Chapter 34: The Cunning Moshu

To the north of Yinshan, since the Hou Turkic team headed south, it has been very lively. The herdsmen shepherd cattle and sheep at dawn and return late, and the pastoral songs floated, which is extremely attractive.

The busyness of the herdsmen is in sharp contrast to the leisure of Mochu. Since camping here, Mochu has nothing to do and has fun drinking and feasting with his ministers all day long.

"You guys say, is it better for us, the Turks, or the Tang people?" Mochu asked while sucking horse's breasts.

"Khan, do you still need to ask this? Of course, it's our great Turks!" A minister answered.

"How are we good? Where are the Tang people bad?" Mochu asked to answer in detail: "Du Xitu, you can say."

Du Xitu thought for a while and said, "Khan, I think the Tang people and the Great Turks have their own strengths and weaknesses."

This statement is a bit new, and the ministers couldn't help but be curious and stared at Du Situ. He only heard him say: "The Tang people have books of sages and sages, but we don't have them. The Tang people have advanced technology, but we don't have them. The Tang people have rich wealth, and they have soft silk and beautiful porcelain, but we don't have them."

These are all lacking by nomadic peoples. Although the ministers looked down on the Tang Dynasty, they still had to agree.

"What's the Great Turk?" Mochu asked and answered: "We have good horses and soldiers, and the broad grasslands allow us to gallop. In addition, we still have leisure time. When we have nothing to do, we can gather together to eat meat and drink. The Tang people are not allowed, and even the Emperor of the Tang people is busy and has to deal with the national affairs all day long. We, the Great Turks, don't need it, and I still have leisure time!"

The nomadic peoples do not have good organizational discipline and have few power and tricks. Khan only has one big deal to deal with, and it is impossible to make him not idle. Compared with him, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was indeed pitiful enough.

"Haha!" This statement was quite funny, and the ministers couldn't help but burst into laughter.

At this moment, Hussein came in, saw the salute and asked, "Khan, I don't understand, you went south with great difficulty, and did not attack the Tang people when you got here, and you had a banquet all day long. Why is this?"

"Brother Hussein, please sit down." Mochu was still enthusiastic and did not treat Hussein as a hostage at all: "Hurry, give the Hussein brothers wine and meat. Brother Hussein, sit down first, let's eat meat and drink wine while talking in detail."

Hussein didn't refuse either. He sat down, grabbed the horse's breasts and sucked it, but his eyes were staring at Mochu, asking him to give him a suitable reason.

Mochu did not answer directly, but gave an example: "Brother Hussein, you come from Dashi and have to pass through the desert. Have you ever seen a cobra?"

"I have seen it, it is highly toxic. Once bitten by it, no matter whether it is human or animal, it will die." Hussein nodded.

Mochuo shook his head, "What I'm talking about is not its toxicity, but its attack method. Before attacking, cobra will tie itself up, raise its head high, stare at its opponent, and wait until the time is ripe, attack the opponent as fast as lightning."

"This..." Hussein didn't understand what he meant: "Khan, what does this have to do with the current situation?"

Mochu pointed out the main topic: "Brother Hussein, you know that although we are having a banquet here now, we are not idle either. We are staring at the Tang people tightly, waiting for the opportunity to appear. Once the opportunity appears, we will launch an attack."

"Khan, I still don't understand, what kind of opportunity do you have to wait for?" Hussein stepped forward.

"Of course it is a good opportunity for us to attack!" Mochu's answer was a little vague.

What he was waiting for was a sure thing, and he was sure that his march was not dangerous and would not be eaten by the Tang army. Of course, it was impossible to say that this kind of worry was known to Husaiyin.

Hussein wanted to ask again, and only then heard a sudden sound of horse hooves. A fast horse rushed to the tent and stopped. A tall soldier rushed in with a strong breath and reported to Mochuo: "Report to Khan, the right wing inspector has already attacked Zhongshoucheng City. I am ordered to come and report to Khan!"

"We have captured Zhongshoujiang City!" Some ministers did not understand the meaning of the word "attack", and thought they had captured Zhongshoujiang City, so they jumped up in excitement.

Everyone knows that the three surrendered cities support each other, and they are one whole. One place is attacked, and the other two will reinforce. Among the three cities, the key is Zhongsui City. Once the Zhongsui City is broken, the entire defense system will no longer pose a threat to the rear Turks. This is exactly what they dream of, how can they not be excited?

