Chapter 69: Straight into the Tiger's Den
"General, our army is less than thirty miles from the Turks' tent!" Several sergeants quickly ran to Liu Yi, who was leading his troops, and reported loudly.
This is a report from a scout sent by Liu Yi to inquire about the situation.
In the process of rushing to the Turkic tents, Liu Yi not only sent some of his own guards out to carry out special tasks and inquire about intelligence, but also constantly sent experienced scouts in the army to inquire about the situation and intercept possible Turkic scouts.
Liu Yi, who has been engaged in secret work for many years, knows that when he is fighting, he knows the importance of receiving enemy intelligence for the victory of the army he leads, and of course he knows even more, and it is even more important not to be known by the enemy about the whereabouts of the team he leads.
The sky was already a little bright, and the men and horses led by Liu Yi were still quietly marching, and they spent almost a day and night on the march, taking advantage of the cover of the terrain and the advantage of speed, and gradually approaching the Turkic tent. In the process of marching, the herdsmen encountered more, Liu Yi also ordered his subordinates, if they were far away from these herdsmen, ignore them, still march quickly, if they met head-on, then concentrate their forces, and annihilate them, these things were originally expected, Liu Yi had already issued orders to the generals in advance, and the generals were also strictly in accordance with Liu Yi's orders.
Those who hinder the march of our army, or even threaten the march of our army, need to be cleaned up, even if it is just some herdsmen who have no combat effectiveness, otherwise it may be the other side that pays heavy losses, and this is the cruelty of war.
Because it is necessary to keep the concealment of the march, in order not to be discovered, the team of people and horses have to detour at some times, plus the day is a cloudy day, the clouds are very thick after nightfall, there is no moon to guide, the whole team has to slow down when marching, the soldiers have been marching for thousands of miles, although it is two horses to change horses, but people and horses have been exhausted, many horses died on the road, in order to reduce the loss of horses, and reduce the physical wear and tear of the soldiers, to avoid disorientation, At night, they also maintained a low speed, so that the journey of more than 200 miles took almost a day and night.
Hearing the report of the scouts who came back, Liu Yi breathed a long sigh of relief, and immediately ordered the soldiers to go about ten miles ahead to find a place to rest, replenish food and water, recover their strength, and prepare for battle.
Although judging from the current situation, the Turks have not discovered the whereabouts of our army, which makes Liu Yi a little happy, but when the war is about to happen, Liu Yi is still very calm, taking into account all possible situations, and also resting the soldiers when they will arrive at the camp where the Turks' tooth tent is located.
Before the battle, the physical strength of the soldiers had to be restored, and it was unlikely that the Turkic scouts would patrol so far at night for about ten miles.
In the camp where the Turkic tent is located, some early Turkic herders have already begun to prepare for the day's life, every morning after getting up, preparing the morning food, milking the cattle in the place where the livestock are held, adding fodder or preparing to drive the livestock outside to graze, this is what the ordinary herdsmen do every day, and the soldiers who guard the safety of the tent are ready to start patrolling far away to prevent possible hostile people.
Left in the camp is a cousin of Ashina Funian, Ashina Fusi, is a brave and good warrior, also has a certain mind, this time Ashina Funian rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, he was against, Ashina Fusi once bitterly persuaded Ashina Funian, the Tang Army's combat effectiveness is outstanding, last time Ashid was posted, Ashina Wenfu, Ashina Ni Familiar three leaders jointly raised troops against the Tang Dynasty, and in a very short period of time was defeated by the Tang Army led by Pei Xingjian, although the Tang Army was said to be because of the threat of the Tubo people, After the victory, they withdrew from the Yinshan area, but the combat effectiveness of the Tang army still made people feel frightened, more than 300,000 clansmen, more than 100,000 soldiers who could fight on horseback, were defeated by the Tang army in such a short period of time, which had never happened.
Moreover, the Tang army still appeared in this place when these men and horses were not on guard, and the Tang army's ability to run long distances was too outstanding.
The Tang army showed such strong combat effectiveness, the generals who led the troops were strategic, and the number of their own tribesmen was not too many, so it was not a wise move to send troops against the Tang Dynasty in such a situation, and when discussing the situation, Ashina Fusi also repeatedly opposed, but the conditions promised by Ashina Fu were too generous, so that most of the leaders of the clan, including Ashina Funian, were tempted, and finally decided to raise troops against Tang.
Although Ashina Fusi felt that this was a good move, it was better to take the initiative to attack the Tang army when the Tang army was still fully assembled and formed an encirclement against them. But Ashina Fusi was still very worried, he advocated several times that Ashina Funian ask the Tang Army to surrender in order to ensure the safety of the tribe, plus Pei Xingjian also sent an envoy to the camp secretly, and found Ashina Fu, the leader of the clan who was not low, to talk about things, exposing Ashina Fu's sinister intentions, so that Ashina Fusi was more determined to oppose the idea of confrontation with the Tang Army, and advised Ashina Funian that Ashina Funian was using the tens of thousands of horses of their tribe to play for his crazy conspiracy.
