Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, and those who can win due to the change of the enemy are called gods! The constant words of this soldier saint are also, therefore, to be able to show that it can't, to show that the enemy is weak, or to show that it can't be shown, it is called bluffing, virtual and real change, in order to confuse the enemy's heart, and the magic is endless, but anyone who can become a famous general is as good as that.

Although Ashina Therro is not a native of the Central Plains, and has never read "The Art of War", but his war experience, rigorous use of soldiers, quite familiar with the three flavors, can be regarded as a famous general, but in the face of Li Zhen's sudden attack camp, but fell into doubt, I really don't know where Li Zhen's intentions are - the private army, the strong army, whether it is the Western Turk or the Tang army, its combat power is often stronger than the ordinary army, generally used as the boss's trump card, until the most fierce battle, such an army generally will not attack easily, But now Li Zhen showed the trump card in his hand so quickly, if there is no strange in it, how can Ashina Sero be willing to believe, after the scouts of Ashina Serro's department came out in all directions, and searched the surrounding hundreds of miles but did not find any trace of Dong Qianli's department, Ashina Serro's heart was even more puzzled, and after a few days of delay under Yiwu City, he finally didn't dare to march to Anxi - not if he didn't want to, he didn't dare to hear, without him, first, Ashina Serro didn't know whether Li Zhen still had other private armies, and secondly, Ashina Serro got accurate news- Qiuzi has sent 10,000 troops to leave the national capital, is heading towards Anxi, Ashina Thero does not know whether there is a secret agreement between Tang and Qiuzi, and does not want to be caught in the Tang and Qiuci coalition forces and cannot extricate himself, after thinking about it again, he still decided to lead his troops to retreat to the grassland, trying to encircle and suppress Li Zhen's troops and horses together with the remaining troops, but unexpectedly encountered Dong Qianli's troops many times on the way, although there were no major losses due to strict precautions, but the army was not fast but it was an indisputable fact.

It is true that Dong Qianli's department is Li Zhen's private army, but its combat effectiveness is not as strong as Ashina Thuro thinks, at best it is just a ranger, but this ranger has fully developed the true character of the desert guerrillas, never clashes head-on with the Western Turkic army, but only adopts the strategy of "the enemy is stationed and I scratch, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy chases and retreats", entangled the Western Turkic army, and did not recklessly launch a night attack on the whole army again, just did some things such as releasing rockets and killing the Western Turkic outposts. Either it was to take advantage of the fact that the Western Turkic army was marching and suddenly rushed to the vicinity, yo ho made a gesture to attack, but when the Western Turkic army lined up in formation, he immediately patted ** and left, making trouble that the Western Turkic army secretly set up ambushes several times and all fell into the air, until the white wolf army of Yibi Ba took the department arrived near the department of Ashina Sero, Dong Qianli led his troops to flee away and no longer showed up, but at this time seven days have passed.

Seven days, not long, but short but not short, in such a changing hour, seven days is enough for Li Zhen to do a lot of things - the formation of the slave army is not too difficult, the left and right are just after the tribes are scattered, according to the physical condition of the re-arrangement, not very difficult, but to make these slave soldiers obedient is difficult, not to mention that the people of the grassland themselves have no sense of discipline, besides, the small grassland tribesmen themselves were coerced by Li Zhen, oral dissatisfaction, How can it be so easy for them to honestly obey military orders, although the whip and reward can work, but the time required is too long, Li Zhen can't afford that time, the only thing that can immediately control the people of the steppe is only one word - kill! Kill those who don't obey orders! Kill the sluggish! Runaway kill! Establish prestige with killing, and then tie their hearts with rewards, Rao is so, this short seven days is far from enough to train this slave army into a hundred battle lions, it can only be said to be barely formed, but, for Li Zhen, this is enough, as soon as he got the exact news that the Qiuzi country and even the Western Turkic army have retreated, Li Zhen thought twice and decided to send troops to Yueling Lake.

