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Chapter 1169 Disputes among the Tribe Leaders (Part )
Shi Luodie nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile: "The two leaders, please get up quickly. This Khan has never doubted your loyalty. This Khan also swears here that I regard you as brothers and sisters, dearest relatives and friends, and will never betray your loyalty."

"Okay, go pick out your equipment. The army will be returning in the afternoon."

Zhuolibuhua asked in surprise: "Great Khan, the small city of Gonggao will never be able to stop my 130,000-man army. As long as we take a short break and then attack the city, we will surely be able to wipe out the remaining cavalry inside in one fell swoop?"

These words immediately made several leaders present nervous. It would not be difficult to capture several thousand regular Tang troops, even if they were remnants. They might lose tens of thousands of people.

"Forget it, just a few thousand people, nothing to worry about."

Shi Luodie seemed to know what everyone present was thinking, and said decisively: "After a day and a night of hard work, the soldiers are exhausted. It is not worth it to go to great lengths for a small city and thousands of remaining soldiers. Pack up and return quickly!"

"There is Cheng Yaojin's army in the southwest, we must be on guard!"

Everyone was startled and quickly agreed and went to pack up.

An hour later, the Turkic army began to gather, and under the tense gaze of the defenders on Gonggao City, they slowly moved south and disappeared into the wilderness. Li Ji on the city also breathed a sigh of relief, and seeing the remaining soldiers around him, he felt like crying but had no tears.

Finally, he left the city defense to the county magistrate of Gonggao City and led the rest of the people away.

Only the magistrate of Gonggao County, looking at the pile of corpses and the blood-red snow in front of the city gate, wanted to cry. The Turks were really beasts. Not only did they ignore the corpses of the Tang army, but they also abandoned the tens of thousands of dead on their side and left them exposed in the wilderness.

Seeing that there are nearly 200,000 corpses, even if all the people in the city are mobilized to bury them, it will take a month or two. Fortunately, it is winter now.

If this were midsummer, wouldn't an epidemic surely break out?

After leaving the North City, General Wanwan saw Li Chongrui looking exhausted and asked, "Duke Ying, where are we going now?"

"Cross the Zhang River from the west, go around Wuqiang and head south to find Duke Lu."

Wearing a Ming Guang armor covered in gunpowder and blood, Li Ji looked extremely unhappy: "Since I joined the army, I have never suffered such a big loss. I swear here that I must personally cut off the head of the Turkic Khan Shiluodi to comfort the soldiers who died today."

Li Chongrui also looked towards the south with resentment. If he could not wash away the shame of today, he would probably never be able to turn over in his life.

The two men determined the route, waved their whips, and led thousands of remaining soldiers westward.

Shiluodi led the remaining 130,000 Turkic troops across the Jishui River to Ande. When they were halfway through the march, a team of messengers on fast horses suddenly blocked the road. After being checked at various levels, they arrived under the banner of Shiluodi's central army.

Shi Luodi came to the side and stopped his horse, allowing the army to continue moving forward. Many leaders also gathered around, wanting to know what news the messenger brought?
The man who came was the personal guard of the garrison commander of Ande, Ashina Moduo. When he saw Shiluodi, he hurriedly said, "Report to the Khan. At noon today, a large group of Tang cavalry suddenly attacked Ande City and surrounded the city."

"How many people are coming? Who is leading the troops? What flag are they flying?"

The messenger took a breath and said, "There are about 100,000 people, all cavalry, carrying a large banner with the Chinese character Lu on it. They are currently building siege equipment and will probably attack Ande soon. General Ashina Moduo asked me to come and inform the Khan, hoping that he will come back to help Ande immediately. We are not good at defending the city, so I'm afraid we will not be able to resist them."

'hiss'

All the leaders gasped. The battlefield was indeed fair. They were thinking about ambushing Li Ji, while others were thinking about raiding their own nests.

It's really like a mantis stalking Zen, unaware of the oriole behind!
Shi Luodie thought for a moment and immediately gave the order: "Pass on this Khan's order, the army should speed up, with the Khitan and Jurchen tribes as the vanguard, and the other tribes as the rear. We must stop this old wily Cheng Yaojin at the foot of the city and annihilate him."

"Yes, Khan."

All the leaders responded loudly, except for the Khitan leader Yelu Shi and the Jurchen leader Suhemutai, who looked embarrassed.

"Why, do the two great chiefs have any objections?"

Seeing everyone looking at him, Yelu Shi frowned and said, "Great Khan, our soldiers have been exhausted for a whole day and night, and we just fought a big battle. Now the soldiers are exhausted, and I'm afraid they can't stand another tough battle."

"Besides, the enemy has 100,000 soldiers, and the Tang cavalry is as powerful as ours. We are afraid that this battle will be a disaster."

"Humph"

Zhuolibuhua said in dissatisfaction: "Yelüshi, you swore at noon that you would obey the Khan's orders. Now only a few hours have passed. Are you going to go back on your word?"

