A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 938 Royal Son-in-law
July is full of fire,

The Huanghuai disaster was under control, and the emperor returned state affairs to the prince and prime ministers, and accompanied the queen back to Qizhou Jiucheng Palace.
Although it starts to get colder in July, Taiji Palace is indeed not as comfortable as living in Jiucheng Palace.

Li Jing and other generals asked to see the emperor before he left, hoping to continue the military plan against Tuyuhun.

"We won't use troops this year." Li Shimin held Li Jing in his left hand and Chai Shao in his right hand. Behind him were Li Daozong, Xue Wanche, Duan Zhixuan and other generals. "Let Tibet advance first."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin had a smile on his face and asked the prince to handle the matter of Zhu Fan's marriage proposal. He got an unexpected surprise. The prince's handling was very good.

Envoy Xue Yantuo agreed to send 50,000 horses, 10,000 oxen and camels, and 100,000 sheep to Lingzhou as a gift, and hurried back to Mobei to prepare.

Tuyuhun also agreed to the same request for gifts, and even left with a bit of pride in snatching the princess from Tibet, and ridiculing the Tibetans.

Tong'eshe of the Western Regions walked a little heavily when he walked. The Tang Dynasty asked for the cession of six kingdoms as a gift. The request was too high. Tong'eshe was unwilling to agree, but who expected that Yugushe agreed without hesitation, and those six countries The country was originally a vassal of the Western Turks, and now Yanqi is controlled by Yugushe.
He didn't feel bad for betraying his father, Tian, ​​and agreed to cede the six kingdoms, thinking of Princess Tang.

This forced Tongeshe to have no choice. He should not accept the response of others. How can this be done when someone brings a vassal state of Western Turks to marry the princess?

I can only agree to it.
The Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty was also a reasonable person, and he immediately agreed to the Western Turks' marriage proposal, but finally rejected Yugushe, but not completely, because the Crown Prince claimed that Yugushe was dedicated to the Yanqi Kingdom and the horse was a meritorious service. , canonized him as the Yibi Duo Lu Xiao Khan, built a court in Tanhan Mountain, stationed himself in the Khan Futu City, and paid homage to the Protector of Beiting and the Governor of Tingzhou.

It's dirty, but it definitely works.

To the south of the Tianshan Mountains, six large city-states, including Yanqi and Shule, were ceded to the Tang Dynasty. The six kingdoms including Yanqi and Yiwu, which were controlled by the Tang Dynasty at this time, formed the Anxi Protectorate, still headed by Guo Xiaoke. Served as the guardian of Anxi.

Unfortunately, the internal strife was later exploited by Tubo.
"After Tubo destroyed Supi, sooner or later it would expand northward. The first to bear the brunt was the Duomi Kingdom that was attached to Supi, and then Bailan, which was attached to Tuyuhun,"

The Bailan Kingdom has thousands of soldiers, and its strength is still not weak. However, after the rise of Tuyuhun, it has been merged into Tuyuhun. Whenever Tuyuhun encounters a strong enemy, King Tuyuhun always leads his tribe to retreat to Bailan.

After all, in history, the Tubo people dared to launch the Battle of Songzhou and actively invade the Tang Dynasty in the twelfth year of Zhenguan.

Chai Shao just smiled after hearing Li Daozong's words, "Tubo was robbed of the princess by Tuyuhun this time, and the ambassador was also killed. It is said that the ambassador was the son of their prime minister. Do you think they hate it?"

"It is known that the Duomi Kingdom is now semi-attached to Tubo. As for the Bailan Kingdom, the Tuyuhun people pay close attention to it. This place is dangerous and Tuyuhun is vulnerable to attacks from the north. Whenever there is a crisis, they will avoid Bailan. And then come back,"

Southwest of Bailan is the country of Domi, also known as Nanmo. Bailan, Domi, Supi, Misang, Dangxiang and other Qiang people have the same origin. At the beginning, Supi was the strongest among the tribes, with a hundred thousand people, including queens and queens. The leader is rich in salt, horse, and cinnabar, and trade is prosperous.

