Chapter 3: Beacon Fire (Six Strikes) If he hadn't been unsure of his sword skills and riding skills, Ashina Gutuolu would have rushed forward immediately with a scimitar, no, with a horse's hooves, to kill the ignorant Central Plains man in front of him.
Stomping into a pile of meat paste, he had been talking earnestly for a long time, and even proposed on behalf of the Ashina family that he would support the other party as the overlord of the Central Plains as long as he was willing to hand over the Silver Wolf King and stand still, but the other party didn't seem to understand at all.
, but offered a price that Gutuoru simply could not accept.
The overlord of the Central Plains who was supported by the Turks, even if he could not proclaim himself emperor, could at least cede territory and stand on his own feet. The Sui Dynasty had reached its peak in just a few days. Heroes with a little foresight knew that this court was just hanging on for a while. Countless "heroes" were trying to get rid of it.
In order to form a strategic alliance, no matter what harsh conditions the Ashina family put forward, they would agree without hesitation. "Those Central Plains people always put
Put your own interests higher than the interests of the ethnic group!" After witnessing countless weaklings from the Central Plains who could only beg for mercy, the Ashina family came to this conclusion. Therefore, they also strengthened their determination to go south.
But the general in front of him was an anomaly. The Ashina family took the initiative to offer such a generous offer. Instead of accepting it, he demanded a sky-high price!
"Take the Eastern Fortress tribes to evacuate first, and then send the princess of the Khitan Yuling tribe to pick up Gan Luo a month later!" How is this possible? That means that the Eastern Fortress tribes, including Ashina Gutuolu's headquarters, will
From then on, Hu began to break up with Khan, and they could not guarantee that the Sui people would return the silver wolf as promised.
"You, are you blackmailing?" After breathing heavily for a long time, Gutuolu squeezed out this sentence from the gap between his teeth. It's not that he had never thought about snatching Gan Luo away directly, but his wife had reminded him before she came, "P.S.
Li was the best archer by the Crescent Lake back then, and no one in the Su Chuan tribe could compare with him, including Aslan!"
The moment he heard this sentence, Gutuolu saw a trace of sadness in his wife's eyes. Just like the days when the two just got married, the sadness in his wife's eyes always made Gutuolu feel heartbreaking and painful.
I have heard the story about my wife and another man, which is full of desolation and helplessness.
Thinking of the look in his wife's eyes at that time, Gu Tuolu felt unspeakably uncomfortable. Tao Kuo Tuosi finally followed him to help him beg for the sacred object that was related to the rise and fall of the family. Tao Kuo Tuosi paid great attention to her husband's face.
From the beginning until now, she has not even glanced at the Central Plains person opposite. Her eyes have been fixed on Gan Luo, gentle and focused, just like the few months she just married into the Turks.
"This is not blackmail, Gutuo Rushe. You simply don't have enough to exchange with me. The 400,000 troops you just mentioned are under the command of Shibi Khan and the support you just mentioned for me, as well as for the entire Ashina family.
Gan Luo was finally given to her." Xuzi smiled and raised her chin towards Tao Kuo, "It's not the Ashina family. Of course, if you want me to dedicate Gan Luo to Shibi Khan in one month, I will be happy to do so.
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"You, you don't have the slightest bit of sincerity!" Gutuolu suddenly felt his mouth go dry and his hair almost stood up. "Damn Han, he actually knows the internal affairs of the Ashina family so clearly!" Except
In addition to cursing in his heart, Gutuolu found that he had almost no suitable words to fight back. Although he was also called a Khan, this Khan was completely different from Shi Bixiang. In fact, in the Turkic royal court, his official position was
It is just one of the four settings. His status is similar to that of a prince. The more critical point is that his status is not stable. Without the support of the Silver Wolf King whom his wife married and the tribes of the Eastern Fortress, Shibi Khan will sooner or later have to deal with Qiu.
Yu She did the same and uprooted it from the grassland in the northeast.
