Du Mi didn't want to offend Mu Lin, but he didn't want to go back on his word for him, so he said: "Since the old man is not willing to set up a camp with Princess Yicheng's men and horses, how about the former old man set up the camp ten miles to the south?" ”

Ten miles to the south, it is closer to the border of the Great Sui, which is equivalent to letting Mu Lin's men and horses take the lead. Mu Lin was immediately furious: "Since Princess Yicheng's people refuse to move, then please give me the place!" ”

Du Mi also changed her face and said, "Boss, everyone is here to avenge your son-in-law, you should take care of the overall situation!" ”

"Hmph, hum!" Mullin sneered, "Are you teaching me a lesson?" Where did you hide your Fat! He lost my daughter and I was looking for him! ”

Only then did Du Mi remember that Tong Lifa was also his brother, but his words had already come out, so how could he show weakness: "There are only these two places in the place, you can either go to camp ten miles south of the moraine, or set up near Princess Yi'an's camp, you choose." I still have something to do, so I won't accompany you! ”

Mu Lin was so angry that his face was red and white for a while, when he married his most beloved daughter to Qi Lifa, he had already bet on Qi Lifa, hoping that Qi Lifa could win the throne, and then his tribe would become the queen tribe of the Eastern Turks. However, before he could start fighting for the throne, he was defeated. Now, Du Shiji has become the first Khan, and the status of Ashdehong, who married his daughter to Du Shiji, has risen significantly in the entire Ashid clan, and he is also arrogant when he sees Mullin.

The strength of the Hongzhan tribe is not half that of the Mullin tribe, but with the support of the Great Khan, it will not be long before it surpasses the tribe of Mullin. Therefore, every battle for the throne of the Turkic Khan was equally important to the Ashid clan. Seeing that Du Mi left him alone, Mu Lin was even more annoyed, he whipped his horse into the air fiercely, and shouted: "Order, go back to the tribe!" We're not going to fight this battle! ”

Mullin understands that the more times like this, the more he must make his voice heard, and let the Agishi know that he is still the most powerful force of the Asid clan! Mu Lin didn't expect that his angry departure would not only save himself, but also save his tribe. Of course, this is all for later, so I won't mention it for the time being.

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However, it is said that Liu Wuzhou killed Wang Rengong, the Taishou, and proclaimed himself the Taishou of Mayi, and opened a warehouse to release grain, gathered people's hearts, and gradually gathered more than 30,000 horses, and the momentum was vibrating. But at the same time, he also received news that Chen Xiaoyi, the Taishou of Yanmen, and Wang Zhibi, the general of Hu Benlang, also gathered a large number of men and horses, preparing to attack Mayi to quell the rebellion.

Yanmen is an important border town, in addition to the soldiers and horses of Yanmen County itself, the imperial court has sent a guard. The soldiers and horses of Yanmen County were led by the Taishou Chen Xiaoyi, and the main general of the Su guard was Wang Zhibian, the general of the Tiger Benlang. Now that the Great Sui has shown signs of fragmentation, Chen Xiaoyi and Wang Zhibi still organized an army under such circumstances to put down the rebellion in Mayi, not that these two people were so loyal to the imperial court, but that their position was too important, and they were co-opted by Yang Xuangan and Li Yuan.

Chen Xiaoyi has more than 50,000 Yanmen defenders, and Wang Zhibi has 30,000 guards, such a force, no matter who it falls into, cannot be underestimated, so Yang Xuangan and Li Yuan are actually interested in the army in their hands. In order to be able to use them for their own use, Yang Xuangan and Li Yuan both promised them a lot of benefits. However, Yang Xuangan has always assumed the identity of rebellion, and Li Yuan has been a troublesome man, and Chen Xiaoyi is an old acquaintance, so Chen Xiaoyi moved Wang Zhibi and agreed to stand on Li Yuan's side. Therefore, Li Yuan named Chen Xiaoyi as the governor of Hedong Province in the name of Yang Gao, and named Wang Zhibi as the general of the right Hou Wei.

Hedong Province has a total of 13 counties under its jurisdiction, including Mayi, Yanmen, Loufu, Taiyuan, Shangdang, Hedong and Hanoi. If Chen Xiaoyi wanted to really control the entire Hedong Prefectures, the first thing to do was to quell the rebellion of Liu Wuzhou in Mayi, so he united with Wang Zhibi and organized an army of 60,000 to prepare to attack Mayi.

Liu Wuzhou also had his own eyeliner in Yanmen, and as soon as Chen Xiaoyi's soldiers and horses began to assemble, he got the news and hurriedly summoned the generals to discuss.

The general Huang Ziying arched his hand and said: "Lord Qiqi, although Chen Xiaoyi has many soldiers and horses, we will defend the city and be safe." It's just that if you want to retreat from the enemy, you should use cavalry, but unfortunately our department lacks war horses. ”

Liu Wuzhou said in a deep voice: "The north is the Turks, there are countless good horses there, I don't know if you have a way?" ”

During the Yang Guang period, the contacts between civil and military officials and the Turks were extremely strict, and most of Liu Wuzhou's subordinates were old officials of Mayi, and their relationship with the Turks was not as good as that of some smugglers among the people. Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.

