Chapter 249 Jieli Khan ordered troops

"The wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep!"

The grass is particularly lush in the Elechuan River. The three-foot-tall alfalfa grass can almost submerge the back of the sheep, and the breeze blows, and the sheep inside the grass can be vaguely seen. This scene is just as sung in the Song of Ele. Even such a lush alfalfa grass can't stand up to millions of sheep eating wildly.

Today, in the province alone, the Turks have gathered more than 300,000 men who control the strings, more than 40,000 people and horses who have left the army, and as many as 100,000 herdsmen. Almost more than half of the population of the entire Turkic ethnic group is concentrated in the Elechuan at this moment. With a population of more than 500,000, it is natural that not only the Turkic people, but also the Zhaowu Jiuhu, Lite Hu, and Mobei Zhuhu. If you look at it, at this moment, the river is full of galloping horses and white sheep.

In fact, whether it is the Turkic people or the Rouran people, all the nomads do not want to fight in the spring or summer, the winter outside the fortress is extremely cold, in order to resist the cold, people and animals, must accumulate a lot of fat in the spring and summer season, otherwise it is difficult to survive the cold of winter.

From the beginning of spring to winter, it is a very important time. During this period, cattle, horses and sheep can be raised on the spot, if there is not enough fat, for herdsmen, the cold winter will be a ghost gate. But if war is launched at this time, it will be overdrawn, and the cattle and horses that have not recovered from the severe cold of last winter will be doomed - in the cold winter, the cattle and sheep that cannot survive have been buried in the wind and snow, and the cattle, sheep and horses that have survived. is in a period of weakness after exhausting energy, and at this time it is the most unbearable toss. At this time, if you ignore the habits of the war horses and forcibly drive them into battle, it is likely that many horses will fall seriously ill after the fierce battle load, and they will die if they can't survive. If you survive it, you may be wasted!

The new Eastern Turkic Khan, Jieli Khan Ashina, did not want to fight either. However, according to tradition, Ashina, who had just slept with his stepmother, Princess Yicheng, could not withstand the blowing of the pillow wind. In fact, Princess Yicheng's analysis with him is very reasonable, if Li Tang is relieved, then it will be a catastrophe for the Turks!

At the beginning, Ashina was naturally unconvinced. He thinks that the powerful Turks are as easy to pinch Li Tang as it is to pinch them to death.

Princess Yicheng sneered: "The Huns also thought so at the beginning, but what about them now? At the beginning, the Rouran people also thought so, but they were defeated by the Northern Wei Dynasty, otherwise our Turks would rise so easily? ”

Of course, Princess Yicheng was only a person from the Sui and Tang dynasties. He didn't know that there was no justice or injustice at all in this war, and to put it bluntly, it was all about survival. The nomads want the fertile soil of the Central Plains, and they want to herd horses south of the Yangtze River. However, Huaxia always thinks that the side of the couch does not allow others to sleep soundly? Therefore, in order to ensure the overall strategic security of China, once China becomes strong, the Northern Expedition will be launched.

During the period of the Qin Dynasty, after the unification, Qin Shi Huang immediately launched the Battle of Hetao, beating the Huns to the point of almost extinction. When the Han Dynasty became strong, it attacked the Xiongnu in the north. The same is true of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Even the Jin Dynasty, which was known for its weakness in history, also had a majestic time, in the third year of Taikang, Xianbei Murong Shegui raised troops against the Jin, and Emperor Wu of Jin ordered Zhang Hua to hold the festival and supervise the military of Youzhou. After Zhang Hua arrived in office, he immediately sent Yan Xun, the general of Anbei, to seek Xianbei Murong Shigui, and defeated him in Changli, killing and wounding tens of thousands of people, so he "cared for the old and the new, Rong Xia Huaizhi, Dongyi Ma Han, Xinmi and other countries according to the mountains and seas, went to the state for more than 4,000 miles, and more than 20 countries that were not attached to the past, and sent envoys to the court. So Yuanyi is in service, the four realms are safe, the frequency is abundant, and the horses are strong."

