Chapter 1030: Medium Scheme
Li Mu ordered the soldiers to take off the uniforms of the Tang army and put on the clothes that had been ripped from the dead Turkic army. The soldiers dressed up after the simple disguise technique, together with E, couldn't tell the enemy from the enemy, let alone Xue Yantuo.
Then, the more than 10,000 soldiers escorted, oh no, escorted Tong'e out of the desert and went to meet with Xue Yantuo. Li Mu is also mixed in, he is not worried about Tong'e betraying, even if Tong'e is betrayed, he will have to die first. Li Mu bet he wouldn't dare!
When they saw Xue Yantuo's people, Bazhuo really let them open the way in front as Li Mu expected. In front of the Tang army, there was no scout from Xue Yantuo, so Li Mu calmly sent someone to contact Dingxiang and agreed on a strategy.
As for the servant army known as '100,000' who blocked the gate outside Dingxiang City, they had already seen through the intentions of Xue Yantuo's troops, since they couldn't eat meat, they couldn't kill them, who knew who would win and who would lose in this battle? If Datang wins in the end, will they still have a way to live?
So when they saw the 20,000 Tang troops breaking through, they only dealt with it symbolically, and then let go of an opening and let them out. Although they also sent messengers, how could the attacking Tang army be fast, and when Xue Yantuo's army was defeated, the messenger arrived.
Thinking that at that time, everyone felt that there was little hope of being able to escape, but Li Mu was already arranging how to kill the Xue Yantuo people after the total annihilation of the Turks. The generals had a full sense of admiration for the mountains, and their admiration for Li Mu reached the point of no return.
No wonder after the total annihilation of the Turks, Hou Ye ordered to dig three feet into the ground and find out Tong'e! It turns out that he is the key pawn in the next step! These ordinary pretentious generals, all of whom are convinced at this time, are far behind Hou Ye's foresight and foresight, and they are really ......far behind.
Sure enough, Tong'e's deliberate rubbing, Yi Nan and the others did not urge. The Tang army marched dozens of miles in one day, and its vitality was restored. Li Mu also ordered to kill a weak war horse and give food to the soldiers, which is how those horse bones came from.
After a few days, Li Mu ordered to reduce the supply of horse meat, and the soldiers said in their hearts, it seems that the Hou Ye is beginning to feel distressed. They are now almost unconditionally blind obedience to Li Mu, so no matter what Li Mu does, they will automatically make up for him to make up for the reason.
The generals knew that Li Mu was using horse bones to play a psychological war with Xue Yantuo to increase and decrease the focus. Xue Yantuo really thought that the Tang army was completely out of food, and began to kill war horses to quench their thirst, and the more war horses were killed, the fewer they were, and later they didn't even eat horse meat!
After more than ten days of pursuit, Xue Yantuo's patience was almost exhausted, and he finally wanted to urge Tong'e to attack with all his might. At this time, the Dingxiang army also arrived, and even before the battle, there was still a day to rest.
At this moment, Xue Yantuo's defeat has been decided.
Tong'e and the Tang army, disguised as Turks, rushed to the front in a fake way, shot a few arrows indiscriminately, shouted a few times, and then suddenly 'collapsed' in front of the Tang cavalry, and rushed towards the army formation of the Xue Yantuo people.
At this time, if the Xue Yantuo people were a little careless, the military formation would be rushed away by the 'Turkic army', and the remaining 3,000 'horse slashers' would then take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and naturally they could win a complete victory! But the Xue Yantuo people were not dry after all, and quickly prevented the defeated 'Turkic army' from attacking their military formation, which made the victory of the Tang army a little late, and the sacrifice was much greater, but it had nothing to do with the overall situation.
Because after the 'Turkic army' withdrew from the battlefield from both flanks, it was already behind the defenseless back of the Tong'e army! Ready to strike a critical blow!
When the Tong'e army tried their best to surround the Tang army, all their forces and attention were focused on the Tang army, and the 'Turkic army', which had already turned back and adjusted its posture, was also ready, and immediately shot cold arrows.
The scene was terrible......
Xue Yantuo was defenseless, and there was a wolf-like Tang army entangled in front of him, and he was powerless to look back, so he could only let the 'Turkic army' be destroyed one after another, and even the iron-beaten man couldn't support it!
Finally, the Xue Yantuo people, who were fed up with the devastation, fled to the wings one after another, and the Dingxiang army that joined at this time was the last straw that crushed the camel!
