Chapter 364: Whose Hand Killed the Deer
Where is the great general Li Jing, on the grassland, in the desert, the wind and sand are rolling, tens of thousands of soldiers are covered with blood, their faces are full of excitement, there is a small tribe not far in front, looking from afar, you can see countless grain and grass piled up there, this is the grain and grass transit base of the aggressive army. In the desert, it is still very difficult to find the food and grass of the Dubi army. It took Li Jing ten days to scatter countless sentries to find this place, next to the oasis, the tribe is not big, but there are only thousands of people, in the vast grassland, such a tribe does not know how much, if you want to find it, it is not an ordinary difficulty.
"Attack." The sword in Li Jing's hand was swung out, and there was no look on his face full of wind and frost, he was already familiar with the taste of the battlefield, commanding thousands of troops and horses, crisscrossing the battlefield, such a thing is not something that anyone can do, Li Jing has done it now, and his eyes are full of excitement.
Beside him, Li Xuanba and Luo Shixin were like two sharp knives, fiercely inserted into the tribe, and instantly heard the sound of shouting and killing, these Hu soldiers and horses themselves are people who advocate strength and like to kill, following Li Jing's back, I don't know how many tribes have been eliminated along the way, and I don't know how much money I have won, now when I meet such a tribe, how can I give up, the army is rushing, these Hu soldiers have an excited light on their faces, and they keep slashing and killing a qiΔ in front of them.
"Quick, quick, go and tell Prince SΓΉ Aggressive, the Han people have already copied him, please withdraw his troops immediately." In the middle of the big tent, an old man looked flustered, beckoned his son, and said, "Baharu, remember, save your life." The tribal leader said to his son.
"Father."
"Let's go." The leader kicked his son away, and he walked out of the tent with a golden scimitar in his hand. At this time, outside the big tent, there was war everywhere, and there were shouts of killing everywhere, and the soldiers of the Great Sui had already rushed into the tribe.
"General, someone rushed out." Li Jing's 1,000 cavalry quietly guarded Li Jing, and a probe horse in the distance rushed over and said loudly.
"General, wait for the last general to capture that man." The general of the guard, Xue Orphan, jumped to try and wanted to hunt down the survivors.
"No need, just let him sue him." Li Jing waved his hand and said, "The pressure on General Pei Renji is heavier, let's let him go." Not only can it weaken the morale of the enemy's army, but more importantly, it can reduce the pressure on General Bae In-ki. "What kind of person Li Jing is, every step of the calculation is very accurate, otherwise, at the beginning, someone would have been prepared to escape.
In just two hours, the small tribe was wiped out, and there was smoke and fire everywhere, and Li Jing came to the granary. I saw that the grain and grass inside were piled up, and I could see that I didn't know how much grain and grass I had spent on attacking Li Xin this time.
"Remove some of the ones that you eat yourself. The rest was burned. Li Jing really wanted to take these grains and grass for himself, but unfortunately, now it is on the grassland, in the territory of the enemy. After defeating the Turks this time, the Turks will definitely deploy heavy troops here in the future, and these grains and grass will definitely not be transported to Liangzhou. It's better to burn it.
"It's a pity." Luo Shi's lance was stained with blood, and he looked at the grain and grass in front of him and said with some regret. However, he still conscientiously carried out Li Jing's order, and burned the grain and grass cleanly with a fire.
"Let's go, let's go home." After resting for two hours, Li Jing gathered the army again and roared past, killing the south, this place was the passage that the young man who had fled just now walked, you must know that in the desert, the difference is a millimeter, and the error is a thousand miles. Li Jing also needs someone to help him find the true place of Dubi in order to completely annihilate it.
What Li Jing didn't know was that five days later, Shibi Khan came to this place with a body of exhaustion, looking at the stump and broken arm here, as well as the grain and grass that had been burned to ashes, Shibi Khan suddenly knew that something was wrong, and the enemy really copied Dubi's back road, not only destroying his grain and grass, but also following the road that Dubi had walked, to kill Dubi.
"The enemy is getting mad and crazy." On Zhangye City, Pei Renji's face was full of exhaustion, and a snow-white gauze was tied to his shoulder, and blood was faintly seeping, although he was defending, Pei Renji was still injured by the Turkic bow and arrow. Zhangye City was crumbling under the forcible attack of 100,000 troops, more than half of the soldiers had been killed and wounded, and Pei Yuanqing no longer led the army to attack, but held the city with his father.
"This shows that the enemy is already exhausted, even if he knows that General Li Jing outflanked him, there is no way." Pei Xingjian's martial arts may not be as good as Pei Yuanqing's, but he is much more than in terms of resourcefulness. Although he has some traces of war, he is biased towards Confucian generals.
