Screams and roars accompanied the killing one after another, although these Khazars had some rudimentary weapons, they could not resist the surprise attack of the Western Qin army, they were no match at all, and in a short time, the camp was covered with corpses, and the killing did not stop. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

An hour later, the fighting had subsided, but the fire in the camp was still burning.

"General, it's all settled! These Khazars had just had dinner, and now these dinners are just cheaper for us! ”

Brehan instructed: "Let the soldiers hurry up and eat and drink to their heart's content, each of them carry ten pounds of roasted meat, and we will leave in two quarters of an hour!" ”

"Yes!"

Brehan and Ma Sui each led 500 men, and divided them into several teams, each of which acted alone, and searched for Khazar camps and places of residence in various places to carry out surprise attacks, and when they encountered a large group of Khazar cavalry, they bypassed, fought and ran, and never gave the Khazar army a chance to catch up.

As a result, the central and northern steppes of the Khazar Khanate were wiped out, their settlements burned, and the inhabitants and herdsmen were killed, as well as cattle, sheep and horses.

The news soon reached the camp of the Khazar army, and Habil was furious when he heard it: "The people of Western Qin are hateful, despicable, and shameless! How could they do that? ”

The Khazar ministers and generals in the tent did not speak, and some of them muttered in their hearts, don't they all do this when two tribes are at war and two countries are at war on the steppe? , this is the most common method to eliminate the other party, what's so unusual? If you can use this method against others, shouldn't you allow others to use this method against you?

Habil smashed a lot of things, his anger finally calmed down a little, and he regained some sense, he asked: "Our dwellings and herdsmen's camps in various places in the north and central have been attacked and looted, where is there so many soldiers and horses in the Western Qin army?" Are all the people who live in the land dead? How can you let them attack and not resist? ”

The minister smiled bitterly: "Answer to the assassination, the Western Qin army is divided into many small groups of men and horses, they scatter and attack, and almost all of them are sneak attacks, either when the clansmen are eating, or when the clansmen are sleeping, they can't be guarded against at all, and there is no chance to resist!" And they hit and ran, we sent a large group of soldiers and horses to pursue, but they were few and many, each of them was equipped with three horses, our cavalry could not catch up at all, and when our cavalry was tired, they turned around and attacked us, in the past half a month we have lost forty-three residences and camps, more than 60,000 people have been killed, and more than 3,000 soldiers and horses have been lost! There is also an extremely important thing, the Western Qin army under the leadership of Zhao Ziliang swaggered all the way to the south, they killed all our tribesmen along the way, robbed their property, took away all the cattle, sheep and horses, and their marching speed is very fast, we simply can't send people to rule the tribesmen living further south in time to relocate, so if they continue to rob our people's food and livestock, they will never lack food and clothing, they will fight stronger and stronger, and we will fight weaker and weaker! ”

Compared with Zhao Ziliang's army burning and plundering all the way to the south, the looting and destruction of small tribal settlements and camps in the north and central seems to be less serious.

At this time, Bulan, who was the commander of the thousand, stood up and said to Habil: "Answer, this is Zhao Ziliang's countermeasure against us by using the method of hide and seek to attack them, and he is using this method to try to force our army to have a head-on battle with them!" Answer: Thorn Han, you must not fall for his tricks! ”

A commander stood up and said: "Answer, but if we don't have a decisive battle with them and let them continue like this, all the people of our Khazar Khanate will suffer, and in the end, our Khazar Khanate will be finished, and the Khazar Khanate without its people will still be the Khazar Khanate?" The people of Western Qin are shaking our national foundation, we can't hide like this anymore, we must fight them as soon as possible! to prevent the tribesmen from suffering further losses".

Bran was furious at Na Wanfu: "The people of Western Qin are going to use this method to force us to show up, if we do this, won't it be right for them to be frightened?" They must have other back-ups, if we show up rashly, we will inevitably suffer a big loss, please reply to the assassin Han think twice! ”

Habil originally wanted to use the opportunity of the negotiation to hand over Bu Lan to the Western Qin side for execution, but he didn't expect that the negotiation would not succeed, so he would have no excuse to continue to trouble Bu Lan, and he wanted to kill Bu Lan in his heart, so he couldn't listen to what Bu Lan said. On the contrary, he thought that Bu Lan was uneasy and kind, so the more Bu Lan did not let him lead his troops to a head-on battle with the Western Qin army, the more he had to lead the army to a head-on battle with the Western Qin army! But the matter was too big for him to make up his mind for a while.

