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Chapter 310 The end of the world
It was late at night, and the north wind was getting tighter. The wind blew through the air quickly like a sharp knife, with a cold howling sound.

It was really like a sharp blade, as if it wanted to scrape off the soldiers' flesh layer by layer.

It was like a wolf howling, biting fiercely on the skin.

After riding and running for a while, not only did it not bring heat to his body, but it was filled with cold wind, even Xiao Song felt very cold.

He made a gesture, everyone got off their horses, Xiao Song looked into the distance with his eyes.This is a plain area. It seems that the attitude of the enemy general is cautious. Even at night, many sentries are still patrolling.

However, the soldiers didn't take it seriously. Groups gathered around the campfire to keep warm, talking in low voices.The camp behind them was very quiet.

Xiao Song handed his eyes to Wang Junchuo.

Wang Junchuo looked at it, then looked up at the sky and said, "General Xiao Ying, let's wait a little longer."

Xiao Song nodded.

This is the most important battle of life and death. In order to protect more soldiers from the blood battalion, Li Louguan and Zhang Xiaosong, the only veteran battalion governors in the blood battalion, stayed behind and pretended to break through to the west.Although I and the more than 2000 blood battalion soldiers left almost all the supplies, each soldier took off a piece of clothing and threw it to them.

However, under the siege of several armies, their only way of survival was to go north and then pass through the Great Swamp.No matter how lucky they are, their chances of returning are almost zero.

In this battle, I am not only living for myself, but also for Li Louguan, Zhang Xiaosong and the five hundred bravest soldiers of the blood battalion.

Now every action, I have to provoke a heavy burden.

This time, not only must the opening of the siege be torn, but also the horses, supplies and clothes must be obtained from the enemy, so that there is hope for survival.

Xiao Song looked at the distance with his eyes again, still the same, but the tents stood on the grassland like monsters in the night.

The enemy was still negligent, and even the patrollers didn't expand the scope of the patrol, they just circled around the camp to make a show.

This is inevitable.

According to the information obtained by the scouts, they were led by Wu Zhile himself, but in order to make the net airtight, Wu Zhile divided the [-] troops into three groups.The middle and west roads are the thickest, while the east road is the thinnest. This is because apart from their group of troops, not far to the east, there are also sudden troops following and catching up.

However, they received news that the Blood Camp was more than 400 miles northwest and wanted to break out to the west, but they didn't expect the main force of the Blood Camp to turn around.

Of course, if the army advances for another day, the net will start to tighten and the range will start to shrink, and the armies will be very close. At that time, no matter which way to break through, the other armies will be horns. That will be true. There was no hope left.

But here, there is not much time left for them, and the battle must be ended in a short time.

Xiao Song counted the enemy's camps, and he was relieved that everything did not go beyond their expectations. The army on the southeast road would not exceed 4000 at most, while he had [-] troops.It is still a means of attack under the mental state of fighting to the death.God has added a lot of weight to their victory in this battle!

Time passed quietly, maybe the third watch has passed.Xiao Song looked at the dark night sky and thought.

He looked at the enemy's camp again with his eyes.The camp became even quieter, not even a single soldier came out to relieve himself.And the soldiers on patrol were also dozing around the campfire.

Xiao Song said: "Kill!"

Different from the battle between Wang Hua and Wang Jun, Xiao Song did not divide the soldiers into several teams, because they could not use the strategy of burning the camp if they wanted to get the enemy's supplies.So Xiao Song gathered the soldiers together, clenched into a powerful fist, and hit hard.

Punch out!

As Wang Junchuo provoked a sudden cavalry, the other sentinels woke up, but they didn't have enough time to blow the warning horn, and only made a few terrified shouts, and two thousand rolling cavalry had rushed in. Opened the big tent of Tuqishi.

In an instant, amidst the stern night wind, there were countless exclamations, the neighing of war horses, and the screams of dying soldiers, and then the sounds expanded from the camp.Gradually subside.

The battle ended in less than two hours.

Some veterans compared them. Although the soldiers of Tuqishi were very brave, compared with the ordinary army of the Tang Dynasty, their combat effectiveness was still strong. If they were replaced by the army of the Tang Dynasty, they would have collapsed a long time ago if they were robbed and killed like this.But there are still some troops who are stubbornly resisting.However, compared with the silent East Turkic soldiers, the combat effectiveness of Tuqishi's army is still much weaker.

In addition to the dead bodies that fell in the tents, there were still many Tuqishi running around in the wilderness, fleeing for their lives.Xiao Song did not give an order and continued to expand the results of the battle.Instead, he immediately ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield. In addition to supplementing arrows, they also had tents, horses, and food.

Then he raised his head again and looked at the eastern sky, and a morning star rose slowly.It was about dawn.But at the end of September, the nights were long and there was no light in the east.

