The remnant sun is like blood, on the battlefield after the end of the vicious battle, the corpses are all over the field, there are mutilated human or horse corpses everywhere, the blood and yellow sand, the air is filled with a strong smell of blood, the sky is hovering with flocks of crows and vultures, and in the sand dunes in the distance, there are many coyotes and wild dogs, staring at blood-red eyes, spitting out long tongues, if it weren't for the fact that there are still a large number of Sui infantry in the battlefield cleaning up the mess, I am afraid that these scavengers in the desert will have already swarmed up and feasted on their mouths.

In the camp of the Sui army outside the west gate, the original Chinese army tent, at this time the main tent door was wide open, the commander of the Sui army, Xue Shixiong, sat behind the handsome case with a golden sword, watching one by one the generals put the heads of the enemy generals captured in this battle, and more than ten Turkic prisoners led by Kuzhen Tutun were held in front of the tent, identifying these heads, and the two in the front were the main general of the reinforcements, Ashina Mohe and the military division Yibi Heli.

The record of joining the army with the army recorded the last stroke: the general of the enemy reinforcements, the deputy leader of the crossbow lost Bi tribe, the general Ashina Mohe, and Xue Wanche was beheaded by Ying Yanglang.

The corners of Xue Shixiong's mouth hooked up a smile, glanced at the generals standing in this tent, and said: "Today this time can be described as a complete victory, the leader of the enemy army is more than a catty, none of them escaped, the crossbow lost tribe plus the defenders of the Yiwu country, and the servant tribe, were killed by our army more than 31,400 people, captured more than 14,300 people, the crossbow lost Bi tribe chief Ashina Kuzhen Tutun, became our prisoner, and the military division Yibi He Li, as well as the fierce general Ashina Mohe, have all been awarded, The task of punishing Yiwu entrusted to us by the Supreme is successfully completed today, and it all depends on your hard work and efforts!"

All the generals and colonels present gave a military salute in unison: "Xue Dashuai works hard, long live the Supreme, long live, long live!"

Adjutant General Wang Rengong hooked the corners of his mouth: "It's a little pity, that Turkic general Bayegu escaped with more than 5,000 people from the Turkish tribe, and the last general had insufficient troops in his hands at that time to pursue them, do you want to pursue them now?"

Xue Shixiong pondered for a while, looked at Wang Shichong, and said with a smile: "Deputy Governor Wang (in order to distinguish himself from Wang Rengong, Xue Shixiong has always called Wang Shichong as Deputy Governor Wang in the army, and took the official name of his official position as Deputy Governor of the Xikaidao Marching Army), this time you can win a big victory, it is all your clever and brilliant planning, in your opinion, how is this matter good?"

Wang Shichong secretly sighed in his heart that this Xue Shixiong is really shrewd, Wang Rengong watched Xue Shixiong's son kill Ashina Mohe, and Pei Renji's son captured Kuzhen Tutun and killed Yibi He Li, but he has no decent military merits here, and he will return to the court in the future, and he will definitely lag behind greatly when rewarding meritorious deeds.

And Xue Shixiong made it clear that he didn't want to give Wang Rengong this opportunity, maybe he had a bad relationship with Wang Rengong, maybe it was because Yang Guang deliberately explained not to give too much credit to Wang Rengong, who was born under Yang Su, so Xue Shixiong threw this problem to himself, obviously hoping that he would refuse Wang Rengong's proposal.

Wang Shichong's eyes rolled, and he quickly made a judgment, Wang Rengong is nearly sixty years old, and he is obviously not favored by Yang Guang, and Xue Shixiong has a heavy army, and after this battle, he will rise all the way, there is no need to offend Xue Shixiong for the sake of Wang Rengong, he shook his head and said: "Xue Dashuai, the last general thinks that the sky will be dark, our army does not know the direction in this big desert, and it is very easy to get lost, and Nabaye Gu has been on the run for more than three hours, and if you chase it at this time, I am afraid that I will not be able to catch up."

The corners of Wang Rengong's mouth hooked, he was obviously not satisfied with Wang Shichong's words, and said in a deep voice: "Deputy Chief Wang, what do you mean by this?" We have so many prisoners, just find a few guides, we won't get lost, and besides, Kuzhen Tutun has become a prisoner, after catching up, there is no need to fight, just order him to surrender, even if you can't catch up, you have to try, how can you just go back empty-handed?"

