Chapter 308: Fighting for the Pioneer (Happy New Year!) )
Li Jing and Li Tao actually understood that Jieli Khan's proper plan was to delay the army, so Li Tao said unceremoniously: "Although Jieli was defeated, there are still many men and horses, if you walk through the desert and get the protection of the nine surnamed Tiele, the road over there is far away and dangerous, it will be difficult to catch up with them."
Now that His Majesty has sent Tang Jian there, the Turks will definitely relax their vigilance, and we will attack later, so that we can pacify the thieves without a fight. ”
Li Jing held Xu Shixin's wrist, praised him happily for a long time, and said that Li Tao was the reincarnation of Han Xin.
This is said by Li Tao, in fact, it is a bit of a vote, and he clearly told Li Jing that I was with you in this matter, so I handed this handle into your hands in advance, and I don't know what it will be like to be hated by these envoys.
The two generations of military gods, who had reached a tacit understanding, and even had some sympathy for each other, glanced at each other, and couldn't help but let out a "Embarrassed?" Laughter.
Deputy General Zhang Gongjin is a kind-hearted person, and he is afraid that doing so will put Tang Jian and others in danger. Li Jing said that as long as the Turks could be exterminated, Tang Jian and others did not need to think about it at all.
Li Tao still likes to kill a son-in-law to sacrifice the flag, and it is not a matter of killing an envoy at all, otherwise he can take the lead in making this proposal.
Since the commanders of the two armies mean this, Li Jing, the commander, has also made a decision, and put the two envoys of the Tang Dynasty into the necessary sacrifice, and the others have nothing to say.
Anyway, they have their share of the credit, and the envoys are really hung up, and these two marshals will take the blame, so what is there to hesitate about.
Those two envoys are not very familiar with everyone here, and I am afraid that when His Majesty sent them, they may have already prepared to sacrifice them, so I can only blame them for their lives.
So the plan was decided, Li Jing led the elite troops to set off overnight, and Li Jing's army continued to advance.
The whereabouts of Jieli Khan have always been under Lin Sen's control, and the traces left by the large-scale Turkic march are not so easy to remove, and they are completely unafraid of being lost. And Huangtian has been watching them from the sky, and he can't run away from him.
It's just that Li Jing and their journey were in a hurry, and it snowed heavily, which caused some trouble to Lin Sen's exploration, but in disguise, it also helped hide the elites led by Li Jing, and the chance of being discovered by the Turkic sentinels was greatly reduced.
Of course, Lin Sen and the others have never relaxed their vigilance, on the one hand, they are constantly probing the movements of the Turks, and on the other hand, they are constantly fighting with the enemy's rangers, hindering their peep into the Tang army.
Perhaps because they had been killed by the Tang army, or because they were afraid of Lin Sen's prestige, those rangers basically roamed around the Turkic camp and did not run out of the day's journey.
may also have a lot to do with this heavy snowfall, after all, the weather is too bad, even if it is not erased by the Tang Army, it may die outside.
The top warriors who could swim alone in such weather had basically been killed by Lin Sen or fought bravely in the next few battles, and the others didn't have that kind of confidence.
In this way, before the heavy snow completely closed the road, the group successfully sneaked to Yinshan without danger, and set up a formation here about a day's journey from the Tieshan camp where Jieli Khan was, waiting for a good opportunity to raid Jieli Khan.
This side of Yinshan can also be regarded as one of the traditional cat winter sites of the Turkic people, and there are even occasional weeds that have not completely withered before the snow.
In addition to the large army that has gathered on the side of Jieli Khan, there are actually some herdsmen who are lucky, or who are not of the same heart as Jieli Khan, who are stationed in the winter pastures here, scattered everywhere.
In order to ensure that the news of the arrival of the Tang Army was not leaked out, these scattered herdsmen also became Lin Sen's target.
After Huangtian discovered their traces, the small number of them, Lin Sen himself took them all prisoners and brought them back to the temporary camp, and the large number simply called the army and came to surround them.
If there is really someone who resists, or wants to report to Jieli Khan, Lin Sen and they will naturally not be polite, just kill it.
That's how it is on the steppe, one moment you are still a warrior, the next you can become an ordinary herdsman, and vice versa.
That's why when the grasslands fight each other, there is a rule that all the men above the wheels are killed, although not every time, but that's what it means.
After ensuring complete secrecy, Li Jing and the others once again discussed countermeasures in the temporary camp.
It is inevitable to raid the sweat tent of Jieli Khan, but when to go, who will play the striker, and when the army will go to pick up, it is better to have an arrangement in advance.
The number of strikers is too small to achieve the killing effect, and there are too many of them, and they are afraid that they will not be able to ensure that they can lurk close enough, and they will lose their suddenness. If the army is too far away or too far away, it is also likely to miss out on the fighter.
Of course, Lin Sen did not hesitate to ask for battle again, and he had already proved the strength of himself and his subordinates through several killings, and he was naturally the one to do for such a task.
Li Ji and Lin Sen are also old acquaintances, even from the perspective of being handsome, Lin Sen is indeed the most suitable, he knows the strength of Lin Sen's gang, and naturally supports Lin Sen very much.
When it comes to the quality of individual soldiers, among the many martial artists in Chang'an City several times, it is difficult to find powerful people comparable to Xi Weizhong and them, and Lin Sen's own force value is also obvious to all, so it is indeed better to let such a team of people take the lead.
Of course, Li Jing also recognized Lin Sen's toughness, and after a little hesitation, he agreed to let Lin Sen lead his subordinates to be the pioneer.
However, because of several battles, although they were all invincible, Lin Sen's men still suffered a lot of casualties, and at present, those who can really take on the responsibility of the vanguard are probably a hundred and ten people, which is still a little weaker.
Therefore, Li Jing ordered Su Dingfang's generals again, and asked him to lead two hundred horsemen to follow behind Lin Sen and be the second echelon of the charge to make up for the lack of strength under Lin Sen's subordinates.
After all, such a large Turkic camp, only one hundred and ten people, even if they kill the generals and capture the flag, this momentum is still too small, and I am afraid that they will be weak in the face of the surging enemy.
Lin Sen and Su Dingfang looked at each other and smiled, and agreed.
However, now is not the time to charge, the heavy snow has just stopped, it is when the snow is the softest, nearly a foot deep snow, so that the Tang army riding a war horse is a little difficult to move, obviously not a good opportunity to raid.
Moreover, the snow also increases the reflection of light, and even at night it is much brighter than usual, and there is no cover on the snow surface, so I am afraid that it will be discovered by the enemy from afar. The raid had to turn into a rampage.
While waiting for the opportunity, how to find a good way to solve the problem of rushing in the snow has become a top priority at the moment.
Even if you can ride a war horse with difficulty, when the time comes, people are sleepy and horses are lacking, don't you want to throw away those materials?
You can't go hungry and rush into battle, and it will become the kind of person who dies if you can't win, and you can't escape without supplies.
Therefore, how to overcome the difficulties caused by the snow cover has become the biggest problem facing the Tang army.
It wasn't until Lin Sen came back from inspecting the surrounding area that this problem was solved.