While Qimin Khan was still alive, the conflict and hatred between Shibi Khan and Chuluo Khan could no longer be resolved. Although they both want to annihilate each other, they are both new to the throne, and everything is based on integrating forces and condensing strength. It's just that Shibi Khan is the Great Khan who has ascended to the throne after all. Not only did he inherit the elite troops left by Qimin Khan, but the Turkic nobles are also more convinced; his overall strength is better than a few.
Chuluo Khan was indeed weaker than Shibi Khan, but the Sui Dynasty had been providing him with supplies from the moment he was canonized as a prince, so that he had a large number of sharp weapons and strong armor. Its elite divisions are well-equipped and very powerful in combat. Moreover, before Qimin Khan died, he gave his Kedun Qigu clan to Chuluo, so he also had the Qigu tribe as foreign aid. Once he integrated the various tribes, his strength would not be much weaker than Shibi.
The more this is the case, the more unbearable it is. There can only be one king in the grassland. Since Chuluo threatens his dominance, he must not be allowed to continue to develop leisurely. However, what made him angry and helpless was that the Sui Dynasty was very hostile to him and had been helping Zhu Luo to keep a close eye on him.
Faced with this situation and difficult situation where both the north and the south were enemies, Shibi Khan was extremely anxious. If he declared war on Chuluo Khan, he would have to mobilize all his troops to annihilate his opponent. However, he was worried that the eager tiger in the south was waiting for an opportunity to move northward; if he sent fewer troops, there would not be enough to kill Chuluo.
Just when Shibi Khan was extremely anxious, a turning point suddenly appeared: first, the Li family case in Longxi shocked the world in the Sui Dynasty. In this case, the Guanlong forces were brutally purged, causing people to panic. Then there was a huge change in the four major Western Turkic forces. In order to "support" the Nipu Chuluo Khan who was shrinking to the east, the Sui Dynasty transferred the main force of the Liangzhou Army hoarded in Xiutuze back to Zhangye to strengthen Nipu Chu. Luo Khan's momentum.
The major case of the Li family in Longxi has not yet been properly resolved, and the remnants of Nanchen have set off waves of chaos in the Sui Dynasty, thus attracting the attention of the Sui Dynasty court.
Seeing that the Sui Dynasty had no time to care, Shibi Khan, Jieli Khan, Tuli Khan, Ashina Simo and other nobles all felt that this was a god-given opportunity to annihilate Chuluo and unify the grassland; if they waited for the Sui Dynasty, After the integration of Chu Luo, they will definitely not be able to defeat Chu Luo.
After some discussion, everyone decided to let Jieli Khan defraud the trust and support of the Sui Dynasty. Once the Sui Dynasty, which was too busy to take care of itself, mistakenly thought that both sides were enemies from the beginning to the end, it would sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, instead of directly intervening in the Eastern Turks. civil war.
At the same time, all the elites came out; trying to annihilate Chuluo Khan before the Sui Dynasty finished handling internal affairs.
After several battles, both sides suffered heavy losses. Although no one can destroy anyone, Chuluo Khan has a poor background after all, and he cannot consume Shibi Khan.
Just when Shibi Khan was overjoyed and intended to annihilate Chuluo in one fell swoop, the Tiele Alliance, as a third-party force, entered the scene brazenly. Xue Xuecang, the chief of the Tiele Alliance, is a far-sighted man. He is well versed in the principle of death and coldness. He knows that once Chuluo Khan is defeated, he will be next. Seeing that all the main forces of Shibi Khan are here In the Yanran Mountain area in the northwest, he led the Tiele Allied Forces from the northeast to take advantage of the situation and went south to violently attack the grain-producing areas of Shibi Khan and the Kent Mountain Valley Plain, completely exposing the southern Khan Court of the Eastern Turks to the Tiele Army. Under the front.
Shibi Khan was shocked, angry, and helpless. In order to keep the Tiele coalition forces out of the Khan's court, and at the same time to defend the most important grain-producing area, he had to order the Tuli Khan Ashina Chijishe who was originally going to attack Chuluo to change his route and let him lead 30,000 cavalry. , turning from the southeast of Yanran Mountain to the east, rushing to support the Kent Mountain Valley Plain.
