"Khan, our rangers have returned, and Datang has officially started a war with us!" Ashinamo said.

Jieli was immediately furious: "Li Shimin, you actually took advantage of the fire to rob!" ”

Of course, Jieli was furious, but the Turks were facing a heavy snowstorm that happened almost once in decades this time, and many cattle and sheep herders in the entire Turkic region froze to death. But to add insult to injury, it was at this time that the Xue Yantuo people in the northern Turkic region were also beginning to rebel. Of course, Jieli knew that the reason why the Xue Yantuo people would rise up to rebel was probably because Li Shimin secretly promised them something. However, Chen Fei, who came from later generations, knew that Li Shimin had sent people to collude with Xue Yantuo, and then agreed to attack the Turks together. And the Xue Yantuo people have gained the support of the Tang Dynasty, and their courage has become fatter and fatter, and they have been harassing the Turks in recent years. Later, now he actually took advantage of the Turkic snow disaster and immediately began to rebel.

Because the Turks were not having a good time, Xue Yantuo quickly bought people's hearts. This kind of nomadic people, in fact, does not have their own national civilization in the final analysis, so they naturally value tribes and despise nations. Many of their tribes have hostile relations with each other, and they don't have much friendship. At most, they serve as khans in the strongest tribes, and then coordinate the battle together. The Xueyantuo people were also a tribe attached to the Turks before, and they were all nomadic herders, so they were also easy to adopt those Turks as their own tribe. After all, there is no so-called cultural tradition, and there is no sense of identity with one's so-called nation, so it is normal to naturally take refuge in a new tribe. In this kind of tribe, the losing side takes refuge in the new tribe. That's reasonable and legal, and there's nothing wrong with that.

"Khan, what do we do now?" Ashinamo asked.

Jieli immediately said, "Let's go." Let's retreat now! Aren't the Tang people coming to attack? What if we give Dingxiang City to them, anyway, once we start the war, it will be useless to defend this Dingxiang City. Instead of giving up the cavalry superiority of our steppe to defend the city, it is better to return to the steppe and consume them with the cold winter. ”

Jieli thinks that it is snowing on the grassland now, so it is natural that he will be able to stop the Tang army. After all, the vast majority of the Tang army's cold-tolerant ability was not as strong as that of the Turks, and the snow experienced by the Turks in the north was even colder. They are farther north in the latitude and longitude of the Earth, so they feel naturally colder. The cold was an important enemy in the army, and the Turks used nomadic methods because of it. So they are not short of leather coats. Leather clothes can keep warm, but the Han people don't have many leather clothes to keep warm, and Jieli believes that the cold temperature is a killer for the Han people.

However, Jieli's strategy was wrong from the beginning, and he didn't realize that the Tang army was no longer afraid of winter temperatures. Because Chen Fei made a down jacket. There is no fear of any cold temperatures at all. In this way, Li Jing will not be in a hurry to carry out a sneak attack. In this way, Datang can also fight step by step. There is no need to rush into adventures with the Turks.

"Khan, you said you want to evacuate Dingxiang? I don't agree with this! Princess Yicheng said.

Princess Yicheng is the Kedun of Jieli Khan, equivalent to the queen of the Central Plains Dynasty. And Princess Yicheng has always been aiming to help the Sui Dynasty restore the country, of course she knows that if the Turks evacuate Dingxiang City, then the Sui Dynasty is really a "Sui Dynasty", and it has become a dynasty that has a coffin in history. Once exiled abroad, it is too difficult to restore the country. In this era, almost no exiled imperial court was able to return to the country, and the loss of military and financial resources was secondary. The important thing is that the loss of people's hearts is too great. Once you leave the traditional sphere of influence of the Han people, it is equivalent to entering the land of Yidi. That would not be the ruler of China.

Even if it is to attack the restoration of the country with the help of foreign powers, this will definitely lose the hearts of the people. Although many dynasties have received support from foreigners, there is a big difference between receiving support and directly asking foreigners to help restore the country. Although there was not much nationalism in ancient times, there was also a saying that there was a distinction between Chinese and Yi. If it is invaded by foreign races, the hearts and minds of those who are lost will be greater. Therefore, once you leave the traditional sphere of influence of China, it is tantamount to completely losing the legal system and losing the hearts and minds of the people. People don't think of you as a ruler anymore, and those people will be disappointed in you, so what future do you have!

"Hmph, I'm going to retreat, so what?" Jieli snorted.

But Princess Yicheng immediately asked, "What about Da Sui?" ”

"You have to remember to me that you are now my Turkic Kedun, not a princess of the Sui Dynasty! You have to focus on our Turks in everything, don't think about any Great Sui! Jieli said.

"I don't care, you promised me to help me restore the Great Sui. Now you're going to give up, what do you mean? Princess Yoshinari asked.

"Smack!" Jieli slapped Princess Yicheng in the face and said angrily: "You stinky bitch, you still think of yourself as the princess of the Sui Dynasty in your heart!" I'm telling you, the Sui Dynasty has fallen. Now I am the Khan of the Turks, if you leave me. It's just a lowly woman! You think I'd like to look at your stinky face! ”

Of course, Jieli looked down on this Princess Yicheng very much, this Princess Yicheng was originally married to his father, and later his father died and married his eldest brother. According to Turkic customs, when the father dies, the son can inherit other concubines who are not his own mother, so this is nothing in the eyes of the Hu people. Later, several Turkic khans did not live long, and this Princess Yicheng did other Turkic khans several times. This is really a kedun of a few khans, and it's really superb.

And when it was Jieli's turn to be the Khan, this Princess Yicheng was about forty years old, and she had been sleeping in the Turkic dining style all the year round, and she no longer had the appearance of a beautiful woman at that time. But Jieli still chose him as Kedun without hesitation, because this Princess Yicheng followed several khans in the Turks, and her influence was still not small. At that time, Jieli was not firmly established, so he wanted to gain power by cooperating with her. But now that Jieli's status has stabilized, he naturally doesn't look down on this Princess Yicheng.

Therefore, now Jieli will not take the so-called Great Sui in his eyes at all. The Great Sui is already doomed, and the Tang Dynasty is destined to dominate the world, which even the Turkic Khan Jieli can't deny, only this Princess Yicheng is stupid who wants to restore the country. (To be continued......)