Although Ba Ye Gusi felt many crises and his father Du Sa Ge's attitude towards him became a little worse, he still wanted to meet Du Sa Ge.
Because he didn't come back to Voludo specifically to be unhappy, he came with a mission.
After being effectively abandoned by his father, Ba Yegusi quickly got close to his uncles in the Eight Divisions of Dilie.
And behind the Eight Divisions of Dilie, stood the Khitan people. To be precise, it was the famous Khitan Empress Dowager Shuluping.
What, you asked Banye Gusi if he knew that the Khitan Kingdom was almost gone?
He definitely didn't know this, although there was news on the grassland that the Han people in the Central Plains had become stronger again, and they defeated the Khitan people, and even the Khitan emperor died in the battle.
But for the people on the grassland, this is not a big deal, because the Tang people in the south have always been so tough.
Isn't it normal for the Khitan emperor to go to the Central Plains to run wild before he became the leader of the grasslands like the Uighur Khans in the past, and was defeated by the Tang people in the Central Plains?
It seems a bit magical, right? This involves deviations in people's understanding.
There seems to be a fixed image in the minds of later generations of Chinese people, that is, men on the grassland, all seem to be equipped with iron armor, holding scimitars and riding tall horses, coming and going like the wind, with the air of a hawk watching a wolf.
It seems that it is easy for them to break through a village, town or even a city in Han Dynasty.
By the way, a certain barbaric leader would hold a weapon and shout loudly: "Men on the grassland, go south and plunder those Han Chinese who are as cowardly as white sheep!"
The Han people, on the other hand, basically wore linen clothes of various colors, and then they were slashed by the prairie cavalry and fell spinning like a top.
This is a complete stereotype, and this impression is mostly imposed on the public by unscrupulous film and television screenwriters and directors in later generations.
If the Han people are all cowardly Aries, how can they use their heads to defend the colorful world of the Central Plains?
Do you really think that men on the grassland don't like to come to the mainland to live a good life, and the cold wind in the north of Saibei is so refreshing?
Even in the late Song Dynasty and the late Ming Dynasty, those who overthrew the Han regime were, apart from their own stupidity, the main force in fighting, whether Mongolian or Qing, who finally defeated the country, were the Han princes or warlords in the north.
In the late Han Dynasty and the late Tang Dynasty, the situation was completely different.
For example, in this era, although the Tang Dynasty has been in decline since the Anshi Rebellion, it was only the Tang court in Guanzhong that declined, and the military governors in various places were still abundant.
Although they don't have the ability to travel thousands of miles in the Tang Dynasty, they still don't have to put in much effort to fight on the mainland and defeat a few hard-working prairie cavalry.
Even if it is the Khitan, even if he has Shi Jingtang, as long as he dares to go deep into the Han Dynasty, he will lose more and win less.
Therefore, in the eyes of people like Banye Gusi, it would be strange if the Khitan emperor established a foothold in the Central Plains, but it would be normal to go deep into the Central Plains and be beaten to death.
Correspondingly, he did not expect that almost three hundred years after leaving, the emperor of the Central Plains would still bring his warriors to conquer the grassland again.
Therefore, grassland tribes such as the Dilie Babu still obeyed the command of the Queen Mother Duanwu to a certain extent.
Especially when Shuluping arrived at Kedun City (near Qiaoba Mountain in Outer Mongolia) with two thousand armors, the Eight Divisions of Enemy Lie immediately sent Baye Gusi to the west to contact Dusage.
Because they couldn't deal with these two thousand armors, and the arrival of the Queen Mother Broken Arms meant that the alliance against the Six Dharma Sects originally proposed by the Khitans was about to begin.
Baye Gusi came here not to persuade Dusage to hand over the flag. Shuluping wished that a local snake could carry the flag. What Shuluping asked was that Dusage could not act without permission. .
Queen Mother Duanwu plans to go to Woludo in person next spring, and then hold a general meeting involving almost all the grassland tribes. Shuluping even sent people to notify Yuerhaiolang of changing his tribe.
The Empress Dowager who broke her wrist was old-hearted and she was about to die but she still wanted to give the Khitan people the last chance to survive.
In her vision, the future of the Khitan people is to first rely on the Xianbei Mountains to survive.
