August of the first year of the Tang Dynasty, 685 AD

Although there was continuous struggle among the upper echelons of the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian was strong, barely suppressing the wealthy families and some old ministers loyal to Li Tang, and at the same time developing the economy on a large scale, creating more powerful conditions for the people.

For a time, the Central Plains, which was originally chaotic and panicked after Gaozong's death, became more and more stable.

Compared with the stable Central Plains, the surrounding areas of the Tang Dynasty are extremely unpeaceful, in the northern frontier, the Turkic Ashina Guduolu led the army to the north to conquer the Tiele tribes, wanting to unify the northern grasslands, and in the southwest, Tubo has made a series of troubles, frequently invading the states and counties belonging to the Tang Dynasty, and for a time, the frontier is constantly smoking.

Since March, after Ashina Guduolu led the army to start the Northern Expedition, after several months of marching, he finally forced the Tiele tribes to the Jedi, and the eight prefectures and thirteen state cities that originally belonged to the Tiele tribes have fallen to five prefectures and eight state cities, and now all the clans of the Tiele tribe, all of whom escaped, were all stranded in the remaining state capitals.

It's a pity that these people are all full of panic and fleeing.

"Great Khan, Kedun, we can't retreat, otherwise, the ancestral land of my Tiele tribes will all be occupied by the Turks, and at that time, even if we leave our lives, what is the use, do we really have to go north to that bitter cold land and live a hard life."

In the Hui tribe, a tribal patriarch stood in the middle of the big tent with a sad face, and generously pleaded to Shen Rou and Aledo.

"Yes, Great Khan, your Hui is the most powerful of our Tiele tribes, and now the only tribe that still has enough troops, if you don't come out, our Tiele Ke will really be helpless, do you really want to see our tribes all wiped out by the Turks?"

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and with the statement of the first patriarch, many tribal patriarchs who had lost their own tribe's pastures or clansmen said excitedly.

Fortunately, although they were excited, they didn't say anything excessive, after all, not long ago, with the 100,000 army of the Tiele tribes, after being defeated by the Turks in a battle, the entire Tiele tribes, except for the Hui tribe, the rest of the tribes can have less than 50,000 warriors.

"Aledo, what do you think about this?"

Looking at the many excited patriarchs in the big tent, Shen Rou still asked the Great Khan Aledo sitting beside him with an indifferent face.

"It's ........ This........ Everything is up to Eminem, and the child obeys Eminem's commands. ”

Hearing Shen Rou's inquiry, Aledo uncharacteristically did not say anything, but just said respectfully.

"You ........."

"Hmph"

Shen Rou, who was not moved in the slightest in the face of many excited patriarchs, couldn't help but have a trace of anger on her face when she saw Aledo's appearance.

Not only was Shen Rou's heart surging with anger, but many patriarchs in the big tent looked at Aledo, who looked so cowardly, and in addition to anger, they were more disappointed, especially those who sent the warriors of the tribe to follow Aledor to resist the Turkic army, and they wanted to kill themselves with remorse.

Since the last time Aledo sent troops and returned from defeat, the once high-spirited and self-respecting Aledo has become like an old man, he doesn't care about anything, he is not close to anyone, even in the face of his mother, he is also a submissive look, and even his speech is not as casual as before, a little more polite and restrained.

Although he was dissatisfied with Aledo's arrogance and pride before, Shen Rou knew that it was a common disease of young people, and the young man had not experienced the world, but suddenly ascended to a high position, and it was inevitable to be arrogant, but now Aledor has simply lost his soul, or rather, the cruelty of the war completely frightened him, making him dare not do anything, and face everything and people with a timid heart.

"Aledo, you are the Great Khan of the Hui Dynasty, and the patriarch of the most powerful Hui tribe of all the Tiele tribes, it can be said that in the entire Northern Frontier Grassland, except for the Turkic Great Khan Ashina Guduolu, you are the first person who deserves to be, and now, it is time for you, as a Great Khan, a patriarch, to make a decision, but you leave everything to me to deal with, do you think you are still worthy of being a Great Khan, worthy of being the patriarch?"

