Chapter 3: The Beacon Fire (Part 6b)
If it weren't for the lack of confidence in his knife skills and riding skills, Ashina Gutuolu would have rushed up immediately and stomped the Central Plains man in front of him with a scimitar, no, with the horse's hooves, and stomped the Central Plains man in front of him into a pile of meat sauce. He just said bitterly for a long time, and even put forward the conditions for supporting the other party as the overlord of the Central Plains on behalf of the Ashina family. The premise is that as long as he is willing to hand over the Silver Wolf King, he will not move. But the other party didn't seem to understand at all, and instead offered a price that Gu Toru couldn't accept at all.
The overlord of the Central Plains, supported by the Turks, can at least cede the land and stand on its own, even if it cannot be claimed as emperor. The Great Sui Dynasty has not been jumping to its head for a few days, and the heroes with a little foresight know that this court is just surviving. Countless "heroes" tried to replace them, and there was an endless stream of emissaries who went to the Turks to ask for support. Those envoys were servile, and in order to form a strategic alliance, they would not hesitate to agree to any harsh conditions proposed by the Ashina family. "Those Central Plains people always regard their own interests as higher than the interests of the ethnic group!" After witnessing countless soft bones from the Central Plains who could only wag their tails and beg for mercy, the Ashina family came to such a conclusion, and therefore, they were even more determined to go south.
It's just that the general in front of him is an outlier, and the Ashina family took the initiative to send such generous conditions to the door, but instead of accepting it, he asked for a price all over the sky!
"Evacuate first with the Eastern Sai Tribe, and then send the princess of the Khitan Yuling Department to pick up Ganluo in a month!" How is this possible? That meant that the Eastern Saizhuhu, including the Ashina Bone Tuoru Headquarters, had broken with the Khan, and they could not guarantee that the Sui would return the silver wolf as promised.
"You, you're blackmailing?" It took a long time to breathe before Gu Toru squeezed out such a sentence from between his teeth. It's not that he didn't want to snatch Gan Luo away, but his wife had reminded him before he came, "Attachment was the best archer on the shore of Crescent Lake back then, and no one in the Su Si Department could compare to him, including Aslan!" β
The moment he heard this, Gutoru saw a sadness in his wife's eyes. Just like the days when the two first got married, the sadness in his wife's eyes always made Gu Toru feel heartbreaking. He had vaguely heard the story of his wife and another man, which was full of desolation and helplessness.
When he thought of his wife's eyes at that time, Gu Toru felt unspeakably uncomfortable. Tao Kuotuosi finally followed him and helped him ask for the holy relics related to the rise and fall of the family. Tao Kuotuosi paid attention to her husband's face, and from the beginning to now, he didn't glance at the Central Plains people opposite. Her gaze remained on Ganro, gentle and focused, as it had been in the first few months of her marriage to the Turks.
"It's not blackmail, Bone Torusher, you simply don't have enough to exchange with me. The 400,000 troops you just spoke of were under the command of Shibi Khan. The support you just said for me is also from the entire Ashina family. And Ganluo was handed over to her in the end," Xuzi smiled and raised his chin at Tao Kuo, "It's not the Ashina family. Of course, if you want me to dedicate Ganro to Shibi Khan in a month's time, I'll be happy to obey! β
"You, you don't have the slightest sincerity!" Bone Toru suddenly felt his mouth dry and his hair almost stood on end. 'Damn Han man, he actually knows so clearly about the internal affairs of the Ashina family! Aside from cursing in his heart, Gutoru found himself with few suitable words to fight back. Although he is also known as the Khan, this Khan is not at all comparable to Shi Bixiang. In fact, in the Turkic court, his official position was only one of the four, and his status was similar to that of a prince. More importantly, his position was not stable, and without the support of the Silver Wolf King who was married by his wife and the Eastern Cypriots, sooner or later Shibi Khan would have uprooted him from the northeastern grasslands, just as he had done with Choyu.
This is the internal secret of the Ashina family, and few people in the Central Plains know about it. But this guy with a beard in front of him actually has a more detailed grasp than their emperor and prime minister!
