Chapter 182: An Unexpected Captive
In the vast steppe, in front of the Turkic army that came over the mountains and mountains, a hundred-man cavalry met it.
After that, the Moon Lake and the royal court of the Aji tribe were faintly visible, and countless old and weak women and children arrived outside the camp, looking at the patriarch's team from afar.
A pair of worried eyes are looking forward to everything, and everything will be fine.
Baduo was dressed in a costume, carrying a patriarch's necklace, and a wolf head symbolizing the patriarch, walking at the front of the team, seeing the army like a tide, without the slightest fear, and when it was dozens of meters away, he waved his hand: "Everyone, stop!" ”
More than 100 people in the rear stopped one after another, and the adjutant on his side rode forward, about to shout something to the people in front.
But seeing that the army in front of them turned a blind eye to it, as if it had no intention of stopping, it suddenly accelerated, and the army soon surged towards them.
"Patriarch! Be careful! ”
Everyone was shocked and tried to dissuade them from returning, but it was too late.
In a matter of moments, the surging army quickly overwhelmed the hundred-man squad, but fortunately they did not attack the squad, but surrounded all of them in the middle of the group.
Seeing this, Baduo forced himself to calm down, and then turned back to his people and shouted, "Don't mess around! ”
As soon as the words fell, a man and a horse suddenly appeared in the queue ahead, the man was strong and tall, and the most noticeable thing was that he wore the same wolf head as Baduo on his head, but there was no necklace symbolizing the patriarch around his neck.
Ba Duo looked at him, and there was a bit of similarity between the eyebrows of the two.
When Baduo saw the visitor, he was surprised and was about to say something, but when the other party saw Baduo, especially when he saw the patriarch's token on Baduo's neck, his face instantly became gloomy, and he didn't wait for Baduo to speak, he actually bent his bow and shot an arrow directly at Baduo.
"Patriarch!"
The adjutant in front shouted, but he didn't care much, jumped off his horse, and used his body in mid-air to stop the arrow for Bado.
In an instant, the scene was chaotic, not only the soldiers around Baduo became agitated, but even the other party's army also heard one after another exclamations.
"Adjutant, you...... You okay? Bado asked repeatedly.
The adjutant got up from the ground, stuck an arrow in his shoulder, broke the arrow, threw the arrow on the ground, and then angrily pointed at the person who shot the arrow: "Ajibaru! You are so bold that you dare to attack your own patriarch! ”
The other party was on a horse, glanced at everyone coldly, slowly collected the arrow, and spat disdainfully: "Phew! Who is the patriarch? Lao Tzu is the patriarch! When will it be the turn of the Aji tribe for a woman to be the patriarch?! ”
"When the old patriarch was seriously ill, you didn't dare to go to the front line as expected by the Jieli tribe, it was the patriarch Baduo who led the clan to the front line! At that time, the old patriarch had already handed over the patriarch's token to Akibado! At that time, why didn't I see you come out to object?! ”
"That's it!" Another person came out behind Baduo and scolded the man on horseback, "You were greedy for life and afraid of death and refused to go to the front line. Although you are a royal family, you have long lost the qualification to become a patriarch! ”
"Old thing! Are you looking for death?! ”
Balu shot another arrow at the person who spoke, and the middle-aged Aji was instantly shot off his horse.
This time, Balu's behavior completely angered everyone behind Bado, and more than 100 people drew their swords together, seeing that they were about to rush towards Balu.
At the same time, more people around showed their weapons, and several times the number of soldiers stared closely at the movements of everyone present.
"Stop!" Baduo shouted, she came here to make peace, not to live here, and if there is conflict here, everyone should not want to live.
"Patriarch, we're fighting this traitor!"
"Hahahaha......" Balu laughed maniacally, "you don't look at your current situation, it's up to you!" What qualifies to be desperate? Also, to speak of traitors, real traitors standing in front of you, you don't know yet? You old fools, this woman has long been bought by the people of the Tang Dynasty, and you still recognize her as the patriarch? What a joke! ”
"You don't need to sow discord, we know very well what kind of person our patriarch is! Balu, you have taken refuge in the Jieli tribe for your own selfish desires, what face do you have to come back at this time? ”
"You short-sighted villains, how can you know Lao Tzu's ambition! Why can't the Turks invade the territory of the Tang Dynasty for hundreds of years? Why do you live forever in this desolate grassland? It is because the tribes are not united with each other, and they deceive each other, so that foreign tribes can take advantage. If we could unite the Turkic tribes, we would have become the masters of the world long ago, and those Han pigs would have become our prisoners. Jieli Khan is a once-in-a-century talent, with the ambition to annex the world, the Han people have a good saying, good birds choose trees to perch, I just know who is the master, who can really make the Turks stronger. ”
"Big brother!" Baduo stepped forward with a twist of his eyebrows, stared at Balu and whispered, "The true British lord will never let the women and children of the country participate in the war, and will never make his people unable to survive for the sake of war!" This war should have ended long ago, but it was Jieli Khan who refused to back down and pursued it relentlessly. As a result, the steppe is short of resources and insufficient armament supplies, and if this continues, sooner or later the Turks will fall into the abyss from which they will never recover. ”
"Baduo, you still call me big brother, so I'm here to talk nonsense with you! If you know each other, you will honestly obey the arrangement of Jieli Khan. Look at the troops here, they are twice as large as yours, as long as I give an order, my army will definitely leave the Aji Royal Court without a single crop! ”
"Are you really going to destroy the sacred place that the Aji people have worshiped for generations?"
