Then the six khans dispersed in twos and threes.
After they left, the old king looked at Surelakun: "Brother-in-law, I hope you can put more effort on your side when the Youzhou cavalry attacks the city."
Suzilakun nodded.
The old king pushed away Concubine Zuo and left with a cold expression, very dissatisfied with what the Turks had done.
Tumi'er concealed her anger and found an opportunity to leave with the eldest prince one after another.
In the afternoon.
Gu Lunwugu Khan was drinking in the house. So far, he felt that his loss was the heaviest, because he lost General Dudagula and lost 500 tribesmen in Niujiao Mountain. The Turkic Futu Cavalry also returned. They slaughtered the small tribe they had placed behind Huiyi City.
The battle hasn't even started yet, but so many people on his side have died.
The more Gu Lunwu Gu Khan thought about it, the more angry he became. It would be better to just leave like Qimi did before. Even if they took back the bow/crossbow of King Yi, they would be far away by then. Yes, can Zhou Manzi still go deep into the grass to chase them?
If the old king hadn't kept emphasizing how great the benefits they would get after winning the war, he wouldn't have joined the Huiyi Alliance like a ghost.
"Anything like a hundred thousand cavalry is a joke." The Khan of Gu Lun Wu Gu took another sip of strong wine.
Their grassland tribes have been severely suppressed by Youzhou in recent years, but the skinny camels are bigger than horses. Ten thousand cavalry in one tribe can still be used. If they are more ruthless, seven or eight tribes gather together and a hundred thousand cavalry can be used. The cavalry can also be pulled up.
However, each khan would not do this, they were responsible for their own tribe.
Therefore, even though Old King Huiyi boasted all his words, they still carefully chose to send out three thousand cavalry each. If they won, they could increase their follow-up strength as appropriate. If they failed...
Gu Lunwugu Khan chuckled.
He believed that many khans had the same idea as him.
"Tuk-tuk."
Gu Lun Wu Gu Khan wiped his mouth to dispel the alcohol smell: "Who is it?"
"It's me." Sijie Khan replied.
"And me." Pugu Khan followed.
Gu Khan of Gu Lun House opened the door in surprise. Seeing that there were no servants around them, he let them in: "What are you doing in secret?"
Sijie Khan glanced at the empty courtyard outside, knowing that Gu Lun Wugu was drinking and dismissing his servants, so they entered here.
"One of my scouts discovered your Dudakula in the southwest of Huiyi City." Sijie Khan whispered.
"What!" Gu Lun Wu Gu Khan was shocked: "Where is he? Take me there quickly."
The three of them walked to a remote house.
Gu Lunwugu Khan pushed the door in and saw Dudagula who was lying on the bed, dying. His eyes instantly turned red. He strode forward and saw the arrow hole on Dudakula's shoulder. , the blood has long dried up and turned black and red.
Dudagula, who had lost too much blood and was running for his life day and night, lost consciousness. He tried to open his eyes and saw Khan's blurred face.
Gu Lun Wu Gu Khan held Dudagula's hand tightly and felt it was very cold. He lowered his head: "Dudagula."
Dudagula gasped for air, feeling like he was going to die. His eyes widened and he wanted to hold the Khan's hand, but he didn't have any strength in his body, and his lips moved as if he were out of breath.
Gu Lunwugu Khan quickly put his ear close to his general, unable to imagine how he escaped from the Youzhou cavalry.
"All my subordinates...are dead..."
Gu Lunwugu Khan held the general's hand, with tears in his eyes.
"...Be careful of Huiyi...there is...a deceit." Dudagula gasped hard, and the other khans lowered their heads when they heard this.
"The third...the third prince...colluded...Zhou...Zhou Manzi, people...ahem...people are already in the camp." Dudagula's voice became smaller and smaller: "Afraid of old age, the old king wants to...want to kill...all..." Before he finished speaking, he died.
The Khan of Gulunwugu looked at the dead general, his words before his death were all in his mind, and the other two Khans were so frightened that they broke out in cold sweat.
This, is this true or false?
