Chapter 41 Brothers Compete for Merit
...The Turkic army finally slowly retreated, and the Sui army in Dalicheng was filled with joy. Dozens of young lieutenants could not help but run to the front of the military yamen. Yang Yuanqing happened to walk out of the military yamen. Everyone rushed up to surround him, looking at him with eager and expectant eyes.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Master, order the pursuit!"
"We can wipe out the Turkic army in Fengzhou!".
The generals loudly asked for the battle, and the crowd was excited, and they were very stunning to refuse to pursue Yang Yuanqing and leave. Yang Yuanqing laughed, "Okay then! Let's go up the mountain to observe the enemy situation."
He led a large group of young lieutenants to the top of the mountain. Yang Sien and Ma Shao also rushed over. Everyone went to the top of the mountain. The view on the top of the mountain was extremely wide. You could see thousands of soldiers clearing the outer city. Looking away, you could see the Turkic army slowly retreating, with neat flags and orderly teams. You could also see the Turkic tents in the team.
Now, dozens of young lieutenants stopped saying a word. Yang Sien stared at them with a gloomy face and said angrily: "Why don't you make trouble now? Why don't you go after you chase? Yao Qu, you kid was the most fierce just now. I asked you to play the forward, will you go?"
The young Master Yao scratched the back of his head and said with no intention: "We all thought the Turks must have been so scared that they ran away, but they didn't expect that their team was still so neat. He ***, where did he defeat the battle?"
Yang Yuanqing, the young lieutenant, attached great importance to them. They were all promoted last fall. They were all in their early twenties, young and full of vitality. They were the future of the Fengzhou army. Yang Yuanqing did not want to send an order to send them a command, but took them to the top of the mountain to learn about the truth.
Yang Yuanqing waved his hand to Yang Sien and told him not to be stricter. He smiled and said to the lieutenants: "In fact, the Turkic army was not defeated. They were just forced to withdraw their troops, but not all the troops were withdrawn in an orderly manner. The key is that we must understand the composition of this Turkic army. Can we defeat them? Shibi Khan's most elite 30,000 guards did not go to war from beginning to end, so they must be among these 100,000 troops, and our Modao Army was not in Dali City, so we will definitely lose if we pursue them, and if the moon is full, we will lose if the water is full, and now we have reached the peak of victory. If we are not satisfied, we will pursue again. Then we will be extremely happy and sad, and arrogant soldiers will be defeated. I hope everyone will remember this."
Everyone nodded silently. Yang Yuanqing pointed to the outer city and smiled at them, "Go! Go to the outer city and clean up the battlefield with the soldiers, and then we will start to rebuild Fengzhou."
The young generals all went down the mountain. At this time, Yang Sien walked to Yang Yuanqing and laughed in a low voice: "I'm afraid you didn't chase the Turks because of this reason!"
Yang Yuanqing nodded and sighed slightly, "I just don't want another powerful Wutu tribe to appear in the Turks. When we conquer the country, we will turn our heads and completely destroy the Turks."
"Hey! This time we have suffered heavy losses. I'm afraid the plan to enter the Central Plains needs to be postponed."
Yang Yuanqing patted his shoulder and smiled, "You can pick up soft pinches first, such as Liu Wuzhou. Didn't he rebel? Let's go to quell the rebellion, how about it? Are you willing to come out?"
Yang Sien understood what Yang Yuanqing meant, and he nodded silently and asked, "Who will the general manager send to guard Fengzhou in the future?"
"In the future, I plan to let Pei Renji be the general manager of Fengzhou and Ma Shao be the deputy general."
"Pei Renji is good. This time, Hako City is very outstanding. This person is always steady and suitable for guarding Fengzhou."
Yang Yuanqing looked into the distance. He had always had a question in his heart, would Li Yuan take advantage of the opportunity of the Turkic army attacking Fengzhou and officially launch an army to capture Guanzhong?
