The Qibi are one of the two most powerful tribes among the Tiele tribes. The other is Xue Yantuo. The Qibi mainly live in the vast area south of Tianshan and north of Yanqi. Some of them also live in the area south of Jinshan.
Just like Qibi and Xue Yantuo, their territory straddled the Eastern and Western Turks, so they also became the targets of the two Turks to attract and attack.
During the Datou period, the Western Turks were powerful. Xue Yantuo and Qibi both surrendered to the Western Turks. In the 19th and 20th years of the founding of the Emperor, the Western Turks suffered heavy losses due to two heavy attacks by the Sui Dynasty, especially in Lake Hali.
In the First World War, Datou was killed, and the nobles of the Western Turks fought for power and internal strife broke out.
Xue Yantuo and Qibi took this opportunity to break away from the Western Turks and were elected as khans by the Tiele tribes of the Western Turks, which caused subtle changes in the situation in the grassland.
The Qibi tribe discovered by the Sui army scouts was very small, with only a few hundred people. They were basically young, old, and children. This was very strange. There were almost no young and strong men in the tribe, and they actually appeared in Xue Yantuoji.
The place was so close, which made Yang Yuanqing feel very sleepy.
The Sui army scouts relieved Qibi's worries in advance, and the Sui army received a warm welcome. Hundreds of Qibi men, women, and children came out to welcome the Sui army. Because the tribe was too small, the five hundred Sui troops did not enter the tribe to harass them.
Instead, they set up camp next to the tribe.
The goodwill of the Sui army won the support of the Qibi people. They helped the Sui soldiers set up camp and sent mutton and fine wine. Of course, they also sent a large amount of fodder. With carpets spread and mutton nai boiled on the fire, General Yang Yuanqing
Put a ounce of tea into the pot, and soon the aroma of nai tea filled the tent.
The door of the big tent was crowded with women and children, with warm smiles on their red faces. They curiously looked at the Sui army they had never seen before, and smelled the fragrance of nai tea they had never smelled before.
The two old men both had rosy faces and long white beards. They invited Yang Yuanqing to sit on the pure white lambskin, and filled the golden bowl in front of him with nai tea. An old man laughed and said: "Our tribe is a tribe.
Descendants of the Bi nobles, our surname is Qibi. My name is Chali, and he is my brother, Chahan. He is the eldest man in this tribe. I would like to thank the Sui army for not intruding on us, and welcome General Yang to be our guest."
"Have you never seen the Sui army?" Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile.
The younger old man replied: "Our ancestors have lived at the foot of Tanman Mountain for generations. Although we have heard about the Sui Army for a long time, this is the first time we have seen it."
Tanman Mountain is located to the north of Yiwu and south of Jinshan Mountain. There are also large areas of lush pastures. There are more than a dozen ethnic groups living there, such as Turks, Tuyuhun, Shi, Qiang, Xueyantuo, Shatuo, Qibi, etc. It is controlled by the Western Turks.
place.
Yang Yuanqing smiled again and said: "Although it is rude, I still want to take the liberty to ask, how did you leave your hometown and come here, and where are all the young and strong men in the tribe."
"My father went to fight!" a Qibi child next to him interrupted.
The child's childlike words made it difficult for the two elders to hide it anymore, so they had to smile bitterly and said: "There was a heavy snowstorm in Jinshan Mountain, and our tribe was also affected by the disaster. We were ordered by the Khan to go eastward to avoid the disaster. Not only us, but hundreds of tribes came with us.
.When you go west, you will encounter other Qibi tribes. We young and strong people have gone to intensive training and will not be back until spring."
Yang Yuanqing was stunned, and a thought came to his mind, is Qibi preparing to fight? With whom, the Western Turks or Xue Yantuo?
"Then who is your enemy? It can't be the Sui Dynasty!" Yang Yuanqing asked with a tentative smile.
"How could it be the Sui Dynasty? If it were the Sui Dynasty, would we still be sitting here with the general?"
The two kind and honest old men did not notice Yang Yuanqing's temptation and actually revealed Qibi's military secrets in one sentence.
They smiled and explained: "Our enemy is Xue Yantuo. They have suffered disasters and their strength has been weakened, which is our best opportunity to attack."
This news made Yang Yuanqing overjoyed. He really had to go through iron shoes to find nowhere, and it took no effort to get it. He worked hard to find an alliance in the Turkic tent, but failed and was almost betrayed by Rangan, but the real ally was in
Under their eyes, he remembered what Utu had said to him: Qibi and Xue Yantuo competed for the master of Tiele, which resulted in the emergence of two khans in western Tiele. One sheath cannot tolerate two swords, and the civil war between them is about to break out.
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Yang Yuanqing quickly smiled and said: "Our Sui army is also preparing to fight Xue Yantuo. Maybe we can work together."
The two old men looked at each other, with shock in their eyes. This news came too suddenly.
A grand bonfire party was over. The old man Qibi and the children all returned to the tribe. The Sui soldiers also went back to their tents to rest. Yang Yuanqing rode around the camp to patrol. From time to time, he would see some Qibi women appearing in the camp.
Next to the camp of Sui soldiers.
