On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 481 Blood-based alliance (4000)

The place where Cui Che and Dulan Khan met for alliance was the ancient city of Huaishuo, one of the six towns in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Eighty-three years ago, the Northern Wei Dynasty was unable to quell the rebellion in the six towns, so it relied on external forces and ordered Rouran Khan Anahu, who was attached to the Northern Wei Dynasty, to lead the army to quell the rebellion.

Anahu took the opportunity to burn down six towns in northern Xinjiang, and Huaishuo Town was abandoned since then, leaving only the ruins of today.

Among the ruins, Wei Zheng found Cui Che, who was nostalgic for the past, and bowed:

"Your Majesty, all tribes in Monan have been summoned to come and watch the ceremony. The auspicious time is coming. Please move on, Your Majesty, and don't miss the opportunity."

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Cui Che responded lightly and led everyone to the altar.

The Huimeng altar has three floors, is ten feet high, and is made of rammed earth. It stands majestically at the northern foot of Daqing Mountain.

It was said that it was an alliance, but in fact it was Dulan Khan who expressed his surrender to the Eastern Sui Dynasty represented by Cui Che. Naturally, Cui Che wanted to make a big deal about this matter.

It is certainly true that Dulan Khan is now being forced like a lost dog by Qimin Khan.

But he still has the title of Great Khan of the Turkic Khanate on his head. It was his father Shabolu Khan Ashina who took the picture and passed it to Mohe Khan. After Mohe Khan died, Cui Che and the original Western The Turkic soldiers who conquered the war jointly supported it.

Obviously, he was more convincing to people outside the Great Wall than Qimin Khan, who was canonized by the Sui Dynasty many years after the death of Mohe Khan.

Now that Dulan Khan has surrendered to Cui Che in front of all the tribes in Monan, he will definitely leave a mark in the history books.

Eighty thousand Eastern Sui cavalry had already been displayed under the altar. When Cui Che's chariots and horses arrived, eighty thousand people cheered in unison, with a terrifying momentum.

Among the guests who were invited to watch the ceremony on the second floor of the altar, some had eyes so full of passion that they wished they could replace it with their own bodies.

But the timid and cowardly people fought with each other, and were so frightened that they trembled.

The uncovered carriage passed through the military formations on both sides. Cui Che walked up the long steps of the altar. The shouts suddenly stopped and finally stopped.

Cui Che took every step steadily. Under the gaze of everyone, Cui Che climbed to the top of the altar, where Dulan Khan had been waiting for him for a long time.

He knelt down and saluted Cui Che:

"The Great Sui Dynasty's Minister of Dogs and Horses, the born Great Turk Jie Gashi Donadulan Khan paid homage to His Highness King Yan of the Great Sui Dynasty."

Cui Che looked solemnly and said:

"The Khan is exempt from the gift."

Dulan Khan stood up and presented a form of surrender to Cui Che, and Cui Che also asked Changsun Wuji to read out the canonization edict of the Emperor of the Eastern Sui Dynasty. This edict was brought to Cui Che when Pei Xiu led his army to the north.

When Cui Che led his troops out of the fortress, it was impossible for him to carry the emperor's seal with him.

After he ordered Liu Fang to recruit 50,000 soldiers to go north, he asked Zu Junyan, a member of Zhongshushe, to draft an imperial edict, and gave it to Fang Xuanling to seal it and send it to the north on behalf of the young emperor.

Even if Cui Che was not in Jinyang, it was impossible for the seal to be handed over to the young emperor Yang Hao, and it had always been kept by Fang Xuanling.

Dulan Khan was canonized by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian and then deposed. Today he received a canonization edict from the Central Plains Dynasty again, which made him deeply moved.

Ever since he went on the western expedition with Cui Che and was promoted to the Khan position by him, Dulan Khan knew clearly that with his ambition, he would never remain depressed and subordinate to others for a long time.

But given the prosperity of the Sui Dynasty at that time, Dulan Khan did not think that Cui Che could succeed.