Yueling Lake, (the ancient place name, has long since dried up. It is a lake at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, its water comes from the Tianshan Mountains, the lake area is not too large, that is, about thirty miles in a radius, but it is an ideal wintering place for such a desert-dominated place in the south of the Tianshan Mountains, the two largest tribes of the Western Turks in the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains - the wintering camp of the five crossbows and Suo Ge Mohe is in the Yueling Lake, the five crossbows are lost in the west of the lake, and the Suo Ge Mohe is located in the lake winter, and the two sides face each other across the lake. Since the news of Li Zhen's bloody grassland came, the two major tribes have begun to gather troops, originally planned to send troops to encircle and suppress Li Zhen's department, but because they could not detect where Li Zhen's department was located, the two tribes had to abandon this proposal, but they did not relax their vigilance, and the two tribes left behind a total of more than 13,000 people under the leadership of Sogsos, the head of the Suo Ge Mohe tribe, and Ashina Silro's brother Ashina Besi, set up camp, waiting for the return of Ashina Sero's army, but they never thought that what they were waiting for was Li Zhen's army- At four o'clock at the end of February 17, the 17th year of Zhenguan, Li Zhenqin led 3,000 Tang cavalry and 4,000 slave soldiers to arrive ten miles west of Yueling Lake, set up camp, and set up an attack formation, and the two major tribes immediately fell into a tense state of preparation.

Shen Shi Zhengpai, Li Zhen's department, which had not yet set up the camp, sent a messenger to deliver a war letter to the camp of the five crossbow lost Bibu, and listened to the Tang Junxin repeat the extremely short words in the war book in fluent Turkic - tomorrow, the king came to collect debts, and the generals of the two major tribes who were gathering in the Chinese military camp were immediately blown up by Li Zhen's arrogance and anger, and for a time the crowd was agitated, and the room was full of noise.

"Bastard, it's too bullying, fourth uncle, and let the little nephew lead the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to fight, don't take Li Zhen'er's life, and swear not to return to the army!"

"Yes, father, the child is also willing to lead the troops into battle!"

"Fourth uncle, the Tang people are shameless, they should be killed!"

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It is that people have self-esteem, not to mention that the two tribes of Wucrossbow Lost Bi and Suo Ge Mohe have been crisscrossing the Western Regions over the years, and have never suffered defeats, and the two tribes are in a state of vigorous development, although the main force has been taken away by Ashina Sero at this time, but the remaining tribe still has more than 13,000 people, and they are basically all battle-hardened people, how can they bear the shame of being beaten to the door, not only the young generals of the gang are fierce, but even Ashina Bexi can't suppress the anger in his heart, and jumps up angrily, kicked the small tribesman who was sent to deliver the war book to the ground, and roared: "Lao Tzu will kill you!" He was about to swing his sword to take the messenger's head, but he didn't think that a scimitar stretched out from the side to block Ashnabesi's sword.

"Wait!" Sogthos, the leader of Sogmohe's tribe, stopped in front of Ashina Bessi, and a white beard was swept upside down by the aura of the sword.

"Uncle Suo, what are you ......" Ashina Bexi saw that the person who blocked it was Sogsos, but he didn't dare to be presumptuous, but his face was still full of anger, and he asked hatefully.

"The Han people often say that the two armies do not kill the envoy when they fight, although this dog thief is rude, but he can be regarded as a Tang envoy, it is useless to kill him, let him go." When he was young, he was also a general of the Western Turks, and now although he is old and has not been able to fight, he still has the bearing of a general, and he is known to have prestige in the two major tribes, he shook his hand at Ashina Bexi, said casually, and then turned around, looking at the envoy who had turned pale with fright, but still did not say anything to ask for mercy, and said very calmly: "Since His Royal Highness the King of Yue has spoken to invite the war, we will wait for the battle, please invite the envoy to reply to His Royal Highness the King of Yue, early in the morning after tomorrow, I will hunt with His Royal Highness the King of Yue, and come to someone, Drop-off! As soon as Thorgethos finished speaking, the soldiers outside the tent rushed in and pushed the frightened envoy out.