This is the internal secret of the Ashina family. Few people in the Central Plains know it, but the bearded guy in front of them actually knows it in more detail than their emperor and prime minister!
Ashina Gutuolu turned his head angrily and looked at the subordinates he had brought with him, "Kill him if he is not prepared!" A crazy and bold idea jumped into Gutuolu's mind, "Taokuo took off his silk."
He must be very, very unhappy, and would even take Silver Wolf away!' He could think of the consequences of doing that, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw the opponent's right hand on the handle of the knife suddenly clenched tightly.
"I can't agree! Even if you take the Silver Wolf King away, Yanmen Pass will definitely fall in less than three months. At that time, our allied forces outside the Great Wall will move south in a large scale. With a small Naoxian County, you can't stop our war horses at all!" Suddenly!
Turning his head back, Ashina Gutoru replied loudly. At the same time, he quickly pulled out the sword with his hand.
The guards on the outer perimeter ignored Tao Kuo's dissuasion and rushed over on horseback. If the Khan was prepared to use force, they would step forward to help even if they were punished by Ke Dun in the future.
"It's broken, the Turks are using violence!" Luo Shixin, who was standing at the top of the city, was extremely anxious. He stretched his arms hard and stretched the strong bow in his hand. Before he could release the bow string, several hands clasped the bow arms at the same time. Li Shimin
Qin Shubao and Dugu Lin snatched the feather arrow that Luo Shixin had between his fingers and threw it on the city wall.
"Don't be anxious, Shixin, it's not time to fight yet!" Li Shimin advised with a smile, not at all nervous about the situation in front of him.
Luo Shixin took a closer look and saw that Ash's stinky bone had inserted the half-pulled scimitar back into his waist. Xuzi did not move at all, not caring about the other party's threat. Silver Wolf Ganluo suddenly became furious and blocked the guards.
The war horses roared loudly in front of them. Those poor herbivorous animals did not dare to hit the wolf's mouth. They raised their front hooves high and were frightened. The guards on the horses were either thrown off or controlled their mounts to circle far away. They could kill everything that stood in their way.
Human beings dare not point their swords at the messengers of gods
Tao Kuo took off his silk and ran to Gan Luo, and hugged him with open arms. After a moment, the roar of the silver wolf gradually stopped, and the gray-headed guards walked back to their original positions. Above and below the city, their eyes turned to Ashina's bone tray.
Lu and Li Xu started a new round of bargaining as if nothing happened just now.
"You have no idea how long it took for us to go south this time, with only milk tofu and dried meat, and we brought a full 10,000 carts. Moreover, your Sui generals are not all like you. Many of them have secretly followed us.
Contact us! Ask us to help destroy the Sui Dynasty and bring justice to the people!"
"A person who betrays his own nation easily, do you think his words are reliable?" Xuzi suppressed the anger in his heart and asked.
"He who knows the current affairs is a hero. Isn't there a saying in the Central Plains that two birds choose a tree to roost on? You should know very well how confused the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty was!" Ashina Gutuolu did not answer Xu Zi's question.
Continue to persuade him with good words, "Even if you save Hunjun for a while, you can't save him forever. If you change the master of the Central Plains, everyone will live a better life!"
"It's your place, burning, killing, looting, killing all the men, and taking all the women as slaves. How about living a better life?" Xuzi let out a sneer from his nostrils, and his chest rose and fell rapidly. He admitted that Yang Guang was not a good person.
The emperor also admitted that the Sui Dynasty was extremely corrupt, but he still wanted to defend his homeland.
The duty of a military general is to protect him. He has never understood Zhang Xutuo like he does now. His eyes become brighter and his voice gradually gets louder. In the end, it almost turns into a roar.
People's affairs have nothing to do with you foreigners. Look at your own actions. No matter what excuse you use, what you bring is not disaster wherever you go!"
"I, we are also helpless. We have too many soldiers and it is difficult to control them!" Gutuolu actually blushed and explained sarcastically.
