Chapter 220: Northern Alliance

The results of the ambush at night were even better than expected, and even surprised the coalition forces, the Khitan and Tiele tripartites.

After dawn, the battle was completely over, and none of the Tiele army had slipped through the net. However, it was very different from the battle of Shehechuan that the Tiele people were defeated very quickly this time, and they were defeated too quickly under the encirclement and assault of the allied forces. Even after dawn, when the Tiele people were tied up in a string and taken into temporary prisoner camps, they could not accept the fact that they were wiped out in just one night. The first reaction of many Tiele people is impossible, the second reaction is still impossible, and the words that keep thinking about it are how this is possible. These fierce and fierce but simple-minded Tiele people can't accept such a defeat. They were actually ambushed by an army of Han Chinese who were nearly thousands of miles away in the south at the junction of Khitan and Xi, and they could not have been here. What is even more difficult for them to accept than the sudden appearance of the Han people in the Central Plains on the Sui border thousands of miles away is that those brave Tiele tribe warriors were wiped out in less than half a night after being ambushed by the Han people, even if these Han people united Xi and Khitan, insidiously ambushed them in advance, and attacked the Khitans inside and outside, with a number of as many as 70,000 or 80,000 people. But their two Tiele warriors and their army of servants of the Xia clan combined were more than 20,000, and they would be wiped out so quickly in half a night.

But this is the case, the Tiele army of nearly 20,000 people actually only held out for less than half an hour under the impact of the Wuzhou army, and then it had already collapsed.

The servants of the Thibu who were conquered by the Tielers when they moved south were not really subservient to the Tielers, when the coalition forces were slaughtered like a tide in the dark night. They only resisted a little, and they immediately recognized the form, and quickly abandoned the betrayal of these former conquerors. A large number of people began to surrender directly to the Wuzhou army. And very positively, he immediately gave the Tiele people a blow in the back, and they turned against each other in front of the battle. It was the defection of these people, coupled with the desperate counterattack of the Khitans who had almost been swallowed by them before, that finally made the originally fierce and ferocious soldiers of the two Tiele tribes completely confused and completely stunned, plus the interception of the chariot battalion and the infantry battalion. As a result, these Tiele people, who were scattered by the impact of the cavalry, could not even organize a decent counterattack and breakthrough, and finally fell into a vast ocean and were cut into small pieces. It was eaten in the end.

More than 20,000 Tiele troops, in last night's battle, the people defected in front of the formation, and there were originally nearly 15,000 people. In the end, except for the unlucky ghosts who died in the previous attack and later died in the chaos. At last there were more than 14,000 men, all of whom had at this time surrendered their weapons and horses, and squatted in a large area in the open space enclosed by the chariot camp. Originally, there were almost more than 8,000 cavalry soldiers in the two divisions of Bayegu and Servant Gu, but after last night's battle, there were still more than 7,000 captured at this time.

In last night's battle, there were very few casualties, less than a thousand people died in the two divisions of Tiele, and only a few hundred people died in the Xiren. The Khitans also suffered less than 1,000 casualties, and the Han-Xi coalition army only paid a slight loss of more than 100 killed and seriously wounded and more than 200.

Yi Feng was overjoyed. Because the battle was won so easily, and the losses were so small, it made him feel very good, and even the captives were very gracious, and let the men of the baggage camp slaughter and wound the horses and make horse broth to the captives, so that they could have their fill.

Wei Zheng, who was in charge of the army, hummed a tune all the way, happily following behind Yi Feng, and kept reporting post-war statistics. If you put aside the casualties of the Khitans, and even subtract the casualties of the Kumo Xi army, then the victory of defeating Tiele's army of more than 20,000 last night, the Wuzhou army had only dozens of dead soldiers and dozens of serious wounds, adding up to more than 100. Among the tens of thousands of Wuzhou troops, the proportion of battle losses is not even one hundred. If the Battle of Shehe River was already a complete victory, then the Battle of Raole River was a perfect victory. As Yi Feng's chief staff division, Wei Zheng couldn't help but rejoice, this battle was won too easily, but the results obtained were huge.

"There are more than 2,700 captives of the Bayegu clan, more than 4,200 captives of the servant bone clan, and more than 14,300 of the Xia tribe who defected before the battle." Wei Zheng looked through the fold in his hand, raised his head and continued: "Due to the arrogance of the Tiele people's light enemy, they have no rear army and no camp to stay in, all the men and horses are here, and even the materials they looted are basically with the army, we defeated the Tiele people last night, and also netted their materials into the net. According to rough statistics, the harvest is very rich. There were almost 40,000 of their own horses and the horses they had robbed, and we still had more than 40,000 of them, excluding the casualties. In addition, there are more than 10,000 animals such as horses and camels, nearly 100,000 miscellaneous animals such as cattle and sheep, and countless cars, tents, grain and grass, gold and silver, and cloth. These Tiele people have grabbed from the northern Xibu to the Xi border, and they can be said to have gained a lot, but now they have all become ours at once. Murder and arson gold belts, robbery is really the easiest way to get rich. In front of that abundant trophy, even a Confucian disciple like Wei Zheng couldn't help but marvel.

