Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 360

At the end of autumn, the Turkic territory is already surprisingly cold.

The grassland is getting yellower, the wind is a bit raging, and the yellow sand is flying up.

The herdsmen of some tribes are still driving horses and sheep for the final sweep.

When the heavy snow comes, the pasture will be gone. They must collect some pasture as soon as possible and stockpile it. Only in this way can their horses and sheep survive the long winter.

A team of more than a hundred herdsmen drove thousands of cattle and sheep to a more fertile place. It took them many days to go, and they would not return to their tribe until the first heavy snow fell this year. .

And when this herdsman team was driving the cattle and sheep, a cavalry of the Tang Dynasty suddenly came galloping in the distance.

There were about a hundred cavalrymen of the Tang Dynasty, and they were coming fast, and the big swords in the hands of each cavalryman were waving in the air, which made people feel chills.

"No, the Tang cavalry is here..."

"Quick... run away..."

They are just ordinary herdsmen who have never fought at all, and most of them are women and children.

They were terrified and puzzled at the same time. All along, their people went to the border of Datang to plunder. Datang had never sent anyone to plunder them, but why did Datang send people to plunder them this time? ?
The Tang Dynasty has fertile land and a lot of crops, and it is rare to say that there is not enough to eat, so such plundering is basically unlikely to happen.

But now Datang's cavalry is coming.

The Turkic herdsmen tried to escape with their cattle and sheep, but how could they escape the Tang cavalry?
Not long after, they were surrounded by cavalry from the Tang Dynasty.

Cattle and sheep ran wildly, and the Turkic herdsmen panicked, but before they could react, the butcher's knives of the Tang cavalry had already come to kill them.

Facing the excellent cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, these herdsmen had no power to fight back. Except for a few who ran faster, the rest were all hacked to death by these cavalry of the Tang Dynasty.

The cold wind howled, and the smell of blood seemed to be chilly, and this also made the smell even more pungent. There was still blood on the knife edge of the Tang cavalry, but they didn't care about it. After the others glanced at it, they immediately drove the Turkic cattle and sheep to the territory of Datang.

From their appearance to their departure, the whole process took less than half an hour.

The cattle and sheep were gone, and the wind was still blowing, like a sad song. On a large piece of yellow grassland, dozens of Turkic herdsmen's corpses were scattered.

They were unfortunate, and those lucky herdsmen spent most of the day before finally escaping back to their tribe.

They belonged to the Turkic Oghuz tribe, a medium-sized tribe among the many Turkic tribes, and their leader was Gu Ali.

The herdsmen who escaped came outside Gu Ali's tent one after another.

"Leader, leader, you can decide for us..."

Gu Ali was a man in his thirties. He was very burly and dark-skinned. Hearing the noise outside, Gu Ali frowned slightly and asked, "What's going on outside?"

Soon, a guard ran over in a hurry: "Boss, a herdsman of our tribe was attacked by Tang cavalry. Most of them were killed by the Tang army, and their belongings were also robbed."

Cattle and sheep are their property.

After Gu Ali heard this, he stood up from the chair with a jerk.

"What, Tang Jun actually robbed our things?" Gu Ali couldn't believe it. This was the first time Tang Jun robbed them.

He felt that Tang Jun was really bold. It would be good if they didn't trouble Tang Jun. Tang Jun dared to provoke them.

Really impatient to live.

"Send someone to bring back the corpses of our tribe's herdsmen." Gu Ali walked out of the tent, and immediately saw the people lying on the ground waiting to see him.

"Get up, all of you, I will avenge your revenge. I will go to see His Majesty Khan right away. This time, we must make Datang pay a terrible price."

As a tribal leader in his thirties, Gu Ali has never been afraid of fighting, and there is a crazy factor in his blood.
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Jieli Khan lived in the Turkic royal city.

Although the Turks are a nomadic people, they still built a very good royal city in a fertile place.

Gu Ali rode a fast horse, and after a day and a night of driving, he finally arrived at the Turkic King City.

After entering the Turkic King City, Gu Ali quickly entered the palace and met Jieli Khan.

For Gu Ali's arrival, Jieli Khan was very strange.

"How did you come?"

"Your Majesty Khan, the herdsmen of my tribe were attacked by the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty. People were killed and their property was robbed. The Tang Dynasty bullied me Turks. This hatred cannot be tolerated. I am here to ask His Majesty Khan to send troops. of."

Hearing that the Tang cavalry had robbed them of their belongings, Jieli Khan's expression froze immediately, but after a while, he smiled again.

"Ben Khan's spies sent news a few days ago that the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty and the King of Qin, Li Shimin, had a bit of a quarrel in Chang'an, the capital city. Their battle for the heir apparent should come to an end soon."

Gu Ali couldn't understand what Jieli Khan said.

"Does His Majesty Khan mean to send troops or not to send troops?"

Jieli Khan smiled: "Send troops."

Sending troops has nothing to do with what he said just now. Gu Ali was a little confused, but he didn't think too much about it. As long as his Khan is willing to send troops, he will definitely make Datang pay a painful price.

"Okay, then this subordinate will go back to organize troops and wait for His Majesty Khan's order."

Gu Ali backed out, and then a middle-aged man in his fifties walked in.

"Your Majesty Khan, are you really going to send troops?" The middle-aged man was thin, which was quite different from the burly Turks. He had a short beard and although his eyes were small, they seemed to be naked all the time.

He is the counselor of Jieli Khan, named Shi Jiu.

Jieli Khan glanced at Shijiu, and then showed a slight smile: "Don't you think it is very problematic for Datang to send cavalry to plunder my Turkic cattle and sheep? They would not do this before, and this year's harvest of Datang It's not bad, there is no shortage of food."

Shi Jiu's expression moved slightly: "Your Majesty Khan means that there must be a deep meaning in what Tang did?"

Jieli Khan shook his head: "It's not that the Tang Dynasty must have deep meaning, it may be that someone in the Tang Dynasty must have deep meaning. You know, if the Tang Dynasty starts a war with the Turks, whoever leads the army will be able to control the military power. Bingquan, what do you think they will do whether it is the Prince of the Tang Dynasty or King Qin of the Datang Dynasty?"

Hearing this, Shi Jiu already understood that whoever controls the military power will have more power to speak, and it will be easier to be the crown prince.

And as long as the two sides fight like this, the Tang Dynasty will be in chaos, and that is their Turkic opportunity.

So, they might as well go with it.

(End of this chapter)