The sound of horns and shouts of killing under the city of Datong spread far to the Turkic camp. However, Bujia Khan in the royal tent turned a deaf ear to all this. Ever since he changed his name from Datou Khan to Bujia Khan, he no longer He is now leading an army to fight in person. On the one hand, he is getting older and the battlefield is no longer suitable for an old man over sixty years old; on the other hand, he clearly knows what he should and should not do.
After the Turkic Khanate split that year, Bujia Khan allied with the Eastern/Turkic Dulan Khan to oppose the Qimin Khan who was allied with the Sui Dynasty. In the 19th year of Kaihuang's reign, he and Dulan defeated Qimin Khan, but he was immediately defeated by the Sui Dynasty. Dulan was killed by his subordinates. Qimin was defeated and fled to Daxing City in the Sui Dynasty. He then used the great power of the Turkic Khanate to Khan claimed to be the co-leader of the Turkic Khanate for a while. He gathered the subordinates of Dulan Khan and used powerful troops to force the loyalty of Tiele's tribes. However, while he was actively rectifying the mess left by Shabolu Khan, he was repeatedly defeated. The Sui army, which took the initiative to attack, was severely defeated.
The Turkic tribes and Tiele tribes that he had suppressed before saw that he could not defeat the Sui Dynasty, so they either acted against the Sui Dynasty, or simply rebelled. Moreover, the Sui Dynasty from outside was always threatening the survival of the Turks... Everything made him anxious. .
And just when Ashina Hezhen was attacking the city, Bujia Khan received urgent military information from the Great Lakes District. Yang Ji started from Xiongnu Lake and went all the way to Har Lake in a bloodbath. Under Yang Ji's military front , the vast area south of Har Lake was like a grassland plagued by locusts. Corpses were scattered everywhere and blood flowed into rivers. Their cruel methods were even worse than Yang Shuang's. At the same time, Xianbei, Pugu, Qibi, Hun, Qiang and other tribes rebelled one after another. Under Yang Ji's instigation, they fought from south to north towards the empty Kyrgyz Lake Basin, while Xue Yantuo went from north to south. Killed to the Ubusu Lake Basin.
Faced with this corrupt situation, he had no intention of paying attention to the offensive and defensive battles in Datong City.
There was no other way, Yang Ji's killing was too ruthless.
If he kills all the people in the Great Lakes area and then turns eastward, he will probably end up in the same fate in the eastern part of Dujin Mountain. Let alone revive the glory of the Turkic Khanate, I am afraid that the Turks east of Jinshan will be killed by Yang Ji. No one is left, of course, with the exception of Rangan, that dog-like thing. Ever since he betrayed the Turks, he has been kicked out of the Ashina family. Bujia Khan has long considered those people to be Turks?
What's even more hateful is that the dog-like thing is now ordered by the Sui Emperor to lead a hundred thousand troops from the east.
Don’t you know that the Sui Dynasty benefited from the Turkic conflict?
He is really as stupid as him.
Looking at the confidant generals in the tent, Bujia Khan suddenly sighed and said: "Datong City is tall and thick. It will not be conquered in a short time. Even if it is conquered, our army will suffer heavy losses. If Ranganhe The Sui troops who came to the rescue are fighting with us. Our army will definitely suffer huge losses. If all the troops are wiped out, it will be terrible for us to even survive; but retreat, Tiele's ministries will definitely not obey my orders. You guys Say, what should we do now?”
At this moment, he really didn't know what to do.
It is difficult to advance and difficult to retreat.
"Great Khan, why not ask for peace from the Sui Dynasty." An old man who looked a bit steady bowed slightly and said.
"Seek peace?" Bujia Khan frowned when he heard this, and said slowly: "As far as I know, there are not many soldiers and horses under Yang Ji's command and there are not many soldiers and horses in Datong City. If we are beaten by them like this, We have to kneel down to sue for peace, so how can we bargain? What’s more, will the Sui Dynasty agree?"
"Great Khan!" The old man nodded: "On the one hand, we have a large number of troops. If the Sui Dynasty fights us to the end, it will end up with a tragic victory. This is not in the interests of the Sui Dynasty; on the other hand, if we are finished, then Rangan The whole family would be dominated by one family, and Emperor Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty looked down upon the barren grassland, but he did not allow Rangan's family to become dominant, so he still needed us to contain Rangan. The Great Khan only needed to be softened, but in fact it was not Nothing to lose.”
"It's interesting!" Bujia Khan said silently. When the Turks were at their most powerful, they had surrendered to the Sui Dynasty more than once or twice. As long as they could get Yang Ji, the god of plague, away, don't be too persuasive. Even if they let him take care of Yang Jian, It's okay to call me daddy.
"Inappropriate." Just when Bujia Khan was about to express his position, a burly young man objected. He bowed to the old man Bujia Khan, and then said: "The Great Khan, the Second Khan, It’s a little early to negotiate peace with the Sui Dynasty.”
"Budu, what do you mean by this?" Bujia Khan looked at the family member named Budu.
