Chapter 193: Desert Treasure Hunting
There are two routes to attack the Western Turks, the first is to directly enter the Western Turkic territory, through Hami to the Western Turkic court, this road is the most direct and the most convenient. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
However, since the Western Turks focused on guarding against the Tang Dynasty, they had to pass through the military town of Hami on this route, and there were several small garrison points on the road before that. One of them was the troops under the command of the Chief.
Now that the Tang army is suddenly attacking, the Western Turks are indeed defenseless, and it is not a problem to uproot the Western Turkic military fortresses along the line, even if the Western Turkic defenders in Hami can do it.
However, the territory of the Western Turks is vast, and the Tang army attacked Hami, and the news will definitely leak, and the main force of the Tang army will travel from Hami to the Western Turkic royal court, which is a long way, and during this time, it will be able to make the Western Turks do a good job. At that time, the Western Turkic armies will gather, and there is a possibility that a confrontation will ensue. The Tang army went on an expedition with labor divisions, but there was a shortage of food and grass, and the strength of the army was not superior, so there was a danger that the whole army would be destroyed.
The other road is a long way, and there will be two countries on the way, one is Yanqi and the other is Gaochang.
Yanqi was northeast of Yumen Pass, while the Western Turks were northwest of Yumen Pass, and the Tang army attacked Yanqi, which seemed to be contrary to its goal. But because of this, the strategic intentions of the Tang army were more hidden.
After the capture of Yanqi, the Tang army could make a detour, cross Lop Nur, and go straight to the capital of Gaochang Kingdom, which was only 200 miles away from Gaochang Kingdom to the Western Turkic royal court, and the army could reach it within two days. The Gaochang State was attached to the Western Turks, and in the direction of the Gaochang State, the Western Turks were basically undefended.
This was the battle attempt of Li Su, the king of Liang.
In the evening, the army entered the Kumtag Desert. Before that, the area through which the army passed was a half-Gobi and half-desert area, and the roads were easy to navigate, but compared to the real desert, it was still very easy.
Zhao Dashan led special forces and guides to open the way in front, and the troops of the border guards of the Tang Army of Su Dingfang, the troops of the Eastern Turk Ashina Zhong, the troops of the Tiele Department of Qibi Zheluo, the Chinese troops of the Liang King Li Su, and the Turkic troops of Ashina Qing advanced in turn.
The moon hangs high in the night sky, and the moonlight is like water, draped over the quiet desert.
The army marched silently, but there was an incongruous sound in Li Su's carriage. Du He, Cheng Chumo and the others couldn't help but laugh and opened the distance between them and his carriage.
It turned out that Li Su felt that the whole day's march was very boring, and he was young after all, and he was a little nervous about the upcoming war, and he also wanted to vent and relieve the pressure.
The temperature in the desert at night was very low, so he hugged the yarn to keep warm. Caisha's young body exuded the fragrance of virginity, which made the prince who was not by the princess's side move. So he picked the yarn on the carriage and corrected the Dharma on the spot.
Yesterday evening, Ashina Qing came to look for yarn, Du He and Yang Kang stopped her, and did not let her get close to the carriage, saying that the prince was busy and had no time to see her. Ashina couldn't understand the essentials and left depressed.
The next day, Ashina Qing saw Cai Sha and asked her what she was busy with yesterday? Caisha's face was crimson, and she didn't answer. Ash Naqing has no experience, and is very puzzled, feeling that yarn picking is very mysterious.
The daytime temperature in the desert was very high, and the army camped early before 9 o'clock.
At noon, the temperature was as high as 40 degrees or more, Cai Sha opened the refrigerator, frowned and said, "Lord Wang, there are no cold drinks." It turned out that although his refrigerator was not small, there were more foodies such as Du He and Cheng Chumo outside, and he took the initiative to send a lot to Ashinaqing, and the refrigerator quickly bottomed out.
Li Su said to Cai Sha: "You go to Ashinaqing to stay for a while, I have some things to deal with alone." ”
Cai Sha looked at the dazzling sunlight outside, and said a little reluctantly: "Lord, at noon, Her Royal Highness the princess must be resting, so don't disturb others." "It's so hot outside that she's a little reluctant to move.
Li Su smiled: "You, she still has ice cream there." You can still eat when you go, but if you go late, you will be gone. ”
Cai Yarn was very well-behaved, and when he saw Li Su insisting, he got out of the car and left.
Li Su said: "Open the door with sesame seeds." ”
The system said: "Boy, I knew you were looking for me, you want a cold drink, take the silver." ”
Li Su said: "Okay, you can." You just fill the fridge to the brim. As he spoke, he took out the gold bar.
The system likes this kind of express mail, and he smiled: "Boy, hurry up, I'll send it to you again." ”
Li Su rolled his eyes and said, "This time I will eat secretly and enjoy it slowly, and I won't look for you for the time being." ”
The system laughed and stopped talking.
The express mail will also take an hour, and Li Su is about to eat it, so he feels even hotter, so he takes out ice cubes from the refrigerator and rubs them on his forehead.
An hour later, Li Su couldn't wait to open the refrigerator. The system was absolutely punctual and the fridge was already full. He couldn't wait to pull out a bottle of Coke and drink it. "Hiss", a cool breath from the top of the head to the soles of the feet, so refreshing.
"Dashuai." At this moment, Du Ho opened the curtain.
Li Su hurriedly hid the Coke in his hand back, but Du He's sharp eyes had already seen it, he got into the carriage directly, and said with a smile: "Dashuai, you are not righteous, there are good things to steal for your own enjoyment, and you are still not a brother." ”
Li Su was very depressed, he knew that Du He ate it, and then Cheng Chumo and Yang Kang were them, these guys were too strong in combat, and their stock would be gone again in a short time.
Du He didn't wait for him to answer, he directly opened the refrigerator, and he said loudly: "Dashuai, there are so many in your refrigerator." "It's so loud that I'm afraid that others won't hear it.
Sure enough, the curtain was lifted, and the heads of Cheng Chumo, Yang Kang and others came in.
In less than ten minutes, half of the box was gone.
In the evening, the army set out again.
The night was gentle, and His Royal Highness King Liang's carriage began to vibrate again. Du He smiled: "This guy, today is the second time, and he is in good health." ”
In the second half of the night, Li Su woke up, looked at the yarn in his arms, and couldn't help it, so the carriage began to vibrate again.
Li Su was shaking the carriage, but he felt that the carriage was shaking even more, and thought: "Am I so powerful, why is the carriage shaking so badly?" ”
At this time, people outside shouted that the horses were neighing. Someone shouted, "Be careful, the Black Storm is coming." ”
Li Su hurriedly got dressed and jumped out of the carriage.
Before entering the desert, the army had already done training to prepare for desert storms, and many grassland soldiers had experience in preventing desert storms. After feeling the wind rising in the desert, they sensed the danger of a storm according to the wind speed and immediately prepared according to the plan.
Li Su hid behind a windshield wall surrounded by camels, and watched the black smoke billowing in the distance, pressing towards a high wall.