Tang Dynasty, my wife Wu Zetian

Chapter 130 Xue Rengui’s Reminder
Outside the Ganlu Palace, Mishe stood quietly waiting.

After a while, Wang Fusheng came out of the hall and said, "General Mishe, the Queen just sent someone to invite the Saint over. He may need something. Please wait in the side hall for a while."

Mishe bowed and said, "Okay." He turned and walked to the side hall, found a chair and sat down.

He received the emperor's summons early in the morning and rushed over in a hurry without even having breakfast.

No wonder he was so nervous.

Now that Helu has been captured, the emperor will definitely appoint a new Khan.

He thought that the emperor summoned him to make him the Khan.

At this time, a eunuch came over with a plate with a bowl of mutton soup noodles on it.

"General, this is what Eunuch Wang asked me to give you," said the eunuch.

Mishe smiled and said, "Thank Eunuch Wang for me." He took the mutton soup noodles and ate them with relish.

Just as he finished his soup, another person walked in.

The two looked at each other and snorted at the same time without even saying hello.

The person who came in later was Qibi Heli. He was also summoned by the emperor early in the morning, but he did not expect to meet Mishe in the side hall.

One of them was a Turk and the other was a Tiele, and they could be considered sworn enemies.

During the early Tang Dynasty, the Tiele people were very weak and originally lived north of Qinghai Lake.

As a result, they were bullied by Tuyuhun and moved to the Rehe area, where they were bullied by the Western Turks.

Once, Qibi Heli's tribe was attacked by the Turks, and Qibi Heli's father was also killed.

At that time Qibi Heli was only nine years old.

From then on, Qibi Heli deeply hated the Turks.

In the fourth year of Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Eastern Turks. After Qibi Heli learned the news, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night.

At that time, he had the intention of surrendering to the Tang Dynasty. He spent two years persuading his clansmen, and in the sixth year of Zhenguan, he led his entire clan to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. Since then, he became the most trusted Hu general of Emperor Taizong of Tang.

Ashina Mishe returned to the Tang Dynasty in the 13th year of Zhenguan.

Qibi Heli had been suppressing him, so Mishe was never given a position of importance, and the relationship between the two was very bad.

With a "bang", Mishe slammed the bowl in his hand onto the table and glared at Qibi Heli.

"What?" Qibi Heli glared back.

Mishe said coldly: "You Tiele people are so shameless."

Qibi Heli suddenly stood up and said angrily, "What did you say?"

Mishe said coldly, "Isn't it? When the Tang Dynasty attacked the Western Turks, you all hid in the north and watched, not helping. As a result, Helu was captured, and you all rushed south like wild dogs that smelled shit, looting our Turkic tribes!"

Qibi Heli said: "I am Turkic? Mishe, you really don't really submit to me!"

Mishe angrily said, "The chieftain of the Nushipi tribe has come to me and expressed his intention to submit to the Tang Dynasty. What's the problem with the Turks being subordinate to the Tang Dynasty in the future?"

Qibi Heli sneered and said, "I'm afraid they will rebel again soon."

Mishe said coldly, "I think it's you who are going to rebel. I've received news a long time ago that many of your Tiele clan leaders are secretly communicating and discussing rebellion against the Tang Dynasty!"

Qibi Heli said angrily: "What nonsense! In this attack on Western Turkestan, our Tiele also participated in the battle!"

Mishe said: "The only one who participated in the war was Runpo. He was still somewhat loyal, but he couldn't control his own tribe, let alone the other eight tribes!"

Qibi Heli was furious and asked, "Are you determined to make slanderous remarks before His Majesty?"

Mishe glanced at him and said, "I'm just speaking the truth, Qibi Heli. You haven't been back to Tiele for a long time, so you don't know the situation there at all."

Qibi Heli said: "What's going on?"

Mishe said in a deep voice: "Over the years, the nine Tiele clans have continued to expand and have occupied most of the Eastern Turkic grasslands. Their strength is no longer inferior to that of the Western Turkic people."

Qibi Heli's face changed and he said, "That doesn't mean anything!"

Mishe sneered, "Don't you know what kind of people your people are? Have you forgotten how your ears were cut off?"

Qibi Heli was stunned and speechless.

Mishe said in a deep voice, "The chief of the Chuyue tribe came to Chang'an quietly yesterday. Do you know what he said to me?"

Qibi Heli remained silent.

Mishe said coldly, "He said that after the news of Helu's capture spread, more than twenty tribes to the north of the Turks were attacked by the Tiele. The men were killed, and the women and cattle and sheep were taken away. Do you know what this means?"

Qibi Heli acquiesced.

This means that Tiele had been secretly watching this battle for a long time and had made a lot of preparations in advance.

The Turks were a nomadic tribe, and even the Tang army found it difficult to find them, but the Tiele people were able to attack more than 20 of them at a time.

This shows that they had already placed spies in advance and had been preparing for this day for a long time.

In the corner of the side hall, Xiaoji saw that the two of them were silent, so he quietly left the side hall and went to the main hall. Li Zhi did not go to the Lizheng Hall, he was sitting in the main hall at this moment.

