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

Everyone has worries.

However, in this world today, what could be more troublesome than becoming a neighbor of the Tang Dynasty?

Suiyuan City, Zhenbei Road.

As a city on the northern border of Zhenbei Road, it was originally inhabited mostly by nomadic peoples such as the Turks and Tanguts. However, the nomadic lifestyles and customs of the people who were incorporated into the Tang Dynasty were now quite different from what they used to be.

A vast group of Tang Dynasty Turkic herdsmen, riding tall horses, some carrying scimitars, others with bows drawn, were now gazing at the people coming from the north.

The two sides were at war with each other.

The Xueyantuo leader, Yinan, was so angry that his face turned ashen. He gritted his teeth and glared at Ashina Quli, who was blocking their way.

In Turkic language, it would be a sound of angry cursing.

"We are both people living on the grasslands, under the protection of the Eternal Heaven. Why do you torment us like this, pointing your scimitars at your own brothers? This is not what a warrior should do!"

He spoke grand and dignified words, but upon hearing them, Duke Ashina Quli of Duguo suddenly burst into wild laughter.

Ignoring the barbarian man, he instead looked at a scholar beside him who was dressed as a nomad but was clearly a Han Chinese.

"Chief Secretary Xu, what do you have to say?"

The young official surnamed Xu was the current Chief Clerk of Suiyuan City. Without Ashina Quli's instructions, he had already begun to quickly take notes in his notebook with a pencil in his hand.

At the same time, he was chanting loudly.

"On the seventh day of the sixth month of the eighth year of Zhenguan, the Xueyantuo leader Yinan detained the border, claiming to be a subject of the Eternal Heaven, and attempted to spread heresies to mislead the people and incite the Duke of Duguo's loyalty. The Duke was furious..."

Whether Ashina Quli was angry or not, Yinan did not know, but upon hearing these fabricated accusations, Yinan was so angry that his eyes almost rolled back.

"Shut up! How dare you, an official of the Tang Dynasty, slander someone's innocence like this?!"

He glared fiercely at the Turkic cavalrymen, while the cattle and sheep behind them belonged to his Xueyantuo tribe and were to be given as gifts to the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty.

But it was intercepted by these shameless bastards.

He was so angry that he cursed loudly, and even the warhorse he was riding paced restlessly, making him pac in front of the Xueyantuo troops.

"Ashina Quli, I have no intention of being your enemy. My purpose in coming here is to go to the capital to meet the Emperor. Consider these cattle and sheep as a gift. I hope you will not obstruct us any further!"

He conceded again.

However, Ashina Quli and the Turkic people behind him were unwilling to give in.

The Xueyantuo now has many Turkic chieftains and noble remnants who fled from the Eastern Turkic Khaganate and integrated into the local community. These herdsmen, who were once oppressed and exploited, now have their own pastures and cattle and sheep.

The children in the family are literate and can truly participate in the defense of the country as soldiers.

They would absolutely not allow those people from the past to return to them.

Ashina Quli sneered, unmoved.

But today, they stood firmly in front of Xueyantuo Yinan, not giving him a chance to meet the emperor.

He thinks about things more deeply.

His Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty clearly had no intention of winning over or accepting the loyalty of the Xueyantuo. Even the troops of Princess Gaoyang stationed in Baikal County had been openly and covertly targeting the Xueyantuo.

This is clearly a case of slowly boiling a frog in water, wearing the opponent down.

"Among the Tiele tribes with the Xueyantuo tribe, it is undoubtedly easier for the latter to integrate into our society than the Tiele tribes without the Xueyantuo tribe."

This is a sentence from a letter that Princess Gaoyang sent to him.

This also made the old man Ashina Quli immediately realize how he, as the Duke of Duguo of the Great Tang Dynasty, should fulfill his loyalty.

"Father, why don't we just crush them..."

Before the son could even finish his sentence, Yinan glared at him fiercely.

Go for it!

I shouldn't have slept with him when your mother was pregnant with you; it ruined your brain!

He took a deep breath, and despite feeling a thousand grievances and anger inside, he had to suppress them.

He gestured to stop his personal guards from following him, and rode alone to stand before Ashina Quli and the others, gazing intently at them.

"Let us come over, you name your terms..."

Ashina Quli narrowed his eyes, seemingly half-joking, pointed to the grass in front of him, and spoke in a teasing tone.

"Dismount and beg me!"

Yi Nan: "......"

Just when everyone thought this fellow would definitely refuse, they saw him take a deep breath, and without any hesitation, dismount, and then...

"thump!"

"Duke Du, I humbly request that you allow us to enter the country so that we may meet the Crown Prince."

Ashina Quli's playful and amused expression slowly disappeared, and his look towards the person in front of him began to turn serious.

The two looked at each other.

When the Xueyantuo tribe behind them saw that their leader had actually knelt down, there was an uproar. Many people were about to rush forward in anger, but Yinan turned around and scolded them to stop.

Yinan's expression turned somber. He saw that kneeling down did not elicit any leniency from Ashina Quli. Instead, he read an even colder cruelty in the other man's eyes. At that moment, he immediately understood that the man before him clearly intended to devour their Xueyantuo tribe.

He decisively turned his gaze to the chief clerk of Suiyuan City who was at the head of the group.

The voice became increasingly submissive.

"Lord Xu, His Highness the Crown Prince has some misunderstandings about us. This must be because of my sins, which prevents His Majesty the True Khan from shining upon his Xueyantuo people... I am willing to ride in a prison cart, carrying thorns on my back to plead guilty, and go to Chang'an to accept my death!"

Xu Changshi was taken aback, then glanced at Duke Du, Ashina Quli, beside him.

After a moment of contemplation, he spoke softly.

"This misunderstanding cannot be resolved simply by you apologizing and accepting death. You should know why His Highness the Crown Prince dislikes you all. Back then, the Duke of Du was also implicated in the scandal by the Western Turkic Khaganate, but he resolutely severed ties and chose to integrate into the Tang Dynasty and pledge allegiance to it..."

He hasn't finished speaking yet.

But then they heard Xueyantuo Yinan shout in a hurry.

"My lord! I can be loyal! I can love my country!"

Ashina Quli's expression darkened further...

The matter of Xueyantuo Yinan was eventually delivered to Chang'an by the Zhenbei Road official on horseback.

The cabinet is now operational, but Crown Prince Li Chengqian will still need to attend court and listen to government affairs.

When he heard that Xueyantuo Yinan had been forced to this point, he was still kneeling upright.

They didn't even dare to bare their teeth at the Tang Dynasty.

The officials were in an uproar, with differing opinions.

"Your Highness, this cunning man is likely another Songtsen Gampo! We must not trust him easily..."

"Your Highness, the Xueyantuo still has many elite troops. If we can put them to use, this will be a great opportunity for our Great Tang to conquer the northern tribes without shedding a drop of blood!"