Chapter 52: The Golden Wolf Yang on the Waterside of Suye Sixth
"The grassland in Suye Shuibei is divided into Shatuo people, is this the trust of Datang in your department? The armies of Anxi and Beiting marched westward, and then took the opportunity to garrison troops in the Suye River Valley, is this also the trust of the Tang Dynasty in your department? Mudea shouted.
Mou Ra Sihan was stunned, he didn't expect the Great Food Samurai to know such a secret thing. After a moment's thought, he waved his hand to let the Qarluq warriors in the tent withdraw. The warriors looked at each other, but they didn't move.
Mou Ra Sihan sighed in his heart, and had to say: "Father Khan, what this great food warrior just said is confidential, and it is not appropriate for too many people to know. ”
Originally, the black mountain was very dissatisfied with the second son's dialogue with the big food warrior in the language of the big food alone, and when he saw that the second son actually commanded the guards in the tent to withdraw without authorization, he was even more angry, and was about to get angry, when he heard the second son say that it was a matter of confidentiality, he pressed the anger in his chest, pondered for a moment, and waved his hand to let the warriors of Qarlu withdraw.
After seeing that only his father and brother and the samurai were left in the tent, he translated Mudea's words clearly.
"Expedition to the West? Garrison? How do you know? "As soon as he opened his mouth, he couldn't help but vomit blood. The intention of the Great Food Samurai was obvious, that is, to attract the attention of his father Khan with his rhetoric, and his father Khan was really like a stupid wild boar, tempted by the scent of the trap. But he knew that with his embarrassing situation, he must not jump out and obstruct his father Khan's questioning at this moment.
"I have just returned from Tingzhou and Qiuci, and I know the military situation in the northwest of the Tang Dynasty very well. When the two major protectors of Beiting and Anxi were making every effort to investigate, we lost nearly a hundred elites before we found out such a secret. Mutaia replied in a real way.
"Nearly 100 elite ...... were lost" Thinking of the rumors a few days ago, he first believed three points in his heart. At this time, he remembered the plan that his second son had mentioned, and opened his mouth to ask: "Sihan, what are you talking about 'destroying the country by means'?" ”
"Father Khan, it is a false way to destroy the enemy." Mou Ra Sihan couldn't help but correct.
"Whether it's 'borrowing' or 'fake', in short, it means that allowing the Tang army to march west through broken leaves may not be good for us." The plot is too lazy to tangle with the text.
"Father Khan is right." Mou Ra Sihan replied helplessly.
"Then ask this great food warrior what his surname is and what position he holds. Also, don't be so eager that he thinks we care about him. "Mou Ra Heishan thought about it and instructed the second son.
Mou Ra Sihan smiled bitterly in his heart: "You keep saying that you don't care too much, but why bother asking for information about the Great Food Warrior in detail. People are not stupid, as long as you use your brain a little, you can detect your intentions. ”
"In Lower Mutai'a, who served as Abu? Governor Muslim's personal guard, now the centurion of the Khorasan scout battalion. Although he was apprehensive in his heart, Mudea's tone was very high-spirited.
"Abu? Governor Muslim's personal guard?! Mou Rasihan was surprised in his heart, he didn't expect the governor of Khorasan of the Great Food Country to attach so much importance to the movements of the Tang Dynasty.
Mou Ra Black Mountain's face also changed slightly, both surprised and happy. And Khraroda did not know Abu? Who is Muslim, at a loss.
While he was pondering how to deal with it, he suddenly saw his father Khan walk up to his brother's side, take the scimitar in his hand, and swing it at the Great Food Samurai.
The sword light flashed like lightning, and Mudea's eyes were firm, and he didn't even blink.
When Mutai'a was in the Xuanse tent of Broken Leaf City and plotting against the Black Mountain Void and the snake, on the grassland on the north bank of Suyeshui, more than 60 cavalry under the tent led by the Centurion Botu of Gelulu were struggling to chase the black spots in front.
In the Qarluq Ministry, there are many people who wonder why the greedy and lustful Botu can become the confidant of the eldest prince to plot Ralodo.
The reason is actually very simple, because the eldest prince is also a man who sees money and is interested in seeing color.
At the time of Gongyue City, the eldest prince used Ye Hu's favor and the soldiers and horses in his hands to forcibly seize and accumulate mountains of wealth; And when he is bored, the eldest prince's favorite pastime is either to play with women in the tent or to look for beautiful women on the street.
What Porto is best at is to rob wealth under the guise of a thief and kidnap beautiful women in disguise......
Portu's days have been particularly pleasant lately. Ever since the eldest prince was ordered to step up patrols around Shattered Leaf City, he has developed a new way to make money.
While patrolling the wilderness outside the city, as long as he encountered a Sogdian caravan coming and going to Shattered Leaf City, Portu extorted money in the name of strictly investigating the Great Food Scouts. If the caravan is smaller and has fewer guards, Portu doesn't mind directly framing the caravan as a big food scout and then embezzling all the goods.
