Chapter 998: The Khan's Death

Thanks to the cover of the torrential rain, the Turkic army scattered and fled, fleeing for their lives in the rain.........

The rain didn't end until late at night, and the battlefield was littered with the corpses of the dead soldiers and horses of the two armies, washed away their blood, but the stumps and decapitated corpses were still shocking. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The soldiers of the Sui army were busy cleaning the battlefield, all kinds of armor were piled up, and more than 70,000 war horses were captured before and after, plus more than 80,000 war horses captured in Mayi County, the Sui army captured a total of 1560,000 war horses in this war, in addition to millions of sheep, plus the ransom that tens of thousands of prisoners of war would receive, which completely made up for the losses caused by the war.

At the foot of the mountain, more than a dozen large pits have been dug, and the dead Turkic soldiers and war horses have been thrown into the pits, poured high slave oil, burned them, and then buried them with soil, while the fallen soldiers of the Sui army or the Tang army have identified them one by one, and after each body is burned, the bones are put into the altar, and the death plaque is hung up, and they are sent back to their homes after the war.

It took a whole day to dispose of all kinds of corpses, black smoke billowed everywhere under Chenghou Mountain, this battle under Chenghou Mountain, more than 24,000 Turkic soldiers were killed, 11,000 were captured, and thousands of people escaped under the cover of heavy rain, and they did not know where to go.

The Sui and Tang coalition forces also suffered huge casualties, more than 6,000 people were killed, nearly 10,000 wounded, although the soldiers were exhausted, but everyone's face was full of joy of victory, the battle lasted three months, they finally defeated the southern invasion of the Turkic army, and annihilated them all inside and outside the Lou Fu Pass.

But the war was not completely over, the Chuluo Khan fled, and there were thousands of Turkic cavalry who escaped in the torrential rain, and all the enemy soldiers must be wiped out, leaving no hidden dangers, especially the Turkic Khan, who was the general they focused on pursuing.

Zhang Xuan immediately sent 20,000 cavalry, divided into 20 search teams, to search for the escaped Turkic cavalry in Loufan County and Taiyuan County, and sent someone to deliver a letter to Wei Chigong, ordering him to send 10,000 cavalry south to Loufan County to participate in the search for the Turkic Khan.

The Sui army cast a net of heaven and earth throughout the land of Bingzhou.........

In a forest about 120 miles northwest of Jingle County, more than 1,000 Turkic cavalry were hiding here, and they were the Turkic cavalry who had escaped with Luo Khan and Zhiqi Sili.

Two soldiers climbed on the big tree, watching a group of more than 1,000 Sui cavalry gallop by, they carefully climbed down the tree and ran into the depths of the forest.

The temporary habitat of the Turkic cavalry was located by a small river in the middle of the forest, and the soldiers built a dozen huts out of branches and logs, the largest of which was the residence of their khan.

Their greatest concern was how to get home and whether the khan would recover, but the great stress and torrential rain caused the khan to fall ill halfway through, and his condition became more and more serious, and he began to vomit blood at night and fell into a deep coma.

The Turkic military doctors had died in the chaos, and all of them did not know medical skills, except for Kang Sumi, a strategist who escaped with Luo Khan, who knew a little about medical skills, and he was responsible for treating Luo Khan.

In the shack, Kang Sumi took a bowl of potion and walked to the side of Luo Khan, who was already in a deep coma at this time, his eyes were deeply sunken, his face was pale, and his breath was very weak, almost to the point of dying.

"You two help me to lift the Khan up, and I'll feed the Khan medicine!" Kang Sumi said to the two guards.

The two guards hesitated, and one of them whispered, "Khan started to urinate blood in the morning, can you not drink medicine for the time being." ”

"Nonsense, if Khan hadn't drunk the medicine, he would have died a long time ago, and he would have survived until now? Lift him up. ”

The two guards had no choice but to help the Khan up, Kang Sumi took out his dagger and pried open the teeth of the Khan, slowly poured the medicine down, he stood up and said with a smile: "The Khan should be improving tonight, let him have a good rest!" ”

After saying that, Kang Sumi turned to leave, and the two guards looked at each other in shock, Kang Sumi actually used his dagger to pry open the khan's teeth just now, this is an extremely rude act, how could he do this? Both of them were not only angry, but also suspicious.

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On the other side of the forest, the general was listening to the report of the two sentinels, he was really a little worried in his heart, from last night to now, this is the third Sui cavalry appeared outside the forest, each cavalry has more than a thousand people, enough to annihilate them, which shows that the Sui army's search has been getting closer and closer to the west, and it is likely that the forest will be searched today.