He had been used to this kind of situation for a long time and did not stop him. He just pretended not to see it. The soldiers of the Sui Army had more or less some items on their bodies that prairie women liked from the Central Plains. Mainly silk and satin, as well as bronze mirrors, makeup, etc., they would
He used these things to please the prairie women so as to obtain his own needs. Yang Yuanqing had been on the frontier for many years and was well aware of the hardships faced by frontier soldiers. The comfort of women was their most eager need.
Yang Yuanqing's eyes fell on Yin Mountain a hundred miles away again. Under a bright moonlight, the long mountain line appeared faintly in front of him. He sighed, wondering how many troops Xue Yantuo would use to intercept his return.
In the middle of the night, he was suddenly awakened by the low voice of a soldier. He turned over and sat up, instinctively grabbing the handle of the knife with his hand, "What's the matter?"
"General, their elders have something to do with you."
Yang Yuanqing, like the soldiers, slept with Jia. He stood up and walked out of the tent. He saw an elder he had seen during the day waiting beside the tent. He remembered that this person was his brother Chali.
"Elder, what's the matter?" He stepped forward and asked with a smile.
Zhari bowed deeply to him and said, "General, please come with me. My son is back and he wants to see you."
"Who is your son?" Yang Yuanqing asked somewhat strangely.
"My son is a famous warrior in Qibi, named Qibi Lie, and he is also one of the twelve ten thousand captains under the Khan."
"Let's go! I'll go with you."
Yang Yuanqing followed Elder Qibi and walked quickly towards the tribe's tent.
In a brightly lit tent, Yang Yuanqing saw an extremely burly man, similar in height to him, but thicker and burlier than him. He had jet black hair draped over his shoulders, like a male lion.
"Are you Fengzhou Yang Yuanqing?"
The man was about twenty-four or five years old, his voice was very deep, and he looked back at him with very sharp eyes.
Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Do you know me?"
The man stared at him for a long time, then waved his hand and said, "General Yang, please sit down!"
The two sat down at a small table, and an older woman applied nai tea to them. The man suddenly laughed and showed his white teeth, "I drank your nai tea today. It tastes very good."
,I love so much."
"I'll give you ten pounds of tea later."
Yang Yuanqing also smiled and said: "Your father said your name is Qibi Lie, and you are one of the twelve ten thousand captains under Qibi Khan."
Qi Bilie nodded, "My father is right."
He sighed again in a low voice: "Actually, I am very grateful to you for being able to restrain military discipline and allowing me to see my father alive."
"The Sui army has good military discipline, and they will not hurt their friends."
"friend!"
Qi Bilie laughed, his eyes full of friendliness, "Since we are friends, let's talk about our common enemy! I heard from my father that you also want to deal with Xue Yantuo, why?"
Yang Yuanqing smiled and said: "The reason is very simple. The south of Yin Mountain is the sphere of influence of the Sui Dynasty. Xue Yantuo broke into our yard without the owner's consent."
Qi Bilie's eyes were still friendly, but there was a hint of elegance in the friendliness that did not match his figure. He shook his head, "This is not the real reason. After all, it is not Fengzhou. Xue Yantuo only stayed here for a winter. Sui
The dynasty is a tolerant and generous nation, and we will not make enemies of them just because of this. General Yang, I need to know the real reason, otherwise, I will not be able to trust you, and it will be even more difficult for me to discuss cooperation with you."
"Okay! I'll tell you the truth, I killed Yishubo's two sons."
"Two sons? Besides Xue Qiluo, who else is there? Is it Yi Nan?" Qibi Lie's eyes became extremely concerned, looking at Yang Yuanqing.
Yang Yuanqing could feel his concern about this matter. He shook his head and said with a smile: "I may have disappointed you, not Yi Nan, but Ci Duo."
After a long while, Qibi Lie finally nodded, "I believe it. Yi Shubo only has three sons. If you kill two of them, he will not let you go no matter what."
Qi Bilie pondered for a moment and then asked: "Then why did you show up here?"
"I went to Rangan, hoping to deal with Xue Yantuo together, but he wanted to betray me to Yishubo. I escaped."
Qibi Lie snorted disdainfully, "The Turks are the most unreliable. They only have interests in their eyes and no credibility. It is common for them to go back on their word. We Qibi people have suffered enough. Fortunately, you escaped. This place is not far from Fengzhou."
Far away."
Yang Yuanqing still shook his head, "It's not over yet. I will face Xue Yantuo's interception ahead. Rangan has already leaked the news about me to the Xue Yantuo people. It is estimated that they have already set up a dragnet in Yin Mountain."
Qi Bilie pondered for a moment, then he slowly clenched his fists, raised his head and said sincerely to Yang Yuanqing: "I don't have the right to discuss cooperation with you, but I went home to visit my father this time, and I brought a thousand soldiers with me to camp.
Ten miles away to the north, like you, my men are also camel cavalry, General Yang, I would like to give you a helping hand."
Yang Yuanqing frowned, "But in this way, Xue Yantuo will know that Qibi is going to fight it, which will reveal the future battle with Xue Yantuo."
Some things need not be made too clear. Yang Yuanqing needs to use Xue Yantuo as a stepping stone for his promotion. Qibi Lie also wants to use his military exploits and friendship with the Sui Dynasty to show his ability to the Khan, so that he can be reused in the upcoming war in the spring season.
Both of them had common needs, and Xue Yantuo had their common interests. They stretched out their palms and struck hard.