Of course, for Datang's caravan, Botu ate the bear's heart and leopard's gall, and he didn't dare to fight their crooked ideas. Not to mention that Botu, a small centurion, is led by the eldest prince himself, and he will be polite to the caravan of the Tang Dynasty. Who made the soldiers and horses of Beiting and Anxi so strong!
This morning, Botu intercepted a Shiguo caravan in the north of Broken Leaf City, and seeing that the caravan was less crowded and more goods, he was secretly refreshed in his heart: "The business is coming to the door again!" ”
When the leader of the caravan offered a bribe, Botu directly drew his sword and killed him, and then shouted an order: "Catch the big food scout!" ”
What Botu didn't expect was that there were really people with bad intentions in this caravan. After he killed the leader of the caravan, a middle-aged samurai fled north with a young man.
Botu is full of joy, and he makes a fortune every day in the name of catching big food spies, but he really meets the spies today.
He immediately ordered his men to go on a killing spree, taking advantage of the opportunity to kill the caravan.
Although there were more than two dozen mercenary warriors in the caravan, they were no match for the Qarluq hundreds. In an instant, the caravan warriors were all dead in the wilderness, and the caravan personnel were also dead.
After leaving a few alive, Potu sent more than 20 cavalrymen and asked them to bring the caravan's belongings and horses back to the garrison, and then hand over these "big food spies" to the eldest prince to ask for merit for himself.
After the arrangements were made, Potu pursued north with more than seventy cavalry.
Although the opponent fled for a while, Portu had been patrolling day and night lately, and he was very familiar with the nearby shortcuts and trails.
After judging that the enemy wanted to escape to the camp of the Shatuo people, Potu immediately took a shortcut to intercept the two.
I thought that I would be captured, but the middle-aged warrior was as brave as a tiger, taking advantage of the speed of his horse to constantly intersperse sneak attacks, killing and slashing more than ten Qarluq cavalrymen, and covering the young man to escape.
It took a lot of effort to capture the middle-aged samurai, and Portu wanted to kill him with a single sword. But when I thought about it, this person is extraordinary, and he is likely to be a big man, and it may be more credit to keep a living mouth.
So, Potu ordered ten Qarluq cavalry to quickly escort the middle-aged warrior back to Broken Leaf City and send them directly to the Xuanse Tent. Then he took the rest of the brothers and continued to cross the river in pursuit.
Although I don't know who the young man is, seeing the middle-aged samurai so desperately covering him, I think that my identity must be precious. With a lot of work ahead, Porto is naturally extraordinarily positive.
After crossing the river, he learned from the slaves of the horse herding that the boy had continued to flee north, and Potu led his men to continue the pursuit.
Botu's whip kept beating the horse's belly, but the young man in front of him had one man and two horses, and his speed never slowed. In a small forest, the boy limped and disappeared.
Hurrying to the place where the boy had disappeared, Potu dismounted and investigated, and found that the horse's hoofs had split into two paths, one to the west and the other to the north.
"Cunning little fox!" Botu, who has been chasing eagles and rabbits on the grassland since he was a child, of course knows that his opponent is in the old cloth.
"Which way are you going?" After pondering for a moment, it suddenly occurred to him that a few miles further north was the camp of the Shatuo people, and that he had many men, so he did not hesitate to turn over his horse and order: "You two ten-man teams, follow the horseshoe prints and continue to chase westward; The rest of the people, follow me north. ”
"Little fox, I must catch you!" Porto confidently urged his horse forward. Although the Shatuo people have a few camps in Suye Shuibei, their nest is on the shore of the distant Pu Sea. In the Suye River Valley, the strength of the Qarlu tribe is much greater than that of the Shatuo tribe. Therefore, Portu was not afraid to step into the pastures of the Shatuo people. In his mind, as long as he didn't really use the knife and the gun, there would be no trouble.
After advancing for a mile or two, a large group of cavalry suddenly swarmed from the opposite side. Potu immediately reined in and ordered his men to defend in place.
Nearly a thousand fierce Shatuo cavalry raised their scimitars and surrounded Botu and the others.
Porto was about to explain the reason when he heard someone on the other side shouting, "Why do you steal our horses like a shameless robber, the black dog of Qarluq!" ”
The Qarluqs are still black, and the black wolf is the tribal totem. The word "black dog" can be said to be a great insult to the Qarluqs.
Potu's anger rose, and he immediately scolded back: "Don't bark at Shatuo Red Dog, our Qarlu troops are strong and strong, how can we scarce your horses!" We came this time to hunt down the Great Eclipse Scout. ”
The word "red dog" is used to insult the still red Shatuo people, which has the same effect.
"How can we have a big food scout here, the black dog doesn't want to spew blood! Return the horses to me, or you'll look good!" ”
"Akainu can talk nonsense, who can prove that we stole horses? Hurry up and let all the boys in your camp come out, we will identify them one by one! ”
The two sides exchanged words and scolding, and refused to give in to each other.