Xiao Song shouted: "Let's go!"

In addition to the more than 400 soldiers who fell again, nearly [-] soldiers from the Blood Battalion immediately disappeared in the darkest dawn.

When Wu Zhile arrived with thousands of reinforcements, Tang Bing was nowhere to be seen.The original camp was empty except for two thousand dead bodies. There were no tents, weapons, horses or food in sight.Even the soldiers, most of them had their clothes stripped off by the Tang Dynasty army.

His face became very ugly.

This time to encircle and suppress the blood camp, Uzhile is not just pretending to be a snake, as reported by the Turkic Zhexi Khan and his son Zuoju.On the contrary, unlike Da Zuorong who only wanted to be a king of the Northeast, the domestic situation in Wuzhile was different. Da Zuorong had a natural geographical advantage. Although he had a border with the Turks, he was still separated by the vast Xing'an Mountains.The Koreans in the Northeast and other tribes do not pose a threat to him, but are being gradually eaten away by him.There is the Tang Dynasty in the south, but the Khitan in the middle forms a natural gap to protect their safety.

Tuqishi does not have such favorable conditions. There are people from the Tang Dynasty and the unwilling Turkic surnames in the east, big cannibals in the south, and more powerful Turkic people in the northeast.Like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat.So he really wanted to fight a majestic battle and shock all the ministries.

But he has been in the Western Regions for a long time, and later moved the political center to Suiye City, so he is very familiar with the terrain in this area.When he received the Tang people going all the way north, and lacked warm clothes and supplies, he thought that the Tang people might retreat westward, bypassing Yaoshashui or the Aral Sea, or even further west, which was beyond their ability to encircle.So in the end, after thinking hard on the map, I found Bangong Mountain.

According to the news he received the day before yesterday, as he expected, the Tang army tried to break out of Bangong Mountain, but failed.So he ordered other ministries involved in the encirclement and suppression to advance to Bangong Mountain together with the Turks to encircle the Tang army.

But he didn't expect that he calculated the first half, but not the second half.

After receiving the notification, he realized that this was a strategy used by the Tang Dynasty army to give up their cars to protect their commanders.The one who broke through was the main force of the blood camp of the Tang Dynasty.It also made him feel cold.Now knowing that the Tang Dynasty army is going around here, they can't find where the Tang Dynasty army is.But the Tang Dynasty army knew their actions well.

This time it was [-] Tang troops. If it was [-] Tang troops, what would the result be?
He shouted: "Chasing to the south."

Things have evolved to the present, and there is no room for turning. If this Tang army joins forces and is encircled by dozens of times the army, it can still escape back to the Tang Dynasty.One can imagine the impact on the morale of both sides in the future.

Moreover, since the Tang Dynasty army broke through the siege, they deliberately avoided the army they rushed to use, but now they have chosen their own to break through the encirclement. Exasperated.

He also said: "Let's inform Guju again to send troops to the south to block the Tang army again in the east, and to inform the three surnames of Ge Luolu to set up a siege in the south and not let the Tang army go south. Yes, go to Brother Dun again and ask him how he does things. It is obviously a small force of the Tang Dynasty. Why is the tens of thousands of troops so frightened that they are all soldiers? Let him immediately lead the army to search on the grasslands, and he must not let a Tang Dynasty go. Soldier."

The messenger left, and he also roared south with the army.

Undoubtedly, this night attack on the blood camp of the Tang Dynasty slapped him severely.

Yi Li was frightened into a cold sweat.

It has nothing to do with ghosts and gods, this is because he thought of one thing, there are many tooth tents and guards outside, how did this person get in.If this is the case, wouldn't it be advisable to want to take his head?

He snorted: "Who are you?"

Smarter than anything else, you can't shout at this time: "Come on."

If that's the case, it is possible that this person jumps over the wall in a hurry and will kill him at any time.

With a low laugh, he said, "It's good that the chief knows how to cooperate. I'm here to make a deal with the chief."

Then there was a slight noise, followed by a flash of light.The man lit the oil lamp.

He is not very old, because he hasn't had a haircut for a long time, his hair is fluffy and messy, his beard is also long, and his face is weathered.But under the light of the oil lamp, a pair of eyes shone with richness.Although his appearance is very rough, Yi Li can still see that he is a Han Chinese.

The man said again: "I am Zhang Shougui, the military officer of the Xuezi Camp in the Tang Dynasty. Please refer to Your Excellency Yi Li Chuipao, the governor of the Tang Dynasty and the chief of the Pugu Department."

Yi Li did not beg for mercy because of fear, saying that the siege of the Bloody Camp had nothing to do with him.He didn't call out, but just let out a muffled snort, expressing his dissatisfaction with Zhang Shougui's sudden intrusion.

