Two days later.

At noon, the sun rarely came out, but the cold wind still hit the vast snowfield like a mortal enemy, sending out a terrifying roar of rage, startling the snowflakes all over the sky.

Konoha Mountain, Zimeng Lake has been frozen, white, no blue and clear in the past, the surrounding mountains are undulating, continuous, but also covered by snow, full of white.

Legend has it that the gods took the white horse floating earth river to the east, there was a heavenly woman driving a green ox cart, from the flat pine forest to the river down, to the Konoha Mountain, the two rivers confluence, met as a spouse, gave birth to eight sons, and then, the clan gradually flourished, became the Khitan eight departments, it can be said that this is the birthplace of the Khitan, but also the holy land, but today it ushered in an army.

The army did not put up a flag, dressed in a white coat, it was difficult to distinguish the identity, but it stepped on the sleigh board, took a firm and powerful step, and the eyes were beating with a strong fighting spirit, and the thick snow could not stop it.

Not long after, the troops came to a hillside at the upwind mouth and stopped, standing still, the generals gathered together, raised their eyes, and in front of them were countless tents set up near the lake, as well as yurts, like countless white mushrooms growing in the snow, scattered in the snow, the smoke curling, a sense of tranquility.

Stubbornly looking at this scene, his eyes were full of excitement: "General, how to fight?" ”

"Attack and burn some yurts with fire first, attract tribal soldiers to rush out, and negotiate after killing."

"Negotiations?" Everyone's faces changed.

"Believe me, Cheng Chumo led a thousand soldiers and horses to take the lead, and two two thousand soldiers and horses stood in the rear to press the formation, in a triangular formation, and the forbidden army was on standby, so let's execute it." Qin Huaidao's tone was firm and did not explain much.

During this time, Qin Huaidao's prestige has been established, no one questioned it, and he acted quickly, and soon, the Turkic army was divided into three and pushed forward, Cheng Chumo took a thousand heads, and when he went up, there was a rocket, and the burning tribe was in chaos, and many people rushed out.

The weather was freezing and the road was closed by a blizzard, no one expected that there would be a sneak attack in such a harsh climate, and even a simple sentry was not released, and it was suddenly attacked.

As with Goguryeo's reaction, soon an army rushed up, but was trapped by a thick layer of snow and became a live target, and was killed by several rounds of crossbow arrows.

More and more soldiers in the tribe gathered, and Zhang Gong and arrows counterattacked, but the feather arrows were blown by the cold wind and could not shoot far, and fell more than ten meters in front of everyone, without pressure, everyone prepared a lot of rockets for backup before departure, and no one saved at this moment, so they pulled out the bow and threw them one after another.

More sheepskin and cowhide yurts were set on fire, and when the cold wind blew them, they burned quickly, and countless people rushed out of the yurts, shouting, crying, and chaotic, and the tribesmen were not the regular troops of Goguryeo, and they could not keep their composure in the face of the attack.

Many people rushed up with horses, but they were quickly blocked by the thick snow, becoming a live target, dense crossbow arrows slaughtered, and a large area fell down in an instant, and what was even more terrifying was that the crossbow arrows were continuous, non-stop, and the survivors had no way to take the time to fight back except for dodging, and were quickly shot.

In a few moments, nearly a thousand cavalrymen were killed.

However, the killing also aroused the ferocity of the tribesmen, many people rushed over to shoot, and many cavalry, divided into several groups, tried to outflank them in a roundabout way, the total strength was not less than three thousand, but the thick snow blocked, the march was not easy, and the speed was very slow.

Seeing this scene, Qin Huaidao decisively ordered, and the other two teams were also bet on it, blocking the enemies on both sides of the circuit, so that they could shoot them in one go, but more people in the tribe reacted and stepped forward from a farther distance.

The tribe covers too much area and there are too many people, but no matter from which direction, as long as they get closer, the chance of the defense area will be reduced, Qin Huaidao really ordered, the Wei Chi brothers led a thousand forbidden troops to attack, one left and one right, five thousand people, divided into five directions, invisibly forming a long arc, blocking the enemy who came up in a roundabout.

In this way, there are no dead ends, unless the enemy sneaks up from behind, but it is impossible.

