Chapter 157

Defend the ground

The water on the tandoor boiled, the black juice boiled, the unknown leaves tumbled with the blisters, and a strange smell of sourness permeated the room

The smell is even worse than boiling Houttuynia cordata, which comes from the Uighur specialty of tea, Luobu tea.

Not only does it smell uncomfortable, but it is even more unacceptable to drink it in the mouth, not counting the bitterness in the sourness, but also with a strong salty taste. No way, it would be nice to have such a taste of wild grass tea grown in saline-alkali land. What's more, boiling water on the plateau looks very boiling, but in fact it can never reach the temperature required to make tea.

However, Shemsher likes to drink tea from his hometown.

There will always be some difficult situations when leading troops to fight, he can not drink alcohol, he can give up the dried meat to his sons and eat only dry food, but he must not do without Rob tea. So every time he went on an expedition, his personal guards would bring him a full amount of wild tea leaves.

The names of the Uighurs are strange in ancient times, such as Gul Agul, Maimaiti, and Madijiang, which sound awkward and even ridiculous to the Han Chinese, but in fact they are just differences in language and culture, and each Uighur name has its own interpretation, such as the stars in the sky, such as the flowers of Ili, and so on. In addition, there are some Uighur names that have a special meaning in addition to their literal meaning, such as: Shemhur.

The legendary sword. A sword born from the blazing flame, slaying the demons of the four directions, and bringing peace and tranquility to the desert.

Not just any Uighur can be named after this legendary sword, unless his family predecessors have a glorious military exploit. This is the case with Shemshel, who was born in a wealthy family in the desert, and his family has had outstanding generals for generations, leading the army to serve the Great Khan loyally and pacify the Quartet......

Shamsher did not live up to his name, a good heritage, hard training, and the blood of the ancestors flowing in his body made him gradually grow into the bravest warrior in the desert and the most outstanding general under the command of the Great Khan.

The mighty warrior who led the troops to break through the Tianguan, opened all the way to the northern border of the plateau, and finally captured the Tibetan capital Rinkhashuchuan, and the commander of the Uighur southern expeditionary army, Shemsher.

Rob tea is boiled.

Semusher held it in his hand, took a sip of the taste of his hometown, and exhaled a long breath softly in his mouth, but he was pondering three words repeatedly in his heart: a year and a half.

Who would have thought that only 18 months would truly upend the peace and tranquility of Middle-earth for more than 100 years.

It turns out that the world is like human life. One moment it seems to be a hundred times healthier and more energetic, and the next moment it may be a serious illness and I can't afford to get sick.

Frail.

No world, no human life, is more powerful than the low weeds on the Gobi.

In this time, so much has happened. The Uighurs and the Shamins broke through the Western Pass of the Dogs; Dayan hit the wolf king in the southern frontier of the grassland; The male soldiers sent by Chai Cuo Tata to crusade against Phoenix City were wiped out before they could open up the southern and western frontiers; The Uighurs first broke through the Tibetan Heavenly Pass, and then drove straight into Rinkha to capture Rinkha, and mastered the Yan army that had taken the initiative to trap them from afar and planned to take advantage of them. The Yan people destroyed Nanli, and suddenly they were attacked by the backlash, and there were ...... Yan Emperor Jingtai's madman approach!

Since the conquest of Rinka, Shemsher's army has gained the upper hand.

Although there were still many feudal lords on the plateau, and in their hands they had more or less force, but it was not a matter of concern that it had become a plate of scattered sand, and the expeditionary force from Dayan was even more embarrassed, and in order to protect themselves, they not only gave up their vanguards to drag down the Uighurs, but also were forced to fight for territory with nearby feudal lords. Of course, such a good situation was not spared, and the army was frequently dispatched to try to maintain the blow, which overwhelmed the Yan people, and at the same time the Uighurs tried to find an opportunity to force the Yan people to pull out the team for a decisive battle.

However, Zhou Jing, the marshal of the Yan army, was also extraordinary, even ignoring the small group of troops that had fallen, and always kept the main force and did not make direct contact with the Uighurs...... Until this moment, Yan reinforcements arrived.

The trend of superiority and disadvantage reversed in the blink of an eye.

Unconsciously, a bowl full of Luobu tea was drunk to the bottom of the bowl, Xie Musheer raised his head, and poured the residual juice of the tea into his mouth, chewing his mouth full of bitterness, he put down the golden bowl and looked up at the generals on both sides of the room: "What do you think, tell me to listen." ”

The Uighur etiquette is simple, speaking is talking, no concealment, no wording, and no subordinates to the superiors of the false courtesy, the left column leader directly said: "Don't fight, let's run, it's still too late, the first Yan army has been suppressed by us, the second Yan army has just reached a foothold, and it is not easy to bite our ass." ”

Without waiting for Shemusher to speak, the leader of the right column shook his head and retorted: "You can't go." This is a plateau. ”

Zuo Shoujiang frowned: "What do you mean?" ”

