Chapter 241: Night Attack on the Tooth Tent

The night is as cool as water.

Zhang Yunwen stood halfway up the mountain, but his heart couldn't be calm for a long time. He knew that a war that would decide the peace of the northern border of the Tang Dynasty for decades was about to begin. After this war, the entire northern territory can no longer find an opponent who can be the enemy of the Tang Dynasty. Xue Yantuo and Hui will have to wait for a few years, not to mention the rest of the small tribes. A battle to determine the peace of the north, this battle, how meaningful should it be!

Through the news from the carrier pigeon, Zhang Yunwen knew that Li Jing had decided to send 5,000 elite horsemen to set off after tomorrow and go straight to the Turkic tent to kill.

From the northwest of the White Road to the Turkic tent, the day and night march required a day and a night, that is, the elite cavalry could not reach it until at least early in the morning of the day after tomorrow. In addition, the time to take a break in the middle of the game to store horsepower will not arrive until the afternoon of the day after tomorrow at the earliest.

But time is running out! Zhang Yunwen looked at the note in his hand worriedly, which was sent by Li Daoxuan not long ago. It reads: "Tiele's 35,000-strong army marched south, and now it has captured the moraine and is coming to Tieshan." The striker is expected to arrive tomorrow evening! Jie Li must not be captured by him, I hope you will make a decision as soon as possible! ”

Tomorrow evening......

Zhang Yunwen raised his head and looked at the cumulus clouds in the sky that were as thick as grinding that could not be dissolved, with no moonlight and no starlight. As the so-called "moon dark killing night, high wind and fire day", it seems that he has to act in advance.

He turned around sharply and strode into the forest.

Half an hour later, five hundred soldiers in black armor walked quietly on the road to the foot of the mountain. Their faces are painted with green or black paint, and their expressions are not clear. Walking quickly on the forest mountain road, it is as light as a cheetah walking on the grassland, and when the soles of the feet are in contact with the road, there is no sound.

After descending the Yin Mountain, five hundred soldiers ran west under the leadership of Zhang Yunwen. For these scouts who have been training their physical strength for a long time, running a few dozen miles at a slow speed can only be regarded as a warm-up. And Zhang Yunwen's purpose is indeed to warm up the soldiers in order to prepare for the next battle.

I jogged west along Yin Mountain for nearly half an hour, rested for a while, and then continued running. Seeing that everyone was a little out of breath, Zhang Yunwen asked them to stop running, walk slowly, and adjust their bodies.

In this way, when we arrived at Iron Mountain, it was already four o'clock in the morning. This is the time when people sleep most soundly, and it is also the best time for night attacks.

When they reached the edge of the tent, they saw that it was pitch black, and only a few campfires were set up in the camp, drifting in the wind, flickering in the light.

Since he did not reconnoiter the layout of the dental tent in advance, Zhang Yunwen did not know the distribution of the yurts in the dental tent, and he did not know which one Jieli's big tent was, where the dental tents of the various nobles were, and where the Tang Dynasty mission lived? But Zhang Yunwen still decided to go in first, after all, time waits for no one.

The whole tent covers an extremely wide area, stretching for five or six miles, and there are thousands of large and small yurts and tents, which are also very regular when distributed, arranged in squares, leaving enough space as a road.

Quietly walking along the way, Zhang Yunwen still recognized a lot of yurts by the bonfire. For example, the yurts with the harsh weather and the weapon racks at the door were the yurts where the generals lived, and the yurts decorated with pepper tassels were women's dwellings.

Along the way, whenever Zhang Yunwen saw a tall and richly decorated yurt, he asked the soldiers to sneak in, knock out all the people in the yurt, whether men, women, old or young, and then tie them firmly with ropes, and casually pick up a piece of cloth and clothing, and stuff it in their mouths to prevent them from shouting, attracting Turkic soldiers.

Sometimes, when confronted with a languishing, yawning patrol, all they had to do was crouch in the shadows, and the tired Turkic soldiers would not even notice that there was still a crouching person next to them, and there was more than one.

The soldiers passed all the way, crossing from one end of the tent to the other end of the tent, and they didn't know how many tall and gorgeous yurts they patronized, and how many unidentified people they knocked out.

In a tall yurt, the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion met Tang Jian. Fortunately, this soldier recognized Tang Jian, so he did not hurt his ruthlessness, but reported it to Zhang Yunwen. After Zhang Yunwen got the news, he immediately came to Tang Jian's yurt.

"Yunwen once said that Li Jing would send someone to raid the tooth tent, hoping that the old man would be ready. Could it be that the person who raided the raid could not succeed? When Tang Jian saw Zhang Yunwen, his face became a little gloomy. It was Zhang Yunwen who warned Tang Jian at the beginning, but now it is still Zhang Yunwen who raided the tooth tent, and Tang Jian inevitably has a different mood.

"Don't misunderstand! Something urgent is happening today. The kid didn't follow the military order, so he had to do it as a last resort! Zhang Yunwen saw that Tang Jian's face was different, and hurriedly explained, "The Tiele army has already moved south, breaking the Turkic 10,000 elite soldiers at the moraine, and the rest of the Hu generals fled eastward. Now the Tiele people are coming to the tooth tent, and they are expected to arrive tomorrow evening! In the letter to the boy, the king of Huaiyang told him that he must not let Jieli fall into the hands of Tiele, so the kid took the risk of raiding the tooth tent and preparing to capture Jieli alive first! ”

After listening to Zhang Yunwen's explanation, Tang Jian's face was a little pale, and he was silent for a moment, and then he said: "Jieli can't fall into the hands of those Tiele people. If the Tiele people get Jieli, with their identity, they can attract a large number of Turkic nomads to Tiele, and when the time comes, the power of Xue Yantuo and Hui will rise greatly, and it will inevitably not be the second Turk! ”

Raising his head firmly, Tang Jian said to Zhang Yunwen: "I don't know what help you need Yunwen?" If the old man does his best, he will definitely help Yunwen! ”

Zhang Yunwen suddenly smiled and said, "Since Tang has spoken publicly, that kid is not welcome." Now there are two favors that need Tang Gong to help! First, the Duke of Tang sent someone to guide us and show us the way to the Jieli Tent. Second, Tang Gong helped me wait for a group of guards. ”

Tang Jian immediately patted his chest: "Yunwen rest assured, wrap it on the old man!" After speaking, he arranged for someone to lead the way for the soldiers.

