Chastity Layman

"Feng Khan?"

Both Qibi Gelen and Yi Shiyinan were extremely shocked.

Ge Leng's thoughts suddenly returned to twenty-two years ago, which was the first year of Sui Daye. Twenty-two years ago, Ge Leng was not as old as he is now. He was a first-class warrior hero in Mobei at that time. He can challenge a huge bear alone, and he can also hunt tigers and leopards on horseback. He is the number one warrior among Tiele's tribes.

At that time, the Qibi tribe was the largest of the nine surnames Tie Le, with more than 100,000 accounts. At that time, they were originally surrendered to the Western Turks, but the Chuluo Khan of the Western Turks was tyrannical to all the tribes. Ge Leng called on all the ministries to rise up and resist.

He also elected Yi Shibo, the leader of Xue Yantuo's tribe, as the wildest little khan.

They defected to Eastern Turkic Shibi Khan to resist Chuluo Khan of Western Turkic. After a few years, Shibi died of illness, and his younger brother succeeded him as Chuluo Khan. Like Luo Khan Daman, they are all the kind of tyrannical people. They are also full of suspicion about these Tiele tribes who have been attached to them for a long time. They took the opportunity to call them to the Khan court to discuss matters, and then killed more than a hundred Tiele leaders in one go. .

Yi Shibo was also killed that time, and Ge Leng escaped unharmed.

But after this incident, the tribes of Tiele were also alienated from Luo Khan in the Eastern Turks.

It happened that Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was also dissatisfied with the tyranny of Luo Khan in Western Turkic Chu, which affected the security of the Sui border, so the uncle of Chu Luo sent troops to attack Chu Luo, defeated Chu Luo and seized the Khan throne, forcing Chu Luo to be forced to Go to Chang'an by imperial edict.

After Shekui Khan took control of the Western Turks, his power recovered. He appeased the fleeing tribes of Tiele and sent people to recruit them back.

Ge Leng and others were full of resentment at that time by Chuluo Khan of East Turkic, so they hit it off, canceled the Khan, and accepted the rule of Western Turkic Shekui Khan with most of Tiele.

When Shekui Khan was there, he was good to Qibi and other Tiel tribes, but Shekui Khan died of illness not long after he reigned, and his younger brother Tong Yehu succeeded him.

This ruler Yehu was ambitious, and he wanted to restore the martial arts of his grandfather Datou Khan who unified the Eastern and Western Turks. Lifa also sent Turkic nobles to serve as Tutun, guard the area, command the military, collect taxes and so on.

Later, even Yehu Khan, the leader of Tiele's tribes in Mobei, did not let go. He also began to implement the Lifa canonization system and the Tutun dispatch system, and taxes began to increase.

Tong Yehu was conceited and strong, and he used politics harshly.

Controlled the strategically important Suiba River and Atamido on the Silk Road, fought against Persia, and captured the land of Tocharo.

The Western Turks, as a branch sent by the Turkic Khan to conquer the West, have been very powerful in the Western Regions for decades. They have wiped out a very powerful force, and have fought against Persia and Rome successively, and even gained the upper hand. He also controlled the main silk road, controlled the countries in the Western Regions, and conquered the tribes of Tiele.

Back then, Datou Khan even commanded the Western Turks, defeated the Khans of the Eastern Turks, and briefly unified the Eastern and Western Turks, but was later defeated by the Sui Dynasty and perished.

Starting from Shekui Khan, he changed his strategy towards the Central Plains, no longer invading and invading, but instead turned to a strategy of long-distance and short-range attack, and remained friendly to the Eastern Tang Dynasty.

Two years ago, Tong Yehu sent envoys to propose marriage to Emperor Tang, and Li Yuan sent his nephew Li Daoli to West Turkic to express his consent. It's just that last year Tongye Hu sent Zhenzhu Qijin to bring 5,000 horses and 10,000 nails of precious gold to marry the princess. As a result, Jieli blocked the road to Chang'an and threatened Tongyehu to marry Tang.

