0963 Heavy goods for bribes

During the Zhengguang period of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the people of Woye Town broke the six Han Baling and raised troops in the town to launch a mutiny and kill the town general, which opened a vigorous uprising of the six towns.

Woye Town is a military town set up in the Hetao Plain in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and its place was formerly known as Wuyuan. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, wars were frequent, and the land of Hetao was gradually invaded by the Southern Xiongnu, and later the five Xiongnu moved south to annex it, and in the last years of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Five Hu Rebellion led by Liu Yuan of the Southern Xiongnu broke out. With the Central Plains everywhere, control of the Hetao Plain has changed hands.

One of the more active forces in the region is the Eile people, who used to live in Beihai, and were called Gaoche by the Xianbei Suotou at that time, and later migrated southward one after another.

In addition, at that time, the Xianbei Tuoba Department rose in Monan, repeatedly attacked Mobei Zhuhu, and exiled many Ele tribes to the south and settled them in the Hetao Plain and other places. This part of the Xianbei people who migrated south have lived near the Hetao Plain for generations, so that the vast area near Yinshan is called the Eile River.

After the Six Towns Uprising began, many townspeople, including Woye Town, migrated inward, such as the Northern Qi Hulujin family, Poliu Hanchang, etc., all belonged to the Elehao chieftain. And the tribes of Eile, which still lived in Mobei, were gradually renamed Tiele.

The Tiele tribes were enslaved by Rouran, and because they could not bear Rouran's cruel oppression, they were ready to fight back, but they were stabbed in the back by the Turks, and many tribes were annexed by the Turks.

As the Turks replaced Rouran as the new grassland overlord, their influence covered the north and south of the desert, and they also coveted the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain and the Hetao Plain, a place with abundant water and grass.

In the old years, Xiaowu moved westward, bringing the inheritance of the Northern Wei Dynasty into Guanxi, and Woye Town, located in the Hetao Plain, as the original territory of the Northern Wei Dynasty, naturally belonged to the Western Wei Dynasty.

It's just that the Western Wei Dynasty is trapped in its own national strength, and it is difficult to actually manage the Woye Town far away in the Hetao, and Xiazhou, which is located north of the Great Wall, is the limit that the Western Wei can actually control the garrison. Further north, the region was beyond the reach of the whip and could only be managed by the local Zhuhu tribes, while the Western Wei court granted a number of feudal official positions to maintain a suzerain-vassal relationship.

Previously, the Turks were busy clearing the remnants of Rouran and expanding and consolidating their rule over the steppes, but they did not have too strong a motive and need to invade the south of the desert and even to the interior. However, as its supremacy in the grasslands became more and more consolidated, it also felt more and more that only by invading and expanding southward could it obtain greater rewards.

This time the Western Wei launched an attack on the Northern Qi, because the Northern Qi had just built the Great Wall, the Turkic march was not very smooth, and then it was counterattacked by the Northern Qi due to the advance withdrawal of the Western Wei, resulting in heavy losses and a feather return.

This defeat naturally made the wooden pole Khan angry, and when he learned about the transfer of power and turmoil within the Western Wei Dynasty, his mind suddenly became active.

When the army withdrew to the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain, and saw the vast fields and gently flowing rivers to the south, the greed in the heart of the wooden pole Khan was also growing. Although it is still the cold winter season when the vegetation is withering, just looking at the landform and environment of the Hetao Plain, it is conceivable that in a few months, as the climate warms, it will inevitably become a veritable fertile field.

If stable pastures and settlements can be established here, it will not only be able to support more people, cattle and sheep, but also serve as a large base for invading the interior in the future. From then on, the Turkic wolf riders no longer have to run around the south and north of the desert, and they can directly send troops to the south to plunder!

Therefore, the Khan simply stationed his army at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain, and while sending envoys south to Chang'an to negotiate with the Western Wei court, he ordered his subordinates to patrol and sweep along the river, gather and control all the Hu tribes living here, and force them to accept Turkic rule.

The time soon entered February, and with the change of seasons, although the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain is still covered with snow, the large river in the south has begun to thaw, and the river water has begun to flow again to moisten both banks, and the fields are gradually covered with new greenery, and there are beautiful wildflowers dotted in between, this vibrant picture makes people feel cheerful.

"Such a rich and fertile pasture should be enjoyed by the most majestic tribes!"

Under the arch of his subordinates, the wooden pole khan rode his horse to wander in the renewed wilderness of Vientiane, and his heart was also comfortable and wanton, and he became more and more determined to include this land in the territory of his khanate.

Although the distance between them

The Han Chinese cities were too close to defend and there was no dangerous terrain to defend, but the brave Turkic warriors had always believed in attacking, and as their knowledge of the regime in the south deepened, the Khan became more and more certain that the Western Wei court was powerless to resist the attack.

