Duo Jishi frowned: "Why are you panicking? Speak slowly!"
The man being held up by the guard suddenly knelt down in front of Du Mi and cried: "Sir, something happened in the tribe!"
Hearing that the tribe was attacked, and thinking about what happened to Qi Lifa, Du Mi suddenly panicked and stood up quickly and said: "Great Khan, please allow me to lead my troops back to rescue the tribe!"
Du Mi's soldiers and horses were not many in the first place. They lost some in the battle from Mayi to Loufan, and now they only have about 6,000 men. For Du Mi's 200,000 Turkic army, this is missing.
The troops are nothing.
But Duo Jishi thought more deeply. He mused: "The soldiers and horses of the Sui Dynasty dared to go deep into the grassland again. I'm afraid they are coming with bad intentions. Duo Mi, since they have already invaded your tribe, it's hard for you to rush back now."
It’s useless. This matter must be kept strictly confidential and no one can leak it at will!”
After a pause, Duo Jishi said to Liu Wuzhou again: "Master Liu, something unexpected happened on the grassland. The attack on Taiyuan can only be discussed later. Don't worry, we will come back again!"
Although Duo Jishi had decided to withdraw his troops and return to the Mobei grassland, he did not leave immediately. No matter how impatient Duo Mi was, he still ordered to gather the soldiers and horses of each tribe step by step, and sent people to collect vehicles from all over Loufan, and sent the troops from Fenyang Palace to Fenyang Palace.
The concubines, palace maids and various treasures were loaded into the carriage one after another, and then they returned to the army and headed north. Other tribes came all the way from Yanmen and also robbed many women of gold and silk, but they did not return empty-handed. The entire Loufan City was almost
It was looted by them.
The Turkic army left Loufan and headed north. Because there were many more vehicles in the team, the march was very slow and stretched for hundreds of miles. Liu Wuzhou accompanied Du Jishi at the front. When they were about to reach Yanmen County, they saw Turks coming to report from behind.
: "Great Khan, Liu Wuzhou's men made a surprise attack, cut off Du Lu, and occupied the return route of the four tribes!"
Duo Jishi's face darkened and he asked sternly: "Liu Wuzhou, what do you mean?"
Liu Wuzhou hurriedly knelt on the ground, his face covered with sweat, and said repeatedly: "The Great Khan is aware that this villain has been following the Great Khan and is loyal to the Great Khan. He has not sent troops to cut off the retreat of the Great Khan's men. There must be some misunderstanding here, please.
The Great Khan allows the villain to go and find out, and he will definitely give the Great Khan justice."
The leader of the association jumped up and said loudly: "The Han people are treacherous. Father Khan, please don't listen to his lies. He must have wanted to take advantage of us when he saw us withdrawing our troops. Please ask Father Khan to give the order to kill this villain. I am willing to lead my own troops."
Ma killed them back, rescued Dulu and Gongchengzhan, and then wiped out Mayi!"
Liu Wuzhou was so shocked that his face turned pale, and he kept saying: "Prince, calm down! I can swear to heaven that if I have any dissatisfaction with the Khan, I will be punished by heaven and earth!"
Suddenly, another group of cavalry rushed over from the front. This group of cavalry was in a very embarrassed state, with thin horses and haggard people. All of them were in ragged clothes, and many of them had scars on their bodies. When they saw Du Jishi, these people jumped off their horses one after another and knelt down in large numbers.
, said in unison: "Great Khan, the tribe is finished!"
Although the association rate is now the leader of this tribe, because he took over the tribe not long ago, in the eyes of these people, Du Jishi is not only their great khan, but also their leader. Therefore, although the association rate is right in front of their eyes
, but the target of their cry was Du Jishi. Nearly a thousand prairie men cried in unison, and the scene was very sad to watch.
The association leader had a bad temper. He grabbed the man at the front and yelled: "Tell me, what do you mean the tribe is over!"
The man cried bitterly: "When the tribe is finished, it is finished. There is nothing left."
When the Dumi tribe came that day, the association leaders were also present. They knew that the Sui army that entered the grassland did not kill them all, but only consumed a large number of the Dumi tribe's cattle, sheep and fodder, and slept with the women of their tribe for several nights.
Although the Duomi tribe suffered a heavy blow and its strength was greatly reduced, with the presence of those women and children, they could still slowly recover after several years of recuperation. The news brought by his subordinates was the same as what happened to the Zilifa tribe.
The association rate was shocked.
Duo Jishi also became nervous, gritted his teeth, and said viciously: "Pass this Khan's order, leave those women and belongings behind, and rush back to the grassland with all your strength. Even if you dig the ground three feet, I will dig out these Sui people."
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The Mobei grassland is so vast. Throwing tens of thousands of people into it is like throwing sand into a lake. It is not easy to find it. But if you don't find this Sui army cavalry and let them wreak havoc on the grassland, the entire Eastern Turks will not be able to survive in a day.
Don't even think about living in peace.
Jiushesu suddenly picked up Liu Wuzhou from the ground, drew out his scimitar and shouted angrily: "You are a liar, I will kill you first!"
Duo Jishi stopped him and said: "Association rate, let go! This has nothing to do with Dingyang Khan!"
