On the vast grassland, the distance of a hundred miles is not long, and a horse can reach it in the blink of an eye at full speed.&*.
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Therefore, although the soldiers had experienced high-intensity fighting last night and were extremely exhausted at this time, after resting for nearly an hour, Zhan Xiong still hardened his heart and called up the brothers who were lying in the grass and looking at the blue sky.
The Turks who were hurt now were like a pack of mad dogs, and they might come to their door at any time. By then, although the brothers of the Snow Wolf Battalion were extremely brave, they would not be able to escape death after being surrounded.
"General, the map has been drawn. Where should we go?"
A soldier stood up, patted the debris on his body, reached out and pulled out the blade of grass stuck in his nostril, pouted twice, and asked Zhanxiong with a smile.
It stands to reason that the map is complete, and the Snow Wolf Battalion's combat operation of sneaking into Turkic territory has been successfully concluded. But he knows that in order to satisfy the boss's appetite, he will not give up just like that.
Zhan Xiong held his knees and stood up slowly. He spread his arms and stretched. He took a deep breath, turned his head and looked in the direction of the Turkic Royal Court. The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, revealing a hint of something that seemed to be a little.
Lazy expression.
"After coming to the grassland, how could I miss the Turkic Royal Court!"
Behind him, a group of soldiers with slumped shoulders and careless attitude just laughed and looked at each other. The look in their eyes clearly said, I knew it a long time ago.
"Let's go!" Zhan Xiong bent down, casually put a tattered sheepskin jacket on his shoulders, twisted his waist, and walked swaggeringly.
"Go away!" A soldier behind him shouted strangely, causing a group of people to burst into laughter.
"You kid, do you think this is drinking? Haha!"
“I don’t know who fell down after taking a sip of wine yesterday!”
"Ha ha!"
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The rising sun rises in the east, and a red sun bursts out on the horizon.
The gorgeous morning glow spread across the earth, lengthening the shadows of a group of people.
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Eastern Front
The vast land, withered grass undulating in the wind.
An eagle soared in the blue sky for a moment, then suddenly circled down.
Finally, the divine eagle landed firmly on the arm of a soldier wearing armor when it was less than three meters away from the ground.
The soldier unhooked a small bamboo tube from the eagle's talons. After seeing the words "Snow Wolf" on it, he immediately packed the bamboo tube and rode towards the front of the team.
"General!"
After running to the front of the team, the soldier took out the bamboo tube from his arms and handed it to Wang Gongye respectfully: "It's from Snow Wolf Camp!"
Wang Gongye tightened the reins and stopped the horse. He said oh, took the bamboo tube, opened it, and took a look. His face was filled with joy.
"The reconnaissance capabilities of the Snow Wolf Camp are truly unparalleled in the entire army!" Wang Gongye smiled and praised, then said to an adjutant beside him: "You, take a thousand soldiers, and go to Tianshuijing first. The two soldiers of the Snow Wolf Camp
I’m waiting for you there! After you get your things, stay where you are!”
"Yes!" The adjutant accepted the order in a deep voice, then turned around and waved, leading more than a thousand cavalry under his command to suddenly accelerate, break away from the group, and head towards the direction of Tianshui Well ahead.
Wang Gongye watched the adjutant lead the team away, smiled slightly, turned around, and glanced at the group of soldiers behind him who had just experienced the battle, with a look of pride in his eyes.&*.
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Two hours later, the army arrived at Tianshui Well.
It is said to be a sweet well, but in fact it is just a dry well.
The reason why it is called Sweet Water Well by the locals is that there is a beautiful legend about this well.
It is said that Zhaojun rested here when he was out of the country. After drinking a bowl of water from the well, he found it bitter and hard to swallow. Later, Zhaojun ordered the dowry team to put all the sucrose they carried
Got in.
In this way, the water in the well became sweet.
However, legends are legends after all. It is true that Zhaojun rested here, as evidenced by a stone tablet that was severely worn by wind and sand. However, no sucrose was put into the well.
However, even if the well water is not sweet, it will be sweet for the tired travelers to take a sip of cool well water in this vast grassland.
But over the years, the Sweet Water Well has become a dry well. Although the legend about the Sweet Water Well is still circulating, today it is just a landmark for travelers in the vast grassland.
Wang Gongye got off his horse, walked to the dry well, patted a few cockleburs on the edge of the well, and sat down.
The soldiers beside him took off the water bag from the horse and handed it over. Wang Gongye nodded slightly, smiled and thanked him. Then he took the water bag handed over by the soldier, raised his head and took a gulp.
