In the Western Turkic King's City, in the palace hall, the Khan sat on the throne, with all his generals standing below him.
Looking at these people, Khan was angry and annoyed. These people had lost their former vigor. If they were asked to go to war, they would either shirk the blame or pretend to be ill. They could not share his worries at all.
King Zuo Xian was asked to send troops to attack before, but it was because no one was willing to lead the army, so King Zuo Xian was asked to take command. Half of King Zuo Xian's defeat was attributed to these people.
"Don't be silent, the Tang Army is about to attack, are you still prepared to continue like this?"
"Are you just waiting for the royal city to be captured, the people to be slaughtered, and the army to be defeated before you will wake up?"
Khan glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice.
But after he finished speaking, there was still silence in the hall, which made Khan furious, and smashed the case in front of him to pieces with one palm.
"Since you won't say anything, don't blame Ben Khan for not caring about his face."
"Come here, tie them all up and parade them through the streets, so that the people of the Western Turks can see that these generals of our Western Turks are greedy for life and afraid of death. They should be despised by everyone!" the Khan said angrily. vocal channel.
As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was in an uproar.
"Khan, you can't do this!"
"Khan, I am your supporter, how could you do this to me?"
"Khan, our Longke Department is not something you can bully like this!"
"Khan, do you want to declare war on the entire Western Turks?"
Questions and reprimands resounded in the hall.
The situation of the Western Turks and Tubo is very similar. They are both a union composed of tribes. The Khan's tribe is naturally the largest, but it is only one of many tribes and was elected by everyone to be the micro-leader. One.
It is unrealistic to say that it can overwhelm many tribes. Together, the many tribes account for more than half of the population and soldiers.
If they united, Khan's tribe would not be able to compete.
This was because Khan was forced to act like this, otherwise, how could he give such an order.
Only now did he understand that in the face of interests, the honor and disgrace of the Western Turks were all lies. They were only the rise, fall and prosperity of tribes. The Western Turks had little or no respect for these tribes.
If there are benefits, of course they can be there, but once there is a crisis, they will have to fly away when disaster strikes.
There was a lot of noise in the hall, and the Khan walked away. As for the order he had just issued, it was naturally irrelevant. If he was really escorted to the streets, there would be riots, and the disintegration of the Western Turks was not far away.
At the moment, Khan doesn't want to see the Western Turks destroyed in his hands, he still wants to save it.
Leaving is just to let everyone calm down and look better.
That night, Khan met with more than a dozen tribal chiefs to discuss resisting Li Jing's army.
But the progress was not smooth. In the battle of Dingxiang City, these tribes also contributed their efforts, but in the end, all their tribesmen fell under Dingxiang City, and the leader of the army was the Khan's younger brother.
This led them to blame all the faults on the Khan, who was responsible for his improper employment.
If you want them to send tribal warriors to fight the Tang army, these people are naturally unwilling.
In a word, if you want to fight, you go it alone. They can't send any more troops. Too many clan members have died before, and they don't have many men left to send.
Although he knew that these tribes wanted to lie, Khan could only hold his nose and endure it.
Fortunately, some tribes supported him and sent some tribesmen to unite to stop Li Jing's army, which allowed Khan to save some face.
However, these dispatched Western Turkic soldiers were all defeated after fighting Li Jing's army, which once again pushed Khan to the forefront.
After all, this matter was promoted by Khan, who sent people to fight Li Jing.
Many tribes think that since the Tang army will fight when they come, they only need to stick to the royal city. Even if they are defeated, they can just run to the west. They are nomadic people and are not afraid of living in the wild. After all, their cattle, horses and sheep are still there. All outside the city, not within it.
The city is just a place where they discuss important matters and conduct casual transactions. Each tribe does not live in the city.
Li Jing naturally didn't know what happened to the Khan of the Western Turks. At this time, the morale of his army was like a rainbow, and they had won repeated battles. The soldiers were as if they had been given blood, and they wished they could immediately conquer the royal city of the Western Turks. Occupied.
Everything is moving in a good direction, but a crisis is quietly approaching!
