The headquarters of Dulan Khan's Ashina is located at the southern foot of the Yin Mountain in the south of the desert, from the west of the Great Xing'an Mountains in the northeast, Yanshan, Yinshan, Helan Mountain, Qilian Mountain, Tianshan Mountain, and Altai Mountain, like a long series of continuous dragons, entrenched outside the Saiwai in northern China, staring at the rich and developed Central Plains Dynasty in the Great Wall.

Towering Yin Mountain, thousands of miles long, about 2,500 miles long from east to west, the mountain height is generally about two miles, the mountains are high and dense here, blocking the warm current from the southeast ocean, so this area has a lot of rainfall, the water and grass are abundant, there are many lakes, it is the natural excellent pasture of the grassland people, from the time of the Xiongnu, the south of the Yin Mountain has always been the intention to go south to the grassland overlord's Khan Ting Tooth Tent.

The deep ravines and dense forests on the mountain provide a steady stream of good materials for making arrows, goshawks and flying birds inhabit them, and antelopes and fox dogs chase roe rabbits, providing an excellent training ground for grassland archers who like to hunt.

At the foot of Yin Mountain, there is a tent that cannot see the edge at a glance, there are seventy or eighty thousand tents, and groups of cattle and sheep are leisurely grazing on the grassland within a radius of hundreds of miles, looking from a distance, it seems like a white cloud fluttering in the sky. In the meantime, countless horseback herders look like stars in the sky.

Wang Huaqiang also saw many Turkic tribes along the way, and it was the first time he had seen such a huge scale, and the part of Ashina headquarters at the foot of the mountain alone exceeded the sum of the scale of more than a dozen tribes along the way.

He has experienced the battlefield, according to the theory in the book of war to guide the real road, there is a way to quickly count the opponent's strength and size at a glance, this time he roughly estimated, the Khan headquarters in front of him has fifty or sixty thousand accounts, and the herdsmen galloping back and forth will be swift and fierce cavalry in wartime, and there are no less than sixty or seventy thousand at a glance.

Among these dotted tents, a huge dome with a golden roof stands out, which looks like it is a hundred zhang square, and can accommodate thousands of people.

Outside the dome is a camp with a tall fence, there are high arrow towers on all sides, with big bows on their backs, and the Turkic eagle archers with electric eyes leaning on the guardrail of the arrow tower, looking coldly at Wang Huaqiang's mission, in the camp, on the flagpole that is more than ten zhang high in front of the huge dome, there is a big silk embroidered with a terrifying wolf's head fluttering high.

Hundreds of paces between the big tent and the camp gate, there were thousands of Turkic knights on horseback, all of them fierce and brave, and they were elite soldiers at a glance.

Wang Huaqiang had seen the majestic Daxing Palace in Daxing, but the three-hundred-step wide square and this huge Turkic tent also seemed small, from a distance, he saw a man wearing a fur hat, eagle feathers, wearing a beast-faced chain armor out of the big tent, holding a scepter inlaid with precious stones in his hand, densely standing between the dome and the camp gate, the Turkic knights cheered in unison: "Khan, Khan!"

The sound was like a wave in the ocean, and it spread rapidly throughout the tribe from the khan's tent, and all the herdsmen and women who were still herding their horses and milking their goats stopped what they were doing, dismounted and bowed to the ground, and shouted as they saluted: "Khan, Khan!" The voices of hundreds of thousands of people roaring in unison were like angry waves and tsunamis, impacting the hearts of everyone in the mission.

Many strong men around Wang Huaqiang began to change their faces slightly, although these people are all strong in martial arts, but few of them have really been on the battlefield, and they have not seen this kind of tsunami-like momentum of hundreds of thousands of people, and their mounts were also frightened, and a few people's war horses actually stopped for a while.

And Wang Huaqiang experienced the battle of destroying Chen, the battle of Baitugang, he witnessed the battle of 200,000 troops, and witnessed the collapse of more than 100,000 elite main forces of Chen State like a landslide.

The team of the mission walked to the front of the Turkic tent camp and stopped, Changsun Sheng jumped off his horse, took the scepter that symbolized the emperor of the Sui Dynasty from Pei Shiju's hand, with a solemn expression, and walked towards Dulan Khan, from the gate of the camp to the front of the tent, there were a thousand steps, two thousand fully armed, iron armor, sabers in hand, Turkic warriors with half-human tall bows riding on horses, unsheathed steel knives shining cold in the sun.