Hu Saiyin was also excited and was about to give a few compliments, but Mochu frowned and asked, "I've attacked the city, aren't I conquered?"

"What's the difference?" The ministers complained in their hearts and asked this question.

The soldier nodded and said, "That's right! After many days of attack, we finally attacked Zhongshoujiang City and occupied a small half of the city. The Right Cha asked the Khan to go south immediately, meet with the Right Cha, and attack Zhongshoujiang City."

"Khan, please give the order!" The ministers rubbed their hands so excited that they rubbed their horse's breasts dry, and some had already grasped the hilt of the knife. With a word, they could run to the city of surrender with a moushu.

Mochu waved his right hand, and everyone calmed down. Mochu pondered for a while, and said, "Let me explain it clearly."

The soldier responded and said, "Since we arrived at Zhongshoucheng City, we have not succeeded for several days. Finally, four days later, some of us stood on the city wall, but unfortunately we shot the Tang people. From then on, we attacked the city and always attacked the city. More and more people went up, and finally gained a foothold in the city. However, our casualties were quite large. The Tang people couldn't stop fighting back, and almost drove us out of the city several times. The Right Chaser personally supervised the battle, and then stabilized his position."

It wasn't the Tang army that couldn't drive them out, they were executing orders. Of course they didn't know this. According to common sense, as long as they could gain a foothold in the city, it was only a matter of time before they could capture Zhongshoujiang City. The ministers were very excited: "Khan, please give orders! We will arrive at Zhongshoujiang City and take it down in one go!"

Mochu didn't say anything, and pondered, no one dared to disturb him. After a long time, Mochu shouted loudly: "Left Xiangcha! You immediately lead 50,000 troops to Zhongshoujiang City and assist the Right Xiangcha to capture Zhongshoujiang City."

"Abide by the order!" Du Xitu shouted to accept the order.

"The other departments will not move for the time being, so we will stay here." Mochu's next words were beyond everyone's expectations, and his eyes almost fell out.

Everyone thought he would issue an order to attack, but they didn't expect that they would just send 50,000 troops to reinforce. This was too unimaginable, so they couldn't help but stare at Mochu.

"Khan, why is this?" Finally someone couldn't help but ask.

"Why? I have to be careful. If this is the Tang people's plan and use half of the city to seduce me, then I will rush there, not just the Tang people's wishes?" Mochuo muttered in his heart, but said, "You are ready, I can rush there with a command. Stay for two days first."

"This..." The ministers didn't understand why, but Mochu asked them to prepare. It seemed that there would be actions soon, which meant that he had already thought about it. Out of trust in Mochu, the ministers did not ask questions and accepted the order loudly.

"Left Xiangzha, you'll set out now. You have the brain and the right Xiangzha has the courage. I hope you two will work together to use the lower and middle surrender city to smash the lock that trapped the Tang people in us!" Mochu reminded.

"Khan, please don't worry, I will do it!" Du Xitu took the order, turned around and came out of the tent, passed the order, and took the team to rush to Zhongshoucheng City.

"Haha! Military Supervisor, you lost!" Cheng Xiaotian jumped off the horse's back and patted Chen Wanrong's shoulder proudly: "When playing polo, how many people can beat me?"

"Blow the air!" Fei Junxing hit him: "You bring a team of people, I bring a team of people, let's compete."

Playing polo is to hit the harp, which is the main game of Tang Jun. Playing polo must have superb riding skills, which helps train riding skills. Moreover, Tang Jun has many horses, which greatly promotes the popularity of playing polo.

After coming here, Chen Wanrong also joined the ranks of playing polo. Unfortunately, although his riding skills have improved a lot, he could not compare with those like Cheng Xiaotian who has been on the battlefield for decades. Today, he lost too badly after playing polo with them.

"Don't be proud, let's compete when I practice riding skills." If Chen Wanrong's riding skills were not too inferior, the artillery team would not have lost to Cheng Xiaotian.

"Military Supervisor, look at you, I'll help you revenge." Fei Junxing smiled and looked at Cheng Xiaotian: "Boy Cheng, do you dare to answer?"

"Let the horse come here!" Cheng Xiaotian was very proud.

"Military Supervisor, General Cheng, General Fei, General Fei, General Cheng, please come over." A personal guard of Zhang Shougui strode over to pass the order.

"I can't fight!" Chen Wanrong and the others shouted, flew off the horse, and rushed to the cave.