Sometimes, what is worse than not being able to beat others is that you can't run and can't run others, thirty or forty thousand Xue Yantuo warriors, who were chased by the Tang army, cried wolves, the Tang army chased after them, wielding butcher knives, and the Xue Yantuo people fell on the side of the road in pieces like cutting wheat......
Speaking of which, the reason why Bazhuo was caught by the Tang Army is also retribution, it is said that he escaped the earliest, and the possibility of escaping should be the greatest! But on the way to escape, the scorching war horse was in a hurry, and he actually threw him off the horse. Supposedly, this is not a big deal, and the clansmen next to him let him out of the horse, and everything is over......
However, when the tribesmen saw that he had fallen off his horse, none of them stopped, and they only looked back at him one by one, and then fled straight away.
"You wait for me!" Bazhuo was stunned, but he didn't expect the clansmen to abandon him, and he jumped to his feet and shouted to the clansmen who passed by: "Give me the horse quickly!" I am your leader! ”
"Phew!" The clansmen, who had long despised him, answered very simply.
Bazhuo's attitude quickly softened, from command to request, from request to pleading, from pleading to kneeling, but the more this happened, the more no one paid attention. The tribesmen galloped past, and the mud splashed by the horses' hooves covered their bodies into a mud man.
This is the people's heart, no matter what, after Yi Nan fell off the horse, there were more than 100 tribesmen who were willing to stay and die with him, but Bazhuo was not saved when he saw death, they all did not accumulate virtue at ordinary times, and retribution came at critical moments.
In the Tang military camp, Yi Nan and Bazhuo realized that Tong'e had already been completely annihilated by the Tang army, and he was deceived by the Tang army from the beginning! This battle was not unjust at all, but it was too miserable!
The two of them were depressed one by one, and they had the heart to bite their tongues and commit suicide......
At this time, Li Mu finally appeared in front of the two of them, surrounded by all the generals. The soldiers of the Tang army also rushed over one after another, watching the interrogation of the two Xue Yantuo captives by Hou Ye.
At this moment, this living king of Hell who killed people and wiped out the two major tribes in a row stood in front of them, looking at the two of them with cold eyes.
"Hou Ye spares my life, I will be confused for a while and make a big mistake, please Hou Ye give us a chance to mend our ways......"
"Yes, Lord Hou, we are willing to be your slaves forever, and we will never dare to rebel again......"
The generals of the Tang Army listened to Zhile, and said in their hearts that these tribes on the grassland are really the same, and they will be slaves as soon as they are defeated. After the battle is over, the family doesn't need to hire people to work.
Li Mu's face was still sinking like water, and he said in a cold voice: "Your Majesty treats you Xue Yantuo very well, why do you dare to risk the world's condemnation and attack the army of the imperial court?!" As soon as Li Mu said this, the army was slaughtered, and everyone stared at Yi Nan and the two for fear of missing a word.
"Master Hou, don't blame us!" Ba Zhuo grabbed in front of Yi Nan and said loudly: "Someone asked us to do this!" ”
'......Boom' Hearing Bazhuo say this, Tong'e's head buzzed. Isn't that the one who pouted him?
As soon as Li Mu raised his hand, everyone was silent again, he squinted his eyes and looked at Tong'e, and sneered: "You make it clear, who is it?" ”
"It's your Datang's gate valve, Boling Cui's clan!" Ba Zhuo hurriedly replied: "For the past three or five years, the Bolingcui clan has been secretly supplying us with grain and grass, never asking for anything in return, at first we didn't know their purpose, and we didn't dare to ask for it, but they said that one day there will be a time when we will be useful!" We took it with peace of mind, and thanks to this grain and grass, we were able to gather so many people......"
Li Mu was stunned, all the soldiers were stunned, and Tong'e was also stunned. Everyone thought that Bazhuo would confess Tong'e, and Li Mu also thought so, so that he would have an excuse to kill Tong'e, but no one would have imagined that Bazhuo would confess a shocking secret!
Seeing that Li Mu was silent, he was anxious: "Really! What I said is true! Ba Zhuo looked at Yi Nan and said, "Dad, you speak, that messenger of the Boling Cui clan, what is his name, how did he tell you, letters, letters?!" ”
"Here, here!" Yi Nan also cooperated, and took out a few letters from his arms, which he carried with him, obviously on purpose, and at this time it really came in handy and became his life talisman.
Li Mu hurriedly took it, opened the letter and saw the payment, and his head buzzed.
Cui Wang!