After lifting up his sleeve and wiping the water stains from the corner of his mouth, Wang Gongye returned the water bag to the soldier. Then he raised his hand and took what the adjutant handed over.
Opening the thick sheepskin wrapped outside, there is a scroll inside.
After calling the adjutant to help, the two of them opened it together and were surprised to find that it turned out to be a marching map that detailed the current locations of the Turkic forces.
Moreover, in the package, there is also news that the Snow Wolf Camp has detected in the past few days.
Wang Gongye sat on the edge of the well rock, picked up the pieces of sheepskin, looked at it, and then handed the parchment to the adjutant.
Sitting on the edge of the well, Wang Gongye didn't speak for a long time. He just looked towards the south solemnly.
"General!" The adjutant looked through it again and said with the same solemn expression and worry.
Wang Gongye frowned and sighed: "I didn't expect that the Turks would be so crazy! This will put a lot of pressure on the Hetao generation!"
"What about us?" The adjutant nodded and asked in a deep voice.
"We?" After Wang Gongye stood up and muttered these two words to himself, he slowly walked to the side of the war horse, reached out and stroked the horse's shiny fur, frowning and thinking.
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Chilechuan, at the foot of Yinshan Mountain.
The sky is like a dome, covering the four fields.
After trekking all the way from Yunshan Mountain, it took Lu Heng's army ten days to cross the continuous Yinshan Mountains.
Now, the army finally walked out of Yinshan Mountain,
Standing at the foot of the mountain, looking into the distance, I saw a scene of the sky and the earth, high and yellow in autumn.
Under the blue sky, you can see the vast grassland as far as the eye can see.
This was the first time for most of the soldiers in the army to come to the grassland desert north of the Yinshan Mountains. After seeing such a strange scene, they were so surprised that they forgot to go on their way.
Dear mother, this is Turk!
But before they could watch for a moment, a military law enforcement team came over to urge them on their way.
"Let's take another look!" A soldier licked his smile and begged the boss of the law enforcement team.
"What the hell, we'll be living here for the next few months, as you can see!" the boss of the law enforcement team curled his lips and said with disdain. Then he pretended to raise his whip, and the soldier laughed loudly and quickly followed.
The team is on its way.
"You kid!" The boss of the law enforcement team was stunned for a long time, laughed and cursed, then rode away.
In front of the team, the army was galloping past, thousands of horses and horses were silent, and the momentum was overwhelming.
On a flat ground beside the road, Lu Heng, Zhou Yafu, Wang Xirang, Hou San and others were squatting there, surrounding the map, discussing the next battle plan.
"I just got news that the 300,000 troops stationed in the Turkic Royal Court have left the Royal Court and marched southward towards Shuofang City! It is estimated that they will reach Shuofang City in less than ten days!" Lu Heng squatted on the ground and stood on the ground.
After placing an arrow on the marching map, he said calmly. As he spoke, the cold wind blew into his neck, and Lu Heng could not help but shiver.
After all, it was the severe winter season, and it was morning again. The frost was heavy and the temperature was extremely low. As he spoke, clouds of white air came out of his mouth, which froze into frost mist on his beard and eyelashes, making them look like white flowers.
"Three hundred thousand?"
After hearing the news, General Yiqian's expressions changed and he took a deep breath.
Wang Xirang looked shocked. He stared at the location of the Turkic Royal Court on the map, turned around and asked Lu Heng, "According to our pre-war intelligence, the total number of Turkic troops participating in this operation was only 300,000."
In the battle of Yanmen Pass, the Turks lost more than 30,000 heads. Now they are huddled in Shuofang City, and the Shuofang defenders only number 120,000. The Huainan King's troops on the western front have already restrained nearly 100,000 people.
.The hussar generals from the Eastern Front came all the way down and killed more than 50,000 Turks. Where did these 300,000 people come from?"
After Lu Heng withdrew his gaze, he turned around and glanced at the serious-looking generals. After thinking for a while, he said: "Yesterday, your majesty sent news that on October 12th of the fifth year of Qingyuan, the Tubo people declared war on me, the Great Zhou Dynasty.
.I estimate that the more than 100,000 troops on the Western Front should be the Tibetan army that arrived secretly!"
"***, what do the defenders on the Western Front do for a living? They don't even know a thing about such a big thing, and let a hundred thousand people slip away under their noses. What a bunch of trash!" Hearing this,
Afterwards, Wang Xirang suddenly became furious. He punched the ground and screamed, his whole body shaking with anger.
If the intelligence is true, it means that the Wuningyuan Army on the western front will have no time to respond to the Battle of Hetao. In this way, the army in the middle will face alone the more than 100,000 Turkic defenders in Shuofang City, as well as those from there.
