Chapter 324: Unexpected Military Situation (I)
Luntai, the name of the ancient country, the Western Han Dynasty was the territory of the Luntai country, and then the Western Han Dynasty was destroyed, and set up the envoy captain in this place, there are two thousand Tuntian troops stationed in Luntai City, in order to defend the Huns, the Western Han Dynasty Xuan Emperor four years, the people of Luntai rioted, the country was restored to Wulei, the Eastern Han Dynasty was destroyed by the Han army again in the second year, and the Western Regions were re-established to protect the palace, to the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties belonged to Qiuzi, the Great Sui period was captured by the Western Turks, and now it is the location of the base camp of the Ashina Serro.
Luntai City is not so much a city, but rather a big village - the ethnic groups south of the Tianshan Mountains are generally semi-agricultural and semi-nomadic people, always like to build cities to defend, and the various ethnic groups north of the Tianshan Mountains are outright nomadic people, they do not have the habit of building a city and sticking to a place, always wading in the grass between the major pastures, the ancient city left by the original Han Dynasty has already become a ruin under the washing of the years, the Luntai City at this time is actually a number of large villages that are temporarily connected to each other by the Department of Ashina Therro, the scale is not small, But it is very simple, except for the wooden fence that is not too tall, the only thing that can be called a defensive facility is only a few arrow towers, nearly 100,000 Western Turks are crammed into these low-defense villages to survive, and what is even more pitiful is that among the nearly 100,000 tribesmen, except for the young people in their early 3,000s, most of them are women, children, old and young, and their combat power is almost zero.
On the third day of the third month of the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, it should have been the season of plum rain, but this spring was very dry, not to mention the rain, there was not even a cloud in the sky that was extremely blue, the sun was very hot, shining on people, there was a slight tingling feeling, but Sogsos didn't seem to mind the heat of the weather at all, standing on the high arrow tower, letting the sun shine on his body, the old body never moved, but the worry in his eyes was amazingly strong - this spring's drought has become a foregone conclusion, Fortunately, Luntai City is near the Tianshan Mountains, the water of the snow is abundant, and there is no risk of water shortage, but it is a pity that the area that the river can moisten is always limited, nearly 100,000 people are crowded in such a not too big pastoral area, and it can't be used at all, cattle, sheep, and horses have nowhere to graze, so they can only endure the pain to kill all the small poultry bred in the spring, coupled with the huge consumption of 100,000 people every day, the Luntai pastoral area that is not too big is already unable to support, and it is about to collapse completely.
If it's just drought and famine, Sogeros doesn't know how many times he has encountered it in his life, which time is not to overcome it, just stand up and pass, even if some people starve to death, it is not a big deal, what really worries Sogsos is the battle situation ahead - the front is defeated, the defeat is very bad, and nearly half of the men and horses have been lost, but fortunately, the main force has successfully escaped back, as long as there is such a backbone as Ashina Thero, there is always a chance to turn the tables, although Sogeros is worried, but there is no pain in the skin, What really worries Sogersos is precisely his possible ally, Li Zhen, the king of Yue.
As soon as he thought of Li Zhen, the king of Yue, Sogersos felt a burst of irritability in his heart, he had never seen such a difficult character in his life, soft and hard, even if he said a basket of good words, but it seemed to have no effect on Li Zhen, Sogsos couldn't see through Li Zhen's calculation anyway, he only knew that if he wanted to get benefits from Li Zhen, it was even more difficult than ascending to the sky, that guy was not like a Central Plains man who emphasized "benevolence, righteousness and morality", but was as cunning and fierce as a wolf on the grassland. For Li Zhen, Sogeros has a sense of restraint that he has never felt in his life, and there is a sense of regret for not being able to take advantage of Li Zhen's fledgling wings to kill the killer, and now, Anxi is stable, Li Zhen is powerful, and Sogeros has no other way to deal with Li Zhen except for being frustrated in his heart, which makes Sogersos so depressed that he wants to vomit blood.
