Ashina Tumen didn't expect the Golden Horde Khan to stand on Sun Teng's side, and he snorted coldly and was about to continue to attack, only to see the Golden Horde Khan beckoning to him and said, "You sit down first, don't worry." Sun Teng then continued: "Khan, I believe you are very clear about the purpose of my visit this time, our King of Qi wants to sign an alliance with you, and the two families will become a country of brothers, and will never invade each other, in order to show our sincerity, we are willing to marry Princess Liuye, the sister of King Qi, to you." By the way, our king also hopes to be able to redeem Mrs. Yaoqin and Lord Xu who were taken away by you. ”

"You ask for a lot, but what if we don't agree to you?" Tarhan sneered as he nibbled on a cow bone in his hand. Sun Teng turned his head and asked, "Dare to ask ...... this adult is?" "He is Lord Tarhan, the Turkic warrior who destroyed Rouran." The Golden Horde Khan said expressionlessly, although he has made great contributions to Tar Khan, but this person is too arrogant and domineering, and often does not give the Golden Horde a little face, so the Golden Horde loves and hates him, and even hates him more than love.

Yaoqin was kept in a small dirty tent, guarded by guards at the door, but fortunately she was not violated by anyone, and she was served two meals a day, and it seemed that the Golden Horde knew her identity, so she did not act rashly. But she was still very scared and worried when she was alone in this wild place in the desert north. Fortunately, the captive maid has been with her, so that at least her heart can be relieved a little. She knew that Gao Huan was trying her best at the moment, and this is how women trust their men.

Xu Mingzhi was miserable, he was beaten up every day, and he was only given one meal a day, and it was cold and rancid. If you have nothing to do, you have to be dragged out to do hard labor. A weak scholar like him, who has always been in a high official position, can't lift his hands and shoulders, and can't pick up his hands, but now he is not as good as a dog, and he secretly wanted to commit suicide several times, but he never had the courage to take that last step, he still had a desire for life.

On this day, he was digging mud on the edge of an earthen kiln, and the dignified Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry of Wei actually used his hands to dig his shoulders and thin mud, only to see that his head was full of dirt, his clothes were still barefoot, his beard had been messily twisted, his eyes were blank and his movements were stiff, and from time to time the guards behind him had to give him a whip, so that he could return to the cruel reality from a distant dream.

In fact, all the work he did was arranged by the Golden Horde Khan to deliberately torture him, in order to make him betray Gao Huan and become a lackey and undercover agent of the Turks. Xu Mingzhi couldn't bear it for a long time, and he thought that what else could not be sold if he died? But the Golden Horde Khan forgot about this stubble when he was busy, but he suffered Lord Xu, and he was beaten every day for his sinful work, and it was better to live and die than to starve.

In the distance, a person rode towards them, Xu Mingzhi didn't even dare to raise his head, he lowered his head and seriously closed the mud, as if he was doing an extremely important thing. The soldier on horseback ran to the front and said it in Turkic, only to see the guard come over and pull his hair, Xu Mingzhi was so frightened that he didn't even dare to shout out in pain, the guard tied his hand with a rope and tied it firmly, and then handed the other end of the rope to the soldier on horseback, only to see the soldier on horseback muttering something again, and then shouted and dragged him forward.

Although the speed of the horse was not very fast, Xu Mingzhi was already weak in his limbs because of fear and hunger, and he fell to the ground with a thud after running a few steps, and this time he was really dragged away. The soldier on horseback was very angry, stopped and beat him with the whip in his hand, and scolded him in Turkic language while beating. A dignified high-ranking official of the Nine Secretaries of Wei was bullied like a dog by a pawn of Fanbang at this moment, and Xu Mingzhi thought of death.

When Sun Teng saw Xu Mingzhi, he was stunned, is this person in front of him still the same Xu Mingzhi who usually pays attention to proper clothes and neat clothes? He looked very old at the moment, just a beggar. Really, if he was thrown to the city gate in the way he was now, Sun Teng would definitely not recognize him, and he was almost like two people before. Xu Mingzhi carefully saw that the person who came was Sun Teng, and immediately opened his mouth wide and whined, at this moment he had no tears to shed, because he had already shed all his blood on every night of being bullied.

