Shibi Khan stood at the head of Taiyuan City, looked at the camp of the 400,000 Liaodong Army not far away, and said to the two younger brothers next to him, Philos and Dubi:

"Since our army went deep into the Central Plains, I have encountered many large and small armies, and the army formation is neat, but this Liaodong King's army can be regarded as the top!"

He Lifushe, who was later the Chuluo Khan, said disdainfully: "The people of the Central Plains are unbearable to fight, and this Liaodong army is just a showman!"

However, the later Jieli Khan of the Turkic Turks had a different opinion: "The 50,000 enemy troops who prevented our army from penetrating before were the troops directly under the king of Liaodong, and the Great Khan should not underestimate the enemy!"

The person Jieli Khan said was naturally the 50,000 army led by Kou Zhong.

"Hmph! That Liaodong junior general is really hateful, and he used despicable means to stop our army from advancing eastward, otherwise we would have hit Chang'an City a long time ago!" Shibi Khan punched the head of the "Taiyuan City" and was furious.

Shibi Khan was the leader of the Eastern Turks, with millions of troops, and the Khitan, Murwei, Tuyuhun, Gaochang and other countries were all subject to the Turks.

Later, Shibi noticed that the Great Sui was falling apart, and secretly supported Li Feng to seize Chang'an, but he didn't expect Li Yuan to be so useless, but he was taken Chang'an by Wang Zhong in a few days, and his family was captured alive, and only his second son Li Shimin fled back to Taiyuan.

Later, Li Shimin saw that he was defeated by the Liaodong Army led by Kou Zhong, so he simply contacted Shibi Khan, hoping to use the power of the Turks to defeat Kou Zhong.

Shibi Khan had long intended to invade the Central Plains, and Li Shimin's move was exactly what he wanted, and he immediately gathered 500,000 soldiers and horses to the south, crossed the Great Wall, and joined Li Shimin's Taiyuan army.

As soon as the army of Shibi Khan arrived, he immediately seized control of Taiyuan, and the little force in Li Shimin's hands was swallowed up.

After the Turkic army entered Taiyuan, they did not change their true colors as bandits, burned, killed and looted, and did all kinds of evil, and they could not do anything to harm Taiyuan.

After plundering the city of Taiyuan, Shibi Khan led an army of 500,000 to prepare to march eastward, first capturing Chang'an City, and then seeking the Central Plains.

The Turks were different from those Central Plains princes, he did not treat the Han people as human beings at all, and after occupying the Central Plains cities, he immediately adopted the three-light policy, burning, killing and looting, and doing all kinds of evil.

Feeling this, Kou Zhong desperately blocked the 500,000 Turkic army near Taiyuan, and did not dare to let it go deep into the Central Plains.

Shibi Khan originally didn't take Kou Zhong, a young general, to his heart, let alone the 50,000 Liaodong troops.

It was because of this light enemy that he paid a heavy price.

In the past month, Kou Zhong has done everything he can, using all kinds of obscene means, completely ignoring life and death, and using the flesh and blood of 50,000 soldiers to form a defensive line to prevent Shibi Khan's 500,000 army from advancing eastward.

Shibi Khan and Kou Zhong fought more than 50 battles, but none of them gained the upper hand, and the 500,000 army left 30,000 corpses near Taiyuan City, and there was no way to move forward.

Although Kou Zhong's losses were even greater, and the 50,000 troops were almost completely annihilated, the Turks had a small population, with only one million soldiers in the country, and the 30,000 soldiers were all the elite divisions of Shibi Khan!

The Turkic elite army was less than 300,000 when it was full, and it lost one-tenth of it at this time, so it was no wonder that Shibi Khan was not distressed.

It's just that Kou Zhong is really hateful, and the use of soldiers is even more whimsical, making people unguardable, obviously you think he is feintting, but you find that he is attacking with all his strength, obviously you think he is attacking with all his strength, but he is shooting a false shot, outflanking from behind.

Kou Zhong had a thorough understanding of the way of military law and truth, which made Shibi Khan grit his teeth, but there was nothing he could do.

