Chapter 240: Yellow Sand Stained with Blood (8)
Lin Chenghe grasped the timing of this attack very well, but in terms of the effect of injuring the enemy, it was actually not large, and it was less than a quarter of an hour before and after the short assault, although the White Wolf Army was caught off guard, in fact, the total number of White Wolf officers and soldiers killed was only one hundred and eighty people, and it was just a drop in the bucket for the White Wolf Army with about 12,000 troops, however, this move was like a sharp stinger to break through the illusion of harmony between the two Western Turkic soldiers.
There is an old gap between Ishina Batero, and there are also many contradictions between the Khan's court and the five crossbows south of the Tianshan Mountains, and the two major tribes of Soge Mohe, the two armies are inseparable, but they are barely unified under the banner of the Western Turks. And the reason why Yibi Baduo readily agreed to cover the rear formation of Ashina Sero's department is to put it bluntly, there is only one intention, that is, he hopes that Ashina Sero's department and the Tang army will fight to defeat both sides, and it is best to die together, their respective calculations are very clear, and no one can hide from each other, and the situation that was originally peaceful with each other was completely disrupted by Lin Chenghe's sudden blow, without him, Ashina Serro recognized that Lin Chenghe's department was the Tang army, but Yibi Batro did not know this, and was suddenly attacked, he was already extremely angry, Coupled with hearing the harsh scolding of the tribal soldiers who had been killed, Yibi Baduo was willing to swallow the evil breath in his heart, and after getting rid of the pursuit of Lin Chenghe's department, he immediately gathered his soldiers and horses, and discharged the attack formation on the desert, intending to give Ashina Sero a little color.
Not to mention, the White Wolf Army is worthy of being a strong army, although it was suddenly attacked, had to retreat, but it did not fall into a big rout because of this, once the attack formation was arranged, the face of the strong army suddenly appeared, and there was no such leisurely laxity as before, and the murderous aura in the tightly arranged formation rose sharply, rushing into the sky, which was daunting.
Words can be regarded as a very powerful weapon, but some things can not be explained clearly in a few words, in the face of the attack posture made by the White Wolf Army, Ashina Sullo knows very well that this is not the time to explain, and he is not allowed to send someone to explain the situation by himself, and the only thing that can be done is to take action - to pursue Lin Chenghe's department, capture the live mouth, and let the facts speak, so it is possible to resolve the misunderstanding between the two armies, therefore, Ashina Sullo did not hesitate at all, after gathering more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, immediately ready to order the pursuit of Lin Chenghe's department who fled frantically, but unfortunately before Ashina Thero gave an order, he heard an undisturbing noise from his front army, hurriedly turned his head, and looked again, but saw a lot of smoke and dust behind Niutouling, obviously a biao army horse was coming quickly, and he was stunned for a while, and he forgot to pursue Lin Chenghe's troops and horses.
"Your Highness, it's Your Highness, Your Highness!"
"Your Highness has arrived, our army will win, and the Tang army will be mighty!"
"The Tang Army is mighty!"
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The Tang army defenders on Niutou Ridge saw clearly that the comer was playing the banner of Li Zhen, the king of Yue, and immediately made a loud noise, and the Tang officers and soldiers who had been fighting for a long time shouted the battle horn, and the entire Niutou Ridge was in a commotion, and the morale that was originally slightly low suddenly rose sharply, and the shout spread to the bottom of the mountain, but it made Ashina Therro's department frightened, and for a time the originally neat array also appeared in some commotion.
Oops! Ashina Therro heard the noise on Niutou Ridge, his heart immediately sank, and his already blue face had completely darkened, he knew very well that since Li Zhen had arrived, the old camp must be finished, without the old nest and the logistics in the army would be exhausted, although he still had nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses, he had become a fish on the knife board, and had become the object of slaughter. It's time for the two tribes of Soger Mohe to survive! Ashina Theroh is worthy of being a battle-hardened veteran, once the situation is clear, he acted extremely quickly, and quickly issued an order for the whole army to retreat northward, and suddenly, the Ashina Thero's troops who were originally assembled under the Niutou Ridge slowly withdrew to the desert, but did not meet with the White Wolf Army, but lined up a semicircular defensive formation about a mile away from the White Wolf Army, and its front was not only to guard against the Tang Army killed on the Niutou Ridge, but also to guard against the attack from the White Wolf Army.