In his view, Cui Che's existence was just an opportunity for the Sui Dynasty to weaken, causing the Sui Dynasty to fall into civil strife and creating opportunities for him to revive the Turks.

I just didn't expect Cui Che to be able to sweep away the fallen leaves in the autumn wind and sweep across Guandong. However, he suffered repeated setbacks in the civil war in the East Turks and had to rely on others.

Zu Junyan is worthy of being a talented person who was able to write "Essay on Luozhou for Li Mi". He can also write a canonization edict with great literary talent and grandeur.

Changsun Wuji read so hard that his mouth went dry, and finally he finished reading the edict. Cui Che stretched out his right hand, and another personal follower, Xue Shou, gave a crown to Cui Che's hand.

This is a golden crown, in the shape of five gold leaves, with fine caviar patterns as the ground and bas-relief tangled branches.

The central crown leaf is relatively wide, the upper half of the leaf is flower-shaped, and the lower half is a two-winged sacred bird. There is a ruby ​​inlaid in the middle of the sacred bird's body.

The sacred bird is actually the falcon, namely Haidongqing, which symbolizes the royal power of the Turkic Khan.

There are holes in many places on the edge of the crown, which are connected and inlaid with many gorgeous ornaments.

Cui Che took the crown, looked at it carefully, and secretly praised in his heart:

'This is really gorgeous.'

This crown is the golden crown of the Turkic Great Khan. It was inherited by Ashina Tumen, the founder of the Turkic Khanate, and is also the highest symbol of Turkic kingship.

When Mohe Khan died, the golden crown fell into the hands of Dulan Khan. Today, it is just to be canonized by the Eastern Sui Dynasty. At Cui Che's request, Dulan Khan donated the crown and asked him to wear it again.

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Dulan Khan bent over and waited quietly for Cui Che to put the crown on him.

Cui Che naturally would not covet the crown of Modulan Khan.

With the level of forging in the Central Plains, he could produce a more exquisite golden crown. What attracted him was the meaning of this crown, which was like the seal of the emperor of the Central Plains Dynasty.

Even if he snatches it today, it will just be an extra useless object that is only for viewing.

One day, after he has conquered all the Turkic tribes, he will come back to ask for this crown, which will have practical significance.

Cui Che put the crown on Dulan Khan's head with both hands and crowned him.

Dulan Khan, who put on the crown again, followed the process taught by Wei Zheng last night, paused and said:

"Conferred by the Emperor of the Central Plains, the Minister of Dogs and Horses, the Great Turkic Jie Gash Donadulan Khan pays my respects to His Highness King Yan."

In Dulan Khan's self-proclaimed title, the word "Tian Sheng" in "Tian Sheng Da Turk" is missing. Instead, there is an additional sentence of "Taught by the Emperor of the Central Plains."

This is not just a simple increase or decrease in the number of words, it represents a fundamental change in the granting of Turkic royal power.

It was no longer God who granted royal power to the Turkic Khans, but the emperor of the Central Plains Dynasty.

Of course, Cui Che also played some tricks in this. He deliberately changed the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty to the vague Emperor of the Central Plains. His intention is obvious.

This is undoubtedly a great humiliation for Dulan Khan, but how can one not bow his head under the eaves.

At that time, his father, the Turkic Great Khan Ashina Shetu, attached himself to the Sui Dynasty, and the Sui envoy Yu Qing forced Ashina Shetu to become a minister.

Ashina took pictures and asked around: What is a minister?

The left and right people replied: What the Sui people called ministers is what we call slaves.

Ashina Photography could only endure the humiliation, and laughed with Zuo Zuo: I can become a slave of the Sui Dynasty as I wish, only because of the efforts of the emperor.

Afterwards, he married his cousin to Yu Qingze and gave him a thousand fine horses as a thank you.

Dulan Khan experienced that scene personally. After Yu Qingze left, his father Ashina Shetu was so angry that he almost wanted to die.

