Chapter 51: Broken Bamboo (Part 2)
After a hidden hill on the White Horse Plain, the golden wolf flag representing the Turkic Khan was raised high.
Under the golden wolf's flag, a tent with a diameter of one hundred feet and a height of no less than twenty feet rose from the ground. The sunlight shone through the glass windows embedded in the tent jade, making the tent bright and warm.
Turkic Mochu Khan Ashina stood in front of the window, and his figure was stretched long and long by the sun.
The special agent Ashina Que, the left wise king Ashina Mojilian, the inner minister Ashide Tsuogu, the external minister Ashide Chuo, the Berke Ashina Sabo, Ashina Gase, Ashina Evillu, etc., all stood in the center of the tent and did not dare to make any sound.
Mo Chuan was in a bad mood. If anyone spoke randomly at this time, he would most likely not see the sun tomorrow.
The reason why Turkic Mo Chuan was in a bad mood was very simple. He carefully arranged a trap, but the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty did not jump inside for a long time. Finding that the Turkic ancestral courtyard was close, Niu Shizhao, the Anxi Metropolitan Protector, actually resisted the temptation and stopped the team on Yanran Mountain.
This will cause some trouble.
In order to win the strategic initiative, Mo Chuo Khan not only personally ordered the important place of Tiger's mouth, but also concentrated more than 60,000 Turkic athletes in the White Horse Land. Just when Niu Shizhuo took the Anxi army into the trap, he personally led his troops to wipe out them!
But now, after Niu Shizhao won the tiger's mouth, he immediately chose to hold his troops and break the Tang army's strategic goal first, but he could not achieve it. Zhang Renyuan was very scheming and experienced, and found that Apodagan Ashide Yuanzhen, who was dealing with him, was bluffing and would definitely lead his troops to launch a fierce attack!
At that time, if the main Turkic force goes to support Ashide Yuanzhen, after the Anxi Metropolitan Protector Niu Shizuo will find out the situation, he will definitely rush his master to go straight down. If the main Turkic force continues to stay in the White Horse Yuan, it will not be possible to let Niu Shizuo take the bait. If Zhang Renyuan breaks through several lines of defense carefully arranged by Ashide Yuanzhen, the main Turkic force will be in a dilemma of being attacked from both sides!
"Speak, why don't you talk anymore? Could it be that the Turkic ancestral court belongs to Ben Khan alone?" Mo Chuan suddenly turned his head and suddenly asked loudly, with a cold light flashing in his gray-green eyes.
This is a sign of someone's misfortune. Ashina Que, Ashina Mojilian, Ashide Tsugu and others all shivered in their hearts and quickly bowed with a forced smile, "We are stupid and dare not interfere with Dahan's decision. Please forgive me."
"We are just the knife in Dahan's hand. Dahan asked me to wait for him to hit him, let's fight him!"
"Just just give the order from a big sweat, I'll wait..."
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"Okay! I've heard enough of this kind of words long ago!" Seeing that everyone was talking nonsense, Mo Chuan felt more and more depressed. He raised his hand and patted the pillar in front of him, and shouted loudly, "It's useful to say it, otherwise, it's better to continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb!"
The pillars supporting the tent were shaking by him. Tiny dust fell from the roof of the tent, turning the sunlight entering the window into golden columns of light.
Among the golden pillars of light, Ashina Que, Ashina Mojilian, Ashide Tsugu and others all closed their mouths decisively, and then looked at each other with their eyes, all of them saw shame and helplessness on each other's faces.
The Turks are now re-established from the Tang Dynasty more than 40 years ago, and they should actually be called the Post-Turkish. Although they encountered a good opportunity to continue to compete within the Tang Dynasty, their strength is far from growing to the point where they can compete with the Tang Dynasty.
According to everyone's ideas, after the Turks discovered that the combat effectiveness of the Tang army had begun to recover four years ago, they should take the initiative to show weakness and express their surrender to Li Xian. In this way, they not only gained a very good "inner" condition for themselves, but also used the Tang Dynasty's signature to take advantage of the opportunity to annex the Uighurs to the north, Basimir, Xiagas and other tribes to strengthen themselves.
However, Mo Chuan Khan Ashinahuan, who had tasted the sweetness of his past trips to the south, resisted the opposition and continued to lead his troops across the Yellow River and plunder Yuanzhou and Huizhou. In that battle, although the Turks grabbed more than 30,000 stones of grain and more than 10,000 war horses, they completely cut off the possibility of peace talks in the Tang Dynasty!
