Pan Zhanyang is a self-cooked, and without waiting for Xu Zi to ask, he has already poured beans into a bamboo tube and told him about his experience after separation. The fact was exactly what Xuzi expected, when this person fled to the Khitan, the tribe was entangled with the various tribes of the Xia people for the extermination of Suo Tou Xi. After Xu Dayan hung up the crown and left, Su Sibu lost an important think tank, so he could no longer maintain an aggressive posture. Pan Zhanyang, who was eager to make meritorious contributions, took the opportunity to suggest to the patriarch of the Khitan Yuling tribe that he should give up part of the compensation that was impossible to get, and instead asked the other party to release the surviving sons of Suotou Xi Guixuan.

With these noble children in hand, in the future, the Khitan tribe will be able to justifiably make claims to the pastures near Suotoushui and Crescent Lake. This routine, which the Central Plains people had abandoned hundreds of years ago, is obviously still effective on the grassland. The elders of the Khitan tribes discussed it briefly and then adopted Pan Zhanyang's suggestion. So, after the spring of the second year, Ah Yun and some captives of the Xi tribe were sent to the Khitans who had never given a helping hand in times of crisis as witnesses of the reconciliation between the Khitan and the Xia people.

"And then you were rewarded for your merits and became the Great Meru of the Yuling Tribe?" Xu Zi put the newly picked wine bowl in front of Pan Zhanyang, poured a bowl for the other party with his own hands, and asked with a smile.

"It's so easy, it was just a small chord at the beginning, it was Ah Yun who became the princess of the Khitan people first, and I had a backer, and I rose step by step." Pan Zhanyang dipped his fingers in some wine, habitually sprinkled a few drops around, and then drank it all.

"Yes, Meru is a big official on the grassland!" Seeing that Pan Zhanyang had almost completely turned into a grassland man, the smile on Xuzi's face was a lot easier, "It's equivalent to being a scholar of the household department of the court, presumably you have been very fat in recent years!" ”

"Fat fart, but a housekeeper who helps with arithmetic bookkeeping. The whole tribe is not as many as a county in our Central Plains, and it is divided into countless small tribes below. Pan Zhanyang grabbed his felt boots and crossed his legs on the stool.

A pungent smell of sweat immediately filled the entire room, and Xuzi wanted to escape. "Didn't you just say 200,000? Why is it that all of a sudden, there are so many fewer of them? He asked as he lowered his head and masked with the smell of wine.

"That's the number of the entire tribe, and they can't say anything about it. If you say it, that is, the ten thousand people around you are willing to listen! Pan Zhanyang shrugged his shoulders and replied.

He heard the meaning of the investigation in Xuzi's words, but in this time of chaos, it was no wonder that others were suspicious of his whereabouts. "The Khitan was divided into eight tribes, and each tribe had a khan. There are countless tribes in a big tribe, and there are a lot of Ejin, special services, and little sweaters below. Like the Yuling Division, it is claimed that there are 200,000 people. It's really hard to fight with people, and it's hard to get together 10,000 soldiers! ”

With his intermittent introduction, Li Xu sketched the general outline of the Khitan tribes in his heart. The bloodline of the Khitan people is inherited from Rouran Xianbei, and the word Khitan originally means iron in Rouran words. After Rouran Xianbei was defeated by the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was divided into several tribes. Then, as in many grasslands, a hero who had been sucked by the Celestial Wolf was inspired by the Immortal Heaven to establish himself as a clan. His descendants later established the Eight Khitan Tribes, whose names were Siwandan, He Dahe, Fufuyu, Yuling, Piji, Li, Tuliuyu, and Rilian.

After Ah Yun arrived in the Khitan, because of the blood of Elder Suotou Xi flowing in his body, his identity suddenly changed drastically. Several major tribes vied with each other for the "dowry" that they might earn in the future. Everyone decided to compete to settle the dispute, and in the end, the great Khan of the Yuling Department, Yuling Yuanli, overcame the heroes and returned with the beauty as he wished.

"That Yu Lin Yuan must also be a hero, Ah Yun married him, and he can be regarded as having a place to live!" Hearing the bizarre experience of the deceased, Li Xu felt closer to Pan Zhanyang and said with emotion.

"A hero is a hero, but marrying A Yun, it was he who made a profit. Although the two grasslands near Suotoushui and Crescent Lake were not available for a while, in the past few years, Ah Yun has helped him run the tribe more and more prosperous! Seeing that it is about to become the largest part of the Khitan, countless people are so envious that they drool! Pan Zhanyang jumped off the stool and showed off while moving his numb legs and feet.

"If you can't get used to it, sit on the ground!" Asahiko was dizzy from the smell of his body, and planted her nose in the wine bowl in protest. "Don't dangle back and forth, and try not to lean towards me, on a hot day, you cover so much skin on your body, aren't you afraid of prickly heat?"

"Hot?" Pan Zhanyang looked at his dress awkwardly, then grinned and replied: "I'm used to it, in our place, everyone wears it like this all year round." If I hadn't seen you, I would have forgotten that I was a Central Plains person. ”

With that, he pushed the stool away, sat down on the floor with the wine bowl, and explained intermittently as he drank, "Besides, it's convenient to wear it like this." Officials from all over the Central Plains never dared to be embarrassed when they saw me dressed like this. Even the bandits who intercepted the road, when they heard that I had come from thousands of miles to pay tribute to the Great Sui, smiled and put away their knives! ”

"So, you tricked me all the way from the plug!" Li Xu also sat cross-legged on the ground and added to Pan Zhanyang with a smile.

