At the next day's court meeting, Li Shimin's promulgation of various "No. 1 in the world" made all the civil and military ministers red-eyed, from the prime minister to the officials, and their eyes were filled with cold light. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

No desire, no desire, that's.

When you enter the court as an official, all you want is to serve the country and make a name for yourself, and you have great power in your hands.

If Li Shimin is pointed out as the first minister of the year, the first general of the year, and the first official of the year, this is undoubtedly an affirmation of their efforts this year, and fame and power will naturally follow.

The civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty all praised Li Shimin for his wisdom and praised him as the holy lord of the Ming Dynasty.

And just when the Tang Dynasty was vigorous and hard to practice internal skills, the Turks were in flames, and the hatred between Jieli and the Turki Yinan coalition was deep, and the two sides were red-eyed, and there was no possibility of peace talks, and the only result was that either Jieli fell, or Tuli and Yinan fell.

Therefore, although the Turks were already icy and snowy, the two sides were forced to stop the war due to the weather, and each was gathering strength with the intention of annihilating each other. It's just that Jieli is an old Turkic force, deeply rooted in the steppe, although it is because of a moment of downfall, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the old Turkic tribe is still more convinced of him, and his strength is still as strong as ever.

The Turki men are young and vigorous, representing the strength of the new generation of Turks, and their overall strength is indeed weaker than Jieli, but they have the support of the Tang Dynasty, have excellent equipment, have strong armor, and their strength is not much inferior to Jieli.

After the battle, each suffered heavy losses, and no one could help anyone. The more this is the case, the less likely it is for each other to shake hands and say goodbye, there can only be one king on the grassland, and the face has been torn, and there is no possibility of reuniting. For Jieli, Tuli and Yi Nan have threatened his existence, and they cannot be allowed to continue to develop. Tuli and Yi Nan are also average, they have joined forces, and they already have the strength to match Jieli, and they are not willing to give up.

For the survival of the tribe, they can accept a truce, but it is fanciful to want them to shake hands and make peace.

Tuli and Yi Nan have the support of Datang, and the ambition of the two has reached a pole in exchange for a steady stream of food and ordnance from Datang, and they believe that it is very smooth to overturn Jieli Khan to death, but unexpectedly the Xi people suddenly sent troops and burned the two of them with a large number of war horses, cattle and sheep military assets, and then left.

In the joint army account of Tuli and Yi Nan, there was a male flame, but the hearts of the two were like falling into an ice cave, just because before this, the Xi tribe wantonly slaughtered the tribes of the two.

A series of bad news came, which directly made the complacent Tuli and Yi Nan dumbfounded, and scolded angrily and unwillingly, "Jieli, this animal, in order to kill us, actually attracted the Xi clan!" ”

He was furious, and so was Yi Nan.

At the same time, the two secretly hated in their hearts: they were really self-defeating, Jieli was an old force in the Turkic steppe, and if the two did not do their best, it would be impossible for them to fight, so at the beginning of the war, the two planned to win by force this time. specially mobilized the forces of various tribes, but they didn't want the Xi people to take advantage of the loopholes and attack their rear, which brought them great panic. Thinking of this, the two almost vomited blood.

"The two khans, Licong Khan, Khur Khan, Congzhe Khan, and Mohan Khan...... Ask for a meeting as well. ”

The voice of his cronies came from outside the big tent, and he reported the names of eight khans in a row, which was the same as the letters for help received in the hands of Tuli and Yi Nan.

Tu Li shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said to Yi Nan: "Our trouble is coming, needless to say, we are also required to send troops to encircle and suppress the Xi clan, but once we divide our troops, we will let Jieli be crushed into meat residue on ice and snow." ”

Yi Nan also said helplessly: "Tuli Khan, you still have to see it, otherwise the army will disperse." "The prairie has always believed in the respect of the strong and the supremacy of strength, and if the two of them do not give an explanation, it will not only chill the hearts of several loyal tribes, but also bury a huge risk of splitting. The leaders of the tribes, who regard the interests of their tribes above all else, for the sake of their own safety, have the option of surrendering to Jieli is very likely.

After thinking about it, the two sighed and said, "Let everyone come in." ”

As soon as they were allowed, Ashina Congli, Khurmod, Ashina Congzhe and others poured in one after another.

"King Khan, you have to make decisions for me!" Ashina Congzhe is the most miserable, his son died first in Jieli (a tribe killed by Qin Feng, just for his own interests, but everything that died let him blame Jieli Khan's head), thinking of avenging his son this time, under the instigation of Tuli Khan, he mobilized all the Tujie and guards under his command in one go, and only a small part of the string control soldiers were left to protect the territory. In order to avenge his son, his soldiers rushed to kill the hardest, and the losses were the heaviest. As a result, this side has not yet won, but the rear has let the five tribes of the Xi clan be destroyed in one fell swoop, and cattle, sheep and horses have become the trophies of the other party. Thinking of his years of hard work, almost half of his loss is a heart, a fifty-year-old man, tears are flowing down.

