After more than a dozen Dunhuang County officials were controlled by the Zhou army, Li Jing immediately led his army into Dunhuang County, and thousands of Zhou troops began to arrest Li Xun's comrades from house to house, including several of Li Xun's clan brothers and more than a dozen protégés, and the henchmen were wiped out by the Zhou army. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, there were still 2,000 troops missing, and Li Jing asked many county officials and local clans, and they did not know where Li Xun had hidden the army.

Li Jing pondered for a moment, and then ordered: "Bring the Dunhuang County Order up." ”

Not long after, the county commander Jiu Zhongwu was brought to Li Jing, Li Jing looked at him for a moment and asked, "Do you know what I will arrest you?" ”

Jiu Zhongwu nodded, "Of course I know, but the general also arrested innocents. ”

"Like you, right?"

Li Jing sneered, "You knew that Li Xun was going to collude with the Turks and stand on his own, but you didn't report to the court in time, as an official of the imperial court, do you feel that you really have no fault?" ”

Jiu Zhongwu sighed and said, "People are soft-spoken, and it's useless to say it." ”

"Alright! I won't argue with you about this question, it really doesn't make any sense, I came to you to give you a chance to make meritorious service and atone for your crimes, and I hope you can prove that you have nothing to do with Li Xun. ”

Hearing that he could make meritorious service to atone for his sins, Jiu Zhongwu immediately expressed to Li Jing his intention to clear up his relationship with Li Xun.

"The lowly position really has nothing to do with Li Xun, the lowly position is a native of Dunhuang County, of course I don't want to follow him to collude with the Turks, please General Mingjian!"

Of course, Li Jing could not wipe out all the officials of Dunhuang County, even if he appointed Yang Xin as the Taishou, but after all, Yang Xin had left Dunhuang County for more than ten years, and he still hoped to choose a person with a less criminal offense from the local officials to assist Yang Xin, and the county magistrate Jiu Zhongwu was undoubtedly the most suitable person.

Jiu Zhongwu is not Li Xun's fellow party, his crime is not to report it, this crime can be investigated or not, and Li Jing does not intend to investigate when employing people.

Li Jing nodded, "Then the Jiu County Commander should know where Li Xun hid the two thousand soldiers?" ”

Jiu Zhongwu thought for a while and said, "I really know it!" ”

Li Jing was overjoyed, "Where is the army?" ”

"Humble duties need maps!"

Li Jing waved his hand, and immediately a personal soldier spread a map on the table, and Jiu Zhongwu said slowly: "The humble post must first make it clear, the army hiding place is Li Xun's top secret, unless his henchmen, no one knows, the humble post is as the Dunhuang county commander, and some herdsmen complained to the humble post, saying that the army built a large camp to occupy his pasture, and the humble post knew that Li Xun secretly built a military camp, and Li Xun never told me about it." ”

"I can understand this, please say it in the county order!"

Jiu Zhongwu pointed to the river on the map and said: "This river is called Ganquan River, which is the mother river of Dunhuang, which is formed by the meltwater of Daxue Mountain, passes through the outside of Dunhuang City, and flows all the way to the north, forming more than a dozen lakes of all sizes, such as Dajingze, Forty Lize, Yanchi, Xinghubo, etc., a military camp I know is here!" ”

Jiu Zhongwu pointed to the north of Osawa, "Between Osawa and Forty Rizawa, there is a very hidden pasture in it, the entrance is very small, and after walking two miles, there is a long and narrow shepherd, surrounded by forests, which is difficult to find outside, but can be seen in the lake." ”

Li Jing looked at the map carefully, and it was half a day's journey from Dunhuang County, so he said to Jiu Zhongwu: "Please send a guide to me from Jiu County, and I will use cavalry to exterminate it." ”

Jiu Zhongwu said sincerely: "The general must annihilate them all, once they flee to the Western Turks for help, they are afraid of bringing unwarranted disasters to Dunhuang." ”

Li Jing nodded, turned around and shouted, "Quickly let General Qin Yong come to see me!" ”

........

Like Xiutuze in Wuwei County, Dajingze was formed by melting snow from the Qilian Mountains, but it is not a complete lake, but is composed of dozens of lakes, large and small, with large forests and patches of small pastures distributed between the lakes.

There is a small pasture between Iozawa and Shirizawa, about a few hundred acres in size, and only a thousand sheep can be placed at most, surrounded by a forest along the edge of the lake, and there is a very narrow entrance at the north and south ends, making this pasture very hidden.

By this time, however, the pasture had been turned into a barracks, and dozens of rows of houses, as well as a row of stables and warehouses, had been built in the pastures, where 2,000 soldiers were stationed in very secluded positions.

The barracks were invisible from the periphery, surrounded by forests, and there were sentries hidden at the entrances on both sides, so no idlers were allowed to enter.