Zhang Yunwen saw that Tang Jian's yurt was big enough, smiled, and ordered some soldiers to build fortifications outside the yurt, dig trenches, build earthen walls, build fences, and lay a large number of horse traps and tripping ropes. Other soldiers moved the men, women, and children who had been knocked out in the yurt one by one and moved them to Tang Jian's yurt.

"Wow, isn't this Ashina Cheura? He is the Ye Hu of the Turks, and he can be regarded as one of the best people in the Turks! Seeing a soldier unceremoniously throwing an old man on the ground like a broken sandbag, Tang Jian couldn't help but exclaim.

"Ha, isn't this the Right Sage King, in the two days that the old man has been in Turkic, this old guy has given the old man enough face!" Seeing the Right Xian King who was smashed to pieces, Tang Jian said with some schadenfreude.

But as one by one the Turkic high-ranking officials and nobles were carried into the yurt, Tang Jian gradually became numb, turned his head and said to Zhang Yunwen with an expressionless face: "These are the people you want me to guard?" ”

Zhang Yunwen nodded.

"Uh, did you take all the high-ranking nobles of the Turks captive?"

Zhang Yunwen suddenly said innocently: "Tang Gong, where will I know the location of these Turks!" When the boy entered the dental tent, he saw a relatively large yurt, and he arrested the people inside, who knows whether they are noble or not, and how high the official position is! ”

Tang Jian was speechless for a moment.

At this time, I only heard footsteps outside the yurt, and then the door curtain was opened, only to see Jieli and Princess Yicheng enter the yurt with helpless faces under the threat of the bows and crossbows of the two scouts. A few younger Turkic men were carried to the yurt by the soldiers.

"What's going on? Didn't you say you had to sweat profusely? Zhang Yunwen said sharply, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

A soldier put the man on his shoulder on the ground, and said with some grievance: "Chief, we are kind enough to persuade them to come over!" But these boys not only didn't leave, but they also called guards, and the little ones had no choice but to knock them out and send them over! ”

Before Zhang Yunwen could speak, Princess Yicheng on the side had already spoken. I only heard her say in a cold voice: "What a good life to persuade me, kill all my guards, and take a bloody dagger to persuade me with good words?" ”

When Zhang Yunwen heard this, he smiled slightly, and waved to Princess Yicheng: "Her Royal Highness the princess forgives her sins!" There is an urgent need to do something, and we have no choice but to do it! ”

Princess Yicheng turned her head and ignored Zhang Yunwen.

At this time, Jieli pointed to the Turkic nobles who were tied together on the ground, and said with a smile: "General Zhang is really a good method!" Silently enter my tent and take away many of my nobles! ”

Zhang Yunwen smiled faintly: "The sweat has won the award!" If it weren't for the fact that the Great Khan and Tang Chengcheng were in peace talks and were negligent in their precautions, how could the young general be so easy to succeed? ”

Jieli's face changed suddenly, and he snorted coldly: "Since you know that Ben Khan is negotiating peace with you Datang, why do you still attack my tooth tent, kidnap my nobles, and kill my guards?" ”

Hearing the resentment in Jieli's words, Zhang Yunwen smiled disapprovingly: "The Great Khan misunderstood, the young general invited the Great Khan here, but it was for the good of the Great Khan!" The Great Khan knew that the 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Tiele people had taken advantage of the fire to rob and had defeated the defenders of the moraine, and the troops were pointing directly at this place, and they would arrive tomorrow evening. And how many people are available at this moment? Will you be able to repel the army of Tieler? Even if the Tiele army is repulsed, how much will be left? ”

Jieli heard the news of Tiele's arrival, but he was shocked and angry, and was shocked that Tiele broke through the moraine, and his plan to flee to Mobei had been ruined; Angry, the Tiele people dared to take advantage of the fire to rob and send troops to attack themselves. But on second thought, this is not a good opportunity to escape.

At this time, Zhang Yunwen sneered and said meaningfully: "Great Khan, the Tiele people are still a day away from you, and the young general's knife is only half a foot away from you!" The Great Khan needs to think carefully! ”

Jieli suddenly smiled bitterly: "Then according to General Zhang's meaning, what should I do?" ”

"If it is according to my wishes, the Great Khan will send troops to resist Tiele on the one hand, and hold on to it on the other hand, waiting for the arrival of the Tang army. And reassure your people that they don't cause trouble! Uh, I wonder what the Great Khan wants? ”

Sending troops to attack Tiele can slow down the pace of its march, and when the Tang army arrives, Tiele will have no reason to continue the attack. However, when the Tang army arrived, the identity of the Turks in the yurt would probably change and become prisoners of war of the Tang army.

However, if Jieli doesn't agree, I'm afraid that someone will turn into a knife. For a while, the Turkic nobles in the yurt who had woken up all looked at Jieli.

At this time, the east is already slightly bright, and a new day is coming.