Chapter 177: Uighurs and Dangxiang

In the middle of June of the second year of Xuanren, a team of people came to the edge of the vast Korqin grassland, about 300 people. They were Pei Mingyuan, the envoy of Hexi who was on the 8 miles of Uighur Hanerdo.

They went north along the Zhangye River and passed through hundreds of miles of deserted beaches and Gobi. After half a month of travel, they finally arrived at the border of the Uighurs. In the distance was a bright white water surface, which was the last lake formed by the Zhangye River, called Yanhai.

Accompanying Pei Mingyuan on the Uighur mission were Zhang Huan's master Lin Delong and the tooth general Wang Siyu. Lin Delong is currently the chief military doctor in the Xiliang army, and also serves as the instructor of the Xiliang army and participates in the training of new recruits. Because the Uighur mission was in great trouble, Zhang Huan specially asked him to escort Pei Mingyuan to.

Finally, the annoying trip to the Gobi Desert was over. Large areas of lakes and endless grasslands appeared in front of them, and the soldiers accompanying them immediately cheered.

At this time, Pei Mingyuan urged the horse to catch up with Lin Delong and smiled and said, "Master Lin, why don't you let everyone have a rest!"

Lin Delong looked out from a distance and saw that this was the Uighur border and there was abundant water source. It was usually the key defense place for the Uighur border. However, after a while, he did not find any traces of people. Then he nodded and turned around and shouted: "Stay for an hour!"

The soldiers who received the order to disband and ran to the lake one after another. Some soldiers even took off their clothes and jumped into the lake.

Pei Mingyuan also got off the horse, walked slowly to the lake, found a piece of grass and sat down. He stared at the lake water, chewing on the grass roots, while thinking about Zhang Huan's explanation before leaving:

"I have been thinking about this for a long time. Now that Denli Khan is dead, the Uighur Khan is the opportunity to ascend the throne. Mingyuan has a long way to go to the Uighurs, but no matter whether this matter is successful or not, I hope Mingyuan can return safely."

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"After all, the governor is only the head of a state. Although it is feasible in terms of interests, it is not consistent with the etiquette system. It is better for me to go back to Chang'an first and go with the imperial envoys to act at the right time."

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"It might be better if the new Khan ascended the throne, he first wanted to stabilize the Khan throne, not to use troops to the outside world. Mingyuan went there just to express his intention to cooperate with the new Khan. After he stabilized the Khan throne, he would naturally send an envoy to contact him."

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Pei Mingyuan shook his head and smiled. Until today, he believed that his brother-in-law was indeed outstanding. He had a broad vision and could grasp the overall situation. He could put the grudges between the Uighurs and the Tang Dynasty aside and actively joined forces with the Uighurs to attack Tubo. At the same time, he was not controlled by etiquette and law, and put interests first. He actually ordered himself to marry the Uighurs as the governor of a state. If he was impeached by someone with a heart, this would be three serious crimes of deceiving the emperor, usurping the Yue Dynasty, and privately tying foreign vassals. But if the court came forward to do everything, he would put himself in a passive position and even accomplish nothing. Perhaps this is called a great thing, so he should be fine!

"Pei Jun, I heard that you have been to many places and have been to Dashi. Is this true?" The person who spoke was Wang Siyu, the general of Zhang Huanxin. He was a descendant of a famous family. His grandfather was Wang Zhongsi, a famous general of Tianbao. Like He Lou Wuji, he also joined the army at the age of fifteen and had been in the army for five years. His martial arts were buried in the Fengxiang army of the Cui family, who was queuing with resources. It was not until Zhang Huan led three thousand elite cavalry to attack Han Erduobali that he gradually stepped forward.

Pei Mingyuan looked back at him, then gently patted the grass beside him, signaled him to sit down, and smiled and said, "I have been to Dashi and even to Byzantium. In fact, those Western city-states are far behind our Chang'an."

Wang Siyu hugged her knees and looked at the lake and murmured: "The Governor once told us that we would be allowed to fight to the West in the future. I have been wondering when will this day come?"

Pei Mingyuan glanced at him and smiled and said, "You governors have ambitions. This time, they sent us to the Uighurs to lay the foundation for his next attack on Tubo. I thought he really would take action three or four years later. It seems that his heart is even more anxious than us."

Speaking of the Uighurs, Wang Siyu frowned and said, "Last year, we followed the governor to capture Han Erduobali and burned a city into white land, but now we have to get the Uighurs again. To be honest, I feel a little nervous. Do the Uighurs believe in the sincerity of the governor?"

"If it were Denli Khan, of course he would crush us into ashes."

Pei Mingyuan patted his shoulder and smiled and said, "But it's no longer him, it's the new Khan. Moreover, the prime minister in power has been enthroned by our Tang Dynasty and is more pro-Tang Dynasty. So although I can't guarantee that things can be done successfully this time, I think there should be little personal safety problem.

