Zhao Ziliang spent a pleasant afternoon at Yang Yuhuan's Taihua Temple, and he returned to the Jiedu Embassy before dinner, and sent someone to find Liu Dan, the chief official of the Ministry of Rites. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Liu Shan is an old man who followed Zhao Ziliang, and has been serving in the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion all these years, and after the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion was revoked, he was transferred to the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, and after the establishment of the Western Qin Royal Court, he was appointed as the chief official of the Rite Division.

"Meet the king, I don't know what the king's instructions are for recruiting officials?" Liu Shan bowed his hand and bent over.

Zhao Ziliang asked Liu Shan to sit down, and asked the waiter to bring tea, and then asked Liu Dan: "Lord Liu, this king wants to know, what are the envoys from neighboring countries in my Western Qin?" ”

Liu Shan was the chief official of the Rite Division, of course, he knew about these things, so he replied: "Back to the king, the countries that have sent envoys in my Henglus City include the Eastern Roman Empire, the Great Food Kingdom, the thirty-six tribes of the Northern Tianzhu Ratsiputs, the Chula Kingdom, the Pandia Kingdom, the Palava and other countries in Southern Tianzhu, as well as the Tubo Kingdom, the Nibra Kingdom, and the Kimak Khanate in the north, the Oghuz people north of the Aral Sea and the lower reaches of the Yaozhi Water, and the Kipchaks further north of the Oghuz people have envoys in my Henglus City!" ”

Zhao Ziliang took out a large sheepskin map and looked at it, and asked, "Are the Kipchaks descendants of the Kangju Kingdom during the Han Dynasty?" ”

Liu Shan nodded and said: "The king is very knowledgeable, and the Kipchaks are the descendants of Kangjuguo!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at the map again and said, "Between our Western Qin and the Khazar Khanate, there are Oghuz and Pecheneg people, do the Pechenegs have envoys stationed here with us?" ”

The Pechenegs are mainly located between the Volga and Ural rivers, and some have moved west to western Ukraine, eastern Romania, and to the south is the Khazar Khanate, north of the Black Sea.

Liu Shan shook his head and said: "Not yet, the Pecheneg people are not unified, they have eight tribes, namely: the first: Yi'er Tian Division, the second: Zou Wu'er Division, the third: the Jira Division, the fourth: the Kole Division, the fifth: the Cha Ra Yi Division, the sixth: the Aramati Division, the seventh: the Xuan Division, and the eighth: Zou Division. The names of these tribal leaders were: Bai Zansi of the Yi'er Tim Division, Koyele of the Zou Wu'er Division, Kuo'er Kotai of the Jira Division, Yiba Si of the Kora Division, Haitong of the Cha Rak Yi Division, Kusi Answering Si of the Taramati Division, Quzisi of the Zou Division, and Ba Dasi of the Zou Division! The Pechenegs are now threatened by the Kipchaks, Oghuz and Kimaks, and two of them have migrated westward! They were friendly to us, and our caravans had never been plundered in Pecheneg's territory! ”

Zhao Ziliang asked, "What is their relationship with the Khazar Khanate?" ”

Liu Shan replied: "Of course it's not good, the cavalry of the Khazar Khanate often invades the territory of the Pechenegs to plunder and hunt, and it is common for the two sides to clash, but the Khazar Khanate has a good relationship with the Eastern Roman Empire, and they are in-laws, and the Eastern Roman Empire has great support for the Khazar Khanate in terms of weapons and equipment, and a large number of ordnance is sold to the Khazar Khanate every year!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and ordered: "You select a person from the Lisi and form a mission to send to the territory of the Pechenegs to ask for their eight chiefs, and say that this king has decided to send troops to attack the Khazar Khanate, and ask them to send troops to help, if they agree to send troops, this king can come forward to warn the Kipchaks and Kimaks and let them not invade west!" ”

Liu Shan agreed: "No! ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "The king of Ming Japan wants to meet the Oghuz people, Kipchaks and the envoys of the Kimak Khanate in Henglos, this time to send troops, this king wants to pull these khanates and tribes to march together, you bring them here tomorrow to see this king!" ”

"Yes!"

On the morning of the next day, a group of envoys set out from Henglus, first south to the Yaozhishui River, and then quickly headed northwest along Yaozhishui.

Because Zhao Ziliang decided to send troops to attack the Khazar Khanate, although this matter was decided by Zhao Ziliang only before yesterday and announced to the military and political officials, the news still spread quickly, and the Eastern Roman Empire's envoy Barbudus was shocked when he learned the news.

Over the years, the Eastern Roman Empire and the Khazar Khanate are hardcore allies, the Khazar Khanate has repeatedly lent troops to the Eastern Roman Empire to deal with the Great Food Country, if there is no Khazar Empire in the South Caucasus to contain it, the Great Food Country would have annexed Armenia long ago, and now the Western Qin Dynasty wants to send troops to attack the Khazar Khanate, that is, to attack the allies of the Eastern Roman Empire, whether politically or strategically, the Eastern Roman Empire can not manage, so Babudus immediately rushed to the Jiedu Embassy to ask Zhao Ziliang to see Zhao Ziliang after getting the news, However, Zhao Ziliang was at this time receiving the Oghuz people, the Kipchaks, and the envoys of the Kimak Khanate, and did not have time to see him for the time being.

