Chapter 51 Fire Cloud
"Hey..."

The BMW ran wildly in the open field, sometimes east, sometimes west, sometimes south, sometimes north...

Sometimes he would jump suddenly, trying to throw Li Xuan off.

Like a wild horse, it is difficult to tame.

"Eh..."

The roar of BMW is more powerful and high-pitched.

When it runs, its red mane flutters in the wind, like a burning and dancing flame.

Under such intensity, Li Xuan sat on the BMW as steady as a rock for a whole hour.

A fine horse, a peerless BMW!
Now it seems that the five hundred strings of cash offered by the horse seller is not expensive at all.

At the same time, Li Xuan understood that the horse seller had not tamed the horse at all.

Just appease it and take it to the market.

Mo Yanchuo, Jiasi and others who had been following Li Xuan's steps and watching him also put away their contempt for Li Xuan.

BMW is so powerful, but Li Xuan has always been able to handle it with ease.

None of them dared to guarantee that they could last so long on the fierce horse.

Most of the Hu people who grew up on horseback have encountered fierce horses. When a horse goes crazy, it will shake the person's body to the point of breaking. The arms will be stiff and sore, and once the horse loses its strength, it will fall badly.

"He can be a general, it seems he has some ability?"

Jia Si was glad that he did not compete with Li Xuan.

Li Xuan's horse is basically a crazy horse.

"No matter how strong a horse is, it will become exhausted after such a toss. He has won the wrestling match with the fierce horse."

Mo Yanchu nodded.

The fact that Li Xuan could tame such a fierce BMW proved that he was a brave man, not as harmless as he appeared.

Mo Yanchu's words came true. After another quarter of an hour, the BMW under Li Xuan's crotch stopped running wildly.

Li Xuan was already able to control the BMW to walk slowly.

Thinking that all BMWs in history had names, Li Xuan stroked the BMW's mane and gave it a majestic and domineering name: Huoyun.

He ran wildly, his mane burning like fire and his hooves as light as clouds.

Li Xuan hopes that this BMW can survive a few more months on the battlefield.

He drove his BMW to Mo Yanchuo's side.

"Congratulations to General Li for taming the BMW. You are truly a warrior!"

Mo Yanchu suddenly smiled and congratulated Li Xuan.

"It hasn't been tamed yet. It's just tired and has surrendered temporarily. Once its strength recovers, it will definitely become disobedient again."

Li Xuan dismounted and answered.

It is unlikely to tame such a wild horse in one go.

However, Li Xuan has time to fight with Huoyun.

Before Mo Yanchuo could say anything else, Li Xuan changed the subject and said, "From ancient times to the present, there is nothing that cannot be conquered in the Central Plains, including the horses of the Donghu, the Xiongnu, the Xianbei, the Rouran, and the Turkic."

Both sentences, one before and one after, have hidden meanings.

"General Li, do you think that the horses of the Huihe people are worthy of being mentioned on the same level as theirs?"

Mo Yanchu's eyes fixed.

"When the Turkic Khanate was at its peak, it had a million soldiers, which was unprecedented since the beginning of the world. Why did such a powerful country fall?"

Li Xuan avoided Mo Yanchu's question and asked a question in return.

From the Eastern Turks to the Western Turks, and then to the present Western Turks, their power is already declining.

Li Xuan was reminding Mo Yanchuo that the Turks, who claimed to have a million soldiers, would be destroyed again and again.

The Huihe, who now commanded 100,000 troops, should be more restrained and pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty after the founding of the country.

The grasslands have always been complex, with tribes scattered all over the place. When the Rouran people were fighting to the death with the Northern Wei, the Turks were just their subordinates. Because the Turks made iron tools and weapons for the Rouran people, they were contemptuously called forging slaves by the Rouran people.

However, such a powerful Rouran people were buried by the Turks themselves.

The Uighurs were one of the nine clans of the Tiele people.

Most of the grassland tribes, including the Nine Clans of Tiele and Xueyantuo, were once dependents of the Turks.

Now it's falling apart.

