Two days later, Mo Heduo led 50,000 soldiers and horses one hundred miles outside Yumen Pass, and met the Turkic military advisor Zhao Deyan who led the troops.
When the two sides met, Zhao Deyan looked aloof and asked proudly: "Are you Mohedu, the rising star of Western Turks? With fifty thousand soldiers and horses, you are coming menacingly. Are you not going to hand over Xiao Rui?"
Mo Heduo said with a careless look: "What Xiao Rui? I don't know him, Jieli wants to take advantage of the chaos to attack our Western Turks, why make excuses? Come to fight, others are afraid of his Jieli, but we Western Turks are not afraid."
Zhao Deyan raised his eyebrows, and the smile on his face quickly turned cold, feeling like he was being despised.
He waved his hand and said, "Okay, how brave! If that's the case, there's no need to talk about it. If you don't want to hand over anyone, we'll find it ourselves! After one beat of the drum, it's time for you to die."
Mo Heduo didn't seem to be afraid at all, even though he was at a numerical disadvantage, he turned his horse around and went back to organize the army.
After the sound of war drums, the two sides rushed into battle and fought together. It was a cavalry duel, and the sky was dark and the ground was dark, and blood flowed like rivers.
The scouts at Yumen Pass kept an eye on the battlefield until the winner was decided between the two sides, and then they sent people back to the city to report.
"Report, general, the Western Turks' 50,000 troops fought with Zhao Deyan's 100,000 troops. In the end, the Western Turks were more than half injured and fled. Zhao Deyan sent people to pursue them. We, we are safe for the time being."
Huo Anshun, the guard at Yumen Gate, looked deeply to the north and said worriedly: "We are safe, but the Western Turks have been defeated, and Xiao Prince Consort and the others are in danger."
Danger? Of course there is, but danger often comes with opportunity. At this moment, Xiao Rui had already arranged his manpower in Mohe Duo territory of the Western Turks. They were not preparing to escape, but they were all going out to spread rumors.
Dongbian Jieli wanted to take advantage of the chaos in the Western Turks to completely unify the grasslands and annihilate the Western Turks' defenders. He sent the Yinan tribe, a traitor to the Western Turks, as the vanguard and led an army of 100,000 people into the Western Turks. In order to protect the territory of the Western Turks, leader Mohedu bravely led his troops to resist, vowing to drive Jieli's people out.
After receiving the news, the Western Turkic tribes who were originally attacking each other stopped fighting and being suspicious, and sent people to inquire for information. Is Mohe Duo so kind?
Recently, I heard that he has risen rapidly and has occupied one-third of the territory of the Western Turks. He seems to have threatened our position. He is clearly aiming for the position of the Great Khan of the Western Turks. Now he can go and die alone in order to protect the Western Turks? I do not believe.
Many people thought so, but when their scouts saw the defeated troops of Mohe Duo of the Western Turks, they couldn't help but believe that there were about 100,000 Jieli cavalry behind them. The fact was right in front of them. Mohe Duo was really there. Protect Western Turkic territory.
The people of the Mohedu tribe once again lobbied the upper-level leaders of each tribe, "Dear clan leaders, if I, Mohedu, die, I will die, but the Western Turks cannot be occupied by Jieli. It was originally to oppose the cruelty of the royal court, We just separated the Western Turks, and now Jieli is more cruel than the Turkic Khans back then, and we will not be ruled by him even if we die."
"He only has 100,000 soldiers and horses around him. We, the Western Turks, are now leaderless. If we unite, we can definitely defeat them with at least 200,000 soldiers and horses."
"If two hundred thousand soldiers and horses are defeated by one hundred thousand of them, and if they trample through our royal court, what dignity will we have in the world?"
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This group of people is not easy to fool. Everyone is worried that this is Mohe Duo's plan to lure the enemy. He wants everyone to fight Jieli and lose both sides, and then Mohe Duo takes the opportunity to annex them.
