A few days later, Xue Chongxun's troops reached the vicinity of Zhongshoucheng, and the troops transferred from various places also reached one after another, with a total of about 100,000 infantry and cavalry, and countless civilians and servants were piled up like mountains of food and grass.
The Murong clan tribe and the coalition forces of various northern tribes merged. At this time, the troops near the three cities reached more than 100,000, claiming to be 300,000 to prepare for a large-scale Northern Expedition.
Xue Chongxun took the direct descendant of the Shence Army as the central army, and the other eight armies had their own positions to spread on the plains, and the staff made the tokens of the order flags in advance for unified command. He also assigned dozens of civil servants to engage in monitoring and persuading the commanders of various departments and were also responsible for translating secret letters. Military orders with far-distance distances were given written instructions, but naturally, a messenger could not be sent to dictate the matter.
At this time, the central army received the military newspaper from Du Xian in Heisha City. Mochu Khan had returned to the south of the desert and was marching towards Heisha City.The main force of the Turks was attracted back, and Du Xian posted a message asking Ming Guangjun about his next actions.
Some aides in the central army believed that the Tang army's strength was not inferior to the main force of the Turks, and they took advantage of this opportunity to fight against it near Heisha City.
But Zhang Jiuling opposed: The marching speed of our army's infantry and cavalry is not as fast as that of the Turkic cavalry. If we attack in a hurry, the food route will not be safely prevented, and instead give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it.At this time, the Mingguang army had captured the Turkic capital. The purpose of building a momentum was achieved. It could be ordered to retreat first to avoid the enemy's edge, and it would not be too late to fight with it after our army was ready.
Someone raised objections: When we are ready, the Turks may not be willing to fight us head-on. It is a huge cost to delay, and it is probably not a long-term solution.
Zhang Jiuling laughed: This time the Tang army sent more than 100,000 troops. If the Turks cannot win a decisive victory, we will be defeated sooner or later, the southern desert area will be under the control of our Tang Dynasty. By then, all the Khitan, Goguryeo and all the tribes of Tiel will inevitably lean towards the Tang Dynasty, and the Turks will be defeated if they grow one and the other grow.
After hearing this, Xue Chongxun immediately made a decision: Mastering the situation and dividing the enemy camps is our established strategy before the war. So, based on Zishou's plan, he immediately ordered Du Xian to evacuate Heisha City and not fight to the death with the enemy. It is best to preserve his strength.
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The military order was soon prepared by Wang Changling, and sent a team of fast horse cavalry out of Zhongcheng to report the news to Heisha City. The location of Heisha City is only a few hundred miles away from Zhongcheng, and the fast horse will arrive in about two days.
Unexpectedly, I encountered a Turkic cavalry halfway.
After Mochuo led his troops back to the south of the desert, some advisers suggested taking advantage of the familiarity of the local terrain and sending forward light cavalry to intersperse in Heisha City and Tang Realm, which may lead to unexpected gains.
As expected, the Tang army had already controlled Heisha City at this time, and regarded the territory between Heisha City and the Three Surrendered City as its sphere of influence. The activities during this period were not very strict, and the messenger was blocked halfway.
The Turkic cavalry rushed over from both sides, fired an arrow first, and then started killing with weapons.The messenger's guard was too small, and the general next to him shouted: Brothers, take it for a while, the envoy will destroy the military newspaper!
But the instinct of survival made the messenger not do that, but took a few followers to turn their horses and run to the gap, hoping to escape with a fast horse.
The Turkic cavalry behind them were chasing each other. As soon as they crossed a small grass hill, the messenger suddenly felt a light body screaming, and with a loud bang, he fell into a big pit.
It turned out to be a trap for catching wild animals. The messenger's heart skipped a beat and knew something was wrong. Then he hurriedly took out the bamboo tube containing the letter and scraped the paint on it. Because he was anxious, his fingers were disobedient.
It was too late to take out the military order, and a Turkic soldier jumped out of it and pressed him to the ground.
After a while, other Turks arrived and seized the military order and captured the messenger.
After making meritorious service, the team of raids quickly evacuated northward and presented important things to Mochu's sweat tent.
Mochu was overjoyed when he heard that the order to intercept the Tang army had been intercepted and immediately called him to pass it on.
Unexpectedly, he was stunned when he opened it and saw that he could not recognize a single word of what was written on the paper.