Xue Shixiong smiled slightly. said: "General Wang, don't be impatient. What Deputy Chief Manager Wang said just now makes sense. The vast grassland, and the big desert, we are not familiar with the terrain, in case of an ambush, the gains outweigh the losses, and now that Yiwu City has just been captured, we also need to stabilize the hearts of the people, as for the Turgish tribe, it is just a servant of the crossbow tribe. Don't be afraid. This time, the Western Turkic Kuzhen Tutun dared to raise troops against our Great Sui, as his brother, the Luo Khan was absolutely inseparable, I heard that the Luo Khan was beaten by the Mohe Little Khan in the west recently, and even the Khan's tent was almost unable to stay, and because of this, even this Kuzhen Tutun had the heart to compete for the throne and wanted to divide the Western Regions. ”

The generals burst into laughter, and Wang Shichong's heart moved, since he followed Yang Guangxi's expedition, he was not familiar with the affairs of the Western Regions. Although I had heard for a long time that the Khan of Chu Luo Khan was unstable, I didn't expect it to reach the point of being driven down. He hurriedly asked, "Xue Dashuai, what's going on?" Chu Luo Khan's position in the Western Turks in the past few years was quite stable, why couldn't he stay all of a sudden this year? ”

Xue Shixiong marched all the way, and he was most familiar with the situation in the Western Regions, and said with a smile: "Deputy Governor Wang has been Tuyuhun with the holy driver, and he doesn't know about the Western Turks, and it is also normal, last year, the Tiele tribes under the Western Turks attacked the general Feng Xiaoci who patrolled my Great Sui Pass, and later the Supreme once sent a messenger, and the general Cui Jun Su went to ask for the crime, and that Luo Khan was arrogant and untamed at first, and even said that he was the king of the kings of the West, and the Supreme was a brother, so there was no need to kneel to him, Fortunately, Cui Junsu responded properly, maintained the majesty of the Celestial Empire, and forced Luo Khan to kneel down with his mother, who was a hostage in my Great Sui, so that he reluctantly agreed to thoroughly investigate the attack on my Great Sui army by the Tiele Tribes. ”

"In fact, this attack was clearly committed by the three tribes in the Tiele tribes who had a good relationship with Chu Luo Khan, the purpose was to see if my strength was still the same as before after the Great Sui changed the Son of Heaven, but the three tribes who listened to him were arranged by the Chu Luo Khan to attack Tuyuhun in the south to avoid this disaster, and in order to give me an explanation for the Great Sui. Chu Luo Khan actually wanted to attack several other Tiele tribes who had not listened to his orders to attack the Great Sui last time. One came to deceive me Da Sui. The second is to kill chickens to show the monkeys, and warn the servant tribes in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains that they will not obey his Great Khan's orders! ”

"When the Khan of Chuluo couldn't fight, he began to play a trick, and under the pretext of discussing important matters, he deceived hundreds of chiefs and nobles of those tribes and their branches into coming to the tent, and then killed them all, and from then on those Tiele tribes rebelled almost overnight. Even the three tribes that had just defeated Tuyuhun in the south rebelled, no longer obeying the orders of Chuluo Khan, and even attacked his servant tribes in various places. ”

Wang Shichong frowned, and secretly scolded this Luo Khan for being really muddy and not on the wall, he actually thought of directly opposing the Sui Dynasty at this time, and then forced the brave and strong Tiele people to rebel, it was so stupid that people had nothing to say, thinking that the hundreds of millions of money he spent to help this guy take the throne might be wasted, he was heartbroken. sighed: "Relying on those Tiele people alone, I'm afraid it won't be able to overthrow the Luo Khan." ”

Pei Renji, who was standing next to Xue Shixiong, said with a smile: "But in the Western Turkic Territory. There is the blood of the Ashina family, but not only the Luo Khan family, the grandson of the former Datou Khan, Mohe Khan in the West of the Western Turks, has always been famous in the Western Turks, when he defeated the army of Han Hong and Li Duan in the Ulzhou area, he was also commanded by this person, after the defeat of the Datou Khan, he was originally the most promising candidate to inherit the throne of the Khan, but he did not expect to kill a Luo Khan halfway, and I don't know where to get a huge amount of money, bought off many small tribes, especially the Tiele tribe, which won the Khan position. ”

"This time, the Tiele tribes rebelled, and Mohe Khan was also pushed as the leader by many tribes, with the Tiele cavalry as the leader, divided his troops to attack the east and west of the Green Ridge, and the two rivers (Amu Darya and Syr Darya, in present-day Central Asia) The valley is loyal to the various departments of Luo Khan, and now most of those tribes have submitted to Mohe Khan, I heard that it is recently, Mohe Khan is ready to raise a large army to directly attack the Turkic tent located in Jinshan!"

