Chapter 314: Diverting water out of the customs
Seeing that Chu Luo Yan personally ran out of the tent to retreat from the ambush, while Yong Yulu was standing in the tent with his neck bent, obviously still dissatisfied in his heart, Yuwen Panruo restrained the unhappiness in his heart, asked Yang Guang to re-seat, barely squeezed out a smile, and explained to him in Chinese: "The nature of the Turkic tiger and wolf, Ah Zong should not be surprised." I didn't know in advance that there was an ambush outside the tent outside the pen &www.biquge.info amp; fun & pavilion, and I hoped that Ah Zong could tolerate it. A few days ago, when I heard that Yongyu Lu invited Ah Zong to come to Baidaozhou for a meeting, he repeatedly told him not to act recklessly, and I didn't think that he was still like this...... Alas......"
In and out of the words, it seems to be quite helpless.
When Yang Guang was in Chang'an, he heard his eldest sister Yang Lihua say that Yuwen Panruo's father, Zhao Wang Yuwen Zhao, died at the hands of his father Yang Jian, and in addition, since Yang Jian opened the Sui Dynasty, he killed the royal family of the previous dynasty, and killed hundreds of former dynasty clans, including the late emperor Yuwen Xian of the former dynasty, in just a few months.
Therefore, when he saw Yuwen Panruo in Baidaozhou City today, Yang Guang had an ominous feeling in his heart: even if this trip to Baidaozhou was not to go to the Hongmen banquet, it was mostly auspicious, and the prospects were unpredictable.
At this time, when he saw Yuwen Panruo drinking Yongyu Lu's rude actions towards him, and revealing his strong dissatisfaction with Yongyu Lu between his words, Yang Guang couldn't help but wonder: Is all this true in front of him? Or is it Yuwen Panruo and Yongyu Lu, the titular mother and son, who are designed to be played for themselves?
"I have married into the Turks, and as the Great Khan of the Turks, I cannot but act for the sake of the Turkic people." Yuwen Panruo seemed to be intent on dispelling the confusion in Yang Guang's heart, and as if he was explaining to Yongyu Lu, he said slowly, "Ah Zong, you must have seen it on the way to Baidao Prefecture, the Turkic territory has suffered a great drought, and there has been no rain for nearly a year......
"Ke He Dun, you ......" Yong Yu Lu angrily tried to stop Yuwen Praruo from continuing.
"These things can't be hidden, besides, just counting on the path of An's father and son, far water can't quench the thirst of the near!" Yuwen Panruo persuaded Yongyu Lu in a soft voice.
Yang Guang recalled that on the way out of the pass, Yongyu Lu sent a personal guard force, the wolf's tooth 500 horsemen, to meet his party from a hundred miles away, and strictly guarded it, just to prevent the drought in the Turkic territory from being detected by his party. Could it be that his mother and son have two completely different thoughts?
Thinking of this, Yang Guang couldn't help but turn his head and glanced at Li Che who was standing behind him, and saw that Li Che was also muttering, so he immediately turned his head and said to Yuwen Panruo: "But if He Dun has something to say, please say it directly." Before the king went out of the pass, he had an agreement with General Li Xiong, who led the army to guard the Yanmen Pass, that he must return to the pass within three days, and if he missed the hour, he was afraid that there would be many inconveniences. ”
"That'...... All right. Yongyu Lu, regarding the matter of building a canal to divert water from the territory of the Sui State south of Yanmen Pass, I have discussed with your uncle Tuli Khan, and obtained his consent, are you willing? Yuwen Panruo stared at Yongyu Lu and asked.
"It's come to this, and it's up to Hordun to decide." Although Yongyu Lu was reluctant, he had to make concessions to Yuwen Panruo in front of Yang Guang and his party, and replied with his fists clenched.
"Ah Zong, things have come to this point, and I have nothing to say." Yuwen Panruo breathed a sigh of relief, turned to Yang Guang, and said in a consultative tone, "I have also read the reply letter written by the Duke of Sui to the Great Khan, and it does not categorically refuse to pay tribute to the Turks. ”
Yongyu Lu pretended to invite himself to come to Baidaozhou to meet with him, but in fact it was to force himself to agree to pay tribute to the Turks on behalf of the imperial court, and Yuwen Panruo, who was a Turkic Kehedun, actually promised to build a canal from Yanmen Pass to Turkic territory on the spot to alleviate its drought. Yang Guang was still unsure of the true intention of Yuwen Panruo's move for a while, so he unconsciously turned his head again and asked Li Che for his opinion.
"But Hodun, forgive me for taking the liberty of it." Li Che stepped forward, clasped his fists at Yuwen Panruo and Chu Luo, and asked, "It has long been rumored that the Five Turkic Khans met in Dujin Mountain two months ago and decided to join forces to invade our Great Sui, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”
The purpose of Li Che's question was very obvious: if the Five Turkic Khans had concluded an alliance and decided to raise troops to invade the Sui Dynasty, and the Great Sui and the Turks were regarded as enemy states, Yang Guangzi could refuse Yuwen Praruo's request to divert water from the Guannei; If Yuwen Praruo denies to Yang Guang in person that there is an alliance of the five Turkic khans today, then if the Turks want to raise troops to attack in the future, it will be an unrighteous army, and at least morally, they will lose the legitimate reason to send troops.
"You are?" Yuwen Panruo did not answer Li Che directly, but asked rhetorically.
"Back to Kehedun, Li Che in Xia Zhao County, now he is the commander-in-chief of the Jin Wangfu military." Li Che replied without humility or arrogance.
"Since General Li was born in Zhao County, he should have some understanding of my Turkic habits of living in pursuit of water and grass." Yuwen Panruo still did not give a positive answer to whether there was indeed a meeting of the Five Khans, but explained to Li Che with a smile on his face, "It is only because of the great drought in my Turkic territory that the Great Khan personally led hundreds of thousands of tribesmen to move west not long ago to find water and grass, but the tens of thousands of Turkic people stranded around Baidao Prefecture are still threatened by the lack of water, and for the sake of the people's livelihood, I decided to take advantage of the fact that Ah Zong came to the appointment at the invitation of Yongyu Lu today, in exchange for exempting the Sui State from paying tribute for one year. The state of Sui agreed to bring a canal from the Yanmen Pass to alleviate the drought. If the general wants to persuade Ah Zong to refuse on the grounds that the two countries are fighting each other, I might as well make another promise: After the completion of the canal, until the arrival of the rainy season in the spring of next year, our Turks will never send troops to attack the Sui State. How is it? ”
"Would you like to make a slip of paper?" Li Che asked quietly.
"You are bold! A little partial general, he dared to be so presumptuous in front of Ke Hodun! Yong Yulu heard Li Che's question from the interpreter, and couldn't help but burst into a daze.
"Hmph, Prince, although my Chinese people have made a promise, they can only act like this when it comes to the major affairs of the friendship between the two countries. If they refuse to make even a single piece of paper, how can they believe that the Turks have the sincerity to strike the army? Li Che replied calmly with no fear on his face.
"Khan, most of the people left near Baidao Prefecture are your tribesmen, what do you think of this matter?" Yuwen Panruo groaned and asked.
Chu Luo knew that Yuwen Panruo was deliberately shirking responsibility, but he thought that once the matter of water diversion was approved by Yang Guang today, it would be his own clan that would benefit first, so he had to stubbornly reply: "I am willing to make a contract with His Royal Highness the King of Jin to ensure that the people of my headquarters will never set foot in Yanmen Pass." ”