Xue Chongxun's tactics are very fierce at first glance, but in fact, they can't withstand attrition, and they belong to the arrangement of heavy front and light back. He brought the most elite troops to the front to attack, which would naturally form a situation of asymmetry in local combat effectiveness, and the shape would be very good-looking at first. But if the Turks are determined to share the victory or defeat with the Tang army, there will be many of them, and as time continues, Xue Chongxun will most likely not be able to bear it.

However, the Mosi Khan only fought with the Tang army for half a day before retreating, and they didn't want to fight the Tang people to the death at all. Because there are not only Turkic people in the steppe, but also Khitan and other ethnic groups are competing with them for living space...... Compared with those hostile nomadic tribes, the Tang Dynasty was not a life-and-death rival, because the Han people were an agrarian people, and it was useless to occupy their grasslands.

Xue Chongxun also valued this point, so as soon as he met the enemy, he burst out with sharp spirit, regardless of losses, the purpose was to deter the Turks and fight for bargaining chips for the subsequent peace talks.

His ultimate goal was to negotiate peace, because with the troops and war resources that Anbei could mobilize now, there was no way to inflict a devastating blow on the main Turkic forces, let alone pursue and attack in depth. He needs time to gather strength and timing.

Obviously, the lethality of the men and horses in this campaign was limited, but the purpose of causing psychological pressure on the Turks was achieved. After Mo Si led his troops to retreat to Yinshan, he already had the intention of retreating.

Not only Mo Si, but also the Turkic noble generals didn't have much fighting spirit, and when they thought of the Tang Army's lifeless methods during the day, as if they had killed their entire family, everyone felt a chill.

"I can't fight this battle." A general couldn't help but sigh when he cut the mutton on the fire with a knife.

They crossed Yinshan Mountain to attack Anbei and did not come to fight a decisive battle with the Tang Army, thinking that the three cities had a chance to easily take advantage of it and return with a full load. Unexpectedly, after fighting for many days, he didn't even take Xicheng, and he suffered heavy casualties in the field battle...... The battle itself was already a loss.

Finally, someone found Hanchen Wang Mang, who was hiding in the corner, and a Turkic nobleman unceremoniously grabbed his cloak and dragged it out. Although Wang Mang is a Han Chinese, his hair style and dress are no different from those of the Turks, and his hair is also draped over his shoulders and is not combed into a bun.

"It was his idea to lead us to so many people who died on the stone, it must be a spy of the Tang Dynasty!" The Turk raised his slap and slapped Wang Mang's face twice unceremoniously.

Mo Si hurriedly shouted: "Stop! ”

Then the Turk stopped and said, "Kill this man to atone." ”

Mo sobbed: "Wang Mang's idea is miscalculated, but it is too much to say that he is a spy." Although he said two good words for Wang Mang, he didn't blame the Turkic nobleman for slapping others...... If this humiliation happened to the Turkic officials, they had to fight with people.

When Wang Mang heard this, he hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him, looking grateful, and did not express any dissatisfaction. He had no choice, if he wanted to survive on the Turkic side, he was ready to endure some humiliation, and naturally he couldn't fight for "justice and reasonableness" like among his own people.

Yang I Zhi said: "In the past, the Tubo people were in full swing, and they also suffered a big loss from the Xue family in Helong. Now that the three cities are heavily defended, unless our army really intends to expand the land step by step, there is no benefit in continuing to fight. ”

The generals were indignant, "Since we have gathered so many men and horses, we can't return so empty-handed, and attack in another place, both in the west and in the east, I don't believe that the border areas of thousands of miles north of the Tang Dynasty are heavily guarded!" ”

The silent palm stroked the scepter, and the movements were very gentle, as if full of affection for the shabby thing. The flames on the fire were swaying by the wind that poured into the big tent outside, and the reflection on his old face full of frowns flickered and dimmed, as if it were cloudy and sunny, and the generals were much quieter when they saw this.

At that moment there was a woman's cry outside, and the sound seemed to come from a distant distance, but the voice was so miserable that it was almost a scream, so much so that the king's tent heard it too.

Someone in the tent muttered: "I haven't caught many slaves, but I don't know which tribe is tossing to death, and many brothers can......'t even drink soup for a whole day."

