Chapter 17 Jie Likhan

Of course, the yamen runner didn't know that the person he whipped was the Eastern Turkic Khan. Anyway, these people were demoted to slaves, so the Sui army that captured them didn't care about their identity. A Khan was not worth more than an ordinary soldier. He just casually told the people who were taking care of them and preventing them from escaping.

At the border, Tuli was under strict supervision. When he arrived in the mainland, Tuli's identity was no longer concerned. Even if he had the ability to escape from the slave camp, he could not escape to the prairie again. If he walked out for a few days, he might be re-arrested.

Fortunately, the yamen runners did not know Tuli's identity, otherwise the Tuli's situation would have become extremely bad immediately. Other yamen runners probably would be willing to use whips to teach the former honorable Eastern Turkic Khans a lesson. Only one person and Tuli would be beaten to death.

Just when Tuli was still dreaming that he would return to the prairie and become the Eastern Turkic Khan one day, his third son Ashinaduo had already raised the banner of the Eastern Turkic Khan on the prairie and called himself Jie Li Khan. This Jie Li Khan was once powerful in history. He inherited the foundation of his father and brother, valued the Han Dynasty Zhao Deyan, and took advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains at the end of the Sui Dynasty and placed the entire north of China under his iron hooves. Even Emperor Gaozu of Tang Li Yuan had to bow to him.

However, at this time, Jie Li Khan was a little miserable. His father and brother Tuli were captured. Shibi, Chuluo was in charge of the formation. Tens of thousands of elite Eastern Turkic soldiers followed Jie Li and only dozens of people escaped.

Fortunately, the cold weather gave the help of the new Jie Li Khan. The heavy snow on the prairie blocked the Sui army's continued pursuit. After about half a month of shelter, Jie Li finally gathered more than 2,000 people around him, barely looking like a khan.

These more than 2,000 people are undoubtedly the essence of the Eastern Turks. Most of them come from the Golden Wolf Cavalry who guards the Khan. Those who are slightly weaker die in this pursuit.

What was placed in front of these more than 2,000 people was not to celebrate the birth of the new Khan, but how to survive. The Eastern Turks were able to equalize the Western Turks. The Great Sui support made an indelible contribution, but now it completely turned against the Great Sui, and tens of thousands of elite wolf cavalry were only the two thousand people next to Jie Li. If the news spread to the Western Turks, the Western Turks Khan would inevitably take the opportunity to send troops to swallow them.

A few years ago, after the defeat of Datou Khan, the strength of the Western Turks decreased a lot. This is why the people sent by Murong Sanzang were willing to take people into the Central Plains to loot. Now tens of thousands of troops are destroyed. If the successor of the Western Turks Ashina Niejuchu Luo Khan learned that they had disappeared, it would be strange if they did not lead their troops to the east. After all, since the East and West Turks split, the nobles on both sides wanted to seek to reunify the Turks.

If Asan Nieju really led his troops to come, it would be fine for ordinary Turks. Anyway, both sides are descendants of the Asani family, the same is true for anyone. However, if these Turkic nobles and the Golden Wolf Cavalry who once guarded the Tuli Khan fell into the hands of the Western Turkic Khan, it would be better to commit suicide.

Until, Jie Li must grow stronger as soon as possible. In addition to guarding against the possible attack of the Western Turks, they abandoned almost all their supplies when they fled back from Mayi, and only had a small amount of dry food on them. However, there were so many horses that could kill horse meat to fill their hunger when necessary, but there was no hay for feeding the horses. If all the horses starved to death, would they have to walk on their legs? Moreover, the ones following them were all good war horses, and unless there was no way, they would not even be willing to kill one.

Whether in order to strengthen himself or to survive, Jie Li had to put his ideas on other nobles who did not participate in the war in the Eastern Turks this time. Although the rulers on the grassland were always the Ashina family, no one knew whether other nobles would continue to follow the orders of the Ashina family and become the Khan. While the news of the defeat in Mayi had not yet been heard, attacking the wintering land of other tribes could not only strengthen themselves, but also eliminate potential threats.

Therefore, a killing in the prairie was inevitable. Jie Li and the two thousand cavalry around him began to divide into several teams to attack the winter areas of each tribe.

The places where winter can be spent on the grassland are fixed, and there are strict divisions of which tribes can spend the winter. If they are occupied casually, it will immediately cause a life-and-death battle. Some tribes have very secrets in their wintering locations. However, this is not a problem for Jie Li. He is Tuli's third son, a member of the great Ashina family on the grassland. The wintering areas of each tribe are not secrets to him at all.

