The next day, under the command of Li Jing and Hou Junji, the defenders of Lou Fu Pass took advantage of the favorable terrain to carry out a local counterattack on the wolf cavalry. They did not have the consciousness of the new losers, and they actually repeatedly launched provocations against Guanxia. Even taking advantage of the negligence of cooperation between the tribes participating in the war, they divided into small groups and fell from the gate overnight, sneaked to the camp where the tribes were hoarding grain and grass, and put a small fire. By the time the samurai were awakened from their sleep by the flames, the perpetrators had already fled into the mountains at night, never to be found!

The chieftains were furious and swore to give color to the defenders. They organized wave after wave of onslaught, only to be beaten back by the defenders of the Great Wall in a tougher way. Li Jing, who had regained control of the army, fully proved his worth, and all the methods used to deal with the Li family in Chang'an City last year were transferred to the heads of the tribal warriors, with fire, stone, and smoke, and all kinds of tricks emerged one after another. At the critical moment, he actually boiled feces and several unknown herbs into poisonous juice and poured it on the attacker. The "witchcraft" of the great shamans of the tribes had no effect on this evil method, and whoever was doused with poisonous dung juice would have their wounds festering within a day and rotting at a rate visible to the human eye until they died.

Within the forty-mile joint camp, the screams of the tribal warriors rang out. The chiefs of the tribes were so angry and anxious that the fire in their eyes could almost burn the entire grassland. But at this critical moment, Shibi Khan scattered his forces on the grounds of intercepting enemy reinforcements. Without the full support of the Turks, the offensive of the tribes against Lou Fu Pass lasted only five days, and then it could no longer hold on. The warriors of each tribe are the hope for the survival and continuation of the tribe, once the damage is too heavy, even if they can break through the Lou Fu Pass and meet the robbery of the elders, the entire tribe will lose the opportunity to spread. Therefore, some people began to work without help, and some people simply turned their eyes to the back, looking for an opportunity to retreat.

There was also no shortage of people of insight in the Turkic royal court, who were very worried about the sluggish state of the coalition forces. On this expedition, the Ashina family has always been in the mentality of being determined to win, and there is no reserve at all. In case he can't take the Lou Fu Pass, even if he is defeated and retreats to the grassland, his appeal to the other tribes will no longer be the same. The grassland is a world of the jungle, before the rise of the Turks, there were Xiongnu, Xianbei and Qian, the feet of the Turks, still prostrate with Murwei, Khitan, Xi, I, H, the loser who could not keep the position of the wolf king sang very clearly in the pastoral song. When the Huns were strong, their strength covered from the sea to the depths of the desert. Nowadays, except for a few crazy people like Liu Jizhen, who still remembers the glory of the Huns?

The elders gathered several times and offered advice to Shibi Khan in various ways. I hope that my Great Khan can make strategic adjustments as soon as possible and end the embarrassing state of dilemma before Lou Fuguan. Shi Bi, who had always had a reputation for stubbornness, became more and more stubborn, and instead of considering the advice of the elders, he sent his younger brother Ashina Mohe to supervise the battle, forcing the tribes to take turns to pounce on Lou Fu Pass. This kind of practice of letting others sacrifice themselves to only take advantage of them and not suffer losses naturally did not have any good results, and the tribes attacked one by one, defeated and retreated one by one, almost one turn at a time, and Lou Fuguan was still impregnable.

The chiefs of the various tribes could not bear the pressure of the elders, so they had to harden their heads and beg for mercy from Ashina Mohe, who had come to supervise the war. and promised a large sum of money, asking him to intercede with Shibi Khan on behalf of everyone. Ashina Mohelu was also a little resistant to his brother's will, thought about it, and responded with a straight face: "I don't want your gold and slaves. Da Khan has been in poor health recently, and it is inevitable that he will be a little confused when dealing with things. You have been wronged! I'll go to the Great Khan and see when he's going to deliver the final blow to the defenders! ”

"Thank you, Special Service Mohe!" The Great Khans and the Little Khans bowed down at the same time to express their gratitude to Ashina Mohe. "If the special service of other days is useful to us, as long as you blow the horn, all departments will definitely not dare not be called!" (Note 1)

"Forget it, in the future, when I come to your waiting tent, you can give me a glass of wine!" Ashina Mohe waved his hand generously, rejecting the kindness of the chiefs. The elder brother Du Jishi (Shi Bi) is a vigilant person, so he finds that he has sent favors to various ministries in private, and the result may not be too good.