Wang Shichong's eyes widened, he didn't expect that in less than a year, the Chuluo Khan who he had finally helped up was really going to be finished, this guy's ability to lose the family looked even more powerful than Yang Guang, he calmed down and squeezed out a smile: "No, no, after all, Chuluo Khan is the Western Turkic Khan canonized by my Great Sui, and now the supreme's car is patrolling Tuyuhun, and the army is not far from here, if Mohe Khan really raises troops to seize the throne, then the Supreme will definitely send troops nearby to escort the Luo Khan to seize the throne." ”

Xue Shixiong's brows furrowed: "Deputy Chief Wang, do you really think so?" ”

Wang Shichong was silent for a long time, his heart repeatedly reminded himself, don't be emotional, to judge rationally, after thinking for a while, he took a deep breath, and said: "I'm afraid not, Chu Luo Khan disrespected my Great Sui last year, and tried to kill people with a knife, and got through the confusion, now this matter is big, once the Supreme knows the truth of the matter, he will be extremely angry, not only will he not send troops to help him reinstate, but he will even take the initiative to edict Mo He Khan, let him overthrow this Luo Khan." ”

When Wang Shichong said this, he glanced at Kuzhen Tutun, who was kneeling outside the tent, stunned, and sighed: "In addition, this good brother of Luo Khan, he actually did not send troops to save his brother at such a time, but instead started the idea of standing on his own in Yiwu and entering the Western Regions, and openly opposed my Great Sui, just for this matter, the Supreme will definitely not spare them, and the end of Luo Khan is almost inevitable." ”

A hearty laugh came: "Deputy Chief Manager Wang really has good eyesight, and he said it well, no wonder the Supreme values you so much!" ”

Wang Shichong's face changed, and he turned his head to look at the end of the team, only to see a man in his forties, with a white face and long beard, wearing armor, walking out, this person had a pair of small eyes, two curved eyebrows, a slightly chubby body, a round face and a big mouth, and he didn't look like a general at all, but like a rich man.

Wang Shichong recognized this person, it was the general confessor Cui Junsu, last year this person sent an envoy to the Turks, forced Luo Khan to kneel in public, this kind of calm laughter in the tiger and wolf bushes, so that Yang Guang was also greatly appreciated, specially rewarded him with a thousand pieces of silk silk at the court, Wang Shichong was also present at the time, was impressed, a few days ago when the military discussion did not see this person, but today I don't know where to come out, has been hiding in the back row, and now only appeared.

Wang Shichong quickly became smiling again, and gave a military salute to Cui Junsu: "Cui Zhi, I didn't expect to see you here again, please forgive the last general just now, I couldn't see the honorable driver, and it was rude." ”

Cui Junsu returned a salute and said with a smile: "The name of the deputy chief of the king is like thunder, when he sent an envoy to the Turks, he forced Dulan Khan to personally kill the righteous princess of the Northern Zhou clan who was the enemy of my Great Sui, that is Cui's predecessor, this time Cui was ordered to send an envoy to the Western Turks, and he had to meet the deputy governor of the king, and he could just ask for a little more advice." ”

Wang Shichong nodded and turned to Xue Shixiong: "Xue Dashuai, this Cui Zhi, did you come with the army early in the morning?" ”

Xue Shixiong nodded: "Exactly, this time Ambassador Cui sent an envoy to the Western Regions again, it is a holy will, if the Chuluo Khan is no longer respectful to the Great Sui, he will give Mohe Khan an edict and make him the Great Khan of the Western Turks, as for the Chuluo Khan, he will return to my Great Sui in the name of visiting his mother with Ambassador Cui." ”

Wang Shichong was speechless to Lei De at this time, and Changsun Sheng's gloomy face immediately appeared in front of his eyes, people who are so familiar with the internal affairs of the Turks, the entire Great Sui, only himself, Pei Shiju and Changsun Sheng, the three of them, Chu Luo Khan was supported by himself and Pei Shiju, and he also expected him to help a little in the west of the empire in the future, naturally it was impossible to overthrow him, so the person who did this was none other than Changsun Sheng, I didn't expect Changsun Sheng, a person who was so sick that he could swallow his breath at any time, and he could use such a means to fight back against himself beautifully, let himself not even have a remedy, and hated this person very much, Wang Shichong suddenly admired this peerless hero.

Cui Junsu saw that Wang Shichong didn't speak for a long time, and thought that he was thinking about something else, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Deputy Chief Wang, my mission this time is not a secret, Xue Dashuai's army is not just about defeating Yiwu, the real goal is to directly target the Turkic Khan's court and force Luo Khan to abdicate!" ”

Wang Shichong gritted his teeth: "With the strength of the entire Western Turks, hundreds of thousands of victorious soldiers, although the Youyun Raiders under Xue Dashuai are strong, they are only 50,000 people, and they have worked from afar, how can they destroy Luo Khan with such strength?" (To be continued......)