Qin Huaidao stood against the wind, watching the soldiers go on a killing spree, and the enemy he hit had no power to fight back, and he was secretly glad that he brought a repeating crossbow, which had dense firepower and a fast rate of fire, if it was a bow and arrow, it might not be the opponent of these people who grew up on the back of a pony and played with a bow.

The battle was almost one-sided.

After a while, four or five thousand tribal soldiers shot and killed, and the tribe quieted down, with no resistance, no crying, no shouting, as if it was shocked and frightened by everyone's terrifying war intent.

There was no order, everyone stood still and did not attack.

But this kind of deterrence is even more frightening, and soon, a person from the tribe came over with a flag and did not bring a weapon, which represents negotiation, Cheng Chumo is the closest, and motioned everyone not to do it.

The person who came closer stopped and muttered, but Cheng Chumo didn't understand a word, and shouted: "Go back, send someone who can speak Tang over." ”

As everyone knows, the other party shouted in Tang dialect, which is not very proficient: "Honorable lord, who are you, why are you attacking me?" ”

"Tang Jun, because you attacked my Tang Dynasty." Cheng Chumo shouted.

The other party was stunned for a moment, and continued: "You are very strong, we are not opponents, we are willing to put down our swords and arrows to negotiate, according to the rules of this grassland, we are willing to take out enough cattle, sheep and horses to change a way to live, how about it?" ”

"Kill all of you, everything is still ours, why do you agree?" Cheng Chu shouted silently.

"Wolves without a way to live are crazy, and we will fight back."

"Your army is not in the tribe, but a flock of sheep to be slaughtered, and it is not an opponent at all. , unless you surrender unconditionally and do what we want, we will kill all of you, some of the tribe is still ours, go back and spread the word, otherwise I will kill you. Cheng Chumo shouted fiercely.

Everyone raised their repeaters.

The other party was so frightened that he hurried back.

Cheng Chumo nodded at the stubbornness not far away, hurriedly returned, came to Qin Huaidao and told him about the conversation just now, and finally asked, "General, if they still come to talk, how can they talk?" ”

"Lay down your arms, become a captive, obey any order unconditionally, and live."

"Got it!" Cheng Chumo has a bottom in his heart, and he is about to leave.

"Wait a minute, don't wait, keep attacking, put pressure on them until they send a negotiating emissary, I don't want to stand here for too long, take it as soon as possible, there is not much time left for us." Qin Huaidao admonished.

Cheng Chumo was a little surprised, isn't there a lot of time? If the snow does not melt and the road is impassable, the enemy army will not come, but without asking much, he hurriedly returned to the command position and attacked again with the team, and several other teams also quickly received orders to press down on the tribes below.

As a result, more yurts were set on fire, and more people rushed out in a panic, shouting and shouting, but no more soldiers rushed out to block it, but retreated in a panic, pulling away for fear of being hit by rockets.

After waiting for a while, Qin Huaidao saw that there were still no soldiers coming out, and estimated that only about 5,000 guards were left, all of whom were killed by the shot just now, and was about to signal the team to continue to advance, when he saw someone coming out with a flag.

The attack slowly stopped, and the battle was prepared.

Cheng Chu silently told the person who came, or the one just now, and shouted dissatisfiedly: "Except for surrender, I don't accept any other conditions, let's say, how to choose?" ”

"We will surrender." The other party shouted with a crying face.

"Wouldn't it be over like this a long time ago, thousands of soldiers died in vain, wait." Cheng Chumo dropped a word, hurriedly returned, and soon came to Qin Huaidao, and said happily: "They are willing to surrender." ”

Qin Huaidao nodded, and asked people to inform the Wei Chi brothers and Cheng Chuliang, Cheng Chubi, and An Guogong to come up, everyone gathered together, Qin Huaidao held a few snow balls and put them on the ground, and said: "The team is in one place, Cheng Chumo, you bring a thousand people in front, act as an arrow, the two brothers are on the right, Cheng Chuliang and Cheng Chubi, you two are on the left, the whole is slowly advancing in an attack formation, and if you find resistance, shoot directly." Qin Huaidao admonished.

"Understood." Everyone looked at the formation of snow on the ground and understood.

Qin Huaidao continued: "After the team goes down, the formation will be expanded, drive everyone forward, keep a certain distance, prevent the enemy from rushing and killing, and after the high-level tribe comes out to surrender, Cheng Chumo's department will control the people, and ask them to pass the order, let everyone in the tribe go to the rear, and you will continue to drive until the back of the tribe, let people enter the yurt, inform them that they are not allowed to come out, those who come out, kill!" ”

"Obey!" A few people should arrive, and they understand that as long as the people in the tribe are driven forward and blocked in front, even if there are soldiers, there is no way to rush and kill, unless they kill their own people first, this method is safe.

