One hundred and thirty miles to the mouth of the tiger, behind a hidden hill on the White Horse Plain, the golden wolf banner representing the Turkic khans was erected high.

Under the golden wolf, a tent with a diameter of 100 feet and a height of no less than 20 feet rose from the ground. The sunlight shines through the glass windows embedded in the tent, making the tent bright and warm.

The Turkic Mossikhan Ashna Huan stood facing the window, his figure stretched by the sunlight for a long, long time.

The special service Ashna Que, the Zuoxian King Ashina Mojianlian, the internal minister Ashde Tunyugu, the foreign minister Ashdesi, the Burke Ashna Shaw, the Ashna Gesai, the Ashna Evil Law, etc., all stood in the center of the big tent and did not dare to make any sound.

Mosi Khan is in a bad mood, if at this time, whoever speaks indiscriminately, it is very likely that he will not see the sun tomorrow.

The reason for the bad mood of the Turkic Mosi Khan was very simple, he carefully laid a trap, but the Tang Anxi army did not jump into it for a long time. Finding that the Turkic Ancestral Court was close at hand, the Anxi Dadu Cattle Guardian Award actually resisted the temptation and stopped the team on Yanran Mountain.

As a result, the situation is a bit troublesome.

In order to win the strategic initiative, the Great Khan of Mosi not only personally ordered the abandonment of the important place of Laohukou, but also concentrated more than 60,000 Turkic warriors in the White Horse Plain. As long as Niu Shiyu jumped into the trap with the Anxi army, he personally led the soldiers and horses to annihilate them!

But now, after the Niu Shi Award won the tiger's mouth, he immediately chose to stand still and break the strategic goal of the Tang Army all the way, which could not be achieved. And that Zhang Renyuan is scheming and extremely experienced, and finds that Apodagan Ashide Yuanzhen, who is dealing with him, is bluffing, and will definitely lead his troops to launch a fierce attack!

At that time, if the main Turkic force goes to support Ashide Yuanzhen, after the Anxi Dadu Cattle Guardian Award finds out the situation, it is bound to rush down from the tiger's mouth. If the main Turkic force continues to stay in Baimayuan, it will not be possible to let the Niu Shi Award take the bait, in case Zhang Renyuan breaks through the several defensive lines carefully arranged by Ashide Yuanzhen, the main Turkic force will fall into the predicament of being attacked on the back of the enemy!

"Speak, why don't you speak? Could it be the Turkic ancestral court, which is Ben Khan's alone? Mo Si Khan suddenly turned his head and suddenly asked in a loud voice, a cold light flashing in his gray-green eyes.

This is a sign that someone is going to be unlucky, Ashina Que, Ashina Mojianlian, Ashde Tunyugu and others shuddered in their hearts, and hurriedly smiled and bowed, "We are stupid and dare not interfere with the decision of the Great Khan, and I ask the Great Khan to forgive me." ”

"I'm waiting for the knife in the Khan's hand, the Khan asked me to wait how to fight, I'll wait for us to fight!"

"As long as the Great Khan gives an order, I will wait for ......"

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"That's it! Ben Khan has heard enough of this kind of talk a long time ago! Seeing that everyone was talking nonsense, Mosi Khan's heart became more and more depressed. raised his hand and patted the pillar in front of him, and shouted, "It's useful, otherwise, it's better to continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb!" ”

The pillars supporting the big tent were staggered by him. Tiny clouds of dust fall from the roof of the tent, turning the sunlight through the window into golden pillars of light.

In the golden pillar of light, Ashina Que, Ashina Mojianlian, Ashde Tunyugu and others all closed their mouths decisively, and then looked at each other, and they all saw shame and helplessness on each other's faces.

The current Turks were re-established more than 40 years ago after breaking away from the Tang Dynasty, and in fact, they should be called post-Turkic. Although it has encountered a good time for Datang's internal strife, its strength is far from growing to the point where it can compete with Datang.

According to everyone's thoughts, after the Turks discovered that the Tang army's combat effectiveness had begun to recover four years ago, they should take the initiative to show weakness and show their submission to Li Xian. In this way, not only can it win a fairly good "attached" condition for itself, but it can also take advantage of the signboard of the Tang Dynasty to take the opportunity to annex the Hui, Ba Ximi, Huanggasi and other departments to the north to strengthen itself.

However, the Mosi Khan Ashinahuan, who had tasted the sweetness from the previous raids in the south, continued to lead his troops across the Yellow River and plundered Yuanzhou and Huizhou. In that battle, although the Turks grabbed more than 30,000 stone grain and more than 10,000 war horses, they completely cut off the possibility of peace talks with the Tang Dynasty!

