1276. Temptation on the verge of death

In the vast northwest grassland, there is not a shortage of water, the lack of water is the barren Gobi and desert, take Tuyuhun as an example, there are countless rivers in the territory, and this stomach Yu River is also one of them.

In the upper reaches of the Stomach Yu River, Xue Wanche and Xue Wanjun brothers were in high spirits, and finally got the opportunity to lead the army alone, with five thousand fine horses, following them along the Stomach Yu River.

The wind is raging, the iron horse is galloping, the Xue Wanche brothers led five thousand elite horsemen all the way from Kushan, it is the fourth day, the daily journey is tens of hundreds of miles, the light rider does not carry any baggage, only brings a few days of dry food, where to grab it, Tuyuhun people are good at making dried meat and jerky, as long as they meet the remnants of the lone soldier, there will be dry food after the siege.

Along the way, they encountered many waves of Tuyuhun remnants who fled in waves, basically escaped from Niuxindui, Kushan and other places after the battle, and the number was not large, not only could not constitute an effective obstacle to the movement of the Xue brothers, but after a period of fighting, they were rushed and killed by the Xue brothers who were meritorious and brave and fierce.

And for those remnants who continued to flee, Xue Wanche did not pursue, but only destroyed, destroyed the pastures, killed cattle and sheep, in short, destroyed everything that could not be taken away.

Then wandered around the Chihai Sea in the upper reaches of the Gaoyu River and even upstream, intercepting and killing the stragglers of Tuyuhun, because the King of Tianzhu was stationed in the Chihai not far away, and the remnants of Tuyuhun who fled from several battlefields such as Mantou Mountain, Chishuiyuan, Niuxindui and Kushan flocked to the Chihai Sea when they got the news.

Originally, according to Li Jing's plan, as long as it is safe, keep a safe distance from the army of the Heavenly Pillar King in Chishui, so that there will be no danger, and they can also intercept and kill those defeated soldiers, which is a matter of steady credit.

Pity those Tuguhun routs, they finally escaped death and returned to the prairie, and heard that the Tianzhu King was behind the Red Sea, and they rushed to the arms of the Tianzhu King non-stop, but they didn't expect that there was such a group of butchers in front of them, which made them feel what it means to be desperate, how to run everywhere there are Tang troops, it is difficult that they will not be able to fly.

In this way, batch after batch of Tuyuhun defeated soldiers who threw themselves into the Red Sea became the swords of the two Xue Wanche brothers, but the Xue Wanche brothers were blinded by their military exploits, and they wanted to make a career, blindly approaching the Red Sea, gathering the Tianzhu King's department closer and closer, so that although they gained a lot, they were also on the verge of death.

Chihai, a lake second only to the West Sea (Qinghai Lake), the southern highlands are stationed in the mountains and fields of the Tianzhu King's army, although the Xue Wanche brothers continue to wander and intercept, but the vast grassland is unobstructed, there are still many routs and the Tianzhu King's army converged.

In the face of the lost and recovered warriors, the Tianzhu King was originally very happy, but he learned that at the door of his house, outside the camp, there was a Tang army showing off their might to intercept and kill the warriors who had returned from hearing the news.

And it is also very rampant, only a few thousand people are running less than ten miles away from the camp recently, this is simply not treating the Tianzhu King as a dish, although I am defeated, yes, but I still have an army of 20,000, you thousands of people dare to jump at my door, isn't this watching people in the crack of the door.

Therefore, the King of Tianzhu was furious.

However, although he was angry, he was also very cautious, after all, the King of Tianzhu was not an ignorant mediocrity, he was pressed on the ground by Li Jing and rubbed, losing hundreds of thousands of warriors, and the King of Tianzhu also knew the strength of the Tang Army.

Although the actions of the Xue brothers now angered him, he did not raise troops in anger, and Li Jing's various schemes had already made him feel afraid.

The treacherous and cunning King of Tianzhu first asked his subordinate King Liang Quhu to take thousands of people to test it, and at the same time sent scouts to expand the scope of investigation, but after a battle, the famous king Liang Quhu was captured, and more than half of the three thousand Tuyuhun soldiers and horses were lost, and they fled back in embarrassment.

This made the Tianzhu King really mad, not because Liang Qu was defeated and killed, but because this group of Tang Jun was actually a lone army.

When the Tuyuhun scouts took advantage of the battle between the famous king Liang Quhu and the Xue brothers, they had already explored the surrounding dozens of miles clearly, and did not find a single Tang army, that is to say, within a radius of tens of miles or even hundreds of miles, there was only such a Tang army dangling in front of their own door, and this news completely ignited the Tuyuhun people in the Chihai camp.

