Chapter 193 The dust has settled
The color gradually came, and on the city wall, more and more Turkic people who had climbed to fight against the Uighurs collapsed with the destruction of Tiefutu. The Tiele people and Uighurs finally completely occupied the city wall, and they began to kill the remaining Turkic defenders at the city gate. After nightfall, they opened the tall city gate that had blocked them for nearly two months.
In the south city, Asuna Yunlie looked at his nephew who was riding on the horse in front of him and handed his knife to him, "Go to find Zhishi and Sangruo, and take them and the remaining troops to the north. Remember, as long as the king is there and the people are there, the Turks will not perish."
"Don't stop learning their culture just because the Qin Dynasty captured our capital." Asuna Yunlie quietly ordered that he always believed that the Qin Dynasty captured their capital, rather than the humble Tiel and Uighurs.
"I will definitely remember if you are uncle!" After taking Asina Yunlie's knife, Asina Chengqing's throat choked, "Uncle, let's go with us, I need your teachings."
"I have witnessed the grassland trembling under the iron hooves and butcher knife of Daqin, and also watched my father relying on his knees to make us Turks turn from a small tribe into a big country." Recalling his actions over the years, Asuna Yunlie laughed self-deprecatingly, "But until today I know that in fact, I have always been afraid of Daqin. If I were not so afraid of Daqin, I had attacked Daqin with the power of the whole country three years ago, maybe the ending would not be like this now."
"Okay, don't be the daughter I hate, go. Take the rest of our tribe to the north and survive with strength." Looking at the darkness, tears in the eyes of my nephew. Ashin Yun Lie said quietly, then slapped the war horse's buttocks with a palm.
In the neighing sound, Ashina Chengqing led five hundred young nobles to gallop out of the city gate and galloped into the distance in the darkness.
Asuna Yunlie turned around and looked at the fire rising from the other end of the city. He looked at his subordinates who did not want to leave in front of him, and laughed, "Let's go back to Wang Ting." As he spoke, he walked into the darkness.
The whole city was wailing and crying. The Tiel and Uighurs who entered the city vented their depressed desires these days. They grinned and did whatever they wanted, robbed, killed, and raped women.
"Is this the real side of human nature or the ugly side?" Li Ang and Chen Qingzhi walked side by side and asked as they looked at the city reflected by the fire.
"For these barbarians who have no cultural heritage, this is the real side of their human nature." Chen Qingzhi looked at the city in the distance, his eyes full of regret, "The environment in which they live makes them like wild animals."
"Do you think our army will become like this?" Li Ang suddenly looked at Chen Qingzhi beside him. His questions made Chen Qingzhi stunned until a long time later. Chen Qingzhi answered.
"I remember Emperor Taizu once said that military discipline cannot be indulged. With just one indulgence, a military force can be destroyed." Chen Qingzhi lowered his head, "In the military rules of the Qin Dynasty, rape of women, abuse of enemies, and robbery of property are all charges of unpardoned killing."
"But the massacre is not included." Chen Qingzhi raised his head, "Because of this, many Confucian scholars think that Emperor Taizu was a cruel person, but they don't understand. For soldiers who strictly abide by military rules and always wander around life and death, they need to have a way to vent."
"Massacre with a righteous heart." Li Ang started to murmur himself. The words he said were said by Zhao Yun, the Duke of Zhennan, back then. Among all the accounts, Duke of Zhennan, Zhao Yun, was a gentle person and could not connect him with the word "cold blood". However, during the Western Expedition, the troops under his command killed the most heads, and there was no living left in almost every battle.
"Kill with a righteous heart." Chen Qingzhi also pondered, and then he looked at the dark night sky. "Soldiers can only believe in the justice of the country. This is what Zhennan Gong wants to express."
Li Ang and Chen Qingzhi were silent together. When fighting, they could make the most cruel decision, cold-blooded and without any human nature. However, when the dust settled, they would still reflect on their actions in their hearts. This may sound hypocritical, but the fact is that human beings are complex and contradictory.
