The battle ended quickly, and the camp was in a mess. Women, children, and slaves were all concentrated on the snow outside the camp. Liu Ziqiu's nomadic cavalry circled around them excitedly. Liu Ziqiu turned around and asked: "Jiao Liyan, you guys
How will these captives be treated after the tribal conflict?"
Jiao Liyan has now become the captain of ten thousand men. This time he and Wen Hao are Liu Ziqiu's right-hand men in this expedition to the Mobei grassland. Jiao Liyan grinned and said: "What else can I do? A man taller than a wheel.
Kill them all and use the women and children as slaves."
Having said this, Kakurenobu pointed his riding whip at a girl in the crowd and said, "My lord, what do you think of that?"
Liu Ziqiu frowned and said, "How about what?"
Jiao Liyan said with a salivated face: "If the Lord doesn't want it, then give it to your subordinates."
The Turkic girl also has some beauty, but she is far from beautiful. But the Turks have been traversing the grassland for many years. Even when Tuyuhun was at its strongest, the Xianbei people still had to look at the faces of the Turks to act. For small tribal leaders like Jiaoliyan
For me, it was an unattainable existence. Hearing that this expedition was to conquer the Turks, Jiao Liyan had long wanted to snatch a Turk woman under his body for a while, and he didn't care whether she was beautiful or ugly.
"Good-for-nothing." Liu Ziqiu cursed with a smile, waved his hand and said, "The old rule is, let those slaves who have turned over become masters!"
Liu Ziqiu had already adopted this strategy when dealing with the Xianbei people entrenched in the West Sea, and now he was just repeating the same strategy. In fact, Liu Ziqiu also knew the rules of these nomadic tribes towards the defeated. But he knew very well that under the current conditions, he simply could not
He has no ability to control the vast grassland. Even if he kills all the Turks on the grassland, new nomads such as the Khitan, Jurchen, and Mongolia will soon rise again to fill the vacancies on the grassland.
It is not a good idea to let these slaves become masters. Within ten years, they may be grateful to Liu Ziqiu. But as time goes by, they or their descendants will become unruly like the current Turks.
He was unruly until he invaded the Central Plains. However, all Liu Ziqiu hoped for was peace for more than ten years. In more than ten years, he would be able to unify the Central Plains and build a powerful army.
If the farming people in the Central Plains want to live in peace with the nomadic peoples on the grasslands, the most important thing is to make themselves stronger. The second is good exchanges between the two sides and exchange of information. Therefore, killing is not the best way to solve the problem. That's right.
Because of this, Liu Ziqiu personally led the army into Mobei because he was worried that his soldiers would go too far.
Kakurenobu's wish did not come true, so he was naturally disappointed. However, the slaves who became masters were very excited. The mistress they needed to look up to in the past has now become their woman, and from now on, they no longer need to deal with cattle and horses.
Crowded together, you can live in a warm felt tent, drink delicious mare's milk, nibble on golden roasted lamb legs, and enjoy the whirling dance of Turkic girls.
Liu Ziqiu did not stay in the camp any longer. He casually appointed an older slave to be the leader of this small tribe, and he led the army to continue northward.
Even if an army of 20,000 people plus 50,000 to 60,000 empty horses marches on the vast grassland, their momentum is so amazing that it is impossible to hide their whereabouts. Therefore, Liu Ziqiu gave full play to the mobility of the cavalry and emphasized the word "fast".
Give the grassland tribes any chance to breathe and prepare. In just three days, Liu Ziqiu's army had swept through more than 20 small tribes south of Jinshan Mountain and reached the foot of Jinshan Mountain.
Jinshan is also the Altai Mountain in later generations. After passing through the Altai Mountain, there will be more Turkic tribes, including some larger tribes. There is a small mountain between Jinshan and Yudujin Mountain called Di Shen Mountain. At the foot of Di Shen Mountain is
There is a larger Turkic tribe stationed there. The leader of this tribe, Ashina Qilifa, is a real Turkic nobleman, and his father is the famous Qimin Khan Ashina Rangan.
There are many Turkic tribes, but the two most powerful tribes are the Ashina tribe and the Ashed tribe. These two tribes control the entire Turkic grassland, both Western Turks and Eastern Turks. Many years ago, in order to compete for who was the Turkic
The supreme master, there have been many wars and conflicts between these two tribes, and the result is naturally that both sides suffered losses. Both sides could not bear the heavy losses, and finally reached an agreement that a man from the Ashina tribe would serve as the Turkic Khan, but the Turks
The queen can only choose from the Ast tribe.
The place where the Turkic Khan camped was called the Turkic Yazhang. The people in the Turkic Yazhang were all elites of the royal court. They did not need to herd horses and sheep all year round. All the supplies they needed were provided by other tribes. They plundered the Central Plains through wars and raids.
The property and slaves of the Turks were also given priority to be selected by the people of the Yazhang. Among these elites of the Turks Yazhang, there were both men and horses belonging to the Khan and those belonging to the queen. In fact, the queen was not an accessory of the Khan, they were also
He has his own tribe and soldiers. In order to ensure the unity of the Turkic Yazhang, the Turks implemented the succession marriage system. The new Khan married other concubines other than his biological mother, which ensured to the greatest extent that the strength of the Yazhang would not be affected by the change of Khan.
weaken.
