The moon is like a wolf's fang, and the night is like a dark curtain.
Outside Jinyang City, there is a Turkic camp with thousands of tents stretching into the distance like desert dunes, with no end in sight.
There is a huge tent standing in the center of the camp, which is where the leader of the team is staying.
Inside this tent, the lights are brightly lit, the furnishings are exquisite, and the space is spacious. A thin young man with sharp eyebrows and a sword nose, a broad face and blue eyes, is lying on the mat with his eyes wide open, staring at the roof of the tent.
The tent door was opened, and a slightly heroic Turkic girl dressed as a man came in carrying a plate of cheese and dried meat, and placed it on the low table next to the young man.
"Special Service?! Can you have a good meal?" the girl said, "You said you wanted to fight all the way to Daxing - be careful to starve to death on the road."
The man pushed the plate away and waved for the other person to go out.
The girl pushed the plate back.
The man was stunned for a moment, then sat up and stared at the girl.
The girl picked out a piece of dried meat from the plate and handed it to the man's mouth.
The two stared at each other for a long time, and the man finally looked away, picked a piece of cheese from the plate and stuffed it into his mouth.
The girl then got up and walked out. When she reached the door, she suddenly stopped, turned around and said:
"You can't do anything now - whether it's conquering the country or taking revenge."
After saying that, he left the tent without waiting for the man to jump in anger.
This girl's name is Sunong Linghua. The surname Sunong is a truly noble surname among the Blue Turks.
Inside the tent, Sun Nong Ling's words made him jump up and rush to the door, almost chasing him out for a quarrel. The young man's name was Ashina Kushiro③.
Ashina means noble wolf in Turkic language.
Anyone who knows a little bit about the history of Turks knows that Ashina is the first surname of Turks, and all Turkic khans have this surname, without a semicolon.
And the identity of Ashina Jisheli is even more remarkable - he is the youngest son of Shibi Khan.
When Heshui walked to the door, he had already thought of a bunch of counterattacks and was about to lift the blanket. Fang felt that as the commander of an army and a little girl, he was at a disadvantage anyway.
"Fuck."
He grabbed the felt twice with his hands, and turned back to the felt. Although he was very hungry looking at the cheese and dried meat, he had no appetite at all.
The association led the troops to kill Taiyuan this time, which was both repayment and revenge.
Two days ago, the savior of the gang leader, who was also his good brother Ah Di Grant, gave him a dream, saying that he died in Taiyuan County and that the murderer was also in Taiyuan, and begged him to avenge him.
In the dream, Ah Di Gelan was covered in blood. After saying a few words, he suddenly exploded and shattered into blood and dust. Only two eyeballs were left rolling on the ground. They rolled and stopped, round and straight.
Look at the association rate with a sly look.
After having this dream, Jishu couldn't sleep anymore. As soon as he closed his eyes, he could see Ah Di Gelan's eyes rolling on the ground, rolling over and over, rolling over and over, getting closer and closer to him.
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No one's appetite will be good if such scenes are repeated over and over again.
The association rate has made up its mind to come to Taiyuan to have a look.
He could not predict what kind of enemy he would face in Taiyuan, whether it would be a wolf or a fox, but what was certain was that the opponent would be powerful and difficult to deal with.
Because Adi Gelan is by no means an ordinary Tiele person④.
Like the association rate, he is an outstanding "Kulada" of the Turks. If this word is translated into Chinese characters, it means that he is a person favored by the god "Tenggri"⑤ who spreads the Dharma.
Those Han people like to call "Kulada" the awakened disciples.
Adi Gelan specializes in the art of sacrifice.
The "Haihezi" in his body is a black-tasseled spear that exudes strong evil aura, and the association has seen it. A few years ago, Adi Gelan used this black-tasseled spear to save the life of "Kula" who had not yet become "Kula".
up to” the association rate of life.
Ah Di Gelan is very powerful. In terms of his association rate, even if he can't compare to his current self in casting spells, he is definitely not something that ordinary people can compete with based on numbers.
Jiushesu sat up abruptly, grabbed a handful of dried meat and held it tightly in his hands.
It was the awakened disciples who killed Atoglen.
In the past two days, the association rate has become more and more certain of my guess.