"Uncle Suo......" As soon as he heard that the day of the battle was set for the day after tomorrow, Ashina Bexi's face immediately showed a trace of puzzlement, and he hurriedly opened his mouth to ask, but he never thought that Sogsus just smiled and shook his hand, stopping Ashina Bessi's words, and after the Tang army came to make it drive away, he muttered and said: "Don't West, the Tang army is far away, although the troops are thin, but the morale is sharp, and the battle will be fought tomorrow, even if our army can win, the casualties will be heavy, and if it drags on for one more day, the morale of the Tang army will be one point lower, and the king of Yue sent such an envoy to come, Left and right is just to know that Thureau is coming, want to provoke us to fight, so that the various strategies to break the ear, why bother with it, now Thero's department is coming at the same time, and it is only three or two days away from the old camp, when the Thuro army arrives, the Tang army is wings and cannot escape, why do we have to fight to the death with the Tang army, tomorrow will not fight, the day after tomorrow will not fight, when Thurro arrives, I will wait when to fight. ”

The two tribes of Wucrossbow Lost Bi and Soge Mohe have always been good families, and have always supported each other, and the father of Sogersos and Ashina Bexi is a lifelong friendship, and they are sworn brothers, and they are known as wise men in the two major tribes, this analysis is the first to say, and the generals are all the sons and nephews of Sogsos, although there are still those who are not convinced, but no one dares to speak out against it.

Although Ashina Bexi is a short-tempered person, he is not a fool, he calmed down at this time, thought about it silently, nodded and said, "Okay, just according to Uncle Suo's words, the little nephew will send someone to talk to the eldest brother." ”

"No need, the old man has already sent a messenger, Thuro is a good fighter, he will know how to deal with it, we just need to defend the camp, let's go down, remember, no matter how the Tang army cheats, no one is allowed to go out of the camp to meet the battle without the old man's order, and those who violate the order will not be killed!" Sogthos had a calm face, a pair of eagle eyes swept over the generals, and said unceremoniously.

"Yes, I'll do as I was told!" Seeing the solemnity of Sogsos, the generals were busy bowing down and agreeing.

The Tang army deserved to be a well-trained division, but in an hour's effort, a heavily guarded camp had risen from the ground, and in the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Zhengao sat on the head, listening to the frightened statement of the slave soldier who was sent out to deliver the war letter with an expressionless face, and never said a word, but the worry in his eyes became stronger and stronger.

"Your Highness, the last general has been outside the fortress for a long time, and he knows that Solgasus and his people are cunning, and the battle in the future may be untrue, this is the old thief's plan to delay the army, so why don't our army attack the enemy camp at night and kill him by surprise." After the slave soldier retreated, Liu Whirlwind, the captain of the cavalry battalion, took the lead in standing up and said in a loud voice.

"Your Highness, the last general has also heard for a long time that Sogsos is not an idle person, and since he intends to delay without fighting, he must have relevant preparations, if he rushes to attack the camp, he is afraid that he will be ambushed, and I hope His Highness will think twice." Sha Feiluo obviously did not agree with Liu Xuanfeng's opinion, and immediately stood up against it.

Liu Whirlwind was not discouraged when he saw Sha Feihu's objections, and explained calmly: "Your Highness, the last general thinks that most of the enemy's forces have been concentrated in the west of the five-crossbow lost camp, and the camp of the Suog Mohe Department in the east of the lake is bound to be empty. ”

"No! Since the enemy army plans not to fight, it will prevent our army from attacking at night, and the Hudong camp seems to be empty, if it is a trap, our army is in danger! Chen Wu also stood up, shook his head and said: "Instead of risking a night attack, it is better to invite the battle openly and show weakness, and maybe you can lure his army out." ”

Hey, damn, it seems that Lao Tzu met an old fox this time, this old boy has made up his mind not to fight, but I'm afraid that the usual means can't provoke this old boy, heh, there are so many capable people in the world, Lao Tzu is careless! How could Li Zhen not see that Sogeros was planning to delay without fighting, and immediately had a headache, but more of a heart was the excitement of meeting the opponent, listening to the generals' disputes, Li Zhen did not express his position, but his brain turned quickly, got up, walked down from his seat, and paced to a newly made sand table placed on the west side of the tent, looked at the sand table silently, and after pondering for a while, he suddenly smiled and said: "Isn't Sogosus going to wait for the army of Thero, this king will let him wait well, pass the order, and rest for a day tomorrow, The day after tomorrow, I will go out to camp early to challenge. ”

"Your Highness, no." Lin Ting, who had always been silent, stood up and said loudly: "Your Highness, the army of Ashina Thero is not far from here, and it may be able to arrive the day after tomorrow, if so, our army will be attacked by the enemy on its back, and the situation is critical, since the enemy does not dare to fight, our army should take this opportunity to withdraw first, and the siege of Yizhou has been lifted, our army seems to have no need to fight to the death with the enemy. ”

"Needless to say, this king has his own opinions." Li Zhen did not take Lin Ting's suggestion, smiled mysteriously, beckoned Lin Ting to come closer, and whispered in his ear to command, hearing Lin Ting's eyes glaring like copper bells, his mouth opened/closed a few times, and finally said uneasily: "Your Highness, this plan is too dangerous, if it is lost, Your Highness is in danger, and the end will ......."

