Chapter 46: On the eve of the surprise attack

Along the way, Li Kuan sent several soldiers in front as scouts, and finally avoided several Turkic armies and more than a dozen Turkic tribes without danger, traveled all the way through the grassland, and finally hurried back to the border of the Tang Dynasty after nearly half a month.

At this time, Li Jing had already rushed to the Dingxiang area, and Jieli's army was still delayed by Tang Jian in Dingxiang City. This made Li Jing very happy, now it has entered the winter moon, which is the coldest time of the year, and the goose feathers and snow are floating in the sky, and they are not stopping. The snow on the ground has submerged to the calves, and the war horse has been unable to move forward, which is one of the reasons why the Turks are still staying in Dingxiang, because when it snows, the snowflakes have not yet formed a piece, and the war horse is very easy to fall into it, as long as the snow stops and the snow condenses, the war horse can go on the road again.

The sky will be dark, the sky covered with lead clouds will gradually darken, and the black night is like the bottom of a cauldron, and the black fingers cannot be seen. Even the snow was not reflective, and in Li Jing's military camp, the leading generals of the left and right guards were here.

Li Jinggao sat in the first place, followed by Li Xiaogong, the king of Jiangxia, as well as Li Shiji, Chai Shao, Niu Jinda and other generals, and Zhang Baoxiang sat at the bottom. Among them, Li Daozong is Li Er's cousin, and Li Xiaogong, another important minister of the clan, is the highest representative of the Li family in the government and the opposition in addition to Li Er's family. This Jiangxia king has a son and a daughter, his son Li Jingheng and his daughter Li Xueyan. Li Jingheng may not be very familiar to everyone, but Li Xueyan is a big name, and this county lord is the princess Wencheng later.

Now Li Jing began to assign tasks, and Chai Shao was arranged to guard the camp. And the rest of them had no other tasks, and all stayed in the camp and waited. This made these generals puzzled, could they do nothing. Will you be able to win the war?

So this meeting ended without a hitch, but in the middle of the night, Li Jing quietly summoned the generals and arranged another action appointment: Chai Shao took 5,000 soldiers to guard the camp, and to prepare tents, stoves, ginger soup and other things to ward off the cold. It will be of great use when the army returns.

Niu Jinda, Li Shiji led the main force of the Chinese army as a response, and set off two days later. Straight to the ground. And Li Jing himself, together with Li Daozong, led the most elite soldiers in the 3,000 army, preparing to set off at night tonight and attack Dingxiang City.

This time. Li Jing is a dangerous move. He was gambling, betting that the Turks would let their guard down when it was snowing heavily, and that Tang Jian would make the Turks believe that the Tang army was still hundreds of miles away and had no ability to attack them.

That night, in the camp of Li Jing's army, countless men and horses were quietly moving, and the planks loaded on the ox carts were unloaded and then assembled into plough racks one by one. Layers of fur and quilts were spread, and the soldiers did just that. Then the two war horses drove out of the gate of the camp and went straight in the direction of Dingxiang City.

Just when Li Jing led the people to prepare for a surprise attack on Dingxiang City, in Dingxiang City, in Jieli's golden wolf camp, Jieli was holding a glass of mare's milk wine on the grassland, and was laughing and talking with a middle-aged scribe in a green shirt: "Haha...... Mr. Tang, you see, my Turkic warrior is much stronger than the weak little body of you Tang people! He was dressed in a splendid fur coat and wore a mink hat with purple fluff on the brim and a fluffy fur like a squirrel's tail hanging from the back of his head. At this time, he was holding a wine bowl, pointing to the two sturdy figures wrestling in the arena and asked Tang Jian.

"Haha...... The Great Khan smiled, my Datang is a state of etiquette, and most of the people in the country are full of classics, but there are few strong warriors like this! Tang Jian's face did not change, and he replied with a smile. This is cleverly replied, saying that the Tang people are full of sage knowledge, so there are no such strong people, that is to say, the Turks, you guys are not educated by the sages, and they are some barbarians who only have muscles in their heads. But this scolding word was packaged by Tang Jian like this, but it was said with great joy.

"Haha...... Mr. Tang is really high-minded! My Turkic warriors fought against the beasts of the steppe, against the bad weather, and against the soft-footed shrimp-like army of your Datang Dynasty, and cultivated a strong physique, in order to one day conquer the Huahua world of the Central Plains! Jieli did not hide his ambition at all, of course, because he was confident that Tang Jian, a literati, would not be able to get any news from his heavily guarded golden wolf camp.

At this moment, a Turkic man hurriedly walked in from outside, and said some Turkic words in Jieli's ear, and suddenly Jieli's face changed, put down the wine bowl in his hand, stood up and walked out, without even saying hello to Tang Jian.

