After the vernal equinox, the climate is mild, and the meaning of mid-spring is stronger. Compared with the sunny and green in the south of the Yangtze River and the Central Plains, the response of the desert south is much more sluggish, and the cold wind blows, although it is not bone-chilling, it is also cold.

Black Sand City, which is now where the Turkic tent is located, is more comfortable in the south than the bitter cold land in the north. Of course, the Central Plains of Senan, that is the real paradise on earth. The southern invasion has established immortal achievements and occupied its land to run horses, which is a silent seeker.

The past cold winter, for the Turks, was not too miserable, it was a rare "Rui year", and not many people and animals who froze to death from frostbite were not many. With the beginning of spring, the Turkic tribesmen who gathered in the surrounding nest winter dispersed one after another, chasing the fertile places of water and grass. After a long stay in the Khan Court, the grass roots around Black Sand City are about to be gnawed away.

However, with the Khan's silent order, the messenger of the Tooth Tent rode to deliver the message, and under the Turkic Khanate, the nobles and chiefs of all the tribes, including the tribes that had been conquered by the Mursi over the years, all gathered in the Khan Tent with gifts, regardless of distance and proximity.

Now, Mo Si is in full swing, his ferocity and domineering are famous in the grassland, and he controls tens of thousands of elite Khan Court Tiger Divisions, and his force is strong, and the people of all tribes do not dare to resist at all, and obediently go to the royal city. If he disobeys his will, he will never be able to escape death, and the people, wealth, and women will be embezzled and divided.

In a camp about three miles away from the tent of the Silent Tooth, there stood a tall tent, surrounded by low tents, and the defenders were all Turkic warriors.

At the entrance of the tent, two nobles dressed in gorgeous beards stood quietly, looking at the lively court surrounding the tent, and from time to time glanced at the tent, the nobles and generals of the Turkic Khanate from various departments were waiting for a silent summons.

Both of them are not very old, one is a young man and the other is a teenager, but it can be seen from their clothing and the strength of their guards that their status is not ordinary, and their status in the Turks is very high. They are all the sons of the first khan, Mojilian and Que Secret Service.

"The power and glory of the Turks should belong to our brothers!" Que Teqin was still young, but he was fourteen or fifteen years old, and he stood beside his brother and muttered hatefully.

Mo Jianlian is much older, and when he heard this, his eyes flickered a few times, he looked around nervously, and pulled Que Secret Service to drill into the tent: "Que Secret Service, don't talk nonsense, if you let the Khan know, we will be in danger." ”

Noticing the look of fear in Mo Jianlian's expression, Que Teqin stiffened his neck: "Brother Wang, are you so willing?" Father Khan fought for ten years before he was able to restore the Turks, as the son of Father Khan, how can we watch the family business fall into the hands of others? ”

"Shut up!" Noticing the wolf-like gaze in his younger brother's eyes, Mo Jianlian was frightened, and couldn't help but shudder a few times, pointed at Que Te Qin and suppressed his voice and said, "You don't want to die?" Outside of this tent, I don't know how much of his eyeliner. If you let Mo Si know that you have such thoughts, with his domineering and brutality, we are afraid that we will not even have a corpse. Moreover, he was, after all, our uncle, and he also had credit for the restoration of the Khanate. Back then, if he hadn't defeated the Great Zhou and extinguished the rebellion of Mo Du's father and son, we would have died without a place to bury......"

Mo Jian said a lot, his expression was full of cowardice, full of fear and fear of Mo Si. Que Teqin pursed his lips: "Brother Wang, you are too afraid of sipping!" You're so cowardly! ”

"Que Special Service, I'm your brother!" was evaluated like this by a yellow-mouthed child, and Mo Jian couldn't even hang up his face.

Que Te Qin sighed, rolled his eyes, and suddenly came to Mo Jianlian's side, and whispered: "Brother Wang, since Mo Si seized the throne, he has repeatedly suppressed the various ministries. Now although he is powerful, and all the tribes have succumbed to his authority, there are many who do not obey. There are still many old subordinates of Father Khan up and down the Turks, and they are just as dissatisfied with Mo Si, thinking that if they can concentrate their forces......"

"Say no more!" Hearing the words of this little brother, Mo Jianlian almost didn't jump up, and waved his hand again and again: "Don't say anything like this, don't say it again." ”

"Que Special Service, you are not allowed to have such thoughts again, otherwise, sooner or later it will bring disaster to our brother!" Mo Jianlian was like a cat with its tail stepped on, and he hurriedly reprimanded.