Jieshesuu let go of his hand bitterly and said: "Father Khan, if he hadn't been urging us to go south, south and south again, we would have returned to the grassland long ago. How could we have allowed the Sui army to be so rampant! Now his men are cut off again
He has killed our people, why should he say anything about his intentions?"
Du Jishi shook his head and said: "There must be a misunderstanding here. Dingyang Khan, how about you go over and check it out now and ask your people to get out of the way?"
Liu Wuzhou promised repeatedly and said: "Please don't worry, Great Khan. I will go and find out immediately. If I let the villain know who is daring, I will definitely kill him and vent the bad breath for the Great Khan and the second prince!"
Duo Jishi waved his hand impatiently and said: "Okay, okay, go ahead!"
After receiving the pardon, Liu Wuzhou climbed onto his horse and headed south with a group of cronies, whipping up his whip.
Seeing the smoke and dust raised by Liu Wu on Monday, he stomped his feet on the ground and said loudly: "Father, why did you let him go?"
Du Jishi sighed and said: "Killing him will not help. Keeping him may be able to release them. The Sui army dares to run rampant on the grassland. It should not be underestimated. There should be more
Soldiers and horses have a better chance of winning, so hurry up and leave!"
The leader took a look at the women and property on the bullock carts, and said reluctantly: "Father, do you really don't want these things?"
In the eyes of the association, women, slaves, like cattle and sheep, are just property and are not treated as human beings, so he simply calls them things.
Du Jishi became the Turkic Khan, and he looked at the problem from a different perspective than in the past. He waved his hand and said: "The Sui Dynasty has a lot of women and gold and silver jewelry. If you leave them behind this time, you can grab them back next time. Why bother?"
Care about everything! Eliminating the Sui army that entered the grassland is the main business!"
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There were a total of four tribes whose return was cut off by Liu Wuzhou's men. Among them, the Dulu and Gongchengzhan tribes were both medium-sized tribes with more than 3,000 young men. There were also two small tribes, and the tribe of Qi Lifa was also there.
Among them, the strong are respected on the grassland. Qi Lifa was once rampant and even had the strength to compete with Du Jishi for the throne. However, after being severely injured by Liu Ziqiu's men, he was reduced to a small tribe. Even his relatives
Brother Du Mi was born in Jishi, and Du Mi no longer paid attention to him.
During this southern invasion of the Central Plains, Qi Lifa wanted to rob more women and property so that his tribe could recover as soon as possible. In fact, his current tribe was no longer the original tribe, but he had annexed several small tribes on the grassland.
The newly reorganized tribe. To make the members of these new tribes feel at ease with his rule, they must show enough strength and let them see hope. Therefore, Qi Lifa is more eager to plunder women and property than other leaders.
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After entering the Central Plains, Qi Lifa always stayed behind when fighting, but he was more active than anyone else in robbing women and property. Even after Du Jishi issued the order to withdraw, Qi Lifa did not forget to snatch women and property along the way. He robbed
Women of all ages, beautiful and ugly, want everything, especially the iron pots in the villagers' homes, which are like treasures. Because he was so ruthless, he plundered almost all the villages he passed by, which inevitably aroused anger.
The local villagers resisted vigorously. However, although Qi Lifa's troops were not many, most of them were strong warriors who survived the battle with Liu Ziqiu. How could the villagers be their opponents? All those Qi Lifa had plundered
Villages are often bloody.
On this day, Qi Lifa's tribe retreated to Chenghou Mountain at the junction of Yanmen County and Loufan County. There was a small town called Xinkou Town with more than a thousand households in the town. Because it guarded the entrance to Yanmen County
Liu Wuzhou also stationed a thousand troops and horses at the main road of Loufan. Due to the close alliance between Liu Wuzhou and the Turks, when Qilifa retreated here, Liu Wuzhou's troops did not stop them and allowed them to enter.
Arrive at Xinkou Town. After entering Xinkou Town, Zhi Lifa saw that the people in the town were quite wealthy. He immediately showed his fierceness and began to search for property and women from house to house, which made the fine Xinkou Town a mess.
It happened that a group of soldiers under Liu Wuzhou were patrolling in the town. Seeing this situation, the leading brigade commander stepped forward to dissuade them. Originally, Liu Wuzhou's soldiers did not dare to offend the Turks, and sometimes they would do so when they saw the Turks.
They walked around the road. It was just that this small army had been stationed in Xinkou Town for more than ten days and got along relatively well with the residents of the town. In addition, they saw that the cart in Qi Lifa's team was already full of women and children.
I really can't bear to see them continue to be so greedy for money.
Qi Lifa was not willing to listen to the dissuasion of several Han soldiers. He drew out his machete, chopped the brigade commander to the ground with one blow, and chopped off his head with another blow. This angered the group of Han soldiers.
Everyone rushed forward and fought with Qi Lifa's men. Qi Lifa was also a famous warrior on the grassland. He slashed left and right and killed more than a dozen Han soldiers in succession.
Just when Qi Lifa was arrogant and proud, another group of Han soldiers came over. The leader, a big black man, pointed his long hand at Qi Lifa and stabbed him. Qi Lifa dodged sideways and slashed across with his sword.
He wanted to cut off the head, but unexpectedly the knife hit the air. Immediately afterwards, he felt a pain in his chest.