Chapter 1056: Luring the Enemy
At the beginning of Guli Peiluo's rebellion, the whole clan was full of more than 7,000 soldiers and horses, and Guli Peiluo started the battle against the Turkic tribes with such a small capital. Because of the need for a large number of horses to follow behind the army as a replacement, Tulum the Wrangler was also ordered to accompany the army to take care of the horses. So Tulum became a member of the logistics team. At first, Tulum refused in his heart, because although Tulum was waiting for death in a daze, he knew that in the face of the Turkic tribes with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, Guli Peiluo's behavior was tantamount to self-defeat. He doesn't want to die by himself, and he has to drag everyone to die together, he is a big bastard. But he was powerless to resist the order of the bone force Peiluo, and could only curse in his heart to join this army that killed itself.
In the beginning, the war went fairly well. Guli Peiluo led these 7,000 soldiers and horses to destroy several tribes in a row, capturing a large number of people, cattle, sheep and property, and it seemed to be smooth sailing. However, in the next battle, in the face of the joint attack of the Turkic Black Mountain White Grass Tribe, the Hui army encountered a great test. It was during that battle that Tulum made an inadvertent move. That night, news came from the front that the army had been defeated and that Guli Pero had been killed in battle. There was a panic among the logistical soldiers. The general in charge of the logistics horses heard the news and ran away, and Tulum had secretly drunk some wine that night, so he had no idea what was going on. When he woke up, the rear camp was already full of Uighur warriors who had fled from the front.
Guli Peiluo was also wounded, and he withdrew with 3,000 soldiers, all of whom had no mounts, because they were trapped in the horse pit by the Turks' bamboo thorn formation, and their mounts were all dead and wounded. Guli Peiluo fled the battlefield on foot with his men and fled back to the rear camp.
Faced with the fact that the personnel of the rear camp had fled completely, and there was almost only an empty camp left, Guli Peiluo was furious. However, he suddenly found that Tulum, who was in charge of the horses, was actually sticking to his post, and the thousands of horses in the camp were still in the fence. Guli Peiluo was overjoyed, and the bold Guli Peiluo had a ruthlessness that would never admit defeat, so he immediately ordered Tulum to prepare horse harnesses, and took 3,000 Hui soldiers on the horse and turned around to kill back to the battlefield. Originally, the soldiers of the two major tribes of Black Mountain and White Grass had won a big victory and were celebrating the victory, but they didn't expect that Guli Peiluo actually killed a horse pistol, and this time it exploded. After that battle, the backbone of Pei Luowei became famous, and no one has been able to look at its edge ever since. And Tulum, one of the heroes of that battle, was also greatly rewarded by Guli Peiluo, who directly promoted him to the commander of the thousand.
After that, Guli Peiluo swept through the Turkic tribes, until he finally cut off the head of the white-eyed Khan and became the new master of the steppe. Tulum followed all the way, although there was no great merit, but there was no great fault, all the way to the rank of general, to the position of General Yingyang, commanded more than 3,000 cavalry, and became a very good general under the tent of Bone Power Peiluo.
Originally, Tulum was stationed in the surrendered city, but this time, because he got the place of Huaiyuan County, Guli Peiluo ordered Tulum to go to Wuzhong City to garrison. In fact, Tulum was not qualified to be independent, after all, he was not good at fighting, and he did not have much credit. However, most of the capable generals of Guli Peiluo were in the army that followed Li Mao, and there was no one who was more reassuring to Guli Peiluo to be stationed here, so Tulum was lucky to get this opportunity.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that this opportunity was lucky. When Tuqam led 3,000 cavalry into the county seat of Wuzhong, Tuqam realized that he had fallen into a honeypot. Not only is it beautiful and comfortable, but Tulum quickly realised how privileged it was. In Wuzhong County, Tulum's words are a holy decree, and his Hui soldiers and horses are certainly under his orders, but more importantly, Tulum finds that he has the power of life and death in his hands for tens of thousands of Tang people in Wuzhong County, and he can call them at will and let them do anything. If you don't want to do so, you can swing a knife and slash without any consequences.
