Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 356 Crisis
The sky gradually darkened, and the sunset glow spread across the sky and earth like a huge red silk.The long yellow sand is reflected bright red by the bloody sunset, like coals burning in the hearth, covering the sky and the earth.

Ashina rode his horse, stomped his feet on the mountain path on the south side of the naked mountain, and looked far to the south.

The weather is scorching hot, and even after the sun sets, the mountain wind still carries a hint of heat—if you are a Han, you may feel very comfortable, but Ashina is not only the most honorable Turkic nobleman on the grassland, but he is extremely patient. Not hot.

Half of the fur on his body was taken off, revealing half of his chest as solid as iron.The colorful belt around the waist was loosely tied, and a half shawl was draped over the shoulders, made of the finest silk, shining brightly in the afterglow of the setting sun.

On Ashina's exposed chest, between the fluffy chest hair, there is a tattoo of a blue wolf's head, leaning on its big mouth, howling up to the sky, lifelike.This is the totem of the most honored Ashina family on the grassland, representing the most glorious blood of the Great Khan.

Around the waist is a three-inch disc-shaped ornament, adorned with bead-like green gemstones.This is a symbol that can only be worn by the most direct bloodline of the Ashina clan in China, representing the most direct bloodline of Yili Khan Ashina Tumen.If it is a descendant of the Ashina family, the arm ornaments are just pure gold and silver.

The reason why Ashina can wear this arm ornament is because he is the son of Shibi Khan and the younger brother of Yipidulu Khan Yugushe.At the same time, he is also the number two figure in command of the various tribes of the Western Regions, second only to his elder brother Yugushe.

Although the setting sun at dusk was gorgeous, the speed of falling was obviously faster.

As the sky became dark, Ashina immediately stood on the high sand dune road, across a low hill in front of him, watching a faint spark rising in the far south, which came from the Tang army's garrison by the Puchang Sea.There are not many Tang troops stationed there, only 2000 regular troops, and a group of civilian men in the supply camp. Maybe the Turkic people are not considered at all?
Ashina spat on behalf of him, and muttered endlessly: "Don't fight against the main force of the Tang army, let us go to this place to attack the supply camp? I really don't know what Khan thinks... Alas, our great man Khan, I guess he was scared out of his wits by Tang Jun, and he kept moving westward all the way, wishing he could escape to the place where the sun goes down, but what's the matter? Didn't Tang Jun still chase after him..."

Ashina didn't take Tang Jun seriously at all. He has always been very arrogant and led his soldiers past the fortress controlled by Tang Jun, coming and going freely.

In his opinion, his elder brother, Yugushe, is a cowardly rabbit.

The ability of the Turkic cavalry to move across the grassland like the wind was all used by Yugu to escape...

He would just keep running away, completely useless!
Of course, Yugu She still has a little ability, that is, to see women's ability...

As long as he thinks of the soft body and hot panting of his elder brother's concubine Xinna in Turkic tent, Ashina will have a passionate impulse, wishing to immediately ride back to the tent and sneak into his brother In the tent, he put that concubine of Qiuci under him, and she kept begging for mercy...

Ashina touched the new pink flesh that had just grown on his right cheek, and the corner of his mouth twitched, revealing an incomparably ferocious smile.The eyes are cold and gloomy like lightning, that is the faint cold light of a hungry tiger staring at its prey in the night.

Behind him, a thousand Ashina's personal soldiers "Fuli" stand ready, this is the most elite Turkic cavalry!
The deputy general rode his horse to Ashina Fudai's side, and asked: "Zuoxiangcha, do you want the soldiers to dismount, eat and drink to recharge their energy, and wait until dawn to launch an attack?"

Ashina looked at the lieutenant coldly, he was sent by his elder brother Yugushe, who was as timid as his master... Ashina didn't think so.

"No need! I have been fighting since I was a child, and I don't know how many Tang soldiers I have killed. The 'attached' warriors behind me are all elites selected from tens of thousands of string control men in the clan. Facing such a group of Why should the Tang army be so cautious when transporting the luggage? Besides, the Tang army must have found our trail, and maybe they have already sent a message to the main force ahead at this time. ?”

The lieutenant general argued: "The subordinates have already reported that the main force of the Tang army will not come back to help... Ah!"

Ashina picked up the horsewhip in his hand, and lashed the officer's head and face so hard that he fell off the horse's back. He widened his eyes and said angrily, "Shut up! If you dare to make noise again, I'll let you go!" If you don’t believe me, you will be beaten to death? Send an order to dismount all the horses, and when the moon rises, we will go straight to the battle and kill every one of these Tang soldiers in one go!"

