Chapter 571: Ashina Helu
Ashina Helu is a very ambitious guy, who once rebelled against the Western Turkic Khanate for his own interests, but unfortunately things were not satisfactory, and after being suppressed, he led his troops to flee into the Tang Dynasty. Originally, at that time, Datang was also using troops abroad, so he was temporarily appointed as a general and went out with the army! Ashina Helu fought bravely and made great contributions in the Tang Dynasty, but unfortunately, this person is a wolf who is not fed, although he is used to seeing the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, but for the yearning for power, Ashina Helu, where is he willing to condescend to others? Finally, Ashina Helu resolutely returned to the Western Turks, and when the Tang Dynasty had no time to take care of it, he unified the Western Turks in one fell swoop, calling himself the Khan of the Western Turks, and formed a confrontation with the Tang Dynasty!
Ashina Helu is a person who will never be satisfied, he is very unaccustomed to this kind of life when he returns to the prairie, after all, he has enjoyed such a prosperous life in Datang, and it is really a bit boring to live this kind of poor life on the prairie! Therefore, Ashina Helu wants to be able to wave his army south and occupy the Central Plains of the Tang Dynasty, so that he can enjoy it? It's a pity that it's just a matter of thinking about it, during Li Shimin's reign, the national strength was prosperous, and it was not something that the current Western Turkic Khanate could shake at all, so Ashina Helu has been forbearing.
"Woo! Woo! Woo。。。。。。 "The cold wind is raging, the pain on people's faces is like a knife cut, and the snow 'feathers' like goose feathers are flying, turning the endless prairie into a silvery white, and the university has been raining for three days and three nights. The same is true of Qianquan, although it is the royal court of the Turkic Khanate, but it still can't stop the baptism of wind and snow, here has the best water grass in the steppe, but now the entire water area is completely covered by ice and snow, cattle and sheep are frostbitten and starved to death a lot, some are buried alive by the heavy snow to death, and the whole steppe spreads a disturbing atmosphere.
"How? What about the losses? How much food do we have to survive this winter? Ashina Helu sat on the tiger skin chair in the cowhide tent, looking left and right with a slightly blue face. Ashina has just ascended the throne not long ago, but it has also made the Western Turks develop a lot, and there is a faint trend of restoring the original Turkic domination of the grassland, but the Hui Tiele people are not vegetarians, and Tiele now has a good relationship with the Tang Dynasty, so this is also the reason why Ashina Helu has been holding back! This time he encountered a snowstorm that he had never seen before, so that the Western Turks could be said to have suffered heavy losses, and they couldn't be reasonable at all, seeing their goal getting closer and closer, but suddenly there was a heavy snowfall, could it be that their ambitions were stopped like this? Ashina Helu clenched his fists, and a pair of tiger eyes released a chilling glow.
"Back to the Great Khan! This time we can say that we have suffered a lot of losses! Now among the ten surnamed tribes, our department has been regarded as the smallest loss, this time I don't know if it is the test of the gods, it has been raining for so long in the snowstorm, many cattle and sheep are buried in the wind and snow, and some are lost a lot. I am afraid that if our ministry does not take some measures, it will be difficult to survive this cold winter, and it will also cause dissatisfaction among other ministries. Although we still have food from the Tang Dynasty, these are only enough for the rations of our soldiers, and those civilians can't help them at all! Even if I can get through it this time, but after the 'spring' day, I still have a lot of losses, and I can't recover at all! "A wise man who looks like Ashina Helu's men, his long beard is all white, and his body is rickety, but his eyes are still bright, and he looks like an old man with a lot of knowledge.
"Is there a solution, or we will find that King Wei to 'trade' some grain, and exchange those frostbitten cattle, sheep and horses for some grain with them, so that we can not only reduce our losses, but also let the people of the tribe have enough to eat!" Ashina Helu's eyebrows were furrowed, he had been annoyed enough in the past few days, but seeing that the situation was getting more and more pessimistic, this made Ashina Helu a little unable to sit still!
"This 。。。。。。 I'm afraid it won't work! The Great Khan still remembers that when the King of Wei asked the Great Khan to send troops to attack the Tang Dynasty with him, he was rejected by the Great Khan! Since then, the King of Wei has rarely contacted our troops, only training there! Now if we go to him to 'hand' over food, not only may we be ridiculed by him, but I am afraid that the King of Wei will 'find out' our situation, in that case, the King of Wei will definitely take the opportunity to take the initiative and let us 'hand' over greater benefits! The old man twisted his beard in his hand, thought carefully for a moment, and then looked up at Ashina Helu and said worriedly. The old man is not alarmist, after several contacts with Li Tai, the old man knows that Li Tai is good at grasping people's hearts, and more importantly, Ashina Helu cannot give up great benefits.
