Chapter 17 The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada
A thick bloody breath is coming!
Yan Pei has been on the battlefield for a long time, although he can't read a few big characters because of his birth, but he has experienced a hundred battles and has learned a lot of knowledge for many years, and his combat experience is not abundant.
The rich smell of blood can only be produced on the battlefield after a vicious battle.
"Something must have happened, everyone be on guard!" Yan Pei's expression was solemn, he beckoned to the brother beside him, and hurried to Ashina's camp lightly.
The closer you get to the camp, the stronger the smell of blood becomes.
The autumn wind was sadistic, blowing on everyone's bodies, making a rustling sound, masking the sound of their nervous and solemn heartbeats.
There is more grass and less trees on the grassland, and the technology is not developed, which is also destined for their camp, and the defense is far inferior to the Central Plains......
But now that most of their rough wood has been knocked down, Yan Pei and his party looked at the Ashina tribe with the help of the moonlight...... They all gasped and stood on the spot.
Yan Pei had planned several plans against the enemy before, some of which were successful in taking the horse, and some of which were unsuccessful in escaping. As a leader, he has always had a heart to be a mother and has thought about everything, but he never expected that this situation would occur and he would be able to see such a thrilling scene.
The Ashina tribe has been ruined......
As far as the eye could see, there was not a single intact tent, and countless mutilated limbs, separated heads, and broken blades were scattered all around.
There was no sound in the heavens and the earth except the howling wind.
"Let's go. Let's go in and have a look! Yan Pei couldn't think of anyone on the grassland who had such ability, and in just a few moments, he destroyed the Ashina tribe.
When I came to the depths of the camp, the sense of immediacy was even stronger. Blood soaked every inch of the camp, and the dry ground actually gave a muddy feeling.
"Boss Yan, there is not a living person here, did you let the horse thieves ransack it?" A burly man rode one of the few horses among them, and went around in a circle: though they were called horse thieves, they never saw themselves as horse thieves again. Speaking of peers, there is some shamelessness in the tone.
"It doesn't make sense. Also unlikely! Yan Pei shook his head in confusion, the weak eat the strong on the grassland, and horse thieves are prevalent. They are unscrupulous, murderous and vicious. But thieves are thieves after all, and even the largest group of horse thieves in them numbered only a few thousand. Unless they don't want to continue to survive on the grassland, they won't rashly fight the idea of the Ashina tribe. None of the horse thieves wanted to offend Jieli, the Turkic Khan.
"Who has the courage or the strength to do so?"
Yan Pei really couldn't think of it.
"Damn it. Let people grab a step! Yan Pei scolded, and didn't bother to think about it, it won't be long before the fate of the Ashina tribe will spread all over the grassland, and whoever did it will know when the time comes, now is not the time to think nonsense.
"Let's go, let's go to the tribe, and we won't believe it. The Sticky Tribe can also encounter accidents. ”
The group continued north deep into the Turkic hinterland, where they had been killing Turkic herders for many years. Robbing Turkic cattle, sheep and horses, he is extremely familiar with the surrounding Turkic tribes. This unforeseen variability has been encountered in the Ashina tribe, and they have no choice but to choose another target.
They traveled quickly, and at three o'clock, they entered the patrol range of the sticky tribe.
Yan Pei once again reminded Xi Junmai to be careful of scouts.
Xi Jun tightened the bow and arrow in his hand and nodded silently.
This went deep into the land of Rich, and the bowstring suddenly resounded!
Xi Jun bought an arrow and shot at a black shadow on the ground.
Yan Pei looked for prestige: In front of their right, there was indeed a person prostrate on the ground, and the arrow that Xi Jun bought was inserted into the body of the black shadow, and he was about to praise Xi Jun for his excellent archery skills, but he saw the other party stepping forward with a strange look.
Xi Junmai came closer, dismounted and put away the arrow feathers on the corpse's vest, and kicked the Turkic corpse to the side, the Turkic scout's throat caused an arrow feather to shoot through: the previous arrow gave him the feeling of being shot at a dead man, and it was.
Yan Pei also rushed over, and seeing that the Turkic scout was already dead, his expression became solemn, "Wang Yun, you go to the Sticky Tribe to take a look, what's going on there." ”
A short, clever young man, after answering the call, rode away skillfully, his body was short, and he shrunk the whole person on the back of the horse, and from a distance it seemed that only a scattered wild horse was swaying in the field.
It didn't take long for the young man named Wang Yun to return home.
"Boss Yan, there is a situation ahead. Almost a mile away, there are a large number of cattle, sheep and horses, especially the sheep in the tens of thousands. The point is that there are only more than 50 guards, and we can capture and kill them with a surprise attack, which is God's favor for us, and we have made a lot of money. Wang Yun said excitedly, his eyes shining with a strange brilliance.
Yan Pei said in a deep voice: "Fifty people, looking at tens of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses. There is only one possibility, their main forces are not there, and they are all fighting the sticky tribe. Do you know who they are? A hint of fierceness flashed in his eyes, the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches were behind, and there were only fifty people on the other side, and this vote was done, at least for a year, there would be no worries about food and clothing, and there would be funds to rebuild the camp and store food.
