With Zhang Changxun's recommendation, everything would be much easier. The Turkic official responsible for receiving them led everyone to a camp, where they settled. The houses of the Turks are not brick and wood structures, but yurts and tents. There are only yurts in this camp.
They walked into a yurt, and Zhang Changxun said: "Your Highness, it's getting late today. Early tomorrow morning, I will take you to see Mohe Dushe."
"All right."
The next day, Li Zhiyun and Yu Wenxin followed Zhang Changxun on horseback to Mo Heduo's tent. After the three people dismounted, led by a Turkic official, they walked into a huge domed yurt.
Li Zhiyun took a closer look after entering and saw six or seven Turks sitting in a row across from them. They were all wearing fur clothes. They all had disheveled hair and unkempt beards, and looked very dirty. Sitting on the throne in the middle was a short and fat guy with dark skin, a fat head and big ears, a pair of small bird-like eyes, and a slightly protruding chin, giving him the characteristics of a wolf. Li Zhiyun guessed that he was probably Mo Hedushe.
Mohe Duo, also known as Mohe, Mofu, Mohefu, etc., is a title used by ethnic minorities such as the Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Rouran, Khitan, and Turks in the north. It means a brave and strong person, and later became a tribal leader. title.
To set up means to arrange, arrange and set up. According to the Turkic Biography in the "Old Book of Tang", "The leaders of other tribes all called it "Zhu". However, in the middle and late period of the Eastern Turks, "Zhu" became an alienation of the little khan system.
In the early days of the Turks, the system of big khan and small khan was implemented, with one big khan and one or several small khans. However, in the middle and late period of the Eastern Turks, "the only one who was called Khan was the monarch, and the rest were called She." Therefore, "the status of She is already equivalent to that of a little khan", and those who serve as "She" are usually royal relatives and nobles. For example, Mohe Dushe was the son of Qimin Khan, and his name was Du Bi.
Since Mohe Dushe was equivalent to the "little khan", he had the power to build teeth. The so-called building a tooth generally refers to the erection of a military flag in front of a division, or it can also refer to the establishment of a royal court by ethnic minorities, and the tooth tent is the capital or capital of the ethnic minority regime.
Zhang Changxun took the lead and walked to the throne, cupped his hands and said: "Dear Mohedushe, I have brought the King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty and his deputy to see you. They were sent by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty as envoys to your ministry." After that, He turned to Li Zhiyun and Yu Wenxin and made a "please" gesture.
Li Zhiyun and Yu Wenxin walked to the throne and saluted with clasped fists. Mo Hedushe did not stand up to return the gift, but just waved his hands and said: "You two distinguished envoys, you don't need to be polite, please sit down." Several servants brought three spoons, and Li Zhiyun and the other three sat down. Mo He Dushe looked at Li Zhiyun and said, "Your envoy, our Turks are friendly neighbors to your Tang country. When your father attacked Chang'an, we Turks helped a lot. I wonder what business your envoy has to do in the grassland this time?"
Li Zhiyun cupped his hands and said: "I am sent as an envoy to your ministry on the order of my father. Firstly, I represent my father to express my respect to Mohe Dushe. Secondly, we heard that Xue Ju sent an envoy to your ministry to ask you to send troops. I wonder if assisting him in attacking Chang'an is relevant?"
Mo He Dushe nodded and said: "It is indeed true. Xue Ju's envoys have not left yet and are staying in the tent I provided them."
"Mohe Dushe, you just said that the Tang Dynasty and the Turks are friendly neighbors. In order not to destroy this friendship, please refuse Xue Ju's request and don't help the evildoers!" Li Zhiyun said loudly.
Although Mo Hedushe didn't understand what "helping the tyrants do evil" meant, he still understood Li Zhiyun's words. His pair of small eyes flashed with a cunning light, and he said: "To be honest, Xue Ju has given me a lot of benefits. So, I have promised him. If you don't let me send troops to help him, you have to have some explanation, right?" "
Li Zhiyun cursed in his heart: This greedy guy! However, he still had a smile on his face and said: "Mohe Dushe, in order to express my respect for you, my father specially asked me to bring some gifts to you." After saying this, he clapped his hands. After a while, Zhang Zheng walked in from outside the yurt.
"Bring the gifts in." Li Zhiyun ordered.
Zhang Zhengyi responded, turned around and went out. After a while, a dozen guards came in carrying four or five boxes. They placed the boxes in the open space in the middle. A guard opened the lid of the box, and the gold and silver jewelry in the box shone with dazzling light, which was dazzling.
Mohedushe's eyes were bright and he quickly stepped down from the throne. Several other Turkic officials also stood up and gathered around. The Turks marveled at the jewelry in the box, their eyes shining with greed. Zhang Changxun struck while the iron was hot and said: "Mo He Dushe, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has sent you such a heavy gift, which shows his sincerity. For the sake of friendship between the two parties, will you refuse Xue Ju's request to send troops?" Mo He Dushe laughed haha He nodded and said, "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you."
After leaving the yurt, Zhang Changxun excitedly said to Li Zhiyun: "Mohe Dushe has agreed, and His Highness's mission is completed. I will keep an eye here to ensure that he will not regret it, and Your Highness can return to Chang'an with peace of mind." Li Zhiyun He was also very happy and nodded: "Then there is Mr. Lao Zhang."