"Action!" Qin Huaidao didn't talk nonsense.

The people quickly departed and rushed down with their troops.

Qin Huaidao watched the army form a formation, like an eagle with outstretched wings flying into the tribe, driving people forward, but he didn't kill indiscriminately, and he didn't see anyone fighting back, he put his mind at ease, thinking about the Khitan Eight Army when he heard that the rear was ended, and he didn't know if he would hate and instigate them all Taiyuan Wang's family?

The Taiyuan Wang clan instigated the Khitan and Goguryeo to send troops, and then let go of emptiness, it seems that he has made the right move, and if he takes He Da and Hebu, there will be a way to get the covenant, at least he can provoke the relationship between He Da and the Taiyuan Wang, and the situation is very good for him.

On the side, Fang Yiai saw that Qin Huaidao had not given the order to let him lead the team to attack, and he was in a hurry, so he couldn't help but say, "General, let's go up, right?" ”

"The mission of the pro-army is to keep me safe." Qin Huaidao said with a smile.

Fang Yiai looked aggrieved, so high force still needs someone to protect him? But he didn't dare to say it.

After waiting for a while, Qin Huaidao saw that it was almost over, and Cheng Chumo had already surrounded a large group of people, and said with a smile: "Let's go, it's windy here, find a place to eat something, starve to death." ”

Yulin guarded Qin Huaidao down the mountain, and it didn't take long to come to the tribe, all the way forward, looking at the cattle, sheep, and horses everywhere, this tribe is very rich, and there is no need to worry about eating.

Cheng Chumo greeted him and said, "General, take it, a few clan elders, one Kedun!" ”

Kedun is the honorific title of the Khan's wife, her status is very high in the tribe, and the clan elder has a high right to speak, Qin Huaidao nodded with satisfaction, his eyes fell on a big tent, unique, it must be the place where He Da He is deliberating, and said: "Take them, go to the big tent." ”

"Obey!" Cheng Chumo agreed.

Qin Huaidao went directly and soon came to the big tent, Li Yixie rushed in to check it very experienced, and asked Fang Yiai to lead the troops to raise the surrounding area for martial law, in the end, he was born in a professional class, no wonder Li Er asked him to follow, much more professional than Fang Yiai, who only knew how to fight.

Soon, Li Yixie came out of it and nodded at Qin Huaidao to indicate that it was okay.

Qin Huaidao walked in, and saw that there was a bonfire burning inside, roasting people, and there were a lot of residues, as if someone had eaten here before, sat down on the main seat, and looked at the utensils made of silver, which were very exquisite, and they were worth a lot of money, and they would enjoy it more than themselves, so he picked up a knife and cut a piece of meat and threw it in his mouth, and the taste was good to eat.

At this time, Cheng Chumo led people to press the captives in, one of them was a woman in her thirties, dignified, beautiful, with a pair of eyes with a little curiosity and a little anger, it should be Ke Dun, and the other few people are all old, and it is estimated that they are clan elders.

"Sit down." Qin Huaidao said nonchalantly, as if he was the master.

Everyone hesitated for a moment, sat down cross-legged around the bonfire, Cheng Chumo, Fang Yiai and Li Yixie were worried about their safety, so they didn't leave, standing behind several clan elders, holding knives in their hands, Li Dejian and Xue Feng came together, seeing this scene, they hurriedly stepped forward and stood left and right in Qin Huaidao, just in case.

Invisibly, everyone cares about Qin Huaidao's safety.

Qin Huaidao was a little moved in his heart, and said while eating: "Can you understand General Ben's words?" ”

"Who are you? Why are you attacking us? The woman asked, a strange pronunciation but understandable.

It's easy to understand, Qin Huaidao said with a smile: "Are you Khitan Kedun?" ”

"Exactly!" The other party responded, but he also had a bit of grace.

Qin Huaidao said while eating: "That's easy to do, we are the Tang Army, your man will lead the troops to attack the Tang Dynasty, and I, I will lead the troops to attack you, is there a problem?" ”

"I didn't ...... No. But Dun had a cold face, and he couldn't answer this.

