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There was silence in the big tent of the Turkic Khan, in addition to the royal family Ashinabu, more than 20 other tribal leaders, as well as the eldest grandson Wuji and Yuming, all came to the big tent and gathered together. Now the envoys of the Sui Dynasty and the Eastern Turks are tied to the same chariot, and they can only fight with all their might.

Shibi Khan's voice rang out at this time: "We are unlucky this time, it just so happens that a large number of people have not returned, and at the same time, some tribes loyal to my Ashina have not yet arrived. But he had to suddenly encounter the armies of the Tiele Department and the Murowei Department. Now we have only more than 50,000 troops in the Tooth Tent, and among them there are only more than 10,000 elite men who can really fight, but now there are 50,000 people in the Tiele Division, plus the Wanmuwei people who are ambushed in the Death Sands, the situation is not in our favor. Let's all have their opinions! What should we do now? ”

After Shibi Khan finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the eldest grandson Wuji and Yuming. In fact, what he said was more for the chief and deputy envoys of the Sui Dynasty.

Especially that last sentence – asking us what to do? In fact, it is to ask the eldest grandson Wuji and Yuming to take the idea. It's just that he didn't dare to say it explicitly. Now that Bohan has been killed by his son Tuli, it is impossible for the Western Turkic Khan to reconcile with him, and the two sides will be inseparable, so he can only break off the idea of forming an alliance with the Western Turks. Stand with the Sui Dynasty.

At this time, a whisper sounded in the big tent, and Shibi Khan's words were actually quite dissatisfied. Although Bonham was killed by Tuli, everyone knows that Tuli is just a reckless man who is straightforward and has no scheming. Who else is really planning this action, apart from the eldest grandson Wuji and Yuming?

And this dissatisfaction of Shibi Khan, although it was only a flash in his eyes, was still captured by his younger brother Jieli.

Jieli is a representative of the Eastern Turkic aristocracy, pro-Western Turk, he has always believed that the Turks are all a family, and although the Sui Dynasty was friendly with his father Qimin Khan, he was an outsider after all. Moreover, the friendship between the Sui Dynasty and the Eastern Turks was also to rely on the power of the Eastern Turks to fight against the Western Turks, trying to avoid the integration of the Eastern and Western Turks.

Therefore, as early as when the Qimin Khan was in power, he believed that he should not get close to the Sui Dynasty. It is believed that this will lead to a loss of autonomy. Therefore, after Duji succeeded to the throne, he advised Shibi Khan to maintain neutrality between the Western Turks and the Sui dynasty in order to obtain the greatest benefits.

However, the aggressiveness of the Western Turks, as well as the hunting operation of the Sui army last night, cut off his strategy, which made him a little dissatisfied in his heart.

He then said coldly: "Although the Western Turks attacked Kedun in front, they were unsuccessful. We had room to redeem it. However, because of the reaction of the Sui army, he faced such a predicament. Lord Eldest Sun, General Yu. You are so brave against the Western Turkic envoys of the upper five, but now why are you silent against the 80,000 troops of Shangmurwei and Tiele Tribe? ”

After hearing this, the eyes of all the Turkic nobles in the big tent all looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and Yu Ming together.

The eldest grandson Wuji had to speak: "We have sent people to Mayi and Wuyuan to inform the local Sui army. Now we can retreat south while waiting for Sui reinforcements to converge. ”

"Withdrawal? Is it too late? There are still so many supplies and women and children in the tooth tent camp, everyone has no preparation at all, if you really want to retreat, the preparation time will be at least days! When Chu Luo heard this, he said dissatisfiedly.

Jieli even sneered and said, "Hmph! That's a nice thing to say. The Western Turks ran a few dozen or so away, and they would definitely go and inform the Murwei and Tiele people. It is estimated that their army will be killed soon. How will we have more than 10,000 people to deal with their 80,000 people? And how to cover the retreat of women and children? ”

At this time, Yu Ming stood up, glanced at everyone present for a moment, and then said: "Now, we only have two things to go, one is to throw away the property of women and children, and lead the army of ten thousand to flee to the south. The second is to attack with all your strength and defeat the Murowei and Tiele people, so that all the property of women and children can be saved! At the same time, it can also play the prestige of the Khan, so that all the young people with different hearts will not dare to despise my Turk anymore! ”

As soon as his voice fell, there was a sudden uproar in the big tent.

Jieli immediately yelled, "Yuming, do you want us to die?" We only have more than 10,000 people, but the other side has an army of 80,000! ”

"Yes! Others have been planning for a long time, we are in a hurry, and we are far less prepared than others! Chu Luo also said with doubts.

"If you go to meet the enemy's 80,000 army like this, you will definitely be defeated!"

"No! Neither option is acceptable! ”

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There was an immediate uproar in the tent, and the vast majority of the Turkic nobles were opposed to taking the initiative to attack the enemy in a disadvantageous situation.