Portu thought that the so-called "horse theft" was just an excuse for the Shatuo people to refuse their search, but unexpectedly, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy stood up opposite and said in a loud voice: "I can prove that they robbed our horses." Suluk and I were grazing horses by the river, and they crossed the river like robbers and robbed several horses. I hurried back to the camp to report the news, but they were still chasing after me, trying to kill people. ”
Botu saw the imprint on the boy's cheek from afar, and knew that he was a lowly slave. At this time, Botu suddenly felt strange, why did the little horse slave on the bank of the river suddenly appear in front of the team and run back to the camp of the Shatuo people, obviously did not leave the Suye waterbank?
Botu was stunned for a moment, and the little slave on the opposite side immediately said: "Look, the black dogs dare not deny it!" ”
The Shatuo people were talking, and the insults became louder and louder.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Botu was about to make up an excuse to retreat, when suddenly a short spear flew from the ranks of the Shatuo people on the opposite side and pierced directly through the chest of one of the Qarluq cavalrymen.
The blood flew so much that the people of Qarlu were furious, and Portu did not expect the Shatuo people to dare to kill them.
Under these circumstances, the money-hungry and lustful Botu also knew that he must not retreat, otherwise the reputation of the Qarluq tribe would be ruined in his own hands. So, he waved his sword and shouted: "Warriors of Gelulu, rush, let's kill through the enemy formation and teach the Red Inu a lesson!" ”
After the Qarluq cavalry was launched, the Shatuo cavalry no longer hesitated, and surged up like a tide.
When the two cavalry were fighting bloodily, outside the war group, the one-armed Suluk hurried towards the Shatuo camp. On the side of his saddle, several short spears hung from him. The long-standing contradictions between the Qarluqs and the Shatuos had been ignited, and he had more urgent things to do.
On February 28, on the north bank of Suyeshui, the dispute between the Qarlu and Shatuo tribes caused by the dispute over "horse theft" intensified, and the two soldiers and horses repeatedly rushed and killed on the tender yellow grassland on the north bank, killing hundreds of people and injuring more than 1,000 people in the friction.
On the night of the 28th of February, when the Shatuos and Qarluqs returned to their camp after a day of fierce fighting, they found that their Turkish slaves had taken advantage of the chaos. Having killed the soldiers who were guarding the camp, swept away all the weapons, horses, and food they could find, and fled westward.
The exhausted Qarluqs and Shatuos were powerless to hunt down the turkish fugitives at night.
By the time the two ministries temporarily put aside their hatred and chased after them together, it was already the afternoon of the next day.
When the combined forces of the Qarluqs and Shatuos pursued westward along the dense horseshoe prints for several days, and finally caught up with the Tukshi fugitives in the Suye River valley east of Ashbulai, they were surprised to find that what appeared before them was not an imaginary rabble, but an orderly and well-organized army.
Although the Turgish, of all ages, were ragged and armed, they were full of spirit, high spirits, and well-founded advances and retreats, and they already showed an aura of majesty like hunting wolves.
In an army of thousands of people, a rudimentary golden wolf flag fluttered in the wind from a slightly twisted flagpole.
When the Golden Wolf Banner, which had disappeared for most of the year, was raised again, the Qarluqs and Shatuos suddenly remembered the Turgish Khanate that had terrified them.
Under the banner, a young samurai immediately crossed his sword, like the rising sun, exuding dazzling light.
When the Qarlu and Shatuo people hesitated whether they should rush to kill the enemy's formation, behind the Tuqi Shi people, the horses' hooves were like thunder, the golden drums were ringing in unison, and the stone ** team of the brigade kept coming. Their menacing posture was obviously not intended to cooperate with the Qarluqs and Shatuos in capturing fugitive slaves.
Unexpectedly, Shi Guo actually directly sent troops to interfere in this matter, and after communicating with the Shatuo people, Ge Lulu decided to avoid it for the time being.
After the coalition forces retreated cautiously, thousands of Turks cheered in unison: "Special service! Special Service! ”
Surrounded by the one-armed commander Suluk, the ten-commander Bakut and other attached guards, Kudulu rode around his legions.
When thousands of Turks saw that Kudulu was as heroic as the old khan who had died, they couldn't help but burst into tears and wept bitterly. Later, it was said that the water of the Suye River that day had become as salty as the water of the sea because of the tears of the Tuqi Shi people.
In the stone ** team, the panting Mu Tai'a looked at the young special service like the rising sun, and his heart was happy and worried. He could not help but pray secretly: "Allah, I beseech you to bless the infidel Khudulu and never become my enemy." Because I couldn't bear it, I pointed the scimitar in my hand at my friend's chest. ”
The golden wolf flag flying high again in the Suyeshui River Valley has slightly changed the political landscape of the river. The butterfly effect brought by the traverser has begun to cause changes in wind and thunder. The whole river, the whole Datang, and the whole world are becoming strange and new!