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The Turkic remnants crossed the Yellow River in an extremely shameful way and retreated to the grassland. At this moment, another heavy blow came from the north. The 100,000 Wutu tribes defeated the 50,000 Turkic troops left behind. They broke through the Turkic tent and kidnapped nearly 200,000 Turkic women and children. However, no army of the surrounding Tiel tribes came to help. In the battle of Yanmen, the casualties were basically the Tiel tribes. However, they did not have their share in the south to plunder the Central Plains. They had deep resentment in their hearts.
But for the Turks, this news was like the sky falling, their wives, daughters and children were abducted, and the entire Turkic camp was in chaos.
From ancient times to the present, whether it is the Central Plains dynasty or the grassland tribe, he has suffered such a crushing defeat, and even the nobles' wives and daughters have been abducted. Whether it is the emperor or the Khan, he can no longer sit down in this position. Even if he does not want to abdicate, the people below cannot tolerate him.
In a large tent, thirteen tribal chiefs sat together, and each of them had a kind of deceitful anger. When Khan told them that they were coming to the Sui Dynasty to plunder wealth and women, they all brought their own tribe elites, thousands or tens of thousands, but no one expected that they did not see wealth, nor women. They only saw war and killing, and only the most tragic casualties.
"What do you think?" Throhuji's voice roared, and there was a deep sadness in his eyes. He was both dead, one died in Hekou City and the other was burned to death in Dali City. His family members in the Turkic den were also in danger. His ups and downs only had unforgettable hatred for Shibi Khan.
"There is nothing to say, kill him and establish a new Khan!"
The dictionary of the Turks is very simple. There is no such claim as death, exile, abolishment, imprisonment, etc., which infringes upon their vital interests. Then there is only one word, kill!
Throhuji looked at everyone, and everyone's eyes were filled with anger. No one opposed it. He nodded and asked again, "Where is the new Khan?"
Everyone looked at the second prince, Shiliver, that they could not have made Duji's son, either Shiliver or Asuna Dubu.
Shiliversha stood up, he glanced at the crowd and said slowly, "I have thirty thousand troops, but there are only 10,000 people left in Duo."
The Turks were very realistic. They did not talk about virtue or talent, nor would they refuse to be modest. They only looked at their strength. Shilivershi was telling everyone that among the 100,000 troops, his army accounted for 30%. Throhuji also said: "I firmly support Shilivershi."
The two of their troops together accounted for half of the 100,000 troops, which was absolute strength. The rest nodded and expressed their support for Shiliver.
"What should Princess Asdo?" someone asked.
Shiliversh said without hesitation: "Princess Asdo, let's send her back to Fengzhou."
"But Fengzhou Army killed so many of us, will she let her go?"
Throhuji sneered. "Your wife and children are all in Wutu's hands. Do you dare to touch Asdo?"
"But we can use her to exchange her captured family with Utu."
Shiliversha shook his head, "Wutu is not a threatened person, nor is Yang Yuanqing. The consequences of doing so will only allow them to unite and wipe out all of us. Isn't the lesson of Fengzhou deep enough? Or can we return her to Princess Anulli, and Wutu should understand what we mean. He will express it."
Shiliversh had been recognized by everyone as the new Khan. He had a sense of majesty when he spoke. He looked at everyone again and saw that no one spoke. He said with a final word: "That's the decision, give Asdo to Anuli!"
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The past two days, Asiduo was both happy and sad. The joy was that the Turks finally withdrew their troops and the people of Fengzhou were safe. The sadness was that she heard that the Turkic army suffered heavy casualties, with only 100,000 troops left. I wonder how many wives lost their husbands? How many parents lost their sons? How many children lost their fathers?
There was more hatred in her heart. The hatred for her brother Duji was his selfishness and military abuse that destroyed many Turkic families.
"Princess, you want to go to Wutubu, I will go with you too!"