But if we don't resist Jieli and let Jieli take down the Western Turks with 100,000 troops, wouldn't everyone's fighting to death these past few months be in vain? What we are fighting for is the position of Khan of the Western Turks, not just waiting for Jieli to come and recruit us.
"Then Jieli claimed that he came to the Western Turks to capture some Tang people. Is this true? It is said that Mo Heduo has a team of Tang people around him. Could he have joined the Tang Dynasty?"
Even Zhao Deyan couldn't hide this matter, let alone the many large tribes in the Western Turks.
Faced with this problem, Mohedu's men immediately swore that a general of the Tang Army once owed his life to our clan leader Mohedu, and he came here to repay his kindness. Now he has gone back. If you don’t believe it, feel free to ask around.
Mo Heduo is a ruthless man. This time he was chased by Zhao Deyan. The 50,000 troops were getting smaller and smaller. They were now less than 20,000, and they were getting closer and closer to the hinterland of the Western Turks.
He simply sent a few teams of broken troops as messengers to once again urge other tribes of the Western Turks to support him. If Jieli's men really waited for Jieli's men to reach the royal court of the Western Turks, it would be too late for you to support them.
It was exactly as Xiao Rui expected. Even if the Western Turks were broken into pieces, they would not dare to let Jieli's soldiers and horses attack the royal court. It would be such a slap in the face.
So all the tribes sent troops to join forces, and finally the 150,000-strong army marched southward in a mighty manner. After less than a day of march, they ran into the defeated remnants of Mohe Duo, as well as the Tiele and Yi Nan troops who were chasing after them.
Everyone knows that Yi Nan betrayed the Western Turks and went to Jieli, so when we meet again, everyone hates Yi Nan even more.
King Zuo Xian of the Western Turks said to the embarrassed Mohedu: "Clan Chief Mohedu, thank you for your hard work. Please step back and rest for a while, and then let us defend the Western Turks."
After saying that, he pointed his scimitar and said, "Follow me and kill the traitor Yi Nan!"
With a roar, the 150,000-strong army roared and charged forward like a tiger out of its cage.
Seeing this situation, Yi Nan and Tie Le, who were exhausted after chasing for several days, could not help but tremble in their legs. It was over, they had fallen into a trap, and it was all Mohe Duo's poisonous plan.
"Strategist, where is the strategist? What should we do now?"
"The military advisor didn't come at all. He was still camping outside Yumen Pass. He just wanted to avenge his personal vengeance and deliberately deceived us into chasing him. In fact, he wanted everyone to come and die."
"Run away, run away quickly. Someone must run back and report to Jieli Khan. Zhao Deyan is a villain. He has cheated us with a hundred thousand sons..."
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Is Zhao Deyan really so vicious? No, he thought that the Western Turks were scattered and no one would support Mohe Du, because his order was to only pursue Mohe Du's territory. The leaders of other tribes would not unite. Instead, they would thank us and help them eradicate Mohe Du. This rising star is a threat.
But they never expected that Yi Nan and Tie Le were a little stupid. They were confused and chased deeper and deeper. They only followed Mo He Duo. Of course, I didn't expect that Xiao Rui had already sent people to contact the large tribes of the Western Turks.
Where is Xiao Rui at this time? After he set off in Mohe Duo, he took his people and quietly walked around, heading towards Yumen Pass.
I thought everything was safe, but I didn't expect that there were 10,000 Turkic troops outside Yumen Pass. It seems that Zhao Deyan is a cautious person.
Ten thousand versus three thousand, and they were waiting for work. Su Lie was a little nervous, and he guarded several second-generation people behind him, for fear that someone would be hit by a hidden arrow.
Xiao Rui boldly drove forward alone. Zhao Deyan seemed to understand and walked out with a few guards.
This day is the first meeting between the two parties.
Zhao Deyan looked at the handsome young man with a tender face in front of him, and said with admiration and pride: "Xiao Rui, Xiao Prince Consort, I have been waiting for you for a long time."