Mochuo can speak Chinese. Although he doesn’t know much about the characters, he can finally recognize a few, but the words in front of him don’t look like Chinese characters at all.
He frowned and asked: Is it indeed the Tang army messenger who captured it?
The Turkic general said: They are all Han people in their clothes and appearance, and they are just as good as speaking, but they can't be wrong.
Mochu handed the letter to Yang Wozhi next to him, and Yang Wozhi said he didn't know him.
Mochuo then asked someone to bring the prisoners in to ask questions. He was indeed a Han man and spoke in Chinese.
Yang Wozhi, who was standing beside him, said: It should be the military order of the Tang army, but it may be in secret text, so you can only be translated by the prisoners.
Mochu turned his head and looked at the messenger and said coldly: What is the letter written?
I have no idea.Messenger.
Mochuo said angrily: Last time I caught an envoy in the Northeast, and I stubbornly ate the document into my stomach, so I asked someone to break his stomach and take it out.If you have a mouth that doesn’t speak, then I will cut off your tongue first!
The messenger's face suddenly changed and he hurriedly said: The secret text was made by the prince's shogunate, and only theirs have a book comparison translation. We really don't know.Even if Khan killed me, I couldn't recognize anything like the Book of Heaven.
Yang Wozhi also said: Father Khan, the commander of the Tang army, used secret documents to write military orders to prevent the enemy from intercepting and leaking military aircraft.If this person can understand it, the secret text will be useless, so I think he may really not understand it.
Mochu was furious, pulling out the useless thing and cooking it!The messenger begged for mercy loudly, but it was useless.
The thing that had been intercepted after a lot of effort was now placed in front of Mochu but didn't know the content, which made him very unhappy.
Yang Wozhi said again: Judging from the location of the intercept, the messenger came from the three cities, located between Heisha City, and must have been the military order from the Central Army of the Tang Dynasty to Heisha City.There are only two types of contents: either inform Du Xian to defend the city and wait for assistance, and the main force of the Tang army arrived as soon as possible to fight with me; or ask Du Xian to abandon the city and retreat to avoid falling into the encirclement of our army.
So which one is it?Mochu said in a deep thought.The people around looked at each other, most of them could not guess.
Tosi Khan, who had just escaped from merging with Mochu's main force, said angrily: If Du Xian doesn't leave, we will rush over and surround Heisha City to catch a turtle in a jar and avenge a single arrow!
Mochu Khan said: Du Xian has only 10,000 people. You have more people guarding the city than siege. He actually lost the city and fled in a panic. What kind of battle is it? Now you think about taking revenge?
Yang Wozhi helped his brothers speak: At first, Tuyuhun's troops were twice as big as Tosi, but they were defeated; later, Du Siang's troops easily captured the city with only 10,000 troops.From this we can see that Du Xian’s troops in Heisha City must be the elite army of the Tang army. Otherwise, Xue Chongxun would not have sent fewer troops to attack Heisha City after his first failure.The strength of the troops is not entirely due to the number of people. The enemy is strong and we are weak. No wonder my brother is not ineffective in fighting.
Yang Wozhi's words reminded the Turkic ministers of their thoughts. Mochu's brother-in-law immediately said: It seems that the military order Xue Chongxun gave Du Xian was retreating, and he was not willing to let the best elite soldiers take the risk of being besieged by my army of more than 100,000.
Another person echoed: It would not be a bad thing that the main force of the Tang army would really run to Heisha City to fight us in a decisive battle.They must travel lightly before our cavalry. At that time, more than 100,000 people will not be a minor problem. They will definitely rely heavily on subsequent grain transportation.We just attacked the food route so that it could not last long. If we retreated, we would take advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, which would be of great benefit to me.
Mochu nodded thoughtfully and said: Then let’s use the trick and use the seal of the messenger of the Tang Dynasty to send a new military order to Du Xian, so that he can guard Heisha City and wait for help.Our army rushed to Heisha City as soon as possible to surround him. No matter what the Tang army planned, we should tempt its main force to rescue him.If Xue Chongxun doesn't come, we can take Du Xian's elite back to the game.
All the ministers agreed: Khan is wise.
So Mochuo chose a Han minister to change into the armor of the Tang Dynasty envoy, and then asked several Han people who defected to the Turks to dress up as attendants, forged a military order, and went to Heisha City with seals and other items to pass on the order.