This was the maid who served her begging her. Yesterday, my second brother sent someone to deliver a letter to her, and everyone had decided to send her to her sister Anulli and Anulli's place. Of course she was willing. She didn't want to go back to Fengzhou to face the corpses of Turkic soldiers.
Asduo liked her, the maid, and they got along well and happened to be her company on the way. She nodded and smiled, "If you don't mind Wutubu's far away, then go with me!"
At this moment, a loud bang came from outside the tent. Asdo and his maid looked at each other, and the sound seemed to be that they were kicked to pieces by the pottery they placed at the door of the tent.
The maid was about to go out to check it out. When the curtain was lifted, Shibi Khan Duji staggered in. His face was flushed, his mouth was squirting with alcohol, and he held a knife in his hand. He couldn't walk steadily. He stared at Asduo with blood red eyes. The maid screamed in fear and hid behind Asduo.
"Brother, you've drunk too much!" Asduo said coldly.
"Go to your mother, I've drunk too much!"
Duji cursed angrily and kicked the table next to him. He shook his body and pointed at Asduo and said viciously: "You are no longer my sister. You are Yang Yuanqing's woman. You are my enemy. I can't kill Yang Yuanqing. Today I want to kill his woman."
Duji rushed up and slashed at Asiduo with a knife. The maid screamed in fear. Asiduo was prepared for a long time and pushed her into the inner tent, flashed her body and avoided the knife.
"Brother, are you crazy?" Asdo shouted.
Duji's eyes were so red that blood dripped. He roared and slashed at her again. Asduo retreated back, but was tripped by the table and fell to the ground. Duji smiled and slashed at her. Asduo grabbed the table and blocked the knife, and then kicked him in the crotch. Duji staggered back a few steps. He drank too much and his feet were unstable. He fell down on his back and fell a few steps away.
At this time, when the curtain was lifted, Shiliversha rushed in. He rushed up and pressed Duji down. Both of them spoke. Duji tried hard to pick up the knife, but Asduo took the knife away first. Duji shouted, "Asduo, give me the knife quickly, give me!"
Asdo also realized that something was wrong. The two brothers' struggle seemed unusual. As soon as she hesitated, Shi Liversha pulled out the dagger and stabbed it into Duji's chest. Shi Liversha screamed and blood splattered out. Shi Liversha inserted more than a dozen stabs in his chest, and Duji finally died under the brother's knife.
Asdo covered his mouth and looked at his killed brother in horror. She slowly knelt down. At this time, two guards 1000 men walked in, knelt down at Shiliversha on one knee, and said in a deep voice: "All generals are willing to be loyal to the new Khan!"
Shiliversha stood up, glanced at Duji, and said coldly: "You have suffered a crushing defeat in Fengzhou, and it is already a betrayal of all relatives, and no one is willing to be loyal to you again."
Shiliver turned around and walked out of the tent. Asdo held his brother's cold hand, and she burst into tears.
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In April of the 12th year of Daye, Shibi Khan aroused the anger of various tribes because of his crushing defeat in Fengzhou. He was killed by his brother Shilifushi. Shilifushi was supported by various tribes and ascended the throne of Khan and was called Chuluo Khan.
However, his brother, Ashinadu, was dissatisfied with his second brother killing his brother ascended the throne, and led his tribe to move to Beihai, proclaiming himself Jie Li Khan, and did not recognize the position of Khan set by Shi Liv, and the Turks once again split into internal division.
The powerful Turkic Empire established by the Khan of Qimin quickly declined after the Battle of Yanmen and Fengzhou.
Like the Great Sui Dynasty, the grasslands have also entered an era of heroes competing for hegemony.
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[Note 1: Shibi Khan should have died in Lingwu County three years later.]
[Note 2: Baidu confuses the Western Turkic Khan with this Western Turkic Khan. In fact, there are two Mrs. Xiang. My mother is a Han-born wife, and she should be the Western Turkic Khan.]
....To be continued...
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