In fact, for Dumodu, returning to Talas instead of his lair (near Chucheng, Kazakhstan in later generations) was also considered.

He supported Gu Chuo, not Erweitler, and had already decided to expand the influence of the Asijie tribe from the downstream of the Shuye River to the middle. His idea was naturally correct. After the rise of the Tukki Shi Khan Kingdom, a large number of Tukki Shi's tribe became full-time soldiers, and replaced the former Ashina clan and became hereditary soldiers. Among them, the centurion and the thousand-man commander replaced the former nobles and became new nobles.

At the beginning, there was naturally no problem with such a strategy, and there was no problem with the nine Western Turkic tribes supporting Tuqi Shi one. However, over time, the shortcomings of the non-direct tribes appeared. Those tribes that appeared to join the "Tuqi Shi" tribe still retained their main traditions. Such traditions have been passed down in the Turkic Khanate for hundreds of years. How could they be easily cut off?

This is also an important reason why the Dumodu and Mohedagan of Asijie and Chumukun could easily rise after Sulu's death. It was unimaginable in the Turkic Khanate in the past.

After Sulu became the chief of the Tuqi Shi Khan Kingdom, in order to control the other nine tribes, he divided the Tuqi Shi tribe into small tribes and migrated to various places. Originally to control the tribes, he actually merged into other tribes.

Therefore, from Talas to the city of Sorcery, the core area of ​​Tuqishi seemed to be controlled by the Tuqishishi, but in fact they controlled only these castles, the Tang and Sogdian farmers around the castles, and the herders from further away were actually still affiliated with the former tribes.

At present, the Yili River Basin is actually controlled by Hu Luju, the majority of Huang's surname, while the majority of the Hei River Basin is controlled by Axijie, the majority of the Hei surname, and the vicinity of Rehai is controlled by Chumukun, who is also a Hei surname.

The largest tribe in the Suiyechuan River Basin is Ashijie, and Dumodu is the great leader of Ashijie, and one of the two people who were named Ye Hu by Sulu (Xiyehu, the Tang Dynasty did not recognize Sulu's Khan's name, but only named him Ye Hu in the ten surnames. In the Turkic Khan Kingdom, only Khans are qualified to enthrone Ye Hu). After Sulu's death, he immediately came from the downstream of the Suiyechuan to the middle reaches to support Gu Chuo as Khan, and did not choose to approach his old nest Talas City. First, he did not take Erweitule seriously, and second, he was to take all the entire middle and lower reaches of the Suiyechuan into his own hands!

Since he was defeated near Suoye City, he suddenly became deeply afraid of the Tang Dynasty's combat power. In theory, he should have taken advantage of the lack of military strength in the Tang army and impatiently going deep into the grassland to fight. He just wanted to plunder the wealth in the castle to return to his old nest and prepare for the opportunity. However, after returning to his old nest, he still couldn't help but bring two thousand elite cavalry to Talas.

For Dumodu, it is better to come to Talas to help Erweitler defend the city than to take advantage of the troubled waters.

The Sogdian infantry's defeat in less than an hour made him a little disheartened. He had expected that at most there was only one field force in the Tang army, and those terrifying weapons would not appear here. Unexpectedly, this little force defeated Erweitler one after another, and also made the Sogdian infantry return in a short period of time. This was far from his original plan!

Therefore, as a speculator, he would not throw his elite cavalry into such a tragic siege.

He retreated.

He was ready to withdraw his lair after this retreat. He was preparing to withdraw his lair, such as unifying Sai Yechuan and becoming the true heir of Sulu Khan, at this time, and he understood that after this war, whether the Tang army would stay in Sai Yechuan, the influence of Sulu and his thunderous cavalry would be gone forever. And it was only a matter of time before Mo Hedagan, an ally of the Tang army, rose. He was still honest and righteous to be a hero on the grassland.

...