Mo Si said: "Huo Jie Lifa, you go over and take a look, confiscate those women, and send them to the tents of the soldiers who participated in the hard battle to warm up the quilt." ”

His brother-in-law, who had a good hair, got up and pressed his hand to his chest, saluted in a proper manner, and thought for a while: "Do you want your subordinates to choose a few thoughtful ones to send to the Khan's tent?" ”

Mo Si suddenly slapped the armrest of the seat and said angrily: "What I want is the princess of the Tang Dynasty!" ”

"Yes, yes......" Huo Jie Lifa hurriedly bent down and retreated.

He got out of the king's tent, pulled his coat on his horse, and ran with a group of men and horses in the direction from which the sound came. The camp was covered with felt tents, and where there were tents, it was their home. They had to pass through many felt tents along the way, and the place did not seem to be near.

After a long time, as the firefighters approached, they heard the screaming of women and the frolicking of men in a camp with a campfire lit on the other side.

He rode over, and the first thing he saw was a group of women who were bright and white. Although there was a bonfire roasting nearby, it was windy at night, and it was enough to blow in the field without clothes, and the women trembled with their arms folded. Some wanted to curl up and squat, but soon they were hit with a "crackling" whip and screamed desperately.

There was also a pit of coals in front of it, and the dark red fire on it was the color of magma. A few Turkic soldiers drove the naked women to the top with their whips.

I saw a woman standing beside the coals of fire, unable to live or die, whipped with a horsewhip and covered with blood on her back, shouting and crying. But no matter what she called, it was useless, it would only make the onlookers dance and drink with joy.

I heard a Turkic shout: "Go up, go up and dance." But the Han woman obviously didn't understand.

In the end, she simply curled up on the ground and cried with her head in her arms, and let others whip her. If she wants to jump on the fire, her whole feet will have to be crippled, and she seems to be unwilling to die. The Turks couldn't help it, so they went up and lifted her up and threw her directly at the coals. With a "plop" sound, the woman's front fell directly on the coals, and immediately screamed louder than killing a pig, and struggled desperately inside, like a live fish thrown into a frying pan. Soot and sparks suddenly rose into the air, and the whole thing was in shambles.

Huo Jie Lifa didn't stop it immediately, and sat on the horse and watched calmly for a while.

When the woman in the pit of coals was brought out, her entire front and chest were burned, and the stench could be smelled far away, and she was already dying, thrown on the grass and convulsing, and could only hear a faint groan of pain like that of an unjust soul. Seeing this, the woman in the back did not dare to carry the whip to death, so she ran into the fire pit, and when she stepped on it barefoot, she screamed loudly through the grassland...... This is how the cry that I heard on the other side of the king's tent came from.

The women were unclothed, all with their hair scattered, and some were tied to cross-shaped stakes, and the Turks took turns to go and commit violence, and after satisfying the beasts, they sat and watched the other captives "dance".

Huo Bajie Lifa finally walked up, and Zhengse said, "Who made you do this?" ”

A Turkic general stood up and bent down and said, "These slaves are captured by our tribe, so I will make my brothers happy." ”

Huo Bajie Lifa pointed to the fire pit solemnly and said: "The woman can give it to the brothers to play, let you toss like this, and you will die in a few clicks, isn't it a waste?" It's okay to get this kind of trick of jumping into the fire pit and find a man|slave! ”

The general said: "All the men caught by our tribe are dead, and at dusk the lord (chief) wants to practice archery, so he and his brothers in Lenei will use them as targets, and they will all be shot to death." ”

Huo Bajie said angrily: "You are making a fuss here, and you are making too much noise, which disturbs the wise khan, and the khan has asked me to confiscate these slaves and distribute them to the brothers of the various ministries to get meat." Come on, take away! ”

The general felt that the slaves of his tribe were their property, and he was a little dissatisfied when he saw them taken away, and couldn't help but ask, "Is it really the Khan's order?" ”

Huo Bajieli said angrily: "I still dare to falsely pass on the Khan's orders? ”

Mo Si's personality is also violent and cruel, and when he provokes him, there is no good fruit to eat, and the Turkic generals dare not say more. So the man took the rope and tied the women's hands again, and led them behind the horses and walked back. They still had no clothes to wear, and they were frozen in the cold wind, and their faces were full of tears and miserable.

Tonight's sky is still not clear, the wind is blowing, the dark and low sky shrouds the prairie, humans and all kinds of beasts live together, and civilization is as dark as the sky...... The distant capital of the Tang Empire should now be brightly lit and singing and dancing, it seems like a dream, an unreachable place, emitting a faint fire of civilization in the dark world of the eighth century AD. G