Chapter 446: Broken Leaf Fengyun (11)

Han Erduo Bali, just as Zhang Huan was worried, twenty days after the outbreak of the Thunder Leaf War, Uighur Zhongzhen Khan received news that a big food army was wandering in the Yili River Basin. Zhongzhen Khan sensitively realized that this was a hint by the Thunder Leaf War, or a temptation that the two families were taking Beiting together. Of course, the Great Cannibal would not want this too far away place, but should give it the Uighur. Even as a reward for the allies, it should give it. The Great Cannibal's real purpose was to attack Beiting to ultimately win the victory of the Thunder Leaf War.

Frankly speaking, before Dashi made this gesture, Zhongzhen Khan was very dissatisfied with Dashi. This dissatisfaction was not because Dashi did not support the Gloru people, but because Dashi Caliph Rashid deceived him in the matter of marriage. He thought Rashid would marry one of his two most beautiful and charming sisters, Abasai or Anlis, to him, but in the end he was an ordinary woman from the Hashem family, an old virgin who could not marry at the age of 25, was temporarily named Princess by Rashid. This made Zhongzhen Khan full of resentment and dissatisfaction with Rashid. He didn't even wait for the canonized wedding to hold her and he pulled her into his bed as a humiliation to her. However, he was very courteous to the real Tang princess and promised not to touch her a hair before the canonization.

The loyal Khan was full of gratitude to the Tang Dynasty and gave him a real royal princess of the Tang Dynasty, a beautiful woman who was only eighteen years old and had a flowery beauty, and also lent him 300,000 stones of food, although he never thought of paying it back.

Of course, Zhongzhen Khan knew that this was not the daughter or sister of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. His daughter was still young and had no sister. This was the daughter of Li Yi, the King of Jin of the Tang Dynasty. He was named the Korean princess. Despite this, he was still grateful to the Tang Dynasty for his respect for him.

This gratitude lasted from the beginning of the year to June. As the Tang army of Sailye destroyed the Gelulu people and occupied the Yili River Basin, his gratitude slowly disappeared, and a feeling of anxiety and anxiety began to permeate his heart. The Tang army was too close to him. Soon, the Battle of Sailye broke out, and the fisherman's desire to make profit once again replaced the previous uneasy and anxiety. He began to feel uneasy. How could he make a big fuck from the Battle of Sailye?

Now the opportunity has come. The big cannibal wandered outside the gate of Beiting, which made his dissatisfaction with Rashid become a brotherly friendship, and his gratitude for the Tang Dynasty transformed into a sharp knife to slaughter the fat sheep. In his eyes, the Tang Dynasty has always been a fat sheep. When the fat sheep horns and strong body, he dared not act without hesitation, but if he had the chance, he would slaughter the fat sheep with no mind.

But the loyal Khan was not in a hurry to send troops. He was waiting for the cannibals to give him a clear answer. He had to make a good plan to maximize his interests.

Perhaps because the God of Destiny began to favor the Uighurs, less than two days after his waiting, a big food messenger came to Hanerduobali. The big food messenger was Ibrahim. He had served as the Uighurs a few years ago. He is currently the chief tax officer of Samarkand, second only to Prince Agush.

When he heard that Ibrahim had arrived again, the loyal Khan immediately welcomed him into his palace and ordered the Prime Minister Jiegangas, the second minister Yao Luo Geling and the national teacher Surman to accompany him to meet him. The two sat down and exchanged a few greetings. Ibrahim went straight to the topic, "Does Khan know that my Great Food Army has already arrived at the city of Gongyue?"

"When is this?" The flesh on Zhongzhen Khan's face shook with a sudden look of surprise, "I don't even know about this."

Ibrahim looked at the loyal Khan's gaze tightly, and there was no sign of fakery in his eyes. He turned his head and smiled at the other people: "Do you all the important officials know about this?"

Ibrahim's eyes swept over everyone one by one. Prime Minister Jiegangas and the second prince Yao Luo Geling were not showing any expressions, but a trace of extremely uncatchable weirdness flashed in the eyes of the national master Surman. Ibrahim immediately understood that the loyal Khan opposite him knew about this and pretended not to know it. He just wanted to blackmail the food to the greatest extent. He sneered secretly, but laughed on his face: "It's okay! It's okay! I'm here now to inform your country on the order of the Caliph. My 80,000 troops want to advance to Beiting. I don't know if your country is interested in going south to hunt sheep together?"

