Chapter 158 Prestige
The chaos continued until sunrise, and most of the Turkic royal court at the foot of Dujin Mountain had been burned to the ground.

There were charred corpses all over the place, and the strong smell of meat made Cui Che's stomach sour.

'I don't want to eat barbecue again in my life! '

Cui Che complained secretly.

Then he looked down at Ah Hui Lusu who was hugging his thigh and crying loudly. Cui Che helped him up and comforted him:

"It's over."

Ah Hui Lusu stood up, wiped his tears with his sleeves, and said with emotion:

"I thought I was going to die. I never thought that Director Cui would take the risk to save me from disaster. How would Ahui Lusu repay this kind of kindness?"

"Don't say that, the chief, no matter who is captured in the royal court today, Cui will not leave his brother behind!"

Cui Che's words fell into Ahui Lusu's ears, as if they were the sounds of nature, and the tears that he had finally stopped flowed down again.

Seeing this scene, Yong Yulu sighed in his heart: After this incident, as long as Ahui Lusu is in power for a day, I am afraid that this Kumoxi man will be the Sui Dynasty, no, he will be Cui Che's most loyal lackey.

But ask yourself, if you were Ah Hui Lusu, you might not be much better than him.

There are many examples of treachery on the grassland, not to mention the coalition forces of different races, even brothers of the same race often attack and kill each other, who can be like Cui Che.

Regardless of what Cui Che's original intention was, it is an indisputable fact that he took the risk of attacking the Western Turkic royal court and rescuing Ahui Lusu.

Cui Che managed to appease Ahui Lusu, and the cavalrymen who went out to collect livestock had returned one after another.

There was so much commotion in the night, there were loud shouts for killing, and fires broke out everywhere. The animals were frightened and ran around, which forced Cui Che to arrange some cavalry to go out and gather them.

At noon, Zhao Mu, who was in charge of organizing the soldiers to clean up the battlefield and counted the battle results, came to meet Cui Che.

"How's the result?"

Cui Che looked at the joyful Zhao Mu and asked.

Yong Yulu and Ahui Lusu, who were following Cui Che, also pricked up their ears when they heard the words.

Zhao Mu laughed and announced the good news:
"Congratulations to Duke Ming, congratulations to Duke Ming. In this battle, our army captured more than [-] livestock, more than [-] women and children, and countless treasures of all kinds. On the orders of Duke Ming, we performed wheel beheading and got more than [-] heads. There are countless charred corpses."

Cui Che nodded upon hearing this. Although the capture in this battle was far less than that of Northern Wei Emperor Taiwu Tuoba Tao's northern attack on Rouran, which captured tens of millions of livestock and people, more than [-] women and children were captured, which was also a heavy blow for Western Turks. hit.

It's a pity that there are still a lot of people in other tribes, big and small, not all in the royal court, and there are also many women and children fleeing with the rout in the night, otherwise it will definitely cause disaster to the Western Turks.

And Yong Yulu and Ahui Lusu were already secretly swallowing their saliva.

Cui Che glanced at the two of them, and they quickly lowered their heads.

Before dispatching the army, although it was agreed that the three families would share the benefits, Mohe Khan killed Luohou, and Ahui Lusu was captured by the Western Turks. It was Cui Che who rescued him, even though Cui Che wants to monopolize the livestock and population now. However, Yong Yulu and Ahui Lusu did not dare to say a word.

I just hope that after eating the meat, he can leave some soup for himself, so as to appease the troops.

But Cui Che said seriously:
"On that day, the three of you and I formed an alliance with blood, and fought together against the Dalai Lama, and agreed to divide up the people after the event is completed.

"Although it has gone through twists and turns, it has finally paid off after a lot of hard work. Today is a great success, and Cui should share the results with the two of you!"

Ahui Lusu and Yong Yulu raised their heads in disbelief when they heard the words. They never imagined that Cui Che could still remember the oath of that day and not be tempted by more than [-] livestock and more than [-] women and children.

Of course Cui Che was tempted, but he knew that he couldn't swallow this sum of wealth, if he really took all of it back, he would definitely be dragged away by the court for most of it.

That being the case, why don't you simply be a favor and achieve your image of honoring promises, and also increase your prestige in the hearts of the East Turks and Kumoxi people.

Nearly [-] horsemen led by Cui Che drove livestock, women and children, and found another place to camp.

At dusk, Cui Che summoned a group of soldiers and announced to them:

"This battle has been victorious, and the results are rich. A total of more than [-] women and children, and more than [-] livestock."

As Yong Yulu and Ahui Lusu translated for Cui Che at the same time, as soon as the words fell, the three armies erupted.

As soon as Cui Che raised his hand, the audience was silent again. Cui Che continued:

"Before the defeat, the morale of the army was broken. I promised to share the women, children and livestock with you. Today, I will divide the women, children and livestock into three.

"The more than 20 soldiers who attacked the royal court with me divided up more than [-] women and children, and [-] livestock according to the size of their military exploits!
"And more than [-] livestock were used as our rations on the way home.

"The remaining 20 women and children and [-] livestock will be divided equally among the soldiers of the army, with one woman and child and two livestock.

"After returning to the division, for the soldiers who died in the Western Expedition, we also have to hand over their share to their families.

"As for the floating wealth, I will use all of it as a pension. Today, I swear to the whole army with Ye Hu Ashinayong Yulu and Kumoxi Chief Ahui Lusu. Kill them together!"

Yong Yulu and Ahui Lusu faithfully translated every word and sentence of Cui Che, and the whole army cheered thunderously.

Whether it was the more than [-] soldiers who followed Cui Che to attack the Western Turkic royal court, or the nearly [-] prisoners who were rescued, everyone paid homage to Cui Che.

For the more than [-] soldiers, Cui Che really kept his promise, but the captured soldiers thought they were going to be enslaved by the Western Turks, but they were rescued by the friendly army, and they were given a woman and child, and two livestock. Unsatisfactory.

Liu Fang was deeply shocked by this scene. At this moment, among the allied forces, there was no difference between the Sui Army, the Eastern Turks, and the Kumoxi people. They gathered under Cui Che's command, praised him, respected him, and loved him.

Looking at the high-spirited Cui Che on the high platform, Liu Fang murmured:

"That's right, man!"

The distribution plan has been announced, but there is no rush to divide up women, children, and livestock now.

The whole army dispersed, and after Cui Che arranged the security forces, he summoned all the important people of East Turkic to the commander's tent.

Yong Yulu, who was sitting beside Cui Che, puffed out his chest, his face glowed red, obviously he had learned the specific news in advance.

Seeing everyone gathered, Cui Che said in a deep voice:
"Mohe Khan died unexpectedly, and the tribe cannot be left alone for a day. Ye Hu Ashinayong Yulu is the son of Sha Boluo Khan, and he is a noble Turkic family. Cui believes that Ye Hu is the best candidate.

"I'm done talking, whoever agrees, whoever opposes."

When everyone heard the words, they knelt down to Yong Yulu and called him Khan.

The blush on Yong Yulu's face became even more intense.

On the fourth day of December in the seventh year of Emperor Kaihuang (587), East Turkic Yehu Ashinayong Yulu was supported by the people of the country, inherited the throne of Khan, and became Dulan Khan.

That night, Liu Fang secretly sent West Turkic Kedun to Cui Che's tent, expressing his loyalty in this way.

(End of this chapter)

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