A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1173 Who can compete with you?
The fire is burning,
The blazing flames lit up half the night sky.

Yuzhi Chixin stood on the hillside holding a black lacquered horse spear, his face stern. Although this Ji Jin was young, he was carefully trained by his father since he was a child. He started riding sheep at the age of three, could shoot rabbits at the age of five, started riding horses at the age of seven, and was already proficient in riding and shooting at the age of ten.
When he was twelve years old, he mounted a war horse and followed his father to the battlefield. In the first battle, he shot and killed three enemies and cut off their heads with his own hands.

Yuzhi Chixin, who is eighteen years old this year, is actually a young veteran of the tribe. He has fought in dozens of battles and has eighty-four heads of bandits in his military tent.

There are many tattoos on his arms.

Every time he killed an enemy on the battlefield, he would get a tattoo on his arm after the war. From the time he first went to the battlefield to kill the enemy at the age of twelve to now when he is eighteen, in the past sixteen years, both of his arms are covered with tattoos, a total of eighty-four.

Years of fighting in blood and fire have made this young man ruthless on the battlefield.

The moment he rejected Duman, he had already decided to send troops.

If it doesn't make a sound, it's a blockbuster.

Since the troops have been dispatched, they must demonstrate the strength of the advance branch and show their bravery.
He led three thousand cavalrymen and secretly attacked Ashina Buzhen at night.

The time I chose was the second half of the night when people are most relaxed.
Three thousand elite cavalrymen of the advance unit attacked from behind Bu Zhen's camp and killed them by surprise.

An advance knight rode up on horseback.

"Haven't you found Master Bu yet?"

The advance knight replied, "We attacked the Jinjin camp by surprise, and the enemy camp was in chaos, and they fled in all directions. We were too few in number and could not surround them.

We found Bu Zhen's tent, but we didn't find Bu Zhen. We captured several prisoners and interrogated them. We learned that Bu Zhen did not stay in his tent at night. He was afraid of being assassinated, so he stayed in a different place every night.

Frowning in advance,

silent for a moment,
"Pass on my order. Search every corner of the camp. We must find Bu Zhen. Alive or dead."

"Shi Jin, maybe Bu Zhen has already broken through and escaped."

"Then send troops to continue the pursuit,"

"Send another person to Gongyue City and tell General An Lushan that our advance troops have come to reinforce and have defeated Bu Zhen's camp. Please ask General An Lushan to send troops to pursue and annihilate the enemy."

There were flames everywhere.

In the firelight, human figures flickered, horses' hooves made a noise, and the elite cavalry of the advance branch shuttled between the tents in the camp. They were cleaning up the battlefield.
Bu Zhen's troops have been routed.
The advance knights threw the lit torches into the tents.

Some tents were empty, but some contained injured people, as well as some girls and children who had no time to escape.

When Bu Zhen raided Beiting Mixe, he brought his entire tribe with him. After the raid was successful, he reunited with his family and took Gongyue City.

But unexpectedly, it led them to the abyss.

A woman screamed and ran out of the burning tent, stumbling away.
The sound of horse hooves was heard behind him, and an advance knight arrived. He raised his sword and chopped the woman to the ground. The woman fell to the ground, but she was still struggling to crawl, trying to escape from this hell.
The knight jumped off his horse,
With a sharp movement of his sword, he chopped off the woman's head. Hot blood spurted out, but the knight didn't care that it stained his clothes and boots. He lifted the woman's head and looked at it for a while, then tied the woman's long hair on the saddle.
He lowered his head and searched the headless body of the woman. There was only a short knife on the woman, which he took as a trophy. He abandoned the worthless headless body, ran into the burning tent, and quickly looted it.
He threw some valuables out of the tent, and finally, amid the firelight and screams, he carefully checked the loot he had snatched.

He took out a bag, filled it halfway with iron pots, copper kettles, butter tea bricks, etc., and hung it on the saddle.

