The Khitan Eight Tribes who need the Great Thorn City the most, they are walking from grass to grass, lacking base and materials, and the appearance of the Great Thorn City gives them a little hope. It was only because of their concern for the Central Plains that they were more cautious, and at first they were willing to exchange cattle and sheep for food and daily necessities only through merchants, even if the price of deprivation was greater. After learning that the Turks could trade freely, the last doubts of the Khitans completely disappeared, and they began to send people to the Great Thorn City to trade.

Dahe Mohui took the people, carried the cattle and sheep, registered at the gate of the city, and entered the city slowly, the city of Thorn is really like a market now, compared to the Huaiyuan town outside the town of Huaiyuan The trade of various ethnic groups is larger, the shops are numerous, and the merchants from the south to the north are endless. Dagamo would take a fancy to an iron pot and was negotiating with a Han merchant, and Abgu had already accosted a passing child: "What are you carrying?" ”

"School bag." The child was about the same age as Abgu, neatly dressed, on horseback, and followed by two generals, who were supposed to be nobles of the Hu clan; The child was a little arrogant and said proudly: "I go to primary school in the city, and all the classes are taught by Han teachers. ”

Han teacher, Abgu asked with some envy: "How much does it cost?" ”

"No money." The child looked like a little adult and said, "It's a government-run school, and admission is free." Our teacher said that it is just the beginning, and in the future, when there are more teachers, all children can go to such a school. My name is Beggar Elephant, and my father is Tudiji, but what about you? ”

"My name is Abgu, and my father is Daga Tara."

Dare Qing is the son of two tribal leaders, Dahe Duluo is the big chief of the Khitan Alliance, and Tudiji is the Lintun county guard of Yingzhou, both of which are big names that no one knows; The voices of the people around him suddenly became a little quieter, and the Han merchant who sold the iron pot secretly wiped the fine sweat from his forehead. The beggar elephant and Abgumasa were happy to speak, and Tudiji led a dozen cavalrymen and rode all the way on war horses, and when he saw Dagamo, he would say happily: "Why are you here, I am thinking about you!" ”

Tudi Ji was now ruddy and energetic, with a new cooked copper chain mail, and a Turkic blue-maned horse sitting underneath, like an upstart man. Oga Mokai was a little jealous in his heart, and said with a little dissatisfaction: "I heard that you are now a county guard, and you really regard yourself as a Han?" ”

Tudi Ji laughed and said: "If it was in the past, who said that we Hu people could become Han people, I only took it as a joke, but now, I feel a little bit of it." The Son of Heaven is a rich man, and Li Shimin is a tiger, and they all use us as a bargaining chip; Now the king of Yue is different, he really doesn't treat us as outsiders, Lintun County is treated the same as the other two counties, and the people who are willing to farm are also the same as the Han people. ”

Da He Mo would see that the left and right were his own and Tudiji's subordinates, and asked in a low voice, "Does King Yue have any intentions?" ”

Tu Diji shook his head and said: "To be honest, I can't see clearly, but those horse thieves from your Khitan are doing well, whether they are incorporated into the Harrier Army or those who live in the city, they are all nourished." I asked Wang Gong, the Great Sui welcomes you to submit, according to the situation of your tribe, it is certain that your brother will be a county guard. ”

The county guard, Dahe Mo will let out a shameful smile and say: "Our Khitan Eight Department is worth a county guard? ”

Tu Diji said unhurriedly: "King Yue does not mean to recruit Khitans, but your separate tribe. You can stay in Yingzhou, if the other tribes want to submit, it depends on the specific situation, Yingzhou eighteen cities, only 50,000 to 60,000 Hu people are settled, and the extra must go to other places. ”

Dahe Mo will be overjoyed, 50,000 to 60,000 people, less than half of the Khitans, excluding the old and weak, at most 20,000 people who control the strings, can only strengthen the defense of Yingzhou, it seems that Yang Chong, the king of Yue, is also this ability, sweeping the Central Plains is just luck. Ogami suppressed the joy of coming to a conclusion, and said politely: "Tudiji, in the future, our caravan will come over, and I hope you will take care of it." ”

This was an obvious refusal, and Tu Di Ji said disapprehantly: "They are all close neighbors, and they should be." ”

The two parted after a few more pleasantries, and Tudiji took his son to school and had other things to do; Looking at the back of the beggar elephant, Abgu said to Ohgamo, "Third uncle, I want to study. ”

Dahemo will stretch out his big hand, stroke Abgu's head and say: "We are different from Tudiji, he was abandoned by his people, everything can only be rewarded by the Han people, we still have our own tomorrow, we have to think about the Khitan people." The Han people can live in the Central Plains, the Turks can run rampant in Mobei, and our Khitan will definitely become the master of the Northeast in the future. ”

If Yang Chong hears it, he will definitely applaud the ambition of the Great Grega, the Liao State that often bullied the Song Dynasty in history was built by the Khitans, and the name of being strong spread throughout the West, in Russian, Greek and Middle English, the whole of China is called Khitan, and North China is often called Khitan in *** literature, and it is said that the purpose of Columbus's voyage is to find the legendary Khitan.

Yang Chong sneezed, and continued to discuss the matter of the Western Turks with Du Yan and Xu Shiji, and the news of Chang'an finally came, and they all thought that the affairs of the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu had nothing to do with the Central Plains. In the report, Fang Xuanling suggested that preparations for the invasion of the Western Turks should be started, including stockpiling supplies and mobilizing troops.

Yang Chong and Du Yan could see that Fang Xuanling was worried about Liu Hongji and Sikong Xing's ability, Gaochang and other counties had not fought for several years, and Fang Xuanling used one word, lax. Yang Chong was silent for a long time and said: "The threat of Jieli Khan is still there, and Yiwu is still the last line of defense, and let Wei Yuanzhao sit in Qinghai, at most temporarily abandon Gaochang." ”

Du Yan shook his head and said, "King Yue, the situation may not be so bad, Tong Ye Hu will definitely think that attacking us will be retaliated." We can marry in trouble, join forces with the Western Turks to attack Jieli, and give the Western Regions Zhuhu and Xue Yantuo to the Western Turks, the big deal is to subsidize a little in the transaction. ”

Yang Chong nodded and said: "It is feasible, order Zheng Yuanshou and Qi Bige as envoys, and stay in Chang'an to note the envoys of the Western Turks, and we can provide them with 20,000 catties of steel as a gift for attacking Jieli." Together with the war, we were responsible for holding down Jieli, and after the war, all over the Western Regions, as long as the Han people were mainly in Khotan, the rest were theirs. ”

After considering it, Du Yan said: "It is feasible, there is no five years to solve Jieli, and the Western Regions need a peaceful environment." ”

Xu Shiji, who had not spoken, suddenly said: "I have a plan that needs the support of King Yue." ”

(End of chapter)