China continued encouraging the disagreements among
the Gok-Turks. While Ta-lo-pien prepared for the struggle with the new great khan together
with Tardu, the west Yabgu, Işbara was sending soldiers to China to realize the
inspirations given by the princess of Chou, his wife who wanted to take vengeance of her
family from the khan of Sui (581-618), who obtained the power instead of the Chous and
built a political unity for the first time since 350 years in China. Meanwhile, Ven-li,
the Emperor of Sui, was trying to drive away from China nearly 10 thousands of Turks who
worked as merchants in the Chinese cities and had privileges due to their friendship
relations.
In spite of this, when Işbara came with his armies
to China, the Chinese cheating activities increased. Wen-li sent Tardu a flag with golden
had of a wolf in order to inform him that he was greeted as the great khan of Gok-Turks.
Tardu whom ambitions had increased, at first refused Işbara who proposed to act in common
against China and announced that he did not recognize the kingdom of the east region
(582). Meanwhile, Işbara had to struggle with Ç'ang Sun-şeng, the diplomat-general who
knew the Turks very well and to work with the discord of this Chinese between the Turkish
commanders. In this way, the empire was divided officially into two.
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