Defend the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 84 Burning, Killing and Looting
The cold wind was blowing, and the snow was flying heavily.

Han Ping'an and Su Dasushi finally transported more than 4 buckets of grain to the Uskul Valley in Yandu Prefecture after a seven-day trek.

This is now not only the place where the Suda people live together, but also the location of the large tent of the Chinese army in Yele Town and Baisha Shouzhuo City to crusade against the Mazha tribe.

Zuo Xiaowei Zhonglang General Wang Qingxiang led the army to arrive yesterday. Looking around, there are tents on both sides of the valley and the gentle slopes in the shelter.

The Chinese army he personally led was composed of one hundred personal soldiers, one hundred jumpers, two hundred Mo Daomen, one hundred crossbowmen, two hundred archers, two hundred cavalry troops, and three hundred strange soldiers (reserves), including the grooms and soldiers. A total of more than [-] people were recruited to transfer grain and grass.

The right army is led by Anu Shi, the chief of the Wudu tribe, and there are more than 300 warriors from the Wudu, Wunu Shibi, Hu Luwu, Upper Xieqia, and Lower Xieqia tribes.

Left Army Han Ping'an, the long history commander of Yele Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, has 420 six Turkic warriors from the Suda tribe, 21 Sogdian personal guards, 36 night watchmen and [-] Youyi people under his command.

There are only 130 Shouzhuo Lang, but Baisha Shouzhuo City and Yele Town are not affiliated to each other. These more than 100 Shouzhuo Lang can neither be incorporated into the central army, nor can they be incorporated into the left and right armies, which are all Jimi tribe soldiers. It can be compiled into the left wing and left army alone.

On the surface, Xu Haoran, the deputy envoy of Shouzhuo City, was commanded, but in fact, Han Pingan was commanded. After all, the left army did not have many soldiers.

Other tribal leaders came with their troops.

Han Ping'an, the "King of Yele", is already here, and it can be said that he came to take over the military power of Yele's army. He didn't need to set up a tent, and went directly to the Chinese army's tent to meet the commander.

Wang Qingxiang knew that Han Shimei asked Han Sanlang to lead the army, not expecting Han Sanlang to fight the enemy, but just using this opportunity to let Han Sanlang establish the prestige of "King Yele".

Pointing to the map on the table, he smiled and said, "Sanlang, you are late. There are only so many small Tubo tribes nearby, and they are not enough for Anu Shi and Yuan Jingang to share. You don't have to fight with them." .”

"Uncle Wang, it was my Yele tribe who was attacked by the Mazha tribe. I can't stand still and watch you help me conquer."

"All the food and grass are here. Uncle will lead his troops to go out tomorrow morning. You can't let Tubo take advantage of it. You will lead the left army and the left wing left army to garrison here, and help uncle guard the central army tent."

"Ok."

"Hurry up and set up your defenses. Uncle wants to call the heads of various ministries to discuss military strategies."

"promise!"

Han Pingan bowed to accept the order and withdrew from the tent.

Xu Haoran came after hearing the news, and when he saw him, he asked eagerly, "Sanlang, what did General Wang say?"

"It's cold outside, where is your tent, go to your tent and tell me."

"Oh, come with me."

The two climbed on horseback and walked along the valley for two or three miles, until they came to a row of tents.

The flags of Shouzhuo City were planted all around, and two teams of Shouzhuo, who were tightly wrapped up, were patrolling along the river beach on horseback.

It is convenient to speak here, Xu Haoran pointed with his horsewhip: "Su Da's clansmen are all placed over there. Although there is a Chinese army separating them, and General Wang also ordered Anu Division to restrain his subordinates, there are still many Wudu and Wunu soldiers. The samurai of Shibi and other departments ran to make trouble.

Gu Sili almost got into a fight with them in the morning. The big battle is imminent, so I can't start a fight. I can only quickly set up camp here and keep them far away. "

Han Pingan got off his horse and said, "If the light barrier doesn't work, the whole transition will soon become a battlefield. It's too dangerous for the old, weak, women and children to stay here. Send them to Baisha City early tomorrow morning."

Xu Haoran asked in surprise, "Withdraw?"

He has been working hard for more than a month to resettle the hundreds of Suda people.

Withdrawing as soon as you say it means that everything you have done before is in vain.

Han Ping'an could understand his mood, got into the tent and sat cross-legged in front of the stove, warming up the fire and asked, "Do you think General Wang really came to conquer Mazata Tower?"

"Is not it?"

"Yes and no."

"Sanlang, what is called yes or no."

"Is there a map?"

"Have."

Xu Haoran brought a map and spread it out in front of the stove.

Han Pingan rubbed his hands that were almost frozen, pointed to the map and said, "The Mazha tribe is just a small tribe in Tubo. If you only care about how many soldiers there are, it's easy to use Anxi's strength to destroy them, but why do you take them all these years?" There is no way, after all, he has a large area.

We summoned a large army to conquer, and they fled south when they saw that the situation was not good.We wanted to pursue, but the supply line was too long, and we couldn't supply food and grass.Moreover, the terrain gets colder the further south we go. Even if we can catch up, we can't even breathe smoothly when we catch up to the plateau, let alone fight. "

Xu Haoran touched the corner of his mouth: "I know this."