After they arrived at Heisha City, they were inspected and successfully met Du Xian.
Because those things are real, there is naturally nothing wrong with them.
When Du Xian met, he thought it was from Xue Chongxun's sect. He even exchanged a few greetings and asked about the weather in the three cities. The fake messenger said nonsense and made no mistakes.
But when Du Xian opened the letter, he immediately felt something was wrong, because it was written in Chinese characters, not essay text.
According to Xue Chongxun's usual practice, military orders that were dozens of miles away were written in secret text. Naturally, there were civil servants from the King of Jin's shogunate in Mingguang's army who were responsible for translating the characters.
But how could it be written directly in words this time?
Du Xian looked up at the messenger, and the messenger looked elsewhere and looked calm.
Du Xian was not moved. He first read the content of the general's order carefully. The military order ordered him to consolidate the city defense and defend the city to wait for help, lure the main force of the Turks to come to Heisha City, and then fight against it.
This military order is completely contrary to Du Xian's immediate retreat. He was suspicious for a moment and then said: There is news from above, and the brothers are asked to clean up and prepare to abandon the city. There is nothing to be left to nostalgic about this Black Sha City so broken.
The messenger said in surprise: Didn’t you tell you to defend the city? How dare you disobey?
Du Xian immediately smiled: How did you know this letter is covered with a paint seal?
The messenger's face immediately turned red: I heard what the advisers said.
Du Xian laughed: Which adviser?
The messenger didn't understand the name of Xue Chongxun's aide and couldn't answer it for a while.Du Xian made a quick decision and said: Come and arrest me, take it back and ask for a crime!
Are you going to rebel?!
The messenger slandered.
Those two words were very harsh, which made the civil servants on the side raise their ears. Their duty was to monitor military generals, so they were particularly sensitive to such things.
But no one stood up to oppose Du Xian's decision, because everyone really couldn't think of any reason or possibility for Du Xian to rebel.
General Du Xian showed the order to the staff nearby and said: The prince’s strategy is by no means taking a risk to fight the Turks. From the beginning, he has been trying to gradually weaken the Turks' strength and strengthen the coalition forces. It is impossible to change temporarily this time.In addition, there are many doubts about this belief, so there is no need to listen to it. The best way to withdraw from Heisha City is to evacuate.
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When Mochuo led his army back to his nest, where was there any shadow of Tang Bing?
The city's food, grass and property were plundered and there were very few houses left, many of them were burned in the war, and the city walls and gates collapsed without repairing, and almost lost most of their defense capabilities.
However, the Tang army did not massacre the city, and not many civilian herdsmen in the city died.
Originally, Mochuo thought it was a clever plan, but unexpectedly, Du Xian ran away without any use.
At this time, the Tang army was advancing, and the Turks were paying attention to the victory or defeat of the war.
However, at least one person is not the one who cares most about this. He is Qi Teller, the grandson of Zuoxian King Teller. As soon as Qi Teller entered the city, he hurried to find Princess Ashinazhuo, but he didn't find anyone. He asked her family that she had been captured by the Tang army.
Later Qi Teller learned from the Turkic people in the city that Ashinazhuo was sent back to the three cities by Du Xian to present it to King Xue Chongxun of Jin. Qi Teller's mood at this time can be imagined.
He went to find the little Khan Tosi with anger, told Ashinazhuo what happened, and pointed to Li Shizhi next to him, scolding him for being ungrateful, asking Tosi to kill him to avenge Ashinazhuo.
Li Shizhi defended a few words, and Qi Teller said again: Princess Ashinazhuo is obedient to you, but when things come to an end, they only care about running for life!At that time, I was still fighting outside the city, so why didn’t you take the princess with you in the city?I'm afraid she would have forgotten everything at that time!
This sentence is not only to blame Li Shizhi, but also Toshi and others were implicated, because Toshi and the others were also with Li Shizhi, so they did leave their families and run away.
Tosi said dissatisfiedly: You don’t know the situation at that time. The city gate suddenly collapsed and the army was defeated like a mountain. Where can we still have a chance to save people?You can't blame Mr. Li, he and we are both worried about the war, and it's understandable.
He was actually defending himself when he spoke to Li Shizhi.
Li Shizhi is just a Han man, and the princess is the little Khan's sister. Why do you need to protect him?Qi Teller said angrily.