"Bang!" When Ashina Helu heard the old man's words, his eyes widened, and the big fist of the casserole slammed on the table in front of him, and many people looked at Ashina Helu quietly. These people are all Ashina Helu's cronies, but none of them dare to make any special moves in front of Ashina Helu. Ashina Helu is extremely cautious, and most importantly, Ashina Helu is extremely conceited and self-serving, and it is impossible to listen to some dissenting words, so no one dares to anger the wolf in front of him!
"Humph! He dares! A yellow-mouthed boy dared to be presumptuous in front of Ben Great Khan, if it weren't for the fact that we had a good 'deal' at the beginning, how could Ben Great Khan tolerate letting him wreak havoc on my steppe? Now that he is just looking for him to 'get' some food, what else does he dare to say, isn't he afraid that Ben Great Khan will eradicate them in one fell swoop and leave them in a place where they have no place to stand? Ashina Helu's face sank, looking at the old man in front of him, this was not angry with the old man, but he had not been able to find a way to solve the disaster, which made Ashina Helu extremely annoyed!
Ashina Helu said the same thing, because he knew that Li Tai had a lot of soldiers under him, and now Ashina Helu was a little too busy to take care of himself, where did he care about Li Tai? I guess I said something like this to vent my anger! I knew that Ashina Helu would exchange more horses for some food, and now it will not be 'get' to this point, in order to suppress Li Tai's development on the grassland, Ashina Helu is very strict about Li Tai's horses, and it is impossible for Li Tai to have cavalry that threatens his position.
"That's what the Great Khan said! Those armies of the King of Wei are naturally not in the eyes of the Great Khan, but now we are here to settle things, not to create disputes! As far as I know, there is not too much grain in the King of Wei, and several granaries in the Central Plains have been seized, and it is impossible to provide him with food at all. I'm afraid that if the King of Wei can't find a solution to the problem of food, there will really be horse bandits who threaten our grassland! The old man looked at Ashina Helu and shook his head, in exchange for food, it is only a symptom but not a cure, at this time, the Western Turkic Khanate is seriously affected, and it is not at all that little food can be alleviated, so some other countermeasures must be come up.
"Oh!? If that's the case, wouldn't we have no choice? The herdsmen are counting on these cattle and sheep, and now without them, they simply can't get by! At that time, I am afraid that what my Great Khan said will not have any effect, so I must solve these problems as soon as possible! "Ashina Helu is not a fool, he also knows the truth of the people's will, he can bring benefits to these tribes, then they will support him as the Great Khan, but if he can't solve this matter, he will not have much binding force on the ministries in the future.
"Khan, rest assured! With me waiting, whoever doesn't listen to the Khan, we will lead our troops to destroy them! Let them know that the Khan is powerful, so that no one can oppose the Khan! "The one who stood up and said it was a big man, as strong as a cow, and a guy who had no head and no brains, and could only speak with his fists. Ashina Helu just waved his hand at this, he didn't just want to dominate the prairie, but he also had an infinite yearning for the beautiful Central Plains, how could he spend his time 'wasting' on such trivial things?
"Gray, I know your loyalty, but there are some things that can't be done by brute force, so you better step down! Alas! Is there really nothing to be done this time? Now that I've come to this point, if I give up, I'm really unwilling! Ashina Helu looked at Ashina Gray and smiled, he naturally had confidence in Ashina Gray, after all, the first warrior of the grassland was not so simple!
"Khan! How did you forget! We, the grassland people, if you don't have it, just grab it! Didn't our ancestors just rely on robbing little by little? And we pay so many tributes to Datang every year, it's time to come back, right? Anyway, the Khan has long seen that the Tang Dynasty is not pleasing to the eye, and it just so happens that this time he also let them know that we Turks are powerful! Ashina Gray said angrily, but I have to admit that his words are indeed very attractive, didn't the Turks in the past make a fortune by robbing things?
"I naturally thought of what you said! But we can't clash head-on with Datang now, after all, Datang at this time is not what we can face now, at least it will take a few years, well! Waiting until Li Shimin is gone is the best time for us to attack! Although Ashina Helu didn't say it, he was still a little afraid of Li Shimin's existence in his heart, so when Li Shimin was alive, Ashina Helu didn't really think about using knives and guns with Datang at all.
"Hey! Khan! Those Central Plains people are thin and weak, where is the opponent of our steppe warriors, no matter how strong Li Shimin is, he is just one person, how many years has he been the emperor! It's long gone! Otherwise, no son would dare to rebel against him! Ashina Gray seems to be very dissatisfied with Ashina Helu's fear of Li Shimin, and in his opinion, Ashina Helu should not be afraid of anyone.