The Tibetan dialect is very fluent, but the appearance of the leader of the right column has obvious Han characteristics, needless to ask, he is a native Uighur like Axia, yes, but the family is mixed with Han Chinese blood. Therefore, this man is more elaborate than ordinary Uighurs: "Our army is like a divine eagle, and the Yan army in front and behind is like a black eagle, and if we encounter these two evil birds in other places, we may consider temporarily retreating in order to calculate later, because it is difficult for them to chase us in their current condition." But let's not forget, instead of soaring in our own skies, our Condor has broken into the crow's territory. ”

"The nearby feudal lords are crows, large and small, who didn't have to worry before, they didn't dare to oppose us, let alone take the initiative to attack us. But now, the two black eagles are coming, and the crows are starting to be restless, and they should not dare to do anything at the moment, but all the crows are waiting to see and see, waiting for us to fight, and waiting for the fall into the well. ”

"If we go now, not only will the black eagles chase after us, but the crows will immediately attack in groups...... We are not afraid of crows, but they do slow down our retreat, and we will be overtaken by sables. Previously, the First Route Yan Army fell into passivity but did not withdraw the army, although we were well prepared and made them dare not turn back and flee, but there were also crows among them. ”

When the army arrives, the feudal lord has nothing to worry about; When the army retreats, the feudal lord will most likely jump out to find trouble and take advantage.

It's an eagle and an eagle and a crow, and all kinds of birds seem to fly out of the words of the right general, circling around the eyes of the generals, but fortunately, the reason is relatively simple, everyone is dizzy, but finally I can understand what he means.

The left head general who advocated retreat still had something to say, the other party's opinion was clear, how could he not have his own reason, the Yan reinforcements were northern soldiers, who had just fought the grassland campaign, and they were both elite soldiers and their morale was booming, not to mention that the Yan people's two male soldiers together, the scale was far superior to the Uighur army, and the Uighurs had almost no chance of winning if they really had to put on a posture to start a war in the current situation.

At present, the Uighur expeditionary force entrenched near Rinka is almost half of the strength of the entire desert, and the remaining troops in the country are struggling to maintain the place, and there is almost no possibility of further reinforcements. And if they were really wiped out by the Yan army, the Uighurs would also be shaken in their foundations and would not be far from the end of the country.

Each had its own opinion, and the Uighur argument soon turned into a scolding quarrel, until Shemushel knocked on the table and the group shut up and turned their eyes to the manager.

Shemusher said slowly: "I have two truths, you can listen to them. In the great righteousness of the country, this holy city, the territory near it, was fought down with the lives of our desert warriors, and since it was defeated, it was the territory of the Uighurs and the territory of the Great Khan. ”

He stretched out his hand and pointed out to the city of Rinkha, where he pointed to the newly built altar of sacred fire by the Uighurs, in which the flames rose day and night, one of the symbols of the Uighur land, and the flames were everywhere in their land.

"It is the duty of the soldiers to defend the territory, and it is the duty of the soldiers to protect the sacred fire," Semushel said: "Whoever wants the Uighur territory will die." Whoever wants to extinguish the sacred fire in the desert, we will kill whomever we want. ”

"Another reason is that I personally, the Great Khan has appointed me as the marshal of the conquest of Tibet, if I just come to fight and have to withdraw when the situation is bad, I will not take this marshal at all, even if the Great Khan kills my head; Since I have become a marshal, there are only two paths, either to triumph or to die on the battlefield. ”

With that, Xie Musher's gaze swept over the faces of the left head general and the other generals who advocated the withdrawal of troops: "Understood? ”

The left head general smiled: "If you don't understand, don't worry, you are the marshal, you have the final say!" We follow you, there are two paths in front of you, and we have no third way. ”

Whatever the marshal says, all the generals who can sit in the room have followed him for many years, all of them are life and death, life and death, and the generalissimo can't persuade everyone to find death, so follow along. However, the right general, who said before that he would not retreat, frowned again and asked Shemchel: "Do you think like this, you didn't ...... like this before?"

The left head general was so annoyed that he couldn't do it, and scolded in a rough voice: "It was you who said just now that you can't retreat, and now the marshal says that you can't retreat and talk nonsense, why did the dignified man have a girl's tongue and go back on his word." ”

The right general glared at him angrily: "I said that I can't withdraw because of the situation, it's not that I don't want to withdraw!" The marshal didn't want to withdraw at all, the meaning was different, he didn't understand this, was he pulled dung by a camel in his head? ”

The left general was stunned and asked, "What are you... Scolding me for being a camel? ”

The right general was also stunned: "You are so stupid." ”

Semuchell laughed, knocked on the table again, and interrupted the quarrel between the two generals: "Don't talk nonsense, let's talk about how to fight." This time, he didn't ask for the opinions of the generals, but continued: "In the past few months, we have never had a chance to fight with the Yan people. ”

The left head general looks like a reckless man, but he definitely has some thoughts on the war, and after a little pondering here, he understood what the marshal meant, laughed loudly, and said again and again: "Good, good, good!" That's exactly how it should be! ”

In a moment, the sparrows scattered from the holy city; An hour later, the whining sound of trumpets resounded throughout the heavens and the earth, with the holy city as the center, and the surrounding Uighur battalions and garrisons all moved at the sound of the trumpet, and the army quickly assembled......