Then after Datang forced Jieli to retreat, he changed the national policy and stopped making marriages with the outside world, so the marriage did not take place.

Originally, the two brothers Shekui and Tongyehu were both capable and ambitious. If they were given some time, they would surely be able to surpass Jieli Khan in the East. However, a Khan who is too strong can easily invite rebellion.

First, Shekui died of illness within a few years of his reign. After Tong Yehu succeeded to the throne, he levied non-stop and imposed heavy taxes on various tribes, which caused dissatisfaction among many tribes.

This year, first the Geluolu tribe rebelled, and then Tong Yehu was murdered in the army by his uncle He Modu during the conquest.

Mo Hedu established himself as the Khan of Qibi, but this was opposed by many nobles in the Western Turks, especially the five establishments in the right wing. They supported the son of Tong Yehu as the Khan of Siyehu, but this Khan of Siyehu As soon as he succeeded to the throne, he caused dissatisfaction among some tribes and was murdered again.

After his death, the clan Ashinah was embraced as Khan, named Dulu Khan.

All of a sudden, the Western Turks were in chaos, and the ten Western Turkic tribes supported their masters, catching and fighting each other, but the results of the Tie Le tribes were the worst. Both sides taxed them and conscripted them. attack.

This time Ge Leng and others came to court Chang'an Emperor, in fact, they also wanted to seek protection.

Now that the Western Turks are in chaos, and the Eastern Turks Jieli has been beaten to the ground by the Tang Dynasty, at this time the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty suddenly said that they would be canonized as khans. This is really a very surprising thing.

Qin Lang has been watching the expressions of the two of them.

Subtle facial expressions can reveal inner thoughts.

Qin Lang could tell that both of them were moved.

But Ge Leng is old, has a lot of experience, and is relatively wealthy, so he didn't express his thoughts immediately. He seemed to be still weighing the pros and cons.

And Yi Shiyi is younger. This is a rising star of Tie Le's tribes. He is very brave and looks a bit like he was when he was young.

Previously, Gelen wanted to unite with Xue Yantuo and others to abandon Western Turks and join Jieli, but Yinan's grandfather and father were both killed by Jieli's second brother, Chu Luo Khan, how could he be willing to join East Turks again.

Now that Tang Ren took the initiative to say that he would make them sweat, he was moved.

"Your Majesty wants to canonize the leader of Gelen as Mohe Khan, and the leader of Yinan as Zhenzhu Khan, give Mohe Khan the flag and drum to rebuild the Khan Court on Tanhan Mountain, and give the flag and drum Pearl Khan to rebuild the Khan in Yudujun Mountain court!"

Ge Leng is relatively calm.

He listened attentively to Qin Lang's words, but he was not in a hurry to express his opinion. Tang Tianzi's plan was actually the situation when he raised his troops twenty-two years ago.

After Ge Leng became a Khan, Yating was established on Tanhan Mountain, which is in the north of Gaochang Kingdom.

At the beginning, the Qibi tribe had more than 100,000 tents, together with the rest of the Tiele tribes, Geleng abruptly seized a large territory in the Western Regions. Yiwu and Gaochang were all his vassal states.

Later, the Sui Dynasty sent Xue Shixiong and Qimin Khan to send troops to destroy the Yiwu Kingdom and re-establish Yiwu County under his nose. Back then, he had to unite with the Sui Dynasty in order to gain a foothold in the Western Regions.

It's just that his khanate only lasted for less than ten years after all. These years have been going around, and the power is not as good as before.

Now Emperor Tang said that he would be canonized as a khan and let him set up a khan court again in the Tanhan mountain. He knew what it meant.

This means that the Tang people wanted to march into the Western Regions again, just like the Sui Dynasty, and he was a pawn of the Tang people.

He regained his independence and proclaimed himself Khan, and surrendered to Tang, which would inevitably attract the siege of the Western Turks. Even if there is civil strife in the Western Turks, no one is willing to let them stand on their own.