Zhang Shougui continued: "I sneaked in very early on. I also heard some conversations between you and your grandson."

Zhang Shougui talked with Yi Li in Turkic. Although he didn't speak Turkic fluently, he could hear it without any problem.Of course, he also heard the sound of Li Yi and Lianda fighting on the bed, but he couldn't say this.

"The original governor of Jinwei, all his subordinates obeyed orders, vibrated the grassland, and even had the strength to invade our Great Zhou Kingdom. Now he is worrying about how his herdsmen will survive the winter. It's really a fun thing. "

Hearing what the two said, Yi Li's beloved concubine Lianda also woke up.Looking at the visitor curiously, she didn't know how the visitor came in, so she thought it was her husband calling him in.It's just that she was wondering, how could she receive visitors in the sleeping place?

"That's our servant's business, Your Excellency should think about what to do with your Scarlet Battalion."

Zhang Shougui clapped his hands lightly, and said: "Chief Yi Li, your bone servants are in difficulty, and our blood camp is even more difficult, so I'm here to negotiate a deal with you. Now I want to ask you bone servants to help us with the rest. Hundreds of soldiers from the Blood Battalion returned to Da Zhou."

Speaking of this, he felt sad. There were not many soldiers in the first place. To add weight, after the First World War, there were only a few hundred soldiers left.But only in this way can Yi Li be persuaded, otherwise there are still two or three thousand soldiers left, and Yi Li will not agree to any favorable conditions.Because the goal is too big.

"The first condition, we will report to our Majesty in secret. Once the Tang Dynasty army officially counterattacks Mo Chuo, we will give you bone servants very generous treatment."

Yi Li didn't speak, but still snorted, expressing his doubts.That means you don't want to counterattack, it would be great if you can protect yourself from invading your Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Shougui smiled and asked: "Chief Yi Li doesn't believe it? If General Xue Rengui is still alive, would Mochuo dare to attack our Great Zhou?"

"But he's already dead," Li Yi finally opened his mouth.

"Wrong, General Xue is dead, but our General Wang has begun to grow up. Don't forget, he is only 17 years old. If in a few years, he will be older and lead more soldiers, have you thought about the consequences? Just To say a simple thing, this time, we small fishes and shrimps led the troops here. Mo Chuai paid a great price, but until now we are still roaming freely on the grassland, and Mo Chuu can't do anything to us. If the king What will happen if General Hua comes here in person?"

Yi and Li couldn't make a sound. After the battle of Yangchangling, all the tribes in the grassland were alarmed, especially the fact that Wang Hua came in front of the tens of thousands of silent troops, and forced him to retreat like no one's land.Rumors spread even more on the grasslands.If he grows up a step further, the second Xue Rengui is not impossible.

"And we only have a few hundred people. If you agree, we will send three thousand pieces of cloth, one thousand pieces of ironware, five thousand pieces of porcelain, and one thousand catties of tea after we go back. If you don't believe me, you can send someone immediately Inform Youzhou General Xue Na to start preparations from now. When we arrive in Youzhou, Your Excellency can take the goods back. In this way, this winter will be over. In the future, we can also secretly recite them, so that you bone servants have a Have a good time."

The reason why Zhang Shougui dared to make such a condition was mainly because of the prestige of the servant bone man among the nine surnames of Tie Le. This was equivalent to having an important ally, which would be of great benefit to the collapse of the Eastern Turks.Of course, in Wang Hua's words, these people are a pack of wolves who can never get enough to eat, but at the moment they may reverse the strategy of the Tang Dynasty.

What was paid was only a sum of material, which was a lot of money for an individual, but it was still a drizzle for the country, perhaps not as expensive as the emperor's repair of a bronze statue.I believe Xue Na will immediately understand this truth after receiving this news.

The most important point is that this is also a wedge machine. If you don't get rewarded for doing nothing in normal times, if you give it to Yi Li, Yi Li will not dare to take it.

Now with this name, the possibility of Li Yi accepting it is infinitely enlarged.Of course, it will take a lot of saliva to convince him.

Li Yi did not speak when he heard the favorable conditions.Zhang Shougui knew that by doing this, it was tantamount to tying the Pungu Department to the chariot of the Tang Dynasty. Yi Li also understood that this was far from a gain or loss of some money, and might be related to the prosperity and demise of the entire Bungu Department.