Kou Zhong can invest a large number of soldiers without remembering losses, not remembering life and death, not remembering losses, but he can't do it.

Unlike the Central Plains Dynasty, the Turkic Khanate's political system was a union of various tribes, and the Turks were only the largest force in the steppe, using strong force to bring other tribes into submission.

Shibi Khan was only the co-leader elected by the major tribes of the steppe, and he could only influence other tribes as his own khan, but could not control other tribes.

Once the Turks show a trace of decline, the major tribes will definitely beat the water dogs, this is the law of survival of the steppe, whoever is strong, who has a big fist, who is the master of the steppe.

This time, the Turks gathered 500,000 troops to invade the Central Plains, of which 300,000 were the soldiers and horses of the Turkic headquarters, and the other 200,000 were the combined forces of the major tribes, and the 30,000 Turkic soldiers eliminated by Kou Zhong were all descendants of Shibi Khan.

Once Shibi Khan's army is weakened too much, the 200,000 steppe coalition army will inevitably make trouble.

You must know that this time to attack the Central Plains, the major tribes of the grassland have two attitudes.

One is to go deep into the Central Plains, grab the land of the Central Plains, and turn the Central Plains into grassland pastures.

The second is to take advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains, lead the army to plunder, obtain good benefits, and immediately return to the grassland.

Shibi Khan supported the first type, so he personally led the elite troops of the Turkic headquarters to persuade the major tribes to come to Taiyuan with an army of 500,000, and fired the first shot of the invasion of the Central Plains with Taiyuan as a base.

It's just that what I didn't expect was that I encountered Kou Zhong's hard bone in the first battle, not only did I lose my troops and generals, but I couldn't cross Taiyuan by a step.

Nowadays, among the army, there are more and more voices returning to the grassland, especially those small tribal leaders, who feel that after snatching Taiyuan City, they have achieved enough benefits, it is better to return to the grassland as soon as possible, there is no need to take any more risks.

Anyway, the losses were all the troops of Shibi Khan, and they had little to do with them.

With the arrival of Wang Zhong's 400,000 reinforcements, this voice became more and more intense, and Shibi Khan gradually became unable to suppress it.

Shibi Khan desperately needed a victory to crush the opposition.

Li Shimin was pressed to the head of the city by two Turkic soldiers and came to the side of Shibi Khan.

"Lord Li, you have fought with the prince of Liaodong, how strong is his strength?" Shibi Khan asked Li Shimin.

After Li Shimin was seized power by Shibi Khan, he lost his freedom and became a prisoner of the Turks, especially after seeing the trampling of Taiyuan by the Turks, he hated Shibi to the core.

But he hated himself even more for being blinded by lard, and he actually led foreigners into the customs, not only to eat the harm, but also to become a sinner in the Central Plains through the ages.

"The prince of Liaodong is invincible in the world, and the army of Liaodong is unparalleled in the world, and he will be able to drive out the barbarians and return my Han family to the rivers and mountains!"

A hint of displeasure flashed on Shibi Khan's face when he heard this, and then his younger brother Jieli Khan slapped his palm on Li Shimin's right cheek, directly fanning out his two teeth.

"Bastard, believe it or not, Lao Tzu took your sacrifice flag!"

Li Shimin raised his head and said firmly: "You guys kill me! I only hate that I was blinded by hatred at the beginning, and led you jackals into the customs, and I regret not being at the beginning!"

Shibi Khan's right hand touched the scimitar, and his eyes flashed with murderous intent.

"I knew why I had to be here today!" suddenly a sigh sounded in the castle tower.

"Protect the Great Khan!"

Jieli pulled out his waist knife and commanded the soldiers to protect Shibi Khan in the middle, only to find a tall figure on the roof of the corner tower at the highest point of the city tower.

"The prince of Liaodong?" Shibi Khan asked tentatively when he saw the figure.

"Hello Shibi Khan!" Wang Zhong waved to Shibi, and then said to him with a smile:

"It's time to pay off your debts!"