Han Ping'an clapped his hands, and continued: "They are used to the climate on the plateau, which means they are invincible, so in the past few years, I have advanced and others have retreated, and I have retreated and others have advanced, making it impossible for us to guard against."

"Then how are you going to fight this time?"

"We haven't used troops against them in these years, and Yele Town's combat power is indeed not as good as it was three or five years ago. They are confident and courageous. Look, such a large area has been eaten away by them. All these small tribes became their subordinates."

Han Ping'an looked back at Su Dasushi who followed in, and continued: "It will take time for Mazha Tata to summon the army. We will take advantage of his opportunity to gather the army and concentrate on sweeping away the small tribes that are attached to them. By then He can't sit still, as long as he dares to come out, we have a chance to beat him."

Xu Haoran reacted: "No wonder Wu Du, Wu Nu Shi Bi, Hu Lu Wu, Shang Xie Qia and other departments are willing to send troops. It turns out that there is an advantage to take advantage of. They are not here to fight, but to burn, kill and loot."

"The reason why Anu Shi and Yuan Jingang are willing to send troops is not just because there are advantages to take advantage of."

"And why?"

When Han Ping'an was about to speak, Su Dasushi sat down and said with a smile: "The new General Wang is better at making friends than the lunatic Mr. An, and during the half a month he knew how to fuck, he drank and gambled with Anu Shi and the others every day."

Xu Haoran stayed in Yandu all the time, really didn't know what happened in Yele City, so he asked suspiciously: "General Wang has only been in Yele for how long, and he became friends with Master Anu so soon?"

Su Dasushi smiled and said: "And they are the kind of friends who send slaves to each other and have a good relationship."

Thinking about it now, I really underestimated Wang Qingxiang before.

Han Pingan sighed: "He is neither honest nor brave, but he does have a way of dealing with people. Unlike General An, others are only in awe. He is not too domineering like my sixth uncle. Not to mention As noble as my father.

He is bold, drinks when he should drink, gambles when he should gamble, and fishes when he should fish. Not only Anushi, Yuan Jingang and other Jimi tribe leaders are willing to make friends with him, even a shrewd Sogdian businessman like Bai Zuojian is willing to make friends with him. willing to work for him. "

Xu Haoran didn't expect Wang Qingxiang to be such a person, but then again, a person like him really liked the leaders of the Fanhu tribe.

Everyone has their own way of doing things, and it's not something you can just learn.

Han Pingan smiled and continued to talk about the next strategy.

Xu Haoran was dumbfounded when he heard this, and after a long pause, he murmured: "This is a gamble, and if you are not careful, you will lose everything."

"I don't want the child to be tied to the wolf. If we don't beat the hungry wolf in Mazhabu, we can't live in peace."

"Okay, tomorrow morning I will escort the old and the young to evacuate to Baisha City."

"Brother Xu, you will have to work very hard in the next three months. I entrust all the more than 7000 people in the Governor's Mansion to you and Wangli."

"It's not hard work, it's all part of a humble job."

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Anu Shi and the leaders of the Jimi tribe led their troops here not for fun.

Han Ping'an was explaining to Xu Haoran what preparations he had to make when he went back. Teams of warriors stepped on their horses and rushed out of the Uskul Valley screaming under the leadership of their guides.

The target of Wunu Shibi's attack was a Qiang tribe more than [-] miles away from the camp of the Chinese army.

Their timing was just right. It was just getting dark outside the semi-cultivating and semi-nomadic tribe. They asked the scouts to explore the road first, and the team took a rest.

Wait for the scouts to find out the road terrain, and attack from the west and north directions at the same time.

The sound of hooves was like thunder, the sound of killing shook the sky, and there were flames everywhere.

It's freezing cold, who would have thought that someone would attack at night?

This small tribe of only 700 people was killed by surprise. The thatched cottages were set on fire one after another. Many people rushed out without even thinking about putting on their clothes. He was hacked to pieces.

The sounds of screams, wailing, begging for mercy, children's cries and crackling and burning sounds mixed together, making this small tribe that has been peaceful under the protection of Tubo for more than ten years look like a hell on earth.

Anu Shi, the leader of the Five Duo tribes, was attacking the territory of Sovan Norbu, the head of a hundred households in Tubo, and he also launched an attack after dark.

Rockets hit the sky and covered the sky like raindrops, and the whole village turned into a sea of ​​flames in an instant.

Teams of samurai rode horses and brandished scimitars in the valley, killing everyone they saw.

Although Sovanobu had nearly [-] warriors, most of those warriors took their slaves and lived scattered along the river valley. In the past few decades, he was the only one who led his troops to go out to conquer. The old lair had never encountered such a surprise attack and was killed. Unprepared, it is impossible to organize effective resistance.

Master Anu didn't expect it to go so smoothly. Standing on a high place overlooking the blazing river valley, he was both happy and anxious. He hurriedly ordered his guards to go down and pass on orders. If he couldn't see anyone, he couldn't kill anyone, and he couldn't burn the house. He wanted to gather horses, cattle and sheep. To gather slaves.

Horses, cattle and sheep can be sold for money, as are slaves.

Han Shimei's crazy son had already said that slaves from the Tang Dynasty were fifty silver coins apiece, no matter men, women or children.

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PS: I have a cold, there is only one chapter tonight.

(End of this chapter)