Chapter 517: Who Dare to Fight
Ni Shu sipped on his horse, squinting his eyes ahead with his hand on the edge, the iron cavalry under his command was like a beast of fierce beasts, tearing at the weak defense line of the Nanting army unstoppably, and a smile finally appeared on his face that had been tense for several days.
"Marshal, it seems that we don't have to wait until evening, we can take down the tooth tent of thin cloth!" A lieutenant general next to him said excitedly.
Bo Bu Qinqin, that is, the Sha Bo Luo Yehu Khan of the Western Turkic Southern Court. After the split of the two courts from the north and south of the Western Turks, the power of the southern court was relatively weak, so it had to rely on the blessings of the Tang Dynasty to survive. The title of "Shabo Luo Yehu" Khan was pardoned by Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty.
"It's time for Bo Bu to pay for his stupidity." Mud Shu snorted and spit out a mouthful of turbidity, very relieved.
"When we take down his tooth tent, there will be no more forces in the entire Western Regions that can compete with us!" The adjutant general said, "When the time comes, we will conquer all their original subordinate states, collect their armies, and launch an attack on the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu!" ββRecapture Gongyue City and take Nanting, Su Dingfang and Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms, who are far away in Kangguo, will become turtles in the urn! I don't think it will be long before we can unify the domain and build a powerful khanate! β
Ni Shu just listened, without saying anything, but the corners of his mouth gently raised a trace of secret joy, and there was gradually a look of longing in his eyes.
Assisting the Khan of Beiting for half his life, the mud-sipping iron horse is invincible in the desert. After 20 years of fame, he has long been the recognized king of war in the Western Regions. But in the past two years, he has suffered two defeats in his life, one is when he encounters Xue Rengui in the Tianshan Mountains, and the other is when he meets Su Dingfang, he retreats 280 miles and even loses the capital of the bow city.
This is a great shame for the first general in the Western Regions.
"Wait until the ......city is broken," Ni Shusi said suddenly, "It doesn't matter if anyone else, there is one person who must live!" β
"Did the marshal mean that the thin cloth was diligent?"
"Nope." Ni Shu's eyes were cold, and a few words popped out between his teeth, "It's Hu Luwu!" - I'm going to tear him to shreds with my own hands and feed my hounds! β
The people around him suddenly woke up. That's right, it was Hu Luwu, the leader of the Hulu Department of the Tianshan Mountains, who betrayed Beiting and led an army of 100,000 to take refuge in Su Dingfang. At first, Ni Shusi did not expect him to defect, so he was completely defenseless against the northwest, and waited for Hu Luwu to lead the army to come and join forces to attack Nanting. Unexpectedly, Hu Luwu came, but the blow before the battle was so muddy that he was caught off guard, and Beiting was defeated because of this.
The progress of the war is quite beneficial to the North Court, which has long been embattled, short of water and food, and has few soldiers, and it seems that it is about to be unable to resist. Ni Shu Si ordered, deliberately let the encirclement open a gap, and then set up an ambush in the distance. Sure enough, countless Nanting soldiers and people fled in a hurry, the hearts of the people in the tooth tent were scattered, the soldiers had no fighting spirit, and the Nanting army achieved an overwhelming advantage, and the victory of breaking the city was only between the hands.
"Haha!" Mud finally burst out laughing, "Order! The whole army charges and launches the final blow to Nanting! β
The whining horn blew, and the 200,000 troops of the North Court moved in full force, like a surging frenzy rushing towards the tent of the South Court in the midst of the storm.
At this moment, more than 100 horsemen rushed to the southeast of the battlefield, and the scouts intercepted them and found that they were their own people, saying that there was an important military intelligence to report to the marshal.
Mud sobbed and called the leader of the generals, to come forward and speak. As soon as the visitor approached, Mu Shu couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and shouted: "Jie Gu Song, Ben Shuai asked you to guard the Baiyang River Valley, why did you come here, and you are still full of lost souls, it is simply a loss of our army's prestige!" β
"Yuan, marshal, something is wrong!" Knot Pine couldn't even bother to defend himself, and his panicked body trembled and said, "Come, come!" β
"What's coming?"
