Chapter 244: Striking the Grass and Startling the Snake
When he set off again, Xue Shao asked everyone to take off their conspicuous battle robes and armor, and put on the Turkic costumes that had been prepared for a long time. In his previous life, he had been lurking behind enemy lines for more than ten years, camouflaging and reconnaissance, how could he ignore such an important detail at such a time?
Previously, Cao Huaishun led more than 10,000 people and horses to attack Heisha, but they all failed. Of course, there are reasons for insufficient preparation and distorted information, but his goal is too big and too obvious, so that the Turks noticed it early and had a precaution, which is the most important reason.
Previously, the Tang Dynasty ruled the grassland for 50 years, and there were many native Turks here, as well as many Han immigrants, among whom there were many second generations of Han and Hu intermarriages.
The demographic composition is more complex.
If you meet someone in the middle of the road, no one can tell whether he is towards the Tang Dynasty or supports Turkic independence. Even if he has a pure Han face, it may be that he is a Han who grew up in the grassland, and his heart is towards the Turkic nobles, he sees the Tang army attacking and reports to the Turks, and even stabs the Tang army in the dark, it is not impossible!
Previously, Cao Huaishun received a message from the Han herdsmen that Ashina Funian only had dozens of horses in Heisha, so he decided to make up for his mistakes by attacking Heisha. The result, of course, was a failure - the Han herdsmen who provided the false news were most likely the spies sent by the strategist Ashdwin Fu!
Lesson.
Xue Shao attacked Heisha for the second time after Cao Huaishun, and this time his men and horses were only one percent of Cao Huaishun's, and the difficulty was more than a hundred times. Therefore, Xue Shao prepared all the details that could be taken into account before leaving.
Yuenu was dumbfounded, she didn't make these preparations. I snatched a piece of armor and stole a military uniform, and only underwear was left inside.
"Take it off!" Xue Shao was very ruthless.
The moon slave's face was red to the base of his neck, and he whispered: "Childe, even if we take off our military uniforms and armor, aren't the weapons we hold in our hands recognizable to others at a glance?" Forget it! β
"By the time the enemy sees the details of the weapons in our hands, we will be in front of them." Xue Shao said coldly, "The color of this robe is extremely bright, and the armor can reflect light, but it can be seen from several miles away. Take it off! β
"IβI'm the only one left in me...... Bra up! β
Xue Shao blinked, "This is easy to do!" β
Xue Shao asked a few sergeants to put together the marching baggage, put together two pieces of old baggage cloth and tied two knots to make a pair of "big shoulders", and then took two ribbons tied with armor and handed them to the moon slave, "Wear this!" β
The moon slave was stunned and speechless, "This ...... When this wind blows, it's easy for people to see inside! β
"Stupid, you could have put your military uniform in it!" Xue Shaoxing threw things at her in a disastrous manner, "Now I know that there are no women in the army who can mingle?" β
The moon slave wore the strange-shaped "shoulders" in a sneer, and finally covered a bright military uniform. Xue Shao scattered her hair again, made a mess, and sprinkled a few handfuls of grass clippings on the clouds, braided a straw rope and wrapped it around her forehead to the back to tie her hair in a mess, and then smeared a few handfuls of mud on her fair and beautiful face, and used a knife to cut out a few messy strips of cloth on the shoulder, like a beggar's uniform.
The moon slave let Xue Shao "dress up" with a bitter face, and the sergeants laughed secretly, the brigade commander really has a hand in makeup, and such a beautiful girl has become so ugly all of a sudden. She used to be very conspicuous in our group, but now it is easy to find herself in the crowd.
Xue Shao glanced at the moon slave a few times, "Okay, the grassland daughter should be so rough and unrestrained." β
After all, women love beauty, let alone young women, Yuenu really wants to cry. But she didn't dare to make a half-dissatisfied expression - after all, she was the one who was going to chase after her!
The group set off again, and Xue Shao told everyone not to make the weapons such as the horse lance and the horizontal knife too obvious. Xue Shao personally explored the road and led the way, and met a small group of herdsmen who did not care about it and just moved forward, anyway, the Turks have recently used troops, and the herdsmen did not suspect that they would see such a team of people and horses in "Turkic costumes" running by from a distance. If there are more than ten rangers, Xue Shao decisively takes people on a detour.
The distance in a straight line is more than 700 miles, and I am afraid that it is more than 1,000 miles to go around and around.
There was only a short break between two days and two nights, and it was still to rest the horses. Now the guards of the Third Brigade feel more and more that Xue Shao used to train their physical fitness in a "devilish" way, which is really wise. Riding a horse for two days and two nights like this, riding a horse for a long distance is really nothing compared to the previous physical training.
The moon slave gritted his teeth and insisted all the way, and he didn't snort a single word.
The guards of the Third Brigade are really in awe of the Moon Slave now. She has never experienced devilish training, and it is all due to her strong will to survive until now. Not to mention riding a horse for a long distance, just two days and two nights without sleeping, ordinary men can't do it. It's really not easy for a woman to do this.
Black sand, just around the corner!
