Turbulent Times Chapter 57: Zhou Hu’s worry

This battle lasted for a day and a night, Tong Yehu's army saw a big victory, but Khurnubi led the army to attack from behind, catching Tong Yehu's army by surprise.

As a result, Tong Yehu Khan even more believed that the people who poisoned their tribe's food and grass last night must have been sent by Ashina, and the purpose was even to attract their army, and then fight with Kuru Nubi Plotting a sneak attack on him.

As for the fact that the Ashina tribe was attacked by them once, causing the Ashina tribe to suffer heavy losses, in his opinion, it must be that Hulu Nubi appeared later on purpose, in order to make the Ashina tribe suffer more losses, and at the same time, he also wanted to wait. The rear army he commanded Ye Hu also devoted himself to looting the Ashina tribe before reappearing, so as to injure his army as much as possible.

However, although Hulu Nubi caught Tong Yehu Khan by surprise, he actually came in haste. To be precise, this was a three-way encounter. There was no strict plan, and the preparation was seriously insufficient, so after Tong Yehu Khan was hit repeatedly at the beginning, he waited to recover and counterattack desperately, especially Tong Yehu personally led 30,000 soldiers to charge back and forth using him as a sharp knife , unexpectedly turned the situation of the battle that was about to be defeated, and the three parties were at a stalemate for a while, and the casualties continued to increase rapidly.

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"Master Changsun, my country teacher is deeply ashamed. The Great Khan went to attack the two rebel tribes, Ashina and Kurunubi, and neglected Master Changsun..."

West Turkic Royal Court, King Bo Duo held a banquet in honor of Changsun Sheng, Zhou Hu, and Changsun Wuji, at this time he expressed his apology insincerely.

Changsun Sheng said with a smile: "I always thought that Tong Yehu Khan had already controlled the entire Western Turks. Unexpectedly, there were two rebel tribes. Fortunately, Tong Yehu Khan was brave. Otherwise, if he was defeated, Wouldn't it be possible for me to fall into the hands of Ashina and Hulu Nubi, if there is any trouble between me and General Wang, I'm afraid my Tai Sui army will kill me."

King Bo Duo squinted his eyes and said: "Your eldest grandson and Lord Wang, you can rest assured that Yehu Khan will definitely defeat Ashina and Kurunubi and rule the Western Turks."

Changsun Sheng waved his hand and said in an official tone: "Forget it, I don't bother to care about Western Turk's own affairs. Since you are messing around with housework, I shouldn't stay here for a long time. Let's go back to the Sui Dynasty." !”

King Bo Duofa said in his heart: "This dog officer is afraid that Tong Yehu Khan will be defeated and fall into the hands of Ashina and Kurunubi, and be killed by others, so he is busy running for his life, and he still wants to speak in a high-sounding manner."

Thinking this way, King Bo Duo didn't show his face, coughed, and pretended to stay: "My lord grandson, why worry? According to my national teacher, Khan can be wiped out in seven days at most. Shi Na and Hulu Khan, when the time comes, please treat your eldest grandson well.”

Changsun Sheng pretended to be "shocked", and lost his voice: "It will take another seven days, no, no, I am here for the purpose of getting married. Now that it has been completed, my Great Sui Emperor is still here Waiting for the news from my official, my official return is like an arrow, I will leave today!"

The Dharma King Bo Duo secretly smiled in his heart, and pretended to keep him for a while, then took advantage of the situation and agreed to Chang Sun Sheng.

Obviously, the courage that Changsun Sheng showed these days was only because he knew that he and Tong Yehu would not kill him, so he was so strong. Now Anashi is different from Hulu Nubi, so he was frightened away, and immediately packed his bags and prepared to run away after returning.

"His Royal Highness, I will take the mission back to the Sui Dynasty today, and I am here to say goodbye to the princess. I hope the princess will take care of her." Changsun Sheng bowed deeply to Princess Xinyi and said solemnly.

"Are you leaving now? Why don't you stay a few more days?" Princess Xinyi looked sad, although in Changsun Sheng's mission, apart from Wang Junlin who had some special relationship with her, She didn't even know any of the others. But, after all, they are from their own country. In places like the far western regions, Changsun Sheng and his party are just like his natal family. When they heard that their natal family was leaving, Princess Xinyi still felt a little bit reluctant.

Chang Sun Sheng sighed, shook his head and did not speak. He could understand how Princess Xinyi felt, because Princess Yiqing, who was married to Dong Turk, was also sent there by him at that time. When they were leaving, the words of the two princesses were so similar to the expressions on their faces.

"Where is General Wang? Why didn't he come to say goodbye to me?" Princess Xinyi asked.

Changsun Sheng glanced over. Although all the people in the tent were brought by Princess Xinyi, he was not sure whether the people inside had been bought or subdued by King Bo Duo and Tong Yehu Khan, so he said: "The king The general still has to lead the army to prepare to leave, so he didn't come here."