The leaders of the tribes who did not contribute to the work and were bent on preserving their strength were also furious, and one by one they jumped up to ask for battle, vowing to destroy this Tang army that dared to underestimate them.

In this regard, the king of Tianzhu agreed, and after some decision-making, the king of Tianzhu selected 10,000 soldiers and horses, outflanked left and right, and personally led 10,000 Chinese troops to face the Tang army.

And the Xue brothers, who were more than ten miles away, did not know that the danger was approaching.

"Third brother, the thief should be completely defeated, without any fighting spirit, you see the Tuyuhun soldiers we have met in the past few days, they will collapse at the first touch, if you want me to see, the same is true of the 20,000 people of the Tianzhu King, let's go directly to the Chihai camp, and capture the Tianzhu King alive, and only get this great achievement."

On a hillside, the Tang army was taking turns to rest, Xue Wanche bit the dried meat and said excitedly, dancing with his hands, as if the Tuguhun soldiers and horses were like mud.

The third brother in Xue Wanche's mouth is Xue Wanjun, one of the few Shangzhu countries in the Tang Dynasty.

There are five Xue brothers, the eldest Xue Wanshu, who is capable of both civil and military affairs, and the official title is the right martial marquis Changshi; The second Xue Wanshu, the official title of the right leading general, the title of Liang County Duke; The third Xue Wanjun, the official title of General Zuotunwei, the title of Duke of Yong'an County; The fourth Xue Wanche, the official was named the governor of Lingzhou, and the lord was named the duke of Wu'an County; The fifth Xue Wanbei, the official title of General Zuowei.

Xue Wanjun listened to Xue Wanche's words, frowned, thought for a while and said: "No, I have few soldiers, and the distance is so close, we are already in danger, and we can't take risks again." Xue Wanjun is not as reckless as the fourth brother Xue Wanche, but he is still a little calm.

Xue Wanjun was unhappy when he heard it, and shouted: "How can the third brother be unhappy, the Tianzhu King has been defeated like this, the army has no military heart, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and they are huddled on the shore of this red sea to steal their lives, if it weren't for him burning the grassland and blocking the march of the army, how can there be any matter of our brothers, you look at Su Lie's kid, now our brothers can't catch up with the military exploits they have made, and if they don't make meritorious contributions this time, they will be ridiculed again when they return to Beijing."

The Xue brothers are from the Jingzhao Xue family, they are the prominent family of Jingzhao, generations of high-ranking officials, generations of famous people, the imperial court in order to envelop the Xue family, but also not stingy, the five Xue brothers are all favored, high-ranking officials, of course, the Xue brothers also have this ability.

But after all, the Xue brothers are not the descendants of the Qin Wangfu, and the two brothers Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche were still under Li Jiancheng before, so after Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, he was so kind to the Xue brothers that some people were red.

After the Xuanwumen Incident, Xue Wanche fled close to Zhongnanshan and could not come out, so Li Shimin sent people to announce the decree every three or five days, giving him a generous reward to persuade him to come out, so that for half a year, Xue Wanche came out of the deep mountains with a disgrace.

In the end, he is a brother of a mother's sibling, although Xue Wanjun is calmer, but he can't stand what his younger brother says, and his mind is full of life when he hears this.

"Don't miss the opportunity, don't come back if you lose it, third brother, the time has come for people to see our Xue family's ability, capture and kill the Tianzhu King, our brothers can be regarded as not humiliating the family", Xue Wanche raised the long horse lance in his hand and shouted.

As soon as Xue Wanjun heard this, his blood rushed up, and his head was hot, and he shouted: "Fuck, fuck it, fourth brother, you go and straighten out the soldiers and horses, check the war horses and weapons, and wait for the brother to come up with a strategy, and he will definitely capture and kill the old thief of the Tianzhu King."

"Haha, I know that the third brother is refreshing, and this brain-consuming matter will be handed over to you, I will go and let the brothers prepare." Xue Wanjun went happily.

Suddenly, Xue Wanche paused, scratched his head and said straightly: "Third brother, this capture of the Heavenly Pillar King is a great achievement, do you want to shout about the stubbornness and thinking power, after all, he is still very good to us, inform him, let him prepare to receive us, and he will be considered to have a credit."

Xue Wanche is a righteous man, bold and heroic, he has fought side by side with him, and he will be a man, treat people sincerely, and deliberately make friends, Xue Wanche also really treats him as a brother, it is not like he has no intersection with Su Dingfang, it is not a great achievement of Su Dingfang.

