Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

Bagatu has been feeling a little restless lately.

Ever since he left Dingxiang City with General Ashina Simo and searched for the army of King Chu of the Tang Dynasty on the grassland, he fell into a strange state: he began to have nightmares often, and sometimes I dream about my wife and children who stayed behind in the Yunshan tribe, and sometimes I dream about the tribesmen who died tragically in tribal conflicts, or, in that inconspicuous little mountain village, the man who was shot to death by an arrow by me, but still struggled to climb up. The Han boy who got up.

"Atua, Itah... I wonder if you are okay... Are the cattle and sheep at home docile? Before I come out, I will ask Itah whether he is satisfied with the fiancée I chose..." Bagatu rode on the horse, Looking at the snow-capped mountains in the distance, they seemed to be covered with a golden gauze under the sunshine. Such beautiful scenery made him miss his family even more.

"Bagatu," Bihor has been Bagatu's friend for many years. Not only are they from the same clan, but they are now each serving as commanders in the Turkic army. At this time, he naturally noticed that Bagatu seemed to have something on his mind. , so after restraining his men, Bihor rode his horse and came to Bagatu: "My daughter Ima came to Dingxiang City a few days ago. Our tribe seems to be grazing in this pasture. I Guess we’ll see them soon.”

"Alas..." After hearing what his friend said, Bagatu did not feel happy. On the contrary, the expression on his face became more and more worried: "Now I heard that the Tang army is operating in this area, otherwise General Simo won’t take us here to look for their traces, I’m afraid…”

"Haha..." Unlike Bagatu, who was preoccupied, Bihor didn't seem to take the matter seriously at all: "Bagatu, there is nothing to worry about. How often have you seen sheep huddled together? Can they attack the wolves? The reason why General Simo was defeated earlier was because the group of cavalry caught us off guard first, and then the defenders of Shuofang City came out in full force, which forced the general to retreat. Stumbled forward.

But right now, we have a total of 30,000 people on this trip, but the opponent can only hold a few thousand people to death in their hands. Moreover, it is surrounded by endless grasslands and the terrain is open. It is not like the Shuofang City with more than 10,000 troops as an example. Variables, here, as long as the two of us encounter each other, then the troublesome King Chu of the Tang Dynasty, he is the real devil coming, and I am afraid there will be no benefits. "

"But our people..." The more Bagatu heard Bihor say this, the ominous feeling in his heart became more and more serious.

"It's not such a coincidence," Bihor raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and continued to comfort his friend: "Our tribe has been moving around, how could it be..."

Before Bihor could finish his words, the leading troops in front suddenly heard a cry of surprise after climbing over a hill, interrupting his words.

"What are these bastards doing?!" Bihor cursed, and then rushed to the front of the team. But when he reached the heights, he saw that the low ground below was full of dead cattle, sheep and Turkic corpses. The ruins of the tribe could not help but feel tense at the moment.

At this moment, Bagatu also rode up to Bihor. When he looked at the tragic situation below, his eyes couldn't help but shrink.

At this moment, Ashina Simo, who was in the Chinese army, also received a report from his subordinates: "General, there is another tribe ahead that was massacred by the Tang people!"

"Are the Tang people going to fight us to the death?!" Ashina Simo almost said each word through his teeth: "Send the order, the whole army will speed up!"

"Yes!"

But at this moment, among those Tanma (Turkic scouts) who were sent to check the camp, someone suddenly seemed to find the tribal totem from the ruins. Then they fell to their knees on the ground as if they had been struck by lightning, and began to cry loudly: "Ada... Amma…”

"Bagatu..." On the high slope, Bihor felt that his voice was trembling: "Is the person crying below your brother's son, Chaz..."

No one answered his question. At this moment, Bagatu felt as if his heart had been pierced by a sharp knife. He only felt endless pain and boundless darkness coming like a tide, trying to drown him. Waves of blackness appeared in front of his eyes. Bagatu didn't even know how he got to the camp below on horseback.

"Atua, Itah... Atua, Itah..." The man's vicissitudes of voice echoed on the ruins. As time passed, around him, the sounds of troops coming from the rear gradually sounded. Hearing the cries of his tribesmen, Bagatu suppressed his grief and walked forward slowly. He tried to identify his family members from the corpses of his tribesmen that were burned to char, but he was helpless. In the dark night, he never gained anything.

"Maybe they are still alive... maybe they are still alive..." When night fell and Ashina Simo sent people to forcefully bring Bagatu to him, the latter began to murmur these words repeatedly.

When Ashina Simo saw this, he didn't say anything. He knew that this non-existent hope was the only spiritual support for the warrior in front of him.

"Bagatu, Bihor," Ashina Simo frowned and looked at the two people standing in front of him, but still looked lost. He couldn't help but frowned: "Lift your Come on!"

"General..." At this moment, Bihor no longer had the cheerful smile he had before. Like Bagatu, his wife and son who was about to grow up were now lying in the ruins, and he was even more helpless. Identify their remains.

"The way you are now will only make the King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty and the young Han people feel ecstatic about their achievements! If the unforgettable hatred cannot inspire the fighting spirit in your hearts, it cannot make you hold the long sword in your hands and insert it into The chest of the enemy, tell me, how can you live up to your dead family members, how can you live up to the crying tribesmen around you, how can you live up to yourself who is revered as 'Gu Duo Lu' by the world?!" (Gu Duo Lu - the meaning of warrior, is also The origin of the name Turks: they called themselves "Gudulu" and "Tugu")

Ashina Simo's words were like a spark that ignited the flame of revenge in the hearts of his two captains.

"General!" Bihor was the first to kneel to the ground: "I beg you to give me more troops and let me be the vanguard! I must retaliate with tooth for tooth and blood for blood!"

"I agree to your request and will give you another thousand elites, and from now on, you will be transferred to the vanguard camp." After Ashina Simo finished speaking to Bihor, he turned around to look at the man who was in a daze at the moment. Bagatu: "Bagatu, what about you?"

Bagatu slowly raised his head. Previously, his mind was filled with images of when he sacked the Han village and left.

The small mountain village fell into deathly silence in the firelight, and the corpses scattered in the square at the entrance of the village were so similar to the tragic situation of the clan that I saw today?

The words of the past are still in my ears...

"Bagatu, what is that?"

"Oh, it's just an angry sheep, don't worry about it."

……

Now Bagatu felt that the answer he casually gave that day was so full of irony, even more like a curse, that it made him feel a kind of awe of the word "trick of fate".

Today, fate is turning, and he has no way to escape.

"From today on, I will follow the general's sword with all my heart and never regret it! It's just that I hope the general will allow me to properly resettle my people before setting off." Now Bagatu is too lazy to think about anything else. Things are over, he just hopes that after arranging everything, he can kill his enemy with his own hands, and then calmly wait for the next war to come, and then die in the charge.

He will die like a warrior.

But this coward who had lost everything was confused and desperate at the moment. He secretly swore: In the next life, he would never be a Turk again...