"The grassland people have a good saying: if you don't want the child to trap the wolf, if you don't take the risk, how can you win the battle, this matter doesn't need to be discussed, then you can act according to the plan." Li Zhen laughed, waved his hand disapprovingly, and said: "Let's all retreat, so that you can rest, and go out of the camp with this king early the day after tomorrow to invite you to fight." ”

"Yes, the last general obeys!" Although Lin Ting had the heart to persuade again, it could be seen that Li Zhen was impatient, hurriedly swallowed the advice into his stomach, replied respectfully, and did not say hello to the rest of the generals in the big tent, and strode out of the big tent of the Chinese army.

On February 18, the 17th year of Zhenguan, the Tang and Western Turkic armies were on guard, they had no will to fight, and they were at peace with each other, on the 19th, when the Tang army was on the right card, the horn sounded in the Tang army camp, and the three thousand Tang troops together with the three thousand slave soldiers came out as a whole team, slowly marching towards the Yueling Lake, at six o'clock, the army arrived at the place where the five crossbows lost one mile before the old camp, and arranged the formation in an orderly manner, waiting for the Western Turkic army to go out of the camp to engage in battle, however, until the hour had passed, there was no movement in the old camp of the five crossbows, and there was no movement in the old camp, and there was not a single soldier out of the camp to meet the battle, The Tang army sent slave soldiers to the old camp of the five crossbows to scold the formation, foul language continued, trying to provoke the other party, but unfortunately the Western Turks were not fooled, just standing in the camp and scolding, but refused to leave the camp, both sides scolded the sky, hoarse, but it had no effect, until noon had arrived, the scolding war stopped, the Tang army withdrew the soldiers who scolded the war, the whole army sat on the spot, regarded the Western Turks as nothing, and ate lunch on the spot, the formation was scattered, a group of lax and unprepared, and no one in their eyes, which provoked the Western Turkic soldiers to be furious.

"Suo Er's master, you see, the Tang people deceived me too much, and they dared to be so rude, my nephew will kill the general and take him by surprise!" Ashina Bexi's youngest son, the sixteen-year-old Ashininkan led his troops to scold the gang of slave soldiers for a morning, and his eyes were already red with excitement, and at this time, he saw that the Tang army was swaggering in front of the two armies to eat a meal, and he was not very angry, and when he saw Sogsos who came to the camp to investigate the Tang army's moves, he immediately screamed violently.

"Bastard, damn it, you dare to despise our army so much and kill your mother!" Ashina Bexi himself is also an irritable person, listening to the scolding battle for a morning, he was upset, but when he saw that the Tang army was so lax, he couldn't help it, jumped up, and as soon as he turned around, he planned to lead the attack.

"I can't help it!" Seeing that Ashina Beesi was so impulsive, Sogthos hurriedly grabbed Ashina Bexi's arm and patiently persuaded: "Bessi's nephew, and slow and angry, the Tang army is like this, it is deliberately leading our army out of battle, don't be fooled, besides, counting by the hour, Thuro is almost here, I have been waiting for a day, so what's the harm of waiting for half a day?" ”

"Alas!" Ashina Bexi was angry in his heart, but he also knew that what Sogssos said was true, he stomped his foot hatefully, sighed, and said nothing more with a blue face, but at this moment, a puff of smoke and dust suddenly rolled up behind a low mountain beam in the far west, and a large group of cavalry rushed towards the rear wing of the Tang army like an angry dragon, and at the same time, a sky-high fire was also ignited in the direction of the Tang army's barracks. The camp of the Tang army was attacked, and the rolling cavalry took the lead with a big banner that was obviously the banner of the Western Turkic Five Crossbows, and for a while, the Tang army, which was originally leisurely having lunch, immediately fell into a panic......

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