On the green grassland
A prairie mouse shivered in its burrow.
It was already the time when all things came to life in spring, and it was about to find a mate to reproduce and produce offspring. Before it could go out, it was frightened by a strong vibration and retreated into its nest.
Based on its few memories, it confirmed that this was the sound made by the tall four-legged creatures running on the grassland.
But there were too many of them, more than he had ever seen before. Although he didn't know why there were so many, he knew that it was dangerous for him to go out and he would probably be trampled to death.
Later, the stamping sound above his head was mixed with the shouts of these two-legged monsters, as well as some crisp sounds. He didn't understand why there were so many sounds that he didn't understand coming from his cave.
The top of his cave became moist, with a hint of the smell of donated blood. The last time the prairie rat saw and smelled this smell, his companion was scratched on the head and belly by a flying bird, and was eaten on the spot. I saw it once.
Have any of your companions been arrested again?
The sounds above became smaller and smaller. Some hungry prairie rats tried to walk to the entrance of their cave to see what was going on outside, but they found that the entrance to their cave was blocked.
Fortunately, it was smart and had several exits. However, after wandering around, none of them were open. It was wondering what was going on. If it couldn't figure it out, it might as well go back to its nest and rest.
Above the prairie rat's burrow, a cold Turkic corpse blocked the entrance to its burrow. His eyes were open and his mouth was not closed, as if he was frightened. A tattoo of a tattoo could be seen on his bare chest and arms. The wolf is the symbol of the Turkic royal family on the grassland.
Next to the corpse of this Turkic royal family, there were tens of thousands of corpses of his own clan.
A gust of spring wind blew by. Ashina Bukuo stood on the pile of corpses and saw the broken royal chess pieces collected. Although he continued to bring his own people and some people from other Turkic royal families, he began to collect the corpses on the ground.
After three consecutive days of cleaning up, the bodies of more than 30,000 Turkic soldiers were buried. Their souls will return to heaven under the prayers of the missionaries of the Mingzun Holy Church within the tribe.
Ashina Bukuo packed everything up and listened to his people singing sad songs after nightfall, feeling unable to calm down for a long time.
Squatting next to a fire in the tribe, Ashina Bukuo picked up the wine bag at his waist, unscrewed the lid, and drank two gulps. The spicy wine entered his stomach down his throat. He had not finished eating and felt that A burst of violent squirming.
Cough cough cough
Somewhat uncomfortable
“Eat something and drink”
The voice of a familiar person came from behind him, it was his father.
Ashina Bukuo didn't answer, just drank in silence.
Ashina Zhong sighed: "If you still can't figure it out, go to Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty and have a look. As the future heir of the tribe, you should have some insights."
Wiped the tears flowing from the corners of my eyes
Ashina Bukuo silently gave himself a slap in the face. He felt sorry for his cousins of the same clan, and for the members of his own young royal family. He did not convince his father, nor did he kill his father and seize the tribe according to ancient rules. The position of the patriarch.
The cavalry of the Tang Dynasty suddenly entered the grassland and accurately found the royal family's tent camp. They gathered together to hold a pre-war meeting. The leaders of the young faction and the tribes who were dissatisfied with the rule of the Tang Dynasty. 30,000 elite cavalrymen of the Holy Knights of the Tang Dynasty marched onto the grassland. The proud elite wolf cavalry was defeated and defeated.
In this war, more than three-thirds of the royal family were directly killed. He did not expect that many royal families from his own tribe would report that they had established contact with the Tang Dynasty and participated in this matter together with his father.
The cavalry of the Tang Dynasty was so powerful that he had never dreamed of it. The most elite cavalry of his royal family led the tribe and guarded the royal tent. The Turkic reward Ashnaya was shot to death by the female general of the Tang cavalry regiment. Those who guarded the royal tent and those who Tens of thousands of the royal family's elite cavalry were all killed in the battle before they could survive for an hour.
This happened in the first three days.
As early as five days ago, he heard that the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty had entered the grassland, but he failed to attack his father harshly. Without saying a word, his father brought his own and the tribe's troops to the king's tent for an emergency meeting.
Only now did he realize that this was a trap that had been planned long ago. With the cover-up of his father and some royal tribes, 30,000 elite cavalry of the Tang Dynasty had already arrived near the royal tent. The so-called news of entering the grassland was actually several days late. .
On the day of the meeting, the sound of horse hooves outside the king's tent made the earth tremble, and the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty suddenly attacked. All this happened so suddenly, Ashina Bukuo had no idea about it, and his father did not explain it to him. He followed his father Behind him, he thought he was going to have a decisive battle with the Tang Dynasty, but he didn't expect that he just hung behind the Turkic army and did not take action. More than half of the royal family did the same thing.
Why?
Why are they like this?
Until now, he still hasn't understood why this is the case, why do they do this?
no
I must ask clearly.
Then Jiu Jin Ashina Bukuo found his father in the main tent: "Father, why is this like this?"
Ashina Tadashi pointed to the seat next to him: "Sit down and I'll tell you from beginning to end."
"I have seen the power of the Tang Dynasty ten years ago. At that time, your brother and I were still young, and I was also young and energetic. Although I was defeated and captured by the Wei River, my anger was still there after I returned home. Later, I was no longer angry. Convinced, I followed the caravan of our Turkic royal family into Chang'an City and saw the prosperity there."
"When I first arrived at Chang'an City at that time, I felt that it was like another world. It was so prosperous and huge that I couldn't believe my eyes."
"Then I was wandering around the city because I was still a little arrogant, so I got into trouble and got acquainted with a general from the Tang Dynasty."
Ashina Bukuo: "Who is it?"
"Cheng Yaojin, we don't know each other even if we don't fight each other. After a fight, I lost, so I followed him and we negotiated. We drank together several times and then each left a token to make an appointment to be friends. Later, we negotiated. I came back as soon as the team came back. Having seen the military might of the Tang Dynasty and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, I immediately accepted the Ming Zun Holy Sect to preach within our tribe."
After hearing this, Ashina Bukuo understood why his tribe's father accepted the tribe's change of faith so easily.
"Later, your brother's death made me a little crazy. I wanted to take revenge at all costs, but those members of the Young People's clan were too simple in their ideas and too explicit in their actions. If it was more subtle, maybe I would believe it."
To be continued
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