Chapter Seventy-Four: Encountering Xue Yantuo

After pondering for a while, Liu Yi then shouted: "Come here, pass on General Zhang Qianxuan, General Li Jingjia, and General Hua Dazhi to enter the camp!"

"Yes, General!" The guards outside the tent immediately went to give orders... After a while, the three of them all came to Liu Yi's tent.

"General Zhang, General Li, General Hua!" Liu Yi glanced at the three of them and gave an order, "This general orders the three of you, each with a thousand men and horses, to keep a distance of two miles from the headquarters, and to protect the east, north, and west of the headquarters, and respond immediately if there is any change!"

"Yes, General!" The three generals responded in unison!

Liu Yi carefully instructed the three generals to do some detailed things, and then said: "All the horses will set up camp after two days and return to the south of Yinshan through the white road, before the camp and during the time of marching, the task of your three departments remains the same, only responsible for the periphery of the guard, strictly prevent the attacks of other tribes, can you understand..."

"Yes, General, the Admiral understands!" After the three generals received the order, they turned around and left the tent.

Liu Yi summoned Jinghui and Huan Yanfan, the two generals who had been following him, into the tent and ordered some things.

After a series of arrangements were completed, Liu Yi also breathed a sigh of relief, he had already sent people to the direction of Pei Xingjian's journey to deliver a message, report the results of his troops to Pei Xingjian, and ask for support, but Liu Yi also believed that the reinforcements sent by Pei Xingjian were already on the way, and he hoped that he could meet with the friendly army earlier.

After resting for two days near the tooth tent of the original Turks, Liu Yi's men and horses set off for the south.

In the past two days, the scouts sent by Liu Yi continued to listen to information outside, and there was no unusual movement for the time being.

In the place where the Turkic captives lived, the 2,000 men and horses led by Yang Yuanyan, with the assistance of Ashina Fusi, also managed the captives in an orderly manner, and there was no major turmoil.

It is also with the assistance of Ashina Fusi, all the big and small people left behind in the Turkic tooth tent have been screened out and detained separately, and the relatives of these people are guarded separately, especially Ashina Funian's wife and concubine, as well as his son and daughter, and a Lang general under Yang Yuanyan is personally responsible for guarding, without the orders of Liu Yi and Yang Yuanyan, no one can get close, Liu Yi is ready to use some means to destroy the Turkic tooth tent has been destroyed by our army, and the news that Ashina Funian's family was captured by me spread, forcing Ashina Funian to surrender.

The army carrying the captives marched very slowly, far from being able to travel more than 100 miles, or even 200 miles on the day it came, at most only fifty or sixty miles could go, and Liu Yi also strictly ordered those generals under his command to strictly implement the orders and strictly prevent any abnormal situation.

On the first day of holding the captives, after camping, Liu Yi was thinking about the map in the tent, when he heard a commotion outside the tent, and then a personal guard came in to report, saying that a scout came back to report the situation, and Liu Yi immediately ordered the personal guard to bring the scout in.

"General, General Cao Huaishun's headquarters of about 10,000 people, led by General Cao himself, has already crossed the White Road, is coming in this direction, according to the itinerary, it will be possible to meet our army tomorrow," the tired scout reported the situation to Liu Yi loudly.

Liu Yi was overjoyed when he heard this, and sure enough, Pei Xingjian's arrangement did not surprise him, and sent friendly troops to support him, which was a great thing, after meeting with Cao Huaishun's department, the burden on his shoulders was also light, even if he was attacked by an unfriendly tribe, the power of the counterattack was also large, Liu Yi also immediately ordered someone to go south overnight to send a message to Cao Huaishun, and report the situation of his department to the deputy chief of the army.

Some time after this scout came back to report, Liu Yi received reports from several other scouts, and the content was similar, all of them were reports about Cao Huaishun's department.

The two are more than 100 miles apart, and they are going in the opposite direction, and they should definitely be able to meet each other.

Except for a few scouts who came back to report the situation of Cao Huaishun's department, the scouts from other directions have not returned, according to the normal situation, the scouts have not come back to report the situation, that is, they have not found the enemy, unless these scouts have been killed, but Liu Yi thinks that such a situation is unlikely.

On the second day, the army led by Liu Yi continued to advance, and finally joined Cao Huaishun's troops who had received Liu Yi's report when they were about to camp in the afternoon.

"General Liu, congratulations, you have made a great contribution this time!" After Cao Huaishun led a group of men and horses to quickly meet Liu Yi who was coming, he came to Liu Yi and said with a smile.

"This is the commander's careful arrangement, and the general is just implementing the commander's battle plan!" Liu Yi said modestly, "The number of men and horses led by the last general is not large, and I am really afraid of accidents when I march with these prisoners, but fortunately, General Cao's troops came to support the last general, and finally let the last general sleep peacefully, and everything in the army obeys General Cao's orders!"

Cao Huaishun is the deputy chief of the Dingxiangdao marching department, and when Pei Xingjian is not there, he can order the whole army to command the battle, Liu Yi will meet him, of course, he must obey his orders.

"General Liu, the general is not very familiar with the situation of the Turkic captives, and the situation in this place is not very clear, I still have to listen to your opinions on all matters, if you have any requirements and suggestions, you can come to the general at any time to say!" Cao Huaishun didn't dare to put on any qualifications and said polite words to Liu Yi, a disciple of Pei Xingjian, and a rookie in the army who was deeply favored by His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven.

