But this is the northernmost part of the Xiongnu prairie, even Mobei. It is absolutely difficult to find 80,000 people in such a place.
Although the more than 6,000 cavalrymen under the Prime Minister are not as many as those led by Zuo Dadu, these people under the Prime Minister are all elites in the army. In addition, they did not follow Xue Yantuo Khan to fight in the Turks, so their organization is intact. Zuo Dadu
Although there are tens of thousands of people on Wei's side, most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, so in terms of combat effectiveness, the Prime Minister's side is still in the front.
On the way, the prime minister was making plans. The reason why Captain Zuo chose to surrender to the Tang Dynasty was probably after thinking for a long time. The day before yesterday, Captain Zuo had gone to see the Khan and asked him to give his troops some food and grass.
Overcoming the difficulties, but Khan lost too much food and grass on the road, and his own troops did not have enough to eat. How could he give it to him?
At that time, the Zuo Dazhongwei had a grudge. When he went on the expedition, the Khan made a good point, saying that he would take back the Turkic people's cattle and sheep and then distribute them to the tribes below, so the Zuo Dazhongwei sent a large number of his own troops.
Go out, but now let alone cattle and sheep, those people have not come back, and every household wears sackcloth and wears mourning.
If Xue Yantuo Khan could give them enough compensation, it is estimated that these people would not defect. But after Xue Yantuo Khan came back, apart from drinking and beating people, he completely forgot about these things and did not think about comforting those below.
Man, Captain Zuo went there several times and almost got beaten up. Under such circumstances, anyone would have other ideas.
After dawn, many people woke up and discovered that the surroundings were different, because Khan's troops began to patrol. You must know that in such a blizzard environment, everyone will stay in their tents, and no one will come out to waste themselves.
physical strength.
But now the situation is different. Captain Zuo fled with his people, which means that things have changed. Each tribe has to stay in its own village. If you have other ideas,
, I am afraid that I will encounter suppression by the Khan.
Originally, after the defeat of Xue Yantuo Khan, the whole country was a little relaxed. Now after hearing about this incident, each tribe has begun to work on its own. If we follow Xue Yantuo Khan, we may not even have enough food to eat in the future.
You have to make plans early. The Tang Dynasty is at its peak now. I want to have a decisive battle with them next spring. Isn’t that a joke?
What's more, after the defeat next spring, you will be a loser. If we clarify our relationship with the Tang Dynasty now and express our love in our hearts, when the Tang army comes over next spring, we
A person can be regarded as surrendering in advance, so he must be given preferential treatment no matter what.
Xue Yantuo Khan thought that if his army controlled the main transportation route, then no one would be able to take people away. Little did he know that the people below had their own ideas in mind. They had already started to deploy and let their men bypass it.
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