Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1206 The Golden Wolf Is Immortal
The extreme west of the Western Regions.

The Silk Road North Road goes through Suiyechuan, continues to the northwest along Atami Road, and goes west along Yaoshashui. There is a sea thousands of miles away, called the Caspian Sea.

On the northwest bank of the Caspian Sea, in the North Caucasus grassland and the lower reaches of the Volga River, there is a Turkic tribe loyal to the Ashina family, called the Khazar tribe.

The leader of the Khazar tribe is the Khazar Yehu, who were the leaders of the nobles who were enfeoffed when the Western Turks were strong.

At that time, Turkic Tumen Khan asked his brothers to lead a hundred thousand tribes to march westward, chasing the Rouran people and the Yanda people.The secret room sent one of the tribes to chase all the way to the Caspian Sea, chasing a group of Avars from Rouran and Yanda to the north shore of the Black Sea further west.

The Avars migrated all the way to the west, expropriated many Huns and Slavs, and formed an alliance with Persia. They once rubbed the Roman Empire on the ground. Although there were only 20 cavalry in the territory, Rome was also forced to pay Avar Khan an annual tribute of gold coins for peace. From [-] gold coins a year at the beginning to [-] gold coins a year later, the Romans were very helpless.

After the Turks sent the Khazars to the west, the Avars who fought all the way continued to retreat westward. From Yibohai to the Volga River, the Avars were defeated again and again.

In the end, they had to retreat to the Hungarian Plain on the northern shore of the Black Sea, while the Volga River Plain and the North Caucasus Steppe were all occupied by the Khazars.

The Avars allied themselves with the Sasanian dynasty, while the Roman Empire offered an alliance with the Khazars.

The Roman Emperor Heraclius transferred the tribute originally given to the Avars to the Khazars. The temptation of 20 solid gold coins a year made the Khazars not only help Rome fight the Avars, but even Rome beat the Persians.

It's just that the powerful Turks collapsed faster than the Huns and Rouran.

On the plain beside the Volga River, She Kui Khan was lying in the tent of the golden wolf, dying.

This khan was injured by an arrow when he was fighting with the Tie Le cavalry at the Xin Khan Court in Qianquan, Shiguo. Afterwards, he retreated all the way to the territory of Khasa Yehu, but his injuries became more and more serious.Up to now, She Kui Khan is going to die after all.

"I think I am the grandson of Datou Khan. I was originally a small Khan who only managed a few tribes in Suiyechuan. Later, Chuluo Khan brutally killed the leaders of Tiele's tribes, causing riots among the tribes. At that time, Yi Shibo , Qibi Geleng and other Tiele people all proclaimed their sweat. Chuluo was defeated in a row. At that time, I stood up and led everyone to put down the rebellion. Chu Luo fought and defeated him, and Chu Luo was summoned to the Central Plains by Emperor Sui and never returned."

The sickly Shekui Khan couldn't help being very excited when he thought of the past. If it weren't for Chu Luo's brutal chaos, he would not have had the chance to stand out.

Sitting in front of Khan's sick bed were Khaza Yehu Zabir and Khan's brother Yehu.

"Thinking about it now, in fact, I was able to defeat Chu Luo back then because the Sui Dynasty of the Central Plains stepped in to help, but I didn't understand it at that time." She Kui sighed.At that time, the Sui Dynasty didn't want to see the Western Turks sitting strong, so they took advantage of Tie Le's rebellion, secretly supported him, and even conscripted Chu Luoqiang into the court to prevent him from returning to the Western Regions, so that he went smoothly. Unify all the ministries and become a great sweat.

"Back then, all the countries west of Yumen Pass, from the Caspian Sea in the west to Persia in the south, all listened to my orders. All the kings were granted the name of Tilifa by me, and all countries accepted the Tutun officials I sent to the countries."

But at that time, the Sui Dynasty in the Central Plains began to be chaotic and weakened, and even the former suzerain, Eastern Turks, suffered great losses in the war with the Central Plains.

Shekui Khan miscalculated the strength between the Western Turks and the Central Plains, and made a wrong decision to intervene in Qin's attack on Tuyuhun.

