Chapter 155: "Meeting Alone"
After resting on the grassland for a night, Jieli got up early in the morning and gnawed on the dry barley, which was very unpleasant, and he only felt that he couldn't lift his strength.
They grassland people usually eat meat and milk as the staple food with a small amount of barley, and they not only have strength to eat a meal, but also do not get hungry easily. But this time he came in a hurry, and the march with cattle and sheep was too slow, and in order to avoid the fall of Yuyang, he could only follow the example of the Central Plains people and feed on grain and grass. The grassland could not afford to grow rice and rice, but it could grow barley, so a large amount of barley was prepared as accompanying materials.
Let the people who are accustomed to eating milk and meat change to eat barley, don't say that the army complains, even Jieli himself is not used to it, and feels that his strength is not as abundant as before.
But seeing that Yuyang is imminent, Jieli can't help but be excited, six days ago he got the news sent by Gao Kaidao, the news is that Luo Shixin is very ambitious, take Yuyang and do not guard, the army to the snake valley to encircle and suppress the Xi people. He felt that the Xi clan had 40,000 cavalry, even if it couldn't withstand Luo Shixin, how could it support it for seven or eight days, and he had enough time to go around behind Luo Shixin and wipe him out.
Over the years, he has entered the Central Plains many times, and although the resistance he encountered has become stronger and stronger, in the end, they have been able to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune. The culprit is Luo Shixin's two terrible battles, which cost him one of his generals and annihilates his 20,000 warriors. It was a fiasco that the Turks had never encountered since the confrontation with the Tang Dynasty, and it also caused his prestige to plummet during that time.
Fortunately, he has been running the Turks for many years and has a certain foundation, which is not enough to betray his relatives because of a defeat. But the three words Luo Shixin were deeply engraved in his heart because of that battle. He did not hesitate to spend a lot of effort and money to investigate his Yiqiē.
In this investigation, Jie Liden had a feeling of sweating profusely, and Luo Shixin's performance in recent years was really a bit amazing. In particular, the creation of the Modao Formation, a special type of troops specifically for Turkic cavalry, made him feel like a Turkic nemesis.
This time there is a chance to get rid of this nemesis and damage a general of the Tang Dynasty, which is a good thing, just thinking about Jieli makes me feel excited.
After breakfast, Jieli enthusiastically blew the horn of gathering troops and setting off.
The 100,000 elite assault riders were all well-trained elite soldiers, and they were ready without wasting much time.
With Jieli's order. The horn sounded for a long time, and the 100,000 iron horsemen were like a torrent of flesh and blood raising dust in the sky and stirring up mountains and rivers. Go straight to the pass of the Great Wall of Yanguo.
This side had just run for more than 20 miles, and a naked scout with strange short hair rushed towards him. The scout waved his whip and gestured sharply.
Jieli looked at the scout's gesture. Frowning. He took out a bone flute from his chest and put it in his mouth and played it loudly. When the Turkic cavalry heard the sound of the bone flute, they also took out the bone flute from their chests and blew it, one to ten, ten to hundred, and one to thousand......
After a while, the entire grassland was filled with the piercing sound of bone flutes, and then the 100,000 troops running at high speed gradually slowed down the speed of their attacks until the sound of bone flutes stopped. The army also stopped at that moment.
Although the Turkic cavalry was chaotic, it was in this way of communication. But it can summon all the cavalry in a short time, so that they can do what they are told.
Before the scout could speak, Jieli had already whipped his horse, and shouted, "My Turkic son, why do you look like this?" ”
The Turks did not attach importance to any etiquette, and their clothes and hairstyles were free and without any restrictions. But that doesn't mean you can be naked and have a bumpy hairstyle.
The scout said with a sad face: "When we were on patrol, we met a Central Plains man riding a good horse, thinking that he was a bully. I didn't think it was a true warrior who killed all ten of us, leaving only one of us. He pulled out my clothes, cut my hair, and told me to bring a message to the Khan. ”
When Jieli heard this, he was furious and shouted: "What a gut, who dares to humiliate my people like this." ”
The scout said, "He said his name was Luo Shixin, and he was waiting for the khan not far ahead." ”
"Who?" Jieli was sure that he had heard correctly, but reason told him that Luo Shixin could not be here, and simply doubted his ears.
"Luo Shixin, that is the commander of the Tang Dynasty, what is General Wei's Luo Shixin, he personally sued me." The scout repeated, unusually sure.
Jieli lost his mind for a moment and asked, "Is he really a person?" ”
The scout nodded, "It's really him." ”
What's that guy playing?
Jieli was shocked for a while, and said strangely: "What did he ask you to bring?" ”
The scout said: "He said that the Khan had worked hard from afar, and he specially prepared two large gifts for the Khan, and he said that he was waiting for the Khan in Wuli." ”
Jieli really couldn't think of Luo Shixin's intentions, so after thinking about it, he secretly thought: "No matter how brave he is, I don't believe that he can beat me for 100,000 by himself." This meat delivered to the door, how can there be any reason not to eat it" Thinking about it, with a wave of his hand, the 100,000 army moved again.
