Although it was a critical time of the war, there was still a sense of ritual that should be there.

In the middle of October, Pei Shiju, an important minister of the Qi State, and the Turkic Apo Khan Da Luoben and Datou Khan made an alliance on the bank of the Aibugai River, Pei Shiju ordered people to build high platforms, slaughter livestock, and sacrifice to the sky, nearly 10,000 Turkic warriors from all departments obeyed the orders of the Khan, came from all directions, and witnessed this historical scene.

The altar was built on a wilderness by the river, and on a high slope two miles north of the altar, dozens of dome tents and hundreds of elite soldiers were laid down, and they were holding the banners of Daqi and the two great khans, and they were waving in the wind at this moment.

The military flag of Daqi is the highest, and the flag is also the largest, which is eye-catching.

Pei Shiju stood solemnly on the high platform, chanting the main intention of Qi in a loud voice, while the two great khans and several small khans of the Turks each held their waist knives and were silent. It wasn't until Pei Shiju finished the process that several shamans with yellow mud on their faces danced, opened their arms, faced the sunlight falling above the sky, and exclaimed loudly:

"Immortal heaven, look at the sky on the grassland, as pure and immaculate as your nature...... Ashina photo, this wild wolf who rebelled against the Turks has cast a disaster and shadow on the Turks, please rain down dark clouds, floods and thunderstorms......"

The Turks are the remnants of the Xiongnu, with their strong force to become the overlord of the steppe, but they have been in a state of ignorance above the culture, they fight with weak strength and the treacherous natural environment, their belief in the immortal heaven is unshakable, these shamans in their eyes, undoubtedly become the representative of the heavens, is the mouthpiece to convey the will of the immortal heaven.

Therefore, this ritual is somewhat comical in the eyes of Pei Shiju and others, but in the eyes of ordinary Turks, it is full of sacred meaning. Even the chiefs and khans did not believe in the existence of the Immortal Heaven at all, and they had to pretend to be respectful, not to mention the fooled tribesmen and herdsmen, many of whom knelt down, closed their eyes, and prayed reverently to the ethereal Heaven.

Pei Shiju patiently watched the whole process, and there seemed to be a subtle emotion flashing in his eyes: "Such a religious Turk who pretends to be a god and a ghost actually believes it? It seems that the Turks are indeed backward barbarians, and they are useless except that their military strength is still boastful...... Since such primitive religions can be favored by the Turks, then Buddhism, which has a fairly complete system and theory, must be more able to make the Turks worship. ’

Pei Shiju began to ponder.

At this time, Buddhism had penetrated into the top of the Turkic hierarchy, and the Tubo Khan had always believed in Buddhism, and many of the Turkic nobles were also opposed to Buddhism at first, and later gradually began to accept it under the promotion and persuasion of the Tubo Khan.

After all, compared to shamanism, which was simple in its teachings and often brutally interfered in the internal affairs of the tribe, the ideas in Buddhist theory were still very attractive to the nomads, especially the nobles, who changed their attitudes after learning about the teachings of Buddhism, not only because it was a better spiritual comfort, but also because its teachings were a weapon for ruling the people.

The tribesmen will understand the pain of their own lives as the sins of their previous lives, and they will not be able to resist the exploitation of the leaders.

However, when Su Wei and Pei Shiju and others proposed to use Buddhism to carry out cultural aggression against the Turks, they were rejected by the emperor, and the emperor said: "Although the Turks will fall into division, the Turks were once a country after all, and once a tribe suddenly becomes strong one day, they will inevitably want to annex other tribes and unify all the tribes of the steppe.

"Religion is undoubtedly a weapon.

"The shamanic teachings that nomads generally believe in are too primitive, unorganized, and lacking in a variety of cultural forms to be unfit for such a role. Buddhism is different, the Buddhist etiquette is grand, the organization is complex, and the vast scriptures in Buddhism can play a role in influencing sentient beings, which is very conducive to cohesion.

"The spread of Buddhism can certainly weaken the force of the Turks and castrate their martial spirit, but after the Great Qi completely controls the Turks, if the Turks themselves lead the evolution and development of Buddhism, what good will it do to the Great Qi? If they unite the hearts of the people, unify ideology and culture, and awaken national consciousness, it will be quite unfavorable for Daqi. ”

Pei Shiju was thinking about the emperor's words, but Datou Khan said: "The emperor of your country helped us to crusade against rebellion, we are very grateful, but there are a few things to make clear, this alliance, although Daqi is the leader of the alliance, but the Monan grassland is the inherent land of the Turks, and it is the foundation of our Turks, and Daqi must not occupy or rely on it for any reason. ”

"Da Qi has no interest in Mo Nan." Pei Shiju said lightly.

"I believe in the sincerity of Daqi," Datou Khan straightened his waist knife, exhaled again, and said: "Although the two brothers of Zhaotu and Zhuluohou rebelled and rebelled, they were both Turkic warriors, and Anluo was the son of the first Khan, he was coerced by the photograph to catch up with the throne, he was innocent, if Daqi defeated them, do not harm their lives." If it is to be disposed of, it must also be handed over to the large and small khans present. ”

"It's nature."

Seeing the previous two things, Pei Shiju promised on behalf of the Lord Qi, and Datou hit the railway while it was hot:

"One more thing, the command of this big war ......"

"We have already discussed this with the Great Khan before," Pei Shiju interrupted Da Tou's delusion with a smile, but the light in his eyes was not warm at all, "At that time, we had already said that the leading power of this war would belong to Daqi, and all the grain, grass, and rations of the Turkic warriors would be gathered here in Daqi and handed over to General Daxi and Yang Dadu for unified deployment." ”

"......"

"It's nothing good, Khan, you must know that Daqi is the leader of this alliance, in order to participate in this war, Daqi dispatched the most elite border army and the six towns of Jinyang, the purpose is to defeat the wolf cavalry of Ashina in one go, obviously you do not have this strength." Pei Shiju smiled warmly and talked eloquently: "If you have such strength, if you have the strength to crusade against the matter of taking pictures, the Khan can go by himself." ”

It is clear that if Datou continues to entangle, Daqi will be ready to pick and choose.

But at this time, how can it lack the military support of Daqi?

Da Tou's tone froze, and he snorted coldly with a little dissatisfaction, and asked:

"That'...... Dare to ask how Daqi is going to exterminate the photogram? ”

"Governor Yang Dadu did his best to take out the army in the north of Yan, oppress the southern tribes, attract the main forces of the Eastern Turks to fight, and our department made an alliance here, gathered tens of thousands of coalition troops, and sent troops to the east." Pei Shiju is full of confidence, the most desirable thing in this world is to use Turkic money and food to make the Turkic soldiers fight a war to conquer the Turks, "oppression on both sides, the Yanbei army feints to assist, General Daxi leads the coalition army to search for their main force, and once they find it, they will immediately attack!" ”

This guy is really uneasy and kind!

Da Tou was angry and asked: "Then dare to ask where Da Xi Changru is now, he won't come to such an important matter as the alliance, what should I do if I delay the fighter?" ”

"I can't delay."

Pei Shiju said faintly: "The war has already begun. ”

At this time, in the upper reaches of the Abugai River, a group of more than 2,400 iron horsemen galloped eastward, crossed a shallow river, officially broke away from the sphere of influence of Datou Khan and Apo Khan, and arrived at the Syramulin River on the west side of the Eastern Turks. Not long ago, the Turkic wolf cavalry they defeated fled from this direction!