In the Golden Horde of the Khan of the Beihai Tiele Khan Court, the Great Khan of Tiele frowned.

This time, the troops were originally sent out with the idea of taking advantage of the fire to rob, but who knows, stealing chickens instead of eating a handful of rice. Of the nearly 80,000 iron horsemen at the time of the expedition, less than 20,000 horses finally escaped back to Beihai.

Since Yi Nan established the Tiele Khanate based on the Xue Yantuo tribe, although he has almost included six of the nine major tribes of Tiele under his command, there are still Tiele tribes such as Ge Nelu and others who are fundamentally in the Western Regions to follow behind the Turks. This time, in particular, it was not so much that he was defeated at the hands of the Turks, but that they were just a suicide between Tiele and Tieler.

The Turks annihilated and captured more than 50,000 of them, and they also bit the Turks fiercely. According to the report of his subordinates, in this war, more than 100 steppe tribes and tribes that had taken refuge in the Turks were exterminated and nearly 100,000 horses were killed. And in several rounds of battles with the Turks, they killed more than 30,000 enemies.

It was a lose-lose situation, and the once fertile steppe could no longer find a single intact tribe.

There was silence in the big tent, and the loss this time was too great. The Turkic steppe is very large, and in the past, the Eastern Turks were in the south, and they were in the north. But even if the Eastern Turkic steppe was the strongest at the time of Shibi Khan, the population of the steppe tribe was only a few million.

In these years, after experiencing the defeat of Shibi's southern expedition, as well as the eastward advance of the Western Turks, Tiele, Xi, and Xi, the grasslands have long been disabled.

In terms of territory, although they have just suffered another big defeat, the boundless grassland still allows them to temporarily preserve.

Chen Pojun has a good saying, in war, the distance of territory is actually the best defense.

The vast steppe made the war even more difficult, and even if the Turks won first, it would not be easy to fight to the Tiele Khan court in the North Sea. Now they are most worried about people, losing so many soldiers in one battle. It's nerve-wracking.

Under the throne of Khan, the leaders of the six Tiele tribes, including Fugu, Tongluo, Huisu, Bayegu, Fuluo, and Xue Yantuo, all looked up at Yi Nan. Behind the leaders of the six major tribes, there are also the leaders of the Tiele clans with the surnames of Meng Chen, Turufu, Sijie, Hun, Hu Xue, and Qigu.

"Great Khan, what are we going to do now?" The servant of the Bone tribe was a strong man in his early thirties, and it was already the end of October, and the climate in Beihai was already very cold, but this man only wore a beast robe, and even his chest was open. A patch of black chest hair is exposed. When questioning, the young leader of one of the six major tribes of Tiele had a red look in his eyes.

In this war, as one of the six major tribes, the servant bone was the most seriously injured, and even his father, who was the leader of the tribe, died in the battle by the Suolingshui River, and the bones could not be brought back. The servant took over the position of Qiu Jin in danger, and the most urgent thing was to lead the tribesmen to seek revenge on the Turks.

Tong Jin Huli, the leader of the Tongluo tribe, who was also one of the six tribes, shook his gray beard and said with a frown: "After this battle, the entire Monan has fallen to the Turks again, even if there are still those who are still on our side. It will definitely be purged as well. We lost 50,000 soldiers and horses in this battle, and the Khan's court now has less than 30,000 men. Even if all the herdsmen of Tiele are summoned to the battlefield now, I am afraid that they will only get 50,000 more, and only a small part of these are young men, and the rest are mostly old and young. Khan, seeing that the cold winter is coming, many of our herdsmen have not enough food to prepare in their tents this year. And the Turks won this one, and they will not rest there. I'm sure I'll keep chasing after him. When the time comes, we will not have enough soldiers and not enough food. How to deal with the battle? ”

The servant said angrily: "What should I do then? Can't you just wait for death? The Great Khan, I am not a talented servant, and I am willing to lead all the eight thousand iron horsemen of my servant tribe to fight, and I only ask the Great Khan to allocate grain and grass to me, and then pull out seven or eight thousand men and horses for me. The male son of my servant tribe would rather stand dead than kneel to live. The hatred of killing his father and slaughtering the clan is not shared. ”

Lao Huli shook his head and sighed: "Of course, the courage of servant strength is commendable, but this is not the time to make sense. At present, our Tiele has reached the most critical time, and if one is not good, it is possible to destroy the country and the race. Although the family feud is great, the national feud is even greater. The fate of the entire tribe is pinned on us at this time, how can we be rash, we have to think of an old plan. ”

The Hui tribe's Qi Jin Yao Ge Luo tribe's Tu Du looked at the crowd arguing, shook his head and sneered. Among the Tiele tribes, the Hui tribe is second only to the Xue Yantuo tribe. At the beginning, the Tiele tribes were the strongest in the Hui tribe, but unfortunately later the Xue tribe produced a Yi Nan and merged the two medium-sized Xue tribes and the Yantuo tribe with a strong wrist, and as a result, they surpassed the Hui tribe in one fell swoop and became the most powerful Tiele tribe.

Tumidu also had the idea of getting rid of the Turks and becoming self-reliant, but later he also had several open and secret battles with Yi Nan, and finally lost to Yi Nan.