Wang Yun hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "It should be the Tang Army, they are wearing the armor of the Tang Army, and they are also speaking our Chinese." ”
"No wonder!" Yan Pei was suddenly, struggling in his heart, now except for the Tang Army, no one can annihilate the Ashina tribe in a short period of time and then kill the sticky tribe. However, it was hard for him to imagine that the Tang army would go deep into the Turkic hinterland and attack the Turkic tribes.
"This ...... I'd better leave. Xi Junmai hesitated for a moment, but his words were categorical. At the beginning, with the help of his master Huiwu monk, he escaped from Shuofang and walked the world with him. At that time, the heroes were rising together, and the scourge of war continued. There were dozens of anti-Sui rebels in the world, but most of them were under the banner of anti-Sui, selfish, and disregarded the lives of the people for their own ambitions. Especially the ogres Zhu Cang and Zhang Jin, Gao Shida and the like are thieves who cause trouble in the world.
Although Li Tang is not a white lotus, they combine their ambitions with the interests of the people, calling on the people to use the power of the people to dominate the world, and on the other hand, they also give the people a stable life. Now that the Tang Dynasty dominates the world, the order of turbulence has been restored, and Li Tang's contribution is undeniable.
Xi Junmai understood the reason for this, killing the Turks and killing the Shuo soldiers without any pressure, but if he wanted to kill the Tang soldiers, he couldn't do it.
Yan Pei grinned, "Let's go too!" He looked at Wang Yun and said, "I said from the beginning, we fell into the grass, but we are not horse thieves." No matter what others think, our purpose is to kill the Turkic dogs, to take revenge. Now for the sake of profit, to attack one's own compatriots, this is really a thief. Brother Wang, you are also a school captain like me. Although the Sui Dynasty is dead, don't forget that you are a soldier, not a thief. ”
"But......" Wang Yun hesitated for a moment and said: "We need horses, there is still less than an hour before dawn, and when the dawn comes, our two hundred brothers will all become black charcoal in white salt, it is too dangerous." Without horses, we can't fight and escape, only perish. You must know that over the years, we have offended the Turks and the horse thieves in this steppe. It's good to stick to your principles, but you also have to think about your brothers. ”
Xi Jun said: "That's it, the fifty Tang soldiers, leave it to me to deal with." You grab the horses, and when you grab them, you go. With a horse, there is no fear. ”
"Good!" Yan Pei took a deep look at Xi Junmai, and also knew his plan, with his martial arts, it was indeed no problem to deal with only fifty people.
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Just when Yan Pei and Xi Jun bought a line with the intention of picking up a bargain!
The Sticky Tribe was attacked by Luo Shixin's powerful force!
Luo Shixin looked at the battlefield, and this attack was more rewarding and smoother than he expected: they originally had only one target, which was the Ashina tribe of the Turkic royal family Ashina Congli. Ashina Congli was fierce and violent, and often attacked the Shuofang line in his early years, leading the border of the Sui and Tang dynasties to be unpeaceful.
This is the first attack, and it is necessary to choose an opponent with enough weight.
The Ashina tribe came into his sight.
However, the Ashina tribe is one of the branches of the royal family, with 80,000 people. Everyone of the grassland people is good at fighting, and there are 80,000 people, of which there are 70,000 or 80,000 who can fight. There are fewer than a thousand of them, and it is not easy to take advantage of them.
also took the opportunity to train the troops, and when it was time for Jieli and Tuli to fight, Ashina Congli took the soldiers away and attacked again.
When the time was ripe, when Luo Shixin led his troops into the depths of the Turks, he unexpectedly learned that Ashina Congli's only son was on the march when he encountered an ambush by Tuli and died in battle. Ashina Congli was eager for revenge, and this time he was ordered to fight, and most of the combat power in the tribe was lost, leaving only thousands of combat power to protect the old, weak, sick and disabled in the clan.
Such a God-given opportunity, how could Luo Shixin let it go, and immediately changed his tactics, not caring about surprise attacks and looting, but focusing on extermination.
They emptied the Turkic scouts along the way and delivered a fatal blow against the Ashina tribe.
From ancient times to the present, only the grassland people have attacked the Central Plains, and very few Central Plains people will attack the Turks with a small force deep into the grassland, not to mention that there are Shuo Fang who isolate them from the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, they have not been attacked for more than ten years, and this comfort has been too long, and it is inevitable that they will fall into their hearts and ignore their vigilance.
encountered the assault of Luo Shixin's 800 strong soldiers, and suddenly he was in chaos.
The Turks are the masters of their own wars, and there are very few formations in the war, and the real strong soldiers have been taken away by Ashina Congli. The rest of the Turkic warriors, of course, have the strength to fight, but compared with the well-trained Tang soldiers, they are really very different.
In an almost crushing victory, they destroyed the Ashina tribe in one fell swoop, taking all their cattle, sheep and horses. (To be continued......)