Qibi Heli and Gu Zang Jiming expected it to be true. After the abnormal weather of freezing frost appeared on the grassland, the Qibi tribe had not made any move yet, but over the Xue Yantuo tribe, Yi Nan was already gearing up and preparing to start a war. !
As soon as he learned about the frost on the grassland, Yi Nan ordered most of the tribal warriors who were attacking Tuli on the front line to withdraw secretly. As for the vacancies on the front line, he sent some old, weak, sick and disabled people in the tribe as well as Han prisoners to The front line was replenished. In this way, this old guy quietly made a change and directly withdrew the most elite forces of Xue Yantuo's department and gathered them together, ready to attack Jieli at any time!
At the same time, Yi Nan secretly sent people to more than ten tribes including the Qibi Tribe, Baye Gu Tribe, Uighur Tribe, Pugu Tribe, and Tongluo Tribe to deliver letters, inviting the chiefs of each tribe to discuss matters in the Xueyantuo Tribe at noon today. The name was to discuss the war against Tuli's troops, but in fact, everyone knew his true purpose. He just wanted to take advantage of this God-given opportunity to unite the heroes of the grassland to take the throne of Jieli's great khan. issue a challenge!
His wolfish ambition is almost obvious!
At this time, all the tribes on the grassland were already panic-stricken. The people regarded this morning's frost as a punishment from the Changsheng Heaven, and they were worried that if Jieli continued to be the great khan, the Changsheng Heaven would return. A more severe divine punishment has been imposed on the grassland. Therefore, the voices of overthrowing Jieli are now heard among the tribes in the grassland!
Royal Court.
Jieli had already anticipated and noticed some small moves among the tribes. After finishing his conversation with Ashina Shuyan in the morning, Jieli immediately sent two thousand wolf riders south to pursue Wu Jie, who was originally his After discovering that the Grand Master who he relied on the most had shown signs of recovering his memory, Jieli became completely anxious. He could not let Wu Jie go to the Tang Dynasty to search for his memory. If this chess piece was unwilling to continue to be at his mercy, then he It must be destroyed, otherwise, his chess piece may eventually become Li Er's right-hand general!
But now that the frost has fallen in midsummer and the prophecy has come true, the grassland is in troubled times, and it is very likely to fall into chaos. For Jie Li, the most urgent thing now is not to send people to Taiyuan to rescue Zhao Deyan or arrest the teachers and students of Yanhuang Academy. It is not to send a large army to pursue and kill Wu Jie, but to stabilize the situation on the grassland and prevent some tribes from taking advantage of the situation to cause chaos and threaten his dominance on the grassland!
As for Zhao Deyan, he really didn't have the energy to take care of it! Moreover, Zhao Deyan's strategy itself has certain risks. Before the frost in the midsummer on the grassland, Jieli had the energy and capital to take that risk, but now, he is a little unable to do what he wants. It's just a pity for Zhao Deyan, an obedient chess piece. !
As for Wu Jie, Jie Li naturally didn't want him to go to the Tang Dynasty alive, but now there was an undercurrent on the grassland, rumors were spreading among the tribes, and some tribal leaders were even eyeing him as the Great Khan. He had already lost a As a Grand Master-level national advisor, he must concentrate all his forces to deal with the forces on the grassland that are eyeing him, so now Jieli can only reluctantly send two thousand wolf cavalry to pursue Wu Jie!
As for whether the two thousand wolf riders could catch up and whether they could keep Wu Jie behind after catching up, Jie Li didn't actually have much hope in his heart!
After all, Wu Jie is a Grandmaster-level master. When he was in Yunshan, he was able to escape from the joint strangulation of Mo Huai, Qiu Bearke, Dugu Feiying, Dugu Xin and other top masters as well as two thousand elite Forbidden Army soldiers. The terror of combat power is evident! Therefore, Jie Li didn't really expect the two thousand wolf riders to defeat Wu Jie. He only hoped that the two thousand wolf riders could seriously injure Wu Jie!
Once Wu Jie was seriously injured, it would be even more difficult for him to hide his whereabouts after entering the Tang Dynasty, and it would be easier for him to be discovered by the Tang government. Based on the crimes Wu Jie committed in the Tang Dynasty, once local officials discovered Wu Jie's whereabouts, they would not risk their lives. Send troops to encircle and suppress
In that case, Wu Jie might have been strangled before he even reached Yunshan and recovered his memory! This is exactly what Xie Li hopes to see the most!
However, neither he nor his men knew exactly when Wu Jie left the grassland. The vast grassland is not like the Central Plains. There is a must-see path to everywhere, and there are feasible roads everywhere on the prairie. If Wu Jie had left the grassland a long time ago, it would undoubtedly be harder for the troops sent by Jieli to track down Wu Jie on the grassland than to climb to the sky!
Therefore, sending two thousand wolf cavalry to chase Wu Jie was just a "prize" drawn by Jie Li. If he won the "first prize", he would naturally get it. If he couldn't get anything, there was nothing he could do. Now In this situation, it was impossible for him to send more troops to hunt down Wu Jie!
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Northern Yunzhou.
This place is located on the northern border of the Tang Dynasty, directly bordering the grassland. Today there is frost on the grassland, and the Yunzhou side is also affected to a greater or lesser extent, especially in the northern area of Yunzhou, where there is even frost!
In the past few years, the Turks often went south to plunder, and the Yunzhou area was the hardest hit area. Therefore, in the twenty or thirty miles north of Yunzhou near the grassland, there are no longer any people living here, but there are still soldiers from the Tang Dynasty here!
They can also be called border troops, because they are stationed at the border of Datang all year round to prevent the Turkic army from invading!
"Report~!"
"General! There is a large-scale frost in the grassland area in the north. In the hinterland of Yunzhou in the south, the weather is slightly colder, but there is no frost!"
In the frontier army camp and the school field, a sergeant came on horseback and bowed to a tall, dark-skinned general on the school field.
Hearing this, the general frowned. After pondering for a moment, he categorically ordered: "Immediately rush eight hundred miles to report the unusual celestial phenomenon of frost from the sky to the Ministry of War! There must be no mistakes!"
The soldier was stunned when he heard this. He didn't know that there was just a frost on the grassland, but there was nothing to report to the court. You must know that this place is not close to Chang'an at all. The eight-hundred-mile rush does not convey military information, but It's reporting the weather. Isn't this deliberately tormenting people
"Yes! I obey the order!"
Although he was cursing in his heart, when he thought of the series of actions of this black-faced general since he was transferred from the Ministry of War half a month ago, the sergeant suddenly became excited, and without any hesitation, he quickly bowed and accepted the order and left!
"General, what's your purpose for doing this? It's just a frost. Although it's rare, I don't think it's necessary to report it to the Ministry of War, right?"
The sergeant who sent the order didn't dare to ask why, but that didn't mean that others didn't dare to ask. A general next to the black-faced general couldn't help but ask.
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