With this privilege, Tulum's life felt like he was in heaven. Even after his official promotion, Tulum's status among the Uighurs was not high, because he was originally from a humble background. So the clansmen with a little status didn't take him seriously at all, let alone the nobles on the grassland. I remember that once, after a great battle, Tulum fell in love with a woman from a defeated Turkic tribe and asked Gulipero to have this woman as his wife. As soon as he said this, he was ridiculed by the generals present. Guli Peiluo also laughed. Naturally, the woman couldn't take his turn, and Guli Pero had more people to reward, and those were his closest allies and subordinates, and he Tulum was nothing. After that incident, Tulum knew his status, recognized himself, and had nothing to think about.
However, after arriving in Wuzhong County, Tulum suddenly found that although he did not have a high status among the Uighurs, he was their master in front of these enslaved Tang people, and he could decide their life and death at will, dispose of them at will, and possess them.
Although many people in the Tang Dynasty chose to flee after the arrival of the Hui people, Tulum led his soldiers and horses to search and chase around, and captured nearly 10,000 people and gathered in Wuzhong County. One of Tulum's missions was to strengthen the city defense of Wuzhong County into a fortress on the east bank of the Yellow River, as a stronghold into the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, according to the requirements of Guli Peiluo. Guli Pero gave a death order at this point, so Tulum had to drive a large number of civilians to complete the fortification of the city. In addition, Guli Pero also ordered Tulum not to allow the people of the Tang Dynasty to flee, and it was meaningless to occupy the land but no people. The Uighurs needed a large number of people as slaves to cultivate the land, provide supplies, and strengthen their strength.
Over the course of several months, tens of thousands of people were driven to fortify the city, and these months were also the happiest months of Tulum's life. He no longer had to look at those graceful women and swallow his saliva, because among the Tang people he enslaved, there were thousands of young women, and as long as he took a fancy to whomever he liked, he hooked his fingers, and the woman would lie naked in his big tent, and let him do it. In the past few months, Tulum has enjoyed the treatment of an emperor, and dozens of selected Tang women have become his catharsis. The tool of desire, a dream that I couldn't even think of before, has become a reality.
Upward and downward, Tulum's indulgence also made his generals and lieutenants follow suit, these guys ruined the enslaved Tang men and women like wolves and tigers, unscrupulously vented their bestiality, and tens of thousands of enslaved Tang people fell into endless pain and suffering. Many women chose to commit suicide in spite of it, and the people also broke out many small-scale resistances, but how could they resist these wolf-like Hu people. Over the course of two months, two to three thousand people died, and dozens of bodies were carried and dumped into the Yellow River west of the city almost every day. They were either tortured to death by exhaustion or mercilessly killed for resisting. No one could have imagined that the once comfortable and quiet county town of Wuzhong has now become a complete demon cave in the world.
In the shade under the big banyan tree on the side of the South City Square in the afternoon, Tulum was lying on a bench with his chest and stomach bare, and he was snoring and sleeping. This morning, he ordered several fishermen to catch fish and shrimp in the Yellow River, and caught a few fat Yellow River carp. So at noon, Tulum drank a little drunk on the delicious big carp, and then supervised the people's final work of strengthening the city under the big banyan tree in the South City Gate Square, while snoring. Beside him stood several women in ragged clothes, fanning him with fans in their hands.
Several women watched him sleep like a pig and snore, their eyes showing hatred and resentment. If vision can kill, this fat-covered pig-like Hui is afraid that he has already been delayed by tens of thousands of knives. It's a pity that they don't have this ability, and they don't even dare to make a slight movement, because the dozen or so Hui guards guarding around them are staring at them fiercely. The eye pierced through their ragged clothes and swirled over the exposed snow-white skin.