This forest is not big, once the Sui army enters the forest to search, they are easily exposed, and after pondering for a while, they decided to leave this forest as soon as possible, hide in the Luliang Mountains, and hide for a few months before looking for an opportunity to go north.

Among the more than 1,000 cavalry who escaped with him, most of them were his tribesmen, and they absolutely obeyed his orders, only more than 100 people were the khan's personal guards, and they had to be convinced, especially the khan's illness at this time, and the soldiers might not agree, but they couldn't go either, seeing that the Sui army was about to search here.

He got up and walked towards the Khan's lodgings, but after walking a few steps, a soldier ran in front of him, and he recognized it as the Khan's personal guard, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"General, I have something important to report to the general."

Obsessive Sili pointed to a nearby clearing, "Let's go over there." ”

The two sat down in the open space, and the guards told Zhi Zhi Sili in detail what had just happened, and Zhi Sili's brows also furrowed, and he used a dagger to pry open the khan's mouth, which was indeed very rude, even for ordinary Turks, let alone the khan, he asked in a deep voice: "Is there just no medicine equipment?" ”

"It's not! We all have jade spoons in our hands, yesterday and the day before yesterday we used the jade spoon to feed the Khan, but today he was in a hurry, and actually used a dagger to pry open the Khan's teeth, such a sharp dagger, if you are not careful, it will hurt people, not only rude, but also extremely dangerous. ”

"I'm going to ask Kang Sumi!" Lost his mindfulness and was angry in his heart, and stood up to leave.

The guards hurriedly stopped him, "General, I have more important words to say." ”

"You say!"

The guard hesitated and said, "We suspect that the medicine is poisonous. ”

Stubbornly unable to take a step back, "Why?" ”

"The general doesn't know, we know in our hearts that the khan is just infected with the wind and cold, and his mind is still very clear, but his body is weak, but after drinking his medicine, he fell into a coma, and he began to vomit blood last night, and this morning he was incontinent, full of fishy pus and blood, and the khan is already dying."

"Then why didn't you stop him?"

"He's a strategist, why did he poison the Khan?"

It's right to think about it, Kang Sumi has no reason to poison Khan, but the reality is that Khan's condition is serious, and he must go to Kang Sumi to ask.

"I'll go to Kang Sumi, you guys take care of the Khan, don't give him anything to drink."

As soon as he reached the shack, he saw a soldier get up in terror and turn around and run towards the shack, "Sir, someone is coming!" ”

He rushed up in a few steps and kicked open the small door of the shack, only to see that Kang Sumi was hiding something on the ground, and he stepped forward and dragged Kang Sumi away, lifted the branches on the ground, and picked up a roll of sheepskin from below.

"What is this?" Obsessed with his thoughts, he glared at Kang Sumi and asked.

Kang Sumi pounced and grabbed it, where was he a burly opponent of stubborn thinking, he was pushed into the corner, stubborn thinking force opened the parchment scroll, his eyes widened, this turned out to be a letter of allegiance in support of Ashina's succession to the khan, with more than a dozen handprints printed underneath.

Stubborn Sili glanced back at Kang Sumi, and saw that his eyes were cold, Stubborn Sili suddenly understood in his heart, he stepped forward and grabbed Kang Sumi's neck and roared: "So you poisoned the Khan's medicine, aren't you!" ”

"I didn't want to poison him, but you killed him!"

Kang Sumi desperately broke free of the stubborn mind's hand, retreated into the corner, stared at the stubborn mindfulness and shouted viciously: "It was you who suggested that the khan surrender, forcing me to have no choice, it was you who killed the khan!" ”

On the way to retreat, he suggested that Luo Khan surrender Zhang Xuan, and perhaps he could be released back to the grassland under political conditions, but the Khan said that he had no shame to meet the people of the steppe, so he no longer insisted on persuading the Khan, but he did not expect it to become the motive for Su Sumi to poison the Khan.

Kang Sumi stepped forward to the situation on the **** grassland You don't know, Dubi has won the support of most of the tribes, even the thirteen commanders in the army, eleven have pressed their handprints, just send you and Amullun, Amulun is dead-headed, I don't want to persuade him, but the general is a smart person, even if he doesn't think about himself, he has to think about the Ministry of Execution.

It is inevitable that he will ascend the throne, and I know that there is a little old grudge between you, but if the general takes the head of the person who has been set up by Liversh to meet the enemy, I believe that the general will be reused from now on, regardless of his previous suspicions, how about it? If the general agrees, please press the mudra as well! (To be continued.) )