Chapter 159: Moving South
When the horses reached the tent of Tuli, the sun slid down the horizon, and only a burst of whiteness appeared in the western sky, and when the whiteness was completely gone, it was time for night to fall.
When a group of tired soldiers returned to the Turki tent with nearly 300 Turkic horses, they saw nearly 500 knights rushing out of the Turki tent and surrounding Zhang Yunwen and others.
The Turkic knight at the head said a few words loudly in Turkic, although he didn't know what he said, but looking at the knight's fierce words and guarded look, he knew that those words were not good words. Coupled with the fact that his gaze swept over the military horses behind everyone from time to time, Zhang Yunwen was even more sure of his guess.
Zhang Yunwen snorted coldly, lifted the iron lance in his hand, and made a posture that he was about to fight. The soldier behind him immediately drew his horizontal sword and stared at the hundreds of Turkic knights with a cold face.
I had killed someone just now, and a fierce murderous aura had not yet subsided, so when these forty people picked up their weapons together, a cold murderous aura spread. The Turkic knights only felt the hairs on the back of their necks stand up suddenly, and a feeling of extreme danger wells up.
At this time, I saw three knights galloping from the tooth tent, and when they saw Zhang Yunwen and them, Zhao Yi, who was the leader, immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then turned his head and reprimanded the leading Turkic knight in Turkic language, speaking quickly and smoothly. The leading knight did not dare to argue, hung his head, and remained silent.
Seeing that the reprimand was almost over, Zhao Yi waved his hand, and those knights hurriedly rode to the camp as if they had been pardoned.
Zhang Yunwen and the soldiers put away the weapons in their hands the moment Zhao Yi appeared. Then Zhao Yi approached Zhang Yunwen and saluted: "Boss, you're back!" Lao Zhao is worried to death! ”
Zhang Yunwen smiled reluctantly and said to Zhao Yi: "Brother Zhao, the brothers are tired, you go down first to find them something to eat, and then arrange a rest!" By the way, there are eleven brothers who died in battle, so you can ask someone to find a few shrouds and wrap them up first! We'll take them home in a few days! ”
"What, eleven brothers died in battle?" Zhao Yi asked in disbelief.
Zhang Yunwen nodded heavily: "We killed more than 2,000 people and defeated Jieli's vanguard iron horse!" ”
"What?" Zhao Yi almost cried out out in a lost voice.
Zhang Yunwen glanced at him angrily: "If there is anything you want to ask, let's talk about it tomorrow!" Also, Lao Tzu went to rest first, no matter who it was, don't let him disturb Lao Tzu, even if it's the old boy of Tuli! ”
As he spoke, he walked with heavy steps to the yurt where he had rested all night yesterday, and fell asleep on the couch.
And Zhao Yi also sent Fan Xing to guard outside the yurt according to Zhang Yunwen's instructions, but he took out milk wine, beef and mutton, and let the soldiers eat to their heart's content.
On the second day, when Zhang Yunwen got up, his muscles were faintly sore.
Hearing the movement in the yurt, Fan Xing opened the door curtain and came in. "Boss, you're awake!" Fan Xing got a bowl of goat's milk on the next few cases and handed it to Zhang Yunwen.
Zhang Yunwen took the goat's milk and drank it in two sips.
That Fan Xing smiled: "Yesterday, I also went to Tuli to sue you in front of that kid, saying that you came with such a horse, and I don't know how to dedicate it to Tuli!" I think that kid is red-eyed! ”
"Persistence ratio? Who is it? Zhang Yunwen asked suspiciously.
"It's the guy who led someone to stop you yesterday! He is the third warrior under Tuli's tent, but he can't beat me and Brother Zhao. Last night, when I saw the Turkic military horses you brought back, I guess I was greedy, so I stopped the leader! Forget it, let's not talk about that, let's go out and eat mutton! Fan Xingxing said with a smile.
Zhang Yunwen also got up and walked out slowly.
Fan Xing led the way, followed by Zhang Yunwen. The two of them came to the tent of Tuli.
