Youzhou is located northeast of Chang'an, and together with Jizhou, Yunzhou and Fengzhou, it builds a solid military barrier for the northern border of the Tang Dynasty. From Youzhou to the north, it enters the territory of the Turks, and then walks north for thirty miles to reach the Yating of Tuli Khan.

A prairie Khan actually set up his own Yajing at the border of the Tang Dynasty. This seems to be a lot of unreasonable points, but all of this has a reason.

Tuli Khan, Asina clan, was named Shibau, the son of Shibau Khan. In the second year of Wude, Shibau Khan died of illness. Because he was young, Shibau Khan failed to succeed to the throne, his uncle Shibau Khan succeeded him, and was named Chuluo Khan. After Chuluo Khan ascended the throne, he appointed Shibau Khan and placed him in the eastern part of the Turks (its area bordered the northern part of Youzhou of the Tang Dynasty).

In this way, if the Tang Dynasty attacks the Turks in the future, Shiboli's troops will be the first to be affected and can resist for a while for Chuluo Khan; if the Turks attack the Tang Dynasty, Shiboli's troops will act as a vanguard and charge for Chuluo Khan!

I don’t know if Shibi Khan would be so angry that he would lift the coffin board if he learned from the spring that his brother treated his son like this. But that’s not the end.

In the fourth year of Wude, Chuluo Khan died. Another uncle of Shibozhi, Duru, succeeded to the throne, was the current Jie Li Khan. After Jie Li Khan ascended the throne, in order to win over the former Shibi Khan's old subordinates, he appointed Shibozhi as the Little Khan, in charge of Khitan, Mushi and other troops, and was named Tuli Khan. However, Tuli's Yating location did not change. He still connected to Youzhou in the south and lived in the eastern part of the Turks, becoming a special "military barrier" between Li Er and Jie Li!

At this time, a caravan was driving on the grassland, and the direction they were heading was Tuli Khan's Yating!

There were more than 20 people in this caravan. The head merchant was slightly fat, wearing a round-necked green silk, and a sling belt around his waist. His long hair was not tied up, but instead tied into small braids, just casually draped. This is a typical Turkic outfit!

Let’s look at the twenty people behind the merchants. They were all wearing coarse leather jackets, their hair was also "dressed" and there were scimitars around their waists. They all looked like Kong Wu was powerful!

Obviously, these people were the guards who accompanied the merchant!

In addition to people, the caravan also accompanied more than ten carriages, which were specially designed for carriages, not people carrying people. Through the carriage door, you can see that the carriage is filled with a wide range of goods, including silk, porcelain, and daily necessities in the boiler.

The caravan was walking slowly on the prairie. Suddenly, a team of soldiers wearing leather jackets and leather armors and holding curved swords were running towards this side.

“Stop~!”

The team of soldiers arrived at the caravan and immediately stopped. The leader of the soldiers looked calm and shouted loudly, "Who are you?"

As for the language spoken by the soldiers, of course, it is not Chinese, but Turkic!

From the time when Tumen defeated Rouran in 552 AD, the Turkic Khan established the Turkic Khanate, and to the time when Baimei Khan was defeated by the Uighurs in 745 AD, the sphere of influence continued to expand. During its strongest period, it occupied the Mongolian Plateau, Junggar Basin, and a vast area of ​​the Central Asian grassland. As a powerful nomadic people active on the northern grasslands in ancient China, the Turks had an important impact on the history of China, Central Asia and even the world!

In addition, the Turks were also the earliest nomadic people in ancient China that had their own writing and language. For example, the Huns and Rouran hundreds of years ago, they did not have their own language or writing, and they all used Chinese characters!

"We are from the Pugu tribe. We have just returned from Taiyuan with a batch of specialties in the Tang Dynasty and are ready to offer them to the Great Khan!"

Facing the sudden blocking sergeant, the merchant looked as usual. He looked up and down at the more than ten sergeant soldiers in front of him, put his right hand on his left chest, leaned over and bowed, and then he blurted out in fluent and authentic Turkic words.

What is strange is that it is clearly Tuli Khan's territory, but the merchants stand on Jie Li Khan's side so clearly, which is really puzzling! Aren't he afraid that the soldiers in front of him will kill or arrest them all and tie them to Tuli camp?

However, after hearing the merchant's reply, the soldiers did not apply anything strangely on their faces and did not act violently. There was even a trace of fear flashing in the eyes of the leader's soldiers, but they were quickly covered up. He looked into the carriage and said, "Pugumen? What did you transport in the Tang Dynasty? We want to check!"

The merchant smiled and said, "The things on the carriage are just some silk, porcelain, and iron. If you like it, you can choose a few pieces for each person to take them away, and just give them to you as our servant's bones! But I don't know which tribe you belong to?"

Who would have thought that this businessman began to turn passive into initiative?

I heard the merchant say that each person could choose a few items to take them away, and a hint of greed flashed in the eyes of the more than a dozen soldiers. After all, although the things the merchants said were common in the Tang Dynasty, they were all scarce goods on the grassland!