"White-robed general! - The white-robed general suddenly led the army to kill, and we couldn't resist it! The defense line of the Poplar Valley has been breached, and the white-robed general is killing this way! β
"Ahh - "Mud Shusi exclaimed with the generals around him.
The muddy slurp's face suddenly turned white. The arrow sores on his chest, which had just healed, seemed to have recurred all of a sudden, causing him to feel a spasm of severe pain. He clutched his palm to his chest, his face looked pained, and he staggered and almost fell off his horse.
"Marshal!" The generals were shocked and hurriedly helped him off their horses.
"General White-robed, Xue Rengui ......" Mu Shusi finally gasped, looked at the sky in a daze, and muttered, "Why did he appear in the Poplar River Valley?" β
I don't blame the knots of the lost level for being loose. The person who came was Xue Rengui, and Hugh said that it was a knotted pine, even if he was personally sitting there, he might not be able to hold it.
Knotted Bone said in fear: "The sin general doesn't know either...... Xue Rengui, he led countless iron horses, like a divine soldier descending from the sky, and suddenly appeared in the Baiyang River Valley! The three lines of defense set up by our more than 10,000 men and horses there did not ...... him at all."
As he spoke, Kyumatsu had a very embarrassed and ashamed look on his face. There was one thing he didn't dare to say, that is, more than 10,000 of them did not make any stubborn resistance at all, almost Xue Rengui and his Fang Tian painting halberd had just walked in front of them, and the others had forgotten their ancestors' surnames, and more than 10,000 people threw away their armor and fled for their lives on the spot.
The huge psychological shadow of the defeat of the Tianshan Mountains and the tragic situation of the mud being pierced through the ground by an arrow made the people of Beiting tremble and couldn't sleep at night when they heard the name of Xue Rengui, not to mention that Xue Rengui led the army to appear alive in front of them?
"Marshal, what shall we do now?" The adjutant general asked cautiously, "Seeing that Nanting was about to be taken, Xue Rengui suddenly led the army to kill." I don't know how many men and horses he has under his command, and whether there is a large army to follow behind......"
Ni Shu covered his chest and closed his eyes, let out a heavy, long sigh, shook his head, and said: "The sky does not die in Nanting, and Ben Shuai has no choice!" - Order, withdraw the army first, and retreat thirty miles to wait and see what happens! β
"Withdrawn like this? β¦β¦ The Nanting tooth tent is already at your fingertips, Marshal! β
"Don't withdraw now, wait until Xue Rengui bypasses the Baiyang River Valley to cut off my back road, and then there will be a large army to cooperate with him to form a flank attack on our army. Then, we haven't gone to Kangguo to arrest Su Dingfang, and we have become a turtle in the urn first! - In this case, what is the use of taking down a half-dead Nanting! β
"Yes! β¦β¦ Give the order, withdraw the troops!! β
Seeing that the 200,000 Beiting army that was about to take the tooth tent came and went violently and quickly, just like the tide of the river and the sea.
Nanting Khan Bo Bu, who was on the verge of despair and collapse, was ready to kill his wife and son when the city was broken, and he pulled out a knife to kill himself, but suddenly heard that Nishu had withdrawn his army, and knelt on the ground on the spot to worship to the sky, crying with joy. All the people in the tent who survived before they could escape all felt that a blessing from heaven had picked up a life, so the whole city knelt down and wept with joy.
Xue Rengui led 30,000 troops, easily broke through the Baiyang River Valley, and then did not stop, like a hurricane hitting the Namito near the Nanting tooth tent on the bank of the Suiheshui River, just saw the Beiting army all over the mountains retreating like a tide, and the inside and outside of the tooth tent were full of cheers and worshippers.
"What's the matter, the army was withdrawn before the battle mud was ready, and the siege of the tooth tent has been lifted?" At this time, even Xue Rengui was puzzled.
"General Xue, what now?"