Entering the big tent, Zhang Yunwen found that it was already full of people, and except for a few high-ranking Turkic officials, all the soldiers brought by Zhang Yunwen were already sitting on the side, drinking milk wine.
Seeing Zhang Yunwen come in, Tuli stood up with a smile on his face, and greeted Zhang Yunwen and said, "Dear General Zhang, you are here, we have been waiting for you for a long time!" ”
Zhang Yunwen was also full of smiles: "Lao Dahan has been waiting for a long time, and the last general is quite uneasy!" That being said, looking at the smile on his face, where is there any sense of uneasiness and guilt!
Tuli didn't mind, grabbed Zhang Yunwen's hand, and walked directly to the upper seat.
After taking a seat on the upper seat, Tuli clapped his hands. Two rows of girls holding silver plates rushed in.
I saw a piece of mutton roasted on the silver plate that was charred on the outside and tender on the inside, looking at the piece, I am afraid there are two catties. The girls placed the silver plates in front of everyone one by one, and then Ying Ying withdrew.
Tuli greeted with a smile: "You are welcome, just eat!" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the Turks slowly stretched out their palms, grabbed the mutton and tore it. And none of the ** soldiers moved.
Seeing this, when Tuli felt that he couldn't hold his face, Zhang Yunwen grabbed the mutton in front of him and ate it in a big gulp. Only then did those ** soldiers neatly grab the mutton and stuff it into their mouths.
"Yesterday, General Zhang led less than sixty people to defeat three thousand iron cavalry, Xiao Khan admired, come, Xiao Khan salute the general with a bowl!" When Tuli talked about yesterday's battle, a hint of unnaturalness flashed in his eyes.
Zhang Yunwen looked at Tu Li, remembered the eleven reconnaissance camp soldiers who had been sleeping for a long time, picked up the wine bowl, didn't even say anything about the scene, and drank it directly.
Tuli smiled awkwardly and drank the milk wine.
Hearing Tuli's words, Zhang Yunwen was completely sure that Tuli must have sent someone to follow him and saw the battle between himself and the Turkic vanguard cavalry. However, when they finally charged and fought in close combat, these people did not come forward to help, which really made Zhang Yunwen angry.
Zhang Yunwen sneered, and then said coldly: "Since the Great Khan mentioned this matter, it will be just the right time to reply to the Great Khan's battle yesterday." Yesterday, 53 members of our unit blocked 3,000 of the Jieli vanguards, killed 2,200 of them, cut off the heads of the enemy generals, and the remaining 700 people all escaped. ”
Listening to Zhang Yunwen lightly talking about the numbers, even the Turkic who had been prepared for a long time couldn't help but be surprised, and those Turkic high-level officials who didn't know the situation suddenly exclaimed: "Impossible!" ”
Zhang Yunwen didn't talk nonsense, and directly asked Zhao Yi to take the head cut off yesterday and throw it in the center of the big tent.
The first level rolled twice, and finally froze. A face with unwillingness just happened to be facing Tuli.
"Ashnatid! It turned out to be Ashnatid! The Turkic who saw the face of the head clearly suddenly exclaimed, and then looked at Zhang Yunwen and the others with eyes full of fear.
Could these Tang people be demons, how could they kill two thousand people with just fifty or so people, and even Ashnatid's head was cut off. He is the third warrior under Jieli's account, and he is not much better than Zhao Yi, the first warrior under Tuli's account. And now, it was cut down by these Tang people, how powerful these Tang people should be!
After Tuli's face changed several times in a row, he reluctantly smiled and said to Zhang Yunwen: "General Zhang is really wise and powerful, and even Ashnatidi's head can be cut off!" With General Zhang here, Jieli's old thief will definitely not dare to attack again! ”
Zhang Yunwen said lightly: "Great Khan, in order to block the Jieli vanguard, our army has eleven people killed and suffered heavy losses. ”
The corners of Tuli's mouth twitched, and eleven people ...... Heavy losses......
