Chapter Seventy-Five: The Most Unexpected Surprise
Soon, Liu Yi's order was issued to the various accounts, and the soldiers who had just finished dinner and were about to rest all shouted excitedly when they heard that there was another battle, and immediately made preparations for the camp.
War exploits are not afraid of more, every soldier who goes out knows that the more military exploits, after the class teacher returns to the court, the more rewards will be obtained, especially after the imperial court reformed the punishment system of soldiers, the rewards of the soldiers who have made military exploits are much richer than in previous years, fame and fortune are the most tempting, many times the soldiers on the battlefield bravely kill the enemy is not for the concept of serving the country, but for the reward.
The Turks' tent was breached, and Liu Yi and his soldiers had already achieved a lot of military exploits, and many soldiers were thinking about what kind of reward they would get after returning to the court. While many soldiers were complacent, they also regretted that the Turks' tents had been breached, and the war of this expedition was about to end, and they would no longer encounter major battles, and there would be no new achievements to make. Unexpectedly, when the prisoners returned to the south, before they crossed Yinshan, there was another large-scale battle.
This time the opponent is the Xue Yantuo people who came from afar to rely on Ashina Fu Nian, you must know that today's Xue Yantuo people are far from being compared with the Xue Yantuo tribe at the peak of the Zhenguan era, when Xue Yantuo was under the leadership of Yinan, the power was strong, and several times offended my Tang Dynasty, and took advantage of the Tang Dynasty army to conquer Goryeo when hundreds of thousands of horses attacked our interior, and the northern Xinjiang was in an emergency, forcing Li Shimin to urgently transfer the army to fight in Goryeo back to the division to resist the attack of the Xue Yantuo people.
It was also in that battle that the Xue Yantuo people were defeated, Yinan was killed by his men, the tribe fell apart, and he never recovered, and now he still has to rely on others to survive, such a tribe with weak combat effectiveness should be able to easily wipe him out.
The men and horses led by Liu Yi, since the edict was issued, after Liu Yi's training for a period of time, and several battles, they are accustomed to Liu Yi's style of rapid action, and because they did not carry baggage, the soldiers set up camp quickly, and when the other departments were still preparing, they had all completed the whole team and set off from the camp.
The speed of Liu Yi's department surprised the soldiers of the other departments, knowing that it was night time.
When he set off, the moon was still bright, Liu Yi couldn't remember what it was now, but looking at the shape of the moon, it was basically around the tenth day of March, Liu Yi thought that it had been nearly two months since he left Chang'an, and the war was almost halfway through, and after a few more battles, he should be able to return to Beijing, he didn't know which people would stay to guard the frontier, but Liu Yi knew that at least he would not stay at this time, and Pei Xingjian and Wu Sansi would not, and the other generals were all possible, The specific people who stayed will only be known when the edict of the imperial court arrives, so Liu Yi doesn't know whether these generals under him can return to Chang'an with him, and how much time they have to get along with these generals who obey him, but Liu Yi hopes that most of these people can follow him back to Chang'an, especially Jinghui and Huan Yanfan.
The army marched to the northwest in the hazy moonlight, preparing to attack the Xue Yantuo tribe that was only a hundred miles away, this road was not the road that Liu Yi's people came back from attacking the Turkic tents, it was another unfamiliar road, so when Liu Yi was marching, he also sent out a personal guard and many scouts to spy on intelligence, and come back at any time to report the abnormal situation detected, so as to make improvisation.
While he was on the move, a personal guard who was guarding the perimeter ran to Liu Yi and reported: "General, Ashina Fusi is looking for you!"
"Let him come!" Liu Yi thought of the hesitation when he told the head of the surrender before he set off, and he seemed to have an understanding.
Before this departure, Liu Yi also brought out Ashina Fusi and several of his subordinates, he knew that Ashina Fusi, as the head of the Turkic tribe, should have some intersection with the Xue Yantuo tribe, and the surrendered Ashina Fusi traveled with his own troops, which may have unexpected effects. But Liu Yi did not report this situation to Cao Huaishun, Yang Yuanyan, who was in charge of the captives, was under the control of Liu Yi, and Ashina Fusi was to assist Yang Yuanyan in taking charge of the captives, and Liu Yi was also in charge directly, and he was taken away to fight, and there was nothing particularly out of line.
After a while, Ashina Fusi, who was originally walking in the middle of the entire army, was brought to Liu Yi by his personal guards, "General, the little one has some intersections with the head of Xue Yantuo, can you let the little one take some people to his tribe and persuade them so that they don't meet each other?" ”
"Why didn't the head of Ashina Fusi say it before leaving? Why didn't you tell General Cao? Although the moonlight was still bright, Liu Yi still couldn't see the expression of Ashinavus's face a few steps away from him, and he couldn't judge Ashinavus's demeanor when he spoke.
"The villain is afraid that the general will not trust the villain, so he doesn't dare to mention it..." He made such a bold decision after a fierce ideological struggle along the way.
"To what extent are you familiar with Xue Yantuo's head?" Liu Yi asked.
"The villain has only had a few interactions with Xue Yantuo's head Dusha, and they are not very familiar!" Ashina Fusi replied honestly.
