Chapter Forty-Six: The Bloody Battle of the Muddy River
"Heh~he~" Li Yong gasped, knelt on one knee, he clenched the handle of the knife and stuck a long knife on the ground to support his tired body, his cold eyes stared at the Turkic soldiers who kept rushing towards him, he felt that the whole time had slowed down, many of the black troops around him had fallen in a pool of blood, and more of the black army that was still alive was slashing and killing the enemies who surrounded them, thousands of miles away in the palace, a woman's scream frightened the maids in the palace, Princess Changle covered her chest with one hand and breathed rapidly, The forehead was already drenched in sweat, she had a nightmare, dreaming that Li Yong was wearing black armor covered in blood, desperately fighting with the Turks, just at the moment when he was cut, she woke up, the maids wiped the sweat on the princess's forehead, Changle still had palpitations, and walked to the window with a heavy heart, looked at the bright moon on his head, and said softly.
"Are you okay? Don't ...... anything."
Thinking about it day and night, Changle Qianli is worried about this lover, especially the nightmare just now is particularly real, so she is even more worried that something bad has happened, women's sixth sense is often so keen, thousands of miles away in the field hospital on the edge of the Turkic Hunhe River, Li Yong was seriously injured and lying in a coma on the bed, the black armor that was taken off on the side was full of bloodstains, there were his and the enemy's, the military doctor was busy with various treatments, Xue Rengui and others were anxiously turning around outside, and the black armor on their bodies was also stained with blood, It's just that they all have enemies. All this happened back to half a month ago, Li Jing's twist and turn 600 miles rushed back to Chang'an City, Li Er excitedly held his hands like Parkinson's, his throne was not right, now it's okay, the Turkic war is going well, Jieli's main force was basically wiped out in Xiakou Mountain, and it is only a matter of time to recover the Turks, and now he has obtained the jade seal of the country that was ordered by heaven, he is the destiny of heaven, who dares to say that his throne is right, as for the credit of the commander of the black army said in the compromise, It was a bit difficult for him to reward this again, because the Black Army had begun to become a thorn in his heart, and although they had not shown any misdeeds against their rule, what about the future? When their strength swells out of control, will they rebel? He was too familiar with this aspect, and the more Li Shimin, who started in this business, thought about it, the more gloomy his face became, and he didn't have the excited joy of getting the jade seal of the country, he took out a blank piece of paper, and then wrote on it, and finally folded it and handed it to the eunuch next to him.
"Six hundred miles to Li Jing urgently, let him act according to the secret order."
Li Yong, who is still continuing to march to Jieli's tooth tent, does not know that Li Shimin is ready to start dealing with him and his black army, after Jieli knows the news of Kang Sumi's surrender to Tang, he was so frightened that he hurriedly monitored all the tribal leaders and generals closely, he knew that Kang Sumi's betrayal would definitely cause a chain reaction, and now the war is not going well, the main force is lost, and he can only use about 60,000 soldiers and horses, which is completely unable to resist the menacing Tang army, he does not dare to continue to stay at the moraine, and leads his troops to retreat to Yinshan overnight. After receiving the news that Jieli was retreating to Yinshan, the three-way Tang Army and the Black Army quickly adjusted their pursuit and left, because they all knew that as long as Jieli escaped from Yinshan and fled to Mobei, attached to Xue Yantuo and other departments, it would become impossible to pursue and annihilate again, then this national war would fail, and all the efforts would be in vain. On the way to pursue Jieli, Li Jing received Li Shimin's secret decree, the content of the secret decree expressed recognition and appreciation for his performance, and expressed his happiness for getting back the jade seal of the country, but he was only worried about the mysterious black army, and asked him to find a way to eliminate the black army that made him sleep. He didn't know if he would bring a strong opponent to the Tang Dynasty by doing this, because judging from his contact with the Black Army, although they were bloody to the Turks, they were extremely friendly to their Tang Army or the Han people, and many of his soldiers survived in their so-called field hospitals by those miraculous medical skills, which also made the two armies form a deep friendship, but what can be done now? The holy order cannot be violated, Li Jing felt very sad, and with a heavy heart, he wrote a secret letter to Chai Shao and Xu Shiji that he regretted for the rest of his life. Chai Shao and Xu Shiji, who received Li Jing's secret letter, didn't feel too much, but took it for granted, after all, they had no contact with the black army, and they didn't understand them, since it was the emperor's intention, they just did it, isn't it just to let the Turks destroy this black army in the battle, it's not a difficult thing, as long as you pretend to fight against the Turks in conjunction with the black army, and then suddenly turn around in the course of the battle, let the black army and the Turks kill each other, as for what you can't save when you see death, that's easy to explain, what happened on the battlefield, It's not what they say, and no one in the world will know the Tao inside.
