Records of the King of Xin'an County

After carrying out the great achievements of the three marching chiefs, and smashing them fiercely at this group of swaying left and right, Wang Zixian glanced at the distraught crowd, and said very "tolerantly": "Of course, a certain person does not force You should reply immediately. However, according to His Majesty's order, you must go to the palace to have an audience within ten days. Counting the time spent traveling back and forth, all the patriarchs should give a reply within two or three days."

En Ergu sneered and continued: "Why do you need to think about this kind of thing over and over again for two or three days?! If you are a real Turkic warrior and Tiele warrior, you can think clearly in a moment. Tian Khan is eating these things in a bowl. It’s so kind to look at the people in the pot! From what I’ve seen, it’s enough to give them a day to discuss at most!!”

When the patriarchs and their descendants heard the words, they almost immediately ordered people to take the distinguished guest down to rest—what can be done in a mere day?If they can make a decision as soon as possible, they don't have to wait until now to hesitate.At the end of the day, they just want to get the best benefit.As for who is going to give the benefits, some people care a little bit, some people don't care, the difference is nothing more than that.

As the envoy of Tian Khan, the prince offered to live in the most gorgeous tent, which was studded with gold, silver and jewels as far as he could see.Of course, he can also enjoy the freshest and most delicious delicacies, such as roasted beef and mutton, various mountain delicacies, Hoto soup, and crispy Hubing.At the same time, he can also be accompanied by the most beautiful and graceful Turkic or Tie Le girls.After being the patriarch of the clan, En Ergu received the next treatment.

However, when En Ergu came to the tent offered by Prince Xian, he found that he did not accept any beauties, but sat alone in the tent and enjoyed the food.Perhaps because he is a nobleman from Chang'an, En Ergu found that his posture seemed to have a unique charm at any time, and people couldn't help but want to imitate it, but worried that he was too clumsy to learn it.

The prince smiled and asked him to sit down, and invited him to share food and wine.En Ergu was not polite to him, and started to drink happily: "These wines are all from the Western Regions. I have never tasted Chang'an's fine wines, and I don't know what it is like. Zhiyuan, you are used to drinking Chang'an wines, I am afraid Are you used to bars in the Western Regions? It’s like you’re used to beauties in Chang’an, but you don’t like beauties in Turks and Tie Le.”

"Good wine has its own fragrance, and beauties have their own judgments." The prince offered back, "A family with a wife, in my opinion, is the ultimate beauty in the world. As for other beauties, no matter how graceful they are, I am not blessed to enjoy them. What's more , Who knows if the women sent by these tribes have different intentions? Being close to them makes me feel uneasy all the time."

En Ergu couldn't help laughing: "When I go to Chang'an, I must see what kind of beauty is in order to fascinate someone like you!!"

Wang Zixian couldn't help curling his lips when he thought of his "inner family" who was thousands of miles away.

"However, what you said makes sense. You can't be easily deceived by their weak appearance just because you are greedy for their beauty. Whether it is a Turkic woman or a Tie Le woman, they will never easily fall in love with ordinary men. What if If they feel dissatisfied in their hearts, they are very likely to take out a dagger from their arms and stab them, but they don't care about the consequences of such actions!"

"So, beauty is not as good as fine wine, drinking is better!!"

"Good! Good! Let's do it all!"

The envoy drank very happily, but the faces of the patriarchs who stayed in the big tent just now were not very happy.They sat quietly in the same place for a while, and when the news came from their subordinates, saying that the messenger accepted the food and wine but rejected the beauty, they gradually began to discuss in private.

Some said with a pale face: "Before I only knew that there were three armies, but I didn't expect that the commanders of the West and Middle Routes were the King of Yong'an and Duke Jian!! Do we need to hesitate?! Even if the King of Hejian promised that we will be able to Each of us can become a Khan, or even become a prince of the county, so we have to live to enjoy it!! Maybe, if the front foot just defected to him, thinking that he can turn the tide of the battle, the back foot, Duke Jian, will wipe out our tribe completely! !"

Some of them were still stubborn, and raised their eyebrows: "What is Jian Guogong?! It's been 20 years, and he can't even ride a horse! What are you afraid of?! If you even have an old man who can kick his legs in a blink of an eye I'm afraid, what else can I do?! According to me, I should pretend to throw myself at the court, and then cut off the envoy's head and give it to Hejian County King!! Or, go south and capture the palace of Taiyuan Mansion, and take that' God Khan's head to claim the reward!!"

Before the person finished speaking, everyone couldn't help staring.He thought that his bluff was recognized by everyone, so he couldn't help puffing out his chest, and continued to spout: "We gathered [-] cavalry, bypassed the battlefield on the east road, rushed over without anyone noticing, and Worried about stepping into a mere palace?! If we take that emperor’s head, maybe we can also seal ourselves a ‘Heavenly Khan’ Dangdang, without looking at the face of Hejian County King!!”

"..." The gazes of the rest of the people changed slightly, and they completely regarded him as an unknowing fool.

Just before he wanted to continue bragging, an old patriarch sighed: "It's true that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. Hehe, when Duke Jian led tens of thousands of cavalry and slaughtered the warriors of the Xue Yantuo tribe like cattle and sheep, you just You were just born. If you didn’t escape quickly and surrender quickly, how could you still survive to this day?”

The patriarchs were silent for a moment, and then drove out the children and grandchildren who were full of dissatisfaction.Neither the Turkic tribe nor the Tiele tribe lacked warriors, horses, knives and arrows.However, the warriors of the Tang people are a hundred times stronger than theirs. Their horses are equally as handsome, their knives and arrows are equally sharp, and they know how to restrain their battle formations.They all knew that, at least under the leadership of Duke Jian and King Yong'an, even soldiers as short and weak as sheep would become a pack of ferocious hungry wolves.

