Turbulent Times Chapter 1362: The four conditions of the Turkic Khan

"Zhang Jike? I haven't heard of it, let's go! Let's meet the envoy sent by the emperor of the Sui Dynasty."

Shibi Khan grinned ferociously, turned his horse's head, and ran towards the king's tent.

At the same time, Zhang Jike walked into the murderous Turkic camp with four guards.

Although there has been a saying since ancient times that "the two countries do not kill each other when they are at war", but that is the rule that the Huaxia Dynasty abides by, and the northern nomads are not necessarily the same. There are not a few envoys. When the Han Dynasty fought against the Xiongnu, the Huns did not kill the Han envoys.

So it is not an exaggeration for Zhang Jike to lead the four guards to say that it is a sheep in the mouth of a tiger. What's more, as soon as they entered the Turkic camp, some Turkic soldiers looked at them with malicious expressions on their faces. Some Turkic people even roared fiercely at them deliberately, slashing with knives, and deliberately frightened them, as if they were going to tear them into pieces. debris.

However, to the great disappointment of the Turkic people, whether it was Zhang Jike or his four guards, although their expressions were solemn, they did not show much nervousness, especially one of the guards looked cold, and his face never changed at all. .

At the gate of the king's tent, there were densely packed Turkic Golden Wolf Guards, all of them mighty in stature and fierce in appearance, holding big axes and knives, standing in two lines, and there was only a narrow passage between the axes and knives. One person passes.

As soon as Zhang Jike thought that the mysterious Nie Xiaoyu was following behind him, he calmly walked through the sharp knives and axes, ignoring the fierce eyes on both sides, and walked into the king's tent.

In the king's tent, there is no such superficial arrangement as Zhang Jike imagined, with a big cauldron boiling, deliberately scaring the envoys of the Sui Kingdom.

On the contrary, the Turkic king's tent is neat and solemn, with high-ranking Turkic officials sitting on both sides. A couch similar to the Sui dragon couch, on which sat a man with a golden helmet and armor, with a golden wolf-headed banner behind him.

Naturally, this person is Sibi Khan, the ruler of the Eastern Turks today. He looks extremely mighty, especially when his eyes look over him, they are like knives like lightning, which makes Zhang Jike's heart tremble. Their Great Sui Emperor was too strong.

If Qimin Khan, Shibi Khan's father, still had a bit of recklessness, then when he came to Shibi Khan, the recklessness was much weaker, replaced by a royal court atmosphere.

Zhang Jike knows that this is a critical period of transition from grassland nomads to grassland dynasties, and behind this is also a critical period of transition from the grassland slave-pastoral system to the feudal farming and pastoral system.

Thoughts turned in Zhang Jike's mind, and he couldn't help being secretly startled. If no one stopped the Turks from developing like this, and if the chaos in the Central Plains continued, the Turks would sooner or later send troops south to seize the Central Plains. Fortunately, there was King Qin An. Turkic ambition

It will never succeed.

Zhang Jike stepped forward and bowed: "Zhang Jike, the angel of Shang Kingdom, see Shibi Khan!"

Shibi Khan snorted coldly, and shouted: "Bold, return to the kingdom, why don't you kneel when you see Ben Khan?"

Turkic senior officials on both sides shouted together: "Bold, don't kneel down!"

Zhang Jike stood proudly and said loudly: "The lower officials are ministers of the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, and Khan is also the minister of the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty. Officials are envoys of His Majesty the Emperor, and according to the rules, the Khan must take the initiative to salute the subordinate officials.”

"Looking for death."

"Kill him."

The Turkic people in the king's tent suddenly became furious. Two generals came up and forced Zhang Jike to kneel down. One of them was even going to kick Zhang Jike's calf, but Zhang Jike kept supporting his body and refused to kneel.

"Hahaha...well, I heard that many Chinese scholars have very hard bones. It seems that you are this kind. You are right. I was indeed a vassal state of the Sui Dynasty before. It's still counting until you let the emperor of the Sui Dynasty kneel at his feet."

As he spoke, Shibi Khan waved his hand, and the two generals retreated.