Yu Ming raised his head at this time, stared at Shibi Khan with sharp eyes and said: "Khan, time is running out now, if we fight immediately, we may still have a chance to win." Hesitation will only lead to a catastrophe for everyone, Khan, please decide! ”

Shibi Khan bowed his head and remained silent, he knew that Yuming's suggestion was actually the truth.

If you take the property of women and children and run away, you will inevitably not be able to run fast, and you will be caught up by the cavalry of the Tiele Department and the Murowei Department, and finally end up in a situation where the whole army is annihilated. Moreover, even if he is lucky enough not to die, his prestige will be greatly damaged, not to mention the other Turkic tribes, but I am afraid that even the nobles of the Ashina tribe will think that he is not worthy of being a khan.

So, now for him, he can only fight against the water. Fortunately, the Sui army still has thousands of elite ironclad cavalry, and if they can seize the fighter and defeat the enemy's main force first, they may not be defeated.

Moreover, if he wins this battle, all doubts about him, including suspicion that he poisoned the Khan of Qimin, will disappear without a trace. This is actually an opportunity for him.

Thinking of this, Shibi Khan finally nodded and agreed to Yuming's plan.

He stood up at this time and said with a solemn face: "General Yu is right, we Turkic men can only die like heroes, and we can't escape like Confucians, and now we have no choice but to fight with all our strength!" The life and death of our Ashina Department is at stake here. ”

After that, he said to the eldest grandson Wuji: "Lord eldest grandson, this time against the people of Muwei and Tiele, you will be in command!" ”

"Me? It's not the material to be a general! The eldest grandson Wuji shook his head with a smile, and then pointed at Yuming and said: "On the two expeditions to Goryeo, the first one in the Sui army was my brother-in-law Yuming. Therefore, I recommend General Yu to take full command of the joint operations of our two armies. ”

"No! I disagree! ”

Jieli stood up at this time, glared angrily, and said, "Yuming may be good at commanding the Sui army, but he may not be qualified to command Turkic warriors?" The warriors of our Turks can only be commanded by ourselves! ”

The Turkic nobles immediately whispered that Yu Ming had indeed never commanded the Turks in battle. And the nomads on the steppe and the army in the Central Plains do have some differences in their combat methods. Yu Ming can command the Sui army, but he may not be able to command the Turkic army well.

However, Tuli said loudly at this time: "Although I did the attack on the camp of the Western Turks this time, the battle plan was drafted by General Yu. I attacked the Western Turkic envoys according to his plan, killing more than four people, but my own casualties were less than fifty. You say, is General Yu qualified to command the Turks in battle? ”

Although Shibi Khan had long suspected that the attack on the Western Turkic camp was instigated by the envoys of the Sui Dynasty, he never had the opportunity to inquire about the Turks. And now Tuli's words just confirmed his thoughts from the side. This made him unhappy in his heart, and secretly thought that Yuming actually provoked his son to take corn for him. He did not give him face, and played with their father above the applause.

And Tuli's counterattack made Jieli can't help but stammer, and the big tent immediately fell silent.

Shibi Khan pondered for a moment, and now he had carte blanche to Yuming. Although this person didn't like him, it was the time to employ people, and he couldn't find a more suitable general candidate than Yuming for a while.

So, he waved his hand and said, "Okay! This time, against the Mur Wei and Tiele Division, it will be under the full command of General Yu! ”

Jieli couldn't help but look pale, and opened his mouth to object again, but he finally swallowed back when his words came to his mouth. Because he found that even if he vetoed Yuming, he would not be able to propose a second suitable candidate. And even if you bring it up, in case you lose, you have to bear the responsibility of recommending people improperly.

Therefore, after thinking for a while, he had no choice but to agree.

Thus, the commander of the coalition forces was decided.

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"Woo-woo!" The assembly horn sounded.

In the tents dotted around the area, the warriors of the Eastern Turks, after hearing the role of the trumpet, rushed out, put on leather armor, put on swords, carried bows and arrows, mounted their war horses, and gathered around the tents. In less than an hour, the army of ten thousand people had been assembled.

And the thousand ironclad cavalry of the Sui Dynasty envoy regiment, under the command of Yu Chengdu, gathered in front of a newly built wooden platform in front of the king's tent. They lined up neatly, fully armed, and all of them were wearing iron armor, especially the war horses under their crotches were all Aweibo war horses purchased by Da Shi, which were very strong and strong. They sat on tall horses, and looked very imposing, a head taller than the Turkic cavalry in the rear.

This is also the effect that Yu Ming wants to achieve, he wants to let the Turks understand that the cavalry combat effectiveness of the Great Sui is far stronger than that of the Turks. The Turkic nobles did not dare to regain the idea of going south.

Chuluo, Jieli, Tuli, and even a cadre of Turkic upper-class nobles such as Shibi Khan, after seeing the heyday lineup of the Sui army, they couldn't help but feel shocked in their hearts.

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