Putao tribe.

A cavalry roared over, led by a middle-aged man, with a somewhat fat body, with a glance at a herringbone mustache, a pair of triangular eyes flashing with cold light on his round face, and at first glance he was a calculating figure, Le Ma stopped, looked at the people in front of him, and asked while stroking his beard: "Who is coming?" ”

"Qin Huaidao, the protector of the Tang Dynasty!"

Qin Huaidao said coldly, his sharp gaze was like a knife, instantly locking on the other party.

"What, are you ......" The other party's face changed greatly, he lost his calmness just now, his triangular eyes flashed a touch of panic, he sat up straight, clenched the reins, and asked nervously: "You are the protector Qin Huaidao who destroyed Goguryeo, took Tubo, and pacified the rebellion in the north?" ”

"Exactly!" Qin Huaidao was full of momentum.

"What about you...... What do you want in the Turks? Could it be that the Tang Dynasty wants to use troops against our Turks? The other party asked, the name of the person, the shadow of the tree, not afraid.

The reason why Qin Huaidao blew up his identity was that he wanted to use his reputation to suppress the other party, and seeing that the effect was better than expected, since the other party suspected that it was the imperial court using soldiers, he would not object, and said with a murderous face: "You have two choices, either you and I continue to fight until one side falls, or surrender." ”

The other party said unwillingly: "Fight and fight, Pu Tao's warriors are not afraid of any challenge." ”

"Since you make a choice, then fight." Qin Huaidao pulled the war horse, looking like he was going to go.

"Wait a minute, there are only a thousand people around you, so you are not afraid that I will kill you with all my strength?" The other party said unwillingly, and the triangular eyes were fierce and fierce.

Qin Huaidao said disdainfully: "If there is a kind, you will send troops to chase after you, don't forget the tens of thousands of people you sent out." ”

"What, you have already ......" The other party's face changed again with anger, it was only half a day before and after, 10,000 people said that it was gone, the opponent's strength was beyond imagination, but so what, Pu Tao's dignity and honor could not be provoked, and the fat hand was raised high, and he was about to give the order to attack.

At this time, the previous general whispered beside him: "My lord, the other party is not panicked, and he came prepared, maybe he is deliberately provoking you, but in fact, he has already laid a trap, so you can send troops." ”

The triangular eyes of the leader of the Pu Tao tribe burst out with a flash of fine light, suppressed the killing intent, stared at Qin Huai Dao and shouted: "I have heard of your prestige a long time ago, I admit that you are very strong, but why should I let the Pu Tao tribe surrender?" ”

Qin Huaidao stared at the other party's face, did not let go of any expression, and sneered: "Your tribe has a maximum of 20,000 people to fight, and it has been surrounded by my legions, so there is no need to fight at all, sneak attack and set fire every night, you won't be able to bear it in a few days, if you dare to come out, just extinguish." ”

"The two major tribes of Dianhe and Crossbow Branch can't sit idly by, and they will come to support."

"Do you believe this yourself?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically.

The other party was stunned and didn't know how to answer.

Qin Huaidao continued: "If I take out a part of the benefits and join forces with the Dianhe and the crossbow branch to jointly divide you, can you block it for a few days?" Take a step back and say, even if I lead the troops away, you will lose more than 13,000 people, and the Dianhe and Crossbow Tribes will not be moved? The two tribes join forces, and you will be destroyed as well. ”

"What the hell do you want to do?" The other party's triangular eyes flashed with panic.

Qin Huaidao, who had been paying attention to the micro-expressions, keenly grasped this panic, and became more and more sure of speculation in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "The purpose of Datang's troops this time is to rescue the captives, as long as you release all the people captured from Datang, and provide 10,000 sheep and 10,000 cattle, I can withdraw the troops, otherwise, I will wait for a sneak attack tonight." ”

"If there's a kind, you'll come." The other party shouted coldly, pulled the horse's head, and went back with a gloomy face.

Qin Huaidao didn't attack either, he didn't move, his eyes were solemn.

Luo Ying couldn't help but say, "Uncle, what do you want to do when you expose your identity?" ”

"Exposing one's identity is to confuse the other party and make the other party think that the court is sending troops, and you can also see that the other party has already believed it, which is a good thing, it will make them jealous and think that we are a lot of people."

"And what about letting him hand it over?" Luo Ying asked.

Qin Huaidao did not hesitate to point out, and patiently explained: "There must be a reason for the imperial court to send troops, if you don't say anything, the other party will be suspicious, and in addition, if you ask for it, the other party will believe that we are really willing to withdraw our troops and not attack again." ”

"It makes sense, so really sneak up on them tonight?" Luo Ying asked.

"Of course not, it's just a delaying tactic, to buy time for the other three small tribes to sneak up on tonight, and do nothing, what if they send troops to attack us?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically.