Shen Rou gritted her teeth and said.

"It's ........ This ........"

Hearing Shen Rou's almost mean words, even the current Aledor couldn't help blushing and muttering twice, wanting to say something, but he trembled for a long time, but he didn't spit out a word.

"What do you want to say, you are the Great Khan, here is your big tent, is there anything you dare not say here? Or, a defeat has completely defeated you, you are still afraid, just like the eagle that has not yet spread its wings, because it is still afraid of the pain of falling, so it chooses to become a pheasant thrown in the mud on the ground, if you really do not want to take your responsibility, then you can now drop everything and get out of here. ”

Shen Rou continued.

"Uh-huh......."

As soon as Shen Rou's words came out, the big tent suddenly became silent, and the patriarchs of all the tribes looked at Shen Rou, their faces were full of surprise, although they all felt helpless about Aledo's cowardice, but who would have thought that Shen Rou, Aledo's mother, would actually say such a thing in public, you know, although Aledo was able to sit in the position of the Great Khan, thanks to Shen Rou's multi-faceted strategy, but since he was the Great Khan, then he would be respected by all the Hui and many Tiele people, Now that Shen Rou even said such a thing, it can be seen that she is indeed too disappointed in Aledo.

"I ........ I ........."

"What do you say, how do you want to choose."

"I ...... I, I want to take responsibility, but ...... But........ But I'm really afraid, Eminem, I'm really afraid........"

"Woo woo woo ........."

Under Shen Rou's repeated persecution, the arrogance in Aledo's bones was reactivated, but unfortunately, on the battlefield, the Turkic warriors who rode fast horses and held scimitars, like devils crawling out of hell, really scared Aledo.

The 100,000-strong army, which did not even resist the impact of tens of thousands of Turkic troops, collapsed in such an instant, and what made him feel even more frightened and annoyed was that Bo Guoer, the chief of the guard who had followed him for many years, in order to let him escape from the pursuit of the Turks, took dozens of guards to cut off the queen for him, and when he sent people back to look for the bodies of Bo Guoer and those guards afterwards, those people did not bring back a single intact bone except for a bag of soil stained with blood and minced meat.

Later, he heard some of the old men in the guards say that this is the tradition of the Turks, and that after slaying the enemy, they will trample the corpses of those who have caused great losses to them back and forth with war horses, knowing that these corpses will be reduced to bloody mud, so that these enemies will never be reborn.

"Bang Bang ....."

"Ah, Kedun, no, no!"

"Great Khan be careful."

..........

Just as Aledo was kneeling there and crying bitterly, the next scene made everyone suddenly exclaim.

With the sound of the sword unsheathed, everyone saw that Shen Rou used a very fast body to pull out the scimitar in the guard's scabbard from the hands of the guards beside him, and then put the scimitar on Aledo's neck.

"Afraid, what are you afraid of, are you afraid of dying in battle or what are you afraid of, tell you, what you should really be afraid of is that because of your cowardice, the ancestors of the Hui tribe for hundreds of years of hard work will be ruined, what you should be afraid of is that countless Uighur warriors and Tiele warriors have become ghosts and slaves of the Turks because of your timidity."

"Tell me, you can even throw these things away, what else can you be afraid of, you say...... If you can't make a choice, then I'll help you make a choice, you say my child, since I can give birth to you, I can also kill you, I would rather my child die in my hands than he will be a cowardly and useless person, you say, what are you afraid of. ”

"I....... I...... I'm not afraid. ”

"What you say, I didn't hear."

"I said, I said I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid of the Turks, I'm not afraid of Ashina Gudolu, I'm the Great Khan of the Hui, I'm not afraid of anything."

When Aledo's voice spread through the cracks in the big tent, everyone noticed the great change in Aledo, and at this time, Aledo seemed to have been baptized, without the cowardly appearance just now, with firm eyes and magnificent temperament.