The next morning, Li Zhiyun ordered his entourage to pack their bags and prepare to return home. At this moment, Zhang Changxun suddenly hurried over. He found Li Zhiyun and said solemnly: "Your Highness, the situation has changed." When Li Zhiyun heard this, he was surprised: "What's going on?"
"Xu Ju heard that the Tang Dynasty sent an envoy to Mohe Duoshe's ministry with a lot of money, and sent a batch of gold and silver jewelry, including more than a dozen boxes. After Mohe Duoshe received the gold and silver, he changed his mind again. "
"A dozen boxes? That many?" Li Zhiyun seemed a little unconvinced.
Zhang Changxun nodded and said: "It's absolutely true. I saw with my own eyes that it was two or three times more than what His Highness gave to Mo Hedu yesterday." After hearing this, Li Zhiyun thought to himself, it seems that Xue Ju's This time I really spent a lot of money. But if you think about it, you can understand that for him, Chang'an City is much more important than those gold and silver treasures.
Seeing Li Zhiyun's bad expression, Zhang Changxun quickly comforted him: "Your Highness, don't worry too much. I'll go find Mo He Dushe and try to persuade him to refuse Xue Ju's bribe." After that, he hurried away.
After Zhang Changxun left, Li Zhiyun asked the guards to call Yu Wenxin, Zhang Zheng and Cai Hu to his yurt and told the three of them about the situation. When the three people heard this, they all became anxious. Cai Hu said: "How about we also send people back to Chang'an and bring over some gold, silver and jewelry?"
After hearing this, Li Zhiyun shook his head and said: "Chang'an is a long way from here. It takes at least three months to go back and forth. There is no time. Besides, Mohe Dushe is a bottomless pit, and no amount of money can fill it." Zhang Zhengdao : "Didn't Zhang Changxun say that he would help us convince Mohe Dushe?"
Li Zhiyun smiled and said: "Mo He Dushe is such a greedy person. How can Zhang Changxun convince him with his red mouth and white teeth? I think there is little hope." When Yu Wenxin heard this, he asked anxiously: "What should we do?"
Li Zhiyun thought for a while and said, "You guys go out first and let me calm down alone." After the three of them went out, Li Zhiyun walked around in the yurt, frowning in thought as he walked. After turning around a few times, he asked the guard at the door to call Zhang Zheng over. After a while, Zhang Zheng walked in, and Li Zhiyun asked: "Do you know where Xue Ju's envoy lives?"
"I have inquired, and their camp is not far from here, only two or three miles away."
"How many of them are there?"
"About seventy or eighty people."
After hearing this, Li Zhiyun nodded and asked him to call Yu Wenxin and Cai Hu. Not long after Zhang Zheng left, he called Yu Wenxin and Cai Hu over, and the three of them sat around a low table. Li Zhiyun sat down on a low stool next to him and said, "How can we make Mo Hedushe change his mind? I thought about it carefully and came up with a way." After hearing this, the three of them said nothing. It was staring at him eagerly.
Li Zhiyun continued: "Let's sneak attack the camp of Xue Ju's envoy tonight and kill them all. Only in this way can we break off the contact between Mo Hedushe and Xue Ju."
When the three people heard this, they were all shocked and looked at each other. Yu Wenxin worriedly said: "Your Majesty, we are killing people on the territory of the Turks. What if we anger Mohe Dushe and he kills us? Taking a step back, even if he doesn't kill us, he will hand us over to Xue Lift, so what should we do?”
Li Zhiyun's eyes were firm: "I can't care about that much anymore! As the saying goes, if you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch the tiger's cubs? Only by killing Xue Ju's envoys and completely cutting off contact between Xue Ju and Mohe Dushe can we complete my father's death. Mission delivered!”
Zhang Zheng and Cai Hu are both passionate men. When they heard what Li Zhiyun said, they both agreed. Cai Hu said: "Your Majesty, we listen to you and do whatever you say!" Seeing that they both agreed, Yu Wenxin had no choice but to agree.
In fact, Li Zhiyun's decision to sneak attack Xue Ju's envoy's camp was not entirely reckless. He had already found out clearly that although Zhang Changxun was the governor of Wuyuan, his territory included not only Wuyuan County, but also Wudu County and Danqu County. Moreover, Zhang Changxun had 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers and horses under his command, making him a truly powerful force. Even Mo Hedushe was afraid of him. Although Li Zhiyun killed Xue Ju's envoy, which might anger Mohe Dushe, due to his relationship with Zhang Changxun, Mohe Dushe did not dare to embarrass him too much as long as Zhang Changxun came forward to speak for him.
As night fell, Li Zhiyun led his followers and quietly left the camp. After about half a stick of incense, they arrived near the Xue Ju envoy's camp. A half-waning moon hung in the sky. Under the hazy moonlight, only a dozen yurts were seen standing on the vast grassland. There were lights on in a few yurts, and sentries were patrolling around the camp.
Everyone was lying in ambush in the grass a stone's throw away. Zhang Zheng squatted next to Li Zhiyun and whispered: "My lord, you stay here, I will lead people to rush over!" Li Zhiyun looked up at the moon in the sky and said: "I'm not busy. I've just handed in the second update now. I'll take action after the third update."
