North of the Tang Dynasty border, a blizzard raged.
The god of the grassland seems to be angry and no longer protects his devout people.
No matter how much the Turks begged their grandfathers and grandmothers, cattle and sheep still died in large tracts in the extreme cold.
Then, people died of freezing and starvation, and then, the habitat shrank and the tribe died...
certainly.
All these sufferings were not intuitive to the Great Khan Jieli who stood at the top of the pyramid.
He could still lie in the warm tent, holding a beautiful girl in his left and right arms, enjoying the warmth in the ice and snow.
Suddenly, the door curtain of the dental tent opened a crack.
Whoops!
A gust of cold wind blew in with a few flakes of snow, causing Meiji's figure on the bed to tremble and shrink a little closer to Jieli.
"Who?"
Jieli narrowed his eyes slightly and said displeasedly,
"Didn't you tell me not to disturb Ben Khan for a while?"
"Everything in the tribe will be left to Yugushe to handle. I will also learn from the Emperor Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty and become the Supreme Emperor..."
At this moment, he looked fat and bloated even when he was lying on the kang. How could he still look like he was so high-spirited and riding horses in Chang'an three years ago?
Chun Chun is a fat pig who eats, drinks and enjoys himself without any ambition.
"Great Khan, it's me, Kang Sumi."
The visitor knelt down on one knee to salute and responded.
Jieli Khan stood up slightly, looked at Kang Sumi, and said:
"It's Kang Sumi...get up."
"What's the matter?"
No matter what happens, you still have to control the power in your own hands.
Therefore, it is still necessary to have confidant ministers who are capable and capable of doing things.
The person in front of him is his right-hand man and an important way for him to control the entire clan.
"Return to the Great Khan."
Kang Sumi stood up to report.
"More than 10% of the tribe's cattle and sheep died."
"The men in the tribe started quarreling over the ownership of the cattle and sheep carcasses, and it even turned into a group fight!"
"The conflict was so intense that the Great Khan was asked to personally mediate."
Click.
Jieli Khan leaned his back against the bed board.
"Ah……"
He sneered,
"I wonder what the big deal is, it's just such a trivial matter, why do you come to disturb my sleep?"
"This kind of thing can be resolved by you, or you can let Yu Gushe come forward."
"If they still refuse to stop, fight them! Deal with them according to the clan law!"
"Isn't that enough... ugh."
After that, Jieli lay back on his warm bed.
He planned to follow Li Yuan's example, stay idle, have more children, and contribute more to the Turks' fertility cause.
However, Kang Sumi did not respond.
"Great Khan, I'm afraid it won't be that simple this time..."
He looked a little ugly and said,
"It's snowing all day long, and the tribesmen can't go out. They have no food or water."
"The only thing that can keep them alive is beef, mutton, and cow and goat milk. Live cows and sheep are precious resources and cannot be touched. Those cows and sheep that have frozen to death have become food that everyone is grabbing for."
"You may not know that people in the tribe freeze to death every day and starve to death."
"The tribesmen are not robbing dead cattle and sheep, but robbing themselves of their own lives! If the Great Khan cannot stop this group fight, greater chaos will inevitably break out. By then, maybe you, the Great Khan, will be killed. Affected!"
When Jie Li heard this, he snorted coldly.
"spread?"
He said disdainfully,
"Those bastards, aren't they afraid of Ben Khan's army? Aren't they afraid of Ben Khan's golden sword?"
"Okay, okay! Kangsumi, it's not what this Khan said about you. You are not our Turks after all. You are still too weak-tempered. If you encounter this kind of thing, just ignore it and just send out the army!"
"Kill those thorns, and no one will cause trouble."
With that said, Jieli threw a gold medal from the bed.
"Go, pass my order and send three hundred wolves to ride over."
He ordered,
"Whoever dares to cause trouble and fight again, let the Wolf Cavalry get rid of them all!"
"This is how we Turks handle things!"
"Go!"
Kang Sumi: "..."
Looking at the gold medal on the ground, he frowned.
"Great Khan, although forceful suppression is useful, it can only be effective for a short time..."
Kang Sumi advised again,
"The resentment in the hearts of the people is the root cause. If it is not resolved, I'm afraid..."
"Go!" Jieli Khan raised his tone and his expression became impatient.
"……yes."
Kang Sumi had no choice but to pick up the gold medal and follow the order.
"He's so cowardly..."
Mei Ji on the left held Jieli Khan’s arm and said coquettishly,
"In terms of courage, not even a hair of the Great Khan can compare with him."
The one on the right followed closely behind, clapping and saying:
"It's just that you have to ask the Great Khan for instructions on such a trivial matter. Little man, it's really useless..."
