Yuwen Hu was originally going out to inspect the people on the outskirts of the east gate of Chang'an today, it is said that there is a plague spreading there, this is very terrible news, there are hundreds of thousands of ordinary people and soldiers living in the city, plus the emperor's clan, if there is really a plague, it is not a joke. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info but before he went out, the second housekeeper came over and said that there was a distinguished guest, Yuwen Hu was still wondering what kind of distinguished guest, and when they met, they realized that it was the great chief of the Turkic Department, Ashina Tumen, who sent his eldest son Ashina Koro to rescue the captured Tar Khan.

Who revealed the news of Tarhan's capture to Ashina Tumen? That's right, it is the body of faith in Tarhan's heart, and the high priest of the Wutong Divine Sect sent someone to send a message to Ashina Tumen, saying that Tarkhan was captured in Chang'an in the Central Plains, and asked him to find a way to rescue him. Ashina Tumen has always been respectful of the Wutong God, because he knows that this thing is no different from a cult, but he never expected that the famous hero of the Tugu tribe, Talhan, is actually a believer in the Wutong God.

As the so-called knowing people and knowing faces do not know their hearts, fire prevention, wolf prevention, and five links, Ashina Tumen scolded the street while calling Koro and Yandu, looking at the second son Yandu, who was a little lacking in heart, Ashina Tumen only turned his head to look at the eldest son Koro and said: "Someone has sent news that your Uncle Talhan has been captured by the shouting people, and he is suffering in Chang'an at the moment, I think I am more in love with him than Jinjian, and I am like brothers, so I naturally want to help him, so Abba wants to send you to the Central Plains to see what Yuwen Hu wants?" ”

Before leaving, Ashina Tumen did not forget to advise: "Yuwen Hu doesn't know the true identity of your Uncle Tarhan for the time being, just treat him as a spy who has infiltrated Chang'an, don't make a noise after you go there, just tell Yuwen Hu that this person is the enemy of my Ashina tribe, and he must be brought back to me to deal with it personally. ”

Although Corot is savage and reckless, compared to Yandu, this kid is quite clever, and he is more reliable in doing things many times. Tumen felt that as long as he told him the general meaning, Coro should be able to handle things easily. Tumen sent him all the way to the Yanmen Pass in the south before reluctantly saying goodbye to him, Yan Du was stunned and said to Koro: "Big brother, I heard that there are a lot of delicious food in the Central Plains, can you bring me some back?" ”

Keluo said in his heart, you are a foodie, Lao Tzu finally went on a long trip, why don't you have fun in the prosperous place of the Central Plains? How can I have time to bring you food! But he didn't want to hurt the heart of Yandu foodies, so he pretended to agree: "Okay, I remember, you can go back." After speaking, he turned around and rode his horse to the south, and the joy in his heart was like a bird that had broken free from his shackles, and he was galloping happily.

Chang'an is really completely different from Mobei, this person is full of fun and delicious food, as well as crowds of juggling and playing gardens. Even a Turkic nobleman like Koro was attracted by the prosperity and liveliness of the Han Chinese, and he went to Honglu Temple to deliver official letters from foreign envoys, and the chief secretary of Honglu Temple personally arranged a time for him to meet with Yuwenhu.

Before Yuwentai was alive, he already wanted to form an alliance with the Turkic tribes, but later Gao Huan was sideways and disrupted their plans, and now for the Ashina clan to take the initiative to get close, when the officials of Honglu Temple presented Yuwen Hu with the list of envoys, he was a little surprised, but after all, this is a good thing, so Yu Wen Hu pushed down all the arrangements to meet with Koro in advance.

Because it was an official business, the two sides met at the Yamen of the Administrative Tribunal, which was the etiquette for the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The two sides proposed a number of treaties to each other, and signed a ridiculous covenant. Then Yuwen Hu invited Koro and his Han military advisor Zhao Gongming to Xiangguo's mansion.

This Zhao Gongming was a resident of the Six Towns of the Northern Wei Dynasty earlier, and he was a down-and-out talent who had read books for several years but failed to try and fail. Later, he served as a clerk under Er Zhurong with Xie Sichun, which was an idle position, that is, he had nothing to do when copying some texts, but Xie Sichun was good at observing words and feelings, grasping opportunities, and working scheming, so he was quickly promoted to Er Zhurong's side, and later followed Yuwentai into the customs. Since then, it has flown on the branches and become a phoenix.