"Yes, the Khan just gave all the complete cavalry equipment of the Tang army to you two. Now you two are the strongest. Do you want to hide behind and let us warriors without armor go?" The leader of the Pugu, Lelitai, rebuked unhappily. Basilulu of the Tongluo tribe also agreed: "We just saw that the equipment of those Tang soldiers is really good. Everyone has armor. It can be said that the two of you equipped with these sophisticated weapons are no less powerful than before."

"Good steel should be used for knives. When we were dividing the things, you were not polite at all. Now that you are going to use them, you are pushing and shoving. It's really unpleasant."

"That's right, how could you do this?"

Many leaders accused each other, and Yelushi and Suhemutai were speechless. They suddenly realized that eating alone was indeed a negative effect. When they were dividing the food, everyone was very jealous and said a lot of weird things.

However, they did not care and just ate as much as they could, watching the warriors of their tribe put on the armor of the Tang army and took up the Tang army's broadswords. Even at the suggestion of the two of them, the tribesmen hid the extra thousands of complete sets of armor.

As long as these things are there, they can quickly expand their strength when they return to the grassland.

But they didn't expect that the situation would change so quickly. Everyone knew that the Tang army was difficult to deal with, and coupled with the jealousy just now, they all attacked together, putting the heavy responsibility of the vanguard on them.

The two looked at each other with bitterness on their faces. Are they going to distribute the equipment again?

It is difficult to offend the public anger, not to mention that there is the Khan watching covetously. If he disobeys orders, I am afraid that Shi Luodie will not attack the Tang army now, but will deal with himself first. The two sides have only 50,000 people, while Shi Luodie's side has 80,000 people and has the reputation of being righteous.

During this period of time, things went smoothly for both the Khitan and Jurchen tribes, and they had a lot of good times. Most people had already recognized Shi Luodie as the Great Khan.

Even if they wanted to resist, they had to calmly do ideological work to change the morale of the army. Besides, what Shi Luodie and the other leaders said was not wrong. After a night of marching and fighting, everyone was very tired. Relatively speaking, the two divisions equipped with elite cavalry equipment were undoubtedly the strongest.

At this time, if they don't go, who will? Even the soldiers will not have any objection.

If we order a confrontation with the Khan now, I am afraid the army will be in chaos. In this case, even if we can win, both sides will suffer losses.

During this southward march, each tribe made a fortune and collected countless treasures. They also hoped that Shiluodie would rely on the traitors in the Tang Dynasty to open a gap and escape back to the grassland. If Shiluodie was gone, the Khitan and Jurchen trapped in the heart of the Central Plains would sooner or later die under the siege of the Tang army.

The two men had a vague feeling that they were being tricked by Shi Luodie. Shi Luodie had been too generous just now. He must have known that there would be another battle, so he gave all the equipment to the two of them.

Yelu Shi and Suhemutai looked at each other, and both of them thought of this.

However, facing the unanimous pressure from the other tribal leaders, the two had no choice but to bite the bullet and accept the offer: "Yes, Khan, we just want to slow down. Since the Khan has made up his mind, we will obey his order."

The leaders then nodded in satisfaction. Most of these leaders came from the Tiele tribes in the heart of the grassland. They were tribes near the Khan's court and were close confidants of Shiluodie. They undoubtedly belonged to two different circles compared to the Khitan and Jurchen in northern Liaodong.

During this trip south, these people were always sneaky and cunning. They grabbed the best spoils when dividing the spoils, and shrank back to preserve their strength during the battle. In the battle last night, everyone deliberately let the two divisions rush to the front, which caused the two divisions to suffer heavy losses.

Under their manipulation, the two tribes were reduced to only 50,000 people, and could no longer threaten the Khan's "main force". As long as the next Tang army had the same combat power as the previous Tang army, the two tribes would shrink again after this battle, and they would have to obey them in the future.

The one who was most touched was Zhuoli Buhua. Seeing the subtlety between this and the others, he took a deep breath and his heart was already in turmoil. He quietly glanced at the majestic Khan and a feeling of gratitude from the bottom of his heart arose.

Isn’t Yelu Shi and Suhemutai’s current situation similar to his own a month ago?
Ignoring other interests, he only sought benefits, which eventually angered everyone and led to their united opposition. Fortunately, the Khan intervened in time, otherwise he would have ended up being pushed down by everyone.

I didn’t understand it then, but look at it again now.

All the principles that the Khan had told him at the beginning were being realized before his eyes one by one.

It is hard to offend the wrath of the crowd. Once everyone unites to pit you, you will die without knowing how you died. The two great leaders now are so similar to me back then. I lost more than half of my troops in the battle last night, but I still don’t know how to restrain myself. I even greedily took all the spoils.

Now, everyone is pushing you to the forefront again?

If Cheng Yaojin's army had the same combat power as Li Ji's, I'm afraid that after this battle, even if both armies managed to survive by chance, there wouldn't be many people left, right?

As expected, one cannot stand out too much, otherwise one will be targeted by everyone. When the Khan fails to protect you, you will have no way out.

Zhuoli Buhua was glad that he was standing on the side with more people, so he knew what others were thinking, because he was thinking the same thing. The burning envy and jealousy made them reach a tacit understanding when their eyes met.

There is no need to discuss it specifically.

(End of this chapter)