The vast prairie, due to the cold wind, presents a solemn atmosphere.

The sun had just burst out a little red, slowly spreading out, like a flag dyed red in honor of the undead, from slight scarlet to blood red, and finally more like a totemic blood wolf, when dawn came, began to slaughter unscrupulously......

It was only the end of October, and the wind on the grassland had begun to chill, especially in the early morning, I felt that it was an inexplicable biting bone, and the skin could crack at any time, and if it was blown head-on, it would be as painful as being pricked by a needle.

Most of the nomads on the grassland will choose to find a place to settle down in winter, after all, the temperature difference between day and night is too large, and there is no solar term for grazing. On mornings like these, frost had already begun to fall, and a few tents could be seen sporadically in the grassland under Mount Atar, but not far away, there was a place where tribes gathered.

It is a small branch of the Tiele Department, such a morning is unusually cold, most of the people are still immersed in sleep, and at this moment, on the slope in front of the tribe, hidden in the grassland is actually a group of cavalry, there are four or five hundred people, maybe the time is too long, the armor is obviously connected with frost, the moment the sun shines, there will be a few drops of warm frost, falling on the grass, penetrating into the soul of the grassland.

It is often said that the demon king in the grassland lives underground, and the dew that comes out every morning is the demon king drinking......

This group of knights was lined up, solemn and solemn, the war horses under their crotches were lightly rubbing, there was a layer of frost mist floating on the butcher's knife, and the beard was full of frost, but they didn't see a knight wipe it, but stared directly at the tribe sleeping in the grassland.

They were Turkic, led by a strong man of about thirty years old, with deep-set eyes and a cold gaze, who stood at the head of the procession. Looking at the Tiele tribe in the distance.

His name was Umiden, and he was the leader of his tribe. His original name was Ashina Rong, and he was the grandson of the white-eyed Khan, but in order to cover up, he adopted this name.

Ten years ago, the Baimei Khan was killed by the Hui Qihuairen Khan and dedicated to the Tang Emperor, and the Turks perished. In the past ten years, he has been wandering on the grassland, he has never forgotten his hatred, he has never forgotten the glory of the Ashina tribe, but these ten years have been longer than a century.

The entire Turkic Empire was controlled by the Ashina clan and the Ashid clan who intermarried with it, and it also established an incomparably glorious dynasty at the beginning, but the Ashina kingdom, which was rapidly rising to unify the steppe at that time, did not establish a good system, which led to the later division, the small khan was divided, and the big khan's rights were restricted. Later, it was divided into the Eastern and Western Turks, and gradually declined, and in the post-Wu period, the Mursi gradually unified the Eastern Turks, followed by the Zhongxing of the Eastern Turks. Ten years ago, Hui Qi attacked the Turks and killed the Baimei Khan and sacrificed it to Li Longji, which ended the Turks.

Umiden does not belong to the Ashina clan, but to the Ashid clan. However, the two surnames shared the responsibility of ruling the Turks, and Umiden vowed to restore the Turkic glory, so he tried his luck for the past ten years. After all the hard work, I finally won some opportunities for myself.

And if you want to grow your power, you must annex the tribe, through his disdainful efforts, and finally got the secret support of Tubo, and now Mobei is ruled by the Hui beggars, Tiele, Khitan These incomparable cattle tribes have now chosen to depend, and the purpose of Tubo to help Umideng is because he wants to use him to distract the attention of the Tang army, and because of the surrender of the Hui beggars in Mobei, the Tang army put its main strength on Tubo, especially Geshuhan in recent years, even under the Tubo city, and finally got the Jiuqu area.

Umiden's power has gradually begun to expand in recent years, he has never disclosed his identity, and the Hui beggars have gradually begun to pay attention to him and strike at him, and this year happened to coincide with the snow disaster, Umiden was forced to attack the border towns of the Tang Dynasty to grab grain, but he didn't have any scruples, the Hui beggars can't do anything about him now, and now they have strong military strength, and the small tribe has chosen to cling to, Umiden seems to have seen the dawn and seen the re-rise of the Turkic Empire.

It's just that at the moment, this branch of Tiele is desperate for the beggar, and Umiden decides to use it to make an example of the monkey.

A cold wind blew, Umiden frowned, there were several deep scars on the clear outline, the wrinkles on his forehead seemed to be engraved in the years, only in his thirties, Umiden was already very old, but his face was old but his spirit was shocking, he had waited for nearly ten years for the day, and he now felt that he had the strength to fight for himself.

After making a gesture of attack, these 500 cavalry, which were his descendants, had extremely strong combat effectiveness, and immediately rushed up and rushed down the slope.

This is an offshoot of the Tiele tribe, which has been wandering under the Atatai Mountain, with its own walls and earthen houses, but still has most of the tents, probably because of the nomads who are about to live too many temporarily.