Under the persuasion of Ashina Fusi, Ashina Funian was once shaken, and had a deep prejudice against Ashdevin Fu, and once refused to join forces with Ashina Fu and advance and retreat together, but under the bewitchment of other leaders, Ashina Funian still led the troops to attack in hesitation, but did not join forces with Ashwin Fu. When Ashina Funian set off, he took away most of the people in the clan who could fight, leaving only Ashina Fusi, who opposed the confrontation with the Tang Dynasty, to preside over the affairs, and Ashina Fusi, who originally wanted to follow Ashina Funian to march together, had to obey the order, but he was still worried that the men and horses led by Ashina Funian would be severely damaged in the confrontation with the Tang army, which would be a catastrophe for the tribe.
However, Ashina Fusi did not expect that the Tang army would attack their tooth tent with light cavalry after Ashina Funian led the troops to attack.
Ashinavus, who got up early in the morning, was patrolling the camp with a group of Turkic soldiers, preparing to patrol the camp after inspecting the situation in the camp, but just as he led his troops to wander in the camp, several soldiers of the clan stationed in the nearby mountain pass rushed into the camp from a distance.
A Turkic soldier ran in front of Ashinavasi, dismounted, and ran in front of Ashinavus, shouting loudly in a frightened voice: "Chief, Tang Army... The soldier was out of breath and pointed to the south of the camp, "Tang Army, the Tang Army is rushing towards our camp from several directions..."
"What?" Ashina Fusi was taken aback, almost fell off the horse, without a single sign, the Tang army appeared on this land, the scene was the same as last time, no one could have expected that the Tang army would have such a fast attack speed, Ashina Fusi also had a thought in his heart, the tens of thousands of horses led by Ashina Funian are likely to have been wiped out, otherwise the Tang army would not have appeared here.
Ashina Fusi quickly turned a few thoughts in his heart, and almost instinctively, he pulled out the knife in his waist and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Immediately send an order to all the brothers, get on their horses, follow me, resist the attack of the Tang army, and immediately send people to the vicinity of the tooth tent to protect the relatives of the Khan..."
The nobles in the clan are all staying near the tooth tent, those are all people who have no combat effectiveness, the Tang army came to attack the camp this time, the target must be the tooth tent, if the Tang army hits near the tooth tent, those people will be killed by the Tang army.
After a few orders were issued, Ashinavasi had already driven his horse to rush outside the camp, and nearly a thousand sergeants behind him also pulled out their bent horses and rushed outside after Ashinavasi, and there were still some panicked clan soldiers in the camp, who were scurrying around, looking for horse battles, looking for weapons, and preparing to resist the impact of the Tang army.
"Brothers, the Turks have no defense, follow me, rush into the camp, and if there is resistance, resolutely destroy them!" Liu Yi waved his gun and shouted loudly, in front of him, there were already Jinghui and Huan Yanfan leading the soldiers, who were rushing towards the Turkic camp that had already appeared in obvious panic at the fastest speed.
The two thousand men and horses led by Liu Yi personally attacked the Turkic camp from the south, and when there were still five miles away from the camp, Liu Yi ordered the soldiers to start speeding up, and when they were three miles away, the speed had almost increased to the maximum, and thousands of war horses, including those that no one rode and used to transfer, rushed to the Turkic camp together.
Before the attack began, Liu Yi had already given an order to destroy all the Turks who dared to arrive, and at the same time asked the soldiers to shout loudly when they rushed to kill, ordering the Turks to lay down their arms and surrender, Liu Yi hoped that when the troops and horses he led rushed into the camp of the Turks, the arrival encountered was very small, and the Turks would lay down their arms and surrender in pieces, and Liu Yi was still very confident in seeing that the soldiers on the other side were about to rush into the camp of the Turks, and the Turks did not resist the sergeants to meet them.
Confidence is confidence, the battle must be fought well, only if the Turks are beaten, they will know the strength of our Tang army, remember this lesson, and dare not rebel in the future.
The tremor of thousands of horses trampling on the ground, and the rumbling sound, encouraged the soldiers, all of whom drew their weapons and shouted loudly, rushing into the Turkic camp.
At about the same time, from the southeast and southwest of the Turkic camp, the sound of war horses galloping and shouting to kill also sounded, and the Tang army led by Yang Yuanyan and Zhang Qianqiao also began to plunder the camp.
And when the Tang army began to rush and kill, many tents were set on fire in the Turkic camp, and under the strong wind in the morning, the fire began to spread...
(To be continued)