Although they live in the grassland all year round, they are aware of the Han people's affairs - among the Han people, awakened disciples rarely go alone. They are attached to the court or major forces, and use their awakening skills to make bets among the warlords.
Trying to reach the final ceremony of becoming a god.
The awakened disciples in Taiyuan County must be the same.
In all likelihood, he took refuge with Li Yuan, who was left behind in Taiyuan.
It's not like he has never thought about going to Taiyuan alone to take revenge, but his rationality tells him that doing so will most likely result in failure or even put him in danger.
It happens to be the hunting season now. Since Atta stepped on the horse nails in the hands of Li Yuan's two thousand cavalry and archers last time, the Turkic army has not gone south to fight the autumn wind for some time.
It also happened that Liu Wuzhou of Mayi had recently surrendered to Atta, thus opening the northern gate of the Sui Dynasty. Taiyuan stood like a stripped Han girl in front of the Turkic man.
The association leaders asked Atta to send his army southward on the pretext of looting, but Atta painfully agreed.
It's not surprising when you think about it. Under the leadership of Atta, the Turks have reached their best era, with millions of strong soldiers throwing whips to cut off the flow. Even if they attack the city of Daxing, it's nothing, and if they rob Taiyuan, it's nothing.
What's more, it is true that the Han and Sui Dynasties were prosperous in the past, but now there are only a few grains of rice left in the bottom of the vat that has been squandered in the hands of prodigal sons. The war between the powerful and thieves is hard to quench, and they have no time to look north.
Regarding the association rate, even if the Khan's own son wants to lead tens of thousands of troops out of the grassland for a horse ride, it is not easy. Now that he has come out, he has no intention of running back empty-handed.
Facing the naked eldest girl, he came with thousands of troops and horses. He wanted to rush in at once, but he had to hold the reins of the horses——
As he got closer, he realized that Jinyang City, which was so empty that no one could be seen, looked more like a terrifying trap.
And he wasn't so desperate that he lost his mind.
At this time, there was a faint buzzing sound outside the camp.
As his thoughts wandered back, he noticed that he was holding a handful of dried meat in his hand.
He looked in the direction of Jinyang, stuffed the dried meat into his mouth, stood up and walked outside the tent.
There was silence in the sky under the crescent moon, and the patrolling soldiers saluted him.
Sunong Linghua stood not far outside the tent, looking in the direction of the strange noise.
Let's go out for a walk, I'm sure I won't be able to sleep.
Just after the strange noises came from Karma, he suddenly had a hunch that he should go out for a walk, and something good would happen.
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Note:
?Teqin means young master. Some historical records also call him "Tele", which is the name of the Khan's nephew and nephew.
②Blue Turks. The core Turkic tribe. In a narrow sense, the Ashina tribe calls itself "Blue Turks". In a broad sense, there are several clans. In addition to Ashina, the Khan's surname, Ashid is the queen's surname, and Sunong is the surname of the queen.
, Zhisi, Relics and Tuli, and Bayan are the four noble surnames. Corresponding to the Blue Turks are some slave tribes such as Tiele and Sogdiana, which are called Black Turks.
③ Ashina · Association rate. Historically, Bi Khan really had such a son, but he was playing with mud elsewhere during the raid on Jinyang. The author changed it accordingly.
④The Tiele people. A slave tribe of the Turks, famous both at home and abroad for their rebelliousness.
⑤Tenggri. It is the Immortal God, the supreme god in the eyes of the Turks.
As for the word "Kulada", the author researched the Turkic language family in many ways and rigorously came up with it based on Turkic grammar... so what?
⑥Ata. Turkic father.
⑦ refers to Li Yuan's counterattack against the Turks in the twelfth year of the Sui Dynasty (616). At that time, the Turks were swept forward by the Sui Dynasty under the leadership of Shibi Khan. They had strong troops and strong horses, strong momentum, and were repeatedly disturbed.
Northern Territory.
In order to fight back against the Turks, Li Yuan specially selected 2,000 soldiers who were good at riding and shooting (why does this word always sound like Wuwudi)? They made their diet and daily life completely imitate the Turks, adapted to their life and fighting methods, and waited for opportunities to attack the Turks.
The troops won many victories, and the Turks were quite afraid of Li Yuan.
It can also be seen from here - first, Li Yuan definitely has two skills. Second, Li Shimin's rare military talent is obviously genetic.