In the city, the Tielites and Uighurs flocked to the Turkic royal court. They greedily snatched every item of wealth inside and raped the women inside. More people rushed into the hall where the Turkic Khan was. None of them wanted to sit in that seat and enjoy their appetite.
Feeling the throne, Asuna Yunlie looked outside the hall where the noise came, where there were the Tiel and Uighurs who had never been taken seriously by him. Now these people are venting their animal desires in the Turkic capital. What an irony.
"Master, we are going." Under the steps of the throne, the nameless old man in his fifties knelt in front of Asuna Yunlie. They were the old man who followed Asuna Yunlie, watching Asuna Yunlie make the Turks go to prosperity with one hand. Now they want to accompany Asuna Yunlie to witness the end of this prosperity.
The five old men pulled out the long swords from their waists and rushed towards the Tiel and Uighurs who were rushing in. They were once powerful warriors with hundreds of enemies, but now they are all old, but the lions are old, but their minions are still sharp.
The five old men soon fell into a pool of blood. Although they were once strong lions, they could not escape the fate of destruction in the face of groups of hyenas. They were picked up by the Tiel and the Uighurs with guns, and they could not even protect their dignity after death.
Asuna Yunlie kept watching the scene in front of him quietly. He never left the throne. Soon the Tiel and Uighurs noticed him. They rushed towards the Turkic man who looked as elegant as a Han. His luxurious and rich clothes made them jealous.
"The barbaric is always barbaric!" Asan Yunlie looked at the Tieler and Uighurs who rushed in front of him, with greed eyes full of greed. He sorted out his clothes, pulled out the thin sword from his waist with his left hand, and the sword light was leaping at his three Tieler people and fell down.
In the hall, Asuna Yunlie held a sword in his left hand, looked at the Tiel and Uighurs who were still rushing into the hall, and looked at his right arm. He remembered Li Ang, the young man who had destroyed one of his arms and put the entire Turks in a desperate situation.
"I really want to be thirty years late and compete with you." As I murmured, Asuna Yunlie threw away the sword in his left hand.
The underground palace lanterns filled with whale oil soon swallowed the entire hall.
As he walked to the throne with his footsteps, Ashina Yunlie laughed. He had always been behind the scenes, but now he was letting him sit here, watching the destruction of the era he created, and sitting on the throne, Ashina Yunlie had no reluctance. His failure was that his own heart was not strong enough. He thought he was not afraid of the Qin Dynasty, but in fact he was afraid of death! "Father, I'm here to see you!" In the fire, Ashina Yunlie vaguely saw the past. A burning beam and pillar fell, and the era of one person was over.
Winter has passed. The new green grass crawled out of the melting snow. Li Ang returned to Wanzhou with his men. It was not until February that he knew what happened after he left the Turkic capital: In Dingxiang, the 350,000 Turkic army did not take any advantage. Murong Longcheng and Hou Junji used 30,000 people to defend Dingxiang. The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the other 5,000 Turkic Iron Futu fought three formations outside the city, beheading two thousand, and lost eight hundred himself.
Then, after knowing that the capital was captured, the Turkish army withdrew their troops overnight, but were chased by Hou Junji and the tiger and leopard cavalry for hundreds of miles, and countless supplies and food were abandoned. When the Turkic army returned to the capital, the Tieler and Uighurs who had not withdrawn were killed by the red-eyed Turks, and the Turkic army was only 200,000.
In Zhechong Mansion in Wanzhou, Li Ang met the chief and learned the above news. "Did the Turks really move to the north?" Li Ang frowned as he heard what the chief said.
"The Turkic capital was razed into ruins by your army, and their army was severely damaged. The tribe that originally surrendered them began to become independent, but now the grassland has returned to what it was thirty years ago overnight." The general looked at Li Ang, not knowing how to describe this young man. He always did crazy things that everyone would not expect, and all of them were successful.
"The desert is now under the direct jurisdiction of the empire, and there is no major threat to the grassland. I don't know what to say about your contribution this time?" The chief steadily shook his head, then waved his personal guard beside him and looked at Li Ang, "Do you know what your next task is?"