Toxi said: Although Mr. Li is a Han Chinese, he is not our enemy. He has no guilt. Why should we kill a friend who is aimed at us?
Also present were Qi Telle's grandfather, Zuoxian King Telle, and Telle also had an abacus in his heart: Princess Ashinazhuo was a beauty who had aroused the conflict between Quetle, the son of the former Khan, and the Telle tribe. Now that he was abducted, he could somewhat resolve the resentment between the two families. Without this woman, the relationship in the future could still be repaired slowly.
Considering this level, it is a good thing that Ashinazhuo was abducted.
So Tsuyugu also said a few words to Li Shizhi's tone, and scolded Qi Telle in the tone of an elder to let him go.
Almost everyone stood beside Li Shi. Qi Teller could not match several mouths with one mouth, and he felt so depressed.
His unfavorable situation was that he pushed Li Shizhi into the position of Tosi and others, and naturally he did not receive support.
After Qi Telle returned, an elder of a tribe advised him: There are so many unmarried girls on the grassland, why do you have to take the people from Ashi's family?After the princess was abducted, you will focus on combat and make contributions and may inherit the position of leader of the tribe from the Narugu Valley.
But Qi Teller couldn't listen at all. He was no longer interested in any heirs. He was simply discouraged and had no other thoughts except hatred.
In fact, Ashinazhuo had a really good relationship with him when he was a child. The two can be said to be childhood sweethearts. I remember that when Ashinazhuo was always on his side when he was a child, Qi Teller must help her stand out when someone bullied her, but when Ashinazhuo grew up, it was different, but Qi Teller's mind still had not changed.
From what I can remember to now, there has always been that beautiful princess in his life. If he loses all this all at once, Qi Teller really doesn't know how to face it.
After a few days of depression, he finally found a way out in despair. Only by avenging revenge can he survive in the expectation of revenge!
There are two culprits who caused all these tragedies, and the one that Qi Tele hated the most was naturally Li Shizhi!
But killing Li Shizhi alone cannot solve the hatred in his heart. Just like his childhood, the person who bullies Ashinazhuo will also receive the retribution he deserves.
After thinking through these things, Qi Teller seemed to have found the direction to live again, and he didn't drink alcohol and became much more energetic.The relatives in the tribe felt relieved when they saw this, but no one understood his psychology.
Qi Teller summoned some of his usual confidants and said that he wanted to do something big, and asked everyone if they would like to follow.
The dozens of warriors who arrived were from a tribe that grew up with him, and they all expressed their willingness to follow him. Someone said: Even if the leader of the Tsuyogu tribe is not Qi Telle in the future, we will only listen to you!
Seeing this, Qi Teller felt confident and began to conceive his own revenge plan.
It is really uncommon for him to think about strategy. In the past, almost all the methods of doing things were force, but Li Shizhi also made him feel that sometimes using his brain and strategy was more powerful than using force alone.
He found a few of the people he trusted the most and said to them: Mochu Khan is violent and selfish, not good to our tribes, and will sooner or later be defeated by the Tang people.Why should we serve him again?You have to find another way out.
Several Turkic warriors stood there with some fear, but they didn't understand what was going on. However, they had a deep understanding of the power of the Tang army when they were in the Battle of Heisha City.
These Qi Teller's confidants are the same as Qi Teller's style. They are all reckless men who don't like to use their brains, but they are loyal to Qi Teller, so they carefully follow the words: Every time they divide the pasture, the best place for water and grass is the Mochu tribe, but they want the most cattle and sheep...
Qi Teller said: You sneak into the Tang realm and hand over my letter to the King of Jin in the Tang Dynasty. Let’s go over and avoid being angry in Mochu’s hands.
Someone said fearfully: If Mochu finds out, we must kill us.Mochu Khan let go of the words, and anyone who dares to betray him will be boiled into white bones.
Qi Teller's answer was also very straightforward: Don't let him know!
After he decided on this, he began to prepare letters and other items, but he could not write Chinese characters, nor could he find someone who could write for him, for fear of leaking the news, so he had to use Turkic words.
I thought to myself that there were many people reading and writing in the Tang Dynasty, and there were always people who knew Turkic characters.
Qi Teller was really not under any psychological pressure when doing this. Apart from being occupied by hatred, he didn't have much affection for Khan and his tribal elders, especially his prejudice against his grandfather. At this time, he didn't care about his thoughts, and he really couldn't think of that wide.
