Chapter 240: Tiele Dispatches Troops

When the news of Jieli's surrender spread to every corner of the steppe, the tribes that had once feared or envied the powerful Turkic tribes changed their minds in an instant. In particular, Xue Yantuo and Hui Hui, among the Tiele tribes, were all clamoring to lead the army southward and step straight to the Turkic tent.

Although he was in Mobei, Li Daoxuan still learned the news of the Tang army's victory through various channels, and he couldn't help but be shaken and eager to try, wanting to lead the troops to fight against the Turks. However, he knew that this war must be led by the Tang Army, so he never took the initiative to talk about going south to attack Monan.

Due to Li Daoxuan's provocation at the beginning, the relationship between Xue Yantuo and Hui was already a little tense, but on the eve of the Turkic defeat, the two departments came together for the issue of jointly sending troops.

In the big tent of Xue Yantuo at the foot of the Tianshan Mountain, Xue Yantuo Zhenzhu Khan and Hui Huizhu Khan sat opposite each other at both ends of a few cases, and beside them were civil and military officials under their respective accounts.

"Great Khan, now that the form of Mo Nan has been decided, and the Turks are already vulnerable, why don't we send troops? Do you have to watch the Han people and Jieli reach a peace agreement, and then I Mobei won't get anything? Huizhu Khan said with a look of indignation.

Zhenzhu Khan nodded approvingly: "At the beginning, the prince surnamed Li over there advised me to attack the Turks after the Tang army won two victories, so that I would take advantage of the situation and not be easy to lose; Second, to reduce the casualties of our Tie Leerlang, we can also cooperate with the Tang Army's actions. Now that the Tang army has won three big victories, but it has to negotiate with the Turks, you wait a minute, what does this mean? ”

Huizhu Khan smiled gloomily: "The Great Khan is confused, the Tang Dynasty and the Turks made peace, not that we waited for peace talks with the Turks." Since Datang is willing to talk, let them talk! The Tang army did not fight, but our army happened to go south to Monan, wiped out the Turks, and captured all their population, cattle and sheep. ”

When Zhenzhu Khan heard this, he slammed a few cases: "Okay! Just do as Huizhu Khan said! Let's send troops south to the desert today! ”

"The prince surnamed Li over there......" Huizhu Khan looked in the direction of Li Daoxuan's yurt room.

"Ben Khan himself will say it!" Zhenzhu Khan patted his chest and said confidently.

The conversation between Zhenzhu Khan and Li Daoxuan was extremely smooth, and after hearing the intention of Zhenzhu Khan, Li Daoxuan immediately said: "Since the Great Khan is willing to send troops to fight against Budao, how dare this king stop it!" There are 500 elite soldiers under this king's account, and they are willing to go on the expedition with the Great Khan! ”

As a result, the entire Xue Yantuo tooth tent began to boil, and a young and sturdy Tiele warrior with a sword and a bow began to gather towards the camp with a shiny oily horse.

It stands to reason that winter is not the season for nomads to fight. As the grass withers and withers, it is difficult for the horses to find fodder, and their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, which is fatal to the nomads. And the best season for them to fight is spring. At that time, the grass on the grassland sprouted, and it was tender green. The tender grass raises the horses to be fat and healthy, and at this time their attack force is the strongest. Therefore, the Turks plundered the Central Plains, mostly in spring and autumn.

Xue Yantuo sent 20,000 troops, Hui sent 15,000 troops, and the rest of the Tiele tribes sent a total of 10,000 troops. The Tiele army, with a total of 45,000 people, was divided into three armies and went to Monan to kill.

The leading general of the 5,000 men in the forward was the beggar who had compared the strength with Song Waterfall at the beginning, and I saw this man holding a mace the thickness of a baby's arm, exposing his upper body in the cold wind of November, and running south excitedly with his soldiers, not shouting loudly in his mouth.

Stationed at the southern edge of the desert is the Hu general Qibiluo, when Zhang Yunwen and Li Daoxuan sent an envoy to Xue Yantuo, this Qibiluo sent a meticulous pretending to be a guide, wanting to use this vast desert to kill the mission, but Zhang Yunwen saw through.

This Hu general has 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, stationed at the mouth of the moraine, guarding the passage between the desert and the desert grassland.

The moraine is located at the junction of the desert and the grassland. In winter, the northwest wind blows, flying sand and stones, it is really "a river gravel as big as a bucket, with the wind all over the ground stones walking".

On a leeward hill, Cepiro led an army of 10,000 to set up camp. Not only is it leeward and will not be attacked by wind and sand, but it is also backed by mountains, and a guard tower is set up on top of the mountains, so you can observe the situation on the desert side from afar, which is clear at a glance.

Most of Chibiro's men were led by the Hu people on the Zhaowu side, and of course, by other nomadic warriors. These Hu people were usually taller and stronger than the Han Chinese, with curly chestnut hair and gray eyes, which were neither similar to the Turks or Tiele people, nor half the same as the Han Chinese.

Standing on the sentry tower, the tall Hu man held a two-stone longbow in his hand, yawned lazily, and looked at the dust and sand raised by the northwest wind in the distance. The desert in the distance also looked a little hazy in the dust.