The face-loving Emperor Li of the Tang Dynasty knew that Yuanzhou and Huizhou had been robbed, and at the risk of the throne being subverted, he sent out his most relied on arm, Zhang Renyuan!

That Zhang Renyuan, although he was a civilian official, was even more fierce than most military generals. In the past four years, this person has repeatedly led the army to charge into battle, killing the Turkic soldiers and horses so that they could not gain a foothold along the Yellow River, so they had to take the initiative to shrink to the north of Juyanhai, and use the desert and the Gobi Desert as a barrier to block the footsteps of the Tang army.

In the spring of this year, the Meilou of the Ashna family in Chang'an sent back the news that the Tang army was preparing to attack from two sides and completely eradicate the Turkic king's tent. The experienced Minister of Internal Affairs, Ashid Tun Desire, immediately foresaw the danger and decisively proposed that the king's tent move westward, follow in the footsteps of the Turkic ancestors, pass through the territory of the Qarluqs, and go to Yibohai for refuge.

If you listen to his proposal, Datang's two-way attack plan, if there is not even an engine meeting, will directly fail. And Yi Sohai is separated from Broken Leaf by the desert, and with the strength of Broken Leaf Town, it is impossible to fight against the Sogdians at the same time, and at the same time, he also divided a group of soldiers and horses to compete with 100,000 Turkic athletes! (Note: Lake Balkhash is in Kazakhstan.) It is the fourth longest lake in the world. ）

After the Turkic men and women have recuperated for a period of time near Yibohai, they can return to the ancestral court to the east. To the south, you can seize the four towns of Anxi, and to the west, you can drive straight in, and beat those Sogdians to obediently offer gold and silver, cattle, sheep and women.

However, Mosi Khan once again insisted on staying in Mobei and fighting a decisive battle with the Tang army. And he personally formulated a "smart" strategy of defending the Shuofang army and concentrating his forces to eat the Anxi army. In order to realize this strategy, for a month and a half, the Turkic royal court did not send a single soldier to the north of Yanran Mountain, and allowed the Anxi army to rush to the outside of the Tiger Pass without hindrance.

Two days ago, Berkesunan, who was stationed in Laohuguan, was ordered to set fire to the supplies and evacuate on his own initiative. Gave way to the Anxi army to open the way to the Turkic ancestral court. However, next, the Turkic army that sharpened its knives did not wait for the news that the Tang Anxi army went straight to the Turkic ancestral court in the starry night.

The Bull Master Award set up most of his capital escort on the ruins of Tiger Pass. After passing through the tiger's mouth, the 35,000 Anxi Tang troops and their servants camped along the slopes and on both sides of the road to rest, and did not push any further. At this time, Huang Si Khan suddenly remembered to ask everyone about countermeasures, what countermeasures can everyone get except resigned to fate?!

"Lust Valley, you are resourceful. You say, what should Ben Khan do to convince the Niu Shi Award that there is no ambush from Yanran Mountain to the ancestral court?!" Unable to find anyone to come out to share his responsibilities and pressure, Mosi Khan had no choice but to take the initiative.

The Prime Minister Ashide Tunyugu struck a sudden moment in his heart, pretended to be a smile, and bowed down to respond, "Great Khan, so far, the scouts of the Anxi Army have not been in contact with the scouts of our army, so the Niu Shi Award definitely did not find that our army was ambushed in Baimayuan waiting for him to take the bait." Therefore, the minister's idea is to respond to all changes with the same. ”

"You mean, let's keep waiting?" Ink Khan's brows furrowed, and he asked for confirmation in a deep voice.

"The minister thinks that he will continue to wait for three to five days, and at the same time, send someone to keep in touch with Ashide Yuanzhen at all times." Ashde Tunyugu has been an officer of the Tang Dynasty, and his speech and demeanor are heavily influenced by the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, like a typical civil official of the Great [Shuquge quge.xyz] Tang, he bowed his hand and added very seriously, "After five days, if the Niu Shi Award is not fooled, 10,000 soldiers and horses will be left here to contain him, and the rest of the soldiers will turn around and go south to support A Shide Yuanzhen." ”

"10,000 soldiers and horses are enough?" It was rare that Mosi Khan did not deliberately find fault and get angry, and continued to frown and ask for confirmation.

"10,000 soldiers and horses to meet the Anxi army is definitely not enough, even if it is an ambush, it may not have the upper hand." After many years of being an internal minister, Ashid Tunyugu understood Huang Si's mind very well, smiled, and continued to add, "However, if you fight and retreat, you can delay the advance of the Anxi Army." In this way, the Great Khan had two more choices. ”

"Which two options?" Mosikh Khan's eyebrows jumped, and he asked quickly.

