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Even, for the sake of this cart of vegetables, they did not hesitate to send the imperial army to garrison.

There is no way, in this era of poor materials, in the winter in the north, it is a very luxurious thing to eat fresh vegetables and fruits.

Chapter 393 Encounter

In a blink of an eye, it was the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month.

Lunar New Year's eve.

Among the Han people, it is a very important day.

All Han people will return home on this day to reunite with their families.

Datong.

Inside the Chinese army camp.

Tang Feng stood in front of the sand table, looking at the densely packed small flags on the sand table.Although it was already the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, there was only that suppressed killing spirit in the army.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers stayed at their posts and never left.

Everyone knows that the Turkic army is not far from here, and the war is about to break out.

Perhaps, some people are missing their relatives who are miles away, and want to go back, reunite with their relatives, and have a lively New Year. However, as soldiers, it is their bounden duty to guard the land and defend the frontier.

Only when they fight the enemy hard on the frontier and guard the frontier can their family members be able to celebrate the New Year in peace.If they are defeated and let the Turkic people go south, then the Great Tang and the people of the Great Tang, as well as their relatives, will all suffer.

At this time, the Turkic army has already set out.

Although there were still snowflakes floating in the sky, it still failed to stop the 19 footsteps of the Turkic people heading south.The grassland is already full of hungry hatchlings. If there is no food, then the only option is to slaughter animals. But for grassland people, animals are life. If a large number of animals are slaughtered to fill their stomachs, then, How to survive the next year after the winter has passed.

For the sake of the entire ethnic group and the future, they must go south to grab enough food from the Tang people.

A mighty army of [-] marched southward from the ruins of Xiangcheng.

All the Turkic warriors, Qing Yishui's cavalry, and, moreover, one man and two horses.

During this trip to the south, Ji Li Khan took away a small amount of food from the tribe, and the food was only enough to feed the [-] troops for half a month.

Ji Li Khan's purpose is very clear, with only half a month's food, he will sink the boat.In order to survive, they must grab food from Datang's land, there is no if.

In the heavy snow, the visibility is very low. Looking forward, you can only see the scenery within tens of meters.

On the vast white land, there is no trace of human beings at all.

In the distance, in an invisible place, several figures in white cloaks moved silently, and soon disappeared into the snow field.

Not long after, news of the Turkic army's actions reached Tang Feng's Chinese army camp.

Next, a steady stream of information was sent to the front and back.

After the Turks left Xiangcheng, they divided into two routes, one of which was heading towards Datong City, while the other was heading towards his camp of the Chinese Army.

At this time, the Turkic people obviously didn't know that there was such a camp on this plain.

"Give me the commander's order to order Zhao Cheng and Zhou Ruo to use the terrain to harass the Turkic army with crossbowmen." Tang Feng's resonant voice sounded in the camp.

The people of the Tang Dynasty were martial artists, and most of the men in the Tang Dynasty knew how to bow, ride and shoot, and the soldiers in the army were even better at archery.

If we only talk about archery, the archery of a Tang veteran is not inferior to that of a Turkic warrior.

Moreover, the Tang army is equipped with a large number of crossbows, and the probability of using crossbows has reached 120%. It can be said that almost everyone is equipped with crossbows, and some even have two crossbows.

Just talking about long-range strikes, Tang Jun is definitely the strongest in the era of cold weapons.

"promise.

In the icy and snowy land, Ji Li Khan led [-] Turkic cavalry, mighty and mighty, towards the plain marked on the map.

In the past few years, Datang was studying Turks, and Turks were also studying Datang.

On the grassland, there are many spies from the Tang Dynasty, and in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, there are also many Turkic espionage.The landforms of the mountains and rivers on the grassland were made into detailed maps by the Tang people, and the Turkic people also made detailed maps of the northern border of the Tang Dynasty, where it borders the grasslands.

Especially in the Datong area, every mountain, every plain, and every valley, the Tugu people's understanding of it is no less than that of the Tang army in Datong.

In the past, on Nawei Mountain, the Tang people built a strong pass, and on the opposite side, they built a city.

But now, that walled city has been abandoned, leaving only the pass.However, in that pass, there were only two soldiers stationed there.

If in the past, the army went south, although it was possible to take this route, but it would take a lot of risk.

Although the mobility of the cavalry is high, it is easy to be blocked by the Tang army after going south.

Once the back route to the north is sealed off, then the army going south will become a lesson in the urn.

Therefore, even if they knew there was such a road, they would not take this road south easily.

But this time is different.

They went south not to attack the city, but just to plunder.

Moreover, this heavy snow blocked all the roads. Even if the Tang people knew their whereabouts, it would be difficult for the troops from Deyang and Guanzhong to reach Datong in a short time.

At this time, the advantage of the cavalry's high mobility became apparent.

Ji Li Khan also thought about it, and in one go, he plundered in Datong, and then immediately returned the same way.

As for the [-] troops in Datong City, they simply ignored them.

As long as they stay in Datong City honestly, then he will not care about them.

In the blizzard, [-] cavalry marched southward.

Weishan is within easy reach.

Because of the wind and snow, the Weishan pass, which could be seen clearly, is not clearly visible at this time.

"Don't stay, quickly go south through the Weishan Plain." Jili Khan shouted loudly.

Because all the roads were blocked by the Special War Office, the Turks have not received any valuable information so far.

They didn't even know that Tang Feng had arrived in Datong with an army of 13.