Suddenly, on the tower of the South City Gate, two Hui generals quickly descended the city along the newly built earthen steps and rushed to the shade under the big banyan tree. As he ran, the long knife slammed against the armor with a piercing grinding sound.
"General Tulum, General Tulum, wake up, there's a situation." A general, with a big waist and a round waist, shouted.
Tulum was awakened from a dream, sat up, rubbed his eyes, and scolded, "Funeral? Lao Tzu can't sleep even after taking a nap. Bastard stuff. ”
The two generals had already quickly arrived at Tulum's side, and one of them shouted: "General Tulum, I didn't mean to disturb you, there is a situation outside the city." ”
"What's the situation?" Tulum Road.
The general hurriedly said, "It seems that a troop of cavalry has come down from the mountain ridge in the south and is coming towards our city." It looks like there are quite a few people. ”
"What?" Tulum jumped up from the recliner and said in astonishment, "You mean, there are enemy forces attacking the city?" ”
"This ...... I can't be sure. Ask General Tulum to go up to the city and have a look. "Partial general.
Tulum gave the order, the guards handed over the armor, Tulum put on the scimitar and walked to the city gate, and soon after, Tulum climbed the guardrail above the tower with a face covered in oil and sweat. Under the guidance of the crowd, Tulum saw a group of cavalry and horses slowly approaching on the lush mountain ridge seven or eight miles away. Although the distance is far away, but the flashing rumors of weapons and armor, it is definitely a soldier all the time.
"What's going on? Are these people **? How did you end up here? Wuzhong County is already under the jurisdiction of my Hui Hui, doesn't it mean that ** is not allowed to cruise here? Tulum frowned.
"It shouldn't be the Tang Emperor's soldiers and horses. General Tulum, do you remember that a month ago, a team of ** cavalry secretly went north, and on the way, they robbed the Great Khan's Praetorian Guard, Qianhu Waruchi, who was preparing to escort to Fengzhou from us, the grain, grass, supplies and prisoners? It was later found out that it was the scout cavalry of the Shence Army under Wang Yuan's subordinates who refused to defend the western border of the Tang Dynasty. Is it also the scout cavalry of the Shence Army who is here again this time? ”
Tulum nodded, "Chances are, you reminded me of that." If it is **, it is likely to be the Shence Army under Wang Yuan. It's a big trouble now, I heard that guy is very good at fighting, is the Shence army going to attack my Wu Zhongcheng? ”
"General Tukam, it doesn't look like a humble position, look, although there are a lot of soldiers and horses in that team, it looks like it is only more than a thousand people, and there are no soldiers and horses in the future. Judging by the general, it's just a scout cavalry. If they dare to attack the city, it will really eat the gall of a leopard. But in any case, General, you need to order your brothers to prepare to defend the city. Just in case. ”
"You're right." Tulum immediately gave the order, the horn sounded, and the Hui generals and soldiers who were hiding in the shade or sleeping in the barracks heard the sound of the horn and immediately gathered at the head of the city, and after half an hour, the five thousand defenders of the city had all been assembled in place.
And during this time, the cavalry and horses of 1,000 people under the city had also traveled two or three miles away from the city. But they seemed to be afraid of the city's defense, and no longer continued to approach, but turned their horses' heads and walked along the city to the bank of the Yellow River. Thousands of pairs of eyes at the head of the city stared at the cavalry team of more than 1,000 people under the city, and the air was filled with a tense atmosphere.
"Damn, the Tang people's cavalry equipment is really good. Look at their armor, it's all good chain mail and bright light armor. The one he holds in his hand is the world-famous Mo knife, and the sword hanging from his waist is all the swords, and he also carries the kind of ten. Word crossbow. Damn, look at us, it's shabby. Lao Tzu can only wear leather armor and shoot longbows. Lao Tzu's scimitar is missing several openings, but he won't change it. In the silence, some of the Hui people at the head of the city muttered in a low voice.
