Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2149 Decadent Cuckoo

The mining of coal mines has made Xiliang's winter much easier.

However, life on the Turkic side was very difficult.

They are facing the severe winter and facing the danger of being frozen to death.

The previous drought made many of them not have enough food.

They didn't loot much property this autumn.

The life of the Turkic people is not easy. People die almost every day, either because of the cold weather or because of lack of food.

The Turkic people complained a lot, and as the Turkic Khan, Ashina Helu naturally became a little worried.

As a khan, he has the responsibility to keep the people under his rule from enduring cold and hunger, and if he can't do this, why do other tribes have to respect him as a khan?

The common people began to have opinions on Ashina Helu, and so did the Turkic tribes with ten surnames.

This put a lot of pressure on Ashina Helu.

In a blink of an eye, the New Year has passed.

The weather on the prairie is still cold, and the grass hasn't sprouted yet.

Early this morning, the leader of the Turkic tribe with ten surnames came to Khan King's tent again.

"Your Majesty Khan, it will take at least a month for our grassland to grow green grass, but our people may not be able to last that long. What should we do?"

"Our life is difficult, it is too difficult, Your Majesty Khan, what do you think we should do?"

"........."

Everyone kept talking, and Ashina Helu persuaded them well, and finally let each of their tribes drag away a lot of cattle and sheep, and they finally gave up.

After they left, Ashina Helu hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Where is the eldest prince?"

"Drinking and having fun in his palace."

The so-called drinking and having fun is naturally drinking and playing with women.

Ever since he became a captive last time, Ashina Gugu has been like this. Only when he was stimulated by the rescue woman, he was able to forget the original humiliation.

After hearing this, Ashina Helu was not angry, but felt a little heartbroken. How heroic his son was before, he is not as decadent as he is now.

After sighing, Ashina Helu walked towards Ashina's palace.

When he came outside Ashina Gugu's room, there were bursts of panting sounds from inside the room from time to time.

This made Ashina Helu a little embarrassed. Although his son has become decadent, his ability in that aspect is still very strong.

He waited outside for a while, knowing that the sound inside had disappeared before he went in.

In the house, several women hid on the bed and seemed a little flustered. They were afraid. When Ashina saw his father Khan coming, he put down the wine jar in his hand, and then glanced at the women: "Get out."

As if they were pardoned, those women didn't have time to put on their clothes, so they ran out directly.

The room quickly became quiet, and only Ashina Helu and Ashina Gugu father and son were left in the room.

Ashina didn't speak, and he didn't know what to say.

Seeing this, Ashina Helu said: "Father Khan knows that you are not feeling well, so for a long time, you have been drinking and having fun, and Father Khan has never cared about you, but now, you have a chance to take revenge."

Ashina's grumbling expression was originally decadent, but after hearing these words, he became more or less energetic.

"Opportunity, what opportunity?"

"Over the Yumen Pass, Qin Tian sent a group of women to guard it. They are the same women that we Turks sent back. What is a group of women guarding the city? As long as our Turks attack, we will be able to take back Yumen Pass again. As long as you can take back Yumen Pass, Your father ordered you to be my Turkic prince, how about that?"

Hearing that by recapturing Yumen Pass, he could be established as the Turkic prince, Ashina's eyes suddenly shone.

The Turkic prince, as long as he can become the Turkic prince, the Turkic will be his in the future, and after capturing Yumen Pass, he can wash away the previous shame.

"Father Khan, don't worry, I will be able to take back Yumen Pass."

At this time, Ashina seemed to be full of strength all of a sudden, and he was full of hope for the future.

Seeing his son like this, Ashina Helu was a little relieved, his son was still his own son after all, not a coward.

"Okay, then you can lead [-] soldiers and horses to Yumen Pass."

"Here!"

After Ashina Gugu took the order, he quickly gathered [-] soldiers and horses and began to march towards Yumen Pass.

At this time, Ashina Helu always felt a little uneasy, so he called another confidant.

This confidant is called Erhu, and he is a fierce general with amazing force.

"What orders does His Majesty Khan have?"

"You led three thousand soldiers and sneaked into the place where the Xiliang Coal Mine is. When you arrive, burn that place down for me."

The underground is full of coal mines, once burned, there is a high possibility of an explosion, and as long as something happens in the coal mine, Qin Tian may not have the energy to take care of the affairs of Yumen Pass.

For the sake of his son, he must be foolproof.

After Erhu heard this, he was slightly taken aback. After all, burning coal mines is a very dangerous thing, and it would be a pity that so many coal mines were burned. But soon, he nodded and said, "Don't worry, Khan. The subordinates must be able to complete the task."

Ashina Helu nodded, he was still very assured of Erhu's loyalty, as long as Erhu said this, even if he died, he would definitely do it.

After the two tigers took the order, they retreated.

Until this time, Ashina Helu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

On the Turkic side, soldiers and horses were mobilized frequently, and at Yumen Pass, Qin Tian and Ma Zhou were also constantly busy.

Ma Zhou was busy with Xiliang Academy, while Qin Tian was busy with Yumen Pass.

The weather is getting warmer, and as long as the Silk Road is completely opened up, the whole of Xiliang will benefit from it. However, because the merchants feel that the Yumen Pass is not safe, few people do business with the countries in the Western Regions.

What Qin Tian needs to do now is to find a way to make Yumen Pass a little bit safer, so that those businessmen can have confidence in Yumen Pass, and let them know that Yumen Pass will only be in the hands of Xiliang from now on.

To achieve this, there are many ways, for example, to directly replace those female soldiers with some soldiers and horses, this is the quickest way, but if you do this, the confidence of those female soldiers will be defeated .

All of Gu Meng's hard work will also be in vain, and they will lose an iron-blooded female soldier in Xiliang. Although it seems that they have saved the Yumen Pass and opened up the Silk Road, their loss is also great.

So although this approach is feasible, it is not the best policy.

(End of this chapter)