Western Turks, Jinshan King’s tent.
The massive defeat on the front line had already reached Zhao Youlin's ears.
At this time, his face was filled with ice, and his eyes were scanning the faces of the generals in the field.
"One hundred thousand people, a whole hundred thousand people!"
"Even if there are 100,000 pigs, the Tang thieves will have to catch them for a few days, right?"
"But in just one night, the Tang thieves were defeated and a total of 30,000 soldiers were lost..."
Zhao Youlin directly grabbed a long knife from the table and threw it in front of the messenger who was responsible for delivering the order.
"Give this to Humira."
"Tell him that I will only give him ten days."
"Either he can use this knife to regain the lost territory."
He looked gloomy and gritted his teeth and said: "Or he can use this knife to kill himself and comfort the souls of our fallen soldiers."
Hearing these words, the messenger was also shocked.
There are only 70,000 soldiers left on the front line, but there are still hundreds of thousands on the Tang side.
Let alone the issue of numbers, it is not just a matter of ten days for the soldiers under the Humiluo tent to recover the morale that was destroyed by the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
But as a messenger, what can he say?
He could only send this order to Humiluo.
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Tianshan.
Western Turkic temporary camp.
Humiluo glanced at the long knife placed on the table and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Just now, he had already listened to the order Zhao Youlin had someone bring to him.
In terms of the current situation, let alone the tenth day, even the twentieth day, what can he do?
Being able to retain more than 60,000 and nearly 70,000 defeated troops in such a chaotic army and escape from such a chaotic situation is already his ability.
If he were to lead this army whose morale had dropped to the bottom to attack the Hongtang camp with positive morale at this time, he would be looking for death.
But he didn't dare to disobey Zhao Youlin's order.
After all, he knew this man's character well.
This guy who calls himself King Zhao has always kept his word.
If he said he wanted to die, he was letting himself die, and there was absolutely no room for bargaining...
"This time, I'm afraid everything will be lost."
Humiluo glanced at his younger brother Humigu next to him, and he couldn't help but sigh: "If I die, the heavy responsibility of revitalizing the tribe will be on you."
He seemed to have guessed what he was going to do.
Protector of Secret Bones said anxiously: "Brother, you must not do anything stupid..."
He naturally knew that his eldest brother was primarily responsible for this defeat.
But if Zhao Youlin hadn't wanted to ridicule the Tang Dynasty, so he arranged such an important place to store grain and grass in such a conspicuous place.
They wouldn't be in such a situation.
"The eldest brother is the patriarch of the Secret Protection Department. What does he have to do with Zhao Youlin?"
The Secret Guard gritted his teeth and said: "Instead of being angry and humiliated like this, it is better to go out and break away from Zhao Youlin. Our Secret Guard will still be the overlord of the southeastern desert!"
"shut up!"
Humiluo kicked his brother straight on the chest, knocking him over.
"Do you know what you're talking about?"
"If we rebel, do you believe that Zhao Youlin will immediately send heavy troops to cause a bloody storm in the southeastern desert?"
"So what?"
Hu Mi Gu got up from the ground and looked at Hu Mi Luo with red eyes: "Are we going to be bullied by Zhao Youlin here all the time?"
"What else can we do?"
Looking at the Protector Bone, Protector Luo sighed.
How could he be willing to serve under Zhao Youlin?
In other words, among the political groups established by Zhao Youlin, there are not many people who are willing to work for him.
At best, they are the people he brought to the Western Turks from Northeast Sanfan.
The others were forcibly integrated by him using means such as bribery, threats, and annexation.
Zhao Youlin's ruthless methods had already spread throughout the northwest of the Tang Dynasty.
If anyone disobeys, at least they will die, or at worst they will be exterminated.
The Western Turks are inherently discordant and attach great importance to interests.
Zhao Youlin destroyed a tribe. For other tribes, it was just a piece of territory.
"It's not a big deal if you and I die, but it's our fault for bringing down our brothers and sisters."
"Our Secret Protection Department is not just the two of us, but also our wives, children, and our brothers."
"As the clan leader of the Secret Guard Division, I have the obligation and responsibility to lead the clan to strength and prosperity."
"Furthermore, I also have the responsibility to select a qualified clan leader for my clansmen."
Humiluo patted Humigu on the shoulder and said: "So, no matter what, you have to survive. I will send you away tonight, and send you away from this place of right and wrong..."
"Brother..."
The Protector of Secret Bones wants to say something else.
But before the words could be spoken, he was interrupted by Humiluo.
He patted Hu Migu's shoulder heavily again and said: "Promise me that after you become the clan leader, you will immediately take the remaining clan members to move to the west to find a new home."
"Don't ever get involved in the dispute between Zhao Youlin and Datang again."
After saying this.
He directly raised his head and called his confidants and asked them to leave with the secret-protecting bones.
Later, he called the generals from various places to discuss further tactics.
Of course, his so-called tactic was to let the defeated army, which had been completely defeated by the Tang Dynasty, come out of Tianshan again.
…
To the northwest, Yumen Pass.
Li Ji and Li Jing sat opposite each other.
Listening to the news from the scouts under the tent.
When they heard that the Western Turkic army, which they had pushed back to the north of the Tianshan Mountains, came out of the Tianshan Mountains again, they were both very surprised.
After all, any general with a brain knows that once morale collapses, he cannot launch an attack again.
Unless you seize the opportunity to kill with one strike, it will only bring more terrible consequences.
"No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like the Western Turks have seized the opportunity to kill with one blow."
Li Jing narrowed his eyes and said: "It seems a bit like a desperate effort..."
"The general is right."
"The Western Turks are going to put all their efforts into it."
Li Ji chuckled and said, "I had dealt with Zhao Youlin when I was in the Northeast earlier."
"At that time, due to His Highness's plan, he was beaten to the point where he couldn't find the north, south, east, or west."
"Finally, he asked his soldiers to launch a fierce attack on our camp..."
Hearing this, Li Jing was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Then what is his purpose of doing this? Does he want to use our army to consume the strength of the hostile forces?"
"It's possible."
"But according to my speculation, this possibility is not high."
"Because a few days ago, I received a battle report. The leader of the battle with our army this time is the chief of the Secret Protection Department of the Southeast Desert."
"Most of the soldiers are recruited directly from the Ministry of Secret Protection."
"As far as I know, this tribe expressed its surrender not long after Zhao Youlin arrived in the Western Turks."
"After all, this is the first pro-army force formed by Zhao Youlin after he established his power."
"But now he is forcing the Ministry of Secret Protection to think further. It is definitely not as simple as consuming hostile forces."
Li Ji rubbed his chin and said, "If my guess is correct, he should be planning to play psychological warfare with us."
Hearing this, Li Jing couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and asked suspiciously: "Psychological warfare..."