Jieli left like this, leaving Tang Jian alone in the tent, and the Turks around him suddenly did not perform, but stared at him coldly, and their eyes did not hide their hostility at all, looking at him murderously, as if they wanted to kill him with their eyes.

Tang Jian didn't seem to see the appearance of these people, but drank the mare's milk wine in his cup unhurriedly: "Tut...... This thing is really powerful, and it has a different flavor compared to the spirits in my Datang Wine Immortal! So saying, he got up and walked outside, going back to his tent.

Walking out of the camp tent, several Tang soldiers guarding the door immediately guarded Tang Jian in the middle, and then walked towards a gorgeous camp tent next to him. Speaking of which, Tang Jian did not receive any cold reception in this Dingxiang City, although Jieli was proud and conceited, but because of the influence of Princess Yicheng, he still knew a lot about the culture of the Han family.

Walking into his tent, Tang Jian's face immediately fell: "Everyone, get ready to save your life!" Although Jieli admires the culture of the Central Plains, but it is confirmed that it is an authentic Turkic people, so our safety is not guaranteed, and now the shape is very unfavorable to us, just now the Turks got the battle report, what kind of wolf demon appeared on the grassland, can drive the wolves to fight, in this more than a month has been wiped out on the grassland several tribes, and the direction of the wolf demon is towards the Turkic king's tent, I am afraid we will be affected! Tang Jian said to the soldiers guarding him with a stern expression.

"Our duty is to protect our husband, how can we each put our husband's safety at risk for the sake of his life! Before our brother died, Sir was absolutely safe! The leader of the guards said.

"No, what I'm saying is that everyone must try their best to live, and we will watch Generalissimo Li Jing sweep away the Turks!" Tang Jian no longer said anything to himself, but changed the topic and said.

"Of course, if you die, you will really wipe out the Turks in this Dingxiang city! Let's wait and see how the Turks escape! It's just that we also have to be on guard and prepare some means to save our lives first! So saying, the chief of the guard went up and looked into the tent, and when he saw the sheepskin mattress spread on the ground, he immediately took notice.

Tang Jian and the others began to prepare measures to save their lives, but Jieli saw a dusty Turk outside the camp where the Turks were stationed at this time.

When the man saw Jieli, he immediately knelt down and saluted, and then spoke Turkic and told Jieli something. As he spoke, the Turk began to cry like a child under the age of one.

"Okay, what's the use of crying, your tribe is ruined, stay under my tent and listen to errands! There's no shortage of you! When this snow stops, I will make the Tang people pay for their blood debts! Jieli also said this to the Turkic man in Turkic.

The Turkic man who said these words was very excited, and he kowtowed his head to Jieli until his forehead was bleeding, and Jieli pulled him up: "You tell me carefully now, what kind of ability does this wolf demon have besides being able to control the wolves?" ”

In this way, the Turks began to tell Jieli about the attack on the camp by wolves and demons that had befallen him. In the entire tribe of 1,000 people, he was the only one who was lucky enough to escape here, and the rest of his life did not see anyone dead or dead. I don't know how many people in their tribe are still alive now.

Jieli listened to the Turkic man's speech, his fists were clenched tightly, and his eyes were burning with raging flames: "Wolf Demon, no matter who you are, if you give me a Turk, I Jieli will definitely find it back ten times and a hundred times in the body of your Tang people!" ”

The dark night could not stop Jieli's eyes full of vengeful flames, he seemed to see through the distance of thousands of miles, and saw the people who were wreaking havoc on the grassland with countless Longines, there were not many people in the group, only two or three hundred people, but each of them could pull out the three-stone strong bow, and each of them was a first-class marksman. Riding his horse and galloping across his territory, with torches and knives, ravaging his people.

"Pass on my military order, the whole army cultivates its spirit, wait until the snow stops for me to rush into the Tang Dynasty, this time we will slaughter the city!" We will burn down their houses, rob them of their food and belongings, kill all their men, take back their women, and make all our Turkic warriors happy! Jieli shouted loudly, and the voice was passed on by the rest of the high-ranking generals, and the whole Turkic camp began to rest, and the soldiers shed their leather armor, and their scimitars were put away, and hung on the pillars of the tents. Soon after, there was a burst of snoring from the entire camp.

"My lord, the heavens want this Turkic people to perish, and they actually slept like this at this time! If the marshal led the army to attack the camp at this time, he would definitely be able to break the Turks! The guard commander whispered beside Tang Jian.

"This is not necessarily a blessing, I don't know where Generalissimo Li Jing has arrived at this time, if you can't catch it, it will be too late, and this Turkic will invade the Tang border pass when the snow stops! Alas!! Tang Jian didn't have the slightest optimism, but frowned! (To be continued......)