After the two exchanged some polite words, Liu Yi and Cao Huaishun also went to the camp tent that had just been set up to discuss things.

Liu Yi alone reported the situation of his subordinates, the course of the war, and the situation of the Turkic captives to Cao Huaishun in detail, and after listening to Liu Yi's report, Cao Huaishun immediately summoned all the subordinate generals and arranged a new plan of action.

Cao Huaishun's new arrangement was that Ashina Fusi still cooperated with Yang Yuanyan to take charge of the Turkic captives, and the number of men and horses guarding the Turkic captives increased to 3,000, while Liu Yi's original arrangement of Zhang Qianqiao, Li Jingjia, Hua Dazhi and other three troops was reassembled into one, led by Liu Yi himself, to prepare the situation in the north, and the two Zhonglang generals under him, each leading 4,000 men and horses, were responsible for the vigilance of the east and west.

Just as Cao Huaishun had finished arranging the arrangements for the generals and the generals were about to leave the camp, a scout hurriedly ran into the tent and reported loudly: "General, I found the Xue Yantuo tribe in the northwest direction, the number is about 50,000, and it is coming in this direction, and it is currently about 100 miles away from our army.

"Xue Yantuo?" Cao Huaishun couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and he couldn't understand that Xue Yantuo dared to rely on the rebels to oppose our army when he knew that our army was going to enter to suppress the rebellion of the Turks led by Ashina Funian and Ashdwin Fubu, didn't he take his own people's surnames seriously?

Cao Huaishun also thought that the men and horses he led traveled nearly a thousand miles, but he didn't fight a battle, and now when he led his troops back, there were Xue Yantuo people who sent them to the door, and they really came to achieve their own achievements on the battlefield, thinking of this, Cao Huaishun had an idea.

The generals who were about to leave the tent after receiving the order, because of the scout's new briefing, were still waiting in the tent, waiting for Cao Huaishun's new order. If the enemy's situation changes, the deployment will definitely be adjusted.

"General Liu, I would like to hear your opinions, how to deal with this Xue Yantuo people!" Cao Huaishun asked Liu Yidao, who was standing beside him.

"General Cao, the people of Xue Yantuo are from the net, and our army can also wipe out the Xue Yantuo troops who rebelled against our Tang Dynasty!" Liu Yi replied calmly, "The total number of Xue Yantuo people is only about 50,000 horses, and the most people who can fight on horses are only about 20,000, which is not advantageous compared with our army, and from the movement of the Xue Yantuo people, they don't know that our army has destroyed Ashina Funian's tooth tent, and they definitely haven't found the whereabouts of our army, so the last general thinks that before the Xue Yantuo people don't find our army, they can run long distances and attack Xue Yantuo's department overnight, presumably Xue Yantuo people are attacked by our army, And after learning that Ashina Funian's tooth tent has been destroyed by our army, he will definitely surrender to our army, and he is willing to lead the army to attack the Xue Yantuo people!"

"General, the last general is also willing to lead the army to attack Xue Yantuo's people," Zhang Qianqiao and some other middle and senior generals also came out of the ranks, asking for battle.

Our army destroyed the tents of the Turks, and the morale was in full swing, and the generals who had not made meritorious contributions wanted to make meritorious contributions, and the generals who had made meritorious contributions wanted to have more military merits, and every general stood up and asked for his life.

Cao Huaishun was a little surprised to see the generals so enthusiastically asking for battle, after he glanced at the generals in the tent a few times, he stood up, paced two steps, and then looked at Liu Yi and said: "General Liu, everyone, this time the Xue Yantuo people came to attach Ashina Fu Nian, there are quite a few people, our army must go all out to attack, and strive to wipe out the Xue Yantuo people in a battle, and then the new battle order will be announced..."

"General Liu Yi led 6,000 men and horses from his headquarters to the north side of the Xue Yantuo people who had been discovered, and the general personally led the remaining men and horses to attack the Xue Yantuo people from the side, and strive to quickly annihilate this Turkic people!" Cao Huaishun calmly gave an order, "In addition, General Yang Yuanyan is still responsible for guarding the Turkic captives, leading 3,000 people to take care of all the captured Turkic captives!"

Listening to Cao Huaishun's announcement, Liu Yi somewhat understood the intention of the deputy chief, that is, the deputy chief was unwilling to have no achievements in this battle, and wanted to personally lead the troops to fight, so he himself led the army to attack from the south, and let him Liu Yi lead the army to attack from the north in a roundabout, but this arrangement should also be said to be quite thorough, Xue Yantuo people came from the northwest direction, and our army launched a flanking attack on it from the north and south directions, relying on the rapid strike power of our army, in the case that Xue Yantuo people did not detect the movement of our army, Victory is guaranteed.

Thinking of this, Liu Yi didn't raise any more opinions, but immediately responded: "Respect the general's order!"

The generals also followed suit.

"Let's get ready!" Cao Huaishun saw that Liu Yi had no opinion on such an arrangement, and he was also relieved, and asked everyone to prepare!

After Liu Yi came out of the account, he immediately summoned the generals of his department, secretly gave instructions, and also summoned Ashina Fusi to advise, that is, let the generals make preparations and prepare to set off overnight...

(To be continued)