Ibrahim had already shown that Dashi intended to join the Beiting with the Uighurs. He looked at Zhongzhen Khan with a smile, waiting for his reply. The palace suddenly became silent, covering an ambiguous atmosphere. After a while, Zhongzhen Khan coughed and smiled awkwardly: "Dashi and Uighurs have always been allies. Dashi intends to advance eastward. How could the Uighurs stand by and watch? Please rest assured that your country, the Uighurs must support Dashi to advance to Beiting."

"So how will your country support Dashi?" Ibrahim did not mean to express his tactfully. He continued to ask without giving in.

At this time, the prime minister Jiegangas next to him suddenly spoke, "How can Dashi hope that I, Uighurs, support me?"

Jiegangas lost in the Battle of Zhang Sancheng in Anxi, and finally lost to the Tang army. For this reason, he was always worried about it and looked for opportunities for revenge. As the prime minister, he certainly knew that the Khan was taking advantage of the greatest interests, but as a soldier, he knew that the Battle of Saiye held back the energy of the Tang army and could not separate himself to deal with the Uighurs again. This was a thousand-year opportunity to take Beiting. Moreover, with the help of the great cannibals, if the Battle of Beiting could be launched, the Tang army would inevitably lose sight of the other side on the two fronts of Saiye and Beiting, which eventually led to the Tang Dynasty's complete defeat in the Western Regions. The pattern of the Western Regions would be re-divided. Whether the Uighurs could regain Beiting, break through the barrier of Aljin Mountain, and expand the territory to the Yili River Basin in one fell swoop. The opportunity was here. He was in a state of great emotion and was already impatient with the Khan's circumcision.

Ibrahim turned around and looked at Jiegangas deeply, and said with a smile: "It's very simple. Dashi hopes that the Uighurs will send troops and the two families will take Beiting together."

The loyal Khan glanced at Jiegangas in dissatisfaction, and his face changed slightly. He suddenly laughed and said, "Okay! Since the noble envoy is so frank, I won't go around the corner." Speaking of this, he narrowed his eyes and looked at Ibrahim and said, "I want to know what benefits your country can do if we, the Uighurs, send troops to Beiting."

"It's good! Of course there is." Ibrahim smiled calmly and said, "We Caliph promised to hand over the entire Beiting to the Uighurs. The two countries use the Yili River as the boundary to divide the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty."

‘Yili River is bounded?’ Loyal Khan shook his head. His bottom line was to use the Qing Pond as the boundary, and all the land north and east of the Qing Pond into the Uighur territory. The Yili River is bounded by the Yili River. He gained too little benefits, but he did not refuse openly, and only smiled faintly and said, “I want my country to consider this matter again. I hope your country will consider it again. After all, there are still many things worth discussing.”

Generally speaking, the progress of the negotiation is to move forward in a spiral shape, and will not move forward like a dart. When both sides talk about it, they need to let go, consolidate the consensus reached before moving forward. This is what it is today. Although the conditions of both sides cannot be reached, this is not important. What is important is that the Dashi and the Uighurs have reached a common intention to march into Beiting. As long as a little more catalyst is added, the two sides can finally reach an agreement.

Ibrahim stood up and said goodbye. The loyal Khan winked at Prime Minister Jiegangas and signaled him to stay. The second prime minister Yao Luo Geling and the national teacher Surman sent the envoy of the Great Food out of the palace on behalf of the Khan. Yao Luo Geling was full of thoughts and took a step first. At this time, when Surman saw that there was no one around, he quickly whispered to Ibrahim in big food sayings: "Come to find me tonight, I have something important to tell you."

Ibrahim nodded understandingly, and the two of them exchanged a few more greetings and then parted.

Let’s talk about Yao Luo Ge Ling returning to the mansion, changing his clothes, and sailing out of the city. Yao Luo Ge Ling’s original name was Lu Ge Ling. He was the adopted son of the former Uighur Khan. He was appointed as the second prime minister of the Uighur pro-Tang school. Today he met with the envoy of the Great Food, and was deeply worried about the possible joint attack on the Tang Dynasty between Uighurs and Dashi. However, now the pro-Tang school is at a disadvantage in the Uighur country, especially after the demise of the Geluo people, the Uighur country was expelled.

