Sharo Khan of Western Turkestan has been in a bad mood these days, because winter is about to enter. Yesterday, Tanma came to report that the first snow had fallen on the grassland. If not before the second snow,
To end this war, he will have no choice but to admit defeat and lead his troops back to the prairie. Nomads in winter cannot fight.
While he was angry about why he had not seen the envoys from the Tang Dynasty who came to negotiate peace until now, he also regretted sending troops in the autumn. He had always chosen to send troops in the spring.
In the final analysis, it is impossible for the Western Turks' national power to destroy the Tang Dynasty, and they cannot even fight a war for more than three months. The two sides are fighting, and economic exchanges have been cut off. It is the Turks who always suffer. This war has continued.
It has been two months, and the tea leaves in the Western Turks are almost exhausted. According to the people below, even officials at the level of Dagan (the name of the senior Turkish military attache) can no longer supply the tea leaves. The leaves of this plant were widely used in the Tang Dynasty.
Li is just a drink, but for the nomads on the grassland, it is a necessity for survival and a source of life.
The reason why Sharo Khan knew that he was unable to destroy the Tang Dynasty, but still launched a war, was largely because the Tang Dynasty exported too little tea to the Western Turks. Since normal trade was not enough, he only had
Looting was carried out through war, and the Tang Dynasty's army had always been vulnerable, so it was easy to achieve the strategic purpose of promoting peace through war. In this way, actual benefits on the negotiation table could be achieved through victory in local wars.
The door of the golden tent was opened, and a messenger ran in, knelt down on one knee, and said hurriedly: "Greetings to the Khan! The envoy of the Tang Dynasty is here!"
Sharo Khan breathed a long sigh of relief and thought to himself: "You're finally here. You miss me so much." He put the wine glass in his hand on the table in front of him, waved his hand and said: "Go and get Da.
All the officials above Qiang were called to the Golden Tent, and then the envoys from the Tang Dynasty were allowed to come in."
Amidst the singing of the Turkic soldiers, Huang Jingtai walked into the golden tent with square steps, made a standard salute to Sharo Khan who was sitting in the middle, and said: "Emperor Qianwei of the Tang Dynasty respectfully asked the great Turks
Khan is fine!”
"Emperor Qianwei?" Sharo Khan was a little surprised, "You changed the emperor again? I remember that the original one was not called by this name. Speaking of which, this is already the third emperor since Ben Khan took office.
Well, your emperor always likes others to call him Long Live, but in the end, they are all short-lived, hahaha."
Following Sharo Khan's laughter, all the Turkic generals present also laughed wildly.
Huang Jingtai couldn't help but look a little embarrassed. Sharo Khan was right. The emperors of the Tang Dynasty were the same as most of the emperors in history we know. They were born in deep palaces and grew up as women.
Hands have always been industrious and ignorant of food. They started to indulge in wine and sex at a young age. It is strange that they can live for a long time.
However, he now represents the face of the Tang Dynasty, and he cannot lose his dignity by remaining silent just because the other party's questions are tricky. After a brief pause, he said: "I, the emperors of the Tang Dynasty, were all outstanding people who cared about their subjects.
Ming Lord, no matter how big or small everything is, we must devote ourselves to everything and work hard, so that we lose a lot of energy and become sick from overwork, so most of them die early. However, the people of our dynasty are grateful and virtuous. Although the emperors of the past dynasties have passed away, their voices and smiles will remain with the people.
In my heart, it’s not inappropriate to say long live.”
Sharo Khan laughed and said: "You Tang Dynasty people are just good at talking. You can explain it all. No wonder your emperor sent you here. Even Ben Khan admires you a little. Say, you guys The emperor sent you here, do you have anything to say to me?"
Huang Jingtai said: "Yes. When Emperor Qianwei of our dynasty first came to the throne, it happened that the Great Khan was hunting here. As a courtesy to the Emperor, our emperor specially sent this envoy to reiterate to the Great Khan that he adheres to the policy of peace! And with this! Give each other generous gifts! To show your sincerity."
Sharo Khan sneered and said: "A generous gift? Your gifts from the Tang Dynasty have always been frivolous and useless objects. We don't care about them."
Huang Jingtai's face felt slightly hot. The country's strength was not strong, so the envoy was not taken seriously by others, but he still smiled politely and said: "The Great Khan may be interested in the gift I brought this time." Although this He didn't believe what he said, but at this moment Huang Jingtai had no choice but to believe in Jiang Zhe's "far-sightedness".
Sharo Khan touched his beard and said: "Your so-called generous gifts are nothing more than fancy silk clothes and ceramic pots. Although they look very beautiful, our knights will not be able to ride on them if they wear your clothes." Ma, by using your porcelain, our soldiers have lost their daring style, no good, no good!"
Huang Jingtai turned sideways and said: "The gift this time was personally chosen by His Majesty the Emperor. There is no silk or pottery as the Great Khan mentioned."
"Oh? No silk and pottery? Haven't you always given these things before?" Sharo Khan was really surprised now. He paused for a moment, then smiled and said: "Did you bring good wine this time? No? To be honest, although you Tang people are not good at fighting, this wine is actually better than ours. It tastes good and can be said to be good wine. If you bring wine this time, I can consider you. A proposal for peace."
