The water on the mud stove boiled, the black juice boiled, and the unknown leaves rolled with the bubbles. In the slight gurgling sound, a strange sour smell filled the room.
It smells even worse than boiling Houttuynia cordata, tea from Uighur specialty, Robu tea.
Not only does it smell uncomfortable, but it is even more difficult to accept when you drink it. It doesn’t matter if it is sour and bitter, but also has a strong salty smell. There is no way, it would be nice to have such a taste of wild herbs grown in the saline-alkali land. What’s more, boiling water on the plateau looks so boiling, but in fact it can never reach the temperature required for making tea. Robu tea, which is already hard to drink, and with warm water, the taste will naturally be even worse.
But Xiemushaer likes to drink tea from his hometown.
He always encounters some difficult situations when leading troops to fight. He can not drink alcohol, and he can give the jerky meat to his men to eat only dry food, but he must not be without Robu tea. Therefore, every time he goes on an expedition, his personal guards will bring him a lot of wild tea.
The names of Uighurs are strange, such as Guli Aguli, Maimati, and Madijiang. They sound awkward to the Han people and are even ridiculous. In fact, they are just differences in language and culture. Each Uighur's name has its own explanation, such as the stars in the sky, the flowers in Yili, etc. In addition to the literal explanation, some Uighur names also have a special meaning, such as: Xiemuxier.
The legendary treasure sword was born in the harsh holy fire, killing demons from all directions and bringing peace and peace to the desert.
Not any Uighur can be named after this legendary sword, unless his family predecessors have made brilliant military achievements. This is how Xiemushaer was born into a wealthy family in the desert. His family has had outstanding generals from generation to generation, leading the heroic soldiers to serve the Khan loyally and pacify the four directions...
Xie Musheer was not ashamed of his name. His good inheritance, hard training and the passionate blood of his ancestors flowing in his body made him gradually grow into the bravest warrior in the desert and the most outstanding general under the command of the Khan.
Leading troops to break through Tianguan, opening up the northern border of the plateau, and finally capturing the mighty soldiers of Renkashuchuan, the capital of Tubo, and the commander of the Uighur Army's southern expedition, Xie Musheer.
Robu tea is cooked.
Xie Musher held it in his hand, sucked the smell of his hometown, and let out a long breath in his mouth, but he was thinking about three words repeatedly: one and a half years.
Who would have thought that in just eighteen months, it really overturned the peace and tranquility of Middle-earth for more than a hundred years.
It turns out that the world is like a human life. The moment before, I looked healthy and energetic, but the next moment, I might be seriously ill and unable to get sick.
Fragile.
No world or life is stronger than the low weeds in the Gobi Desert.
During this period, too many things happened. The Uighurs and Shamins defeated the Quanrong Xi Pass; the Great Yan severely damaged the Wolf King in the southern border of the grassland; the powerful soldiers sent by Chaicuodata to attack Phoenix City were wiped out before the Nanli Xi Bridge was opened; the Uighurs first broke the Tubo Tianguan, and then drove straight into the capture of Renka, and took the initiative to fall into the distance and planned to take advantage of the Yan army. The Yan people destroyed Nanli, and suddenly suffered a backlash, and... the madman approach of Emperor Jingtai of Yan!
Since conquering Renka, Xiemusher's army has gained the upper hand.
Although there are still many vassal lords on the plateau, they have more or less force in their hands, but it is not worth worrying about becoming a mess. As for the expeditionary army from Da Yan, it is even more embarrassed. In order to protect themselves, not only did they abandon the vanguard to drag the Uighurs, but they were also forced to compete with nearby vassal lords. Of course, Xie Musheer would not let go of such a good situation. The army frequently dispatched and tried to maintain a blow, which made the Yan people unable to relieve themselves. At the same time, the Uighurs tried to find opportunities to force the Yan people to pull out their teams to fight to the decisive battle.
However, the Yan army's marshal Zhou Jing was also extraordinary. He even ignored the small teams he fell from, and always kept the main force and did not make head-on contact with the Uighurs... Until this moment, the Yan people's reinforcements arrived.
The strengths and weaknesses are reversed in a blink of an eye.
Before he knew it, a bowl of Robu tea was drunk and only the bottom of the bowl was left. Xie Musher raised his head and poured the tea into his mouth with the remaining juice. He chewed the bitterness of his mouth. He put down the golden bowl and looked up at the generals on both sides of the house: "What do you think? Let me tell me."
The Uighurs' etiquette is simple, and they speak, without hiding or speaking, and there is no subordinate to the false rituals of superiors. The left-ranking general spoke directly: "Don't beat us, we run away, it's still time. The first Yan army has been suppressed by us, and the second Yan army has just reached a foothold butt. It's not easy to bite our butt."
Before Xie Musher could speak, the head general on the right shook his head and refuted: "You can't leave. This is a plateau."
The left leader frowned: "What do you mean?"