Just when Dumodu ignored the tragic situation of the Sogdians and carried out three attacks according to the original plan, Sun Xiurong in the camp found out the origin of the general leading the troops by interrogating the Sogdian prisoners beside the low wall. At this time, he was also in deep thought.

"First, even if Dumodu comes to attack himself, I'm not afraid."

"Second, if Dumodu is eye-catching, he will definitely not use cavalry to attack again."

"Third, as one of the few big chiefs on the left wing of the Western Turks who maintained tribal integrity, he must not be a mediocre person. Since he is not a mediocre person, why did he run to Talas to wade into the muddy waters after the defeat of Suyechuan?"

"Sulu is dead. At present, the strongest people in the entire Tuqi Shikhan Kingdom are the two major black tribes, Ashijie of Dumodu and Chumukun of Mohedagan, and Hu Luju, who is closely linked to the Tang Dynasty. However, Hu Luju is a Huang surname and basically has no chance to take over Sulu's position, so Dumodu and Mohedagan have hope."

"And Gai Jiayun came to assist the boxing at Mohe Dagan's request. With the strong support of the Tang Dynasty, Dumodu would definitely not be able to get it. In addition to trying to hold Erweitler hostage to order the Khanate, did he not take advantage of Erweitler's panic in Talas to grab one in Talas? Because compared with the former, this is possible."

He quickly called Goshuminu, who was familiar with Talas.

"Minu, what are the five thousand elite men under Erweitler? Oh, what are the young and strong tribes of which tribes are made up?"

It is of course his reason for his questioning. It is impossible for a eldest son to get too many permanent troops from Sulu, and most of them were drawn from the various departments handed over to his jurisdiction.

"Reported to Sima, Erweitler's army has three parts. One is the Geshu tribe, which is headed by the son of the leader of Geshu on the north bank of the Talas River. The other is the Tuqi Shi's standing army, with about one thousand people. After Sulu took office, he lived in Yijiancheng and asked his eldest son Gu Chuan to station in Saiyechuan to control the vicinity of Rehai and the middle of Saiyechuan, and remotely control the Yili River Basin."

"In fact, he handed over the former right wing tribes of the Western Turks to Gu Chuo."

"And let Erweitler be stationed in Talas. Erweitler's mother came from the Geshu tribe. He himself also served as Jie Lifa, two major tribes of Axijie and Basaigan, had the right to decide on appointing the two centurions or above positions and taxes. What's more, among his thousand Tukha Shi's personal guards, some of them were the nobles of the three major tribes, Geshu, Basaigan and Axijie. Of course, they did not directly govern those tribes, but like the titles in the Central Plains, they just made some tribes directly their fiefs."

"The cattle, sheep and animals that were supposed to be handed over to the Khanate are directly handed over to these personal guards to enjoy."

"There is the Ashiyu tribe close to Talas City. The Ashiyu tribe is the largest tribe in the Suiyechuan River Basin. It is almost his ranch south of the Yibohai and north of the Suiyechuan. Recently, a tribe has emerged in the north of the Yibohai, called Kimak. Ashiyu is also responsible for the important task of fighting the Kimak tribe. Therefore, even Sulu Khan was in power and gained great support for the tribe."

Kimak Sun Xiurong naturally knew that he was actually the predecessor of Qinzha, and the two names were just translated into Chinese and were different.

At present, Kimak is still a tribal alliance, and it will take some time to become a powerful Khanate.

He thought to himself: "Kimac is mainly on the southern Siberian grasslands. Most of the small tribes bordering the Shuye River Basin are dependent on them. Has Dumodu not continuously annexed these small tribes through small-scale wars in recent years, thus making his Ashiyuki tribe gradually stronger?"

He continued to ask, "In addition to those thousand standing troops, the main source of the cavalry under Erweitler is Axijie?"

"Yes, Sima. Of course, Dumodu is only the largest tribe leader of Ashijie. Several tribes are divided into Ashijie. According to convention, in order to differentiate Dumodu's power, Erweitler must have drawn strong talents from other tribes, but there will be some people in Dumodu."