Luo Ying understood when she heard it, and said with a smile: "I see, I heard it just now, I didn't expect there to be so many sharp edges here, Uncle is amazing!" ”

Next to him, Zhao Long also sighed with emotion: "The young master is powerful, deliberately picking out the sneak attack tonight, you can scare the other party and dare not send troops out again, our people can let go of the battle, deliberately pick out their identities to deter the other party, force them to surrender, and then put forward the surrender conditions to make them convinced, if it really surrenders, we can take down the captured Tang people without blood, and strengthen our strength, this is the key, right?" ”

Qin Huaidao smiled and said nothing, which was a tacit acquiescence.

Zhao Long's eyes sparkled, full of admiration.

"Since Pu Tao doesn't chase after him, look for firewood barbecue meat on the spot to eat." Qin Huaidao said with a smile.

"No, what if they take the opportunity to chase them out?" Luo Ying objected.

"It doesn't matter, the more relaxed and arrogant we are, the more they think we are bait to attract them to pursue, the more they dare not send troops, and the more they doubt that we have the strength to kill them, this is a psychological game, believe me." Qin Huaidao explained.

Luo Ying was suspicious, seeing that there was indeed no one in the Putao tribe coming out, there were many people patrolling and guarding the periphery, the distance was a little far, it took some time to rush up, enough for everyone to evacuate, and promised: "It's okay, all of them, get off the horse, find something burning to barbecue and eat." ”

The army dismounted and scattered in search of flammable objects.

After a fight, coupled with continuous running, one by one they were indeed hungry.

It didn't take long for a few small bonfires to be lit, take out the jerky they carried and bake it on the fire, and when it softened and eaten, someone sent some to Qin Huaidao, and Qin Huaidao was not polite, talking and laughing with everyone, relieving the atmosphere, so as not to make everyone nervous and afraid.

Soon, everyone laughed and had a good time.

This relaxation and laughter were seen by the Pu Tao scouts, and when they reported it, the top management of Pu Tao felt more and more deceitful and did not dare to send troops, but they were unwilling to surrender.

After eating and drinking, the sky also darkened.

Qin Huaidao saw that the time was almost up, motioned for everyone to get on the horse, and said with a smile: "Everyone, this trip is worthwhile, although we failed to persuade the Putao tribe to surrender, but a thousand of us will stare at each other and dare not move, in order to win time for attacking the three small tribes, it is indispensable, it is all good, now, let's withdraw!" ”

"Withdraw!"

The crowd laughed and was arrogant.

A thousand people stared at a big tribe and didn't dare to move, and this thing can be blown for a lifetime.

Everyone beat their horses and left, and the news quickly spread to Pu Taoya's tent.

The high-level militants of the Putao tribe couldn't help but ask for battle and asked for pursuit, but the tribal leader did not agree, signaled everyone to be silent, stared at the scout who came to report and asked, "Were you in a hurry when you left?" ”

"It's not in a hurry, it's casual, by the way, and it's laughing non-stop, like laughing at me and so on."

"Bastard, damn it, I'll take someone to cut them down."

"I'll go!"

"I'll go!"

A few militants in the tent shouted again.

The tribal leader's cold triangular eyes swept away, and several people hurriedly silenced, and the triangular eyes fell on the scout who came to report, and continued to ask, "Is it fast to walk?" ”

"Unpleasant."

"Go down and keep watching."

The tribal leader waved his hand, waited for the other party to leave, looked around at the crowd, and said in a cold voice: "Laughing and leaving, and not walking fast, this is obviously deliberately provoking us and others, wanting us to chase and kill, Tang people are cunning, good at using tricks, they have to be guarded against, they will definitely sneak attack tonight, be careful." ”

"Not necessarily, what if they say it on purpose?" Someone is dissatisfied.

The tribal leader saw that he was a shaman, and his status was equal, so he didn't dare to get angry, and patiently explained: "The Tang people's art of war pays attention to the virtual and the real, the virtual is real, and the real is virtual, deliberately saying a sneak attack, it seems to remind me to wait for prevention, but in fact, it is possible not to come, but what if I don't wait to take precautions, what if they come?" ”

"We can't just take precautions every day, right? If you don't sleep, you don't have to fight when the time comes, our warriors will be so sleepy that they can't open their eyes, and they are too tired to lift their knives. The other party frowned and reminded.

"But what if it's a sneak attack?" The tribal leader emphasized again.

At the moment, everyone was dumbfounded.

You might as well be sure that it won't work, if you prevent it, you need all the people to be soldiers, you can't sleep, you will be tired to death under high tension, you will die of sleepiness, it's okay for a day or two, who can stand it every day? You can't just relax after a day or two, right?

Qin Huaidao said casually, worrying all the high-level of the Putao tribe.