The Murong clan tribe and the coalition forces of various northern tribes merged. At this time, the troops near the three cities reached more than 100,000, claiming to be 300,000 to prepare for a large-scale Northern Expedition.
Xue Chongxun took the direct descendant of the Shence Army as the central army, and the other eight armies had their own positions to spread on the plains, and the staff made the tokens of the order flags in advance for unified command. He also assigned dozens of civil servants to engage in monitoring and persuading the commanders of various departments and were also responsible for translating secret letters. Military orders with far-distance distances were given written instructions, but naturally, a messenger could not be sent to dictate the matter.
At this time, the central army received the military newspaper from Du Xian in Heisha City. Mochu Khan had returned to the south of the desert and was marching towards Heisha City.The main force of the Turks was attracted back, and Du Xian posted a message asking Ming Guangjun about his next actions.
Some aides in the central army believed that the Tang army's strength was not inferior to the main force of the Turks, and they took advantage of this opportunity to fight against it near Heisha City.
But Zhang Jiuling opposed: The marching speed of our army's infantry and cavalry is not as fast as that of the Turkic cavalry. If we attack in a hurry, the food route will not be safely prevented, and instead give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it.At this time, the Mingguang army had captured the Turkic capital. The purpose of building a momentum was achieved. It could be ordered to retreat first to avoid the enemy's edge, and it would not be too late to fight with it after our army was ready.
Someone raised objections: When we are ready, the Turks may not be willing to fight us head-on. It is a huge cost to delay, and it is probably not a long-term solution.
Zhang Jiuling laughed: This time the Tang army sent more than 100,000 troops. If the Turks cannot win a decisive victory, we will be defeated sooner or later, the southern desert area will be under the control of our Tang Dynasty. By then, all the Khitan, Goguryeo and all the tribes of Tiel will inevitably lean towards the Tang Dynasty, and the Turks will be defeated if they grow one and the other grow.
After hearing this, Xue Chongxun immediately made a decision: Mastering the situation and dividing the enemy camps is our established strategy before the war. So, based on Zishou's plan, he immediately ordered Du Xian to evacuate Heisha City and not fight to the death with the enemy. It is best to preserve his strength.
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The military order was soon prepared by Wang Changling, and sent a team of fast horse cavalry out of Zhongcheng to report the news to Heisha City. The location of Heisha City is only a few hundred miles away from Zhongcheng, and the fast horse will arrive in about two days.
Unexpectedly, I encountered a Turkic cavalry halfway.
After Mochuo led his troops back to the south of the desert, some advisers suggested taking advantage of the familiarity of the local terrain and sending forward light cavalry to intersperse in Heisha City and Tang Realm, which may lead to unexpected gains.
As expected, the Tang army had already controlled Heisha City at this time, and regarded the territory between Heisha City and the Three Surrendered City as its sphere of influence. The activities during this period were not very strict, and the messenger was blocked halfway.
The Turkic cavalry rushed over from both sides, fired an arrow first, and then started killing with weapons.The messenger's guard was too small, and the general next to him shouted: Brothers, take it for a while, the envoy will destroy the military newspaper!
But the instinct of survival made the messenger not do that, but took a few followers to turn their horses and run to the gap, hoping to escape with a fast horse.
The Turkic cavalry behind them were chasing each other. As soon as they crossed a small grass hill, the messenger suddenly felt a light body screaming, and with a loud bang, he fell into a big pit.
It turned out to be a trap for catching wild animals. The messenger's heart skipped a beat and knew something was wrong. Then he hurriedly took out the bamboo tube containing the letter and scraped the paint on it. Because he was anxious, his fingers were disobedient.
It was too late to take out the military order, and a Turkic soldier jumped out of it and pressed him to the ground.
After a while, other Turks arrived and seized the military order and captured the messenger.
After making meritorious service, the team of raids quickly evacuated northward and presented important things to Mochu's sweat tent.
Mochu was overjoyed when he heard that the order to intercept the Tang army had been intercepted and immediately called him to pass it on.
Unexpectedly, he was stunned when he opened it and saw that he could not recognize a single word of what was written on the paper.
Mochuo can speak Chinese. Although he doesn’t know much about the characters, he can finally recognize a few, but the words in front of him don’t look like Chinese characters at all.