Tubo is very fluent, but the appearance of the leader in the right column has obvious Han characteristics. Needless to ask, he, like Axia, is a native Uighur, but his family is mixed with Han blood. Therefore, this person is more particular about speaking than ordinary Uighurs: "Our army is like a condor, and the two Yan troops in the front and back are like black eagles. If we encounter these two evil birds, we may consider retreating temporarily to calculate it later. It is difficult to chase us based on their current situation. But don't forget that our condor is not soaring in our own sky, but breaking into the territory of the crow."
"The nearby vassal lords are crows of all sizes. They were not worried before. They had no birds and dared not to oppose us, let alone attack us on the initiative. But now, the two black eagles have arrived, and the crows have begun to get restless. At this moment, they should not dare to do anything, but all the crows are waiting for us to fight and to take the lead in the fall."
"If we leave now, not only the black eagle will chase, but the crows will immediately attack... We are not afraid of crows, but the crows will indeed slow down our retreat and will be chased by the black sables. Before, the Yan army in the first row fell into a passive state but did not withdraw. Although we were well prepared and did not dare to turn back and escape, there were also reasons for the crows."
When the army arrives, the vassal lords are not worth worrying; when the army retreats, the vassal lords will most likely jump out to find trouble and take advantage of it.
It was an eagle, an eagle and a crow. All kinds of birds seemed to fly out of the words of the right-leaning general and circled around the generals. Fortunately, the reason was simple, and everyone would be dizzy, but finally they could understand what he meant.
The left-leader general who advocated retreat had something to say, and the other party's opinion was clear, and he had no reason for his own reason. The reinforcements of the Yan people were northern soldiers. They had just fought the grassland battle. They were both elite soldiers and strong morale. Moreover, the Yan people combined with the combined scale was far better than the Uighur army. With the current situation, they really wanted to put on an stance to start the war, and the Uighurs had almost no chance of winning.
The Uighur Expeditionary Force entrenched near Renka is almost 50% of the entire desert. The remaining troops in the country are difficult to maintain the local area, and there is almost no possibility of further reinforcements. If they are really wiped out by the Yan army, the Uighurs will be shaken and will be not far from the destruction of the country.
Everyone had their own opinions, and the Uighurs' argument quickly turned into a quarrel. It was not until Xie Musher knocked on the table that everyone stopped and shut up and turned their eyes to the coach.
Xie Musher was slow to go: "I have two reasons. Listen to you. One is the country's righteousness, this holy city, and the territory nearby were defeated by our desert soldiers with their lives. Since it has been defeated, it is the territory of the Uighurs and the territory of the Khan."
As he said that, he reached out and pointed outside. In Renka City, he pointed to the altar of holy fire that the Uighurs had just established. Among them, the blazing flames rolled and rose day and night. This was one of the symbols of the Uighurs' land occupied, and the flames were everywhere.
"Soldiers are responsible for defending their territory, and soldiers are responsible for protecting the holy fire," Xie Musher expressed his attitude: "Whoever wants to die in the Uighur territory. Whoever wants to extinguish the holy fire in the desert will kill whoever wants to extinguish it."
"Another truth is that I personally, the Great Khan appointed me as the marshal of the conquest of Tubo. If I just came to fight and wanted to withdraw when the situation was not good, I would not take this marshal at all, even if the Great Khan killed me. Since I became the marshal, I would not leave two ways, either to be a triumphant or to die in the battlefield."
As he said that, Xie Musheer's eyes swept across the faces of the left general and other generals who advocated withdrawal: "Do you understand?"
The left leader laughed: "It doesn't matter if you understand clearly. If you are the marshal, you have the final say! We will follow you, there are two roads in front of you, and we don't have a third road."
The marshal said anything. All the generals who could sit in the house had been following him for many years. They all had entrusted life and death with each other. If the marshal was looking for death, everyone could not persuade him, so let's follow him. However, the right-leaning general who had said that he would not retreat before frowning, frowned and asked Xie Mushaer: "You are not thinking this way, you were not like this before..."
The left general was so annoyed that he was so annoyed that he cursed roughly: "You just said that you can't retreat. Now the marshal said that you can't retreat and you are nonsense. Why did a dignified man have a sissy tongue and go back on his word?"
The right leader glared at him: "I said that it is because of the situation that cannot be withdrawn, not because I don't want to withdraw! The marshal doesn't want to withdraw at all, and his meaning is different. He doesn't understand this. Has the camel pulled the feces in his mind?"
The left leader was stunned and asked, "Are you... calling me a camel?"
The right leader was also stunned: "You are so stupid."
Xie Musher laughed, knocked on the table again, interrupting the quarrel between the two generals: "Don't say nonsense, tell me how to fight." This time he did not seek the opinions of the generals, but continued: "We have never had the chance to fight the decisive battle with the Yan people in the past few months. From you to Erlang, I'm afraid they are very frustrated. Let the boys rush forward first."
The left general looked like a rash man, but he was definitely thinking about the war. After hearing this, he understood what the marshal meant. He laughed loudly and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, okay! That's what it should be!"
After a moment, the bird of faith flew away from the holy city; one hour later, the whimpering horn sounded throughout the world. With the holy city as the center, the Uighur camps around him, and the garrisons moved when they heard the roar, and the army quickly assembled...