In the hall of the Jiedu Embassy, Zhao Ziliang was talking with the envoys of Oghuz, Kipchak, and Kimak Khanate.

Zhao Ziliang looked at Hajib, the envoy of the Kimak Khanate, and Kerebol, the envoy of the Kipchaks, and asked: "Your Excellency, Hajib, this king has heard that in the past few years, the cavalry of your Kimak Khanate has repeatedly crossed the Yibohai (Lake Balkhash) to plunder the herdsmen, cattle and sheep in my Western Qin, do you know this?" ”

Hajib hurriedly said: "Great King, there is no such thing, the Tang Empire is powerful in the world, and the Western Qin Royal Court is famous in the Western Regions, how dare my Kimak Khanate touch the tiger whiskers of the Great King, please Mingjian, Great King!" ”

The Kipchak envoy Krebol also immediately said: "Great King, since the Great King ruled the Western Regions, we Kipchaks have been operating in the area of the Ula Mountain, and have never invaded the territory of the Great King in the south!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said with an unkind face: "According to what you say, is this king wronging you?" ”

The two of them said in unison: "Don't dare, don't dare!" ”

Zhao Ziliang continued: "This king has a witness, a few days ago, my Western Qin rangers captured dozens of Kimaks and Kipchaks who went south to plunder on the south bank of the Yibo Sea, how do you explain this matter?" ”

Hajib and Krebol looked at each other, a little at a loss for a moment.

Zhao Ziliang said angrily: "You and other barbarian small states have repeatedly invaded my Tang Dynasty territory and Western Qin territory, this is a provocation and contempt for my Tang Empire and the Western Qin royal court, this king is now informing you that you will declare war on the Kimak Khanate and the Kipchaks, and will soon raise up a large army to crusade!" ”

Hajibu and Krebol turned pale with fright, and hurriedly said in unison: "The king is slow, I really don't know about this matter, we Kimaks and Kipchaks will never dare to oppose the king, please take back the king's order, we Kimaks and Kipchaks can compensate the king for his losses, and apologize to the Tang Empire and the Western Qin royal court, and ask the king for forgiveness!" ”

Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly: "Is it enough to just compensate for the loss and apologize in a letter?" This is too cheap for you, if this king sends people to the Kimak Khanate to plunder, kill a group of people, and then pay a few bucks, and then apologize casually, will you be happy? ”

Hajib and Kreebler looked at each other, they didn't expect that Zhao Ziliang was actually making something out of nothing this time, full of nonsense, they only knew that there were indeed people in their tribe who had gone south to loot over the years, so there was no truth about this matter, they all knew that this time they were only afraid of heavy bleeding, and asked in unison: "I don't know what the king wants?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Last year, my Western Qin caravan was plundered in the Khazar Khanate, and this king sent an envoy to inquire and ask them to cooperate in maintaining the safety of the trade route, which is beneficial to the surrounding countries after all, but this Khazar Khanate not only did not cooperate, but also killed my mission and detained my envoys, which is really hateful!" The actions taken by the Khazars against our mission are tantamount to targeting my Western Qin royal court, which is tolerable or unbearable! This king is determined to send troops to attack the Khazar Khanate, and in addition to compensating for the losses caused by the plundering of our borders and apologizing, you and other small states need to send 30,000 troops, 20,000 troops from the Kimak Khanate, and 10,000 troops from the Kipchaks, to attack the Khazar Khanate with me! If not, the king will first send troops to destroy the Kimaks and Kipchaks, and then fight the Khazars! ”

Hajib said with an ugly face: "King, you are a bit of a strong man, right?" What does the grudge between your Western Qin and the Khazars have to do with my Kimak Khanate? ”

"Of course there is a problem, because you are sorry for this king first! This king only asks you one thing, do you agree to send troops? ”

In the face of Zhao Ziliang's strong and aggressive, Hajib and Kleebler wanted to refuse hard, but they were worried that Zhao Ziliang would really send troops to attack the Kimak Khanate and the Kipchaks first. Although the Kipchaks are now the Kimak Khanate, they still have a great deal of independence, and the Kimak Khanate cannot be the lord of the Kipchaks whether to send troops or not, and neither of them has the right to make this decision.

Krebler stroked his chest and said, "My lord, we really can't be the master of this matter, so we can only send a fast horse back to report the king's request to the tribe's Ye Hu (the Kipchak chief, also known as 'set')"

Hajib also said: "Yes, the ministers also need to send someone back to the Khan tent of Kemakya at the Stone River (i.e., the Irtysh River) in Ye'er to report this matter to the Khan of our Khanate, and the Khan will decide."

The Kimaks were largely active in the Irtysh River valley, in the northern part of present-day Kazakhstan, and were half-cultivated and semi-pastoral, with settlements and agricultural activities in the northern part of Kazakhstan, and their capital was in Kmaya, which was not a city, but the location of the khanate tent of the Kimaks.

The Kimak Khanate was founded around 743 AD and consisted of Kimaks, Kipchaks, Tatars and other Turkic peoples, who could also be said to be descendants of the Turks. There were two major tribes in the Kimak Khanate, namely Yimur and Yemak, and there were seven large tribes in the Khanate, in addition to Yimur and Yemak, there were also Kipchak, Boyandur, Nilhar and other tribes.

Zhao Ziliang said: "Okay, you have half a month!" ”