This summer, Qimin Khan Ashina Ranqian suddenly fell seriously ill and is still bedridden. He has thirteen sons and seventeen daughters. Each adult son has his own tribe, but the most promising to inherit
The ones who hold the throne are Ashina Dojishi and Ashina Qilifa, because their tribes are the most powerful. Of course, who can finally win the throne depends on the Ashide tribe standing behind them.
How powerful.
Ashina Qilifa's wife is called Astemudoli, and she comes from the largest tribe of the Ast tribe. Astemulan, the sister of the leader of this tribe, Astemulin, is the queen of Qimin Khan. Of course
, Qimin Khan had more than one queen, Yang Guang's cousin Princess Yicheng was one of Qimin Khan's queens. Qimin Khan was seriously ill, and the question of who would inherit the throne was put on the agenda.
Three days ago, Ashina immediately took his large number of guards to the Turkic Yazhang. In addition to him and Ashina Dojishi, several other brothers were also eyeing the Khan's throne. In order to seize the Khan's throne, these brothers
Afraid of using all possible means, Ashina had to be more careful when he was ready. He took away a total of 18,000 warriors, leaving only more than 2,000 young men in the huge camp.
After fighting for days and days, the soldiers had not slept for three days and three nights. To these warriors who were from nomadic tribes, it was nothing. But what they were about to face next was Ashina Qilifa's tribe. It is said that there are people in the camp.
Twenty thousand Turkic elite cavalry were the first hard enemy they encountered since entering Mobei. The elimination of this tribe would be a huge blow to the Turks. In order to ensure victory, Liu Ziqiu ordered to camp south of Jinshan Mountain to rest.
Those unridden horses originally carried materials for camping on their backs, and there were many cattle and sheep plundered from small tribes in the team. After nightfall, Liu Ziqiu ordered that all the cattle and sheep be slaughtered so that the soldiers could have a feast.
.After all, eating dried meat for a long time has ruined your appetite, so you need to change your taste.
The attack on Ashina's tribe was the last battle in Liu Ziqiu's plan. After the battle, Liu Ziqiu planned to withdraw his troops and withdraw to Hexi. Since it was the last battle, Liu Ziqiu was not prepared to take the original action of liberating the slaves.
Liu Ziqiu understood the master's strategy and planned to act according to the rules of the nomadic tribe. Killing is cruel, but war is full of blood. Being kind to the enemy is cruel to yourself. Liu Ziqiu understands this. And those who follow him come from all over the world.
The soldiers of the nomadic tribes also need cattle, sheep, and slaves.
After resting all night, when the early morning sun rose from the east and shone on Jinshan Mountain, Liu Ziqiu loudly announced a new order: "Warriors! Go over the mountain in front. There are beautiful girls and fat cattle and sheep.
Waiting for you! Rush over, kill everyone who blocks you, and take away the loot that belongs to you!"
Wen Hao was shocked and said: "Master, haven't you always opposed bullying the weak?"
Liu Ziqiu shook his head and said: "Liu wants the Turks to know that this is the price they pay for invading the Sui border. If they dare to continue to invade the Sui border, Liu will definitely make them pay ten times or a hundred times the price!"
Kakurenobu looked excited: "My lord, please allow your subordinates to pick two this time."
Liu Ziqiu laughed and said, "Don't worry, I'll let you be the first to pick when the time comes."
Jiao Liyan hurriedly waved his hands and said: "No, no, no, my lord should choose first."
Of course Liu Ziqiu would not pick any Turkic women, but he did not argue with him. He waved and said: "Let's go!"
The army marched to the top of the mountain, and several large eagles suddenly appeared in the sky. Jiao Liyan whistled, and several eagles fell from the sky, landed in front of him, and chirped several times. Jiao Liyan frowned and said:
"Reporting to my lord, there are only two thousand soldiers and horses in Ashina Qilifa's camp."
These large eagles were inspired by Meng Wu Zha's works and were raised and trained by Liu Ziqiu to detect enemy situations. Because it was not easy to find a large eagle that was as humane as Meng Wu Zha's golden eagles, Liu Zi Qiu raised eight of them in one go.
The ten giant eagles adopted the measure of winning by quantity. Just released the ten giant eagles, and a total of four flew back. The other six did not know whether they got lost or were hunted. However, these four giant eagles
Only two of them brought back news about Qilifa Camp.
Of course, Liu Ziqiu didn't know that Qimin Khan was seriously ill, nor did he know that Qi Lifa had gone to Yazhang to fight for the throne. Hearing that there were only two thousand men and horses left in the camp, Liu Ziqiu was stunned and pondered: "Could it be that Qi Lifa
We have received news of the arrival of our army, where have we set up an ambush?"
For three days in a row, he saw so many women, but he couldn't get one. Jiao Liyan had already suppressed his anger and said loudly: "Lord, I don't care if he has an ambush, just kill him first and then talk about it!"
Wen Hao cupped his hands and said: "The arrow is on the string and must be fired! I would like to be the vanguard and please my lord to watch the battle from the top of the mountain!"
"An arrow is on the string!" Liu Ziqiu said, stroking his palms, "You and I are brothers in life and death. How can Liu let his brother take risks and hide behind to survive? Brothers, mount your horse and kill!"