Chapter 208: Northern Expedition I

Tseshebashi was an experienced centurion of the Turks, serving in the scouts under Sulu Khan. Every time there was an important task, Sulu Khan appointed him to carry it out as soon as possible, and he lived up to expectations, completing the task excellently every time, which made Sulu Khan very satisfied and assured.

Since the autumn wind, Sulu Khan began to look very impatient, the long-awaited Tubo princess has no news, according to last year's covenant with Tubo Zampu, at this time the news of the family should be delivered by the Tubo fast horse, and at the same time he also arranged a grand ceremony to go out to greet him, but the days passed day by day, in the endless waiting, Sulu Khan waited every day except for disappointment, nothing else.

Sulu Khan, who could not bear the torment, decided to pull down his son, and without waiting for the notice of the Tubo people to ride quickly, sent an elite scout team to the front of Bahanna. Sulu Khan repeatedly told him not to let the Tibetans find out, and as soon as he found the whereabouts of the Tibetans, he would report it immediately, and if possible, he would cross the Alai Mountain Range and enter the territory of the Five Hidden People.

Basil is aware of the weight of his burden. If it is to probe the enemy, even if it is discovered, he can get out with experience and horsemanship, but this special mission makes it very difficult for him, it is not difficult to find the Tubo people, but once it is discovered by the Tubo people, the consequences will be very serious, and he has already vaguely felt the anger of Sulu Khan. It's really troublesome, obviously I want to marry the princess of Tubo, but I have to take care of my face, and it's hard to wait!

After crossing the medicine and water, and crossing the Fergana Mountains, the hundred horsemen of Bahi finally stepped into the territory of the country of Bakhana. From here, be careful, the Tibetans will appear at any time.

There is no coincidence in the world, and luck is always prepared for those who are prepared and courageous. At the same time that Ba Yin stepped into the territory of Bahanna, Li Huaitang's northern expedition army also set off from Ningyuan City, and Lady Luck once again gave Li Huaitang the kiss of favor.

The plan to go to the homeland of the ten Khans of the Western Turks went ahead as scheduled, and the northern expeditionary army had a total of 3,500 horsemen, of which 3,000 were light cavalry and 500 cavalry were armed cavalry, each knight was equipped with two horses, and also carried 500 pack horses with strong load-bearing capacity, and the horses were full of bundles of arrows and clothing. They didn't bring much food, and as long as the Turgish people had food, there was no need to worry about this problem.

Bringing the cavalry with you was the result of a flash of inspiration. When they knew that they were going to take the initiative to attack the cavalry Shi people, Wei Anguo and other armed cavalry officers and soldiers all asked for help, and they had to go out with the army. Seeing the high morale of the soldiers, Li Huaitang couldn't bear to fight, perhaps because of his trust in the power of the strong crossbow, the five hundred strong crossbowmen were allowed to break through the rules, and if they needed to break through the battle, their role would be irreplaceable. The cavalry did not lack horsemanship, so there was no need to worry about them not being able to follow up during the expedition.

Taking away 500 strong crossbows did not affect the city defense of Ningyuan City, and before setting out for the expedition, Kang Shalai brought back a good news and a rumor from Datang to Li Huaitang.

What made Li Huaitang ecstatic was that Kang Shalai had a relationship with Anxi's new deputy envoy, Zhao Hanzhang. From Konshalai's account, Li Huaitang learned that this person was greedy for money and lustful, and Konshalai met him with a lot of money without much trouble. Although this person is greedy, he has a good brain, and when Kang Shalai hinted that he wanted to do an arms deal with him, Zhao Hanzhang not only agreed, but also came up with a brilliant idea.

Taking advantage of the chaos caused by the handover process caused by the two terms of Jiedu, Zhao Hanzhang sold a large number of scrapped ordnance to Kang Salai as garbage, including nearly 1,000 crossbows of various types and nearly 100 lances. Among the scrapped items brought back by Konshalai, Li Huaitang found clues that most of these ordnance could be restored to normal functions after repairing and maintaining, such as the hundreds of foot crossbows, some of which were just broken strings, some of which were lost on Wangshan, broken triggers, and so on, and so on, with the efforts of Gong Wulang and other craftsmen, most of these strong crossbows were put into use again. You must know that the most time-consuming part of a strong crossbow is the crossbow part, and it takes as little as one year to two years to bend a crossbow. The most valuable thing he bought from Zhao Hanzhang was this crossbow, as long as Zhao Hanzhang was willing, he could deliberately break the strong crossbow in good condition, and then sell it to Kangsalai in the name of scrap.

With this doorway, Ning Yuancheng's strong crossbow was replenished in quantity, and the number was not a problem, because Zhao Hanzhang's degree of willingness was directly proportional to the gold and silver beauties that smashed at him.

Another piece of news that Kang Shalai brought back was that Gu Si was going to marry Princess Broken Leaf of the Tang Dynasty. In Chang'an, and even in Anxi, people are talking about this matter after tea and dinner, and now the most popular figures in Datang are the heroic and invincible Gu Si and Li Huaitang, who was demonized by horse bandits.

Li Huaitang didn't mind the malicious depiction of Gu Si. Anyway, he is going to make a big fuss in the territory of the Tuqi Shiren, and at that time, the world will know who is brave and who is brave, and at present, Li Huaitang values real interests more, and his false name is just floating clouds.

"General, there is a situation with the white jade claw!" The Flying Eagle's report pulled Li Huaitang back from his endless reverie.

At this time, the army had just crossed the Shuangjie River, that is, a river north of the Ningyuan River, which was improvised by Li Huaitang and named Shuangjie.

"Is it a Takishi scout? It can't be such a coincidence, right? Li Huaitang has always wondered why Sulu Khan did not send someone to find out his future whereabouts, the Eagle Cavalry Scouts arranged in the north for a month have been waiting for the autumn water, looking forward to the stars and the moon, and they have not been able to hope for one or two heads to add to their respective merits, and the shining silver stars are really attractive.

"The scale of a hundred horsemen, about ten miles away." Flying Eagle reconfirmed.

This terrain is relatively complicated, there are many rivers, the terrain is sloping from east to west, and the drop is very large, if it is not for the lack of water in autumn, it is estimated that it will be difficult to cross the river. The special terrain affected the distance the scouts could have traveled before, and if it weren't for the white jade claws, it was estimated that the two sides would have been several miles away before they could find each other.

In the case of a huge disparity in strength, for the cavalry, discovery is tantamount to destruction.

"Where is the front?" After entering Bahanna, Ba Yin was depressed to find that he had to cross the river all the way forward, and he did not know how many rivers were waiting for him in front of him.

A scout who had been with the army to fight against the Khorasan army replied: "There seems to be a big river ahead, but it is easy to pass it this season." ”

"You, take the two of you to check it out, and if there's no movement, come back and tell me." Before each river crossing, Ba Zang was very cautious.

"Yes, centurion." Soon, the three riders disappeared from the end of Bahi's sight.