"On the Jincheng side, General Duan Qi has been asked to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to help in the war, it seems that the war will end soon, and the next step for the Metropolitan Governor is to enter the Central Plains." Pei Renji's face suddenly showed joy when he thought of this, the Central Plains is the best place for men to leap on the horse, at that time, the enemy he faces will be more powerful, and the battle will be more difficult.
"And 10,000 soldiers?" After Pei Yuanqing heard this, he was very surprised, he didn't know how many soldiers and horses Li Xin had under his command.
"This is the last soldier." Pei Renji glanced at his two sons and said, "If this battle is not won, the iron cavalry of the Turks will break through the entire northwest, and my northwest will not have any strength to defend." Only then did Pei Yuanqing and Pei Xingjian know that Pei Shiju and others had taken the risk of sending all the soldiers and horses stationed in Jincheng, in order to complete their efforts in one battle and completely solve the northwest problem.
"General, Jincheng reinforcements are here." A war horse galloped over and said loudly.
"Let's go, let's go and meet you. With these 10,000 people, it will be much easier for us to fight back. Pei Renji's eyes rolled and he said confidently.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, our back road has been copied, and Li Jing, the general of the Sui army, led tens of thousands of troops to burn our grain and grass." In the big tent of the Chinese army, Wang Lin's face was gloomy, and he looked at him and said, "We are now facing a state of being flanked by the two armies. β
"No, although the enemy is powerful, Zhangye City has been destroyed by us, and we are only facing Li Jing's army." Dubi shook his head and said. Wang Lin's face moved when he heard this, and at this time, he remembered why he was facing Zhangye and attacking Zhangye frantically, the reason turned out to be here, that is, to cripple Zhangye's army, so that the army led by Dubi only needs to focus on Li Jing's soldiers and horses.
"His Royal Highness the Prince is wise." Wang Lin had to admire this guy, although he was a Turkic, his wisdom was still good.
"I forgot to tell you something, the Great Khan has already led an army of 100,000 to kill you." He said with a smile: "Together, we have an army of 150,000, and how many troops does Li Jing have?" The real unlucky one is definitely not us, but Li Jing. β
Wang Lin's heart suddenly fell into his stomach, but his eyes still showed a trace of sadness, and he didn't sue himself until now, obviously not believing himself. I wanted to turn my back on my people, but in the end, I still didn't trust myself.
"Sir, I also just learned about this matter not long ago, I originally thought that I could quickly break through Zhangye, and then retreat, but I didn't expect Zhangye to be so strong, so that we lost more than half of the soldiers and horses, it seems that now we can only wait for the arrival of the Great Khan's army." Seeing a trace of sadness in Wang Lin's heart, he couldn't help but explain.
"I see." After Wang Lin listened, a trace of sadness in his heart suddenly disappeared without a trace, which made the prince explain that Wang Lin still had any grievances?
"How's our food and grass going?" Dubi asked suddenly.
"I haven't been here for three days." Wang Lin's face suddenly changed, and he said a little nervously: "Your Royal Highness, it can't be that Li Jing's soldiers and horses have already arrived behind us!" β
Originally, he just asked casually, but he didn't expect to ask about this kind of thing, and his complexion deteriorated, and he said with some hesitation: "The turnover of grain and grass is difficult, and it is normal to be three days late." If it really doesn't work, we will slowly retreat, and when the Great Khan's army arrives, we will fight him to the death. β
It's just that what they don't know is that Pei Renji's Zhangye City is not only 10,000 soldiers left, but now there are 10,000 more. What he didn't know was that Li Jing's soldiers and horses were only three days away from his direction.
"General, we've captured the man who escaped." Li Jing's army walked slowly, but the spies in front had already rushed out of a hundred miles away, looking for the location of the camp of Dubi.
"It seems that we can end the fight in a very short time." Li Jing was very happy to hear this, and said to the Xue orphan beside him: "Send someone to inform Pei Renji that in three days, the army will be attacked from both sides. Defeat the aggressive in one fell swoop. β
"Yes." Orphan Xue hurriedly ordered someone to pass the order and not mention it.
"General, something is wrong." As soon as Xue Orphan gave the order, he saw Luo Shixin leading a few personal soldiers to break over, and said softly beside Li Jing: "The spies came to report that there were Turkic rangers behind us, and the Turkic Great Khan Shibi Khan personally led an army of 100,000 to follow us. β
Li Jing's complexion changed suddenly, his brows furrowed, he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen at this time, once the Turkic army of 100,000 was pressed, he and his people would not be able to eliminate the enemy, and it would be a question whether they could resist the 100,000 army.
"Hurry up and send someone to find out, how long the Turkic army has been away from us." Li Jing did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered someone to investigate the location of the Turkic army, and he could also take corresponding measures. If you are not careful, Li Jing's army will be completely annihilated, it doesn't matter if you die, Li Xin's northwest will also be slaughtered by the Turkic army, and Li Xin's eastward expansion plan will definitely be affected. This is what Li Jing doesn't want to see. (To be continued......)