Chapter 366 Betting
Murong Xuan's idea was that even if the Tang people were defeated this time and lost the Yellow River Basin and Tuyuhun area again and were forced to the national border, the Murong family still had a way out: after showing their loyalty to the Tang court, they could apply for internal migration, and like the Xianbei people in Lingzhou, let the Tang Dynasty set a place within the territory for them to grazed and live.
Murong Xuan relied on the strength of the Fu Lu clan. Although he was not exactly a puppet, the one who spoke the most was not the Murong clan but his minister Fu Lu clan. However, the Murong clan had an advantage, that is, he had a good relationship with the Tang Dynasty and was especially close to the current power-based Jin faction. For example, when Zhang Wulang was in Fuqi City, he was often the guest of honor in the king's tent.
The Khan did not want to be completely controlled by the great prime minister Fu Lu, so he could not break the line on the Tang Dynasty, otherwise there would be no possibility of confronting Fu Lu... This is the most important reason why he tried his best to pro-Tang.
On the other hand, Fu Lu was obviously more familiar with the line on Tubo, and Murong Xuan was not as good as that. If Tuyuhun surrendered to Tubo, he would have no hope, and he could only make Fu Lu dare not resist at all.
Of course, these are all things in Murong Xuan's heart and cannot be expressed clearly. We can only find other reasons to convince the leaders of the tribes, and the slave owners put their hopes on the Tang Dynasty.
But everyone was not convinced of his reasons. Someone said: "Although Shibao City is now in the hands of the Tang army, there is no way to control the Tang people in that place. Tubo can still threaten us. If I had to place a bet on one side, I would rather bet on Tubo, after all, they have brought an army of 500,000!"
At this moment, a minister who supported the Khan king pointed out the window paper: "If you bet on the Tang Dynasty, you can move inward if you lose; what should you do if you lose if you bet on the Tubo? Let the Khan king and Daxiang take the prison car to Chang'an?"
Moving inward? Fu Lu finally understood the abacus of Murong Xuan’s group: he would be directly ruled by Chang’an when he moved inwardly into the Tang territory. Murong Xuan had a good relationship with the Tang people, so why did I Fu Lu?
Fu Lu immediately stood up and said, "The Tubo soldiers are just under our noses. We can't fight and defeat them. The Tang soldiers are still unknown. What can we do? Let's discuss peace with the Tubo people first. Even if the Tang soldiers come back in the future, we should understand our difficulties. They are too slow to come. Besides, I think the Tubo people have a great chance of winning. They are like many people who are determined to win the old place!"
Since Fu Lu expressed his attitude, most of the people present felt that there was no need to continue controversy, but there was still someone who was not convinced and said: "It is not difficult for our 100,000 troops to block him for a month. When the reinforcements of the Tang Dynasty came to join forces and fight against Quanrong, they might not be able to win..."
"I think what the Grand Prince said makes sense." Murong Xuan interrupted the person in real time and expressed his attitude of supporting Fulu. This attitude made Fulu very satisfied. He felt that Murong Xuan was very worried as the Khan King, and was a person who knew advancement, retreat and current affairs.
Murong Xuan sighed and said, "If you can block the car with your arms, you will be seriously injured even if you can deal with it for one month and it will be difficult to recover in ten years."
The Khan and the Grand Prime Minister agreed, so the others stopped arguing, and the tent quickly returned to peace. Fu Lu said: "Send someone to see Jide Zuzan..."
After everyone dispersed, Murong Xuan secretly asked his confidant to make a note at night and took a token to the man and told him: "Immediately enter the Tang territory to see the King of Jin, and tell him that Fu Lu wants to surrender to Quanrong. It must be kept confidential, otherwise I will stop."
The messenger took out a wax ball and said, "If things are not good, I will put them in my mouth and bit them. If they enter my throat, they will die! I will never say a word."
Murong Xuan was quite moved after hearing this, and his pale face was shining with eyes: "I hope you complete your mission smoothly!"
Although Murong Xuan and Fu Lu had the same king and his ministers in the same city, they undoubtedly had "same bed and different dreams". When Murong Xuan sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty, Fu Lu also sent envoys to meet Ji Dezuzan.
When the Xianbei envoys were discovered by the Tubo cavalry, they saw that they were polite and did not act recklessly. They sent people to report to Jide Zuzan while sending them over.
After hearing the news, Jide Zuzan looked back and said, "The Xianbei people have surrendered."
After hearing this, the generals burst into laughter. What was the reason why the envoys came to surrender at this time? Ji De then asked someone to bring the envoys over to meet him, and he was obviously willing to accept surrender... After all, the Xianbei people had at least 100,000 soldiers. Although they could not defeat Tubo, if they really wanted to fight to the death, Tubo would be enough to drink a pot, which was both laborious and time-consuming, which was not conducive to the overall situation. Tubo's real opponent was the Tang Dynasty.
Before the people arrived, the Tubo nobles had already discussed in their tents to blackmail the Xianbei people. Mo family, one of the largest nobles in Tubo, smiled and said, "First ask for a batch of cattle and sheep, if you can't hold on with the Tang soldiers for a long time, then ask them for it."
"There is no doubt that cattle, sheep and horses are needed. Apart from that, what other good things do the Xianbei people have? Do you know?" Lang's head man asked everyone with a smile.