Compared with the humiliation his father endured back then, what he is going through today is nothing.

After the canonization ceremony, the white horse was brought to the altar by his personal entourage.

The ancients believed that the white horse could be worshiped and driven by the gods, so every time they offered sacrifices to the heaven for oaths, they always had to kill one and pray to heaven.

The Mai Tiezhang slashed hard and chopped off the horse's head. The white horse fell to the ground before it even had time to let out a mournful cry.

His followers placed the head of the white horse and the heads of other animals that had been prepared on the altar. Cui Che and Dulan Khan burned incense and prayed.

Then the two opened their clothes and cut each other's heart blood.

Dulan Khan held up the wine bowl filled with the blood of the two men and vowed:

"I! Ashina Yongyulu, the Great Khan of the Turks! Today, under the witness of the gods, I swear a blood oath. I am willing to follow King Yan and obey his orders! If I have two minds, I am willing to suffer the punishment of heaven and have my descendants cut off!"

After that, he drank half the bowl of blood wine.

And Cui Che did not hesitate. He took the wine bowl and said loudly:

"I! Cui Che, King of Yan of the Great Sui Dynasty! Today I invite heaven and all the tribes of the grassland to witness together, and make a blood alliance with Dulan Khan. If I win his allegiance, I will protect him. If I violate this oath, I am willing to suffer the punishment of heaven and have my descendants cut off.

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At the same time, in Xuzhou City, Cui Qiji felt an inexplicable chill, which made him really confused.

In the second year of Zhenyuan (AD 607), on the sixth day of August, at the northern foot of Daqing Mountain, Cui Che and Dulan Khan once again made a bloody alliance and concluded an alliance after more than 20 years.

The Eastern Turks' Dulan tribe surrendered to the Eastern Sui Dynasty and was willing to accept Cui Che's orders. Cui Che also promised to protect the Dulan tribe from being annexed by the Qimin tribe.

That night, the leaders and representatives of all the grassland tribes gathered together for another grand bonfire party.

Because of Cui Che's reputation, various tribes took the opportunity to donate women to him, ranging from graceful young girls to charming widows.

Cui Che couldn't bear to refuse everyone's kindness, so he accepted all these women. However, Jinyang Yanwang's Palace could not accommodate so many people, and planned to place them all in the Yanwang Palace at the southern foot of Daqing Mountain in the future.

At the party, everyone was having a great time, and the guests and hosts had a great time.

The banquet was not stopped until it was almost dawn.

After all the guests left, Cui Che left Ah Huigeye alone and asked:

"I heard that your father is not feeling well. What is the illness?"

Of course Cui Che is concerned about Ah Hui Lusu's condition.

During the Turkic civil war, the Khitans were repeatedly mobilized by Cui Che to mobilize their elites, while Goguryeo lost Liaodong and the strength of all three parties was greatly weakened. Only Kumoxi stayed out of the matter.

Kumoxi's strength is not as good as that of Goguryeo for the time being, but compared to the split Eastern Turks and the eight Khitan tribes who are continuously sucked by Cui Che, they are much stronger.

Ahui Lusu followed Cui Che across the grasslands in the past and had always been in awe of Cui Che. With him as the Xi King, Kumo Xi did not dare to have any dissatisfaction. However, if Ahui Lusu died of illness, Cui Che would have to consider who would own the throne of the Xi clan.

and the attitude of the successor.

Ah Huigeye replied:

"Your Majesty, I am worried about you. My father only felt cold occasionally, not seriously ill. He is just getting older now and has to rest at home and cannot travel thousands of miles to attend meetings."

When Cui Che heard this, he felt a little relieved. He pretended to be displeased and said:

"You and the Bodhisattva slave are sworn brothers. I treat you like a nephew. How can you be so indifferent to others?"

Ah Huigoye was overjoyed and quickly apologized:

"My nephew is also worried that he will lose the courtesy of dignity and make his uncle disgusted."

