As soon as the ten soldiers of Xiaomian were ready, the ten soldiers inside rushed out. No one. Look at the man's clothes, he is a Turkic herdsman. Dressed in extremely tattered leather clothes, his head was unkempt, and he was grabbed by the soldiers on two legs. Drag yourself out of town upside down!

Seeing this, Su Dingfang waved his hand and shouted, "Enter another team of people." See if there are still Turks inside! ”

A group of soldiers agreed in unison and galloped into the town.

The soldiers dragged the Turks to Wang Ping'an's horse and shouted: "Master, this fellow is very bold, and when he saw us coming, instead of hiding, he climbed out and asked us for something to eat."

Wang Ping'an sighed and looked down at the Turkic man, who was about fifty years old. Life on the grassland is not easy, people look old, they look like they are in their fifties, but it is estimated that it should not be

Ten.

The Turks' clothes were tattered and dirty. Lying on the ground, his eyes were full of despair, and he did not beg for mercy, looking at his expression, it seemed that if the soldier gave him a knife now, he would be very grateful on the contrary, and he would finally be able to be freed!

Wang Ping'an lowered his head and asked, "Which tribe are you from?" Why here? Brother Yelujun, who was standing beside him, immediately turned his words over. This Turkic people heard their own language. His eyes lit up slightly, and he said in Chinese: "Gurgle Lalabu, looking for food, hungry!" ”

There is no need for Brother Yelujun to turn over Ze, Wang Ping'an also understood, and asked: "What kind of tribe is Gulala, Turkic?" ”

Brother Yelujun said: "It is a small department of the Turks, there are many craftsmen in the department, and they are good at making stone arrows

"Arrowheads out of stones?" Wang Ping'an frowned, presumably it is not easy to control iron on the grassland, so the herdsmen use stones to make arrowheads, which is really backward.

As he spoke, the soldiers in the town took out more than a dozen Turks, all of whom were dragged out. The clothes are in tatters, there are men, women and children, and it seems to be a small family. They saw the man outside. Cry out together, and the children cry loudly!

Wang Ping'an glanced at Su Dingfang, and Su Dingfang hurriedly said: "Looking at their appearance, they are all old and weak, either they can't walk, or they are abandoned, otherwise they won't stay here!" ”

Hmm, Wang Ping'an didn't speak, thinking in his heart how to deal with these Turks.

Qiu Renjie suddenly asked, "Where are your horses?" The Turks don't have horses, so what else are they called? ”

The words were asked, but everyone did not need an answer from the Turks, why there were no horses, presumably they were all killed and eaten. Horses are the lifeblood of the Turks. If it is not a last resort, there will be no Turks without horses.

Although Ouyang Li was escorting the team behind. But Brother Ouyang still came with a few to protect Wang Ping'an. Ouyang Yi jumped off his horse and examined the Turks. Turning back to Wang Ping'an, he said: "Master, these Turks have no weapons, and they seem to be ordinary herdsmen, not Turkic soldiers!" ”

Wang Ping'an nodded, waved at the Turks, and said, "Get out of here quickly." If the people of Liangzhou come back and see you here, it will definitely hurt you, so go back to the grassland."

Brother Yelu Jun turned the words over, and an old Turkic man in the lead muttered a lot, and Brother Yelu Jun hurriedly said the words to Wang Ping'an.

What the old Turkic man was saying was that their tents had been robbed, and there were no horses, cattle, or sheep left. If you stay in this small town, you will have a house to live in and be able to make a fire to keep warm. Put a trap in the forest and field, and you can also catch some small beasts to satisfy your hunger. Although it is difficult to live, it will not immediately freeze and starve to death. If they leave, I'm afraid that within a few days, all of them will die.

Wang Ping'an listened to it and thought that it was indeed the case. He said: "But if you don't leave, when the people of this town come back, you will still be killed, and you will not say anything, and you can live for a few more days, and no one wants to die immediately."

Brother Yelujun turned his words over as usual. The old Turkic man said a few more words. Brother Yelujun said: "He said that he wants to be a Tang Dynasty and doesn't plan to be a Turk anymore." He also said that he wanted to learn to farm, and said that the Tang Dynasty government allowed this! ”

Wang Ping'an looked at Su Dingfang and asked, "Does the imperial court allow this?" This is tantamount to luring the Turkic herdsmen, and those tribes in the steppe can't get mad and will provoke wars, right? ”

Su Dingfang said with a smile: "Master Hou, let the Turkic poor move inward in order to reduce the strength of the Turks, this kind of thing started in the former Sui Dynasty, let alone temptation." Sometimes a large army will be sent to plunder the population and enter the customs, which is not unusual! ”

Qiu Renjie's face turned red and he bowed his head and was silent, while the soldiers all looked unbelieving, the army went out to plunder the population? Impossible!

Hostile countries, where to be polite and whatever. As long as you can weaken the enemy, you can do anything. The officials of the Tang Dynasty are not bad, but they are just plundering the population, and they should be placed in the former Sui, and if they have the kung fu of plundering, it is better to cut them directly!

