Chapter 146: Start the Attack

Liu Yi led more than 2,000 soldiers from the south of Qingshan and marched north.

Most of the sergeants wore Turkic costumes on the outside, some of them brought their own, and some of them were taken from under the slain Turks, so as not to encounter the Turks on the way and be discovered by the Turks.

The soldiers put on the warm hats made of animal skins of the Turks, and then put on the coats of beasts, and marched so fast that the Turkic scouts in the distance might not be able to detect them at all, unless they approached.

If the Turkic scouts or other Turks dared to approach them, they would basically lose their lives.

In the process of marching north, Liu Yi also constantly sent scouts to inquire about the situation, and immediately reported the enemy situation as soon as there was a danger, and eliminated it immediately.

Through the wide valley between the green mountains, the more than 2,000 people led by Liu Yi spent half a day quickly crossing the green mountains, and arrived at the foot of the mountain on the north side of the green mountains when night was approaching.

It took several hours to climb this mountain, and the soldiers had a great physical exertion, Liu Yi ordered the soldiers to rest without disarming, replenish food and water, restore their physical strength, and prepare to rush forward overnight after the moon rose and when the visibility on the grassland was better.

It is almost the middle of the month, the moon is still very bright after climbing high, because the weather is fine, there are no clouds in the sky, after night and in the middle of the night, the moon in the sky is very bright, the earth is faintly illuminated, and the flat grassland, at night is also suitable for the march of the army.

Liu Yi's plan was to march overnight, rush to the camp where Ashid was serving as fast as possible, and launch a surprise attack on the Turks before they could react. Since Pei Xingjian sent an order to lead the vanguard force that had just completely annihilated the Turks to move forward quickly, he hoped that their army could give them a blow before the Turks reacted.

Liu Yi also hoped that he could become Su Dingfang's second, and carry out a devastating attack on the Turkic People's Great Tent with inferior forces.

If you can cause confusion among the Turks and inflict a lot of casualties on them, and if our army, which is rapidly advancing from all other directions, takes advantage of the situation to launch a full-scale attack on the chaotic Turks, then this battle will be very easy to fight, and the price we will pay will be very small, and the results will be enormous.

Liu Yi also firmly remembered that the most important thing in Li Jingbing's book, which was also emphasized again and again, was to be fast, including rapid advance and rapid strike, so that the enemy would not have time to react and destroy him by surprise.

Although the Tang army led by Liu Yi was only more than 2,000 people, while Ashid had 50,000 or 60,000 people in his department, and could get the support of the Turkic department led by Ashina Nishu more than 100 miles away, the difference in strength was huge, but Liu Yi did not have the slightest worry, he was confident that such a rapid attack could be successful, not to mention that the other armies had already rushed to the north day and night.

The war in the era of cold weapons is very different from the era of hot weapons, except for bows and arrows, there are no weapons with huge lethality like machine cannons, and it is necessary to gather the strength of the group to effectively kill the enemy, and this is true for the attacker, and even more so for the defender. If the attacking party can sneak attack when the enemy is defenseless, the enemy cannot organize effective resistance, or the enemy chief is killed, then no matter how many people there are, it is also a rabble, and there is no threat, not to mention that the sneak attack is a very big psychological blow to the enemy, if the enemy general cannot organize the personnel resistance well, the enemy army may be quickly defeated, just like Xiao Siye was attacked by the Turks a few years ago.

If the enemy is in chaos, then there is no combat effectiveness, and our army's inferior forces can also achieve very large results, with horses as the main means of transport, there is no mechanized way to march, and it is impossible for the supporting enemy troops to arrive quickly, and when the attack is launched at night, the enemy does not know how many troops we have, and it is impossible to organize resistance in time, and if it is supplemented by fire, it is not impossible to defeat or annihilate tens of thousands of enemies with 2,000 troops.

There is another point, that is, the possibility of dying on the battlefield in the era of cold weapons is much lower than that of the era of hot weapons, and in the era of guns and cannons, it is possible to be hit by a stray bullet or shrapnel of a cannonball inadvertently and die, which is far more likely than being killed by enemy arrows or slashing to death in the era of cold weapons, Liu Yi has a confidence that he has never had before, he will not die like this, he will show his skills on the battlefield of this era and make a great contribution.

The war of annihilation that had just ended had brought his confidence to an unprecedented level, and many times, speed was everything.

After the moon came out at night, the Mobei grassland was also faintly illuminated, and Liu Yi also ordered the more than 2,000 people and horses who had been resting for more than an hour to march at a certain speed.

By the light of the night, Liu Yi led his soldiers to march for dozens of miles, and at the darkest hour before dawn, they arrived at an unknown hill, and Liu Yi ordered the soldiers to rest in a valley on this hill and wait for dawn.

After a charge just now, coupled with the continuous march, the soldiers were indeed a little tired, and some of them fell asleep after dismounting and falling to the ground.

During the break, the vigilance was still tight, and Liu Yi sent more than 100 sergeants to patrol in batches.

The time for this rest was also very long, nearly two hours, and after the sky was bright, Liu Yi ordered the soldiers to continue their journey.