Needless to say, the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty were also in the name of weakness, so the two emperors of Taizu and Taizong also launched three northern expeditions to conquer the Liao State at the beginning of the founding of the country. Of course, the Ming Dynasty also had Hongwu to conquer the north, and Chengzu to conquer the north of the desert.

Princess Yicheng continued to fan the flames of Ashina: "Do you remember the iron cavalry that Luo Khan defeated to Li Tang? At that time, it was only a few thousand cavalry, once Li Tang unified the world, they would concentrate all their strength to form tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry, and then how should the Turks deal with themselves? ”

In the end, what made Ashina make up his mind was the news that Chen Ying was outside the Tiger Prison Pass, with less than 20,000 horses, resisted Dou Jiande's army of more than 200,000 for more than half a month, but instead of letting Dou Jiande go further, he killed Dou Jiande tens of thousands of horses and was forced to retreat to Hebei.

Seeing this news, Ashina felt cold in his hands and feet. It's really terrible, there is such a strong army in the world.

Princess Yicheng struck while the iron was hot and persuaded: "My Khan, don't hesitate, don't be afraid, you have no way to retreat, and the Turks have no way to retreat, if you don't take this opportunity to strangle Li Tang, then the Turks will be strangled by Li Tang step by step, and finally wiped out." ”

"Ben Khan has never hesitated, nor has he been afraid!" Ashina said angrily: "It's just that the Turks are in trouble now, and their forces are slightly insufficient compared to Luo Han. ”

"Hmph, you're just scared!" Seeing that the persuasion failed, Princess Yicheng immediately changed her strategy and began to agitate the generals: "Haven't you thought that if Li Tang wins the Central Plains, he can get millions of people and raise an army of 100,000, if he defeats Dou Jiande again and obtains the land of 39 states and more than 3 million people, Li Tang can form an army of 5 or 600,000 people, and at that time, won't it be more difficult to fight?" ”

On April 27, the third year of Wude, outside the tent of the Turkic king of Eilechuan, hundreds of horns sounded together, and the whimpering horns resounded in the sky.

Thousands of shamans and shamans, dressed like ghosts, danced with "magic weapons" made of cow bones.

On the steppe before the king's tent, a dense army was assembled, and the closest to Ashina was naturally the Turkic Khan Escort, which was attached to the army. The Turkic detachment army was the best equipped, with more than 40,000 men and horses, all of which were made of fine steel armor, and the swords and guns in their hands were also made of 100 steel.

In fact, the Turks started by striking iron, and they were originally the Iron Nu tribe of the Rouran Khanate. So the Turkic armor is clearly Persian.

Under the illumination of the sun, the armor of the attached army glowed with cold light, and the armor soldier had a hideous face and a murderous atmosphere. Ashina rode his horse slowly in the ranks of the departing army, he raised his arms and shouted: "Great Turkic warriors, hold your swords and guns, follow Ben Khan into the pass, break through Chang'an, take the anointed land that only our Great Turkic warriors deserve, turn the Han city into a sea of blood, plunder their wealth, wives and daughters, kill all their warriors, let them kneel before us and wag their tails like dogs and beg for mercy, Ben Khan will spare their dogs' lives, let their Han people be slaves of our Great Turkic warriors for generations, Let them make silk and cook delicious dishes for our great Turkic warriors......"

When the Turks heard this, their blood boiled, their eyes flashed red, and they roared with all their might: "Kill into Guanzhong and break through Chang'an!" ”

The faces of the two or three hundred thousand people who controlled the strings were swollen red, squeezed the last trace of air in their lungs, and roared: "Fight into Guanzhong and break through Chang'an!" ”

Under the Eilechuan, all the Turks roared, and in an instant, the entire Eilechuan was drowned out by the roar of "Kill into the Guanzhong and break through Chang'an".

In this bitter cold place, they are really fed up, and when they enter the pass, they don't have to worry about food, and they no longer have to worry about not having enough to eat, hungry, and shivering in the cold wind.

Fight into the pass, enjoy the warm and comfortable anointed place, even if you kill people's heads for this, so what?

For this reason, even if the blood is shedding, so what's the matter?

The rise of one nation is destined to step on the bones of another nation, and the Han people and China are destined to become the stepping stones of the Turkic people!