On the long border between the Turks and the Central Plains, most of them are the territory of the Great Sui, stretching for thousands of miles from Liaodong to Wuwei County, while the border between Li Rail and the Turks is only Zhangye and Dunhuang counties, which are hundreds of miles long, most of which are deserts and Gobi, and are cut off from people.

The westernmost junction between the Great Sui and the Turks is Wuwei County, Wuwei County has only one Wuwei North Trail is the only road for the Great Sui to enter the Turks, and the Wuwei North Trail is also called Macheng Road, that is, along the Macheng River to the north, hundreds of miles later to Hutu Ze, Wild Boar Ze, after this two Ze hundred miles is the Turkic boundary, an endless vast grassland.

The sun was about to set, and the breeze swept through the grassland, stirring up the fragrance of wildflowers and weeds.

At this time, Jieli was at the junction of the Turks and Wuwei County.

He sat on horseback, his vision gradually broadened, and a desolate atmosphere occupied his senses, and finally, his eyes were on the river that flowed quietly in front of him, and after crossing this river, and walking a hundred miles, it was the territory of the Great Sui.

The river flows from Hutuze in the territory of the Great Sui, and it crosses the desert and twists and turns into the arms of the prairie. The general trend of the world is as fickle as this river, and you can never guess which direction it will turn.

Looking south of the rolling river, Jieli Khan's blue eyes were full of gloom.

The Turkic strength was greatly weakened after the defeat and division of Mayi, but they were all soldiers, and when they were at their strongest, there were millions of commanders, so the Turkic army of 300,000 could be taken.

The present Great Khan Jieli was a very ambitious and talented Turkic khan, who, like his brother Shibi, was extremely aggressive, and at the beginning of his succession to the throne he was eager to establish supreme prestige so that Tiele would no longer be centrifugal.

In order to achieve the goal of splitting Tiele, Jieli even married the chief of Xue Yantuo and lost the bowl as Kedun, but he knew that this was far from enough, if he wanted to save Tiele no longer centrifugal, if he wanted to save the current crisis, the most effective way was to use a brilliant victory to establish a strong prestige, Jieli Khan knew that where the Turks fell, they had to get up from where.

But he also knew that he had just ascended the throne, and his internal control was not yet strong, and if the Turkic army was like a broken bamboo and smooth sailing, the internal contradictions would not be revealed, but if the Turkic army suffered a blow, or when the gains outweighed the losses, various contradictions would appear, and even cause the Turks to split again.

So before going south, he tried to win over Li Tang to deal with the Great Sui, but who would have thought that the Great Sui rushed to send troops, not only slaughtering many Tiele tribes loyal to him, but also serving his old nest, and dozens of tribes were brutally poisoned by the Great Sui. Hunting or asking for help, or selling horses, directly annexing the tribes, plundering their supplies, this kind of thing abounds, and throughout the New Year, the grasslands are in the midst of a civil war of the jungle, and no one has the leisure to go south with him.

Jieli himself also listened to Zhao De's policy, and after redeeming the Turkic captives at a high price, he found that it was a group of old, weak, sick and disabled, although the Turkic forty or fifty thousand wolf cubs were all back, but each of them was missing two thumbs and broken kneecaps, Jieli was furious, this group of cripples not only could not go to the battlefield for him in the future, but also became a heavy burden for him, but his righteous act, but also surrendered to dozens of large and small departments, and was loved by everyone! Later, in the name of righteousness, he annihilated countless hegemonic forces that had invaded other tribes for 'no reason', and annexed their populations, thus increasing his army to 200,000.

Just as he was gathering his troops and imposing training, a bad news came again, the traitor Ashina Simo had the audacity to attack more than a dozen tribes in the south, and all the men, women, children, and livestock in the tribe were robbed!

The Ashina Simo Turks have brought the combat style of the steppe peoples to the extreme, he will never face you head-on, they are often in groups of 10,000 people, annihilated when they encounter the weak, and flee when they encounter large armies, specializing in looting various small and medium-sized tribes, burning and looting. Render all the Turkic tribes powerless.

Ashina Simo took advantage of the situation to attack and fight, his prestige was in full swing in the grassland, and Jieli had no prestige at all, so many wall grasses were worshiped under Ashina Simo, although the strength was still weak, it can be seen that it was slowly approaching Jieli.

Jieli Khan was unwilling to suffer such a big loss, and in a fit of rage, he directly brought troops to destroy a tribe that was preparing to go south.

However, Jieli also knows that the situation is worrying. If it was before, Jieli held the area north of Yinshan, a large number of tribes were led by him, and the number of people who controlled the strings under his command was as high as four or five hundred thousand, but since he ascended to the throne of Khan, not only did he not do anything, but he was also repeatedly violated by the Great Sui, and some people have deviated from morality. Not to mention the Tiele people, there are also many discordant voices within the Turks, and some opposition parties even want to overthrow him, if it were not for his strength to be the first of the Turks, the Turks would have changed their masters long ago.

But this is not a solution, because since Yang Tong slaughtered him when he ascended the throne, the entire Turkic tribe has been greatly injured by the mad dog-like Ashina Simo.