The Emperor Li Xian of the Tang Dynasty, who was extremely concerned about face, learned that Yuanzhou and Huizhou were robbed. At the risk of the throne being overturned, he sent out his most trusted arm Zhang Renyuan!
Although Zhang Renyuan was a civil servant, he was even more fierce than most military generals. Over the past four years, this man has led the troops to attack the battlefield many times, killing Turkic troops so that they cannot gain a foothold along the Yellow River. He had to take the initiative to shrink to the north of the Juyan Sea and use the desert and Gobi Desert as barriers to block the Tang army's footsteps.
This spring, the Ashina family was located in Chang'an and sent back the news. The Tang army was preparing to attack two groups to completely eliminate the Turkic king's tent. The experienced inner minister Ashide Tsugu immediately predicted the danger and decisively proposed to move the king's tent westward, follow the footsteps of the Turkic ancestors, pass through the territory of the Geluo people, and go to Yibohai for a temporary escape.
If you listen to his proposal, the Tang Dynasty's two-way attack plan did not even have the opportunity to launch, and it would be lost directly. Yibohai and Saiye were separated from the desert. With the strength of Saiye Town, it was impossible to fight against the Sogdians while also splitting a group of troops to compete with 100,000 Turkic athletes! (Note: Yibohai, that is, Lake Balkash, is in Kazakhstan. It is the fourth longest lake in the world.)
After Turkic men and women recuperate near Yibohai for a period of time, they can return to their ancestral homes to the east. They can seize the four towns of Anxi to the south, and they can even go straight in, beating the Sogdians obediently to offer gold, silver, cattle, sheep and women.
However, Mo Chuan Khan chose to stay in Mobei and fight the Tang army alone. He personally formulated a "marvel" strategy to defend against the Shuofang Army and concentrate troops to eat the Anxi Army. In order to realize this strategy, for a month and a half, the Turkic royal court did not send a soldier north of Yanran Mountain, and allowed the Anxi Army to welcome and see each other in Mobei to arrive outside the Tiger Pass without any obstacles.
Two days ago, Berksunan, stationed in Tiger Pass, was ordered to set fire to the materials and evacuate voluntarily, making way for the Anxi Army to open up the road to the Turkic ancestral courtyard. However, the Turkic army, which sharpened the sword, did not wait for the news that the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty rushed to the Turkic ancestral courtyard in a starry night.
Niu Shizhao set up his large escort headquarters on the ruins of Tiger Pass. After 35,000 Anxi Tang Army and its servants passed through the tiger's mouth, camped along the hillside and on both sides of the road, and never pushed forward any further. At this time, Chiang Chuan Khan suddenly remembered to ask everyone for countermeasures. What other countermeasures can everyone be taken except to leave fate?!
"Yuyu Valley, you are resourceful. What do you think of Ben Khan to make Niu Shizhao believe that there is no ambush from Yanran Mountain to the ancestral courtyard?" After a long time, he could not find someone to share his responsibilities and pressure, Mo Chuan had to take the initiative to point it out.
The inner minister Ashide Tsugu was shocked, pretended to be a smile, and bowed to respond, "Shank you, so far, the scouts of the Anxi Army and our scouts have not had any contact, so Niu Shizhuo must have not found our army ambushed in the Baimayuan waiting for him to take the bait. Therefore, my idea is to respond to changes in the same way as constant."
"You mean, let's continue to wait?" Mo Chuan frowned and asked for confirmation in a deep voice.
"I think I will wait for three to five days, and at the same time, I will send people to keep in touch with Ashide Yuanzhen at all times." Ashide Sunyugu was an officer of the Tang Dynasty, and his words and deeds were greatly influenced by the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, he bowed like a typical civil servant of the Tang Dynasty and added very seriously, "Five days later, if Niu Shizhu is not deceived, he will leave 10,000 troops here to restrain him, and the rest of the soldiers turned around and went south to support Ashide Yuanzhen."
"Ten thousand soldiers are enough?" Mo Chuan Khan rarely did not deliberately find fault and became angry, and continued to frown and demanded confirmation.
"Ten thousand troops will definitely not be enough to fight the Anxi Army. Even if it is an ambush, it may not have the upper hand." After being an internal prime minister for many years, Ashide Shinyugu knew Jin Chuan's thoughts very well. He smiled and continued to add, "However, if he fights and retreats, it can delay the advancement of the Anxi Army. In this way, Dahan had two more choices."