....................

Lushan Mansion was originally the territory of the Sijie tribe.

Because Lushan Mansion is located in the center of northern Xinjiang and connects the transportation lifeline of the north and south of northern Xinjiang, this is an extremely important place.

In the past, I thought that the importance of your Lushan Mansion could be regarded as the most prosperous town in the entire northern Xinjiang, just the merchants who came and went, there were more than 100,000, so to speak, this is a Chang'an City outside the Saiwai.

As a result, the Sijie tribe has become the richest tribe in the entire Tiele tribe, or among all the grassland tribes in the entire northern Xinjiang.

"Hurry up, the 2,000th team will climb the city wall, and the warriors who will take over the 1,000th team, who dare to rub it, be careful of military law."

A rough voice continued to scream, accompanied by this rough voice, a pair of warriors of the Sijie tribe wearing leather armor and holding bows and arrows quickly climbed the wall of Lushan Mansion.

I don't know if I don't know that when these people climbed the city wall, many people, who were already extremely nervous, became even more nervous, and some people were almost surprised that they even stopped breathing.

I saw that not far from the city wall, there were black and oppressive human heads everywhere, these people came and went, because the distance was too far, they looked like small ants, but it was precisely because of this that the warriors of the Sijie tribe who had just climbed to the top of the city were worried.

"No, no, no, I don't want to be here, I want to go back, my father said, take me to Datang next month, I don't want to be here, I don't want to wait for death here."

Because he was too nervous, a young man who looked a little immature, suddenly left the bow and arrow in his hand and ran towards the city.

"Click"

"Gollum"

It's a pity that he didn't run far before he saw a cold light flash, and then, the head that had been on his neck rolled to the side with a gurgling face, and then like a leather ball, it rolled down the stairs of the city wall and quickly rolled to the bottom of the city wall, and at this time, the young man's body ran forward a few steps because of inertia, and then his body slowly fell.

"Hmph, escape from the battle, behead on the spot, look at it, this is your end, who of you still wants to escape, this is an example, don't say that I didn't explain to you, defend the city, you are all heroes, you can't hold the city, everyone is going to be finished, if you want to live, you will desperately defend the city."

A general holding a scimitar that was still dripping blood, with a gloomy look on his face, said to the warriors of the Sijie tribe on the city wall.

With the lessons of the past, even if someone wants to leave, they can only keep this idea in their hearts, for fear that after revealing it, they will be killed on the spot by this cold-blooded general.

"Solaisa, are you too ruthless, this is our clansman, if you go down with this knife, there will be no life."

After inspecting the city walls, the general slowly walked to the tower, and at this time, another general was already waiting for him.

Hearing the general's words, the murderous general, that is, Solaisa, still said with the same expression, "Clansmen, if you can exchange a human life for the stability of Lushan City, then don't say it's one person, even if it's ten people, a hundred people, what's the calculation, for so many years, other tribes have just seen that our Sijie tribe is getting richer and richer, and the patriarch is also dedicated to developing commerce, but compared with other tribes, our warriors have not been able to hold swords, guns, bows and arrows for a long time, and now these young people, Don't say that you have killed the enemy in battle, and even the sheep are very rare, in this way, I am afraid that our Sijie tribe is not far from extinction, today is just to teach them a lesson, let them know that the battlefield is always the most cruel, either you die or I live, unlike them doing business, it is not so easy. ”

"Hmph, hahaha, after so many years, you are still so old-fashioned, no wonder people are doing business, but you are still herding sheep and running horses every day, now it seems that only you are right, on the grassland, since ancient times, it is the law of the jungle, even if we have more money, we can't resist the enemy's swords and guns, but it is easy to attract vicious jackals, if we can survive this catastrophe, I will definitely advise the patriarch to let our tribe return to the previous tradition, business can not be less, but knives and guns can not be discarded."

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