Chapter 363 Hero Twilight
"Feng Khan?"
Qibi Gelen and Yi Shiyinan were extremely shocked.
Ge Leng's thoughts suddenly returned to twenty-two years ago, which was the first year of Sui Daye. Twenty-two years ago, Ge Leng was not as old as he is now. He was a first-class warrior hero in Mobei at that time. He can challenge a huge bear alone, and he can also hunt tigers and leopards on horseback. He is the number one warrior among Tiele's tribes.
At that time, the Qibi Department was the largest among the nine surnames Tie Le, with more than 100,000 accounts. At that time, they were originally surrendered to the Western Turks, but the Chuluo Khan of the Western Turks was tyrannical to all the tribes. Ge Leng called on all the ministries to rise up and resist.
He also elected Yi Shibo, the leader of Xue Yantuo's tribe, as the wildest little khan.
They defected to Shibi Khan of the Eastern Turks to resist Chuluo Khan of the Western Turks. A few years later, Shibi died of illness, and his younger brother succeeded him as the Chuluo Khan. Like Luo Khan Daman, they are all the kind of tyrannical people. They are also full of suspicion about these Tiele tribes who have been attached to them for a long time. They took the opportunity to call them to the Khan court to discuss matters, and then killed more than a hundred Tiele leaders in one go. .
Yi Shibo was also killed that time, and Ge Leng escaped.
But after this incident, the tribes of Tiele also alienated Luo Khan from the Eastern Turks.
It happened that Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was also dissatisfied with the tyranny of Luo Khan in Western Turkic Chu, which affected the security of the Sui border, so the uncle of Chu Luo sent troops to attack Chu Luo, defeated Chu Luo and seized the Khan throne, forcing Chu Luo to be forced to Go to Chang'an by imperial edict.
After Shekui Khan took control of Western Turks, his power recovered. He appeased the fleeing Tiele tribes and sent people to recruit them back.
Ge Leng and others were filled with resentment at that time by Chuluo Khan of East Turkic, so they hit it off, canceled the Khan, and accepted the rule of Western Turkic Shekui Khan with most of Tiele.
When Shekui Khan was there, he was good to Qibi and other Tiel tribes. However, Shekui Khan died of illness not many years after his reign, and his younger brother Tong Yehu inherited the throne.
This ruler Yehu was ambitious, and he wanted to restore the martial arts of his grandfather Datou Khan who unified the Eastern and Western Turks. Lifa also sent Turkic nobles to serve as Tutun, guard the area, command the military, collect taxes and so on.
Arriving at the back, even Ye Hu Khan, the leader of the Tie Le tribes in Mobei, did not let go. He also began to implement the Qilifa canonization system and the Tutun dispatch system, and taxes began to increase.
Tong Yehu is conceited and powerful, and uses harsh policies.
Controlled the strategically important Suiba River and Atamido on the Silk Road, and fought against Persia, capturing the land of Tochara.
The Western Turks, as a branch sent by the Turkic Khan to conquer the West, have been very powerful in the Western Regions for decades. They have wiped out a very powerful force, and have fought against Persia and Rome successively, and even gained the upper hand. He also controlled the main silk road, controlled the countries in the Western Regions, and conquered the tribes of Tiele.
Back then, Datou Khan even commanded the Western Turks, but defeated the East Turkic Khans and briefly unified the Eastern and Western Turks, but was later defeated by the Sui Dynasty and perished.
Starting from She Kui Khan, he changed his strategy towards the Central Plains, no longer invaded and invaded, but instead turned to a long-distance and short-range attack strategy, and remained friendly to the Eastern Tang Dynasty.
Tong Yehu also sent envoys to propose marriage to Emperor Tang two years ago, and Li Yuan also sent his nephew Li Daoli to West Turkic to express his consent. It's just that last year Tongye Hu sent Zhenzhu Qijin to bring 5,000 horses and 10,000 nails of precious gold to marry the princess. As a result, Jieli blocked the road to Chang'an and threatened Tongyehu to marry Tang.
