Chapter 246: Fighting Down
When attacking, under Li Erniu's order, the scouts brought all the supplies for three days, but they successfully took down the other party on the night of the first day, and there was no need to bring back the prepared materials, such as everyone carried coal blocks.
Originally, the people who followed Calhanlu were more or less dissatisfied, but after seeing a few roaring fires, these people no longer complained, and had no idea of resistance or confrontation.
Heating, eating and drinking, gradually let these people recover, these guys who have been frozen half to death slowly come back to their senses, it is not that no one has other thoughts.
But their leader, Calhanlu, did not have any idea or courage to confront the Tang Army, which only had a few dozen men, after seeing that the Tang army, which only had a few dozen men, could create such a scene in the ice and snow, and the potential power that this expressed.
After two hours of rest, a glimmer of light slowly appeared in the sky.
As the sun slowly rose, the team that followed Calhanlu began to return along the path of Li Erniu and them, and arrived at the camp before sunset.
However, when the team finally arrived at the camp, there were only about 500 people left in the Khalhanlu tribe who had been taken out of the Chebi tribe, and more than 200 people had died in the ice and snow.
In just two days, the number of people was sharply reduced by one-third compared to when they set out, and looking at the remaining clansmen, Calhanlu's eyes were full of hatred.
That night, Li Erniu did not directly ask for details about the Qibi Department in Calhanlu.
At noon the next day, the reinforcements that Li Erniu was looking forward to arrived, but the number of reinforcements far exceeded Li Erniu's expectations.
Originally, Li Erniu only hoped that there would be 3,000 reinforcements to ensure that the enemy army could be suppressed if something unexpected happened.
However, after learning that Liu Yuming said that someone left the Qibi Department after the snow stopped, and Li Erniu, who knew about it, personally led the team to follow, Guo Rong directly revised the original plan.
The two-day renovation of the camp that was originally planned to advance sixty miles away was canceled, and Guo Rong handed over the follow-up soldiers and horses to Li Rui, and personally led three war battalions, a cavalry battalion and an engineer battalion, and a full 5,000 people set off ahead of schedule.
If there is really an unexpected situation, it is necessary to start a war in advance, and there are 5,000 men, which is enough to completely annihilate the Qibi Division.
As for the remaining soldiers and horses of the Northern Expeditionary Army, a small part remained behind and was responsible for the position transportation line, and most of them were under the command of Li Rui, escorting supplies and the Emperor Taishang, and continued to advance from the road ahead.
As for the direction of the tooth tent, the soldiers and horses led by Zheyun Valley Guo Rong are beyond the reach of the whip, although in the plan it is a coordination between the two parties, but if the Qibi Department does anything, it will not be able to wait for him.
And what Li Erniu, Li Yan, Calhanlu and everyone in the temporary camp saw was the advance army led by Guo Rong.
When a well-equipped, strong-bodied, energetic, and high-spirited army appeared in front of it from the snow, it gave Calhanlu a great shock, at least he had never seen such an elite.
Calhanlu didn't know Guo Rong, and Guo Rong was just a name in his mind.
However, when he heard Li Erniu's introduction standing in front of him, the tall, burly man was Guo Rong, the supreme commander of the forbidden army, Calhanlu's originally somewhat depressed mood turned into ecstasy. ….
If there is a chance to keep up with the Tang Dynasty, who is willing to take the last train back to the Huhu on this hopeless last train.
No matter what others think, in the eyes of all the Turkic people with the surname Ashina, Datang is the strongest king in this land.
Even if it has suffered setbacks, even if it has declined, as long as Datang is given a certain amount of time, Datang can revive again with its vast territory, endless population, powerful technology and productive forces.
In this land, no one is the opponent of the Tang Dynasty, and the Turkic people, especially the Turkic royal family, are the most touched by this, and the Eastern Turks and Western Turks have been beaten by the Tang Dynasty for more than a hundred years.
If it is said that when facing Li Erniu, Calhanlu more or less had some thoughts of keeping secrets and hiding his thoughts, then what he was sure in front of was that Guo Rong, an emperor of the Tang Dynasty, had infinite influence and could even decide himself
The fate of the people, Calhanoglu no longer has these careful thoughts.
Calhanlu directly revealed all his thoughts and thoughts.