At this time, a sergeant guarding the door suddenly came to report: "Lord Qiqi, the Turkic Shibi Khan sent someone to ask for a meeting!" ”

"Shibi Khan?" Liu Wuzhou was overjoyed and said, "Hurry up, please!" ”

It turned out that Du Jishi also knew that Yanmen soldiers were strong and strong, and there was a strong barrier of the Great Wall, even if he had more soldiers and horses, it would be difficult for him to win easily, so he came up with this trick to repair the plank road and secretly cross the Chen Cang. While gathering men and horses at the mouth, Du Jishi sent people to Mayi to contact Liu Wuzhou, and was willing to join hands with Liu Wuzhou to attack Yanmen County. After the matter was completed, as long as the woman was golden, all the land and cities belonged to Liu Wuzhou.

Hearing this condition, Liu Wuzhou's heart moved, and he turned around and asked, "General Huang, what do you think?" ”

Huang Ziying groaned: "If you don't have the help of the Turks, Chen Xiaoyi will also call." Sooner or later, there will be a battle, it is better to use the power of the Turks! ”

Liu Wuzhou nodded and said, "It's exactly what I want, tell Lu Jishi that Liu only needs 10,000 good horses!" ”

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When the news was transmitted back to the Mobei grassland, Du Jishi had already personally led the tooth tent guard army to the moraine, and Du Mi stepped forward and said: "Qi Great Khan, Asrid Mulin came and went, obviously did not take the Great Khan in his eyes, please order him to be captured and punished!" ”

Du Jishi waved his hand and said, "Du Mi, do you remember what happened back then?" ”

Du Mi shook his head and said, "I don't know what the Great Khan said? ”

Du Jishi pointed to the west, and said with a sad face: "I think back then, how strong my Turks were, but now they are divided into two, all thanks to the southern people!" ”

When the Turks were at their strongest, they were forced to split into two by Changsun Sheng's scheme, and they are still like mortal enemies between the Eastern and Western Turks. Du Jishi has witnessed and experienced this period of history firsthand, and has the most profound understanding of the strategy of the Great Sui. In the past, he was just a tribal leader and didn't have much of an idea. Now that he has sat in the position of the Eastern Turkic Khan, his identity is different, and his thinking is also different.

What he thinks about most now is how to recreate the glory of the Turkic past. And to regain the glory of the Turks, the Great Sui Dynasty was their biggest obstacle. Whoever became the Emperor of the Great Sui would not be able to tolerate the emergence of a powerful nomadic tribal regime in the north. Therefore, Du Jishi formulated a policy of "separating the strong and combining the weak" to divide the situation in the Central Plains, and the cooperation with Liu Wuzhou was his first attempt.

Du Mi didn't know about Du Jishi's plot, and said in surprise: "Great Khan, the Eastern and Western Turks have been separated for decades, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to merge the two again. ”

Du Jishi waved his hand and said: "The Han people have a saying that they must be together after a long time, and there is also a saying that things are done by people. As long as we can successfully invade Yanmen County and prestige the Central Plains, our reputation will spread in every corner of the grassland. The tribes of the Western Turks are of the same race as us, and when the time comes, whether they will continue to follow the incompetent and brutal Daman or side with us, I believe they will make a choice. The top priority is to ensure that this battle will be won, and as for Mullin, he will go first. ”

After becoming the Khan, it seems that the heart of the Agishi has become broader. Although Mullin had always supported Mulifa in his struggle for the throne, now that he was in possession and his tribe was gone, all he was thinking about was how to win Mullin's support.

Since Du Jishi was unwilling to investigate Mu Lin's disrespect, Du Mi couldn't say anything more, so he had to bow down and say, "Great Khan, I have selected some craftsmen from various tribes who can make siege equipment, do you want them to start working now?" ”

The nomadic tribes are not good at attacking cities, these craftsmen are all Han people who were captured during the previous Turkic raids on the border, and they were selected by the tribes by Du Mi, which shows that Du Mi still used some thought for this attack on Yanmen. Of course, the fiasco of Tong Lifa's attack on Wuwei also rang the bell for him.

Du Jishi waved his hand and said, "No need, someone will open the way for us." ”

After receiving Liu Wuzhou's reply just now, Du Jishi was in a good mood, left an empty camp at the mouth of the moraine, and led 200,000 troops to the west and entered the territory of Mayi. Mayi was originally also a border county, but its geographical location was not as important as Yanmen. Liu Wuzhou killed Wang Rengong, and after occupying Mayi, he has been quite complacent, until today when he saw the Turkic army of the Ji Shi, he couldn't help but be frightened, and hurriedly prostrate on the ground, kowtowing and saying: "The villain is willing to obey the king's orders and drive for the king!" ”

Du Jishi helped Liu Wuzhou up and said, "Lord Liu, please get up quickly, you and I will be brothers in the future, how to talk about driving." ”

Liu Wuzhou repeatedly claimed to thank him, still terrified.

I saw that Du Jishi beckoned, and a Turkic soldier had already presented a big banner.

Liu Wuzhou was surprised: "Great Khan, what is this?" ”

Ji Shi said with a smile: "This is the wolf head given to you by Ben Khan, from today on, you are Dingyang Khan." ”

Liu Wuzhou unfurled the banner, and it turned out that there was a huge wolf head embroidered on it. Thinking of the Dingyang Khan given to him by Du Jishi, it is clear that he is trying to pacify the Yang family. Liu Wuzhou couldn't help but be ambitious, and shouted loudly: "Okay! From today on, Liu and Da Sui are incompatible! ”

Du Jishi nodded and said, "I don't know what General Liu's plans are for capturing Yanmen?" ”