The Turks did not live in the cities, but lived in search of water and grass according to the climate and seasons. Even the tent of their Dingdu did not have a tall city wall like Chang'an, only a ring of tall fences like marching barracks on the periphery, and next to the fence were continuous tents and cattle pens, which could accommodate tens of thousands of people. Of course, these people usually rode horses to graze, and with swords and guns, they were cavalry. The steppe dwellers who can live in the tooth tent must be the elite warriors trusted by the Khan.
The tent where the khan lived was also a tent, but it was several times larger than an ordinary tent, and it could be seen from a long distance on a flat grassland!
Xue Shao pinched the time just right, and when he arrived here, it was night.
There were patrolling cavalry from time to time, and the Turks had a lot of hunting dogs, and if they approached rashly, they would definitely be discovered. So, Xue Shao led the people to stop more than ten miles away from the tooth tent. Rest for a while to recover a little physical strength, and at the same time, you must also feel the row to observe the reality of the tooth tent.
For the sake of insurance, Xue Shao asked Xue Chuyu and the others to rest here for some time, and personally went to the dental tent to check. This time, there was no need for the moon slave to ask for her life, Xue Shao took her to take care of her.
If you want to say that the army marches to fight and obeys orders, the moon slave is certainly inferior to these guards. But she can easily walk in the palace of Chang'an and get the golden hairpin on Princess Taiping's head, which is of course a hundred times easier in the face of the Turkic tooth tent. Bringing her with you now is undoubtedly giving full play to her strengths.
Yuenu is very happy that she can finally be "entrusted with a heavy task" by her son's side!
The two abandoned their horses and galloped forward in the darkness of the night, silent as two ghosts. Although Yuenu had not trained with the guards of the Third Brigade, when she was in Chang'an before, she had practiced those obstacles with Xue Shao. In addition, she has an extremely good light body kung fu, and she will not be in the way at all if she follows Xue Shao along the way.
The two climbed to a small mound that was slightly higher, and looked at the large Turkic tent from a distance.
The tooth tents of the Turks have the appearance of a military camp, with countless felt tents connecting more than ten miles wide, and there is a corridor in the middle that allows the cavalry to gallop. Many braziers were lit at night for illumination, and from time to time some sergeants patrolled around with torches. The tent has four gates, south, east and west, and tall towers have been erected for lookouts. At night, the towers are brightly lit up as if they were floating in the air.
The two of them lay on the small mound and observed for about half an hour.
"I can't imagine that the Turkic tooth tent is so big!" The moon slave whispered: "Riding a horse to run through the inside, I'm afraid it will take a while, and the defense seems to be quite tight." How are we going to get in, and how are we going to get in and get out of their khan's tent with one blow? β
What Yue Nu asked was exactly what Xue Shao was thinking about now.
After thinking for a moment, the corners of Xue Shao's mouth rose slightly, "Go, go back!" β
"Childe has an idea?"
"Less nonsense - recruit pole, call me brigade commander!"
"Oh...... Lord Brigade Marshal! The moon slave laughed twice.
"Big you, don't be hippie!"
The two went back quietly, and Xue Chuyu and the others used the "Golden Sleep Method" taught by Xue Shao to seize the time to rest for more than an hour, and their physical strength recovered very well.
The moon slaves, who were holding on with a strong will, were surprised to see that after they rested for a while, they were all in high spirits, and they really looked like wolves at night!
"Listen to me!" Xue Shao called Xue Chuyu, Guo Yuanzhen, and the fire chiefs of each fire together and began to order-
"There are twelve fires in the whole brigade, the first, two, three, and four fires, which are led by Guo Yuanzhen. What you have to do is to stay here and set up a position to respond, and when you hear the code 'Three Knife Brigade' is your own people coming, you will desperately fight to meet and retreat. Those who don't have a secret signal are all enemies, just let out a burst of arrows - now, everyone else in the fire has given their bows and arrows to Guo Yuanzhen! β
"Yes!"
"The fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth fires are led by Xue Chuyu." Xue Shao said, "When you see a fire around the Turks' tents, you must hold back and don't move casually. After the fire in the tooth tent, the Turks will immediately inform the largest leader in the tooth tent and ask him to direct the fire and stabilize the situation! It is believed that it will not be long before the soldiers and horses who stay behind to guard the tooth tent will gather around the leader, and then he will send them to fight the fire separately. After the people and horses around him are almost sparse, it is time for Xue Chuyu to make a move-success or failure is here, let me see how stable your hearts are, how poisonous your eyes are, how fast the horses are, and how ruthless the knives are! β
"Yes!" Xue Chuyu promised in a deep voice.
Xue Shao looked at Xue Chuyu with a resolute look in his eyes and a solemn expression, "Chu Yu, Pegasus stepping on the company camp and capturing the enemy general in the midst of the army, this task belongs to you!" - You are the flying general of my Tang Dynasty! β
Xue Shao solemnly clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "If you can't catch the enemy general, please behead me!" β
The fire chief under Xue Chuyu's command was boiling with enthusiasm, and was about to agree together, when Xue Shao pressed his hand and signaled them not to make noise, and immediately went their separate ways to prepare.
"The rest of you, come with me to lurk around the tent and set it on fireβto startle the snakes!"