Chapter Ninety-Four: The Khan Counts His Troops
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On the enemy tower, next to Li Chongjiu, there was a bearded man with a pointed hat and a white coat.
This Hu man can be trusted, and he is on the enemy tower, which shows that his status is not low, not to mention that there are two other burly and tall Kunlun slaves standing next to him.
Tan Zong pointed to the grassland and said to Li Chongjiu: "What's the matter with those Xi people? The gate is open, and once the Turks enter, won't they all have to be slaughtered? ”
The bearded man on the side smiled and touched the mustache on his lips, but he didn't speak.
Li Chongjiu saw it and said with a smile: "Mr. Shi, what do you think?" ”
The Hu man bowed slightly, and said: "The general is polite, Gao Jian does not dare to mention it, but as far as I know, the reason why the leader of the five tribes of the Xi tribe is called Qi Jin, which is called irkin in the Turkic language, is an official position granted by the Turks. It was an expression of submission to the Turks. ”
This Hu man spoke very fluent Chinese, and his actual name was Shi Kang, and he was a Sogdian. The Sogdians were good at business and had been active on the Silk Road in the Western Regions for a generation.
As the so-called interests are there, there are Sogdian deposits, and now Shi Kang came to Huaihuang Town to make a deal with Li Chongjiu. Because Shi Kang's business is to go inside and outside the customs and trade slaves.
In modern times, this business is a business, and at that time, there were hundreds or thousands of slaves and maids under the gate valve, so this matter could not be more normal.
This time there was a riot in Shanggu County, and the people either became outcasts, or they became thieves from the king of Mantian.
As for the rest, they also had to be sold into slavery, because Emperor Yang of Sui toured the border in the north, traveled through Zhuo County, Shanggu County, and went to Fenyang Palace to play. The Son of Heaven went out on patrol, what a big deal, the local county guards ignored the current situation, and there were countless servants.
After a rebellion, the people were all ruined and killed, and they sold themselves into slavery for a bite to eat. As a result, such as Shi Kang, such a human trafficker, began to become popular.
Li Chongjiu was noncommittal about Shi Kang's behavior, if the people were not slaves, they would be starved to death and sold into slavery, and for them, it could be regarded as a way to survive. Li Chongjiu wants to build Huaihuang Town, and there is a lack of a large population at present, so Shi Kang came to Huaihuang Town to communicate and negotiate with Li Chongjiu.
When Li Chongjiu heard Shi Kang say this, he was suddenly a little bit at the moment, the Turks were actually so powerful in the steppe.
Not only the five tribes of the Xi tribe, but also the Bai Fei and the Khitan Dahe tribe in the east as far as the grassland, all accepted the No. 1 Jin as a sign of submission to the Turks. It is equivalent to China's consistent policy of restricting the princes of the four directions to accept their official positions as a sign of submission to the dynasty.
Looking at the Turkic envoy, he immediately asked Xi Bu Nu Qi Jin and a few others, but because the distance was too far, they couldn't see any movement.
It was only after a while that the Turkic cavalry pouted their horses' buttocks and left, while the Xi people were still buried in the ground, not daring to raise their heads.
After seeing the Turks leave, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and immediately lifted their guard against the city.
Li Chongjiu said: "Tanzong will go with me to the Xibu camp. ”
After that, Li Chongjiu and Tan Zong rode together on horseback, with more than a dozen horses, and went to the Xibu camp, and stayed outside the Che camp.
The women of the Xi Department are all in poor color, and several patriarchs are also sighing.
Li Chongjiu saw him and dismounted and asked, "Dare to ask Qi Jin, is it embarrassing for you that the Turks have come suddenly?" ”
Seeing this, the woman shook her head, took a golden arrow, sighed and said, "Shibi Khan has a large number of troops in Daihai, and wants our Xi Department to send two hundred-man teams to go. And right now, we have to be in the Xi Department, where is the spare strength to send troops. "The Turkic Khan ordered troops?" Li Chongjiu was taken aback. The elder on the side said: "Da Qijin, I think it is also very beneficial for the Turks to ask us to send troops, didn't the special agent just say that as long as we send troops, he will ask the little khan to come forward to solve the dispute between us and the Khitans, and maybe he will recover the Wuhou Qinshui Ranch for us." ”
As soon as the elder had finished speaking, a big man with braids on his head beside him said in a voice like a bell: "Don't say that, when the Turks have been well-hearted, they have the idea of dealing with the evil wolf with the head of the flock." ”
"What do you mean?" The elder asked rhetorically.
