Chapter 893: Batsimi (29)
However, speaking of which, it may not have been mentioned before, in addition to the position of woman and chieftain, Ashina Kuti is most interested in martial arts, he has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and no one may have thought that he is the strongest warrior among the Baxi secret tribes, and it is the existence that terrifies the nearby tribes. Several expeditions led by him allowed Ba Simi to level dozens of small and medium-sized tribes in the vicinity, so that they all surrendered to the feet of his father, who was still a chief at the time, so that Ba Simi's strength was greatly enhanced, surpassing the two tribes of Qarlu and Hui, and faintly had the strength to surpass the Later Turks, and in fact, the weakness of the later Turks, in fact, Ba Ximi was already strong and abnormal at that time, if it were not for the fear that the limelight would be too strong to attract the attention of the Tang Dynasty and cause the extermination of the tribe, Ba Ximi would have swallowed the Later Turks at that time.
But at that time, the post-Turks still had some strength, and if they insisted on swallowing it, I am afraid that their strength would be greatly damaged, and their father was not a hero, which led to his mediocre life. In fact, if it continues to develop like this, by the time of Ashinashi's generation, the strength of Ba Ximi is still quite powerful, and it even has the momentum of catching up with the Xi Qi coalition army and even Tubo, but it is only a momentum. The chiefs of the two tribes of Xi Qi are quite cunning heroes, they understand the truth that sometimes they are attached, sometimes they rebel, and they go south to plunder, as long as they are connected with the Jiedu envoy of the Tang Dynasty, then there is no problem, and the power of their two departments has indeed risen greatly. As for Tibet, in fact, the gap between its strength and the Mobei Sanbu or Xiqi coalition army is not large, but it has one of the biggest advantages, that is, the terrain, Tubo, which is located in the high-altitude plateau, not only is the physical quality of the warriors higher than any ethnic group on the plain, but they can rush down the plateau at any time to attack other places, but this process cannot be reversed. The Tang Dynasty did not fail to try to counterattack Tubo, but the result was that the soldiers were not accustomed to the soil and water, and could not adapt to the terrain and climate of the plateau, which caused the "altitude sickness" mentioned by many doctors.
Although Ba Ximi is strong, but there is no advantage in the terrain, they are in the endless steppe, if the Tang army's iron cavalry steps over, there will be nothing that can stop them, the only advantage is only the cavalry specialization of the northern Mo tribe, but this is not enough to make up for the gap in numbers and strength between them and the Tang army. Not to mention, the northern tribes of the desert are all inhabited, there is no city, in other words, they have no city defense, the enemy attack, can only rely on the fence and the horse to resist, this is also the reason why the casualties are often large when the grassland tribes wage wars, for them, although the fence and the horse seem simple, but it is very effective, can effectively target the cavalry. But if it is replaced by the Tang army, it will be different, if the Tang army uses large siege equipment such as trebuchets, in that case, there is no need to attack at all, and the northern Mo tribe will be able to kill and wound, and with the sophisticated equipment of the Tang army, if you take the initiative to attack, it is tantamount to sending you to death.
Therefore, in the past, when the tribes of Mobei clashed with the Tang Dynasty, they all took the initiative to attack and seek battles, such as the recent Battle of the Sanggan River, although it seems that the Tang army does not have an advantage, but for the Xi Qi coalition army, it is also an advantage for them to look at the river, although they were finally bombarded by the trebuchets of the Tang army, but their starting point is good. If it weren't for Ye Chengcheng's design to let the Xi Qi coalition take the initiative to attack the Tang army camp, the many lines of defense they set up would not be useful, and the Xi Qi coalition would not have entered the attack range of the trebuchet.
From this point of view, the former chief of Basimi, who had no ambition, allowed Basimi to spend a period of peace, and I don't know if he was really stupid or pretending to be stupid, and I don't know if he expected the conflict between his two sons.
Ashina Kuti's skills are indeed quite powerful, but this has also caused him to have defects in other aspects, not only in terms of life, but also in politics, he can almost be said to be a blank, and because of this, he was framed by Ashina Shi and lost in the struggle for the position of chief. The most chilling thing is that even if he "disappeared", no one still asked about his whereabouts, including Mei Ji, who thought that Ashinashi's ascension to the throne was expected by all.
After seeing this clearly, Ashina Kuti could only silently obey Ashina Shi and became his shadow guard, as long as he could see Mei Ji sooner or later, he would be satisfied. After this failure, he understood his incompetence, and also saw the power of Ashinashi, and because of this, he lost the heart to fight.
Huan Chenyu also saw this clearly, so that Ye Tingcheng would win him no matter what, compared to the grasp of people's hearts, there should be no one in this world who is more skilled than Huan Chenyu, Ye Chencheng fancy is that Ashina Kuti can be influenced by a woman, and as long as he gives that woman to him, then this guy can bow down to Datang. But what Huan Chenyu values is Ashinakuti's incompetence and weakened will, his ambition has been wiped out, although he knows that he is incompetent in other aspects, but he still does not study hard, but as if he has given up on himself, he continues to strengthen his martial value, so his strength has risen to a very powerful point. It can be said that if it weren't for the three of them, the current Tang Army mission, even if it includes Guli Feiluo and Mou Assassin Sihan, should have been wiped out in the previous attack, but unfortunately, Ashina Kuti happened to run into them, and they were his evil stars and his saviors.
As Ye Chengcheng recalled, Ashina Kuti no longer has the kind of brotherhood that he had before, and he only has jealousy and hatred for him, but he can't do anything about it.
With his skills, he naturally clearly saw that Ye Tingcheng's puppet worm jumped from Mohedado's military advisor to Ashinashi's body, taking over the control of his body, and it was exactly what Ye Tingcheng had just said with him. He was also full of emotion, and even involuntarily took a small step, and at the moment when the puppet insect possessed the body, he announced the death of Ashinash, you know, even when they failed to compete for the chieftain, Ashinash did not kill him, but let him change his face to serve himself, it can be said that Ashinashi has never let go of the brotherhood between them. But at this moment, he died, and it was he Ashina Kuti who killed him, and not only that, he would continue to live as Ashina Shi and have everything he had.
If my father saw this in the Heavenly Spirit, I wonder what he would think?