Volume 31 enters the capital as deep as the sea] Chapter 5 The princess promises

Chapter 5: The Princess's Promise

The sudden situation made everyone a little panicked, and Cheng Biting Jin was even more nervous, his eyes were like copper bells, and he turned over on his horse with an axe, preparing to fight to the death with the enemy.

Yang Yuanqing had been fighting with the Turks for many years, and knew the rules of their movements well, this was a group of 500 tooth tent sentinels, indicating that the Turkic tooth tent was within a hundred miles, and they were attracted by the green smoke of the bonfire they lit.

"Zhang Sheng, take two brothers to take a look!"

Zhang Sheng is the leader of ten pro-soldiers, who has followed Yang Yuanqing for many years, and also went to the Turkic tent with Yang Yuanqing two years ago.

Zhang Sheng and the three of them quickly stopped the Turkic patrol post, they did not clash, and they could faintly see Zhang Sheng saying something to a Turkic officer, and pointed to this side, and in a moment, more than a dozen Turkic cavalry followed Zhang Sheng and the three of them to gallop forward.

The Turkic officer at the head of the Turkic officer was a thousand-commander, extremely young, only sixteen or seventeen years old, and when he saw that his face was full of excitement, he rushed to a hundred paces away and began to shout: "General Yang, remember me?" ”

He ran closer and closer, Yang Yuanqing also felt that he was very familiar, his appearance was not very much like a Turkic person, but like a Caucasian, Yang Yuanqing thought about it carefully, he suddenly remembered that they had compared arrows at Yang Lihua's birthday banquet two years ago, it was the young archer, called Aratu, and Yang Yuanqing also had a cold bow in his arms.

At first sight, Yang Yuanqing was overjoyed in his heart, he urged the horse to meet him, the two turned over and dismounted, and hugged each other affectionately, just as Yang Yuanqing said to Qin Qiong, the grassland people value strength, and Yang Yuanqing conquered this young man Aratu with his magic arrow.

"Aratu, you have become a thousand-commander, congratulations!"

Yang Yuanqing still remembers that at the beginning, this young man was just an arrow slave who was presented to the Turkic Khan, and his identity was a slave.

Alatu said with a sense of emotion: "Speaking of which, I have to thank you, last year Chūn Tian Khan held a treasure offering meeting, and the chosen one could be promoted to a thousand commanders, so I gave you a gold jīng bowl to present to the Khan, and was chosen by the Khan, so I got rid of my slavery and became a thousand commanders, and I also married the nv of the Hui chieftain as his wife." ”

Aratu said apologetically: "It stands to reason that what you gave me, I shouldn't transfer it to others, but please forgive me, my identity is an arrow slave, everything I have belongs to the master, and I won't be able to keep that golden bowl sooner or later." ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head and smiled: "Of course I don't blame you, it can help you get out of slavery." That's what it does the most. ”

At this time, everyone urged forward, Yang Yuanqing pointed to the group and smiled at Alatu: "These are my friends and my subordinates, we are here to see Qimin Khan on the order of Emperor Dasui, where are your Khan?" ”

Alatu was in awe, bowed deeply to everyone, and then said to Yang Yuanqing: "The Khan's tent is seventy miles away, and I will take you there." ”

He turned his horse's head and ran north, and Yang Yuanqing beckoned everyone, "Let's go!" ”

The crowd followed the Turkic sentinels and galloped towards the north.

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The two galloped side by side, and Aratu's voice was intermittent in the wind, "General Yang, your prestige is already known in the Turks.... Even the Great Chief of my hometown, Gaz, gave you a thumbs up when he mentioned your name, praising you for being .... The Star Iron Wall of Dali City, General Yang .... No one in the steppe is not afraid of you. ”

Yang Yuanqing raised his head and laughed, "I don't want you to be afraid of me, your Khan said that I am the most honored guest on the grassland." ”

"It is precisely because I am afraid of you that I will respect you!" Aratu shouted.

They had traveled nearly fifty miles, when a low trumpet suddenly sounded in the distance, returning to dàng on the grassland.

'Woo-'

Tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry appeared miles away, and a golden wolf-headed banner flew in the air.

"General Yang, I'm sorry! I used the flying eagle to convey the news of the arrival of the Sui envoy to the Khan, and our Khan personally came to greet him. ”

Yang Yuanqing saw that the other party was wearing armor and holding a spear and sword, as if he was preparing for a big battle, this was disarming himself!

He sneered, turned around and ordered his men to stop, and he single-handedly ran towards the Turkic army.