As soon as Sun Teng approached, he smelled a strong smell of cow, which made him nauseous and wanted to vomit. But Xu Mingzhi had already excitedly stepped forward to hug him and didn't let go, crying in his mouth: "You finally came to save me, finally came, how many days and nights have I been looking forward to......" In fact, it has only been half a month since he was captured. But it felt like a century had passed for him.

Sun Teng was very embarrassed and wanted to push him away, but this guy just clung to it with both hands, he had no choice but to raise his head and say: "The king sent me to see you, don't worry, we are trying to redeem you back." As he spoke, he pulled him to the table and said, "There is some food here, you eat it first, and I will have someone bring it if it is not enough." As soon as he heard that there was something to eat, Xu Mingzhi immediately let go of Sun Teng and threw himself on the table, looking at the table full of beef and mutton, cheese and mare's milk wine, he was like crazy, and rushed up to eat and gobble up.

The maids on the side looked at him and snickered secretly, Sun Teng looked at him a little unbearable, and kept persuading: "You eat slowly, no one will rob you, you drink first...... " Xu Mingzhi ate too fast, he was almost choked to death by beef and cheese, and he couldn't stop patting his chest, Sun Teng hurriedly handed over a glass of mare's milk wine, Xu Mingzhi looked at him and had a piece of meat in his mouth, and said while chewing: "You don't know how long they haven't let me eat enough." Sun Teng felt more pity for him at the moment, thinking about how a dignified official of the Wei State was reduced to a prisoner, he couldn't help but be afraid that if he followed Gao Huan at that time, he would also be forever, but he was afraid that today's scene would be himself.

Sun Teng saw that he had almost eaten, so he comforted him and said, "Wait a minute, I will ask them for mercy, and I won't abuse you." After Xu Mingzhi drank a large sip of mare's milk wine, he looked at him in horror and said, "Why don't you take me away?" Do you want me to stay here? Didn't you say you were going to save me? Sun Teng sighed and said, "Their conditions are far from our covenant, I have to go back to discuss with the king, you may have to be left here as a hostage for the time being......"

Before he finished speaking, Xu Mingzhi had already stood up and cried loudly: "I don't want to stay here, Lord Sun, Brother Sun, oh no, it's Grandpa Sun." As long as you can take me back, I will do whatever you want me to do in the future, I just ask you not to leave me. Sun Teng said a little helplessly: "It's not that I don't want to take you away now, it's that they Turks won't let you go." Xu Mingzhi complained: "These barbarians who have been subjected to thousands of knives, abuse me and beat me every day, and don't give me food. ”

Sun Teng looked at him seriously, and Xu Mingzhi hurriedly said, "I'm just talking." I'm still waiting for the king and you to save me. Eighty years old mother in my family is ...... downstream" Sun Teng interrupted him impatiently: "Don't worry, I said that we are trying to find a way." Besides, isn't Mrs. Yachen also locked up here like you? Xu Mingzhi said like a resentful woman: "It's okay if you don't mention it, I will be sad when you mention it, what is the identity of Mrs. Yaoqin, I heard that she was served by brocade clothes and jade food as soon as she came, how can she suffer like me." Do you think she's going to ......"

"Fart, don't even think about your words in the future, otherwise you will have to kill you if the king knows." Sun Teng immediately interrupted his nonsense and warned him. Xu Mingzhi said stupidly: "I didn't say anything, just guessing." Sun Teng grabbed him by the collar and said, "If you want to go back to China and live well, don't even think about these things, let alone mention them, understand?" Xu Mingzhi nodded fearfully.

After three days of uninterrupted ideological work, Liu Ruyan can now basically accept Gao Huan's policy of harmony, and she even participated in their discussions, such as how to stabilize the Golden Horde, how to spy on the core secrets of the Turks, in order to ensure the security of communication, Gao Huan gave Liu Ruyan all the carrier pigeons cultivated by Qingluo, intending to facilitate the intelligence contact between them in the future.