Ashina Bone Toru turned his head angrily and looked at the men he had brought. 'If you kill him when he is not ready!' A crazy and bold thought jumped into Gu Toru's heart, "Tao Kuo must be very, very unhappy, and will even take the silver wolf away!" He could imagine the consequences of that, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw the right hand on the hilt of the knife suddenly clenched.
"I can't say yes! Even if you take the Silver Wolf King away, within three months, Yanmen Pass will definitely fall. When the time comes, our coalition army will move south, and with a small county, you will not be able to block our war horses at all! Turning his head back sharply, Ashina Bone Toru replied loudly. At the same time, he quickly pulled out his waist knife with his hand.
The guards on the periphery ignored Tao Kuo's dissuasion, and rushed over on horseback. If Lord Khan is ready to use force, they will fight to be punished by Kedun in the future, and they will also step forward to help.
"It's bad, the Turks are rough!" Luo Shixin, who was standing at the head of the city, was very anxious, and with his arms strong, he pulled the strong bow in his hand to the full. Without waiting for him to let go of the bowstring, several hands clasped the bow arm at the same time, and Li Shimin, Qin Shubao, and Dugu Lin snatched the feather arrow between Luo Shixin's fingers and threw it on the city wall.
"Shixin, don't worry, it's not time to fight hard!" Li Shimin smiled and advised, not at all nervous about the situation in front of him.
Luo Shixin looked closely, only to see Ashina's stinky bones insert the half-pulled scimitar back into his waist. Xuzi didn't move, not caring about the other party's threat at all. And the silver wolf Ganro suddenly became furious, and roared loudly in front of the guards' horses. The poor herbivorous animals did not dare to bump into the wolf's mouth, and their front hooves were raised high, terrified. The guards on horseback were either thrown off or controlled their mounts to go around the distance. They could kill all the humans who stood in their way, but they didn't dare point the tip of their swords at the messengers of the gods.
Tao Kuo ran to Gan Luo's side and hugged it with open arms. After a few moments, the roar of the silver wolf gradually stopped, and the grizzled guards walked back to their original positions. The eyes of the city and the city turned to Ashina Gu Tulu and Li Xu again, and saw that the two of them started a new round of bargaining as if nothing had happened just now.
"You have no idea how long we've been accurate for this trip south. Just milk tofu and dried meat, I brought a full 10,000 carts. Besides, you Great Sui generals are not all like you, many of them have already secretly contacted us! Ask us to help destroy the Great Sui and administer justice for the people! β
"Do you think the words of a man who easily betrays his own people are reliable?" Xu Zi forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and asked rhetorically.
"Those who know the times are Junjie. Isn't there a saying in your Central Plains that two birds choose trees to perch on? What the Great Sui Emperor is so confused, you should know very well in your heart! "Ashina Gu Toru didn't answer Xuzi's question, and continued to persuade him with kind words." Even if you save the faint king for a while, you can't save a lifetime. Change the owner of the Central Plains, and everyone will live better! β
"In exchange for you, burning, killing and looting, killing all men, and plundering all women into slaves, then it is called a better life?" A sneer came out of Xuzi's nostrils, and her chest rose and fell rapidly. He admitted that Yang Guang was not a good emperor, and he also admitted that the Great Sui court was extremely corrupt. However, he still has to defend his homeland.
The duty of a military general is to guard, he has never understood Zhang Xutuo like this for a moment, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and his voice gradually increased, and in the end it almost turned into a roar, "Our emperor of the Central Plains is not faint, that is the matter of our Central Plains people." It has nothing to do with you foreigners. Look for yourself what you do, no matter what excuse you have, it will not be a disaster wherever you go! β
"I, we're helpless. There are too many soldiers, and it's hard to control! Gutoru actually knew that he was blushing and explained curtly.
"Yes, you are just helpless, but our people are about to be destroyed. Why, just because you have curly hair and green eyes? The Immortal Heaven is above, and your Turkic royal court is also in a mess, why don't we enter the steppe and administer justice for you? β
"We've brought a lot of soldiers this time!" Ashina Bone Toru was on the verge of erupting again, and said through gritted teeth.
"We have a lot of people. Tiger General Luo Yi has already left Anle County, and within ten days, you will be able to hear from him! Xu Zi sneered in return, and the expression on his face was very amusing.