The chiefs' hearts were bright, they looked at each other, and retired one after another. Ashina Mohelu pondered alone in the military tent for a moment, straightened out a set of rhetoric that seemed to be more loyal, and silently recited it in his heart, walking towards the golden tent of Shibi Khan.

In the Golden Horde, Shibi Khan was discussing military affairs with several confidants and his other younger brother, Ashina Lifu, when he saw Ashina Mohe coming in, and they all closed their mouths in alarm. This attitude of putting people thousands of miles away made Mo Helu's heart even colder, and he nodded at Shibi Khan, who was lying on the felt, and then said, "Big brother, this battle can't be fought like this anymore. Half a month, only half a month, we lost more than 40,000 corpses under Lou Fu Pass! At present, the complaints in the army are getting more and more evil, and if this continues, the samurai of all departments must be forced to rebel! ”

As if he had expected Ashina Mohedu to say this, Shibi Khan smiled and asked very kindly: "Mohedu, according to your opinion, how should we fight?" Wouldn't it be impossible to let the various ministries contribute, but instead pile up the corpses of our Turkic warriors over the wall? ”

Ashina Mohelu's throat was blocked by the question, and his cheeks were hot. Fortunately, he also made some preparations, so that others would not immediately see the joke. After thinking about it, he responded in a low voice, "I think, which of the three reinforcements is a threat to us, after so many days, the eldest brother must have a conclusion in his heart." In this way, it is better to gather the children who are blocking the reinforcements separately and eat the one that poses the greatest threat to us. Then either attack Lou Fu, or go around to Yanmen and go south from another road! In short, it's better than our side endlessly entangled with the defenders, and we don't see half a point of hope of victory! ”

He tried to speak in a tactful tone, so as not to provoke Shibi Khan's emotions. Because Shibi's son, the Ashinashbo brothers, is too young to inherit the throne, the current relationship between Shibi and the three brothers is very delicate. Like an old wolf with two foxes lying next to them, no one could have predicted what would happen to them in the next moment.

Shibi Khan was obviously in a good mood today, and he was directly admonished by Ashina Mohe, and he didn't feel disgraced at all. After pondering for a moment, he smiled again and said, "Mo Hedu, you do have the wisdom of a fox and the bravery of a wolf. Being able to see this step without any news proves that you can already be on your own. But you came too late, if half a month ago, as soon as the news of Gu Tulu's defeat came, we would have decisively given up Lou Fu Pass and made a detour to the south. Maybe he can take the Han people's country over, at least force Li Yuan to fulfill his promise to hand over the treasure to me. But now, Immortal Heaven has taken the opportunity back, and we have to make other plans! ”

In recent years, he has always made a decision on the big and small affairs of the royal court, and rarely patiently explained the reasons for his decision as he did today, and rarely spoke to his younger brothers with such a pleasant face as he did today. He did this partly because the Turks were not a people of all words, and partly because a sense of distance and stubbornness were better able to assert the authority of their khans. But today, the situation is completely reversed, and it has become more seductive. For a while, Ashina Mohe's scalp was numb, and all the words he had prepared in advance were all forgotten.

"Do you think it's strange?" Seeing that his younger brother was at a loss, Shibi Khan asked with a smile. "Ahem, ahem, it's very simple, I've heard the call of the Immortal Heaven, and I'm going to follow my ancestors. You and Liverford must unite and face all that comes after I'm gone. You must take care of the Ashina family and take care of my little bowl! ”

"Big brother can't curse himself like this. The eldest brother's face is healthy, and his body is as strong as a male wolf in his prime! Ashina Mohe became more and more frightened, took a few steps forward, and vigorously held on to the collapsed felt. His men were all on the outskirts of the camp, and if the eldest brother was going to leave only one of the two brothers today, he would have to fight to the death.

