Turkic steppe!

The black wolf flag flutters in the wind.

The wolf is a sacred thing in the grassland, and there are countless tribes that use the wolf as their military flag, but the black wolf military flag is a symbol on the grassland!

A symbol of Turkic invincibility!

The Black Wolf Banner is the military banner of the late Turkic Khan King Shibi, who is the brother of the current Khan King Jieli and the father of the Turks.

As a Turkic royal family, Shibi witnessed the defeat of the once powerful Turks because of the ghost plot of the Sui Dynasty's eldest grandson Sheng, and formulated a series of political canonization policies to divide and manipulate the Central Plains, so Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu, Guo Zihe, and Li Yuan at the beginning all obeyed Shibi Khan and hugged his thigh.

Since the Turkic split, the Turks have let the Sui Dynasty squeeze for survival, it is Shi Bi who led the Turks to turn defeat into victory, and overwhelmed the Sui Dynasty, and the Turks he led were the most powerful forces in that era.

In the name of his father, he accused Jieli of being immoral and incompetent, and ruined the good inheritance that his father gave him, and he would inherit his father's legacy and revive the Turkic majesty.

At this moment, there was a maniacal laugh from the large tent of the Tuli Khan.

"I knew it, I knew it!"

Tuli's voice was full of smugness: "Hmph, there is nothing remarkable about the Tang Dynasty? What's so great about Li Shimin? Seeing that I was strong, I had to agree to our new proposal. After doing business with them several times, after our army was fully equipped, we broke off this relationship with them. Jieli will be defeated by me sooner or later, and our real opponent is Datang. Now this so-called Khan King seems to me to be nothing more than a wreck. The title of King of the Khan is just right for him. ”

He had just received news from the Tang Dynasty, and when he saw that the Tang Dynasty had made concessions and agreed to their new ratio of exchanging materials, the whole person was even more proud, and called his precious son to share this joy with him.

He Luohu looked at the official document of the Tang Dynasty in his hand, but he was not as happy as Tuli, and said in a deep voice: "Father Khan, don't be careless!" Jieli has dominated the grassland for many years, although he has lost more than 100,000 elites in Shuofang, but as the Tang Dynasty said, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and his strength should not be underestimated. After he lost to Luo Tong, he did not move, he was resting, sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight. On the other hand, we have been fighting until now, and the soldiers have become war-weary, and their morale is much worse than before. ”

"Datang is our only reliance, if Li Shimin breaks off the deal, it will be nothing for them, but we will lose a lot. We and Jieli Lao'er have been endless, and we have agreed with the meaning of Datang, for them, it doesn't matter whether they trade or not. Datang can support us to deal with Jieli, and it can also support others to deal with us. And didn't Father Khan think that the timing of Luo Tong's two sneak attacks was too coincidental? ”

Tuli thought for a while, his face changed greatly, and said, "You mean ......?"

"That's right!" He Luohu said in a deep voice: "Every time Luo Tong makes a move, it is when we will lose, and every time he makes a move, Jieli's troops are greatly reduced, although Luo Tong has made great gains, but it is more beneficial to us, they are helping us." Mutual use is the long-term way, and I don't think it is appropriate to provoke Datang before the decisive battle. You should leave yourself a way back. What if the last two times happened and they stopped helping? ”

As the eldest son of Tuli, he was not very old, less than twenty years old, but he was an old man, more intelligent, and deeply loved by Tuli, who saw more far-reaching than Tuli, and was very opposed to Tuli's self-digging of his own grave.

When Tuli heard this, cold sweat flowed from his forehead: "Then what should we do now?" ”

Seeing that Tuli had finally come to his senses, a hint of relief flashed in his eyes: "Father Khan, a new agreement has been reached, if we change it again and again, it will only make the Tang Dynasty laugh." For now, it can only be made up according to the proportion of the initial transaction, and it can be given to Luo Tong in the form of a reward, which can not only repair the relationship, but also not damage the prestige of his father Khan. ”

"Brilliant plan!" Greatly relieved, he stood up, gave his son a bear hug, and shouted: "Thank Allah, the true God, for giving me a son with the wisdom of a wolf." It was Father Khan who was wrong. I was too self-righteous before. Holohus will do according to your plan! ”

"Khan!" At this moment, the news of Luo Tong's attack on the Golunt, Zhuomu tribe, and Utu tribe reached him.

Immediately afterwards, I received the news that many tribes were slaughtered, and a series of bad news came, which directly made the complacent Tuli dumbfounded, and scolded angrily and unwillingly: "Luo Tong, this animal, dares to harm my good deeds." ”

He was furious, and at the same time felt uneasy in his heart: Is this Luo Tong's personal wishes, or is Datang unable to bear his insatiable greed? Thinking of this, he almost vomited blood, he really stole chickens and rice, thinking of the consequences of Datang cutting off all supplies, and thinking of the consequences of the various departments returning to the division to defend himself, his cold sweat flowed down drop by drop.

"What do you say we should do, Holohu?" Tuli's face was iron-clad.

He opened his mouth, but he couldn't say a word, and the retribution came so quickly that he was also confused.

"King Khan." One of them stumbled in.

Tuli and He Luohu were startled, and saw that on the ground, there was a clay man, a bloody man, this man was extremely miserable, his ears were cut off, and his hair was shaved bare.

Tuli was stunned for a long time before he hesitated: "Changer Khan? ”

"It's me, King Khan! Our department let Luo Tong ruin it! All but me, all dead, all dead. The Khan of the Changer tribe climbed up, and this fifty-year-old man burst into tears.

