"King Youxian, if I withdraw my troops at this time, what should I do if the Tang army once again transports food and grass, or retreats secretly?" Batu said.
When he came, Yi Nan told him to conserve his strength as much as possible.
Not only did the Duanliang Road not require a direct battle with the Tang army, but it could also capture a large amount of food and slaves, so Batu was naturally unwilling to give up.
"The Tang army is not stupid. If the food route is cut off, why don't they send troops to protect it? Once your cavalry is seriously injured, it will affect the morale of the army and be very detrimental to the next decisive battle." Tong'eshe said.
"All right."
Tong'eshe had a tougher attitude, but Batu didn't persist.
…
"General, the things have been sent secretly," Qin Huaidao said.
"Okay, are there any results for the cavalry sent to search for the broken grain road?" Lin Xuan asked.
"Go back to the general, there is no need to search anymore. The people sent by Ashinashe'er to contact us said that it was Xue Yantuo's Batu who led 50,000 cavalry who went to cut off our army's food route. At this time, Batu had already led his troops back.
Arrive at the camp." Qin Huaidao said.
"Okay!" Lin Xuan showed a hint of joy and said, "Wait for me here, I will tell the chief manager the news."
Lin Xuan came to the Chinese army camp, and after being notified, he met Li Daozong.
After Lin Xuan saluted, he told Li Daozong that the cavalrymen who had intercepted the grain road had returned to the camp.
"Haha, in this way, we can fight the Western Turks with all our strength." Li Daozong said with a smile.
If the cavalry stays behind, it is also a threat.
In the decisive battle with the Western Turks, if the cavalry makes a sneak attack on the rear, it will be a disaster. Therefore, in the decisive battle with the Western Turks, you have to guard against the surprise attack of the cavalry.
"How is your contact with Ashina Sheer? When can we take action?" Li Daozong asked.
"General Manager, we are ready and can take action at any time." Lin Xuan said.
Li Daozong pondered for a while and said: "In that case, to avoid changes happening later, let's do it tomorrow night."
"yes."
Lin Xuan and Li Daozong discussed the specific details and left.
Li Daozong summoned the generals to discuss sending troops.
Lin Xuan returned to the military camp and asked Qin Huaidao to contact Ashina Sheer.
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Late at night on the second day, in the Datang military camp, the entire army was assembled, with men holding grass and horses holding their heads, and it was very quiet.
Li Daozong gave an order, and the gate of the military camp opened wide. The army quietly and neatly left the camp and disappeared into the night.
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Western Turkic Camp
Because the Tang Dynasty has been unable to retreat, even with Tong'eshe's instructions, the generals and soldiers would inevitably slack off.
The soldiers on guard were drowsy, and the patrol team was listless. They just walked around in circles without taking a closer look.
In the darkness, several figures sneaked towards the place where the horses were housed.
There are 200,000 cavalrymen, with an average of two horses per person, and there are 400,000 horses.
The number of 400,000 war horses is so huge that for the convenience of management, it is divided into five stables.
Several figures dispersed to the stable, looking for a remote place, and took out several bamboo tubes from their arms.
He carefully opened the bamboo tube, and just as he was about to make a move, he heard footsteps not far away.
The figure quickly took out the short blade from his waist and became cautiously alert.
Suddenly, the footsteps stopped, and after a while there was the sound of water rushing.
After a while, the sound of water stopped and the sound of footsteps slowly faded away.
The hidden figure took a breath, took out thick threads from the bamboo tube, then hid his figure and waited.
…
Although the ancients did not follow the principle of darkness before dawn, they did not prevent them from making use of this time.
The so-called darkness before dawn is the result of the earth's atmosphere. When the long night is about to end and the sun is about to rise, the sunlight below the horizon shines on the upper atmosphere of the earth 2000-3000 kilometers away. This light is caused by the scattering of the sun.
The light dilutes the starlight. The upper atmosphere is very thin, and the sunlight scattered by it cannot fully pass through the dense atmosphere to the ground.
As a result, the earth has neither starlight nor scattered light from the atmosphere, nor bright sunlight, so it becomes completely dark, making it darker than at other times of the day.
The ancients referred to this phenomenon as dawn or dawn.
The darkness before dawn usually appears in the middle of Yin time and lasts for about half an hour.
The Western Turkic camp is about fifty or sixty miles away from the Tang army camp.
The Tang army set off at the wrong time, and it took nearly an hour to arrive at a place more than ten miles away from the Western Turkic camp and stopped.
When the darkness before dawn came, the Tang army set off again.
Although the darkness was mutual, there was a lot of fire in the Western Turk camp, which became a beacon for the Tang army to advance.
Through the darkness, the Tang army quietly arrived near the Western Turks camp and was still not discovered.
"kill!"
As we approach the main camp, there is no need to hide anymore.
Cheng Yaojin received the order, shouted loudly, took the lead in the charge, and led 10,000 cavalry into the Western Turkic camp.
Before the soldiers guarding the camp could recover, most of them were killed by a hail of arrows from the Tang army. The Tang army entered the Western Turkic camp without any hindrance.
"Enemy attack!"
The living Western Turkic soldiers let out a shrill cry.
The shouts of killing and shouting caused chaos in the entire Western Turkic camp.
Tong'eshe was awakened from her sleep. When she heard the noisy noise outside, her face changed drastically. She didn't even bother to put on her clothes. She ran out of the camp and shouted: "What's going on?"
"Chief, the Tang army made a sneak attack on our camp and has now invaded our camp." said the commander of the soldiers.
"Bastard!" Tong'eshe's face turned pale as she shouted, "Hurry up and mobilize your troops to stop the Tang army!"
"Yes!" the soldier commander responded. Just as he was about to go, there were deafening noises in several places in the camp.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
As soon as the rumble subsided, the frightened neighing of the war horses was heard.
The war horses in the Western Turkic stable were frightened out of their minds by the sudden loud noise. They broke through the stable and ran out, completely ignoring the surrounding fences.
Those Turkic cavalry who had just been awakened from their sleep and ran out with weapons were trampled into pulp by thousands of horses before they could figure out the situation.
Hundreds of thousands of frightened war horses collided in all directions in the military camp, and its power can be imagined.
Tong'eshe had just recovered from the loud noise when he heard the neighing of war horses and the screams of soldiers.
"Quick, get someone to calm the war horse!" Tong'eshe's expression changed drastically. He naturally knew how much damage the war horse would cause once it was frightened.
The sudden loud noise not only frightened the soldiers of the Western Turks, but also frightened the soldiers of the Tang Army.
Li Daozong suddenly remembered that before setting off, Lin Xuan insisted on plugging the ears of all the horses. He did not believe that this matter had nothing to do with Lin Xuan.
The ears of Tang Jun's war horses were blocked. Although the sound could not be completely isolated, the loud noise had minimal impact on Tang Jun's war horses.
Although the soldiers of the Tang Army were frightened and caused some commotion, they quickly calmed down after the noise stopped.