Kusha, the first fierce general under Tushi's account, stepped forward and said: "Great Khan, now that one-fifth of the grain given to us by the Tang Dynasty has been transported to Tingzhou, if you let the last general lead a cavalry raid Tingzhou, I will definitely snatch back the grain that should belong to us." ”

"That's right! The Great Khan, the last general was also willing to go with General Kusha. ”

"The last will be—"

Hula suddenly stood up two or three more generals, but the other tribal leaders did not see anyone standing up to make a statement.

Tu Shi glanced around and said to his subordinates: "Sit down, shout out, and listen to everyone's opinions." ”

Seeing that calm had returned to the tent, Grand Elder Tuyuhun stood up and saluted Tu Shi and said, "Great Khan, I don't think we can rashly deal with the Tang army. ”

"Great Elder, what's wrong with you? Scared? If you're scared, just wait here for our good news, and then your benefits will be indispensable. ”

"Kusha shut up! How could the Great Elder be a person who is afraid of war, there is naturally a reason for him to say this, you don't interject, listen to the Great Elder quietly, and then express your opinion. Suddenly, Kusha rebuked Kusha, who held his breath and stared at the Great Elder to see what he could say.

"The Great Khan is wise, the reason why I don't agree to use troops against the Tang army without authorization is to better implement our procrastination plan."

"Oh? The Great Elder sat down and spoke slowly. Tu Shi asked Grand Elder Tuyuhun to sit down.

The Great Elder thanked us and continued: "Although we don't plan to go to the far west now, but this plan is not known to the Tang Emperor, it is just speculation, and we will tear up the agreement with us without evidence, then we can give us food as soon as possible, and the Tang Emperor will definitely not give it to us, then we will fight with him, anyway, morality is on our side." ”

Tushi nodded.

The Great Elder continued: "If we send troops to Tingzhou to loot grain, then the nature will change, and it will give the Tang Dynasty Emperor an excuse to attack us, which will be extremely unfavorable to us. ”

"Great Elder, the second elder of the Tang Dynasty Emperor went back on his word and refused to give us food, I'm afraid he has already seen our intentions, aren't you doing this too much?" Kusha shouted.

"Nope! General Kusha's words are wrong, I Tuyuhun was close to Chang'an before, and I did not deal with the Tang people, they pay attention to real certificates, so that the division will be famous, and then it can get the support of the people of the whole country, if the division is unknown, it will be counterproductive. Although we did not go to the west, but we did not go to the east, we are still waiting for the grain of the Tang Dynasty, as long as we grasp this, then the emperor of the Tang Dynasty will not rashly send troops to attack us, so that the time left for us can be extended a lot. ”

"Tang people are trouble, if you want to fight, you have to find a reason for yourself."

"Is it too civilized, haha, I just don't know if I can be cut by my waist knife and not die, haha-"

The general in the tent was talking nonsense, and suddenly Shi showed joy on his face, and it took a long time to wave his hand to stop everyone, and looked at the great elder Tuyuhun and said: "It's still the great elder who is wise, okay, we ignore the reprimand of the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, only complain to him and ask for food, and promise that as soon as the food arrives, we will start the westward expedition, you can do it." ”

Grand Elder Tuyuhun bowed his head in agreement.

Tu Shi said to everyone in the account: "We are fighting a war of words with the Tang Army to delay time and give us more respite, but now that the Tang Dynasty has no food, we have to find a way to solve it ourselves, Kusha!" ”

"The end will be."

"I order you to lead the 10,000 warriors of the clan to go out to raise food for the army, and you must remember one thing, do not clash with the large Tang army."

"Yes, please rest assured."

Tu Shi wanted to say something, but suddenly heard an urgent report from the scout outside the account: "Great Khan, our more than 8,000 people and horses left in Gaochang have been wiped out. ”

"What!?" The people in the tent stood up with a swoop.

Kusha stepped forward and grabbed the scout's chest and asked loudly, "Is this true?" What did you see with your own eyes? ”

"According to the people we answered, they waited at the predetermined place for four or five days and did not see the army return, so they disguised themselves as merchants and went to Gaochang City to investigate, and when they asked, they found out that our people were killed by Li Jing."

"Didn't you run out of a single mouth?" Surprise asked.

"Yes, it is said that there is now a weapon that can spit fire and smoke in the Tang army barracks, and our people are trapped by the smoke, and after the smoke disappears, they are all killed by the Tang army."

"Did you find out what kind of weapon it was? Is it a poisonous fog? ”

"I don't know the specifics."

"Go down!" Tushi asked the scout to retreat and said to Kusha: "Kusha, don't go out to raise food and don't cross Eli to Tingzhou, and don't go to Qiuzi, lest you repeat the mistakes of the past." ”

"The last general understands that the last general will definitely snatch one of the weapons that the Tang army will spit fog and give it to the Great Khan!"

"Nope! You have more important things, that is, to find enough food for the army and the clansmen, don't make senseless sacrifices, I have my own arrangements to inquire about the affairs of the Tang Army, you can go. ”

Kusha Shili walked out of the tent.