Shibi Khan said lightly: "This Khan is actually different from your emperor in the Sui Dynasty. This Khan doesn't like these vain rituals. What this Khan likes is the true obedience of others, and what he likes is conquest. Khan believes that when your emperor kneels in front of this Khan, it will be the time when your Sui Kingdom bows down to me, and then you will be willing to kneel to this Khan, and this Khan believes that this day will appear soon .”

Zhang Jike smiled disdainfully, and said: "My Emperor of the Sui Dynasty still has 80,000 troops and 70,000 people by his side. It is wishful thinking for you to conquer my Wild Goose City, not to mention that the army of King Qin from all the counties of the Sui Dynasty is coming. Advise Khan to withdraw troops as soon as possible."

"Hahaha... sharp teeth, just wait and see!" Shibi Khan obviously doesn't like to argue with others, or in his cognition, saying these words is nonsense, it's nothing meaningful things.

So Shibi Khan didn't take what Zhang Jike said seriously, nor was he angry, and said with a smirk, "You are an envoy sent by the Emperor of Sui to negotiate with Ben Khan. Tell me What benefits did Yang Guang bring to you."

Zhang Jike was silent for a while, and said: "Your Majesty said that as long as Khan retreats, he will cede Yulin County, Mayi County, and the three counties of Dayan County to Khan, and he will give Khan a million dollars every year." An annual silver of two denarii."

Shibi Khan suddenly laughed wildly and said: "Could it be that Yang Guang is a fool? Now Yulin County, Mayi County, and Dayan County are already in the hands of Ben Khan, and he still needs to be ceded to Ben Khan. There are millions of taels of silver, this is sending beggars!"

Zhang Jike said neither humble nor overbearing: "If Khan disagrees, he might as well put forward his own terms

Pieces. "

Shibi Khan sneered, and immediately said: "Ben Khan is a very realistic person. Yang Guang is also very good as the emperor of the Sui Dynasty. At least he can keep the Sui Dynasty in chaos, so I don't have to kill him." He, but if you want Ben Khan to let him go and spare his life, you must agree to the four conditions of Ben Khan."

Zhang Jike said: "Khan might as well talk about it first, what are the four conditions?"

Shibi Khan immediately said: "First, he will kneel in front of Ben Khan, in front of your soldiers and civilians of the Sui Kingdom and our 400,000 Turkic cavalry, and then wear women's clothes to Ben Khan. The Khan does a dance."

As soon as Shibi Khan finished speaking, all the Turkic people in the tent laughed wantonly. Khan might as well talk about the second condition."

Shibi Khan said again: "Second! Since he likes to send princesses to our Turkic Khan, he might as well give all the concubines in his harem, as well as all his daughters, to Ben Khan. Ben Khan is a woman.”

Sibi Khan's words caused the Turkic people in the tent to laugh wildly. Although Zhang Jike was extremely disappointed with Yang Guang, he still felt a great shame, but when he thought that King Qin An already had a plan, and his Apart from sending Nie Xiaoyu to Turkic Khan, the task was to buy time for Yang Guangduo, so he suppressed his anger and said, "What is the third condition of Khan?"

After Shibi Khan stopped laughing, he said coldly: "The third condition is that the Sui Dynasty wants to surrender to our Turks. The Emperor of the Sui Dynasty must accept the canonization of this Khan, and the empress of the Sui Dynasty must be a Turkic woman, and the Turkic woman sent by me.”

Zhang Jike sneered and said: "This condition is nothing new, it's just a reversal of what I, Tai Sui, did to you Turks in the past."

Shibi Khan took a deep look at Zhang Jike, and said: "The fourth condition of this Khan is also simple. According to the rules of the grassland, the loser needs to pay a ransom to the winner. This Khan will let you Sui go." When the emperor leaves, the Sui Dynasty must give me 10 million taels of silver, 50 million pieces of silk, 5 million shi of grain and 3 million shi of grain as ransom. Silver, fifty million bolts of brocade, five million stones of grain, and three million stones of tea.”

In the heyday of the Sui Dynasty in the past, there were actually not many of these things, but for the current Sui Dynasty, these things are really not available. But Zhang Jike naturally wouldn't say it. His task is to stall for time.

Therefore, Zhang Jike's face changed drastically, and he said coldly: "Khan's five conditions are too harsh, I need to go back and report to our Emperor, and His Majesty will rather seize it. Before I respond to Khan, you can Khan can no longer attack the Wild Goose City."