Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 731 Two Lines

Suddenly there was a heavy snowfall, inside and outside the Yinshan Mountains, there was nothing but wildness.

The enemy cavalry charged forward roaring, firing arrows non-stop.

The defenders hid behind the barracks, carrying large shields, spending their time wasting the enemy's arrows, horsepower and energy.

In such a cold day, the bowstring is easily broken. Are the Tatars rich?Have lots of long-lasting warm bowstrings available?how is this possible!

The overwhelming arrows shot round after round, many cattle and sheep were killed and injured, but few people were injured.The defenders in the village laughed mockingly, making people blush and ashamed.

Xu felt that going on like this was not an option, and the thief was in a hurry, so he directly ordered people to dismount and rush to the village.

There are a lot of cattle, sheep and goods in the village. If they capture them, they can greatly replenish their reserves, and then continue to sweep south, heading for the legendary rich Fengzhou and Lingzhou——according to the Shaqi tribe who fled north Well, Lingzhou to the east of Helan Mountain is a place where the wealth is extremely high. If you break through there, you can become the most powerful tribe on the grassland.

The fur-clad Tartars roared savagely and rushed to the camp gate through ankle-deep snow.

"Boom!" The camp gate suddenly opened.

The Tatars were overjoyed, I was wondering how to break open the camp gate, but you opened it for me?
But soon they knew how powerful it was: Countless arrows flew out from the camp, piercing through the furs easily, and piercing their bodies into blood gourds.

How many warriors who once boasted of being strong were shot to the ground.In front of the arrows, their bodies were incredibly fragile, like straw men on the shooting range, they were shot and flew out.

"Kill the thief!" A military academy yelled and jumped out, straightened out a rifle, found a tall thief, and stabbed it lightly.

Hundreds of infantry followed behind him, marching along the wall, cooperating tacitly.

No matter how fierce the Tatars were, it was a fact that their equipment was inferior, and it was also a fact that they were not full-time warriors. Therefore, they were killed and retreated steadily in front of the tight military formation.

Occasionally, there are some highly skilled people who wear precious armor and rush forward, but they can only hold back the army formation for a while, causing some small waves, but they are quickly killed by the cooperation of those experienced infantrymen. .

"The thieves can't stand it anymore, kill them! Cut them down!" The officer roared angrily and stabbed another person to death.

The sergeants speeded up their pace and kept harvesting lives, which was unstoppable.

The Tartars finally broke.They turned around and slipped back to the horse station, just about to escape.However, a group of cavalry who had been waiting for a long time rushed out from the gate of the camp. About three to five hundred cavalry, brandishing thick horse lances, followed closely behind them, slashing and killing.

The thief blew the bull's horns, and the Tatars were relieved, and they retreated one after another, even ignoring the hundred or ten people who remained on the battlefield.

The defenders rushed for a while, and after making sure that no enemy was still alive, they did not pursue them. Instead, they sent people to clean up the battlefield and gather horses and other supplies.

They only had [-] infantry and [-] cavalry, and they had to guard the two villages outside the city. The pressure was great, and their strength was seriously insufficient.

There are still [-] infantry and [-] cavalry in Jiyuquan City, but they will not act rashly until they find out the enemy's situation.The barbarians on the grassland have a tactic, which is to lure you to a certain place, and then take advantage of the number of people to surround you in all directions, constantly harass and kill, just like a pack of wolves hunting, and finally tear the prey to pieces.

If you don't prepare in a hurry, and there are no castles nearby for rest, then things will be more troublesome, and you may be eaten by people.

To deal with the prairie people, the best tactic is to find out where their sweat tents and royal courts are, and then select elites, rush over in waves, and chop him up in pieces.

Because the production mode of the grassland is doomed that they must be scattered and grazed in a wide area. When there is no mobilization, the soldiers and horses on hand of King Khan are actually very limited.If their internal cohesion is lower and the prestige of the Great Khan is not enough to kill everyone, then the possibility of success of this beheading tactic is even higher.