"Yes, compared to them, we are just called Hanako. Look at the horses they are riding, they are all tall horses. Damn, my rider has short legs and long hair, and it looks like a horse, it's like a donkey. Running out of breath, looking at it makes me breathless. We rode horses and fought all day long, but we didn't even have a good horse. These Tang cavalry are not as good at fighting on horseback as ours, but they are riding such good horses, which is really unfair to think about. ”
"It's really not fair. No, look at that white horse, my Manifo, it's a horse. I don't know anything about horses, but it's definitely a BMW. ”
"It's really a BMW. Damn it, where did these Tang people get such good horses? Our General Tulum is a horse breeder, so he should know what kind of horse it is. Why don't you ask General Tulum. ”
"Phew, why don't you ask? It's not unclear that General Tulum hates mentioning his origins the most. Lao Tzu doesn't want to be boring for himself. ”
“……”
While his soldiers were talking, Tulum's eyes were actually attracted by the equipment and horses of this cavalry. He was originally born as a horse breeder, and although he has hatred for a certain little mare, this does not prevent him from having the ability to have a horse accumulated over the years, nor does it affect his recognition and love for war horses. The short-legged and ugly local horses he used to graze were mediocre despite their stamina. In the past, there were not many opportunities to see good horses, most of them were in the stables of Guli Peiluo, where there were many tall horses from the Western Regions. And now, the war horses ridden by the ** scouts in front of them are all high-headed and good horses with large skeletons, well-proportioned bodies, muscular and powerful, and they are full of energy when they run, and they immediately captured Tulum's heart. What's more, when he saw the white horse ridden by a Tang general in silver armor and silver armor, Tulum's heart burst with joy.
"Shine on the night lion white. One of the top ten divine horses in the world, I didn't expect to be able to see this kind of BMW in my lifetime. Tulum almost screamed in excitement.
"Is the lion white in the night? Is this horse precious? Is it worth the money? The Hui soldiers around him were stunned and asked.
"Worth the money? It's worth a fortune. There are very few such horses in existence, and they can only be mated to the same breed, but once they are mated to a different breed, the horse is destroyed. Pure can not be in pure good breed horses, in order to ensure his ability to run thousands of miles a day. This kind of horse is deep ravines, shallow ravines, quagmires and swamps, like walking on flat ground, like ribbed wings, and is regarded as a god horse. Tulum smacked his lips.
"I'm grass, so powerful." Everyone's eyes rolled all over the ground, and they looked at each other in shock.
"Such a horse, if you can get it in your hands and give it to the Great Khan of Guli Peiluo, then the Great Khan will definitely be very happy. Great Khan liked BMW the most. Didn't that blind man get to the position of governor of Irkutsk by offering a horse to the Great Khan? That guy didn't have Lao Tzu's official position as high, and he was lucky to get a big Wanliang horse. A general whispered.
A word woke up the dreamer, and Tulum's breath became rapid.
"This group of Tang people is wandering under our noses, and they must be trying to spy on our military intelligence. They probably wanted to go north, and it seems that they were planning to cross the Yellow River and go north along the Helan Mountains. General Tulum, why don't we rush out and kill them, firstly, to make a great contribution, and secondly, to get their armor and blades and good horses. If he robs this night lion, General Tulum can even sacrifice him to the Great Khan, and the Great Khan will definitely be promoted to General Tulum's rank, and our brothers can also get General Tulum's support. This piece of fat is delivered to the door, how can you let them slip away? He will continue to agitate.
Tulum's excited eyes turned a little red, but he suddenly remembered the strict orders of the bones. Guli Peiluo demanded that his main task was to strengthen the city and hold the city, and he was not allowed to send troops to attack the rest of the state capitals without permission, let alone harass the Longyou Dao under Wang Yuan's jurisdiction, let alone fight with the Shence army. While Guli Pero didn't say why he did it, Tulum didn't go into details