"Suo Ye, look!" Just as Sogosus was preoccupied, one of the guards behind Sogosus suddenly pointed to the west and shouted loudly. As soon as Sogsus heard the guard's cry in a hurry, he hurriedly turned his head and looked intently to the west, and immediately saw a flying horse in the distance running wildly in the billowing smoke and dust, and he was very urgent, even if he encountered a flock of sheep grazing, he did not avoid it, but he only cared about the rampage, but he did not care about this move and caused a great chaos.
Something must have happened! As soon as Sogsus saw the hurried appearance of the rider, a sense of foreboding suddenly surged in his heart, and despite his old age and decrepitude, he rushed down the steep staircase of the arrow tower, ignoring the surprise of the people around him, and stumbled out of the gate of the camp with two old legs, and stood at the gate of the camp with a worried face, waiting for the arrival of the flying horse, and a white beard fluttered in the wind into a mess.
"Suo Ye, it's not good, Tang, Tang Jun is coming, here!" The knight rushed to the front, ignoring the fact that the war horse was still galloping, and a skillful saddle jumped off the horse, and fell to his knees, trembling, and screaming in panic.
"Hiss......" When Sogsos heard this, he gasped, his hands and feet suddenly became cold, his eyes glared angrily, he rushed forward, grabbed the cavalryman's corset, and asked urgently: "Tell me clearly, how many Tang troops are coming?" Who led the team? How far is it from here? Say, say it! ”
A series of questions were thrown out of Sogersos, and the unlucky knight trembled with fright, and he trembled for a long time before he hurriedly replied: "Suo Ye, the Tang Army is fierce, and the brothers who are with the little one are all killed, only the little one saw the opportunity quickly and escaped, no, I didn't see the banner of the Tang Army clearly, I only know that there are many soldiers and horses, and it is only half a day's journey from here at most, Suo Ye, you hurry up and get an idea, Suo Ye." ”
"Ah......" Thorgethos let go of his hand, and let the cavalryman sit down on the ground in embarrassment, a pair of dim old eyes showed a look of despair, and after standing in a daze for a while, he suddenly came to his senses, and shouted loudly regardless of it: "Come, prepare the horse, hurry, go and prepare the horse." The guards who followed behind Sogthos moved as if they had just woken up from a dream, and in a panic brought the saddled war horses, Sogsos didn't care to explain more to the nobles of the clan who came over, turned over and got on the horse, and dropped a sentence: "Quick, wait to inform Thuro immediately, let him rush back to the old camp, and the old man will go to drag the Tang army!" As soon as the words fell, he spurred his horse and rushed out towards the west, and more than a dozen guards saw this, and each of them beat their horses to follow, rolling up the smoke and dust on the ground, leaving only the old and young people who looked dumbfounded behind......
With such an iron army in hand, the world is so big, where can you not go! Li Zhen, who was riding a horse and standing on a small hill, looked at the iron flow rolling forward at the foot of the mountain, although his face was faint, without much expression, but the pride in his heart suddenly rose, and he had a kind of guidance to the country, and the dung of the ten thousand households was included, but Li Zhencheng was deep, and he didn't bring it to his face, but he looked at it silently for a long time, and then he ordered loudly without looking back: "Order, the whole army speed up, be sure to rush to Luntai before sunset!" ”
"Yes, yes!" A personal guard replied loudly, took a horn from his waist, puffed out his cheeks, and blew it violently, and the terrible cry quickly rippled on the grassland, and the cavalry brigade, which was not slow, immediately began to accelerate, and the smoke and dust rose loudly, and galloped towards the east, just at this time, there was a flying horse rushing back from the front of the queue, the speed was extremely fast, and in an instant it rushed to the top of the hill, and came to ride in front of Li Zhen and turned over and dismounted, pointed to the ground on one knee, and reported loudly: "Report!" Your Highness, General You reported that the advance had arrived at the mouth of the Tila River, and that the Western Turks had come to ride a person who called himself Sogsos, and asked to meet His Highness, saying that there was an urgent military report, and General You did not dare to call the shots, so he sent a small one to ask His Highness for an order. ”
What is Suo Lao'er running to do? Is it a delaying tactic? Hey, this old man really has a bit of courage! Li Zhen didn't believe that Sogosos had an urgent military situation to report, so he raised his eyebrows, waved his hand and said: "Order, the army will not stop, go straight to the mouth of the Tila River, and the generals will follow this king to see what is going on." As soon as the words fell, the horse rushed down the hill and galloped eastward, followed by Chen Wu, Lin Chenghe and other senior generals.