Yang Yue boarded the tower of Tuchengzi and looked at the Tatars who were still wandering in the distance.

Yes, the city Zhuang Lang built in Jiyuquan is not small in scale, but the name is so sloppy that it is called "Tuchengzi".

After receiving the news of the frequent activities of Tatar Rangers, the Xinquan Army was ordered to go north to Fengzhou, most of which were stationed in Da'an and Gaoque, and some went north to Geyu Spring, [-] miles away, to assist Zhuanglang's defense.

At the same time, the Tutuan villagers in Feng, Sheng, and Ling prefectures were also mobilized, and the entire war machine was launched.Everyone was very annoyed that Tatar came again!

"Why don't the thieves retreat?" Yang Yue, who was over [-] years old, looked at the Tatar cavalry who didn't leave or didn't leave, and seemed to smell a strong embarrassment.

What's going on here?
Can't it?If you lose the fight, you will be beheaded when you go back?With the loose state of the grassland today, it is impossible.

After a long time, when Yang Yue was about to send cavalry to charge them, the Tatars finally ended the argument.More than ten riders rushed out of the city, shouting something.

Some warriors in the city went down, and after negotiating with the Tatars, they were pulled up again by hanging baskets.Then he came with a startling message: "There are thousands of them in the distance, wanting to surrender!"

surrender?You have only killed or injured a few hundred people, and there are no soldiers here to chase you down, just retreat by yourself, why surrender?
Something must have happened!

……

Shao Shude's family still lives in Woyang Palace, and the entire Shuofang Shogunate and Xia Palace also work here.

The number of troops stationed on the front lines of Xuanhong Lake, Yanchi, and Woyang Palace has decreased significantly.

The Iron Cavalry Army and the Silver Spears have all returned to Yinshan, but they are paying more attention to their whereabouts and have not been exposed yet.

The Tutuan villagers continued to stay in Shuozhou, because Li Kening's troops had not completely retreated, and they had to continue to defend for a while.

The Golden Knife, Heiju, and Leopard Cavalry are waiting for the signal to attack, and their goal is Nuozhen Shuicha.

The Tielin Army, the bodyguards, and Yin Anzhi guarded Shao Sheng.

"Over the past few decades, Khitan has grown stronger and stronger, with more cattle, sheep, and Dingkou, and the level of iron smelting has surpassed that of other tribes. Under their oppression, a large number of Tatars moved westward to seek refuge." In the Chaolu Hall, Chen Cheng began to talk about ancient times: "This The space for the westward migration was left by the Uighurs, and after they left, the Miagas had no ability to control the royal court in Mobei, so there was a vacuum, giving the tribes who did not want to be oppressed by the Khitan a place to go."

In fact, at the same time as westward migration, there is also eastward migration.

Back then, the Tibetans raided the Western Regions and Central Asia in a cruel and merciless manner.All the countries that were destroyed and the tribes that were defeated wantonly plundered and plundered, and then fought for them and competed with the big food.

Who can bear this?As a result, people kept fleeing, and many ran eastward. Yanqi Longjia and Beiting Shatuo were typical examples.

In addition to them, there are also a bunch of tribes in the Western Regions and Central Asia who migrated from Jinshan to Yinshan. These Turkic-speaking Caucasian nomads merged with the westward migration of Mongolian-speaking yellow tribes.

But maybe Tubo is too fierce, Khitan is not strong enough, and there are not enough Tatars moving westward. In the Monan and Mobei grasslands north of the Yinshan Mountains, the Caucasian people—the official name of the Xia Palace—the Semuren—the nomads Quantity still has an absolute advantage.

The daughter of a Tatar chieftain whom Tuoba Renfu married on the grassland before seemed to be Semu, but unfortunately he didn't have time to take it away.