After pondering for a while, he looked at the closed tent curtain with a weak heart, pulled Que Secret Service, and whispered: "Que Secret Service, those people are dissatisfied with Mo Si, just because Mo Si is too tough, depriving their people of their wealth and weakening their power, and they are not really loyal to their father Khan. And their forces are scattered, and the hearts of the people are not aligned. Right now, the power of Mo Si is strong, and the Tiger Master is firmly controlled by it, and we are afraid that we are not enough to organize a force to fight against it. If there is any change, they will never be soft on us, so don't act recklessly...... You're still young, so let's practice martial arts. ”

It was rare for Mo Jianlian to say something insightful, but in the end it exposed his cowardly nature.

Que Te Qin listened to it, although this person was young, he had already shown a wise posture, thought about it, and said: "What Brother Wang said is reasonable, I understand." ”

In response, Mo Jianlian was stunned, and subconsciously asked, "Really." ”

Que Te Qin nodded, his dark eyes were a little shining: "Mo Si is old, we are young, even if we boil him, we will boil him to death!" Turks, sooner or later, it will still be our brothers! ”

Seeing his younger brother's ambitious posture, Mo Jianlian couldn't help but wonder if he had listened to his words. He opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

"Brother Wang, why did you say that Mo Si summoned the leaders and generals of all the tribes to make such a big move?" Que asked.

"Why should you and I care, sooner or later we will know......" Mo Jianlian looked very Buddhist.

Seeing his brother's performance, Que Te Qin didn't want to talk to him anymore, he lowered his head, his face showed some fortitude, and he pondered carefully.

"Two princes, the Khan has summoned you to the tent!" Outside the tent, there was a sudden sound of announcement. Mo Jianlian was startled suddenly.

......

The Turkic subordinates who came to the Khan's court were successively arranged to settle in your tent, but the Khan Mosi never showed up and did not meet them, which made these Turkic nobles fearful. Especially, those that have only been conquered and surrendered in recent years.

In the magnificent sweat tent, Mo Si sat on the throne made of gold and jade, and the two ministers Yuan Zhen and Tun Desire Valley sat on the lower side, still discussing. There was also a young man, who was Ashina Ku, the son of Mo Si. There were only four people in the huge tent, and it seemed very empty.

"That's it, then we will go all out to the west, occupy the Western Regions, fight Longxi, and cut off the Hexi Passage!" After a long while, as if he had made up his mind, he silently smashed the golden handrail and said in a deep voice.

Since the restoration of the Turkic Khanate, the Turks fought in the south and the north, annexed the steppe, and invaded China. At that time, the situation in the Tang Dynasty was chaotic, and Wu Cao was busy seizing power for the "revolution" and purging dissidents. killed Cheng Wuting, Wang Fangyi, Heizhi Changzhi and other famous generals, and self-destroyed the Great Wall, giving the Turks a chance to recover.

Years of victories and gains probably gave the Turks the illusion that the Central Plains had declined, and they were invincible, at least on the surface of the "auspicious" era. However, after the empress became emperor, the situation was a little wrong, and the Great Zhou after the "revolution" became less easy to fight.

First there were Wang Xiaojie, Lou Shide, Tang Xiujing, and then Yuan Hui and Zhang Renyuan, in less than ten years, the Great Zhou Dynasty was a famous general, and the arrogance of the Turks was suppressed.

Last year, Mo Si tried again in person and led the troops to the south, but the lofty mountains and mountains in Hedong and Youyan were too difficult to cross, especially the heavy troops in the Great Zhou, even if they plundered the prefectures and counties, they were always worried about destruction.

Retreating to the grassland, after a winter of thinking, Mo Si had the idea of giving up the difficulty.

"Since the Khan has decided, the ministers have no objection. It's just that the Western Regions and Longxi are too far away, and although they are suitable for me to fight on horseback, I am afraid that the food will not continue. And the military strength of the Great Zhou in Longxi is not weak! The one who spoke was Tun Desire Valley, who was also the patriarch of the Turkic restoration, and like Ashina Yuanzhen, he was known for his "strategy".

"It's easier than letting our warriors climb the Great Wall and cross dangerous mountains! As long as our army enters enemy territory, there is food! Hearing this, he waved his hand and looked at Yuan Zhen: "Lord Yuan Zhen, how is the situation of the contact over there in Tubo?" ”

At the mention of this, Yuan Zhen smiled, and there was a smile in his deep eyes: "Their Zampu Chidu Songtsan has just gotten rid of the Quanchen Lun family, and the people's hearts are unstable, and Chidu Songtsam wants to take the opportunity to enhance his prestige, and he is very tempted by our proposal to jointly attack the Great Zhou." As long as we show a little sincerity and guide again, Tubo Zampu will not let go of this opportunity. We're flanked by both sides, and the odds are great. ”

"Good!" Silent answered.

"But Khan, do you plan to attack the Western Regions first, or Longxi first?" Lust Valley asked.

