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Chapter 1686 Raid on the Lair

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    In the battle of Yusuo Mountain, the coalition forces won a great victory, more than 20,000 people were beheaded, and countless more were captured.

    Shekui Khan was defeated for dozens of miles and fled back to the main camp. He reorganized his troops and horses, and suffered nearly 50,000 casualties and nearly half of the casualties.  The entire Western Turk camp erupted in mourning.

    After this great defeat, everyone in the Western Turks was frightened.

    All the generals thought that they had suffered a new defeat today and their morale was low. They decided to retreat to their tents and reorganize their troops to fight again, but Khan Shekui refused.

    Since Shekui Khan came to power, he has been victorious in every attack. How can he accept today's defeat at a small mountain?  Unhappy, he vowed to defeat the Sui army.

    Shekui Khan continued to station troops at the foot of the mountain to prepare for a decisive battle with the Sui army on the grounds that "although the army was defeated, there were still tens of thousands of troops and could still fight."

    At the same time, he also ordered the five crossbows in the right compartment to recruit 50,000 horses each to support the front line of Lusuo Mountain.

    Faced with the Western Turks' provocation, Huang Mingliao knew that even if the Turkic army was completely wiped out this time, the opponent would come back. If the Sui army suffered huge casualties, it would not be able to replace them, so he camped and refused to defend, and held a stalemate with the Western Turks.

    Shekui Khan ordered the entire army to attack several times and stormed the Sui army's camp, but they were all blocked by the Sui army's strong bows and crossbows, and suffered heavy losses.  The two sides had been locked in a stalemate at the foot of Lesuo Mountain for nearly three months, and the Western Turks had achieved no results.  Moreover, because of the fierce fighting, his unit suffered heavy casualties and could not be repaired, and the morale of the army also dropped sharply.

    At this time, a force came down from the southwest of Huangcaobo, crossed the Tianshan Mountains, and directly attacked the Western Turk Khan's tent in Sanmi Mountain.

    This army is Xue Yantuo's tribe.

    Xue Yantuo's tribe is located to the north of the Tianshan Mountains. Originally, it was also the target of Western Turks' attack because of the provocation of sweat.  However, with the rise of the Sui Dynasty in the Western Regions and occupying the northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains, the Xueyantuo tribe was separated from the Western Turks and avoided the threat of the Western Turks.

    As Shekui Khan¡¯s power in the Western Regions grew, Huang Mingliao knew that he was not strong enough to fight against him, so he sought an alliance with the Tiele people. In addition to the Qibi tribe, he found the Xue Yantuo tribe.

    The leader of Xue Yantuo, Yi Shibo, although he is old, has a cunning character and always does things without leakage.

    Although Huang Mingliao promised to support Xue Yantuo's eastward entry into the grassland, Yishubao has been unwilling to form an alliance with the Sui Dynasty, and of course he has not broken off his contact with the Sui Dynasty.  He has both sides tied up and is ready to sell at any time.

    When Shekui Khan led his army to march eastward, Huang Mingliao wrote to Yishubao, asking for a joint fight against the Western Turks, but Yishubao refused.  In Yishubo's view, at this time, the outcome is unpredictable, and he cannot easily get involved in the struggle between the Sui Dynasty and the Western Turks.

    However, all this changed when Huang Mingliao defeated Shekui Khan in Yusuoshan.

    Huang Mingliao wiped out tens of thousands of enemies in one battle, allowing Xue Yantuo's tribe to see the possibility of defeating the Western Turks.  At this time, Huang Mingliao sent someone to request Xue Yantuo's tribe to send troops, but Yishubao could no longer suppress the fierce public opinion in the tribe.

    Xue Yantuo internally believed that taking advantage of the stalemate between the Western Turks and the Sui Dynasty, this was the best opportunity to defeat the Western Turks. Once the Sui people failed, the entire Western Region would be occupied by the Western Turks, and they would not be spared no matter how far away they were from Jinshan.

    Although Yi Shibo believes that if the Sui army defeats the Western Turks, it is possible to sweep the Western Regions, the situation may not be better than now.

    But more people believe that the Sui Dynasty had too few troops in the Western Regions, and coupled with fragile logistics, the Sui Dynasty was unable to occupy the entire Western Regions.  Moreover, the Sui Dynasty also assured the Xue Yantuo tribe that the two sides would take Huangcaobo and Tianshan as the boundary, and everything from Jinshan to Suiyechuan would be owned by the Xue Yantuo tribe.

