At dusk, on a hill outside Wuyuan County, Ashina Sheer was looking far away. The blood-like sunset cast its last ray of light and was slowly blocked by the mountains.
Wuyuan County was first built in the State of Zhao during the Warring States Period. It was named Jiuyuan County after the Qin Dynasty destroyed Zhao and expelled Hu. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, it was occupied by the Huns. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, General Wei Qing came out of Yanmen, defeated the Huns, and divided this land. There are two counties, named Shuofang County and Wuyuan County respectively.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, Wuyuan County was occupied by Xianbei and Qianghu. Later, Xianbei established the Wei Dynasty and took control of the Central Plains. It was not until Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, unified the world that it was truly returned to Han territory and renamed Wuyuan County.
Over the past thousand years, Wuyuan County was sometimes occupied by the Hu people and sometimes recovered by the Han people. It actually became a symbolic place of strength and weakness between the Central Plains dynasty and the grassland tribes...more practical significance than the Great Wall.
After Shibi Khan, several generations of Khans settled in Wuyuan County. The young and strong slaves of the Han family who were looted in large numbers transformed the city into what it is today. Although there is no city wall, most of the city's buildings are made of masonry. Ashi Most people of that clan no longer live in tents but choose to live in more comfortable houses, but Jieli Khan still chose tents.
Although the current Wuyuan County cannot be compared with the big cities in the world like Chang'an and Luoyang, it is not smaller than the ordinary big cities in the Central Plains... For the grassland, the most important thing is that there are fertile fields that have been cultivated for many years. Last year, After the heavy snowfall in winter, food has replaced cattle, sheep and horses this year as the most important hard currency on the grassland.
Ashina Sheer looked at this large-scale city quietly, with ambition no longer concealed in his eyes. This place once belonged to his father, but now it belongs to Jieli Khan. It can also be his own.
Taking a deep breath and exhaling it slowly, Ashina Sheer told herself in her heart that she should be calm during big events.
But the next moment, Ashina She'er's expression froze. If I remember correctly, this sentence came from Li Huairen... Well, it did come from Li Shan. It was said before the battle in Guji Town last year.
Although Li Shan plagiarized this time, he really didn't do it deliberately. He just said it casually. He didn't even know where the allegation came from... Weng Tonghe, the third emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
Thinking of that person, Ashina Sheer couldn't help but think of a lot. He recalled that first meeting outside Guantao City. The other person really didn't lie. In the next few years, the grassland winter was indeed colder than in previous years. Frequent Famine occurs.
The assertions or threats made by the other party on that day were not in vain. The people of the grassland tribes were already divided. Moreover, because both Jieli Khan and his son were defeated by the Tang army, a large number of Ashina's children were killed, which led to the Turks' control over other tribes in the grassland. In order to survive the famine, a large number of tribes began to attack each other instead of going south to plunder the Han people.
The second meeting was in the north of Mayi City. On that day, he asserted that the other party must be the Turkic enemy, but Ashina Sheer did not expect that everything would slide into the abyss in an uncontrollable way.
Ashina She'er's eyes turned cold as he touched his forehead without pride. That was what Li Shan rewarded him with during the battle in Yunzhou. He was knocked unconscious under an elbow and captured alive.
Such rumors really put him in a dilemma. Ashina Sheer knew very well that his uncle Jieli Khan would no longer trust him, even if he went to war with Tuli Khan several times after returning to Wuyuan County.
When his father Chuluo Khan died suddenly, Ashina Sheer obeyed fate again and again, but unfortunately fate never favored him... But this time, Ashina Sheer was not ready to obey fate again. He wants to decide his own destiny.
It has to be said that Ashina Sheer's transformation was largely due to Li Shan, not because Yu Gushe died at the hands of Li Shan, or because Jieli Khan was defeated at the hands of Li Shan, or even he himself was captured alive Capturing him alive is not the key.
The key is the rumor released by Li Huairen... Ashina She'er is not sure whether Li Shan has seen through the key, but it does hit the biggest weakness, not just Ashina She'er's own weakness. , even the weakness of the Ashina clan.
That rumor made it almost impossible for Ashina She'er to gain a foothold in Wuyuan County. If he hadn't immediately started a war with Tuli Khan, he might have been dealt with by Jieli Khan by this time, and his banishment would have been frivolous. .
Li Huairen, you want to eradicate it!
Since you don't give me a way to survive, I can only fight my way out with a knife until one day I kill you in front of you with a bloody long knife in my hand.
The setting sun had been completely blocked by the mountains, and darkness fell on the grassland. Ashina Sheer waved indifferently, and walked down the hill with dozens of confidants, bypassing several tribes, and quietly entered Wuyuan County, which was not blocked by city walls. Inside.
This emotion is called hatred.
The strong hatred for Li Shan caused Ashina Sheer to begin to change. This Ashina disciple who was proficient in Sinology walked in the darkness. He thought of the history books he had read many years ago for no reason. He remembered that nearly a thousand years ago, there were also people in the south. Such a monarch suffered so much humiliation from his enemies that he eventually destroyed his country.
If Li Shan knew all this, his first reaction might be that the seven weapons... seemed to be sentimental rings.
"This is it."
Hearing several shrill screams, Ashina Sheer nodded, opened the door, and walked into a house full of blood smell. He passed several twitching corpses. The confidants in front of him had already opened the door. Open it, and the bright moonlight pours into the house, shining on a big bed.
Lying on the bed was a child of about two years old, sleeping soundly, and the accompanying maid was shivering on her knees.
Ashina Sheer stood in the moonlight outside the door and looked at the child carefully. Sure enough, it was so.
Before he returned to Wuyuan County, or even when he was still in Chang'an, when Ashina Sheer was reviewing the war, he suddenly discovered a place that puzzled him.
On that day, his uncle used Yugushe's suicide as an excuse to mobilize a large army, hijack Tuli Khan, and lead the tribes south to attack Hedong. But Ashina She'er felt something strange at the time. He was too familiar with Yugushe... ...never believe that the other person would kill himself.
If he felt humiliated because he was captured alive by Li Huairen twice, Yu Gu imagined that there was more opportunity to kill himself. Why wait until he returned to Wuyuan County, or even returned to Wuyuan County for nearly three months before suddenly committing suicide?
Ashina Sheer didn't think much about it at that time, and he didn't have time to think about it, but when he was in Chang'an, he had plenty of time to think about this issue.
After thinking for a long time, Ashina Sheer had a vague guess that Jieli Khan might have a son besides Yugushe.
If this is true, it all makes sense.
(End of chapter)
