In the first battle north of Huaihuang, among the 100,000 elites of Rouran, the formed troops only escaped more than 6,000 remnants of the rear army led by Tie Fa, and more than 3,000 people under Uncle Deng.

Although a large number of Rouran warriors were inspired by the courage of his Khan Anapu to fight with all their might, and at first they were able to gain the upper hand with one breath, but when that breath was exhausted, exhaustion struck, and it was a one-sided slaughter.

After a rough inventory after the war, the Turks captured more than 30,000 Rouran soldiers in this battle, and found more than 50,000 corpses, in addition to Uncle Deng and Tie Fa, nearly 10,000 people, there were thousands of routs scattered and fled.

Ashina Tumen did not insist on hunting and killing, compared to the legacy of the Rouran Khanate, these stragglers were insignificant.

When the wolf king who once dominated the grassland falls, countless wild beasts will inevitably come to smell the smell of rot, intending to eat its flesh in order to strengthen themselves, so as to become the new king of this vast grassland.

The Turks are just one of the largest ones, and he knows that once he hesitates, the Kumoxi, Khitan, Didouyu and other ethnic groups will rush up and rob the Rouran tribesmen.

The royal court accommodates the Rouran people, but not all of them live in the royal court.

After a fierce battle, the Turks themselves also suffered casualties, Ashina Tumen led 60,000 soldiers to the north first, and another 20,000 soldiers guarded the prisoners and took care of the wounded.

At the same time, Tie Fa and Uncle Deng, who fled from the battlefield in the south and the north, did not think of returning to the royal court, as the core figures in the royal family, they also knew that even if they were urgently mobilized, the royal court would only be able to recruit 20,000 people, and with the 10,000 people under the command of An Luochen, as well as the troops at hand, they would not add up to 40,000.

It is another situation where the elite is lost and the people are panicked, how can the royal court hold it.

As soon as he mentioned An Luochen, Uncle Deng was angry, he met the messenger of An Luochen warning halfway, and he couldn't help but resent: Why did you go earlier.

If it weren't for Anluochen being deceived by the Turks, how could it make Anapu's judgment wrong, in Uncle Deng's view, it was Anapu who was defeated, but it was Anluochen who buried the Rouran Khanate, as the heir to the Khan's throne, he lived up to the Khan's trust.

As soon as the prestige is high, even if it is a big mistake, someone will excuse it.

Uncle Deng did not continue to go north, he saw that the messenger insisted on returning to the royal court to report the news, knowing that he had killed two horses, and felt that the righteous man was rare, so he divided him with two horses.

This grassland is designated to be unable to stay, in the past, when Rouran was strong, he bullied all ethnic groups, and now in times of crisis, everyone wants to take a bite.

Where is the place to go?

Uncle Deng turned around and looked south.

That's right, it's Northern Qi.

Gao Cheng, the son of the Northern Qi Dynasty, is a loyal person, and he was personally certified by Khan Anapu.

In the eyes of the Rouran royal family, Gao Cheng has always stood with them Rouran, and has always reminded them of the wolf ambition of the Turks, he refused to carve up Rouran with the Turks, repented of marriage with the Turks, and unswervingly stood on the side of Rouran, and was an ally and partner that the Rouran people could trust, not to mention that the two families were still in-laws.

Of course, the most important thing is that in today's world, only Gao Cheng can protect them.

With a decision in his heart, Uncle Deng no longer hesitated, he immediately carefully analyzed it with the three thousand troops, and then made a detour to the west, and will go south from the Hetao to the Northern Qi.

Uncle Deng was not the only smart man, and the six thousand troops of Tie Fa Ling, who had not had time to enter the ambush place, went all the way south, and after arriving at Huaihuang Town, he collected nearly 10,000 Rouran tribesmen who had been grazing here all the year round, and continued to go south, obviously also to offer his loyalty to the Emperor of Northern Qi.

Don't look at the 6,000 troops under his command, plus the newly recruited nearly 10,000 Rouran herdsmen around Huaihuang Town, who can drum up more than 16,000 troops, which seems to be not a minority, but he usually bullies all ethnic groups, does too much damage, and is hated by others, the so-called wall is down and everyone pushes it, and the 16,000 people he temporarily formed can not help in the face of a group of hungry wolves.

Ashina Tumen did not send troops to rob the 10,000 tents of Huai Huang herdsmen, naturally there were more lucrative benefits waiting for him in the north.

While Gao Cheng was still planning his strategy to attack the Turks with Rouran next year in Luoyang, the messenger sent by Anapu to spread the news before leaving Huaihuang finally arrived in Luoyang.

Hearing that the Turks attacked the Rouran royal court, Gao Cheng was shocked, he was not able to pinch and calculate, knowing that Anapu would be ambushed, but the Turks had endured for so long, and suddenly attacked, he must have a lot of confidence to dare to act like this.

Gao Cheng did not dare to delay, and immediately mobilized 40,000 cavalry soldiers in the Gyeonggi army, and ordered the newly appointed Bingzhou Assassin History, Liu Honghui, the sister-in-law who was transferred from Yanzhou, to urgently convene 20,000 Xianbei soldiers in Jinyang, and go to all parts of Wenhedong in parallel, and ordered the Assassin Shi of each state to send materials to Jinyang.

It can be said that Gao Cheng's reaction was fast enough, but after only three days, he received the news that Anapu was ambushed in the northern part of Huaihuang, died of exhaustion, and the 100,000 army died or surrendered, and only a few news of escape.