Chuluo Khan's pressure was greatly reduced, and he took the opportunity to join forces to fight back. He defeated Ashina Tongwu, the general of Ashina Simo's tribe, in the Duluo River Basin, and killed more than 8,000 people of Shibi's army. The morale of the Chuluo army was high, and Chuluo Khan then divided his troops into two groups, attacking from the northwest and the north respectively towards the Ashina Simo base camp stationed south of the Duluo River.
Ashina Simo was unable to support himself alone. In order to avoid being attacked on both sides, he was forced to retreat south and rely on the southern Khan Court.
Chuluo Khan made an effort and occupied the vast grassland south of Yudujin Mountain and north of the Southern Khan Court. He suffered heavy losses in the previous battles. Although he was at the end of his game and unable to continue marching south, he was able to Attacking the enemy forces who were stubbornly resisting and occupying the land, they also tacitly helped the Tiele Alliance to contain the army of the southern Khan Court, so that they could continue the war against Xue Xuecang.
Dangerous situations appeared in the west, north, and northeast, which caused turmoil in the southern Khan Court, and the severe situation also made Shibi Khan anxious. In order to deal with the two powerful enemies in the north, he no longer bothered to put on a show for the Sui Dynasty, and quickly ordered Jieli Khan to lead 30,000 of his direct descendants to go north to assist Ashina Simo in the battle.
For the current plan, he could only annihilate Chuluo, who had suffered heavy losses and became a tired army, and then deal with the Tiele Alliance, which had a relatively new force.
In a camp in the southern Khan Court, Jieli Khan sat with more than twenty tribal chiefs, each with a look of blazing anger on their faces.
At the beginning, Bi Khan told them that as long as everyone annihilates Chuluo Khan, the Eastern Turks can be unified, and then a country similar to the Sui Dynasty can be established, and everyone can become a prime minister or a general. But so far, all they have seen are tragic casualties.
"Everyone knows the current situation well." Jieli Khan looked at everyone and asked in a deep voice: "The current corrupt situation is still because the Sui Dynasty did not take action. If the Sui Dynasty frees up its hands, we will perish. Everyone, let's talk about it, What should we do now? What is the future of our Turks?"
"There's nothing to say! Judging from the current situation, Duoji has disappointed the Great Khan of Qike. He is arrogant and makes enemies everywhere, which has angered the Sui Dynasty. Now he can't even make small profits. Even the Fushe and Tiele dog thieves cannot be annihilated, let alone the Great Sui Dynasty. Under his leadership, our Turks can only be defeated." An old man with white hair looked around and said in a clear voice: "We The only way to survive is to kill him and establish another wise and powerful Great Khan who is recognized by the Sui Dynasty."
Another chief took over and said: "Duji is not qualified to be the Great Khan, and Tilifushu is acting under the orders of the Sui Dynasty. If we want the Turks to pass on, we can only replace him with someone who is also recognized by the Sui Dynasty." Only in this way can people be compared with Qili Fushe and prevent the Sui Dynasty from sending troops."
Hearing this, everyone's eyes turned to Jieli Khan.
"I still have 40,000 elite soldiers and tens of thousands of string-controllers, and my title is recognized by the Sui Dynasty. Although Chi Jishe still has 30,000 soldiers, he is weak and incompetent and will never be able to defeat Xue Xuecang." After the introduction, Jieli Khan said in a self-recommended manner: "I think I am the best candidate for the Great Khan, and only I can defeat Zhili Fushe and Xue Xucang."
The Turks never talk about virtue or modesty; they only look at strength. Shibi Khan has now been abandoned by these people in the tent. Turli Khan and Ashina Simo are not strong enough, and Luo Ke Khan is an enemy, so the only choice is Jieli Khan, whose elite is intact and his strength is still there.
After everyone heard what he said, they all said, "I firmly support Du Bi."
"Me too!"
"And I!"
"..."
Seeing that everyone had expressed their attitude, Jieli Khan stood up and said decisively: "Since everyone supports me, it has been decided. After everyone goes down, follow Duoji's order and make a decision to send troops to assist Ashina." Simo's appearance. As for Duji himself, leave it to me."
what to do? Naturally, he killed Ashina Duji, who had just ascended the throne and was strong on the outside.
Every chief here understood this principle, so everyone stood up and said:
"As you command!"
"yes!"
