Lusai Hongqi Station

"Gabi, is it you again?" Simo asked me before I realized that I was traveling again. "Yes, how long has it been since the last time, and has anything happened recently?" I asked him.

"More than 20 years have passed, and it is now October of the third year of Zhenguan. Recently, there has been some unrest in the Turks, but it is not a major problem." Simo told me.Although he said that this is not a big problem, I know that at this time the rule of the Eastern/Turkish Khanate is already in a precarious situation——Xieli has no relationship with his nephews Tuli Khan, Yu Sheshe and others In addition, Jieli reused Kangsumi and other Sogdians, and some people in the Turks were dissatisfied with their rule. In addition, since the first year of Zhenguan, the Turks have experienced frequent heavy snowfalls, sheep and horses have froze to death, and famines have continued. Under these internal and external troubles, it is not surprising that the East/Turkish/Turks will perish next year.

"Well, so many years have passed." Although I probably reviewed the history of the East/Turkey/Jejue in my heart, I didn't show it in front of Simo, but I just felt that it has been a long time.

"Yeah, it's been a long time, and now Aobi has become the Great Khan." Simo also said with emotion. "By the way, you came here just in time. My son was just born, why don't you give him a name." Simo changed the subject, alas, he must not know that I am a bad namer, if If I knew a Turkic name, how could I just use his title and Bi Teqin? It’s just that he is so enthusiastic, and I can’t refuse.

"Gudulu, Huan, Mojilian..." Considering that it is still the Eastern/Turkic/Khanate period, it shouldn't be too much for me to use the names of the later Turkic Khans, right?

"The name Gu Duo Lu is very good. I hope he will be happy in the future. (Note: Gu Duo Lu means happiness in Turkic.)" Simo interrupted my inventory and chose what I said The first name is Gu Duo Lu.

"Well, I hope so." I said thoughtfully, after all, the Eastern/Turkish/Juke will perish in a few months.

Nowadays, Turkic internal affairs are becoming more and more uneasy. Simo often goes out to quell the occasional rebellions inside. Fortunately, this time, Simo and I can take control of the body alternately, so I don’t have to worry about delaying my thinking. Most of the time, I silently watched Simo going around fighting.

Datang’s Northern Expedition against the Turks began to deploy in August, and in November, the Northern Expedition army lineup was reorganized, with Li Jing as the leader, and they split up to fight against the Turks.After leaving the army, Datang even formulated a preferential policy of recruiting and surrendering: "Everyone who surrenders will be given five horses and a collar, and the chieftain will be a high-ranking official." Before that, Yu She set up a subordinate Yu Guni and others led their troops back to Tang Dynasty. In December, Tuli Khan Shibobi, whose conflict with Jieli Khan was deepening day by day, led his troops to Tang Dynasty. He also led his troops to the Tang Dynasty, and Li Jing ordered the spies to separate Jieli's confidantes. The Huren Kang Sumi, who was reused by Jieli, took Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao into the Tang Dynasty.

In the first month of the fourth year of Zhenguan, Li Jing led [-] light cavalry to attack Dingxiang at night from Mayi. Jieli Khan fled north and retreated to Tieshan, and sent envoys to negotiate with Datang.Datang sent Honglu Qing Tang Jian and Huhubu Shangshu and General An Xiuren to negotiate.However, Li Jing and others were afraid that if Jieli passed Qikou smoothly and fled back to Mobei, there would be future troubles, so they decided to completely pacify the Turks in the first battle.

On the other side, Jieli Khan and more than [-] people under his command were indeed preparing to cross the moraine northward.

"Husband, take care." Before Simo put on his armor and was about to go out to fight, Yantuo held his hand and said worriedly. "Yakut, wait for me, I will be back." Simo hugged her and said.Watching the two of them say goodbye affectionately, I feel like a light bulb.

After Simo left the yurt, he rode to the camp of the Turkic army.At this time, Simo is wearing a pair of armor made of metal. He wears a pocket on his head. The pocket is high in the middle and low on both sides. There is a circular ornament in the center of the top. The left and right arcs are symmetrical on both sides, and it is worn above the eyes. , there is a curling edge on the bottom of the pocket.There are wolf-shaped animal swallows on both sides of the shoulders, and the animal swallows are tied with shoulders, and the bottom edge is made of leather, showing a raised shape.The edge of the breastplate is blue and has a cloud pattern.At the very center of the abdomen, there is a circular armor as a belly protector.A leg skirt is tied around the waist to protect the thighs, a military uniform is worn inside, tight-fitting trousers are worn inside, and leather boots are worn on the feet.The soldiers wore leather armor made of leather.

