"General, the last general doesn't quite understand the general's intention.
Why did he order the right army to move closer to the central army?
Is the general preparing for a decisive battle with the Khitan people?"
The subordinates were very puzzled by Zhao Ziliang's deployment and asked directly.
Zhao Ziliang swatted the mosquitoes on his face, shook his head and said: "It is not the time for a decisive battle with the Khitans yet.
With the current strength of our army, we will suffer losses in a decisive battle with the Khitans.
Now the Xi tribe has issued a call for everyone to The small tribes went to join together and prepare to concentrate their forces against our army.
Of course our army cannot follow the pace of the Khitan people."
"Our army has come all the way north.
Almost all the tribes along the way have been wiped out by our army, and the remaining ones are still further north.
The western part of it borders the Turks, the east Geluolu, and the Uighurs, so the Khitan tribe in the west Not many, and they are all small tribes.
The Dan people are mainly in the east.
The purpose of letting the right army and the central army get closer is to concentrate our troops and wipe out all the Khitan tribes who came from the east to join the Xi tribe.
Then our army will concentrate all its troops to fight with the Xi tribe.
The decisive battle has a bit of a meaning of surrounding the area and calling for reinforcements.”
After hearing Zhao Ziliang's plan, the generals suddenly realized, but someone else asked: "General, the Xi tribe won't just watch us encircle and rescue, right?
Besides, the Xi tribe is not really under siege.
If they learn that we are If we attack the other Khitan tribes that are coming, won’t the Xi tribe raise their troops to attack us?”
Zhao Ziliang nodded: "Yes, the Xi tribe will definitely not watch us wipe out other Khitan tribes coming from the east, so we can't let them get the slightest news and order the Eighteen Tornado Cavalry to lead two hundred elite cavalry to replace Brahan.
Vanguard Army, inquire about all the movements of the Xi Clan army, and carry out annihilation attacks on the Xi Clan’s reconnaissance cavalry and sentinels.
If the Xi Clan army moves closer to our army, it must be reported immediately.”
"promise" After the Eighteen Tornado Cavalry was sent out, Zhao Zi's conscience felt a little more at ease.
With the ability of the Eighteen Tornado Cavalry, they could not only defeat a hundred, but also be able to carry out the most dangerous and difficult reconnaissance and espionage activities, not to mention their hands.
There are still two hundred elite cavalry on board, so they won't be afraid even if they encounter two or three thousand cavalry.
The tooth tent of the Xi clan.
Nu Jie was walking around in the big tent holding the handle of the knife, the colorful peacock feathers on the hat on his head were shaking, and suddenly a shout of "report" came from far and near, one after another into the big tent.
"Reporting to the Great Khan, the reconnaissance cavalry found out that the Tang army's pioneer Bo Lehan had led his army back south, but there was an extremely powerful reconnaissance cavalry team snooping near our camp.
The reconnaissance cavalry sent by our army one after another failed to return.
"Back" "Why did Brohan lead his troops back south and leave behind a reconnaissance team?
How many people are there?"
Nu Jie asked.
"About 200 people, but they are scattered and sometimes gather together."
Nu Jun, who was in his forties, frowned.
He had always looked down upon the Hedong Army, but he was extremely afraid of the Shuofang Army.
This was because Wang Zhongsi, the governor of the Shuofang Army, was extremely brave and capable of commanding troops.
He was angry.
They were no match at all, and were defeated three times.
Only a few thousand of the tens of thousands of troops fled back.
Nu Jie looked at the shaman sitting in the dark corner of the tent and asked: "Great wizard, I want to send someone to kill this Hedong Army reconnaissance horse.
How about that?"
The old and hoarse voice of the shaman came from the corner: "How many men and horses are the Great Khan prepared to send to kill this reconnaissance cavalry?
There are more than 200 of them.
If we want to kill them completely, I'm afraid we have to send at least a thousand cavalry.
We still have some left."
How many thousand knights are there?
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The southerners are always cunning, but they don’t know that this may be a trick of the southerners.
They want to attract our army to send a small force over, and then destroy them, using this method to eat away at our army one by one."
Nu Jie suddenly lost his mind at what the shaman said.
He scratched his ears and cheeks, with a few deep wrinkles appearing on his forehead.
"We can't just do nothing.
Who knows what Tang Jun is fighting?"
If they are carrying out any conspiracy at this time and we don't see through it, our army will suffer a big loss by then."
There was silence for a long time in the darkness of the corner of the big tent, and then the hoarse voice came out again: "The Great Khan's considerations are not unreasonable.
In this case, the Great Khan might as well send a thousand-man team to test this southern reconnaissance cavalry. , if the thousand-man team still goes without returning, then there is no need to send a large army there, just wait for the tribes to come together and then fight the Tang army for a decisive battle.
If this southern reconnaissance cavalry is eliminated, the Great Khan will send a large number of reconnaissance cavalry.
Go and inquire about the movements of the southern army."
Everyone was overjoyed and said quickly: "Then ask the great wizard to conduct a divination to check the good or bad luck."
The old and hoarse voice sighed: "Then please ask the Great Khan to kill the sheep and get the bones."
The angry people immediately shouted: "Come here, kill a ram!"
Soon someone went to carry out the execution, and an old man with tattered clothes, a hairy head, and an extremely old face walked out from the darkness of the corner of the tent.
His skin was wrinkled and covered with age spots.
This old man was tall and thin, and his hands had dry skin.
His fingers were as thin as bird claws, holding a strange-shaped staff.
His tattered clothes were covered with bells of various sizes, which jingled as he walked.
The great wizard walked out of the tent and began to summon his disciples and servants to decorate the altar.
The herdsmen and thousands of troops from the Xi tribe were also ordered to come to watch the ceremony.
