The Turks are not composed of the same tribe, but are a collection of numerous tribal forces that formed a collection of various ethnic groups during the development, annexation, and war conquest.
The Turks originally lived in the Altai Mountains and were the iron-smelting slaves of the Rouran Khanate. Among them, the Ashina family gradually grew and absorbed the surrounding Tiele tribe, slowly forming a large tribe of ten thousand people.
Later, Ashina donated to the Western Wei Dynasty and merged again the 50,000 households of Tiele people who belonged to the Western Wei Dynasty at that time. From then on, the Tiele tribe was called Turks.
After the Turks grew stronger, because they could smelt iron and had many sources of soldiers, the Turks headed by the Ashina family resisted the Rouran Khanate that ruled them.
In this battle, with the help of the Han people in the Central Plains, they completely defeated the Rouran Khanate, replaced the Rouran people, and became the masters of Mobei. Headed by the Ashina family, they established a slavery regime.
At this time, the Central Plains was in a melee and had no time to take care of Mobei. The Ashina family quickly unified the surrounding tribes and established the most powerful Turkic Khanate.
Their territory at that time extended to the Liao River in the east, the Caspian Sea in the west, the North Sea (Lake Baikal) in the north, and the Amu Darya River in the south. It could be said that they were extremely powerful.
The Turks once occupied the entire Western Region, including Tuyuhun, under their rule. Their ambition led them to continue to expand westward.
The Persian Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire they fought were also extremely uncomfortable. It was like the first time God struck them again.
To the south, they also suppressed the Central Plains countries, but the Central Plains countries were good at mediating and liked to marry and give good things. This stopped the Turks from going south, helped the Northern Zhou Dynasty and suppressed the Northern Qi Dynasty.
Such a behemoth, but the Ashina family, the rulers at the time, made a huge mistake. After they had such a large territory, they established a small khan in the Western Regions, which became the bane of the later division of East and West Turks. .
Just when the Turks were kicking the Eastern Roman Empire and beating the Persian dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian replaced the Northern Zhou Dynasty and established the Great Sui Dynasty. At the same time, in order to gain the support and morale of the people, he announced that from today on, the Great Sui Dynasty would never pay tribute to the Turks.
The Turkic Khan heard that the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which they had been helping diligently, was replaced by Yang Jian, the sixth old man. He was replaced, and he didn't even send them good things. How could this be possible?
So the Turkic army went south and invaded Gansu. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty sent an army to resist, and the construction of the Great Wall was once again put on the agenda.
But at this time, something unexpected happened within the Turks.
The old khan of the Mobei royal court died, and the new khan succeeded to the throne. The young khan in the Western Region did not recognize the new khan.
The Little Khan of the Western Regions said that his royal court in the Western Regions is the suzerainty, and the Mobei Royal Court should be headed by them. Naturally, the people of the Mobei Han Court would not agree. They are the most orthodox royal court!
The two sides quarreled and even drew swords on each other.
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When Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty saw this situation, his eyes suddenly shone, and he immediately sent ministers to the Turkic Court to preach that the Little Khan was really rebelling. He also secretly sent people to the Western Regions Court to say that the Sui Dynasty recognized the Little Khan of the Western Regions as orthodox.
So, in this year, the Eastern and Western Turks officially drew their swords against each other, and internal strife began.
The East and West Turks fought to the end, and no one could defeat the other, so they divided the borders and ruled with the Altyn Mountains as the boundary. The west of the Altyn Mountains was the West Turks, and the east of the Altun Mountains was the East Turks.
In fact, the civil war between the East and West Turks was actually caused by differences within the Ashina family. The rulers of the East and West Turks were still the Ashina family.
It’s just that the East Turks were changed to Blue Turks, which were mainly ruled by the Ashina family, the Queen’s tribe, the Ashide tribe, and the four nobles of the Blue Turks: Shelitu tribe, Sunong tribe, Zhishansi tribe, and Bayan tribe. , the Eastern Turks are composed of these six tribes.