However, the westward migration of the Tatars is a general trend and cannot be changed.The stronger the Khitan is, the more Tatars will flee westward, there is no doubt about it.

These westward-moving tribes merged with other tribes along the way. Their bloodlines were very mixed, and their religion and language were also very chaotic. However, after living for a long time, they gradually had a profound impact on history. The period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms was almost the peak of the westward migration of these tribes. .

From then on, those who stayed in place became the Tatar tribe, who fell in love with Temujin.

Those who fled to the north became the Hongji assassination tribe, which seemed to be the source of the harem of the Jin family.

Those who moved south to the grasslands in the north of Yunzhou became the Wanggu tribe.

The westward part once controlled the Uyghur court, but was defeated. Later, a large number of Tatars flooded in, and they all defected to the Uyghur, forming the Naiman tribe.

In addition, there is a Kret tribe, which was also formed after the fusion of the Tatars who migrated west and the locals.

After the Gaochang Uyghurs weakened, Naiman and Kelei gradually rose up, but they failed to reach the strength and combat effectiveness of the Gaochang Uyghurs back then.

"But the Uighur's westward move does not mean that they are willing to give up their original territory, so they have been counterattacking." Chen Cheng said again.

The demise of the Uyghur is a mystery, and no one has explained why until now.After the demise, the tribes scattered all over the place, and the military leaders of the northern border town of Datang gathered a lot to serve as battlefield consumption.

The Ganzhou Uyghurs and Gaochang Uyghurs are considered to be the two largest fragments after the demise of the Uyghur Khanate.

The Uighurs in Ganzhou are dead, and the Uighurs in Gaochang still want to cheer up and continue to fight.Not only did they return to the rebel army, but they actually fought with many forces at the same time, and they were invincible.

"Someone feels that the Gaochang Uighurs probably sent troops to the east and regained the ancestral land of the Uighur king's court." Chen Cheng judged.

There was urgent news from Jiyuquan five hundred miles that thousands of Tatars surrendered. The reason was that after they went south, news came from behind that their old nest was taken away!
The current news is rather confusing, and they don't know who did it, so they want to ask Datang's power to help them regain the grassland and their family.

After Chen Cheng heard it, he boldly judged that it was the Gaochang Uighur who copied the Tatars' nest!

Shao Shude didn't believe it at first, but after listening to his analysis, he felt that it made sense.

If this is true, this is really a good opportunity!No wonder the border has been restless in the past few years. In addition to climate change factors, the eastward advance of Gaochang Uighurs is also a major reason.

"My influence on the grassland is currently limited to the Hetao, Shaqi, and Yinshan Mountains. A little further north, it is the world of the Tatars and Uyghurs." Shao Shude said suddenly: "Chen Changshi, can you conquer the Tatars? Conquer at least part of it? Grassland tribes, if I don’t take it, the Khitan will take it, why give it to them?”

"Commander, will it affect the war in the Central Plains?" Chen Cheng worried.

"No!" Shao Shude waved his hand, and said, "Guanbei soldiers are used on the grassland, and the rest of the troops continue to fight in the Central Plains. Anyway, Lingxia has so much food and grass, it is impossible to transport all of it to the Central Plains. On the other hand, the five divisions of Yinshan are also so peaceful. Years, a little bit of a depravity, give them something to do."

Chen Cheng understood.

What King Xia meant was probably to conquer the grassland and use the grassland natives as much as possible, and try not to crowd out the main force of the Ya army——only stay in this part of the northern part of the Guanbei.

The war against Zhu Quanzhong in Henan will continue.

The two lines do not run counter to each other, the southern line is the key point, and the northern line can be whatever it is. It is not forced, as long as it can cause a little obstacle for the Khitan people, it is worthwhile.

"Let's do it first, leave Nuozhen Shuicha and those people behind. If you don't beat them up, they won't give in." Shao Shude ordered: "After you beat them, slowly gather them together."

(End of this chapter)