"Naturally, which one is closer, which one to hit!" Mo Si smiled coldly: "Tun Desire Valley, you go to Tubo in person!" ”

"Yes!"

From beginning to end, Ashina didn't say a word, didn't have any thoughts. Silently observing his son's performance, there was some disappointment and dissatisfaction in his silent expression.

"Qiqi Khan, the princes of Duxilu, Mo Jianlian, and Que Special Service have also arrived!" The general of the guard walked into the sweat tent and bowed to Mo.

"It's all here. They probably are in a hurry, let everyone in! He sat up straight and waved his hand.

As the Turkic upper-class nobles entered one after another, the sweat tent was gradually filled, and the brothers, sons, and nephews of Mo Si were all there. Glancing around, he noticed the deference and fear in everyone's eyes, revealing a satisfied look.

"Ben Khan has summoned you to come, there is a big event to announce!" He got up and stepped down from the golden throne and walked more than ten steps in the tent: "It has been seventeen years since the first khan raised troops and restored the khanate. ...... over the years"

Mo Si reviewed the history of the southern and northern wars over the years, especially his "heroic deeds" of Mo Si Khan to quell civil strife, destroy traitors, determine the country, and expand the territory.

“...... Now I am a Turk, with 2 million people and 200,000 people in control. The territory is large, and the people are many. Speaking of this, Mo Si paused for a moment and continued: "In order to facilitate the rule and management, Ben Khan wants to set up three new departments under the Khan's court, and each of them will unify the people. With the king's younger brother Lu Xilu as the left side of the chaper, he led the people on the left and the main army of 20,000; The king's nephew Mo Jian Company was the right wing chase, leading the right subordinates, and the main army was 20,000; The crown prince is the Khan of Tuoxi, with 40,000 main soldiers, and is located on the left and right compartments. The rest are all led by the Khan Court! ”

Mo Si explained his thoughts here, and the nobles below looked at each other, but they couldn't reflect what he was planning. Divide the Turks into three parts?

However, the organic spirit person reacted very quickly, and immediately went out to bow down: "Follow the Khan's order." May I die for the Khan's loyalty! ”

This is Mursi's younger brother, Ashina Sira, who has been living in the shadow of his two elder brothers, following two generations of khans to fight everywhere, and has a high status in the Turks. But in front of Mo Si, very humble.

He didn't care what his plans were, at least in this arrangement, the real power in his hands would be greatly increased, and there would always be more than 100,000 people to rule one department......

Mo Si's son was much slower to react, but he was still out of Shane, and he would be the "Tuoxi Khan" in the future, although he was a little khan, it was also a status symbol.

He was very sluggish, as if he didn't realize that he was a joy from the sky. Mo Si actually gave him a people, giving him a feeling of extreme inauthenticity. was still pushed by Que Special Service, and only then did he thank him stupidly. And with a full view of its performance, Mo Si is even more satisfied.

No one dared to refute the will of the silent slurp, especially when they were in the Khan Court and surrounded by the elite of the Tiger Division. After nodding his head, Mo Si began to divide the cake......

The action of silent sip is actually an attempt to "centralize" the Turkic power, integrating the tribes, tribes, and armies under the current Turkic Khanate into three parts of the rule, which greatly reduces the autonomy of the Turkic nobles.

And the ruler of the three departments, who is his son, has been subdued for a long time, and Mo Jian can even reassure him if he is cowardly and incompetent. He has become the supreme Khan, above the three ministries, and controls millions of soldiers and civilians.

And, his last sentence is the point. The rest are all led by the Khan Court! Translated, the rest of the army is directly under his central government.

Nowadays, although the Turkic forces are not as strong as they boast on their lips, they have a population of one million and 200,000 people who control the line. According to his division method, the three divisions together are not as good as half of the forces directly under his direct jurisdiction, and when they are integrated, they can continue to act and strengthen the weak branches.

Of course, ideas are always beautiful, how to implement them and let the nobles cooperate, that is what needs to be silently sipped to get rid of headaches. And the plan of silent sip is also very simple and rude, and those who do not accept it will be killed.

Inevitably, domestic contradictions will intensify, especially between the "central" and "local" authorities. And the way to transfer the contradictions, Mo Si also discussed with Yuan Zhen and Tun Desire Valley to start a war.

In the war against the Great Zhou, integrate the army, absorb the elite, and eliminate dissidents.

Under the strength of Mo Si, the first to arrive was the "Tuoxi Khan" department, which took the surrendered Western Turks and the ten surnamed Mukun tribes, with 40,000 soldiers, and a main eagle division, ordered it to advance westward.

With the movements of the Turks, a dark cloud called "war" began to shroud towards the land of Longxi......

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