The Western Turks are mainly ruled by the Ashina family, mainly the Geluo Zhiya tribe, the Helu tribe, the Chili tribe, the Zhuo tribe, and the Nuci tribe. These six tribes are the main tribes of the Western Turks, and among them are the tribes they conquered. "The nine surnames of Zhaowu are Hu", as well as the tribes of various countries in the Western Regions.
In the era of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, even though Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty successfully divided the Turks, the newly established Sui Dynasty was still no match for the Eastern Turks.
So Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty continued to use the old methods, while making marriages, and at the same time letting the big shots in the Turks rebel. In the end, Qiming's rebellion failed and fled to the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty had no other choice, so he made another plan and gave Qiming Khan a piece of land. You develop, and then kill your boss.
Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty used conspiracies and conspiracies to make close contacts at a distance, which made the Eastern and Western Turks very helpless and killed each other. Finally, the Eastern Turks were forced to surrender to Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty.
However, the Eastern Turks remained stubborn. When Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty went on tour, he besieged the Emperor and at the same time attracted the rebels of the Sui Dynasty and split the Sui Dynasty.
Until the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the two sides still came and went, and border killings continued.
After Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, Jieli Khan even besieged the city of Chang'an. Li Shimin signed the Weishui Alliance. Later, the petty Li Shimin took revenge on the Turks and directly killed them throughout the desert and captured their Khan alive. From then on, the East The Turks were destroyed.
The Western Turks still rule the entire Western Region and most of Central Asia, threatening the Central Plains at all times.
Today's owner, the ruler of Xueyantuo, Zhuzhu Bijia Khan, is a member of the Tiele tribe. When Rouran was strong, he was Rouran's subordinate. After the Turks became strong, they were ruled by the Turks. Li Shimin overthrew the Eastern Turks. , the Tiele tribe officially took over Mobei and subordinated it to the Tang Dynasty, becoming a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty.
However, Li Ke wrote in the agreement: Xue Yantuo unconditionally sent 200,000 troops to attack the six northeastern parts of the Western Turks. He must capture them all, treat them as slaves, and send them to the Tang Dynasty.
The six northeastern tribes of Western Turks are part of the Tiele tribe and were once a family member of Xue Yantuo.
At the same time, these 200,000 troops must be handed over to the Tang Dynasty. Xue Yantuo was not allowed to interfere in this battle. After the war, the cattle and sheep were obtained, divided 50-50, and the territory acquired belonged to the Tang Dynasty.
For the sake of the friendship between Xueyantuo and Datang after the war, Xueyantuo must hand over the southern part of Xueyantuo to the jurisdiction of the Tiele tribe of the Eastern Turks, leaving a buffer zone between Datang and Xueyantuo. BIquGe.biz
After the war, Xue Yantuo had to pay an annual tribute of 500,000 taels of gold, 100,000 cattle and sheep, and 10,000 war horses, and open border cities to trade with each other.
The Tang Dynasty was the main force of the attack this time, directly attacking the Western Turkic Royal Court from the south of the Tianshan Mountains, beheading important members of the Ashina family, and defeating important members of the "Nine Surnames of Zhaowu and Hu".
As for the post-war property division of Western Turks, Xue Yantuo was not allowed to participate in it.
Pearl Viga Khan threw the agreement on the table and said with a dark face: "King Qin, is this your sincerity in inviting me to negotiate?"
The white-faced scholar next to him suddenly said in a cold voice: "Pearl Viga Khan, you are so presumptuous, this is the place of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Ke stood up and asked in surprise: "Isn't this sincerity enough?"
"If that's not enough, can we still talk? Sit down, sit down..."
"Khan, if you have any conditions, just ask for them!"
"As long as you have that ability, I will never be stingy with good things."
“If you don’t have the ability, you can only get so much, and if you get more, you’ll have to pay a high price.”
Pearl Viga Khan is silent!
Finally, he gritted his teeth and said: "The six tribes of the Western Turks are from our Tiele tribe. The Tang Dynasty cannot treat them as slaves."
"Xue Yantuo should be returned to me."
"No! Those six tribes have been invading my country of the Tang Dynasty all year round and slaughtered all the Yiwu people. I cannot let them go."
"Unless, Khan, you perform greater feats in exchange for their lives."
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