It wasn't until three days later that a minister rushed into the big tent and reported to Habir: "Answer, the big thing is not good, the army of Western Qin has entered the south of our country and is marching in the direction of Samandar, and their goal is to attack Samandar!" ”

"What? Samandar? This ・・・・・・"

All the ministers and generals in the tent were stunned, and after half a sound, one of the ministers stood up and shouted: "Answer, Han, we can't hide any longer, we must not let the Western Qin army attack Samandar!" Thirty years ago, our old capital Barungar was attacked by the Great Cannibal Army, everyone in the city was killed, and the hundreds of years of efforts of our ancestors were ruined, if Samandar was destroyed again, the efforts of Ta Thorn Han for so many years would be in vain, and the people of all places would think that it was because of the incompetence of Thorn Han that this situation was caused, and Thorn Khan's rule would be shaken because of this, please Answer Hand ordered the army to meet the Western Qin army, no matter what, we can no longer hide, even if the battle is defeated, We can also negotiate with the Western Qin people again! ”

All the ministers and generals in the big tent stood up and said in unison: "Please answer that Assassin Han ordered a decisive battle with Western Qin!" ”

Faced with the unanimous opinion of all the ministers and generals, Habir knew that he could no longer hold on, he had to make this decision, and after a long time, he gritted his teeth and said: "Chuan Ben Khan's order, all the sons and daughters immediately prepare for it, and immediately after eating, go south to pursue the Western Qin army and fight a decisive battle with it!" ”

"Answer: Assassin Han Wise!"

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In a poplar forest one hundred and forty miles away from the camp of the Khazar army, Duan Xiushi hid here with his 1,800 cavalry, they have been hiding here for five days, and they are also looking for the specific location of the camp of the Khazar army, but this area is too big, and the terrain is also complicated, and it is too difficult to find a camp with only tens of thousands of people in this huge area. However, the day after the Khazarian army set out to the south to pursue the Western Qin army, their whereabouts were discovered by the scoutposts sent out by Duan Xiushi.

"What? Finally discovered the whereabouts of the Khazarian army? Where are they? Duan Xiushi immediately asked the report's outpost.

The sentry replied: "When the brothers found them, they were a hundred and forty miles to the east of our army, and they were advancing southward, and the march was very fast!" ”

After hearing this, Duan Xiushi patted his head and said: "I understand, the main force of our army is marching in the direction of their national capital Samandar, and the Khazar people must be worried that Samandar will be attacked, so they can't sit still, so they show up to prepare for a decisive battle with the main force of our army!" Quick, report to the king with the Flying Eagle Messenger! The herald ordered the whole army to prepare for departure, and we must hang far behind the Khazarian army, waiting for the opportunity! ”

"No!"

When Zhao Ziliang received Duan Xiushi's flying eagle message, he had already received a report from the Huya Army on the whereabouts of the Khazar army the day before, and in terms of tracking the enemy's whereabouts and reconnaissance, the Huya army was still much more powerful than the other Western Qin army's outposts.

While riding a horse and walking on the grass full of corpses, Zhao Ziliang looked at the small note handed over by Wang Can, and instructed Wang Can: "Reply to Duan Xiushi, let them be careful, don't expose their whereabouts and be discovered by the Khazarian Ranger Outpost!" ”

"Yes, King!"

Zhao Ziliang instructed Bai Xiaode again: "Let the soldiers speed up the cleaning of the battlefield, clean up here, we will camp here today, and we will not leave tomorrow, just wait here for work, and wait for the Khazarian army to have a decisive battle!" ”

"No!"

On a small hill, Zhao Ziliang stopped and looked into the distance, next to Yang Yuhuan looked at the endless corpses on the ground below, her face turned pale, she couldn't help but persuade: "Zhao Lang, it's common to fight and kill people, but these are innocent ordinary people, why do you want to kill them?" They didn't offend you and Western Qin, it was the Khazar king and their court who offended you! You're going to find someone to settle accounts, go find them, don't kill these poor innocents! Heaven has the virtue of a good life, and it is not good to kill innocents indiscriminately, so why should you create more evil? ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "In our war with the Khazars, they occupy the geographical advantage and people!" And we can only use the time of heaven, it is the Khazars who disregard morality first, and our Western Qin attack on the Khazar Khanate is famous and upright! That's our only advantage! If I can kill fewer people or no unarmed civilians, I certainly don't want to kill more! They used the terrain and the cover of the local people to hide from us, and then waited for an opportunity to sneak up on our army, and now I have to use this method against them! If I don't, then more of our soldiers will die, do you want me to watch my soldiers die and not let the Khazars die? You must know that I am the king of the Western Qin, not the king of the Khazars! I am not noble enough to let others die rather than let foreigners die! ”

Yang Yuhuan sighed: "Is there no other way?" ”

"No, there is no other way!"