"Commander, the Turks are almost to the Hunhe River, and there is news from Chai Shao's Jinhe Army, hoping that we will join them in a joint battle."
"Joint operations, what is this Chai Shao's idea? No matter, in order to block Jieli, this battle must be hard, Li Jing has taken his army to detour to Yinshan, Jieli still has about 60,000 troops, we alone will definitely not be able to stop, Chai Shao's Jinhe army is considered to be trained by Princess Pingyang, he is a waste who eats soft rice, we don't help him, Jieli will definitely slip away, write back to Chai Shao, we agree with his proposal, we will join him west of the Hunhe River, and block Jieli together to prevent him from crossing the Hunhe. ”
Li Yong took his black army to speed up and rushed to Hunhe, after Chai Shao received Li Yong's reply, he showed a sinister smile on his mouth, the world said that he relied on Princess Pingyang Zhao, and now after the death of Princess Pingyang Zhao, the Jinhe Army fell into his hands, he may not be outstanding in military talent, but he is a first-class master of intrigue and trickery. Li Yong went to Hunhe to arrange everything, Chai Shao and his Jinhe army arrived late, Chai Shao looked at the black army's well-arranged and orderly military camp from a distance, and said to his henchmen and soldiers around him.
"Where have the Turks gone?"
"Dashuai, it's less than thirty miles away from here."
"Okay, set up camp and get ready for the show."
Jieli took his tribes and 60,000 remnants of the army, and finally hurried to the Hunhe River, but the return of the scouts made his heart cold.
"Damn, damn Tang people, this is to force our Turks to a dead end, does God really want to destroy my Turks?"
Everyone's face in Jieli's tooth tent was gloomy, because their only way to Yinshan was blocked by the Tang army, some people will say, you are stupid, walk around the river, people who think like this are stupid, the long Hunhe River is not something that you can go around if you want to, plus you are still dragging your family with you, Chai Shao and Li Yong came to attack the tail, that is equivalent to taking off their pants and letting people chase after them with whips, if you can't kill you, count it as mine, the only way is to defeat the blocking army in front and cross the river, or surrender directly.
"Khan, please don't worry too much, Chai Shao's Jinhe Army is only more than 20,000 people, plus the Black Army is about 30,000 people, not to mention that the Jinhe Army is no longer the Jinhe Army led by Princess Pingyang back then, it can be said that it is a group of rabble, and the strongest Black Army has more than 3,000 people, as long as we focus on attacking the Black Army and forcing the Black Army to withdraw, then the remaining Jinhe is not to worry about."
"Stubborn and unconscious, you are worthy of being my wise general, and all the rest of our troops are under your command, and you are our generalissimo."
"Yes."
Zhi Zhi Si Li took the tiger talisman, feeling that this tiger talisman was too hot, now is the most critical moment for their Turks, if the battle of the Hunhe River fails, then he and the more than 200,000 clansmen behind him will be become slaves of the Tang people, and suddenly felt that his shoulders were very heavy, Zhi Sili returned to his camp tent, and summoned his three generals, Ashina Sheer, Ashina Simo and Qibi He Li.
"Marshal, the front is the Hunhe River, although our forces have an advantage, but we can't arbitrarily consume like this, when the time comes, we will cross the Hunhe River and withdraw to Yinshan, and we will not have the strength to deal with the next battle."