"It is too early to make peace with the Sui Dynasty." Ashina Budu emphasized before saying: "As the Second Khan said, the Sui Dynasty needs us to contain Rangan, but since we are here, We should also capture Datong City, and even the entire Ganzhou, to prove our strength, so that we can take a little initiative in the peace talks. In addition, there is another advantage, that is, using war to weaken Tiele, so as to ease our future pressure."
"What if we can't attack Datong City?" Bujia Khan asked again.
"That's like what the Second Khan said, asking for peace with the Sui Dynasty and admitting his mistake."
"Is this necessary?"
"It is very necessary." Ashina Budu said: "After all, the Sui Dynasty only needs to send two or three more troops like Yang Ji to severely damage our vitality. But for the Sui Dynasty, even these few The whole army was folded on the grassland, and they could afford to lose it, but we couldn't afford to lose it."
Population is too precious to the Turks, which is why Bujia Khan deliberately planned to take over the Great Lakes region ruled by Apo Khan without a fight. If the Sui Dynasty continued to adopt Yang Ji's shameless strategy, then they would have no choice but to abandon the eastern region of Jinshan and go to the Western Turks west of Jinshan.
"A very real problem is before us." The Second Khan said: "Now that the Great Lakes area has been brutally slaughtered by Yang Ji, if we retreat, we will not only have to fight Xianbei and other traitors, but also Xue Yantuo, warriors How are we going to get through this winter without grazing?”
"Since we reconciled with the Sui Dynasty, we have been able to trade with them." Ashina Budu bowed and said: "In the past, we went to seize the Sui Dynasty border because the place where we Turks lived was very harsh and there was no vast land. But we have been in a dilemma of lack of supplies. If we don’t rob the Central Plains, countless people will freeze to death and starve to death in their tents every year. So we must rob the Central Plains people’s supplies to supplement ourselves; so I think we are not born It was more of a helpless choice for the robbers and bandits to plunder the Central Plains. But now that Ranqian does not fight or rob, he can grow stronger through trade with the Sui Dynasty. I think we can also learn from him. "
As soon as Ashina Budu finished speaking, a muscular man stood up and shouted angrily: "Budu, our ancestors conquered the vast and boundless Turkic Khanate after fighting in the south and north! What did our ancestors rely on? They relied on warriors who were good at fighting, strong and ferocious to conquer various tribes with force. If we don’t rob in the future, but instead bargain with the Sui Dynasty to support our families, it will only destroy the bloody spirit of our people. Let each wolf become a weak sheep!"
"We descendants of Ashina are indeed descendants of the Wolf God, and we should indeed respect the laws of the wolf, but this does not conflict with my proposal!" Ashina Budu said: "Besides, many of our good rules now are from our ancestors. They learned it hard from the people of the Central Plains, but the Turks under the control of their ancestors did not become weaker because of the use of the rules of the Central Plains. On the contrary, because of the existence of these good rules, the ancestors obtained the achievements of Mie Rouran, Fu Khitan, and Bingqi. Bones, the glory of surrendering to the countries in the Western Regions. It can be seen from this that the law of sheep in your eyes is quite good and quite in line with our Turks. Looking back on these years, we have followed the law of wolves, but were beaten to pieces by the Sui Dynasty. Such a huge contrast, you all Don’t you have any feelings?”
Bujia Khan pondered for a long time, nodded and said: "Well, what you said makes sense. Then tell me what are the benefits of trade between Ranqian and the Sui Dynasty?"
"It's the Great Khan." Ashina Budu saluted, glanced at Bujia Khan, and said loudly: "Rangan can exchange cattle, sheep, horses, leather and the Sui Dynasty for the food, salt, and food he wants without having to work hard. Pots, medicine villages, silk cloth and other items, so that his people can live a prosperous life. It is precisely thanks to this that his tribe can grow stronger without the need for war. In the second year of Renshou, we used They recruited more than 100,000 people to rob the dye industry, but what they got was not enough to cover the expenses of 100,000 people. Later, the Sui army chased and killed tens of thousands of people. Therefore, this way of survival based on robbery cannot last long or last long. Cost-effectiveness is also the reason why we are declining. If we trade with the Sui Dynasty like Ranqian did, not only can we easily obtain supplies, but we can also reduce the pressure on our subjects, and ultimately allow us to multiply and grow in peace. At the same time, we can By avoiding the powerful Sui army, we can have more energy to deal with Xianbei, Xue Yantuo, Qibi and other tribes who betrayed us."
"Budu, your idea is very good, but you think about things too simply." Bujia Khan suddenly laughed: "While Ranqian obtained the material from the Sui Dynasty, he was also inseparable from the Sui Dynasty. "
Ashina Budu was about to ask why, but a military general opened the door curtain, strode in and saluted: "Great Khan, there is a businessman named Shi Shu Hu Xi Sogdian who wants to see you."
"Shi Shu Hu Xi?" Bujia Khan's eyes lit up and he stared at the general and asked.
The general said quickly: "That's what he said, I don't know whether it's true or not."
"I know Shi Shuhu Xi. This man is a dog of Rangan. You can tell whether he is real or fake at a glance." After thinking for a moment, Bujia Khan nodded silently: "Go ahead and bring him in."
"yes!"
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