Tang Dynasty: Father, if you don't rebel, I will!

Above Yanmen Pass.

Before Hou Junji and his men even came up, they could already hear the intense music playing outside.

The powerful sound of horns, full of Turkic ethnic flavor, accompanied by the sounds of gongs and drums, not only spread throughout the "Zhenbeidao Livestock Trading Area" outside Yanmen Pass, but also reached inside Yanmen Pass at this moment.

Hou Junji gritted his teeth as he looked at the vast Turkic people, numbering nearly two or three hundred thousand, in the distance.

"What are they doing? What are they trying to do?!"

Two to three hundred thousand Turks, although the vast majority of them were herders, but... had the border defenses of the Tang Dynasty become so lax?

They were able to get through the Western Turkic Khaganate, across the northern desert, and then eventually into Zhenbei Road.

If it weren't for Yanmen Pass, wouldn't those Turkic barbarians have already sneaked into Bingzhou?!

They've reached Taiyuan Prefecture?!

however.

In the past, if such a thing had happened, Hou Junji would have ordered the garrison to attack without hesitation and take the heads of these Turks to claim military merit.

But nowadays...

Hou Junji pointed to the small mountains piled up in front of Yanmen Pass, which were entirely composed of swords and blades.

Then look at those two or three hundred thousand Turks, singing and dancing without any sign of suspicion...

"grass!"

The Turks claimed they had come to seek refuge with the Tang Dynasty, and that Tang envoys had forcibly slept with their daughters. They also said they wanted to sell themselves into slavery for the Tang Dynasty...

Each of these things sounds utterly absurd, not to mention how many things are connected together.

Hou Junji took a deep breath or two and immediately ordered someone to summon the other side's leader.

When Mohedu Khan, quite the lone wolf, rode into Yanmen Pass empty-handed and stood before Hou Junji, Hou Junji's constantly twitching profile clearly showed the confusion and anger in his heart at that moment.

This barbarian, he actually came in all alone like that?

Can't you make some demands on your own countrymen?

Why can't you ask for a few guards?

"Ashina Quli pays respects to the Duke of Lu of the Great Tang Dynasty..."

Hou Junji's lips twitched, a forced smile.

"The Great Khan Mohedu is quite capable, leading so many people all the way from the Western Turks to the Gobi Desert, and then from the Gobi Desert to my Yanmen Pass... What a skillful maneuver!"

Mohedu Khan bowed with his hand on his chest.

"Duke of Lu, I've fallen out with that fool Ashina Dili. He had already reached an agreement with your envoy, Lord Zheng, to hand over the murderer of Tongyagu Khan and his people, in order to quell the misunderstanding between our two countries and appease His Majesty the Retired Emperor of Tang, but..."

"He insisted on leading his people, whom he had bewitched, to oppose the Tang Dynasty... In order to protect Lord Zheng and his people, and to protect my people from being targeted by them, I had no choice but to enter the Zhenbei Road of the Tang Dynasty."

Hou Junji's smile vanished completely.

He cursed inwardly again.

Hey!

"Your people previously said that Zheng Wuhe and his delegation forcibly assaulted your daughter?"

Mohedu Khan looked helpless; this burly man actually managed to squeeze out a few tears on the spot.

"If Lord Zheng and his ilk are so fond of me... I'm willing to give my daughter to them to play with, just asking that the Tang Dynasty give my people a way to survive, even if it's as slavery..."

Hey!

Hou Junji had always felt that the people he hated most in his life were those two old scoundrels, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde.

Now, seeing the pitiful and disgusting appearance of Mohedu Khan in front of him...

All I felt was nausea.

Hou Qianya came upon hearing the news.

After hearing his father's generals recount the events, and seeing the Western Turkic Left Wing tribe herders outside the city who were now mingling with the original Turkic people, he realized that...

A serious expression flashed across her pretty face.

This kind of strategic retreat is actually something these Turks are capable of doing?

Even a fool could guess that the surrendered Turkic people outside Yanmen Pass probably already knew the purpose of these Western Turkic kinsmen.