Xue Rengui pondered for a moment and said, "In order to prevent mud and slurp, our army will first line up in front of the tooth tent to defend it, ready to fight at any time!" Wait for General Yuwen to lead the army to come to the rear, and then make a district! β
"Yes!"
30,000 Kansai Iron Cavalry, like a swift whirlwind, rushed lightly and swiftly to the north of the tooth tent, and the three-edged arrow assault array was fiercely arranged, and the military formation was like chess, and it was mighty!
The soldiers and civilians in the tooth tent and the mud slug and others who had just escaped not far away all saw this military formation discharged by Xue Rengui. Suddenly, cheers erupted in the tooth tent, and the people of Beiting hurriedly fled. The Beiting sergeant in charge of the rear was afraid that Xue Rengui would suddenly attack, so he was in a hurry and only cared about riding his horse and galloping, colliding with each other and chaotic formation, so he was not embarrassed.
Xue Rengui carried the Fang Tian painting halberd on his back and carried the tiger stripe thrush bow, riding his horse and standing in front of the military formation, seeing the 200,000 troops in the North Court fleeing in a hurry, he couldn't help but be proud in his chest, and laughed loudly.
All the officers and men of the Tang Army laughed together, and the sound was surging like a stormy wave.
The Nanting Khan Bo Bu, who escaped death, heard that the Tang army had come to the aid to relieve the siege of the tooth tent, and hurriedly led the subjects and soldiers in the city out of the tent to greet him. Seeing Xue Rengui, the thin cloth of the king of a country, who was the king of a country, actually fell to the ground.
"Khan, please get up, Xue Mou will not dare to accept this Dali!" Xue Rengui hurriedly helped the thin cloth up.
Bo Bu Qinqin once went to Chang'an Miansheng, so he also learned some Chinese. At this time, the gratitude in his heart was beyond words, so he could only grasp Xue Rengui's hand tightly, trembling all over his body, and his mouth trembled, "Thank you!" Thank you General for relieving me of the danger of annihilating the country and the nation! This grace is like re-creation, and the general is the savior god of our clan! β
Xue Rengui smiled and said, "Khan doesn't have to be like this. Xue is just a martial artist who is the vanguard, and he led the army to rescue him on the order of the commander of our army. Even if Khan wants to thank me, he should thank my boss! β
"The commander of your army is ......," Bo Bu asked Qinqin.
Xue Rengui smiled and said, "The Khan must have heard of his name. He is, my Tang Guanxi Road marching chief, Anxi capital protector, young marshal Qin Mubai! β
"Ahh Bo Bu Qinqin exclaimed on the spot, his eyes widened in disbelief, "The son of the true god, the young marshal of Guanxi Qin, came to the Western Regions in person?!" β
"Exactly!!" Xue Rengui nodded and smiled, and said loudly, "Young Marshal Qin personally led 200,000 elite Guanxi troops, and now they have advanced into the Western Regions!" I believe that within three days, the main army under the command of the young marshal will be able to open the tooth tent! β
"Blessed be from above! God bless! Bo Bu Qinqin was so excited that he couldn't help himself, stretched his arms high, knelt down on one knee and looked up at the sky, and shouted, "My people are finally saved!" The desert has finally ushered in the real master!! β
The countless military and civilian officers and generals behind Bo Bu Qinqin cheered loudly with him, and threw themselves to the ground.
Xue Rengui and the soldiers of the Tang Army saw it in their eyes and listened to it, and each of them felt a huge sense of accomplishment and pride in their hearts.
At least at this moment, in the eyes of the people of Nanting, Datang is already the real "master" of the Western Regions!
After the withdrawal, the mud was stationed thirty miles away, waiting to see the changes in the tooth tent. As a result, the next day, Yuwen Hongtai led 50,000 soldiers and horses to the tent, and the Tang army was even more powerful. Ni Shusi didn't know how many men and horses there were behind the Tang army, so he retreated ten miles to camp.
On the third day, Qin Mubai personally led the main army to all the tents.
The entire 200,000 Kansai Army almost scared the old wounds of the mud to relapse again!