Although the territory has not decreased, the population under his rule is also decreasing, and what is worse is that with the strong rise of Ashnasimo, more and more Turkic people want to take refuge in the southern Khanate, which is controlled by the Great Sui, and even accept the naturalization of the Great Sui.

Naturalization!

This is definitely a shameful word for the Turks, starting from Shibi Khan, after the Turks entered the peak, it was able to compete with the complete Great Sui, even if Shi Bi died later, the Turkic vitality was greatly damaged, and even split, but after the Luo Khan unified the Turks again, the Turkic strength still made the Great Sui not to be underestimated.

But after Yang Tong ransacked, the situation changed, not to mention the population and materials that were robbed by Yang Dong, just in the cold weather, a large number of people and animals died, which consumed a lot of Turkic vitality, and finally survived the cold weather, I thought it would be better, who knows, Ashina Simo, the mad dog, is here again.

Suddenly, there was a burst of laughter in the distance, and the sound of galloping war horses, with a sharp chirp pierced the sky, hundreds of Turkic warriors raced across the steppe, and a dozen wild sheep fled desperately in the wilderness. The horses' hooves kicked the shallow turf away, sending up puffs of dust and smoke.

Jieli Khan looked back at the movement and frowned slightly, the noise disrupting his train of thought.

"The Great Khan...", a few of the attached ones with swords on their shoulders put their hands on their chests and bowed down.

"What are you doing with Sygusha and Dierachi?"

The Khan's tone was flat, but the anger in his words was heard in his disobedience, which had followed the khan for many years. So he hurriedly replied respectfully: "Desire Valley She, Dieluo Branch, and Sheer are hunting sheep......

Desire, Gushe, and Dierozhi are his sons, and Ashina Sheer is a member of the royal family, and they are all characters who cannot afford to be offended.

"Sheep hunting?" Jieli's eyebrows slowly twisted up, "Why do you want to hunt sheep, this place is very close to the territory of the Sui people, what if you attract them?" It's just nonsense......! ”

The Khan raised his whip and blamed the detachment for failing to stop the young men from acting rashly.

Although he knew that the Great Khan didn't care about this, if he really cared about this, how could he bring a large army to this place? But since Jieli Khan said so, then he can only be submissive.

"Well, tell me, why are they competing to hunt sheep?" After a burst of anger, Jieli Khan's expression softened a little.

"In the war just now, She'er grabbed fifteen beauties, Gu wanted to set up a young master and a young master of Dieluozhi wanted to snatch back the tent, She'er simply gave him two young masters, but there was a single one, and neither of the two young masters was willing to grab one less, so there was a conflict......

He saw that Jieli Khan's brows furrowed even deeper, and he hurriedly said: "In the end, She'er persuaded him to make peace, and suggested that the game should be used to divide the winner and loser, so this game ......"

"Oh?" Jieli Khan was obviously interested, "Fifteen beauties really can't be divided, it's not bad to use the method of competition, how did Sheer convince them?" ”

Attached to the slight smile: "The young master of She'er asked people to prepare fifteen wild sheep, and how many sheep they hunt, then how many beauties will be shared......"

"I see, hahahaha......!" Jieli Khan said with a smile, and then commented, "The Central Plains said that there is no lack of wealth and unevenness, and it is actually the same with us, if you want to make the warriors return to their hearts, the important thing is to be fair!" Sheer's method is the fairest way, where is Sheer? ”

"She'er hunted with Gu Wants, and several young masters of Dieluo Branch."

"She'er is also playing? Fun and fun! Speaking of which, I have not seen Sheer hunting on horseback for a long time, when he was young, I held him every day to teach him to ride horses......" Jieli Khan's smile was a little more sincere, a little gratifying, and a little emotional: "He has led his own tribe all these years, and I have always been worried that he is not competent, but now that he has become a wise steppe warrior, I am also worthy of his dead father, my brother Chu Luo Khan." ”

In the caravan, several groups of knights surrounded their masters in the middle, galloping each other for the scattered wild sheep. The wild sheep dodged arrows flying from all corners.

The cold winter in Jieli Khan's eyes seemed to have disappeared, and he smiled and watched the children galloping on the grassland, and he said with a smile: "Prairie men should be like this!" Let's go and see how much the archery skills of these wolf cubs have improved! ”

Echoing the compliment, Jieli Khan drove the war horse under his crotch to run, intending to watch the battle at close range.

Shell led the knight in a siege of a few wild sheep that were desperately fleeing, and his thin clothes were open to the sides, revealing a wheat-colored chest. The resolute and swarthy face was already faintly showing blue and black stubble.

"Outflank these sheep and drive them down the slopes!" She'er quickly ordered, "The front team goes to the back, look at Gu Yushu and Di Luozhi them, don't give them a cheap advantage!" Look how I shoot all these sheep to death! ”

His hand pulling the bowstring was violently unsheathed, and the feather arrow shot out, and the knees of the wild sheep in front of him weakened, and the great inertia caused it to roll a few times before stopping, and the feathered arrow hit the back of the sheep's neck, and the sharp arrow pierced through the mouth of the wild sheep.

