Chapter 322: The plan will be settled
The coalition forces of the Turkic tribes cautiously approached the camp of the Shun Dynasty, they were very afraid that Liu Yu would play any more conspiracy, and the army moved forward, and all the soldiers and horses were mobilized in an orderly manner, not giving Liu Yu any chance to exploit loopholes. Until they passed Jinyao City and stationed nearly a hundred miles north of the Shun Dynasty's army, the Shun Dynasty's army still did not move at all.
The plan worked!
The leaders of the tribes gathered again, and this time they were feasting on their achievements, and they did not know what they were celebrating. Roughly speaking, this credit is to follow the army of the Shun Dynasty, so that they do not dare to flee, in fact, this credit cannot withstand scrutiny, because the army of the Great Shun Dynasty will withdraw from the beginning to the end of their guess, and they have no way of knowing whether the army of the Shun Dynasty has a plan to evacuate.
Anyway, the confrontation between the two armies has changed from the original 300 li to 100 li.
The time was already May 19, and the grassland was about to usher in summer, just when the confrontation between the Shun Dynasty and the Turkic armies had not yet begun, news came from the southwest that the main Turkic army had about 20,000 horsemen to wipe out the Hui.
The Hui are a fairly large tribe in the south of the steppe, the cavalry alone is more than 30,000, and the Hui are also evenly matched with the Turkic army, but because the Hui themselves also have internal contradictions, they are used by the Turks, first the Hui internal war started, and then the Turkic cavalry marched westward in one fell swoop, trapping most of the Hui under the Tianyin Mountain. The Hui repeatedly prayed to the Shun Dynasty for assistance, but because of this, the Shun Dynasty was too busy to take care of itself and did not send troops to rescue, and the Hui were completely wiped out by the Turks, and it is said that the men, women and children of the Hui tribe were killed.
In less than a month, the once large tribal Hui disappeared on the grassland, not only shocking other grassland tribes. Let them obediently submit to the rule of the royal court. At the same time, it also put the Shun Dynasty army into a state of fighting alone. Destroy the Western Turkic Route Army of the Hui Division. It had already turned to the northeast and killed from the flank and rear of the Shun Dynasty army, and at the same time, the iron wolf guards sent by the Turkic royal court had also approached Jinyao City.
A decisive battle is about to begin.
The soldiers of the Shun Dynasty army are all sharpening their knives, and some generals are very anxious, because their commander Liu Yu is not only digging holes these days. It is to bury the soil, find something to do for yourself, withdraw three miles, simply don't even dig a pit, and the whole army is stationed on the grassland as if waiting for death. Some generals asked Liu Yu to see Liu Yu and wanted to ask Liu Yu about his next strategy, but Liu Yu was closed and did not see any guests, and even Liu Yu's two friends Li Mi Sui Yi and his old boss He Mao went to see him, but they were also rejected by Liu Yu.
Liu Yu's own subordinates are okay to say, they treat Liu Yu as a god. What God wants to do has nothing to do with them as mortals. But this time the main force of the army. It was the border army that used to dominate in the north, and many of their generals looked down on Liu Yu. Behind his back, Liu Yu was even scolded as "General Zuyin", and many people believed that Liu Yu's greatest credit was because he was the son of Liu Zhao, the Marquis of Dingguo. That's all. As for the rumors about Liu Yu in the army, they also think that they are all boasting, and hearing is false and seeing is believing.
"General Liu won't just leave us alone and go to fight alone as a hero, right?"
Many soldiers held such suspicions, but soon the suspicions were lifted, because Liu Yu held an emergency military meeting, at which Liu Yu showed up, yawning and indifferent, making it impossible to see what Liu Yu was doing these days. Not only did Liu Yu show up, but even Huo Yu also appeared, and the generals thought that Liu Yu had brought Huo Yi out of the city together.
On behalf of most of the border army generals who had questions, Min Shaoqing asked: "General Liu, is this military meeting held to discuss the matter of breaking the enemy?" ”
Liu Yu's eyes were red, as if he had stayed up all night, if it weren't for the fact that Liu Yu didn't bring his family this time, the generals would definitely think that Liu Yu was messing with his female relatives until dawn last night. Thinking about it, isn't Liu Yue having bad habits?
"General Min, why are you in such a hurry? This time, General Ben came to you to hear your opinions. ”
Liu Yu asked people to spread out a military map, and everyone saw that it was a large map of the grassland, which was very clear and clear, and even some unknown rivers in the north were marked on the military map. This military map is clearer than any before.
"Look." Liu Yu continued, "This is the grassland, this is where we are. Jin Yao City is here, and Hui Hui is behind our side, and it has been destroyed...... Can any of you tell me where is the royal court of the Turks? ”
The generals looked at each other, and no one could answer the question.
As we all know, the Turks do not have their own cities, and the center of each tribe is a large village, which will move with the change of spring, summer, autumn and winter, because the grassland grazing is to chase water and grass, and they cannot choose to settle in a certain place.
As the center of all the Turkic tribes, the Turkic royal court was also a large gathering place, and it also migrated several times a year. In addition, when the Central Plains Dynasty was at war with the steppe tribes, most of the time it chose to hold on, so no one knew where the royal court in the rear of the Turkic Turks of the Ludao was located, and even the general location was not clear.
Min Shaoqing asked tentatively, "General Liu, are you preparing...... Led troops to break through the Turkic royal court and pacified the troubles of the steppe in one fell swoop? ”
Liu Yu didn't answer, but looked at Min Shaoqing and asked, "General Min thinks there is a chance?" ”
Min Shaoqing smiled helplessly, he has now been deprived of the position of commander of the three armies, everything is up to him Liu Wenyan has the final say, if he wants him to say, there must be no chance, but who knows what Liu Wenyan's brain thinks.
"It's hard to say about subordinates." Min Shaoqing said.
"It's hard to say that General Ben will say for you, there is no chance. This time, let's help figure out the location of the Turkic royal court, and I don't plan to capture the king first, this meal still has to be eaten one bite at a time, and what we will face next is the enemy in front of us. In fact...... General Ben is also curious, you say that the Turks have been on the steppe for more than a hundred years, and no one knows where their nest is? ”
All the generals were frowning, especially the generals of the original border army. Originally, they were asked to obey Min Shaoqing, who had no combat experience, and they were angry, and Min Shaoqing almost buried half of the soldiers and horses of the border army, this Liu Yu is not a person who can only talk on paper, this expedition, he also knows that Lu Dao stays behind, but more than half of the existing border army of the Shun Dynasty is left in the pass by him, which makes them a little unbearable.
In their opinion, Min Shaoqing is the representative of the radical faction, and Liu Yue is the representative of the cautious faction, and now Liu Yu's inaction is also seen by them as a manifestation of Liu Yue's prudence and dare not act rashly.
But in fact, Liu Yu's radicalism can't compare to inserting two wings into Min Shaoqing.
A middle-aged general with a black face and a rough beard said: "General, where is the royal court of the Turks that you care so much about, but you are concerned about the tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry hundreds of miles away on the opposite side?" They will come quickly, and in less than half a day, they will appear in front of our three armies, and our battalion is so loosely guarded, how can we meet the enemy? (To be continued......)