Chapter 48: The General is on Top and I Are Down (48)
Early the next morning, Yun Du set off with 100,000 elite soldiers who had rested for a day.
Before leaving, the general Lin Tingzhi instructed her in more detail what she should pay attention to, then gave her a few tips, and sent a few capable people to follow her.
He didn't give a map of the Turks in the twilight, and the Turkic tribes migrated with their fate, so it was better for her to bring people who were familiar with the terrain and could point out the direction of progress in the vast steppe.
As soon as the sky was bright and the morning light was slightly dewed, the 100,000-strong army of Yundui quietly infiltrated the Turkic territory.
The first few battles were very difficult, the Turkic tribes were different from the Ling Kingdom, they were all soldiers, the old and the weak, women and children were not to be underestimated, you would never imagine that a child no more than the height of your calf could plunge a dagger into your calf with hatred.
You have to accept not only their tests, but also your own tests, such a small child, such an old man, if you can't do anything and let any of them go, the whereabouts of the 100,000 army will be immediately exposed, besieged by tribes from all sides, and there will be no escape.
Everyone in the Turks is like a war machine, cold-blooded, ruthless, killing people without blinking.
The Turkic territory is basically an endless steppe, and if it weren't for the fact that the tribes were too far apart, the goal of their 100,000 army was so obvious, and it would not have been possible to break them one by one so smoothly.
Seven or eight days passed, the soldiers and horses left behind in various parts of the Turks began to consciously surround and chase Yundui's 100,000 army, and the tribes also had a plan to huddle together, in case they encountered Yundu's elite soldiers and had no power to resist.
But Yun Dui's purpose was never to massacre, she was just to send a signal, a signal that the Ling army had entered the territory of the Turks, forcing the Turkic soldiers and horses in the Li State to have no intention of fighting again, and the whole army withdrew.
Now that purpose has been achieved.
After the Turkic cavalry slaughtered and plundered ten cities in the Li State, they were unwilling and angry in the face of the capital of the Li State, which was within easy reach of a few cities, and finally rested their ranks and drove back to the Turks from the Li State.
He couldn't destroy the Li Kingdom, but let his own base camp be taken away.
Since most of the soldiers and horses were concentrated in attacking the Li State, there were very few soldiers and horses in the Turkic territory, and the royal court was even more empty.
Before the Turks withdrew their troops from the Li State, she could not attack the Turkic royal court, lest they destroy the Li State in a fit of anger, and then attack the Ling State, turning the three southern kingdoms upside down.
She wants to hang them in a breath, let them see hope, and come back to save her base camp.
However, the Turkic cavalry was extremely fast, and they ran day and night, and within a few days they would be able to return to the Turks, and if she had not captured the Turkic court, she would have been wiped out by the Turkic soldiers and horses like dumplings.
So she had to be fast, as fast as she could, and take the nearest route.
Even the hardest road.
Yun Du led an army of 100,000 back to the Turkic border, making a detour to climb the snow-capped mountains behind the Turkic royal court.
This snow-capped mountain was a natural barrier for the Turkic royal court, and no army had ever crossed it in history, it was too high, too dangerous, and too cold. Even if you can cross the past, the soldiers are tired, and the men and horses can be broken in half, how can you fight?
But Yun Du couldn't care about it so much, this was a dangerous move that the great general Lin Tingzhi told her not to use as a last resort, but the speed of the Turkic cavalry was several times faster than they imagined.
Yun Du led an army of 100,000 day and night, and when he finally came to the back of the Turkic court quietly, the 100,000 soldiers and horses were a full 20,000 less.