492, Yi Dingxi Turk (1)
After a two-month trek, Wang Xuance finally came to the Khan Court of the Western Turks, the Qianquan generation north of the Shi Kingdom. The Western Turks can now be said to be the kingdom that dominates the Western Regions, having united with Persia to eliminate the White Xiongnu many years ago, and later united with Byzantium to attack Persia again. It can be said that the Western Turks are the hegemon of Central Asia, and their territorial area is not necessarily much worse than that of the Central Plains Dynasty. However, because agriculture in the Western Regions is not thriving, life is more difficult. The Turks can only live by grazing, and the population is also very sparse, although they occupy a large amount of land, but their strength is not much stronger than that of the Tang Dynasty. However, the situation of the Western Turks is now very bad.
Since the Western Turks had a Tongyehu Khan many years ago, the Western Turks have entered a period of prosperity and completely ruled the entire Western Regions. The Western Turks even canonized the kings of each of the smaller states in the Western Regions, so that those small states had to be under the administration of the Turks and accept Turkic taxes. Since then, the Western Turks have monopolized the exchanges between the East and the West and become the hegemon of Central Asia.
However, although the ability of Tongye Hu Khan is good, he is just stubborn and self-serving. After the success of the so-called great cause, he began to enjoy, prestige, and bullying the people, and finally many tribes betrayed him. Later, the uncle of the Tongyehu Khan also killed him, and then established himself as the Khan, that is, the Mohelu Khan. However, because of his previous background, Mohedu Khan was not able to gain the support of the Turks, but was defeated by the mud. Originally, everyone wanted to support Ni He as Khan, but Ni He resolutely refused to accept it. After that, everyone supported the son of the Yehu Khan as the Khan, and became the Yehu Khan.
However, the Khan was suspicious and vicious, killing his own heroes and plotting to assassinate his former rival. As a result, the mud is now forced to flee, and there is no way out. However, because of the behavior of the Khan, many Western Turkic tribes have turned away from Germany. And many people disobeyed the Yang and Yin of the Yakhu Khan, and didn't take him seriously at all. Right now. The Western Turks had entered a situation of extreme instability, and a great war was imminent.
"In this case, we Datang have no way to go to the Western Regions to trade." Wang Xuance muttered.
Datang's idea is very simple, that is, he wants to be able to trade in the Western Regions and earn huge wealth. Since there was Jingwen, a traverser who could toss like this, the financial pressure on the imperial court was increasing day by day. Originally, the imperial court didn't pay attention to the trade routes in the Western Regions, but now it has to pay attention. However, the Western Turks were slow to settle down, and the tribes were separated from the central government, so that the merchants passing by were very easy to plunder. It is also difficult for the Tang Dynasty's troops to reach here, which makes the Western Turks extremely confused. Wang Xuance is now about to be tested. It is necessary to stabilize the Western Turks and trick them into forming a federation. As long as a so-called federation is formed, then I am afraid that the Western Turks will be too big but not strong, and they will not be able to invade the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
"But where do I start?" Wang Xuance was also a little clueless.
Now that he wants to completely transform the Western Turks, Wang Xuance only has the identity of an envoy of the Tang Dynasty, and does not have much other power. And the Western Turks are now also detached from the central Yehu Khan, so Wang Xuance, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, does not have much influence. And how to choose the target next, that is where Wang Xuance has some headaches. Wang Xuance is only seventeen or eighteen years old now. is still a very young person, and it is not like being able to calculate and judge the situation carefully when he is older. Now, not a single piece of information is sufficient. So Wang Xuance can't make a good decision.
"Is it Lord Wang in front?" A young man hurried over on horseback, apparently in a hurry.
"Oh? ...... are you?" asked Wang Xuance.
Wang Xuance saw a dusty young man coming, and he was a young man wearing ordinary Hanfu, who should be from his motherland. A few happy events in life. It's a happy event to meet your hometown and know your hometown! Although I don't know it now, I am also my own compatriot, so of course I should be happy. In ancient times, it was necessary to meet compatriots in a foreign country. This is almost impossible, in ancient times, it was not like China in later generations, there were Chinese all over the world!
"Lord Wang, I'm Zhu Lafeng, and I was sent by the Tang Military Academy to assist you." Zhu Lafeng said.
"Why are you so fast? I've only been here for two or three days! You're coming from China, I'm afraid it should take at least two months, right? Wang Xuance said in surprise.
It's only been two or three days since I came to the Turks, and there is someone to help me? That's too fast, isn't it? Such a fast speed, almost very abnormal.
"Lord Wang, I rushed for a month, almost sleeplessly, and ran to death eight horses, so I rushed here." Zhu Lafeng said.
Wang Xuance was shocked for a while, no wonder he arrived here in a month, it turned out that he almost never sleeped, and he had to kill eight horses to have such a result! If it were Wang Xuance, a literati, I am afraid that he would not be able to bear this kind of hardship at all. Wang Xuance just walked a little leisurely on the road, and he took a carriage, so he arrived in a month, and it took him two months. No wonder Jura was in the dust, it turned out that he didn't get enough rest, so he looked so tired, and the two huge dark circles were on his face.
"Would you like to take a break?" Wang Xuance asked.
"No, it's not too much for me. Now, let me introduce you to the situation of the Turks, Lord Wang. After this period of understanding, I probably understood the weakness of the Turks. Zhu Lafeng said.
Wang Xuance was even more surprised, Zhu Lafeng was able to inquire about the situation of the Turks in such a fast hurry, this ability is very remarkable. I'm afraid, there is nothing in this world that he can't inquire about! A month's travel, more than a thousand miles of Mercedes-Benz, can still have the heart to inquire about the situation, this is simply not an ordinary person. No wonder Jingwen sent this guy to assist him, it turned out that he had this idea. Wang Xuance also has some expectations for this Zhu Lafeng, and he doesn't know what kind of surprise he can bring to himself. This mission, perhaps because of this Jura style, the possibility of completing it by then has greatly increased.
"Let's go, let's talk somewhere else, there are many people here, it's inconvenient!" Wang Xuance said.
Soon, Wang Xuance took Zhu Lafeng to a secret place, and was ready to start discussing with Zhu Lafeng where to start next, so that he could give the Western Turk Yi Ding. (To be continued......)