The current grasslands are not just these. In the east, there are Xi, Khitan, Shiwei, and Mohe. In the west, there are the remnants of Karluk and Tuqishi. In the bitter and cold land to the north, there are also tribes such as Jiankun.

The vast grassland and all the tribes, big and small, were handed over to the Uighurs for management during the Tianbao period.

As a time traveler, I know that Zhu Di of later generations mobilized the whole country and made five expeditions to the northern desert, but still failed to clear the grassland. Within a few years, the Oirat caused hundreds of thousands of Ming troops to shed blood on the border.

The grassland is a place where Gu are bred. Even if a large tribe with hundreds of thousands of soldiers was wiped out by the Central Plains, those inconspicuous small tribes would always conquer, annex, and rise up, becoming famous all over the world.

Times make heroes, this saying is not only applicable to the Central Plains, but also to the grassland tribes.

Li Xuan must learn from history!
Li Xuan was able to distinguish between priorities, and in history, there were few conflicts between the Tang Dynasty and the Uighurs.

The powerful Tubo was several times more powerful than the Uighurs and was the number one enemy of the Tang Dynasty.

There was also the Western Regions, which was about to get out of control due to the dual threats from the Arab Empire and Tubo.

"The Tang Dynasty had many people and a vast territory, complete armor, numerous weapons, and mountains of food, so they won the victory."

Mo Yanchuo thought it over again and again and gave Li Xuan a reason.

Although the Uighurs ruled some tribes, they were still far behind the Turks at their peak.

Mo Yanchu was ambitious, but he had to face this reality.

"Not absolutely. In comparison, we know etiquette and are trustworthy. The Turks only distinguish between warriors and cowards. It sounds heroic to die with heavy soldiers and die in disgrace due to illness, but it will make the tribe fearful and unwilling to submit. Every time the Turks invade our border, they celebrate when they win and seek peace when they lose. They have no sense of shame. How can such a country last long?"

Li Xuan shook his head and said.

The sentences "A heavy soldier dies in shame of illness" and "Celebrate victory when you win and seek peace when you lose" made Mo Yanchu blush. Isn't it the same for the Huihe people?
"General Li, do you have any ideas about attacking the Turks?"

Mo Tingchu was stumped by Li Xuan's question. Seeing that Li Xuan was ready to argue, he didn't want to talk about it anymore and changed the subject.

"Haha... I'm only talking about history. That's military business, we'll discuss it when Marshal Wang summons us!"

Li Xuan laughed and pushed it away.

Afterwards, Li Xuan left again on the pretext of training horses.

"Brother, Yu Dujun Mountain can also breed such a good horse."

Jiasi thought Mo Yanchu was sad about this, and she believed that such a BMW would appear in their tribe sooner or later.

Yu Dujun Mountain, which the Han people called Yanran Mountain.

"I am not worried about the BMW. I am afraid that this Tang general will be as tall and vast as Yu Dujun Mountain."

Yu Dujun Mountain is sacred to the Uighurs, and the river where they have grazed for many years comes from Yu Dujun Mountain.

There are brass (copper), Yahu (gems), and Timur (iron) there. No matter where the Uighurs migrated, they would look in that direction.

In a short period of time, Mo Yanchuo went from despising Li Xuan to respecting Li Xuan.

Gass seemed to understand but not quite.

……

For four consecutive days, Li Xuan was taming the Fire Cloud Horse.

Every time he went out of the city, Huoyun Horse was exhausted.

In order to develop a close relationship with the Huoyun Horse, Li Xuan personally fed the Huoyun Horse.

By the fifth day, Huoyun Horse was finally no longer so irritable, and at the peak of its physical strength, it began to obey Li Xuan's commands.

Huile City seems to be normal, but in fact there are undercurrents.

Guo Ziyi, the envoy of Zhenwu Army, Xiang Yujing, the envoy of Dingyuan Army, the envoy of Dongshoujiangcheng, the envoy of Xishoujiangcheng, the deputy protector of Anbei Protectorate, etc., as well as many subordinate Huzhou governors, have all arrived in Huile City.

(End of this chapter)