Chapter 702: Internal strife in the history camp

‘No one wants to walk with the losers.’

This sentence is a famous saying, and Shi Siming had a particularly profound understanding of this sentence. He failed to withdraw from Hebei. The Turks who had always regarded him as gods and called him the two saints immediately changed their faces. Each tribe issued a long list of claims, asking him to return their cattle and sheep, asking him to pay the families of the fallen Turkic soldiers, asking him to pay the dividends of the war, etc. In short, he wanted him to fulfill all the wonderful promises he made at the beginning.

He was rich and had distant relatives in the deep mountains, and no one was asked about the poor and poor city. Shi Siming, who was so down and like a dog, was forced to be embarrassed by the Turks. He wanted to flee to the Uighurs in the north, but no one was willing to follow him. Pugu, Tongluo, Sijie, three major tribes, and more than a dozen tribes. Each tribe had reasons. Each tribe had difficulties. They had been clamoring on the grassland outside Youzhou for half a month. Finally, they heard that the Tang army was heading north, so scared that they followed Shi Siming to flee north. However, after walking hundreds of miles, the contradictions became deeper and deeper. Both the tribes of Tongluo and Sijie were resolutely refused to surrender to the Uighurs. The fleeing team in the north was split. A faction of Luo and Sijie, hundreds of thousands of tribes, remained in the ninety-nine springs. They still wanted to live their past lives, rely on the Tang Dynasty and be free.

Only the Pugu tribe urged Shi Siming to flee north, and Shi Siming's army was reduced by half from 100,000 troops, leaving only half and fifty thousand. In addition, the 40,000 troops of the Pugu tribe, they still had 90,000 people.

The team headed north and finally stopped in Nuozhenshui City. On the one hand, it was to wait for the team to go to Heicheng to purchase tea and salt, and on the other hand, the Pugu tribe also had its own ideas.

In the big tent, the chief of the Pugu tribe Pugu Lie and his son Pugu Aduosi were discussing the next action. The Pugu tribe did not support Shi Siming for no reason. They supported Shi Siming because they received instructions from the Uighur Gele Khan, and they were actually the Uighur agents.

During this north escape, the attitude of the Pugu tribe was the most firm. He had to escape from Yinshan and enter the hinterland of the grassland to escape the pursuit of the Tang army and gain safety. However, Sijie and Tongluo both saw through Pugu's true intentions, and they refused to go north.

Now Shi Siming seems to have hesitated, which makes Pu Gulie a little worried. If Shi Siming refuses to go north, how can he explain to Gele Khan?

"Did you really hear it clearly?" Pu Gulie asked again.

Pugu Aduosi nodded, "The boy has indeed heard it clearly. The major generals under Shi Siming didn't want to go north. They went west. It is said that Anxi and Beiting have few troops, so they want to occupy the other side to develop."

Pu Gulie walked a few steps in the tent with his hands behind his back. Of course, he could not let Shi Siming flee westward, but Shi Siming had more troops than him, especially Pu Gu, who was good at fighting. Although he was also a Pu Gu tribe, he did not listen to them. Shi Siming colluded with him all day long, and he could not force Shi Siming to submit with force.

"Father, I have to raise Shi Siming, and his son is still in the hands of Khan. The key is that several generals under him, especially Pu Guyan, are dissatisfied with us and have been inciting other generals. It is better for us to take action first and kill Pu Guyan!"

Pu Gulie shook his head, "Don't worry, things won't be that bad."

"But they are already discussing the marching route!" Pugu Aduosi said anxiously.

"Don't worry! They're just talking."

Pu Gulie showed a disdainful smile on his face, "Most of the cattle and sheep are in our hands. When they go west, what should they eat on the road? Without food and grass, they can only dream."

The servant Aduosi sighed secretly, but his father was scheming and calculating, so he was not as good as him!

"When will we set out?"

"Let's set off when the tea and salt come. We have very little tea, especially the salt is scarce. There is no salt. Everyone has no strength to march. You can continue to monitor Shi Siming. If you have any movement, report to me in time."

Pugu Aduosi agreed and went out. Pugu Lie's brows frowned into the shape of Sichuan. What he was most worried about now was not Shi Siming, but the Uighur army. There was no news at all. Where were they now?

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Just as Pu Gulie and his son were talking about the situation in the big tent, Shi Siming was also discussing their countermeasures with Pu Guyan. Shi Siming now has 50,000 troops, of which 20,000 were Pu Guyan's tribal army, and 30,000 were Turkic people in Hebei, who did not belong to any tribe, so he followed him. Although Hebei failed, Shi Siming was not willing to give up. He was determined to make a comeback.

Resigning to the Uighurs is one of his strategies, and he can only say it is one of them. He has many choices. Of course, no matter what choice it is, there is a principle that is fundamental. He will never become a vassal of any force, nor will he be eaten by other forces.

He was actually full of wariness towards the Uighurs, and Shi Siming was not stupid at all. On the contrary, he was more cunning than the fox and more cruel than the wolf. Of course they knew that the Uighurs were willing to accept him. Gele Khan wanted to eat him, but why didn't he want to use the Uighurs? He asked the Uighurs to attack the Tang Dynasty, and he sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight. In the end, he came to pick peaches, and he would eat whoever failed.

