Xueyantuo Khan's hideout
This is a small gathering point. Usually there are only a dozen households here. Now these dozen families have been tied up and all the belongings in their homes have been looted. Xueyantuo Khan pointed at his men. There are still about two thousand people. The remaining one thousand or so are in the north with his younger brother.
After they were ambushed by Su Dingfang, only these few people were left. The others may have left him, or they could not find his hiding place on the grassland.
"Has the Imperial Master not replied yet?"
Xueyantuo Khan said a little irritably, but this guy didn't dare to drink anymore. He was still very scared when he was able to save his life last time. He almost fell off his horse several times during the escape, so he didn't dare to drink anymore because this place was not very safe at all.
When several cavalrymen ran past just now, this guy thought it was the Tang Dynasty army coming to kill him, which made him a little nervous. If he continued drinking, he would not even have the strength to get on the horse when the Tang Dynasty army really came.
"I'm back, I'm back..."
Coincidentally, just as the Khan asked this question, a cavalryman came back from a distance. This person was the person in charge of liaison under his command. He asked this person to take two night pearls to find the national teacher and ask the national teacher to give him a pass. Then they would go west from Gaochang Kingdom and enter the territory of Kucha Kingdom.
He already felt that Gaochang Kingdom could no longer stay there. The fighting power displayed by the Tang army that day soon made the king of Gaochang Kingdom realize that these people were not reliable at all and they only took him in for money.
When it comes to saving one's life, money is nothing. At that time, the King of Gaochang will definitely hand him over, so before the King of Gaochang changes his mind, he must take his people away from here. Now, except for the west, they have no way to go, so they can only continue to run west.
Moreover, some countries in the west are relatively small and weak. After these thousands of cavalrymen under his command go there, they can still be regarded as a relatively large force in the local area. Even if the local countries want to wipe them out, they probably don't have the ability to do so. If they are lucky, they might be able to kill one or two small kings. At worst, he will be the king there, which can be regarded as finding a home for his brothers. He doesn't believe that the people of the Tang Dynasty can catch up there.
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Master... the Imperial Master..."
The soldier didn't know how to explain this matter, and finally took out a beautifully wrapped box from his arms, and inside the box were the two priceless pearls.
"He didn't see you?"
Xueyantuo Khan was dumbfounded. If they couldn't get the pass, they would have no way to go west from Gaochang Kingdom. The border guards would definitely stop them. In fact, he was not afraid of the border guards and could just kill them directly, but that would take time. If the Tang army caught up with him during the delay, he would have no chance of survival.
"The Imperial Preceptor was summoned to the palace by the King of Gaochang, apparently to discuss how to respond to the Tang envoy. He never returned to his home."
After hearing this, Xueyantuo Khan breathed a sigh of relief. He originally thought that the imperial teacher wanted to draw a clear line between himself and others. As long as he didn't, there was still a glimmer of hope.
"You must take your belongings back immediately and wait at his house until you get the customs clearance documents. We can't live here anymore. We will move to another place, and I'll send someone to pick you up then."
Xueyantuo Khan thought for a while and said that they were in the process of escaping and their hiding place must not be told to anyone. If this person was caught, the Tang army would come immediately and they would not be able to escape. They should let him wait at the national teacher's house. After finding a new place to stay in two days, they would send other people to pick him up. This was the safest way. Even if this guy fell into the hands of the Tang army, he would not know their hiding place.
The soldier nodded, then rode away again. Before leaving, he looked at the tent not far away and his old father. Xueyantuo Khan now suspected everyone that he would only send out soldiers whose family members were in the barracks to do things. Otherwise, anyone else who dared to leave the barracks within 500 meters would be killed immediately.
At this time, there were indeed not many people people could be trusted, and they were nervous every day. Several soldiers were discussing some things in private, and were discovered by the Khan of Xueyantuo. He directly ordered his men to kill these soldiers. After killing them, this guy felt a little regretful and sent people to dig a grave for these soldiers. After digging the grave, he felt that it was very likely to expose his actions, so he ordered his men to dig up the grave.
In short, everyone in the Xueyantuo military camp now feels that their Khan's actions are a bit outrageous. When he just set out from Xueyantuo, this Khan was more or less in his right mind, but now no one knows how to describe the things he has done. He does whatever he wants and there is no logic at all.
Just when the soldier had left for a few minutes, several soldiers came back from a distance. These soldiers looked nervous, and something big must have happened.
"This is terrible, Khan. We followed your instructions and stood guard at our last stop. Today, we discovered Gaochang cavalry. They are all under the general's command."
After hearing the reports from these people, Xueyantuo Khan laughed. He knew that it was right for him to leave there. If he continued to stay there, the next time he opened his eyes, the Tang army might have arrived.
"Change the location immediately and kill everyone here. No one who has seen us should be left alive. Take away everyone you can."
Xueyantuo Khan said cruelly that there were elderly people and children in these dozen households, but he could not take care of so many now and had to hurry to escape. He had made a plan for himself to change places every three days. If he continued to stay here, the chance of being discovered would be too high.
"What about the women?"
The soldiers walked to the door of the tent and then came back. Their wives and children were lost on the way to escape, and now they were also short of women.
"Kill him."
Xueyantuo Khan said with a firm look in his eyes that escaping with a woman would slow down his life. He was not confused at the moment. Those who should be killed must be killed, and those who should not be killed must also be killed.