Chapter 419 Draw from the bottom of the kettle

Day and night, he went out to take secret routes forward, and he had to take into account the fact that he had to avoid the Turkic tribes all the way, and when he couldn't dodge, he had to exterminate the mouth. With this way of marching, it now took Chen Kefu three days to reach the Wanshui River, which was controlled by the Payaji tribe, and here, the coalition army only needed to go all the way south to reach the Turkic tent.

Since arriving at the pasture of the Paiyaji Division, the march along the way has been surprisingly smooth, and even half of the small tribe of Paiyaji has not been seen along the way. This couldn't help but make Chen Kefu and others happy, but also full of vigilance in their hearts.

However, after a day of marching, the good fortune of the coalition seemed to have run out, and as soon as the troops came out of the pastures of Payagi and entered the Servants' Division, they were immediately caught by surprise by a cavalry force of the Turks, numbering more than 3,000 men.

This encounter was a bit unexpected for both sides, and even the scout cavalry sent out by Chen Kefu before did not find such a force. After the sudden encounter, Chen Kefu did not hesitate, and with an order, the 70,000 army was like a dark cloud on the grassland, led by the banner of the Black Skull Alliance, and fiercely slaughtered the Turkic cavalry in the distance.

This cavalry of 3,000 people was not the elite soldiers of the Turkic Khanate, in fact, they were just an old and weak remnant of the Servant Bone tribe. As soon as they saw the overwhelming cavalry rushing over the steppe, these Turks were immediately stunned. The sound of thunderous iron hooves woke these people up, and the three thousand Turkic cavalry did not even want to form a formation, and immediately scattered in all directions, and galloped desperately in all directions.

In the face of these Turkic cavalry, who did not even have the courage to fight a battle, Chen Kefu also had to order the troops to be divided into several teams to intercept and pursue them. Although the Turks ran fast, most of them were old and weak, and it didn't take long for them to be surrounded by groups of elite coalition soldiers on this boundless steppe. Before the coalition forces were ready to tear them apart, all of them had already surrendered, and none of the 3,000 people dared to resist with a knife.

Abao Cave took his Khitan cavalry and threw a man dressed like a leader in front of Chen Kefu's horse, "Dashuai, this person's outfit is Turkic Teller, according to his official position, there are at least dozens of tribes under his command, and he is in charge of tens of thousands of horses, this is a big fish." ”

As soon as Abao's words fell, the long-looking black Turkic leader trembled and said, "The adults must be from the Kumoxi tribe, please let the little ones go." ”

Chen Kefu was puzzled for a moment, the Khitan and Kumo Xi were both Donghu tribes, and they looked the same. However, as soon as the Turkic saw Abao Cave, he said that he was from Kumoxi, but Chen Kefu had some doubts in his heart for a while.

The Turkic leader saw that the leaders in front of him had dark faces and did not speak, and he was even more frightened and said quickly, "My lord, the small ones are from the Servant Bone Clan, and our Servant Bone Clan is also the Tiele Clan. Now the Great Khan of Yinan of Tiele sent troops to the south, and the small one was ordered by the leader of my tribe to go north to reject the Great Khan, but in fact, the small one planned to go north to the Great Khan of Yinan. We are family, family"

After listening to these nonsense words, Chen Kefu's mind suddenly brightened.

"Chen Lei, immediately interrogate some of the other captive leaders individually, I want to know immediately which tribe they are, where they are going, and what they say about Tiele and Kumoxi."

Chen Lei turned around and left, and he had already walked back in less than half an hour.

"Dashuai, I've already asked. These 3,000 people are the men and horses of the Servant Bone tribe of the Tiele tribe here, and yesterday an urgent report came from the north, saying that the self-reliant Tiele tribe Xue Yantuo tribe Yinan Khan had sent troops south, and they were rushing to support the Payeji tribe. The matter of Kumo Xi that the leader talked about before was that he heard that there were rumors in the north that Shibi Khan was besieged by the million-strong army of the Great Sui Emperor in the south of the Sui State. Now the Tiele Khanate in the north of the steppe, the Kumoxi in the east, and the Western Turkic Khanate in the west have all raised troops to attack the steppe. ”

After hearing this, Chen Kefu and the others finally understood why when they passed through the Payeji tribe, the road would be so smooth, and they rarely saw the tribal herdsmen. Although Chen Kefu knew that Yang Guang's original plan was to have an alliance of four countries and attack the Turks from all sides. But now that Yang Guang is besieged by Yanmen, he still thought that this joint attack plan had been aborted, but he didn't expect that the three clans still raised troops. …,

Deputy Marshal Yu Qinming pondered for a while and said, "Great Marshal, right now, the three tribes around the Turks have taken the opportunity to invade the grassland, and the grassland is bound to be in chaos. The Admiral felt that they were already helping us with what we had planned. Now that the grasslands are fighting in all directions, the last general thinks that it is better for us to withdraw from the grassland as soon as possible. ”

Wang Rengong shook his head and objected, "I think this is a good opportunity, and everyone found out when we passed through Paiyaji." In order to deal with Tiele, all the men and horses were transferred to the north, so that we could easily and quickly pass through the Pyeyoshibe. This shows that there is a great opportunity for the three tribes to attack the steppe, and the main forces of the Turks are all south to the east of the river. There are only more than 200,000 soldiers and horses on the grassland at most, and this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. ”

