Volume 1 begins with The Uninvited Guest

There was an uproar in the big tent, and everyone looked angrily outside the tent, only to see three people walking outside the tent, led by two men who looked like Turkic nobles, who pushed away the guards at the door of the tent and walked in.

Utu was closest to the tent door, and he stood up, pointed at the comer, and angrily reprimanded, "Who are you to dare to trespass into the Khan's tent!"

"Utu, do you really not know me?"

At this time, a third person walked in, he was a young man in his early twenties, he looked at Utu with a smile, Utu's face changed greatly, turned his head to look at Anuri who was standing by the tent, Anuri's face was pale, and she took two steps back, she recognized that this was Xue Qiluo, the son of the great chief of the Xue Yantuo tribe, three years ago, her father Khan in order to win over the Xue Yantuo tribe, he married her to the son of the great chief of the Xue Yantuo tribe, it is this Xue Qiluo, but what she likes is the warrior Utu.

"Utu, sit down!"

Qimin Khan stood up slowly, he tried his best to hide a trace of panic in his eyes, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be a Western eagle from afar, how did it have the courage to fly over the Golden Mountain?"

The two people who walked into the tent first, one was the younger brother of the Western Turkic Khan Chuluo, named Ashina Bohan, the other young and brave man was the nephew of Chuluo, named Ashina Liva, and the young man behind was the son of Xue Yantuo Qiujin, whose name was Xue Qiluo.

Changsun Sheng had already sat down, his heart was full of sneers and vigilance, the Eastern and Western Turks were bounded by Jinshan, and there were still hundreds of miles away from Jinshan, but Bujia Khan's younger brother and nephew appeared in the big tent in a grand manner, and they didn't even announce it in advance.

This shows that they had already arrived at the Khan's camp before, so the Turki guards did not intercept them, which proves that the Turks and the Western Turks were indeed colluding.

This is also the reason why Changsun Sheng came here, although the Turks took refuge in the Tianwu Dynasty, he did not completely surrender to the Tianwu Dynasty, he even wanted to form an alliance with the Western Turks, which the Tianwu Dynasty would never allow, if the Eastern and Western Turks formed an alliance, it meant that there were two powerful enemies in the north of the dynasty, and they would attack the Tianwu Dynasty at the same time sooner or later.

Therefore, the northern strategy of the dynasty was that the Eastern and Western Turks were forever hostile to each other, and they fought against each other, consuming strength, and were unable to conquer the Sui Dynasty in the south.

It was precisely because he was worried about the reconciliation and alliance between the Eastern and Western Turks, so Changsun Sheng rushed to appease the Turks and prevent him from forming an alliance with the Western Turks, but he was still preempted by the envoys of Chuluo.

Changsun Sheng put the golden wolf's head banner on the table, quietly observing the changes in the situation, he wanted to take a look, how would Tuli respond?

Yang Yuanba didn't speak, he drank slowly, observing everyone in the tent, he had already found a clue, the third person who came in seemed to have an unusual relationship with his sister Anuri, otherwise Utu would not be so nervous, and Anuri would not be so disgraced.

"Warriors of the Heavenly Martial Army!"

Sitting opposite Yang Yuanba, the son of Tuli, Du Ji, said coldly in a mocking tone: "Didn't you say that you took this royal flag?

The eyes of everyone in the big tent looked at Yang Yuanba at the same time, Yang Yuanba smiled faintly, he drank all the wine in the cup, and quickly glanced at Changsun Sheng, asking for his meaning, Changsun Sheng nodded.

Yang Yuanba stretched out his hand and took the golden wolf head flag in his hand, unfurled the flag and waved it, and said in skilled Turkic language: "Yes! This is my trophy, it is up to me to decide." ”

He glanced at the two Turkic nobles, then turned back and drew an arrow he had used to use and threw it to them, each with his name engraved on the shaft.

"Do you still know this arrow?"

Bohan and Tong Lifa picked up the arrow, and their faces suddenly changed greatly, it was this arrow, they recognized it, it was this arrow that seriously injured Datou Khan, and they looked at Yang Yuanba with surprise in their eyes.

Changsun Sheng quickly glanced at Tu Li, and seeing that his face showed an extremely difficult look, he sneered, "Khan, this is also your honored guest!"

Dye Gan wiped the sweat from his forehead, he knew that Changsun Sheng had doubted himself, so he stood up and said: "The tent is all my guests, according to the rules of our Turks, before the feast is over, there are only friends, no enemies, everyone sit down!"