There was a clamor for the threat theory of the Tang Dynasty. The Sogdians, Manichaeism, and Uighur military factions jointly promoted this massive anti-Tang public opinion, which seriously affected the relationship between the Uighurs and the Tang Dynasty, making it difficult for the ceremony of the Princess of the Tang Dynasty to marry the Uighur Khan. As for the loyal Khan, his attitude was ambiguous, Yao Luo Geling knew that he was watching the result of the Battle of Saiye, and used the excuse of preparing for the wedding and was unwilling to marry the Dashi or the Princess of the Tang Dynasty too early.

The Tang princess and her party did not live in Hanerduobali City, but was stationed in a small city called Harin City about fifty miles away. It is backed by Yunkun River. There is a large forest in front of it. In the far south, you can see the Wude Mountains that stretch thousands of miles long. The scenery is very beautiful. The Tang princess and her party are about 1,500 people, composed of 1,500 cavalry and 500 followers. The wedding envoy was Pei Mingyuan, who had been on the Uighurs. They were five of them.

The moon set off from Chang'an and lasted for three months. In mid-August, he arrived at the capital of the Uighur, Hanerduobali, and temporarily lived in Harin City. When he reached the Uighurs, Pei Mingyuan actively went to negotiate with the Uighur Khan. The loyal Khan was very enthusiastic and promised to marry the Tang princess as soon as possible. However, more than a month had passed, and the Uighur side still delayed the marriage with various excuses and reasons, which forced Pei Mingyuan to doubt their sincerity.

At noon that day, Pei Mingyuan was preparing to go to Han'er Duobali as usual. As soon as he got on his horse, a follower rushed from afar and reported loudly: "Pei Envoy, Yao Luo Ge Ling is here, and there is something important to ask for the Envoy."

"Take him to my study." Pei Mingyuan turned over and got off the horse. Since Yao Luo Ge Ling had come, he had no need to go to Han Erduo Bali. Soon, Yao Luo Ge Ling was hurriedly introduced into Pei Mingyuan's study. Pei Mingyuan's study was temporarily set up, and it contained more than 100 books that Pei Mingyuan carried with him, talking about helping him get rid of his boredom on the journey.

"I happened to go to Han'er Duobali, but Brother Ge Ling is here." Pei Mingyuan smiled and bowed to him, "Did the Uighurs ask Brother Ge Ling to discuss the wedding?" The two went north together and formed a very good personal relationship during the three-month journey.

Yao Luo Ge Ling's face was solemn. He shook his head and said, "I have brought bad news. I'm afraid the Uighurs will join forces with Dashi to attack the Tang Dynasty."

Pei Mingyuan was shocked and he quickly asked, "Why is this? What happened?"

"The Dashi Army entered Gongyue City, acted as an attack on Beiting, and sent envoys to invite the battle. Khan was already quite moved, and the conditions between the two sides were not very different. I guess an agreement would be reached tomorrow." Yao Luo Geling's face was very gloomy. Afterwards, Khan left Jiegangas alone, which must be a discussion on the possibility of sending troops. Jiegangas was a stubborn anti-Tang faction. He would definitely try his best to persuade Khan to advance, and the instigation of the Sogdians and Manichaeists. The situation was critical!

"No! I want to meet the Zhongzhen Khan immediately. He cannot be so untrustworthy. He just married the Tang Dynasty but turned against him." Pei Mingyuan was extremely angry. He finally understood the reason why the Uighur Khan was reluctant to marry the Tang Dynasty princess. It was simply that he had no sincerity. Pei Mingyuan turned around and wanted to leave, but Yao Luo Ge Ling grabbed him, "Brother Mingyuan, please stay!"

"Is there anything else to do with Brother Ge Ling?"

Yao Luo Ge Ling sighed, "Brother Mingyuan will not work like this. Khan will not see you at all. Let's think of another way!"

At this moment, a gentle voice suddenly came from outside the door, "I'll go." Her voice was soft, but her tone was very decisive, "I'll go and persuade him!"