“…”

...

Dumodu walked on the road to Talas with a little depressed mood, and soon saw the castle with lights on.

After seeing the castle, Dumodu thought: "I have two thousand young and strong people in it to help Erweitler, a waste of the city. If he returns to his hometown, Talas will definitely be captured by the Tang army. Once the Tang army traps the city, in addition to looting the castle, it also has the tradition of collecting heads. They are all the elites of our troops. Isn't it a pity for them to lose it in vain?"

As a tribe, he naturally had a way to contact the people in the city. He was going to approach the castle and then call him by a arrow. Since he no longer wanted to help Erweitler defend the city, there was no need to return to the city to avoid embarrassment after meeting.

At this moment, a fire came from not far behind him.

When Erweitler saw the flames, he immediately shouted: "Prepare for battle!"

Strangely, the firelight stopped about one mile from Lidu Modu Brigade, and then flew to ride again.

Dumodu's subordinates rode to him in the future and saw a boy under twenty years old, but Dumodu was shocked when he saw him.

"Ge Shu Minu, is it you?! When did you join the Tang Army?"

The person who came was Geshu Minu, and he smiled, "Ye Hu, it's right here. Now I am on the order of Sima to discuss a business with Ye Hu."

"oh?"

Dumodu seemed to understand something. He still trusted Geshuminu, who was also a Zoroastrian, and he only left a few personal soldiers from the headquarters by his side, and then all the others retreated.

"What does Sima mean?"

"Two meanings, one is to take down the city of Talas together, and the treasures inside are half divided. However, the Tang people and Sogdians belong to the Tang Dynasty, and Erweitler's soldiers can be taken away by Ye Hu."

"The Tang Dynasty promised not to affect the Axijie tribe afterwards"

Dumodu took a deep breath and did not answer him immediately. Instead, he looked at the distant starry sky and prayed silently. His tribe had just converted to the Zoroastrian Church. When he prayed, he was actually thinking about immortality.

"Done!"

Although he was still a little suspicious of the combat power of Geshu Minnu and the Tang army behind him, he still made up his mind, which prompted him to make up his mind to be the Tang army behind Geshu Minnu's fire-print knife!

Compared with the Besaigan and Geshu tribe who had already believed in the Zoroastrianism, Ashijie had just accepted it for a short time, but the Zoroastrianism was different from other religions. He did not have formal doctrines, but he did not care about having many believers, but was constantly looking for "messengers" who could become the help of this religion.

The fire-print knife is one of the most powerful tokens of this religion, which is not a secret among the Zoroastrians.

"Even Ge Shu Minu has joined the Tang Dynasty. It seems that the one who can save this sect is someone from the Tang Dynasty. If he goes against the trend, it will definitely be inappropriate."

So, on a strange night, at some point before dawn, at the darkest moment of the day, Dumodu first contacted the Ashijie tribe in the city with a sound arrow, and then opened the city gate. When Erweitler, who was uneasy, came to greet him in person, Dumodu killed him!

Sun Xiurong took over Talas City in an almost miraculous way!

On the second day, Dumodu, who was worried that the Tang army brigade would arrive, left with all the Axijie soldiers who were relied on him and half of the city's property, leaving the entire castle to Sun Xiurong.

Although I don’t know how Fumeng Lingcha took down Talas City in history, after what happened tonight happened, standing on the extremely strong earthen wall that was as high as two meters high and was built, and after the first ray of dawn in the east, Sun Xiurong roughly understood Fumeng Lingcha’s methods, and most of them had used Dumodu. Compared with himself, Fumeng Lingcha’s military strength was stronger, and Dumodu had no reason to reject him.

After that, Dumodu was granted an official position by the Tang Dynasty and given a name, most of which he also had the contribution of Fu Meng Lingcha.

A new question is coming again.
Chapter completed!