Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 165
Northland.

When the wind suddenly picked up, the huge Turkic cavalry team escorted the slaves of various tribes and were moving eastward. They were about to leave the Turkic king's tent and head for Yating in the east.

The big banner with the golden wolf head fluttered in the wind in front of the team.

Under the banner, is a rough Turkic boy.He is not very old, and there is a trace of childishness between his brows, but the bloody smell on his body is lingering for a long time. Flies and mosquitoes are flying around him, making a buzzing sound, which makes him very tired.

Even Jinshan Mawang under his crotch hates flies flying around, shaking his head from time to time to drive them away.

He is the son of Shibi, the current Tuli Khan Shibobi.

In fact, Chu Luo didn't want to designate Shibobi as a small khan at first, because the existence of Shibobi was a challenge to his power, but the Turks were not monolithic.

When Shibi died, some people supported Shibobi, and others supported Shibi's third younger brother, Doobi.Under such circumstances, Chu Luo could only pinch his nose and designate Shibobi as Tuli Khan to rule over all the tribes in the east.In exchange for Shibobi's support.

Shi Bobi is very aware of his situation, so he happily agrees to his uncle's conditions.He knew that he had no chance to become Khan for the time being, because Chu Luo was only one of the obstacles, and his other uncle, who was aggressive, was not a good one.

In this case, he could only choose to cooperate with Chu Luo and move the tribe to the east to accumulate strength.

The sharp hawk's cry resounded in my ears, and the black shadow passed over Shibobi's head. It drew a perfect arc in the blue sky and swooped down at a high speed. The target was Shibobi.

Shibobi laughed and raised his left arm. When the black shadow was about to collide, it slowed down strangely in mid-air, and then its two sharp claws firmly grasped Shibobi's arm.

"Let me see, what did you catch?"

Shi Bobi took out a bloody leg of lamb from Hei Diao's mouth.

"Not bad."

At this moment, hundreds of riders came from afar.

The leader is the association rate of the Tang Dynasty who was sent to the Tang Dynasty not long ago.Beside the association rate, there is also a Turkic youth, he is the third younger brother of Shibobi, who wants to set up the valley.

Shi Bobi stopped the war horse and waited for the association rate to meet.

When the association leader arrived, Shi Bobi smiled and said, "My brother, you are back."

"Khan." The leader of the association immediately saluted, and then said, "I'm back."

"go!"

The three brothers talked as they walked, mainly talking about what they had seen and heard in the Tang Dynasty and Chuluo's next move.Shibobi asked some questions now and then, while Yugushi was completely silent.

After the association rate finished speaking, Shi Bobi said: "Listening to what you said, I really want to meet that Li Zhiyun. It's extremely arrogant to stand shoulder to shoulder with a god with a mortal body!"

Yu Gushe said coldly: "He is just a little Nan slave, how dare he blaspheme the gods and seek death!"

"You're wrong!" Shi Bobi lectured: "Whether this Li Zhiyun blasphemes the gods or not, his courage is enough for us to value."

The association said: "Brother, I have fought against Li Zhiyun. He is very strong, and I can't beat him one-on-one. Li Zhiyun's elder brother is the heir of the Tang Dynasty, but I don't like that guy named Li Jiancheng, he is too weak! I have hinted many times that Li Zhiyun will win the throne, and this person will be of great use in the future."

Shi Bobi shook his head, "Association rate, you are too naive. The minds of the Han people are more twisted than sheep's intestines. You should never underestimate the disguise of the Han people. Regardless of whether Li Zhiyun will be useful in the future, we must make ourselves strong now, and then Take back what is ours!"

"Yes!" The leader of the association nodded heavily, and then said: "Brother, I have heard that Chu Luo is going to support Ao Sheshe's plan, and will do his best to help Liu Wuzhou attack Taiyuan. And Dou Jiande will also get aggressive help. In addition, Yu Sheshe Also supporting Liang Shidu, Chu Luo seems to be planning a massive attack on the Tang Dynasty."

"Very well, it's best for Chu Luo and Tang Chao to lose both!" Shibobi sneered.