Looking at his uncle, the Tuli Khan also sympathized, and felt that he couldn't stand him, gritted his teeth and said: "Uncle rest assured, I don't share the sky with Jieli Khan and the Xi people, your hatred is my hatred, your son is my brother, I will definitely cut off their heads and paint you into a drowning vessel, especially my brother, who died even more miserably." Once I won this time, I fought with him to the death. He deliberately mentioned Ashina Congli's dead child, just to arouse his hatred of the same enemy and keep him to continue to fight the enemy.

Ashina shook his head miserably and said: "The tribe was destroyed, and the people who were killed had nowhere to live, exposing the corpses to the wilderness, and becoming the flesh of birds and beasts. Those who were lucky enough to flee were homeless, scattered, robbed by horse thieves or taken captive by other tribes, all because of my desire for revenge. This is a big mistake, and I will not go back to make up for it. How do I deal with Daddy who passed the Khan throne to me? With the approval of King Wanghan, Ashina withdrew his army from Zhe and returned to gather the scattered tribesmen to prepare for the winter. "The nest was kicked, and Ashina suffered heavy losses in the economic and material resources of the Congzhe tribe, and he definitely couldn't survive this winter, and he could only resign himself to fate if he could survive this long and cold winter.

The Turki Khan shook his head and sighed, so he had to say: "Uncle be careful all the way, you also suffered this loss for my Turks." I will give you all the compensation to help you survive this winter. ”

After Ashina Congzhe, the Turkic khans such as Ashina Congli, Khurmod, and Mohan Lizan also said that they were threatened by the Xi tribe and planned to settle the people who escaped from the tribe, and then raise troops to take revenge after the beginning of spring next year.

Among them, there are those who are loyal to Tuli and those who are loyal to Yinan. They want to leave, and there is nothing they can do, this is a rule since ancient times, and no one can change it, Bishi Khan can't, and neither can Jieli.

This is also the most uncontrollable place for the grassland peoples, each tribe will certainly serve one person as the main person, but they all put their own tribe first. For the sake of his own tribe, he was able to ignore and disobey the Turkic Khan.

Jieli Khan was the British lord of the Turks, and as early as when he was young, he saw the disadvantage of this system to his power, and specially reused some capable remnants of the previous dynasty as officials, thinking that the Central Plains would be used on them, changing the Turkic situation of being independent, and establishing a Turkic state like the Han dynasty. It's just that so far, few of the Turkic tribes have eaten his set.

Today, the Turki Khan and the Yinan Khan finally understand Jieli's intentions and the disadvantages of the Turkic system.

The Tuli Male Coalition Army is headed by Tuli, so the object of the request of each ministry is Tuli. Tuli allowed Ashina to leave from Zhe and the others, because he had no reason to refuse them, and it was useless to persuade them, so he could only let go.

Seeing this, Yi Nan stood up knowingly and said, "Khans, please stay for the time being." Yi Nan has a piece of advice, it's not too late to make a decision after listening to it. ”

"Yi Nan Khan, please speak!" Yi Nan is the second leader, and everyone has stopped selling his face.

Yi Nan Khan muttered, "Your homeland has been shattered, and it is useless to go back, and there is no way to change the status quo. ”

Ashina Congzhe frowned and said, "What does Yi Nan Khan mean to let us leave our brothers alone?" ”

"No, no, no!" Yi Nan said three "no" words in a row and explained: "I didn't mean that, I meant that it was a fact that the Xi people did evil, and it would be useless to go back." Khans, please think about it, the Xi people have a strong army, there are nearly 100,000 people who control the strings, and the combat effectiveness is very powerful, and now they have become Jieli's lackeys, and we have no room for maneuver. Maybe on your way back, the Xi people have already opened a big net, waiting for you to send it! The total number of soldiers and horses in your various units is less than 80,000, and they are generally inferior to the Xi people. ”

Ashina Congli, Huermod, Ashina Congzhe and others' faces changed greatly, they were all people who understood, and they also knew that what Yi Nan said was very likely. If this were the case, their tribe would disappear into the Turkic steppes.

"How's that to be?" Ashina asked in a panic.

Yi Nan sighed: "I think the wise thing to do is to gather the immortal people in one place, everyone will get through the difficulties together, we will not divide the troops, there are too many wolves to be afraid to come!" ”

Tuli said at the right time: "Yes, uncle, all the belongings have been plundered, and it is useless to go back, so why bother to catch the young and strong of another clan?" I, Turi, swear to the cruel gods that if I don't treat your brothers as brothers, I, Turi, will be punished by thunder and lightning. ”

The people were moved by this, and they were born in a harsh environment, and they believed in God very much, and they also believed in oaths, and they swore by thunder and lightning, which was the most vicious oath.

"The Great Khan and the Yinan Khan are right! That's it, that's it, I'm Ashina from Zhebu. Ashina Congzhe said.

In fact, for them, staying is undoubtedly the best choice, as Yi Nan said, it is useless to go back, maybe they will have to lose these seeds in front of them (to be continued.) )