"When two tigers fight, one of them will be injured, but when Tubo attacks Tuyuhun, Bailanqiang will be the first to fall," Li Jing replied,
Bailan Qiang is a different species of Qiang. It is said that they were formed by mixing Ding Ling and ancient Qiang people. They are mainly Bailang Qiang and are named after Bailan Mountain where they are located. Bailan Mountain is the name of Bayan Har Mountain. It is called Purple Mountain.

After hearing this, Li Jing couldn't help but praise Chai Shao's ability to frame people up for trouble.

When all parties are fighting, it is natural for Datang to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai.

On top of Yugushe and Tongeshe, there was naturally Nishu, the Western Turkic Great Khan, but everyone knew that Nishu was not going to die soon. Once he died, the Great Khan would naturally be succeeded by Tongeshe, Yehu.

And Yu Gushe is now building Ya in the north of Gaochang Kingdom, and he ceded Yanqi to Tang Dynasty. Then the next step is most likely to attack Gaochang Kingdom, or attack the Chuyue and Chumi tribes to increase their strength.

"If that's not enough, let's add fire to the fire and send people to disguise themselves as Tuyuhun people to intercept and kill the Tibetan envoys near the Tuyuhun territory. Remember to leave a few behind to report the news,"

When Tubo was the last Zanpu, they took advantage of the internal strife between the queens of the Subi Kingdom to the north and finally destroyed Subi. This also gave Tubo the advantage of salt and horses, and also opened up their northward route. door.

"What would be the result if Tubo led his troops to attack Tuyuhun?" Li Daozong asked.

Together with Eshe, he hurried back to the Western Regions.
Yugushe's envoy also rushed back to report.
It is conceivable that there will be no peace in the Western Region in the future. If Ni She Yi dies, there will be a battle with Ershe and Yugushe. Even if they can be brothers with Ershe, they may not be able to get the support of the ten Turks on both sides. ,
The good show is yet to come.

He also ennobled Tong'er and established him as Yibisha Boluo Yehu. He built a court in Suiye River, paid homage to the South Courtyard Protector, and demarcated the border with the North Courtyard by the Yili River.

Now, the only countries standing between Tubo and Tuyuhun are small countries like Duomi and Bailan. After crossing the Yak River and the Purple Mountain, they enter the upper reaches of the Yellow River.
Under normal circumstances, Tubo still has to deal with the Yangtong Kingdom in the west and a group of tribes in the east. It will not go north for the time being. But with the Tuyuhun people riding on their necks and shitting on them, the young Zan Pu will definitely not be able to bear it.

"Can Tubo really send troops to Tuyuhun?"

Yugu is set up as Xiaokhan and Beiting Protector, Tong'er is appointed as Yehu and South Courtyard Protector. To the north of Tianshan Mountain, the Yili River is used as the boundary to divide the east and west.

"The people of Tuyuhun will not tolerate the loss of Bailan. If Tubo wants to attack Tuyuhun, Bailan is the place they must pass through. It is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, with Bailan Mountain in the west and Jishi Mountain in the east. If you capture Bailan, you can go straight along the Yellow River. towards Qinghai, and this is also an important trade channel,"

Li Jing believed that the death of the Tibetan envoy and the robbery of the princess actually just gave the Tubo people a reason to send troops.

After the Tubo people become stronger, they will definitely move north, and Bailan is the key point they must capture first. This time it just gives them an excuse to send troops.

"Bai Lan only defeated ten thousand soldiers, and his strength is far inferior to that of Su Pi. He will definitely not be a match for Tibet in a fight."

"So we want to help a bunch of Tuyuhun people and provide them with some intelligence support," Chai Shao said with an upright look on his face.

But which of the people present is a simple person?

