Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 404 The Khan Is Dead (3000)

If it is said that Gao Cheng has a high prestige because he followed his father Gao Huan to start a business since he was a child and made great achievements, then Anahu is to Rouran obviously more than Gao Cheng is to Northern Qi.

When Anahu regained the position of Khan, Rouran had already reached the moment of life and death.

In 520 AD, Khan Chounu was defeated in Gaoche and was killed by internal strife. His younger brother Anahu, who was supported by his mother, was expelled by his brother Shifa and led the army in the same year, and fled to the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Before Shifa had a chance to breathe, Brahman, the son of Doulun Khan, raised his troops to compete with Shifa for the position of Khan.

The large-scale struggle within Rouran for the Khan position ended in the victory of the Brahmins.

But the good times didn't last long. The following year, in July 521, the Brahmins were attacked by the Gaoche army, and even had to give up the royal court and ancestral land, and chose to defect to the Northern Wei Dynasty like Anahu.

Seeing that Gaoche was about to seize the hegemony of the grassland, the court of the Northern Wei Dynasty even let go of a century-old feud, tightened their belts to help Rouran, and supported Anahu to take over the position to check and balance Gaoche.

In 523, there was a severe drought in northern Xinjiang, and the six towns and Rouran suffered from the famine. The Northern Wei Dynasty ignored the soldiers and civilians of the six towns and sent Yuanfu to help Rouran.

Linked to the subsequent plundering of northern Xinjiang by Anaru, which became one of the direct causes of the uprising in the six towns, this series of practices in the Northern Wei Dynasty could not help but make Louis XVI, who sold his head to aid the United States, call him an expert.

Ana Huen's act of avenging revenge is shameless, but it is undeniable that it is precisely by helping the Northern Wei Dynasty to pacify the uprising in the six towns and looting a large amount of supplies that Rouran was able to quickly recover its strength.

Regardless of the external reasons, Anahu led the declining Rouran towards revival, eventually destroyed the enemy Gaoche country, and regained the title of grassland overlord. Anahu's authority in the Rouran tribe is unquestionable.

This march was not without cronies and advice, such as his uncle Deng Shuzi, nephew Tie Fa, and others expressed their concerns explicitly or implicitly. After all, Rouran marched too fast.

However, Anahu believed in the judgment of his eldest son, An Luochen, and believed that the main force of the Turks was near the royal court. At this time, he was already in a hurry to rescue the royal court, so he had no patience for the guards to carefully survey the road.

If you really want to walk there in such a leisurely manner, I am afraid that the Turks have already broken through the royal court and plundered women and children. Most of the livestock accompanying the army has been consumed, and the rest will not last long.

Even the Turkic people would not kindly leave him food and livestock for military supplies.

Behind many seemingly iron-headed children, the neutral people also have their own deep-seated considerations, but it is just some misjudgments of key nodes that make them ruin the overall situation.

Just like An Luochen's misjudgment, Anahu went forward indomitably: Now that the Turkic main force has appeared, even if there is an ambush, it is still a small group of people. Next, that's it, is there still a need to explore and move forward?

Anahu has no doubts about his son An Luochen, and Ashina Tumen has no doubt whether Ashina Tengjin can complete the task he gave. The city is three days away, and it is the shortest route from Huaihuang to the royal court. All the people rely on terrain to hide.

The reason for choosing this place is that it is far away from the royal court, and Rouran's army is eager to return to help, so they must be unprepared. After misjudging the whereabouts of the Turkic main force, they will slow down and become vigilant when they are closer to the royal court.

At the same time, after three days of rapid march, the soldiers of Rouran must be exhausted.

At noon on May 550th in the third year of Zhaode ([-]), Rouran's army came even earlier than Ashina Tumen expected, which also proved that they traveled more hurriedly on the way and had shorter rest periods.

Apparently Anahu made up his mind to rush the first half of the journey desperately and save time for a careful march in the second half of the journey. However, the Rouran people's march to rescue the royal court is destined to not have the second half.

Ashina Tumen saw more than a dozen Rouran sentry cavalry, and couldn't help but feel tense, but these people just checked a little, took a formality, and hurried past.

Time waits for no one, the situation in the royal court cannot be delayed, and the guards are not allowed to carefully check along the way. The superstition of Anahu's authority is also one of the reasons. He is the Lord of Zhongxing who led them to destroy the enemy. How could his judgment be wrong? .

The trend of blind worship has not been cut off even in modern society, and even intensified, not to mention the nomads in the middle of the sixth century AD.

Anahu stepped into the ambush circle unsuspectingly because he didn't receive the warning from the sentinel.

Ashina Tumen lay on the mountain and watched the Rouran army pouring in. After a little calculation, there were no less than one hundred thousand people. Starting on the morning of the [-]th, he completed the three-day journey at noon on the [-]th. Not only horses, but even people could not stand it.

I can't wait for all the soldiers of Rouran to step into the ambush circle. I'm afraid that the Tumen of Ashina will change if it is too late. I can only see the sound of the gong, and most of the Rouran who have entered the urn are all nomadic. Everyone knows what dysprosium stands for.