The former old leader of Lang's family was slashed by Xue Chongxun. Now this heir is as old as Jide, and he speaks in an opportunistic manner as he is, so Lang's family is even more favored than before, and speaks much more casually in front of the Khan than others.
Sure enough, Jide's expression became very interested, and he turned around and asked, "Just just say it."
Lang smiled and said, "If Fu Lu wants to betray the old master and form an alliance with us, two things must be done: bloodshed and marriage..."
When Ji De heard this, he understood: "By the way, Murong has two sisters. The eldest sister married Fulu and there was a girl. It was just right to ask for her to be a concubine."
"No." Lang smiled teasingly, "I haven't heard anyone tell me about the girl of Murong. I'm afraid there is nothing outstanding about being famous. On the contrary, Fu Lu's wife Murong Yan's eldest sister Murong Yan is famous and many people from all over the world have heard of it... Why don't the Khans ask Fu Lu to bring his wife together when he agreed to make a blood alliance?"
Although Jide was cruel and lustful, he did not do anything right or wrong. When he heard this, he looked upright and pondered: "I'm suffering from the excuse of not being able to get on the table. Why did it make an alliance with others to bring women? I'm afraid that the old man Fu Lu could not hold back his face and was forced to break the terrible battle with us. Wouldn't it affect the serious business?"
Everyone nodded slightly when they heard this, and they looked down upon the favored Lang. They felt that this guy had all his slander and came up with bad ideas. Fortunately, the Khan was wise to take the overall situation into consideration.
But Lang said confidently: "Isn't it easy to make excuses? The Xianbei people really have the final say, but they are still from the Murong family. Since they want to get rid of their blood, they have to call someone from the Murong family? Murong Xuan wants to take charge of the royal city, and the remaining two sisters are the girls, and the girl's unmarried daughter is not allowed to ask someone to come over to say it; and Murong Yan happens to be Fu Lu's wife, so why should the couple come to form an alliance together?"
After thinking for a moment, Ji De was overjoyed and said, "This method works! When the messenger comes, we will ask the Fu Lu and his wife to come over to discuss peace."
After waiting for a while, the messenger suddenly came to the ground, and the Tubo people passed it into the tent. The messenger was still a little nervous when he first came in. Unexpectedly, Jide laughed: "I know you are here to negotiate peace! Tuyuhun was our allies, and a temporary separation does not mean that he will make up for the relationship. As long as you agree to make up for it, I am very happy to be able to reconcile and pass the letter on it!"
The envoy did not expect this to be successful, so he hurriedly took out the letter of the country from his pocket and handed it respectfully and said, "In the past, my Khan was forced by the Tang people and was helpless. If the Tang people threatened him, he would send troops to plunder all the cattle and sheep of our clan. Only after life and death did he come up with the worst plan to temporarily form an alliance with him. In the past two years, no great minister dared to forget the Khan's covenant for a day, and just waited for the Khan to lead a group of eagles back here to make friends forever..."
Ji De read the letter of the country casually and threw it aside and said, "We have the conditions."
The messenger said: "Our country is willing to pay the Khan according to the old rules and obey the Khan's enemies with the Khan."
Jide and the nobles looked at each other and said for a moment: "The number of cattle and sheep given every year will increase. Later, I will compile a book with your Khan. If you agree, you will ask Fulu Daxiang and his wife to come together to fight blood and turn swords into jade and silk."
The envoy soon realized that Murong Yan was a little unreasonable among the people whom the Tubo people appointed to meet, so he asked: "Princess, a woman, doesn't ask about state affairs, why do you want her to come too?"
As expected by the Tubo people, the Tuyuhun envoy would have questions, but Jide Zuzan had already prepared an excuse and said easily: "Is your Khan surname Fulu or Murong? Since you want to form a blood alliance before the gods, how can you do without the Murong family?"
The messenger frowned and said, "I will report back to the Khan and the Great Prime Minister, and it will be decided by the king's tent."
Both sides have a desire to reconcile, so it is not difficult to negotiate, but it is just a question of how to "harmony". After receiving the letter of the country, the Tubo people then compiled the letter and replied, explaining the conditions and other matters, and asked the messengers to take it back.
The excuse that Tubo brought to Murong's family to participate was obviously not very clever. People with discerning eyes could understand the humiliation at once. What the Tubo people wanted to do was clearly understand at a glance, but they just wanted to make their intentions more tactful: the girl who occupied Murong Xuan was called "marriage"; if she wanted to abuse Murong Yan, she was called "alliance with the royal family."
After the upper class of Fuqi City received the reply from Tubo, it was acceptable to increase the number of cattle and sheep. There would be no fairness if there was a difference in strength and weakness, and it was understandable that the conditions were harsh. However, it was obviously a great shame to let Murong Yan, who had already married Fulu Daxiang, go to the Tubo camp.
In the concept of nomadic peoples, the humiliation of his wife is more unacceptable than the innocence of his daughter and sister. Therefore, it is okay for the Tubo people to marry into the Khan's girl Murong Dong to marry him as a concubine, but it is a bit too much to suggest that Murong Yan gets into the wolf's den.
At this moment, Fu Lu actually made an unexpected decision: he agreed to take Murong Yan to negotiate peace with him!
The so-called first thing will happen, there will be a second time. After the Tubo people were defeated and ran away, Fu Lu was afraid that the Tang soldiers would take their wife to Shanzhou; this time he was afraid that the Tubo soldiers could also take their wife to see Jide Zuzan...
Chapter completed!