasty, as long as you tribes arrive in Dingxiang, there will be special officials to receive them, and the food on the road will also be borne by the imperial court, which is cheaper for you!" The young official explained impatiently, and was about to leave after turning his horse's head.
"**** moved to Datang!" The head man and Lao Gele were also shocked when they heard the news, and when they reacted, they found that the young envoy was already leaving, which made the head man hurriedly run forward and ask again, "This Shangguan, did the imperial court really order us Turks to move inward?" ”
"Yes, I'm here to convey the orders from above, of course you can not go, but I'm afraid the consequences are not something that a small tribe like you can bear!" The young official snorted coldly again, and after finishing speaking, he galloped away, he also had a heavy task, and he had to notify more than a dozen tribes within a few days, so there was really no time to delay here.
After rushing to this group of Tang troops to leave, the head man came to his senses, this time he didn't need to convene at all, the only few important people in the tribe all rushed over, some people were far away just now, only knew that the Tang army was coming, but they didn't know the purpose of the Tang army, so at this time they also asked the head people, Lao Gele was the first person to see the Tang army, so he told the Tang army's order just now.
"What? Let us go to Dingxiang to gather, and also move to Datang, is this matter reliable? After listening to Old Grad's story, an old man asked in some surprise at the moment.
"Since Datang has sent a special official to notify, there should be no fake, and this time Datang is forcing us to go to Dingxiang, if we don't go, I'm afraid that the next time we come will be the butcher's knife of the Tang army." The head man sighed at this time, in the past, when they were Turkic strong, they ordered the small tribes on the grassland, and even the Tang Dynasty had to obey their orders, but they didn't expect that in just a few years, they would be reduced to being ordered by the Tang Dynasty.
"We must not go, Datang must not have any good intentions, if we go to Dingxiang, whether we live or die is all in the hands of Datang, as for the Turkic who moved inward and left the grassland, is it still Turkic?" As soon as the headman's words fell, Yonggu was the first to jump out and object, he had a hatred for Datang, even if he was weak now, he didn't want to bow to Datang.
"I think we can go, didn't the Datang official just say that after we go to Dingxiang, Datang will provide us with food, so that we can live, and the land of Datang is fertile and the climate is warm, after going there, we don't have to suffer on the grassland anymore!" At this moment, another Turk's eyes lit up.
In the eyes of their Turks, the Tang Dynasty is simply a paradise, which is one of the main reasons why they often go south, so it is not an unacceptable thing for them to move inward, not to mention that they are now in a desperate situation of life and death.
"Old Grad, what do you think about this?" The leader also showed a hesitant expression when he heard the opinions of these people under him, and finally asked the wise man of the tribe, Old Grad.