Chapter 290: Sweeping the Quartet

In the next few days, Li Hao led the cavalry of the Linghui Army to rush around, cruising on the battlefield like a bloodthirsty shark, looking for a large army of Turkic barbarians who plundered supplies, and defeated them.

As Li Hao said, they are now behind enemy lines, and there are at least 100,000 Turkic barbarians guarding Liangzhou, once the news of the Linghui Army reaches the ears of Jieli Khan, he will inevitably divide his troops to kill them and completely wipe out the Linghui Army in the territory of Shazhou.

Li Hao is very confident, but he is by no means proud, he even has a small number of Linghui troops, and he has little chance of winning a frontal battle with the large army of Turkic barbarians, so he can only rely on mobility to constantly shift positions, so that the Turkic reinforcements are exhausted. The more the Linghui Army fights here, the safer Qin Shubao's frontal troops will be.

After all, they only brought 50,000 troops to guard the periphery of Liangzhou, and if Jieli's army pressed the border, it would be difficult for them to bargain for anything.

Once again, he defeated a barbarian raiding team of thousands of people, Li Hao wiped the blood on his face, raised his spear and shouted: "The whole army obeys the order, reroutes to the southwest, and goes to the next city!" Here's a sweep for our infantry camp! ”

At the sound of the order, the cavalry immediately changed its course and rushed forward to kill.

In the main city of Liangzhou, Jieli Khan stood high on the city wall, frowning and looking at the 50,000 Tang troops staring at the outside of the city. There was a hesitant look on his face, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

"Report!" A communications soldier quickly ran up to the city tower and knelt in front of Jieli Khan: "There is news from the rear of the sandbar that a team of unknown origin has been attacking and harassing our rear in the past few days, and has robbed more than a dozen transport teams of our army, and our army's rear has suffered heavy losses!" ”

Jieli slapped the battlements in anger, "Ben Khan has arranged an army of 30,000 in the territory of the sandbank, what are they doing!" Even a deep guerrilla army can't solve it, do you want Ben Khan to personally lead the troops to pursue! ”

"Khan forgiveness!" The communication soldier was taken aback, and hurriedly buried his head lower: "This guerrilla army is well-trained and has strong combat capabilities. Their cavalry, in particular, came and went like the wind, and it was difficult for our army to catch their movements, and it was impossible to besiege them with a large army. ”

"How so!" Jieli frowned tightly and muttered a little puzzled.

They have fought against Datang many times, they shouldn't have such combat effectiveness! Liangzhou is located at the junction of the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, there are large grasslands here, the terrain is vast and flat, and there are no landmark buildings on the ground, the Tang army is easy to get lost in this kind of place, but the Turkic soldiers grew up on horseback in the grassland and are very familiar with this terrain.

Therefore, in previous battles, the Turks always ran around with the Tang Dynasty army, constantly depleting their vital strength.

Why did the situation reverse this time, and it turned out that the Turks couldn't catch the Tang guerrillas, and they led them by the nose and ran away.

Now the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, Qin Shubao and Cheng Yanjin, personally led the troops to be stationed on the periphery of the main city of Liangzhou, and the Jieli Khan did not dare to leave the main city to solve the guerrillas in the rear, and the situation was so embarrassing.

A general saw the khan's entanglement, so he proposed: "Khan, there are not many garrisons outside the city, I have observed that there are only 50,000 troops, and our troops far exceed them, so it is better to go out of the city directly to solve the Tang Dynasty in front of the city first, in the rear of the map!" ”

"No way!" King Jieli Khan shook his head vigorously: "In the past, we fought against the Tang army, and their combat effectiveness did not have to be weak to us, and we did not use the terrain to consume their physical strength, and it was not easy for us to defeat them. And ......"

Jieli said, looking out of the city, only to see that the military flags painted with the characters Cheng and Qin were fluttering in the wind.

"Cheng Yanjin and Qin Shubao are fierce generals under the Tang King, and they have followed the Tang King to fight in the east and west, and they are by no means idle. They are small in number, but they have always kept a distance from us, and it will be difficult for us to defeat them in one fell swoop if we raise an army out of the city. We spend too much time here, but we will let the guerrillas behind us find an opportunity to take advantage of! ”

"So what should we do now?"

Jieli pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: "Ben Khan ordered to promote General Suo Tuluo to General An Mu, and lead 20,000 troops to support the rear!" I can't do it, the 50,000-strong army of Shazhou is still not convinced by a mere guerrilla! ”

"It's Khan!" The herald immediately ran down the tower and sent a message to General Suotuluo.

Suo Tuluo was a new Turkic general, only twenty years old, and he was already an experienced general. With him leading his troops to stabilize the rear, King Jieli Khan can rest assured.

At the same time, Li Hao had already killed two people back and forth in the sandbank. The armor of the warriors had been stained red with blood.

Another wave of charges, and the cavalry team, led by Yuwen Chengyu, began to cut through the enemy's formation.

The sweaty cavalry led the charge, lined up in a wedge formation, and cut a big hole in the enemy's defensive formation. The ordinary cavalry team immediately covered up and slaughtered, following the hole torn by the sweaty cavalry all the way into the enemy's formation.

Like a sharp knife, they cut through the enemy's formation, slashing and slashing. Tearing apart the formation of the Turks in front of him.

After several cycles, the formation of this Turkic army also completely collapsed, and it was no longer possible to form a formation.

Seeing that the enemy's army was disheartened, Li Hao did not hesitate at all, took out a compass to determine the direction, and led the cavalry to kill all the way to the west.

Less than an hour later, the infantry camp of the Linghui Army, led by the Falcon Squad soldiers, entered the battlefield and strangled all the remnants of the Turkic army that had not yet recovered their strength.

The Turkic troops had just been beaten by Li Hao's cavalry, and at this moment, in the face of more than 8,000 elite soldiers of the Linghui Army, they had no power to fight back at all, but they were slaughtered in half a day.

The deputy captain of the falcon team put away his weapon, also opened the compass to determine the direction, and then left the battlefield with the soldiers and chased in the direction of Li Hao.

When the Turkic reinforcements arrived on the battlefield, they could only see a battlefield like a purgatory graveyard. Again, they pounced.

The Turkic general angrily kicked over a crockpot and yelled at the sky: "Why are these Tang soldiers so slippery, our elite Turkic troops only deserve to follow their butts and eat ashes!" ”

The adjutant general hurriedly persuaded thousands: "The general is angry, although these guerrillas are cunning, they are not numerous, so they can only fight guerrillas and harass us." There has been news from the Great Khan's side that General Suotuluo has already brought 20,000 elites to reinforce us, so why don't we wait here, and after joining forces with them, we will hunt down and kill these guerrillas! ”

The general was furious, but there was nothing good to do, so he could only acquiesce to the adjutant general's proposal.

At night, the Linghui army cavalry camp.

Li Hao did not take off his armor, rested with a spear, and for several days in a row, they rushed to kill everywhere, although they all achieved great feats, but the physical strength of the soldiers also consumed a huge amount.

Today, the tail behind him finally stopped the pursuit, and Li Hao immediately ordered the whole army to repair in situ and recuperate, waiting for the next big battle.

With the sound of horses' hooves, Zhang Qi rushed into the camp and walked quickly to Li Hao.

"Owner! The spies in the rear reported that a group of barbarians in the main city of Liangzhou had merged with the barbarians who were pursuing us today, numbering 20,000 people. ”

"Another 20,000 people!" Li Hao opened his eyes with an extremely serious expression.

Originally, there were more than 20,000 barbarians chasing the Linghui Army, but now there are 20,000 more, and they have lured 50,000 people behind them.