Chapter 221: Mutiny (1)
"Shibi Khan has ordered all the leaders who have gone to attack Wuwei County with their armies, as well as Tuoba Shishu Lifushe, to enter the camp and hold a meeting to discuss the crushing defeat suffered by the city of Wuwei County." One of the guards received a letter from the tent of Shibi Khan with the seal of Shibi Khan, and announced it in the barracks.
After hearing the news, Philip and Tuoba Shishu looked at each other. Looking at the eyes of Li Lifu with some doubts, Tuoba Shi Shu nodded without missing a trace. Signaling that this was also arranged by himself in advance, he was relieved of his heart. Let his own soldiers wait outside the account of Shibi Khan, and he walked into the account of Shibi Khan side by side with Tuoba Shishu.
Shibi Khan's tent was the largest of the entire Turkic camp, and in addition to the sleeping tent used for rest, there was also a very wide guest tent on the outside. This guest tent was what Shibi Khan usually used to do when he met with his leaders and enemy generals. It was here that Shibi Khan received them. In the tent, there are many ornaments such as screens that Shibi Khan obtained from trading with Han Chinese merchants. Usually with the army, whenever someone asks about these things, Tuoba Shishu will explain to him like this: Shibi Khan has lived in the Central Plains for a long time, so he must be influenced by some Han people, and at this time these things are also the intention of vassal elegance.
Because they were summoned by Shibi Khan to ask about their failures under the city of Wuwei County, after these leaders came in, they all found their usual positions. After sitting down, they all looked down at the table in front of them and didn't say a word. So I didn't feel anything strange in the whole inn, and there was a deathly silence in the whole inn. Only occasionally could the sound of Shibi Khan's cough come from the tent.
I waited like this for a long time, when everyone was a little impatient. From the tent came the voice of the confidant of Tuoba Shishu: "Shibi Khan has an order, and the Khan has clearly known everything that happened under the city of Wuwei County. At this time, he was ill and it was inconvenient to come out to meet with the leaders. However, the leaders of Wuwei County underestimated the enemy's arrogance, which led to an unfavorable attack and heavy losses to the army under his command. Now he was surrounded and intercepted by the Han army, and fled back to the headquarters camp like a lost dog. As a result, the best time to attack Wuwei County has passed, so that this southward war has completely lost its due receipt. Therefore, the Khan sentenced all the generals who had participated in the attack on Wuwei County for the crime of delaying the military aircraft, and beheaded them on the spot. ”
As soon as he finished saying the four words on the spot, many samurai with sharp blades rushed out from behind the screen. They were all covered with black veils, covering their faces, revealing only a pair of black eyes. After rushing out from behind the screen, he didn't speak, and drew his sword and slashed at the leaders on the opposite side, and some of the leaders who reacted slowly died tragically under the knife.
"Don't panic! Let's fight side by side, take care of each other, and break out of this tent, so we don't have to worry about these ambushed axemen! After saying this, Tuoba Shishu sent the sharp blade in his hand into the belly of an oncoming knife and axeman, and then kicked the dead body of the knife and axe hand, beckoning all the leaders of the camp to gather together and rush out of the tent.
After waiting for the group to come out of the camp, Tuoba Shishu raised his arms and shouted: "The Khan is ruthless and unrighteous to us, he did not listen to my advice before, insisted on trusting his own judgment, and did all these dangerous things to win. But now that his plan has failed, he has gone back and put all the blame on us! If we want to shoulder the responsibility for the defeat of this southern expedition for him, not to mention, we will even kill our mouths! Is such a khan really worthy of commanding the various tribes of the steppe? Brothers, you might as well listen to my advice, and after we have gathered our soldiers and horses in the camp, we will kill and take the life of this mediocre khan!" ”
After everyone heard Tuoba Shishu's words, they raised their weapons as if they had found the backbone of the heart. Then they scattered and gathered their own troops. These leaders all followed Tuoba Shishu to attack Wuwei County by detour, and their soldiers and horses were the elite of this southward Turkic army. At this time, although there were a lot of losses in the process of attacking the city in Wuwei County, it did not hurt the vitality. Moreover, after these people escaped, they spread all the things that happened to them, so that all the leaders in the Turkic military camp now, and even some small soldiers, knew that Shibi Khan was going to execute the leaders who lost the battle in Wuwei County, and even the soldiers could not escape the end of being killed.
So there were some people who looked at the face between friends, some people who really felt that Shibi Khan's move was really mediocre, and some people who had the same two hearts as Tuoba Shishu, all jumped out at this time and raised troops to respond to the leaders who resisted Shibi Khan.
In the midst of the rebellion, Tuoba Shishu raised his sword and shouted: "I led my troops to surround the camp of Shibi Khan and trapped him in a tent. Too many people are crowded here and there is nothing to do, so it is better for everyone to go and eliminate those who are loyal to Shibi Khan first. After cutting off the wings of Shibi Khan, let's go in and ask Shibi Khan for an explanation! ”
During the period when those leaders themselves followed Tuoba Shishu's expedition to the west, they were very convinced of Tuoba Shishu's orders. At this moment, when his life was endangered, he did not hesitate to obey Tuoba Shishu's orders, and led the army to attack one after another, loyal to the army and leaders of Shibi Khan.
The whole process did not last long, after all, the army that was originally loyal to Shibi Khan had already lost all the elite under the arrangement of Tuoba Shishu when they attacked the defense line of the Great Wall. So at this time, it was not some people who remained in the battalion, except for the young people, but also some disabled soldiers who were lucky enough to pick up a life under the defense line of the Great Wall. Later, under the defense line of the Great Wall, Tuoba Shishu executed several of the most loyal leaders under Shibi Khan on many charges, and dispersed the soldiers brought by those leaders to the army of the leaders of the various tribes under his control, so at this time, before there was much trouble, the conflict in the military camp was already over.
Although the battle was short, it was extremely bloody and brutal. Afterwards, countless corpses were carried out of the camp and thrown on the wasteland where the camp was sold, and the stumps that could be seen everywhere in the camp were also cleaned up, because the water source in Wuwei County was not particularly easy to find, so the land in the camp was covered with a layer of loess to cover the bloodstains.
(End of chapter)