Shi Siming's heart hoped that the Uighurs would fail, and then he took the Uighurs and replaced him and became the overlord of the grassland. In order to make the Uighurs believe in him, he did not hesitate to leave his son to the Uighurs as a hostage.

"General Pugu, where did you think the Uighur army should go? I think they have actually passed Yinshan, and they are on the east side of us. What do you think?"

Did Shi Siming look at Pu Guyan? Seeing him thinking, he smiled without interrupting him.

Pugu is the son of Pugu Huaien. He is over thirty years old this year. He joined the army at the age of fifteen. He has been in the military for more than ten years and has developed a great military career. He has developed a great deal of martial arts and extraordinary courage. In the Shuofang Army, he was highly valued by Wang Zhongsi and Guo Ziyi. However, because his father Pugu Huaien was forced by Li Qing'an, he fled back to the Huihe tribe and became the chief of the Huihe tribe. He had to leave the Tang army and return to the Huihe.

Puguyan made countless achievements in more than ten years, but what he was most proud of was that he shot and killed Li Siye, the most powerful general of the Tang Dynasty, with one arrow. Even if he died, he would be able to die with peace of mind.

Although he was the son of Pugu Huaien, the chief of the Pugu tribe of Pugu tribe, since his father's death, Pugu partially broke, and the two groups of Pugu tribes did not recognize him as the chief. Because he was unwilling to defect to the Uighurs, he led his tribe to follow Pugu Lie south. At this time, he discovered that Pugu Lie was also a lackey of the Uighurs, or even a devoted lackey.

Pu Guyan began to consider his future. The place he really wanted to go was Beiting, because his father Pu Gu Huaien was forced to leave Beiting until his death. His father couldn't swallow his breath. He was wearing a pair of pants with Shi Siming now. He would rather be loyal to Shi Siming than surrender to the Uighurs. His father was killed by Gelekhan. How could he surrender to his father's enemy again?

He pondered for a long time and said, "Master, I mean we should go to Anxi. I know that Anxi is very rich. Li Qing'an has been there for ten years. Regardless of population, food, iron, gold and silver, there are everything there. More importantly, Beiting only has 15,000 troops. This is a god-given opportunity. Master, we must not miss it!"

The proposal to go to Anxi Beiting was not only Pu Guyan. Several generals under Shi Siming all made this suggestion, and Shi Siming himself was also moved, so going to Beiting was also one of his alternatives, ranking second, occupying Beiting, and then developing north and west, and going east to Hexi, with a very broad area.

But Shi Siming still wanted to complete the first strategy and provoke the Tang army and the Uighur army to fight. He took the benefits and then considered Beiting. Moreover, Li Guangbi had sent troops from Hebei, and his strategy was about to succeed.

"I understand your idea, and I actually support it, but let's wait a moment, wait until the Uighurs and the Tang army are killed, and when we have enough spoils, we will go to Beiting. Otherwise, there will be no food on our way. How can we go to Beiting? General Pugu, do you understand what I mean?"

Pu Gu nodded. Shi Siming was right. Why did they run thousands of miles without food? They couldn't go to Beiting at all. At this time, a cruel smile appeared in his eyes, "General, I have a way to get rich quickly."

Shi Siming was excited. This was what he wanted to hear the most, "Tell me quickly, what way to get rich?"

Puguyan narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "The Uighur army went south, and Han'er Bali would definitely be empty. Why don't we take the opportunity to attack the Uighurs' nests? At that time, there were all kinds of cattle and sheep. Wherever we wanted to go, wouldn't it be okay?"

Shi Siming's eyes lit up, and he slapped his forehead, God! Why didn't he expect that this was such a wonderful plan!

Seeing that Shi Siming had already made any intention, Pu Guyan immediately volunteered: "Master, let me lead my army to Hanerduobali! I will make the Master laugh so hard that I can't sleep at night."

Shi Siming pondered for a moment and said that Pu Gun was indeed the most suitable candidate. He had a grudge against the Uighurs to kill his father, so he would never show mercy. More importantly, he only brought his troops to him, and his 100,000 tribesmen were all in his hands! I would not dare to have any unfair intentions.

"Okay! I'll give you another 10,000 cavalry. You will bring 30,000 people to sneak attack the Uighurs' nest. I will hold the Uighurs' army here. Once we succeed, we will head towards Beiting!"

The two looked at each other and both smiled proudly.

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Half an hour later, news came from the military camp that Pu Guyan and Shi Siming had a quarrel due to unfair distribution of military rations. Shi Siming drew his sword to kill Pu Guyan. The two tore their faces apart. Then again, news came that Pu Guyan led 20,000 people from his headquarters to flee west. In a panic, he couldn't even care about the tribe. Shi Siming was furious. He immediately ordered the general Zhu Xicai to lead an army of 10,000 to pursue Pu Guyan and issued a strict order. If he did not kill Pu Guyan, Zhu Xicai came to see him.
Chapter completed!