"First, concentrate all your forces and fight to the death with the Shuofang army. If he wins, he will take advantage of the power of a big victory and turn around and return to the Anxi army. My Turkic athletes are all cavalry, and they are fighting in Mobei, so they are familiar with the terrain and can come and go like the wind. In addition, it is now approaching September, and heavy snow will fall soon. The Tang army is cold, and the sky is also in my Turkic. ”

After a pause, he quickly added, "Second, it is to avoid the Shuofang army and go straight to Gaochang." This time, the main force of the Anxi army was brought out, and the soldiers and horses left in the four towns of Anxi were difficult to defend the city, let alone stop our army. In this way, although our army will lose its ancestral court, it can stir the four towns of Anxi into a pot of porridge and force the Anxi army to save itself. Then, decide whether to intercept them halfway, or turn around and head to the north of the Isokai Sea! ”

"You mean, the ancestral court and the king's tent are gone?" Rao was bold, and Mosi Khan was also taken aback by Ashid Tungu's proposal, and his old face was full of disbelief.

"My Turkic tradition was originally to live by water and grass, and where the Great Khan is, the king's tent is there." Worthy of being the first wise man of the Turks, Ashid Tunyugu solved the confusion of Mosi Khan with one sentence, "As for the ancestral court, they are all tombs and stone carvings, what is the use of Tang Jun taking them?" If Zhang Ren dares to do the grave digging, after he goes back, the Tang Dynasty will definitely not let him go. And the stone carvings, it is impossible for the Tang army to move them away. ”

"This ......" the Khan forgot his anger for a moment, and frowned and groaned.

Abandoning the ancestral court is not only giving up the tombs of ancestors and those stone carvings that record the origin of the Turks, but also giving up the Turkic women, children, and the property accumulated by everyone over the years who have not had time to escape. And if he doesn't have property, he, the great khan, what will he do next to win people's hearts?

"The Great Khan, the Gaochang people, the Loulan people, the Sogdians, and other ethnic groups in the Western Regions were originally my Turkic people. Cattle and sheep, gold and silver, women, and even shepherd slaves, we can collect them all the way. "Being able to clearly guess the thoughts of Mosi Khan, Ashid Tunyugu bowed down again and added in a low voice." As long as we can keep more than 30,000 young people, our Turks will be able to develop into the largest clan in the world again. Just like more than forty years ago, Gutuolu Khan and Ashide Yuanzhen broke away from the Tang Dynasty and rebuilt the Turks with only seven or eight hundred brothers! (Note: There is information that Ashide Yuanzhen and Tun Desire Valley are the same person, but because of the lack of evidence, it is not accepted here.) ）

There is nothing wrong with this statement in the light of past history. The Turks were destroyed by the Tang Dynasty during the Zhenguan period, and they were once attached to the Tang Dynasty. Fifty years later, Ashina Gu Tuolu and Ashide Yuanzhen, who had been junior colonels in the Tang Army, took advantage of the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty to rebuild the Turks on the ruins. What they relied on was definitely not the tombs and stone carvings of the ancestral court, but the more than 700 brothers around them at that time!

As the younger brother of the first Great Khan, Ashnagutoru, Mosi Khan had seen with his own eyes how the Turks were rebuilt, and of course could not refute the words of Ashd Tun Desire. However, he is already in his sixties this year, and when the battle situation is not clear, it is difficult for him to be as impulsive as a young man, and resolutely make the decision to abandon the ancestral court and lead his troops to Anxi.

In addition, his first few children were all daughters. The eldest son is only 12 years old this year. If he goes on an expedition, there are only two fates that await his children. First, it was left to the Tang army, and he was captured and returned to Chang'an to be humiliated. Second, tired to death on the road.

"Great Khan, according to the information sent back by the meticulous desperate efforts, the Tang Emperor is running out of time. His wife had no ambitions, but she could not convince the people. As soon as he dies, Datang will definitely fall into civil strife again. "I don't want Mosi Khan to continue to hesitate, and Ashd Tun Desire Valley once again threw out a favorable condition for the Turks." As long as the Great Khan can lead us away from the calamity that lies ahead. We will definitely be able to return to our ancestral court within five years. At that time, the Great Khan can still comfort the ancestors of the Ashna family in front of the stone carvings. ”

"Great Khan, avoiding the truth is not a shame!"

"Great Khan, the last general is willing to lead his troops and horses to stay here as a suspicious soldier!"

"Great Khan, for the sake of the future of my Turks, we must plan ahead."

"Great Khan, Zhang Renyuan is the henchman of the current emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and after the death of the emperor, he must not be reused."

"Great Khan ......"