The war is about to begin, and the third prince Huiyi is actually in the enemy's camp? ! What Dudagula could think of, they could also think of, the third prince was the son of the old king. He lost his mind and ran away to Xuanjia camp in Youzhou, but he was still alive? Why can you live?
It is obvious that there is something fishy between the third prince and Youzhou Xuanjia Camp. Consider that before Huiyi, he was an ally of Youzhou. He had always been on good terms with Youzhou in the past. The old king even had a record of kneeling and surrendering to the Jiedushi Envoy three times. of.
The three Khans looked at each other.
The eldest prince watched Tumi'er's enchanting figure leave and adjusted his belt. His face was full of lust. He would secretly look at any good-looking palace maid he met on the road, especially the concubine Zuo Fei who was given to her. He has been thinking about his father's twin dancers for a long time.
Unfortunately, his father is still alive, so these are not his.
Returning to her palace, she saw a young palace maid with a new look.
"Are you new here?" The eldest prince drank wine and started fooling around with the palace maid. He was drunk and lost himself in the compliments and compliments of the palace maid.
At nightfall.
The palace maid walked into the ancient khan house of Gulun House and told them all what she had said in the afternoon.
"...The third prince has worshiped a Central Plains man as his master very early. He studied abroad and had a very close relationship with the Central Plains people. The third prince's mother was also favored by the old king. According to the eldest prince, after the third prince returned to China, he lived in the palace. inside."
"But I went to check and the third prince is not in the palace now."
In the dark room, the seven Khans sat behind the desk. After hearing this sentence, there was nothing they didn't understand.
"This is a trick on us all." Sijie Khan gritted his teeth.
"All the sons of City Lord Meng have surrendered to the enemy. How can he not know?" Gu Lunwugu Khan's face was extremely gloomy. If the old king didn't know, it would be a big joke. He didn't know that Youzhou Xuanjia Camp was so powerful. What makes the third prince live well? When Zhou Manzi was a vegetarian, it must have been some condition reached between the old king and Zhou Manzi, such as... the heads on their necks.
"The old king kept us brothers in the dark and left us as lambs for slaughter."
"Tell me." The Khan of the Hun tribe suddenly lowered his voice and made a terrible guess: "Whether the Turkic pagoda knights were killed by the Zhou barbarians."
As soon as these words came out, several Khans present were uneasy. It was really scary to think about this. There was an army of unknown number of people watching them in the dark, and all of them were gathered together. , there is nowhere to run, they have seen the Turkic Pagoda Cavalry before, and they were wiped out like this? How was it destroyed? How many people did Zhou Manzi hide in the dark?
No wonder they are not in a hurry. With Old King Huiyi acting as an internal response, why is Youzhou so anxious? !
Pugu Khan swallowed his saliva, his forehead was covered with sweat. He took a sip of wine and said, "Big guys, what do you think we should do?"
Several other Khans looked at the rippling wine glasses in unison.
That was caused by the trembling of Pugu Khan's hands. No one had time to laugh at him. Just before today, they thought they were hunters. They never expected to be treated as prey. Their side was still gathered together. Immediately Someone is about to take the whole blame!
In the darkness, I don't know who suggested this.
"I heard that Qimi Khan is approaching his fiftieth birthday."
"Fifty is the age for people in the Central Plains to know their destiny. If you are one year old, you will be one year younger."
"Should we find a time to get together? After all, we are all good Anda."
After a while of silence.
"I agree."
"Me too."
"If you want to go, let's go together."
The more people you have, the more confident you are, so as not to spread out and be defeated one by one by Zhou Manzi.
"Okay, then just follow the plan."
Chapter 89
The fifth day of October.
Xiao Luolan looked at the calendar. It would be the beginning of winter in nine days. It had already been six days since Sect Master Zhou and the others left. He didn't know where they were.
When she walked out of the tent, she habitually glanced at the sky. There was no weather forecast here, and she couldn't tell whether it would snow or not today. In fact, she had been worried since yesterday. The weather in the past two days was really bad.
I heard Dong Xue said that winter came early outside the Great Wall, and it had already snowed at this time last year.