Zhang Shougui said again: "Of course, you can disagree. I won't hide it from you, because the weather is getting colder and colder, and our blood battalion can only break through forcibly. Maybe we can break through from the bones, Your Excellency, don't doubt it. We now have a lot fewer soldiers in the Scarlet Battalion, but our fighting power is not comparable to that of your Ponggu people. And one thing, since I can sneak into your tent, the whole army can't escape. It is not a problem to return a few soldiers. There is just one thing, our General Wang Hua is very defensive, I am afraid you do not know this. This time the siege, our blood battalion suffered heavy losses, maybe silently strong, we can still We have fought against it for a few years, but once General Wang Hua leads an army of tens of thousands to the north and happens to take his anger out on you, how long will your servants be able to resist?"

Threatening nakedly, if your servants disagree, you still force your way in from your servants.

But now there is a living example, indeed he broke in without anyone noticing.

Yi Li's face was ugly.

Zhang Shougui said again: "Of course, the matter is very important. You can negotiate with some wise elders in your tribe. I will wait for news in your Bone Department."

After staying there carelessly, Yi Li asked, "Aren't you afraid that I will send you to Mo Chuai Da Khan?"

"Wrong, since I'm here, I didn't intend to be an only child. If you really want to do that, I would rather commit suicide than be a prisoner. However, you, the Bone Department, are more responsible for the consequences of doing so."

Yi Li fell silent.In fact, I also heard some news. Up to now, Mo Shui has been able to capture very few prisoners of the blood camp. That's it, and no prisoners have surrendered.

Having said this, Zhang Shougui stretched his waist and said, "Could it be that your Excellency is reluctant to even arrange for me to live in a tent?"

Li Yi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he didn't seem to be begging himself, but became a distinguished guest.

But he also admired his courage, and ordered the soldiers to take Zhang Shougui down immediately to rest.But heavy troops were sent for protection, which means house arrest.

He began to discuss with some cronies, but most of them did not agree to let the blood camp go.After all, on the surface, it seems that Mo Chuan is more able to decide their life and death. If Mo Chuan finds out, one can imagine the fate of the bone servant.But the Tang Dynasty posed little threat to them, and some Khitans were blocked in the middle.

But three days later, the news came from outside the Gobi Desert. The place where the battle was fought was not far from the place where the Bugu tribe lived.When these cronies heard the news, their expressions changed.Maybe Mo Chuai didn't know, but they knew that the battle of the Scarlet Battalion was specially called for them to watch.Otherwise, I would not choose this location.

This is all because of their misconceptions. The reason why Wang Jun and Li Kailuo chose this place is that this army is in an independent state, far away from other armies, and its strength is just enough for the blood camp to eat.It can also be called calling them, but it has nothing to do with the location.

This is the regular army of the Turks. Although the nomads serve the people in their leisure time, they are all soldiers in wartime.However, there are more old and young women and children in the tribe.At the same time, this army is like this Zhang Lushi, elusive and haunted, and does not know when it will disappear or appear.If they choose to break out from the Bone Department, how many casualties will there be in the Bone Department?That is, the people of the Tang Dynasty did not retaliate. Once the losses were heavy, Mochuo would not reward the servants for their merits.On the contrary, because of this opportunity, the servant bones will be weakened again.

Compared with his elder brother Gu Du, Mo Chuo's methods are more cruel, more decisive, and less benevolent.

After discussing for a while, Li Yi called Zhang Shougui over again, and said, "We can help you, disguise you as our clansmen, and go south quietly all the way. But there are a few conditions."

"Chief, please tell me," Zhang Shougui said with a slight smile.He knew in his heart that the Blood Camp must have achieved a great victory, which made them really afraid.

"The first condition is that you must obey our arrangement, because your appearance is different from ours, so you must be disguised as some slaves of our tribe. In order to hide your eyes and ears, you may have to suffer A little grievance."

"It doesn't matter, but I also have a condition. Although we can follow your arrangement, we must have weapons in our hands. Of course, these weapons should be kept in the dark. At the same time, we must send more than ten scouts every day."

This is just in case. After all, it is the first time that the two parties have made this agreement, and it lacks some integrity.Yi Li understood, he nodded his head, and said: "The second point is that even if you return to your Tang Dynasty safely, you are not allowed to disclose this matter. That is, in the future, as you said, your Tang people will counterattack silently. , if you ask us for help, we will also handle it as appropriate."

"Please rest assured about this."

"But that's what worries me the most."

"I can make a blood oath. If this covenant is violated, all soldiers in the blood camp will die," Zhang Shougui cut his finger with a knife and wrote a blood book, which stated the conditions and conditions of the covenant. He swore an oath and said, "You can send this blood letter to General Xue Ne."

After seeing this blood oath, the expression on Li Yi's face relaxed a little.

Zhang Shougui walked out of the tent, and it was snowing outside again, with numerous snowflakes.

The north wind roared, and the sky really cooled down.

However, he breathed a sigh of relief, and finally rushed to the dawn of dawn for the remaining soldiers of the blood camp before the cold came.

(End of this chapter)