"Which two choices?" Mo Chuan's eyebrows jumped and asked quickly.
"First, concentrate all your strength and fight to the death with the Shuofang Army. If you win, you will turn around and attack the Anxi Army with the power of great victory. We all have cavalry and are fighting in the north of the Mo River. We are familiar with the terrain and can make you come and go like the wind. In addition, September is approaching, and heavy snow will soon fall. The Tang army is afraid of the cold, and the weather is also in my Turkic."
After a pause, he quickly added, "Second, it is to avoid Shuofang Army and go straight to Gaochang. Niu Shizhao brought out all the main forces of the Anxi Army. The little troops left in the four towns of Anxi will be difficult to defend the city, let alone block our army. In this way, although our army will lose its ancestral courtyard, it can stir up the four towns of Anxi into a pot and force the Anxi Army to rescue themselves. Then, it will decide whether to intercept them halfway or turn around and go to the north of Yibohai!"
"You mean, you don't want the ancestral court and the king's tent?" Even though he was so brave, Mo Chuan was shocked by the proposal of Ashide Tungyugu. His old face was full of disbelief.
"My Turkic tradition was originally to live with water and plants. Wherever the Khan was, the king's tent would be." As the most wise Turkic man, Ashide Tsuogu solved Mo Chuan's confusion with one sentence. "As for the ancestral court, there were all graves and stone carvings. What's the use of the Tang army taking them? If Zhang Ren dared to do the grave digging, the Tang court would definitely not let him go after he went back. And the Tang army would not be able to move the stone carvings away."
"This..." Xiao Chuan Khan instantly forgot his anger and frowned and pondered.
Giving up the ancestral home is not just giving up the tombs of our ancestors and the stone carvings that record the origin of the Turkic origins, but also giving up the Turkic women, children, and the property accumulated over the years that everyone had no time to escape. If there is no property, what will he, the great khan, use to win people's hearts next?
"The Khan, Gaochang people, Loulan people, Sogdians, and other ethnic groups in the Western Regions were originally the people of my Turks. Cattle, sheep, gold and silver, women, and even herd slaves, we can gather them all the way." To be able to clearly guess Mo Chuan's thoughts, Ashide Tungyugu bowed again and added in a low voice. "As long as we can keep more than 30,000 young and strong, I, the Turks, can once again develop into the world's largest clan. Just as more than 40 years ago, the two Kandol and Ashide Yuanzhen left the Tang Dynasty and only brought seven or eight hundred brothers to rebuild the Turks!" (Note: There is information that Ashide Yuanzhen and Dingyugu were the same person, because there is no evidence, so we cannot accept it here.)
From the perspective of previous history, there is no mistake. The Turks were destroyed by the Tang Dynasty during the Zhenguan period and once relied on the Tang Dynasty. Fifty years later, Ashinaguttolu, Ashide Yuanzhen and others who had worked as small schools in the Tang army took advantage of the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty to rebuild the Turks on the ruins. What they relied on was definitely not the tombs and stone carvings of the ancestral court, but more than 700 brothers around them at that time!
As the younger brother of the first great khan Ashinagutolu, Mo Chuan had seen with his own eyes how the Turks were rebuilt, and of course he could not refute the words of Ashide Tsugu. However, he is in his sixties this year. Before the situation of the war was clear, it was difficult to make the decision to abandon his ancestral home and lead his troops to wander to Anxi.
In addition, his first few children were all daughters. The oldest son was only twelve years old this year. If he was to expedition, there would be only two fates waiting for his children. First, he was left to Tang Jun and was captured back to Chang'an to humiliate him. Second, he died of exhaustion on the road.
"Da Khan, according to the information sent back by Xiaozuo's desperate efforts, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has not been much. His wife is only ambitious but cannot convince the public. Once he dies, the Tang Dynasty will definitely fall into civil strife again." Without wishing Mo Chuan to continue hesitating, Ashide Tsuogu once again offered a favorable condition for the Turks. "As long as the Khan can lead us to avoid the disaster in front of us, we will definitely be able to return to the ancestral home within five years. At that time, the Khan can still comfort the ancestors of the Ashina family in front of the stone carvings."
"Shank you, avoiding the real and making the weak is not a shame!"
"Khan, General Wu is willing to lead his troops and stay here as a suspect!"
"Khan, for the future of my Turkic, we must make plans early."