"Yes, you are just helpless, but our people are facing annihilation. Why, just because you have curly hair and green eyes? For God's sake, your Turkic royal court is also in a mess. Why don't we enter the grassland and help you?
Do you want justice?"
"We have brought more soldiers this time!" Ashina Gutolu said through gritted teeth as he was on the verge of breaking out again.
"We also have many people. General Luo Yi has left Anle County. You will hear news about him within ten days!" Xuzi sneered in reply, the expression on his face was very interesting.
"Impossible, General Luo Yi is a friend of the Ashina family and has always been at peace with us!" Ashina Kotolu pressed the hilt of the knife at his waist again, but this time he tried hard to control his emotions and failed.
He drew his sword outward. No wonder the Xi tribe warriors who had come with him in recent days were all restless. They must have heard some news. A stream of cold sweat quietly flowed down his back, from his spine to the saddle.
After leaving Anle County, you can reach the traditional pasture of the Xi people over Yanshan Mountain. After passing the pasture of the Xi people, you can reach Tuohechen, the old nest that the predecessor Ashina Choyu and he two have run for many years.
The Tiger and Ben cavalry, both men and horses covered in thick armor, has always been a nightmare in the hearts of Turkic warriors. Even if the two sides confront each other head-on, Ashina Gutuoru is not sure of victory, let alone the thousand-mile radius from Rushui to Taimi River.
, the only ones left in each tribe to look after the house are old, weak, women and children.
"General Luo Yi is a friend of the Ashina family, but he is a Han after all. If you don't invade the Central Plains if blood is thicker than water, he will naturally be at peace with you! Look what you have done here, if I bring people
If I commit the same evil on the grassland, even if I don't enter your territory, will you remain indifferent?" Asahi's next words made Ashina Gutuoru's head grow three feet taller.
There was scorched earth all around, and the allied forces turned more than 40 cities in Yanmen County into a paradise for killing and looting. Every time they entered a city, they slaughtered and vented to their heart's content. No one thought about maintaining military discipline. Those who were killed were not theirs.
People, they don't have to worry about this
In the same way, if the Huben General Luo Yi commanded his troops to attack the fortress, the Hu Ben tribesmen in the East Fortress would not be their tribesmen. Moreover, the Huben cavalry trained by General Yang Shuang has always had a reputation for brutality. Think about the scene of black smoke everywhere on the grassland.
, Ashina Gutuolu's body became weak, and even his voice became much softer.
"Luo Yi will be a good friend of our Turks!" He once again emphasized in a tone that even he could not be sure that this friendship was forged. Back then, Luo Yi followed Yang Shuang and fought countless battles with the Turks, which directly led to the Turkic war.
Later, the Great Sui Dynasty and the Eastern Turkic Qimin Khan got married, and together they defeated the Western Turkic Ashina family. The glory they have today is inseparable from the support of the Great Sui Dynasty. At the same time, some frontier generals of the Great Sui Dynasty also
Became friends with some heroes of the Ashina family, and kept exchanging letters in private
Luo Yi has a disloyal heart, and Ashina Gutuoru is very clear about this. In recent years, the Turks have been importing a large number of war horses to the area under Luo Yi's jurisdiction, but Ashina Gutuolu cannot guarantee that Luo Yi will be against him.
The behavior of the coalition forces in Yanmen was indifferent. As Xuzi emphasized, General Luo Yi was Han after all.
On one side is the 'friendship' of stakes, and on the other side is the innate love of blood, Ashina Gutolu is not sure what the opponent will choose. To his horror, the Sui general opposite seems to have other chess pieces hidden in the palm of his hand.
, it’s not just Luo Yi.
"You can wait and see, I won't force you!" Xuzi whistled softly, and Ganluo jumped out of the hostess's arms. Under the surprised eyes of Gutuolu, he quickly ran to the foot of Black Wind where Teller couldn't help but
He endured the smell of blood from the wolf and kept snorting in protest, but Asahi refused to accommodate him anymore and tightened the reins.
