The flames of war in Mobei have been ignited.

The commander of the Turkic army, Ashina Mosi, broke away from the control of the Khan and Yuanzhen for the first time and led the army to attack alone. He was originally a first-class warrior on the grassland, and ten years ago he moved the grassland with a wolf poison knife and a bow to leave. After so many years of hard work, he is no longer the reckless man who was knocked off his horse by Xue Chuyu and fled in a hurry, let alone a simple martial artist who bowed down to Xue Rengui in front of the three armies.

Mo Si used his treacherous military methods and ruthless unique tactics to make Sun Wanrong, the Khitan commander who had long been prepared to wait for work, suffer several big losses. The Khitan eight tribes of nearly 100,000 troops were actually defeated and retreated by Mo Si to break through six lines of defense in a row, and the loss of troops was nearly half, and finally the Khitan could only retreat to the narrow valley and defend it according to the natural danger.

Sun Wanrong can also be regarded as an experienced and accustomed battlefield general, and his understanding of the Turks has always been very deep. But he had never seen such a wild and violent Turkic army, one by one they were like madmen who were not afraid of death, but they were well organized and orderly, like real wolves.

Sun Wanrong began to realize that the Turkic army in front of him was very different from the past. In the past, Gu Lulu and Yuan Zhen were in power and used soldiers, and Mo Si could only be regarded as a "thug" under their command. Gu Lulu's military style is very similar to his character, steady and majestic, like rolling waves overwhelming, the momentum is the most amazing. Yuan Zhen is unguardable, highlighting the word "strange".

What about slurp?

This man is a madman!

He hated to turn all his men into madmen, into hungry wolves who ate people and didn't spit out bones!

But he was able to keep all the madmen and hungry wolves under control, and make them work together with each other.

"This army is terrible! We can't fight them anymore, otherwise the 100,000 army of the eight Khitan tribes will all be destroyed at his hands! Twenty years of hard work is about to be ruined! Sun Wanrong reported to the Khitan leader Li Qianzhong, "Only at this time, I can only sincerely ask for help from Da Zhou." It would be best if you could ask Da Zhou to send troops to intervene. Heisha Xue Ne and Yunzhou Tang Xiujing are both capable generals of the Great Zhou, and if they are willing to send troops from the flank to form an encirclement with me, it will not be difficult to repel Mo Si. Even if Da Zhou is unwilling to send troops, it is better to send envoys to mediate. The Turkic Khan has already recognized the empress of the Great Zhou as his godmother, and he still has to listen to a little bit! ”

Li Quanzhong had no choice but to agree to Sun Wanrong's approach. But he also said that we had sent envoys for help before, and there had been no movement. If you send it now, what can you do to make up for it?

"The military of the Great Zhou Dynasty is in the hands of Xue Shao alone." Sun Wanrong sighed and said, "Now that the matter is over, I can only be cheeky and go south in person, and kneel down in person to beg Xue Shaoshi for help!" ”

At this point, Li Quanzhong was also helpless, so he had to take over Sun Wanrong's position by himself, personally preside over the military defense, and then let Sun Wanrong rush south to beg Xue Shao.

Coincidentally, the great leader of the Xi clan happened to pass away, and Li Dayu took over the power from his father, and prepared to go south to report the funeral to the Great Zhou, and by the way to ask for a "justifiable" seal. Although the Turkic army is close at hand, Mo Si has already had something to say to the Xi people first, it is none of your business for me to fight the Khitan, and I will not mess with you if you don't use troops. Li Dayu is also very clear in his heart, my Xi clan has no oil and water to fish for you, so you are too lazy to beat me. Moreover, with my relationship with Xue Shao, if you dare to bully me, it is equivalent to declaring war on Da Zhou, and you won't do this kind of stupid thing!

So Li Dayu went all the way south with confidence and boldness, and went straight to Luoyang.

Mo Si won six battles in a row and beat Sun Wanrong with a blue nose and swollen face, and half of the eight tribes were ransacked. But after all, none of his cavalry had long wings, and he didn't have a good way to deal with the danger of Kip Valley in front of him for a while, so the attack was temporarily stopped, and his troops were stationed and began to divide the spoils.

At the same time, the tooth tent of the Turkic Khanate was undergoing an earth-shattering transformation. With the assistance of Tunyu Valley, the Gulu Khan purged or replaced more than a dozen wolf cavalry generals one after another within a month, and the military power of this elite army subordinate to the Khan was truly in his own hands. At the same time, Gu Lulu also successively replaced or promoted more than a dozen tribal leaders, and appointed them as high-ranking officials of the tooth tent, forming a supreme decision-making and administrative body similar to the "political affairs hall" of the southern kingdom, directly assisting the khan in governing the khanate. This Turkic political hall is headed by the newly appointed "Mohe Dagan of the Tun Desire Valley".

As soon as he came to power, he issued a series of decrees in favor of "centralization" and established a complete legal system for the Turkic Khanate, including the all-important system of "military merit awards". This meant that in the future, the Turkic armies could not arbitrarily embezzle the spoils of war on the battlefield, but had to be rewarded by the Khan himself in the tooth tent after returning from victory.

There is no doubt that these written systems can maximize the prestige and power of the Khan, and form a strong check on the power of the generals who lead the troops to the battle, and can effectively prevent the power of the generals from overflowing, and prevent them from posing a threat to the position of the Khan.