Dye Gan looked at Yang Yuanqing, who came single, with complicated eyes, deep down in his heart wanted to kill this person, Yang Yuanqing was too famous in the grassland, which made the grassland people fearful, and he was really unhappy in his heart.

But Yang Yuanqing is the Sui envoy again, representing the Great Sui, he didn't dare to make any more small moves, he didn't dare to anger the Great Sui Tianwei again, Dye Gan remembered the scene two years ago, it turned out that he was right not to kill Yang Yuanqing at that time, Yang Yuanqing defeated Xue Yantuo in one fell swoop, so that the situation of the entire grassland changed greatly, and the remnants of Xue Yantuo took refuge in him, so that his power extended westward to the north of Jinshan.

It is this ambivalence that wants to kill but does not dare to kill, and wants to stand up but does not dare to offend, so that Dye Gan subconsciously sent tens of thousands of cavalry to meet Yang Yuanqing, and he hoped to give Yang Yuanqing a certain amount of coercion psychologically.

But when Dye Gan saw that Yang Yuanqing stepped forward alone, fearlessly facing the pressure of tens of thousands of cavalry, he suddenly realized that not only did he not have the slightest effect in doing so, but showed his timidity.

Dye Gan secretly regretted in his heart, Yang Yuanqing had already stepped forward, running towards him with a smile, he immediately urged him to step forward and laughed: "General Yang, my tea cans have bottomed out, when will you be able to replenish them?" ”

"I have prepared enough tea leaves in Dali City, just wait for the Khan to exchange the cattle and sheep for Jiāo!"

The two laughed and hugged tightly on their horses, and tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers suddenly cheered like a tsunami, rumbling drums, and the atmosphere became enthusiastic from slaughter.

Tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry parted ways and paid tribute to General Yang of the Great Sui who had come from afar with cheers and deep salutes.

"General Yang, I, tens of thousands of sons, want to see the general's demeanor, the battle of Dali City, the general's majesty in the grassland, even the Turks want to go to Dali City to see the general's demeanor."

Dye Gan laughed, but there was a hint of threat in his laughter, he was telling Yang Yuanqing that he had defeated only Xue Yantuo, not the Turks, and not to think too highly of himself.

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly: "Da Sui has always been benevolent and hospitable, if a friend comes to Dali City, we will entertain with good wine and tea, but if the enemy comes to invade, then we can only fight back without hesitation, and use the bones of the enemy to build a warning tombstone." ”

His face changed slightly, and he knew that there was a huge hill with a radius of three acres and a height of ten zhang on the side of the Yellow River in the north of Dali City, and the bones of 80,000 Xue Yantuo soldiers were buried under the hill.

Yang Yuanqing is undoubtedly referring to this, using toughness to fight the threat of Dye Gan, Dye Gan was furious in his heart, but he had to hold back the anger in his heart, and said with a dry laugh: "Of course we are friends, and we are guests when we go to Dali City, just like General Yang came to the grassland as a guest." ”

"Yes! The Khan, of course, is our friend, but the Western Turks are not, we have a common enemy. ”

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A huge dome tent has been erected in the open space in front of the king's tent, a banquet has been set up in it, hundreds of Turkic men slaughter cattle and sheep, set up a fire barbecue, a team of Turkic young nv will be full of all kinds of fruits of the gold plate into the big tent, in the big tent, a group of Turkic young nv is dancing, Turkic musicians play the fire without thinking, desolate singing in the grassland back dàng.

The dome tent that can accommodate hundreds of people is very lively, this time the dyeing and drying gave Yang Yuanqing enough face, and allowed more than 20 of his subordinates to enter the main tent to sit together, and more than 100 Turkic nobles attended to accompany the guests, and everyone pushed the cup and changed the lamp, enjoying the grand banquet of the Turkic master.

"General Yang, what kind of instructions did you bring with you to the Turks this time?"

Unless it is a formal canonization or state envoy, it is necessary to hold a grand ceremony, and ordinary envoys, Qimin Khan likes to talk about things at a banquet, which is also a habit of the Turks, and it will be more harmonious to talk about things at the banquet, and it is easy for the two sides to reach a consensus.

Yang Yuanqing also deeply understood this rule, he put down the wine bowl, took out the unicorn golden arrow from his arms, dye it dry, looked at him and said, "Does the Khan still remember this?" ”

There was silence in the big tent for a moment, Dye Gan waved his hand, so that the dancing girls all retreated, and everyone's eyes fell on the unicorn golden arrow in Dye Gan's hand, Dye Gan gently stroked the golden arrow, and pondered for a long time, this is the token he personally handed to Emperor Sui in the seventeenth year of the emperor's reign, and he still remembers his promise, with this golden arrow, Emperor Sui can mobilize all the soldiers of his tribe.

