Chapter 63: Kacha, Kacha (continued)
In Jinyang, the palace, the emperor Yuwen Wen was here to entertain guests. The Turkic Tuli Khan had just heard a good news ahead, saying that the official army defeated the Turkic Dulan Khan again in Qifubo and captured it indiscriminately. So the guest and the guest of honor started to discuss the good news.
"What a pity. The battle of Qifubo made Dulan Khan run away, and in Heng'an, Datou Khan also escaped. This really made me sigh... Otherwise, I will be able to send troops to escort you back to the throne of the Great Khan."
"The emperor is favored by the emperor, and the little minister is flattered. I hope to hold the horse and hold the whip for His Majesty, and I dare not have any unreasonable thoughts."
"Where is it, Khan is serious. Khan is an eagle on the grassland. He should spread his wings and fly high. Where can he be a bird in a cage? If I do this, the people of the world will be laughed at... Come on, drink another drink!"
Yuwen Wen and Tuli Khan praised each other, the guests exchanged cups, drank grapes and wine one after another, and ate roast beef and mutton one after another. I was so happy.
The Zhou State and the Turks were fighting, and the soldiers of the two countries were fighting each other in life and death on various battlefields. As a result, the leaders of the two countries were drinking and having fun together. This harmonious scene is really ironic compared to the battlefield where corpses are everywhere.
If a sentimental poet is present, he will be very sad and angry: Is the Emperor of Great Zhou worthy of the loyal ministers and generals who sacrificed their lives for the country?
Of course it is worth it. The Tuli Khan that Yuwen Wen is currently hosting is not the Great Khan in the Turkic country. When he fled into the Zhou territory in a hurry, there were only a hundred people around him, and he was in panic like a stray dog.
Although Tuli Khan Ashina Rangan, although he was a genuine Ashina family, he was not tolerated by the family and fled here in a hurry. Yuwen Wen was so desperate that he could not be considered a soldier who disrespected the war for the country.
Today, the Great Turkic Khan, in the east (Eastern Turkic Khan) is the Dulan Khan, and in the west (Western Turkic Khan) is the Datou Khan. The Tuli Khan has a gap with the Dulan Khan, and the conflict becomes increasingly greater, so that two tigers cannot be accommodated in one mountain.
After a fierce battle, Tuli Khan was defeated and surrendered was only a dead end, so he had to run away.
The Eastern Turks were adjacent to the Zhou Kingdom and the land of Shuo. The Tuli Khan originally wanted to come to "nearest", but he was afraid that he would be "cracked" when he arrived in Zhou Kingdom, so he went west and wanted to seek refuge with Datou Khan.
Halfway through the escape road, he heard that Datou Khan had already joined forces with Dulan Khan. At the suggestion of his "old friend" Changsun Sheng, Tuli Khan gritted his teeth and ran to Zhou's territory to seek asylum.
Yuwen Wen, who was in charge of Jinyang, was in charge of commanding the army to fight, and welcomed the Khan in distress with high standards. Although it was not flattering, it was also extremely grand, giving Khan Tuli face.
There are constant banquets of all sizes and big dishes, and the dishes made from new cooking techniques are not the same as each time. They are all kinds of fine wine, food, drink and fun.
Even for a pea acting, the narration and lines are all in Turkic, which is extremely considerate.
Yuwen Wen also asked the prince who was busy transporting the army's food and grass to accompany him, and the father and son accompanied Tuli Khan and his son to drink together, which was considered to cultivate the "friendship" of the next generation in advance.
In the eyes of others, the emperor received Tuli Khan so grandly, if it weren't for the princess or royal family daughters who were suitable for marriage, there would have been a marriage marriage long ago.
But Yuwen Wen didn't think so. Even if he really had a daughter or a royal family member who was about to marry, he would not get married.
Marriage is a common politics in this era. Diplomacy methods do not necessarily mean humiliation, but Yuwen Wen can never overcome the barrier in his heart. He is not morally obsessed with cleanliness, but he feels that he is not as embarrassed as he is.
The Zhou Kingdom is growing stronger and stronger, and the short-term peace that can be maintained by "sending women" is better than not.
Yuwen Wen performed so hard... Of course, he had some intentions to entertain Tuli Khan. He wanted to take advantage of Dulan Khan and Datou Khan's defeated army to support Tuli Khan in order to provoke civil strife in the Turkic civil strife.
Supporting puppets to split the enemy country has been proven to have been tried and tested in ancient and modern times, and Yuwen Wen could think of this, but he didn't think Tuli Khan would not understand.
Normally, no one is willing to be a puppet, but Tuli Khan now has to bow his head under the eaves, looking submissive, and looks harmless, but Yuwen Wen will not take it lightly.
Supporting puppets will cause trouble if you are not careful and you will suffer from it.
Countless examples in history have proved this, so Yuwen Wen has been reminding himself to be careful.
If he hadn't had no choice, he wouldn't have done so, but judging from the current situation of this era, he could only do so.
After drinking for several rounds, Yuwen Wen raised his glass again, looked at Tuli Khan with a smile, and wished: "For the sake of friendship between the two countries, I'll drink it all!"
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"Crack, Crack..."
Yuwen Wen, who was sobering up on the couch, was holding an unloaded revolver in his hand. He kept pulling the trigger, making the hammer of the revolver keep moving, making a "click, click" sound.
The sound is boring, but it sounds very pleasant to Yuwen Wen.
He still failed to "invent" thunder mercury, which means there will be no bottom fire, let alone bullets in the true sense. So a pure black powder revolver cannot be promoted.
This very "primitive" revolver has a high fire silence rate, is troublesome to load, is easy to explode and get fire. Yu Wenwen thinks it is already a great thing.
So he spent all his money to equip elite cavalry with this weapon in order to increase the chances of victory in the Zhou army during combat.
The killing distance of the revolver is only twenty steps, and the range is not as good as that of a cavalry bow, but it is miraculously effective in cavalry melee. The Turkic soldiers who are good at riding and shooting have become decorations in front of the revolver.
Judging from the actual results, the revolver performed well.
It's just too expensive.
Thinking of this, Yuwen Wen sighed, put the revolver, sat up, and looked at the clock beside him.
It was almost time, Yuwen Wen got up, changed into clothes that were a little smell of alcohol, changed into dry casual clothes, and then washed his face.
At about four o'clock in the afternoon, Prince Yuwen Weicheng, Prince Yuwen Weihan and Yuwen Weining came to see him.
This time Yuwen Wen brought his whole family to Jinyang, one for "tourism" and the other for giving his sons the opportunity to exercise. Now the three brothers in Yuwen Weicheng are responsible for supervising the transfer of food and grass and other matters, and are very busy.
When the time for homework was up, Yu Wenwen, who turned into a "professor", began to ask the "students": "You think you have done the questions for your father. Now, the prince will talk first and the conclusion first."
"Yes, father." Prince Yuwen Weicheng replied, then sat up straight and began to answer: "Father, war is too expensive."
Chapter completed!