Tibet

Chapter 218 Night Attack on the Enemy Camp
Everyone understood what Li Ye meant, and they objected together: "Captain, it's unrealistic to sneak attack from the water!"

"Why is it unrealistic?" Li Ye was puzzled.

Pei Xiu said with a smile: "The captain of the Zhangye River should have tried it. It is very cold to enter the water, but the water in Juyanhai is more than ten times colder than the water in the Zhangye River. If a person enters the water, he will freeze soon. Let it sit for a while before feeding the livestock, or it will be too cold."

Li Ye shook his head, "Whether the water is cold or not is one thing, so I asked if there is a chance in the water?"

"Report to the captain, there is a chance to walk out of the water!"

Huo Chang pointed to the map and said: "There is a very slender, protruding bay here. We call it Hejing Bay. It extends all the way to the camp of Xue's army. Xue's army should also consider the convenience of water."

"How wide and deep is Crane Neck Bay?"

"I don't know the depth, but it's at least a dozen feet wide."

Li Ye thought for a while, and then said to everyone: "We only have a thousand cavalry, while the opponent has 8000, but our advantage is that the opponent does not know we are coming, so we can use a sneak attack strategy. I sneaked into the camp from the water and set fire to it." , the cavalry took advantage of the chaos to sneak attack, and they will surely succeed!"

Pei Xiu said anxiously: "The lake water is really too cold, it will freeze to death!"

Li Ye smiled lightly: "I practice martial arts in the water, and I am not afraid of the cold."

Only then did Pei Xiu realize that this cousin practiced Suzaku mentality, so he was too worried.

Under the guidance of the fire chief, Li Ye led a thousand cavalry to leave the Zhangye River, head east, and circle around to the Xuebu army camp on the north bank of Juyanhai.

At dusk the next day, a thousand cavalry waited patiently for dark in a forest thirty miles away from the camp.

Juyanhai is actually composed of two large lakes, which are more than ten miles apart. At present, Ge Luolu's [-] troops are stationed north of the western big lake, while Xue's [-] cavalry are stationed north of the eastern big lake.

In terms of location, Juyanhai is closer to the Xue tribe, but separated from Ganzhou by the vast Gobi Desert. It was only because of the Zhangye River that the imperial court included Juyanhai in the territory of the Hexi Corridor.

The Xue Tribe has been coveting Juyanhai Ranch for many years, but Juyanhai belongs to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and they would not have the guts to covet it any more.

But this time, the Xue tribe actually didn't want to come, but under Ge Luolu's coercion, they had no choice. If they didn't come, Ge Luolu's army would annex them directly.

In fact, the Ge Luolu people have always been insidious and cunning. This time they occupy Juyanhai, it is also killing three birds with one stone. One is to test the attitude of the Tang Dynasty. If the Tang Dynasty refuses to send troops, it means that the decline of the Tang Dynasty, even its own land is powerless Take it back, not to mention other people's land, then Ge Luolu will send troops to annex the Xue tribe without hesitation,
The second is to force the Xue tribe to turn against the Tang Dynasty and occupy Juyanhai in the name of the Xue tribe, even including the Xue tribe officially offering a reward of [-] sheepskins for the head of Li Ye. That is the grandson of the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. The Xue tribe is simply I don't want to live anymore.

When the Xue tribe offended the Tang Dynasty, Ge Luolu would clean up the Xue tribe, and finally Ge Luolu distributed some benefits to the Tang Dynasty, such as 300 million sheep, and the Tang Dynasty would accept it.

The third arrow is more important. Once the weakness of the Tang Dynasty is discovered, Ge Luolu will start to expand to the Yili River Valley, Rehai and Chu River valleys west of Congling to fill the power void left after the demise of Tuqishi .

As night fell quietly, Li Ye set off along the lake alone. He was wearing the leather armor of a soldier from the Xue Department, with a fake beard on his lips, and his skin was painted black. From the outside, it was hard to tell whether he was a Han or a Hu. , Li Ye carried a horizontal knife on his waist, and hid a dozen flying knives in his waist, arms, and thighs. He also carried a waterproof and sealed bag made of sheepskin on his back.

Li Ye ran along the lake. At one watch, he gradually approached the Xuebu army camp. He had already seen the camp several miles away and the cavalry patrolling on the grassland.

Li Ye swallowed a pill, and the ground water fell silently. The lake water was really icy. Although it was summer, the lake water in Juyanhai was much colder than the deep well water. It became hot, like boiling water flowing through the limbs, and the lake was no longer so cold.