"It's good if you don't have it." Qin Huaidao continued to laugh and said: "According to your rules, from now on, you are my captives, slaves, property, and lives are up to me, obey any of my orders, is there a problem?" ”

"I didn't ...... No. But Dun held his breath and almost died.

Qin Huaidao continued indifferently: "It's good if you don't have it, tell your clansmen, this general is going to dig up the snow, clear a road, and go straight to Yingzhou from here, if you want to do it, you can give it food, and if you don't want to do it, you can kill it, and the slaves who don't have it are not worth wasting food, including you, is there a problem?" ”

"It's too far to do."

"It's not something you should worry about, you only have one choice, do it or not?"

"I ......" Kedun's face changed greatly, and the dignified Khitan Kedan Kedun was actually reduced to the point of digging snow for food? Damn, doesn't this dead man know how to pity the jade at all?

"Don't want to?" Qin Huaidao's eyes were cold and he stopped eating.

A cold killing intent suddenly erupted, and Ke Dun had no doubt that the man in front of him, who seemed to be talking and laughing, would make a dead move, but if he agreed, where would he put his face? Besides, that job can't be done.

At this time, a middle-aged man said, "Honorable general, am I willing to do it for her?" ”

"Who are yours?"

"This ...... I can do doubles. The other party hurriedly said.

Qin Huaidao stared at the other party and said coldly: "No, everyone has to work, digging snow and clearing the road wasted time, it will take about six days to get from here to Yingzhou with the strength of the whole clan, I will only give you five days, who dares to be lazy, there is no forgiveness for killing, this is not a discussion, it is an order." ”

After speaking, Qin Huaidao said to Cheng Chumo: "Take them down and let them inform the clansmen, except for the elderly who are physically inconvenient and children who are below the wheels, everyone else has to work, regardless of men and women, collect tools, distribute them, dig directly from the tribe to the south, five meters wide, and deep enough to cross the horse." ”

"Understood!" Cheng Chumo agreed.

Ke Dunqi's face turned pale, but he felt Qin Huaidao's indifferent killing intent, he didn't dare to play tricks, and when he went out, several clan elders didn't dare to speak, the grassland tribes had long been accustomed to annexing each other, and they all had the consciousness of being captives.

After the others left, Li Dejian couldn't help but ask, "General, what are you going to do here?" ”

"It is not suitable to stay here and wait for the Khitan armies, once we return, it means that the ice and snow melt, we have no advantage, we must go back quickly, as long as we take all the horses, cattle and sheep, and other materials here, it is no problem to feed the people of this tribe for a while, there are so many prisoners in hand, I don't believe that He Da He Khan will not hand over the covenant." Qin Huaidao said coldly.

Hearing this, Li Dejian fully understood, no wonder he wanted to be captured, no wonder he hurried to open up the snow road, thought about it, and said: "Five days is a bit tight, but tens of thousands of people dig at the same time, not digging soil, digging snow is much easier, and the problem should not be big." ”

"Go and count the spoils of war, let the forbidden army help guard it, and be ready to go at any time, food is the key, and there is no room for loss." Qin Huaidao admonished.

"Understood, go over here." Li Dejian hurriedly went.

Qin Huaidao looked at Xue Feng and said with a smile: "Hungry, eat some." ”

"General Xie, after taking He Da and Hebu, it will be difficult for the Khitan to not mess up, but once we go back, the Khitan army will definitely besiege Yingzhou, what should we do when the time comes?" Xue Feng asked, as a member of Yingzhou, the most concerned is naturally the safety of Yingzhou.

Qin Huaidao said with a smile: "Goguryeo's 50,000 troops can't help Yingzhou, what is the Khitan, it is estimated that the Khitan is only about 50,000, we have captured so many cattle, sheep and booty, we don't have to worry about eating, and we hide in the city, not afraid of the cold, and there are tens of thousands of prisoners, what are you worried about?" I'm afraid they won't come. ”

"That's right, there are generals here, Yingzhou is really foolproof, but if we kill the five major armies of Goguryeo, Goguryeo will definitely not give up, once Goguryeo and Khitan besiege Yingzhou again, wait for the ice and snow to melt, what should we do?" Xue Feng reacted, but couldn't help but continue to ask.

"Don't worry, they don't stand a chance." Qin Huaidao said with a smile, not worried.