The expected samurai did not rush out, and he was greeted only by the dry hands of Ashina Jishi, the Khan of Shibi. Mo Helu didn't know how to face his eldest brother's embrace, and the muscles of his whole body were as stiff as iron. In his memory, it was only when he was very young that the eldest brother once hugged him. At that time, Ashina Jishi was the bravest samurai and the strongest male wolf in the whole world in his eyes. Between the two arms of the eldest brother is the most peaceful and safest shelter rock in the world. ，

Seeing Ashina Mohedu's body stiffen, the smile on Shibi Khan's face slowly became bitter. "Come on, little Mo Hedu, let's hug again, I don't have a knife in my hand, and I can't fall you. Are you still afraid of me within three feet? ”

"Big, big brother!" Ashina Mohe finally choked up. Shibi Khan is going to die, the eldest brother who has been covering his head like a dark cloud, so that he can't see the sun, the head wolf of the Ashina family, and the wolf king of the entire steppe are going to die! The felt collapsed with gold leaf could no longer hide the shadow of death, and Mo Helu could even smell the smell of rotting corpses in his nostrils.

He spread his trembling arms and threw himself into the arms of his eldest brother. Although the smell on the big brother is suffocating. "Little Mo Hedu, yours are so strong!" There was a wheezing sound in my ears, with a little unwillingness, a little envy. "Help Liver, don't disobey him. Even if he can't give you any more hugs. We are biological brothers, and only biological brothers can resist the blizzard on the grassland! ”

"Hmm!" For the first time in many years, Ashina Mohe obeyed his eldest brother's orders without resistance. For the first time in many years, he succumbed not to the majesty of the Khan, but to the friendship of his brothers. Holding the thin body in his arms hard, he almost hated to give half of his strength and energy to the other party. But the other party refused to give him a chance, gently broke free, and said with a smile: "Okay." You're not a kid anymore. Stand up, I have something to say, Changshengtian didn't give me much time! ”

With that, a hoarse cough began to sound again in the Golden Tent, as if it was about to cough out everyone's heart. Ashina Mohe stood beside the sickbed in a daze, looking at the eldest brother's body arched with a cough, like a shrimp struggling in the dry season river.

The Great Shaman unscrewed a vermilion gourd and handed it to Shibi's mouth and nose. He will pick up the gourd and suck it greedily, as if the wolf was sucking blood. When the smell of herbs in the gourd diffused in the golden horde again, the coughing finally subsided. Sweating profusely, Shi Bi gasped for a while, then struggled to sit up again, and asked Ashina Mohe with a smile: "Do you think I'm stupid, knowing that the tribal warriors can't defeat Lou Nu Pass, and still force them to die?" ”

"No, it's not." Ashina Mohe waved his hand again and again, "I don't think the eldest brother is stupid. But I do feel that the losses of the tribes are too severe. Even if you win Lou Fu, the gains outweigh the losses! ”

"You don't have to argue!" Shi Bi smiled and waved his hand, obviously knowing what his brother really thought, "I can hear those wails every night these days. You're not the only one who thinks I'm driving the warriors to their deaths, in fact, I'm driving them to their deaths. He began to cough again, and as he coughed, he let out a smug laugh, like a night owl screaming in the woods, "Ahem, ahem, ahem, ahem, they don't die, ahem, they don't die, how can the majesty of our Turks be preserved, ahem." Defeated, ahem. If you win the war, the benefits will be shared equally, and if you lose, you have to pay the price evenly. We can't just weaken our Turks, our Ashina family! ”

Defeat! It was as if a volley of lightning slashed down and hit his head straight away. Ashina Mohe frowned, his eyes were closed, and he couldn't accept his eldest brother's words no matter what. For more than ten days, he dared to oversee the siege of the city, just to kill those allies through the hands of the enemy. More than 40,000 corpses, more than 40,000 corpses that died unjustly, piled up together, can build a sacred mountain! He was so smoky from the stench of corpses in the tent that he couldn't breathe, and the air around him was like plasma, so sticky that he couldn't turn it to his neck.

