Chapter 25 Use your example as bait
The snowflakes, which were already thinning, suddenly became like flying in the sky, falling bigger and bigger.
The Turks dragged their families and drove their livestock, and fled for their lives on the rugged mountain roads, and the procession stretched for miles and in an endless stream, and from time to time people or livestock slipped under their feet, stumbled and fell into the ravines on both sides of the road, and fell to pieces......
The cattle neighed and the people wept.
Ashnasimo rode on his horse, looking up at the gray sky like a plumb sink, letting the snowflakes fall on his face, and the north wind blew like a knife.
The wolf's head banner that once dominated the grassland desert flew fiercely in the cold wind and bitter snow, and it has long since lost its majestic charm of the past, and all that remains is sadness and thinness......
Wiping his face that was about to freeze, Ashina Simo looked back at the clansmen who were still walking between the mountain roads and ravines, turned over and dismounted, and got into a carriage.
It was very warm in the car, a large animal skin was laid on the floor, a low table was placed in the center, there was a burning brass charcoal stove on it, and there was a wooden box next to it, in which bone char was placed.
Zhao Deyan's white hair was neatly tied, and a beast skin jacket was tightly wrapped, and he was leaning on the carriage and napping......
Ashina Simo was silent, reached out and took out a stall of wine from the dark compartment of the carriage on one side, patted open the mud seal, and poured a big sip down.
The drink ran down his beard and dripped down his chest.
It's very depressed and decadent......
Zhao Deyan opened his eyes in a daze, looked at Ashina Simo for a while, and suddenly said, "Can't bear it? ”
Ashina Smo paused, then poured down another big sip of wine, drank too quickly, choked and coughed repeatedly, and his black and red face became darker and darker.
Zhao Deyan sat up straight, sighed, and said faintly: "How can things in the world be perfected? If you want to reap, you will give it, this is the way of heaven. If these Turkic warriors were not sacrificed, how could Datang accept the old and weak women and children who survived the Turks with confidence? If you can't naturalize the Tang Dynasty, then the Turks can only be vassals of the Tang Dynasty forever, either living in the Eilechuan River, or grazing in the Hetao, and the children and grandchildren are just the Ping Domain of the Tang Dynasty, and one day, either perish in the Tang Dynasty or become extinct in a foreign race...... The sacrifice now is for the sake of a better life for future generations! As long as they can be naturalized in the Tang Dynasty, the descendants of the Turks can live in the rich Guanzhong, the flat Central Plains, and even the picturesque Jiangnan...... You, Ashnasmo, may be the last Khan in Turkic history to be spurned, but you will also become a god in the hearts of all Turks! Because you are willing to bear the infamy, just in exchange for the Turks to be able to happily thrive in the land of the Tang Dynasty, this is more difficult than death! ”
Ashina Simo was still silent, but the big hand holding the wine jar was already bruised.
Two lines of turbid tears flowed down suddenly, dripping down the knotted beard and falling on the low table in front of him......
He is the most incompetent Khan of the Turks, he has no ambition to restore the country, let alone the ambition to sweep the eight wildernesses, he is only willing to live in the rich and prosperous land of Chang'an, singing and dancing, and the bells are ringing and eating.
Now, he has to lead those warriors who are loyal to him to a dead end, and use the death of these warriors in exchange for the mercy of the Tang Dynasty, allowing the remaining Turkic women and children to be able to organize their families and become Tang people......
Is it right or wrong to do this?
The almighty Tengger only cared about the heavy snow, and the invincible wolf god didn't even howl......
Ashina Sima was at a loss.
Outside the carriage, an anxious cry rang out: "Great Khan! Xue Yantuo's people caught up, less than ten miles away from the rear formation! ”
Ashina Simo was in a trance again.
Xue Yantuo tracked down so quickly, which meant that Kang Sumi and his Rites had already been killed......
He resented Kang Sumi's betrayal back then, and as a result, he himself surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and at this moment all the hatred has turned into nothingness with the death of the Lite people, and there is only the sadness of the rabbit and the fox in his heart.
"Go, my Great Khan, use your bravery to lead the last warriors of the Turks to block the path to happiness for your people!"
Zhao Deyan looked kind and spoke in a gentle tone.
Ashina Simo wiped away a handful of tears, raised his head, and looked directly at Zhao Deyan: "If that Fang Jun only knows how to stick to Mayi, the guards of Yanmen Pass will not allow Turkic women and children to enter the pass...... What can I do? ”
Zhao Deyan looked at the majestic Turkic Khan in front of him, speechless......