"Damn, where would anyone come over in this ghost desert in such a ghost weather? The general is so careful! The sentry casually looked at the desert over there, then lowered his head and gently stroked the bow and arrow in his hand.

For a long time, the Hu people have been doing work similar to mercenaries, being hired by the Turks to fight around the steppes and fight against the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains. And now, the Turkic collapse is imminent, but these Hu people feel extremely dazed. Decades of conquest and killing, so that the Hu people on the grassland made a lot of enemies, in the past, there was Turkic support, those small and medium-sized tribes did not dare to do anything to these Hu people, and now, the Turkic tree is about to collapse, the Tang Dynasty is pressing up step by step, where should the Hu people go?

Although he was guarding the watchtower and guarding the desert, the battle in the south was still far away, but he still felt a trace of killing intent and hatred. Just like the terrifying look in the other party's eyes when he brutally killed the old man and young child of the Han people.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shudder. got up and walked two steps, and the killing intent that shrouded him still hadn't been eliminated.

No, this trace of killing intent is real, not in my own memory! There are enemies!

He was about to open his throat and shout loudly, when a rain of arrows fell, completely covering the watchtower!

He lay on the collapsing watchtower, and hordes of knights roared in the direction of the camp. The knight in the lead, riding a tall horse, wielding a mace the size of a baby's arm, was roaring loudly......

This army was none other than the 5,000-Tiele vanguard led by Begging Mu.

Five thousand horsemen rushed down the hillside like a flood of hostility, and slaughtered into the camp of Chebiro. The wooden fence and wooden gate made of wood and stone were violently smashed open and broken by the begging wood with a mace, and the people who stood in front of him were also swept away by the mace, scraping out a large piece of flesh and blood, and the people had already flown to the side.

There was a fierce general who opened the way, and five thousand knights poured in like a tide, killing in the camp. Kill from one end of the camp to the other, and kill it thoroughly.

Turning the horse's head, the beggar led the knights into the camp again and fought.

This time, however, the Tiele Knight didn't go so well. After the initial panic, the Hu soldiers, led by their generals, began to resist in small formations, causing some damage to the Tiele cavalry.

By the time the beggar again rushed from one end of the camp to the other with his soldiers, hundreds of knights had already been cut down by the Hu.

On the other side, under the leadership of Chebiro, the Hu people also stepped on their horses and formed a military formation, preparing to fight a good battle with the Tiele people.

"Prepare your bow and arrows, form a cavalry formation, charge!" Beggar roared. I saw that the formation of the whole team had changed. It was no longer a sagittal formation, but a crescent-shaped formation, and the speed of the charge was noticeably slower.

While controlling the horse charge, he bent his bow and arrows, aimed at the direction of the Hu people's army formation and cavalry, and most of the short bow in his hand was opened, and the arrow was shot with a "whoosh".

Suddenly, arrows rained down. Countless arrows fell in the military formation, and I don't know how many Hu people turned into arrows and lost souls, and how many Hu people had arrows on their bodies.

Seeing this, Chebilo ordered his soldiers to shoot arrows and return fire, and on the other hand, he ordered his cavalry to rush into the Tiele cavalry and fight him in close quarters.

I saw the Hu cavalry in variegated clothes and armor floating in a river of debris, roaring down, and rushed straight towards the Tiele Knight. Some of the Tiele knights also threw away their bows and arrows, drew their scimitars, and under the leadership of the beggar wood, they rushed towards the roaring Hu cavalry.

Like two oncoming waves, they collided together and splashed countless tiny splashes. The two cavalry crashed together, and the man flipped on his back. A mace swept out of the begging wood, and everywhere it passed, men and horses flew sideways, and blood fell like rain. Pieces of minced meat hung from the mace's teeth, and I don't know if they belonged to a man or a horse.

The battle lasted from morning to afternoon, and both sides were red-eyed, almost cutting people at sight, and shooting arrows when they saw something that could move. In the end, the arrows are exhausted, and the two sides use their scimitars to cut each other; The scimitar is rolled up, smashing the opponent with his fists, asking the opponent with his teeth, and killing the opponent.

The two Red-Eyed forces fought each other inextricably, but as time passed, the smaller Tiele cavalry gradually lost their strength and began to lose their strength.

At this time, a long bull's horn sounded from the mountain, and a Tiele general riding a black horse appeared on the mountain, looking coldly at the battle situation below.

Gradually, ride after ride slowly appeared beside him. They all looked at the battle situation with cold eyes.

The Tiele general slowly drew his scimitar, and there was an unpleasant grinding sound between the blade and the scabbard. Swinging the scimitar violently: "Sons, kill-"

The cavalry beside him rushed down first, and more and more cavalry behind him rushed down the hillside.

Thousands of iron hooves trampled on the earth, and everyone seemed to feel the earth tremble slightly.

Like a flood roaring down like a burst of embankment, the Tiele cavalry instantly submerged the battlefield below the mountain.

A northwest wind blew, and General Tiele, who was standing on top of the mountain, did not look at the battle below, but looked south, all the way over the Yin Mountain, to the Turkic tent.