The Kwantan Army, which completely defeated the Garqin Mausoleum and pacified Tibet, has long been a symbol of "invincibility" in the eyes of foreign races. Hugh said that it was 200,000, and in the battle of Tianshan, Xue Rengui was only 20,000 horses; Not long ago, Su Dingfang also only brought 20,000 people, and he beat the mud to a big defeat!
These two people are only deputy generals of the Kansai Army.
Now, the commander of the Kansai Army is here, and the 200,000 main elite army is in formation!
"Withdraw to Bow Moon City!!" Mud Sip ordered without hesitation.
So, before Qin Mubai had time to take a look at what the enemy looked like, he and the 200,000 Beiting army left him with an obscene back and fled gorgeously.
"This is the No. 1 general in the Western Regions, the combat style of mud sipping?" Qin Mubai was angry and funny.
Bo Bu Qinqin once again went out of the city in person to greet their god.
Qin Mubai ordered the people to camp outside the tent by the water, patrol the sentry day and night to increase vigilance, and beware of the North Courtyard going and returning to make a surprise attack. Then, he and Xue Rengui, Yuwen Hongtai and others entered the tooth tent under the kind invitation of Bo Bu Qinqin.
The tooth tent was the "capital" of the Turks. Around the khan's royal tent, the ministers and generals and the common people settled the accounts in turn, forming a large orderly group tribe, occupying a radius of nearly 100 li. The water and grass on the banks of the Suiheshui River are abundant and convenient, and there are many business trips when there is no war, so the Nanting Tooth Tent is also a rich and lively place on the Silk Road.
Bo Bu set up a grand banquet in the king's tent, and entertained Qin Mubai and others with the most precious gifts and the most sumptuous wine and meat. The Turkic soldiers and civilians in the tooth tent heard that the commander of the Tang army who rescued the siege of the tooth tent was the "son of the true god", so they spontaneously gathered to the king's tent to "worship".
In that case, it was as if he had really become a savior.
At this moment, Qin Mubai was not in the mood to enjoy the honor or enjoy the wine and food. During the banquet, Qin Mubai discussed the military aircraft with Bo Bu Qinqin and the generals, and asked a lot about the Western Regions, Beiting, Su Dingfang, Kang Guo, and Da Shi.
At this time, Qin Mubai knew that Wu Meiniang had experienced a thrilling encounter in Kangguo, and now she had become the "first auxiliary minister" of Kangguo and the "commander" of the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms Alliance, and together with Su Dingfang, led the army to the Sam River north of Kangguo to resist the Great Eclipse.
After hearing this, Qin Mubai scolded Su Dingfang in his heart, he didn't tell me about such an important situation in the military report?
Later, after pondering it again, Qin Mubai estimated that this must be Wu Meiniang's idea. Wu Meiniang was as careful as a hair, perhaps because she was worried that Qin Mubai would be anxious after these situations, which would affect his step-by-step handling of the affairs of the Western Regions.
"But after all, she is a woman, where does she know how to fight? The battlefield is not a shopping mall, it is a dead man! Qin Mubai was still worried in his heart, after all.
Xue Rengui was very careful, and quickly thought of Qin Mubai's concerns, so he suggested that it was better to divide the soldiers into two ways, and hand it over to Xue Rengui to deal with; Qin Mubai himself personally led another army to Kangguo to preside over the overall military situation to deal with Da Shi.
Qin Mubai thought about it for a while, although this method was feasible, but if it didn't completely solve the mud slurp, even if he went to Kangguo, he would still have worries.
So he said, "Rengui, it's not that I can't trust you. Seeing us run away so decisively, it can be seen that he is frightened. Therefore, now is the best time to solve the problem of Beiting in one go. If we divide our forces into two ways now, we may not be able to achieve great things in either way, or we may face great difficulties and pay a considerable price. So I decided to concentrate on dealing with Beiting first and fight quickly! β
"Good! Quick! The generals were gearing up.
Qin Mubai immediately picked up his pen and wrote a battle letter and sent it to Gongyue City.
The war book is very simple, there are only ten big characters, but it is a flying and domineering word-
"Kansai Qin is here, who dares to fight"!!