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Everyone in the big tent had their own thoughts, and a very depressing welcome luncheon ended hastily, and Tuli immediately asked his confidant Shi Shu Hu Xi to arrange accommodation for the distinguished guests who came from afar, Shi Shu Hu Xi thought carefully, and specially ordered the two missions to be separated far away, one to the west of Lake Harry and the other to the east of Lake Harry, so that the two missions were twenty miles apart, so that it would be difficult for the two missions to clash.

Tuli felt guilty, and went back to his sleeping tent under the pretext of being drunk, and no one was seen.

It was pitch black in the big tent, Tuli sat cross-legged on the woolen blanket, staring blankly at the top of the tent, he was very conflicted, for many years, he had dreamed of unifying the Eastern and Western Turks, becoming the common Great Khan of all Turks, getting rid of the Tianwu Dynasty, and no longer becoming its vassals.

But he lacked courage, the strength of the Tianwu Dynasty made him afraid, he did not dare to take a step of betrayal, and more importantly, his strength was too weak, the Tiele tribes were still under the control of the Western Turks, and most of the tribes of the Dulan tribe were still in the hands of the Western Turks.

Half a year ago, Chuluo Khan sent an envoy to meet him secretly, expressing his willingness to reconcile with him, hoping to form an alliance with him, and threw out a condition that he could not refuse, if he was willing to form an alliance, the Western Turks would immediately return to him the 150,000 clansmen of the Dulan tribe.

150,000 tribes, nearly a million people! How could he not be tempted? He finally made up his mind to form an alliance with the Western Turks, and at the same time maintain relations with the Tianwu Dynasty.

This time, he came west under the pretext of spring hunting, which was to sign an alliance with Chuluo Khan, but Changsun Sheng unexpectedly appeared, disrupting his plan and making him not know what to do for a while.

"Khan!" came the voice of his confidant minister Shi Shu Huxi outside the tent.

"Come in!"

Shi Shu Huxi was Tuli's confidant and strategist, and he wanted to hear this person's opinion.

The curtain was lifted, and in the bright light, a thin figure walked into the big tent, Shi Shu Huxi was a Sogdian merchant, who had been trading with the Turks for many years, and last year the Qimin Khan found him quite resourceful, so he left him in the Turks as his military advisor.

Shi Shu Huxi was a merchant, he was good at calculation, good at weighing interests, he was not only a military advisor of Tuli, but also his trade envoy, and he was fully responsible for the trade with the Tianwu Dynasty.

Shi Shu Huxi slowly knelt down and said with a smile: "Is the Khan distressed by the arrival of Changsun Sheng?"

"It's very distressing!"

Tu Li sighed, "I guess Changsun Sheng has already heard a little wind, that's why he came, after all, he represents Tianwu, I can't turn my face with Tianwu Chao, I can't afford to provoke it!"

"Has the Khan thought about it? How could Changsun Sheng know that we are going to form an alliance with the Western Turks, only a very few people know about this, he is thousands of miles away, but he knows, isn't it strange that the Khan?"

"What's so strange about that?"

Tuli said coldly: "Of course it's the news delivered by the princess, who else can there be besides her?"

There was silence in the big tent, and after a while, Tuli snorted heavily, "If she dares to report again, I will let her die of a violent illness!"

"Khan, let me go to the camp of the Western Turks! I will go and persuade Luo Khan, let him understand the Khan's difficulties, and wait for the eldest Sun Sheng to leave, and then sign the covenant. ”

Tu Li pondered for a moment, it could only be like this, he couldn't afford to offend Changsun Sheng, he couldn't afford to offend the Tianwu Dynasty, he sighed helplessly, "Okay! You go now." ”

Shi Shu Huxi got up to leave, but Tuli stopped him again, "You tell Chu Luo, if he is really sincere, don't threaten me with Xue Yantuo, don't think I don't understand what he means." ”

"When his subordinates know about it, they will definitely persuade him. ”

Shi Shu Hu retreated, Tu Li only felt distraught, he didn't expect Xue Yantuo to appear, he realized that he had made a mistake, the troops he brought were too small, if he refused to form an alliance, I am afraid it would be difficult for him to leave here alive, Tu Li felt a little remorseful in his heart.

He originally wanted to hold Tianwu with his left hand, pull the Western Turks with his right hand, and play with the two in the palm of his hand, but he forgot that the Western Turks are not good either, and in the end, he was played with in the palm of his hand.

He didn't sit or stand, he wanted to get out of the tent, but he was afraid of being blocked by Changsun Sheng, so he really had no shame to see him, at this time, the voice of the guard suddenly came from outside the tent: "The khan is unwell and can't see guests, please come back tomorrow for General Changsun!"

Suddenly startled, he quickly lay down, pulled the woolen blanket and covered himself, and even covered his head.