At some point, heavy snow began to fall in the sky outside, and it was completely white, just like the Mobei grassland a few days ago.
Go back to a few days ago.
Amidst the snow and wind in the north, Jieli Khan, who had escaped from Dingxiang City, was running north in a hurry with his remaining 3,000 bodyguards!
The escape lasted for nearly a day and night before they got rid of Chai Shao who was chasing after them and came to a place called "Baidao".
"Khan, ahead is Baidao (today's Hohhot). After passing Baidao, you will reach Iron Mountain! (today's Baiyun Obo)"
A message came from the front of the team, but Jieli Khan, who was being guarded in the middle, seemed not to hear anything. His eyes were full of confusion, and he still didn't know where he was looking.
"Khan! The pursuers have left now, and the white road ahead is narrow and difficult to pass. Let's take a rest before leaving!"
Seeing Jieli Khan's devastated look, a Turk with Ye Hu's identity sighed secretly and stepped forward to ask in a low voice.
"ah?"
Hearing these words, Jie Li, who had been in a daze all the way, finally reacted!
He subconsciously tightened his riding crop and looked behind him in panic. Only when he saw the vast expanse of white behind him did he breathe a sigh of relief. He turned around and gritted his teeth and yelled, "We can't rest! The Tang people are chasing us. We have to get to a safe place quickly. Gather warriors to take back Dingxiang City!"
"But..." Ye Hu couldn't help but show a bitter look on his face when he heard this, and said hesitantly: "But we have been running for too long, and now we are already exhausted! If we don't rest, if something happens, It’s hard to keep going…”
"Huh? What did you say?! Could it be that my orders are no longer useful!"
This Ye Hu was just giving him kind advice, but he didn't expect that Jie Li in front of him got angry and pointed at him and cursed. Then he felt that it was not enough, so he raised his whip and without any explanation, whipped Ye Hu directly. On your body!
"Snapped!"
Jieli's whip is extremely cruel!
Although the confidant was wearing thick clothes, he was still staggered by the whip tied with gold thread and almost fell off his horse!
"Ye Hu!"
"Khan, calm down!"
Everything happened suddenly. Not only did Ye Hu not expect it, but others around him also didn't expect it! After a brief daze, many close officials around Jie Li realized what they were doing and hurriedly stepped forward to help and persuade.
"No rest allowed, leave immediately!"
Faced with Ye Hu, who was bleeding from the corner of his mouth, and the persuasion of many cronies, Jie Li just turned his eyes red and roared for the team to move forward.
The Khan's prestige was strong. Amid Jieli's roar, the fleeing team finally moved forward slowly again.
But this time the atmosphere in the team was a little different from before.
Many people in the team secretly glanced at Ye Hu, who was silent, and then at Jie Li, whose face was ashen, and sighed softly, with complicated eyes.
Jie Li, who was riding a horse in the middle, was not unaware of the gazes around him, but no one knew that the anger in his heart at this time was more intense than that of Ye Hu who was beaten!
The day before, he had stayed in the king's tent, which symbolized the highest power of the Turks, living a supreme life of wielding the power of the world and lying drunk on the knees of beautiful women.
But one day later, he was like a lost dog, being chased in panic all day long!
Who is to blame for all this? !
Of course, Jieli would not blame himself, he would only blame others.
It's strange that the border defenders were so disorganized that they didn't even notice the Tang people entering the country!
No wonder the cronies around him were stupid, but one hundred thousand people were defeated by thousands of Tang people!
I wonder if God didn't do his best. It snowed heavily, giving the people of the Tang Dynasty an opportunity!
"Hmph! Don't think that I don't know. The Tang Dynasty suddenly appeared in Dingxiang City. There must be a mole here, maybe one of you! When we get to a safe place, I will slowly settle things with you!"
Looking over the ministers and confidants around him, Jieli felt a sneer in his heart.
He was defeated, but he was not completely defeated!
What is Dingxiang City with 100,000 people? He has many people under his command, including five to six million people who can control the strings! A mere 100,000 people, if they are gone, they will be gone! When he completely got rid of the Tang people and raised his arms, he was still the most noble khan on the grassland, and there were still countless warriors who came forward to work for him!
"Shua..."
Just as Jieli's fierce gaze kept scanning over everyone, a soft whistle suddenly came from the snow and wind in the sky.
"What's going on? It sounds like the sound of a bowstring!"
As a Turkic person who has been dealing with bows and horses since he was born, after hearing this sound, his first reaction was that someone was shooting arrows!
But this idea only appeared for a moment before they were rejected by themselves: "It can't be a bow and arrow. It's still snowing heavily outside. The bow and arrow have absorbed moisture and their strength has been greatly reduced. They can't shoot any harmful arrows at all!"
Many Turkic people think so, and even more people think that this is because they are too tired, which leads to auditory hallucinations.
It wasn't until a cavalryman at the front of the team swayed without warning, then swayed and fell completely to the ground, that countless people suddenly woke up!
In the chest of the cavalryman who fell to the ground, there was a short iron arrow inserted. The arrow had a black body and three deep grooves embedded in it. Bright red blood was gurgling out along these three grooves!
"No, there's an ambush!" The first Turkic man who saw the crossbow arrow was frightened. He hurriedly reined in his horse and roared fiercely!
But at this time everything was too late, because the shouts of killing were already ringing from all directions!
"Kill!"
At this moment, countless Tang cavalry swept out, like tigers and dragons, wrapped in the wind and snow, and charged straight at Jie Li's team!
This Tang army, like a god descending from heaven, was Li Shiji's army who had planned Jie Li's escape route and had ambushed it in advance!
"Rush! Get out of here!"
When Jieli was attacked again, his eyes were completely split at this moment! Roaring to make people ready to fight!
However, such a long march has already exhausted the Turks' physical strength and spirit to the extreme!
Facing the wolves and tigers of the Tang army in front, thousands of Turks were quickly killed and retreated. Some even dropped their weapons and took advantage of others' unpreparedness to rush into the vast snowfield and disappear into the vast snowfield. In front of everyone.
"Kill everyone for me! Kill one person and you will be promoted to Tutunfa, kill ten people and you will be promoted to Yehu! Those who protect me will be promoted to Special Qin!"
Seeing that the soldiers around him were retreating and about to lose their support, Jieli Khan finally couldn't help raising his whip and roaring!
By this time, he knew he couldn't be stingy anymore! If you are stingy again, you will have no choice but to go to hell to regret it!
(Note: The Turkic Khans in ancient times also called themselves me, which is described in the literature.)