The iron cavalry did not hesitate, and drove in at full speed, at this time, there were indeed no early risers, even if there were a few early risers, they didn't know what was going on outside, after all, they hadn't seen a war for decades.

The knights rushed into the tent first, and the knights slashed the tent to pieces with the butcher's knives in their hands, and some of them picked up the torches that were still burning all night, and they were still on the tents, still in the grass layer of the earthen roof, shouting, showing off the butcher's knives in their hands, and crossed the low earthen walls.

The unknown accident people came out of the tent to find out, and as soon as they appeared, the heads fell to the ground, and they could see the frightened women and sleepy children in the tent, watching their relatives pass away forever from this moment.

After a while, a fire broke out in the tribe, and everyone came to their senses, and came out one after another, standing in confusion among the iron horses, stunned by the horses running back and forth, and then greeted by the big sword.

A child ran out of the earthen wall, but was stunned by the shouting people, the head began to move, the house was on fire and ran out, a knight came and grabbed the child, "vultures and arrogance" shouted, raised a big knife, very excited, the child was scared stupid by falling in the air, closed his eyes, and then felt flying, and then slammed into the earthen wall, flesh and blood blurred.

The men of the tribe woke up like a dream, hurriedly put on their clothes, or did not wear clothes, and came out with weapons to resist, but these were cavalrymen, and it was as easy as cutting vegetables, and before they could resist, they were cut to pieces......

Half an hour later, the sun was completely rising, and the tribe on the grassland was already in shambles, with corpses all over the ground, still burning bonfires, as if the excitement of last night had not yet subsided, and the blood-red dawn was filled with blood-colored lives......

Not a single one remained, and there were 763 people in this branch of Tiele, none of whom were spared, and the creatures trampled by the iron horsemen of Umidon have since been sleeping in the nightmare of the steppe......

After the tribe was wiped out, Umiden was very happy, and led the people to loot the grain, grass, weapons, and livestock, and then chose to leave, which was his warning to the beggars, and a demonstration to the tribe that did not depend on him.

The current beggar really doesn't care about Umidon. There has been a serious split within the Hui beggars, but they have not yet broken out, the great khans of the Hui beggars have long been hollowed out, and the little khans have self-respect, look down on each other, and often engage in some internal contradictions, and no one has taken this small force into account, which is also the reason why Umiden seized the opportunity.

Returning from a full load, Umidan arrived in the camp and immediately summoned his military advisor, Ashinato.

Ashnato is in his fifties, he is the former white-eyed Khan's bodyguard, and it is he who rescued Umiden from the chaotic battle, and the two have a common hatred, and they have been looking for opportunities for ten years.

Ashnato slowly entered the camp tent, but his face was a little unkind, and he was not a little excited about the loot that Umidon had brought back.

"The Tang army has gathered 60,000 troops in Liangzhou, and there is also a marching commander sent from the DPRK, do you still have the heart to do these things?" Ashnato was a little angry, and he was trembling.

"I know myself, I'm afraid of what he will do, this 60,000 Tang army sounds terrifying, if the column army goes deep into the hinterland, it will definitely not be our opponent, you just have to rest assured, this time Ge Shuhan poured 60,000 elite soldiers to destroy me, the Tubo people will definitely take the opportunity to take back Jiuqu, and then the Tang army will be difficult to take care of, hehe......"

When Umiden said this, he was obviously a little joking, arrogant, Ashinato and he have been dependent on him for more than ten years, and they have long been like father and son, so there is no need to hide when he speaks, Ashinato knows that Umidato's sudden attack on the Tang border has a purpose, and what he wants is for the Tang army to fight him with all his might, so that he can show his prestige.

He's gambling! If he can break the Tang army, Umiden will definitely be able to regain his position in Mobei, and if he is defeated, he will never be able to turn over! The plan to revive the Turkic monarchy was declared completely destroyed!

Ashinato sighed helplessly, after all, it was a young man who was bold, maybe he was really old, and he knew that he couldn't influence Umiden's plan, so he could only shake his head and sigh, of course, the reason why he didn't stop everyone was because he felt that Umiden had hope of winning, after all, the two armies did not confront each other, but the Tang army went deep into the grassland to attack them, the so-called strong dragon could not suppress the ground snake, if the Tang army rashly went deep, hum, even if it was not, let them be like this...... If they win, they are half the way to success, this is really a shortcut, the two of them have been lying on the salary for more than ten years, waiting for fear, waiting enough!

"Don't forget, there are my eyes and ears in Geshuhan's army, and they don't want to take advantage of it this time......"

Umiden's eyes were like torches, and his eyes narrowed, and there was more of a faint expectation in his eyes, an eagerness, and an explosion after being depressed for more than ten years...... (To be continued......)