…… At dusk, the Turkic camp.

In the tent was still Umidon and his old military division.

Just now Ashnake came in to report that almost all the 5,000 cavalry sent out to "lure the enemy into depth" were killed, and less than 100 remnants of the defeated army escaped. And the Tang army was actually encamped on the outskirts of the Ikono Gorge, and had no intention of entering the canyon.

Umiden's face was pale, and his sunken eye sockets were full of murderous aura, which was indeed unexpected by him, it could be said to be a head-on blow, the five thousand cavalry were Ashinake's elite generals, and this mission was only responsible for "luring the enemy", with the mobility of that cavalry, it would not be annihilated by the entire Tang army.

And what Ashnake meant in his mouth was that the Tang army was well-equipped, and according to the reports of the fleeing cavalry, there was a special bow battalion in the Tang army, and the arrow feathers were extremely dense, even if they were fully armed, it was difficult to resist, and the arrow feathers only concentrated fire to attack the middle of the array, so that the formation of five thousand cavalry was scattered, and as a result, they were outflanked and encircled, and there was no chance of resistance.

Umiden did not attack on the spot, in his opinion, it was obvious that this cavalry did not lure the enemy according to his orders, but fought hard, he knew that trying to annihilate a cavalry unit was tantamount to a fool's dream, and he could only think that Ashinake's henchmen were derelict in their duties.

Even with such a violent temper, Umiden did not go crazy on the spot, and there were many places where Ashinake was used next, and since then, the Tang army was not as eager and greedy as he thought, and what made him curious was that the young horse did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but chose to camp on the periphery of the canyon.

Tactically speaking, the first task of an expeditionary army is to fight quickly, the more it delays, the more it will give the other side enough breathing space, and the Tang army is difficult to take care of this time, and the invasion of Tibet must have confused the military spirit of this expeditionary army to a certain extent, Ge Shuhan's lieutenants are all battle-hardened generals, it is impossible not to understand this truth, even if there are traps in the canyon. should be dredged in time.

And the news that Umiden got was that Geshuhan actually handed over the military power to the colt, which gave Umiden a deeper understanding of the legendary colt.

After Ashina Ke came out of the camp, the old military division said: "The Tang army is obviously prepared this time, the horse master is not as unbearable as the legend, since Ge Shuhan will put the military power into his hands, he must have a deep meaning, as long as he guards the canyon, even if the Tang army is tens of millions, it will not become a climate." Once the Tibetan side made progress, the Tang army would retreat without taking possession. ”

The old military division's words are very pertinent, Umiden naturally knows, but he doesn't want the Tang army to return empty-handed this time, he wants to take this opportunity to regain his authority on the steppe and regain the territory belonging to the Turkic Kingdom, and this is just a tentative attempt, waiting for the Tang army is only bitter.

"Even if the Tang army does not dare to delay, it is now about to enter winter. The wind and snow on the grassland are erratic, and the Tang army will definitely force their way through the canyon in these few days, and before the Tang army enters the canyon, they will suffer a little. ”

Umidon narrowed his eyes. Slightly meaningfully said to himself, the old military master has no choice, he is now more and more unable to control this person, Umiden now has his own ideas. also worked with him specifically to prove that he was no longer the unassertive and at the mercy of others.

Umidon's plan. The old military division was naturally clear, he just wanted to loot the grain and grass of the Tang army, force the Tang army into the canyon and fight him to the death, and at that time, Umiden could try his best to drag down the Tang army, and the Tang army would have no combat effectiveness without supplies on the grassland.

This is indeed an effective method, but the grain and grass of the Tang army must be heavily guarded, and it is almost impossible to sneak attack in an army of forty or fifty thousand people, and Umiden relies on only Neiying Agu, and Agu has been a deputy general under Geshuhan's battalion for five years, even if he grew up with Umiden, but the possibility of rebellion is not ruled out.

The old military division has reminded Umiden, but the stubborn Umidon will definitely not hear such a warning, the old military division has long become Umiden's ornament, leaving him in the tent, that is, for the sake of watching him once risk death to protect him, if it is according to Umiden's brutal nature, where can he tolerate this crooked person.

Umiden's brutality was beyond the control of the old military division, and the prestige that Umiden had gradually built up in the steppes was gained through slaughter, but if any tribe did not obey his orders, they would only be greeted by extermination. Even if Umiden finally ruled the steppes, the regime he established would be nothing more than a bloody post-obscenity, and the tribes that submitted to him would only be temporarily fearful, not truly obedient, and one day the irascible Khan would die at his own hands.

The old military division could not bear to see the results of the ten years of hard work because of Umiden's stubbornness and self-use, if the Tang army was defeated this time, it would be good, once Umiden did something that destroyed the clan, the old military division had to take extraordinary measures, which he was unwilling to do, and it was also for the sake of seeking his own body and planning for the future.

Umiden then gave the order to kill all the remnants of the defeated army that ran back, in his eyes, the Turks had no deserters, and he Ashina did not tolerate any disobedience......

The moonlight is like a cold wind, wantonly scattered on the grassland, and the halo is hidden in the aimless frost, fluttering and sprinkling, with the thoughts that surround the heart, embedded in the frost moon, unable to extricate themselves......

And to describe the wind of the grassland, there is only "cold".

Especially when night comes, the dew formed by the temperature difference between day and night is no longer frost, but ice.

Outside the canyon.

At dusk, tens of thousands of tents have been set up, and the Tang army will rest here tonight.

If you take a bird's-eye view of such a scene, you will be amazed, on the vast grassland, the dark outer perimeter of the Grand Canyon is a little starlight rising at sunset, and as the night comes, it becomes denser and denser, and finally it is like a flame rising, illuminating this cold starry sky.

The mighty tent was set up for four miles, and the bonnet point was very spectacular......

The soldiers in charge of guarding were dressed thickly, and they were responsible for guarding on the grassland, and at this moment, in the big tent in the middle of the camp tent, was a military meeting convened by Xu Chen.

In the tent, Xu Chen sat on the upper seat, Wang Sixun sat next to Xu Chen, and those who came to the meeting were Cheng Shouli, the envoy of the Great Dou Army, Ashina, the envoy of the Chishui Army, and several deputy generals of Ge Shuhan, and of course, the great eunuch Bian Lingcheng...... (To be continued......)