Chapter 421 Grassland

As early as when the shape shì was not very good to Zhang Renyuan, Yang I Zhi (the son of Mo Si), who was in the city of Xishou, sent someone to the grassland to report the news; Later, most of the area outside the three cities surrendered, and the situation became very clear, and at that time Zhang Renyuan still did not express to Yang I Zhi that he wanted to lead the Turkic troops to the rescue. Yang I couldn't do anything, so I left Xicheng and went back to the grassland sweat tent.

The main center of the Turkic Khanate was in Heisha (Nanting), but since the autumn and winter of last year, the relationship between the Tang and the Turks has been unpredictable, and there is an extreme shortage of food on the steppe.

In mid-March, the steppe was already green, and green grass was the hope of the Turks. Although many cattle, sheep and livestock froze to death last winter, spring always survived the most difficult days. Now the grassland is green and beautiful, but the new grass is not the best, the best grass has to be in autumn and other plants have seeds are the most nutritious, at that time horses, cattle and sheep can raise a fat.

Yang and I rode on horseback on the vast grassland, and soon found that the Hanfu was very unfashionable, and it still needed Turkic clothes to facilitate the movement and gallop. So he changed into Turkic clothes, wore silk on the inside (the textiles exchanged by the Turks and the Tang Dynasty), wore left fur on the outside, and wore a hood on his head to slightly cover his hair and hairstyle, which was different from that of ordinary people.

The Han bun that he managed to keep with great difficulty would not be shaved lightly, and everyone understood it very well, and did not have any opinions...... Because Yang Izhi was a person who was proficient in dealing with the Han people in order to fight for the interests of the Turks.

He is simply a Tang Dynasty expert, who has a relatively in-depth study and understanding of the Tang Dynasty's rules and regulations, folk customs, culture, food and clothing, etc., and even writes well with a brush. Specifically responsible for the study and diplomacy of the Tang Dynasty's national policy, the Turks needed such a capable person. Moreover, as the Khan's own son, Yang Izhi is much more reliable than those Han people who took refuge in the Turkic Khan's account as consultants, and those Han people who took refuge in him were literate and literate, but don't want to get Yang Izhi.

Yang Izhi's men and horses crossed the Yin Mountain, and they found the sweat tent of the Mosi Khan in the vast steppe very familiarly. From afar, he saw his father waiting for him outside the camp with a large number of horses.

He hurriedly added a few whips and ran over quickly, and when he came to the front of the Mosa Khan, he turned off his horse, threw himself on his knees on the grass and said sadly: "Father, I got news from the Tang Dynasty that I have ...... with the Otler brothers."

There are already a lot of white hairs on the messy hair of the shawl that sip, and it stands to reason that this kind of white-haired person sending a black-haired person is very pitiful, but his expression is very calm at all, and he stepped forward to help Yang I and said: "I have already told him that the trip was a tiger's mouth and a tooth extraction, who can blame him if he has to go?" And he died on the battlefield as he deserved, heavy soldiers, and shame! He patted Yang on the shoulder.

Yang I said: "My father has learned the news of the three cities, and Zhang Renyuan is estimated to have no time left when I leave...... The king of the Xue clan in the Tang Dynasty was indeed powerful, only taking 30,000 people to the north, and everywhere he went, he was invincible, and approached the three cities in less than half a month. ”

It's okay if he doesn't say it, but when he talks about it, everyone on Mo Si is indignant. A person scolded in front of everyone: "The Han people didn't even give 20% of the cloth and grain and grass they said, but now it's a picture cake!" Didn't Zhang Renyuan say that he would join forces with us to deal with Princess Taiping? After all, you still can't believe us! The Han people are cunning and cannot be trusted. ”

One person opened his mouth, and the others also became indignant: "In vain, we have killed more than a thousand of our most elite brothers, and together with Prince Otler, we also lost our lives, and in the end we got such a little benefit, is that it?!" ”

Silently raising the old scepter in his hand, everyone stopped condemning the Han people, and only a few still muttered a few words in a small voice.

Mo Si took his son Yang Izhi's hand and looked back left and right: "Let's talk about it when we go in." ”

The father and son walked side by side towards the camp, and Yang was obviously deeply loved by the Khan, after all, it was a gratifying thing for his son to have talent...... But the leaders of the tribes knew that no matter how favored Yang was to become an heir, he could not become an heir.

Although he killed a son with Otler, he didn't like the son with developed limbs and no brains, and he liked Yang I Zhi and another son, Tuoxi. And Tuoxi is the favored heir of the nobles of the tribes and the Mosi Khan. No matter how smart and talented Yang Wuzhi is, after all, this guy is learning the Han people's set of things, and he can be an auxiliary minister, but he is not treated well as a khan. After all, the Turks and the Han people are not all the way, and the Han people have a saying that "if they are not of my race, their hearts will be different" is not wrong, no matter which race will be inclined to compatriots of the same clan and race, human beings are normal feelings.