As a descendant of the Western Turks, he had planned to occupy the Magpie's Nest and quietly take control of the Qibi, a tribe with which they had great roots.
Then, under the cover of Qibi, the former Turkic Empire was reborn.
After failing in this plan and being exiled to command, he chose to go to the tooth tent of the previous Khan Kedun and defected to the eldest princess of the Great Yan Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty, hoping to use the power of the Tang Dynasty to make the disappeared Turks reappear in the world.
As for whether it will become Datang's opponent in the end, or become a vassal of Datang, or exist as a part of Datang, it depends on the situation.
This frank self-statement did dispel a considerable part of Guo Rong's vigilance.
After listening to Calhanlu's autobiography, Guo Rong began to ask him about his concerns, the situation of the Qibi Ministry, and the recent movements of the Qibi Ministry.
In the face of Guo Rong's inquiry, Calhanlu also had no reservations.
The population has skyrocketed, the shortage of materials, coupled with the unexpected heavy snowfall, and the serious uneven distribution of materials, have led to the extremely poor state of the Qibi Department, the already weak cohesion has further declined, the centrifugal force has risen, and it is already on the verge of civil strife, and it is already at a level where sparks will lead to explosions.
Moreover, Calhanlu was sure that for a long time he would not be able to react externally, for the simple reason that although he was exiled, it did not mean that he had done nothing.
Although Calhanlu took his own tribesmen with him, his cronies were not limited to his own, in fact, under his deliberate guidance, there were all his cronies among the small tribes that sought refuge in the Chebi tribe after him.
Before leaving, he gave an order to protect himself and assassinate Donnarumma.
"Assassinate Donnarumma?"
Looking at Calhanlu, who calmly said his arrangement, Guo Rong was surprised.
This kid's heart is black enough, his hands are ruthless enough, and he is bad enough, obviously he will never go back, but he will never let the guy who drove him away feel good, this is also a talent.
"Are you sure they're going to do it? You know, you can be gone, you should know the truth of people walking away from tea." ….
"Yes General, I understand, but it doesn't matter if they do it or not, I believe that the vast majority of them don't dare to do it, and it is even possible that they will directly surrender to Donnarumma and tell Donnarumma what they have left behind."
Guo Rong smiled, after studying with Li Yu for so long, Guo Rong roughly guessed the purpose of Calhanlu, unless......
"General Guo, I have been by Donnarumma's side for two whole years, and I know Donnarumma's character very well, proud, irritable, suspicious, self-righteous, and ambitious!"
"With Donnarumma's character, as long as he knows about my arrangements and knows that someone in the tribe has the possibility of assassinating him, whether or not anyone actually does it, it will touch Donnarumma's heartstrings."
"The restlessness of the mind will make Donnarumma suspicious, and while strengthening his own vigilance, he will inevitably look at others with a special eye, even if there are some more violent manifestations, which will not be unexpected, and put the whole tribe in a state of unease."
"This, on the other hand, can lead to discontent among the already unprotected and restless people, which in turn will lead to violent revolts, even unrest and assassinations."
"If he is careful enough, he will definitely avoid the assassination, but after dodging the assassination, he will inevitably carry out a round of purge within the tribe, among all the suspected subjects, and when the time comes, let alone attack, even if the Qibi Department can guarantee stability, it will be difficult!"
After listening to Calhanlu's judgment, Guo Rong nodded, putting aside his character, Calhanlu is also a talent.
With the relatively certain answer from Calhanlu's side, coupled with the snowflakes floating in the sky, Guo Rong is no longer in a hurry to attack, since he has the opportunity, just wait for the backhand left by Calhanlu to ferment.
Immediately afterwards, Guo Rong sent out in the direction of the tooth tent that Li Xuan and Zheyun Gu had mastered
The messenger demanded that Zhiyun Valley continue to march towards the Qibi Department according to the original plan, and complete the encirclement of the Qibi Department, so as to facilitate the decomposition of the Qibi Department in the later stage.
Five thousand had already arrived at the forbidden army in front, and Guo Rong was directly handed over to Liu Erniu to command, first, to continue to monitor the enemy, and second, to prepare for the arrival of the army.
As for Guo Rong himself, he returned to the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and according to the original plan, regarded this march in the snow as a large-scale marching exercise.
When the Northern Expeditionary Army led by Guo Rong and the cavalry led by Zheyun Valley set out from the Tooth Tent day and night, the Qibi Division, if Charhanlu said the same, was in chaos!