Yibi Baduo also noticed the change in the direction of Niutouling, he was not a fool, he saw Ashina many measures before it didn't look like he was going to send troops to attack him, and then he saw that Lin Chenghe's department went around in a big circle on the desert and turned back to Niutouling, vaguely guessed the strangeness, and naturally dismissed the plan to send troops to attack Ashina Serro, but seeing that Ashina Serro's formation was faintly guarding himself, he was extremely unhappy in his heart, so he didn't wave his army to meet Ashina Serro, It was only ordered that the whole army be kept on alert, and at this point, the differences between the two Western Turkic armies were already on the surface.
"Your Highness, you're finally here." Seeing Li Zhen coming, You Sifan did not immediately rush down the mountain to greet him, but forcibly suppressed the joy in his heart, and shouted loudly to order the Tang officers and soldiers to line up in a defensive formation, until Li Zhen rode up to Niutouling, then hurriedly greeted him, and greeted him with a choked voice.
At this point, it can be said that the Tang army is already victorious, but Li Zhen is not happy at all - the two thousand Tang troops and nearly four thousand slave soldiers who are guarding Niutouling are only more than 3,000 people in the Tang army, including the slave soldiers, and the loss is more than half, no need to ask Li Zhen to know how tragic this resistance battle is, looking at the tired and scarred bodies of the soldiers of the defenders such as You Sifan, Li Zhen felt a pain in his heart, and nodded heavily: "This king is one step late, Let the brothers suffer, this battle can win all depends on the soldiers to die and stick to the merits, this king engraved in his heart, after this battle, all slave soldiers will be incorporated into my Tang Army, all officers and soldiers are promoted to a level, reward money three times, there are outstanding military merits and another heavy reward, the original Tang Dynasty officers and soldiers all remember a great merit, reward money five times, there are special honors to study in the military academy, after graduation there is another reuse! ”
The reward for meritorious deeds has always been the most touching moment, especially when the reward is announced on the spot on such a battlefield, which makes everyone in the Tang Army excited, and the morale is high. The sound of the battle horn immediately sounded, first someone else shouted again, and then the whole army shouted in unison, and the sound rolled straight into the sky, and the momentum suddenly made Sogsos, who was silently following Li Zhen, look solemn, but at this time, as a hostage, he didn't dare to say anything, and finally caught a loophole, came to Li Zhen's side, and said with low eyebrows: "Your Highness, since you have arrived at Niutouling, how about letting the old man go to see his nephew?" ”
Li Zhen's purpose of this war is one, that is, to sweep south of the Tianshan Mountains, squeeze out the Western Turkic forces, and create a favorable space for the survival and development of Anxi, as for whether the Western Turkic tribes can be completely wiped out, it is still second, of course, in terms of the strength of the Tang Army, in fact, it does not have the ability to start a decisive battle with the Western Turkic army, which is also the root of Li Zhen's agreement to Sogsos's proposal. waved his hand and said: "Okay, then there is Lao Suo, come here, send Suo Lao down the mountain!" Li Zhen gave an order, and several of his own guards rode out, silently protecting Sogsos in the middle, Sogosus had something in his heart, he didn't want to stay longer, and arched his hand to Li Zhen, surrounded by the guards of the Yue Wangfu, and rushed to the army formation of Ashina Sero under the ridge, and met Lin Chenghe's department who walked around in a big circle on the desert on the way and was retreating to Niutouling, but the two sides did not intersect, but went their own way, and soon ran to their own destinations.
"Uncle Suo, why are you here? The old camp ......" Ashina Thero's eyes were very good, and he saw Sogssos from a distance, he didn't dare to put up a fight in front of Sogsos, so he led his own personal guards to meet him, and he didn't care about greetings, and hurriedly asked.
Sogeros did not rush to answer Ashina Sero's question, but politely looked sideways at the guards of the Yue Wangfu who escorted him down the mountain, and said with a smile: "The generals have worked hard, the old man has arrived at the ground, please go back and report to His Highness, just say that the old man will act according to the agreement, and please rest assured." "Those palace guards were not talkative, and when they saw that the matter had been done, they didn't talk nonsense, but they just arched their hands at Sogthos, and rode back, without even saying hello to Ashina Sero.
"Uncle Suo, how is the old camp? What's the deal about? Ashina Therro was full of doubts in his heart, and it was easy to wait until the guards of the Yue Wangfu were far away, and he couldn't hold it anymore, so he asked anxiously.
"The old camp is fine, the virtuous nephew, please come with the old man." Sogeros didn't want to say anything about the agreement in front of Ashina Sero's personal guards, sighed, shook his head, and slowly walked to the side.