They mounted their horses and continued to burn, kill and loot with joy.

This is a carnival for the victors.

Stand on the horse with a sincere heart in advance,

I also saw the burning, killing, looting, and even rape.

But he didn't stop it.

Tribes fight each other according to their own rules and traditions. The war has already been won, and as a leader, he cannot stop everyone from looting.
This is the reward everyone deserves.
Whoever grabs it first owns it, and grabbing it mostly depends on one's ability.

The young and strong men and women could be taken away and kept as slaves or sold to slave traders. The tents, even the pots and pans in the tents, the ghee, tea, cheese, and even the dry cow dung were all spoils of war and property.

Not to mention cattle, sheep, horses, camels and other livestock,

Anyway, in the war on the grassland, the winner takes almost everything from the loser.

If it was during the spring and winter when there was a food shortage, they would only take away the young and strong, and the old ones would often be killed directly with a single knife.

As for the children, they just need to be older and in good health.

"Pass on my order. Do not kill the prisoners. Do not kill the old, weak, women, and children. Keep them all. We will exchange them for rewards from the Tang Wu Xiang later."

"You can keep the young and strong male and female captives according to the rules, but you must hand in half. One part will be used for the dead and disabled men and their families, and the other part will be given to the Minister of War."

"Brothers, you have worked hard, and the battle was won. Let's be happy and follow the old rules. But there is one thing: you are not allowed to fight over money, livestock, or women."

Advance has long been accustomed to the tribal warfare.
All the captured slaves, livestock, money, etc. were divided into four parts. Two parts could belong to the looters, and the other two parts had to be handed over to the tribe. The tribe kept one part to compensate casualties and reward bravery, and the other part had to be paid as tribute to the Anxi Army.

"It's a bit too much to hand over 25% to the Anxi Army. We can just give them whatever we want." "Don't talk nonsense. Just do as I say."

Advance Department Chixin didn't care about the spoils of war. No matter how much they were worth, it didn't matter. Now the Tang Dynasty was the sky above the Advance Department's head, so this tribute had to be given, and it couldn't be less.

In the distance, the gate of Gongyue City slowly opened.

An Lushan, who weighed more than 300 kilograms, rode a Dayuan horse and led 2,000 cavalrymen to charge out of the city. They had already discovered the commotion in Bu Zhen's camp outside the city.

However, An Lushan did not lead his troops out of the city immediately.
He had to be on guard against Bu Zhen's conspiracy against him, what if he pretended to cause a riot to lure him out of the city?
It would be dangerous if we were ambushed in the middle of the night.

While An Lushan was gathering his troops and preparing to arm themselves, he also sent several light cavalry units out of the city to conduct reconnaissance.

News after news was sent back to Gongyue City.

Bu Zhen's camp was attacked.

The attackers were identified as members of the advance branch.

Bu Zhen's troops have been defeated.
The advance branch is killing people.

Bu Zhen's troops were fleeing in all directions.
The advance department is pursuing,
An Lushan was very cautious. He would rather miss a good opportunity than take any risks. He waited and watched until dawn.

Bu Zhen's camp had been burned to the ground.

He finally sent out his troops.
However, he still only brought 2,000 soldiers, and these 2,000 soldiers were not all Gongyue garrison soldiers. He only brought 1,000 garrison soldiers, and the other 1,000 were made up of Mishe and his personal guards, the garrison soldiers' sons, and the Hu children in the city.
He left behind a thousand soldiers to guard Gongyue City.

Caution is the boat,
It doesn't matter if Bu Zhen packs up early or late, but Gongyue City must not be lost, especially since Wu Xiangzheng is leading his troops here. The defense of Gongyue City, Big and Small Gongyue City and Cheling Fort is of great importance.

Bu Zhen's camp is thirty miles away from Gongyue City.

It had already been burnt beyond recognition.

