At the end of autumn, it was surprisingly cold in the Turkic territory.

The grassland is yellowing, the wind is a little raging, and the yellow sand is flying.

Some tribal herders are still driving horses and sheep for the final sweep.

When the snow comes, there is no pasture, and they have to gather some grass as soon as possible to stock up, so that their horses and sheep can survive the long winter.

A team of 100 or so herders, driven by thousands of cattle and sheep to fatter places, would take many days and would not return to their tribes until the first heavy snow of the year fell.

And just when this herdsman team was driving cattle and sheep, a Tang cavalry suddenly rushed in the distance.

There were about 100 or so cavalry in the Tang Dynasty, and they were coming quickly, and the big knives in the hands of each cavalry were waving in the air, which made people feel chilled.

"It's not good, the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty is coming......"

"Quick...... Run......

They were just ordinary herders, who had never fought at all, and most of them were women and children.

They were very frightened, and at the same time they were also very puzzled, all the time, it was their people who went to the border of Datang to plunder, and Datang had never sent people to plunder them, but this time why did Datang send people to plunder them?

The land in Datang is fertile, there are many crops, and it is rare to say that there is not enough to eat, so plundering like this is basically unlikely.

But now the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty is coming.

The Turkic herdsmen drove their cattle and sheep and wanted to escape, but they could escape the Tang cavalry?

It didn't take long for them to be surrounded by the Tang cavalry.

Cattle and sheep were scurrying, and the Turkic herdsmen panicked, but before they could react, the butcher's knives of the Tang cavalry had already slashed and killed.

In the face of the sophisticated cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, these herdsmen had no power to fight back at all, except for a few who ran relatively fast, and the rest of the people were all cut down by these Tang cavalry.

The cold wind is howling, and the smell of blood seems to be chilling, and this also makes this smell even more pungent, there is still blood on the knife edge of the Tang cavalry, but they don't care about this, a person who seems to be the leader glanced at the others, and immediately drove those Turkic cattle and sheep to the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

From the time they appeared to the time they left, the whole process took less than half an hour.

The cattle and sheep were scattered, the wind was still blowing, like a sad song, and dozens of corpses of Turkic herders were scattered on a large area of withered yellow grassland.

They were unfortunate, and it took the lucky herders more than half a day to finally escape back into their tribes.

They belonged to the Turkic Oghuz tribe, which was a medium-sized tribe among the many Turkic tribes, and their leader was called Guali.

The herdsmen who had fled had come to the outside of Kuali's tent.

"Chief, Chief, you have to call the shots for us......"

Gu Ali is a man in his thirties, very burly, dark-skinned, hearing that it is very noisy outside, Gu Ali frowned slightly, and asked, "What's going on outside?" ”

Soon, a guard hurriedly ran over: "Chief, a herdsman of our tribe was attacked by the Tang cavalry, most of them were killed by the Tang army, and their belongings were also robbed. ”

Cattle and sheep are their possessions.

When Guali heard this, he staggered to his feet from his chair.

"What, the Tang Army actually robbed us of something?" Gu Ali looked incredulous, this was the first time that the Tang Army had robbed them of their things.

He felt that Tang Jun was really bold, it was already very good if they didn't go to Tang Jun for trouble, and Tang Jun dared to take the initiative to provoke them.

I'm really impatient.

"Send someone to bring back the bodies of our tribesmen." When Kuali came out of the tent, he saw the people who were prostrate on the ground waiting to see him.

"You all rise up, I will help you avenge your revenge, I will go to see His Majesty Khan, this time, we must make Datang pay a painful price."

As a tribal leader in his thirties, Gu Ali has always been not afraid of war, and in his blood, there is an element of madness.

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Jieli Khan lived in a Turkic royal city.

Although the Turks were a nomadic people, they built a very good royal city in a place with fertile water and soil.

Gu Ali rode a fast horse, and after a day and a night, he finally came to the Turkic royal city.

Entering the Turkic royal city, Gu Ali soon entered the palace and met Jieli Khan.

For the arrival of Gu Ali, Jieli Khan was very strange.

"Why are you here?"

"Your Majesty Khan, the herdsmen of my tribe were attacked by the Tang cavalry, people were killed, and their property was robbed, the Tang Dynasty bullied my Turks like this, this hatred must not be endured, I am here to ask His Majesty the Khan to send troops."

Hearing that the Tang cavalry had robbed them of their belongings, Jieli Khan's expression immediately froze, but after a while, he showed a light smile again.

"Ben Khan's spies sent news a few days ago, saying that on the side of Chang'an, the capital city, the prince of the Tang Dynasty and Li Shimin, the king of Qin, are a bit of a quarrel, and their dispute for the prince should have a result soon."

For what Jieli Khan said, Gu Ali couldn't understand it very much.

"Does His Majesty the Khan mean to send troops or not?"

Jieli Khan smiled: "Send troops." ”

Sending troops sounded completely unrelated to what he said just now, Gu Ali was a little confused, but he didn't think much about it, as long as his khan was willing to send troops, he must make Datang pay a painful price.

"Okay, then the subordinates will go back to organize the troops and horses, and wait for the order of His Majesty the Khan."

Gu Ali stepped out, and immediately after, a middle-aged man in his fifties walked in.

"His Majesty the Khan, do you really want to send troops?" The middle-aged man was on the thin side, very different from the burly Turks, he had a short beard, and although his eyes were small, they seemed to be shiny at all times.

He was a counselor of Jieli Khan, and his name was Shi Jiu.

Jieli Khan glanced at Shi Jiu, and then showed a faint smile: "Don't you think it's very problematic for the Tang Dynasty to send cavalry to plunder my Turkic cattle and sheep, they didn't do this before, and this year's harvest in the Tang Dynasty is not bad, and there is no shortage of food." ”

Shi Jiu's expression moved slightly: "His Majesty Khan means that there must be a deep meaning for Datang to do this?" ”

Jieli Khan shook his head: "It's not that the Tang Dynasty must have a deep meaning, it may be that someone in the Tang Dynasty must have a deep meaning, you know, if the Tang Dynasty starts a war with my Turks, whoever leads the troops will be able to control the military power, with the military power, do you think that whether it is the prince of the Tang Dynasty or the king of Qin of the Tang Dynasty, what will they do?" ”

Hearing this, Shi Jiu has already understood that whoever has the power of the army will have more right to speak, and it will be easier to be the prince.

And as long as the two sides fight like this, the Tang Dynasty will be chaotic, and that is their Turkic opportunity.

So, they might as well go with the flow.