On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 476

Yuchi Jingde was not convinced from the bottom of his heart that King Yan asked him to serve as Su Dingfang's lieutenant general.

That's right, Su Dingfang is indeed brave and good at fighting, but he, Yuchi Jingde, is not just for nothing. If he really wants to compete in martial arts, Su Dingfang, who is only 16 years old, is not his opponent.

But King Yan's military order cannot be violated, and Yuchi Jingde can only admit it while pinching his nose.

There is no way, regardless of Su Dingfang's young age, he is also a member of Youzhou Yuancong. Since he was 13 years old, he has fought in all directions with His Royal Highness King Yan, and has repeatedly made military exploits.

And I have just arrived, although I am seven years older than Su Dingfang, at the age of 23, but when it comes to military experience, I am far inferior to Su Dingfang.

Cui Che's battle to capture Suizhou was Yuchi Jingde's first time on the battlefield, but he didn't get a chance to perform in that siege battle.

That night, the two of them only brought [-] days' worth of dry rations, went into battle lightly, and led [-] pawns of the former army to chase Ashina Duoji all night long.

And Ashina Duoji is also facing a dilemma at this time, and his confidant Shi Shuhu persuaded:
"The traces of people and animals are hard to hide. Cui Che will definitely pursue them. Now there are pursuers, and women and children are with the army, delaying the journey. Once Cui Che is killed, the consequences will be disastrous. Please make a decision early."

Ashina Duoji didn't know the story that Liu Bei couldn't bear to abandon the people in Xinye, and finally Cao Cao's cavalry chased up the fleeing team and drove him away from his wife and children.

But the reason is obvious, if you take women and children on the road, you can only walk thirty or forty miles a day, how can you get rid of the pursuers behind you.

It’s just that Ashina Tuoji really couldn’t choose, it’s not that he couldn’t bear the misfortune of women and children, but as the son of Qimin Khan, once he left the family members of the soldiers to Cui Che, would he still get their support in the fight for Khan’s position in the future?

Qimin Khan is not the only son like him.

Ashina thought hard for a long time, and said to Shi Shuhu:

"I can leave some women, children, and livestock behind, but I have to lead the army to set up an ambush around. When the pursuers come, when they see people and animals, they will definitely scramble to snatch them. If I lead the army and kill them, I will definitely be able to break through the enemy's front.

"Frustrated at the front, Cui Che didn't dare to pursue deeply, fearing that if there is another ambush ahead, he will definitely retreat."

Ashina Duoji's words made Shi Shuhuxi suddenly realize that, indeed, Cui Che is a hungry wolf following him, as long as his protruding claws are hurt, he will definitely retreat.

The army under Cui Che's command is famous for its tyranny and greed on the grassland.

Killing all men at every turn, robbing women, children, and livestock, is not so much a master of the Central Plains, but more like a horse bandit.

It's just that in civil wars, Cui Che will pay attention to restraining the soldiers, unlike in the grasslands where they indulged in killing and looting indiscriminately.

Ashina Duoji couldn't believe it. Facing the abandoned women, children, and livestock, the hungry wolf could hold back and not stretch out its hand.

However, Ashina had done all his calculations, but there was a mistake. He never expected that the two sub-generals leading this time, Su Dingfang and Yuchi Jingde, had never participated in Cui Che's war of conquest of the grassland tribes.

Among the two, Su Dingfang, who defected to Cui Che the earliest, also went to Youzhou with Cheng Yaojin after Cui Che captured Liaodong.

What they all experienced was the civil war after Cui Che's strict military discipline. Naturally, there was no such thing as indulgence in looting by soldiers, but they strictly followed the principle of uniform distribution of spoils after the war.

On April 607th in the second year of Zhenyuan (AD 27), Ashina Duoji ambushed his troops beside an oasis in the desert. Not far away were more than a thousand women and children and thousands of livestock as bait.

When the cavalrymen of the Five Thousand Accounts Pre-Efficiency Army appeared in the distant skyline, Ashina Duoji, who was hiding his figure, couldn't help clenching his fists excitedly, waiting for the Eastern Sui army to rush forward and snatch these people and animals.

However, today is different from the past. After Cui Che took control of the Eastern Sui Dynasty, he was already distributing salaries to the soldiers. They no longer depended on looting war supplies to survive.

Even if they got the hands, they had to distribute them uniformly after the war, so why bother, all eyes were on Su Dingfang, waiting for him to send people to drive those women, children, and livestock over.

It's just that Su Dingfang was silent and didn't give an order for a long time.

Yuchi Jingde looked worried, he was still in a hurry to continue chasing Ashina Duoji's fleeing team, and he didn't want to waste time here, so he urged:

"These are just women, children, and livestock abandoned by the Turkic people, so as to delay our pursuit. General Su sent hundreds of people to collect them, so why hesitate."

Su Dingfang did not answer directly, but pointed to the women and children near the oasis, and said to Yuchi Jingde:

"General Yuchi, let's see, I waited for the army to approach. Although these women looked panicked, they didn't disperse and fled separately. Does this mean that they think staying where they are is the safest place?"

Being reminded by Su Dingfang, Yuchi Jingde suddenly realized.

Although he is more brave than Su Dingfang, but his experience in marching and fighting is not as good as the other party.

This is also the reason why Cui Che wanted to make Su Dingfang the main general and let Yuchi Jingde take orders from him.

"Since there is an ambush, what will General Su plan to do?"

Yuchi Jingde asked.

Su Dingfang smiled and said:
"Your Majesty doesn't allow me to fight with the other party, so I rest here and wait for the other party to show up when they can't bear the loneliness."

After all, Su Dingfang sent an order:
"The whole army has it, get off your horse and rest!"

Now that Cui Che led the main force to follow behind, Su Dingfang was not afraid of wasting time with the Turkic people. If the main force of the Eastern Sui Dynasty arrived, these ambush soldiers would not be able to leave even if they wanted to.

Previously, Ashina Tuoji saw that the Eastern Sui army did not fight for people and animals, and that the man in armor seemed to be the chief general, and he only pointed at women, children and people around him, which made Ashina Tuoji feel uneasy.

Now the abandoned women, children, and livestock were in front of them, but the cavalrymen of the Eastern Sui Dynasty were indifferent. Instead, they got off their horses and rested.

"Pass my order, the whole army retreats."

Ashina Duoji was frustrated.

A general asked:
"Then what about these women, children, and livestock?"

In order to lure the pursuers to take the bait, Ashina Duoji spent a lot of money. Hearing people ask about this at this time, he only felt angina pectoris.

Shi Shu Hu Xi reprimanded on his behalf:
"Now that the pursuers are right in front of you, do you think you can take them across the desert and retreat to Mobei!"

The general who asked the question was speechless.

Since the more than a thousand women and children Ashina Tuoji used as bait did not have family members in ambush, there was no disturbance in the army when the troops retreated, and everyone followed him to catch up with the large troops ahead.

When a large number of ambush soldiers retreated, the flying dust raised also verified Su Dingfang's judgment. When the women and children near the oasis began to flee in a panic, Su Dingfang then sent out hundreds of soldiers to capture them, and he led the rest of the soldiers to chase the retreating Turkic ambush soldiers.

　It's gone tonight, my body is almost recovering, and I can resume the fourth watch tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)