Numerous arrows shot at the panicked Rouran people from the mountains on both sides. The arrows reflected the light of noon, and blood blossomed on the bodies of Rouran soldiers. A knight fell off his horse. Some people groaned in pain, and some No more life.

"Rewind! Rewind!"

Anahu raised his shield and shouted, and before he retreated far, he saw the congestion in front of him. Uncle Deng braved the arrows flying around his head and hit his horse. After seeing the situation, he replied with tears:
"The rear army led by Tiefa has been killed and scattered. The Turks have placed repelling horses at the entrance and formed a defensive formation. The soldiers cannot rush out."

Seeing that he couldn't retreat, he couldn't move forward because of the congestion caused by the retreating former army. Uncle Deng seemed to be in despair.

Tie Fa's troops were easily killed before being ambushed. It wasn't because they didn't want to die, or because Rouran's soldiers were weak, it was because they were too tired.

Although it is often jokingly called the shame of the grassland overlord, the bravery of Rouran's soldiers deserves to be respected for being able to destroy the Gaoche Kingdom.

Anahu knew that if he didn't cheer up, the passage between the two mountains would become the cemetery of the Rouran Khanate, so he simply abandoned his shield, raised his saber and shouted:
"Instead of just sitting there waiting to be killed and being a target, all the generals and soldiers will follow me to abandon their horses and climb the mountain to kill the slaves!"

In the end, because of the great power, even in a dangerous situation, the Rouran people still believed in their Khan and were willing to follow him.

Anahu's cries were heard by the crowd, forty to fifty thousand people dismounted from their horses, drew their knives and fought with Anahu towards a hillside. The rest of the people didn't want to obey Anahu's command, but they couldn't squeeze in. Forty to fifty thousand people, many of them are still crowded below and upward.

Under the stimulation of death, the exhausted Rouran seemed to have stimulated the potential of the human body. The more he fought, the more courageous he became. Where is Snatumen.

Seeing that the Rouran people seemed to be getting braver as they fought, he hurriedly called in the Turkic soldiers who were blocking the exit from the Wangting direction to help, but it was still difficult to stop the desperate Rouran people from advancing.

The Turks on the other side of the hill rushed down, and a large number of Rouran soldiers turned their guns to stop the Turks rushing down the mountain. As a large number of Rouran people fought bloody battles with the Turks on the hillside, the road was no longer blocked. Uncle Deng saw the right time and led the remaining [-] troops under his command to kill towards the exit in the direction of Wang Ting.

Since the defense force had already been mobilized by Ashina Tumen, Uncle Deng easily rushed out of the ambush circle. He hurriedly ordered his cronies to go back to report the news, while he personally led his troops to protect the exit.

However, when Deng Shuzi's cronies returned to the mountain road, he saw corpses all over the mountains and plains, and there were many Turkic people capturing prisoners on the mountain road.

So he didn't dare to stay for a long time, so he hurriedly reported to Uncle Deng and fled with him.

On the top of the mountain, the Turks were heavily besieged. In the encirclement, even if they were exhausted, thousands of Rouran soldiers still loyally guarded their Khan Anagu.

Anahu stood leaning on the knife, soaked in blood, but there was no fatal injury, his eyes were closed tightly, as if he was taking a rest.

Ashina's Tumen came out more and more to recruit Anaru, even though he knew that such an action would provoke a wave of so-called forging slaves' scolding, but he was still willing to try, after all, if Anaru surrendered, he would be able to get more Successfully received the legacy of the Rouran Khanate.

After all, after this battle, the [-] troops of Rouran's most elite royal court were destroyed, and they were no longer able to compete with the Turks.

But Ashina Tumen's persuasion to surrender did not get any response from Anahu.

He didn't want to wait any longer, and ordered the Turkic soldiers to besiege and kill them together. There were fewer and fewer guards around Anahu, but he still closed his eyes tightly. When the last few loyal guards died, the Turkic people rushed When they arrived in front of Anahu, they realized that this Rouran Khan had already died of exhaustion, standing and dying on an unnamed mountain north of Huaihuang.

"Arrest the rout and collect supplies."

After finishing speaking, Ashina Tumen turned his head to look at Anahu who was standing with a knife.

There is not really any personal grievances between them, everything is for the rise of the tribe, so that the tribesmen can have a wider and more beautiful pasture, and let themselves have greater power and wealth. Rejected, humiliated and murdered, vowed to crush Anaru to ashes, and now he only needs to order one sentence, and his wish can be fulfilled.

But Ashina Tumen couldn't open his mouth all the time. Perhaps it was Anahu's heroism that touched him. After finally sighing, Ashina Tumen told his cronies:

"It's up to you to bury Khan Bingdoufa, the leader of the company."

Bingdoufa Khan, the head of the imperial edict, is Anahu's self-proclaimed honorary title. Calling his honorary title at this time is also Ashina Tumen's farewell to the former monarch.

The confidant came under the order and led a few Turkic soldiers to dig a pit for Anahu on the mountain bag and bury him, using several utensils as funeral objects.

　Before twelve o'clock, there is still a chapter of 3000 words. Today, I will code 6000. I tested it myself and it is not positive, but it is indeed much more comfortable.

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(End of this chapter)