As soon as he entered the cave, he saw Zhang Shougui frowning and looking thoughtful. Chen Wanrong and the others hurriedly let down their steps, not wanting to disrupt his thinking. However, Zhang Shougui turned his head and looked at them: "Everyone sits, all sits!"

After Chen Wanrong and the others sat down, Zhang Shougui said: "Just just received the whistle, our performance was broken. Mochuo did not lead the army south, but just sent Zuoxiang Chaduo to lead 50,000 troops to Zhongshoujiang City. Military Supervisor, how do we deal with it?"

The key to this battle was to transfer Mochu's 400,000 troops south of Yinshan to surround him. In order to get him to go south, Wang Zhongsi proposed "fishing" and use Zhongshoujiang City as bait to lure Mochu to go south.

Zhongshou surrender is the key to the entire defense of the Later Turks, and it is used as bait, which has great attraction. Once Mochu knows that the Later Turks are about to capture Zhongshou surrender city, he will definitely lead his army south. When Wang Zhongsi suggested, Chen Wanrong and the others agreed. Only then did he send someone to send a letter to Zhang Su, asking him to let Moju enter the city.

Of course, the relationship between Zhongshoucheng City is too great, and Chen Wanrong and the others dare not give up, but they just want Zhang Suo and Moju to stalemate. After Mochu goes south, he will take it back in one fell swoop.

The Turks did move, but they were not Mo Chu, but Du Xi Crawling. This was too unexpected. Everyone was stunned when they heard this.

"Didn't Mochu come?" Chen Wanrong asked after a while.

"Yes!" Zhang Shougui was very upset: "This Mochu is so cunning that he can't even adjust him. If it really doesn't work, we can only eat the 150,000 troops south of Yinshan, and then chase it north of Yinshan to fight him. However, doing this is obviously because we are afraid that we will deal with it. Once we move, he will definitely escape north, and the consequences will be serious. Mochu, you are even more cunning than a fox!"

Yang Sixu nodded and said, "The General was right in his analysis. Mochu was worried about crashing into our trap, so he stopped north of Yinshan. Even if we abandoned the 150,000 Turkic troops south of Yinshan and went north with all our might, because there were few road entrances in Yinshan, it would take several days for the army to pass. This was enough to make Mochu escape north. We are in a dilemma now! If we want to mobilize him to move south, there is not enough bait and even the city of surrender can't move him. What else can we mobilize him? If we attack, Mochu will escape north again, and there will be endless troubles."

Once Mochuo fled north, the Tang army would cross the desert at a surprisingly high price. Although Li Longji was determined to chase the desert to the north, it would be a matter of ruin.

Now, there hasn't been a fight yet, so we should try our best. Wang Shaohua looked at Wang Zhongsi and said, "Wang Zhongsi, this idea was made by you. Think of another way and transfer Mochu to the south of Yinshan."

Wang Zhongsi shook his head: "General Yang is right. He can't even move him in the city of surrender. What else can he do to move him?"

This was so true that everyone nodded silently. For a moment, the entire cave was quietly thinking about his ideas.

"I don't think so!" Chen Wanrong suddenly spoke out, breaking the silence.

Mochu's move caught Zhang Shougui and the others a little confused. What they wanted to hear most was that there was a way to mobilize Mochu to go south. When he heard this, he stared at Chen Wanrong: "Military Supervisor, what's your idea?"

"Let's take a risk and throw the Zhongshou Zhuo City to Mochuo. If it doesn't work, give him all the three cities to surrender." Chen Wanrong clenched his right fist tightly.

"This is impossible!" Zhang Shougui refused: "At that time, Zhang Renbian spent nine or two tigers to build the three cities of surrender. If we threw it to the Later Turks, the impact would be too great, and the government would be shocked. Even if the emperor did not say it, would the ministers give up? They would definitely write a letter saying that we were incompetent and were insulted by the country. No one could bear the blame."

It is precisely because of the existence of the three cities that the Later Turks could not harass the southern part of the desert, and the people of the border lived a relatively stable life. If the three cities that were surrendered were lost, it would not be a shock to the court or the country, but the world would be shocked, and the court officials would definitely write a letter to Li Longji, accusing Chen Wanrong and others of being incompetent.

Not to mention this, even the people in the border areas would cause trouble. The harassment of the Turks later caused them to suffer a lot, and the 100,000 white bones on the five chapters were still there.