It was he who arranged the meeting between Mishe and Qibi Heli.

Just last night, he received two memorials, one from Xue Rengui and the other from Ashina Buzhen.

Bu Zhen proposed that he and Mishe should lead the Turkic tribes respectively, which was exactly in line with Li Zhi's idea of ​​divide and rule.

However, Bu Zhen proposed that he lead the Nushibi tribe and Mishe lead the Dulu tribe, which made Li Zhi more vigilant.

For no apparent reason, Bu Zhen did not choose to support his Dulu tribe, but instead chose to lead the Nushibi tribe, which made people doubt his intentions.

In the original history, Mishe was framed and killed by Bu Zhen, which also led to another rebellion of the Western Turks. Li Zhi had to be more cautious.

Another memorial was sent by Xue Rengui.

He and Su Dingfang divided their troops into two routes, he was in the north and Su Dingfang was in the south.

After Xue Rengui captured Yancheng, he sent out several groups of troops to attack the tribes to the north of the Western Turks.

It turned out that many Turkic tribes had been attacked in advance.

After careful investigation, he found that it was done by the Tiele people.

It is a good thing that the Tiele people helped fight the Turks.

However, the Tiele people did not inform the Tang Dynasty in advance, and they also took away the looted people, horses, cattle and sheep. This made Xue Rengui very dissatisfied, so he submitted a memorial, requesting Li Zhi to issue an order to reprimand the Tiele people!
After seeing the memorial, Li Zhi became more vigilant than Xue Rengui.

A few years later, as soon as Runpo died, the nine Tiele tribes immediately rebelled, which also triggered the famous battle in which Xue Rengui conquered Tianshan with three arrows.

Having said that, the fact that Runpo died at such a young age was suspicious in itself.

Combined with Xue Rengui's memorial, Li Zhi began to doubt the Tiele people.

He really wanted to know the true situation of the Tiele people, but if he asked Qibi Heli directly, the other party, as a Tiele, might not tell the truth.

Li Zhi then deliberately allowed his two enemies, Mishe and Qibi Heli, to stay in the same room.

After listening to Xiaoji's report, he nodded secretly.

The two of them exposed each other's shortcomings, which gave him a better understanding of the situation of the Turks and Tiele.

Li Zhi instructed Xiaoji, "Summon them both to the emperor's presence."

Soon, Mishe and Qibi Heli came to the hall together.

Li Zhi first turned to Mishe and said, "Mr. Ashina, I have just received a memorial from your brother, General Buzhen. He proposes that you two each lead the Western Turkic tribes. What do you think?"

Mishe hesitated for a moment, then bowed and said, "I have no objection."

For him, it would be best if he could command the ten tribes, but it didn't matter if he couldn't, as long as he could be enthroned as Khan.

He was tired of the life of fighting and killing on the grassland and planned to live in Chang'an for a long time. The only thing he cared about was the title of Khan.

Li Zhi continued, "General Bu Zhen also proposed that you lead the Dulu tribe and he lead the Nushibi tribe."

Mishe was stunned for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the Nushipi tribe only supports me. Bu Zhen may not be able to control them."

Qibi Heli snorted coldly, "General Mishe wants to lead the Nushibi tribe he is familiar with?"

The implication is that commanding familiar tribes will make it easier to rebel in the future.

Mishe was secretly annoyed and said with a cupped hand: "Your Majesty, I have no objection."

Li Zhi nodded and turned to look at Qibi Heli.

"Qibi, General Xue from the front has sent a report stating that many northern Turkic tribes have been attacked by the Tiele tribe. What's going on?"

Qibi Heli gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, I am not aware of this matter."

Mishe snorted coldly, "General Qibi hasn't been back to Tiele for many years. If Tiele rebels one day, I'm afraid he won't know anything about it."

Qibi Heli said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, they will never rebel against the Tang Dynasty!"

Mishe asked, "If that's the case, how do you explain the attack on the Turkic tribe?"

Qibi Heli stamped his feet and said, "Your Majesty, there must be some misunderstanding here. I will go to Tiele immediately, summon the chiefs of each tribe, and ask them for clarification!"

Li Zhi said: "Alright, then I will not deal with this matter for now and wait for news from the old general."

Qibi Heli said gratefully, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Mishe hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the chieftain of the Nushipi tribe has sent someone to seek me out, hoping to submit to the Tang Dynasty. I have already told them to come to the court and surrender immediately."

Li Zhi said, "Very good. As long as the chieftains of the ten clans come to the court, I will forgive their past mistakes. However, to prevent them from causing trouble, the fighting on the front lines will not stop until they come to the court."

Mishe hurriedly said, "I understand. I will let them enter the court as soon as possible."

Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "Very good, you can leave now."

After the two men left the hall, Wang Fusheng walked in and said, "Your Majesty, I just received news that the two reefs in Sanmenxia have been completely destroyed. Minister Lu and Minister Yan are on their way back to Chang'an."

(End of this chapter)