"Great Khan, do you think so?"
When Jieli heard this, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Hahaha... Sogdians are like this. They are less courageous than rabbits on the grassland."
He said proudly,
"However, such people are easy to use and easy to control."
"It would be perfect to be Ben Khan's dog."
The two beauties giggled.
Just when the three of them were preparing to have an in-depth exchange of experiences about having a baby.
Whoops!
The curtain was suddenly lifted again. This time, it was not just a small hole, but half of it!
The wind and snow rolled into the tent, and the cold wind almost blew out the brazier!
"ah!"
Meiji on the outside yelled and said angrily,
"Who allowed you to be so rude? Your Majesty the Khan, these dogs under your command need to be properly disciplined!"
Jie Li also looked unhappy.
Can you feel relieved when your spellcasting is interrupted again?
He was even more unhappy when he saw that the person coming was Kang Sumi.
"Kang Sumi! You are so indisciplined! Do you want to be whipped?"
Jieli shouted angrily,
"Get me the whip!"
As Ji Concubine said, the dogs under his command should not be too kind to them, otherwise they will easily bite their noses and get in trouble!
Occasionally, I also need to discipline and discipline!
However, he did not see the look on Kang Sumi's face at this moment, which was full of horror!
"Great Khan! It's not good!"
Kang Sumi shouted,
"Tang Jun... Tang Jun is coming!"
Jie Li: "!!!"
Just a few words, but Jieli's heart suddenly contracted and his whole body trembled!
Adrenaline, soaring like crazy!
Oh!
The quilt was lifted, and he hurriedly got up and put on his clothes randomly, saying:
"You...what did you say?"
"Tang Jun? Who is it? Tell me clearly!"
"Great Khan..." The two beauties were charming and wanted to hug Jieli with their arms like water snakes, but Jieli slapped them backhand.
"Ouch get out of here!"
Jieli shouted,
"Get out! Get out of here!"
Two beauties: "..."
You were not like this in bed just now! Are you really just putting on clothes and not recognizing people?
Although they were full of grievances, the two of them were just high-level female slaves after all. Under Jie Li's brutal driving, they had no choice but to put on their clothes and brave the wind and snow to go out of their tents.
"Back to the Great Khan, here are the cavalry from the Tang Dynasty, about three thousand to five thousand!"
Kang Sumi said anxiously,
"I just heard the report from the soldiers at the outpost. The sky is full of wind and snow, and the range that can be seen has been greatly reduced!"
"With the speed of this cavalry, they can reach our base camp in more than an hour at the fastest!"
Jie Li: "!!!"
One second he was still in the land of gentleness, but this second he was about to face Tang Jun's iron hoof saber!
The ups and downs of life were so exciting that he was in a trance at the moment!
"Five thousand cavalry, five thousand cavalry..."
Jieli, disheveled, paced in the tent and whispered,
"Kang Sumi, tell me, how many soldiers and horses do we still have?!"
"The Great Khan can gather about 20,000 to 30,000 people if we don't call him immediately." Kang Sumilian said, "In more than an hour, we can barely assemble and rush to the battle, but I think this is just the vanguard of the Tang army! Therefore, the Great Khan cannot accept the challenge!"
Jie Li's heart sank.
"You mean, Li Shimin launched a full-scale war against the Turks?!"
he said quickly.
"Yes, with Li Shimin's character, if he doesn't fight, if he takes action, the army will definitely attack!"
Kang Sumi analyzed,
"It's been three years. Since the Weishui Alliance, the Tang Dynasty has been resting and recuperating for three years!"
"But the Turks have encountered a trough in the past three years. In the past three years, the extremely cold weather has not stopped! The Khitan, Xueyantuo, Uighur and other tribes have also rebelled. They have been unable to win two wars. Our Turkic national strength has been greatly reduced. "
"The Tang Dynasty has seen all this."
"In launching the war this time, the Tang Dynasty must have expected that Dingxiang was weak, so he resolutely launched the war and attacked with the whole country!"
"I predict that with the national strength of the Tang Dynasty, the number of troops they will use in this battle will definitely exceed one hundred thousand! Behind this cavalry, there are endless armies!"
Jieli's palms broke into cold sweat.
He panicked, completely panicked!
Even his steps were a bit frivolous.
"One hundred thousand, one hundred thousand!"
Jieli Khan gritted his teeth and said,
"Li Shimin, have you forgotten the covenant between us? You treacherous dog!"
"Without declaring war, you want me to die, you want me to die!"
At this moment, Jie Li greeted the eighteenth generation of Li Shimin's ancestors in his heart!