"Impossible, General Luo Yi is a friend of the Ashina family, and he has always been at peace with us!" Ashina Bone Toru pressed the hilt of the knife at his waist again, but this time he tried to control his emotions and did not pull the knife outward. "No wonder the Xi warriors who have come with him in the last few days are all restless, presumably they have heard some news" A cold sweat quietly flowed down his back, from his spine to the top of the saddle. After leaving Anle County, over the Yan Mountain is the traditional pasture of the Xi people, and after the pasture of the Xi people, it is the Tuo Suchen, and the predecessor set up Ashina Choyu and his two of them have been operating the nest for many years.
The Tiger Horse, which was clad in thick armor, had always been a nightmare in the hearts of the Turkic warriors, and even if the two sides went head-to-head, Ashina Bone Toru was not sure of victory. What's more, now in a radius of thousands of miles from the water to the Taimi River, all the old and weak women and children left in each tribe to take care of their families are the elderly, weak, women and children.
"General Luo Yi is a friend of the Ashina family, but he is my Han after all, and his blood is thicker than water. If you don't invade the Central Plains, he will naturally be safe with you! Look at what you've done here, and if I lead people to do the same kind of evil on the steppe, even if they don't enter your territory, will you be indifferent? Xuzi's next words made Ashina's head three feet bigger.
The surrounding area was full of scorched earth, and the coalition forces used more than 40 cities in Yanmen County as a paradise for killing and looting. In each city, they slaughtered as much as they could, and gave vent to their heart's content. No one thought about maintaining military discipline, it wasn't their people who were killed, and they didn't have to worry about it.
In the same way, if the tiger general Luo Yi waved his army, Dong Sai Zhuhu would not be their clansman. Moreover, the Tiger Ben Iron Cavalry trained by the great general Yang Shuang has always had a reputation for brutality. Thinking about the scene of black smoke everywhere on the grassland, Ashina's body became soft, and even his voice softened a lot.
"Luo Yi will be a good friend of our Turks!" He re-emphasized in a tone that even he wasn't sure of. This friendship was made, and Luo Yi followed Yang Shuang to fight countless battles with the Turks, which directly led to the division of the Turks into east and west. Later, the Great Sui and the Eastern Turkic Qimin Khan married and defeated the Western Turks together. The Ashina family can have today's glory, which can be said to be inseparable from the support of the Great Sui. At the same time, some border generals of the Great Sui also became friends with some heroes of the Ashina family, and they exchanged letters in private.
Luo Yi has a heart of disobedience, and Ashina Bone Tuolu is very clear about this. In recent years, the Turks have been importing large numbers of war horses into the area under Luo Yi's jurisdiction. However, Ashina Gu Toru could not guarantee that Luo Yi would be indifferent to the actions of the coalition forces in Yanmen, as Xu Zi emphasized, General Luo Yi was Han after all.
On the one hand, there is the 'friendship' related to the stakes, and on the other hand, there is the innate blood and kinship, and Ashina Bone Tuolu is not sure what the other party will choose. And what frightened him was that the Sui general on the opposite side seemed to have other chess pieces hidden in the palm of his hand, and it was not only Luo Yi at all.
"You can wait and see, I won't force you!" Xuzi whistled softly, and Ganro jumped out of the hostess's arms, and under Gu Toru's shocked gaze, quickly ran to the feet of the black wind. Unable to stand the smell of blood on the wolf's body, Tellebu kept snorting in protest, but Xuzi refused to accommodate him anymore and pulled the reins tightly.
A man, a horse, a wolf, standing quietly in the autumn sun. Ashina Bone Toru suddenly found himself very weak, so weak that it was almost difficult to raise his head in front of the other party. 'Tao Kuo Tuosi can't control the Silver Wolf King, and detachment is the true divine choice! The facts were in front of him, and he couldn't help but not back down.
"If I withdraw alone, I will become the public enemy of all Turks. Back in the steppe, Shibi Khan will definitely be the first to conquer me! He moaned as he wiped the cold sweat from his palm. I, I can't sell my family for the sake of a holy wolf! β
"You are not selling, but helping! Help the family avoid disaster" Xuzi leaned over on horseback, patted Ganluo on the head, and then pointed at Tao Kuo Silk. Ganluo, who had received the man's permission, ran to the hostess again, not caring at all how ugly Ashina's face was.