Three hundred thousand troops came as reinforcements from the Turkic royal court.
The other generals were obviously aware of the current serious situation, and for a while they were extremely angry at the defenders who had been stationed on the western front.
Seeing that everyone seemed to be very angry, Lu Heng shook his head and said calmly: "The responsibility cannot be entirely blamed on the defenders on the Western Front. Don't forget that in addition to King Pingxi who has just been pacified, the Western Front also has a home in the northwest. If the Tubo people want to
There are many people who are willing to provide this convenience to reach the grassland without anyone noticing. Even if the defenders on the Western Front are three-headed and six-armed, there are still areas where they are not well taken care of!"
"What's more, now is not the time to hold people accountable." Lu Heng looked at them seriously and said in a deep voice: "The most important and urgent thing now is to clearly understand the situation at hand and what we are going to do.
Do?"】
Seeing the generals, they all nodded, suppressed their anger, and began to consider the current battle situation again. Only then did Lu Heng's expression soften a little, and he moved his eyes to the map again.
What on earth does the Turkic Khan want to do? Is this 300,000-strong army sent just to reinforce Shuofang? To strengthen Shuofang's defense? To hold on to this land of water and grass that has the reputation of being north of the Great Wall and south of the Yangtze River?
But, it shouldn’t be. The offensive at this time by King Gongye’s troops on the eastern front was overwhelming. None of the Turkic tribes could resist it. At this moment, instead of reinforcing the royal court’s defense force, the Turkic Khan sent out these thirty
Wan Dajun is approaching Shuofang, what exactly do they want to do?
Lu Heng stared at the map and frowned. After thinking for a long time, his face remained calm. He held a charcoal pen and scribbled on the map for a while. His expression was tepid and casual.
The wind and grass were blowing around, and the sound of rustling was endless.
Several generals around him knew that the military advisor was thinking about the enemy's movements and what would happen next, so a group of people squatted beside Lu Heng, not daring to say a word. They were afraid of disturbing the military advisor's thinking. The big men just held their breaths.
Staring at the map, his eyes followed the strategist's charcoal pencil.
The cold wind blows, and the dead branches and leaves are flying in the wind. The dead grass as tall as a person is swaying in the wind, undulating like ocean waves.
The cold wind carried blades of grass and hit people's faces like blades, causing burning pain. But the few people squatting next to Lu Heng did not dare to speak loudly. They just stared at the map in the hands of the military counselor.
of charcoal.
The map spread on the ground was shaking in the wind.
On the side, Agui saw the young master working hard to spread the map, and quickly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to stabilize the constantly shaking map.
The wind is still strong, and the dead grass and fallen leaves are dancing in the wind.
A withered yellow blade of grass fell messily on the map, crossed the sheepskin, and landed under Lu Heng's pen.
And that location happened to be the middle distance between Shuofang and the 300,000-strong army!
Lu Heng's eyes suddenly lit up and he stared at the fallen leaf for a long time. Then, his face lit up, he held the pen and vigorously drew two circles, one large and one small, around Shuofang City, and then put the charcoal in his hand.
He threw away the pen, patted the dust on his hands, turned around, looked at Hou San and Zhou Yafu and said, "Did you see anything?"
After hearing this, the second general hurriedly stepped forward and stared at the two circles drawn by Lu Heng on the map. After a moment, Hou San's eyes lit up, he turned around and said to Lu Heng, "Could it be that they want to use Shuofang?"
Can the city be used as bait to lure us in, and then annihilate us in one fell swoop?”
"What a **** insidious thing!" On the side, Zhou Yafu also saw the enemy's ultimate goal. If the army in the middle was besieged by more than 300,000 Turkic cavalry in Shuofang, the consequences... would be unimaginable. Thinking of this, Zhou Yafu was suddenly shocked.
He broke into a cold sweat. He turned his head and looked at the other generals, his eyes full of fear.
Beside him, Wang Xirang and others nodded one after another, their expressions solemn.
"Use Shuofang City as bait to lure us to the bait and trap us under Shuofang City! When the 300,000 troops arrive, they can surround us outside Shuofang City and then wipe us out in one fell swoop!" Lu Heng said in the hands of Lu Heng
He kept drawing on the paper with his pen. He was eagerly reciting the same battle situation he just had. After saying that, Lu Heng threw away the charcoal, stared at the arrows on the map, and sneered: "Same.
The technique and the same steps are exactly the same as the battle we fought at Yanmen Pass. The Turks are really good students! Haha!"