Chapter 148 - The Moon Banner of Tuqiao
Since the beginning of the Gregorian calendar in 815, the war on the Tuqi grassland has never stopped.
After the Battle of the Tule River, the strategic relationship between Ghesa Khan and Cherel changed significantly. In the past, Cheral was in an advantage, if not an absolute advantage, so the tribes of Tukhe had to bow to Cheelel in order to ensure their survival. But after this battle, although Cheellie was still in the upper hand overall, a flame of hope was ignited in people's hearts. Because they perceived that Hesa's strength was actually much stronger than they had imagined, and if Hesa's strength became stronger, then the balance of victory and defeat in the war might be tilted in favor of Hesa's side. In this way, being able to make one's own tribe the key to turning the balance of combat power between the two sides can obviously strengthen the position of one's own tribe in the future. As a result, many tribes began to secretly contact Hesa, some of them simply fell directly to Hesa's side, and most of them were already in the situation of both ends of the first rat.
In view of this situation, Themon made a statement to Hesa that he hoped to use the means of warfare to supplement diplomacy in order to induce as many tribes as possible to turn to his side.
Hesa had always been obedient to Themon's advice, and the only obstacle to doing so was that at this time there was some wavering in the attitude of the Silk Country. The rise of Hesa is too fast, which is obviously a situation that the Silk Country does not want to see, so the Silk Country has intentionally or unintentionally begun to limit the development speed of Hesa. I can understand this practice of the Silk Country, but I am very dissatisfied. However, Themon's reaction to this was not so drastic, in his opinion, the Silk Country has given Hesa a lot of material help, if he can make good use of the current situation, even without the assistance of the Silk Country, Hesa can also complete the reunification of the Tuqi, so that Hesa can confidently say that it is by his own strength to unify the Tuqi instead of relying on the power of the Silk Country, for the heroes of the Tukchi people, this is more open, and Hesa's position will be more stable.
In order to achieve the goal of unifying the Turbulence as soon as possible, Timon went on a non-stop campaign and won all 26 consecutive battles, which made more than 40 tribes loyal to Heza, thus further strengthening the power of Heza.
At the same time, however, a strange rumor began to spread in Dragon City: there were no two suns in the sky, and there was only one king on earth.
This was originally a sentence from a long poem that was widely circulated, and it had been widely praised in Tuqi for a long time, but this sentence came out at this time, which made people wonder what the metaphor behind it was.
There are two speculations about the specific meaning of this poem, one is that although the current Great Khan of Tuqi is Hesa, Bereziger's son Montanasil is more qualified to inherit the Great Khan in legal terms. Although Tuchi has always focused more on strength, a considerable number of people under Hesa's tent have joined because of their loyalty to Abicilil, and in their eyes Montanasil is the one who should really inherit the Great Khan. Then it is very likely that this phrase was transmitted by Montanasir's mother, Bereziger; The second is to imply that although Heza is ostensibly the Great Khan of Tukhi, all the military and political power is in the hands of Timon, so Teemon can be said to be the real king of this country. If this is what this verse refers to, then the most likely person to spread this rumor is Themon's father, Chereel, who wished to use it to sow division and confusion among the Heza group.
Hesa laughed at this nonsense, but this rumor seemed to have a tendency to intensify, and finally even his harem spread, which made Hesa realize that he had to stand up and interfere.
Many people think that Hesa was a brave warrior who had helped him achieve all his achievements, but this is obviously a mistake. Hesa's actions showed that he had made great progress in all aspects during these two years—he was quiet on the surface, but secretly he launched an intense investigation, and soon found out that the source of the rumor came from the three commanders of the Dadar Division.
Heza immediately arrested the three commanders and interrogated them severely, and four days later one of them finally confessed because he could not bear it—they had all received the gold of Cheri to spread rumors everywhere.
Receiving the answer, Hesa immediately recalled Themon, who was fighting outside, and then held a grand ceremony to worship the heavens in Dragon City. At the ceremony, Hesa brought the three commanders up. Let them confess their crimes in front of everyone, and list the evidence such as the stolen goods. When the facts were clarified, he cut off the tongues of three men on the spot and sent them back to the Dadar tribal chieftain, Torcha, to wait for his fate.
Amid the cheers of the crowd, Helzah invited Themon to the altar, and then he said in a loud voice to the altar: "It is well known that Cheral has spread such rumors in order to sow dissension and contradiction from within us, in a vain attempt to give him a respite. Today, then, I will tell you in my own way, and to the people of Tukhe as a whole. ”
So saying, Hesa grabbed Themon's wrist, lifted it high above his head, and said, "Themon, he is the son of Chereel!" But he's my brother too! It's the person I trust the most! As Cheelel said, there are no two suns in the sky, but there is a sun and a moon in the sky at the same time! I am the sun, and Temon is the moon! If I were the moon, then Timon would be the sun! Unless the sun and moon no longer shine in the sky, our relationship won't change because of it! ”
After saying this, Hesa waved his hand to the audience, and immediately four soldiers came up to the altar, and they spread out a black cloth, which turned out to be a black flag. I saw a moon embroidered with gold thread on the pitch-black flag, which was particularly eye-catching against the black background.
Pointing to the black flag, he said, "I give this flag to my brother, this moon flag is your flag, and the place it goes is the same as the place I go!" ”
Timon had already understood what Heza meant, and said, "Where there is the sun, there will be the light of the Great Khan, and Wechen will achieve more victories under the joint light of the sun and the moon!" ”
"Hooray! Banzai! The shouts of the people under the altar were overwhelming.
The entire Dragon City also seemed to be infected, and the sound of the mountain shouting long live spread farther and farther.
Only one person secretly clenched his fists, and that was the clan of Abicheril, the daughter of Immidi Khan, Berezigh. In her eyes, the alliance of these two brothers has become more and more loved by the Tuqi people, so the chances of her son will become more slim.
"Let's go back, Montanasir!" Berezigh snapped at his son.
"But the sacrifice hasn't begun yet, Queen Mother!" Montanash said hesitantly.
Bereziger walked straight out without looking back, and Montanasil scratched his head and had to follow.