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Chapter 137 Dingxiang City

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Looking at the thousands of Turkic cavalry in front of him, Wu Wen came up with a new plan.

Let Ashina Simo take him to Dingxiang.

"Cheng Chumo!" Wu Wen shouted.

"County Master!" Cheng Chumo responded.

"Do you dare to go with me again?" Wu Wen asked.

"Where to go?" Cheng Chumo wondered.

"Kill Jie Li!" Wu Wen said firmly.

Cheng Chumo's expression froze when he heard this, and then he answered in a sonorous and powerful voice: "I am willing to go!"

"Okay!" Wu Wen nodded, and then turned to Ashina Simo, "Go prepare some Turkic clothes for us to change into."

"Yes!" Ashina Simo accepted the order. He also understood Wu Wen's intention and did not dare to hesitate. He left quickly to prepare clothes.

Soon, he came over with dozens of Turkic cavalry and more than a hundred pieces of Turkic clothing.

"Cheng Chumo, take someone to change their clothes." Wu Wen ordered.

Cheng Chumo took immediate action.

Ashina Simo also handed a clean piece of clothing to Wu Wen.

After changing clothes.

Wu Wen, with more than one hundred elite cavalrymen including Cheng Chumo, and thousands of Turkic cavalrymen led by Ashina Simo, marched towards Dingxiang.

Out of Yanmen Pass.

Wu Wen and Ashina Simo walked side by side and chatted:

"Ashina Simo, your last name is Ashina, which means you are from the family of the Great Khan of the Turks?" Wu Wen asked.

"Yes!" Ashina Simo answered respectfully, "My father is Ashina Duoliushe, and my great-grandfather is Ashina Tumen."

Ashina Tumen, the founder of the Turkic Khanate, was honored with the title of Ili Khan.

Wu Wen continued: "In that case, you are also qualified to inherit the throne of Khan."

"If Jie Li dies, can you lead the Turks?"

Hearing this, Ashina Simo was startled, then delighted, but then he thought of something and shook his head helplessly: "Although I am qualified, I don't have enough power. Even if Jie Li Khan dies, there is still Tuli Khan and the other eighteen Khans."

Wu Wen paused slightly and looked at him sideways: "I don't want you to unify the Turks. I just want to ask, if Jie Li is dead, can you control Dingxiang City?"

Ashina Simo answered affirmatively: "It's just Dingxiang, I can do it."

"That's good!" Wu Wen nodded slightly.

Along the way, he was thinking in his mind that sneaking into Dingxiang City and killing Jie Li alone would not be a big deal.

It would be great if we could take Dingxiang City.

This was like driving a nail into the grassland. If the Turks wanted to invade the Tang Dynasty in the future, they would first be blocked by Dingxiang City. This was a good way to solve the problem once and for all.

Traveling quickly.

Shortly after.

Wu Wen and others arrived outside Dingxiang City.

The Dingxiang City in front of us is actually just a large earthen city.

Originally, this was just a military camp set up by Jie Li to facilitate the invasion of the Tang Dynasty, but as time went by, this city was slowly built.

Wu Wen slowed down and let Ashina Simo walk in front.

When the Turkic soldiers guarding the city saw that the leader was Ashina Simo, they did not dare to stop him and saluted respectfully.

The team successfully entered Dingxiang City.

Although the Turks were a nomadic people in the city, they began to live a settled life after establishing a town here.

There were rows of earthen and stone houses arranged in an orderly manner. On both sides of the road, many Turks were setting up stalls to do business. Pedestrians were coming and going, and the scene was very lively.

Seeing Ashina Simo leading his army into the city, the Turks hid on the side of the road, their eyes filled with awe and fear.

A smooth journey.

Arrived in front of the palace in the center of the city.

At this time, the guarding Turkic soldiers stopped them.

Ashina Simo whispered to Cheng Chumo and his subordinates, "Wait a minute, we will go in and capture Jie Li first to attract the guards' attention, and then you will take the opportunity to rush in."

Then he stepped forward and said, "I want to see the Khan."

Upon hearing this, the guard immediately ran into the palace to report.

After a while, he came back and said, "Khan wants you to come in."

Wu Wen followed Ashina Simo and wanted to enter the palace together, but was stopped by the guards.

Ashina Simo immediately turned around and scolded the guard: "He is the man I want to take to see the Khan!"

The guard then let him pass.

Entering the palace, Wu Wen looked around and could only describe the situation as magnificent.

Go forward and enter the palace.

At this moment, Jie Li was holding a banquet. When he saw Ashina Simo coming in, his originally happy face suddenly turned cold. He threw the wine glass in his hand at Ashina Simo and shouted:
"You useless bastard! I asked you to kill that Tang general, but you escaped from the battlefield, causing him to chase me all the way back to Dingxiang!"

Ashina Simo smiled softly and thought to himself: You are afraid of death, so you don’t take my life seriously?
At this time, Wu Wen walked out from behind Ashina Simo.

Jie Li glanced at him, and when he recognized Wu Wen, his expression froze for a moment, and then he showed a look of horror: "It's you!"

"Jie Li Khan, you're going to give me a long chase!" Wu Wen said.

"Somebody come!"

Jie Li jumped up angrily and just as he started shouting loudly, Wu Wen instantly jumped in front of him.

Face to face, eye to eye, looking down at him condescendingly.

"You..." Jie Li was so nervous that he couldn't speak.

Wu Wen grabbed his neck and said, "If you run again!"

The people present and the guards who rushed over after hearing the noise drew their swords and attacked.

Wu Wen held Jie Li in his hand and showed it to everyone, making them afraid to approach.

Ashina Simo stood up and shouted, "Everyone, get out of here!"

However, everyone looked at each other, stood there and did not react.

At this time.

Outside the palace, crackling sounds of fighting were heard.

After a while, Cheng Chumo, his subordinates and Ashina Simo's Turkic soldiers broke into the palace.

Ashina Simo came before Jie Li and announced to everyone: "From now on, I, Ashina Simo, will replace Jie Li as the new Khan! Who disagrees?"

"I……"

Just as one person was about to object, Cheng Chumo chopped him off without saying a word, and blood flowed all over the floor.

"Ashina Simo, you..."

Jie Li wanted to say something, but as Wu Wen's strength in his hands grew stronger, he gradually lost his breath.

With the death of Jie Li, his soldiers laid down their weapons one after another.

Looking at the remaining small group of people who wanted to resist, Cheng Chumo immediately led his men to rush over and slaughtered them in an instant.

At this point, they successfully captured the palace.

Ashina Simo walked down the steps, knelt down and saluted Wu Wen. Although his face was respectful, his eyes revealed a complicated expression.

How could he escape Wu Wen's observation?
Wu Wen walked up to him, put his hand on his shoulder, and said softly, "Don't pretend, I can see that you want to be the Khan, but you are afraid of me.

Just be a good Khan and don't have any inappropriate thoughts."

Upon hearing this, Ashina Simo immediately bowed more respectfully.

"Go and take care of other things, and then completely control Dingxiang City." Wu Wen said.

Following the order, Ashina Simo stood up and left.

Wu Wen turned to Cheng Chumo and said, "Go and tell the court that we have captured Dingxiang City."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Chumo's face showed excitement.

He never expected that they could capture the Turkic city of Dingxiang so easily.

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(End of this chapter)