The Tila River is just a small river, the water of the river comes from the snow of the Tianshan Mountains, the water surface is wide, nearly 20 zhang wide, but the water is very shallow, only two feet deep, not to mention the cavalry, even the infantry can wade through the water, however, the 5,000 vanguard troops led by You Sifan all stopped at the river, and did not rush across the river, on the other side of the river are a few dozen Western Turkic cavalry led by Sogsos, both sides did not speak, but they each quietly confronted each other across the river.
You Sifan, the vanguard general of the Tang Army, has never been the kind of general who is calm to the extreme, on the contrary, his impulse and enthusiasm are definitely an alternative among the senior generals of the whole army, and he has been punished by Li Zhen for his reckless words, however, he is not the kind of daredevils who have no overall view, but sometimes he can't control his mouth. The root cause is simply that Li Zhen takes a fancy to his characteristic that he will not suffer easily, otherwise, with his martial arts that are only in the middle of his colleagues, he will definitely not be able to reap the glory of such a pioneer.
At this time, in the face of Sogsos's few dozen horsemen, You Sifan did not give the order to cross the river, but ordered the whole army to stand by, not that You Sifan was worried about being ambushed, let alone afraid of Sogsos, in fact, You Sifan had already made a small calculation in his heart - according to Li Zhen's general order: rush to Ashina Thero's old camp before sunset, put on an attack posture, and force his old camp to surrender, if there is stubborn resistance, kill him! Now that he has arrived at the mouth of the Tila River, it is less than twenty miles away from Ashina Thero's old camp, and it is not yet the end of the day, even if he is on the mushrooms here for a while, if he wants to enter the old camp before sunset, there is more than enough time, there is no need to be in a hurry, and besides, since Sogersos is here, it proves that his old camp is basically an empty camp without backhand, and he naturally has no need to be in a hurry, not to mention that he doesn't want his men to slaughter unarmed civilians, That kind of thing that has no military achievements to make and has to be infamous on his back, what he You Sifan doesn't want to do, it is better to kick the ball to His Royal Highness King Yue to bother to be comfortable, so when Sogersos proposed to meet Li Zhen, You Sifan immediately agreed and rested leisurely at the mouth of the Tila River.
You Sifan had no time to guess what the little abacus was in his heart, and he didn't bother to guess, facing the endless cavalry brigade on the other side of the river, Sogsos's heart had already sunk to the bottom, and he knew very well in his heart that at this moment, the five major tribes had come to the edge of the cliff, not only the five major horses, but I was afraid that the entire Western Turkic Khanate would also cease to exist, and whether the Western Turkic tribes could exist or not, the situation was no longer under the control of his own side, but in the palm of Li Zhen's hand. All he has to do is to see if he can fight for more space and rights from Li Zhen's hands, as for the rest, it is no longer in his consideration, however, as long as he thinks of fighting with Li Zhen again, Sogeros can't help but have a heart palpitation, but unfortunately he has no way to retreat, so he can only wait for Li Zhen's arrival here.
Just as the two sides were quietly confronting each other, a puff of smoke and dust rolled up from the back of the Tang army's column, and a blood-red battle flag fluttered into a dazzling scenery in the wind......
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