Gao Huan was very moved and admired for Liu Ruyan's willingness to sacrifice his happiness in exchange for the safety of the whole country, and he took her with him wherever he went, and told people everywhere that Liu Ruyan was his own sister. Sun Teng's report made Gao Huan feel a lot more at ease, at least he knew that Yaoqin was safe and sound, and Xu Mingzhi was still alive, although he was alive enough.

Sima Rijin patted the table and said: "This Turk is also too deceitful, this kind of condition can also be called an alliance, and in my opinion, the alliance under the city is just like that." Sun Teng said expressionlessly: "Big brother, do you think this is not an alliance under the city?" It was we who proposed the peace talks, and at the beginning they were half a head shorter than the others, and besides, they still have hostages in their hands. ”

Gao Aocao stood up and said to Gao Huan nonchalantly: "What is a hostage, as long as the king gives an order, I will immediately take people into Mobei, and I will also capture his Turkic nobles as hostages." Although this is true, but at that time, I am afraid that Yaoqin and Xu Mingzhi will be more and less auspicious. Gao Huan shook his head and said, "It's too late to talk about the hostages now, let's think about how to stabilize the Turks first and release our people first." ”

Sun Teng stroked his beard and said, "What Yichen saw in the Turkic royal court is that what they lack most now is not money, but cotton clothes and food for the winter. Autumn was approaching, but many Turkic soldiers did not even have a coat to protect them from the cold at night. Therefore, if there is a real peace talks, they can start with what they urgently need, and exchange military uniforms for food and grass for peace. Everyone didn't speak, Gao Huan himself knew that this was to drink to quench his thirst, and when the Turks passed the winter safely, they would invade again in the spring of the next year.

Obviously, there was no better way to do it, so he could only agree to this matter for the time being. The Golden Horde was very pleased, so that at least the whole winter problem would be solved for him, and he could rest his mind and think about where to start plundering Gao Huan's belongings at the beginning of next spring. Tarkhan and Ashina Tumen have no opinion on the temporary alliance with Gao Huan, especially the subordinates of Ashina Tumen, because they have fought a tough battle with Gao Huan's army, they need to recuperate and replenish their soldiers.

The name of the Turkic tribe came later, their ancestors were a branch of the Xiongnu, who lived alone in the area of the Aral Sea Lake, and later destroyed the country for other tribes, leaving only a small child who was thrown into the wilderness, and after the child was picked up and raised, the king of the tribe knew about it, so he sent an assassin to assassinate the child, who was like a lone wolf in the wilderness, and the assassin was killed instead.

The child then fled to Gaochangguo, south of the Aral Sea, where he took refuge, and later married a local woman and had children, with a total of ten sons. When these ten brothers grew up, they all got married and started a family, each with a surname, of which the Golden Horde Khan was the eldest, and the ancestors of Ashina Tumen were also one of them. Later, it gradually developed into a tribe of hundreds of households, calling itself the Turkic Department.

When Rouran rose, he went west to Gaochang and annexed the Turkic tribes, because they were good at forging iron tools, they became the exclusive slaves of the Rouran people, and later the powerful Rouran continued to fight with other tribes around them, and even fought a protracted war with the Northern Wei Dynasty in the Central Plains for more than a hundred years. Eventually, the Turks went into decline, and the Turks took the opportunity to break away from them and become independent.

Several of Rouran's expeditions against the Turks were abandoned because they were not strong enough to destroy the other party, and the Turks soon overtook Rouran by developing their forces, and finally the general Tar Khan under the command of the Golden Horde led his troops into the court of Rouran to destroy them. For the war between Rouran and the Northern Wei Dynasty, Ashina Tumen had a deep experience, and felt that if the nomads wanted to defeat the Han people, they must learn the cultivation techniques of the Han people, otherwise autumn would go to spring, and year after year would be just a waste of each other's strength, but because the Turks were nomadic people, it would take a long time to recover for each person lost, unlike the Han people living in the Central Plains, because of the large population, the productivity and technology were also very advanced, and the recovery was very fast. (To be continued.) )