"......, that's how things are, and now the old camp is temporarily safe, but in fact it has been controlled by the Tang Army, the old man is incompetent, and he is ashamed of the virtuous nephew, where to go, and the virtuous nephew is determined by himself, and the old man will obey everything." Sogeros briefly recounted the battle of the old camp, and then recounted in detail the contents of the agreement with Li Zhen and the agreed retreat steps, and finally handed over the right to make the decision to Ashnathro.
In his opinion, it is not so much that this agreement to withdraw from the Tianshan Mountains can give the two tribes a chance to live, but it is better to say that this agreement is a sub-chronic poison, and it is not only the two tribes themselves that are poisoned in the end, but I am afraid that in the end, the entire Western Turks will suffer greatly - although the ten major tribes of the Western Turks are all nomadic tribes, there is no fixed residence, But each tribe has its own fixed territory, the five crossbows lost Bibu, Suog Mohe are all big tribes, the old and young add up to nearly 100,000 people, once the Tianshan Mountain is withdrawn, it is bound to grab food from the mouths of other tribes, if it is the past, Ashina Sero is not afraid to start a war with other tribes, but now the Yibi Lu Khan is trying his best to exclude and suppress the five crossbows lost Bi, which is an open secret in the entire Western Turks, once the conflict starts, with the strength of the five crossbows and Suog Mohe, the strength of the two divisions can not compete with the Khan's court, Unless it is to unite other tribes that are dissatisfied with Yibi Dulu can there be a chance of victory, in this way, the entire Western Turks will fall into a great turmoil, and at that time, there is no need for the Tang Dynasty to send troops, but I am afraid that the Western Turks themselves will fall.
"Alas, troubled times are coming!" Although Ashina Sero understands the dangers of this agreement, but in the current situation, he is helpless, after all, for the Western Turkic tribes, the interests of the tribe are above all else, as for the khan, it is a dispensable thing, whoever has the big fist can be the khan, once his own tribe declines, it is a really fatal thing.
"The virtuous nephew has already decided, so let's go and reply to His Highness." The people of Sogssos are old and sophisticated, and when they heard Ashina Sero's emotion, they immediately guessed Ashina Sero's decision, and although their hearts were heavy, they still forced a calm word.
"Uncle Suo, slow down." As soon as Ashina Thro saw that Sogeros was about to dial the horse to Niutouling, he hurriedly stretched out his hand and grabbed the reins of Sogsos's horse, groaned for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Since the matter is going to be done, let's sit down thoroughly, what does Uncle Suo think?" ”
"This ......" Sogsus listened obediently, and understood that what Ashina Thro said was to completely bury the 12,000 White Wolf Army, and couldn't help but pause, frowned and said: "It's not impossible to take down the White Wolf Army, but the old man is really not sure to persuade His Royal Highness the King of Yue to help, if only our troops and horses attack, I'm afraid that they may not be able to win, even if they win, I'm afraid that this loss will not be small." ”
"It doesn't matter, according to the little nephew, King Yue is decisive, he will not refuse such an offer, Uncle Suo will make it clear that the little nephew will first confuse Yibi to take the bastard, and when Uncle Suo returns, he will wipe out this fang in one fell swoop!"
"Okay, then go back and try it, virtuous nephew be careful, don't let Yibi Baduo see the flaw." Sogsos is also a veteran of the battlefield, and he is very decisive in killing, once he decides to do it, he will not have the slightest compassion, he nodded, said no more, turned the horse's head, and galloped towards Niutouling again.
Ashina Thero watched Sogsus go away, thought about it for a while, rode back to his main formation, summoned a group of henchmen to his side, and after a few words of hurried explanation, he rode away alone towards the White Wolf Army, which was arrayed a mile away, without a guard.
"Stop! Dare to take a step closer and watch out for your dog's life! Dozens of cavalry of the White Wolf Army, who were cruising outside the military formation, saw Ashina Sero coming alone, and unceremoniously swords faced each other and stopped Ashina Sero from the formation.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please inform Your Highness that this commander has something important to discuss." Ashina Therro was not annoyed by being stopped by a few pawns, and said quietly, although his tone was gentle, but the majesty of being a handsome man was fully revealed.
"Wait!" Those rangers were arrogant, and they had been attacked by the "Ashina Thero's Division" before, and they were extremely unhappy, and they didn't save face for Ashina Thero, a ranger leader, snorted coldly, ignoring the anger on Ashina Thero's face, and rushed towards the military formation with his own care.