The two of them hurriedly turned around and saw an extremely beautiful palace beauty appearing at the door. She was wearing a high bun, with red silk on her shoulders, a green narrow-sleeved short shirt on her shoulders, and a yellow long skirt on her ground. She was elegant and luxurious. She was Li Su, the Korean princess of the Tang Dynasty. Li Su was the youngest daughter of the King of Jin. She was originally named Princess Danyang. She was only eighteen years old this year. Among the five candidate princesses, the other four were crying and refused to be the wife of the Hu people. Only she stood up and was willing to marry the Uighurs for the Tang Dynasty. Zhang Huan praised her righteousness and immediately recognized her as her sister and named her the Korean princess. She married the Uighurs in the north. From May, she left Beijing in the north, and was in a long journey, but it was difficult to hide her pretty appearance. She was here to borrow a book with Pei Mingyuan, but she happened to hear the conversation between Pei Mingyuan and Yao Luo Geling. She immediately stood up and was willing to persuade the loyal Khan as the princess of the Tang Dynasty.

"No!" Pei Mingyuan immediately denied her idea, "You are the princess of the Tang Dynasty now, and you are not the Uighur Kedun, how can you see him alone?" Pei Mingyuan had heard of Princess Dashi being raped by the Loyal Khan before she got married. He was deeply wary of it. It was related to the dignity of the Tang Dynasty. He would never allow Li Su to take risks alone.

Yao Luo Ge Ling next to him was thinking, he quietly pulled Pei Mingyuan and whispered: "I think it is a good idea to have the Tang princess come forward. She can represent the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and her opinions will be taken seriously by Khan."

"But." Pei Mingyuan bit his lip and looked at Li Su deeply, "I'm worried about her safety."

Yao Luo Ge Ling smiled slightly and said, "Mingyuan, please rest assured. I can guarantee that the princess will return safely. Although our Khan intends to attack the Tang Dynasty, he is the king of a country after all, and will not lose his identity. Besides, the Korean princess is a real Tang Dynasty princess, which is completely different from the woman in the Hashem family. He will never dare to have evil intentions."

Pei Mingyuan pondered for a moment, and he was indeed thinking too much. He sighed slightly, then came to Li Su and said to her word by word: "You must remember that my Tang Dynasty is a great country. I would rather fight with the Uighurs than lose the dignity of the empire."

Li Su's bright eyes stared at Pei Mingyuan deeply. She nodded silently, turned around and walked out.

A team of cavalry guarded Li Su and left Harin's small town. Lin Yuanli, the deputy envoy of the marriage, sent Li Su to Han'er Duobali. Pei Mingyuan kept sending Li Su out of the city. He repeatedly reminded Lin Yuanli to protect the safety of the princess, and Lin Yuanli agreed one by one.

"Princess, take care of yourself!"

Li Su waved to him, "Pei Jun, please rest assured, I will definitely return safely."

Pei Mingyuan kept watching the princess walk away. He suddenly ran to the top of the city again, standing on the city wall, looking at Li Su's graceful figure on the horse, until she gradually disappeared from the sky. His lips moved and murmured, "I wish you a safe return."

Under the escort of three hundred cavalry, Li Su came to the palace of Zhongzhen Khan at dusk. Yao Luo Ge Ling first reported to her. After waiting for a while, hundreds of guards surrounded Zhongzhen Khan and walked out of the palace. Although the Uighurs were no longer a subordinate of the Tang Dynasty as before, the inertia of looking up for nearly a hundred years made Zhongzhen Khan dare not neglect the princess of the Tang Dynasty. He quickly walked to Li Su and gave a deep bow, "Huihe He Lu Modagan met His Royal Highness the Princess of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Su raised his slender jade fingers and gently asked, "Khan is not a gift! I came here for state affairs this time. Does Khan have time to meet him?"

"The princess is here to visit in person, how can I not have time?" Zhongzhen Khan said, while secretly glanced at the princess. He had heard that she was unparalleled in beauty, but had never seen a real person. At this moment, he could not help but admire her when he saw the princess's ice-skinned and beautiful face, and she couldn't help but secretly admire her. Compared with Zhaojun, Li Su was also looking at him. When he and Li Su had a clear gaze, he immediately woke up. Zhongzhen Khan waved his hand and said, "Please follow me to the palace to have a detailed discussion."

Li Su smiled faintly and turned to Lin Yuanli and said, "You are waiting here, I will go back immediately." After that, she gently pulled up her long skirt and moved into the palace slowly.

