Chapter 277: Oath to the Heavens
Late that night, under the guidance of Shi Jian, the governor of the Metropolitan Prefecture of Bingzhou, and Tang Jian, the secretary of the Turkic intelligence department, Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, led Li Xuan, the king of Yong'an, Sun Wuji, the middle chief of the Wenxuan Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, and many guards, disguised as wealthy merchants of the Tang Dynasty, and entered the camp of Tuli. In order to ensure the safety of the alliance, they dispersed all the attendants in the tent, and only ordered their henchmen who were completely trustworthy and had passed many tests of loyalty to guard outside the tent.
As soon as they saw the Tang Emperor Li Shimin, Tuli, Qibi He Li, and Yi Nan were all excited, and their faces showed admiration. They know how difficult it is for an emperor to travel thousands of miles from Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, to the grassland, which can not help but require extraordinary courage and control of the court situation.
Qi Bi He Li said to Tuli movingly: "Second Khan, the sincerity of the Tang Emperor is really moving. I said Erhan, are you still worried about the sincerity of the Tang Emperor? ”
Tuli Khan also sighed with emotion: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, this time, I am really convinced!" We originally thought that it would be difficult for a strong man to propose that His Majesty the Tang Emperor come to the grassland to ally with us, and His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty would definitely not come. But I didn't expect you to be so sincere and actually come. This, this really touched us. Come, please sit down, let's get straight to the point and talk about big things. ”
When they were seated, they began to deliberate on the contents of the covenant. With the full sincerity of the Tang Emperor Li Shimin, all the distrust that was blocked between each other was swept away, and the content of the covenant was quickly agreed: Datang, Tuli, Qibi He Li, and Yi Nan. The four parties joined forces to get rid of Jieli, the evil wolf on the grassland. After getting rid of Jieli, the original Han people in Yunzhong and Hetao were returned to the Tang Dynasty; The vast grassland demarcates its own territory according to the respective strengths of Tuli, Qibi He Li, and Yi Nan. Tuli is the new khan of the Great Turkic Khanate, nominally ruling the entire steppe, Yinan is the Khan of the Xue Yantuo tribe, and Qibi He Li is the Khan of the Tiele tribe, all of whom are subject to the Tang Dynasty and enjoy the title of prince.
The Covenant was signed. From this moment on, the balance of war began to tilt in favor of Datang, and the fate of Datang quietly underwent major and profound changes. Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xuan, King of Yong'an, and Sun Wuji, the eldest son of Wenxuan Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, all faintly felt for the first time that the 600,000 elite cavalry that defeated the most powerful Turkic Jieli Khan in the world would no longer be an unattainable dream, but would soon become a real reality.
According to the custom of the steppe Turks, the Turks had a white horse killed, and he took a bowl of hot horse blood and walked into the tent. They divided it into four bowls full of wine, and brought them to everyone.
Tang Emperor Li Shimin took the lead in picking up the bowl, and Tu Li stretched out his hand to the wine bowl, and suddenly retracted it. He looked at the Tang Emperor Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty the Tang Emperor, I am a timid person and have nothing to offer. When it comes to doing things, I often look ahead and backward. Before the vow, I have one more thing to ask for. I hope that His Majesty the Tang Emperor will agree. ”
Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty stretched out his hand and said politely: "Khan, please speak." ”
Tuli said: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, our Turks and you Han people have been killing each other for hundreds of years, although we are willing to form an alliance with Your Majesty, but the people on both sides are still old grudges. In order to ensure that our Turks and Datang can really live in harmony with each other in the future, can you and I form a family of children and daughters? ”
Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, said happily: "Khan, this is a good thing!" I'm optimistic, of course. ”
Tuli was overjoyed.
Qi Qi He Li and Yi Nan on the side looked hot, and also bowed together and said: "The second khan and the Tang Dynasty have become sons and daughters, I don't know if our Tiele Department and Xue Yantuo Department can also get this glory?" We implore His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to promise us to be a princess, and when we defeat Jieli Khan, our tribe will be a son-in-law to the Tang Dynasty, forever loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and never rebel! ”
Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty turned around and said to the eldest grandson Wuji: "Wuji, after returning to Chang'an, you will discuss with the eldest grandson empress to see which princess is of the right age to marry, let her prepare to marry, and marry to the Tiele and Xue Yantuo tribes." ”
Qi Bi He Li and Yi Nan looked happy, bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!" ”
Tang Emperor Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Then you can swear an oath now, right?" ”
The Tang Emperor Li Shimin, Tu Li, Qi Bi He Li, and Yi Nan came to the incense table that had just been neatly placed in the big tent, raised the wine bowl together, worshiped to the sky, formed an alliance together, watched and helped each other, and defeated Jieli together.
After the alliance was formed, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin returned to the city of Mayi under the protection of many guards together with Yong'an to Li Xuan and Sun Wuji, the eldest of the Ministry of Wenxuan Shilang. Late that night, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin led all the soldiers and civilians in Mayi City to the south together in accordance with the secret agreement with Tuli, Qibi He Li, and Yi Nan, leaving only an empty city of Mayi for Tuli and Qibi He Li to lead the army to break through, and give an explanation to the stubborn and Turkic Jieli Khan.
A few days later, late at night, Chang'an, Hongwen Palace.
The left servant of the Tang Dynasty Shangshu shot, the secretary of the Shangshu Fang Xuanling put on a dress and fell asleep on the bookcase, the bookcase was full of windblown very messy documents (du), a young official (nie) tiptoed into the Hongwen Palace, blew out the candles, bent down and picked up a few proclamations that fell on the ground.
Suddenly, there was a burst of "urgent report, eight hundred miles urgent!" The shouts came from far away from outside the store.
Fang Xuanling was excited, suddenly woke up and opened his eyes.
A fourth-grade civil official walked into the Hongwen Hall with a dusty colonel and walked to the front of Fang Xuanling.
The fourth-grade civil official said to Fang Xuanling with an anxious face: "Fang Xiang, urgent report, and Li Jing, the general of the auxiliary state of the state, has sent an urgent report!" ”
Fang Xuanling was taken aback. Xiao Xiao took off the official document from his back and handed it to Fang Xuanling.
Fang Xuanling picked up a knife from the bookcase, opened the wax seal of the official document, took out the official document to read, and after only reading a few lines, he was already shocked and sat down on the chair weakly. (To be continued......)
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