He frowned and asked: Is it indeed the Tang army messenger who captured it?
The Turkic general said: They are all Han people in their clothes and appearance, and they are just as good as speaking, but they can't be wrong.
Mochu handed the letter to Yang Wozhi next to him, and Yang Wozhi said he didn't know him.
Mochuo then asked someone to bring the prisoners in to ask questions. He was indeed a Han man and spoke in Chinese.
Yang Wozhi, who was standing beside him, said: It should be the military order of the Tang army, but it may be in secret text, so you can only be translated by the prisoners.
Mochu turned his head and looked at the messenger and said coldly: What is the letter written?
I have no idea.Messenger.
Mochuo said angrily: Last time I caught an envoy in the Northeast, and I stubbornly ate the document into my stomach, so I asked someone to break his stomach and take it out.If you have a mouth that doesn’t speak, then I will cut off your tongue first!
The messenger's face suddenly changed and he hurriedly said: The secret text was made by the prince's shogunate, and only theirs have a book comparison translation. We really don't know.Even if Khan killed me, I couldn't recognize anything like the Book of Heaven.
Yang Wozhi also said: Father Khan, the commander of the Tang army, used secret documents to write military orders to prevent the enemy from intercepting and leaking military aircraft.If this person can understand it, the secret text will be useless, so I think he may really not understand it.
Mochu was furious, pulling out the useless thing and cooking it!The messenger begged for mercy loudly, but it was useless.
The thing that had been intercepted after a lot of effort was now placed in front of Mochu but didn't know the content, which made him very unhappy.
Yang Wozhi said again: Judging from the location of the intercept, the messenger came from the three cities, located between Heisha City, and must have been the military order from the Central Army of the Tang Dynasty to Heisha City.There are only two types of contents: either inform Du Xian to defend the city and wait for assistance, and the main force of the Tang army arrived as soon as possible to fight with me; or ask Du Xian to abandon the city and retreat to avoid falling into the encirclement of our army.
So which one is it?Mochu said in a deep thought.The people around looked at each other, most of them could not guess.
Tosi Khan, who had just escaped from merging with Mochu's main force, said angrily: If Du Xian doesn't leave, we will rush over and surround Heisha City to catch a turtle in a jar and avenge a single arrow!
Mochu Khan said: Du Xian has only 10,000 people. You have more people guarding the city than siege. He actually lost the city and fled in a panic. What kind of battle is it? Now you think about taking revenge?
Yang Wozhi helped his brothers speak: At first, Tuyuhun's troops were twice as big as Tosi, but they were defeated; later, Du Siang's troops easily captured the city with only 10,000 troops.From this we can see that Du Xian’s troops in Heisha City must be the elite army of the Tang army. Otherwise, Xue Chongxun would not have sent fewer troops to attack Heisha City after his first failure.The strength of the troops is not entirely due to the number of people. The enemy is strong and we are weak. No wonder my brother is not ineffective in fighting.
Yang Wozhi's words reminded the Turkic ministers of their thoughts. Mochu's brother-in-law immediately said: It seems that the military order Xue Chongxun gave Du Xian was retreating, and he was not willing to let the best elite soldiers take the risk of being besieged by my army of more than 100,000.
Another person echoed: It would not be a bad thing that the main force of the Tang army would really run to Heisha City to fight us in a decisive battle.They must travel lightly before our cavalry. At that time, more than 100,000 people will not be a minor problem. They will definitely rely heavily on subsequent grain transportation.We just attacked the food route so that it could not last long. If we retreated, we would take advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, which would be of great benefit to me.
Mochu nodded thoughtfully and said: Then let’s use the trick and use the seal of the messenger of the Tang Dynasty to send a new military order to Du Xian, so that he can guard Heisha City and wait for help.Our army rushed to Heisha City as soon as possible to surround him. No matter what the Tang army planned, we should tempt its main force to rescue him.If Xue Chongxun doesn't come, we can take Du Xian's elite back to the game.
All the ministers agreed: Khan is wise.
So Mochuo chose a Han minister to change into the armor of the Tang Dynasty envoy, and then asked several Han people who defected to the Turks to dress up as attendants, forged a military order, and went to Heisha City with seals and other items to pass on the order.
After they arrived at Heisha City, they were inspected and successfully met Du Xian.