A trace of greed flashed in the eyes of the soldier, but it quickly returned to normal. He held his head and said with his chest raised his head and said, "We are from the Qiezi tribe, and we are ordered by the Great Khan to guard this place. Since you are dedicated to the Great Khan, we will naturally not take more... Well, just take one piece by one!"

The Qibian tribe, one of the fifteen tribes of Tiel, is the closest tribe to the Tuli Khan Yating that belongs to the Jie Li Khan's forces! It seems that the businessman said that he was a member of the Pugu tribe, which was an extremely correct decision! Because the Pugu tribe is near the Turkic royal court, it is the direct force of Jie Li Khan!

The merchant laughed and said, "It turned out to be a warrior from the Qiezi tribe. Since he was ordered by the Great Khan, please check these goods carefully!"

After saying that, he made a "please" gesture.

Seeing that the merchant was so open and so upright, the leader of the soldiers waved to everyone behind him and said, "Okay! Since they are friends from the servants' bones, each of them will take an iron tool!"

After the words were finished, everyone cheered, quickly turned over and dismounted, and walked towards the carriage loaded with goods. After a while, some of these people were holding iron pots, and some carried an iron stove. For the nomadic people living in the grassland, these living iron tools from the Central Plains are very scarce, because the grassland people are not good at smelting iron, and are even worse at building iron tools!

Take the iron pot as an example. It is easy to exchange dozens of sheep on the grassland with a good iron pot. Some tribes with poor mix cannot afford to use iron pots, so they can only use stone pots!

"Okay! Brothers from the Pugu tribe, you go! My name is Qiehe. You are very tempted by me, haha! There are three levels ahead, but as long as you report my name, they will not make things difficult for you! But don't get close to Xiao Khan's Yating, otherwise you will be caught!"

The leader sergeant held a black iron pot and grinned at the merchant.

From beginning to end, these people just took out an iron tool they wanted, but did not check the goods on the carriage one by one!

The businessman smiled and leaned over and saluted, "Thank you brother Qiehe!"

The sergeant named Qiehe waved his hand, and then left with satisfaction with his men.

The merchant stamped in place for a while, and saw the soldiers walking away, he said to the guards behind him: "Go away! Be sure to arrive at Tuliyatin before dark!"

Chinese language!

At this time, the businessman actually spoke Chinese language!

"Here~!"

More than twenty guards behind the merchant clasped their fists and said in unison.

What’s even more bizarre is that these people are talking all Chinese at this moment!

It turned out that they were actually a group of people from Central Plains who disguised themselves as a grassland. However, the merchant, as a person from Central Plains, why did the Turkic language speak so fluently?

The group embarked on the itinerary again.

As expected, as Qiehe said, they encountered three levels in the following journey, but the three words "Qiehe" seemed to have some effect among these Turkic soldiers. The Turkic soldiers who had originally come to search did not make things difficult for this caravan. The merchants were rich and powerful. Although they were not troubled, they still left some iron or silk for the soldiers at each level, which made the soldiers smile and threatened that if they went to the Tang Dynasty to buy goods next time, they would definitely not stop them!

"Okay! We should be safe next!"

After passing the last level, the businessman in charge finally sighed with relief and said.

"Hey! Duke Ju, you are so awesome! Those Turkic soldiers were deceived by you. At the beginning, the generals were worried about you!"

Hearing this, the guards behind the merchant also breathed a sigh of relief. Among them, the leading guard couldn't help but look at the merchant with admiration and sighed.

Duke of Ju!

It turned out that this businessman dressed as a Turkic man was Tang Jian, the Duke of Ju who secretly set out from Chang'an and was ordered to go on a mission to the Turkic Republic more than ten days ago!

Who would have thought that the great Duke of Ju of the Tang Dynasty would pretend to be a Turkic merchant and speak fluently in Turkic language?

At this time, the other guards also looked at Tang Jian with admiration. This man, with his own strength, led them to break through Jie Li's many levels, which was simply difficult to admire!

Tang Jian stood with his hands behind his back and smiled faintly: "When I go on a mission to the Turks at this time, I am dancing on the tip of the knife. We will definitely encounter much more dangerous situations in the future than today. If you want to go back alive, be careful in everything, you must also be mentally prepared!"

At this time, Tang Jian's hair and beard were moving with the wind, just like Zhou Yu who was destroyed by the ashes while chatting and laughing. He was calm and composed, calm and chic. His mentality was so strong that he exploded!

"yes!"

Everyone answered it.

The guard, the leader, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Duke Ju, there is something that will be unclear at the end. Why did you tell Qiehe that we are from the Pugu tribe? This territory is from Tuli Khan. If you said so at that time, aren't you afraid that Qiehe is a Tuli person and kill us all?"

He understood some Turkic language, but he was far less skillful than Tang Jian. He also understood part of the conversation between Tang Jian and Qi Zhuhe just now. It was precisely because of this that he was worried about Tang Jian!

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Chapter completed!