Running for nearly five miles, I saw a small high slope in the distance, standing alone with a person and a rider, how small the figure was in the vast grassland.
Jieli looked around, where the other party was located was the center of a plain, surrounded by boundless boundaries, and it was impossible to hide soldiers in his eyes: he was indeed alone.
Jieli led the army to a stop a mile away, gathered the surrounding grassland tribe chiefs, and explained the situation in detail.
One by one, the Turkic chiefs were filled with righteous indignation, and a young Turkic man shouted: "Luo Shixin has deceived people too much, and the Khan has given me a thousand soldiers and horses, so that he can invite him to avenge my father." "His name is Ashina Behu, and he is the son of Ashina Silixi, the first blood sacrifice object of the Mo Sword Array. Ashina Sili died tragically at the hands of Luo Shixin, and Ashina Behu hated him to the core, and volunteered to capture him.
Tuli said: "People are not stupid, the place they choose is to be able to see the small slope for several miles at a glance, and send a large army to go, how can he not run." ”
Yi Nan nodded and said: "What the Tuli Khan said is right, as far as I know, Luo Shixin of the Tang Dynasty has always been true to his word, he said to give gifts, even if it is not a real gift, it means something else, go and take a look." He's a person anyway, so why be afraid? He looked at the shadow in the distance, and he couldn't see it clearly, but the horse seemed familiar, and thought, "Is it him?" ”
Jieli nodded and said: "Tuli and Yi Nan are right, Luo Shixin came on a single horse, and he has something to discuss with Ben Khan, if Ben Khan doesn't go, won't the people of the world laugh at Ben Khan for being timid?" I'd like to see what that kid has to say. ”
Ashina Behu immediately said: "That nephew will take a hundred tuo to accompany the khan." ”
Jieli glared at him angrily and said, "How can a hundred Tuojie be enough, come to three...... No, tune five hundred Tuojie with me. ”
His expression was a little blushing in annoyance, Luo Shixin rode alone, but he wanted to receive five hundred to protect him, in comparison, it was really self-evident.
This was a big joke, but no one around showed the slightest smile, not because he didn't dare to make fun of Jieli, but because he felt that Jieli's actions were taken for granted, and there was nothing wrong with it.
Luo Shixin is one person and one ride, and he deserves to be treated like this.
Five hundred Tuojie hugged Jieli and rushed to the place where Luo Shixin was.
Luo Shixin watched from a distance more than 500 people slowly approaching, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl with disdain, the formation was big enough.
When the two sides came to the land of a stone's throw, Luo Shixin looked at the figure who stood out from the crowd: he was a tall middle-aged man, wearing a gorgeous gold silk armor, wearing a golden helmet, a brown beard on his chin, and his eyes were shining.
The person is indeed mighty and majestic, but the most eye-catching thing is the golden armor, which was originally Yang Guang's battle armor, which was exiled to the Turks with Empress Xiao and became a good thing.
When Luo Shixin looked at Jieli, Jieli was also looking at Luo Shixin.
He has admired the name of Luo Shixin for a long time, but this is the first time he has really met Luo Shixin, which is completely different from what he imagined. In his opinion, Luo Shixin should be a burly giant who can pull mountains and rivers, but the facts show that Luo Shixin is a handsome young man with a bit of literati atmosphere, and when he is not performing kung fu, he does not have the slightest fierce aura on his body.
Immediately, Jieli's attention fell on Luo Shixin's horse, to be exact, the horse's neck, and three human heads were tied to the left and right of the horse's neck, forming a strange scene. It's like a person dressed as a scholar who sells pork with a pig-killing knife in his hand.
"You are Luo Shixin, what is the matter with finding Ben Khan?" Jieli shouted from afar.
"It's like a fake!" Luo Shixin said with a smile: "It's all said, I'll give you two big gifts." ”
"The first one, take it!" As he spoke, he threw the five heads around the horse's neck.
The Turks were not taboo about this, and the left and right Tuojie reached out to take it and handed it to Jieli one by one.
Jieli stretched out his hand to take it one by one, his face was heavy, and he recognized the identity of the first level...... The five chiefs of the Xi tribe, they all died, in the hands of the tall and thin young man in front of them.
"How is it, is this gift heavy?" Luo Shixin said with a smile: "The Xi tribe is also a powerful tribe on the grassland. But now that their chief is dead, none of the 40,000 Xi soldiers have returned alive. That is to say, the huge Xi tribe now only has a maximum of 10,000 or 20,000 combat power, but this 20,000 combat power has hundreds of thousands of cattle, as well as hundreds of thousands of women and children. The current Xi people are lambs to be slaughtered, and whoever first starts to annex them will belong to whomever they want. You say this gift, is it enough? ”
Although Jieli was excited, his heart was more shocked, and Luo Shixin's strength was really beyond his imagination.
Although the strength of the Xi tribe is not as good as his Turkic, but with nearly 60,000 people who control the strings, he must also be afraid of three points and let them dominate in the northwest.
But even he was afraid of the three-point Xi clan, so Luo Shixin was destroyed.
50,000 foot soldiers against 40,000 cavalry, and they were all annihilated, what a formidable force. (To be continued......)
PS: The second update, this climax is quite difficult to write.