"Clear the rebellion among the six kingdoms in the river." Li Ang was stunned for a moment, and then replied, he didn't know what the president asked this meant.
"The six kingdoms of Hezhong were vassal states granted by Emperor Taizu during the reign of Emperor Taizu. For 150 years, they have been loyal to the Qin Dynasty and have not made any paradoxical moves. However, the Qin Dynasty is now about to abolish the kings." The chief general unfolded the map and pointed to the six kings of Hezhong. "Cao, the United States, and Anguo, these three kings are close to Wanzhou and have the deepest sinicization. Their royal family promised to resign as the prince and move to Chang'an. However, there are some troubles now. The old king of the United States suddenly became seriously ill. It is very strange. I want you to investigate this matter."
"Here!" Li Ang responded in a deep voice. For him, nothing is the saddest thing to do.
"By the way, how are those four hundred orphans?" The chief suddenly asked the four hundred orphans, "You plan to use that name for them in the secret cavalry camp."
"Pojun." Li Ang replied. He knew that the general of the Communist Party of China asked him to name the four hundred orphans in a hurry, but in fact he was reminding him that the military hall knew very well about his every move.
Li Ang withdrew from the inner hall. After he left, the chief general looked at the screen in the distance. There, the prince walked out, wearing a black military uniform, and looked no different from an ordinary staff officer.
"Your Highness, you really don't need to come in person." Looking at the prince walking towards him, the chief minister stood up.
"He is the one chosen by the father for Gu. Gu should have come to confirm in person. He is worthy of his father's respect for him." The prince sat down and said quietly to the chief.
"So what the prince thinks? Do your Majesty have taken a look?" The chief general also sat down, looked at the prince, and asked with a frown.
"When I was in Chang'an, I just thought he was a very special person." The prince laughed, "Now, that's four words."
"What four words?" the president asked curiously.
"It's amazing." The prince said these four words and then said quietly, "The Qin Dynasty has not produced such a talent for a long time. The father gave me a big gift."
"Since your highness has confirmed it, it's time to go back to Chang'an." The chief thoughtfully and looked at the prince.
"Actually, when Gu came out, his father gave Gu a secret decree." The prince pulled out a roll of fine paper from his sleeve and handed it to the general manager.
After receiving the secret order, the chief officer spread out and looked at it, his face changed. He looked at the prince and said, "This matter is too dangerous. If your highness has something to do, how can I explain it to Your Majesty?"
"Are you considered resisting the order?" the prince pointed to the secret order in the hand of the general and asked with a smile.
"Your Highness involves the foundation of the country, and I will never let Your Highness take risks no matter what." The chief general looked at the prince and said without giving in.
"In fact, it is not safe to be alone in Chang'an." The prince stood up and looked at the sky outside the window. "According to the tradition of the Qin Dynasty, he should go to Jerusalem, Longcheng at the age of fourteen, but because he has no brothers, he gave up."
"It is the first time that Gu Chang has left Chang'an when his father is as big as Gu Chang, he has already galloped on the battlefield." The prince stared at the general in front of him, "Do you hope that the prince of Daqin will deviate from the tradition of martial arts and ignore the ancestral teachings of Emperor Taizu?"
"I can understand the prince's state of mind, but after all, the prince is in charge of the country..." The chief minister wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the prince.
"Gou already has a son, you are too worried." The prince smiled, "Gou believes that the father will not be wrong, you should follow the order!"
Listening to the gentle tone of the prince's advice, the general knew that he could not change the prince's idea. The prince in front of him looked too similar to the emperor. He had a stubborn personality under his equally gentle appearance. He would never change his thoughts if he knew what he had determined.
"I am obeying the order." The chief finally accepted the secret order given to him by the emperor. Although he did not agree, the will of the prince and the emperor were not something he could change.
"Then you have to worry too much." The prince looked at the general who was ordered and left the inner hall after a gift. Looking at his back, the general couldn't help but sigh. He thought that before the prince returned to Chang'an, he would live a life with trembling fear.
Chapter completed!