The faces of Tuli and He Luohu changed greatly, the Changer tribe is not big, but there are also 40,000 warriors, and now they have been killed, and the only living Changer Khan is obviously released by Luo Tong.

He Luohu asked, "Uncle Chang'er, how did you end up in such a field?" Didn't you provoke Rotong? ”

Chang'er Khan shook his head miserably and said, "It's lucky that the evil spirit of Luo Tong doesn't come to fight us, how dare we provoke him!" We heard that Utu, Zhuomu, and Golund in the Shuobei grassland were destroyed, and they all left the Shuobei grassland far away, but the evil spirit did not let go, and personally led 60,000 cavalry to kill seven or eight of our tribal alliances. ”

Tuli was shocked: "All dead? ”

"More than sixty percent of the soldiers and civilians have surrendered. They are really ruthless, they are just a group of evil spirits who kill people without blinking......" Chang'er said with tears in his eyes: "He asked me to tell the King Khan that his wife, Princess Changle, was going to ride a horse on the steppe, and for the safety of his wife, he was going to slaughter the Turks within a radius of five hundred miles in the steppe of Shuobei. He also said that the king of the Khan was not righteous, they helped the king of the khan so much, and they did not say anything at all, since the king of the khan was stingy, then they would take it themselves, and I believe that Jieli was also very happy. ”

Tu Li's face changed greatly, and he asked urgently, "What conditions does he have?" ”

"He gave the Khan half a month and asked him to send him 10,000 sturdy ploughing oxen and 60,000 horses, one less to kill, two less to kill three... Kill one one day late, kill three two days late... Until he kills him with pleasure. ”

"Why didn't he come and grab it?" Tuli angrily slapped the case, his eyes burning with anger: he now claimed to be the king of the Turkic Khan, and the troops and horses in his hands that could be mobilized were already better than Jieli, and the steppe he controlled was not inferior to the former. Now that Jieli is in danger from all sides, he is licking his wounds, and it is the best time for him to take advantage of the victory to pursue and annihilate the eastern tribes in one fell swoop, so that he can let go of the battle with Jieli and establish the supremacy of the Turkic Khan. But Luo Tong came to such a hand at this critical time, which really made him panic and worry in his heart.

Chang'er cried: "King Khan, he has already opened the robbery. ”

Tuli almost choked to death, and the old man said after a while: "Changer Khan has worked hard, you go down to rest and heal your injuries first." ”

Chang'er said while crying and walking: "King Khan, this Li Tang is obviously playing tricks on us, and he didn't take us seriously, we must let them know that he is powerful." ”

Tu Li's eyes also flashed fiercely, and he snorted: "Don't worry, next year, as long as we clean up Jieli Lao'er, we will definitely gather the warriors of the whole clan and let Li Tang know." I, the Turks, are the most powerful people......"

Chang'er also knew that this was not the time for a decisive battle with the Tang Dynasty, so he didn't say much, but when he thought of his tribe, he had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

"Damn! Damn the cunning Han people, when I eliminate Jieli Lao'er and sit firmly on the throne of the Khan King, I will definitely make you look good! ”

Tuli said cruelly, but his face was still sad and helpless.

He Luohu said: "Father Khan! We don't have a choice. Now he can only agree to Luo Tong's request and prepare 10,000 ploughing cattle and 50,000 horses to send to him as soon as possible, otherwise the good situation will be ruined in one day. ”

Tuli pondered for a long time before he said: "There is still some time in the half moon, you can discuss with Luo Tong at a speed, so that he can eliminate the cattle, sheep and horses, and I can multiply them to him several times." ”

"It's useless! Father Khan" He Luohu shook his head and said: "The main purpose of Luo Tong this time is cattle. They led the river and dug canals, and put forward a number of political means to govern Shuofang, and they had the determination to do a big job. They need to plough the cattle, and they won't agree to our request, so they won't bring shame on themselves when they go. ”

"Then we don't need it?" Tuli's two eyes waited for Holohu.

He Luohu was also speechless.

Many people think that the Turks eat meat and hail them as carnivores, but this is not the case. In ancient times, there was no such sophisticated breeding technology, and even nomads could not eat meat for meals. Otherwise, at most two litters in three years, and at most five sheep per litter, they will not be able to meet their consumption at all. They will only kill cattle, sheep and horses before they die of old age or when distinguished guests come. Their usual staple food is milk and barley, milk is a food with high nutritional value, and it is the purest milk food without any pollution, strong bones and health, and the burly and courageous milk on the grassland is the key to goat milk and mare's milk.

Of the three types of milk, cows are the least milk-producing but most festive animals, and they do not have the same additional role as horses and sheep. The former can be ridden and the latter is capable of producing wool.

Therefore, the Turks did not go into captivity to raise poultry such as farming cattle, which is of little use, but they could not do without it. Nomadism does not mean that there is no farming, just as an agrarian people cannot be without pigs, sheep, cattle and horses. They also need barley to fill their stomachs, and they must also raise some ploughing cattle to plough the land, and plant some barley on the land suitable for farming.

Tuli is strong, but his cattle are only 10,000, if he gives Luo Tong 10,000 heads.

They did not have enough oxen to cultivate the barley. The grassland environment is harsh, and the lack of food can make them sad for a whole year. Without 10,000 head of farming cattle, according to their farming skills, there will inevitably be a shortage of food in the coming year, and they will fall into a life crisis and hurt their vitality.

Tuli looked at He Luohu with a helpless face, his shoulders collapsed weakly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "That's it, that's it!" Isn't he going to plough the ox? Give it to him, give it to him! ”