Then they absorbed the Merqi, Oranggai and some Shiwei tribes, restored their original living habits, and finally spent several decades to become the overlord of half of the grassland again.
This requires a relatively close alliance to fight against the Zhou State in the Central Plains, and the spread of the Six Methods Sect gave her such an excuse, an excuse that made the various grassland tribes reluctant to obey the Zhou State.
As for the arrogant and arrogant chieftain Zushi, if he is obedient, he can still become a buffer between the Khitan and the tribes in the western part of the country controlled by Zhang Gao.
Shu Luping didn't believe it anymore. She didn't believe that a Central Plains dynasty like Zhang Zhou could control the grassland forever, even for a hundred years. The Tang Dynasty had gone far away and would never come back.
However, the idea was good, but the first step was a big blow. Chief Zubuhao Dusage was just a bit thicker. I am not the kind of prairie man who is easily deceived.
As a grassland chief whose father died when he was only eleven, and who was able to regain his family property in the end, it was impossible to do so without a few brushes.
He saw through Shuluping's thoughts at a glance, although Shuluping's idea may not be beneficial to Dusage.
But now, Dusage just wants to quickly annex the two divisions of Xizubu and Nanzubu, and complete the complete unification of the five divisions of Zubu.
If Shuluping is willing to help him achieve this wish, Duosage will consider giving Shuluping some face.
It's only August now, and there are at least seven months until spring next year. Dusage is not in a hurry.
After sending away his eldest son Banye Gusi, whom he disliked to see, Dusage immediately found his son-in-law and wife's nephew Yao Luoge Jingyi.
Although Yaoluo Ge Jingyi was unable to lead an army in battle, he still had political vision.
And because he grew up in Ganzhou, he had a lot of reading compared to a grassland chief like Du Sage, so Du Sage liked to consult Yao Luoge Jingyi about some things.
As soon as the couple sat down, Du Sage told Yao Luo Ge Jingyi about the purpose of Ba Yegu Si's visit, that is, the intention of the eight enemies of Lie and the Queen Mother Duan Wan behind her.
Yao Luo Ge Jingyi thought about it for a while. Compared to people like Du Sage, he was probably the person in the entire grassland who knew Zhang Zhou's strength better than Shu Lu Ping.
wrong! He probably knows more than Shuluping, because Yaoluoge knows the power of Liufa Sect very well.
You must know that after he arrived on the grassland, he was immediately supported by his father-in-law Dusage. With the Yaoluoge brand, he quickly established a foothold in the Great Lakes Basin.
At its peak, there were more than 3,000 and 20,000 tribesmen, but when the Six Methods Sect came, he was able to take away only two or three thousand tribesmen, and the rest had been completely converted.
So Yao Luo Ge Jingyi thought for a while and decided to take it seriously. After all, he and Du Sage were now tied together. If Du Sage was killed by the Zhou army, he would have no place to stand.
"Your Majesty, in my opinion, it is impossible to achieve peace by stating the law. The Zhou army is far stronger than the Khitan. It even has the majesty of the Li Tang Dynasty in the past, and the Six Methods Sect can deceive people's hearts that the Li Tang Dynasty did not have.
Erchen's compatriots in Ganzhou said that both Khitan emperors were beheaded by the Zhou army, and their strength had been greatly weakened.
I'm worried that Shu Luping is here to use us as cannon fodder to fight against the Zhou people, while the Khitan people are reaping the benefits from behind. Your Majesty, you have to be on guard. "
"Hahaha!" Du Sage laughed several times with great satisfaction, "My son said that the Khitans are extremely weak, but I think that is not correct. In my opinion, the Khitans are already finished!"
Yao Luo Ge Jingyi looked at Du Sage in surprise, "Your Majesty, the Khitan has a hundred thousand armors, which is a bigger country than Goguryeo in the past! How can it be finished so quickly?"
Dusage touched his thick beard, and his rough face showed an incompatible shrewdness.
"Who is the Queen Mother of Broken Wrists? The Khitans have been arrogant for decades, but they have never looked at us.
On weekdays, when a Khitan commander comes to show off his power, he asks for the fattest sheep and the most beautiful women from each tribe.