Princess Xinyi's face suddenly became a little pale, and the grief became even worse, but she still suppressed the sadness in her heart and said: "Master Changsun, please tell your majesty that I will try my best to help Da Sui in my lifetime." Let the Western Turks invade our Great Sui like last year."

"Princess Gao Yi, I will definitely tell Your Majesty what the princess said." Changsun Sheng gave another deep bow, and after finishing speaking, he turned around and left the tent.

After Chang Sun Sheng left, He Shanggong next to him said quietly: "Princess, don't be sad, yesterday I went to the mission camp in the name of condolences to the soldiers, I checked carefully, General Wang has disappeared for two days. "

When Princess Xinyi heard this, her pale face became more rosy, her sadness was reduced by half, and she said in a low voice, "You mean that General Wang is not here."

He Shanggong said in a low voice: "Princess still remembers the corpse of the Sui army found in the lake two days ago. The sudden outbreak of a big battle is what General Wang did in the past two days."

After hearing this, Princess Xinyi didn't speak, and the expression on her face fluctuated. No one knew what she was thinking.

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On the grassland, the sky was gloomy, and the sun was supposed to be shining brightly, but at noon, looking at the gloomy sky, it seemed that it was going to be dark soon.

A gust of damp wind passed low over the grassland.

A convoy of more than 2,000 people left the tribe of the Western Turkic Royal Court and headed southeast. Zhou Hu led a thousand cavalry in the front, looked up and said loudly: "It's going to rain, it looks like it's going to rain heavily!"

The 2,500 cavalry escorting the convoy were much more orderly than the Turkic cavalry. They wore uniform iron armor, mandarin duck battle jackets, helmets, armed with spears, and swords across their waists. They were full of energy and vigilant.

That's right, this is the Great Sui Mission to the Western Turks. Now that the Turkic civil war has already started, they are not suitable to stay any longer. Yes, there is a possibility of being exposed at any time, even if they don't provoke them, if the Turkic people finally kill the red-eyed, or Tongyehu Khan is defeated, who knows whether Ashina and Khurunubi will send They were killed.

Zhou Hu personally rushed to Changsun Sheng's car, and said loudly, "Master Changsun, it's going to rain heavily, I think we should set up a tent at the foot of the mountain over there as soon as possible, and temporarily set up a camp to avoid the rain. It's probably going to rain within half an hour!"

Chang Sun Sheng stretched out his head and glanced at the sky, and said, "Then according to Captain Zhou's intention, set up camp as soon as possible to avoid the rain."

Soon, under Zhou Hu's mobilization, the whole team quickly turned to a higher position at the foot of the mountain, busy laying piles and erecting tents, and when most of the tents were set up, the entire camp took shape. At that time, some sporadic raindrops had already fallen in the sky.

At this time, a cavalryman wearing Turkic costumes arrived and sent information.

Soon, information appeared on Changsun Sheng's desk.

The information was written on a piece of paper with charcoal, and it was sent by people sent by Wu San, which means that they have led 500 people and horses into pieces, and they are going back to Gaotai City in disguise. In addition, it is emphasized that Wang Junlin is still with the Hulu Nubi tribe and the caravan.

"Master Changsun, will something happen to our general?" Zhou Hu asked worriedly. Now they have all evacuated from West Turkic, leaving Wang Junlin alone.

Changsun Sheng thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, Captain Zhou. According to the original plan in Gaotai City, General Wang will dress up as a businessman and return to Gaotai City with the caravan. There will be no problem with General Wang's ability." of."

Zhou Hu nodded and stopped talking. He may seem like a rough man, but in fact he is very careful. He knew that most of the credit for this trip to Turkic, which caused a full-scale civil war in Turkic, was on Wang Junlin. He was worried that Changsun Sheng and his son would kill Wang Junlin for greed.

Zhou Hu has such an idea because he has never had a good impression of the civil servants of the Sui Dynasty. He even thinks that the civil servants have no good things. The head of the hundred people, but in fact he was the head of the fire at that time, because his credit was embezzled by the civil servants.

In the evening, it finally started to rain heavily.

The rain fell quickly and suddenly, and the rainwater formed a continuous line, connecting the sky and the ground, and it felt painful when it hit the person's face. Fortunately, the mission had set up tents a long time ago, and everyone hid in the tents, not even a sentinel. In such a heavy rain, there was no need to worry about sneak attacks.

The rain was too fast to last, and it stopped after less than half an hour. However, although it rained for a short time, the amount of rain was heavy. Although the entire camp was located in a higher area, it was still wet everywhere.

Zhou Hu is very experienced and chose a good place. Not only does it not store rainwater, but the ground after the rain is not muddy because of the turf.

However, when it rains heavily, even if you are in the tent, the rain will flow from your feet, and that kind of dampness is unavoidable.

Without consulting Changsun Sheng, Zhou Hu sent a fire scout cavalry to the Hulu Nubi tribe to inquire about news. He was a little worried about Wang Junlin.

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