After Zhang Yunwen finished speaking, he kindly reminded Tu Li: "Great Khan, although the vanguard is dead, its main force will arrive in less than a day, whether to fight or withdraw, please make a decision as soon as possible!" ”
Tuli nodded in understanding. Seeing this, Zhang Yunwen stopped talking, and saw that the soldiers had almost eaten the mutton on their plates, so he said goodbye to Tuli and left the big tent.
** Soldiers also came out in a row. In an instant, only Turki and more than a dozen Turkic high-ranking people were left in the big tent.
"What the Great Khan said in Zhang Yunwen is reasonable, whether to fight or withdraw, please make a decision as soon as possible!" The gray-bearded right minister whispered to Tuli.
Tuli lowered his head, sighed softly and said, "What else, you can only fight!" If we wait for the Ju clan to move south, how can the speed of travel be compared to Jieli's iron cavalry, only to fight with Jieli, so that he will not dare to fight my tribe's idea again! ”
The right minister nodded in understanding.
And a big man next to him looked like he wanted to speak and stopped. Seeing this, Tuli said angrily: "Stubbornness, if you have anything to say, just say it directly, don't swallow it!" ”
Na Zhibi coughed lightly and said: "Great Khan, a few days ago, in the name of Jieli Khan, our department went north to Xue Yantuo and Hui, and suffered heavy losses, and now our clan has only 20,000 troops, how can we compete with Jieli's iron cavalry, if you vote for Jieli, let him recruit soldiers!" Thinking that it is the same Turkic lineage, Jieli Khan should not be difficult for us! ”
Tuli sneered: "Persistence, this is what you mean?" If you want to go to the old thief, you can do it yourself, why bother to me! Hmph, under my account is the third warrior, and it will be the first warrior when you get to Jieli! ”
As soon as he heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then leaned down to plead guilty.
Tuli said very well, he can be ranked as a third warrior on Tuli's side, and he has hundreds of soldiers and horses. But when I get to Jieli's side, I'm afraid I can only be a ten-captain, and I will be bullied. He is more obsessed than how to agree.
Tu Li looked at the right minister beside him and said: "Lord right minister, the matter of the southward migration of the family will be left to you!" ”
The right minister stroked his brother with his right hand and saluted: "Don't worry, the old minister will do his best!" ”
He looked at Zhiyi and said: "Zhiyi, you immediately notify Zhao Yi and them, let them reorganize the army immediately, Ben Khan will lead the army and Jieli to fight in person!" ”
Persistence is better than receiving orders to retreat. Then the Turkic high-level leaders in the big tent gradually withdrew, and only the Turks and the right minister were left in the empty big tent.
"Right Prime Minister, are you sure that Ben Khan will lead his troops to attack, and then Zhang Yunwen will follow us with firearms?" Tuli asked a little uneasily.
It turned out that the idea of leading the troops in a battle was the right minister.
"Don't worry, the Great Khan has entered the court, he is a person from the Tang Dynasty, if he doesn't save it, he Zhang Yunwen is ignoring the friendship of the same dynasty, it is unjust; And to see that my army is in trouble and not long after, it is unkind; The Great Khan is a sibling of the Tang Emperor, and if he does not save it, he is disloyal. And the most important thing for the Han people is this benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and filial piety. He Zhang Yunwen didn't want to be ruined, so he had to go out with a firearm and sweat! The right minister stroked his beard and smiled.
Tuli smiled reassuringly: "This time Ben Khan is much more relieved!" Alas, ** is already strong, and now with such sharp firearms, it is really invincible in the world! How nice it would be if we had such firearms! ”
When Tanma reported back the news of Zhang Yunwen's battle, saying that it was thunder and thunder in the sky, and the fire was flashing, and it was suspected that it was a miracle, the right minister smiled and said: "How can there be any magic in the world!" This Yunwen can have such magical powers, it must be with the help of some firearms! ”
Therefore, now Tuli is very fascinated by this firearm!