Everyone in the tent understood what Wang Rengong meant, the mudier the water in the grassland, the smoother their plan would be, and this was a good time to fish in troubled waters. There are three tribes of Tiele attacking the steppe on the bright side, attracting the Turkic soldiers and horses to three sides, and Chen Kefu and them can go straight to the Yatent Tucheng in the center of the Turks. Chen Kefu's original plan had a clear goal, to let Yang Guang consume the main force of the Turks in Hedong, and then he would end the old nest of the Turkic royal clan Ashina tribe and severely damage the Ashina tribe. As a result, Shibi Khan, who was defeated in Hedong and whose prestige was greatly damaged, could no longer easily suppress the major tribes leading the steppe after the strength of his own headquarters was greatly reduced. With the surrounding enemies of Tiele and the Western Turks, maybe the steppe will fall into a melee from now on.

At present, Tiele and the other three kingdoms are attacking the Turkic steppe, and the first thing to do is not the Ashina tribe of Shibi Khan, but the surrounding tribes. If the coalition forces withdraw from the army, then even if the Turkic strength is greatly reduced and return to the Turks, the Ashina tribe will still maintain a strong strength, and perhaps at that time, the strength of the other Turkic tribes will be greatly reduced, so that Shibi's authority on the steppe will be even better.

After thinking about it for a long time, Chen Ke replied, "I agree with Vice Marshal Wang, this is a good opportunity, an opportunity to hit the Turks hard. With the Tiele tribes attacking outside, we happened to sneak all the way through the Turkic tent and take the Ashina tribe directly. ”

Now that the manager has decided, the other generals have naturally agreed to go ahead with the original plan. It's just that since the whereabouts in front of them have been discovered by the three thousand captives, it is impossible for these three thousand people to stay behind in order to keep their whereabouts secret.

Chen Kefu gave an order, and the grain, grass and horses of the 3,000 Turks were taken away by the coalition army. On the vast steppe, 3,000 Turkic soldiers were beheaded and executed at once, and the severed heads piled up a tall mountain of human heads. At the foot of the head mountain, Chen Kefu asked people to set up a tall wooden sign.

"Salute to the Great Khan of the Turkic Shibi, and the Great Khan of the Tiele Khanate."

After killing 3,000 Turks, Chen Kefu ordered that instead of going out day and night, he ordered the whole army to speed up the march. Disguised with the armor of 3,000 Turks, he disguised 3,000 vanguard cavalry and went all the way to find a safe route. In order to reach the Turkic tent as soon as possible, Chen Kefu ordered that the vanguard army only need to find a route to avoid the settlements of large tribes, and some tribes with less than 3,000 people will no longer hide.

The whole army raised the black skull battle flag, and the army marched forward without stopping, and the soldiers watched from the saddles, ate and drank on horseback, and fed the horses with horse feed in their hands. Rivers, streams, forests, cottages, one by one, are left behind. In the territory of the Hu Xue Division, the coalition army encountered a large settlement of 5,000 people, and the forward troops of Cheng Yanjin and Qin Qiong did not even breathe, and directly pounced on them to start the battle, and then the troops who killed them followed. The Turkic Huxue tribe, who had no time to form a formation to resist, had to respond to the battle in a hurry, and in less than an hour, the 800 cavalry hastily gathered in this settlement were all wiped out, leaving no one alive to escape and report the news. Even the thousands of men, women, and children of this tribe, and the deputy commander of the coalition army, Abao Cave, also gave an order, and more than 4,000 people all became ghosts under the sword of the Khitans, and none of them survived.

The allied army then advanced, as fast as the wind and as fast as fire, so fast that the Turks, who had begun to smell some of the rumors, could not react: they had just learned of the arrival of this army with a black skull banner, and then the news came that the entire tribe of the small tribes along the road had been slaughtered. Countless unsuspecting small Turkic tribes that had not had time to be notified were broken one after another, and their might was like the wind sweeping away the fallen leaves, and the lightning could not cover their ears.

There are also many Turks who escaped death from the hands of the coalition army, but when asked about the details of the strength and number of this army, they couldn't say it at all, and just muttered: "Black Skull Banner Black Skull Flag" This flag alone is enough to make these brave Turkic warriors break down and flee without a fightThe black skull banner of the coalition army, representing the slaughter of one tribe after another.

Not a single steppe man will forget the fear that this army brought to the steppe tribes under this banner. In his frenzied slaughter, more than 100,000 steppe Turkic tribesmen were killed. Everywhere he went, thriving settlements were in ruins, fertile pastures were scorched, and crows were now left in areas once teeming with cattle and sheep. The steppe people have a deep hatred for this black skeleton army that has spread like the wind in the grassland, but it is also accompanied by deep fear. However, the number and identity of this army have not been confirmed.

All the tribes of the steppe knew was that this army of black skull banners began to appear from the territory of the Servant Bone tribe in the north, and they went all the way south along the Wanshui River, and the army was as fast as it galloped. And everywhere he passed, there must be a mountain of people piled up of the people of the slaughtered tribes, and a piece with the inscription "Salute to the Great Khan of the Turkic Shibi Khan, the Great Khan of Yinan of the Tiele Khanate." Wooden signs. As for the number of people, there are different opinions, some say 100,000, some say 200,000, and some even say million.

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