Tibet

Chapter 220 Chasing into Xue
Li Ye's [-] troops have entered the territory of Xuebu for five days, but they have not encountered any small tribes, including the logistics tribe originally in the north of Xiakou Mountain, who also got the news and fled.

After walking for five days, you can see vast grasslands and hills at a glance. The hills are relatively low, but they are full of big trees. The original ecology of tens of millions of years is almost a piece of temperate virgin forest.

The [-] sheep only ate a small part of it. They also brought dry food, and there were plenty of wild fruits in the forest. There were clear rivers and lush aquatic plants along the way, and there was no shortage of food and grass.

At this time, the school captain An Taixuan suggested: "The governor will probably lead the army northward. They will not meet the tribes, and food and grass will be a problem. I suggest that we send brothers to drive some sheep to the south to meet them."

An Taixuan's suggestion was very timely. Li Ye immediately ordered a brigade commander to lead [-] soldiers to drive [-] sheep back the same way. They only had [-] cavalry, and [-] sheep were enough.

The team continued to go north. This afternoon, the soldiers were resting in front of a forest. Hundreds of soldiers climbed dozens of fruit trees to pick wild fruits. This kind of wild fruit is also found in Hexi. ?Or little apples.

The fruit is small, but it is sweet and juicy, and it is deeply loved by the soldiers. They eat mutton every day and rely on this pinpo fruit to relieve their greasy. Every soldier carries a bag on his back.

At this time, two cavalrymen came galloping from a distance, got off their horses, and knelt down on one knee to report, "We have found Dahe!"

Li Ye was overjoyed, he had been looking for that big river all the way, and if he found that big river, he would be able to find the tooth tent of the Xue Tribe.

He immediately ordered the soldiers to make signs. The grassland is like the sea, and it is easy to get lost, so all kinds of signs are very important. In fact, they are road signs. It's called Aobao.

The team walked westward for more than 100 miles, and a wide river suddenly appeared in front of them. This is the big river, and Xue Bu always called it the Yantuo River.

The team continued to go up along the Yantuo River. Only one day later, Tang Jun found a small tribe with hundreds of large tents. Every family had a sheepfold and raised flocks of sheep.

Li Ye unexpectedly discovered that the tribe is full of old and weak women and children, and there are no young and strong men in sight. Could it be that he knew he was coming and hid?
After thinking about it, Li Ye thought of the Jinshan Tribe again. The people hiding were all young women, not men.

Although Li Ye's killing heart was very strong on the battlefield, it was just one of Li Ye's ideas, or principles. Kindness to the enemy is cruelty to one's own people. In the era of cold weapons, any kindness to the enemy army , will bring disaster to oneself.

But Li Ye is definitely not a bloodthirsty person. On the contrary, he is a modern person in his bones, with modern ideas, he does not kill women and children, the elderly, or civilians.

The arrival of the Tang army filled the tribe with panic. Women and children shouted in terror, and everyone fled into the tent.

Not long after, soldiers of the Tang army brought an old man. The old man on the grassland was actually only 50 to 60 years old, and this old man was about [-] years old, and he was already an extremely rare tribal elder.

Li Ye asked him directly in Tie Le language: "Where are all the young men from your tribe?"

The old man was startled, and quickly knelt down and said, "Report to the general, the great chief sent people to recruit two days ago, and summoned all the young and strong men in our tribe to the tooth tent, saying that the Ge Luolu people are coming to seize our pasture. All young men must defend their homes and pastures."

Li Ye narrowed his eyes and said, "Are you sure you're from Ge Luolu? Didn't you mean Tang Jun?"

"It's from Ge Luolu. If it's about Tang Jun, we don't necessarily have to go. Tang Jun won't steal our pasture."

Li Ye nodded, and asked again: "Where is the dental tent?"

"Report to General, walk along this big river for three hundred miles and you will see it."

It's the same place as last year!Xue Bu's tooth tent has not been moved, and Li Ye knows it well.

He smiled slightly and said, "We have [-] sheep, can you ask your tribe to look after us for a few days?"

"It's absolutely fine, we have a big sheep pen, just put it in the big sheep pen."

Li Ye immediately ordered to take only [-] sheep as food for three days, and the remaining [-] sheep were temporarily stored in the tribe.

The team began to speed up northward, and three days later, the cavalry of the Tang Army gradually approached Xue Buya's tent.

Li Ye then ordered the soldiers to rest where they were and to have a full meal before the battle.

Li Ye knew very well that for decades, Xue Bu had been Ge Luolu's younger brother. The strength of the two sides was very different.

If the Geluolu people wanted to annex the Xue tribe, the nobles of the Xue tribe would never dare to resist, they could only surrender on their knees, let alone gather the young and strong to defend their homeland.

It was obviously an excuse. Chief Xue Feng's real purpose was to deal with the Tang army. It seemed that the Xue tribe had self-knowledge and knew that the Tang army would come to kill them.

Just as he was thinking, there was the sound of horseshoes in the distance, and he saw a few scouts rushing from a distance, waving the red flag in the distance. Li Ye didn't understand why he waved the red flag, but Ding Sheng understood, and his expression changed. Changed, said anxiously: "Captain, there are enemies in the north!"

Li Ye stood up abruptly, and shouted: "The whole army packs up their armor and prepares for battle!"

The soldiers got up from the ground one after another and got on their horses with their spears in their hands. At this time, three scouts rushed over, and they clasped their fists and saluted on the horses. !"

"how many people?"

"About five to six thousand people!"

Several captains were a little worried, even if there were 5000 people, it would be five times as many as themselves!Originally planned to break down one by one, I didn't expect the other party to gather.

Captain Zou Bo persuaded: "Captain, it's better to withdraw to the south first, and after reuniting with the main force of Captain Pei, we can come back soon!"

Li Ye glanced at the crowd, and asked sharply: "Everyone has excellent equipment, and everyone has been trained year after year, day after day, but facing the rabble composed of thousands of herdsmen, some people are scared out of their wits." , Is this still a soldier of the Heavenly Dynasty? Where is the bloodiness of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty?"

Everyone lowered their heads in shame, and Li Ye said to them again: "I once led eleven men in a bloody battle that was a hundred times stronger than my Tongluo army, and none of our eleven men backed down. I, Li Ye, will not force you. Those who want to go back and join the main force can leave, I will never stop them!"

No one left, including Zou Bo who had retreated just now. He cupped his fists and said, "I know my mistakes in my humble position. I am willing to follow the captain. Even if I die in battle, I will have no regrets!"

"it is good!"

Li Ye nodded, and said to all the officers above the fire chief: "Although our military strength is not as good as the opponent's, there are many battles in history where we win more battles with less. All the winning battles have a common feature, that is, shoot people first Horses, to capture the thief first, capture the king first, so our strategy today is to squeeze a fist and hit the opponent's central army, as long as the opponent's chieftain is defeated, then the opponent's entire army will collapse."

"The captain is right!"

Colonel An Taixuan excitedly said: "The humble officer has dealt with grassland Hu soldiers. They don't have many real professional soldiers, and they are all concentrated around the chief. The others are improvised herdsmen. As long as we defeat the main force of the enemy army, the herdsmen will not fight. Self-destruct!"

"Ugh-"

At this moment, the sound of horns from the lower level came from a distance, and Li Ye looked into the distance, only to see a long black line appearing on the grassland in the distance.

Li Ye immediately ordered: "Order the whole army to form a square formation!"

950 cavalry quickly formed a cavalry phalanx of thirty by 33, which is the most suitable phalanx for cavalry charges.

　[Historically, this An Taixuan was not an ordinary person]

　　
　
(End of this chapter)