"Great Khan, now is not the time to curse, it is the time to make a choice!"
Kang Sumilian said,
"Should we accept the challenge, or should we withdraw first?"
"If we accept the challenge, with the strength of my tribe's army, it shouldn't be a problem to block these five thousand cavalry, but I'm afraid that if the battle continues, the Tang army will fight more and more!"
"Five thousand cavalry is not scary, but if a hundred thousand troops form an encirclement, we will definitely die!"
Jie Li: "!!!"
He was so confused that he didn't know how to deal with it.
"If we retreat, we still have more than an hour of buffer time."
Kang Sumi continued,
"With more than 20,000 soldiers and horses escorting the Great Khan, we can safely retreat to the Mobei grassland."
"As long as you return to the grassland, the Great Khan's life will be saved. There is an old saying in the Central Plains, which is that if you keep the green mountains, you will not have to worry about running out of firewood!"
"As long as you, the Great Khan, are still here, and you can rest a little and then cheer up, won't the powerful Turkic Empire rise again?"
Under his analysis and persuasion, Jieli's brows became more and more wrinkled, almost twisting into knots!
"Take away the soldiers and horses..."
Jieli whispered,
"What about the tribe? There are so many tribesmen, so many cattle and sheep, and so much wealth!"
You know, when he moved the capital to Dingxiang, he moved most of his belongings with him!
Now that we are running away, do we have to abandon them all?
"My great Khan!"
Kang Sumi said anxiously,
"What time has it been? Life-saving is already a problem. Why should we consider our tribe's cattle and sheep?"
"Time keeps passing, and the Tang Army keeps advancing! Every time you hesitate for a moment, the Tang Army advances hundreds of more steps!"
"When the time comes, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave even if I want to!"
"Do you want to be the soul of Tang Jun's sword? Or be Li Shimin's slave?"
"Make a decision quickly!"
He kept urging, the more Cui, the more confused Jieli's heart became, and the more unable he was to calm down and think.
According to Kang Sumi, the Tang Dynasty's 100,000 heavenly soldiers will soon arrive at his loyal Dingxiang!
At this moment, there was another rush of footsteps outside.
"Great Khan, the Tang army is coming! There are thousands of cavalry in Wuyangyang, and they are all elite from the looks of it!"
"Great Khan, let me go meet the general!"
"The Great Khan..."
Several generals got wind of the news and rushed to Jie Li to ask for a battle.
"Shut up, everyone!"
Kang Sumi scolded fiercely,
"You still want to accept the challenge? You guys want the Great Khan to die without a burial place!"
He knelt on the ground and said earnestly;
"Great Khan, retreat! As long as we can escape, we will have the opportunity to talk to Datang on an equal footing, and perhaps we can turn our hostility into friendship."
At this time, Jieli's son Yugushe also walked into the tent, knelt down on one knee and offered advice:
"Father Khan, the Tang army is coming in a surprise attack. I don't know how many troops will follow."
"I think we should take Kang Sumi's suggestion and retreat first, sending envoys to pretend to surrender, in order to paralyze the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. When they suspend their march, we can catch them off guard!"
Kang Sumi nodded repeatedly.
"Great Khan, I would like to stay as an envoy to negotiate peace with the Tang Dynasty!"
he shouted,
"Great Khan, as long as you can escape, there will still be suspense about who wins and who loses in this war!"
"Go to Yinshan Mountain, cross the white road, and you will find the world of grassland eagles!"
Jieli was shocked.
He looked at Kang Sumi with a sincere face and couldn't help but be moved.
"Kang Sumi, you are really my greatest loyalist...you are actually willing to take such a big risk to cut off my heir for me."
Jie Li helped Kang Sumi up, gritted his teeth and decided,
"Okay...okay!"
"As you said, I will leave you behind, and I will lead my troops back to the north of Yinshan Mountain, and then we can make plans!"
"Yugu She, order us to go down immediately!"
"Yes!" Yu Gushe stood up and left, quickly gathering his troops.
"Kang Sumi, you stay here and comfort the remaining clan members..."
Jieli Khan patted Kang Sumi on the shoulder and sighed,
"Believe in Ben Khan, Ben Khan will definitely come back!"
The situation was urgent and the Tang army invaded like fire. At this moment, he chose to escape and retreat, just like a bereaved dog!
But no matter how unwilling you are, it is better to be a dead dog than to be a pet dog of the Tang Dynasty!
"I believe."
Kang Sumi looked firm and said,
"I will definitely wait for you, Khan, to come back and rescue your people!"
Snap.
Jieli said nothing, patted his shoulder twice again, turned around and walked quickly into the snow...
(End of chapter)
