In all fairness, Li Zhen can be regarded as a militant, but he is by no means a person who loves to kill, in his opinion, killing is only a means, by no means an end, meaningless killing is not only a kind of brutality, but also a huge waste, but the necessary killing is a very effective means, especially in deterring the enemy's courage, but also has an efficiency that other means do not have, therefore, Li Zhen does not reject such cruel and efficient methods, although he is reluctant to do so, but unfortunately he has no choice, of course, Li Zhen did not degenerate to the point of killing for the sake of killing, and it was a clever strategy to stop in moderation - from the fourth day of February to the seventh day of February in the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, in just three days, the five thousand Tang army swept through the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains in the Hami region, and wiped out four small Western Turkic tribes such as Xili, Geluoda, Dalanwang, and Yuegong. Second, because the young and strong of the small tribes have already gone out with Ashina Sero to Yizhou, the tribes in addition to panicking to the five crossbow lost Bibu, Suo Ge Mohe two major tribes, and sent people to inform Ashina Sero, there is not enough self-protection power, can only pray to the wolf god to bless the "fierce and cruel" Tang army not to find their own head, so far, the first step of Li Zhenzhi's sweeping strategy - to deter the enemy has been regarded as having achieved the goal, and the most important second step to implement the entire strategy - the time is ripe for sweeping.

Zhenguan seventeenth year of the eighth day of the second month, the sky is very overcast, thick clouds cover the bright sunshine, just after noon, a muffled thunder sounded, the first rain of spring fell, the heavy rain poured down for more than an hour before stopping, to the end of the four quarters, the clouds opened and the fog dispersed, the golden sunlight broke through the obstruction of the clouds, the light was sprinkled back to the world, a curved rainbow hung high in the sky, the grassland air after the rain was extremely fresh, and the green grass that drank enough began to grow wildly, if you pay attention to listen, You can even hear the sound of the blades of grass pulling out the joints, and the domestic animals in heat are chasing each other and frolicking on the grassland, making noise and noise, all of which seems so peaceful, at least for Ge Xia of the Xibulo tribe, everything in front of him is intoxicating, but Ge Xia is a little absent-minded at this time, without him, the murderous Tang army is wandering nearby, no one knows when they will appear on the territory of the Xibro tribe, as soon as he thinks of the Tang army's fierce methods, Ge Xia can't help but feel cold, His body trembled uncontrollably.

"The wolf god bless our clan, let the Tang people and demons go elsewhere." After all, Ge Xia is only sixteen years old, and he has just touched the edge of adulthood, although he is tall and famous for his courage on weekdays, but after all, he is still a child psychologically, the more he thinks about it, the more afraid he becomes, he can't help but kneel on the grass after the rain, cover his chest with one hand, and muttered a prayer to the wolf god, but unfortunately the wolf god obviously didn't hear Ge Xia's prayer, and before Ge Xia kowtowed according to the prayer procedure, he suddenly found that there was a black tide on the western horizon, and Ge Xia immediately froze - as a child of the grassland, Ge Xia recognized at a glance that the black line rushing from the sky was a large group of cavalry, although from a long distance, he could not see the banner clearly, nor could he see the style of the armor, but a sense of foreboding arose, which made Ge Xia's body tremble.

"Ah, the wolf god is above, oh my God, it's the Tang Demon!" As the large group of cavalry rushed closer and closer, Ge Xia finally saw the fiery red banner in front of the cavalry - the battle flag of the Tang Army, although Ge Xia couldn't recognize what words were written on the flag, but it didn't matter, the important thing was that Ge Xia's worries finally became a fact, poor Ge Xia trembled for a while, and then remembered to rush back to the tribe to report the news, seeing the Tang cavalry unhurriedly rushing straight towards the tribe, Ge Xia struggled to control the trembling body, and jumped up, He stumbled to his own horse, turned over with great effort from his old nose, waved his whip heedlessly, and rushed desperately towards the tribal camp.

"The Tang Demon is coming, the Tang Demon is coming......" Ge Xia Pegasus rushed into the camp of the Sibulo tribe, shouting all the way, straight to the tent set up by the tribal leader Curry, and all the tribesmen who were alarmed by Ge Xia's wild shouts along the way fell into panic, and the whole camp was in chaos.