At noon, a section of dead wood floated on the lake, gradually approaching the shore, at this time, two heads were exposed from behind the dead wood, it was two Zhou army scouts, he did not go ashore, in the lake you can see the situation in the barracks through the cracks in the woods, the soldiers are eating, groups of soldiers gathered together, there are talking and laughing, lively and abnormal, these soldiers are the clothes of the former Sui army, but there are several groups of soldiers on the very edge are more special, obviously they are all grassland Hu people, wearing leather armor and cloaks, it is estimated that this is the three hundred Shatuo people.

The two scouts watched for a moment, then dived into the water, and the dead wood on the lake continued to drift south, and in a short time they came ashore on the south, changed their clothes in the woods, and rode on their horses to the southwest.

Qin Yong served as the main general of this attack, and after several years of war training, Qin Yong has been promoted to the general of Huyalang, and can lead the army in an independent battle.

At this time, he led 5,000 cavalry to hide in a forest about ten miles away from Osawa.

This time to Zhou Jun as a guide is the original owner of this grassland, surnamed Zhang, is a little old man in his fifties, because of the honesty, the surrounding neighbors call him Zhang Laoshi, the grassland between the two lakes is the property left by his father, he raised sheep in the grassland for a living, but was forcibly occupied by Li Xun as a military camp, he ran to the county to complain, but was warned by Li Xun that he dared to make trouble again, and would never spare his whole family, Zhang Laoshi was frightened, and never dared to mention the pasture.

Not daring to mention the pasture did not mean that he was willing to lose his ancestral property, so when the Zhou army asked him to be a guide, he behaved very actively, he specially drew a very detailed map, and let the Zhou army scouts scout information from the water is also his suggestion.

He was telling Qin Yong about the terrain around him, "The general can follow this forest all the way to the northwest, and there is a naturally formed forest path in the middle, and you can approach the entrance of the grassland. ”

"How far is the approach, be specific!" Qin Yong asked again.

"Approximately.... About two miles or so. ”

Qin quickly calculated in his heart, the distance of two miles is not too far, and it can be killed in a moment, but the problem is that the sound of horses' hooves will inevitably alarm the enemy, and he asked again: "Where is the exit of the grassland?" ”

"Here, here it is!"

Zhang Laoshi pointed to the map he had drawn by himself and said, "We want to bypass Oitzawa and be north of Oizawa." ”

Qin Yong nodded, and at this time, a soldier in the distance said, "The scout is back." ”

The two scouts walked quickly in front of Qin Yong, knelt down on one knee and reported, "See General Qin!" ”

"Did you spot the enemy?"

"General Qiyu, we found the enemy army, about 2,000 people, and also saw the Shatuo people mentioned by the general, they are stationed in the northernmost part, about 300 people."

Qin Yong thought for a while, and said to the deputy general next to him, Ding Kewu: "Both sides must have troops, I will lead 2,000 people to the north exit to set up an ambush, please ask General Ding to lead 3,000 people to attack directly from the south, and the attack time will be set at one watch." ”

Ding Kewu is a Tang general who surrendered to the Zhou army in the Battle of Hetao, and the current general Yingyanglang, about forty years old, is relatively stable, Li Jing asked him to be Qin Yong's deputy general, but he was also worried that Qin Yong was young and vigorous.

Ding Kewu said with a smile: "It's better for the general to be in charge of the attack, and go to the north to set up a net, what does the general think?" ”

Of course, Qin Yong couldn't ask for it, so he smiled and said: "Then it's a word, let's divide the troops!" ”

Ding Kewu led 2,000 cavalry around the lake, while Qin Yong, led by his guide, led 3,000 cavalry along a path in the forest towards the entrance of the grassland.......

The time gradually came to a watch, the barracks on the grassland also quieted down, the lights had long been extinguished, most of the soldiers fell asleep, but the dozen soldiers deployed at the entrance of the grassland did not rest, still patrolling back and forth, from time to time vigilantly looking at the forest in the distance, at this moment, there was a rumbling vibration sound in the distance, as if rolling through the thunder on the horizon, more than a dozen soldiers looked into the distance, under the moonlight, only to see a black line appear at the edge of the forest.

"It's cavalry!"

The leading soldiers shouted, turned around and ran towards the camp, and the rest of the patrol soldiers also turned around and fled, "The Zhou army is here!" Zhou Jun is coming! ”

They shouted loudly, and the soldiers on the watchtower in the meadow heard the shout and immediately sounded the alarm, "Dang! While! While! The shrill bells rang on the shore of the lake, and the sleeping soldiers were awakened one after another, and they were so frightened that many of them rushed out of the barracks before they had time to put on their armor.

At this time, the cavalry of the Zhou army slaughtered into the grassland like a flood, and Qin took the lead with a single horse, wielding a single-handled sledgehammer like flying, killing into the chaotic enemy group, and smashed over more than a dozen people in an instant.

The cavalry of the Zhou army was very disciplined, and they quickly cut and surrounded the enemy in the confusion in a team of 100 people, and shouted: "Surrender to avoid death!" Surrender or die! (To be continued.) )