Wang Ping'an whispered: "But these Turks have moved inward, if they hook up with the Turks on the steppe, wouldn't it be even more dangerous, what if they should join forces with the outside to seize the city?" ”

Su Dingfang glanced at the Turks lying on the ground, and said contemptuously: "These Turks, they don't have the slightest idea of their home and country, whoever they follow, they will stop it, and there has never been a thing that should be reversed, and the grassland will be..." The Turks had no other skills. The ability of one's own people to beat one's own people is the most powerful! ”

Wang Ping'an hummed, this is also the case. This characteristic of the Turkic people is good for the Tang Dynasty, but it also has disadvantages, that is, the steppe is not unified, that is, the scattered sand, it is easy to fight, but once it is unified. This characteristic immediately turned against Datang. Whoever the Turkic soldiers follow, they will fight for, and it will make the powerful tribe stronger and stronger, and the military power will soar! Not allowing only one voice on the steppe. The Khan cannot be the only leader, and must support the Khan's hostile tribes, which is not only the policy of the Tang Dynasty towards the Turks, but also the former Sui Dynasty!

Wang Ping'an nodded and said, "I want to be a citizen of my Tang Dynasty, this is a good thing, and the future is bright." Come, leave them some dry food, and let them go! ”

The soldiers took out their dry rations and gave them a little to the Turks, which was actually a cake for each person. But these Turks were ecstatic. Lying on the ground and kowtowing to Wang Ping'an, he grabbed the cake and stuffed it into his mouth, obviously hungry!

Wang Ping'an waved his hand and said, "Let's go on." I must go into the city today, it has been delayed for several days! ”

The army set off again and rushed to Liangzhou. But it didn't matter if they moved together, the Turks followed, and although they didn't run fast, they kept following behind, and did not go back to the village.

Wang Ping'an looked back, shook his head and said, "They think they can survive if they follow us, should we take them with us?" ”

Qiu Renjie and Su Dingfang said loudly at the same time: "No, you can't take them!" ”

Qiu Renjie said: "It's not that the little brother is ruthless. If the Turks can be like them and are willing to join our Datang, it will be very beneficial to our Datang, not only to enhance their strength, but also to weaken the Turks. The imperial court has always taken this as a policy against foreign countries! But the current situation is that we don't have the strength to pity them, and if there are more people who follow, wouldn't it be bad? ”

Su Dingfang also said: "Now that they have few people, if they gather more people, they will be bold, and if we can't give dry food, they will have to grab horses." They even robbed their own people, not to mention us outsiders. There is still half a day away from Liangzhou, nothing can be born, don't mess with kindness! ”

Wang Ping'an nodded and said, "I'm just asking, let's hurry!" ”

Everyone urged the horses forward, and after a while, they came to a village again.

There were also Turkic people fleeing in this village. They heard the sound of horses' hooves and first hid. But when he saw that it was Tang Bing, he came out instead, stretched out his hand to beg, and wanted some food!

Seeing this, Wang Ping'an said: "Anyway, I'm going to Liangzhou, and the rest of the dry food will be distributed to them."

Qiu Renjie said: "Look at their appearance." It seems that they are not afraid of my Tang army, so why did they hide before, who were they afraid of? ”

Everyone was speechless, thinking in their hearts, aren't they afraid of suddenly wishing for their own people? Some dry food was given to the Turks, and they continued on their way. But the Turks followed!

Wang Ping'an looked back and said with a smile: "Oh, the grassland herdsmen are really interesting, I gave them a cake, and they followed me, if so." Wu went to the grassland for a turn, wouldn't he be able to pull up a big tribe! ”

Su Dingfang said: "The tribes on the grassland are flourishing very quickly. Especially in a year of great disaster, as long as the herdsmen can be saved, then let's watch. In a few years, a large tribe of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people can be formed! After a pause, he added: "Flourish quickly, disperse faster." The Huns were like this before, and now the Turks are still like this! ”

The people talked about walking, and walked a few miles. In the villages and towns encountered, there were basically some Turkic people, but the local people were nowhere to be seen, and after the Turks got dry food, they all followed Wang Ping'an and them!

If he goes on like this, Wang Ping'an may really be able to pull up a big tribe, but it's a pity that the Turks who followed him. They are all old and weak women and children, and they are almost not in the prime of life!

After walking to a place about twenty miles away from the city, Su Dingfang suddenly said: "Something is wrong, just now Brother Qiu said that these Turkic old and weak are not afraid of the Central Plains army. But who are you afraid of? Thinking about it now, it seems that they are really afraid of their own Turkic people, could it be that there are powerful Turkic tribes under the city in front? ”

Everyone strangled the war horses, you look at me, I look at you, the roots of your head are a little numb! What does it mean that the people of Liangzhou swept into the city, but the Turkic old and weak stayed so far away from the city? Doesn't it just show that there are powerful Turkic tribes under the city? And it's so strong that even the Liangzhou soldiers can't drive them away!

Wang Ping'an waved his hand and shouted, "What about Hou Ling? ”

Hou Lingzong stepped forward and said, "My subordinates are here!" ”

Wang Ping'an said: "Go and see, what's going on in the city, we're waiting for you here!" ”

Hou Ling agreed and ran in the direction of Liangzhou.

Wang Ping'an took people into a small village on the side of the road, waiting for Hou Ling's return!