On June 21, the Tang army and the army of all ethnic groups, totaling 13,000 men and horses, claimed to be 20,000, set out for the Taqiang Division. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Treadmill Force is scattered around the Xuanchi, which is a large freshwater lake, through which the Dolas water (now the Irtysh River) flows, and the surrounding large grasslands, aquatic plants are extremely luxuriant, and it is a good land for grazing.

Although Zhao Ziliang repeatedly instructed the leaders of all ethnic groups in advance to strictly keep secrets and prevent leakage of news, there is no impermeable wall in the world, such a large-scale military operation, it is certainly impossible not to get a trace of wind from the Ministry of Strength, and the detailed work of the Ministry of Strength immediately reported to the leader Lu Li when he learned that the troops of the surrounding departments were mobilized, and Lu Li quickly sent people to inquire after getting the news, and learned that the Tang Army had launched various surrounding tribes to jointly send troops to prepare to attack him, so he immediately organized troops to prepare for confrontation.

There are more than 8,000 soldiers and horses in the strength department, if the whole clan is launched, you can get another 2,000 soldiers and horses, that is to say, the overall strength of the strength is 10,000 horses, and although the Tang army and the coalition army of various ethnic groups claim to be 20,000, but the details of the strength department are not vegetarian, after the Tang Fan coalition army entered the territory of the strength department, they hid in the dark and observed the number of military tents and stoves in the Tang army camp, and judged that the approximate strength of the Tang Fan coalition army will not exceed 14,000 people.

Before, Zhao Ziliang was also going to send people to do some tricks, adding more military tents and stoves when camping and burning fires, this strategy of strengthening the momentum and deterring the enemy's courage was not a difficult thing for him at all, but after he had already determined the strategy of raising thieves to protect himself, he didn't do it, this battle can't be won too happily, and he can't cripple the trampling force, and he must beat the trampling force to hurt, so that they have to give in for the time being, but he can't let its power lose too much, At the same time, it is necessary to provoke contradictions between it and other surrounding departments.

On June 23, the Tang Fan coalition army marched to the foot of the southern mountain of Duotanling (now Tarbahatai Mountain), Wang Cance Malay reported: "General, the front has reached the Duotan Mountains, and now it is getting late, do you want to order the army to be stationed at the foot of the mountain and go up the mountain tomorrow?" ”

Zhao Zi's conscience moved, picked up the telescope and looked at the top of Duotanling Mountain and the mountainside, the top and mountainside were green and verdant, the trees were overgrown with thorns and shrubs, dense, and he couldn't see anything clearly, he put down the telescope and asked, "Where are the three thousand men and horses of the Mouluo Department now?" ”

Wang Can said: "General, they are now ready to climb over the Duotan Ridge!" ”

When Zhao Ziliang heard this, he picked up the binoculars again and looked at the foot of the mountain in the distance, and sure enough, he saw the wolf flag at the foot of the mountain, the wolf skin and the wolf tail were displayed, and he thought about it and said: "Order the order of the various departments from the front, left, right, middle and back in turn to turn over the Duotan Ridge overnight, and camp at the foot of the mountain north of the Duotan Ridge!" ”

Wang Can arched his hand: "Command!" ”

With Zhao Ziliang's military talent, if it was before, it would be absolutely impossible to give such an order, this Duotanling Mountain is high and dense, and tens of thousands of horses can be ambushed on both sides of the mountain pass, if there is really an enemy army in ambush on the mountain, the threat to the army is too great to climb the Sanyue Ridge overnight, and it is possible to lose a big defeat if you are not careful, but Zhao Ziliang wants to do this on purpose, first let the 3,000 men and horses of the plot to fall first, and then let the 2,000 men and horses of Hu Luju and the 2,000 men and horses of Cesheti continue to explore the road, if there is really an enemy army, after the first three groups of men and horses pass, they will inevitably be killed, Let these three people suffer some losses, deepen the hatred and suspicion between them and the power of the tribe, this is a way that Zhao Ziliang came up with to create contradictions between the surrounding departments, and then act according to the plan in the future, so that they can not reconcile the hatred between these tribes and the power of the tribe, they can only rely on Zhao Ziliang, but they are suspicious of each other, once the two tribes want to fight, he will come out to mediate to stop the big fight between them, but at the same time he turns a blind eye to the small friction between them, All in all, don't let this piece be peaceful.

With Zhao Ziliang's order, the coalition forces went up the mountain in turn, and the first to start climbing the mountain was of course the 3,000 cavalry of the Mouluo Department, the cavalry went up the mountain much slower than the infantry, and could only get off the horse and lead the war horse on foot, and take care of the war horse while climbing the mountain, which was more than twice as slow as the infantry.

Seeing that the sun had set on the horizon, and the front of the three thousand cavalry of the Mouluo Department had climbed halfway up the mountain, Zhao Ziliang thought about it, and found a herald to order: "You go to give orders to the khans of the various departments, just say that it is inconvenient to convey military orders after dark, so use rockets to convey military orders, if there is a red rocket in the sky, it is an enemy attack, and the army in the south of the mountain retreats to the foot of the mountain to defend, and the army that has reached the top of the mountain or the north of the mountain rushes down the slope to the foot of the north of the mountain and then gathers to wait for further orders; If green fireworks appear in the sky, the armies will quickly move closer to the Chinese army, go! ”

"No" the herald promised to immediately convey the military order.