The deputy general was too frightened to make a sound, and crawled back to deliver the order.

This demon king is one of the most brutal in the tribe, even the profuse sweat can't give up three points, how dare he provoke him?

Ashina raised his eyes and glanced at the lights in the distance, but he thought in his heart that he should quickly deal with these Tang soldiers, and rush back to the tooth tent, so that he could enjoy the sweaty concubine of Kucha...

A wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as stealing. The words of the Han people really make sense!
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Outside the Qijiaojing Canyon, the Tang army camped overnight, and only after dawn, the army crossed the canyon, and they could reach the Gaochang city directly.

Hou Junji sat upright in the tent, reading the military newspaper by the bright candles.

Eldest Sun Chong was sitting at another table. He was transcribing a memorial. Hou Junji's handwriting was ugly, so he couldn't get it out...

There is a report from the soldiers outside the account.

Hou Junji called him in and asked, "What's the matter?"

The soldiers respectfully said: "Commander, the Admiral of Shenji Battalion and Qin Huaidao of the Baggage Battalion are jointly named. Speaking of the discovery of a large number of cavalry in the sand dunes on the north side of Puchang Sea, they suspect that the Turks want to rob and burn food and supplies. We ask the commander to send troops to help."

Chang Sun Chong's hand holding the pen paused slightly, his breath stagnated, and he didn't raise his head, but listened attentively to Hou Junji's reaction.

"Turks?"

Hou Junji frowned, stood up, walked towards a map hanging on the side with his hands behind his back, and carefully checked the nearby terrain.

"How did the Turks appear there?"

Hou Junji was a little puzzled.

The Gaochang Kingdom is just a pretext for this army's western expedition, and deterring the Western Turks is the most important thing.

After the Tuli Khan surrendered, Yipidulu Khan Yugu set up the successor of the Western Turkic Khan, and secretly colluded with the countries of the Western Regions to unite against the Tang Dynasty. The stability of the border, Datang will never sit idly by and let it stir up wind and rain in the Western Regions.

Logically speaking, the West Turks stood behind the Gaochang Kingdom, and the West Turks should help their allies when they attacked Gaochang Kingdom this time. That's why His Majesty dispatched tens of thousands of troops at once. Otherwise, how could Gaochang, a small country, need such a large army?
But now the Western Turks actually split up their troops to attack the supply camp...is it useful?

Gaochang Kingdom is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with abundant rain and fertile land. As long as Gaochang City is knocked down, there will be no risk of food shortage at all.

What is the intention of the Turks?
Hou Junji felt that his mind was a little confused, and when he turned around, he saw Changsun Chong secretly looking towards him, meeting his gaze, but immediately lowered his head guilty.

Weird!
This kid cares so much about Shenjiying?

It doesn't make sense!

Hou Junji twitched his chin, his mind spinning rapidly.

After thinking for a long time, he asked, "My son-in-law, if you are my commander, should you send troops to rescue?"

"Ah?" Chang Sun Chong was taken aback, quickly stood up, and said, "How dare a subordinate officer participate in the military plan..."

"If you tell me, just say it!" Hou Junji grimaced.

He didn't like Fang Jun, and he didn't think that Changsun Chong was any good, but he didn't have a problem with him.

"Promise!" Chang Sun Chong calmed down, thought for a while, and said, "This official thinks that conquering Gaochang is the top priority, and everything should be based on it."

Hou Junji's face was expressionless, could it be possible that the commander-in-chief could not distinguish between primary and secondary?

Changsun Chong continued: "The Turkic people must be in Gaochang City at this moment. They are assisting Ju Wentai in defending the city. How can they divide their troops outside? The Turkic people are not stupid. They know that even if they rob and burn our army's food and grass, it will not do much for the overall situation." How could it be too much? Therefore, the officials think that the statement about the presence of Turkic cavalry in the report of the Shenji Battalion is nonsense, so don’t pay attention to it.”

Hou Junji narrowed his eyes.

After a while, he smiled and said: "Very good, the son-in-law of the eldest grandson is indeed resourceful. If so, I will approve your advice!"

Chang Sun Chong was stunned for a moment, and then cursed in his heart: This Hou Junji is too shameless!You didn't want to send troops to rescue, but you were afraid of what would happen afterwards, so you actually threw the blame on me?
But he can only swallow this breath, who told him that he is actually the one who least wants to send troops to rescue?

(End of this chapter)