Fu Nian breathed a sigh of relief, and his hunched shoulders relaxed a little.
While he was talking, the opposing army had already arrived ten feet away, and hundreds of cavalry rushed out of the opposing camp, surrounding several people.
A man with a shaggy hair and a tattooed face on a horse looked them over and said loudly in Tang dialect: "I am the leader of the Xi tribe, the governor of Rao Le of the Tang Dynasty, the one who can be saved. Who are you? Tell me your name."
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"This is our little Turkic Khan, Jieli Khan's nephew, Ashina Funian. We are in some trouble and need your help!" Canggu replied loudly in Tang dialect.
Kedu's eyes lit up, he silently looked at Ashina Fu Nian for a moment, laughed and said: "It turns out that he is the nephew of the famous King of the Grassland, Jieli Khan. I, the Xi tribe, have also been protected by the King of the Grassland, and we are very willing to help.
Little Khan. I wonder if Little Khan has encountered any trouble?"
"The little Khan is being chased by Ashnad Fu Wen's troops. Our warriors are not as many as the pursuers. I hope the big leader can help us defeat the pursuers!" Cang Gu said loudly.
"How many pursuers are there?"
"Three thousand cavalry, and one thousand of my warriors are fighting with them."
The person who could be saved said to himself: "Well, it's the same amount as the sentinel said." He rolled his eyes and said with a smile:
"This is easy. I will send troops to help you kill the pursuers. However, Khitan is in civil strife and it is not safe here. My tribe is not far to the west. Please let me entertain the nephew of the King of the Grassland!"
"The Khitan is in civil strife? What's going on?" Fu Nian was startled.
"Let's talk as we walk."
Keduzhe ordered a force of 5,000 men to go to the front to help Fu Nian's troops, but secretly ordered his subordinates to wait and see what would happen.
After the two sides have decided the winner, they then attack the winning side and seize all the Turks' horses.
Fu Nian and others followed Kedu Zhe back to the Xi tribe. Along the way, Fu Nian asked again about the civil strife in Khitan.
Keduzhe said with a smile: "I heard that the six Khitan tribes have united to oppose Li Jinzhong, and they are fighting in Fubu's territory."
Fu Nian was surprised: "Is there such a thing? Then why does the big leader appear here?"
Keduzhe smiled and said: "The rebel six tribes detained the Tang envoy. The Tang Dynasty has sent troops to attack the Khitan people. As the governor of Raole in the Tang Dynasty, I naturally should contribute."
When they heard that the Tang Dynasty army was also on this land, all the Turks changed their faces, especially Asted Yanran, whose originally tight white face turned pale.
One of the guards panicked and said, "Little Khan, are the Tang Dynasty troops here to capture Huozhen?"
Ashder angrily rebuked: "How stupid. It's impossible for the Tang people to know that I escaped so quickly. How could they come to arrest me?"
Kedu's face changed slightly: "What's going on? You must have offended the Tang Dynasty, right?"
Fu Nian said hurriedly: "No, no."
Kedu grabbed his shaggy hair and showed a thoughtful expression. At this moment, a scout rushed over and said hurriedly: "Big leader, we found Khitan cavalry in front. They are the army of Great He Longgu, and their number is
More than four thousand riders."
Kedu was taken aback. After dividing his troops, he now only had more than 6,000 people. It was impossible to defeat more than 4,000 Khitan cavalry. He hurriedly said: "Go and notify Mo Ke and let him lead his army to join me."
Fu Nian said anxiously: "Big leader, then my subordinates..."
Keduzhe glared at him and said: "Defeat the Khitans first, and then talk about anything else!" He waved his hand and said: "Warriors, be ready for battle!"
The Xi tribe troops immediately formed a crude defensive formation.
Not long after, the Khitan's heavy cavalry charged directly towards them. Although the Xi soldiers outnumbered them, they were completely overwhelmed by their momentum.
The Khitan army stopped a mile away.
Fu Nian looked at the Khitan army and saw that the man in the middle wearing a mink cloak was none other than Ohe Longgu, the leader of the "Tubian Tribe", one of the eight Khitan tribes. Fu Nian had seen this man before in the Shanyu Protector's Mansion.
Next to Oga Lunggu, there was a young man with a high nose, pointed chin, and agate earrings. Oga Lunggu was talking to the man.
"Little Khan, let's explain our identity to Dahe Longgu to avoid being involved in the war." Canggu suggested.
Asted sneered and said: "You are so stupid. Oga Longgu has been closely associated with Fu Wen a long time ago. If we fall into his hands, he will definitely give us to Fu Wen!"
"How do you know?" Fu Nian asked in surprise.
"Not long ago, I met this person in Fu Wen's tribe." Yanran replied.