What's more, on the road they chose, a camp had already sprung up on that plain, and a hundred thousand troops were stationed in that camp.

Whoosh whoosh.

At this moment, there was a sound of arrows piercing through the air.

Before everyone could react, the rain of arrows fell, and on the spot, hundreds of Turkic cavalry were hit by arrows and fell off their horses.

"Enemy attack.".

394 harassment

After the first wave of arrow rain, followed by the second wave of arrow rain.

Under these two waves of arrow rain, two or three hundred cavalry were either killed or injured.

Ji Li Khan, who was riding on a war horse, followed the sound and saw that on the mountain ridge not far away, two or three thousand Tang soldiers in armored stomachs were bending their bows and shooting arrows, constantly shooting at their own troops.

Looking at these Tang Jun who suddenly appeared, Ji Li Khan's face changed suddenly.

This time he went south, he kept a secret all the time, from the gathering of the army to the south, he deliberately blocked the news.

Especially this heavy snow, which sealed the entire grassland.

Even if there are Datang spies in the tribe, it is impossible to send the news back to Datang in such a short time.

The sudden appearance of several thousand Tang troops showed a problem. Their whereabouts had been exposed.Otherwise, it is impossible for the opponent to appear here in time and launch an attack on one's own side.

After the initial bewilderment, he quickly calmed down.

So what if the whereabouts are exposed!

This Datong has only [-] defenders. Could it be that the Jiangxia County King of the Tang Dynasty still wants to use this considerable force to prevent his own side from going south?

If Datong's tens of thousands of Tang troops dared to come out, he wouldn't mind, and would eat them all in one bite.

As long as this army of the Tang Dynasty in Datong is eaten, then the whole Datong will be an undefended city for them.

Siege with heavy troops, even if the walls of Datong are towering and there are not enough troops to guard it, it is still enough to break through easily.

At that time, he will no longer need to bring the army south to plunder. "Get rid of these Tang people." After some consideration, Jili Khan ordered.

Then, tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry roared away.

The snow on the ground affected the speed of the horse, but even so, the speed of the horse was much faster than that of a person on foot.

The Tang army on the mountain ridge, relying on the terrain, was condescending, and kept shooting arrows downward.

At the foot of the mountain, Turkic cavalry were constantly shot with arrows, and they immediately fell down after rushing to fight.

Although, in this process, the Turkic cavalry also used bows and arrows to fight back, but the accuracy and power of shooting arrows from the bottom to the top are naturally much worse.

Although, occasionally, someone from the Tang army on the mountain ridge was shot by an arrow, but most of them were not fatal.These tens of thousands of cavalry rushed to the front and rear of the mountain ridge, got off their horses one after another, and then climbed up the mountain.

Tang Jun on the mountain ridge is still shooting arrows.

The screams after being hit by the arrow came one after another.

At this time, on the mountain ridge, the main general Zhao Cheng stood on the highest point, looking down at the movements of the Turkic people below.

Seeing the Turkic people falling to the ground with arrows, a smile appeared on his face.

At this time, the advance of the Turkic army stopped.But this time, the order he received was to harass the Turkic army.

Because, keeping this order in mind, from the beginning to the end, he did not plan to fight the Turks here.

"Withdraw ~". "

Seeing that tens of thousands of Turks were about to climb up the mountain, he gave the order to retreat without any hesitation.

Immediately afterwards, these thousands of Tang troops ran towards the south of the mountain in a swarm.

Those Turkic people who had just climbed up the mountain planned to fight these Tang people to the death, but now, the enemy has run away, which made them unable to react for a while.

If you chase, you will definitely not be able to catch up.

Perhaps these Turkic people were the eagles and wolves on the grassland, but they ran on the mountain ridge, one by one cautiously, and the speed was naturally slow enough.

In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides widened.

What made the Turks even more angry was that these Tang people did not forget to turn their heads and shoot arrows when they retreated.

From time to time, someone will be shot by an arrow and fall from the mountain ridge.

At the foot of the mountain, Ji Li Khan sat on his horse, watching the situation on the ridge with a gloomy expression.

He saw it too.

This Tang army did not come to fight with its own side at all, but simply harassed. "Let them withdraw." After knowing Tang Jun's intentions, he hastily ordered.

The horn sounded.

Those Turkic people on the mountain ridge, like a rich man, gave up chasing Tang Jun and climbed down from the mountain ridge cautiously.

"Don't worry about these flirting, go south quickly." Jili Khan shouted.

This commotion wasted two quarters of time, Ji Li Khan didn't want to waste too much time here.

Subsequently, the army continued southward.

During this process, Tang Jun on the mountain ridge kept appearing, shooting arrows down the mountain from time to time.

Although the Turks were extremely angry, they did not stop to chase them.

At first, it was this small Tang army that appeared on Weishan Mountain.

But soon, on the opposite side of Weishan, another Tang army with several thousand people appeared.

This Tang army is the same as the Tang army on Weishan, only shooting arrows from a long distance.

From the beginning to the end, there was no intention of going down the mountain to fight.

Of course, during this process, people were constantly shot by arrows, but for a huge army, such losses were very small.

What's more, when Tang Jun was walking on the mountain ridge, from time to time, someone would stumble and fall from the mountain ridge because of the slippery snow.

This comforted the Tuyuan people a little bit.

Snow is still falling.

The snow on the ground seriously affected the speed of the army.