"Bastard, Gesha, are you crazy?" The leader of the West Buro tribe, who was originally discussing with the tribal elders in the tent, was set up (set as the name of the Western Turkic official, which means commander of the army, and the leaders of all the small tribes were sealed, and each of them had no fixed number, and could only lead the soldiers of his own tribe. Hearing that something was wrong outside, he hurried out of the tent, just in time to see Ge Xia rushing over recklessly, and immediately became angry and cursed.

"Touren, the Tang Demon is here, it's almost there, let's run away." Seeing Curry's face, Ge Xia jumped off his horse in a panic and screamed out of breath.

"What?" The tall and fat Curry was taken aback, his ruddy face immediately turned pale, he jumped over, grabbed Ge Xia's corset, stared, and his white beard trembled, and asked in surprise.

"It's true, Chief, I've seen it with my own eyes, they're coming, they're coming......" Curry snorted at his practical strength, but Gesha didn't dare to struggle, so he could only keep shouting.

"Ahh Curry saw that Ge Xia didn't look like he was lying, his face was like ashes, he let go of Ge Xia, staggered back a few steps, his body was unstable, and he sat down on the wet grass - the West Buro tribe has a total population of more than 3,000 people, and the number of young and strong people is only 800, half of which have been requisitioned by Ashina Thero, and the remaining men are only less than 400 people, and the rest are all women, children, old and young who have no combat effectiveness, how can they compete with the fierce Tang Army, they will definitely not be able to fight, as for escaping, Because the livestock are at the most critical moment of the breeding season at this time, they can't escape, besides, it's still early at this time, since the Tang army is so big, how can they allow the Sibro tribe to escape calmly.

"It's over, it's over......" At first hearing the bad news, Curry was stupid, and just sat on the ground, the corners of his mouth trembled, and a thin line of saliva flowed down the corners of his mouth, no different from a half-fool.

"Chief, shall we run away?" Ge Xia saw Curry sitting on the ground and was stupid, so he hurriedly ran forward, trying to help Curry's fat body up, but unfortunately Ge Xia himself was also trembling in his hands and feet, and ten percent of his strength could only exert thirty percent at most, how could he bring Curry to the ground, and he was almost brought to the ground, as for the West Bro people who came forward to come forward, they were all panicked at this time, and they were all screaming in horror to flee for their lives, but no one had the courage to shout desperately to fight.

That's right, the Tang army is coming, but not all the Tang army, only a thousand horses and horses from the cavalry battalion of Liu Xuanfeng's department, the speed is extremely fast, and before the West Bro people can react, the Tang army has already rushed to a place less than a stone's throw away from the West Bro people, but it did not immediately launch a fierce impact as a few days ago, but stopped not far from the West Bro camp, and unhurriedly set up a formation, only then a cavalryman holding a small red flag slowly rode out from the brigade, Walking straight to the two low and dilapidated camp gates of the West Buro camp, this person was Gao Heng.

For a warrior, blood can always make people mature quickly, no matter what kind of blood is so, as long as it is not crushed by the smell of blood, then it will definitely be able to mature in the test of blood and fire, although it is tiring to run and kill for three consecutive days, Gao Heng's originally round face has been polished into a resolute curve with clear water chestnut angles, but at this time, Gao Heng's face has not been able to have the calmness and calmness that he could have when he first set out on the expedition, and with a pair of cold eyes as sharp as a knife, the whole person has been as strong as steel cast iron, But seeing Gao Heng unhurriedly riding his horse to the two closed camp gates, he didn't even glance at the sharp arrows aimed at him, waved the small flag in his hand vigorously, and announced loudly in Turkic: "Listen to the Sibro people: My army is ordered by the Holy Son of Heaven to crusade against Wudao, and you are attached to the Western Turks and attack my Tang Dynasty, and you should be in the punishment of extermination, however, God has the virtue of a good life, and Nian Zaier is just an accomplice, and the evil is not deep, and I am ordered by His Royal Highness King Yue, the commander of the Tang Anxi Protectorate, to give you the opportunity to reform your ways, Is the war is surrendered to the self-determination of you, the time limit is one moment, the obsolete does not wait, dare to resist, escape, kill no forgiveness! As soon as the words fell, ignoring the arrows that flashed with the cold light of death, he turned his horse's head, and slowly rode his horse towards the formation, leaving the vest to the West Buro tribesmen without fear, but at this time, the West Buro people had been shocked by the fierce reputation of the Tang cavalry, and they didn't even have the courage to release arrows, so they watched Gao Heng walk back into the Tang army array.