Twenty-two years ago, Ge Leng was also full of pride and bravely resisted the Western Turks. He set up a court on Tanhan Mountain and defeated the Western Turkic army several times.

But not long after, Abo, who was established in Jinshan, and Luo Khan, who was born in the Nili Department, were defeated by the Shekui Khan who built his teeth in Yingsuochuan and the Shekui Khan of the Datou Department, and Shekui became the Great Khan , Western Turkic renaissance, Ge Leng defeated Nip Chuluo, but could not beat Shekui, and finally had to attach himself to East Turkic Chuluo Khan, who knew he was punished again.

Ge Leng, whose strength was greatly damaged, finally had to accept She Kui's offer to surrender again, and went to Khan to join him.

Over the years, Ge Leng has lost his ambition and pride, and he has handed over all tribal affairs to his son Qibige to take charge.

In the past twenty-two years, the Qibi tribe has fought too many battles, fighting with Luo Khan of the West Turkic Department, fighting with Luo Khan of the Eastern Turkic Department, fighting with the Shekui Khan, and even fighting with Tong Yehu.

Do you want to fight again now?

But today's Qibi tribe is not as prosperous as it was twenty-two years ago.

The elder brother hesitated.

"Yi Guogong, our tribe has been away from Tanhan Mountain for ten years. The Western Turks there are now under strict control. It is impossible for us to return to Tanhan Mountain."

Tong Yehu Khan is brave and resourceful, and is the best at attacking wars. He merged with Tie Le in the north, rejected Persia in the west, and Thuo Tuo Luo in the south. He controlled hundreds of thousands of strings and dominated the Western Regions. The crowd moved to the west, and now they are far away from Tanhan Mountain.

Gaochang and Yiwu, their vassal states at the beginning, are now actually controlled by the Western Turks.

Back then, Shekui Khan built his court in Sanmi Mountain in the north of Kucha, so he moved the Qibi tribe to the Kucha area, but after Shekui died, the new successor Tong Yehu moved the court to Suiyeqianquan, which is more central in the Western Regions. The Qibi tribe, who had always been suspected, was forced to follow and moved to Atami (Lake Issyk-Kul in Central Asia).

Ge Leng is now granted the official title of Special Qin by Western Turks, which is equivalent to the treatment of the king of a vassal state. His son Qibige is awarded the title of Daqi Lifa. Both father and son have the right to comment on the state affairs of Western Turks, which is better than that of Gaochang and other Western Regions. To be a class higher.

But the Western Turks also sent Tutunfa to the Qibi tribe, and also stationed troops to guard the Qibi tribe and collect taxes at the same time.

When Tong Yehu was in power, Ge Leng and his father had no idea and couldn't beat him.

The Atami area where they are located is very barren, and the Turkic right wing is surrounded by the five crossbows, and they can't even think about it.

As soon as Tong Yehu died, Mo Duhe, the little Khan who was in command of the Zuo Lu tribe in the left five chambers, stood up as a great Khan. He tried his best to become a Khan, but in the end, someone refused to accept his position as a Khan and was killed, so he had no choice but to hold on to which one was the Khan.

The five crossbows in the right wing lost Bibu because of the different candidates to support the Khan, which led to constant internal fighting, and the Qibibu who was surrounded in the middle was very unlucky.

Ge Leng now has to think about one thing. If he is attached to the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, apart from granting them the title of sweat and the golden seal, is probably too far away. Once he becomes self-reliant, the five crossbows will probably be the first. kill him.

"Mr. Yi, even though he intends to join the Tang Dynasty, the mountains are high and the roads are far away, and he is deeply surrounded by the Western Turks. If one day, the Tang Banner appears in the Western Regions, my Qibi tribe will definitely lead our troops to welcome it!"

This is rejection.

Qin Lang couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. Now that the Western Regions were in turmoil, it was a good time for Tang to intervene, and the Central Plains could return to the Western Regions.

However, the song is old!