After assembling the army, Simo set off together with Jieli, Dieluoshi, the son of Jieli, and others. This time they divided into two groups. Except for Princess Yicheng who insisted on staying, the women and children's family members went first in the attached ( Turkic, which means wolf, is also used to call the Khan's bodyguards) escorted away, while the generals of the Khanate were preparing to negotiate peace with the envoys of the Tang Dynasty.

Although I know that this peace negotiation must be unsuccessful, but I don't know the cause and effect very well, so I didn't say much. This time, it may be because there has been a relatively depressive atmosphere in the Eastern/Turkish/Khanate. I watched all this silently most of the time, without making a sound.

At this time, the world was covered with heavy fog, and it was a vast expanse of whiteness as far as the eye could see. Tang Jian and An Xiuren arrived at Tieshan in the fog.As the Turkic envoy, Simo sat opposite Tang and An in the felt tent, but before the peace negotiation between the two sides started, there was a sound of chaos outside the tent.

Only then did we know that the Tang army was approaching Yazhang. Although Su Dingfang only led [-] cavalry as the vanguard, the Turkic army, which had already been distracted, was not their opponent.

This is also the first time I saw the army of the Tang Dynasty. At this time, the Tang Dynasty was only a dozen years old, and the armor used by the army was not far behind that of the late Southern and Northern Dynasties, especially the Sui Dynasty.The two hundred intruding troops were all wearing Mingguang armor at this time. The origin of the word "Mingguang armor" is said to be related to the round guards on the chest and back.Because this kind of round armor is mostly made of metals such as copper and iron, and the polished aurora is quite like a mirror. Wearing Mingguang armor on the battlefield will emit dazzling bright light due to the sun's irradiation, so it is named Mingguang armor.

He wears a hood on his head, the two ear protectors on the ear side are rolled up, and there is a protective collar on his neck.Although the night was dark at this time, the armor on their chest and abdomen could still show some light under the moonlight.The hemming, leg skirts, military robes, and trousers on the armor are not much different from the Turkic armor, but it also wears greaves on the leather boots under the trousers.

The armor of the Tang Dynasty at this time was more practical. Since the rise of troops in Jinyang, the Tang Dynasty has successively defeated Liu Wuzhou, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, Liu Heitai and other ministries. During the Gaozong and Zetian dynasties, due to the prosperity of the national power and the peace of the world, there was a big difference in the beautiful and luxurious ceremonial costumes mainly decorated.

Jieli Khan immediately decided to detain Tang Jian and An Xiuren first, and led more than [-] people to go north immediately, preparing to cross Qikou, seeking a temporary respite. After several days of marching, we finally arrived at Qikou.

But at this time, Li Ji had already stationed troops in Qikou.Simo rode on a horse, together with Xieli, formed a confrontation with the Tang army headed by Li Ji.Speaking of the name Li Ji, people may find it a bit unfamiliar, and some people may not be able to distinguish him from Li Jing, but there is one character that everyone may be more familiar with—Xu Maogong in the Sui and Tang series novels, the military adviser of Wagangzhai, His prototype is Li Ji.

Li Ji's current official position is the general manager of the Tongmo road march. At this time, he is wearing a pair of gilt armor. The top of the pocket is made of hemispherical integral metal, and the bottom is made of six pieces of armor to form a pocket body. , the collar turns out two round hooks at the neckline, and the armor trip is directly put on the two round hooks, goes down to the belt of the armor skirt, and wraps around the lower part of the chest to the back to tie the belt.

At the same time, the beast swallow armguard on his body is worn inside the bright light armor, while the collar is outside the armor. The left and right back of the armguard are connected into one body, and tied in front of the chest, which can protect the shoulders and play a role in protecting the shoulders. to protect the upper arm.