Ebi Batduo is not blind, he saw all the comings and goings between the Tang Army and Ashina Sero's department, although he didn't know what these two old guys were messing with, but he was vigilant in his heart, and he had already sprouted the intention of retreating in his heart, and at this time he was discussing with the generals of his subordinates how to withdraw the army, as soon as he heard that Ashina Serro came alone, he couldn't help but be suspicious, walked out of the military formation and looked at Ashina Sero in the distance, frowned and thought about it, or led a group of cronies to meet the generals on horseback, When he got closer, Yibi took Tie Tie's face blue, and he glanced at Ashnathro and said, "What do you mean by the big marshal?" Could it be that he came to inform the last general that he had surrendered to the Tang army. ”
Ashina Sero was originally the confidant of the Khan of Epilu, if it wasn't for the unpleasant trouble caused by the affairs of the United States, he would not have fallen into the end of being suppressed, and he was very familiar with several sons of the Khan, and because Ashina Sero supported the brother of Epi Bat, there were many disputes between him, and he knew very well about the nature of Epibath, knowing that this person looked rough, but in fact, there were a lot of ravines in his heart, and he knew that the meeting between himself and Sogssos could not hide the eyes of Epibatho, I also know that Ebi Bata must have guessed the loss of the old camp, and I know that Ebi Bata has planned to retreat at this time, but Ashina Sero doesn't want to watch Ebi Bata slip away, leaving a big hidden danger, at this time, listening to Yi Pi Bat, I am not annoyed, just smiled bitterly and shrugged his shoulders and said: "Your Highness is laughing, there is something important to discuss with His Highness, alas, the old man is incompetent, the Tang army has broken through the old man's camp, and now the old man is in chaos, and please ask His Royal Highness to be the master of the old man." ”
"Huh?" He didn't expect Ashina Sero to say this so frankly, he was stunned for a moment, glanced at Ashina Sero suspiciously, and after muttering for a while, he spoke: "What does the Tang Army want?" ”
Ashina Thero's face showed a look of pain, and his face twitched and said: "So that His Highness can know that the Tang people have taken a certain old and young, and want to coerce our department to lay down their weapons and surrender to the Tang Dynasty, thinking that a certain is a general who is a close believer of the Khan, how can he do such a rebellious thing, and besides, the king of Yue and his people are extremely cruel and indiscriminately kill my grassland tribe, and a certain is surrendered, but I am afraid that it will be in vain, how can a certain person be surrendered, but ......, alas, it is just that a certain clan is now ......, hey!" If His Royal Highness can help a certain arm, a certain sure rescue of the clansmen, the total annihilation of the Anxi Tang Army here, if so, His Royal Highness's grace, a certain self should be engraved in the heart, Rong will report later. ”
Ashina Serro not only holds the two major tribes in his hands, but his prestige in the Khan's court is even more terrifying, after all, the name of the number one general of the Western Turks is not blown out, it is the accumulation of countless military exploits, and the connections in the tribes are also very strong, although he is currently being excluded, but he knows that he will not regain the favor of the Khan, if he can be held in his hand, it is a great thing for the great event of the succession of the Ebi Bat, to be honest, the reason why the Ebi Batto will ask for orders to come to supervise the war, Originally, there was also the intention of taking the opportunity to win over Ashina Sero, but several times to send people to try to no result, which made Ashina Serro go to the death pit Ashina Serro, at this time, I heard Ashina Sero personally say that he wanted to repay himself, but he couldn't help but be moved, but after all, Ishnathro was not a fledgling reckless person, and he didn't fully believe Ashina Serro's words, and after listening to Ashina Serro's pleading, he didn't immediately express his position, but squinted his eyes, looked at Ashina Serro, and couldn't open his mouthAfter a long time, he slowly spoke: "The handsome is polite, how do you want to help, please say it first, if it can be done, the last general can give it a try." ”
"Thank you, Your Highness." Ashina Sero showed a grateful look on his face, and he bowed with his fists very respectfully, but he did not immediately say a word, but looked at the generals behind Epibat.
"Stand down." Yibi was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, waved his subordinates away with a wave of his hand, stared at Ashina Sero and said, "The big handsome can say it." ”
"Okay." Ashina Sero didn't say anything more polite, and rode forward slowly, and took a side by side with Epibal, and whispered in his ear, which made Epibal nod again and again......
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