After nightfall, there are more mosquitoes and flies in the wild, the Tang army at the foot of the mountain has not yet begun to go up the mountain is better, the soldiers of the Hu Ju Department who have begun to climb the mountain are staring at the bite of the mosquitoes and forcibly going up the mountain, the mountain forest is dense, and the hot and humid air is permeated, and many of the soldiers of the Hu Ju are tired and out of breath.

After the soldiers of the Hu Ju tribe had gone up the mountain, the soldiers of the Setsheti tribe began to ascend the mountain under the leadership of their female leader, Tun Duo, and the ranks were a bit chaotic, after all, the barbarian army was almost untrained, and it was said that it was an army, but in fact it was a rabble composed of herdsmen, and there was almost no military discipline to speak of, so the shouting, whining, and neighing of horses were mixed.

After more than an hour, the 2,000 men and horses of the Sheti Department all went up the mountainside, Wang Can looked at the torches faintly coming from the mountains at night, and said to Zhao Ziliang: "General, it's time for my department to go up the mountain!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said, "Let the infantry go up the mountain first, and the cavalry will be behind!"

Wang Can felt a little strange about Zhao Ziliang's order, according to the marching conventions, the cavalry was generally the first to take the cavalry as the first and the infantry to the back, but today Zhao Ziliang issued a completely opposite marching order order, he couldn't understand, and he felt inappropriate when he wanted to ask, after all, a military order is a military order, and if there is any doubt, he has to implement it first, so he had to let the herald convey the order!

Soon, the 3,000 infantry began to ascend the hill from the first battalion in turn, but before the vanguard could climb halfway up the mountain, a large amount of fire flashed on the top of the mountain, and the shouts of killing were soon heard, and the soldiers of all armies were shocked.

Wang Can's face also changed drastically, and he exclaimed: "General, it seems that it should be the Sheti Department and the Hu Ju Department that have been ambushed by the enemy!" ”

Cen Shen, who joined the army, said with an awe-inspiring expression: "I'm afraid that not only these two departments were ambushed by the enemy, but also the planning department may not be spared, after all, we can't see the situation in Shanbei!" ”

Wang Can was a little anxious and asked, "General, what should I do now?" ”

Zhao Ziliang frowned and scolded: "What are you panicking about? I see that you haven't fought in years, and you are timid! ”

Wang Can was ashamed of being reprimanded by Zhao Ziliang and lowered his head.

Zhao Ziliang instructed the marching Sima Chen Qing: "Order to launch a red rocket!" Order our infantry not to panic, get out of the way of the mountain trail for friendly troops to withdraw, and if the enemy is pursuing, shoot arrows to cover the friendly troops and block the enemy's pursuit! ”

"Obey!" Chen Qing arched his hand and agreed, and quickly conveyed the order.

I saw a red rocket shot into the sky, and the soldiers of the Setsheti Department and the soldiers of the Hulu Tribe, who were being attacked, began to act separately under the leadership of the leaders of the two divisions, and most of the soldiers of the Setsheti Department were attacked just after going up the mountain, so they immediately retreated to the south of the mountain, and the soldiers of the Hulu Residence Department rushed down the mountain under the leadership of the leader Babuli, but the mountain road was rugged, and the cavalry was difficult to gallop, and many of the soldiers' horses fell down due to the rugged terrain, thus knocking down the people in front, Created a domino effect!

The mountain was full of fire, every soldier on the coalition side was holding a torch when he went up the mountain, and now he was ambushed, many people threw the torches and turned around to flee for their lives, the torches that fell on the ground ignited the rotten wood and dead leaves on the ground, and soon ignited a fire, the strong fire illuminated the top of the mountain and the mountainside, even Zhao Ziliang and others who were at the foot of the mountain could see the situation on the mountainside, the routs of the Sheti Department fled in horror, and the enemy pursuers behind were all proud.

Seeing this situation, Sima Chen Qing couldn't help but worry: "General, if you let the soldiers and horses of the strong troops rush down and kill them, our army is afraid that it will be difficult to resist!" ”

Chen Qing has been in the capital army, has not experienced the real battlefield, lack of actual combat experience, it is inevitable to be a little panicked in this situation, in the military knowledge he has learned, once one side is ambushed, nine times out of ten it will be defeated, his worry is also normal.

However, Zhao Ziliang led the troops with extremely rich combat experience, which he had expected to encounter when he ordered to go up the mountain overnight, so his expression was extremely indifferent, "Don't panic, especially when you encounter an ambush, you can't panic, the situation of the rout soldiers in the Setheti Department may be worse, but our army is strictly trained, although the soldiers are new recruits and have not really experienced the war, but the officers and military leaders are all with the people who have followed my generals for many years, they have rich combat experience, and they are in the formation, You see that the mountain trail is not spacious, it can only accommodate three or four people to pass through when it is widest, and only one person can pass through it when it is narrowest, which makes it impossible for the pursuers to rush down on a large scale, and the troops put on it are not enough to cause a huge momentum of rushing and killing, as long as the men and horses of our army are broken, they can suppress the enemy and prevent them from continuing to pursue."

"The general is wise! The end will be out of reach, admire! Chen Qing said, and sighed again: "I am afraid that the loss of the Sheti Department this time is only big, there are only 2,000 people in total, and it is already considered to burn high incense if 1,500 people can be retreated!" (To be continued.) )