Turkic grassland!

As winter goes and autumn comes, patches of tender grass on the grassland drill out of the land. The herdsmen who have survived the winter are swinging long whips and humming high songs to graz, presenting a prosperous scene.

To welcome this new year!

Jie Li gathered all the khans who surrendered to the Turkic Khan in the Turkic Khan Court, selected the brave men from each tribe to carry out the first large-scale hunting activity in the New Year.

Hunting is one of the customs of the Turks, and it is also because of this custom that makes the Turks extremely powerful.

In history, after learning about the habits of the Turks in detail, Li Shimin once expressed this feeling: "The director of the Turks only relied on horseback and shooting, and immediately went forward when he saw the profits. He ran away when he saw difficulties, but did not keep his movements. He used bows and arrows as his minions and armor as his regular clothes. He did not line up and walked, and the camp was not fixed. He chased water and grass as his living rooms, and sheep and horses as military rations. He won't stop and seek wealth, and he was ashamed to defeat him. He had no shame in patrolling at night and day, and no expense for feeding food."

A few simple sentences analyze the Turkic style thoroughly.

Riding and shooting is the foundation of the Turks, and the fundamental thing to practice this is to hunt.

Therefore, every year the Turks held many large-scale hunting activities, and even used hunting as an excuse to confuse their opponents.

In the eleventh year of Daye, the Turks took advantage of their army's characteristics of fighting and hunting, and led 100,000 troops to Yanmen. They told the Sui Dynasty that they had been hunting at this point, and they had no intention of offending. In the case of carelessness of the Sui Dynasty, they trapped Yang Guang in Yanmen in one fell swoop. If it weren't for Princess Yicheng's help, Yang Guang might have let the Turks capture him.

This time, it was a real hunting, and the 100,000 Turkic warriors from each tribe were divided into several columns, and carpet hunting was launched from all directions.

The Turkic hunting is also meaningful. On the vast grassland, the ones that dominate the grassland are often the wild beasts that reproduce rapidly, not humans. Especially the wild beasts after winter, because hunger will become extremely cruel, which is a great threat to all tribes on the grassland.

So they wanted to gather together to do a large-scale sweep and hunt wild animals on a large scale, so that they could protect the tribesmen from the danger of being attacked by wild animals.

This event lasted for a full twenty days, making the place where the Khan Court was very lively, and it was not inferior to the gathering in Chang'an. The crowds were crowded.

Warriors of all races can be seen everywhere using the spoils they hunted and traders from various countries to exchange for various items in the Khan Court. Most of them have no coins and pursue the exchange of goods. As long as they think the money is worth it, whoever suffers will not suffer. According to the customs here, they don’t mind.

"Khan. It's Khan here!"

Suddenly there were screams from the lively crowd. Jie Li touched the White Wolf King on his shoulder with one hand and waved to the surroundings proudly.

"God, it's the White Wolf King! Khan hunted the White Wolf King, long live... Long live Khan!"

Seeing this, Turkic people around him knelt on the ground and bowed.

The Turks believed in wolves, and regarded wolves as totems, and were respectful and fearful of wolves. In their legend, the White Wolf King was the king of all wolves on the grassland. Whoever could hunt the White Wolf King could be possessed by the Wolf God and became the lord of the grassland to create an unparalleled achievements. Thousands of years ago, it was said that the Maodun Shanyu of the Xiongnu led the Huns' soldiers and horses to unify the grassland. Those who were as powerful as the Han Dynasty had to marry each other for years. It was not until Maodun Shanyu died of illness and Emperor Wu of Han took charge of the Han Dynasty and was able to play with shame.

Jie Li could actually hunt the White Wolf King, and the Turks from all over the world couldn't help but kneel down to worship.

Jie Li was even more proud, showing off his White Wolf King with his might, as if he was really possessed by a wolf god.

Back at the Khan's tent, Jie Li put the White Wolf King carefully on his throne and laughed: "Love Concubine, look at the White Wolf King, I, Jie Li, are destined to be the king of the grassland. Just like the Maodun Shanyu back then, I pushed the Turks to the peak and stepped on the Western Turkic Tang Dynasty in the grassland."

Princess Yicheng has been in the grassland for many years and has heard of the legend of the White Wolf King. Congratulations after a while.

Jie Li laughed and said, "Everyone said that his beloved concubine was wrong. Yi Nan is a ally who sincerely loyal to me, Turkic ally, you don't believe it. Do you know that the White Wolf King was discovered by Yi Nan and the others first, and he informed me. I could only shoot myself and get possessed by the Wolf God. If he really had a strange intention, how could he give me this opportunity? He would not be the second Turkic one."

Princess Yicheng said calmly: "This kind of Yi Nan is really terrible. He can resist such temptation. He must be very ambitious. I hope Khan will think twice!"

Jie Li was in a very good mood and waved his hand disregardlessly, but did not listen.

Princess Yicheng didn't have much advice and changed the subject: "Khan, I received a reliable message here, saying that Li Tang sent Luo Shixin as a general and sent 50,000 troops to rescue Youzhou."

Jie Li was in a happy mood, and when he heard this, he put down his old face and touched the White Wolf King's corpse and said unhappily: "Since Gao Kaidao treats himself as a character, he dares to lead the Xi clan to plunder Youzhou without authorization, so that he can suffer a little. Humph, if it weren't for me, Jie Li, with his more than 10,000 troops, Li Tang would have been destroyed more than ten times."

As the Tang Dynasty became stronger and stronger, the three dogs he raised gradually became restless. It seemed that there were signs of finding a new owner. He was thinking about finding an opportunity to hit him, so he didn't want to care and let Gao Kaidao do whatever he wanted. Anyway, the Xi tribe turned the world upside down Youzhou, which was also a good thing for them. However, after the Xi tribe made such a fuss, fewer people plundered in Youzhou this autumn.

Princess Yicheng said: "But the information I received was that the purpose of the Tang Dynasty's expedition this time was not to drive the Xi clan, Gao Kaidao out of Youzhou, and to seize Yuyang, and completely destroy Gao Kaidao."

"Really?" Jie Li stood up in a state of emotion, walked quickly to Princess Yicheng, and looked at her solemnly.

Yuyang is located in the northeast of Youzhou, which was the border between Yan and the grassland people. In order to resist the grassland people, Yan built the Great Wall north of Yuyang. After the Qin Dynasty unified the world, it connected the Great Wall together. Throughout the dynasties, the Central Plains have relied on the Great Wall that has not fallen for thousands of years to resist the invasion of the grassland people again and again.

Because the Turks controlled the Gaokaidao inside the Great Wall, they could freely enter and exit the Great Wall, just like they were walking around their own backyard, and went deep into the territory of the Tang Dynasty to plunder.

If the Tang Dynasty took Yuyang, it would mean that the Tang Dynasty regained the Great Wall defense line, and used Yuyang as a stronghold and sent troops to the Great Wall. If the Turks wanted to invade Youzhou again, they had to break through the Great Wall defense line, which would be troublesome.

"The news is very reliable, it comes from the Tang Dynasty's court. Internal strife is always the main reason for the weakness of the Central Plains." Princess Yicheng said affirmatively.
Chapter completed!