"Ashina Mohedu, you are still too young!" Shi Bi kicked his brother with his foot and forced the other party to open his eyes, "Look at me with wide eyes, I will tell you the truth." Otherwise, you'll never get a chance to sweat profusely in your life. At the moment when the news of Gutoru's defeat came, we were already defeated. I was just reluctant to make the result look better. As a result, the immortal heaven punished me for greed, and the immortal heaven made me pay for short-sightedness....... cough, cough! ”

The great shaman handed over the vermilion gourd again, and with the help of medicinal power, Shibi Khan was able to straighten out his breathing. Not daring to speak more, he pointed to Ashina Lifu with his finger, and then pointed to the map on the table, signaling the other party to tell Ashina Mohelu the truth. Ashina Lifu hesitated, and was forced by Shi Bi's gaze, so he walked to the map and whispered to Ashina Mohedu: "At that time, there were a total of three reinforcements from Zhuojun to kill Mayi. The Great Khan believed that only one of them was true, and the other two were false. He sent Baye Guyehu to lead 100,000 troops to meet the one that came along the Sanggan River. In the other two routes, one route was sent to lead five thousand cavalry to the trial, and the third road was handed over to Liu Wuzhou to solve it himself. As a result, Bayegu's army had just encountered the enemy, and retreated to Zhuojun to defend it with danger. The enemy on the mattress side was also defeated at the first touch, and he ran without even looking back. As for Liu Wuzhou's side, after a three-day delay, he actually sent a battle report of a great victory, claiming to have killed 30,000 enemy soldiers and captured countless prisoners! ”

"Liu Wuzhou is bragging!" Ashina Mohedu quickly came to a conclusion. He was well aware of the strength of his vassals. Liu Wuzhou first colluded with his boss's concubine, and then killed his immediate boss to seize military power, and what he did was very unpopular with the army and the people. Therefore, there are almost no suitable generals under his command, let alone wise men to take refuge. The only general who looked a little like him was Wei Chi Jingde, but this person was used as a watchdog by Liu Wuzhou, and he would never be sent out to fight the enemy unless he had to.

In this way, the person who led Liu Wu Zhou's army to meet the Central Plains soldiers and horses from Zhuo County could only be an unknown person. Can he defeat Li Zhongjian, who had just beaten Ashina Bone Tuolu and fled? Unless there is a big hole in the immortal sky!

Ashina Lifu glared at his younger brother, very dissatisfied that the other party couldn't stabilize his mind at this time. "Liu Wuzhou is indeed bragging, and the other two reinforcements are also fake, but he just wants to confuse us. Nine days ago, Big Brother came to this conclusion, and then let you go to supervise the battle! ”

Ashina Mohe stared at his round eyes and stared at his brother who was lying on the felt, smiling. I have been killing people for my eldest brother and second brother for many days, and I turned out to be a knife in someone else's hand. "Why are you doing this? How will I face those tribal elders in the future?! After staring for a moment, he couldn't hold on to his anger any longer, and asked dejectedly.

"The eldest brother said that if we withdraw our troops immediately, the tribes will not be able to take advantage, and they will definitely rebel as soon as they return to the grassland. Therefore, the eldest brother had to weaken them first, so that they would never be as strong as the Ashina family. Ashina Lifu lowered his voice and explained in place of Shibi Khan. If we Turks want to be dominant forever, we have to do this. Whoever threatens us must be eliminated! Either you do it or I do it, and the result is the same! ”

The result is not the same! Ashina Mohe roared in his heart. As a result, the second brother successfully inherited the Khan throne, and he completely lost his popularity and lost the strength to compete for the Khan throne. Knowing that the truth was in front of him, he was still unwilling to struggle. "They're fighting for us! Big brother, the enemy forces on three sides are all fake, and we have time to retreat calmly, how can it be equivalent to defeat? ”

"Little Mo Hedu!" There was a loving smile in Shi Bi's eyes, as if the other party still hadn't grown up, "The three reinforcements are all fake. And, of course, there's a fourth way of reinforcements. Right where we didn't expect it! Back then, his father was besieged, but it only took a few days for Luo Manzi to rush from Youzhou to Dingxiang! ”

Note 1: The secret service is usually used to refer to the brother of the Khan, which is equivalent to the prince of the West.

Note 2: Ashina Lifu, later the Khan of Chuluo. Ashina Mohelu is the Khan of Jieli, and the son of Shibi, Ashnash Bo, is the Khan of Tuli.

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