Special service Ashina Que, Zuoxian Wang Ashina Mojianlian, Foreign Minister Ashina Desi, and others also spoke. I hope that Mosi Khan will take some responsibility, instead of continuing to look ahead.

However, after muttering repeatedly, Mosi Khan shook his head slightly, "Wait five days first!" It's about to snow, and it's cold on Yanran Mountain, so it's impossible for Niu Shi Award to keep the Tang Army stationed on the mountain. As long as the Anxi army comes to the flat ground, I, the Turkic athlete, can trample it to a pulp with my riding skills! ”

The special service Ashina Que, Zuoxian Wang Ashina Mojianlian, the internal minister Ashde Tunyugu, the foreign minister Ashide Si and others were so disappointed when they heard this, and hurriedly reminded, "Great Khan, if you don't rely on the trap and fight head-on, the Anxi army can calmly use the thunder ......."

"Ben Khan has decided, wait!" Mosikhan raised his brow and roared under his breath, like an enraged lion. "I'll talk about the rest in five days! After you go back, you will restrain your subordinates, and if there is anyone who is in chaos, there will be no mercy. ”

"Yes!" Everyone bowed helplessly. Then, they looked at each other again, and they left one after another.

The special service Ashina Que, the Zuoxian King Ashina Mojianlian, and the internal minister Ashide Tunyugu walked at the end, and as they walked, the three of them kept sighing.

With their understanding of the Great Khan of Mosi, this person could not make the decision to give up the ancestral court and lead his troops to resolutely pounce on Anxi. Five days later, the results were exactly the same. And the opportunity will be missed in the waiting. Once Zhang Renyuan breaks through the barrier of Ashina Yuanzhen, no matter what everyone does, it will be completely too late!

"Uncle is old!" Special service Ashina Que glanced at his brother Zuoxian Wang Ashina Mojian, and suddenly said in a low voice.

"The Khan is indeed old!" Zuoxian King Ashina Mojian nodded, and then turned his gaze to Ashide Tunyugu, "Prime Minister, you and Apodagan were once my father's brothers. This Turkic state was rebuilt by the three of you with your own hands......"

"Apodagan Ashide Yuanzhen, I won't agree!" Knowing what Ashina Mojilian wanted to say, Ashid Tunyugu shook his head lightly, "He has a higher prestige in the army than me. Unless ......"

Looking up at the flowing clouds in the sky, he sighed in a low voice again, "Unless he suffers defeat at the hands of Zhang Renyuan and is cornered!" ”

"Of, of, of, of......" As soon as the words fell, a series of hurried horses' hooves were heard, advancing from afar. The three of them closed their mouths and turned their heads in astonishment, only to see several Turkic soldiers covered in blood, riding on the back of war horses, rushing madly towards the Golden Horde of Mosi Khan. There were soldiers on duty along the way who tried to stop them, but they were all directly hit into a rolling gourd by these people with their war horses.

"Stop, don't storm the king's tent!" Ashid Tun Desire Valley didn't think about it, and decisively tore his throat and roared.

"Stop, don't storm the king's tent!" The special service Ashina Que and Zuoxian King Ashina Mo Jianlian both drew their swords in their hands and broke off their voices. As if ready to rush forward at any moment to protect the safety of the Mosi Khan.

"Apodgan, Apodagan is dead!" The big arrow on the horse's back, a wheel fell, used both hands and feet, and continued to approach the door of the Golden Horde, and at the same time, shouted out the reason why he was riding in the camp, "Great Khan, Zhang Ren is willing to break through the Juyan Sea Spinning Line five days ago, and break through seven camps of our army in a row." The forward, the forward of the Tang Army has now arrived on the bank of the Hunyi River, less than five hundred miles away from the ancestral court! Apodagan was killed in battle on the bank of the Hunyi River, and more than half of our troops and soldiers were killed and wounded, and they were powerless to stop the advance of the Shuofang army! ”

"What did you say?" Like a lion, the Khan rushed out of the golden tent and grabbed the messenger by the neck. "Dare to lie about the military situation, I will kill your whole family!"

"The last general, the last general will not dare. The last general, the last general pleaded with the Great Khan to quickly raise troops to avenge Apodgan...... "The general was no longer able to stand firm on his own, struggling and pleading, and the sweat on his body was accompanied by blood, dripping all over the ground.

'Don't worry about Ah Shide Yuanzhen's thoughts anymore! A flash of joy flashed across Secret Service Ashna Que's face. Immediately, he slowly inserted the waist knife back into the scabbard.

"The time is not yet yet, please be patient with the secret service and King Zuo Xian!" Ashde Tun Lust Valley stretched out his hand and gently grabbed the shoulder of the special agent Ashina Que, and spoke in a low voice that only the three of them could hear.