Liu Yi was a little surprised, "Since you are not familiar with it, then you have the confidence to persuade Dusha?" ”
"Dusha led his troops to join Ashina Fu Nian Ye Hu, and now Ye Hu's tooth tent has been broken by the general, presumably Ye Hu's lead is also..."
"When I arrive at Xue Yantuo in the morning, I will reply to you!" Liu Yi did not directly give Ashina Fusi a clear answer.
"Yes, General!" Ashina Fusi answered, bowed again, and left-
The sky was already bright, and the sun was rising from the horizon, Liu Yi led his guards to gallop up a hillside, raising binoculars to check the surrounding situation.
Based on the analysis of the situation explored by the scouts, Liu Yi had determined that they had arrived in the northeast direction where the Xue Yantuo people had camped.
After the moon went down, the road was not easy to identify, and the soldiers had to walk with torches, almost losing their way, and finally arrived near the camp of the Xue Yantuo people under the leadership of the guards and scouts.
According to the scout's report, the place where Liu Yi was standing was only ten miles away from the camp of the Xue Yantuo people, and Liu Yi ordered the soldiers to rest and prepare for the attack.
After checking the situation for a while, Liu Yi shouted to the guards around him: "Immediately send Ashina Fusi head people over..."
"Yes, General!" One of the guards quickly rode away.
After a while, Ashina Fusi was brought to Liu Yi.
Liu Yi jumped off the horse, approached Ashina Fusi, who also dismounted, stared into his eyes and said, "Ashina Fusi head, I will order you to bring a group of people and horses, and persuade Xue Yantuo to surrender in the camp!"
"Yes, General!" Ashina Fu Nian hurriedly clenched his fists and took the order, "General, the villain will definitely persuade Dusha to surrender to the Tang army!"
"You tell Dusha that my Tang Dynasty's iron cavalry has surrounded them, and he must surrender, if not, our army can trample his camp to shreds!" Liu Yi's face rose with some murderous aura, staring straight at Ashina Fusi, and trembling at Ashinavasi's feet.
"Yes, General, the villain will definitely relay your words to Dusha!" Ashina Fusi straightened up and responded, he was a little puzzled, how could such a Tang general, who was only in his early twenties and had few hairs on his mouth, have such a bearing, and his eyes looked like he could kill.
Liu Yi immediately ordered Ashina Fusi to take the Turkic guards around him to the camp of the Xue Yantuo people, and when Ashina Fusi was ordered to leave, Liu Yi also shouted and ordered: "Order the whole army, prepare to attack the camp..."
With Liu Yi's order, the soldiers who dismounted and rested quickly got on their horses, arranged their belts, and set off in line under the leadership of their respective commanders, almost following behind the men and horses led by Ashinavasi, which frightened Ashinavasi again-
On a hillside three miles outside the camp of the Xue Yantuo people, Liu Yi led a group of guards to gallop up a high slope.
He was surrounded by his subordinates arranged in a fan-shaped shock formation, and as soon as Liu Yi's order was given, he was ready to start attacking the camp.
Liu Yi almost watched with a telescope as Ashina Fusi led the men and horses into the camp of the Xue Yantuo people, and when Ashina Fusi led his dozens of subordinates just approached the outside of the camp of the Xue Yantuo people, Xue Yantuo soldiers guarding the camp greeted them, surrounded them, and after some inquiry, they were allowed to enter the camp, and at the same time, the Xue Yantuo people immediately panicked and were busy arranging defenses.
The naked eye can't see the situation in the camp, Liu Yi can probably see the situation in the camp through the telescope, and what he can see from the telescope, the camp of the Xue Yantuo people is in a panic, and people are running back and forth.
The soldier who surrenders without a fight, the best strategy in the art of war, Liu Yi hopes that this time with the momentum of our army's great victory, the Xue Yantuo people can be forced to surrender, if the Xue Yantuo people can be forced to surrender, then this is the most unexpected surprise of this battle.
About two quarters of an hour after Ashina Fusi entered the camp, Liu Yi's telescope saw a group of people running out of the camp of the Xue Yantuo people, the number was small, only less than 100 horsemen, rushing in the direction of Liu Yi's department, Liu Yi immediately ordered the soldiers to prepare to meet the enemy.
With Liu Yi's order, a group of people and horses, under the leadership of Li Jingjia, quickly outflanked the direction of the comers, and a person in Turkic clothing rushed out of the queue and ran towards Li Jingjia, and after saying a few words, there was no battle between the two sides, that is, they came over this way.
After another while, Liu Yi could already see that it was Ashina Fusi and his men, as well as some people who were not dressed in the same way as the Turks.
These people came to Liu Yi under the escort of Li Jingjia's department, Ashina Fusi came to Liu Yi first, flew off his horse, and said: "General Liu, Xue Yantuo's head Du Sha is persuaded by the villain, and is willing to lead his troops to Tang..."
After Ashina Fusi finished speaking, a middle-aged man with luxurious clothes and ornaments behind him, under Liu Yi's gaze, also came to Liu Yi and saluted respectfully: "Respected General of the Tang Dynasty, Xue Yantuo's head Du Sha is willing to lead his troops to surrender to the Tang Army... This is the golden seal of the tribe, and it is presented to the Tang general, and you can use this seal to order the people of the headquarters..."
(To be continued)