"Do you know Liu Jizhen? He's also a good friend of mine! Xuzi showed enough power to Ashina Bone Toru and sat up straight on the horse's back again.
"You're talking about a gust of wind?" Ashina Bone Tuolu became more and more nervous, and every time the other party said a word, his heart felt like he had been smashed into a wedge. He suddenly regretted coming to negotiate with Li Xu, he had known such a result, it was better to attack the city directly. It could have been a fiasco, but it wasn't as desperate as it is now.
He himself said that he was a descendant of Huhan Evil Da Shan Yu. The true masters of the steppe! Asahiko nodded, smiling and throwing out another piece of news that made people unable to shut up.
"Immortal Heaven!" Ashina Gudelu hated so much that he almost wanted to hit himself in the mouth. "The Han man called Detachment should not be taken lightly, if you can not fight him, try not to fight him." He remembered what he had said, but he knew that it was too late to regret it.
The name of Huhan Evil Da Dan Yu is known to everyone in the grassland, he is a people who have now declined, and it was extremely powerful at that time, the Khan of the Xiongnu people. In terms of blood, whether it is Turkic, Murwei or Khitan, they all inherit the blood of some Huns. Therefore, no matter whether Liu Jizhen's Xiongnu Da Danyu's later bloodline is true or compiled, as long as he shows this banner, he will definitely be able to stir up chaos in the grassland.
And Liu Jizhen's reputation for brutality is even worse than Luo Yi's. Although the Tiger Ben Iron Cavalry is fierce, it is the regular border army of the Great Sui after all. Liu Jizhen is a nest of horse thieves, a nest of madmen who grab wherever they go!
"Fake, his surname is Liu, not the surname of the Huns at all!" Gutoru heard his own voice and felt a sense of despair in it.
Xuzi didn't refute, just smiled. Both sides understood what this smile meant, and Liu Yuan, who established the Later Han Dynasty, was surnamed Liu. He is a pure Hun man, the son of Mao Dunshan Yu, and has nothing to do with the Han people at all. So far, there are countless families surnamed Liu in the territory of Dasui, which come from this bloodline.
"What the hell do you want to do?" Bone Toru finally realizes that he is dealing with the legendary evil spirit, and roars in grief.
"Wait, you and I will wait together, and in less than five days, Shibi Khan will be able to learn the news that Liu Jizhen and Luo Yi have been released. The two of them are attacking not only your territory, but also several other khans. When the time comes, decide for yourself whether to suggest to Shibi Khan whether to withdraw the army! β
Asahiko smiled and gave a very thoughtful answer, "There won't be any risk in making suggestions for you. As long as the coalition forces withdraw from the Great Wall, you will fulfill your promise to retreat! With that, he whistled again, and turned his horse's head at the same time.
Gan Luo ran over and followed his master. Tao Kuo turned her gaze to her husband, her face full of apologies. Seeing the expression on his wife's face, Ashina Gu Tuolu knew that he had lost cleanly, and chased a few steps with a wry smile, "Wait, General Li, brother Li, I still have one more thing to ask you?" β
"Let's talk about it!" Xuzi took the war horse and turned around with a smile. He didn't want the other to see his horse's reins, which had been soaked in sweat and discolored. After a few more delays, Ashina Bone Toru will definitely find a flaw.
"Your surname is Li?" Gu Toru's face slowly returned to normal, and his gaze became aggressive.
"That's right!" Xu Zi replied.
"I heard from you Central Plains shamans that the emperor surnamed Li will replace the emperor surnamed Yang!" Ashina Gu Toru finally regained a little face, looked at Li Xu's instantly pale face, and laughed and turned the horse's head.
"Brother Bone Toru!" Li Xu suddenly laughed too, looked at Ashina's back and shouted. "I have a question, too?"
"What's the matter?" Gutoru turned the horse's head again, his face full of pride. He knew that he had hit the opponent's vital point just now, a general surnamed Li, who held heavy troops, had great merits, and could drive divine beasts, could he live long under Yang Guang?
"If Shibi Khan is unfortunately hit by an arrow, I'm just making an analogy, don't worry. Who should I entrust Princess Yicheng of the Great Sui to me? Asahiko suddenly became very rappy and asked with a hippie smile.
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