"I know what you think, this is also what I'm worried about, if it weren't for Kang Sumi's bastard, we wouldn't be so passive, I want to attack tomorrow, because Li Jing's army has not disappeared for a long time, Xu Shiji in the clouds has come to intercept it, Chai Shao, we are not afraid, but that Xu Shiji is different, so in order not to dream more at night, Ashina Sheer, Ashina Simo you each led 10,000 cavalry to raid Fang Chai Shao's Jinhe Army, Qi Bi He Li You lead 30,000 troops to deal with the Black Army, and don't be careless, we are very clear about the ability of the Black Army, So you have to crush them to the death here so that we can survive, understand? ”
Stubbornly thinking about how to raid Li Yong's black army and Chai Shao's Jinhe army tomorrow, and Li Yong couldn't help but worry when he saw the scattered Jinhe army camp in the distance, but now he has to send arrows, he can leave Chai Shao and them away, but this is not his original intention, he and his black army can fight hard against the other Turks or other invaders, but only they can't do the other party or abandon their compatriots.
"I hope Chai Shao is reliable, ghost, and closely monitor the movements of the Turks, I have a bad premonition."
His premonition came true, and the next morning, as he and his black army were eating breakfast as usual, the bloody ghost ran into his tent panting.
"Commander, the Turkic 20,000 cavalry launched a surprise attack on the Golden River, and the Golden River Army retreated north without making any resistance."
"What? Bastard, didn't the Turkic army of more than 60,000 just deal with us? Chai Shao, you bastard, playing this yin with Lao Tzu, right? How far are the Turks from us? ”
"It'll be there in less than half an hour."
"Assemble urgently, I'm afraid the Turks still have a team dedicated to us."
Before he could finish speaking, another ghost ran in.
"Commander, a Turkic force of about 30,000 men in the northwest is coming towards us, less than a quarter of an hour's distance from me."
"Chai Shao, or you Li Jing, or you Li Shimin? Do we all think so we die? I'm not as good as you want, gather the team, kill~"
No matter how stupid Li Yong is, he can guess the conspiracy inside, Chai Shao's unprovoked joint operation, and then you slip away without letting go of a single shot, and let the 60,000 army come to fight more than 3,000 people, I really think that Li Yong is a fool, the combat quality of the black army is shown, just when the 30,000 army of Qi He Li arrived, he saw the black army that was already seriously waiting, although Qi He Li had 30,000 soldiers, and 20,000 reinforcements rushed to his side, but in the face of this black army that was silently and neatly riding horses, he had an indescribable pressure in his heart, and he suppressed the fear in his heart, patting the horse out of the army.
"Which of you is the leader of the Black Army, I want to talk to him."
Li Yong also patted his horse and walked out of the army after hearing this, and said to He Li.
"Say, don't tell me to let you cross the river, it is impossible for such a thing to happen in my defense area."
"You're their leader? It is true that we do not need to cross the river from your defense area, because Chai Shao has already run away, so to speak, you have been sold, and out of respect for you, I can let you leave. ”
"Don't talk much nonsense, I'm not Chai Shao, my black army is not the Jinhe army, we are different, if you want to fight, if you want to cross the river from me, then you have to step on our corpses."
"Alright then, go to war."
"Black Army."
"Bluff~"
"Are you afraid of death?"
"Don't be afraid."
"Okay, let's go to Huangquan together today, but I'm going to bring more Turks with me and kill ~~"
"Kill~"
Li Yong lifted the horse lance in his hand and rushed towards the Turkic formation first, the black army behind him saw that his commander had rushed out, and immediately drove the horse to follow closely after, Qibi He Li saw that the black army behind Li Yong slowly unfolded into a horizontal line, and Li Yong was in the middle, just like one of his black wings, the horses ran neatly and made a roaring sound, which doubled the pressure on Qibi He Li and his soldiers, and he tried his best to stabilize those scared soldiers, but Li Yong and his black army immediately rushed to the front, Many Turkic soldiers wanted to throw down their weapons and run away, Qibi He Li saw those cavalrymen who even wore heavy armor on horses with their hands holding horse lances, and the light cavalry that followed behind held two black long knives in both hands, which was a way for Li Yong to recall the Mongolian cavalry, using the high-speed running of horses to rush over like mowing grass, during the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongolian cavalry used such tactics to fight the armies of many countries without the power to parry.
