Chapter 334: The Fall (Part II)
Tens of thousands of people walked with great difficulty, there was no water around, black clouds swarmed from the north, covering half the day, and suddenly, a lightning bolt in the distance pierced the sky, making a loud noise.
Then, crackling and hailstones fell.
"What's the matter, and hail?"
"Quick, hold the horse!" Before the words fell, some horses were smashed by the hail and neighed, trying to break free from the control of the people, but although these people were hungry and tired, they were finally steppe athletes, and they controlled it without causing a big commotion.
The hail fell for a while, and it rained again, although it was summer, it was blown by the wind, and it was bitterly cold.
Saiba's lips were so cold that his lips were blue, but he saw that the sweat was covered by dozens of soldiers, and he couldn't get in for a while.
"Lord Seba, what if it rains?"
"Lord Saiba, let's get drenched in the rain, the sweat is weak, but we can't stand the cold anymore!"
"What's the use of saying this, search the tent!"
Although it was very hasty, among the tens of thousands of people, there were always people who brought tents, and Seba was angry: "Don't you put up a tent for the Great Khan? Also, there is no shelter from the rain here, and the march must be stopped, and it will rain heavily, and the march will no longer be able to march in the rain." ”
At present, the army of 100,000 is scattered and fleeing, and it is everywhere along the road, in such a situation, this army of Han people will not be found for a while, who would have thought that the heroic and fearless cavalry of the Khanate in the past would be defeated like this?
The tent can still be found, although it is a little old, but no one will care at this time, the tent is set up, let the sweat lie in.
"Has the Great Khan woken up?" asked the burly Chido Aiyan as he walked over at this time, and asked in a hoarse voice.
Saiba's face was gloomy: "I fainted half a year ago, and I haven't woken up yet, so it's all my ......"
"Lord Saiba, you don't have to blame yourself, it is our decision to retreat without a fight, it is not your business alone, if the Great Khan is to blame, we will bear it together!" Aiyan said comfortingly.
Saiba said with a wry smile: "It's not the case now, the current situation, the Khan can get better, if the Khan can get better, don't say that I am blamed for being cowardly and cowardly, even if I want to pay for my life, I am willing!"
"Yes......" Aiyan said, looking up at the sky, frowning and saying, "Seba, it's going to rain heavily!"
Needless to say, Saiba also knew that it was raining heavily, and the raindrops became heavier, and the big drops of rain crackled and fell, forming a world of rain.
"I'll go see the Great Khan, and you go and supervise the whole army!" said Seba.
Ai Yan nodded: "Don't worry!"
Seba walked towards the tent where the Great Khan was resting, the old tent, which originally belonged to a centurion and was now the residence of the Great Khan, with two long blankets on top of it, and the Great Khan lay sideways, with a hòuhòu blanket spread underneath.
There were dozens of pro-soldiers standing or sitting, and when they saw Seba coming over, they all stood and saluted.
"Lord Seba......
Waving his hand to stop them, Seba walked up to the Great Khan and looked at it, only to see the Great Khan lying on his back, his face as ugly as wax, and his breathing uneven.
Seeing this, Seba's heart tightened, and a sense of foreboding emerged.
Then he stood up and beckoned to one of them, not too close to disturb the Khan's rest, and he asked, "Has the Khan woken up?"
"Lord Seba, the Great Khan never woke up all the way. The soldier replied with his hands down.
Receiving such an answer, Seba's mood became a little heavier.
Since he woke up in the middle of the sweat, he heard that they had lost their fighters several times and fled without a fight, and they passed out again, and until now, they have not woken up, which makes Seba very guilty.
Although reason told him that in that situation, if he didn't retreat, he would be dumped by the Han army, Saiba still felt that if he hadn't only cared about fleeing at that time, the Great Khan would not be so angry.
"Great Khan ......" walked up to the Great Khan, and Seba's face showed a sad expression.
Then the wind blew, and the cheeks of the people were aching, and the rain was mixed with small pieces of hail outside, and the horses were frightened and neighed.
Seba sat on a makeshift bench in front of the Great Khan, pondering.
Three years ago, the grassland gathered hundreds of thousands of horsemen, like rì Zhongtian, invincible, but now the army is defeated like a mountain, which has changed too fast, so that he is really unacceptable.
"Hmm......" A faint voice sounded, although it was very weak, but Seba woke up and looked at Da Khan, who was in a coma, and barely opened his eyes at this time.
The Great Khan opened his eyes, slowly searched around, and when he saw Seba, he flashed, and his thin arm moved, and Seba hurriedly stepped forward.
"Great Khan! You're awake!"
"Great Khan!" Ai Yan hurriedly walked over when he saw this.
The Great Khan gasped and looked at them for a moment before he could barely speak, but the voice was too low for Seba and Aiyan to hear clearly.
"What do you say, Great Khan?" Seeing him purse his lips, Seba immediately bent down, attached his ear to listen, and commanded: "Bring the old ginseng, let the Great Khan hold it." ”
For a moment, Seba straightened up, his face pale.
"What did the Great Khan say?" Aiyan asked, looking at the lying Great Khan, and then at Seba.
Seba was silent for a moment: "The Great Khan wants to see the generals and let more than 100 households come here." ”
The Great Khan wants to arrange the aftermath?
This was Ai Yan's first reaction, but he was not allowed to think about it at the moment, Ai Yan said: "You are guarding the Great Khan here, and I will go to them." ”
Saiba nodded, and Ai Yan walked out and gave an order, but because thousands of households were sheltering from the rain nearby, there was not much time, and Ai Yan came in with hundreds of people in the rain.