"There is only one Turkic royal court, and only one Turkic Khan is needed! All patriarchs should obey the orders of Jieli Khan! If you still don't understand, big brother will let you understand now! ”
Bado glanced back at her people, and all of them cast eager glances at her.
Ba Duo twisted his eyebrows, turned around and slowly took off the patriarch's token.
When Balu saw this action, a flash of hope flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Give it to me!" ”
Baduo clutched the patriarch's necklace and was silent without speaking immediately.
The lieutenant of the middle arrow hurriedly stepped forward: "Patriarch, you can't hand over the token!" Even if we fight to the death, we don't want to make this traitor the patriarch! ”
Baduo raised his head and held the token aloft on his horse, shouting not only to the people behind him, but also to the Aji people who were mixed with the enemy army, "The Aji people will never draw their swords against their own people!" Today, I am willing to sacrifice the patriarch's token and step down as the patriarch of the Aji tribe for the sake of protecting the people's self-defeat. ”
"Patriarch!"
"Don't persuade me, I've made up my mind!"
Balu was overjoyed and drove his horse forward, eager to snatch the patriarch's token from Bado's hands.
Baduo flashed first and held the token in his hand.
Balu glared at Bado: "What? Still won't let go! ”
Baduo said in a deep voice: "I know what you want, it's okay if you want me to hand over the patriarch's token!" But you have to promise me one thing. ”
"What's the matter?"
"Jieli Khan needs supplies, you can take all the supplies of the Aji tribe with you, but you can't! All the old and infirm women and children had to remain at the royal court, and even the Jieli Khan could not force them to deliver supplies. ”
"Good! I promise you! Hurry up and give me the patriarch's token! ”
Balu was thrilled and went to grab it again.
This time, Bado didn't hide again.
Finally, the patriarch's necklace fell into Baru's hands.
The moment he got the patriarch's necklace, Balu was in high spirits, holding the necklace high and shouting to everyone: "Now you all see it clearly? Who is the patriarch of the Aji tribe now! ”
Many of the Aji people present frowned and exchanged glances with each other.
After a while, someone put down his sword and knelt on the ground, and then, more and more people knelt, and the commotion gradually subsided.
In the crowd, Balu laughed wildly, he didn't expect that he would get it all so easy!
Just by Jieli Khan's words, he got the power he had never thought of in his life, and he became more and more determined to join the Jieli tribe.
Balu took the necklace and looked at Baduo, who was still riding on a horse: "Sister, in front of the patriarch, don't you even know a little bit of etiquette?" ”
Baduo frowned, hesitated and dismounted, and knelt on the ground with some reluctance.
"Hahaha...... Very good! Now that everyone knows who the real patriarch is, it is time for the patriarch to clean up the traitors in the clan. Balu pointed at Baduo, "You colluded with the Tang Dynasty and intended to betray Jieli Khan, which is a capital crime!" ”
"You talk nonsense!" Baduo was shocked, he didn't expect his eldest brother to turn his face so quickly.
"Sophistry, yes? Rest assured, I won't wronged anyone easily! Balu smiled mysteriously and beckoned from behind, "Bring someone up for me!" ”
After saying that, two horses dragged out a man, who was bound by his legs, and the rope fell on the hands of a Turkic man on horseback at two ends, and all the way over, the grass was covered with blood, and only a thin garment, which had long been torn when dragging, unkempt, and wounded, and only a vague face was faintly recognizable.
Balu dismounted, grabbed the man's hair, and lifted it up.
The other party was already dying, his eyes half-open and half-closed, and he scanned his surroundings weakly.
"Do you recognize this person?" Balu dragged the man to Bado.
Ba Duo was stunned for a moment when he saw it, and after thinking about it, he thought of something, and his face changed greatly!
This person turned out to be Li Zhen, the guard of the Tang Army who was traveling all the way!
Seeing Bado's shocked look, Balu smiled with satisfaction, and looked around with this person's hair: "You don't know yet, do you?" This is the soldier of the Tang Dynasty! It was they who escorted Baduo all the way back to Boye, and reached an agreement with her that she was willing to act as the internal response of the Tang Dynasty and gather the Aji people to raid the Turkic base camp from the rear to reverse the defeat of the Tang army. Can such a person be considered a traitor? ”
"You talk nonsense! It's a no-brainer! Ba Duo was a little panicked, she didn't like the Han people, but these Tang Jun who escorted her all the way were real men, and she wanted to get along for two months, she had a relationship with Bai Song, how could she not have feelings for other people?
Seeing that Li Zhen was dying, she was also in turmoil, even if she didn't miss her old love, if she didn't try to save her today, he would learn about it in the future, how could the person she loved forgive herself?