In July of the 14th year of the Great Cause, Li Po led his army north to the grassland.

Under the First World War, more than 20,000 Turkic elite horsemen were annihilated on the banks of the Turkic royal court, and the damage was extremely slight, creating a very classic battle example.

No matter what impact this war had on the Turkic royal court, for the Daizhou army, it can only be said to be the beginning of the battle of the Daizhou army to the northward steppe.

After the battle, the cunning of Li Po's troops in the battle was once again revealed.

After the battle, he did not hesitate at all, and led his army to the northeast, following the direction and traces of the Kru Protectorate, and headed straight in the direction of the Yellow Flag Sea.

In addition to hiding the traces of the army, he wanted the cattle and sheep left in the Yellow Flag Sea by the Kru Guard.

The idea of a quick battle has gradually faded in Li Po's mind, and after excluding a strong opponent, Li Po estimates that in the short term, the threat has been minimized.

In fact, this is one of the most important reasons why he found the Kru Protector to go to war.

Because the Kru Protectorate is very similar to the Daizhou Army, light cavalry comes and goes, and it is now the Turkic cavalry that poses the greatest threat to the Daizhou Army on the grassland in the clouds.

As soon as the Kru Protectorate went, all the Turks could do was to gather tribal warriors and encircle and intercept the Daizhou army.

Even if Shibi Khan is still there, it will take a certain amount of time, and it is already July, and the winter of the steppe is coming, and the Turks will feel very uncomfortable.

Especially at this moment, when the new Turkic Khan has not yet ascended to the throne, their reaction will be slower.

Whether this guess was accurate or not, Li Po didn't know, so he left a thousand people to wander around the edge of Dingxiang County as the eyes and ears of the western side of the army.

And since it can't be resolved quickly, the Daizhou army needs grain and grass logistics, and the Daizhou army goes north, carrying more than a month's worth of food, which can almost be used in winter.

This is already the limit of what the cavalry brigade can carry with them.

Therefore, Li Po looked back and fell in love with the place of Huangqihai.

Huangqihai is a large lake, not to mention the abundance of water and plants, and the most important thing is its location.

Huangqihai is almost more than 100 miles east of Dingxiang County, located in the northeast of Dali City, not far from the Great Wall.

This place was very inconspicuous before, but now, it is a very good place for the Daizhou Army to stay.

It almost choked the throat of the eastern city to Dali City, of course, Ashina Boyu led the Eastern Turkic tribes to the royal court, and did not need to pass through the Yellow Flag Sea, but as long as he stopped in the Yellow Flag Sea, then the traces of the tribe led by Ashina Boyu could not hide the scouts of the Daizhou army.

In fact, it is clear when you say this.

When the Daizhou army went north to the grassland, there were already three main enemies.

Located in the south of Ake in Dingxiang County, stationed in the Yellow Flag Sea, there is Ashina Boyu.

These three parts constitute the three pillars of Ashina Elivo's struggle for the Turkic khanate.

Obviously, this is not all his strength, there are countless tribes under the account of Dongfang Khan, counting the Khitans, Xi tribes, and Ya people who are attached to the Turks, it can be said that Dongfang Khan is undoubtedly the most powerful person in the Turks today, and there is no one.

But the battle for the throne is not much different from the fight for the throne in the south, and it is more about the political maneuvers than the number of soldiers and horses you have.

In Li Po's view, the two Khans of the Eastern and Western Turks are undoubtedly powerful, they are different from the vassal kings of the Great Sui, they hold military power in their hands, and they are authoritarian and self-authoritarian, more like the two powerful vassal states left and right by the royal court.

However, they were very fragile, and the loose tribal alliance system made the two vassal states bloated and slow to respond, and their relationship with the royal court also made the powerful Turkic Khanate full of dangers.

Just like now, as long as the wings of the Eastern Khan Ashina Eliver are cut off one after another, then the Dongfang Khan in the royal court is more like the proton left in the Zhao State by the former Qin.

I have the strength of my body, but I am blocked out.

This is when Dongfang Khan is at his most vulnerable, and everyone understands this.

So next, the target of the Daizhou Army's attack is very clear, the westward migration tribe led by Ashina Boyu.

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The grasslands around the Yellow Flag Sea are calm.

Herds of cattle, sheep and horses roam the grassland, nibbling on the sweet weeds.

Tents are scattered here, the sun sets, unkempt slaves, driven by their masters, milk goats, slaughter sheep, light bonfires, wisps of smoke rise into the sky, and then are blown away by the autumn wind.

The masters drove the animals, gathered them around the tents, and entered the tents to prepare for the slaves' dinner.

This is the most common scene in the grassland in the clouds, the only difference is that there are no women here.

