On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 291 The So-Called Conspiracy

Because Dulan Khan concluded that Cui Che would come to attack the camp, Datou Khan was convinced, so Datou sent his eldest son Du Liuyehu and his troops to set up an ambush in the mountains and forests outside the camp, waiting for the Sui army to throw themselves into the net.

The night was dark, and the Sui army had not been seen for a long time, which also made the Turkic soldiers ambushing outside the camp anxious. A trusted general said:
"Ye Hu, I think it's the same as last night, and it's Nadulan Khan who thinks he's smart. I'm afraid the Sui army won't come."

Du Liuyehu frowned and said:
"Shut up! You just need to stay on your guard. If you scare away the Sui people, you can't afford it. As for whether the Sui army will come or not, it's not something you should care about!"

The trusted general quickly shut up.

Datou Khan is already very old. The Dulan Khan of the Eastern Turks, the Nili Khan of the Western Turks, and the Tuli Khan who defected to the Sui Dynasty are all grandchildren of Datou, which shows that this person is old.

And Ye Hu is the position second only to Khan in the Turkic Khanate. Now Datou Khan named his son Ye Hu and called him Liu Ye Hu.

It is the season of autumn and winter, and it would be cool if it is Middle Earth, but here is the south bank of Lake Baikal, the Xian'e River Basin, and is in a high latitude area.

The Xian'e River has a freezing period of up to half a year. The reason why the Turkic people could not take advantage of the Sui army's crossing of the Xian'e River to attack halfway is precisely because the Xian'e River had already frozen.

Twenty miles to the south, in the Sui army camp, Cui Che was still sitting around the stove in the commander's tent with Li Jing, Fang Xuanling, Liu Fang and others, discussing the formation of troops for tomorrow.

But outside the Turkic camp, the wind howled, rolling up snowflakes all over the sky, and the Turkic soldiers lurking in the woods were all trembling.

Seeing that it was late at night, Du Liuyehu couldn't bear it anymore, he walked out of the woods and came to the sweat tent.

Dulan and Datou were also waiting for the Sui army to attack, and did not rest.

Datou Khan glared at Du Liuyehu, dissatisfied:
"I didn't ask you to set up an ambush outside the camp, what are you doing when you come back!"

But seeing Du Liuyehu's lips turned pale and face purple from the cold, he softened his heart and said:

"Sit down and enjoy the fire."

After Du Liuyehu sat down, he couldn't help but suggest:
"Father Khan, why don't you send sentry cavalry to the south to see if the Sui army is out of camp."

Dulan Khan hurriedly stopped:

"No, wouldn't this be like scaring the snake away! If the Sui army encountered our sentry cavalry and thought they had leaked the news, how could they come again!"

Du Liuyehu cursed secretly in his heart: Feelings, you are burning in the sweat tent, you don't know what crimes we have suffered outside the camp.

He retorted:

"The first half of the night has passed, and the Sui army has not moved at all. If we don't come in the second half of the night, wouldn't it make us wait all night for nothing!"

Dulan Khan laughed and said:

"The people of the Sui Dynasty divided a day into twelve hours. In the past, I followed Cui Che to attack Nili Khan's royal court at night. He once said that the most sleepy time in a day is the ugly time (1 o'clock in the morning- 3 o'clock), now the ugly time is approaching, the Sui army will come!"

When Datou Khan heard the words, he thought to himself: I believe him again.

So Du Liuyehu was forced to go back outside the camp and not to send sentry cavalry south to prevent encounters with the Sui army who raided.

The Turkic soldiers in the camp were waiting with their heads up, and the soldiers ambush in the woods were too cold to hold their weapons. They stayed up all night, looking forward to the attack of the Sui army.

Seeing the passage of time and seeing no sign of the Sui army, Dulan Khan also went from being confident at the beginning to fidgeting now.

"No!

"how is this possible!

"Cui Che will definitely come!
"Could it be that Cui Che is not the main general in this battle! He's just using his name!"

Dulan Khan paced around the stove, muttering to himself.

Datou Khan on the side couldn't stand it anymore, he was distracted by him, and said angrily:

"Could it be that you are a demon! The envoys sent to the Sui camp have already described the appearance of the person in command, and you also concluded that that person is Cui Che, how could it be false!"

Dulan Khan just shook his head:
"No! No! There must be something wrong with it!"

Seeing a ray of morning light appearing outside the tent, piercing the darkness, Datou Khan completely lost his patience, and was about to explode, but Dulan Khan suddenly said:
"I know! Cui Che is really cunning!
"He deliberately made me think that he was going to attack the camp, let us guard against him all night, but he was in the camp.

"The soldiers of our army have not slept all night and are exhausted, how can we fight against them.

"We lost two games the night before, and our morale was already damaged.

"I worked all night last night, and the soldiers complained even more.

"Today he challenged outside the camp again, the soldiers were exhausted and we couldn't fight.

"Isn't this just going all out, then declining, and exhausting three times!
"Haha! I've seen through Cui Che's plan!"

The more Dulan Khan talked, the more excited he became, he couldn't help laughing out loud.

However, Datou Khan on the side held back his anger, gritted his teeth and said:

"The matter has come to this, you have seen through Cui Che's tricks, what's the use!"

Dulan Khan's smile froze on his face.

It seems to be the case.

The morale of the army has fallen to the bottom, why am I still laughing here?
For a while, the atmosphere in the Turkic Khan Tent was very embarrassing.

Datou Khan snorted heavily, opened the curtain and was about to leave, Dulan Khan asked:
"Where is Uncle going?"

Before he could say the following sentence, 'Let's think about how to boost morale', Datou Khan roared angrily:
"Where are you going! Go back to sleep!"

Immediately left in a negative mood.

Dulan Khan was also very sleepy, so he quickly ordered someone to hang up the exemption card, and then fell into a deep sleep.

But Cui Che, who was hugging Zhang Lihua, woke up in the morning light.

Dulan Khan thought that everything was Cui Che's plan, if Cui Che knew about his tricks, he would be wronged.

I have been discussing with my cronies last night how to arrange troops and prepare for today's big battle wholeheartedly, without any crooked thoughts.

This is the battlefield carefully selected by Dulan Khan. Cui Che has just arrived, and he was screwed, so he went to attack the enemy camp at night without knowing the way.

After washing up, before having breakfast in time, Cui Che sent Mai Tiezhang to the north to inquire about news.

At three poles in the sun, Mai Tiezhang ran back covered in blood, and not only captured a living man, but also accidentally dropped a few Turkic noses from his arms after arriving at the handsome tent.

Mai Tiezhang laughed and said:

"On the way back, I met a group of Turkic scouts.

"I originally wanted to get rid of them and seize the time to report to Yan Gong.

"But they kept chasing me, and they just wouldn't let me go.

"I can only kill them all, oh! No! I also left Duke Yan alive."

Seeing his ostentatious appearance, Cui Che couldn't help but suppressed his laughter, and asked:
"You said you wanted to report for me, but what about the Turkic people?"

Mai Tiezhang said seriously:

"They hung up the exemption card."

(End of this chapter)