    This condition is almost impossible for Xue Yantuo to refuse.

    So Yishubao agreed to the Sui Dynasty's request for an alliance and sent 20,000 troops to attack Sanmi Mountain.

    The towering Tianshan Mountains span the center of the entire Western Region, dividing the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains into two worlds.  However, although Tianshan Mountain was said to be insurmountable, the Sui people still found a trail in it that could directly cross from the north to the south of the mountain.  Twenty thousand horses from Xue Yantuo's tribe passed through this trail and headed south. Countless people and horses froze to death along the way.

    At this time, many people are afraid and intend to return.  Yishubo, who was originally hesitant about attacking the Western Turks, was uncharacteristically hesitant at this time.  Anyone in the army who retreated was beheaded.

    Yishubao's son Daluo felt that his father was a little unkind, so he advised: "It is difficult to jump to Tianshan Mountain, and it is normal for soldiers to be afraid. Why should my father go to war because of this?"

    Yi Shibo looked at his son, a little worried.

    "Now I have united with the Sui army to fight against the Western Turks. We must severely injure the opponent and greatly damage its strength to buy us time. If we hesitate and delay the defeat of the enemy, when the time comes, we will become enemies with the opponent and give the opponent revenge.  I am waiting for the opportunity, but if we let go, how can our army compete with the Western Turks?"

      Xue Yantuo's tribe walked arduously for thirteen days and hundreds of miles from the Tianshan Mountains, and finally arrived at the foot of Sanmi Mountain.

    Shekui Khan¡¯s main force was used up, and Sanmishan Yazhang was empty of strength. Under the sudden attack of Xue Yantuo¡¯s tribe, he was caught off guard and fell into the enemy¡¯s hands.

    With the fall of Yazhang, all the savings of the Western Turks for many years fell into the hands of Xue Yantuo's tribe.  Including the wives, concubines, children, prime ministers and others of Khan Shekui, they all became prisoners of Xue Yantuo's tribe.

    Yishubao ordered to kill all the men in the Yazhang, kidnap all the women and wealth, then burn the Western Turks Yazhang with fire, and then led his troops to evacuate.

    Yishubo knew very well that the raid on the Turkic Yazhang in Sanmi Mountain caught the Western Turks by surprise. However, the strength of Xue Yantuo's tribe was far inferior to that of the Western Turks. If they did not retreat at this time, they would wait until Shekui Khan returned to his division.  , and couldn¡¯t leave.

    However, this trip was different from the one before. Xue Yantuo's tribe had seized a large amount of supplies, and it would be impossible to cross the Tianshan Mountains again.  So Yi Shibo ordered to move westward and attack the Suiyechuan area where the Western Turks were weak.

    If they can occupy Suiye River, Xue Yantuo's tribe will really take off.

    Shekui Khan has been in a stalemate with the Sui army. In fact, it is a gamble or even a fight for a breath.  Of course this is not resentment, but momentum.

    Shekui Khan led an army of 100,000 men and came eastward with great momentum. He thought he would overthrow the Sui Dynasty, but he did not expect that he was defeated like a mountain and suffered heavy losses. If he left like this in despair, how would he be able to convince the people and rule the country?  Control the various tribes of Western Turks.

    Hu people rarely talk about loyalty, and they rely on strength and prestige to control their subordinates.

    Therefore, Shekui Khan must find his place, otherwise, his reputation will be ruined.

    "It's a pity that Huang Mingliao also saw that Shekui Khan was eager to fight, so he deliberately refused to fight with him.  The more anxious Shekui Khan became, the more flaws he found.  As a result, there were many small-scale battles between the two sides. The Western Turks lost more than they won. In the end, the Western Turks lost their fighting spirit.

    When the news of the breach of the Sanmi Mountain Ya tent reached the army, Shekui Khan felt as if he had been struck by lightning and could not speak for a long time.  All his confidants were even more frightened.  If this news spreads, I am afraid that the entire army will mutiny.

    At this point, no matter what, no matter how unwilling you are, you have to retreat.  So Shekui Khan tightly blocked the news and ordered his troops to retreat.

    But at this time, Shekui Khan wants to leave, but he may not be able to leave.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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