Chapter 242: Sluggishness

"I can't trust the Turks!" Zhang Yunwen said, "So, I'll send you out!" I hope you can hold back the pace of Tiele's army in Yinshan, and how long can you drag it out! ”

In front of Zhang Yunwen stood fifty reconnaissance battalion soldiers, and Zhao Yi stood at the head of the platoon.

"You can't use steel crossbows and horizontal knives, you can only use Turkic bows and arrows and scimitars, you can't wear the clothes and armor of our army, you can only wear the clothes of the Turks, and you can't even shout Chinese when attacking and retreating, you can only use Turkic words, so as not to reveal your identity! But I'm here to ask you, do you have the confidence to complete the task? ”

"Yes!" The sound of fifty soldiers roaring in unison was like a landslide and tsunami.

"Good!" Zhang Yunwen nodded with some relief, "Let's go!" ”

This small team of fifty people faced the rising sunrise, rode horses, and quickly disappeared from Zhang Yunwen's field of vision.

Zhang Yunwen looked at the southeast direction and muttered in his mouth: "My general, you must arrive in time!" ”

Although Jieli agreed to send 10,000 soldiers and horses, Zhang Yunwen still did not loosen the restrictions on the people in the yurt. He was afraid that once these people were free, they would immediately turn their faces and deny people, and mobilize soldiers to attack. In the tooth tent, with his hundreds of people, I am afraid it will be difficult to fight against these people.

Look outside the yurt, there are already a lot of Turkic soldiers gathered. Bow and arrow scimitars in their hands, they looked at the scouts waiting behind the fence with resentment on their faces. If it weren't for the rat trap, I'm afraid I would have rushed in a long time ago.

Zhang Yunwen didn't pay attention to these people, but he and Tang Jianjieli were smiling and drinking milk wine.

A team of 200 horses galloped across the prairie. Knights dressed in black armor lined up in the usual arrow charging formation, like a long black arrow slashing across the grassland.

The knight at the arrow was a man of about thirty or forty years of age. I saw that he had a pair of straight sword eyebrows, which were obliquely inserted above the eye sockets, but he had a heroic spirit. A pair of eyes are not big, but they are a little narrow, and when his gaze sweeps in all directions, there are bursts of light in his eyes from time to time. The most striking thing is his beard, which stretches densely from the sideburns to the jaw, although it is not long, it is erect and quite spiritual.

"Captain Su, we have been out of the brigade for nearly thirty miles, is it time to slow down and wait for the brothers in the back?" A knight beside Dahan said.

It seems that this big man is still the leader of these two hundred knights.

I only heard the big man say: "Wait for a fart!" Damn it, they're still cavalry! Run slower than a footman! If Lao Tzu is a general, he has to smoke a few boards from them! Although he said so, he slowed down his horse.

"Captain Su, it's obvious that your requirements are too high! Continuous marching, day and night, day and night, two hundred miles day and night, even if people can stand it, horses can't stand it! The soldier said unconvinced.

The big man "puffed" and spat on the ground: "Of course, the cavalry has to take advantage of its fast characteristics to run thousands of miles and smash the enemy's lair!" If it's used to charge into battle, it's a pity! ”

As he spoke, a soldier suddenly pulled the big man's armor and pointed to the northwest.

When the big man saw it, it was a black-clothed knight riding a black horse speeding over here, and he immediately grinned: "I'm afraid of a fart!" Isn't it just a cavalryman! Do you need to make a fuss! ”

The soldier pointed to the steel crossbow on the knight's back: "That's the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion!" Now in the entire Tang Dynasty, only the reconnaissance battalion and a few of His Majesty's guards are equipped with that steel crossbow! ”

When the big man heard this, his expression suddenly turned grim.

As he spoke, the scout battalion soldier had already mounted his horse in front of the crowd. After seeing him salute, he asked eagerly: "It's a messenger sent by General Zhang!" You were sent by General Li? How many people are there? ”

Seeing that he had been courteous for a few weeks, the big man also returned the salute and said, "We are the knights sent by the general!" But it's the forward cavalry! Uh, I don't know what's going on? ”

The scout battalion soldier was silent for a moment, and said to Dahan: "It's okay to tell you!" The Tiele people are heading south, and it is expected that they will reach the Turkic tent today! General Zhang asked me to come to deliver a letter, hoping that the army sent by General Li Da could arrive at the tooth tent as soon as possible to reinforce my general! ”

When the big man heard this, his eyes suddenly flashed again and again.

The sergeant of the reconnaissance battalion bowed his hand to the big man: "Since this is the case, then continue to deliver the letter below!" ”

After the big man sent the reconnaissance battalion soldier away, he immediately said to the knights solemnly: "Brothers, did you hear it just now? The Tiele people are here, and now General Zhang is weak in the tooth tent and needs assistance! Now I have decided to rush to the tent with my brothers to help General Zhang! What do you think? ”

As soon as Dahan's words fell, several soldiers shouted loudly: "Brother Su, as long as we give an order, even if we are in the water and in the fire, we will not frown!" ”

When Dahan heard this, he smiled slightly, and then said: "If there is a brother who is worried that I am violating the military order and not acting with the brigade. There is no need to worry about this, the order we received was originally to raid the tooth tent. Now that General Zhang has been defeated, what's wrong with me waiting for him to be reinforced? Besides, if we really violate the military order, there will be people who will shelter us and others, so don't worry about it, brothers! ”

Hearing Dahan's words, the soldiers who were originally a little worried also relaxed. Think about it, I rushed to help Zhang Yunwen, if something happened, Zhang Yunwen would carry it.