Chai Shao didn't want to help Bai Lan or Tuyuhun. He just wanted them to fight to the death and not allow Tubo to easily succeed or annex Duomi and Bai Lan easily.
We need to prepare Tuyuhun and mobilize enough strength to fight with each other in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. Let them vomit as much as they can and vomit all their blood dry.

From the Yak River to the Yellow River, from Jishi Mountain to Bailan Mountain, and then to Tanggula Mountain,
Bailan, Duomi, Misang, and Subi have turned this plateau area into a battlefield.
The more intense the fight, the better.
When both of them are defeated, next year the Tang Dynasty will take action and seal Tuyuhun's throat with one sword, and then take advantage of the situation to conquer the Qiang kingdoms of Dangxiang, Bailan, Baigou, Misang, and Dongnu. Then Tubo can only stare blankly. It must not be like in history, where Tang Dynasty defeated Tuyuhun and then let Tubo take advantage. Tubo had to make the first move.

The emperor laughed,

Li Shimin safely handed over Chang'an and the government affairs to the crown prince to supervise the country. He took the queen back to Jiucheng Palace, accompanied by Li Jing and other veteran generals and elders. They all sent excellent spies to Bailan and other places to spy on the military situation.

The emperor and the commanders summarized intelligence and deduced the battle situation along the way.

Li Daoyan, the governor of Minzhou, received the emperor's secret order and disguised himself as Tuyuhun people at the border to intercept and kill the Tibetan envoys.
When Li Shimin arrived at Jiucheng Palace, Li Daoyan also sent someone to report.

After the Tubo mission left the Tang Dynasty, they were ambushed and intercepted by a troop of soldiers and horses at the foot of the Yellow River at the foot of the Xiqing Mountain passing through Tuyuhun. Almost all members of the Tubo mission were killed, with only three people escaping, and all their cargo and horses were robbed. Including the rewards given to Tubo Zanpu by the Emperor of Tang Dynasty were also robbed.
Several survivors fled back to the border of Taozhou in the Tang Dynasty, and were rescued by Tang soldiers patrolling the border. The rescued Tibetan survivors said that they were attacked by Tuyuhun people, mainly Dangxiang Qiang. They heard that these people were Taoists from the Eight Parties of Dangxiang. People from the postscript department.

Tuoba Chici, the leader of the Tuoba Tribe, had a very good relationship with Tuyuhun Khan Fuyun. When Fuyun was beaten by Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty and fled everywhere, it was Chici who took him in and later helped him to make a comeback and restore his country. Fuyun later followed The red words were returned to the children and their families.

The Tubo envoys insisted that Murong Fuyun ordered his in-law Tuoba Chici to attack them.

The attack took place by the Yellow River at the foot of Xiqing Mountain. This area was originally the territory of the Tuoba tribe. The Tubo envoy cried to Li Daoyan and asked the Tang Dynasty for justice.

Li Daoyan reported to the emperor truthfully.

When Li Shimin saw the report, a smile appeared on his face. Everything was progressing as planned.

"Send Master Zhang, the leading general of the left army, to lead troops to escort Feng Dexia, a traveler from Honglu Temple, on an envoy to Tibet to escort the survivors of the Tibet envoy back home."

"Let Fan Xing, the governor of Liangzhou, send people to Fuqi City in Qinghai, and let Fu Yun give me an explanation. He dared to intercept and kill the Tibetan envoys who came to Beijing to pay tribute. How brave!"

A pot of shit was directly placed on Tuyuhun's head, and they couldn't explain it at all.
It is foreseeable that when the Tang envoys led troops to escort their surviving Tibetan envoys back to Luoxue, young Zanpu would be furious. And this time Feng Dexia and Master Zhang went to Luoxue with secret orders. They would secretly convey the emperor's will to support them,
Tubo will never miss this opportunity to send troops.