Because those things are real, there is naturally nothing wrong with them.
When Du Xian met, he thought it was from Xue Chongxun's sect. He even exchanged a few greetings and asked about the weather in the three cities. The fake messenger said nonsense and made no mistakes.
But when Du Xian opened the letter, he immediately felt something was wrong, because it was written in Chinese characters, not essay text.
According to Xue Chongxun's usual practice, military orders that were dozens of miles away were written in secret text. Naturally, there were civil servants from the King of Jin's shogunate in Mingguang's army who were responsible for translating the characters.
But how could it be written directly in words this time?
Du Xian looked up at the messenger, and the messenger looked elsewhere and looked calm.
Du Xian was not moved. He first read the content of the general's order carefully. The military order ordered him to consolidate the city defense and defend the city to wait for help, lure the main force of the Turks to come to Heisha City, and then fight against it.
This military order is completely contrary to Du Xian's immediate retreat. He was suspicious for a moment and then said: There is news from above, and the brothers are asked to clean up and prepare to abandon the city. There is nothing to be left to nostalgic about this Black Sha City so broken.
The messenger said in surprise: Didn’t you tell you to defend the city? How dare you disobey?
Du Xian immediately smiled: How did you know this letter is covered with a paint seal?
The messenger's face immediately turned red: I heard what the advisers said.
Du Xian laughed: Which adviser?
The messenger didn't understand the name of Xue Chongxun's aide and couldn't answer it for a while.Du Xian made a quick decision and said: Come and arrest me, take it back and ask for a crime!
Are you going to rebel?!
The messenger slandered.
Those two words were very harsh, which made the civil servants on the side raise their ears. Their duty was to monitor military generals, so they were particularly sensitive to such things.
But no one stood up to oppose Du Xian's decision, because everyone really couldn't think of any reason or possibility for Du Xian to rebel.
General Du Xian showed the order to the staff nearby and said: The prince’s strategy is by no means taking a risk to fight the Turks. From the beginning, he has been trying to gradually weaken the Turks' strength and strengthen the coalition forces. It is impossible to change temporarily this time.In addition, there are many doubts about this belief, so there is no need to listen to it. The best way to withdraw from Heisha City is to evacuate.
……
When Mochuo led his army back to his nest, where was there any shadow of Tang Bing?
The city's food, grass and property were plundered and there were very few houses left, many of them were burned in the war, and the city walls and gates collapsed without repairing, and almost lost most of their defense capabilities.
However, the Tang army did not massacre the city, and not many civilian herdsmen in the city died.
Originally, Mochuo thought it was a clever plan, but unexpectedly, Du Xian ran away without any use.
At this time, the Tang army was advancing, and the Turks were paying attention to the victory or defeat of the war.
However, at least one person is not the one who cares most about this. He is Qi Teller, the grandson of Zuoxian King Teller. As soon as Qi Teller entered the city, he hurried to find Princess Ashinazhuo, but he didn't find anyone. He asked her family that she had been captured by the Tang army.
Later Qi Teller learned from the Turkic people in the city that Ashinazhuo was sent back to the three cities by Du Xian to present it to King Xue Chongxun of Jin. Qi Teller's mood at this time can be imagined.
He went to find the little Khan Tosi with anger, told Ashinazhuo what happened, and pointed to Li Shizhi next to him, scolding him for being ungrateful, asking Tosi to kill him to avenge Ashinazhuo.
Li Shizhi defended a few words, and Qi Teller said again: Princess Ashinazhuo is obedient to you, but when things come to an end, they only care about running for life!At that time, I was still fighting outside the city, so why didn’t you take the princess with you in the city?I'm afraid she would have forgotten everything at that time!
This sentence is not only to blame Li Shizhi, but also Toshi and others were implicated, because Toshi and the others were also with Li Shizhi, so they did leave their families and run away.
Tosi said dissatisfiedly: You don’t know the situation at that time. The city gate suddenly collapsed and the army was defeated like a mountain. Where can we still have a chance to save people?You can't blame Mr. Li, he and we are both worried about the war, and it's understandable.
He was actually defending himself when he spoke to Li Shizhi.
Li Shizhi is just a Han man, and the princess is the little Khan's sister. Why do you need to protect him?Qi Teller said angrily.
Toxi said: Although Mr. Li is a Han Chinese, he is not our enemy. He has no guilt. Why should we kill a friend who is aimed at us?