Li Su entered the palace with the loyal Khan. While she walked, she looked at the Uighur palace. Although it was magnificent and shining golden, it was far from being compared with the palace of the Tang Dynasty. It lacked a magnificent atmosphere and a broad mind, as if a nouveau riche had piled up all kinds of valuable things together.

"Princess, do you like this?" Zhongzhen Khan asked her as gentle as possible. The beauty of the Tang Dynasty princess shocked him. He began to regret it. If he had known that he would not have been so passive today, he had decided to send troops. In this way, the beautiful princess would probably miss him. However, he still held a glimmer of hope that the Tang Dynasty could meet his sky-high conditions. At this moment, he was like a husband who was about to marry, looking at his fiancée enthusiastically.

Li Su smiled slightly and replied politely: "I didn't expect that there would be such a magnificent palace in the distant Mobei."

The loyal Khan laughed and the princess's answer made him very satisfied. Since the princess of the Tang Dynasty has a noble status, of course she likes the magnificent magnificent. She tried her best to find some of the treasures she had found from all over the country, and there were probably not even the Tang Dynasty Palace.

Soon, they came to the side hall where Khan met the VIP. The loyal Khan waved his hand and ordered, "Why don't you prepare a seat for the princess quickly?"

The two maids quickly stepped forward to lay a seat cushion for the princess, then lowered their hands and retreated. Li Su thanked her and sat down. Zhongzhen Khan returned to his seat. He touched his beard and asked with a smile: "The princess came to me today. I wonder what's important?"

Li Su smiled coldly, and she asked straight to the point: "I heard some rumors that the Uighurs were preparing to attack my Tang Dynasty with Dashi, so I came to verify it."

"This..." Zhongzhen Khan looked embarrassed. He glared at Yao Luo Ge Ling next to him. The envoy of Dashi came just in the morning, and the Princess of the Tang Dynasty came to question the crime that day. Needless to say, this must have been leaked by him.

"How can the princess believe this kind of rumor? The Uighurs and the Tang Dynasty have always been brotherly countries, and I will soon marry the princess again. Our two families will be in-laws again. Princess, please think about it. How could the Uighurs attack the Tang Dynasty?" Zhongzhen Khan shook his head with a smile, "The princess is really worried."

"If I was worried too much, then please ask the Khan to expel the envoy from Han'erduobali immediately and show the brotherly friendship of the Tang Dynasty. Now the Tang Dynasty and the Dashi are in a state of war, but the Uighurs warmly welcome the envoys of the Dashi. How can I not worry too much?"

Li Suyi's righteous words made Zhongzhen Khan speechless. At this moment, he suddenly didn't like the Tang Dynasty princess in front of him. Although he was beautiful, he was an extremely powerful character. This was not the princess he wanted. The princess he wanted not only had to be beautiful, but also had to be gentle and rely on him like a bird dependent on others, rather than being so aggressive now that he could not get out of Taiwan.

After a while of silence, he suddenly snorted heavily and said in great displeasure: "What does the battle between the Tang Dynasty and Dashi have to do with my Uighurs? I, He Lu Modagan, also want to marry Princess Dashi at the same time as Ke Dun. Can't I meet the messenger of Dashi?"

"As Khan said, the battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Great Food has nothing to do with the Uighurs, so please ask the loyal Khan to guarantee that he will never attack the Tang Dynasty." Li Su stood up slowly and said with a high voice: "I am the Korean princess of the Tang Dynasty, the sister of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. I can accept your guarantee on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty."

The face of the loyal Khan turned pale and red. He was about to send troops to Beiting tomorrow. How could he make a promise now? Even if he could coax this woman, Yao Luo Ge Ling was beside him. He didn't want to lose the dignity of the emperor in front of his ministers.

After a long stalemate, the Zhongzhen Khan slowly said: "I promise that I can, but the Tang Dynasty must also agree to some of my conditions."

Li Su smiled contemptuously. The Uighurs really wanted to take the opportunity to blackmail the Tang Dynasty. She asked without saying a word: "What conditions do you want, please say whatever you want. If you want the title, I will immediately agree to you. If you want the money and food of the Tang Dynasty, I will report it to my Emperor and the court immediately."
Chapter completed!