It is also known that "Zheng Wuhe and other Tang envoys insulted the Turkic leader and the daughter of the Great Khan".

The Turkic people even knew that "Moheduo and the others had surrendered voluntarily, and were even willing to become slaves."

Just ask!

Under such circumstances, could the Tang Dynasty still treat these people as slaves, just like it treated the Turkic prisoners of the Siyab Khan?

Just ask!

In this situation, these people were driven together, as if they were cattle and sheep to be offered to the Tang Dynasty.

Can the Tang Dynasty still acquire it?!

Hou Qianya couldn't help but curse inwardly at that moment.

Hey!

"Duke of Lu, General Hou, if you cannot make this decision, why not take me to see His Highness the Crown Prince of your country? I am willing to go and plead with him personally... just me!"

Mohedu Khan once again launched a ruthless attack, employing another extremely disgusting tactic of feigning retreat to advance.

Immediately, Hou Junji and his daughter Hou Qianya exchanged a glance.

I took a deep breath; that was all I could do.

After leaving Yanmen Pass, Mohedu returned to his followers and immediately recounted his upcoming trip to Taiyuan Prefecture.

However, Hou Junji and his group eventually had to back down, allowing the Great Khan of the Western Turks to bring a guard of about fifty men as a show of force.

"After I leave, do as I have taught you before. Don't be afraid of losing face. The more we lose face right now, the less the Tang people will make things difficult for us!"

Moheduo's guards, though called guards, actually included most of the tribal chiefs or deposed leaders under his command.

Along with Zheng Wuhe and his entourage of Tang envoys, whose faces were pale but whose eyes were bloodshot, came the whole way.

Led by Hou Qianya, they headed towards Taiyuan Prefecture.

The bustling prosperity of Bingzhou's cities along the way made the leaders of these Turkic tribes unable to resist getting excited, but they were forced to shut up by Mohedu's murderous glare.

They seemed completely unconcerned.

His clansmen, who had already handed over their swords, weapons, and even cattle and sheep to the Tang Dynasty, would be bullied by the guards at Yanmen Pass.

On the city tower of Yanmen Pass.

The sudden appearance of over 200,000 Turkic herdsmen made Hou Junji afraid to even return to his mansion in the city, fearing that a mutiny might be instigated by someone with ulterior motives outside the city.

It had been less than a day since Hou Qianya and Moheduo Khan had set off for Taiyuan.

"What are they doing? What are they doing?"

Hou Junji held up his monocular telescope and suddenly let out an angry roar.

The lieutenants all raised their own binoculars, which were also provided with them.

Looking out of the city.

However, when the Western Turkic herdsmen came into view, all the generals of Yanmen Pass showed disgust on their faces.

There were groups of Turkic herders, led by their chieftains or elders.

We walked into the settlements of the Turkic people of the Tang Dynasty.

They went from house to house, begging for food...

"They're begging? Why are they begging?! I didn't take away their cattle and sheep, they..." Hou Junji's eyes blazed with fury, as if he were projecting it directly onto the begging Western Turkic herders through the lens of his telescope.

Burn these disgusting bastards to ashes.

however.

When he turned his binoculars and looked in the direction of the cattle and sheep of the Western Turkic herders.

In sight.

Elderly men dressed as Turkic priests were seen holding various implements clearly intended for prayer or blessings, surrounding the massive herd of cattle and sheep.

There are words in his mouth.

"Go! Go and ask them what they're up to!"

"They're not without food, why are they begging at other people's houses?! Go now!"

Not long after, the general who had been sent by Hou Junji to inquire returned.

However, the expression on his face at this moment was no different from that of someone who had eaten shit.

"Duke of Lu, they said... those cattle and sheep were a gift they offered to His Highness the Crown Prince, the most devout gift from the Turkic people. They cannot eat them; they would rather beg..."

Hou Junji: "..."

Scoundrel!

Damn it! That Khan of the Western Turks, Ashina Dili, the Siyabhu, is a complete idiot!

Moheduo Ashina Quli, that bastard, is shameless!