Also present were Qi Telle's grandfather, Zuoxian King Telle, and Telle also had an abacus in his heart: Princess Ashinazhuo was a beauty who had aroused the conflict between Quetle, the son of the former Khan, and the Telle tribe. Now that he was abducted, he could somewhat resolve the resentment between the two families. Without this woman, the relationship in the future could still be repaired slowly.
Considering this level, it is a good thing that Ashinazhuo was abducted.
So Tsuyugu also said a few words to Li Shizhi's tone, and scolded Qi Telle in the tone of an elder to let him go.
Almost everyone stood beside Li Shi. Qi Teller could not match several mouths with one mouth, and he felt so depressed.
His unfavorable situation was that he pushed Li Shizhi into the position of Tosi and others, and naturally he did not receive support.
After Qi Telle returned, an elder of a tribe advised him: There are so many unmarried girls on the grassland, why do you have to take the people from Ashi's family?After the princess was abducted, you will focus on combat and make contributions and may inherit the position of leader of the tribe from the Narugu Valley.
But Qi Teller couldn't listen at all. He was no longer interested in any heirs. He was simply discouraged and had no other thoughts except hatred.
In fact, Ashinazhuo had a really good relationship with him when he was a child. The two can be said to be childhood sweethearts. I remember that when Ashinazhuo was always on his side when he was a child, Qi Teller must help her stand out when someone bullied her, but when Ashinazhuo grew up, it was different, but Qi Teller's mind still had not changed.
From what I can remember to now, there has always been that beautiful princess in his life. If he loses all this all at once, Qi Teller really doesn't know how to face it.
After a few days of depression, he finally found a way out in despair. Only by avenging revenge can he survive in the expectation of revenge!
There are two culprits who caused all these tragedies, and the one that Qi Tele hated the most was naturally Li Shizhi!
But killing Li Shizhi alone cannot solve the hatred in his heart. Just like his childhood, the person who bullies Ashinazhuo will also receive the retribution he deserves.
After thinking through these things, Qi Teller seemed to have found the direction to live again, and he didn't drink alcohol and became much more energetic.The relatives in the tribe felt relieved when they saw this, but no one understood his psychology.
Qi Teller summoned some of his usual confidants and said that he wanted to do something big, and asked everyone if they would like to follow.
The dozens of warriors who arrived were from a tribe that grew up with him, and they all expressed their willingness to follow him. Someone said: Even if the leader of the Tsuyogu tribe is not Qi Telle in the future, we will only listen to you!
Seeing this, Qi Teller felt confident and began to conceive his own revenge plan.
It is really uncommon for him to think about strategy. In the past, almost all the methods of doing things were force, but Li Shizhi also made him feel that sometimes using his brain and strategy was more powerful than using force alone.
He found a few of the people he trusted the most and said to them: Mochu Khan is violent and selfish, not good to our tribes, and will sooner or later be defeated by the Tang people.Why should we serve him again?You have to find another way out.
Several Turkic warriors stood there with some fear, but they didn't understand what was going on. However, they had a deep understanding of the power of the Tang army when they were in the Battle of Heisha City.
These Qi Teller's confidants are the same as Qi Teller's style. They are all reckless men who don't like to use their brains, but they are loyal to Qi Teller, so they carefully follow the words: Every time they divide the pasture, the best place for water and grass is the Mochu tribe, but they want the most cattle and sheep...
Qi Teller said: You sneak into the Tang realm and hand over my letter to the King of Jin in the Tang Dynasty. Let’s go over and avoid being angry in Mochu’s hands.
Someone said fearfully: If Mochu finds out, we must kill us.Mochu Khan let go of the words, and anyone who dares to betray him will be boiled into white bones.
Qi Teller's answer was also very straightforward: Don't let him know!
After he decided on this, he began to prepare letters and other items, but he could not write Chinese characters, nor could he find someone who could write for him, for fear of leaking the news, so he had to use Turkic words.
I thought to myself that there were many people reading and writing in the Tang Dynasty, and there were always people who knew Turkic characters.
Qi Teller was really not under any psychological pressure when doing this. Apart from being occupied by hatred, he didn't have much affection for Khan and his tribal elders, especially his prejudice against his grandfather. At this time, he didn't care about his thoughts, and he really couldn't think of that wide.
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