When the wind blows, a huge team of Turkic cavalry escorts the slaves of various tribes and they are moving eastward. They are about to leave the Turkic king's tent and head to Yating in the east.
The golden wolf-headed banner fluttered in the wind in front of the team.
Under the banner is a rough and arrogant Turkic young man. He is not old, and there is a hint of childishness between his eyebrows, but the smell of blood on his body is lingering, and flies and mosquitoes are flying around him, making a buzzing sound.
It made him very bored.
Even the Golden Mountain Horse King under his crotch hates the flies flying around, shaking his head from time to time to drive them away.
He was the son of Shibi, now the Tuli Khan Shibobi.
In fact, Chuluo didn't want to name Shibobi as a junior khan at first, because Shibobi's existence was a challenge to his power, but the Turks were not monolithic.
When Shi Bi died, some people supported Shi Bo Bi's ascendancy to the throne, while others supported Shi Bi's third brother Du Bi. In this case, Chu Luo could only hold his nose and proclaim Shi Bo Bi the Tuli Khan, commanding all the lands in the east.
Tribe. In exchange for Shi Bo Bi's support.
Shi Bo Bi knew his situation very well, so he happily agreed to his uncle's conditions. He knew that he had no chance to become Khan for the time being, because Chu Luo was just one of the obstacles, and his other uncle Du Bi was not a good person.
In this case, he could only choose to cooperate with Chuluo and move the tribe to the east to accumulate strength.
The sharp hawk's cry resounded in the ears, and the black shadow passed over Shibobi's head. It drew a perfect arc in the blue sky, dived at extremely high speed, and its target was Shibobi.
Shi Bo Bi laughed and raised his left arm. Just when the shadow was about to collide, it slowed down strangely in mid-air, and then two sharp claws firmly grasped Shi Bo Bi's arm.
"Let me see, what did you catch?"
Shi Bo Bi took out a bloody mutton leg from the black eagle's mouth.
"Not bad, not bad."
At this moment, hundreds of riders came from a distance.
The leader was none other than Jiu Sheli, who was on an envoy to the Tang Dynasty not long ago. Beside Jiu Sheli, there was also a young Turk, who was the third younger brother of Shibobi, Yu Gushe.
Shibo Bi pulled the horse to stop the war and waited for the association to lead the rendezvous.
When the association leader arrived, Shibobi smiled and said, "My brother, you are back."
"Khan." The leader saluted on his horse and then said, "I'm back."
"Walk!"
The three brothers talked while walking, mainly talking about what they had seen and heard in the Tang Dynasty and Chuluo's next move. Shibobi asked some questions from time to time, while Yugushe remained completely silent.
After the association leader finished speaking, Shi Bobi said: "Listening to what you said, I really want to meet that Li Zhiyun. He is so arrogant that he can rival gods with a mortal body!"
Yu Gushe said coldly: "He is just a little Nannu, but he dares to blaspheme the gods and seek death!"
"You are wrong, Yu Gushe!" Shi Bo Bi taught him a lesson: "No matter whether Li Zhiyun blasphemed the gods or not, his courage is enough for us to take him seriously."
The association led the way: "Brother, I have fought against Li Zhiyun. He is very strong. I can't beat him one on one. Li Zhiyun's eldest brother is the heir of the Tang Dynasty, but I don't think highly of the guy named Li Jiancheng. He is too weak!
I have hinted many times that if Li Zhiyun seizes the throne, he will be of great use in the future."
Shi Bobi shook his head and said, "Association rate, you are too naive. The minds of the Han people are more twisted than sheep's intestines. You should never underestimate the disguise of the Han people. Regardless of whether Li Zhiyun will be useful in the future, we must make ourselves strong now, and then
Take back what’s ours!”
"Yes!" The association leader nodded heavily, and then said: "Brother, I have heard that Chu Luo is preparing to support Ao Sheshe's plan and fully help Liu Wuzhou attack Taiyuan. And Dou Jiande will also get Duo Bi's help. In addition, Yu Sheshe
Also supporting Liang Shidu, Chu Luo seems to be planning to launch a massive attack on the Tang Dynasty."