In this battle, all the tribes were greatly damaged, and even the Xue Yantuo tribe also lost their troops, but the Hui tribe suffered few casualties, especially the Tumidu own medicine Geluo tribe, which was even more uninjured. In such a situation, Tu Midu can't help but have some thoughts in his heart.

coughed, attracting everyone's attention, Tu Midu snorted coldly: "Old Huli, everyone knows that you are an old fox, but in the current situation, what do you mean by these words that damage your morale?" Do you mean you want us to surrender to the Turks? ”

As soon as Tu Du's words came out, the tribal leaders in the tent suddenly opened their eyes angrily. Hu Li of the Tongluo tribe has always been cunning, and is privately called the old fox by the leaders of the various tribes. The damage to Tongluo this time is also very large, and it is possible for this guy to have a heart of surrender.

Everyone glared at Hu Li fiercely, all these years the Tiele tribes have been oppressed by the Turkic tribes, life is difficult, and now after standing on their own, who is willing to surrender to the Turkic tent again. What's more, the current Turkic leaders are not the leaders of the Eastern Turks, but the Western Turks who have fought dozens of close battles with them, not to mention the damage of this battle, in the past sixty or seventy years, the Eastern and Western Turks have fought countless wars, and how many Tiele men have fallen on the battlefield?

"Swear to die and not surrender to the Turks!" This is the voice of the leaders of Tieler. On the one hand, of course, it is because of the accumulation of hatred for many years, but on the other hand, it is also because most of the leaders know in their hearts that now that the Turks have an all-round advantage, it is precisely when they want to take the opportunity to completely conquer them, and even if they are willing to surrender, the result is not much different from losing the resistance in the end. Rather than that, it's better to fight.

When Tu Midu saw his words, everyone reacted so much, and then looked at Hu Li's embarrassed appearance, and couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart.

Yi Nan snorted heavily and looked at everyone dissatisfied.

When everyone quieted down, Yi Nan's cold eyes turned to Tu Mi, and an invisible threat was directed at him.

"Tumidu, if you have anything to say, why bother going around such a circle? Going around and around, don't you have to say it at the end? Yi Nan's words had the meaning of secretly suppressing him.

Tu Fan Du was in his heart, and although the secret Dao Yi Nan was defeated this time, he was not disturbed in the end. At the moment, he didn't dare to despise it, and said seriously: "Great Khan, now that we are trapped in the North Sea, the remnants of the army are defeated, the soldiers are not satisfied with the equipment, and the food is not satisfied, before the first heavy snowfall, the Turkic army of 100,000 may fight here." And we are mortal enemies with the Turks, and we will never die. Fight, can't fight, can't fall, can't fall. So what do we do? ”

"What should I do?" Several leaders couldn't help but ask.

Tumidu sold a pass, and everyone who hung was anxious before slowly saying: "In my opinion, if you can't beat it, you can only fall." ”

"What, descend, Lao Tzu just cut you." The servant was about to rush over.

Seeing this, Tumidu hurriedly said: "Of course, it's not to descend to the Turks, but to defect to others." ”

Hearing this, everyone who was going to rush up and beat him was stunned for a moment.

"To whom? On this prairie, the Hazebe was originally one of the Tielers, but now it is also self-reliant. There is also the Xi State, the Khitan, which was originally one of the Turks, but it has long been self-reliant. As for that room Wei, it was directly annexed by Chen Guo, and even the most Haixi barbarians were all mixed with Chen Guo. In the vast western desert north of the vast sea and eastern Liaodong, how can there be a big tribe that is difficult to fight with the Turks?

Seeing everyone's bewildered looks, Tu Tudu said: "Great Khan, a few days ago, when our army was fighting with the Turks, the soldiers of my Hui tribe who stayed behind in Mobei found a group of caravanserais. ”

Everyone is more and more confused, when is this time, and what kind of business travel is there with this idle effort? After Liaodong has gradually stabilized in recent years, more and more business travelers have gone deep into the Mobei grassland, and everyone is not surprised, I don't know what to say.

Only Hu Li and Yi Nan looked moved, and they seemed to understand something in their eyes.

"Could it be, could it be them?"

Tumidu smiled slightly: "That's right, it's them." ”

The crowd was even more confused, and the servant shouted, "Who are they? I don't understand. ”

Yi Nan was overjoyed, and he didn't care about helping these subordinates solve their doubts, so he hurriedly said to Tu Midu: "Since it's them, then hurry up and invite them, Ben Khan wants to see them immediately, immediately." ”

Tumidu nodded, waved his hand to the tent, and called his guards to whisper a few words.

After a while, I heard a footstep outside the tent, and as soon as the curtain was lifted, several men walked in.

The light in the tent dimmed, and after all the people came in, the servants and others found that these people who came in were indeed a group of Central Plains people. It's just a little strange that these people at this time are not fur merchants, but all of them are neatly robed, led by a purple robe with a jade crown, a horizontal sword hanging from his waist, and a scepter.

Seeing this outfit, everyone was stunned for a moment, but they all understood, and they finally knew who they were just talking about.

They are the envoys of the Great Chen, and now they are the only Great Chen Dynasty in the whole world that can compete with the Turks and still have the upper hand.

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