Duhe couldn't understand Turkic, and he didn't know what the group of Turks under the city were saying, but when he saw them coming alone and kneeling on the ground, he was already vaguely aware of their intentions.

Wang Dezheng grew up in a village on the border between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, and was familiar with the Turkic language, so he was shocked to tell Du He about Ashinabu's true intention.

Du He couldn't help but stand on the spot when he heard this, and stood stupidly for a moment, a little incredulous, but then he was ecstatic.

He has not seen the Khan Futu City with his own eyes, but he knows this city from some books about the Western Regions, it is the Western Domain City, located on the border between the Turks and the Gaochang Kingdom, and it is also the only giant city in the Western Turks, and it is the most important gateway guarding the Western Turkic steppe. It is a strong city built on the mountain, the scale may not be as good as Gaochang City, but it occupies a favorable location, and the strength of the city is better than that of Gaochang City.

Before setting out on the expedition, Li Shimin had clearly explained the tasks of the western expedition.

First, to destroy Gaochang, regardless of how much Gaochang has or how strong it is. It is most important to take all the cities of Gaochang, build the capital palace, and become one of the masters of the Western Regions. Only now that the Western Regions have gained a firm foothold can they dominate the Western Regions and expand to the West.

Second, give color to the strongest Western Turks in the Western Regions, and tell the Western Turks with strength that the Tang Dynasty is the overlord of the Western Regions.

Third, play the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, so that the countries of the Western Regions know and understand that those who follow me prosper and those who oppose me perish.

Of these three tasks, Duhe completed two, first teaching the Western Turks a hard lesson in the First World War, and then persuading Gaochang to surrender and occupy the entire territory of Gaochang. However, due to the urgency of time and the lack of troops, he never played the prestige of Datang.

The victory in Chiting Valley, although it was a great victory, after all, it was won by stratagem, and it did not really play the invincible domineering spirit of Datang. Du He also faintly regretted it, but he also knew that this was also something that could not be helped.

He only had 6,000 soldiers at his disposal, and if it weren't for his cunning, how could he defeat an enemy ten times his size head-on?

Ashina, the step is really here, please come down, but the meaning is different.

Two things may seem like two different things, but they are not.

Ashina Buzhen claims to be Ashina Buzhen Ye Hu. This Ye Hu is Xiao Wang in the words of the Han people, and he is the head of a clan in the Western Turks, and his status is extraordinary. His coming and surrender was originally meaningful, not to mention the sacrifice of Khan Futu City.

Khan Futu City is the gateway of the Western Turks, and the Western Turks have ten major tribes, in the face of the invasion of the Tang Dynasty, Ashina Buzhen said that the city will be sacrificed, the meaning of which is intriguing.

Du He's gaze swept over Ashina Buzhen and the rest of the people under the city, and gradually sorted out his thoughts.

There are only two possibilities for Ashina to come to surrender this time: if it is not a plan, it will be like Huang Gai's deception, or it will be afraid of profit, and he will not dare to be the enemy of the Tang Dynasty, so he decided to abandon the Khan Futu City and flee to the west. I remember that in history, the Western Turks did this: in the face of Hou Junji's military might, they were so frightened that they fled thousands of miles away.

If it is the former, it will be calculated, and this will be a good opportunity to break the enemy; If the latter is even more remarkable, in the case of the Tang Dynasty's army has not yet arrived, he only used 6,000 soldiers and horses, annihilated 70,000 enemies, pacified Gaochang, and scared off the Western Turks, what a glory.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Could there be fraud? The last general feels a little strange! Wang Dezheng felt a little incredible, the Western Turks have been dominant in the Western Regions for many years, and their troops are at least 150,000, and they have lost 70,000.

Du He laughed and said: "It doesn't matter if he is strange or not, it is beneficial to us anyway!" What's more, we have 3,000 soldiers in the city, and we are afraid that the nine of them will not succeed! Timid, make people look at jokes! After a pause, he ordered: "Kaesong, let's go down and accept their invitation!" ”

The city gate was opened, and Du He took Luo Tong, Wang Dezheng and more than ten guards to Ashina Buzhen.

Ashina Bu is really a slender middle-aged man, with a strange nose and curly yellow hair, and he has a different appearance from ordinary people. He knelt on the ground but was a little apprehensive, not knowing how the Tang Dynasty would treat him.

Everything is just as Du He thought, he was in awe of Datang and did not dare to fight. It was only because of Zhang Xiong's persuasion that he decided to become an enemy of Datang. Originally, he was a little worried, but Du He directly wiped out his 70,000 soldiers in Chiting Valley, and he was so frightened that he lost the mind to fight again.

The system of the Western Turks was fundamentally different from that of the Tang Dynasty, in that they were a group of large and small tribes rather than a whole. Because of the wrong decision, 70,000 Western Turkic soldiers were burned. This incident directly led to the loss of prestige and caused the dissatisfaction and anger of most of the leaders.

Fearing that those in the clan who did not accept him would sell him and hand him over to the Tang Dynasty for disposal, he had ordered a retreat to the west, abandoned the water and grassland in the northwest of Gaochang, and fled to the west.