Now that the Empress Dowager Duanwu has come in person, she doesn't even summon someone to go to Kedun City to meet her. Isn't this just a sign of cowardice? "
Yaoluo Ge Jingyi lowered his head and pondered for a moment, only to feel suddenly enlightened.
He had previously felt that the Khitans did not take the initiative to take up the banner of resisting the Six Dharma Sect this time, and there were some problems. Now he finally figured it out.
It is very likely that the Khitan was not only severely damaged, but was about to decline.
"It is impossible to say that the two thousand soldiers brought by Queen Mother Duanwan are the last essence of the Khitan people!"
Yaoluo Ge Jingyi suddenly raised his head and said, and as soon as the words came out, he suddenly shouted again.
"But if this is the case, the people of Zhou must be extremely powerful!
This is not easy to send away. Longyou in Hexi Province has good horses. Before the Zhou people entered the Central Plains, they were famous for their iron cavalry coming and going like the wind.
Your Majesty, we can’t mess with the Khitans anymore. We can’t raise this big flag! "
"Hahahaha!" Duo Sage's laughter became even louder. He looked at Yao Luo Ge Jingyi and shook his head.
"You don't understand. If someone raises this flag, he is half the Khan on the grassland. If he doesn't raise this flag, he is just an ordinary grassland leader.
This big flag is the bargaining chip. Only with the chips can we ask for a higher price, hum! The 120,000 households must be handed over to at least three heads of 10,000 households! "
With that said, Dusage looked at Yaoluo Ge Jingyi who took the initiative to be a head shorter than him and said: "Don't worry, when these three thousand households grow up, I will take one of the ten thousand households myself, and give one to Bagus for the other two." , I’ll give you one!”
Yao Luo Ge Jingyi's heart was beating hard, but this was not a surprise, but a fright!
In addition to the unpopular Ba Yegusi, Dusage had thirteen sons. In addition to the most favored Bagus, he also had at least three children who were extremely favored. One of them was born to his own aunt. .
Even if there are three heads of ten thousand households, Du Sage himself is not evenly divided, so how could he be so generous as to give him a foreign surname?
Even if you are willing to give it now, you will basically change your mind after the benefits come in the future.
Even if he retreated ten thousand steps and acted aggressively without changing his mind, his uncles and uncles would think of reasons to kill him.
"Your Majesty is wise! But be careful of the Zhou people's cavalry." Yao Luo Ge Jingyi said the last words absentmindedly.
Du Sage looked at Yao Luo Ge Jingyi with regret, "You are too forward-thinking and too weak. You are nothing like a man on the grassland. So what if the Zhou people have strong cavalry?"
It's August now, and heavy snow will fall soon. When the snow melts, it will be at least spring next year.
But when spring began, the permafrost on the grassland melted and mud was everywhere, making it impossible for the Han cavalry to get out of the fortress.
When the land hardened in June next year and they came out of the fortress, a certain family had already unified all the ministries. The Emperor of Zhou gave 30,000 households, and a certain Du Sage served him.
If they don't give it to us, we will retreat to the fishing sea and come back after they leave.
A trip of tens of thousands of cavalry would cost more than hundreds of millions, but I didn't believe it. Emperor Zhou couldn't figure it out. "
Yaoluo Ge Jingyi stopped talking, but there was a huge wave in his heart. Du Sage thought very well. If it were an ordinary Central Plains emperor, this plan would be almost 100% successful.
But as a member of the Ganzhou Uyghur Yaoluoge family who had fought a brutal war with the Guiyi Army for decades, and who had seen how Emperor Shaoming slipped through the net in Hexi, Yaoluo Ge Jingyi knew very well that Emperor Shaoming was He never likes others to make conditions with him.
At least it can't be such a coercive condition. If Du Sage does this, the consequences will definitely be that Shao Tian will try to kill him.
What should he do, Luo Ge Jingyi? This is the only fish from the Luoge family of Ganzhou Uighurs who has slipped through the net, and I am scratching my head in my heart.
Seeing that everyone who hangs around with Du Sage is destined to die, what should I do?
Suddenly, Yaoluoge Jingyi thought of a person. He was not the only one from the Yaoluoge family who had slipped through the net. There was also a man from the Yaoluoge family who was more closely related than him and was still alive.