Then after Datang forced Jieli to retreat, he changed his national policy and stopped making marriages with the outside world, so the marriage did not take place.
Originally, the two brothers Shekui and Tongyehu were both capable and ambitious. If they were given some time, they would surely be able to surpass Jieli Khan in the East. However, a Khan who is too powerful can easily invite rebellion.
First, She Kui died of illness within a few years of his reign. After Tong Yehu succeeded to the throne, he levied non-stop and levied heavy taxes on various tribes, which caused dissatisfaction among many of his tribes.
In this year, first the Geluolu tribe rebelled, and then Tong Yehu was murdered in the army by his uncle He Modu during the conquest.
Mo Hedu established himself as the Khan of Qipi, but this was opposed by many nobles in the Western Turks, especially the five establishments in the right wing. They supported Tong Yehu's son as Siyehu Khan, but this Siyehu Khan As soon as he succeeded to the throne, he caused dissatisfaction among some tribes and was murdered again.
After his death, the clan Ashina Ni was established as Khan, named Dulu Khan.
All of a sudden, the Western Turks were in chaos, and the ten Western Turkic tribes supported their masters, catching and fighting each other, but the results of the Tiele tribes were the worst. Both sides levied taxes on them and recruited soldiers. attack.
Ge Leng and others came to court the Emperor Chang'an this time, but they also wanted to seek protection.
Now the Western Turks are in chaos, and the Eastern Turks Jieli has been beaten to the ground by the Tang Dynasty. At this time, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty suddenly said that they would be canonized as khans. This is really a very surprising thing.
Qin Lang has been watching the expressions of the two of them.
Subtle expressions can reveal inner thoughts.
Qin Lang could tell that both of them were moved.
But Ge Leng is old, has a lot of experience, and is relatively rich in the city. He didn't express his thoughts immediately. He seemed to be still weighing the pros and cons.
Yi Shiyi is younger. This is a rising star of the Tie Le clan. He is very brave and looks a bit like he was when he was young.
Now Tang Ren took the initiative to say that he would make them sweat, and he was moved.
"Your Majesty wants to canonize the leader of Gelen as Mohe Khan, and the leader of Yinan as Zhenzhu Khan, give Mohe Khan the flag and drum to rebuild the Khan Court on Tanhan Mountain, and give the flag and drum Pearl Khan to rebuild the Khan in Yudujun Mountain court!"
Ge Leng is relatively calm.
He listened attentively to Qin Lang's words, but he was not in a hurry to express his opinion. Tang Tianzi's plan was actually the situation when he raised his troops and stood up for himself twenty-two years ago.
After Ge Leng became Khan, Ya Ting was established on Tanhan Mountain, which is in the north of Gaochang Kingdom.
At the beginning, the Qibi tribe had more than 100,000 tents, together with the rest of the Tiele tribes, Gelen abruptly grabbed a large piece of territory in the Western Regions. Yiwu and Gaochang were both his vassal states.
Later, the Sui Dynasty sent Xue Shixiong and Qimin Khan to send troops to destroy the Yiwu Kingdom and re-establish Yiwu County under his nose. Back then, he had to unite with the Sui Dynasty in order to gain a foothold in the Western Regions.
It's just that his khanate lasted less than ten years after all. After going around in circles over the years, its power is not as good as before.
Now Emperor Tang said that he would be canonized as a khan and let him stand in the khan court again on Tanhan Mountain. He knew what this meant.
This means that the people of the Tang Dynasty wanted to march into the Western Regions again, just like the Sui Dynasty, and he was a **** of the Tang people.
He regained his independence and proclaimed himself Khan, and surrendered to Tang, which would inevitably attract the siege of the Western Turks. Even if there is civil strife in the Western Turks, no one is willing to let them stand on their own.
Twenty-two years ago, Ge Leng was also full of pride and bravely resisted the Western Turks. He set up a court on Tanhan Mountain and defeated the Western Turkic army several times.
