"Have you all heard about it? It is said that the old khan recently gave the little khan a dream, saying that the big khan had lost his moral character, usurped the khan throne, persecuted his nephews, and the eternal sky was angry and would send frost at the end of July! "
"What? There is such a thing? Could it be that the little Khan deliberately made up lies to get out of trouble?"
"That's right! It's midsummer now, how can there be frost on the grassland? Isn't this a foolish dream?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Even if the little Khan wants to make up lies, how dare he make up lies in the name of Changshengtian?"
"That's true! But such a strange thing as frost in summer has never happened in thousands of years. How can it happen this year? And August is only a few days away!"
"Hmm! It will be August in three days!"
"Alas! Regardless of whether the rumors are true or not, it seems that the Great Khan wants to kill the Little Khan! If the old Khan were alive, he would not know what he would think when he saw this scene!"
"Eh? You said that if there is a vision of frost falling from the sky in the next three days, does that mean that the Great Khan has really angered Changshengtian?"
On today's grassland, some rumors suddenly appeared among various tribes.
Although the content of the rumors is a bit unbelievable, those who spread the rumors all said it in a clear and convincing way, which makes people believe it. The most important thing is that the content of the rumors includes the Changshengtian. As a prairie people, no one dares to take the Changshengtian. Kidding!
In this way, the credibility of this seemingly absurd rumor has increased a lot, so it can spread quickly among the Turkic people and soldiers at the bottom.
This is a bottom-up public opinion offensive. Near noon, many tribal leaders began to notice this rumor. Some people scoffed and did not believe it at all. Some people were thoughtful and thought that there is no smoke without smoke. Some people urgently summoned their confidants. , discuss the hidden meaning behind this rumor!
An undercurrent began to surge in this already-not-so-peaceful grassland.
"... Samana, you must have heard all the rumors that appeared in the tribe today, right? What do you think~?"
Thirty miles east of the Turkic Royal Court, in the large tent of the Qibi tribe, a middle-aged man wearing a round-collared robe, slightly fat and with braided hair was sitting on the ground. There were fruits on the long table in front of him. and wine, at this time, while tapping the table in front of him regularly with his fingers, he raised his head and looked at the man sitting first on his left and asked.
The man named Shamen frowned slightly, and then sneered: "Brother, I think this is just a delaying tactic by the little Khan! Now the big khan has sent an army to surround the little khan's tooth court, the little khan Knowing that he is outmatched, he wants to use the name of Changshengtian to win sympathy among the tribes in the grassland! But this is just his death struggle, I don’t think he can make any big waves!"
"A delaying tactic? Huh! Jiming, do you think so too?"
The middle-aged man sitting at the top sneered when he heard this, turned to the middle-aged scribe sitting at the bottom right of him, and asked.
The latter frowned, and after pondering for a moment, he stood up and bowed respectfully to the man sitting at the top, and then said: "Back to the chief, my subordinates feel that this rumor does come from the young Khan, but I am not convinced." I don’t think this is the little Khan’s plan to delay the war!”
Chief!
The middle-aged man sitting at the top is Qibi Heli, the current chief of the Qibi tribe. The one sitting on his lower left is his younger brother Qibi Shamen, and the one sitting on his lower right is the man from his mother's clan. I have a distant relative named Gu Zang Jiming!
As one of the fifteen Tiele tribes, the Qibi tribe's overall strength ranks among the top three among the tribes in the entire grassland!
To talk about the relationship between Iron and Eastern Turks, we have to start with the year when Tumen Khan defeated Rouran and established the Turkic Khanate!
Tiele people are a collective name for the Black Turks of the Eastern Turkic Khanate in Chinese historical materials. In 552 AD, Tumen Khan established the Turkic Khanate, which was divided into three ethnic groups: Blue Turks, Black Turks, and other ethnic groups (such as Tatars and Khitans).
Among them, the most expensive Blue Turks are the Ashina tribe and the Asde tribe. For example, Shibi Khan, Chuluo Khan later, and Jieli Khan and Tuli Khan today are all from the Ashina Golden Family. On the grasslands, generally speaking, the only people who can get official positions above "set" are Blue Turks.
Of course, the Turkic Khanate was in turmoil later, and the Black Turks were gradually promoted, and some even became high nobles like Ye Hu. The Black Turks are similar in language and customs to the Blue Turks, and are considered by the Blue Turks to be their own people, but they are not other tribes with noble status. Regardless of Blue Turks or Black Turks, what are their predecessors? They are the Oghuz people in Turkic historical materials, or the Tiele (or Chile, Gaoche) people in Chinese historical materials.
In other words, the Turks were originally one of the Tieles. After the establishment of the Khanate, they flaunted themselves as Turks and retained the name Tieles as a title similar to "quasi-citizens" or "second-class people". All Tiele people are regarded as Turks in a broad sense, so they are called Black Turks.