Ashina Bu is really one of the confidants of the Emperor, seeing that he can't take care of himself, he is unwilling to continue to follow him, but because he has made too many enemies in the Western Turks, he has the heart to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. On the surface, he expressed his willingness to occupy the Khan Futu City, for the rear of the army, and to give them time to retreat, but in fact, he had the intention of dedicating the city to the Tang Dynasty.

After occupying Khan Futu City, he has been paying attention to the movements of the Tang Dynasty, and learned that Gao Chang surrendered today, and understood that it was a foregone conclusion that the Tang Dynasty would enter the Western Regions, and he strengthened his heart to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and led all the soldiers and horses of his headquarters to surrender to Gaochang.

"Hurry up!" Du He stepped forward to help Ashina Buzhen: "Ye Hu can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, which is a wise move. In the future, I will report to Your Majesty and protect the leaves with the merits...... You also get up, as long as you sincerely submit to my Datang, my Datang will definitely not treat you badly. Just like Ashina Sheer and the general who is stubborn. As he spoke, he suddenly laughed, a smile that seemed to melt the snow and ice, and with a childish sincerity, which made people feel close.

What he said was half-true, first of all, Ashinabu really surrendered and offered the Khan Futu City and 10,000 soldiers, as well as the population of the tribe, which is indeed a credit. In the face of people like them, Li Shimin has never been stingy, and wealth and some fictitious positions without real power are indispensable. As for reuse, it depends on the situation, although Ashina Sheer and Zhizhi Sili are generals, they are loyal to Datang, and they have made great contributions to Datang's birth and death.

In the face of this kind of people, Li Shimin knows how to make good use of them, and will never have any rejection or resistance to them because of their background. But those who are not really attached to the wall, but it is impossible to receive such treatment, they are placed in Chang'an as officials, the easiest way, if you want to master the military power, it is a fool's dream.

Therefore, Du He doesn't care what kind of heart this Ashina step really has, if he is like Ashina Sheer and clinging to his thinking power, he will naturally be able to get what he gets, but if he just wants to rely on the big tree of Datang to enjoy the coolness, then he will naturally be treated relatively.

Ashina Bu was really ecstatic, Ashina Sheer and Zhifu Sili were all generals of the Tang Dynasty, all of them were figures with good status, and they could be like them, it was much better than Ye Hu, who was a laborer in the Western Turks, and he was even more glad that his decision was correct.

A pair of arms helped him up, and when he saw that it was actually a young man dressed as a general, he couldn't help but show a look of surprise: "You are Du He, General Du?" ”

The great victory in Chiting Valley made the prestige of Du He, a pioneer general, spread wildly in the Western Regions, and Ashina Buzhen had already been like thunder, but he didn't expect him to be so young.

He said this in broken Chinese.

Du He also understood, nodded and smiled: "Yes, I am Du He!" ”

Ashina really saw that the Western Turks were folded in the hands of such a young man, and sighed: "Heroes are young people, General Du is like an eagle on the grassland, he is not very old, but he can fly and the sky. ”

Du He couldn't imagine that this person from the Western Regions could also shoot such a beautiful fart, so he smiled slightly, and then said: "Since Ye Hu is willing to submit to my Datang, he is willing to obey my Datang's orders!" ”

Ashina Buzhen took a step back, patted his left hand on his right chest, bent down and bowed: "I, Ashinabu, am really willing to obey General Du's orders!" ”

"Good!" Du He shouted and said: "In this case, Ye Hu immediately divided his troops into several routes, all the way back to the Khan Futu City to guard, in case the city was occupied by others, and the other few roads scattered to search for the movements of the Western Turkic tribes, so as to help my Tang Dynasty expand the results of the war." When the time comes, the reward for meritorious deeds is indispensable for Ye Hu's share. ”

Ashinabu's expression was really moved, and without any hesitation, he immediately ordered the general beside him to go down.

Du He saw that Ashina Bu really did not have any mood of resistance, but actively cooperated, and also knew that his surname was Liang Bo, and he did not attach importance to affection, this surrender may not be sincere, but it is not broken, so far, he is still useful.

After receiving Ashina's instructions, the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses slowly moved away.

Du He also invited Ashina Buzhen into Gaochang City, and let Wang Dezheng, who was proficient in Turkic language, receive him.

Returning to the Gaochang Palace, seeing the absent-minded ministers of Gaochang, Du He smiled and told them about Ashina's true surrender.

Those Gaochang ministers looked at each other one by one, and they couldn't imagine that the Turks didn't even have the courage to resist, so they directly abandoned the steppe in the northwest and fled far away.

Liu Renliang came to Du He's side with a shocked face and whispered: "The Western Turks who came to fight let the general be annihilated, and Gaochang also made the general surrender, and now even the Khan Futu City has surrendered to the general, and the Western Turk Khan has made the general even frightened." Almost everything was done by the general alone, so what should the chief Hou do when he comes? ”

Du He narrowed his eyes, and he was even more complacent, looked at Liu Renliang, and said with a smile: "Let's make soy sauce!" ”

(To be continued)