Jieli and the others wanted to fight the Tang army. He thought that he still had an army of tens of thousands of people at this time, and he still had the power to fight.But at this time, Xieli's dominance and appeal were not as good as before. Although he wanted to fight, his subordinates no longer wanted to fight against the Tang army, and his subordinates surrendered one after another. In a short time, more than half of them, There was an uproar in the army, and there was a sudden chaos. Tang Jian and An Xiuren also took advantage of the chaos to escape.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Jieli finally decided to go to Lingzhou, where his uncle Ashina Suni was lost, and planned to use this as a transit to go to his mother's family - Tuyuhun.But at this time, Li Jing's pursuers had arrived, and Jieli first rode a thousand-mile horse to escape from the pursuers. Simo and others also followed Jieli after a fierce battle.In this battle, Li Jing and his troops beheaded more than ten thousand ranks. Princess Yicheng was killed by Li Jing himself, Die Luoshi was captured, and tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of camels were captured.

After breaking out of the siege, Simo and others joined Xieli at a place hundreds of miles away from Qikou.At this time, there were not many people around Jieli who followed him, only a dozen or so people, including Simo, were still by his side.However, Zhang Baoxiang, the deputy chief of the Datongdao march, also led his troops to his death soon. Simo and the others hid in the barren valley in order to escape the pursuers.

Since Su Dingfang led the army to attack at night, although it was Simo who was dealing with everything, I felt that I was always worried. Now although everyone is sleeping in the barren valley, I finally feel relieved.

"Simo, can I ask you a question?" Although Simo had already lay down at this time, seeing that he hadn't felt sleepy for a long time, I decided to express the questions I had been having in my heart.

"Ask any questions, is it related to aggressiveness?" Simo said.Seeing that he had already guessed what I wanted to ask, I stopped beating around the bush and asked him directly: "Xieli has lost popular support in the East/Turkeys, and his nephews have defected to Tang one after another. Generous treatment. You are not from the East/Turkey/Jejue, and you were still defeated by Qimin, the father of Jieli, why do you still follow him wholeheartedly?"

"The relationship between me and Dobi is not just a relationship between monarchs and ministers, we are also very good friends. Do you remember the first time you met Dobi at Sabolo Khan's funeral?" Simo ask me.

"Of course I do." I nodded. "Although it was you who met the aggressive person at that time, I also knew these things, but in my memory, they were like a dream. The boy who spoke rudely at that time was Chuluo Khan Xichun. After you left, Duobi and I played together a few times. At that time, our relationship was already very good. After I was defeated by Ran Gan and entered the Eastern Turkic State, my relationship with Dubi became even closer. We We often come and go, and we share the same interests, and the relationship is even better." Simo recalled those past events.

"And you also know that my mother is from Shi/Guo, one of the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu, so my appearance is similar to that of Hu people. It is not uncommon for Western Turks to have frequent contacts with countries in the Western Regions, that is, When I was young, some ignorant children would speak gossip. But in the East/Turkey/Jue, the three Khans of Qimin, Shibi, and Chuluo all made me a coordinator because of my appearance. Chu Luo even suspected that I was not a member of Ashina’s family. When Duobi became Khan, although my position was still Special Qin, Duobi changed me to Luo Shiteqin, and I could directly Participating in the decision-making of military and state affairs, Duobi trusts me very much. Although I am only a secret service, my actual power is no less than that of directly leading the army at certain times." Simo went on to say, and it was only then that I realized that thinking Mo had such great power during the time of Jieli Khan.

After being silent for a while, Simo went on to say: "Some people in the country say that Duo Bi always appoints the barbarians to alienate the race, but I also know that Duo Bi is also for me. If he only reuses me, I will inevitably become the target of public criticism, but he reuses barbarians, and I won't be awkward among them, and people will only say that he uses others. He considers me so much, how can I turn my back on him now! "Unexpectedly, the relationship between the two of them is so deep. I saw that Simo's mood was even more depressed at this time, so I didn't say anything. After that, I fell asleep.

But when I woke up, I traveled back again.Although I know that in my memory, Jieli Khan and Ashina Simo were not killed by Datang after the fall of the Eastern/Turkish/Juke, but I still have to search again on Baidu to feel at ease. When Xieli was awarded General Youwei, Simo was awarded General Youwuhou, Governor of Huazhou, and was named King of Huaihua County, I felt relieved.