At that time, he was only a small tribal chieftain, and his cavalry was less than 10,000, so he dared to make such a promise, but who would have thought that after ten years, he already had nearly a million string controllers, but the Sui Emperor took out this Qilin Golden Arrow, did he want to give a million Turkic warriors to the Great Sui Emperor?

This can't be done in any way, but the primary question now is whether he should admit that promise, whether he should admit this golden arrow.

After a long time, he said slowly: "Back then, I promised the first emperor that if the Sui Dynasty needed it, my tribe would try its best to send troops to help, General Yang, I hope you can understand something, I was only referring to the Ministry of Qimin." ”

The forces that Dyegan can control include hundreds of tribes of the Eastern Turks, large and small, as well as the Tiele tribes, and the Qimin Department is only one of them, the Qimin Department is the tribe of Dyinggan itself, although it is the most powerful, but if it is refined to the core tribe controlled by Dyegan himself, it can only send 100,000 troops at most.

Dye Gan didn't dare to deny the promise of the year, the grassland people made a promise, if he broke his promise, it would greatly affect his prestige on the grassland, and he could only try to narrow the scope of his promise.

Yang Yuanqing smiled faintly, "Doesn't the Khan want to ask what is the matter first?" ”

Dye Gan patted his forehead and said with a smile: "I drank too much wine and lost my judgment of common sense, General Yang, please say, His Majesty the Sage Khan has something that needs Turkic help." ”

"Recently, the Khitan has been disrespectful to the Great Sui, and His Majesty the Emperor thinks that the Turkic Emperor is not strict and should be responsible, so His Majesty the Emperor sent me to the Turks, hoping that the Turks can take on their responsibilities."

Yang Yuanqing's words were very heavy, and there was silence in the big tent, at this time, Ye Hu Luji got up and said: "Although the Turks are the co-masters of the grassland, the Khitan did not surrender to the Turks, it surrendered to the Great Sui, it is the house slave of the Great Sui, the house slave rebelled, and the master could beat it, why let the neighbors come forward, this seems a little unreasonable." ”

Du Ji has been canonized by the Sui Dynasty as Ye Hu, that is, the legal heir of the Turkic Khan, as he grows older, he is no longer as hot-tempered as in the past, and he has begun to have a brain, become mature, and speak with reason, but his tough attitude towards the Sui Dynasty has not changed, he has always advocated that the Turks and the Sui Dynasty are equal countries, and the Turks do not need to be vassals to the Sui.

Yang Yuanqing also raised his voice, still smiling: "This is a matter that is beneficial to both the Great Sui and the Turks, why is Prince Ye Hu so careful?" ”

Dye Gan waved his hand and asked his son to sit down, he knew in his heart that Yang Yuanqing took out the golden arrow, he had to send troops, which had nothing to do with what his son said about whose house slave, now the Turks are just a knife and a stick in the hands of the Sui Dynasty, not the relationship between the master and the neighbor, he must have a clear understanding of this, but what Yang Yuanqing said about the two sides of the two interests interests interests interests him interested.

"General Yang, please say, how should the Turks fulfill their promises, and what reward will the Sage Khan give us?"

"It's very simple, the Turks send troops, and I will command them to exterminate the Khitan tribe that committed crimes, and the Khitan will return to the Turks, and the cattle and sheep will be divided equally."

"How many troops do I need to contribute?" Dye dry asked step by step.

Yang Yuanqing gestured two fingers, "20,000 cavalry!" ”

Dye Gan pondered for a long time, and he finally nodded, "Okay, we'll make up our minds!" ”

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The grand Turkic welcome banquet was held for three days, but it was not necessary to sit in the big tent and drink all the time, and it was necessary to rest at night, and during the day people could also leave in the middle of the day and then return to the tent to drink.

In the afternoon, Yang Yuanqing left the banquet and came to Princess Yicheng's tent, two years no see, Yang Yuanqing's arrival made Princess Yicheng very happy, this lonely NV in a foreign land is very kind to everyone from his hometown, especially Yang Yuanqing and her have a deeper jiāo affection.

"General Yang can drink a few cups, why do you want to drink with those rude people for three days and three nights?"