Good news spreads frequently,
Here the Tibetan envoys were attacked in Xiqing Mountain, and there was good news soon after that.
After Yugushe got the title of Yibi Duulu Khan, the Protector of Beiting, and the Governor of Tingzhou, the first thing he did was not to attack Nishu or Tongershe, but to unite with Gaochang first. He attacked his cousin Ashina Sheer.

She'er was originally the son of Luo Khan of Dongtu Chuluo. He once guarded Mobei together with Lao Yugushe. After the army was defeated, he retreated to Gaochang and stationed at Khan Futu City.

Later, taking advantage of the fight between Tong Yehu Khan and Mohe Duo Khan, he first pretended to surrender to the Western Turks, and then took advantage of Tong Yehu's defeat to seize most of the Western Turks' territory. Then he called himself Dubu Khan and went on an expedition to Xue Yantuo. , and ended up defeated,

Now I was stabbed by Yu Gushe.

She'er had been licking his wounds in Khan Futu City since his expedition to Mobei was defeated. His subordinates were scattered and he was caught off guard by Yugushe and Gaochang, so he had to flee eastward in a hurry.

She'er led part of the defeated troops to flee to Yiwu in the Tang Dynasty, and then ran all the way to Yumen Pass and asked the Tang Dynasty to join the imperial court.

This man who had previously retreated to the Western Regions was still thinking of restoring the Turkic Khanate, and he only superficially agreed to the Tang Dynasty's recruitment. Even if he was granted the title of Bi Guogong, General, and County King successively by the Tang Dynasty, he did not really take it back. thing,

Later, he named himself Dubu Khan, and the Tang Dynasty also recognized the canonization. He also never entered the court, but this time it was different. There was no place for him in the Western Regions.

They had no choice but to invite themselves to the court, otherwise Yugushe and Gaochang would not leave any bones left after chewing them.

"Hahaha, Sheer is really what Wu Huaiyu said to me. He was the first person to be stabbed by Yu Gushe,"

The emperor laughed,

"Brother-in-law, you lose. Wu Huaiyu's prediction was accurate. You lost to my two big food horses."

Li Jing looked at Chai Shao's helpless look and just smiled, "Your Majesty, how should I deal with it?"

"If you call She into the imperial court, you should still grant him the title of Duke Bi and General Zuo Xiaowei. His tribe will be moved inland and settled in Huizhou."

After thinking about it, Li Shimin said again, "My imperial sister Princess Hengyang has also reached the marriageable age, so I will ask Sheer to take the title of Princess Hengyang and Sheer to change her national surname."

The consort Chai Shao raised his eyebrows as he listened, "She'er has become his brother-in-law, and he's also given a national surname?"
No, this sounds more like Ashina Sheer marrying into the royal family, becoming a son-in-law, and even changing his surname.

But Sheer seems to have no other good choice.
His brother Yu She established Ashina Momo, which was originally located in the south of DTZ. However, he had long been the head of Pingyi County. He moved to the north of Yinshan Mountain to guard the Tang Dynasty, and got a Huai'an County Prince and a Youtun Guard. The title of the general.

She'er has been toiling in the Western Regions for five or six years. Although he briefly served as Dubu Khan, he still had to lead his subordinates to invite themselves to the court.

After all the hard work, he is not as good as his brother. Although his brother is still the head of the Tang Dynasty, the county king and the general of the Tang Dynasty, he actually commands tens of thousands of tribesmen, nomadic in the Yinshan Mountains. to the north.

But Sheer had spent all his money and had no choice but to enter the court.

Although entering the imperial court was definitely better than Jieli being captured and brought to Chang'an, it was not much better. Without his own troops, he could only become the imperial mascot or a thug.

"Send an official from the Ministry of Etiquette to pick up Sheer when you come to Beijing. Be polite and courteous." Li Shimin confessed with a smile on his face. To marry a royal princess with golden branches and jade leaves, the most is to give the princess a title and marriage as a clan daughter.
But giving it to She'er was just like Zhi lost Si Li, he really gave her a biological sister.

(End of this chapter)