A few of the detachments shouted loudly, rushed forward and bent down to scoop up, and the booty was loaded onto the horse's back.

"If this continues, our brother will definitely lose." Dieluozhi reined in the war horse and motioned for Big Brother Gu to stop.

Gu wanted to look at him vigilantly: "What are you going to do?" ”

Di Luozhi shook his head and said: "I didn't mean to target the eldest brother, the wild sheep are almost hunted by Sheer, don't you have any other ideas?" ”

Gu Xiangshe sneered: "What do I think, I said it at the beginning, whoever hunts as many wild sheep will win as many beauties as he wants, you won't be a cheater, right?" ”

Di Luo Zhi said: "We don't lack beautiful women, how can I be fooled." I mean, if She'er wins again, then our brothers will be too embarrassed......"

Pointing towards the queue of Jieli Khan in the distance, he said, "Father Khan is still watching the battle, we can't let him down, right?" ”

Gu Yushe watched his father Khan, Jieli Khan was watching the wonderful performance of the Seeli Khan intently, occasionally smiling and admiring, not noticing their brother's side. Gu Yushi bit his lower lip lightly and lowered his head.

Di Luozhi seemed to see through his thoughts, and said: "Don't worry, I know that you have a good relationship with She'er, but this is just a game, he is an opponent when he plays, and it is a matter of course to find allies to fight opponents, and Sheer will also understand, he is generous, and he doesn't care about these at all." Think of Father Khan, who must have been glad to see us defeat Sher. ”

Gu Yushe was finally persuaded by Di Luozhi, "Then we will form an alliance, but when we get to the field, you have to listen to me!" ”

A trace of cunning light quietly flashed in his eyes, and he patted his chest and said, "This is nature, our brothers have a common enemy!" ”

"Let's get started, then!"

Gu wanted to set up a horse's belly, and rushed into the territory surrounded by She'er's men with his own attachment. He then ordered his men to rush in that direction, and the two cavalry mixed together to tear apart Sheer's defenses.

The wild sheep immediately scattered and fled, and the situation of She'er's steady victory was suddenly disrupted.

"Hahahaha...... Great Khan, you see, Gu wants to set up this kid to start is really good, and he will make all his previous efforts wasted. Jieli Khan's cousin Ashina Roye also came up to watch the battle, and praised Gu Wanting to set up a few words to Jieli Khan.

Jieli Khan smiled: "I am Gu Yushe's father, I know my son, he can't come up with this idea, this should be taught by Dieluo...... But what's the use of playing with all these little tricks? Gu wants to set up and Dieluozhi still have to lose......"

Sure enough, She'er changed his formation, and his knights immediately divided into three groups, and instead of entanglement with Gu Yushu and Dialuozhi, they galloped towards the scattered flock of wild sheep to reunite them.

"Good!" Jieli Khan stroked his palms and sighed, "Sheer doesn't care about small things, he is thoughtful, he just focuses on his own goals, this is the person who does great things, among the descendants of our Ashina family, Sheer is the most promising!" ”

Gu Xiangshe and the men and horses of the Dieluo branch chased after each other and continued to entangle She'er and his party. Although Sheer moved quickly, he still ran away from the two wild sheep.

Gu Xiangshe and Di Luo Zhi seized this opportunity, and they both wanted to use these two wild sheep to make a shame, so the three groups of men and horses collided together.

However, just as Gu Yushu and Di Luo drew their bows and arrows, a sharp whistle came from behind them. A black afterimage sank into the sheep's leg, and the sheep fell with a bang, and in the next moment another feathered arrow swept in, hitting the last of the sheep.

Everyone looked back in surprise and saw Jieli Khan holding a large bow and keeping his aim in a posture. Apparently the Khan had made a move, and all the knights dismounted and saluted.

Jieli Khan stepped forward with a smile, spun around them, and said with a smile: "Children...... Well done! We prairie boys should be as brave as wolves, and you are all very good! In the future, we will be proud of the Turks! ”

Jieli sighed a few words, smiled and patted She'er's shoulder: "She'er, you're very good, you have won a lot of beauties, right?" ”

"Great Khan!" She'er said respectfully: "She'er has said a long time ago, I don't want these beauties, since Gu wants to set up and Di Luozhi like it, give them to them, anyway, I don't lack beauties." ”

The admiration in Jieli Khan's eyes was even stronger, "Okay, good, but if you win, then you should be rewarded, you can go to my account and choose two maids!" This is a reward that cannot be shirked! ”

She'er answered without hesitation, and Jieli immediately smiled with satisfaction.

At this time, a horse came and whispered a few words in the ear of Jieli Khan. Jieli Khan's expression changed slightly, "Okay, you step down first, let him go to my big tent and wait for me......"

Jieli Khan said to the crowd with a solemn expression: "Our scout said that Ashnasimo, the mad dog, is leading a large army to kill here!" Everyone gathered the army and prepared for the battle. ”

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