The next development was not as expected by the Khan of the wooden pole, and after a period of time after the envoy to Chang'an of the Western Wei Dynasty was dispatched, the news came back that the new Dacheng of the Western Wei Dynasty was very courteous to the Turkic envoy, and agreed to all the requests made, and had arranged for personnel to transport goods and goods to the north.

When the Wei envoys were about to arrive, in order to show the strength of their Turkic power, he ordered the leaders of all his tribes to deploy their troops in the field, and ordered the cavalry army to run back and forth, stepping on a wide and straight road leading to the place where his temporary tent was located.

When Li Yunxin and his entourage arrived at the headquarters of his army under the guidance of the Turkic envoys, they could not help but be shocked by this huge scene.

Today's Turks are indeed the style of the steppe overlords, every time there is a large army of tens of thousands, and all of them are horsemen who control the strings, and the war horses and spare horses ridden alone are as many as 100,000 horses, spread out in the wilderness, and you can't see the edge at a glance.

Compared with other steppe Hu troops, the Turkic cavalry also has a characteristic that the armament should be more sophisticated, and the armor rate is not low, after all, they themselves are born as forging slaves, and now they have turned over and mastered more resources, so they naturally have to arm themselves more carefully.

Therefore, there are many armored warriors in their respective ranks of the chieftains of those large and small chieftains, especially the wolf cavalry guards around the Great Tent of the Khan, and the armor rate is very high. Although most of them are light armor, it is also related to the fact that the main Turkic force as a whole is cavalry, and with such a layer of armor, whether it is the morale of the soldiers themselves or the actual combat effectiveness, it will inevitably increase greatly.

However, the arrival of Li Yunxin and his entourage also gave these Turkic chieftains a little southern shock, especially when a large number of high-end fabrics such as silk and brocade silk were pulled into the Khan's tent one by one, and gradually piled up almost like the Khan's tent.

The Turkic nobles were so fond of silk fabrics with bright colors and delicate textures that when they first appeared in the written records of the Central Plains Dynasty, they sent their tribesmen to trade silk fabrics in Saishang.

Although the growth of power in recent years has given them the opportunity to obtain more and more luxury goods in both quantity and variety, their love for brocade and other things has not diminished. Especially such a large amount, it was the first time they had seen it in their lives, and even the wooden pole Khan couldn't help laughing and making friends loudly after seeing this scene.

"The great prime minister of our country, Tang Gongqing, knew that it was really untrustworthy not to withdraw the army before, and he intended to send a generous gift to ask for goodwill, but he didn't expect the khan to be so magnanimous, not only did he not care about the past, but he was still willing to fulfill the former alliance. Tang Gong was very grateful for this, and sent a batch of gifts to thank him, and more gifts and gifts were delivered one after another, and he asked the Khan to accept it!"

Li Yunxin has also been engaged in espionage work for a short time, and he has a set of skills in seeing people and talking about ghosts, although the communication between them still has to rely on a few Xianbei translators, but the language barrier did not prevent him from enthusiastically expressing his deep respect for the wooden pole Khan.

The wooden pole khan was also in a good mood when he listened to Li Yunxin's compliments, and kept exclaiming in circles around the hill made of brocade silk: "Your country has been stable and good for many years, but I have never seen such a generous gift. This Tang Gong is really an interesting person, if it weren't for his successor to become a big official, I wouldn't have known that Wei was so rich!"

As he spoke, he even took a brocade robe from his guards to reward Li Yunxin, and gave him the title of "Detachment", which means majestic wolf in Turkic language, referring to warriors, and only loyal guards and brave family members around the Khan can enjoy.

Li Yunxin was not very interested in this, but in order to paralyze the other party, he still pretended to accept the reward happily, and danced according to the Turkic etiquette to thank him.

In addition to the brocade items, there were also many gold, silver and jewelry in the gift goods sent by this luggage Yunxin.

These treasures are even in the Southern Liang Kingdom

They all belong to the treasure level, and now in front of these poor and rich Turkic tycoons, it is no different from an aesthetic dimensionality reduction blow, even if it is just a few glances, it makes people feel wonderful, and they can't have it immediately.

After seeing these dazzling treasures, the wooden pole khan was full of ambition and indulged in this jewel for a while, and with a wave of his hand, he carried all these brocade treasures to his khan's tent, and ordered a grand banquet to be set up to entertain Li Yunxin and his party.

The onlookers on the left and behind saw that these treasures were being collected into the big tent one after another, and their faces could not help but show unfinished expressions, especially when they saw that the khan did not mean to distribute these treasures to the masses, many of them showed disappointment.

Of course, the Wooden Pole Khan was not a stingy person, and when it came to the evening banquet, he still took out a few treasures as prizes, and ordered his soldiers to compete in martial arts to help the fun. Although these treasures were inconspicuous among the many treasures given by the Western Wei Dynasty, they still attracted the warriors in front of the tent to fight to the death, and even strangled their opponents.

However, the Turks are still martial and aggressive, even if they have already killed people in the competition, they do not feel disappointed, but the atmosphere is even higher, and the feast is all night.

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