The big man with braided hair said: "The Turks, willing to help us, is because we are weak, the little khan is unwilling to see, Wuhou Qinshui has a strong Khitan department, this truth is the same as when Tong Jin was alive, when our room was strong, the Turks helped the Khitan department deal with us." ”
"Ashina's family is like jackals, where will they really think about it for us?"
Li Chongjiu had been thinking about why the Turkic Khan would order troops in Daihai, but when he heard the voice of this big man, he suddenly heard it clearly.
This burly man, judging from what he had just said, was obviously very insightful, and he clearly analyzed the intentions of the Turks.
Who said that the grassland people are upright and don't know how to plan and weigh them.
The Turks have always used the means of helping the weak and suppressing the strong, not only for the steppe tribes, but also for the Han dynasty in the Han land.
Li Chongjiu immediately asked, "What is the name of this big brother?" ”
On the side, Deyun immediately said: "This is Brother Yinghefu. "Inhefer, in Turkic, means the brave. In the past two months, Li Chongjiu has studied Turkic diligently, and he can roughly understand the meaning of some Turkic words.
Li Chongjiu saw that the other party was majestic, obviously not just brave, but also obviously had good resourcefulness.
The other party looked at Li Chongjiu, but he was in awe, and said in a loud Turkic language: "Upa, your riding and archery are very good, and the ten men of the Xi Department are not as good as you." ”
The grassland people are the most important heroes and heroes, although the women are very strong, and several elders are very wary of themselves, but the Xi people are grateful to Li Chongjiu for the appearance of one person and one horse to repel the Khitan white horse, so they regard Li Chongjiu as a hero.
Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "Don't dare, Brother Yinghefu, I don't know if I can tell you why the Turks suddenly ordered troops on the steppe." ”
Ying Hefu showed a look of embarrassment on his face when he heard this, and said: "Upa, I don't know about this matter below, but I think it may be unfavorable to you Han people. ”
Li Chongjiu nodded when he heard this, and said, "Thank you for the reminder from Brother Yinghefu." ”
At that moment, Li Chongjiu and Tanzong rode back to Huaihuang Town.
As soon as Li Chongjiu dismounted from the city, the human trafficker Shi Kang stepped forward and said, "General, the Turks have retreated, so our business can continue." ”
Li Chongjiu pondered for a while and said, "Mr. Shi, your asking price is too high, and we can't afford it." ”
"A thousand yuan for a young and strong slave is really not expensive at all, according to the past in Xijing, five thousand yuan did not want to buy," Shi Kang smiled and said: "But since the general said so decisively, I am afraid that we will not be able to do business, it doesn't matter, don't you Central Plains people often say that buying and selling is not human?" ”
"I think I'm going to go further north, a cow and sheep on the Hu people's side, it's worth changing someone."
Shi Kang smiled.
Li Chongjiu's eyes narrowed, this Sogdian only cares about business, and does not care about people's lives or deaths, if he sells all the Han people to Mobei, it is worse than being a slave and a maid.
However, the other party has a gate valve background behind him, and he is not afraid of Li Chongjiu, and there is a way to evade the inspection of the government and smuggle the population outside the plug, which is not easy.
Li Chongjiu immediately said: "Transported to Mobei, this is not convincing, halfway, long distance, but also through the grassland desert, can reach Hu Ren's ten less than five or six." You might as well think about it yourself, as long as you make this one, we will be a long-term business in the future. ”
When Shi Kang saw Li Chongjiu say this, he also thought twice about it at the moment, and said with relief: "Okay, just according to the general's opinion." The two reached a deal, and at that moment, Shi Kang also showed a relaxed look, and said: "At present, the Son of Heaven is stationed in Fenyang Palace, and the boundary of the state, I'm afraid it won't be able to get out, we will send a thousand young people from Shanggu County to here tomorrow, with these people, the general's Huaihuang Town should be very soon, and it can be built." ”
Li Chongjiu nodded, but at this time, he suddenly thought, Fenyang Palace!
This time, the Turks were pointing troops north of Yanmen County, whether they were coming at Yang Guang, who was inspecting the border counties.
As soon as he thought of this, Li Chongjiu couldn't help but be shocked, and said in his heart, how could I forget this strange thing.