In fact, there is only one choice left for them now.

"To tell you the truth, these years the Tang people fought eastward and westward, and from time to time they had to requisition warriors from our tribe. I had a lot of complaints in my heart. The tribe finally recuperated and brought up some brave young men. They are all taken away, and there is no benefit. The Tang people are everywhere, and it is nothing if hundreds or thousands of them die. And if our warriors die by hundreds or thousands, the entire tribe will not exist. So , I loathe the imperial court, and I also loathe 'Tian Khan'. During the civil strife in Tang Dynasty, I chose to accept the 'relief' from King Hejian."

The old patriarch who sighed just now didn't have any expression at the moment, or he could be said to be calm: "Actually, we know very well in our hearts that accepting his gold, silver, treasures and food is acknowledging that we will be attached to him. When we don't need to send troops, we Of course, you can stand silently and watch the excitement. But if he needs us to send troops, we will not send them out, and it is very likely that there will be no more gold and silver treasures waiting for us, but cold knives and arrows."

"He can't beat the imperial army, and neither can we. But as long as he is annoyed—he uses cattle, sheep, women, and even our accumulated gold and silver treasures to lure those bloody tribes, he will surely beat us Kill them all. This person is not some kind and righteous warrior, but just a villain who can exchange everything in order to get the position of emperor. Following such a person, we will never get any real benefits, let alone Wanting to cling to what he gave without paying any price."

If His Majesty the Emperor was offended, of course, the cavalry under Jian Guogong's command would be enough to crush them. "So, do we have any other options? Nope."

"..." The patriarchs were silent again.Now that things have happened, they will no longer think about those impossible retreats.For example, hurry up to move out of camp and retreat all the way north to the grasslands outside the Great Wall.Not to mention that it is winter now, it is too difficult to migrate north.And now the north is also the territory of the Tang Dynasty, where can they escape to?Is it really worth it to let the well-behaved tribe live in fear just to avoid the summoning of Tian Khan?

"Since the envoy gave us two or three days, let's go back and think about it carefully." Another patriarch who has always been facing Hejian County King couldn't help but said, "Maybe, the situation on the battlefield will appear in these two days. What about changes? Let’s discuss it together on the last day, and it won’t be too late to give the messenger an answer.”

The old patriarch glanced at him, turned around and left the tent without saying a word.Many patriarchs who were more shaken by panic also followed him silently and left.The few two patriarchs who still had illusions about the Hejian County King sat down and discussed countermeasures secretly.For example—maybe they still have time to send someone to send a message to Hejian County King and his cronies.

Just when the patriarchs were racking their brains on how to answer, or simply started to discuss how to express their difficulties when they met Tian Khan, some of their particularly confident descendants were unwilling to be lonely, and also gathered together to quietly discuss how to deal with it. This looks particularly "weak" messenger.

In fact, Wang Sheren was tall and tall, not inferior to the warriors of Turks and Tiele.But in terms of burly and strong, he is not as good as these burly men with tangled muscles.From a distance, he looked very "thin" in the crimson official gown, and his waist bound by the jade belt was as thin as the girls.And if you look closely, his handsome face is as white as jade, and his smiling face is more like a beautiful girl.

As a result, the young men of Turkic and Tie Le changed from secretly mocking him to mocking him openly.Then, the son of the patriarch who boasted of "cutting off the head of the envoy" couldn't help but jumped out and challenged him: "Our Turkic warriors will only obey those who can defeat us! If the envoy loses to me, it means that you Tang people are nothing more than that, your emperor is not qualified to be our Heavenly Khan!!"

Wang Sheren raised his eyebrows, with a half-smile: "You should know that Mr. Wang is a civil servant. If you challenge a civil servant to archery, horseback riding and wrestling, it is equivalent to me challenging you to poetry and poetry. If you are full of courage Confidence, why don't you challenge our military officer in Datang?"

The patriarch's son thought he was afraid, and he laughed loudly: "No matter what civil or military officials, you are from Tang Dynasty!! Why, you dare not compete with me? It is because you are afraid that losing will be too ugly, and you will also lose the face of your emperor. Clean?! Hahaha, then you can just admit defeat, kneel down and admit defeat!!"

Hearing this, En Ergu was furious immediately, and couldn't help wanting to stand up for his friend.However, Wang Sheren reached out to stop him, and he was not provoked, but still curled his lips: "I haven't finished speaking, don't worry—even if it is a mere civil servant, he will deal with so-called Turkic warriors like you!" , is also more than enough. Just take your bet. If you lose, how about kneeling and kowtowing to me?"

When the patriarchs who were immersed in thinking and discussion heard about the bet and rushed to the open space among the tribe anxiously, they saw that the snow was already full of kneeling people.Wang Sheren, who was wearing a scarlet gown with red lips and white teeth, looked at a group of big men who were half naked and kneeling on the ground dejectedly with a smile, and dusted off his body: "Who else wants to try?"

All the Turkic warriors and Tiele warriors around took a step back in unison.

Wang Sheren shook his head and smiled: "Even a mere civil servant lost so embarrassingly. The so-called Turkic warriors and Tiele warriors are nothing more than that."

The patriarchs glanced at the appearance of their children and grandchildren, and were immediately speechless.

It was night, and the ominous reputation of the envoy of the Tang Dynasty spread to every corner of the tribes.