Not long after, the altar was still being decorated, and the surrounding areas of the altar were A large number of herdsmen and Xi tribe troops have gathered.
The forms of tribal sacrifices on the northern grasslands are similar.
This sacrificial ritual is roughly the same as that of the Huns in ancient times, with only minor changes.
After the arrangement of the altar was completed, the great wizard sat cross-legged in the middle of the altar with his eyes closed and recited incantations.
Dozens of his disciples sang and danced around the altar, while the servants played various musical instruments and walked around the altar.
Several large fires were set off to separate the onlookers' herdsmen and the Xi tribe's army from the altar.
As the sacrificial ceremony progressed, a Khitan man walked up to the altar with a tray and knelt beside the great wizard.
There was a fresh lamb leg bone on the tray.
The great wizard took off the lamb with both hands very reverently.
He placed his leg bones on his palms and muttered something.
After a long time, the great wizard finished reciting the incantation and threw the mutton leg bone into the brazier in front of him with both hands.
At this time, he also began to dance crazily around the brazier.
After a few minutes, the mutton leg bones that were thrown into the brazier began to burn, and the great wizard stopped and squatted beside the brazier, sweating profusely, to watch the burning of the lamb leg bones, in order to judge the good or bad outcome of the battle.
The mutton leg bone was finally burned to the point of bursting.
The great wizard walked down the altar haggardly and walked towards the Khan's tent.
Nu Jie and his captains of thousands and thousands of men followed immediately.
After the tribe adults entered the big tent, they couldn't wait to ask: "Great wizard, what is the result of the divination?"
The great wizard said in an extremely frightened tone: "Boundless blood clouds, corpses and tattered flags all over the ground, the scene of the Khitan's prosperity two hundred years later has disappeared."
Nu Jie's heart was beating wildly when he heard it, and a bad premonition came into his heart, "Great wizard, you should make it clear what this means."
"It's unclear, the truth is unclear."
After the great wizard said these two sentences, he stopped speaking.
No matter how angry he was, he didn't say a word.
"Hey" Nu Jie sighed.
If it weren't for the great wizard's prestige in the hearts of the Khitan people, he would definitely use unconventional means to make him explain clearly.
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In fact, when the great wizard said those few words, Nu Jie felt that this war would probably be detrimental to his own side.
At this time, he had the intention to order the entire clan to move north, but multiple concerns prevented him from doing so.
Determination, first of all, if it was in previous years, he would have led his army southward into the Tang Dynasty to harvest grass and valleys.
After all, the forage and meat on the grassland alone cannot allow the tribesmen, livestock and horses to survive the cold winter.
But now the situation has completely changed.
The Tang army went deep into the Mobei grassland to raid the gathering places of various tribes, killing his tribesmen and taking away If all the cattle, sheep and horses are lost, if the whole family retreats further north into the territory of the Tongluo people, , I don’t know whether the Tongluo people will accept them or be hostile to them, and how to survive the winter.
If you don’t store enough food and exercise, many tribesmen and livestock will freeze to death in winter; secondly, he has already contacted the great wizard After discussing it, they ordered other Khitan tribes to move closer to Ya Zhang to join forces and concentrate their advantages.
If they retreat north into Tongluo territory at this time, it will be equivalent to breaking the trust of other Khitan tribes.
The Xi tribe will lose all its prestige in the entire Khitan.
Perhaps these tribes will also suffer a devastating blow from the Tang army. , by then the entire Khitan will be greatly weakened and in danger of being annexed by other tribes on the grassland.
After thinking for a long time, Nujiu decided to send a team of thousands to test the strength of the Tang army.
He shouted: "Yelühan" Captain Yeluhan came out of his duties and bowed, stroking his chest and saying, "What are your orders from the Great Khan?"
"I order you to lead a thousand cavalry to eliminate the Tang Army's reconnaissance cavalry on the opposite side, and send someone back to report at any time."
"Don't worry, Khan, you will definitely live up to your mission by being humble."
Yeluhan said, shaking his wolfskin cloak and turning to leave.
Not long after, a thousand-man cavalry team gathered near the tooth tent.
The neighing of the horses and the shouts of the knights continued to spread.
Under the leadership of Yeluhan, the thousand-man team quickly left the tooth tent and headed south.
As they left, the sound of a large number of horse hooves gradually faded away until they disappeared.
At this time, more than forty miles south of the Xi tribe's tent, the Eighteen Tornado Cavalry and two hundred fine cavalry were camping at the foot of Canglang Mountain.
Everyone gathered around several fires to roast meat and eat and laugh.
A loud shout of "Report" came from the distance along with the rapid sound of horse hooves.
Within a few breaths, a knight was seen walking through the darkness and arriving at the camp.
"Master Bao Xuan, the Xi tribe has sent a team of a thousand people and is quickly approaching our headquarters.
According to this, it is less than thirty miles away."
"Oh" Xuan Yi stood up and started thinking rapidly.
After a few breaths, he immediately ordered: "Extinguish the fire, the whole army is divided into three detachments, the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh detachments." , Lao Ba leads 60 men and 300 horses as the apparent goal, always attracting the attention of the Xi army from the front.
I want to lead Lao Jiu, Lao Ten, Eleventh Lang, Twelve Lang, Thirteenth Lang and Seven.
Ten men and two hundred horses intercepted At the rear of the enemy's army, Lao Er led 14 Lang, 15 Lang, 16 Lang, 17 Lang and 18 Lang with 70 people as a reserve team, ready to meet Lao San and I at any time.
Once a raid was completed, the three The roles of the detachment were immediately switched.
The second child would lead the team to attract the enemy's attention in the open.
I would lead the team to respond, and the third child would lead the team to raid the enemy's rear.
And so on.
Do you understand?
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