After swimming for several miles, a long and narrow bay appeared in front of him. This was Hejing Bay. Li Ye dived into the bay again. Hejing Bay was about ten feet wide and one mile long. Li Ye felt that it was more like An animal's tail.

Unknowingly, Li Ye sneaked into the barracks from the bottom of the water. It was already the second watch, and there was silence in the camp. The big tents were next to each other, and the soldiers were all asleep in the tents.

Li Ye jumped onto the shore, bent over and ran quickly, and hid in the big tents. He found a bearded hat and put it on, and squatted next to a big tent to observe around. The night wind was very strong, blowing against the grass. , Li Ye shuddered, and his body felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

Li Ye was sure that there was no enemy, so he took off the leather bag behind him, pulled out a dagger and cut the bag open. Inside was an oiled paper bag. After opening layers of oiled paper, more than a dozen small torches and torches were exposed. He picked up the oiled paper bag. , and hid behind the big tent.

Time gradually approached the third watch, which was the time he had agreed with his subordinates. Li Ye cheered up and looked around for a while, but there was still no one around. At this moment, he suddenly found a horse, about fifty steps away from him. .

Li Ye was overjoyed, got up and ran up, cut off the reins with a swing of the dagger, and got on the horse. At this moment, someone behind him roared: "This is my horse, get off!"

Li Ye hit back with a flying knife, a cold light flashed, and the flying knife hit the soldier's throat. The soldier knelt down while choking his throat, and slowly fell to the ground.

Li Ye galloped on his horse, and threw burning torches on the top of the big tent. It was summer, and the nomadic soldiers used large wool tents that were extremely flammable, not sheepskin tents.

In just a moment, more than a dozen big tents in the middle of the camp began to burn, and the fire spread very quickly by the wind. The sleeping soldiers woke up one after another, and ran out of the big tents in horror. barefoot.

Li Ye picked up a spear from the ground, galloped his horse, and shouted in Tie Le language: "The camp is on fire, run for your life!"

He rushed to the big tent of the chief general, and outside the big tent, a dozen soldiers surrounded a commander of the Wanfu. They were putting on armor for the commander of the Wanfu. Stab, the opponent has no defense.

'puff! ’A spear pierced through the back of the neck, and the tip of the spear protruded from the front. Commander Wan died immediately without even screaming.

More than a dozen soldiers shouted to find the murderer, but the murderer had disappeared in the chaos and fireworks.

The wind in Juyanhai is very strong, especially at night, when the wind blows from the lakeside, the wind is very strong. With the help of the strong lake wind, the fire spreads extremely fast. When a fire wave drifts past, there are seven or eight large tents was swallowed up.

Li Ye was also taken aback. The fire was still in the distance just now, and it was in front of him in the blink of an eye. If he didn't leave, he would soon be unable to escape. He galloped his horse and fled northwestward.

At this time, the entire camp was full of flames. The soldiers were crying for their fathers and mothers, and ran desperately. The camp was extremely chaotic. Most of the soldiers were barefoot and wearing single shirts. Of course, they did not have weapons in their hands. They ran wildly outside the camp, and some of them jumped into the lake if they were smarter. However, many soldiers were engulfed by the fire and burned to death amidst the screams.

But the god of death was not completely approaching, most of the soldiers had just escaped from the camp, and the thunderous sound of horseshoes rolled from the east, and a thousand cavalrymen of the Tang army came and rushed into the enemy group in an instant.

Slashing with knives and stabbing with spears, Xue's soldiers were almost unarmed, unable to resist, they had to run for their lives in terror, crying for mercy, but they couldn't run away from the horses, and they could not escape death in the end.

Burned to death, killed, corpses everywhere, blood flowing like rivers, five thousand soldiers of the Xue tribe were beheaded and killed more than four thousand in just over half an hour.

Li Ye shouted: "Stop chasing and killing, blow the horn!"

"Ugh-"

With the sound of Tang Jun's low antlers, Tang Jun stopped chasing and began to gather quickly. They opened the fence of the sheep and horse pen, and thousands of horses rushed out, as well as tens of thousands of sheep.

Li Ye glanced at another big camp twenty miles away. That big camp was originally dark, but now it was brightly lit.

Pei Xiu was high-spirited, and said loudly: "Captain, why don't we make persistent efforts and continue to challenge Ge Luolu's army!"

Li Ye smiled slightly: "Don't worry! They will evacuate Juyanhai tomorrow morning."

The generals were stunned, wondering why the captain came to this conclusion?
Li Ye didn't explain, and waved his hand, "Let's go!"

He immediately led a thousand cavalry to evacuate eastward with their trophies, thousands of horses and tens of thousands of sheep.

(End of this chapter)