Xue Feng didn't know where Qin Huaidao's self-confidence was, and he estimated that he had a countermeasure, but he didn't want to say it, so he didn't want to ask again, the two chatted casually for a while, and An Guogong rushed over, sat down by the bonfire, cut off a piece of mutton with a knife and chewed it, and said: "Shutan, general, I didn't expect to take He Da He so easily, let's really open the way to return, don't fight?" ”

"Time is a little short, so let's not fight."

"What are we doing in a hurry to go back?" Obsessed with curiosity asked.

"Go back and clean up the Khitan, with the captives, it is impossible for He Da He to not go to Yingzhou, He Da He is a Khan, as soon as he goes, other tribes will inevitably go, wouldn't it be easier to hide in the city and fight them, why take risks." Qin Huaidao asked with a smile.

Zhi Sili nodded, thought for a while, and asked, "But what if the Siwan Danbu takes the opportunity to become bigger?" ”

"When the Siwandan tribe heard that its tribe was beaten, it will definitely bring troops back, let's leave, no one is his opponent, once the Siwandan tribe takes the opportunity to annex other tribes, expand its strength, and become bigger?"

Qin Huaidao smiled: "That's what you want, wait to see a good show." ”

Seeing Qin Huaidao smiling and silent, he didn't want to say it thoroughly, and he didn't ask stupidly, anyway, the master general made a decision, he only needs to obey, he has already won what is the big department, a great achievement, and so many loot, it can be described as a bumper harvest, why do you care so much?

After eating and drinking, Qin Huaidao walked out of the big tent and saw that the captives had been organized and were clearing the snow, although it was cold, no one dared to resist, and countless soldiers behind him were staring with crossbows.

Five meters wide is enough for two war horses to drag supplies side by side, anyway, no one comes, and there is thick snow to block, no one dares to escape, it is no different from looking for death, and it doesn't matter if the line is long when you go back.

Cheng Chumo instructed everyone to dig at the scene, first dig a small passage for one person to pass, others followed, digging both sides, the longer the small passage, the more people entered, the faster the digging, in order to improve efficiency, some people were asked by Cheng Chumo to climb to the front to dig, section digging.

Qin Huaidao observed for a moment, and asked people to call Cheng to tell him silently: "Find some women to be responsible for cooking, give them meat, they can work when they are full, don't save, anyway, we have seized a lot, we must do it ourselves, we can't take prisoners with fake hands, be careful of accidents." ”

"Understood." Cheng Chumo hurriedly wrote it down.

Qin Huaidao looked at the stubborn thinking force that came with him: "An Guogong, your ministry is responsible for supervision, and you can't beat and scold at will, but you can't be used to being lazy, it's useful for the captives to live." ”

"Then I'll keep an eye on it myself." Obsessed with his thoughts, he hurriedly said.

"There's a problem." Cheng Chumo reminded: "After the passage is repaired, it is a problem to go back and forth. ”

"It's okay, bring tents, yurts, where to repair, where we camp, the forbidden army is responsible for protecting the spoils of war and accompanying us." Qin Huaidao said.

"That's fine." Cheng Chu replied silently.

Qin Huaidao motioned for everyone to get busy, his eyes passed through the vast snowfield, as if he wanted to see Yingzhou, and wanted to know how the southbound army would choose after Goguryeo's grain was burned? Is it to take Pingzhou at any cost? Or do you go around snatching food and grass to get by? There are not many villages near Pingzhou, even if they are robbed, they will not be able to sustain themselves, right?

How will Goguryeo choose to urgently raise grain and send it to the front? Or are you studying demobilization?

"Do you want to run when you're here? You'll have to ask yourself if you'll say yes, but you'll have to hurry back. Qin Huaidao became more and more determined, and decided in his heart that if he ate the Goguryeo army that went south, this battle would definitely usher in a huge turnaround.

The Khitan is already on the verge of chaos, and it can be taken if it is properly operated, if it eats the southward army of Goguryeo, the situation will be reversed, but unfortunately there are too few soldiers and horses in Yingzhou, otherwise, you can requisition the army to go directly to the east, take advantage of the heavy damage of the Goguryeo army and the lack of food, and burn the war in Goguryeo.

There are no talismans, holy decrees, and soldiers and horses from other places can't be seconded, so the great opportunity is just missed?

Where can I get an army of 350,000 or 50,000?