On the vast grassland, in front of the Turkic army coming over the mountains and ridges, a cavalry of a hundred people met.
After that, Yuehu and the royal court of the Aji clan were vaguely visible, and countless old, weak, women and children came outside the camp and looked at the clan leader's team from a distance.
A pair of worried eyes looked forward to everything going well.
Badu was dressed in fine clothes, wearing a necklace of the clan leader, and a wolf head symbolizing the clan leader. He walked at the front of the team. He looked at the tide of the army without any fear. When they were dozens of meters away, he waved his hand: "Everyone." Everyone, stop!"
The more than a hundred people following behind stopped one after another. The adjutant beside him rode forward on horseback, about to shout something to the person in front.
However, they saw that the army in front turned a blind eye and seemed to have no intention of stopping. Instead, it suddenly accelerated and the army soon surged towards them.
"Clan leader! Be careful!"
Everyone was shocked and wanted to dissuade him from returning, but it was too late.
In just a moment, the surging army quickly swamped this small team of a hundred people. Fortunately, they did not attack this small team, but surrounded everyone in the middle of the team.
Such behavior was too arrogant. Seeing this, Baduo forced himself to calm down, then turned around and shouted to the tribe: "Don't mess up!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a man and a horse suddenly appeared in the queue in front. The man was strong and tall. The most noticeable thing was that he wore the same wolf head as Badu, but there was no symbol of the clan leader on his neck. necklace.
Badu looked at him, and there was a slight similarity between their eyebrows.
When Badu saw the visitor, he was surprised and was about to say something, but when the other person saw Badu, especially the patriarch's token around Badu's neck, his face instantly became gloomy, and before Badu could speak, he bent his bow directly. He nocked an arrow and shot it towards Baduo.
"Clan leader!"
The adjutant in front shouted, and without caring much, jumped off his horse and used his body to block Badu's arrow in mid-air.
In an instant, the scene became chaotic. Not only the soldiers around Badu became restless, but also the sounds of exclamations one after another came from the opposing army.
"Adjutant, are you...are you okay?" Badu asked repeatedly.
The adjutant got up from the ground with an arrow stuck in his shoulder. He broke the arrow and threw the arrow branch on the ground. Then he pointed at the person who shot the arrow angrily: "Ajibalu! You are so brave. How dare you attack me?" My own clan leader attacks!"
The other party was riding on a horse, scanning the crowd coldly, slowly sheathing the arrow, and spat disdainfully: "Bah! Who is the clan leader? I am the clan leader! When did the Aji clan have a woman's turn to be the clan leader? !”
"When the old patriarch was seriously ill, you didn't dare to respond to the Jieli tribe's request and go to the front line. It was Patriarch Badu who led the tribe to the front line! At that time, the old patriarch had handed over the patriarch's token to Aji Baduo! At that time, why didn't you See you coming out to object?!"
"That's right!" Another person came out from behind Badu and yelled at the man on horseback, "It was you who was afraid of death and refused to go to the front line. Although you are a member of the royal family, you have long since lost the qualification to become the leader of the clan!"
"Old guy! Are you looking for death?!"
Balu shot another arrow at the person who spoke, and the middle-aged Aji tribesman was instantly shot off his horse.
This time, Balu's behavior completely angered everyone behind Badu. More than a hundred people drew their swords together and were about to rush towards Balu.
At the same time, more people around showed their weapons, and several times the number of soldiers stared closely at the movements of everyone present.
"Everyone stop it!" Badu shouted. She came here to make peace, not to cause trouble. If there is a conflict here, no one will survive.
"Clan leader, we will fight this traitor!"
"Hahahaha..." Balu laughed wildly, "You don't even look at your current situation, it's just you! What qualifications do you have to fight for your life? Also, when it comes to traitors, the real traitors are standing in front of you, why don't you still Do you know? You old fools, this woman has been bribed by people from the Tang Dynasty a long time ago, and you actually recognize her as the clan leader? It’s a big joke!"
"There is no need for you to sow discord. We know very well what kind of person our clan leader is! Balu, you surrendered to the Jieli tribe for your own selfish desires. How can you have the dignity to come back now?"
"You short-sighted villains, how can you know my ambition! Why have the Turks been unable to invade the Tang Dynasty for hundreds of years? Why do they always live in this desolate grassland? It's because the tribes are not united. They deceived each other and allowed foreigners to take advantage. If the Turkic ethnic groups could be unified, we would have become the masters of the world long ago, and those Han pigs would have become our prisoners. Jieli Khan is a rare talent seen in a century, with the ability to annex The ambitions of the world, as the Han people have a good saying, are good birds choosing trees to roost, I just know who is the wise master, who can truly make the Turks stronger."
"Brother!" Badu frowned and stepped forward, staring at Balu and whispering, "A true British master will never let the country's women and children participate in the war, and will never make it impossible for his people to survive for the sake of war! This is The war should have ended long ago, but Jieli Khan refused to give in and pursued relentlessly. As a result, the grassland resources are scarce and the military supplies are insufficient. If this continues, sooner or later the Turks will fall into an abyss of eternal destruction."