In fact, Calhanlu overestimated his influence, and as soon as he led his people to leave, someone on his back foot told Donnarumma directly about his arrangement.
If it weren't for Maignan to stop him, I'm afraid Donnarumma would have led people to rush out to chase and kill Calhanlu on the spot!
Although Donnarumma was stopped from pursuing Calhanlu, Maignan was powerless to stop Donnarumma's actions within the tribe.
The premature whistleblowing bankrupted the idea of a détente, a consolidation of forces, and a sense of stability that Maignan had hoped for, and the situation in the Chebi tribe did not improve with the expulsion of Calhanlu.
The order left by Calhanlu made Donnarumma feel a deep sense of crisis, and the new tribesmen, who accounted for 30% of the number, were directly classified into hidden dangers by Donnarumma, and the resources occupied by these people also became the hope of surviving the white plague in the eyes of the other original tribesmen. ….
A large number of armed and armed Chebi herders were directly armed by Donnarumma to spy on those who were deemed to be potential associates of Calhanlu.
You know, even the clay figures have three points of blood, not to mention these men who are surviving on the grassland, the knife has to be on their necks, how can they be caught?
For a while, there was tension!
At the critical moment, the elder of the Chebi tribe, Maignon, stepped forward and tried his best to persuade Donnarumma, who wanted to kill the others.
Although the conflict did not break out, neither Donnarumma nor the other elders, new or old, regarded Maignan as a traitor who had eliminated the civil war.
For three days, Donnarumma did not redeploy his troops, and the new troops did not engage in any more tough confrontations, and just when everyone thought that the crisis had passed for the time being, Maignan was found dead in his tent early in the morning of the fourth day.
Then, when all the new tribesmen had relaxed and were ready to live in peace, a group of guards belonging to Donnarumma appeared, carrying the body of Mainan.
Immediately afterward, Donnarumma shouted, and the guards who had been ready for a long time rushed forward with their weapons and began to kill frantically against the new people in front of him.
One side is frantically slaughtering, the other side is naturally unwilling to be killed, and a civil war is rapidly unfolding, the scale of the battle, the bloodiness of the battle, so that the scouts who are watching nearby are amazed.
The whole process of the battle, the goal is clear, the time is short, less than two hours, the battle has ended, even if you count the war, the time spent is not more than half a day.
All but a few informers were slaughtered among the new tribesmen, and their wives and children became the spoils of the victors.
In this kind of close-range, high-intensity hand-to-hand combat, it is often a thousand casualties to the enemy and eight hundred to oneself, and as the victor, even with the support of hundreds of out-of-production sharps, Donnarumma and the old people have nearly a thousand casualties.
Coupled with the slaughtered new troops, the entire Qibi Department can take out 15,000 cavalry from its peak, which is a sharp decrease of more than 30%, which can be described as a nerve-wracking injury.
However, all this is not a problem in Donnarumma's opinion.
Those who are not at ease will die now, as long as the Qibi Department is firmly in his hands, the future is in his own hands, and a bright future is beckoning to him.
Having completed his great cause of killing, looking at the corpses all over the ground, and the main tent with rivers of blood, Donnarumma was already fantasizing about his future great cause, and after the white plague, he raised his arms and led the various tribes on the grassland through the white plague, like hungry wolves
Falling across the desert, breaking through the Great Wall, sweeping across the Central Plains, if possible, he also wants to follow the example of the former auspicious Khan, herding horses and Weishui, and marching into Chang'an.
Then after the beginning of spring, the small tribes that have suffered heavy losses in the white plague will naturally frantically rush to their arms, and when the time comes, let alone 10,000, even if it is 20,000, 30,000, 100,000 cavalry will be no problem.
On the other hand, Donnarumma knew that Maignan was indeed a wise man, but a wise man with a higher prestige than himself was the biggest threat to himself. ….
Moreover, this so-called wise man actually made him voluntarily submit to the Kedun of the tooth tent.
Amuta, Aiden Lidalu, Yaogro Dali Peiguo, the beauty and wisdom of the princess who did not covet the Tang Dynasty, and even the Huaixin Khan who had died of illness were all grasslands controlled by this woman.
Of course, he Donnarumma also coveted the woman's beauty and wisdom, but how proud he was Ashina Antonio Donnarumma!