"People don't get rich without windfalls, and horses don't get fat without night grass." Yi Feng couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this harvest. This has always been the case in war, and as long as it can be won, the dividends of war will be huge. Otherwise, how to say that as soon as the cannon goes off, there will be ten thousand taels of gold. Especially for the fierce Hu people like the Tiele people, they are not called fighting at all, and it is more appropriate to call it robbery. Tens of thousands of fierce Mobei cavalry robbed those scattered small eastern tribesmen, they were robbing a lot of money, and the progress was smooth all the way, and they didn't even have time to send these trophies back. As a result, all of a sudden they all made wedding clothes for Yi Feng.

"It's a pity that this battle was not fought by our family, otherwise these spoils would not have been divided." The infantry battalion general Wang Bao said with some pain. This also reminded everyone that there is not only the Wuzhou Army here, in addition to the Wuzhou Army, they also have an ally of the Kumo Xi Army, which is composed of soldiers and horses in the hands of the five tribes of the Xi tribe, in addition, the Khitans who were rescued by them last night can also be regarded as half of their allies, these are all fighting side by side last night. If it weren't for the joint efforts of the three companies, it would not have been possible to achieve such a good result. Of course, in addition to the Khitan and Xi people, there are now more than 10,000 Xi people in the camp.

"By the way, what to do with those ridiculers?" After all, these people turned against the Tiele people last night, otherwise they would not have won this battle so easily. Moreover, the Xi people do not belong to the Turkic Xi, they are quite independent eastern tribes, and they are closer to the Xi Khitan and Wei Ya tribes.

"As you know, as soon as we attacked last night, the people immediately turned against us, and they even helped us a lot. My principle has always been that merit must be rewarded, and we must treat the people of El separately from the people of Tiele. Yi Feng smiled, "Although we have defeated the Tiele army three times before and after, and we have all won victories, in fact, we still have to remember that these are only a small part of the Tiele people. Tiele is the largest ethnic group in the grassland, with a household registration of more than one million households earlier, and a population of more than 10 million. Even if there are many Tiele tribes, all over the grassland, thousands of miles from east to west, but just like Luo, Fugu, Bayegu and other Tiele tribes, any one of them can pull out 10,000 or 20,000 fierce cavalry. What's more, now that the steppe is the king of the Turks, Tiele is only one of the subservients to the Turks. There is a good saying, a hero has three gangs, a fence has three piles, and many friends have many roads. Our Wuzhou army is still too weak compared to powerful forces like Tiele and the Turks. If you can win over friends, you should try to win them over. Although the Celestial were not our friends before, the enemy of the enemy is a friend, and since the Celestial and the Tiele are enemies, and now they are fighting each other, then of course we should not treat them as enemies again, but should make them our friends. ”

"Xi, Khitan, Xia" Wei Zheng pinched his beard, which was not long on his chin, and a smile bloomed on his face. "These three tribes were once vassals of the powerful forces of the grasslands, and they have always been the easternmost of the northern grassland forces. Since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, the Turks were divided and their power gradually weakened, and the northeastern tribes such as Xi, Khitan, Xia, Murowei, and Yan Ya paid tribute to the imperial court, and turned into the Tibetan subjects of the Great Sui and even a barrier in the north. Now that we are rooted in the Saiwai Huaifa, this Xi people are a barrier to our north, but Xi is too weak, if we can pull the Khitan and Xia into our alliance together, it will make our northeast much more stable. ”

"Exactly!" Yi Feng nodded.

"We already have a good cooperation with the Xi people, and we can take this opportunity to carry out the same cooperation with the Khitan people and the Xi people."

Although Yi Feng is behind the Great Sui, this does not make Yi Feng rest easy. Located outside the Great Wall, the strategic shape of the Wuzhou Army has always been very passive, and pulling the Xi, Khitan, and Xi forces into allies can not only enhance their own strength, but also reduce risks. After all, if they don't ally with the Xi, Khitan and other tribes, then they may become enemies. Between enemies and friends, Yi Feng would rather have a few more friends than a few more enemies.

After determining the tone of the relationship with Xi Qi Danfei in the future, there are guidelines for the follow-up of this battle.

The Xi, Khitan, and Xia clans are all friends of the Wuzhou Army, and will even be allies, and naturally, they also have their share of the spoils of war.

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