Chapter 256: Night Attack
As the source of the true water in the Khitan territory, the Yellow Water completely separates the Murwei and the Khitan from the west to the east. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although there is no intersection between the Yellow Water and the Luanshui, but the two big rivers are not far apart, from the north of the Luanshui to the north of the Yellow Water is only a few hundred miles away, if you ride a fast horse in less than half a day to arrive, the Khitan people repeatedly attacked Luancang when they took this shortcut, and the north of this place is a vast desert, and the desert is the Gonglu Water in the territory of the Huangjia Dynasty to the north.
Because of the desert separation, it is naturally impossible for the Khitans to know that on the side of Gonglushui, the army of 100,000 Quegasi is ready to go, and it is impossible to know that at this moment, a thousand iron horsemen are approaching along the Yellow Water step by step under the cover of night.
As a close tribe of Jeruzara, the Tuju Department completely adheres to the hatred of the Xi people, and naturally plays a vital role in the plan to repeatedly attack Luancang, and Yeruzara also has high hopes for the Tuju Ministry, and must personally go to the Tuju Department to discuss with him whenever there is an important matter.
Just like now, Yelu Zala, who had just returned from Danzhou City in the Tang Dynasty, was sitting in the sweat tent of Di Yuan, the leader of the Tuju Tribe.
The rhetoric that once threatened to capture the three towns of the Tang River in three months has disappeared with the counteroffensive of the Tang Empire, and now Jeruzara knows that even the two cities of Danzhou and Jizhou are broken by the Tang army sooner or later, so Jeruzara can't wait to rush back to the Khitan headquarters, because he doesn't want to bear the reputation of a defeated general, after all, when he left, the two cities of Danzhou and Jizhou were still firmly in the hands of the coalition army.
Although no one in the Khitan tribes dared to speak out about Jeruzara's thoughts, everyone knew it, and Jeruzara also knew that his return at this time would inevitably affect his reputation among the tribes to a greater or lesser extent, although he was not a deserter in the strict sense, but at least in the hearts of the brave and warlike Khitans, there would be some resistance.
Therefore, Jeruzarat needed some means to restore his prestige, and that was the purpose of his visit to the Raid Ministry.
Since Li Zhen led 3,000 iron cavalry out of the customs to make a mess of the Khitan headquarters, the Khitans regarded this as a great shame, but this Tang cavalry plunged headlong into the dense forest that stretched for thousands of miles and completely disappeared, but for Jeruzara, this is an opportunity, if this Tang cavalry can be left on the land of the Khitan forever, maybe no one will remember what they have done, they will only remember the shame and hatred of the B Department and even the entire Khitan Eight Division, and finally get a clear snow.
And Jeruzara's prestige will reach a new peak, and he will be one step closer to the day when he will replace Yelan Khan.
At this time, Jeruzara was smiling and looking intently at Diran, but Diran was full of sorrow, his fat face was even more oily in the light of the bonfire, and his two knife-like eyebrows were tightly wrinkled together, unable to be relieved.
"Diran, would you like to help Ben Khan?" Jeruzara smiled, a hint of impatience in his tone.
Di Lin was silent for a long time, and he didn't seem to have any reason to refuse Yelu Zara's words, but the difficulty of this matter and the risks he had to take were far beyond the scope of what he could bear, after all, it was Yelan Khan who was about to deceive, although the current Yelan Khan had long since fallen from power, but after all, he was still the only Khan of the entire Khitan Eight Tribes.
Seeing this, Jeruzara knew that Di Ran was timid, and immediately sneered and said: "The Han people have a saying that Ben Khan thinks it is true, those who achieve great things are not informal, since Ye Lan does not have the ability to find out this Tang army, then it should be up to you and me to do it!" As long as this matter can be done, you and I will be the heroes of the Khitan clan, and I am afraid that Ye Lan will make things difficult? ”
Speaking of this, Jeruzara paused slightly, and then slowly got up and walked in front of Di Yuan, and said with a smile: "You and I have always been good friends, and this matter is a great achievement. ”
Hearing this, Di Lin immediately looked up at Jeruzala, obviously for whom the temptation of Yili Jin was far greater than any merit, at this time, seeing Jeruzala's solemn expression, it was not like a joke, and even grinned and said: "Hahaha! You and I are more affectionate than brothers, and it's a shame to say this! ”
Jeruzara couldn't help but smile at once: "It is precisely because you and I are like brothers, and I will hand over the position of Yili Jin to you, so that Ben Khan can rest assured!" ”
"Hahaha....." The two looked at each other and laughed, and there was only a trace of greed in each other's eyes.
Suddenly, the war horse outside the account neighed, and then a burst of hurried footsteps came from far and near, and before anyone came to open the account, Di Chen's face tightened and immediately shouted: "Who is making noise?" ”
"Qi Qi Qijin, a Tang army cavalry wants to sneak attack our department along the Yellow Water, and it has now been blocked by our department to the west of the Yellow Water!" There was a panicked voice outside the door.
"Tang cavalry?" Hearing this, Di Yan moved his gaze to Jeruzala, and a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes.
When Jeruzara heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then then asked, "How many men are there?" ”
"About more than 3,000!" Outside the door, the Khitan soldier replied.
"Three thousand ......" Jeruzara looked thoughtful, and after thinking about it, he asked, "Where did the Tang army attack?" ”
"The place attacked is where the cattle, sheep and livestock of the headquarters are!" Off-the-books replied.
After hearing this, Jeruzara smiled slightly, and said to Diran: "Cattle, sheep and livestock? Hehe, it seems that they have run out of food and grass, and finally can't stand it anymore! ”
"Hahaha, it's just in time, it saves me a lot of trouble, and today they will have no return! Wait for me to go and capture his master!" ”
As he spoke, Di Lin grabbed the scimitar and wanted to rush out, but was stopped by Jeruzala, and slowly! ”
As he was about to ask, Jeruzara smiled and said, "Wait until I send another 3,000 soldiers and horses to help, so that nothing goes wrong!" ”
Diran was overjoyed when he heard this, and did not notice the strange arc of the corners of Jeruzala's mouth.
Di Ran stepped out of the account and stepped on the war horse, and rushed straight towards the sky-high fire in the distance, and it didn't take long for him to be outside the front battle group, Di Ran looked at it, only to see the fire in front of him within a radius of 100 zhang, and the air was mixed with a pungent smell of burning, in addition to the sound of swords intersecting, there were still bursts of mournful screams of livestock, and hundreds of cattle and sheep and other livestock were frightened and fled in all directions, making the already complex scene even more difficult to dissolve.
Di Yin looked around, but he only heard the sound of shouting and killing, and he didn't see half a figure of Tang Jun, so he couldn't help shouting angrily: "Where is the Tang thief?!" ”