When Xiao Luolan looked up and saw the leaden gray clouds in the distant sky, her heart tightened slightly, and she had a strong premonition that it was going to snow.
"Mistress, why did you come out without putting on some clothes?" Dongxue put a thick crane cloak on the mistress, and also stuffed an exquisite small hand stove into the mistress.
As the beginning of winter is getting closer and closer, the temperature is getting lower and lower. The grassland has become desolate, the green has faded, the cold wind is howling, and the wind is rolling thousands of clouds, which makes people's faces hurt. And it is not yet winter, and it is the coldest distance. It will take several months.
She is a martial arts practitioner, and the disciples around the mistress are all top leaders who are good at fists and kicks. The soldiers in the army have lived in the north of Youzhou all year round and have long been accustomed to the temperature here. But the mistress can tell at a glance As a southerner, I'm afraid she won't be able to stand the cold in the north.
As early as a few days ago, Dongxue had replaced the tent door curtain with a warm curtain. The charcoal stove in the house was burning slowly to maintain a suitable temperature. Warm water was kept ready all day long, and the winter clothes he brought were also She sorted it out.
When the lord is away, it becomes her responsibility to take care of the mistress.
Last night, the mistress was startled when she suddenly stood up and looked at the sky. She was worried that the mistress would catch the cold and get sick, but luckily she didn't.
"I'm not cold, I just want to find General Shi." Xiao Luolan held the small hand stove and touched Dong Xue's hand with her other hand. Seeing that it was warm, she said.
"You're looking for General Shi, I'll take you there." Dong Xue led the way.
Xiao Luolan followed Dong Xue. All morning, little master He Jin was wearing a Taoist robe and chanting sutras with his eyes closed. Zheng Yuxin was sitting on the top of the carriage boredly. When he saw the mistress coming out, his eyes lit up and he jumped down from the carriage and said with a smile. : "Mistress, good morning."
"Good morning." Xiao Luolan smiled at her.
Seeing that the little girl was full of energy, Xiao Luolan smiled softer.
Zheng Yuxin looked at his mistress in the winter morning and was slightly distracted. Then he followed behind his mistress, holding a wooden stick in his hand and beating her here and there in a panic.
Xiao Luolan walked through the military camp and met General Shi.
General Shi saw Lord Jiedushi's wife coming and hurriedly served tea.
"I wonder what your lady is here for?" General Shi asked straight to the point.
Xiao Luolan sat opposite General Shi and said, "I think it's going to snow today."
Old General Shi stroked his beard and nodded: "My lady's prediction is correct. The sky is cloudy and rain and snow are falling one after another. I think there will be heavy snowfall at night."
When Xiao Luolan heard this, he couldn't help frowning. It started to snow and the temperature dropped. This kind of weather was too unfavorable for the Youzhou cavalry, especially because the mountain opposite was easy to defend and difficult to attack. What should be done if they couldn't attack for a while? ?
Xiao Luolan couldn't help but feel deeply worried: "General Shi, do you know if they have started a war?"
General Shi shook his head: "Master Jiedushi and the others did not send any information on the battle situation to the rear."
"But Madam, there is no need to worry too much. Sir, he has Military Advisor Cui, Ghost Slaughter Heavy Cavalry and Xuanjia Iron Cavalry beside him. They are all fierce soldiers and brave generals. When facing the Huiyi Alliance, even if they have tens of thousands of people, my old man still has a heart. That's true." Old General Shi smiled, obviously very confident in Lord Jiedushi.
Xiao Luolan felt less worried when she heard General Shi's powerful words. She didn't know how to fight. The only person in the camp who knew how to fight was General Shi. After asking him, he felt a little more at ease.
Xiao Luolan also knew that this was a psychological effect, but she was really afraid that she would lose this battle.
After Master Jiedushi's wife left, Old General Shi smiled and stroked his beard. As far as he knew, Master Jiedushi loved this newly married lady very much. What was rare was that this lady loved him for the first time. On the battlefield, he never complained about the hardships, but always showed sympathy to the soldiers.