Tu Shi pondered for a while with a gloomy face and said to the Great Elder Tuyuhun: "Great Elder, I have to trouble you to send a letter to Prime Minister Lu Dongzan, tell him about the new weapons of the Tang Army, and let him help inquire, we will also take advantage of the absence of a big war now to send someone to secretly sneak into Chang'an, one is to inquire about the weapons of the Tang Army, and the other is to contact the people of Goguryeo and Wei Mur, and ask them to join us in raising troops to attack Tang, so that our chances of victory will be greater." ”

"Don't worry, I'll do it, and if you want to send someone to Chang'an, let me lead the team, I speak Tang well, and some big officials in the Tang Dynasty are a little hypocritical, see if you can buy us more time through them."

"That's fine, then it's hard work."

When the great elder Tuyuhun marched to Chang'an under the guise of explaining to the Tang emperor why he did not immediately march westward, Gao Buer was also considering a question, whether to cross the high mountains and the Gobi, go to Qiuci to gather troops with Hou Jun, and urge the Turkic coalition army to march westward nearby.

If he goes, whether Tushi will send troops to attack Tingzhou through the Ili River Valley is a big question, but he has been in Tingzhou with a large army, so Hou Junji will be under great pressure, because the geographical location of Broken Leaf City is superior, and it can enter the Ili River Valley to the north and the Wakhan Corridor to the south.

In order to transfer the army of Beiting to Qiuci as soon as possible, Gao Buer gave Li Jing an order to march to Yili, asking him to lead the army to Yili as soon as possible and pacify any enemy he wanted.

The strategic task was issued, and Li Jing immediately set off with an army of 20,000 to attack and advance towards Yili, and met Kusha in the Yili River Valley a month later.

This Kusha received the general who raised food from Tushi, and he originally planned to go around within three or four hundred miles of the vicinity according to Tushi's intentions, who knew that Hou Junji, in order not to give them a chance to breathe, took Qiuzi as the center of the circle, and the distance of more than 400 kilometers to Broken Leaf City was the diameter, and a no-man's land was created.

In order not to be laughed at by his allies when he returned empty-handed, he was ready to take the risk of wandering the more distant but more fertile valley of the Ellie, where he knew that there were large herds of cattle and sheep waiting to be brought back. So he took 10,000 of his subordinates, through a rapid march, and came to Yili at dawn on the sixth day, just as they sighed at the richness of the tribe in front of them, Li Jing also came to the Yili River Valley with an army of 20,000 people.

"Report! - "Scouts on both sides spotted each other's men and hurried back to report to their commanders.

"General, a large number of Tang troops suddenly poured out of the eastern mountain pass, with more than 10,000 people."

"How can there be so many Tang troops here, aren't they all in Tingzhou?"

"My subordinates don't know, let's explore again!"

After sending away the scouts, Kusha immediately drew his waist knife and said: "Warriors, take out the scimitar on your waist, kill all the Tang troops, and bring back all the cattle and sheep in this grassland, so that our people, women, and dolls will not starve, and they will rush with me." ”

On the other side, Li Jing didn't need to be a scout at all, and the Turkic army could be seen dozens of miles away.

"The whole army is in formation, and the tanks are forward!"

According to Li Jing's order, the army immediately formed a phalanx, followed by a dozen taels of tanks stood at the front, more than 100 artillery pieces were set up in the center of the array, and more cavalry planted mines two kilometers in front of their own battle array, and then the army fell silent, waiting for the arrival of the Turkic army.

Kusha didn't know why, seeing that his army was about to rush to the front of the Tang army, the Tang army still didn't move, he was overjoyed, this is a mallet, using cavalry to fight positional battles, what did he think, this is the Kunlun God is blessing, so he waved his scimitar harder, shouting and rushing towards the Tang army.

Just as he was completely immersed in the joy of imminent victory, there was a sudden earth-shattering sound: "Oops, how did this earth collapse." Before he could make a move, he lost consciousness as soon as it was dark.

Because the Turkic army came galloping for a long time, the speed of the horses was extremely high, and they couldn't stop at all, so they all got into Li Jing's mine array, and out of the mine array, Kusha's 10,000 military horses lost four or five percent, not that they all died, but lost their combat effectiveness.

The others who escaped the catastrophe were still screaming and charging towards the Tang army's formation, and when they entered the firing range, the tank was roaring, and Li Jing immediately ordered the artillery to fire a salvo, and at the same time, the bow and crossbow were fired in unison, and after a rain of artillery, Kusha's subordinates were blinded, what did they encounter? On the way to the charge, everyone fell, what kind of fairy is this, they should be surprised that they forgot to charge, and forgot that they were still on the battlefield.

Of course, Li Jing would not leave them time to react, and with a wave of the flag, it was another burst of rain, and he directly shot the horse or person who was still standing, and Kusha didn't understand what was wrong with him until he died?

Li Jing stood on a high slope, watching his subordinate soldiers cleaning up the battlefield, and fell into deep thought. The increasing maturity of Datang's firearms also caused a great psychological shock to him, a general who was familiar with military books.

In the past, when your 20,000 troops fought against the enemy's 10,000 troops, all of them were cavalry, your side had to lose at least half of your men and horses to destroy the enemy's army, but now you can destroy the enemy's 10,000 horses with a single hand, and your own battle losses are still incredibly zero.

If it goes on like this, what is the point of the art of war strategy, firearms are unique to the Tang Dynasty, all strategies in front of firearms are floating clouds, he can put the Tang army at a disadvantage and can easily turn defeat into victory, no wonder Zhou Wang Gao Buji said that firearms will become a harvester of life.