Zhao Gongming is not so clever, and he speaks relatively straight, and he is easy to offend people without knowing it. After the fall of Er Zhurong, he returned to his hometown to teach and make a living, and later Rouran invaded the six towns in the north, he was captured to work as a coolie in the Mobei grassland, how could a Han literati withstand the bullying of the rough and wild Rouran soldiers like tigers and wolves, and he really wanted to escape from the captive camp if he had no choice.

Who knew that after he escaped from the prisoner of war camp by mistake, he was captured by the scout cavalry of the Ashina tribe of the Turkic tribe that was cruising west of Rouran at that time. As the saying goes, just out of the tiger's mouth, this side has entered the wolf's den again. Zhao Gongming's heart is so bitter. For example, the huge scout looked at him like a Han and thought he was a spy and was about to kill him with a knife, but was stopped by a tribal general.

After Zhao Gongming was captured, he changed hands several times, and finally ended up working as a horse herd under the tent of Ashina Tumen. Although he was captured and worked as a groom, he missed his hometown all the time, often secretly picked up some parchment and hid it, and wrote some homesick poems by himself at night. Who knew that this matter was reported by the Han people in the same camp, saying that he had hidden secret letters and was to report to the Han people again.

Ashina Koro took over the matter at that time, hung him up and stripped him naked, and whipped him with a horsewhip, asking him to tell him who the upper and lower limits were. Zhao Gongming was dizzy by his words, and said in his heart, your mother is illiterate, who passed the secret letter and hid it with homesick verses? This brain is more talented than me, so why don't you be a spy.

Zhao Gongming shouted: "God, are you trying to kill me?" In vain, I Zhao Gongming's ambitions couldn't be displayed, but I ended up dying in a foreign land! When Ashina Tumen heard about this, he was very curious, so he asked Koro to take him to the big tent and interrogate him personally. Only after this interrogation did he know that he was a Han intellectual, and after listening to what he said, his head was Tao, and his mind was very clear.

At that time, Ashina Tumen had long wanted to find a Han man who could read and write to be his staff officer, after all, the Han people were scheming, and he needed a lot of effort to use Han people to deal with Han people (it seems that someone knew the principle of mastering Yi's long skills to control Yi a long time ago). Zhao Gongming felt that this Tumen was different from the chiefs of other barbarian tribes, and he spoke and acted with a bit of Han flavor, and felt that following him might be a way out, so he abandoned the light and turned to the dark and became the military advisor of Tumen.

At first, he was also very uncomfortable with the Turkic style of doing things, always feeling that they were barbaric and rude, treating anyone as a slash and a plunder for the resources they occupied, but they had no concept of self-sufficiency at all. Zhao Gongming told Tumen about his idea of raising cattle, sheep and horses, and Tumen felt that it was very reasonable, and if the cattle and sheep were raised, they could be exchanged for other materials with the Han people in the south, such as weapons, equipment, salt, etc. Horses can also be sold to the Han people by breeding and crossbreeding, so that their horse breeding source will always be at the top, and they will also take advantage of themselves in the future to fight with the Han people.

Zhao Gongming's two measures suddenly made Tumen see the hope of self-reliance, in the past, he was attached to the Golden Horde, relying on him to provide food, weapons and equipment for his tribe, etc., now if Zhao Gongming's method is followed, he can no longer be under the control of the Golden Horde Khan, and he can even break away from the Turkic tribe and go alone. Of course, that's an afterthought. But for Zhao Gongming, Ashina Tumen likes it more and more, and feels that he found gold in a horse manure heap.

Zhao Gongming is also very concerned about Tumen, because he feels that this person attaches great importance to his own ideas and opinions, and it is worth his efforts to teach and cultivate. That's why he willingly and carefully taught his wisdom to Tumen without reservation. The two of them had a good time like their brothers, and they discussed the world's major affairs in the big tent every day.

The power of the Ashina tribe grew stronger, and the subjects of Tumen even had their own herds of sheep, horses, and cattle. This was something he had never dared to think of, and even some of the smaller tribes in the vicinity had come to him, and the Golden Horde was now fighting against the Murowei people in the east, and he had no time to take care of him, so he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to grow his tribe stronger. (To be continued.) )