Changsun Sheng's face did not change, this situation is not the first time he has encountered, when the Turkic Khan showed strength, every time he would make such a play, eight years ago when he sent the then daughter princess to the Turks and relatives, he had seen it, so this time he was calm, smiling, steady, holding the knot in his left hand, holding the edict in his right hand, firmly and steadfastly walking between the knights on both sides step by step, until the front of Dulan Khan.

Dulan Khan was about forty years old, with deep eyes and many beards, two long scars on his face, and a look of arrogance and fierceness, he saw that this knife array did not frighten Changsun Sheng, a trace of disappointment flashed on his face, and he laughed: "Ambassador Changsun, the last time I saw you, you were just a captain, this time I didn't expect you to come to my tent as an envoy, presumably you are already a high-ranking official and minister of the Sui Dynasty, congratulations." ”

Changsun Sheng smiled slightly, and replied in Turkic language: "The emperor said that the Turks are the most important subject states of our Great Sui, so this time I am an envoy from a familiar face who has been to the Turks many times, and before leaving, the emperor specially promoted my official position to the general of the Wupin chariot cavalry to show respect for the Great Khan." ”

The corners of Dulan Khan's mouth twitched, and there was a hint of displeasure in his tone: "General Changsun, no matter what you say, Ben Khan is also the eagle of the steppe and the overlord of the desert, although you are an old friend and acquaintance of our Turks, but I remember that the people who came out of our Turks in the past were all members of the second and third grades."

For example, when I came to see our former predecessor Sha Bo Luo Khan, who changed his name to Princess Dayi, it was your Shangzhu State, and the right servant of Shangshu at that time shot Yu Qingze, he was a product of the dynasty, and your eldest grandson Duwei was only a deputy envoy at that time. Let you, the general of Wupin, come to be the envoy, does the emperor of the Great Sui look down on us Turks? ”

Changsun Sheng saluted unhurriedly, and said: "Respected Dulan Khan, please don't forget, Ling Zun Sha Bo Luo Khan invaded my Central Plains back then, was attacked by my army, and finally all the rebels left, and suffered a series of defeats on the battlefield, if it wasn't for my court to send troops to help, and ordered Apo Khan and Datou Khan not to take the initiative to attack Sha Bo Khan again, I'm afraid that this khanate has long been taken away by Apo, and you may not be able to sit in this position today." ”

Changsun Sheng saw the corners of Du Lan's mouth twitch, but he didn't speak, so he continued: "Du Lan Khan, back then, our dynasty sent Shangzhu Guo Yu Qing to come to announce the decree and give Princess Dayi the surname Yang, and Sha Bolu Khan also bowed to my court in public.

Since then, the Turks have officially become a vassal state of our Great Sui, so according to the law of our dynasty, officials above the fifth rank have the right to send envoys to vassal vassals, which does not mean to look down on your country. If the DPRK sends a first- or second-class minister to your country in accordance with the principle of reciprocal diplomatic relations, it will be a refusal to recognize and protect the Turks, and will it not live up to the loyalty of Ling Zun's heart to my Great Sui and his heart and submission? ”

Du Lan scolded secretly in his heart: "Who the hell needs the protection of you Han people!" But after all, it was the work of Sha Bolu Khan to claim to the Sui Dynasty, and as soon as he ascended to the throne, he turned his face, and Yu Li was not in agreement, so although he was angry in his heart, he put on a happy expression on his face, and said with a smile: "I see, Ambassador Changsun, please forgive Ben Khan for being rude just now, please don't be surprised." ”

Changsun Sheng smiled, raised the edict in his right hand, and said in a deep voice in Chinese: "The edict of the Great Sui Emperor is here, Dulan Khan Yongyu Lu, please kneel down and listen to the decree." ”

After listening to the translation of the translator beside him, Dulan Khan's face changed, and he said angrily: "What? Do you still need Ben Khan to kneel and obey the order? As soon as these words came out, the surrounding Turkic knights glared angrily, and their eyes were full of murderous aura when they looked at Changsun Sheng.

Changsun Sheng looked calm, nodded, and said in Turkic instead: "Since the Shabalu Khan, the Turks have become the subject state of my Great Sui, and the Turkic Khan must also be personally sealed by our Great Sui Emperor before he can be recognized by the steppe tribes.

On the other hand, now our emperor's righteous daughter, the righteous princess, has become Dulan Khan, your Kedun, Dulan Khan, you have also become our emperor's son-in-law, as a courtier to the emperor, as a son-in-law to the father-in-law, bow down to receive orders, what should not be? ”