With an exclamation, Gao Cheng was overly sad and fainted in the court, which made Fu Que cry for the troops to send troops and the courtiers shocked.

He didn't really faint, but he just wanted to express his regret over Anapu's death, after all, he was the father of his deceased wife and the grandfather of his unmarried wife.

Of course, the situation is urgent, and it is not the time to act, the main thing is that Bald Tujia asked Gao Cheng to send troops with the righteousness of his brothers and the good of his in-laws, and he broke his head in the Mingguang Palace, and the blood flowed like an injection, but the matter is big, Gao Cheng cannot give an answer immediately, and the previous intention to send troops was in the case of the Turks and Rouran, and now the 100,000 elites of Rouran are almost destroyed, the situation is different, and he must convene his henchmen to discuss urgently.

Gao Cheng fainted, and as soon as the court discussion was dispersed, some palace people signaled to the scattered cavalry to serve the sacrificial wine Chen Yuankang, and the scattered cavalry attendant Wang Wei, Wang Hong, Wang Jun, and Lu Cao to wait in the side hall.

Since the end of the Huainan Zumo money incident, Wang Wei stepped down from the post of Yangzhou Governor Shi, and returned to Gao Cheng as a staff officer.

Lu Cao spends more time in charge of the newly established Inspectorate, which belongs to the legal and discipline supervision organs, not only reviewing death sentences, but also participating in autumn trials and hot trials, and supervising hundreds of officials, this is where he can shine, as for providing advice as a staff officer, it is inevitably difficult for some strongmen.

Among the five people, only upright people like Lu Cao remember fidgeting because of Gao Cheng's illness, and the other four people also looked anxious on the surface, but in their hearts, they really didn't do the same thing.

Xiao Gao Wang didn't have such a big reaction to the death of his own father, and he was able to grieve and faint for the unmasked Anapu, so he could only deceive Lu Cao and other people who would accompany him soon.

Sure enough, without letting everyone wait too long, Gao Cheng walked into the side hall with a radiant face, the matter was urgent, he went straight to the point and asked the five people for advice.

Lu Cao believes that there is no need to waste money and money because of the affairs of the grassland, delaying the war situation in the Central Plains, the Turks defeated Rouran this time, with small and large, just digesting its harvest, it is not possible to do it in a short time, the Turks annexed 60,000 accounts of Gaoche, and it was also three years before they dared to show their teeth to Anapu last year.

And the size of Rouran is far from being comparable to the remnants of the high car, not to mention digesting Rouran, even if it is impossible to exterminate the remnants of Rouran in various places, it is not something that can be done in a short period of time, Lu Cao believes that it is difficult for the Turks to really threaten the Central Plains within ten years.

As soon as these words came out, Gao Cheng couldn't help but be impressed by it, there was something in this elm head.

In the original time and space, the Turks killed Anapu in 551, but it was not until 554 that the remnants of Rouran were cleared, because its base camp was in Jinshan, that is, the Altai Mountains, so its expansion has always been based on Jinshan as a dot, radiating to the surroundings, and the eastern Rouran was destroyed, and then the troops pointed to Gaochang and other countries in the Western Regions and the Bada people.

The Bada people are not a small tribe, they are a variant of the Xiongnu's westward migration, living on the west side of the Jinshan Mountains, and the Gaoche State that was destroyed by Rouran is to some extent a vassal, a powerful nomadic empire.

Gaoche country was once broken by the Bada people, the lord of the country was killed, the third generation of the lord of the country Mi Ottu in 505 was supported by the Bada people to ascend the throne, only 3 years later, in 508, Mi Otra defeated the Rouran West Expeditionary Army, captured and killed Tu Khan Khan Yu Jiu Lu Futu, and hoped that the disaster would lead to the east, and the head was sent to the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The enemy of the enemy is the friend, so the people of the Bada can let the Turks and Rouran fight each other without causing harm behind their backs.

But if Rouran dies, the Turks still dare to rest assured that there is a villain of the Bada people on their side, and interfere in the war in the Central Plains on a large scale?

History proves that after the Turks eliminated Rouran, they began to unite with Persia to eliminate the Dha people, and did not withdraw until 560.

This is also the reason why Gao Cheng could not immediately reply to Bald Tujia's request.

He knew that if he did not interfere in the war in the steppe, he would have more national strength to use in the war of unification, after all, the Turks had to purge the remnants of Rouran, and also have to communicate fiercely with their neighbors and Gaochang people.

Presumably, Ashina Tumen will soon send an envoy to the south again, abandon his previous suspicions with Gao Cheng, renegotiate his marriage, and conclude an alliance, so that he can fully cope with the war with Gao Da and Gao Chang.

Historically, they did just that, making friends with the Northern Qi and Northern Zhou, and while gaining benefits, they didn't need to take care of the eastern grasslands, and they were able to go all out to the west.

Gao Yang and Yuwentai don't know so much information like Gao Cheng, and what Lu Cao said only mentioned that the Turks had to digest the Rouran forces, and they rarely heard of the Bada people on the west side of Jinshan, let alone the analysis of the relationship between them.

Lu Cao said, Gao Cheng didn't express his position for a long time, he hesitated between war and peace, but in fact, he already had a tendency in his heart, but he just needed the support of his henchmen to strengthen his thoughts.

After all, at this time, it took more courage to make the decision to send troops to Mobei than to march south, and the difficulties of fighting in the Central Plains Dynasty were well known.

Seeing that Gao Cheng was silent, Chen Yuankang, who had already understood his temperament, stood up.