At this time, Oga Longgu stepped forward and shouted in Tang language: "You despicable Xi people will always just follow others to pick up bones and eat them like wild dogs. Since you dare to hurt me,
Tribe, today I will break your teeth so that you will never be able to open your mouth again!"
All the Xi tribe members were furious, roaring and trying to charge at the Khitans, but Ke Duzhe stretched out his hand and shouted: "Don't be fooled by him, he is deliberately irritating us and wants us to mess up our formation."
After saying that, he stepped forward on horseback and laughed loudly: "Dahe Longgu, I have known for a long time that you Khitan people are greedy to the bone, and civil strife will break out sooner or later. But I didn't expect that you would even dare to detain the Tang envoy."
The man wearing agate earrings next to Oga Longgu stepped forward and said with a smile: "Haha, it's not a big deal in the Tang Dynasty. What's the point of detaining an envoy from the Tang Dynasty? Only you idiots can respect the people of the Tang Dynasty like gods.
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This was the first time that Keduzhe saw someone who did not take the Tang Dynasty seriously, and scolded: "Who are you? Which country are you from? How dare you say such rebellious words?"
The man with the earring touched his pointed chin and said contemptuously: "You savages living in the mountains have no right to know my identity."
The person who can be saved said with a ferocious smile: "Very good, after I catch you later, I will break your teeth one by one, bury you in the mountain, only your head is exposed, and then stuff honey in your mouth."
Ball. When all kinds of bugs are trying their best to get into your mouth, I believe your mouth will answer the questions I want to know."
The man with the earrings raised his eyebrows and said: "Chief Longgu, stop nagging with them and kill them all. I don't want to see these ugly, mocking faces for a moment anymore."
Dahe Longgu said respectfully: "Follow your will." He waved his hand in the direction of the Xi people and said: "Warriors, pull out your swords and let them be stained with the humble blood of the Xi people!"
The Khitan people shouted loudly and charged towards the Xi people.
Keduzhe looked back and thought: "Why haven't Moko's troops come over yet?" He ordered a general beside him: "Watch these Turks."
As he spoke, he raised his big ax and roared: "Tribesmen, let these greedy Khitans see the power of our Xi tribe!" He took the lead in approaching the Khitans.
Seeing the two sides fighting together, Fu Nian asked in Turkic dialect: "Who is that person next to Longgu? He doesn't look like a Khitan."
"I don't know, but as far as I know, among the Liaodong countries, even the most arrogant people should not be able to say what he just said." Cang Gu replied.
"Do you suspect that he is not from Liaodong country?"
"Yes, I think he is probably from the Western Region countries. I heard that the Western Region countries are famous for their arrogance. Many small countries are very weak, but they think they are very powerful."
Fu Nian nodded and said: "No wonder the Western Turks became so arrogant after they split from us. It must have been influenced by those countries."
"What you consider makes sense."
Hearing Canggu flattering Fu Nian, Yanran said angrily: "Hey, I said you guys are just talking nonsense when you have time, why not think about how to escape!"
"Escape, how can you escape with so many people around?" Fu Nian glanced around.
"Have you not noticed? The number of Xi tribesmen guarding us has been decreasing. In my opinion, the Xi tribesmen will be defeated soon. We must escape as soon as possible."
Fu Nian took a closer look and saw that there seemed to be fewer Xi tribesmen guarding them than before.
After a long time, the Khitan cavalry appeared a few feet ahead. The Xi people who were guarding them no longer paid attention to them and rushed towards the Khitan people.
"Run away quickly!" Yanran urged.
Fu Nian hesitated and said: "If we run out, Khitan cavalry will definitely chase us. It's better to wait. Maybe reinforcements from the Xi tribe will arrive soon."
Yan Ran angrily rebuked: "You are so stupid. The reinforcements from the Xi tribe should have arrived long ago, but they haven't come yet. There is only one possibility."
"What's possible?"
Canggu said in a deep voice: "The reinforcements from the Xi tribe must have started fighting with Zaide and the others."
Fu Nian panicked and said: "But we have been fleeing all the way these days, and the horses are very tired. Even if we run away, the Khitans will catch up!"
Yanran glanced at him sideways and said angrily: "I've just seen it. Those Khitan horses are also very tired. There must have been a war just now. We have a great chance of escaping!"
"Little Khan, Huozhen is right, our best choice now is to escape," Canggu advised.
Fu Nian took a deep breath, nodded and said: "Okay, Canggu, which direction do you think is better to escape to?"
Cang Gu glanced around, pointed to the north and said: "That's where it's weakest and has the greatest chance of breaking out!"
Fu Nian said loudly: "Then let's break out of the encirclement." The crowd immediately rushed towards the north.