"General Wang!" A soldier who was watching on the big tree shouted loudly: "A cavalry team appeared about five miles ahead!"

"Call brothers to gather and prepare for battle." Wang Siyu jumped up, Pei Mingyuan quickly glanced at him, "Don't do anything randomly, we are envoys."

At this time, a group of small black dots had appeared in the north several miles away, galloping towards this side. In a moment, the black dots arrived in front of you. It was indeed the Uighur whistle, about three or four hundred cavalrymen.

When they saw that the other party was a Tang soldier, they immediately drew their swords and slashed. An officer rushed forward and shouted loudly in Turkic language: "Why did the Tang army in front invade the territory?"

Pei Mingyuan had been traveling abroad for a long time. He was very knowledgeable about Turkic language, so he stepped forward and replied in Turkic language: "We are envoys of the Tang Dynasty, and we were sent to the Uighurs under the order of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and we had no malice."

The other party had a shallow understanding and did not know that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was actually only three years old. Seeing that the other party was solemn, he even transported several trucks of gifts, and just thought they were going to meet the new Khan. He was happy and said, "It is okay to see our Khan, but you must follow us."

Pei Mingyuan bowed and shouted loudly: "Yes, please lead the way."

A hundred people waved their hands, and he turned his horse's head and led the Tang army and his party to the depths of the northern grassland.

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At night, the moon appears and disappears in the clouds. The camp of Xidangxiang people was silent. Only by chance, there were night patrol soldiers walking through the camp tent. To the west of Yanran City, this was the camp of Tuoba Yue, the younger brother of Tuoba Xi. The huge mountain shadow of Helan Mountain was projected on the ground, making the camp appear darker and weird.

The Dangxiang people still maintained the characteristics of slavery, and all population and livestock belonged to the Dangxiang nobles. Among the seven nobles of the Western Dangxiang, Tuoba Yue controlled 3,000 households, about 10,000 people, and ranked second only to his elder brother Tuoba Xi. Ten days ago, he accepted his nephew Tuoba Qianli's request, accepted him as his adopted son, and also gave him the right to inherit his property. Tuoba Xi did not interfere. In his opinion, setting up a separate branch of the second son would reduce a lot of trouble, especially in the inheritance of the throne, there would be no situation where the two sons compete for the throne in the future.

It was already late at night, and Tuoba Yue's big tent suddenly became turbulent. Two women who were sleeping with each other ran out of the tent in panic and shouted loudly. More than a dozen guards rushed into the big tent together. Tuoba Yue vomited blood and could not speak. Everyone didn't know what was going on. Some went to find a witch, and some ran to report to the king.

After a moment, Tuoba Xi rushed to his younger brother's camp surrounded by dozens of people. Hundreds of torches were illuminated like daytime. A pile of fires that were high among people were burning vigorously, and the flames rolled straight into the night sky.

A half-naked witch was jumping back and forth around the camp. Her body was covered with oil paint, and she looked frightened. She muttered something, threw handfuls of unknown powder into the fire, and the flames also changed into various strange colors.

No one dared to step forward, so he could only wait for the witch to drive away the demons in the camp. Tuoba Qianli stood at the end of the crowd, his expression was as serious as everyone else, but if you look closely, you will find that there was an irresistible pride in his eyes, and the Persian poison he brought back had a miraculous effect.

The witch jumped tirelessly until the east sky with a slightly blue-white look. She finally let out a long sigh and looked tired. She put on her clothes and said to the confused King of Dangxiang Tuoba Xi: "I have asked clearly the situation. The two kings had gone to Henan Mountain to hunt five days ago and accidentally injured the daughter of the mountain god. The mountain god was furious and asked the mountain ghost to ask for his life. The king can kill cattle and sheep tomorrow to worship the mountain god, so as not to harm the clan members."

Tuoba Xi was skeptical and hurriedly brought people into the tent to observe the situation. Just as everyone entered the tent, the witch and Tuoba Qianli quietly exchanged a wink.

At this time, Tuoba Yue in the camp had already died hard, but the witch did not take his death to heart. That was not important. What was important was that after her efforts, the mountain ghost who was going to ravage the Dangxiang people's camp had been driven away, and her lofty spiritual leadership status was not shaken.

Tuoba Yue died, and his body was immediately burned to ashes and scattered on Henan Mountain to calm the wrath of the mountain god. Everyone believed it deeply. Most people did not want to ask more because they had nothing to do with them. However, Tuoba Yue's slaves were happy because they lacked a stingy and cruel master. More importantly, he was the young and promising second prince Tuoba Qianli who was tolerant and caring to his subordinates.
Chapter completed!