"If you give me another chance, I will definitely not send troops to Tuyuhun."

Tong Yehu remembered how embarrassingly he ordered the whole army to break through the siege at the Qinghai Lake. In the end, he didn't even have the courage to fight, so he could only order the whole army to disperse and break through. There were tens of thousands of troops at that time, but in the end Less than one out of ten escaped the siege and returned to the Western Regions.

"At the beginning, we really shouldn't take the initiative to send troops, but even if we didn't send troops, the Qin people would not really let us off the West Turks. Kucha was wiped out, and Shunishi was completely wiped out."

Tong Yehu sighed, "If we hadn't taken the initiative to attack, but had been more cautious and actively defended the Western Regions, then we might still have a chance."

She Kui Khan waved his hand.

"You can't bring up the past, and you can't go back if you mention it again. Now it's better to be optimistic about the present, I can't do it, time is running out."

"Great Khan, we have sent someone to Rome, there is a famous doctor in the Roman court."

She Kui Khan shook his head, he knew his own affairs, there was no cure for medicine and stones, and he was helpless.

"After crossing the Aral Sea and going all the way west, we still have [-] tents here. Although this strength cannot allow us to return to the Western Regions and Mobei, it is still possible to gain a foothold here. After I die, my son You are still young, and no one can inherit the Khan's heavy responsibility. I will pass the golden wolf banner to you, Tong Yehu. You are my brother, young and brave, and very stable. I am relieved to pass on the position of Khan to you."

Brothers and brothers are very common in Turks, and it is reasonable for Shekui to hand over the Khan throne to him.

"Zabir, you and the Khazarian tribe, will you support the new Khan?" She Kui asked Zabir.

Zabiel, as the guardian of the Khazar leaf, is the local snake here, and his strength is very strong.

But after all, Khazar has always been a part of the Western Turks and has always been loyal to the Ashina family. What's more, the Shekui brothers did not flee alone. They came all the way west and brought a lot of tribal population. It is not weaker than Kazakhstan, and even its combat power should be higher than its department.

Now the two teams have a combined account of [-] tents, but as soon as Shekui came, they took control of Yating instead.

"Zabir swears allegiance to Yehu Khan to the death!"

Shekui solemnly handed his golden wolf head knife to Tong Yehu, "The golden wolf will not die! We Turks are noble and ferocious wolves. Always remember that wolves can defeat lions and tigers only by relying on wolves, not alone. The wolf defeated. Tong Yehu, after you become a khan, you must unite everyone and unite the tribes. Also, remember to continue to maintain the alliance with the Romans. If you can, you should make peace with them and strengthen the alliance."

Tong Yehu took the golden wolf's knife, gritted his teeth and nodded. "The golden wolf will not die!"

"Also, if the Qin people don't come west, then don't go back."

"The Western Region is our home, how can we just abandon it like this?"

"I'm not asking you to abandon your home in the Western Regions, but I'm just asking you to temporarily avoid the edge. Today's Qin people are too strong, so strong that we can't afford to provoke them. Maybe we can only temporarily avoid it, maybe for a year or 20, maybe If it takes a little longer, maybe the Qin people themselves will have civil strife, and then they will be out of reach in the distant Western Regions. At that time, we may be able to return to our old place."

"It's been too long." Tong Yehu shook his head, "We can borrow troops from the Romans, and even negotiate a peace alliance with the Avars. I don't believe that the Qin people can still fight us in the far western regions."

"Don't worry, the Romans are fighting endlessly with the Persians, how can they have the energy and spare energy to take care of us." Shekui Khan coughed, "Not only don't go back to the Western Regions, don't start a war with the Qin people, but also maintain the Silk Road connecting Rome , as long as you can protect this Silk Road, then relying on the transit trade with Rome and Frank, we will become stronger day by day, wait, wait, wait."

In the last few days of her life, She Kui repeatedly chanted "Duo" and so on.

Shekui Khan died of illness, and Tong Yehu succeeded to the position of Great Khan. This day was the first day of the first lunar month in the sixth year of Kaiyuan of the Great Qin Empire in the Central Plains.

(End of this chapter)