"What did you say?" Jieli's trembling fingers pointed at the loss of thought.

"Great Khan, Ashina's 5,000 cavalry was wiped out, and only more than 200 people returned... Obsessed with his thinking and bowing down in front of Jieli, he didn't dare to raise his head.

"Five thousand people, it's over in an hour?" Jieli couldn't believe his ears. "What about the Ashina people? I'm going to kill him, how did he lead the troops... His face turned red, as if blood was about to burst out of his head.

Zhao Deyan saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly patted Jieli on the back, and said, "If you lose your thinking power, you quickly call the rest of the people in to discuss the matter." ”

Seeing that he was obsessed with his mental strength and walked out, Jieli put down his trembling hand after a while, let out a sigh of relief, and cried: "Five thousand centaurs are gone, what should I do now?" In winter, there is no information, and it is impossible to gather the people of other tribes, and now there are only 10,000 soldiers in the entire city. Halfway through, how will this battle be fought? ”

"Don't worry, Great Khan, we have nothing to do with the city, and when the time comes, we can mobilize young people to help defend the city. Now the main thing is to figure out how those 5,000 were defeated? Zhao Deyan squinted his eyes and said unhurriedly: "The Tang army will not be able to attack the city for a while and a half, and we must be optimistic about the Han people and Yang Zhengdao in the city to prevent them from making trouble." ”

"It's still thoughtful as the national teacher, come here, give me a good look at the Han people in the city, Yang Zhengdao... It's a piece of rubbish, nothing remarkable. In the end, it was also a hero, and he quickly calmed down, "Someone, pass my order, there are Han people in the city who walk around indiscriminately, and those who are in tandem will not be killed." ”

"What do you say, that we have 5,000 men wiped out? What else can you use? How long has it been? Kang Sumi roared angrily, picked up the milk jug in his hand, and smashed it at Ashina.

Ashina didn't have the arrogance that he was still at the meeting just now, and he didn't dare to hide when he knelt on the ground, and his fishy milk was dripping everywhere on the ground.

"Great Khan, it's all my fault, the Tang people are very cunning, they have built a lot of tripping walls with ice and earth behind the camp, and we are completely defenseless."

Jieli glanced at Ashina angrily, wanting to say something ruthless, but he was his confidant, pointed at him and said: "Useless things, it's useless to say anything now, you have no way to lead the troops, come and drag him out and cut him down." ”

"Yes." Two guards came, and they were ready to go.

"Wait, Khan." Zhao Deyan spoke: "Great Khan, this is an extraordinary period, and there is no more suitable candidate for the generals in the city to lead the troops than Ashina, it is better to leave his life for the time being, and let him make meritorious contributions." ”

Seeing Jieli angry, the rest of the people also followed to help Ashina defend a few words, only Kang Sumi sneered and didn't speak, Ashina saw it in his eyes and hated it in his heart.

Jieli stood up and walked a few steps in the hall before shouting, "Okay, for the sake of so many of you interceding for him, spare his life, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped, give me thirty lashes, and see how he behaves in the battle below." ”

Ashina escaped, knelt on the ground and cried gratefully: "Thank you Great Khan for sparing your life." The rest of the people also proclaimed: "The Great Khan is merciful." ”

"Everyone knows about the matter, I called everyone here to quickly discuss with everyone, the emptiness of troops in the city, how to guard against the Tang army,."

When everyone heard Jieli's words, they all made a thoughtful look, and a young man stood up and said: "Father Khan, now that our troops are empty, and it is a cold and snowy day, the logistics supply is difficult, as long as we can't hold out, then the Tang army will not have enough food and grass, and he will naturally retreat." "This is the son of the Khan of Jieli.

"Stubborn and unconscious, do you see if you can go to Li Jing to negotiate and let them withdraw first, we can apologize for what happened before, what do you think?" Kang Su Mi Dao.

If it weren't for Jieli's reuse of Zhao Deyan and making a mess in the grassland, how could the Tang people have such an opportunity, if it is the Tang Army's hatred of the Turks, it should be the most hated for Jieli, back then, Jieli led people all the way to Chang'an City, and blackmailed Li Shimin so many gold and silver beauties, and now there is a chance to defeat the Turks, Tang Jun, you will withdraw if you negotiate with him?

It's just that these words can't be spoken, and he stubbornly said: "Great Khan, this time the Tang army has been planning for a long time, this year is the most difficult time for our Turks, with Li Shimin's vision, we will never let go of such an opportunity, the most urgent thing at present, is to ask the Great Khan to make a decision and defeat the Tang army outside the city." ”

Zhao Deyan coughed and said: "Great Khan, the Tang army is full of labor, coming from afar, it must be tired, we can't defend Dingxiang City, those Tang people are freezing in the cold, they must not last long, waiting for the lack of supply from the Tang people, that is when we send troops." ”

"Haha, the national teacher is the same as I thought, you go back to the grassland to gather your respective tribesmen and horses, and march towards Dingxiang, as long as the Tang people have no provisions, it won't last long, and it will be easy for us to fight back."

"Great Khan, I think it's better for us to retreat to Mobei first, Li Jing is a famous general in a hundred battles, thousands of cavalry went straight to Dingxiang, I'm afraid that it will hang us, and then record the siege of the army and trap us in Dingxiang City, our army retreats to the depths of the grassland, let them be like headless flies, running back and forth on the grassland, and when they are tired, wouldn't it be better to fight back." Kang Su Mi Dao.

As soon as Kang Sumi's words fell, Di Luo Shi stood up and said: "Kang Sumi, until today you still have such an idea, the Tang army is outside the city, for a while, our Turkic belongings are in this Dingxiang City, how can we escape, besides, in the wilderness, then he Li Jing is not more able to break us all, you trick the Great Khan to escape, I will kill you today, a traitor!" ”

Seeing that the sons of the Great Khan were so excited, the rest of the people stood up and scolded Kang Sumi, Kang Sumi's face was ugly, and he said to Jieli: "Great Khan, I am a businessman, I am valued by you, I have followed you for many years, I am naturally loyal to the Great Khan, everything I do is for the benefit of the Great Khan, now everyone misunderstands me, it doesn't matter, but I still hope that the Great Khan will consider it." ”

Jie Li thought about it again and again in his heart, but still shook his head and said: "Kang Sumi, what you said is not wrong, but the Tang army is too cunning, if Li Jing does not have backup, he will definitely not dare to stand here at the gate of my city with these thousands of people, besides, there are many women and children of the clansmen in the city, what should they do if we leave?" And if we withdraw, the soldiers will panic, and the city will not be able to hold it. ”

Kang Sumi stopped talking, and scolded secretly in his heart, stupid, do you think you are a Han, you are still guarding the city, and when Li Jing's reinforcements come, see if you can run away.