Qie is one of the two most powerful tribes among the Tiel tribes. The other is Xueyantuo. Qie mainly lives in a vast area south of the Tianshan Mountains and north of Yanqi, and some live in the south of Jinshan Mountain. This makes Qie, like Xueyantuo, span the eastern and western Turks, and thus they have become the targets of encirclement and attack by the two Turks.

During the Datou period, the Western Turks were powerful, and Xueyantuo and Qibi surrendered to the Western Turks. In the 19th year of Kaihuang and the 20th year of Kaihuang, under the two heavy blows of the Sui Dynasty, the Western Turks suffered heavy losses, especially in the battle of Harry Lake, when Datou was killed, the nobles within the Western Turks fought for power and profit, and internal strife occurred.

Xue Yantuo and Qie took this opportunity to escape from the Western Turks one after another and were elected as Khans by the Tiel tribes of the Western Turks, causing subtle changes in the situation on the grassland.

The Qibi tribe discovered by the scout of the Sui army was very small, with only a few hundred people, basically all of them old, young, women and children. This is strange. There are almost no young and strong men in the tribe, and they actually appeared very close to Xue Yantuo, which made Yang Yuanqing very confused.

The Sui army scouts relieved Qie's concerns in advance, which made the Sui army warmly welcome. Hundreds of Qie's men, women, young and old come out to welcome the Sui army. Because the tribe was too small, the five hundred Sui army did not enter the tribe to harass them, but set up camp beside the tribe.

The goodwill of the Sui army won the support of the Qibians. They helped the Sui army soldiers set up their camps, sent mutton and wine, and of course, a large amount of forage.

Yang Yuanqing was invited by two elders Qiezi to the tribe's discussion tent. The tent was as warm as spring, with carpets and goat milk boiling on the fire. Yang Yuanqing put one or two tea into the pot. Soon, the tent was filled with the fragrance of milk tea.

The door of the tent was crowded with women and children. The red faces were full of affectionate smiles. They looked at the Sui Jun who had never seen before and smelled the scent of milk tea that they had never smelled before.

Both old men were red and had long white beards. They asked Yang Yuanqing to sit on the white lambskin and pour milk tea into the golden bowl in front of them. An old man laughed and said, "Our tribe is descended from the nobles of Qiezi, and we all have the surname Qiezi. My name is Chali, and he is my brother, Chahan, and he is the oldest person in this tribe. Thanks to the Sui army for not invading us, and welcomes General Yang to come here to visit."

"Have you ever met the Sui army?" Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile.

The younger old man replied: "Our ancestors have lived at the foot of the Ganman Mountain for generations. Although we have heard of the name of the Sui army for a long time, this is the first time we have seen it."

Tanman Mountain is located north of Yiwu and south of Jinshan. There are also large and abundant pastures there. In life, Turks, Tuyuhun, Shi, Qiang, Xueyantuo, Shatuo, Qiezi and other ethnic groups are controlled by the Western Turks.

Yang Yuanqing smiled again and said, "Although I'm rude, I still want to take the initiative to ask, why did you leave your hometown and come here? And where have the young and strong men in the tribe gone?"

"My dad is going to fight!" a Chia child next to him said.

The child's words made it difficult for the two elders to hide it anymore, so they could only smile bitterly: "Kingshan Blizzard, our tribe has also suffered from disasters, and was ordered by Khan to go east to avoid disasters. Not only us, hundreds of tribes are following us. You go west and you will also encounter other Qiezi tribes. We young and strong have gone to concentrate on training and will not be able to come back in spring."

Yang Yuanqing was stunned and had an idea, was Qi Zhu ready to fight? Who are you with, Western Turks or Xue Yantuo?

"Then who is your enemy? It's not the Sui Dynasty!" Yang Yuanqing asked with a tentative smile.

"How could it be the Sui Dynasty? Will we still sit here with the generals in the Sui Dynasty?"

The two kind and simple old men did not notice Yang Yuanqing's temptation, and even revealed Qi Zi's military secrets in one sentence.

They explained with a smile: "Our enemy is Xue Yantuo. They are affected by disaster and their strength is weakened, which is our best opportunity to attack."

This news made Yang Yuanqing overjoyed. He really searched for something without any effort. He worked hard to search the Turkic tent to find the alliance, but failed and almost sold it. However, the real allies were under their noses. He remembered what Wutu said to him: Qie and Xue Yantu competed for the Lord of Iron Le, causing two khans to appear in Tiele in the west. One sheath could not be used for two swords, and the civil war between them was about to break out.

Yang Yuanqing quickly smiled and said, "Our Sui army is also preparing to fight Xue Yantuo. Maybe we can still work together."

The two old men looked at each other and their eyes were shocked. The news came so suddenly.

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A grand bonfire party ended. The old man Qie and the women and children returned to the tribe. The Sui army soldiers also returned to their own tents to rest. Yang Yuanqing rode his horse around the tent. From time to time, he would see some Qie women appearing next to the tents of the Sui army soldiers.

He had long been used to this situation and did not stop it. He just pretended not to see it. The Sui soldiers had more or less a little bit of the items on the Central Plains, mainly silk, and bronze mirror powder. They would use these things to please the women of the grassland and get their own needs. Yang Yuanqing has been in the frontier for many years and knows the hardships of the frontier soldiers and the comfort of women is their most eager need.