Isn't this the person sent by the imperial court to take over military power? He glanced at Li Xiaogong and asked, "You bring the troops out, how many people are there in Dingxiang?" ”
"More than 10,000 ......" Li Xiaogong didn't see the letter, and said in confusion: "More than 10,000 people are enough to defend the city, and people outside dare not fight." ”
"It's broken!"
Li Mu stuffed the letter into Li Xiaogong's hand, pointed to the three people kneeling on the ground, and said: "Tie them up, take care of them, the whole army will get on the horse immediately, throw away all unnecessary things, and use all your strength to feed, and give Lao Tzu to Dingxiang to run wildly, immediately!" ”
Li Xiaogong looked at it, and his face turned pale. He thought of a terrible possibility - perhaps, it was all a bureau.
The real threat is not Xue Yantuo, nor is it the Turks. It is the 100,000 'servant army' that has 'taken refuge' in Xue Yantuo in recent years. Their real boss is not from Xue Yantuo, but from the Boling Cui clan!
At the moment, Dingxiang is a real emptiness, with only more than 10,000 people. Not to mention, Cui Wang is still in the city! If he should be caught off guard by the inside and outside, how can Dingxiang City still be defended?
At that time, the Cui family is the real coercion of the prince to order the princes!
A thousand-year-old family, the heritage is incomparable. They have mastered Li Chengqian, and the resources they can mobilize are unimaginable! This Cui family can really toss, first Tubo, then Xue Yantuo, God knows how long they have been laid out in order to disturb the Tang Dynasty!
Now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them. Li Xiaogong left Dingxiang City, and there were no generals in the city. Relying on Li Siwen and Li Chengqian, two children who have not dried up, Li Mu dare not imagine the possibility that they can hold Dingxiang.
Once Dingxiang City is broken, it will be an unsuspecting Chang'an City......
Li Mu gritted his teeth and raised his hand to slap his two mouths.
Li Mu, Li Mu, let you be conceited, let you pretend to be forced, Dingxiang City is broken, you are a sinner for the ages!
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Dingxiang City.
After Li Xiaogong left, no one could control Li Chengqian anymore. He finally got rid of the shackles, and under Cui Wang's 'instigation', he climbed the wall of Dingxiang City for the first time.
Although two miles outside the city, it is the military tent of Xue Yantuo's subordinate army for several miles. But Li Chengqian was not afraid at all, but was eager to try, pulled out the long sword in his hand and pointed at it, and said to Cui Wang beside him: "Cui Shilang, I have been alone in the grassland for several months, and I have been trapped in the high wall, and I have not had a chance to fight with the thieves, I am really sorry." I received news last night that the eldest brother broke Xue Yantuo outside the Camel Valley, this battle seems to be over, and those people outside must be about to surrender, Lonely's regret seems to be a regret in the end. ”
"His Royal Highness the Prince's words are wrong, peace and joy are what the people think, whether they can fight, it is better not to fight, or not to fight." Cui Wang looked upright and admonished from the side. Li Chengqian looked at him, shook his head and took back his sword, and said, "You, it's a bit like Yu Kong's sacrificial wine, it's all so boring, and that's what Gu said." ”
Cui Wang's unsmiling face squeezed out a somewhat stiff smile, and said, "Although you can't fight, if the prince wants to have a good time, the minister has an idea." ”
"Oh?" Li Chengqian really came to be interested and said, "What idea?" ”
Cui Wangdao: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, now that the news of Xue Yantuo's defeat must have spread to the opposing army. If at this time, the prince sent envoys over, moved them with affection, understood them reasonably, and told them that if they disarmed and surrendered now, they could not blame the past, and reward the pasture to settle them. They must be willing to surrender, if the crown prince can recruit all these people before the Hou Ye returns, wouldn't it be a great achievement? The prince can also raise his eyebrows in front of the Hou Ye! ”
"This ......" Li Chengqian picked his eyelids and said, "That's the truth, that's good, I'll send someone to ......."
"Your Highness!" Cui Wang saluted again and said, "The military general is rude, this thing has to be a civil official." Although the minister is not clever and eloquent, he is also conceited and has some eloquence. The minister is willing to go on this trip, and he also asks His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to agree. ”
Li Chengqian understood when he boarded, and said: "I know your thoughts, okay, for the sake of your idea for Lonely, this credit will be given to you." You go now, go and come back quickly, Lone is waiting for your reply at the head of this city! ”
"Thank you, Your Highness the Prince!" Cui Wang thanked him and went down from the city, he glanced back and called his relatives over. The retinue then guarded the passage to the city wall, and no one was allowed to approach.