Late Tang Dynasty: I

After leaving Youzhou City, there is the Great Wall to the north, after Juyongguan, there is a continuous mountain range, and to the north there is a prairie.

"Your Majesty, one hundred miles ahead is the Sunit Desert. After passing the desert, you will reach the grazing land of the Yaonan tribe. From the Sunit Desert to the Choba Mountain of the Kerulen River, it is the territory of the Yaonan tribe!"

"The grazing land of the Diesi tribe is between the Kerulen River and the Ulji River. It is a lush water meadow."

"Didn't I give all the grassland along the Kerulen River to the Yaoyan tribe?"

"The Dieci tribe never left, and the Yaonan tribe had no choice but to acquiesce to grazing together with them."

Li Ye turned to Zhou Dewei and said, "Commander Zhou will tell you how to fight this battle!"

Zhou Dewei clasped his fists and said: "What I'm afraid of is that the Duici tribe will escape far away to Mobei. When the time comes to pursue them, it will stretch for thousands of miles and there will be some trouble!"

All the generals think so!

Li Ye looked around and saw that the morale of the soldiers was very high. As usual, His Majesty the Emperor sent out all of Chalming's five thousand elite light cavalry. No enemy troops were allowed to explore within a radius of fifty miles.

At the same time, Kou Yanqing's 2000 troops were sent out to inquire about the movements of the Duici Department.

In April, the grass on the grassland has grown, and everything as far as the eye can see is green. On the endless grassland, horses are galloping, showing the true qualities of men.

When they arrived at Sunit, the leader of the Yaonan Tribe, Yaonan Aku, brought [-] cavalry, the leader of Dahuang Shiwei, Tuxiehan, brought [-] cavalry, and the Bohai General Da Changjin brought [-] cavalry. Silla did not send any troops. .

"Where are Xiao Huang Shiwei and Liu Xi Department?"

Yao Ling Aku said: "Back to your majesty, the Dieci tribe sent people to inform all the tribes, saying that they have gathered three troops. If we help the Tang army and defeat the Tang army, we, the Yaochan tribe, the big and small Huang Shiwei and others will be killed." Kill everyone in the Liuxi tribe."

"Are Xiaohuang Shiwei and Liu Xibu scared?"

Tuxie Khan stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, although Xiaohuang Shiwei and Liuxi tribe did not rebel, they secretly sent the tribe's warriors to the Dieci tribe, and secretly drove horses and sheep to the Dieci tribe. !”

Yaonan Aku added: "The Diesas also attacked our tribe and robbed our women..."

"So, six of the eight Khitan tribes rebelled?"

Li Ye immediately raised his account and summoned Zhu Zhen, Liu Wei, Zhou Dewei, Li Cunxiao and others to discuss matters.

Lay the dragon table and place the map on it. The location of each department to be explored and the approximate strength of the troops are marked on the map.

"Yelu Abaoji gathered a crowd of no less than [-] people. Now the Liuxi tribe and Xiao Huang Shiwei have not openly rebelled, but they still have to guard against surprise attacks from behind. What do you think we should do?"

"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead my troops to defeat the Liuxi and Xiaoshi Wei tribes first, and then insert themselves from the Daling River behind the Dieci tribe, and join forces with the army led by Your Majesty to attack Yelu Abaoji!"

Li Cunxiao never felt that the troops were unequal. Liuxi and Xiaohuang Shiwei had been multiplying in the north for more than 100 years. In terms of population alone, they were much larger than the Duici tribe.

The larger the population of the nomads, the more adult men there are. These people become soldiers on horseback, and they are still very strong. If two tribes are mobilized, they can still gather [-] to [-] cavalry.

"Your Majesty, the general is willing to issue a military order!"

Li Ye shook his head, Li Cunxiao was going to be used as a forward.

He asked Zhang Cunjing: "What does General Zhang think?"

"Your Majesty, it is inconvenient for the army to communicate on the grassland, so I think it is better not to disperse! We can divert to the east, first destroy the Liuxi tribe and the Xiaohuangshiwei tribe, and then fight with Yelu Abaoji!"

"what about you?"

Liu Wei said: "Your Majesty, the grassland is vast, thousands of miles from east to west, and thousands of miles from north to south. If we join forces in one place, it would probably take several months just to walk around. Although there is no danger, it is difficult to achieve great success. In the past, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent General Wei Qing to defeat the Huns. As the main force, Li Guang and champion Hou Huo Qubing were also sent to contain them, and this was how great achievements were achieved.

I thought that now that the troops from all the rebel tribes had gathered in the Dieci tribe, we could use the main force of the army to fight with the main force of the rebels, and then use partial divisions to plunder the camps of each tribe. The two armies were the horns of each other, and they would definitely gain full success. "

Zhou Dewei stepped forward and said: "Liu Hanlin's plan is very good. I will second it. Your Majesty, I am willing to serve as a partial teacher."

Li Ye asked Zhu Zhen, "What do Governor Zhu think?" "Your Majesty, the general also thinks Liu Hanlin's words are reasonable. He can send two partial armies, one to attack from the east to the north, and the other to attack from the west to the north. After plundering, the two partial divisions reach the Kulun River and join forces to go south. Zhenghai can join the main army to attack Yelu Abaoji!"

Li Ye nodded and said: "Li Cunxiao obeys the order!"

Li Cunxiao was overjoyed and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The general is here!"

"I order you to be the vanguard of the Eastern Route Army, commanding the troops of our own army, and the troops of the Wei tribe of the great clan, to attack and plunder Liuxi and other tribes!"

"promise!"

"General Zhou Dewei obeys the order!"

"The end is here!"

"I order you to be the vanguard of the West Route Army, taking charge of the troops of the headquarters and the troops of the distant chariot tribe, and attack and plunder the Wuha and other tribes from the west route!"

"promise!"

Li Ye then said: "You two armies entered the country alone, bringing only ten days of dry food. You will eat and drink in enemy territory. Tell the soldiers that you can share half of the cattle and horses you get!"

"That won't make them happy, haha!"

…………

The grassland under the moonlight is peaceful.

Along a curved channel of the Wuyan River, there is a vast grassland with hundreds of thousands of cattle and horses, which cannot be eaten in a month.

This is one of the few water grasslands on the grassland.

The tents are as densely packed as the stars in the sky, with bonfires lit everywhere, and the smell of meat is drifting in the wind.

The tent in an open space in the middle was obviously much larger than the tents next to it.

"General Li, that's the Khan's tent!"

With the guide from Dahuang Shiwei tribe, it was not difficult to find the camp of Liuxi tribe. Each of their tribes used similar herding routes every year. For hundreds of years, they had become very familiar with each other.

"General, Your Majesty said that the women and children will belong to our Dahuangshiwei tribe, and I will also receive [-]% of the cattle and horses!"

"I'm afraid there are at least [-] cattle and sheep down there!"

"The Liuxi tribe has no less than 50 cattle and sheep, and no less than [-] horses!"

"So fat!"

Each department is very clear about the strength of the other party.

What are you waiting for?Li Cunxiao raised the long pole, slowly started the horse, dismounted the horse and trotted all the way. The closer he got to the camp, the faster the speed became, and gradually it was like a stormy sea, and the ground was shaking.

The people of Dahuang Shiwei knew how to attack the tribe. All the soldiers immediately set fire to the tents they saw. The flames shot into the sky, but Li Cunxiao's eyes never shifted.

The Khan's tent, the Khan's tent.

Zuo Longxiang's army moved forward, killing all the men they saw. After a while, they came to the Khan's tent of Liuxi tribe.

"Xi Gunao, take your life!"

(End of this chapter)