He is not the only son of Ahui Lusu. As the eldest son, Ahuigoye was highly valued in the past. Logically speaking, there should be no doubt about his position as the successor.

But I don’t know whether it was because Ahui Lusu was old and inevitably acted foolishly, or because he wanted to check the growing power of Ahuigoye and let his other descendants participate in tribal affairs.

This also made Ah Huigoye feel a sense of crisis, so he volunteered to go on an envoy in place of his father and responded to Cui Che's call to come to Daqingshan to observe the ceremony.

Ah Hui Geye is very aware of the weight of Cui Che's words. As long as he supports him, the other brothers will not be able to make waves.

On the contrary, once Cui Che has another candidate, Ahuigoye will not be able to secure the throne even if he gets Ahui Lusu's deathbed order.

The grassland tribes are different from the Central Plains dynasties. The inheritance of the throne in the Central Plains is mainly based on the legacy of the ancestors. Only if there is no testamentary edict, will the ministers have the opportunity to argue.

However, the grassland tribes respect the strong. When Tubo, the great Turkic Khan, passed away, he left his last words to abandon his son Ashina Anluo and replace his nephew Ashina Daluobian. However, in the end, another

With the strong intervention of his nephew Ashina Shetu, Tubo Khan's son Ashina Anluo finally succeeded to the throne.

Of course, Ashina Anluo soon abdicated his throne to Ashina to take pictures and retreated to Duluoshui.

Ah Huigeye envied his sworn brother Cui Qiji very much.

Previously, Cui Yanqing had only shown the slightest hint of wanting to seize the throne, so he was escorted back to Jinyang by Cui Che and left idle in Prince Yan's palace.

In this way, he showed his determination to the civil servants and generals that he would never be easily saved, and thus consolidated Cui Qiji's position as the heir apparent.

Cui Che acted this way because he had personally experienced Yang Yong, Yang Guang's seizure of the legitimate title, and Yang Liang's rebellion.

He did not want his sons to break their heads for power and kill each other in the future, just like when Yang Guang came to power, he ordered to kill Yang Yong.

Cui Che dared to spare no effort to support Cui Qiji, and he was also confident in the loyalty of his subordinates to him. Although Cui Che could not be said to be self-made, he has built the current team with his own hands. After so many years of fighting in the south and north, his prestige has grown, and there is no need to elaborate.

If Cui Qiji really has the ability to stand up for himself in this situation in the future, then Cui Che will be happy to be the Supreme Emperor and immerse himself in creating villains in the harem.

After finally traveling through time, it's not just about being a cow or a horse for my children and grandchildren, and accumulating family property for them, why can't I just enjoy myself and focus on women?

Cui Che chatted with Ahuigeye for a long time, and took the trouble to ask about the current situation within the Xi clan. Ahuigeye did not hide anything. Basically, he would answer whatever Cui Che asked.

This attitude also made Cui Che very satisfied. Before leaving, Cui Che stroked Ahuigeye's back and said with emotion:

"Everyone is mortal, and I cannot avoid it, and the same is true for your father.

"What worries me the most is whether future generations can continue the friendship between me and your father, so that the two races can continue the good-neighborly friendship we have today.

"Although you and the Bodhisattva slave have a sworn relationship, he even married your sister, so logically speaking, they should be intimate.

"But since he went south and served as the general manager of Qing and Xuzhou, the two of you have lost contact, which is inappropriate.

“Even though we are far apart, the roads are open and the letters are unobstructed. From now on, we will need to communicate with each other frequently.

"My eldest grandson Cui Badger is now being raised in Jinyang. I heard that you have several sons, and you can choose one of them to be sent to Jinyang to keep Badger as his companion.

"This move is not to ask you to give up your son as a pledge, so don't worry about it."

Ah Huigeye heard the implication of Cui Che's words, and he said happily:

"This is exactly what my nephew wants."

The next chapter will be very late, probably before twelve o'clock

(End of chapter)