"Arrow~"
Qi Bi He Li ordered his side to start releasing arrows, and suddenly a black cloud of arrows rained down on the charging black army, but in exchange for the bow and arrow hit the black armor of the black army, the sound of "ding ding ding ......" was played, and no black army was injured or fell off the horse, and the Turkic archers who did not believe in evil continued to throw at the black army, but this time the black army was ready to start a counterattack, one short arrow after another accurately pierced the throat of those archers, that was after the ghosts began to snipe accurately, and one after another Turkic archers were sniped, Their formation began to be a little flustered, Qi Bi He Li saw that the black army was about to rush in front of him, and hurriedly let the pikemen move forward, but Li Yong had already stabbed into the body of the soldier in front of him, and took away the life of another soldier behind him with inertia, under the spears lined with pikemen, the heavy cavalry simply ignored and directly crushed the past, and the sharp spears were rushed away without any effect, and then the infantry behind suffered, to say that the heavy cavalry was crushed by heavy tanks, and the light cavalry that followed was a harvester that cut the grass, Everywhere he passed, the Turkic soldiers fell in pieces, looking at such a terrifying black army, Qibi He Li and his soldiers began to panic, these black knights were like demons in hell harvesting the lives of his soldiers, he shouted with a scimitar.
"Hold it down, those who retreat will not be killed, and the team will supervise the battle."
Due to the disparity in strength, Li Yong's black army was slowed down, and the battlefield on the side of the Hunhe River was more like a slaughterhouse, one after another Turkic soldiers were stabbed to death by the black army's horse lance or long knife, and some people in the black army were hugged and thrown off their horses and scuffled together, as well as the black army who was seriously injured by a blunt object, the two sides fought together, Li Yong was also hugged and fell off the horse, he kicked away to the Turkic soldiers who pounced, Then pick up the horse lance and aim it at the Turkic soldier who was holding a mace not far away and was about to knock at a black army soldier, the Turkic soldier who was killed by his horse lance flew a few steps away, and when he threw the horse lance, a Turkic soldier who wanted to sneak attack him was intercepted by Li Yong's guards, and Li Yong understood him with a backhand. After the raid on Chai Shao's 20,000 Turkic reinforcements rushed to the scene, seeing that the army of Qibi He Li and the black army were fighting evenly between the top and bottom, and even defeated the black army, Ashina Sheer and Ashina Simo immediately led their 20,000 horsemen to rush over, looking at the addition of 20,000 cavalry, Qibi He Li breathed a sigh of relief, the Turkic side immediately boosted morale, and the black army did not show any signs of fear, but killed more fiercely, and even some of the black army that was about to die also died with a Turkic soldier in their arms, Li Yong knelt on one knee tiredly, Seeing a cavalryman rushing towards him, he used his last strength to cut off the rider on the horse with a knife, and then slashed another soldier to death with an oblique split, and finally he vaguely heard someone shouting him, but he was already physically exhausted, and his ears were full of buzzing tinnitus, and then he felt his body fly, and then fell heavily to the ground, Li Yong spit a mouthful of blood directly into the mask, and his whole body was like falling apart, he saw a Turkic soldier holding a spear to pierce himself was separated by a black-armored soldier with a knife, Then hacked to death, another soldier ran to him and kept asking him, but he didn't hear what he said at all, but he knew what to ask, it was nothing more than whether there was anything or something, Li Yong stood up again with the support of the soldier, staggered to his black knife, and then picked it up and shouted at the battlefield.
"Kill, kill all the Turks, not one left~"
Receiving the influence of Li Yong, all the black army that was already physically exhausted was like a stimulant, suddenly his eyes were sharp, and the long knife in his hand was cut into two pieces directly on the enemy's body, the Turkic soldiers saw that the black army was so terrifying, they were like real ghosts from hell, the black armor was stained with blood, and the long knife in his hand must take a person's life every time he chopped it, and he Li and others were afraid, the so-called ruthless were afraid of being stunned, and the barefoot were not afraid of wearing shoes, and then they could polish out this group of black troops, but they would also pay a heavy price, They can't afford to pay such a price, looking at the red eyes inside the masks, their own soldiers were slaughtered, Qi He Li finally gave up the idea of exterminating the black army, because now with Chai Shao's defense area, they can cross the Hunhe River safely, and the black army has also been hit hard, and they will not be in danger for the time being, so Qi Qi He Li gave the order to withdraw the army, looking at the retreating Turkic army, Li Yong finally lost his last strength, closed his eyes and fell straight to the ground. On the edge of the Hunhe River, the black army's defense area is full of blood, and the corpses are piled all over the field, a picture of purgatory on earth.