"Khan, Zhang Renyuan is the confidant of the current emperor of the Tang Dynasty. After the emperor dies, he will definitely not use it."
"Sweat..."
The special agent Ashina Que, the left wise king Ashina Mojilian, the foreign minister Ashidechu and others also spoke one after another. I hope Mo Chuan Khan will take some responsibility instead of continuing to look forward and backward.
However, after repeated pondering, Mo Chuan Khan shook his head gently, "Wait for five days first! It will snow soon, and it is cold on Yanran Mountain. Niu Shizhao cannot always station the Tang army on the mountain. As long as the Anxi army comes to the plains, I, a Turkic athlete, can use riding skills to step on it!"
The special agent Ashina Que, the left wise king Ashina Mojilian, the inner minister Ashide Tsuogu, the external minister Ashide Chuo and others were disappointed when they heard this, and quickly reminded him, "Khan, if you don't rely on the trap and fight head-on, the Anxi Army can calmly use the thunder technique..."
"I have decided, wait!" Mo Chuan raised his eyebrows and roared in a low voice, like an angry lion. "Other things will be discussed in five days! After you go back, you will restrain your subordinates. If there are any one who is in trouble, you will be killed without mercy."
"As for the order!" Everyone was stunned and bent helplessly. Then, they looked at each other and then left one after another.
The special agent Ashina Que, the left wise king Ashina Mojilian, and the inner minister Ashide Tsugu walked at the end. As he walked, the three of them kept sighing.
Based on their understanding of Mo Chuan Dahan, this person cannot make the decision to give up his ancestral court and lead his troops to pounce on Anxi. Five days later, the result will be exactly the same. However, the opportunity will be missed while waiting. Once Zhang Renyuan breaks through Ashina Yuanzhen's obstacle, no matter what everyone does, it will be too late!
"Uncle is old!" Ashina Que glanced at his brother Ashina Moji, the King of Zuoxian, and suddenly whispered.
"Khan is indeed old!" The Left King Ashina Mojiren nodded, then turned his eyes to Ashid Tsugu, "Inner Prime Minister, you and Abodagan were both my father's brothers. This Turkic Kingdom was rebuilt by the three of you... "
"Apodagan Ashide Yuanzhen, I won't agree!" Knowing what Ashina Mojilian wanted to say, Ashide Shougu shook his head gently, "He has a higher prestige in the army than me unless..."
Looking up at the Liuyun in the sky, he sighed again, "Unless he is defeated by Zhang Renyuan and is forced to go to the forefront!"
"Oh, yes, yes..." As soon as the words were finished, a series of rapid horse hooves heard a series of rapid horse hooves, moving from afar. The three of them closed their mouths and turned their heads in surprise. They saw several Turkic soldiers covered in blood riding on the backs of war horses and rushing towards Mo Chuan's golden tent like crazy. There were soldiers on duty along the way trying to stop them, but they were directly knocked into rolling gourds by these people using war horses.
"Stop, don't hit the tent!" Ashide Shinyugu roared decisively without thinking.
"Stop, don't rush into the king's tent!" The special agent Ashina Que and Zuoxian King Ashina Mojilian both drew their swords in their hands and shouted sternly, as if they were ready to rush forward at any time to protect Mo Chuan's safety.
"Abodagan, Abodagan died in battle!" A big arrow riding on the horse fell down, and his hands and feet were used together, and he continued to approach the door of the golden tent. At the same time, he shouted out the reason for his horse in the camp. "Khan, Zhang Ren would like to break through the Juyan Haiyi Line five days ago and break through seven camps of our army. The vanguard, the vanguard of the Tang army, has now arrived at the bank of the Hunyi River, less than 500 miles away from the ancestral courtyard! Abodagan died on the bank of the Hunyi River. More than half of the soldiers of our army were killed or injured, and he was unable to stop the advance of the Shuofang Army!"
"What did you say?" Mo Chuan Khan rushed out of the golden tent like a lion and grabbed the neck of the general who reported the news. "Dare to lie about military affairs, I will kill your whole family!"
"The last general, the last general dare not. The last general, the last general begs the Khan to quickly raise an army to avenge Aboda..." The general who reported the news could no longer stand firm on his own, and struggled to beg, and the sweat on his body was drizzling with blood.
‘Don’t worry about Ashide Yuanzhen’s thoughts anymore!’ A hint of joy flashed quickly on the face of Ashina Que’s special agent. Then, he slowly inserted his waist knife back into the scabbard.
Chapter completed!