The brilliant national strength and merits of the Tang Dynasty were recognized by the Turks, and they also always claimed to be vassals to the Tang Dynasty, claiming to be a vassal state of the Tang Emperor, but this does not mean anything. For example, more than ten years ago, when the Mosi Khan only attacked Dingzhou and Zhaozhou, he plundered the Han population of ***10,000, and all of them lived as slaves who lived worse than death. In the eyes of the Turks, there was no difference between Han Chinese and livestock property, which were labor and tools for venting desires.

Under such a people-to-ethnic relationship, how could Yang Wuzhi, who was proficient in Chinese art and even more Turkic tradition, be regarded as the heir?

Maybe because of this, the brotherly relationship between the elder brother Tuoxi and Yang I Zhi is particularly good, although Tuo Xi, who was walking behind, saw that his father was a little jealous of his brother's affection, but he was quickly relieved: Although Yang My Zhi has his father by his side, but walking with me are the leaders and nobles of various tribes!

A group of so-called nobles with their capes and beards like savages walked into the wide sweat tent together, only to see that food such as mare's milk wine and roast mutton had been placed inside, which was the banquet for Yang I to support the wind and wash the dust. Everyone went in and found their own seats, sat down on the top seats, sat down on either side of their favorite sons, and then began to feast.

When the wine was half-drunk, a Turkic man slapped his face, and a group of women walked in, forced to take off their coats, and twisted in the midst of the Turks in revealing clothes, and everyone suddenly burst into "laughter". There are also Turks beating drums to accompaniment, the drums are very rhythmic and the sound is decent, but the dancing women are very rusty, completely swaying there, the only selling point is probably the exposed milk room.

I saw that those women, Han Chinese, Xianbei people, etc., were all captured slaves, most of the sources were from those poor people's families, and it was probably difficult for the rich and powerful to run fast, so naturally there was no skill at all.

Sure enough, Mo Si also had self-knowledge, so he asked Yang Wuzhi: "The song and dance you saw in Datang should be much better-looking, right?" ”

Yang Izhi had a somewhat show-off tone: "In Chang'an, there are courtesans and dancers performing from the palace prince's mansion to the wine shop, and the most beautiful thing is the Moon Palace feather ......dance in the Daming Palace."

Tuoxi immediately retorted: "We don't have anything on the prairie if we don't have it. ”

"Eh......" Mo shook his head and said, "You can't say that, who doesn't like the little lady with fine skin and tender meat?" ”

"Haha!" The crowd burst into laughter.

Mo Si said again: "Let's take the cavalry over and grab some back!" ”

The big tent suddenly became lively, and everyone happily shouted in agreement, looking like they were about to move. Yang Wuzhi frowned and thought for a while, and hurriedly persuaded: "If my father wants to make enemies with the Tang Dynasty, he needs to consider it carefully. At this time, the king of Jin, Xue, was in the three cities, this person should not be underestimated, and there were many fierce generals and strategists, so it was said that Zhang Renyuan, who attacked the rebellion not long ago, was really invincible, and many important towns surrendered without even letting go of an arrow......"

At this moment, a Han man said unhurriedly: "I think it's a good opportunity." ”

His voice was not loud, but he heard it silently, and when he followed the voice, he saw that it was a Han adviser who had taken refuge in his account. This person's name is Wang Mang, I heard that he committed a murder in the Tang Dynasty and had no way out, so he fled to the north, first was captured by Mo Si as a slave, and later found that this person was very literate and knowledgeable, so he was slowly promoted to become a counselor. After all, sometimes silent sipping also needs a resourceful person.

That Wang Mang is not very old, but his forehead is not very full, and there are a few horizontal forehead lines, which affect his physiognomy very much...... Even if such a face is not illegal, it is difficult to be reused in the Tang Dynasty, "people can't look good" is not the case at all, in fact, unless the background is very good, most of the *** who are officials are dignified and good-looking.

Mo Si asked, "Let's listen to it in detail." ”

Wang Mang bowed and said unhurriedly: "At this time, Anbei will inevitably be unstable!" Although Zhang Renyuan has gone, he will die sooner or later; But their cadres dared to send assassins to assassinate Princess Taiping's mother and son, and sent surprise troops to attack the Huaqing Palace, which was a matter of how strict it was in the Tang Dynasty! How can he die with a Zhang Renyuan and give up? According to my guess, it won't be long before the three cities will at least kill a lot of people, not to mention the rivers of blood. Khan, what do you think, this killing of his own people will definitely make the border army soldiers panic and demoralize, so the Xue clan has just arrived at the border pass and is not familiar with it, and the troops around him are insufficient and they have to beware of the border army's accidents, how good can it be in defense? At this time, the army must be attacked, and it must be while it is weak! ”

Mo sobbed and laughed, and said with a big grin: "You Han people are ruthless enough to calculate your own people...... He looked at Yang I Zhi with an inquiring gaze.

Yang I Zhi also groaned: "What Wang Mang said has some truth. "Yang Izhi is also familiar with the etiquette of the Han family, and at this time, he called him by his name, obviously not looking down on this person very much in his heart.

With a smiling face, everyone couldn't see the reality, but they could only hear him greet everyone: "Drink wine and eat meat first, and then talk about other things!" ”Q