"Very good, it would be best for Chuluo and Tang Dynasty to lose both sides!" Shi Bobi sneered.
In July of the second year of Wude, Chang'an woke up to the heavy and dull sound of bells.
Chu Palace.
Li Zhiyun suddenly woke up on the couch. He opened the bedroom door and listened quietly for a while. Princess Chu caught up with him and put her clothes on him.
Li Zhiyun let his hair down, turned around and asked, "Is it coming from the palace?"
"I think so too," Princess Chu replied.
"Oops!"
Li Zhiyun's heart suddenly rose in his throat. The palace bell rang late at night. It was definitely not a trivial matter.
At this time, the maid came quickly.
"Your Highness, someone from the palace has sent a message, asking Your Highness to go to Wude Hall immediately to discuss matters."
"knew."
As a well-known chamberlain knocked on the door of an important minister's house, the sound of horse hooves gradually became noisy, and officials of the fourth rank and above in Chang'an galloped towards the imperial city.
At the gate of the palace, Li Zhiyun met Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.
Everyone was woken up late at night, so they were not in very good spirits. However, they all knew that it was definitely not a trivial matter for the saint to ask them to discuss something at this time, so they all managed to cheer up.
"Eldest brother, second brother."
"Fifth brother."
"Fifth brother."
The three brothers looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"What happened? My father actually wanted to ring the bell to summon the ministers." Li Shimin frowned, feeling something bad in his heart.
Li Jiancheng said: "Let's go see my father first."
Following the servants, everyone rushed into Wude Hall.
In the palace, the ministers were in place, and there was a lot of discussion.
At this moment, Li Yuan appeared with the support of two chamberlains.
"See Your Majesty." Everyone paid their respects.
After Li Yuan sat down, he weakly asked the ministers to excuse themselves.
Seeing this, brothers Li Zhiyun immediately realized that something was wrong. Lao Li's appearance seemed to be the result of a heavy blow.
Li Yuan spoke slowly, but the content was explosive.
"Dou Jiande invaded Xiangzhou, King Huai'an was defeated, King Yong'an..." At this point, Lao Li paused and said sadly: "He died in the battle."
What!
a bolt from the blue!
King Yong'an Li Xiaoji died in battle in Hebei!
Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xiaoji should be the first clan prince to die in battle. Although his mission to Xiangzhou was only to escort grain and grass, his identity was still there.
Even though everyone knew that Li Xiaoji was a piece of mud, the emperor used him to give him a chance. But the problem was that he died in Xiangzhou in the battle.
The King of Huai'an, who was in charge of Hebei's strategy, was also defeated at the same time.
This means that Datang's outpost in Hebei is about to be lost.
What's even more frightening is that Dou Jiande's growing power will pose a challenge to Datang.
Then again, the death of King Yong'an itself was a huge blow to the court.
Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, this was the first complete defeat in a foreign war. The loss of a clan general was a loss that had not occurred even when fighting Xue Ju.
After Li Yuan finished speaking, the chamberlain distributed the details of the battle report in Hebei to the prince, the king of Qin, the king of Chu, the prime minister and others in turn.
Li Zhiyun suppressed the shock in his heart and opened the battle report.
In early May of the second year of Wude, the king of Huai'an launched an army to attack Beizhou. He won three battles and three victories, and Dou Jiande, who was once killed, was defeated.
On June 12, the second year of Wude, Dou Jiande's army ambushed Li Shentong, king of Huai'an, who was flanking the Zongcheng, forcing Li Shentong to retreat.
On June 18th of the second year of Takeori, Dou Jiande's troops entered Qiankou and sent flanking cavalry to attack Xiangzhou Cheng'an. At that time, King Yong'an was hoarding grain and grass in Cheng'an. He was defeated by Dou Jiande's cavalry, and the city was destroyed and people died.
On June 24, the second year of Wude, the King of Huai'an retreated to Linzhang.
After a stick of incense, Li Zhiyun probably read the battle report and understood how Li Shentong lost.
To sum up, it's very simple. He underestimated the enemy and rushed in, but was taken back by Dou Jiande. Then he was defeated on the frontal battlefield, and finally he was treated as a pig and dog and was brutally killed.