It’s not that Zhang Shougui has no courage, but that Chen Wanrong’s idea is too amazing and no one dares to implement it.

Cheng Xiaotian frowned and opposed, "Military Supervisor, your idea is really amazing. After being surrendered to three cities, we will lose the barrier and have no support. By then, Mochu's army will go south and it will be a problem whether we can take it back."

"I can guarantee that I will definitely take it back!" Chen Wanrong's words were full of confidence.

"The military supervisor, although the artillery is powerful, it is okay to use it for attacking the tough situation. I am not sure whether it is useful for such a large-scale head-on confrontation." Fei Junxing also objected: "This is a prairie, with a wide terrain, and the Turks come and go freely."

Chen Wanrong stood up and said, "General Fei, in the battle of Doma, we only had thirty-five artillery pieces, and we defeated the Tubo people to surrender. Now, we have more than a thousand artillery pieces, and we have the ability to confront each other head-on. Even if all the three cities surrendered were lost, as long as the artillery arrived and set up the cannon and bombarded it, do you think, can we bear the ban on the three cities surrendered?"

"It must be impossible to bear it!" Cheng Xiaotian replied on behalf of Fei Junxing: "It will be a blow."

Chen Wanrong nodded and said, "At that time, if we can't take it back, we can jump all over the Yellow River! This is very close to the Yellow River!"

Fei Junxing was speechless after saying something. He had seen the power of the artillery. Now that he has expanded so much, there will be no difficulty in blasting out the three cities under surrender. Even if the three cities under surrender are lost, they can be recaptured.

After thinking about it, Fei Junxing nodded and said, "Military Supervisor, I have confidence when you say this. However, the impact of three cities and one city is too great. Rumors will spread everywhere and border residents will be raging. At that time, the harsh rebukes in the court will fly like snowflakes. Can we withstand it?"

When this question came to the key point, everyone stared at Chen Wanrong and Zhang Shougui, but no one spoke.

To be honest, if he throws the three cities surrendered to Mochu, he will definitely go south with all his might. It is precisely because the three cities surrendered to surrender is too important that even though Mochu would suspect that the Tang Dynasty had taken action, he had to go south. If he captured the three cities surrendered to control the south of the desert, he could drive the Tang army to the south of the Yellow River. This is exactly what he needed. No matter how the Tang army counterattacked, he would not have to fight with all his might.

It just has a great impact. Not to mention that Zhang Shougui and the others cannot make a decision, even Li Longji may not be able to make this decision.

"It's not that we can handle it or not, it depends on whether the emperor can handle it." Chen Wanrong said the crux of the problem.

If Li Longji could not stand it, he had to change his commander and general. Chen Wanrong continued: "We can report this idea to the emperor, and with the emperor's wisdom, we can understand our intentions. We don't need too much time, it only takes half a month or one month, which is enough."

If the Turks later captured the three cities surrendered, Mochu would definitely come here. Because he knew very well the importance of these three cities to the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty would definitely mobilize troops to counterattack immediately. Only by repelling the Tang army's counterattack could he gain a foothold in Monan.

Chen Wanrong and the others only need to retake it before the court asks the court, and they can seal the mouths of the ministers in the court.

No one dares to doubt Li Longji's wisdom. It is a good idea to exchange the three cities surrendered to Mochu's army for 400,000. As long as Mochu's army is annihilated, there will be no major wars in the foreseeable future, and there will be a long period of stability. Li Longji will not be unable to see it, and he will also find ways to delay and reduce the pressure on Chen Wanrong and the others to the minimum.

Zhang Shougui stood up and said, "I think what the military supervisor said is possible. Let me write a letter to the emperor."

He thought that if Li Longji blamed him, he could take all the responsibility and not implicate others. Chen Wanrong would not understand his intention: "Master, I proposed this matter, and I have to write a letter."

"I am the leader of the army, so there is no need to supervise the army." Zhang Shougui decided to take the responsibility alone.

Chen Wanrong said unanimously: "I am a military supervisor and have the power to write a letter to the emperor."

"Master, military supervisor, don't argue." Cheng Xiaotian said: "This matter is of great importance, I'll see we jointly write to the book."

One advantage of co-branding letters is that everyone's responsibility will be reduced, and Cheng Xiaotian intends to share the responsibility. Fei Junxing and the others agree with this idea and said in unison: "Yes, we will write to each other!"

Wang Zhongsi's tender voice sounded: "I want to sign too!"
Chapter completed!