Xue Wanjun frowned when he heard this, waved his hand and said: "No need, this credit, it is enough to have our two brothers", saying that Xue Wanjun turned over the war horse, and said quite confidently: "Why do you need to respond, we can catch the Tianzhu King and retreat."

Well, the fourth tiger is even better than the fourth, this Xue Wanjun is also an arrogant and confident person, worthy of being a brother.

Xue Wanche couldn't listen to the arrogant words the most, and when he saw the third brother's arrogance, he suddenly felt the blood in his chest surge, nodded violently, got on the war horse, and raised the horse lance in his hand, "Brothers, how about we go and catch the Heavenly Pillar King?" Who caught the Pillar King? We're rewarded."

Coax~ What kind of people bring what kind of merger, the soldiers instigate one, and they will be fierce, and the soldiers led by the Xue brothers are naturally like them - tigers!

When more than 4,000 elite horsemen of the Tang Army heard this, not only did they not retreat in fear, but they held their weapons high and roared, bursting out with a loud and earth-shattering roar.

Xue Wanche laughed when he saw it, grinning loudly, revealing two rows of big yellow teeth, and went straight to his side Xue Wanjun smiled and said: "Look at our momentum, it is ten thousand times stronger than the wilting thief."

The Xue brothers are known for their courage and toughness, and when they start a battle, they don't want to die, as the saying goes, they are afraid of being stunned, and they are afraid of dying, and the Xue Wanche brothers are like this, they take the lead in the battle, never hesitate to die, and I will poke you in the past, and the momentum is a mess.

Since the conquest of Tuguhun, the brave Xue brothers have no chance to perform, Xue Wanjun is a deputy commander of the Wofu Road March, and he was stunned by Li Jing as an ordinary war future like Xue Wanche and Su Dingfang, and he used it less, all of them followed the Chinese army and followed Li Jing's side, and he couldn't get any military achievements.

And Su Dingfang is highly used, first led the army to capture Mantou Mountain, Mantou City, beheaded the King of Bailan, captured the King of Guangding, and then was ordered to attack Kushan, giving the stubborn Tianzhu King a fatal blow, killing seven or eight famous kings, and making great contributions, how can this not make the Xue brothers red, after all, when it comes to military positions, Su Dingfang is low, and when it comes to seniority, Su Dingfang is still low. The only thing is that Su Dingfang was born in the Shence Army, is the prince's descendant, and is an apprentice to Li Jing, and there is this relationship, which makes the two even more inseparable.

At this time, their minds are full of meritorious service, and the only way to solve their worries is to make meritorious service.

The sun was setting in the west, the grassland was plunged into darkness, the camp of the Red Sea was crowded, the war horses were whispering, it was obvious that the Tuyuhun soldiers and horses were not resting, and in the king's tent, the king of Tianzhu looked at a brief map and was explaining something to several famous kings.

Suddenly, there was the sound of a war horse running outside the tent, and the king of Tianzhu frowned, he ordered the soldiers and horses to be sneaky, not to make any movement, where did the sound of the war horse come from.

After a while, the guards lifted the curtain and said, "King, scout urgent."

The scout with an anxious face was brought in, "King, that Tang army is gathering, look at its direction, the target should be us."

The Heavenly Pillar King and the others were shocked when they heard this, "The target is us?" They all sighed, did this Tang army still want to attack them, you must know that this group of Tang troops is only four or five thousand people, and they have more than 20,000 people.

The King of Tianzhu was a little undecidable for a while, and at this time, the sound of war horses came, and another scout came to report, "Report to the king, the Tang army is coming to us, and it will be there in about a quarter of an hour."

At this moment, everyone was surprised, but fortunately, the Tianzhu King was calm and did not panic, but said calmly: "It seems that this Tang army is really coming at us."

When all the famous kings and generals heard this, they were furious.

"What a big boldness, Tang Dog underestimated us too much......".

"Although we have lost a few battles, it is not a ...... that Tang Dog can bully."

"The Tuyuhun warriors can't back down anymore, they must give Tang Gou a good ......."

How could the rebellious and belligerent general Tuyuhun be so underestimated by the Tang army, Gu was furious.

The Tianzhu King pressed his hand, thought about it, raised his eyebrows, looked up to the sky and laughed, "Yes, this time there will be no return for this group of Tang dogs." After that, he announced: "There is no need to outflank and annihilate, I will let them die by themselves tonight."

After that, let the famous kings and generals approach, with a wicked smile on their faces, and whispered orders, and after a while, all the famous kings and generals went out with excited faces.

Listening to the sound of the mobilization of soldiers and horses outside, the Tianzhu King smiled, "Li Jing, let you know that my Tianzhu King is not a wasted name."

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