Gao Heng has lived in Anxi since he was a child, and he speaks a Turkic lingua franca very fluently, and his voice is extremely loud, and the West Bro people gathered behind the camp gate can all hear it clearly, and in a panic, they all focus their eyes on the gray-faced Ke Liyan, waiting for their own leaders to make a final decision, although they have never opened their mouths, but the fear on everyone's faces is clearly visible.

"Alas!" Curry looked at the faces of the people around him, and the last glimmer of hope in his heart was shattered like a soap bubble, so completely broken, so simply - Curry had fought for half a lifetime, and at a glance he could see that the Tang army that appeared in front of him was only about a thousand people, although the momentum was extremely strong, but the number was actually not much, if the four hundred cavalry of the West Buro clan were willing to fight hard, plus the young and strong women in the clan who still had combat power and the old people who still had the strength to fight, they might not be able to fight with the Tang army, even if they would still lose in the end, But it's better than being captured, but now the clansmen are all frightened by the ruthlessness of the Tang Army to destroy the four clans, and they don't have the courage and determination to resist at all, how can this battle continue.

"Open the camp gate, and I will go to negotiate with the Tang Army." Although Ke Li said that he was now old and could no longer go to the battle array, after all, he was a figure who rolled out of the sea of corpses and blood, and he still had the courage, seeing that there was no hope of resistance, he could only plan to negotiate with the Tang Army to see if he could pay a part of the price to keep the entire tribe safe.

"Chief, you can't go."

"Yes, if the Tang people don't talk about their credibility and take you down, what should we do?"

"Chief, I can't go."

……

When the elders of the sub-tribe heard that Curry planned to go out of the camp to negotiate in person, they immediately shouted blindly, and they all persuaded Curry not to open the camp door to negotiate, but no one proposed to do so for Curry.

"Who will go if I don't go?" Curry was annoyed for a while, frowned and drank, and suddenly the elders who were shouting happily immediately fell silent, and looked at each other awkwardly, no one had the courage to stand up and say that they were willing to go, but the young Ge Xia stood up and said, "Touren, I'll go with you." ”

"Good boy, good boy." A burst of warmth rose in Ke Li's heart, his eyes moistened and patted Ge Xia's shoulder, no longer paying attention to the distracted elders, waving his hand to signal the young man guarding the gate to open the camp gate, and did not ride a horse, just walked towards the Tang army array step by step, Ge Xia clenched the scimitar at his waist, and followed closely behind, his immature face was full of nervous sweat.

"The old West Buro clan set up Ke Li to see the Tang general, dare to ask the general's surname?" Ke Li walked to the front of the Tang Army array, recognized that the clothes of the generals under the red flag of the Tang Army waving in the wind were obviously different, so he walked over, bent down very respectfully, bowed, and forced himself to pretend to be calm and calm and asked in the Tang Dynasty official dialect, which was not very fluent.

The general under the red flag was Liu Whirlwind, the captain of the cavalry battalion, and he did not answer Curry's question, but only said a very brief sentence in fluent Turkic: "Surrender, or die!" ”

Curry has negotiated countless times in his life, but he didn't expect the Tang Army to be so tough, there was no room for accommodation, and the smile on his face suddenly froze,—— Western Turks are a loose country composed of many tribes, although the tribes are nominally unified under the banner of the royal court, in fact, they are contradictory to each other, and often fight viciously over pastures and water sources, but they are conquests, often talking, talking, therefore, most of the leaders of each tribe are veterans of negotiations, and they all know how to strive for the greatest interests for themselves as much as possible, Curry is no exception, but he has never seen such a ruthless negotiator as Liu Whirlwind, he didn't know what to say for a while, and after a long time, he said with a smile in Turkic: "The general said that he laughed, although my department is small, but there are still nearly a thousand people who control the strings, even if your army can win, the price will not be small, the old man has always admired the Tang Dynasty, I really don't want to be enemies with the Tang Dynasty, it is best not to hurt the peace, if your army needs war horses, cattle and sheep, just open your mouth, although my department is poor, you can barely make up some of it, The general might wish to think about it? ”

Currie said something that was hidden in the needle, not only showing weakness but showing that his side had the courage to resist desperately, it can be said that he had brought his hole cards to the extreme, but he never thought that Liu Whirlwind didn't even look at Curry, looked up at the sky, and said lightly: "You still have ten fingers of time, one, two, three, four......"

