Demon Lord Tang Dynasty

A simple question jolted Bai Ziting awake, and he dared not be careless in the slightest.

Su Mo, Jie, Su Mo Jie.

It looks like a word game, but it's not actually that.

The Sumo and the Jie are actually two unrelated races.

Su Mo belongs to the Mohe ethnic group and is one of the seven tribes of the Mohe.

The Mohe people are not well-known, but their descendants are quite famous.

The Jurchen people of later generations originated from the Baishan Heishui tribe of the Mohe.

In other words, the Mohe people were the direct ancestors of the Jurchen people, and the Manchu people of the Qing Dynasty evolved from them.

The Jie people were one of the Five Barbarian Tribes during the Western Jin Dynasty, when they were among those who caused chaos in China.

Shi Le, the ruler of Later Zhao, came from this clan.

It is common knowledge that the Five Barbarian Tribes were brutal, and the Jie tribe was one of the most notorious among them.

The massacre of civilians and acts of cannibalism are as numerous as dust.

Such atrocities naturally provoked strong resistance.

The order to kill the Hu by the Martial King was mainly aimed at the Jie and Xiongnu people.

With repeated acts of retaliation and massacre, hundreds of thousands of Jie people were completely wiped out from history.

back to the front.

Bai Ziting's so-called background is clearly embellished.

The Sumo tribe is indeed real; as can be seen from the original book, Bai Ziting was indeed the leader of the Sumo tribe.

But the Jie tribe was most likely added by him.

To be precise, Bai Ziting should be the leader of the Su Mo tribe of the Mohe people.

As for why they changed it to Su Mo Jie, it was obviously for ulterior motives.

Bai Ziting's greatest goal, or rather his ideal, was to establish a nation and establish a regime.

Everything he did was for this purpose.

Although the Jie people have disappeared and there are no longer any organized tribes, they are now extinct.

However, this does not mean that the Jie people have all died out. A large portion of them are scattered in other places and have integrated into various ethnic groups.

Bai Ziting's purpose was clearly to absorb these powers.

Of course, its most important purpose is something else entirely.

Although the Jie tribe perished, Shi Le of the Later Zhao dynasty rose from a lowly servant to become an emperor and even led his army into the Central Plains.

Such a legendary experience still has many fans among the alien races.

Bai Ziting's use of the character "Jie" in his name clearly indicates his intention to leverage this influence.

In addition, the Jie people have a very distinctive appearance, somewhat similar to another group on the grasslands.

That was the Tiele.

Although the Tiele were defeated by the Turks and submitted to them, they remained a powerful tribe on the grasslands.

People like the Uyghurs and Xueyantuo were branches of the Tiele.

Bai Ziting, using the name of the Jie tribe, absorbed the scattered forces of the Jie tribe. He was then able to use appearance as a link to communicate with and even borrow support from various branches of the Tiele tribe.

This also shows that although Bai Ziting did not begin the matter of establishing a country until the middle and later stages of the original work, the related planning had already begun long ago.

Gao Yi smiled, but his thoughts never stopped racing.

Meanwhile, Bai Ziting on the opposite side involuntarily began to stiffen all over.

From the moment we met until now, it has only been one sentence exchanged.

But just those three words, "粟末羯," indicate that the person opposite him has already seen through his true nature.

This was something Bai Ziting had never encountered before.

"This is definitely not a simple grassland tribe," Bai Ziting thought to himself.

It sounds like a pointless statement. A super-large tribe with more than 100,000 people doesn't seem to be associated with the word "simple" at all.

Of course, that's not what Bai Ziting meant.

The sight of Gao Yi made him realize that this tribe was extremely extraordinary.

However, Bai Ziting felt neither fear nor panic; instead, he felt an unprecedented excitement.

As a ruthless and ambitious man, he was never afraid of encountering someone who was too strong; he was only afraid that the other party was not strong enough.

The stronger Gao Yi is, the more room for maneuver he will have.

"To my shame, after meeting for so long, I still don't know the tribe leader's surname?"

Bai Ziting composed himself and asked with a smile.

While ostensibly inquiring about his surname, they were more interested in exploring Gao Yi's origins.

Gao Yi didn't hide anything, acting as if he hadn't noticed the other person's intentions at all.

"high."

"high?"

Bai Ziting's eyes narrowed, and a momentary dimming appeared in his gaze.

Gao, which sounds like just a surname, often carries a very unusual meaning.

Just like Xue Liang before, upon hearing the character "Gao," he immediately thought of the Gao family of Bohai.

At this moment, Bai Ziting also had related associations.

But he was different from Xue Liang, who was a Han Chinese and whose first reaction was naturally Bohai Gao.

But another term instantly popped into Bai Ziting's mind.

Goguryeo.

Yes, the royal family of Goguryeo also shared the surname Gao, and their lineage has continued from the Han Dynasty to the present day.

The Goguryeo Go clan was also the Buyeo Go clan.

Without a doubt, Bai Ziting's gaze once again fell into a daze, and this time it lasted even longer than before.

Among the steppe tribes that clearly bore Turkic characteristics, a chieftain of the Gao clan emerged.

What exactly is the reason behind this? Is it a tactic of Goguryeo, a scheme by the Turks, or a conspiracy between the two?

As a smart person, Bai Ziting immediately made many connections.

The two great powers even reflected on their own situation.

After all, the Turks and Goguryeo were two factors that the Sumo tribe could not overcome in order to establish a state.

The two major powers now seem to be crossing paths, and the aftershocks of this turbulence will undoubtedly have far-reaching consequences.

"May I ask, Chief, what brings you here?"

Gao Yi's question interrupted Bai Ziting's thoughts.

Bai Ziting mobilized his internal energy to barely suppress his turbulent emotions.

"Chief Gao has misunderstood. I have come here for no other reason than to convey the goodwill of the Sumo tribe."

"My Sumo tribe may be small, but we are very happy to make friends, and so am I. Now that Chief Gao has moved here, you and I are neighbors who are neither too close nor too far, and we will inevitably have to interact." Bai Ziting still had a smile on his face.

He naturally had various purposes for coming here.

But as an ambitious and ruthless man, Bai Ziting has always had enough patience.

It's impossible for two strangers to open up to each other when they meet for the first time, especially when two opposing forces are involved.

Being too hasty will only have the opposite effect.

Moreover, the situation has changed again. Gao Yi's surname makes Bai Ziting think of many things and makes him even more careful.

He even temporarily abandoned many of the things he originally wanted to say to get closer to the other person, leaving them for later.

"Haha, I am also very willing to make friends. Since the chief has come from afar, why don't you rest in my tribe for a few days?" Gao Yi chuckled.

Gao Yi did not intend to refuse Bai Ziting's contact. This person was not simple, and he also had an Indian mad monk named Fu Nanda by his side, who seemed to have connections with the Uyghurs. It was indeed worth getting to know him.

Just as Gao Yi and Bai Ziting were chatting and laughing.

From the east of the tribe, a woman with a cool and aloof appearance, carrying a sword, strode towards them.

Meanwhile, on the other side, a young man was helping a smiling old man slowly walk into the tribe.

A table of food was set out, but in the blink of an eye, three tables of guests arrived.

Gao Yi was completely unaware of this.