In July of the second year of Wude, Chang'an was awakened by the sound of heavy and dull bells.

Chu palace.

Li Zhiyun woke up suddenly on the couch, he opened the bedroom door and listened for a while.Princess Chu caught up and put the clothes on him.

Li Zhiyun's hair was loose, he turned his head and asked, "Did it come from the palace?"

"I think so too." Princess Chu replied.

"Oops!"

Li Zhiyun's heart suddenly rose to his throat, and the palace bell rang in the middle of the night, it was definitely not a trivial matter.

At this time, the maid came quickly.

"Your Highness, someone from the palace has sent a message to ask His Highness to go to Wude Hall to discuss matters immediately."

"understood."

As a famous servant knocked on the door of the important minister's house, the sound of horseshoes gradually became louder, and officials of the fourth rank and above in Chang'an rushed to the imperial city on horseback.

At the gate of the palace, Li Zhiyun ran into Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.

Everyone was woken up in the middle of the night, so their spirits were not very good, but they all knew that it was definitely not a trivial matter for the saint to ask them to discuss matters at this time, so they all managed to cheer up.

"Big brother, second brother."

"Fifth brother."

"Fifth brother."

The three brothers looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a while.

"What the hell is going on? Father wants to ring the bell to summon his ministers." Li Shimin frowned, feeling something bad in his heart.

Li Jiancheng said: "Let's go see Father Emperor first."

Everyone followed the servants and poured into Wude Hall one after another.

In the hall, all the ministers were in place, discussing a lot.

At this moment, Li Yuan appeared with the support of two servants.

"See Your Majesty." Everyone greeted.

After Li Yuan sat down, he weakly dismissed all the officials.

Seeing this, the Li Zhiyun brothers immediately realized that something was wrong.Lao Li's appearance seemed to be the result of being hit hard.

Li Yuan spoke slowly, but the content was explosive.

"Dou Jiande invaded Xiangzhou, King Huai'an was defeated, and King Yong'an" At this point, Lao Li paused and said sadly: "He died in battle."

what!
a bolt from the blue!

Yong'an Wang Li Xiaoji died in battle in Hebei!
Since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xiaoji should be the first clan prince to die in battle.Although his mission to Xiangzhou was to escort food and grass, his identity was still there.

Even though everyone knew that Li Xiaoji was a piece of mud, the emperor used him to give him a chance.But the problem is, he died in Xiangzhou.

The King of Huai'an, who was in charge of Hebei's strategy, was also defeated at the same time.

This means that Datang's outpost in Hebei is about to fall.

What's even more frightening is that the strengthening of Dou Jiande's power will challenge Datang.

Then again, the death of King Yong'an itself was a huge blow to the court.

Since the founding of Datang, this is the first complete defeat in a foreign war.The loss of a clan general was a loss that he did not have in the battle against Xue Ju.

After Li Yuan finished speaking, the servant distributed the details of Hebei's battle report to the crown prince, King Qin, King Chu, Xiangguo and others in turn.

Li Zhiyun suppressed the shock in his heart and opened the battle report.

At the beginning of May of the second year of Wude, Wang Xingbing of Huai'an attacked Beizhou, and won three battles and three victories. Dou Jiande, who was once killed, was defeated.

On June [-]th of the second year of Wude, Dou Jiande's army ambushed and killed Li Shentong, king of Huai'an, who was attacking the Zongcheng on the flanks, forcing Li Shentong to retreat.

On June [-]th of the second year of Wude, Dou Jiande's troops entered Qiankou and sent flanking cavalry to attack Xiangzhou Cheng'an.At that time, King Yong'an was hoarding grain and grass in Cheng'an.Losing to Dou Jiande's cavalry army, the city was destroyed and people died.

On June [-]th of the second year of Wude, King Huai'an retreated to Linzhang.

After an incense stick of time passed, Li Zhiyun had probably read the battle report and understood how Li Shentong lost.

To sum it up is very simple, underestimating the enemy and rushing forward, was copied by Dou Jiande, then defeated on the frontal battlefield, and finally was violently killed as a pig and dog.

(End of this chapter)