Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 320 Encountering the enemy
A few days later, when they were about to arrive in Yanzhou, there was a group of knights stationed by the roadside.

Before Zhang Shigui was about to send people to investigate, some riders beside Liu Mu had already stepped forward, when those riders returned to Liu Mu, Liu Mu said to Zhang Shigui: "Changing the road, instead of entering Yanzhou, let's go towards Nanxia Prefecture. "

"Holy decree..." Zhang Shigui had just opened his mouth, but Liu Mu choked him: "Then general, you go according to the holy decree, and I will go my way. The holy decree never said that I must go with your troops, but you Follow me."

Wang Gui, Wei Zheng, and Gao Jian also came over.

At this time, five people can be said to represent five different voices.Wang Gui was the first to speak: "Liu Concubine insists on walking alone, so please go ahead."

Gao Jian smiled coldly, but did not speak.

Wei Zheng said at this time: "If Prince Concubine Liu is allowed to go alone, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to even enter the city gate this way."

Only then did Gao Jian say: "The old man is traveling with the son-in-law."

Zhang Shigui asked Liu Mu: "My son-in-law Liu, can you tell me the truth about why you went to the northwest."

"To be honest, I don't need the 1000 troops of the imperial army at all. I have my own business this time, and I have to do it, so I have to follow my route no matter what. I can't get what I want. It's useless for anyone to persuade you." Liu Mu and Zhang Shigui had no holidays.

On the contrary, Liu Mu admired generals like Zhang Shigui very much.

But right now, Liu Mu couldn't tell the truth and could only use words to choke Zhang Shigui.

When Zhang Shigui was in a dilemma, Gao Jian said to him: "Follow the route Concubine Liu said, and I will take care of any problems."

"It's just that it's not safe there. The west and north of Nanxia Prefecture are all areas where Turkic people are active. If there is any conflict, it will be difficult for 1000 people to keep everyone safe. It's not that the general is timid, but I don’t want to take this unnecessary risk.”

Those knights waiting by the roadside had come to Liu Mu, and Liu Mu shouted to them, "The news is reliable?"

"Mr. Lang, absolutely reliable."

"General Zhang, change the road." Liu Mu said to Zhang Shigui again.

Zhang Shigui gave an order to his lieutenant: "Changing to Nanxia Prefecture."

Why is it called Nanxia Prefecture, because the real Xiazhou does not belong to Datang, it is still in the hands of Liang Shidu.The location of Nanxia Prefecture is roughly the location of Jingbian County in later generations.

In Datang, there are only two roads from the northwest to Chang'an, one is through modern Pingliang to Chang'an, and the other is through Jingbian County.

The news Liu Mu got was that the ranger spies he sent found that there seemed to be Turkic internal strife. There was a team fleeing in the direction of Chang'an, and several Turkic cavalry troops were chasing them. The total number of them was more than [-]. ride.

In at most three days, the fugitive Turks could approach Nanxia Prefecture.

Su Dingfang had already arrived in Xiazhou, but he did not enter Nanxiazhou City, but continued westward and camped thirty miles west of Xiazhou City.The reason given to Duan Decao, the guard of Nanxiazhou City, is that they are a caravan, and Prince Liu has a decree in hand to trade with ordinary cattle, horses, and sheep in the north. They are responsible for the front station.

Duan Decao was General Youwuwei, a subordinate of Cheng Yaojin, and after asking if he needed help, he gave some local specialties as gifts.

Two and a half days later, under the urging of Liu Muyi, Zhang Shigui rushed to Xiazhou West Thirty Li with a thousand forbidden troops to slow down the luggage.

There is already a military camp here that can accommodate ten thousand people.

"Why is there a military camp here? It must be a well-known general. Come, take this general's badge and ask who is stationed here." Zhang Shigui ordered the whole army to slow down.

But I saw Liu Mu riding a horse with his people, and then Brother Pu and Gao Jian had left the team.

Liu Mu came over on horseback: "General, why did you tell them to slow down again? The camp is less than five miles away. Why don't you hurry into the camp?"

"There are rules in the army." Zhang Shigui replied bluntly.

Liu Mu signaled that his people would take Gao Jian and Shilla Kinderman to go first, and he would accompany Zhang Shigui.

Soon, someone came back and said, "Report to the general, the front camp set up a camp claiming to be Liu's son-in-law's servant. He was ordered by Liu's son-in-law to go north, but was attacked by Turkic people, so he urgently set up a camp to defend."

Zhang Shigui really wanted to curse and fart.

Can this camp be built in an emergency camp?This requires very professional engineers, and according to the arrangement of famous generals, it will take at least one day to build.And if you take a closer look at this camp, it is extremely complete from fetching water, fetching wood, imperial horses, and archery towers. Looking at the family in the Tang Dynasty, who can make it so beautifully.

Just as Zhang Shigui was approaching the east camp gate, he saw from a distance that the west camp gate opened and thousands of horsemen went out.

Zhang Shigui handed over the imperial army to the lieutenant general, rode his horse and galloped forward.

Seeing this, Wang Gui and Wei Zheng hurriedly followed.

That is, when the three of them came to the front of the camp on the west side, the people who left the camp had already left the camp for three miles, and the formation was complete.

However, Wang Gui found that Princess Jindeman of Silla, Brother Park, and Gao Jian were already sitting on the archery tower, with a telescope in front of them.

At this time, many people who accompanied the camp retreated quickly with their horses on their shoulders.

Looking at the 800 people again, the whole body, including the horses, were covered with gray linen cloth, and even their faces were wrapped in the cloth.

The more Zhang Shigui looked at it, the more he felt something was wrong. He saw Liu Mu walking with a binoculars and changed into clean clothes. He grabbed Liu Mu's binoculars and quickly climbed up to an archery building to take a look.

Seeing this, Zhang Shigui was so shocked that he felt as if he had stopped breathing.

800 people formed a formation that even a seasoned general like him could not understand.

It looks like a crane's wing, but it has the feeling of a fish scale formation. It is said that there is a fish scale formation but it also feels like a moon formation.

When Zhang Shigui was in a daze, he saw dust flying in the distance, a group of [-] Turkic people seemed to be fleeing, behind him, on the north and south sides, judging from the extent of the dust, there were [-] horsemen chasing each.

"Prepare for battle!" Zhang Shigui roared, the enemy has at least [-] cavalry attacking, maybe [-], Zhang Shigui thought that relying on this big battalion with the current strength can stop the enemy.

But the soldiers of the Forbidden Army had just been disarmed and rested. When they heard the order and were ready to fight, more than 100 people blocked them. They still knew the leader, who was also a lieutenant in the Forbidden Army.

"Everyone, in this battalion, there is no need for orders from non-consorts to fight, only a few thousand Turks."

This school lieutenant was one of the forbidden soldiers sent to Huayuan County, so Liu Mu followed him along. He was always ashamed that he was so good at martial arts that he didn't even get selected as a soldier.

Of course, without the hundred flying cavalry sent by King Qin, he would be one of the main candidates for flying cavalry.

One thousand forbidden troops did not wear armor suits, but they were still fully dressed and went to the west side of the camp.

At this time, two small doors on the west side opened, and about 500 people rushed out, shouting at the dismissed Turkic people: "Kneel down and abandon your weapons and don't kill, kneel down and abandon your weapons and don't kill."

(End of this chapter)