It is undoubtedly an extremely risky action to launch an army when it is snowing heavily. If you are not careful, the wind and snow can submerge the attacking soldiers and become frozen bones on the roadside. However, Jie Li has no choice. If he does not strengthen himself, whether it is the Sui army, the Western Turks, or the nobles of the Eastern Turks, he may have lost his bones.

Jie Li's adventure was successful. This winter, countless Turkic nobles were attacked in their winter lands, their heads were cut off, their wives and children became the property of others, and their heroic subordinates were either killed when they were in the tent or had to surrender to the new rulers.

In April of the second year of Daye, when the grassland was full of vitality, Jie Li re-established the power of the Asina family in the land of the Eastern Turks. Even if the news of the defeat in Mayi came, it would not have any impact on Jie Li. Most of the original nobles of the Eastern Turks fell under Jie Li's massacre, and the rest either had contact with Jie Li early or surrendered to the timely people. As for the vacancy caused by the death of these old nobles, they were naturally replaced by Jie Li's subordinates.

However, Jie Li was not without a price. Half of the remaining 2,000 Golden Wolf Cavalry died in the killings of the past few months. More than 80% of them died in the blizzard, rather than the resistance of the nobles. In the end, there were only more than 1,000 Golden Wolf Cavalry left. Excluding some people who were seriously injured and unable to fight, there were only 935 Golden Wolf Cavalry left.

These 935 people were treated the best. Jie Li allowed each Golden Wolf Cavalry to be given the title of the nobles. The gold, silver, jewelry, silk, satin, and women he robbed from the killed nobles. Jie Li was allowed to choose casually. This practice allowed Jie Li to obtain the absolute loyalty of all the remaining Golden Wolf Cavalry. With this Golden Wolf Cavalry as the team, Jie Li got a new army of 50,000 loyal to him.

Although this army was as many as Tuli invaded Mayi, its quality was far inferior. Any team of ten thousand people that was originally pulled out could defeat this 50,000 army, not to mention the 10,000 Golden Wolf Cavalry that guarded Khan. In addition to the more than 900 Golden Wolf Cavalry that followed Jie Li, loyalty also became a problem. He only relied on Jie Li's powerful means and the former reputation of the Ashin family. If a war broke out, only God knew how much combat power could be exerted.

Just as it became more stable, Jie Li immediately sent two envoys to set out in the Western Turks and the Great Sui Dynasty. The purpose of these two envoys was naturally to delay time.

In Jie Li's opinion, it may be difficult to delay the Western Turks, and there is definitely no problem in seeking peace with the Great Sui Dynasty. After all, if he is the Western Turks Khan, it is impossible for him to give up this rare opportunity to unify the East and West Turks. However, the position of Luo Khan in the Nijutun of the Western Turks is not stable and is under the strong pressure of the Khans in the west of the Western Turks.

Shekui is the grandson of the former Khan Datou, and his strength is not worse than that of Niejuku Luo Khan. If Ashi had not taken the lead, it is still possible to know who the Western Turkic Khan is now. If the East and West Turkic Turks could be unified in Niejuku Luo Khan, his position would be considered firm.

The Great Sui has always balanced the Eastern and Western Turks. Now the strength of the Eastern Turks has been greatly weakened. As long as he is willing to bow his head and beg for mercy, the Great Sui will definitely be generous and may even send troops to help him resist the attack of the Western Turks. However, the reality made Jie Li feel like he was beaten by the head. Just when the envoys he sent had not yet entered the Great Sui territory, the Sui army had already dispatched, and 100,000 Sui troops were divided into three finished arrows, like arrows in the shape of a finished character.

There were 40,000 troops in the middle, and 30,000 people in the other side, and each route was not something that the Eastern Turks could resist. After hearing this news, Jie Li vomited a mouthful of blood and almost fainted on the ground. After awakening, he looked around in a daze and couldn't understand it. If the Sui army was not afraid that he would have no choice but to go to the Western Turks, it was the Sui army who planned to swallow the East and West Turks together.

Jie Li's guess is really right. The Great Sui Dynasty now doesn't care whether the East-West Turkic alliance is united. Since this is the case, there is naturally no need to support an enemy that may turn against the target at any time. Both the new Emperor Yang Yong of the Great Sui Dynasty and the soldiers on the border were extremely disgusted with the capriciousness of the Turks.

The grassland in April is already bright and the taste of snow water is full of green fresh grass, yellow sheep, wild donkeys, rabbits and other animals, chewing them desperately to supplement the consumption in the winter. Dozens of herders are driving a group of livestock to grazle leisurely, not invading the surrounding wild animals, and the scene of harmony on the grassland.

Suddenly, a yellow sheep who was eating grass erected her ears, then became panicked, and immediately spread her four hooves and ran desperately. Other animals were also affected and began to run. The hare even slid into the cave with a naked sound.
Chapter completed!