So, the cavalry of two hundred men mounted their horses and galloped away in the direction of the tent without stopping.

The majestic Yinshan Mountain Range stretches across the entire Monan. Compared with the majestic mountains of the Central Plains, this Yin Mountain is more rugged and more winding. The trees, rocks, and bare soil on the mountain all present a different kind of rugged style. There are no elaborate carvings, just large tracts of rocks and soil that have been eroded by strong winds and washed by rain.

Zhao Yi sat on the ground with his back against a big tree. In the winter months, the leaves of the trees have long since drifted away, and only a few leaves are stubbornly fighting against the northwest wind. The thirty people sent out to inquire about the news also came back one after another, and they were standing beside Zhao Yi to report the information.

"Tieler's army, totaling 30,000 people, is gathering in two places, Evil Wolf Valley and Daxikou. It seems that he is ready to cross Yin Mountain in two ways. When the little one returned, he saw that the Tiele army of the Evil Wolf Valley was packing up and preparing to enter the mountain. And the Tiele people in Daxikou haven't moved much yet! ”

Zhao Yi listened and asked, "What about those Turks?" The Turks in Zhao Yi's mouth were 10,000 Turkic troops sent by Jieli, and their purpose was only to drag down the Tiele army and wait for the Tang army.

"After they arrived at the foot of Yin Mountain, they camped on the spot, and there was no sign of action!"

Zhao Yi stood up, paced back and forth for a moment, and said to the soldier beside him: "Liu Cheng, you take twenty brothers to Daxikou, and I will take twenty brothers to Evil Wolf Valley." The rest of the brothers worked a little harder, ran between us more and passed on the message. ”

"Yes!" Zhao Yi ordered, and all the soldiers stood up and received the order at the same time.

After entering the Valley of the Evil Wolf, the surrounding environment seemed to become gloomy. Looking at the branches that had stripped off their leaves and their teeth and claws, and listening to the "whining" sound made by the northwest wind blowing through the mountains and forests, An Guyuan couldn't help but shrink his body.

"Damn Beggar Mu, this bastard, if he hadn't fought hard, how could our Xue Yantuo Department lose three thousand people before he hit the Turkic tent!" Looking at the Tiele warriors who were carefully leading their horses and walking, An Guyuan felt extremely uncomfortable.

An Guyuan was the second warrior of the Xue Yantuo tribe, and his force was only under the begging wood. At first, Qifumu was the vanguard, attacking the moraine, and suffered heavy losses, but won the praise of the Khan, saying that he fought bravely. This made An Guyuan's heart very uncomfortable.

This sentiment has stayed with him until now. An Guyuan wanted to pass through Yin Mountain as soon as possible and be the first to attack the Turkic tent. Therefore, he became a pathfinder, leading two thousand soldiers and horses, and was the first to enter the Valley of the Evil Wolf.

It's called Wolf Valley because it's really a wolf colony. However, the Tiele people believed that their bows and arrows were sharp and their scimitars were sharp enough to deal with the small group of wolves. As for the large group of wolves, I believe they will not take the initiative to provoke the army.

It was calm along the way, and nothing happened. But I often heard the howls of wild wolves, and they wailed bitterly, one after another.

Seeing that he was about to leave the Evil Wolf Valley, all of a sudden, he heard a "whoosh" wail from the woods next to him. It sounded very similar to the barking of a months-old puppy when it was hurt. Then, I saw a man with two little greyhounds in his hands, running towards the team quickly, shouting in Turkic as he ran: "Help! Help me! ”

An Guyuan looked at the man's clothes, and it was clear that he was a Turk. He was about to give the order to the soldier to release the arrows, but he saw the man throw the two puppies in his hand into the ranks. Then he turned around, and disappeared into the woods in an instant.

Before the two puppies could fall, they saw two bows and arrows shoot out of the forest and shoot straight at them. The two puppies suddenly let out a terrible bark, and their bodies smashed in front of the Tiele people.

The process was very short, and it was only a matter of moments. When An Guyuan came back to his senses, the two puppies had fallen in the middle of the group, and the Turkic had disappeared, and the whole forest was silent, as if nothing had happened.

"Ahh

Everyone looked over and saw a middle-aged soldier pointing to two puppies on the ground that had been pierced by arrows, and stammered, "Wolf...... Wolf cubs! That's a wolf cub! ”

As if to verify his words, a burst of wolf howls rang out near the Tiele Army.

An Guyuan immediately understood that someone was using this young wolf to blame him. Suddenly, I felt a murderous aura coming from in front of me. When he looked up, he saw a huge black-headed wolf standing on a rock, his eyes falling on the little wolf on the ground.

Behind it, wild wolves with sharp teeth slowly appeared in front of everyone.