As the number reported by Liu Whirlwind got closer and closer to ten, Ke Li couldn't maintain a calm posture anymore, the sweat on his forehead flowed down like a waterfall, and when Liu Whirlwind counted to nine, Ke Li's nerves completely collapsed, he couldn't and couldn't sit back and watch the entire tribe fall to the situation where the Xili clan and the whole clan were wiped out, and he hurriedly shouted: "General, I'm willing to surrender." As soon as he finished speaking, a pair of old eyes suddenly burst into tears, and he couldn't stop flowing all over his chest.

"Good." Liu Whirlwind stopped reporting the number, a smile appeared on his face, and he looked at the tearful Ke Li and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Yue has an order, but those who surrender only need to act according to the regulations of our army, which can ensure the survival of their tribes. ”

"Thank you, General, for your kindness." Curry knelt on the ground helplessly, kowtowed, and replied respectfully: "Please instruct the general, I don't dare to disobey." ”

Liu Xuanfeng nodded, waved his hand to signal Curry to get up, and said indifferently: "That's good, General Ben will wait for you for a quarter of an hour, and all the young men and elders in the clan will be summoned, and another 300 sheep and 100 horses will be prepared. ”

Curry didn't understand what Liu Whirlwind was planning to do, and he didn't move for a while, but when he saw Liu Whirlwind's face showing impatience, he didn't dare to ask again, he was afraid of angering the killing god in front of him, forced himself to suppress the panic in his heart, bowed respectfully, and walked towards the camp gate with heavy steps, Ge Xia, who was confused, scratched his head, looked at the neat and mighty Tang Army array, and didn't dare to take an extra breath of the atmosphere, and hurriedly followed the leader back to the clansmen's camp.

"What do you want to do? Do you want to lie to me and wait for me to go out of the camp and die? ”

"Leader, Tang Jun has no faith, I can't go with them."

"If I leave, what will the people here do?"

……

Together, the elders listened to Curry talk about the results of the negotiations with the Tang Army, and everyone showed a worried look on their faces, and shouted nonsense, not wanting to go out of the camp to obey, and even a few elders ignored the identity of the head of the Tang Army, and loudly scolded the Ke Li for betraying the clansmen, which was menacing, and there was a posture of not hesitating to fight with the Tang Army, but when a quarter of an hour was approaching, the ears heard the poignant horn sound in the Tang Army array, and then saw the Tang Army Brigade began to move forward slowly, after putting on an attack posture, All the men had ceased to argue, and there was no need for Curry to say anything more, but they all rushed to the camp gate, and hurriedly raised their hands and ran out with their hands raised and screaming, and the posture of the moment was no worse than when they had accused Curry of being a traitor.

In less than an hour, three hundred and ninety-eight young men and six elders, including six elders, brought all their weapons, equipment and supplies under the escort of the Tang Army's cavalry brigade, slowly marched westward, and gradually disappeared beyond the distant horizon, leaving only a battalion full of women, children, old and children, at a loss for what to do, looking at the direction of the tribesmen's departure, and fell into a panic......

Roughly at the same time that the cavalry battalion led by Liu Whirlwind took the Xibro tribe, the same scene was repeated in several small and medium-sized tribes such as Wuzhile and Kunling, and within two days, in addition to the two major tribes of Wucrossbow Lost and Soge Mohe, as well as several small tribes stationed near these two tribes, more than a dozen tribes in the entire Hami region fell into the control of the Tang army, and even the Solach tribe, which still had nearly 3,000 armor soldiers, did not dare to resist the conscription of the Tang army. For a while, the grassland changed color, and the two major tribes of Wucrossbow and Suoge Mohe were suddenly in chaos, and they were busy leading troops to gather, preparing to take the initiative to send troops to fight against the Tang army, and a big battle on the grassland was about to begin......

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