And everything in this steppe belongs to the Kru guard, or more precisely, everything here is owned by 20,000 Turkic elite horsemen.

They were part of the cavalry army, and the main force of the army went west to the royal court, and because of their eagerness, they threw all the logistical baggage of the army in the Yellow Flag Sea.

Originally, there were three other tribes here, and before the arrival of the army, they all migrated north, leaving this extraordinarily fertile grassland to them.

If nothing else, they will spend the winter here, a nice place.

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From time to time, Kuqa dipped some water from the lake next to him, and sharpened his short knife with a small piece of grinding stone.

This is a strong Turkic boy, with obvious traces of the northern desert tribe on his body, deep facial features, fair skin, slightly curly hair, he is in the development period, and his hair has begun to thicken.

Not far from him, another young man of his age was looking at the lake in distraction, but after a while, he frowned and looked back at Kucha, which was constantly making noise, and roared angrily, "Aku, it's not good to sharpen your knife anymore." ”

Kuqa was very focused, ignoring the anger of his companions.

The young man snorted and turned his head helplessly, "Aku, how nice it would be if I could live here all the time?" ”

Kuqa finally raised his head, shone the sharpened short knife against the setting sun, and smiled with satisfaction, revealing a row of white teeth.

responded casually, "Then you can stay, anyway, your surname is Ashina." ”

His companion stood up, laughing and raising his arms as if to pick up the lake.

"Yes, my surname is Ashina, the power given to me by the gods, when I grow up, I will make this place my place, this place is so beautiful......"

As usual, Kucha began to say his own reasoning, and by the way, he poured cold water on his companions, "I don't know how many people are on the grassland in places like this, only scimitars and war horses can let us get everything we want, my brother, why don't you understand?" ”

Obviously, they have grown up together since childhood, and their visions for the future life have become more and more divided.

"Ah Ku, wisdom is the thing we can rely on the most, swinging a scimitar at others, we ourselves will also be injured, what a beautiful place, you want to use your own and other people's blood to stain it, that's really bad."

Kucha swung the short knife twice vigorously, inserted it back into the scabbard casually, pursed his lips, and muttered, "But my surname is Ashina." ”

His ancestor was a slave of the Ashina clan, and later broke away from the status of a slave because of his military exploits and became a warrior, what he needed to inherit was not pasture and cattle and sheep, but the glory of the warrior.

How could the descendants of the Ashina clan, who were born nobles, really become his like-minded brothers?

"It's getting late, let's go back......"

Kucha said, standing up, but then, he looked to the west in confusion.

Unaware, his companion walked up to him, pounded his strong chest with his fist, and said, "Aku, we can see the sea of ice this winter......

Before he could finish speaking, Kucha pushed him away, bent over and crawled on the ground.

After a while, he raised his head slightly, and said suspiciously: "The general is back with a warrior?" I heard a lot of horses' hooves, how could this be, didn't they go to the royal court? ”

His companion scratched his messy hair, almost knocking his suede hat off, "Did you hear me right? How did Crewe come back? I've heard that they are going to spend the winter in the royal court, until the king of the Khan becomes the Great Khan, and at that time, it is said that there will be a great alliance in the royal court, and I wonder if we will be able to catch it? ”

The two Turkic teenagers stood on the shore of the lake, not too panicked, and in this place, there would never be a large group of enemies.

On the grassland in the distance, there were black dots in twos and threes, and the two teenagers knew that they were the rangers of the army, and gradually a black line appeared in the distance, and their speed was very fast, and they came on horseback with the sunset on their backs, making them look more like warriors who came out of the Sun God Palace.

"They're wearing armor?"

Kucha asked his companion suspiciously, and his companion asked rhetorically, "Is it the attachment of the royal court?" ”

Time passed in suspicion, and the two teenagers lost the best chance to escape, and when they finally realized that something was wrong and wanted to go back to warn their people, they were already blocked by the army of rangers on the lakeside.

In fact, there is no need to deliberately encircle, in the face of such an army, scattered individuals have neither the ability to resist nor the opportunity to escape.

The army rolled by without stopping, and swept across the steppe to the northeast.

A cavalry of several hundred men, breaking away from the army, came to a stop where the two teenagers had stopped, and planted a flag on the ground that the two teenagers had never seen before.

The sturdy warriors dismounted, and in a short time they cut down a few trees by the lakeshore and lit a bonfire.

Two teenagers who tried to escape have been recaptured.

Kucha had a blue nose and swollen face, and there was blood on his head, so it was obvious that he was resisting fiercely.

His companion was much better, except for some dry grass on his body, and this was when his horse was shot to death, and he rolled around on the ground a few times, and that's it.

(Commuter Pass) (To be continued.) )