Shougong Hall.

"Hahahaha!"

Li Chengqian was so amused by the news brought by Hou Qianya that he laughed until he cried.

This was the first time he had laughed so uncontrollably.

Beside him, Li Gang, who was over eighty years old, was trembling as he stroked his beard, repeatedly uttering the same sentence.

"Shameless, shameless... How can there be such a shameless person in this world?!"

Yu Shinan was at a loss for words.

Looking at the "surrender document" in his hand, written stroke by stroke by the Western Turkic Khan Moheduo in both Tang and Turkic languages.

Although some of the words and phrases above were considered quite vulgar by these literati.

But that most unadorned flattery, and the most direct expression of awe for the might of the Tang Dynasty, made even the Duke of Song of the Tang Dynasty unable to help but praise Moheduo Khan in his heart as a... talent.

Hou Qianya's face showed some anxiety.

"Your Highness, please stop laughing. More than 200,000 people were brought to Zhenbei Road by this guy without a sound, and the Embroidered Uniform Guard didn't even notice. This guy definitely has bad intentions!"

Li Chengqian smiled and nodded.

This is a problem.

However, he could understand it.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard has only been established for a maximum of two years. Although many talents have been added from the simulated world, a lack of foundation is a lack of foundation.

A batch was deployed in various regions across the country.

A number of troops were deployed to Tuyuhun, Tubo, Gaochang, and other Western Regions countries, as well as Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, and Wa.

The Western Turkic Khaganate was such a large territory, comparable to that of the Tang Dynasty.

How could they possibly keep a close watch on us?

"Alright, no need to worry. So, the delegation members have all returned, right? Bring them to the Shou Gong Hall; they've certainly been wronged..."

At this point, Li Chengqian's lips twitched involuntarily again.

"Your Highness! Waaaaah! You must do justice for me! Waaaaah!"

When Zheng Wuhe, Tang Luo, and other members of the delegation who were going to the Western Turks were brought to the Shougong Hall, tears instantly streamed down their pale faces, which looked as if they had kidney deficiency.

His pitiful appearance was like that of a bullied child who had finally found a pillar of support.

Li Chengqian coughed twice, trying to appear more serious.

"Hmm, you really slept with the daughter of the Western Turkic Khan and the tribal chief? And got her pregnant?"

"This is outrageous!!!" Li Chengqian suddenly shouted.

The wailing of Zheng Wuhe and the others suddenly stopped.

"Your Highness, what did you say?" Zheng Wuhe looked utterly shocked, his eyes wide with disbelief.

But then they heard their Crown Prince give a cold snort.

"I ordered you to go to the Western Turks to apprehend the murderers who killed Tongyabhu Khan. Why did you force their daughters? And why did you specifically target the daughters of their Khan and tribal leaders!"

"You have utterly disgraced the envoys of my Great Tang Dynasty!"

"Now look what's happened! They want an explanation from me, the Crown Prince! What do you say we do?!"

Zheng Wuhe, Tang Luo, and others: "..."

Outside Yangcheng Palace.

The thirty or forty chieftains or leaders of the Turkic tribes who were waiting outside watched as Moheduo went inside.

Look at each other.

After the group left, a few short while later, they pulled over several young men dressed as scholars from the Tang Dynasty.

"Just read it as written here. All you need to do is read it aloud in Tang Dynasty Mandarin (Turkic language)."

As one of the Turkic leaders spoke, he handed a scroll to the group and gave each of them a gem.

Several young men from the Tang Dynasty who understood Turkic script nodded happily and then opened the scroll.

"Don't miss out! The eighteen tribes of the Western Turkic Left Wing are offering their daughters to the Tang Dynasty for a marriage alliance. Today, we Turkic leaders are performing arts... to raise funds for the wedding gifts?"

The scholars translated, but their voices grew softer and softer.

They turned their heads stiffly, and a Turkic leader beside them, who had taken off his shirt to reveal his muscular upper body, suddenly shouted.

"Hi!"

He suddenly lifted up a stone lion that was about the size of two or three people's arms...