A hundred households remained outside, and a thousand went in.
"Is the Great Khan awake?" led a man, walked in and asked, his eyes turned to Saiba, apparently asking him, this person is the only Sukhbaru of ten thousand households now.
"Yes, the Great Khan commanded me to call you over, and the Great Khan has something to say to you. ”
Saiba gave them a place so that they could see the lying Khan, and the soldiers helped the Khan up at this time, leaning on the seat to face the generals, perhaps because of the old ginseng, the Khan's face was flushed at this time, and he showed more energy.
"You ...... Here it is......" said the Great Khan, whose voice was clear and loud compared to the sound that could barely be heard just now.
Saiba and Aiyan, who were familiar with the inside story, couldn't help frowning, and they had an ominous premonition.
However, when the other generals saw this, they were very happy.
"Great Khan! You're finally awake! We've been worrying about your body, do you feel better?" Wanhu Sukhbaru took two steps and said, "Great Khan, we still want you to lead us back!"
"Sukhbaru ......" the Great Khan gasped for a moment and said, "Saiji... And also...... Ai Yan ...... You all listen to Chuan
The three named waited earnestly for the Great Khan to continue.
"What if...... I return to the Immortal Heaven,... Huaiban... Send me back to ...... Grassland ......"
"Great Khan!" Sukhbaru couldn't help but cried out.
"You ......" the Great Khan ignored him and swept through the thousands of households: "... Kuerbo sǐ, Balu is reversed, Bige is not good, you go back and support Detaiji as Khan, guard the grassland, and restore your strength...... Don't fight the Han people now. ”
At this time, all the thousands of households, all of them were descendants of the Great Khan, and when they heard this, they immediately bowed with tears: "Yes!"
Detaiji is now the eldest son, only six years old, which is helpless.
Seeing that all the thousands of households were ordered, the Great Khan showed a smile, although he suffered heavy losses, but as long as the main force of the main line of the headquarters was not destroyed, he could barely maintain the Khan position, and other things could only be said when Detaiji grew up.
At this, the Great Khan's eyes darkened.
His face gradually turned pale, his hands and feet were twitching and trembling slightly, but he didn't pay attention to it, showing a look of reminiscence: "If only I could go back to ...... How good is the Caddo River"... Grassland...... The eagle is flying...... Melodious singing...... Listen...... They were singing...... The eagle also... Soar through the air...... Soar...... In...... Empty ......"
The big sweat with white temples, leaning on the pro-soldier, his eyes slightly open, as if he was looking at the blue sky in the distance, as if he had really heard the song of the grassland......
"Great Khan...... Great Khan!" The cries that gradually rang out rang out in the tent.
Seba walked up sadly, gently closed the eyes of the Great Khan, then took a few steps back, knelt down in front of the Great Khan's corpse, and wept bitterly.
It was as if the sky had collapsed at this moment, and all the generals were confused.
Next, what do they do?
Whether to continue to return to the steppe, or to return to combat.
"What are your plans, do you want to follow me to take revenge on the Han people!" Before Saiba could say anything, Wanhu Sukhbaru stood up and said to the crowd.
His gaze swept over Sukhbaru, and Seba sneered, now is he about to seize power?
Although Sukhbaru was a 10,000-strong household, he did not actually control much military power, and this was the army of the Great Khan's descendants, which was the foundation for maintaining the Khan's throne.
Seba stood up and said, "I'm going to send the Great Khan back to the steppe." ”
"What about you, Ai Yan, you are all thousands of households, you can't be afraid of each one, right?" Su Hebaru reddened his eyes and asked aggressively, and at this moment, not only Saiba's face changed, but even Ai Yan's face was gloomy.
Seba said coldly: "The Great Khan has just returned, and you are going to disobey the Great Khan's orders?"
"The Great Khan wants us to go back alive, this is the kindness of the Great Khan, but are we really so greedy and afraid? Seba, you send the Great Khan back, I have no objection to this, but if other people want to flee back, I look down on them!"
"What are we enduring humiliation for? Isn't it just to protect the Great Khan when he returns to the grassland? Now that the Great Khan's soul has returned to the Immortal Heaven and will continue to protect us in heaven, what are we fleeing from? Is it really as the Han people say, they have broken their courage and dare not even fight?" Sukhbaru stood inside the tent and shouted loudly to the thousands of households inside the tent and the hundred households outside the tent, which immediately caused a commotion.
Seba suddenly sneered, pulled out the knife violently, and without saying anything, he stabbed from behind, only to hear a "poof", the long knife had already penetrated through, revealing the bloody tip from the front......
Sukhbaru screamed, showing a look of disbelief, he wanted to take advantage of the Great Khan to go, he was the highest official in the scene, and controlled tens of thousands of iron horsemen, and he didn't want Saiba to immediately poison the tent and kill people in front of many thousands of households.
Seba pulled it out violently, blood splattered, and Sukhbaru screamed again, and he was immediately out of breath.
"Before the Great Khan's spirit, are there any orders?" Saiba stood with a knife with a cruel smile, and asked, after seeing that no one from thousands of households had answered, he gradually calmed down, and said: "The most important thing now is that the Hui army supports Detaiji to ascend to the throne of Khan, and then reorganize the tribe and army, as long as Detaiji grows up, we can still fight with the Han people!"
At this time, thousands of households bowed down for a while: "Yes!" (to be continued)