It is not too far from the big tent where Ashide is served, only more than 100 miles away, and you can see sporadic herdsmen in these places, Liu Yi just ordered the soldiers to march quickly, not to disturb the herdsmen in the distance, but when he encountered some suspicious characters, as well as the herdsmen he met head-on, there was no way, only to attack and kill them.

Perhaps the Turks really didn't know that our army was preparing to attack them, and along the way, Liu Yi didn't find anything abnormal, and the scouts sent by the Turks rarely encountered them, and there were not many herdsmen grazing.

Anbei has not yet opened spring, and the Turkic people who have lived in Monan and Mobei for a long time will not carry out long-distance migration at this time, they are all in a good place to spend the winter before the winter, and after the spring grass grows in the next year, the tribes will scatter and move, looking for a place with abundant water and grass to graze, and before the transition, the Turkic tribes gathered for war will not disperse.

This is also the most important reason why Pei Xingjian chose to attack at this time.

After the night's overnight journey, coupled with the rapid march during the day, the sergeant led by Liu Yi had already marched about 200 miles, and according to the scouts sent to inquire about the situation, it was only less than 30 miles away from the main camp of the Turks.

At this time, it was already dark, and Liu Yi felt very fortunate that the Turks had not found their traces, and some of the scattered rangers sent by the Turks had been wiped out by the sergeants he led. According to the detectives of the scout station sent by Liu Yi, there was no movement in the Turkic camp, which means that the Turks were still unprepared as usual.

Liu Yi continued to send a large number of scouts to the vicinity of the Turkic camp to listen to the news, and taught them a set of methods for communicating with the party at night, in addition to reporting the situation at any time, he could give guidance when our army rushed and killed, and asked some Turkic sergeants to pretend to be Turks, infiltrate the Turkic camp before the attack began, and set fire to the Turkic camp after our army began to attack the camp.

It was only about thirty miles away from the enemy camp, and it only took less than half an hour for the cavalry to arrive at the rapid charge, and the attack could begin immediately. The continuous high-intensity march has a huge physical exertion, and the soldiers are already very tired, so they must get rest, replenish food and water, and recover their physical strength before attacking, otherwise they will not have the strength to rush to kill.

The next battle will be very fierce, Liu Yi is not worried about anything else now, what he is most afraid of is that the physical strength of the soldiers is unbearable, and they have no strength to kill the enemy when they rush to kill, which is the most terrifying.

The overall quality of the combined teams of these two parts is still very good, and after such a continuous march, no one complains, and those commanders at the level of captains and brigade commanders are all high-spirited and eager to go into battle immediately.

In the battle south of Qingshan, more than 2,000 Turks were easily annihilated, and the casualties on the side were very small, which greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers, and everyone wanted to have greater achievements in the next battle.

It was past midnight, and under the bright moonlight, the whole world was silent.

Liu Yi ordered his sergeants to mount their horses and prepare to attack the camp.

Every horse that the soldiers had ridden before had their mouths tied to prevent a sound, and after the attack on the camp began, in order to maximize the horse's running ability, these would be removed.

At nightfall, several scouts sent by Liu Yi also sent back the news that Pei Xingjian personally led the army, and the speed of the army headquarters led by Pei Xingjian was also amazing, and they were only seventy or eighty miles away from the Turkic camp, and they were rushing overnight, preparing to attack the Turks.

The scout also brought Pei Xingjian's latest order, that is, to order Liu Yi's troops to attack the Turkic camp at all costs, so that the Turks would be in turmoil, and create an opportunity for the subsequent army to completely annihilate the Turks.

Liu Yi was also glad to receive Pei Xingjian's latest order at this time, at this time when the transmission of information was extremely inconvenient, the scouts he sent were able to contact Pei Xingjian's headquarters, which was too unexpected and surprising.

The sergeants marched quickly, turning over a slope, Liu Yi stood still, raised the binoculars and looked at the place in front of him where a little light appeared, but unfortunately the resolution of the telescope was poor, and he couldn't see the sporadic light too clearly, but Liu Yiyi's scouts could already determine that it was the camp of the Turks.

The large camp of tens of thousands of people stretched for several miles, and the men and horses led by Liu Yi, under the guidance of the scouts sent in advance, were ready to start the attack from the middle of the Turkic camp.

"Report to the general, this place is only three miles away from the Turkic camp!" A scout identified himself through a special contact method and ran to Liu Yi to report the situation.

"General Zhang, according to the prior arrangement, prepare to rush the camp!" Liu Yi calmly gave an order to Zhang Qianmiao, who was silent.

"Yes, General Liu!" Zhang Qian responded in a deep voice, and at the same time shouted to the sergeant behind him, "Brothers, light torches, follow me, and rush to the Turkic camp..."

Liu Yi also brandished the gun in his hand and shouted to the more than 1,000 sergeants behind him: "Brothers, the time has come to make meritorious contributions, follow me, rush into the Turkic camp, and kill all the Turks..."

With the order, the soldiers lit the torches in their hands and began to drive their horses to speed. For a while, outside the Turkic camp, several dragon-like things were moving rapidly towards the camp.

As the speed of the horse began to increase, the sound of the horse's hooves began to louden, and the earth trembled slightly.

The Turkic camp not far from here is still silent, and the Turks, who have fallen asleep, do not know that a catastrophe is coming them...

(To be continued)