However, as the Turkic Khanate continued to develop, the name Tiele remained unchanged from the Han people. As a result, whether it is an Oghuz people or a Tiele people, the final meaning has changed. Initially, it was the founding of Xueyantuo and Uighur people. The meaning of Tiele to the Han people was further narrowed to Xueyantuo people or Uighur people.
The other Tiele people are called by their tribal names. For example, the Geluolu people were originally one of the Tiele people, but gradually Chinese historical materials no longer called them Tiele people, but directly called them Geluolu people. Among the Turks themselves, the meaning of Ogus, which corresponds to the Chinese Tiele, has further shrunk.
During the post-Turkic Khanate period, since more than half of the Tiele people obeyed the Tang Dynasty, they were all enemies of the Turks. Therefore, during the post-Turkic Khanate period, these "Black Turks" were expelled from their ethnic origins. Reflected in the inscription, the Oghuz, the Khitans, and the Tatars became the same people, and they all became sworn enemies of the Turkic Khanate. Of course, these are all things for later.
Although the current Qibi tribe is strong, no matter how strong it is, it cannot be stronger than the Ashina Golden Family represented by Jieli Khan. Therefore, on the surface, the Qibi tribe has to obey the orders of Jieli Khan, and Jieli Khan's attitude towards the Qibi tribe is also very subtle. He wants to use this chess piece, but he dare not reuse it. After all, this chess piece is not his direct lineage, and it also has a certain ability to devour the master. Therefore, recently, During Jieli's encirclement and suppression of Tuli Khan, the Qibi tribe became the vanguard in this encirclement and suppression war. After several conflicts, the Qibi tribe lost many warriors!
The first Turkic general Tang Jian encountered when he stepped into the grassland a few days ago was from the Qibi tribe.
"Oh~? Jiming, keep talking!"
Inside the tent, Qibi Heli's eyes lit up slightly when he heard this, and he looked at Gu Zang Jiming and said.
Gu Zang Jiming took a deep breath and continued: "According to rumors, midsummer frost will fall on the grassland at the end of July, but this abnormal celestial phenomenon of midsummer frost has been rare for hundreds of years, and now it is only three days away from August. If this is the little Khan's delaying strategy, it would be too clumsy, because this lie can be easily exposed!"
"Yeah! Jiming, you are right!"
Qibi Heli nodded, and then asked: "In your opinion, what is the purpose of the little Khan in spreading this rumor~?"
No matter what others think, in his case, the rumor released by Tuli was directly labeled as a "rumor".
Gu Zang Jiming frowned deeply. After a moment of silence, he shook his head and said: "This... I don't know! But I believe that at this critical moment, the little Khan will not be unintentional. There must be someone behind him when he releases this rumor." There is another purpose... and right now, for the Little Khan, the goal he wants to achieve most is to escape from the siege of the Great Khan and lead his tribe to defect to the Tang Dynasty!"
"Huh~? Are you saying that this rumor released by the little Khan can help him get out of his current predicament~?"
When Qibi Heli heard this, he immediately became interested. He leaned forward, looked at Gu Zang Jiming and asked in a deep voice.
Gu Zang Jiming bowed and replied: "Although I don't know how he achieved it, according to official information, he released this rumor, which will definitely be of great help to him to get out of trouble!"
Qibi Heli nodded, then frowned in silence.
At this time, Samana Qibi couldn't help but interjected: "Brother, what's there to think about? According to rumors, we only need to wait for three days. If there is no frost by then, let's see. Just wait and see what the little khan will do! Besides, even if there is an unusual weather situation with frost falling from the sky within these three days, then it is the big khan who should have a headache. What does it have to do with our Qibi Department? "
Samana Qibi did not have a good impression of either Jieli Khan or Tuli Khan, because both of them came from the Ashina tribe. Nowadays, although all tribes in the grassland openly obey Jieli or Tuli, as a competitive nation, no one will easily obey anyone!
What's more, Jieli has been trying to weaken the strength of the Qibi tribe over the years. As a result, the Qibi Samana has even less favorable impressions of the Ashina family!
"Shut up! What do you know?"
Qibi Heli frowned and couldn't help scolding: "Right now, the Great Khan and the Little Khan are at war with each other. Most of the other grassland tribes are attached to the Great Khan like us, but if the Little Khan really has What a good strategy to get out of trouble, break away from the siege in one fell swoop, and defect to the Tang court. When the Tang Dynasty conquers the grassland in the future, the little Khan will lead the way, and all our grassland tribes will suffer disaster!
Now is the critical moment to encircle and suppress the Little Khan, but such a rumor has appeared on the grassland. We must find out the true intentions of the Little Khan as soon as possible. If he really has a good way to get out of trouble, our Qibi Department also needs to think of a way out as soon as possible! "
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