That was the son of Ganzhou Renmei Khan and the fourth princess of the Cao family, Cao Yijin's grandson, Yaoluo Ge Jingcun, now known as Cao Yansi.
In fact, Yaoluo Ge Jingyi's information is still somewhat obscured. The Ganzhou Uighurs were the former Uighur Khan tribe. When the entire Ganzhou Uighurs were conquered by Zhang Zhang, there were a total of 300,000 people.
Among them, only more than 300 people were executed, and about 3,000 to 4,000 people died as mining slaves. The rest were pardoned one after another during Zhang's southern and northern campaigns.
Especially in the battle to destroy the Li family of the distressed army, Zhang Yan recruited a large number of Ganzhou Uighur mining slaves at once to serve as cannon fodder cavalry and crossbowmen.
Zhang Zhou now has more than a thousand Uighur generals in his army, at least one and a half Uighur hussar battalions in the Forbidden Army, and at least a hundred Uighurs in the hands of the white crossbows in Shandu.
He will soon know that he and Cao Yansi are not the only ones who have slipped through the Yaoluoge family, and they are living a much easier life than him.
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Weng and his son-in-law each had their own plans, and Ba Yegusi, who had not completed his mission, could only rush back in a hurry.
He had to quickly go to the Queen Mother Duanwu to report that Du Sage was not prepared to act according to the Queen Mother's wishes.
He thought about repaying his father's arrogance and jealousy to the Queen Mother, but Gusi still hesitated.
It's not that he still has any filial piety, but that Ba Yegusi doesn't have much strength. If he uses the Khitans to move his father Dusage, the most likely outcome is that he will take advantage of his uncles who are enemies of the enemy.
When his mind was in chaos, more than ten riders intercepted Banye Gusi in the distance.
Ba Yegusi, who was originally very nervous, felt relieved when he saw clearly who was coming. It was not his father Dusage who sent someone to intercept him, but the warriors of Merqi who appeared on the opposite side.
The character of Hulu Balshu is not consistent with his appearance. Just like Dusage looks rough but is actually a bit cunning, Hulu Balshu seems to be very wise, but he is very direct in his actions.
Just like now, after he intercepted Banye Gusi with a dozen warriors, he buried dozens of long archers behind the mountain.
Then, using Mierqi's urgent and fast Uighur language, he directly asked Banye Gusi, who felt that he was already safe.
"The meerqi tribe wants to get the grassland around Wugu Mountain."
Wugushan is located on the east side of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in later generations. This mountain is part of Langjuxu Mountain. Of course, it is also said that the champion Hou Feng Langjuxu was in Wugushan.
Twenty-five years ago, when Yelu Abaoji first conquered the Eight Tribes of Dilie, he also sacrificed white geese to heaven here.
To the east of this mountain are the eight tribes of Dilie, to the west are the five tribes of Zubu, and to the north are the tribes of Merqi.
But the location is so divided, but the Meerqi tribe doesn't have a piece of the grassland on Wugu Mountain.
Because this is a treasured place for offering sacrifices to the heavens of the Eight Divisions of Di Lie and the Third Division of Beizu Bu. Every time Mierqi goes south, these two tribes will unite to beat Mierqi even if they are in conflict.
This direct way of speaking made even Baye Gusi stunned for a moment. He was just about to say that this was not something he could decide, but the follower beside him pointed to the back of the mountain, where there appeared a shadowy figure carrying Mi'er begging for a long bow. figure.
Ba Ye Gusi's face instantly turned pale, and after a long while he asked in a low voice: "Then what can I get?"
Khulu Badu gave a permeating smile, "Zhu Di doesn't have the strength to command the grassland, but your father's heart is bigger than Tengger's.
He will definitely fail, either the Khitans will come or the Zhou people will come. At that time, he will have no choice but to take refuge in Yuerhai. "
Ba Yegusi understood that heading north from Woluduo to Yuerhai, he had to pass through the territory of the Meerbeggar. This was also the reason why his father made good friends with Hulu Badu.
"If you want to become a strong man on the grassland, you no longer need to sit near the door curtain to eat meat, but you must seize the opportunity!" Khulu Badu said what he thought was a golden word.
Banye Gusi seemed to have listened, and a fierce look gradually appeared on his face, but he didn't know if they were thinking about the same thing.
