Along with the retreating soldiers, there was also the body of Ashinabira.

In the king's tent.

On the throne sat a figure like a lion, which was the Turkic Great Khan Ashina Guli, known as Guli Khan.

Gu Li silently looked at Ashina Biru as if he was asleep, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Nadaru, that fool, he has betrayed my trust in him. ”

"He once knelt before me and swore to the heavens, saying that he would protect Ashinabirus, and if he broke this oath, he would die by five thunderbolts. Now, he lost his word, and because of his negligence, I lost my best son. ”

The group of Turkic ministers sitting at the bottom lowered their heads one after another, quietly listening to Ashina Guli talking about the anger in their hearts, no one dared to speak, they didn't even have the courage to look at Ashina Guli.

The injured male lion in front of him, although Gu Li was trying his best to restrain the anger in his heart, but those who knew him knew that his anger value was on the verge of exploding.

At this moment, the two seriously injured guards who were in charge of protecting Ashina Biru were carried in.

Looking at the two of them who were covered in blood and exuded a foul smell, Gu Li forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "You are all the elites carefully selected by me from the pro-army, but look at what you have done..."

Gu Li felt that his heart was really panicked, so he breathed a long sigh of relief and continued: "Tell me, what the hell is going on? Why did Ashinabiru die? What exactly does Nadaru eat? ”

Lying on the ground, the ancient capital whose mouth was constantly overflowing with black blood, supported the last trace of strength, and told Ashina Guli the truth of the matter, and after that, his body suddenly weakened, and he died on the spot.

"The little khan was in battle for the first time, I wanted to try my skills, I didn't want to have an archer in Hebei to set up an ambush, I didn't notice it for a while, I fell into the other party's calculations, and finally killed the little khan's life, and I fled back to the camp with my last breath... I want to ask the Great Khan for my guilt... Please also punish the Great Khan. ”

Another Turkic warrior who was in charge of protecting Ashinablu held his body and said the last sentence, and his head tilted and he died on the spot.

The two of them spoke backwardly, and the ministers looked up at Ashina Guli who was on the throne.

Gu Li squinted his cold eyes and glanced around everyone's faces, then took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said, "Biru's death is not a crime of war. ”

"Let the son of Nadaru go to the royal court and succeed Nadaru." Guli said.

When the ministers heard this, they immediately got up and saluted Guli, and said, "Great Khan Shengming, the ministers admire it so much. ”

Ashina Guli waved his hand disapprovingly, and said, "Send the bodies of Ashina Bilu and Nadaru back to the royal court for burial." ”

"Yes."

Several pro-soldiers responded and carried out the bodies of Ashina Bilu and others.

After watching the entourage carrying the corpse of Ashina Bilu completely disappear from his sight, Gu Li reluctantly withdrew his gaze, and then talked about the war with the ministers, and said: "We have met an unprecedentedly powerful opponent, the prefect named Zhang Xun is a very difficult hard bone to gnaw, we have folded a lot of soldiers and horses here, if it drags on any longer, the situation will be very unfavorable to us." ”

After Guli's voice was finished, a man with a height of eight feet and a face like a crown of jade got up and saluted him, and said: "Great Khan, Hebei is the gateway to the capital, if you can pry open the gate of Hebei, then the gateway to the capital will be wide open, and at that time, my Turkic iron horse can drive straight into Hebei and take the hinterland of the Central Plains by breaking the bamboo." ”

"Erchen thinks that if he can exchange the great rivers and mountains of Xia Country for a very small price, then this loss is negligible."

The name of the person who spoke was Ashina Yidu, who was twenty-five years old at the time, and was the eldest son of Ashina Guli.

Ashina Yidu is eight feet tall and well-looking, he has been learning Confucian culture from the side of a Han master since he was a child, and he has also learned archery and horse archery with a Turkic condor archer.

When Ashina Yidu was only sixteen years old, he followed Ashina Guli to fight in the south and the north, and after years of experience, Ashina Guli already regarded him as the best candidate for the throne of the Great Khan.

"A very small price?"

Ashina shook his head helplessly, and said, "How many soldiers' sacrifices do you have to pay to be considered a very small price?" ”

Hearing this, Ashina Yidu stretched out three fingers to Guli almost without thinking, and said: "If we can conquer Hebei at the cost of sacrificing 30,000 horses, we will be the final victorious side." ”

"How so?"

Gu Li had a thought of taking the school in his heart, frowned and said: "The Xia people are outstanding and heroic, even if we succeed in taking Hebei, it will be difficult to conquer their capital." ”

Ashina Yidu came to a huge marching map, drew a straight line on the road from Hebei to the capital, and said: "The north of the Xia country is a flat river, there is no danger to defend at all, as long as we can successfully break through the Hebei defense line, at that time, the capital will be a fish on the top, and we can handle it at will." ”

"In terms of taking 10,000 steps back, even if we can't conquer the capital, at that time, we can retreat to Hebei and form a confrontation with the Xia State."

"On the way to withdraw our troops, we can also plunder the young men and women of the Xia Kingdom to our heart's content, forcing them to return to Mobei with us, and let them be our slaves for generations."

After Ashina Yi finished speaking, the king's tent immediately remembered the sound of stroking his palms and laughing one after another, and everyone gave a very high evaluation and affirmation to the plan he proposed.

Ashina Guli finally swept away the haze of losing his young son, stroked his palms and laughed: "Yidu's words are very good. ”

Ashina Guli said, got up and stood up, and said: "Pass my order, the army will rest for a day for the time being, and after dawn tomorrow, the three armies will go out and attack the city with all their might." ”

"Yes."

When everyone heard this, they bowed down and saluted.

Compared with the Turkic people who were full of confidence, Zhang Xun, the prefect of Hebei, was full of contemplation at the moment.

Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun stood on his left and right sides with swords respectively, like two door gods.

Lei Wanchun's wound has been treated simply, and now his face is wrapped in a thick layer of gauze, and blood is still gushing out of the wound from time to time, turning the original white gauze red.

Lei Wanchun saw that Zhang Xun had frowned and pondered for a long time, so he changed lightly: "My lord..."

"If you have something, you might as well say it directly, and Nanba and I can help you come up with ideas from the side."

"Nanba, it stands to reason that you have made a great contribution, and this should be a thing to be happy about." Zhang Xun said slowly.

Nan Jiyun glanced at Zhang Xun deeply and nodded silently, but he was not in a hurry to speak.

Zhang Touring looked at Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun, let out a long sigh, and said, "If I guessed correctly, that Turkic man who died under your arrows should be an amazing big man. ”

"Isn't that good?"

Lei Wanchun subconsciously blurted out, and after finishing speaking, he frowned and said, "You mean that we are about to usher in the crazy revenge of the Turks. ”

"Yes." Zhang Xun nodded.

Nan Jiyun pursed his lips disapprovingly, and said, "My lord, if you have something to say, don't sell it to us." ”