There is no turning back, and even if things are going where you fear, what can you do?
Could it be that you can turn back time, go back to the beginning, and start all over again?
The Turks are really at the end of their rope......
Just like the dynasty of the Han people, every time the country overthrows and changes the dynasty, there will be one or two incompetent monarchs, pushing the declining empire into the abyss of no return.
Today's Turkic people, one fled to the Western Regions and traveled thousands of miles, and the other surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and is about to become extinct.
The former overlord of the grassland has fallen to this point in just a few decades, Zhao Deyan should have had the pleasure of revenge, but he didn't know that he had a little more embarrassment......
"Da Khan can rest assured that although the old man has never seen that Fang Jun, since he is Fang Xuanling's son, he is not expected to be a fool. Xue Yantuo drove straight into the territory of Shuozhou and attacked and killed the Turks, if he didn't move on the wall, the emperor would spare him? So it was inevitable that he would send troops. If you come to the rescue of the Great Khan, then the Tang Army should appear in Xue Yantuo's rear at this moment, Xue Yantuo dares to ignore the Tang Iron Cavalry, and still unscrupulously pursue and kill the Great Khan? In this way, there is only one possibility left, the Tang army must have held the Evil Yang Ridge and occupied a favorable terrain, just waiting for Xue Yantuo to withdraw the army, to attack head-on, catch the turtle in the urn! ”
Zhao Deyan peeled back the cocoon, and the analysis was extremely clear.
Ashina Simo looked sad: "That kid just sat back and watched the Turks being slaughtered by Xue Yantuo, and then sat back to reap the benefits of the fisherman?" What do you think of the Turks, his bait? ”
Although the original plan was to abandon all the Turkic warriors to induce Xue Yantuo's army to penetrate deep into the Tang Dynasty, the Turkic warriors would fight Xue Yantuo to the death under the Yanmen Pass.
At the same time, he created an excuse for the Tang army to start a war, and completely cut off this Xue Yantuo cavalry through the hands of the Tang army, which was also a merit of his Ashina Simo, although the price was a bit too painful......
Things are developing exactly according to Zhao Deyan's expectations, and Fang Jun's performance almost meets Zhao Deyan's highest requirements.
This kid is really a ruthless person, and he actually watched the Turks die cleanly......
Zhao Deyan sighed and said: "The matter has come to this, why is the Great Khan still entangled and lingering in his heart? You must know that even if this is not a bait, the fate of the Turks will not be much better. The Tang Dynasty will never go to war with Xue Yantuo, and Xue Yantuo's army crossed the Baidaochuan River to Monan, and what he fancied was the Eilechuan, and if he didn't kill the Turks, how could he occupy this fertile land in Monan? Therefore, it must have been Xue Yantuo who brazenly attacked Dingxiang City, and then the Tang army hastily responded to the battle. With the Turkic soldiers and combat power, how long do you think you can resist Xue Yantuo's army? I'm afraid that when the Tang army rescues Dingxiang, you will still become a prisoner of Xue Yantuo's subordinates...... Go to war, fight for a piece of the sky for the descendants of the Turks, and fight for a chance to live in the rich land of the Han people, don't hesitate! ”
"No!"
Ashina Simo smiled bitterly, turned over and lifted the curtain, and got out of the carriage.
The cold north wind mixed with snowflakes hit him head-on, which made him feel refreshed, grabbed the reins of the war horse and jumped on the horse's back, drew his waist knife, raised his arms and shouted: "Turkic warriors, Xue Yantuo reneged on the covenant of the year and killed his allies, he will be punished by the gods, and the people and gods are angry!" Now, we have no way to retreat, we can only use our bodies and flesh to stop Xue Yantuo's killing, and give our wives and children the opportunity to rush to Yanmen Pass. The Tang army has already rushed to the rescue in the Evil Yang Ridge, as long as we block Xue Yantuo's pursuit, we will be able to live! ”
"Great Khan! We are not afraid of death! ”
"Xue Yantuo broke the covenant, and sooner or later he will be punished by heaven!"
"After the Turkic Erlang is the wolf god, he never flinched, and fought to the end!"
"Fight to the end!"
The Turkic warriors on the left and right gathered around Ashina Simo, their expressions were excited, and in order for their wives and children to arrive at Yanmen Pass safely, they decided to use their blood to block the footsteps of the Xue Yantuo people!
With tears in his eyes, Ashnasimo shouted: "Turkic warriors, array! ”