A group of Uighur cavalry of several thousand men rests in an oasis in the Gobi Desert in the southwestern part of the Hexi Corridor, wiping their sharp knives and feeding their horses clean water.

The sun was scorching, and it was close to noon, and even in an oasis, there was a hint of irritating heat in the breeze.

A man in a fur coat with half of his chest exposed was eating roast lamb in a tent, accompanied by two women, but he was not very reluctant to look at it.

The man was not very old, only about thirty, but the clothes on his body were made of high-grade silk, and the knife for cutting mutton was also made of stainless steel, and there were several gems on the hilt. Moreover, it sits on the main seat, and the generals on both sides below are very respectful to it.

"Qi Ilik, I found a Tang team, with a large number of convoys, there should be something bad, but there is an army escort."

"The Tang Army? Is it a caravan or what? Are you sure you read that right, it's the army escort? The man who showed half of his chest put down the knife in his hand and wondered.

"It's the army. And this team is very large, there are hundreds of carriages alone, all of which are tightly covered, I don't know what they are. ”

"Illik, this must be a caravan, if it can be snatched up, it will be very helpful to our tribe. The other tribes are all out there and we can't just watch. A man with a thick beard said impatiently.

Illic is not a personal name, but an official name.

It belongs to one of the little sweats, and it is a grade with the secret service.

The full name of the man in front of him, who was half of his chest, was one of the nine Uighur surnames.

The nine surnames of Hui, Fugu, Hun, Bayegu, Tongluo, Sijie, Qi, Baximi, and Gelulu are the nine tribes of the Tiele tribe, among which the Hui tribe is the first, which is usually called "Outer Nine Surnames" or "Outer Nine Tribes".

Within the Hui Dynasty, there are nine clans headed by the Yao Luo Ge clan, including Hu Sige, Si Luo Bei, Ji Ge Xi Tan, Ah Bedi, Ge Sa, Hu Su, Yao Bege, and Xi Ye Be, also known as the "Inner Nine Clans".

Gesaegre was one of the three hereditary minor Uighur Khans of Ganzhou, and his father was one of the founders of the Ganzhou Uighur Khanate, so he was named Ilik by the previous Khan.

Gesa Ilik had 7,000 tents under his command and belonged to one of the powerful factions of the Ganzhou Uighurs, and even the Khan of Yaoluo Ge Renmei did not dare to slack off.

As the conflict between the Guiyi army and the Ganzhou Uighurs intensified, the Ganzhou Uighurs began to raid the areas controlled by the Guiyi army, and although they did not conquer the city, they continued to attack the Guiyi army's patrols and caravans.

This time, Gesagray also came out with 5,000 cavalry to fight the autumn wind.

However, compared to other tribes, Gesagray was not in a hurry, but the people below him couldn't help it.

"Illik, what Luo Yujia (Yujia: the meaning of the general) said makes sense, such a team must be fat sheep. It's only 2,000 cavalry, how can it be the opponent of our 5,000 Uighur warriors? ”

In the face of the strong advice of his subordinates, Gasagre could only lead the army in the end. The cavalry of the Guiyi army was not weak, but their Uighur cavalry was not a good thing, and they also had a numerical advantage, so naturally they would not take 2,000 cavalry seriously.

As the 5,000 cavalry arrived more than ten miles away from the Tang team, Ge Sagray left the large army with a few hundred guards and came to a hillside not far from the Tang team.

"What's going on? This is not the cavalry of the Guiyi Army, this is the Tang Army! Ge Sagray was a little unhappy, the people before didn't say that this was Tang Jun.

The Guiyi army and the Tang army were not the same thing, and their Ganzhou Uighurs could go to war with the Guiyi army, but they could not go to war with the Tang army.

In their opinion, the Guiyi Army is not considered the Tang Army. No matter how strong the Guiyi Army is, how strong can it be? And behind the Tang Army stood a Tang Empire.

"Illik, they have only two thousand. And you look at the carriages among them, they are full, and there are definitely good things, otherwise they would not have sent so many troops to escort them. ”

Not all of them are very sane, especially the people of these steppes.

"Illik, if you don't give up, this cavalry of the Tang Army doesn't look easy to deal with. They have discovered our presence, kept the convoy in the middle, and are clearly guarding against us.

And this Tang army is all in iron armor, and most of our fighters are just leather armor. ”

Although the Ganzhou Uighurs were not the strongest Uighurs, as a part of a powerful khanate, although the steel smelting was not as good as that of the Tang Dynasty, it was also stronger than the average nomadic tribe. Their weapons were all homegrown, and some of the cavalry were equipped with iron armor, but most of them were the Khan's guards.

"What's that, we have five thousand warriors, and they only have two thousand, and there are not many people to defend the nearest Guiyi military town.

We can just drain them, exhaust them, and then attack. When the time comes, their weapons, their iron armor, and their belongings will be ours, and it will greatly improve the strength of our tribe. ”

In the end, Gesagre was still blinded by interests, not thinking that the Great Khan's Irik was not a good Irik.

Even if he can't replace him, after the strength of the clan becomes stronger, his voice in the khanate will rise a lot.

As for the 2,000 cavalry of the Tang Army, it was really nothing to them. What's more, today's Datang is no longer the powerful Datang it was at the beginning.

"Send the order down, send out rangers to harass the Tang convoy, dismount and rest, eat and water, and attack before dawn."

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"Li Shangshu, Commander Li, what is it like now? This time, the Falcon really intend to attack us! Honglu Siqing said anxiously.

"Li Shangshu, the minister is willing to go and persuade the Uighurs to retreat." Zhao Changhan stood up and took the initiative to ask.

Li shook his head, "It is very difficult to convince these Uighurs at this time, Zhao Yuanwailang is doomed to be in vain, and he is still a sheep." ”

"Either you take a capital of cavalry to contain these Uighur cavalry, and command the envoy to take Li Shangshu and other mission officials back to Fulu County."

Li Wenzhong was not optimistic about this idea, "This will not work. The Uighur cavalry was so numerous that none of them could stop it, and they would be broken by the Uighur cavalry individually. ”

"Commander Li, what good advice do you have?" Li did not understand military affairs, so he could only pin his hopes on Li Wenzhong.

Li Wenzhong looked at the trailing Uighur cavalry and made a decision in his heart, "There is a way to do it. Rather than flee in disarray, it is better to take the initiative to meet the battle and fight the Uighur cavalry.

However, Li Shangshu has a heavy responsibility and cannot take risks. Xia Guan suggested that Li Shangshu take some of the people to travel lightly, abandon the carriage, and only bring some important items with them.

In this way, we will be able to fight the Uighurs with all our might. "I want to talk about "Rebirth of Tang Zhongxing" with more like-minded people, and pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~