At dawn, the dawn breaks in the east,
The tragic situation in Buzhen’s camp reminded An Lushan of what had happened there last night.

An Lushan rode slowly into the ruined camp.
Yuzhi Chixin came forward on a red horse.
An Lushan sat on his horse and smiled at Yu Zhixin.
Yuzhi Chixin jumped off his horse, walked to An Lushan's horse, and bowed to him.
"No need to be polite, Chixin, come and give me a hand. I am getting fatter and fatter, and it is inconvenient for me to move. It is difficult for me to get off the horse. It is said that heroes emerge from youth. Chixin is indeed worthy of being chosen by the Minister of War. The battle last night was really beautiful.

To be honest, I couldn't believe it when I was in the city. I thought it was the old man Ashi Buzhen who was playing tricks on me to lure me out of the city so that he could ambush me.

This old guy, relying on the fact that he has several times more soldiers and horses than me, actually dares to besiege my city. Hahahaha. But I, An Lushan, am the adopted son of Prime Minister Wu after all, and I have learned a few military tactics from him. I will just defend the city and not go out. What can he do to me?

I wanted to confront him for a while longer.
Unexpectedly, Chi Xin, you defeated him in one battle. By the way, where is Master Bu? Is he dead or alive? Have you caught him?"

"Fortunately, he has fulfilled his mission. Although Bu Zhen runs fast, he is not as fast as the soldiers I have dispatched. He was stopped by our people at the Yili River and has been brought back."

When An Lushan heard this, he was so happy that his fat body was shaking with laughter.

"Chixin, Chixin, you really served the country with all your heart this time and made great contributions. When the Minister of War arrives, he might want to adopt you as his son."

"Hurry up and send a fast horse to report the victory to the Prime Minister. Ashina Buzhen has been captured alive!"

Advance the loyalty to help An Lushan down,
"General, should we seize the opportunity to seize back Beiting?"

An Lushan stroked his needle-like beard and said, "We need to discuss this matter with Mishe Khan. Someone, go and invite Mishe Khan to come."

The victory news from Gongyue City was escorted by a group of light cavalry and delivered to Wu Huaiyu all the way day and night.

When Wu Huaiyu received this victory report,
His troops had already crossed the Shiqi River and entered the territory of Shuanghe Governor's Office, and were eating barbecue in the half-empty tent of Shuanghe Governor and Shesheti.

Zhuxie's Shijin Zhuxie Chixin, Shatuo's Shijin Shatunasu, Hulu's Quechu, and Chumu Kunlu Que all brought their sons and daughters with them, and were competing with Chuban Que for who would lead the charge.
"Everyone,"

"There's no need to argue,"

Wu Huaiyu read the victory report and smiled as he waved it to a group of Turkic governors, "This is the victory report just sent from Gongyue City.
Ashina Buzhen led more than 10,000 troops to besiege Gongyue City, but made no progress and was helpless.

The governor of Sihun Prefecture advanced Chixin Shijin and led 3,000 elite cavalry to raid Buzhen's camp at night.

Bu Zhen's troops were defeated, and the advance troops pursued them for dozens of miles. They captured Bu Zhen, who was desperate and wanted to drown himself, on the banks of the Yili River, and took him back to Gongyue City.

Bu Zhen was defeated. After his defeat, he wanted to throw himself into the Yili River, but he failed to do so and was captured alive by the advance cavalry and taken back to Gongyue City.
This news always feels unreal.

Bu Zhen attacked Beiting and nearly killed the Great Khan Mishe. Mishe fled to Gongyue City, and Bu Zhen surrounded Gongyue City.

There was no harm in Gongyue City, but Bu Zhen was defeated by the advance branch in a night attack, and then Bu Zhen became a prisoner?
A group of governors and generals, who had just been arguing fiercely over who would be the vanguard, were now stunned and speechless.

The advance department is so powerful?

Is Bu really that incompetent?

(End of this chapter)