But not long after, Abo, who was established in Jinshan, and Luo Khan, who was born in the Nili Department, were defeated by the Shekui Khan who built his teeth in Yingsuochuan and the Shekui Khan of the Datou Department, and Shekui became the Great Khan , Western Turkic renaissance, Ge Leng defeated Nip Chuluo, but could not beat Shekui, and finally had to attach himself to East Turkic Chuluo Khan, who knew he was punished again.
Ge Leng, whose strength was greatly damaged, finally had to accept the surrender of She Kui again, and went to Khan to join him.
In recent years, Ge Leng has lost his ambition and pride, and he has handed over all tribal affairs to his son Qibige to take charge.
In the past twenty-two years, the Qibi tribe has fought too many battles, fighting against Luo Khan of the Western Turkic Department, fighting against the Luo Khan of the Eastern Turkic Department, fighting against the Shekui Khan, and even fighting against Tong Yehu.
Do you want to fight again now?
But today's Qibi Department is not as prosperous as it was twenty-two years ago.
Brother hesitated.
"Mr. Yi, our tribe has been away from Tanhan Mountain for ten years. The Western Turks there are now under strict control. It is impossible for us to return to Tanhan Mountain."
Tong Yehu Khan is brave and resourceful, and is the best at attacking wars. He merged with Tie Le in the north, rejected Persia in the west, and Thuo Tuo Luo in the south. He controlled hundreds of thousands of strings and dominated the Western Regions. The crowd moved to the west, and now they are far away from Tanhan Mountain.
At the beginning, their vassal states Gaochang and Yiwu are now under the actual control of the Western Turks.
Back then, Shekui Khan built his court in Sanmi Mountain in the north of Kucha, so he moved the Qibi tribe to the Kucha area, but after Shekui died, the new successor Tong Yehu moved the court to Suiyeqianquan, which is more central in the Western Regions. The Qibi tribe, who had always been suspected, was forcibly followed and moved to Atami (Lake Issyk-Kul in Central Asia).
Ge Leng is now granted the title of Special Qin by Western Turks, which is equivalent to the treatment of the king of a vassal state. His son Qibige is awarded the title of Daqi Lifa. Both father and son have the right to comment on the state affairs of Western Turks, which is better than that of Gaochang and other Western Regions. To be a class higher.
The Kexi Turks also sent Tutunfa to the Qibi tribe, and also stationed troops to guard the Qibi tribe and collect taxes at the same time.
When Tong Yehu was in power, Ge Leng and his father had no idea and couldn't beat him.
The Atami area where they are located is very barren, and in addition, the Turkic right wing is surrounded by five crossbows and their Qibi tribe, so it is impossible to think about it.
As soon as Tong Yehu died, Mo Duhe, the little Khan who was in charge of the Zuo Lu tribe in the left five chambers, stood up as a great Khan, and the five crossbows were dissatisfied. He tried his best to become a Khan, but in the end, some people refused to accept his position as a Khan and were killed, so he could only hold on to which one was the Khan.
The five crossbows in the right chamber had different candidates to support the Khan, resulting in constant internal fighting, and the Qibi department surrounded in the middle was unlucky.
Ge Leng now has to think about one thing. If he is attached to the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty will be beyond his reach besides granting them the title of sweat and the golden seal. As soon as he becomes self-reliant, the five crossbows will probably be the first. kill him.
"Mr. Yi, although I want to join the Tang Dynasty, but the mountains are high and the road is far away, and I am deeply surrounded by the Western Turks. If one day, the Tang flag appears in the Western Regions, my Qibi tribe will definitely lead the troops to welcome it!"
This is rejection.
Qin Lang couldn't help being a little disappointed. Now that there is civil strife in the Western Regions, it was a good time for Tang to intervene, and the Central Plains could return to the Western Regions.
However, the song is getting old!
(end of this chapter)