Chapter 522: Falling apart
When Xue Yantuo Khan was shaken awake, he couldn't believe that what the guards said was true, but the guards would never lie to him, and to be selected as his guards, it would take a lot of requirements, and these people were absolutely 100% loyal to him.
In Xue Yantuo's country, the two captains on the left and right are very important, and it can almost be said that they are the two generals below, and now that one is gone, Xue Yantuo's strength has decreased a lot, and now there is no such one, and this day is really impossible.
Regardless of the snowstorm outside, Xue Yantuo Khan took the lead and led his people to rush to Zuo Daduwei's camp, when they arrived at Zuo Daduwei's camp, it was almost empty, including some old people and children, all of them were moved, in short, everything that could be taken away was taken away, and what was left was only some traces.
"Bastard, the clerk here, is he also dead?"
According to Xue Yantuo's rules, the clerk was sent by the Khan to record the cattle, sheep, grain and grass in various places, and at the same time to reveal these officials, and now the clerk can not be found.
"But don't worry, they chose to leave at this time, it was purely looking for death, this year's snowstorm is bigger than in previous years, in such a blizzard, passers-by can't even see the road ahead, they have to surrender to Datang, it is estimated that when they go, it will be good to have half of the people left."
A person who looked like a civil official next to him said that this person was Xue Yantuo's prime minister.
Normally, if he said these words, maybe Xue Yantuo's Khan would be happier, but at this moment, the Khan was thinking about another problem, he would rather rush in such a snowstorm than stay and tide over the difficulties together, so you can imagine what the current Xue Yantuo has reached.
When they invaded the Turks, they were trying to pick up some cheapness, and the Tang Dynasty started a war in Goguryeo, and all the energy was attracted to that side, so the steppe must be relatively weak, so they took the army to get some benefits.
I didn't expect the war in Goguryeo to end so soon, and they were a little confused when it ended, and they didn't expect the Tang Dynasty to react so quickly, and soon the army came, if there was only one army of Li Ke, the king of Wu, then they would be able to handle it, but Li Xiang, who came from Goguryeo, was really not something they could handle.
"Shut up for me, even if you catch someone, you have to send someone to chase it, you personally lead someone to chase it, and bring the prime minister's family to my king's account."
After the prime minister heard this, the whole person stiffened directly in place, knowing that this was the case, he would not be silent, not to mention that Captain Zuo had already made up his mind and let himself chase him, then he had to kill him, but how could he beat Zuo Daduwei as a civil official?
"Great Khan ......"
"Isn't the prime minister willing to die for me?"
Looking at Xue Yantuo Khan's cold face, Prime Minister Xue Yantuo swallowed the words in his stomach, if he said one more word, it is estimated that he would soon be suspected by the other party, and maybe he felt that he was in collusion with Captain Zuo.
In desperation, the prime minister could only send his family to the Khan's big tent, and then chased him out with the elite soldiers of the headquarters, and Captain Zuo took away more than 80,000 people before and after, if it is in the territory of Datang, then these 80,000 people are nothing, find a slightly richer county, it is estimated that you can find so many people.
But this is the northernmost part of the Xiongnu steppe, and it is even Mobei, and it is definitely difficult to find 80,000 people in such a place.
Although the more than 6,000 cavalry under the prime minister is not as many as the people led by Captain Zuo, these people under the prime minister are all elites in the army, plus they did not follow Xue Yantuo Khan to fight in the Turks, and their establishment is also intact.
On the way, the prime minister was calculating, the reason why Captain Zuo chose to surrender to the Tang Dynasty is estimated to have been thinking about it for a long time, the day before yesterday, Captain Zuo went to see the Khan, and asked the Khan to give them some grain and grass to tide over the difficulties, but the Khan lost too much grain and grass on the road, and his own people and horses were not enough to eat, how could he give him?
At that time, Zuo Daduwei held a grudge, and when he went out, the Khan said very well, saying that he would snatch back the cattle and sheep of the Turks, and then distribute them to the tribes below, so Zuo Dazhongwei sent a large number of his own men and horses, but now let alone cattle and sheep, those people did not come back, and every household wore linen and filial piety.
If Xue Yantuo Khan could give them enough pensions, it is estimated that these people would not defect, but after Xue Yantuo Khan came back, in addition to drinking and beating people, he forgot about these things, and did not think about comforting the people below.
After dawn, many people woke up and noticed that the surroundings were different, because the Khan's pro-army began to patrol, you must know that in such a blizzard environment, everyone will stay in their tents, and no one will come out to waste their physical strength.
But now the situation is different, Captain Zuo Dadu fled with people, which means that things have changed, and all tribes have to stay honestly in their own villages, if they have other ideas, I am afraid they will be suppressed by the Khan.
Originally, after the defeat of Xue Yantuo Khan, the whole country was a little loose, and now after hearing about this matter, all tribes have begun to work on their own, if you follow Xue Yantuo Khan, it is estimated that you will not even be able to eat enough in the future, we have to make plans in advance, the current Tang Dynasty is in full swing, and I want to fight with them in the spring of next year, isn't that a joke?
What's more, after the defeat in the spring of next year, then you will be a loser, if we are to clarify the relationship with Datang now, express our love in our hearts, and wait until next spring when the Datang army comes, we people can be regarded as surrendering in advance, so we have to have a preferential treatment.
Xue Yantuo Khan thought that his army controlled the main transportation routes, so no one could leave with anyone, but they didn't know that the people below already had their own ideas in their hearts, and they had already begun to deploy to let their subordinates bypass the Western Regions and establish contact with the Tang Dynasty......