How could he surrender to that woman, what he had to do was to conquer that woman and make her surrender to his crotch.
Donnarumma slaughtered frantically in his own tribe, but Guo Rong, Zheyun Gu, and Li Erniu were not idle.
After determining that Guo Rong's plan remained unchanged, the soldiers and horses led by Zhiyun Valley traveled day and night, and the battle itself may not require them to participate, but they were a very important part after the war, and without their arrival, Guo Rong could not be perfect.
Li Erniu, with the help of Calhanlu, has completed the all-round marking of the Qibi battalion, and the position of the Eight Bull Crossbows and the position of the battle assault have been preset.
With Guo Rong returning, the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army was deployed, but this time, they reduced their speed and opened up their posture:
The scouts went out to reconnoitre, the sappers cleared the snow and opened up the road, and the cavalry, infantry, and logistics advanced in turn along the road opened up by the sappers.
Every day, it took six full days to clear the roads, pull out the camp, and set up camp, and it took six full days to complete the sixty miles of roads in the ice and snow, but it did allow several cavalry and foot soldiers to complete the final run-in.
The main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army arrived at the temporary camp of the Qibi Division, and on the third day after the 5,000 soldiers and horses who had arrived in advance in advance, the 12,000 people led by Zheyun Valley led by the cavalry advance detachment had also arrived in the northern part of the Qibi Division.
One south and one north, the two soldiers and horses completed the encirclement of the Qibi Department unconsciously in the Qibi Division.
After five or six consecutive days of sunny weather, snowflakes once again scattered on the grasslands of Mobei.
After eradicating all the unstable factors through the method of killing in a frenzy, the hidden danger of safety disappeared, and with the death of a large number of men, the remaining supplies were enough.
The whole of the Chebibu became harmonious and stable again, and in the face of the heavy snow that fell again, Donnarumma got into his big tent, and while drinking the wine, he beat the landlord to the fire.
Just when Donnarumma was in high spirits, the rumbling war drums rang out!
The moment the rapid drumming stopped, a full 120 eight-bull crossbows shot directly at the fence and gate of the main tent of the Chebibu in several directions.
"Bang!! Boom!!! Bang !!"
In less than a hundred breaths, six volleys were fired, and hundreds of crossbows almost completely destroyed the fence of the main tent of the Qibi tribe.
Immediately after, followed by the sound of war drums, the sappers of the three battalions, reloaded as fast as they could, and threw the last 360 giant crossbows into the main tent.
At the same time, encouraged by the drums of war, groups of heavily armored soldiers, led by the Turkic Ottomans to which Calhanlu belonged, rushed directly into the main tent along the path that had been opened.
Originally, Guo Rong also considered two plans, one was to use the newly formed gendarmes/pickets to purge the men after the capture of the Qibi tribe, leaving women and children behind, and the other plan was to use the captured Qibi people as the pioneer to sweep away the Uighur tribes.
However, after learning from Li Erniu about the bloody and inhumane civil war of the Qibi Division, Guo Rong directly gave up the second plan, and all the soldiers received only one order, and all the men above the wheel were eliminated.
A small number of Qibi guards and soldiers were killed by the Tang army who broke into the camp at the first time, and the rest of the people had neither the ability to parry nor the strength to fight back.
I don't know if they are used to killing, they are used to death, or they are used to such a fate, women and old people are hiding tightly in the corners of tents and other safe places with their children in their arms, indifferent to the killing of men.
In less than two hours, the resistance of the entire Qibi tribe had completely disappeared, and after the civil war, the nearly 10,000 remaining men of the Qibi tribe were almost all wiped out, and only women and children could survive.
When Donnarumma saw Calhanlu appear in front of him, his whole person was on the verge of collapse, and he didn't understand why, in just two hours, he had lost everything.
He didn't understand why the guy in front of him who had been expelled by himself hadn't frozen to death.
In just over ten days, the positions of the two sides were reversed, and at this moment, Calhanlu's eyes were full of excitement and joy, while Donnarumma's eyes were full of anger and resentment.
Of course, there was not only Calhanlu in front of Donnarumma, but also Li Erniu, who was looking at Donnarumma's little brother with curiosity.
On the other hand, after a long time, Guo Rong finally saw the old fox who saved his life in the past, Zheyun Valley.
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