Qilaobaat'er thought for a while and said hesitantly: "Since Xue Yantuo has sent troops, it is impossible to retreat so quickly unless..."
"Unless what?" Yuan Qi asked.
"Unless something happens to Xue Yantuo, or Tong'e makes a promise that Xue Yantuo cannot refuse."
Compared with the former, Chilaubartl believes that the latter is more likely.
Now that the Western Turks are in civil strife, the only threat to Xue Yantuo from the surrounding areas is the Tang Dynasty.
Qilaobaat'er felt that the chance of Tang Dynasty sending troops was low. In this case, it was probably Tong'eshe who promised Xue Yantuo something that Xue Yantuo could not refuse, and asked Xue Yantuo to withdraw his troops.
"Great Khan, in this case we might as well kill Batu now and recruit Xue Yantuo's troops. We can definitely fight Tong'eshe." A tribal leader suggested.
"Yes, if we annex the 50,000 people in Batu, why should we be afraid of cooperating with Esha?"
The other tribal leaders quickly agreed.
To annex the 50,000 people in Batu, relying on Yuan Qi's strength alone is not enough. Naturally, we still have to rely on them.
At that time, they will naturally be able to share some of the benefits and increase their own strength.
Yuan Qi was a little moved. He had long held a grudge against Batu for not taking him seriously.
If he could annex Batu, not only would he be able to relieve his hatred, but with those 50,000 people, he would also have a chance to defeat Tong'eshe and unify the Western Turks.
Xue Yantuo had already lost a lot of strength before, and losing another 50,000 people would definitely break his muscles and bones.
When he eliminates Tong'eshe, he may even have a chance to eliminate Xue Yantuo as well, completing what his father Nishu failed to accomplish.
Thinking of this, Yuan Qi's eyes were filled with fire.
"Khan!" Seeing Yuan Qi's expression, Qilao Bat'er knew that Yuan Qi's heart was moved, and he quickly said loudly: "Have you ever thought about it, if you attack Batu at this time, we will probably face Tong'e's plan?"
A joint attack with Xue Yantuo?"
"Even if we don't take action, how can we fight against Tong'eshe when Batu retreats?"
"Yes, Great Khan, there is a saying in the Tang Dynasty that is to control others first, and to be controlled by others later. Please make a decision early."
The other tribal leaders did not agree with Qi Laobaat'er's words and spoke out one after another, asking Yuan Qi to order action against Batu.
"You..." Qilaobaat'er pointed at the tribal leaders angrily and said, "It's still not sure whether Batu will withdraw. If we guess wrong, we will only offend Xue Yantuo. Isn't this self-destruction?"
Ashina Sheer sat in the corner, drinking wine and watching everyone quarrel, like an outsider.
When he listened to Lin Xuan and led his troops to join Yuan Qi, he didn't need to fight so hard.
Lin Xuan originally only asked him to help Yuan Qi and prevent Tong'e from unifying the Western Turks, and at the same time achieve the purpose of consuming the strength of the Western Turks.
However, his subordinates suggested that he first help Yuanqi unify the Western Turks, take the opportunity to increase his strength, and finally annex the Western Turks and rebuild the Eastern Turks.
That sentence about rebuilding the Eastern Turks completely moved Ashina Sheer.
He had deep feelings for the Eastern Turks, otherwise he would not have chosen to attack Xue Yantuo when he had the opportunity to destroy the Western Turks.
Given the opportunity to rebuild Western Turks, Ashina Sheer will naturally not give up.
So he tried his best to plan for Yuan Qi, and even led his own troops as bait.
However, they suffered heavy losses in the end. This failure also caused Ashina Sher to completely lose hope of rebuilding the Eastern Turks.
Yuan Qi was hesitant. Although he wanted to annex the 50,000 people in Xue Yantuo, what Qilaobaater said made sense, which made him confused for a while.
Just when Yuan Qi was in a dilemma, a soldier came in with a man wearing Hanfu.
"Report to the Great Khan. This person claims to be a spy of our Western Turks in the Tang Dynasty and wants to see the Great Khan." said the soldier.
Yuan Qi Wenyan looked at Qilaobaat'er, who was the person in charge of the Western Turks' former spies in Chang'an, and who was also responsible for the Western Turks' spies in the Tang Dynasty later.
Qilaobaat'er looked at the man in Hanfu and found that he didn't recognize him, but he was not surprised.
Since he was responsible for deploying spies to the Tang Dynasty, he has increased the number of spies deployed to the Tang Dynasty. It is impossible for him to meet all of them.
Qilaobaat'er said the secret code in Turkic language, and the man in Hanfu quickly replied.
After confirming that it was correct, Qilaobaat'er frowned slightly and said, "What's the matter, so urgent?"
The spy has his own way of transmitting information. After passing it on layer by layer, it will eventually reach him. This is the first time that he has come to him directly like this.
"Sir, the Tang Dynasty sent hundreds of thousands of troops to the north. The leader asked me to come back and report to you."
After hearing the news, Qilaobaat'er was very shocked, but he said with some suspicion: "Then why don't you use the original channel to deliver it?"
"Sir, the Baiqi of the Tang Dynasty are so powerful. Our contact point has been discovered. In order to send the news back, the leader arranged for dozens of people to disperse."
Li Shimin had long known that there must be a large number of foreign spies hidden in Chang'an. Knowing such a big movement, those spies must pass the news back, and ordered Baiqi to remove those spies as much as possible.
Li Shimin knew that it was impossible to eliminate all the spies, and by doing so, he wanted to delay the time for them to obtain the information as much as possible.
After listening to this, Qilao Baat'er thought of the incident where Xue Yantuo suddenly sent someone to look for Batu. His expression changed and he said with a serious face: "Great Khan, Yi Nan suddenly sent someone to look for Batu. It's probably because
This news."
"Why did the Tang Dynasty suddenly use troops against Xue Yantuo?" Yuan Qi asked strangely.
Qilaobaat'er thought for a while and said: "Great Khan, the purpose of the Tang Dynasty is not necessarily Xue Yantuo."
"Haha!" A tribal leader seemed to have heard something funny. He laughed and said, "If it's not Xue Yantuo, is it us?"
"Haha, maybe it's really possible." The other tribal leaders also laughed.
The Western Turks did not border the Tang Dynasty, and there was a large piece of grassland in between. If the Tang Dynasty wanted to use troops against the Western Turks, it would need to go deep into the grassland. Once deep into the grassland, the main force of the battle would be cavalry.
There were not many cavalrymen in the Tang Dynasty, so they did not think that the Tang Dynasty's target would be them.
Even Yuan Qi thought so and looked very relaxed.
Qilaobaat'er said very solemnly: "Have you forgotten that the Tang Dynasty traded hundreds of thousands of war horses from Western Turks and Xue Yantuo before? In addition to the ones that the Tang Dynasty originally had, the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty at this time was at least ten
More than 10,000."
Everyone was a little disapproving. Although the Western Turks were now divided, they alone currently had 100,000 cavalry. If they continued to recruit, it would not be difficult to organize 200,000 cavalry.
Seeing the expressions on everyone's faces, Qilaobaat'er sighed inwardly and said: "If the Tang Dynasty's target was Xue Yantuo, why didn't they take action when the Western Turks attacked Xue Yantuo before? If the Tang Dynasty also took action at that time, Xue Yantuo would
There is no resistance at all. Although Xue Yantuo has lost part of his strength now, if the Tang Dynasty wants to destroy Xue Yantuo, it will also suffer heavy losses. Why did the Tang Dynasty take action at this time?"