Chapter 149: The Father and the Son
With just one glance, Cheriel could tell that Themon had come to persuade him to surrender. It is true that Timon is moody and unpredictable in everything he does, but this does not include his father, and what his son is thinking, Cheriel can always see at a glance what he is thinking. When he was far away, he cried out, "Timon, do you want to persuade your father to lay down his arms?" ”
There was no joy of victory on Timmon's face, but a sadness was revealed: "A Khan will not lay down his weapon, otherwise he would not be worthy of being called a Khan." I don't want to make any unnecessary attempts, father. ”
"And what are you doing here?"
"Let me tell you what kind of mistake you made."
Chereel sneered and said, "You want to tell me that I shouldn't have killed those seven leaders, causing the hearts of the people to be lost and finally turn against them?" Forget it, even if I don't kill those seven people, they will also divide and disintegrate my subordinates, and the final result may be better than now, but it will only be better, and the final winner will be you, won't you, son? ”
Teemon nodded, shook his head again, and said, "Yes, the final winner must be me, because no matter what you do, people's hearts will leave you." Just look at the difference between your territory and that of Ghaza Khan, although the results of the reform of the Turks are not obvious at present, but this difference will become bigger and bigger with time, the people of the Turks are not blind, they will sooner or later see who is the final winner, even if you don't fail here today, you will still fail somewhere else. But I would say that you did not make this mistake, because it is irrevocable, I just want to talk about the mistake you made against Ghaza Khan. Your real mistake is that you are too smart, but too cautious. It is your cleverness that you can see through my plan at a glance, but the measures you take after seeing through my plan are the safest and least likely to suffer of all the options, and your refusal to take risks is your fatal wound. Because of this, I know early on what you're going to do next, so every step you take is something I expected, and I can anticipate and take advantage of it. This is the root cause of your defeat today. ”
Che Erlie sneered a few times and said, "Did you come to this formation just to humiliate me?" ”
Teemon shook his head and said, "No, I'm here just to advise you, although you have gradually lost the hearts of the people, you still have won the loyalty of the warriors of the Iwabe. But they've shed enough blood for you, and as a member of the Iwabe, I hope you'll be able to stop this senseless bloodshed in time while Iwabe still has the strength. ”
"After all, aren't you here to persuade you to surrender?" Che Erlie snorted.
"No, father, I'm here to save Iwabe. I don't expect your submission, as the proud leader of the Iwabu, I will not bow my knees to the enemy, and this is also my admiration for my father as a son; But I can't let you go, you are an eagle in the steppe, if you have the opportunity you will definitely become a threat to Ghaza Khan again, it is my duty to assist Hasa Khan. ”
"Understood, what you said seems to make sense, my path has come to an end." Chereel raised his head and looked at the sky: "Immortal Heaven has given me a good son, a good son who is enough to kill my father. ”
"Father, I respect you, but you represent the honor and past of Tukyo, and what I want is the prosperity and future of Tukyo, so I can't stay with you to assist you, because you can't give me what I want."
"Isn't everything yours when I die?" Chereel said angrily, this is also the point that he can't understand his son the most.
"It's too late, and Tuqi will lose time to catch up with other countries." Themon's answer was concise and to the point, but it went straight to the heart.
Chereel smiled sadly: "It's useless to say anything now, son. As a father, I always have you in my heart, but my son's heart is the world, and it is normal for me to lose to you, and I have nothing to complain about. ”
With that, Chereel flipped his wrist and slashed his neck with the scimitar in his hand.
The crimson blood stained the grass beneath Chereel's mount.
With the death of Chereel, the position of the leader of the period rock tribe naturally fell to the body of Timon, so after the fall of Chereel, the warriors of the period rock tribe laid down their weapons and followed Themon, thus the battle of Shabokou also came to an end.
Strictly speaking, the battle of Shabakou can hardly be regarded as a battle, because the part of the battle of wits between the two sides is far greater than the part of the confrontation between the two armies, and the battle of Shabokou is only the place where the battle began, and the position of the battle has changed dramatically since then. The number of casualties on both sides in the Battle of Shabokou was also much smaller than that of the other battles: the number of allied troops on the Hesa side was more than 90,000, and the actual casualties were less than 3,000, and some of the infantry of the Silk Country had not even experienced a single battle; A total of 75,000 Cheer troops participated in the battle, and the actual casualties were only about 6,000, most of which were defeated or directly surrendered to the Heza army. However, the Battle of Shabokou was of great significance to Tukhi, and it was precisely because of this battle that the Tukhi, which had been divided after Abicilir's death, was once again unified. Although there were still some tribes who were stubbornly unwilling to submit to the tent after this war, it was only because they were unwilling to accept something that changed the traditions of the Hutchis, and the forces that could really prevent the Hopsa from unifying the tribes and implementing reforms no longer existed.
After this battle, the combined forces of Tukhe and the Silk Kingdom continued to split up, defeating and reuniting the weak army that had been left behind by Cherre, and it took a total of two months before and after, and by the time the allied army returned to Dragon City, Hesa had become a veritable Great Khan of Turghe.
"Then there should be a grand ceremony to announce that Ghassa Khan has succeeded in unifying the Turks, so that after the announcement is made to the world, there will be no one in the Turkish steppe who can compete with Hasa Khan." Lu Mingxian sat on his horse and said to the chief Gao Ding.
Gao Dingbian nodded and replied in a low voice: "Ritual is sometimes necessary, it can make people feel intimidating, but it may not be as smooth as you think. Some enemies won't fight you on the battlefield, they will stand behind you with a smile and sneak a knife at you. ”
Lu Mingxian was taken aback at first, and then immediately understood the chief's intentions.