"Ba Duo, you still call me big brother, so I'm talking nonsense with you here! If you know what you are doing, you will obey the instructions of Jieli Khan honestly. Look at the troops here, they are twice as many as yours. As long as I With a single order, my army will make sure that not a single blade of grass grows in the Royal Court of Aji!"
"Are you really going to destroy the sacred place that the Aji people have worshiped for generations?"
"There is only one Turkic Royal Court, and there is only one Turkic Khan! All clan leaders should obey the orders of Jieli Khan! If you still don't understand, big brother will let you understand now!"
Baduo glanced back at her clan members, and all of them looked at her earnestly.
Badu frowned, turned around and slowly took off the clan leader's token.
When Balu saw this action, a flash of hope flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Give it to me!"
Baduo clutched the patriarch's necklace and remained silent without speaking immediately.
Lieutenant Zhongjian hurried forward: "Clan leader, we cannot hand over the token! Even if we fight to the death, we are not willing to accept this traitor as the clan leader!"
Baduo raised his head, held up the token on his horse, and shouted to not only the tribesmen behind him, but also the Aji tribesmen mixed in the enemy army: "The Aji tribe will never draw their swords against their own tribe! Today I am protecting The clansmen will not kill each other, and are willing to give the clan leader’s token and step down as the clan leader of the Aji clan.”
"Clan leader!"
"Stop trying to persuade me, I've already made up my mind!"
Balu was overjoyed and drove his horse forward, eager to snatch the patriarch's token from Baduo's hands.
Baduo dodged first and held the token in his hand.
Balu glared at Badu: "What? You still refuse to let go!"
Badu said solemnly: "I know what you want. You can ask me to hand over the clan chief's token! But you must promise me one thing."
"What's up?"
"Jieli Khan needs supplies. You can take away all the supplies from the Aji tribe, but not the people! All the old, weak, women and children must stay in the royal court. Even Jieli Khan cannot force them to deliver supplies. .”
"Okay! I promise you! Give me the patriarch's token quickly!"
Balu was so excited that he went to grab it again.
This time, Baduo didn't hide anymore.
Finally, the patriarch's necklace fell into Balu's hands.
The moment he got the clan chief's necklace, Balu was in high spirits, holding the necklace high and shouting to everyone: "Now you all see clearly? Who is the clan leader of the Aji clan now!"
Many Aji people present frowned and exchanged glances with each other.
After a while, some people put down their weapons and knelt on the ground. Then, more and more people knelt down, and the commotion gradually subsided.
Among the crowd, Balu kept laughing wildly. He didn't expect that it would be so easy for him to get all this!
With just one word from Jieli Khan, he gained power that he had never imagined in his life, and his determination to join the Jieli tribe became stronger.
Balu held the necklace and looked at Baduo who was still riding a horse: "Sister, don't you even know a little bit of etiquette in front of the patriarch?"
Badu frowned, hesitantly dismounted, and knelt on the ground unwillingly.
"Hahaha... very good! Now that everyone knows who is the real clan leader, as the clan leader, it is time to clean up the traitors in the clan." Balu pointed at Badu, "You colluded with the Tang Dynasty for the purpose of Betrayal of Jieli Khan is a capital crime!"
"You're talking nonsense!" Badu was shocked. He didn't expect that his elder brother would turn against him so quickly.
"Sophistry, right? Don't worry, everyone, I won't wrongly accuse anyone easily!" Balu smiled mysteriously and waved from behind, "Bring me up!"
After saying that, two horses dragged out a person. The person's legs were tied up. The rope fell into the hands of a Turkic man on horseback at both ends. Along the way, the grass was covered with blood, and he only had thin clothes. It was torn while being dragged along, and was disheveled and covered in injuries. Only a blurry face could be discerned.
Balu dismounted, grabbed the man's hair, and lifted it up directly.
The other party was already dying, his eyes were half-open and half-closed, and he was scanning the surroundings feebly.
"Do you recognize this person?" Balu dragged this person to Badu.
Baduo was stunned for a moment when he saw it. After thinking about it for a while, he thought of something and his expression changed drastically!
This person turned out to be Li Zhen, a guard of the Tang Army who was traveling with him all the way!
Seeing Badu's shocked expression, Balu smiled with satisfaction, holding up the man's hair and looking around: "You don't know yet, right? These are the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty! They escorted Baduo all the way back to Boye, and met him with She reached an agreement, and she was willing to serve as an internal agent of the Tang Dynasty, rallying the Aji people to raid the Turkic base camp from the rear in order to reverse the defeat of the Tang army. Can such a person be considered a traitor? "
"You're talking nonsense! This is nothing!" Badu was a little panicked. She didn't like Han people, but these Tang soldiers who escorted her all the way were real men. She wanted to get along with each other for two months, and she had feelings for Bai Song. How could she No feelings for other people?
Seeing that Li Zhen was dying, she was also upset. Even if she didn't miss her old relationship, if she didn't try to save him today and Bai Song found out about it in the future, how could the person she loved deeply forgive her?