Yang Yuanqing exuded a strong smell of wine, which made Princess Yicheng complain a little about him, "You smoked my camp with the smell of wine." ”

Yang Yuanqing said apologetically: "Weichen just wants to visit the princess, and he doesn't want to be rude to the princess." ”

"Of course I'm glad you can come to visit the palace, but in my big tent, you have to do things according to my rules."

Princess Yicheng took out a white brocade robe, handed it to him and said: "This is what I sewed for the imperial brother when I was bored, since you are here, you can change it, say okay first, you are not allowed to wear it to drink later, only wear it in my tent." ”

Yang Yuanqing knew that Princess Yicheng had a habit of cleanliness, so she had to smile helplessly, took the brocade robe, Princess Yicheng saw that he was obedient and did not regard herself as a courtier, she was happy in her heart, and couldn't help but smile, and said to Wei Chi Wan next to her: "Wei Chi, you take General Yang to another tent to change clothes, and come to see me again, I will personally entertain him with sencha." ”

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Wei Chiwan has never dared to be alone with Yang Yuanqing, she feels that she has no shame to face him, she decided to leave Yang Yuanqing and follow Princess Yicheng, she didn't tell Yang Yuanqing about this matter, she made her own decisions, if it is serious, she is a deserter, and there are regulations in the Sui army, NV people are not allowed to join the army, and she has committed a crime by pretending to be a man in the army.

What's more, she felt that she had a feeling for Yang Yuanqing that she shouldn't have, she didn't dare to face it, all kinds of uneasy emotions made her avoid Yang Yuanqing all these years, including when she almost agreed to Fat Fish's marriage proposal two years ago, it was all her evasive psychology that was causing trouble.

And today, she finally had to face him, Yu Chiwan lowered her head, took her clothes and entered a separate account with Yang Yuanqing, Yang Yuanqing didn't talk to her, entered the tent, opened her arms with her back to her, this is to ask her to help her change clothes.

Wei Chiwan bit his mouth, and slowly untied the strap on his military uniform for him, Yang Yuanqing said lightly: "I thought you would marry Fat Fish." ”

"I don't really like him."

"Then you're twenty-one years old, what are you going to do?"

Wei Chijuan falsely reported that she was two years old when she joined the army, and she was twenty-three years old this year in the military registration, but Yang Yuanqing knew that she was actually twenty-one years old this year, but in any case, it was already very serious to not marry at the age of twenty-one in the Sui Dynasty.

Wei Chiwan took off his military uniform jacket for him and whispered, "I don't know either!" ”

Yang Yuanqing has always been angry with her in his heart, and he said goodbye without saying goodbye, he began to think that Yu Chiwan had climbed Princess Yicheng, and later understood that Yu Chi was evading, maybe she wanted to restore her NV identity, and Yang Yuanqing's dissatisfaction with her in his heart also disappeared by seven or eight points.

"You run away from the marriage contract, you run away from the city of Dali, you run away from the brethren, you can't run away all your life, come back! I still keep your military status for you, and when you come back, I will show you the Holy Majesty and make you the first NV general of the Great Sui. ”

Yu Chiwan put on the robe for Yang Yuanqing, she still shook her head, "General, the princess and I are called master servants, in fact, we are sisters, if the princess is really a Turkic queen, under one person, it doesn't matter if I leave her, but the princess is really pitiful, she can be the most pitiful NV person in Dasui." ”

"Did you insult her?"

"Dye Gan is at least her nominal husband, and there is nothing to say about being bullied by Dye Gan, but a month ago, Du Ji drunk and rushed into the princess's bedchamber to rape her, I heard the princess's cry, rushed in and cut him away with a knife, the princess went to the Khan to cry, but the Khan said that after he died, Du Ji was the princess's husband, saying that this is normal, and that the hún egg will not be punished at all, and the princess and I hugged and cried all night."

Speaking of this, Yu Chiwan knelt down in front of Yang Yuanqing and said with tears in his eyes: "General, please save the princess!" ”

Yang Yuanqing also knows that most of the princesses in history have a tragic fate, especially marrying the grassland Hu people, not only to marry their father, but also to marry their son, in history, Princess Yicheng was forced to marry Du Ji after dying dry, and later married Du Ji's two younger brothers in a row, and was finally killed by Li Jing, ending her miserable life.

Yang Yuanqing sighed in his heart, he also wanted to help Princess Yicheng, but he didn't have the ability now.

"Wei Chi, please tell the princess, when the day comes, I will definitely help her and send her back to her hometown in the Central Plains."

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