"It's not a lie, I did bring the letter of state from the Feather Ridge Department to the Great Sui. The Khitans were bullied by the Turks, so they wanted to be vassals to the Great Sui in exchange for the material support of the Central Plains! Pan Zhanyang shook his head and replied.

If so, it's a great opportunity! Li Xu sat up straight suddenly, and the expression on his face instantly became solemn. He remembered that when he returned from Saiwai, the Turks had already plotted against the Central Plains. If it weren't for the heroes of the Central Plains who accidentally burned Ashina Choyu's company camp, I am afraid that the autumn of the failure of the First Eastern Crusade would have been in flames.

At present, the Central Plains is in turmoil, and the smoke is everywhere, so a foreign aid located on the flank of the Turks is even more important. If this foreign aid is put to good use, it can effectively delay the invasion of the Turks. And there is a chance to greatly weaken the Turks and cut off the border troubles on the northeast side forever.

State-to-state exchanges are by no means courteous and peaceful. Only by stumbling on each other, stabbing each other, and grabbing each other's sore spots, so that everyone sees the potential threat, will they sit down and maintain a short-term "friendship". If you wishfully regard the other party as a kind and honest Mr. Dongguo, then the final outcome is only to lie on the ground and be beaten, and there is no room for fighting back.

The Great Sui Dynasty had already suffered a lot of losses, and this time, he should not make a mistake in the same thing again.

"Have you gone to the Eastern Capital? How did the emperor answer you? Thinking of this, he stopped gossiping with Pan Zhanyang, and asked in a somewhat eager tone.

"When I arrived in the Eastern Capital, the imperial court heard that there were Saiwai savages coming to naturalize, so they were naturally very happy!" Pan Zhanyang's expression was a little stupid, and his tone was also full of disappointment, "Your Majesty has generously given the Khitan people who came with me, and the return gift to the Khitan tribes alone has loaded three ships. But about joining forces against the Turks, he did not agree. It is said that the Great Sui is the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and will not use intrigues and tricks to deal with vassals! ”

When is it, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are still dreaming of the Heavenly Empire. Don't they open their eyes to see the eyes of foreign enemies? After listening to Pan Zhanyang's words, Xu Zi was so anxious that he slammed the ground, "Didn't you tell the emperor that the Turks were already fighting outside the fortress?" What about Master Pei, doesn't he recognize the good and the bad? ”

In Xu Zi's mind, although Pei Ju, the squire of the Yellow Gate, is greedy, he is a very far-sighted person. Back then, this person once operated the Western Regions for the Great Sui and expanded the land for thousands of miles. Later, he repeatedly offered strange tricks to deal with the Turks, and finally caused the Turks and the Great Sui to sign an alliance under the city. Now, his old rival, the Turks, is starting to move again, so it stands to reason that Master Pei should be aware of it? Why is he, like everyone else, seeing a God-given opportunity but letting it go in vain?

"You said that Master Pei is Lord Pei, right?" Pan Zhanyang sneered in his nostrils and replied, "He shouldn't be surnamed Loss, but Earn!" We waited for the gifts we brought to His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Sui, and half of them went into his private treasury. After meeting the emperor, His Majesty's gift was taken away by him. In this way, he was still not satisfied, so he pulled me to ask me what the Khitan had and when he could come to the Great Sui Dynasty again?!! ”

"Since he made your gift, should he help you more? Didn't you bargain with him? Li Xu's brows furrowed into a big pimple. In the current situation of the Great Sui Dynasty, I am afraid that there are very few officials who are not greedy. Even His Majesty the Emperor gave people official positions to ask for gifts, and others filled their own pockets, which can only be regarded as a small fault. But the premise of all this is that it is for the sake of the country, and if it is greedy for money and still refuses to do something within its part, then its behavior is indeed intolerable.

"Why not, I promised him that if Yucheng does this, he will have a share of every tribute in the future. As a result, before the two sides could settle the price, the Turkic envoy visited him again. Then he stopped helping! Pan Zhanyang couldn't help but smile bitterly, obviously full of disappointment in his parents' state.

Because the Turks gave a lot of money, the favored retainers around His Majesty the Emperor sold the interests of the country. This is how he learned the truth, which was embarrassing but could not be concealed.

"These maggots without eyes!" Xuzi was so angry that he clenched his fists and pounded the ground. Under the internal and external troubles, the scholars and doctors of the Great Sui, who have inherited a hundred years and boast of noble blood, still only bury their heads and fish for their own families! Can't they look up and see that Chu Ge has already retreated from the four fields? Could it be that if the country is brought down and greedy, do they have the certainty that it will not be burned?

No one could give him this answer. "The duty of a military commander is to guard!" Zhang Xutuo's words instantly rang in his ears, but this time he couldn't bring him back to his senses, "And then, then you willingly go home empty-handed?" ”

"Then I will never have a chance to see your Emperor Majesty again!" Pan Zhanyang's words no longer call us, obviously he has completely despaired of the Great Sui. "Then I'll let the others go back to the outside of the city first, and ask around for your news. Later, when I heard that you had arrived in Qi County, I took the waterway to Qi County. Halfway through, I heard that Master Zhang was transferred to Xingyang Tongshou, and I chased after me again. Before I got to Xingyang, I heard that a General Li had entered the city tonight! ”

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