Yang Yuanqing's eyes fell to Yinshan a hundred miles away again. Under a bright moonlight, the long mountain line appeared in front of him. He sighed, wondering how many troops Xue Yantuo would use to intercept his return.

In the middle of the night, he was suddenly awakened by the low call from the soldiers. He turned over and sat up, and instinctively grabbed the hilt of the knife, "What's the matter?"

"General, their elders have something to ask you for trouble."

Yang Yuanqing, like the soldiers, slept with Jia. He stood up and walked out of the camp. He saw an elder he had seen during the day waiting by the tent. He remembered that this person was his brother Chali.

"Elder, is there anything wrong?" he stepped forward and asked with a smile.

Chali bowed deeply to him and said, "General, please come with me. My son is back. He wants to see you."

"Who is your son?" Yang Yuanqing asked with some surprise.

"My son is a famous warrior in Chiez, named Chiez, and is also one of the twelve ten thousand men under Khan."

"Let's go! I'll go with you."

Yang Yuanqing followed Elder Qiezi quickly toward the tribal camp.

In a brightly lit tent, Yang Yuanqing saw a man with an extremely burly figure, about the same height as him, but thicker and stronger than him, with black hair draped over his shoulders, like a lion.

"You are Yang Yuanqing, Fengzhou?"

The man was about twenty-four or twenty-five years old, and his voice was very low. He turned around and stared at him with a very sharp gaze.

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Do you know me?"

The man stared at him for a while and waved!"

The two sat down at a small table, and an older woman gave them milk. The man suddenly laughed and showed a mouthful of white teeth. "I drank your milk tea today, and it tasted very good, I liked it very much."

"I'll give you ten kilograms of tea."

Yang Yuanqing also smiled and said, "Your father said that your name is Qie Lie, and he is one of the twelve ten thousand men under Qie Lie Khan."

Chieli nodded, "My father is right."

He sighed in a low voice again: "Actually, I am very grateful for you. I can restrain military discipline and let me see my living father."

"The military discipline of the Sui army is good, and it will not hurt their friends."

"friend!"

Qi Lie smiled, his eyes full of kindness, "Since we are friends, let's talk about our common enemies! My father said that you also want to deal with Xue Yantuo, why?"

Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "The reason is very simple. The south of Yinshan Mountain is the sphere of influence of the Sui Dynasty. Xue Yantuo broke into our yard without his permission with his master."

Qi Lie's eyes were still very friendly, but there was a hint of shrewdness in the friendship that did not match his figure. He shook his head, "This is not the real reason. After all, it is not Fengzhou. Xue Yantuo only stayed for a while for a winter. The Sui Dynasty was a tolerant and generous nation and would not be enemies with them because of this. General Yang, I need to know the real reason, otherwise, I cannot trust you and it is even more difficult to talk about cooperation with you."

"Okay! Let me tell you the truth, I killed Yi Shibo's two sons."

"Two sons? Who else is there except Xue Qiluo? Are they Yi Nan?" Qi Lie's eyes became extremely concerned and he stared at Yang Yuanqing.

Yang Yuanqing could feel his concern for this matter. He shook his head and smiled: "It may have disappointed you, not Yi Nan, but Shi Duo."

After a while, Qi Zilie finally nodded, "I believe that Yi Shibo has only three sons, and you killed two of them. He will not let you go no matter what."

Qi Zilie pondered for a while and asked again: "Then why did you appear here?"

"I went to find Rangan, hoping to deal with Xue Yantuo together, but he wanted to sell me to Yi Shibo, and I escaped."

Qie Lie snorted disdainfully, "The Turks are the most unreliable. They only have interests and no credibility in their eyes. It is their common practice to go back on their word. We, Qie Lie, have suffered enough. Fortunately, you escaped, and this place is not far from Fengzhou."

Yang Yuanqing still shook his head, "It's not over yet. I will face Xue Yantuo's interception before. Rangan has leaked my news to the Xue Yantuo people. It is estimated that they have arranged a net of heaven and earth in Yinshan."

Qi Zilie pondered for a moment, and slowly clenched his fists, raised his head and said sincerely to Yang Yuanqing: "I don't have the right to discuss cooperation with you, but this time I went home to visit my father, and I have a thousand soldiers under my command, and I am stationed ten miles away from the north. Like you, my subordinates are also camel cavalry, General Yang, I am willing to wish you a helping hand."

Yang Yuanqing frowned, "But in this way, Xue Yantuo knew that Qiezi was going to go to war with it, which would reveal your military secrets."

"They should actually know that our 100,000 army has been deployed south of Jinshan, just waiting for the battle with Xue Yantuo after the beginning of spring."

There are some things that need not be said too clearly. Yang Yuanqing needs to use Xue Yantuo as a stepping stone for his upward advancement. Qi Lie also wants to use his military achievements and make friends with the Sui Dynasty to show his abilities to Khan, so as to gain reuse in the upcoming war in the spring.

Both of them have a common need, Xue Yantuo has their common interests, and they stretched out their palms and hit them hard.

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Chapter completed!