Su Chengdong's actions can be called huge, and the actual size of the Liaodong Army, which is only 50,000, gives people the illusion that more than 100,000 Liaodong troops are pouring out.

This is a risky behavior, in order to create this illusion, Su Chengdong changed his previous style, and divided the forces in his hands very scattered, so that the Turks could not figure out how big their scale was, so that the Turks would think that his actual size was far more than 50,000 according to his usual use of troops. However, once this situation is counterattacked by the Tuqi, it will be difficult to gather troops in time, and it is entirely possible that the opponent will break through each and cause a great rout.

Su Chengdong actually did this for two purposes, firstly, to spread out his troops to more effectively attack the Tuqi tribes that were originally scattered all over the place, and to send the news to Abicheril's ears faster; Secondly, he thought that his method could hide from other people's eyes, but it was impossible to hide from Abicheril's eyes, and this deliberately flaw could allow Abicialir to launch an all-out attack and win valuable time for Liu Xianzhi's main attack.

Some historians of later generations say that Su Chengdong did not hesitate to sacrifice himself for this combat operation, which is unfair. In fact, there is a premise for Su Chengdong to do such a risky thing, he opened a huge intelligence network, and reported to him all the changes in the Tuqi at any time, once the Tuqi sent troops, he could get the news as soon as possible, and at the same time he also formulated a complete retreat plan, and he did not need to completely gather troops to retreat in the direction of Liaodong, and complete the assembly of troops in the movement. The senior generals who later learned of his battle plan all praised him for this plan, and all said that if his plan was carried out and succeeded, it would be a miracle in military history. It's a pity that history cannot be changed, and in the end, Su Chengdong's plan has no chance to be implemented at all, because Abicheril does not have the strategy of attacking the West in the Silk Country.

When he first learned that the Liaodong Army had sent troops, Abicialir was indeed a little panicked, because it was indeed unexpected. The Silk Country's active attack disrupted his inner plan. However, after learning more about the offensive posture of the Liaodong Army, Abicheril gradually regained his composure. As Su Chengdong expected, his bluff could not hide from Abicheril's eyes, Abichelil was keenly aware that if Su Chengdong was not bluffing, then he must have 120,000 or more troops, if this is true, then the entire Liaodong region will be completely empty, with Su Chengdong's character, it is impossible to ignore his own governance and attack Tuqi with all his might, then it can be determined that Su Chengdong must be bluffing.

But why did Su Chengdong do this? In the eyes of others, this may be an excellent offensive opportunity, but Abicil does not think so, because Su Chengdong's behavior is too abnormal. Regardless of whether he deliberately put on such a big flaw or not, as long as his troops immediately perceive the reality of the Liaodong Army as soon as they come into contact with it, the biggest possibility is that Su Chengdong hopes to attract his army to the east, then the main force of Tuqi will be pinned down in the east, is it planning to sneak attack from other directions?

With this suspicion in his heart, Abicheril began to pay more attention to the information coming from other directions, and as expected, he soon got the information he wanted—there was an abnormality in the movement of the Taiyuan Jingluo Mansion.

Judging from the return of the troops who went to the south to plunder, the defense force of Taiyuan Jingluo Mansion was a little unbelievably strong, and there was even an intention to raise troops to outflank the Tuqi troops from the Flying Fox Pass. Generally speaking, Liu Xianzhi's troops will rarely attack from the Flying Fox Pass, because if they go out of the Flying Fox Pass, they can quickly cut off the rear road of the Tukchi army in front of Taiyuan Mansion and force the Tukchi to retreat, but this also means that the Tukchi army that has nothing to gain in the Taiyuan direction will seek opportunities in other directions, which will undoubtedly cause trouble for friendly forces. Therefore, Liu Xianzhi and his predecessor Xue Boren adopted the same tactics, that is, to stick the Tukchi army to their defensive front, and if they could lure the enemy deeper, they would seek an opportunity to annihilate the small group of lone troops, and if they couldn't, they would be entangled with the Tukchi army, and when the harsh winter came, the Tukchi had to retreat. Liu Xianzhi's abnormal behavior is nothing more than to force back the invading army as soon as possible, so what will be the purpose? Obviously, he didn't want the news of his army to be learned too quickly by Tuqi!

It must be so! Abiciel was so sure in his mind. If Liu Yan, Xue Boren and the others could know about Abicheril's inner activities at this moment, I am afraid they would regret it, because their plan was actually understood by their opponents from some small actions.

After fulfilling his strategic judgment, Abicilil's plan of action suddenly took shape: he ordered the Tukchi army to march immediately to the east. But this is also a bluff, on the surface it seems that the 80,000 Tuqi army is marching eastward, but in fact, every night there is a 10,000-person cavalry team quietly rushing back, leaving the pack horses to continue to go east, creating the illusion that the army is still heading eastward, and after eight days, all the Tuqi army suddenly disappeared, but the news has already reached Su Chengdong's ears. Being able to hide from the enemy for eight days is enough to see the enemy's true intentions.

It can be said that after Abiciel saw through the strategic intentions of the Silk Country, he also used a tactic to deal with the Silk Country's sound and west, but the difference is that his tactical action was successful. Although Su Chengdong ravaged these places because he did not take rescue operations against the eastern tribes at all, and suffered heavy losses to the eastern Tuqi, which had never experienced the baptism of war in the country of silk, Su Chengdong's feint did not achieve any strategic achievements at all, so that Liu Xianzhi's offensive direction endured almost 100% of the main force of the Tui.

Before the 80,000 troops of Tuqi could be reassembled, Abicheril received the news that Liu Xianzhi had sent troops. Liu Xianzhi is worthy of being a general who is proficient in the art of war, once the army is dispatched, its speed of action is beyond imagination, even if the main force he leads is infantry, but he has been preparing for this battle for more than a year, he used a large number of oxen, horses, mules and carts to travel, so that the infantry of the country of silk doubled the speed of action, according to this speed he only needs about twenty days to cross the desert, forming a threat to Tuqi.

It's a pity that Abicil was not attracted to the far east as he wished, but on the edge of the desert, after learning the news, Abicialir decided to rest in place for two days, waiting for the arrival of 80,000 troops, and then the whole army went south, in the desert to give Liu Xianzhi a lesson.

As a result, a famous battle recorded in history broke out - the Battle of Mobei. (To be continued.) )