One person, one horse, and one wolf, standing quietly in the autumn sunshine. Ashina Gutuolu suddenly found that he was very weak, so weak that he could hardly raise his head in front of the other party. Tao Kuo couldn't control the Silver Wolf King by taking off his silk, only by attaching himself.
The true choice of God!' The facts were before him, and he couldn't help but not give in.
"If I withdraw my troops alone, I will become the public enemy of all Turks and return to the grassland. Shibi Khan will definitely be the first to conquer me!" He wiped the cold sweat from his palms and groaned, "I, I can't do it for a holy wolf.
And betray your own family!"
"You are not betraying, but helping! Help the family avoid disaster." Xuzi leaned over on the horse, patted Gan Luo's head, and then pointed at Tao Kuo. Gan Luo took off his clothes and got permission from the male master and ran towards him again.
The hostess didn't care at all how ugly Ashina Guturu's face was.
"Do you know Liu Jizhen? He is also a good friend of mine!" Xuzi showed enough power to Ashina Gutuolu and sat upright on the horse again.
"Are you talking about a gust of wind?" Ashina Gutolu became more and more nervous. Every time the other party said a word, a wedge was driven into his heart. He suddenly regretted coming to negotiate with Li Xu. If he had known that this would happen
In the end, it would be better to just attack the city. Although it might be a disastrous defeat, the process would not be as desperate as it is now.
"He himself said that he is the real master of the grassland, the descendant of Huhanxie Danyu!" Xuzi nodded, smiling and throwing out another piece of news that made people unable to shut up.
"Eternal Life!" Ashina Gutuolu was so angry that he almost wanted to slap himself in the mouth. "Don't despise the Han named Fu Li. If you can, don't fight with him. Try not to fight with him." He remembered Queyu's previous advice, but
Understand that it’s too late to regret
Everyone on the grassland knows the name of Huhanxie Dachanyu. He is a nation that has now declined, but was extremely powerful at the time. The Khans of the Huns are descended from the lineage, whether they are Turks, Shiwei or Khitan.
Part of the blood of the Huns. So whether Liu Jizhen’s blood lineage after the Xiongnu Great Chanyu is real or compiled, as long as he shows this flag, he will definitely stir up chaos in the grassland.
And Liu Jizhen's reputation for cruelty is even greater than that of Luo Yi. Although the tiger cavalry is fierce, it is a regular frontier army of the Sui Dynasty after all. Liu Jizhen's command is a den of horse thieves, a den of madmen who rob wherever they go!
"False, his surname is Liu, which is not a Huns surname at all!" Gutuolu heard his own voice and felt that it was full of despair.
Xuzi didn't refute, just smiled back. Both parties understood what the smile meant. Liu Yuan, who founded the Later Han Dynasty, was named Liu. He was a pure Huns, the son of Maodun Shanyu, and had no relationship with the Han people at all. So far, most of them
There were countless families with the surname Liu in the Sui Dynasty, which were derived from this bloodline.
"What on earth do you want to do?" Gutuolu finally realized that he was dealing with the legendary evil ghost, and roared with grief and indignation.
"Wait, you wait with me. Within five days, Shibi Khan will know that Liu Jizhen and Luo Yi have left the border. They are not only attacking your territory, but also several other khans will be threatened.
When the time comes, you decide for yourself whether to suggest to Shibi Khan to withdraw the troops!"
Xuzi smiled and gave a very considerate answer, "For you, there is no risk in making suggestions. As long as the coalition forces withdraw from the Great Wall, you will have fulfilled your promise to withdraw!" After that, he called again.
Whistle and turn the horse's head at the same time
Ganluo ran over like lightning and followed behind his master. Tao Kuo took off his silk and turned his gaze to his husband, with an apologetic look on his face. Seeing the expression on his wife's face, Ashina Gutuolu knew that he had lost everything and smiled bitterly.
After a few steps, he said, "Wait a minute, General Li, brother Fuli, do I have one more thing to ask you?"