"It's a pity that the Great Khan was disappointed. The wine our emperor prepared for the Great Khan was not good wine!" Huang Jingtai said, smacking his lips.
After guessing wrong one after another, Sharo Khan became interested in Jiang Zhe. He couldn't help but sit up straight and said: "This is not the case, and that is not the case. What on earth did your new emperor ask you to bring? No way. What beauty do you want to give as a gift? Let me tell you clearly in advance that this Khan is only interested in the princesses of your Tang Dynasty."
"This envoy is carrying five thousand catties of tea at the order of our emperor." Huang Jingtai had no choice but to reveal the gift that he thought was not worth mentioning.
"What are you talking about?" Sharo Khan suddenly stood up excitedly.
Huang Jingtai was startled, thinking that Sharo Khan was angry because he disliked the etiquette. However, as an envoy, although he was afraid, he still couldn't lose his authority in front of his face. He took a step back and said with a pinched neck: "Tea Leaves" , five thousand kilograms of tea!”
"Your new emperor is quite interesting. He knows what Ben Khan wants most." Sharo Khan grinned and nodded, saying with interest. After calming down a little, he continued Asked: "Your new emperor must have something else to say to me!"
Only then did Huang Jingtai realize that Sharo Khan was not angry but happy. At that moment, he felt more confident and said calmly: "Yes. I asked the emperor to ask this envoy to tell the Great Khan that you Turks Humans are tigers, but we in the Tang Dynasty are also lions. Although the lion is asleep now, if the tiger behaves too much, it will wake the lion up."
Sharo Khan looked cold and said angrily: "Are you threatening Ben Khan?" Following his words, the surrounding Turkic generals roared angrily, and some even reached for the knife on their waist.
handle.
Huang Jingtai suppressed the fear in his heart, and according to Jiang Zhe's prior instructions, he pretended to be calm and said: "Great Khan, don't get me wrong. This is not a threat, but a kind advice. I told the emperor that both lions and tigers are
The king is the tyrant, and fighting between the two will only hurt both sides, and it will make others easier. Instead of everyone living in peace, mutual benefit, and win-win cooperation."
Sharo Khan sneered twice and said: "Your new emperor is very calculating, but what capital does he have to cooperate with us? As long as Ben Khan gives the order, our Turkic cavalry will march straight in
, I beat you Tang Dynasty people and obediently pay us tribute. At that time, you can give us whatever we want, whether you want or not."
As the conversation progressed, Huang Jingtai became calmer and calmer, because he found that Sharo Khan's reaction was almost exactly the same as what Jiang Zhehe said when he was in the capital, so he was not attracted by Sharo Khan.
Frightened by the ferocious appearance.
After Sharo Khan finished venting his anger, Huang Jingtai said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "The Great Khan must also know that what you said is just self-deception. If you Turks really have the ability to destroy us, the Tang Dynasty, how could you wait until today?"
?To put it bluntly, in terms of numbers, you Turks don’t even have the same population as we do. We, the people of the Tang Dynasty, just stand still and let you kill them. I’m afraid they won’t be able to kill us?”
The cold light in Sharo Khan's eyes became brighter and brighter with Huang Jingtai's words. After dealing with the Tang Dynasty for so many years, when did an envoy from the Tang Dynasty dare to talk to him like this? Although he also knew Huang Jingtai in his heart.
What he said is all true, but in the position of the Great Khan, he could not tolerate being ridiculed by the envoys of the Tang Dynasty. His hand had slowly stretched from his chest to his waist, where there was a hanging drink.
A stainless steel scimitar with the blood of countless people.
Just when Sharo Khan was about to explode and Huang Jingtai stopped talking before he noticed it, a handsome young Turkic general sitting on the right suddenly stood up, walked to Sharo Khan, and quietly pulled him
The hand that had been pressed on the handle of the knife shouted to Huang Jingtai: "Stop your speech, this is not the court of your Tang Dynasty, but the golden tent of my Turkic Khan. Tell me what your emperor plans to do."
How to negotiate peace!"
"Yes, it's no use talking about these useless things. Tell me quickly whether your emperor plans to cede territory or pay compensation." The Turkic generals agreed one after another.
Huang Jingtai didn't realize the danger just now. He was already in high spirits. Hearing the words of the Turkic generals, he was not in a hurry to answer. Instead, he straightened his clothes slowly and said expressionlessly: "I'm going to court."
The emperor neither plans to cede territory nor pay compensation."
The young general's eyes turned cold, and he said first: "Don't think that because you are the envoy of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, we dare not kill you. We will neither cede territory nor pay compensation, so why did your emperor send you here?"
"This envoy has just said that we will negotiate peace." Huang Jingtai has completely returned to the style of censor.
"Why are you negotiating for peace?" The young general once again spoke first through gritted teeth.
Huang Jingtai said calmly: "Open the customs market to facilitate trade."
Huang Jingtai's eight words suddenly silenced the already agitated Turkic Khan's tent.
"Open customs markets and trade." Sharo Khan couldn't help but read it again.
"Open the customs market for trade." The young general also read it again...
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