The steppe people are worthy of being masters of horse taming. When these steppe cavalry were in ambush, their horses were able to lie flat on the ground and wait quietly.www.biquge.info At this time, these ambush soldiers pulled up their horses, mounted their horses and prepared to charge.

Li Ji had been in battle for a long time, and he immediately found that the number of enemies was much higher than his own men and horses, and he had already observed the surrounding terrain just now, and immediately took the lead and rushed to the edge of the small river.

The river has a good view, so you can avoid being attacked by hidden enemies. This is just one of the reasons why Li Ji chose this place.

Another reason was that the creek, although it did not seem to be deep, could block the passage of cavalry, so that they could avoid fighting on all sides. It is possible to concentrate forces against the enemy on three other sides.

When he came to the edge of the river, Li Ji immediately ordered a formation and prepared to meet the enemy. The soldiers had been in battle for a long time, and when they saw the figure of the enemy, they were in high spirits and eager for the arrival of the battle.

"Kill", the enemy rushed over, about 500-600 cavalrymen, brandishing scimitars and howling.

Li Ji looked at the enemy's cavalry coldly, remained silent, and when the enemy entered 100 steps, he raised his hand, and at 70 steps, his hand fell down. The soldiers began to fire arrows.

These veterans were highly skilled in archery, and the first row of arrows was fired, and the enemy fell in a row. The officers and men fired extremely fast, and in an instant they fired another row of arrows.

The enemy who rushed in front was shot in pieces, and the momentum stopped, and the soldiers shot the third arrow. Li Jing yelled: "Rush! "Took the lead and rushed out.

The officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty followed Li Ji into the enemy group, and the two sides fought desperately.

Although the number of the enemy was large, when they came into contact with the officers and men of the Tang Dynasty, they often formed a situation in which the Tang soldiers were beaten by two to one.

After all, the enemy is a herdsman, and although he is brave, he is much inferior to the professional killers of the regular army, who practice killing skills all day long.

It didn't take long for the officers and men of the Tang Dynasty to gain the upper hand, and the enemy was killed and wounded more than 100 people and retreated.

Li Ji didn't chase and kill, because he still had to observe, and he didn't know if there were any other enemies besides these leaked enemies.

He gave the order to retreat to the creek and prepare for another enemy attack.

He was very depressed, he felt that although his number was large, he was probably not the opponent of the Tang army, so he discussed it with the leader of the team and decided to change his tactics, relying on the large number of people, and using bows and arrows to consume the Tang army.

The Xue Yantuo people were divided into dozens of squads, and they took turns to rush towards the Tang army and shoot arrows at them.

When the officers and men of Tang saw the enemy's change of tactics, they were all overjoyed.

The bow and arrow of the Tang army was a standard weapon, with a strong and powerful bow body, a long range, a sharp arrow, and a straight shaft. Neither the range nor the accuracy can be compared to the opponent's shoddy bow and arrow.

The officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were all wearing Mingguang armor with strong protection, and the important parts could not be pierced by the opponent's arrows. However, only a few of the Xue Yantuo people wore leather armor, and most of them had no armor.

The results of the two sides were not long in coming. The Tang army suffered almost no casualties, and the Xue Yantuo people lost dozens more.

At this time, Li Ji had already seen the enemy's strength clearly, and was ready to take the initiative to attack, quickly defeat the enemy, and hurry up.

At this moment, an unexpected situation happened to him - the enemy ran away!

But Li Ji couldn't be happy—all the enemies ran into the artemisia grass in front of them and disappeared.

It turned out that although there were many people who saw him, he was not the opponent of the Tang Army. His goal was not to eliminate these Tang troops, he was just to prevent Li Ji from going to the royal court of the Tiele Tribe.

So, he commanded the Xue Yantuo people to burrow into the artemisia grass and prepare to attack the Tang army inside.

Fighting head-on with the enemy, Li Ji was not afraid at all. However, to find the Xue Yantuo people who are familiar with the terrain from the one-person-tall Artemisia Grass is not his strong point. Tang Jun rushed in, and he was only beaten.

Li Ji was worried that the enemy still had reinforcements coming, so he pondered for a moment, led people back to the original road, and prepared to break away from the enemy army first, and make a detour to the royal court of Tiele Division.

He didn't chase after him, but just sent someone to follow Li Ji secretly.

Besides, Li Su and the others were desperately hurrying non-stop.

Du He was a little puzzled and asked, "Brother Xuan, the Dark Cloud Khan didn't say what was going on, there's no need to rush so hard, right?" ”

Li Su said: "Wuyun was on the way to Chang'an, and he was temporarily called back, which must be a tricky matter." Otherwise, there was no need for her to rush back to deal with it. Before leaving, my father said that the current affairs on the grassland are the biggest things in the Tang Dynasty, which are related to the long-term peace and stability of the imperial court. Therefore, we must not slack off. ”

Du He and the others stopped making a noise and followed him to continue their journey.

The royal court of the Tiele tribe, the sweat tent of the dark clouds.

"Khan, it's not good, something big is wrong." Chi Zhiluo's brother-in-law, Ma Hangu, hurriedly came in to report with a pigtail on the top of his head. He is now the head of the guard of the Khibi Clouds.

Qibi Wuyun asked, "Calm down, what the hell is going on, talk slowly." ”

"Someone heard that Li Ji, the governor of the Tang Dynasty Yinshan Metropolitan Protectorate, has led a large army towards our royal court, and they want to join forces with Su Dingfang's Tang army to forcibly disarm the Tiele Department. If the Tiele tribe does not comply, they will wash the royal court in blood. ”

The elders in the sweat tent all blew up, and they shouted and fought with Tang Jun.

After all, Qibi Wuyun was young and slightly flustered, and she asked, "Great Elder, what do you think of this news?" ”

Qi Bi Zhangjun had been through the storm for a long time, and he was a little skeptical about the accuracy of this news, and he asked, "Ma Hangu, where did you get this news from?" ”

Ma Hangu said: "I heard from a merchant who came from the Tuli Department, and he said that many people have seen it, and Li Ji, the governor of the capital, is coming here with tens of thousands of Tang troops. ”

Prime Minister Zhen Denan said: "Khan, Great Elder. My opinion is that this news is extremely likely, because the number of Tang troops here is not large, and it is normal for them to send reinforcements.

Now, it's not a question of whether they have reinforcements, but how we can protect ourselves. ”

Elder Huerle said: "The prime minister is right, now, there are 4,000 Tang troops in Su Dingfang here, and even if Li Ji's Tang army is 10,000, they are less than 15,000 people, and we must mobilize more than 30,000 troops to prevent them from using force." ”

Qibi Zhangjun said: "It's okay, let's protect ourselves first, and then wait for the verdict of Tian Khan (Li Shimin)." ”

Elder Huerle said, "It's too late to go to the Heavenly Khan now. ”

At this time, the Qibi dark cloud, who had already calmed down, said: "In time, Li Ji and they will definitely report to the Heavenly Khan." ”

"The Khan is right, I have ignored this. ”

Qibi Wuyun said: "That's it, mobilize immediately and gather troops. It is under the unified command of the Great Elder Qi Bi Zhangjun. As a last resort, there can be no conflict with the Don Army. ”

In the barracks, Su Dingfang took the same countermeasures as the dark clouds, striving to protect himself and avoid conflicts.

However, the unexpected happened.