Since the beginning of the army, they have always been military-oriented, and military generals have been used to hold the supreme power. Now, this is the first time that the Turkic Khanate has established the policy of "politics above the military, and politics guides the military", and the political power and military power have been brought into the hands of the Tooth Tent and the Khan to the greatest extent.

Mo Si was so angry in the war against the Khitan that he raised his eyebrows, and often thought in his heart that when I returned to the tooth tent after my victory, the expression of the Khan, who had always opposed the expedition, would be quite interesting. He didn't think that when he returned to the tooth tent, what was waiting for him was the same as the southern kingdom, "the army will be returned to the tooth tent and the troops will be scattered in the tribe", and he, the commander of the three armies, will have nothing but honor and reward.

The wind and clouds in Mobei are turbulent, like a hurricane.

Wang Xiaojie also staged a military myth of "breaking through the army for thousands of miles" in the vast land of the Western Regions. After defeating the Tubo army and recovering Gongyue City, Wang Xiaojie boldly divided his troops into two routes, and used the surprise attack method of "lightning attack" to attack the Tubo army entrenched in Shule and Qiuziyanqi respectively. Then the two soldiers and horses, under the leadership of Wang Xiaojie and Ashina Zhongjie, worked together to kill Khotan from the east and west directions. Garrisoned in Khotan was the younger brother of the famous Tibetan general Gar Qinling, Garzanpo, who was also a ruthless character who could conquer and fight, and was the highest military governor arranged by Tubo in the Western Regions.

Wang Xiaojie and Ashina Zhongjie fought bloodily for seven days and nights, completely annihilating the Tibetan garrison and beheading Garzanpo under his banner, successfully recovering the last town in Anxi.

From then on, Tibet had no stronghold or garrison in the Western Regions. Their power has been completely wiped out from the territory of the Western Regions.

When the good news came, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Wu Zetian was overjoyed, feasted the ministers in the palace to celebrate, and ordered the soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army to be commended. Wang Xiaojie was awarded the hereditary replacement of Geng Guogong from the first rank because of his merits, and was awarded the post of protector of Anxi. At this point, the Western Regions returned to the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the Silk Road was completely controlled by the Central Plains Dynasty.

At this time, it happened that Li Dayu and Sun Wanrong also arrived in Luoyang. Wu Zetian said with a smile, Chengyu your old friends are here, so you should be responsible for receiving them!

This time, Xue Shao happily accepted this diplomatic errand. And he also made a request, asking His Majesty to send a confidant official to record this diplomatic matter in the future, so that it can be recorded in the history books in the future.

Wu Zetian tacitly sent Shangguan Wan'er, and Xue Shao accepted it tacitly. Because he has rarely seen Shangguan Wan'er in the past few months, let alone have the opportunity to date her.

Xue Shao still chose to receive his two old friends in Jingu Garden, and even arranged for them to stay in the same place. Li Dayu had just died of his father, but people couldn't see any sadness in him at all. On the contrary, he has never been sober since he entered the Golden Valley Garden, and he is drunk half to death every day by the Taiping wine he loves deeply. Sun Wanrong couldn't sleep day and night, and he was anxious every day, waiting for Xue Shao to come to meet him early.

Xue Shao was not in a hurry at all, he arrived at Jingu Garden early, but he had been quietly living in the Green Shu Building, playing the piano and drinking with Shangguan Wan'er, and the gentle township was so unhappy.

Later, I didn't know where Sun Wanrong found out that Xue Shao actually lived in Lushu Building, so he couldn't care about any face, so he personally ran downstairs and knelt down, begging to see Xue Shao.

Xue Shao looked at Sun Wanrong downstairs through the window and sneered, "I knew today, why bother in the first place." ”

Shangguan Wan'er chuckled behind him, "It seems that this Sun Wanrong has offended you a lot!" ”

"There is no personal vendetta between me and him, it's completely a business affair." Xue Shao said lightly, "In recent years, the rise of the Turks has been fighting with our dynasty for many years, and the Khitan, as our subordinate of the Turks, never thought of repaying the service, but instead sat on the side of the watch and even the rat's head, secretly strengthening his own heart of disobedience. He just hoped that one day the Turks and I would be defeated, and then he would jump out and reap the benefits. Now it's okay, the Turks want to beat him, and I dislike him. Such a result is the answer to that sentence, if you don't die, you won't die! ”

Shangguan Wan'er walked up to Xue Shao's side and said softly: "But it can't be true, let the Turks destroy the Khitan, right?" ”

"Of course." Xue Shao smiled slightly and said: "Now that the Great Zhou Dynasty is growing in power, the Turks, Xi and Khitan are all like the sons of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No matter how much they fight, it's harmless, but if they really kill someone, it's not a good thing. ”

Shangguan Wan'er gently hugged Xue Shao's waist from behind, her face was pressed against his back, and she whispered proudly and gently: "You said that they are all sons of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but famous generals like Sun Wanrong are already kneeling outside your window." Aren't you a strict father? ”

Xue Shao patted Shangguan Wan'er's hand and said with a smile: "My son kneels on Lao Tzu, it's right, isn't it?" ”

Shangguan Wan'er couldn't stop laughing, "The world is full of clouds, all jumping between your fingers." But people just see that you are hiding in this green building and not doing your job. ”

"Who says I'm not doing my job?" Xue Shao said seriously, "Recently, haven't I been working with you day and night, doing business?" ”