Ji Tang

Chapter 1146 Feast on the Grassland

"Run quickly, Tang Jun is coming, run quickly!"

"Hurry, go tell the Khan that the Tang Dynasty is coming."

"Whoosh!"

"Uh!"

When a herdsman was nervously telling his child to run, an arrow pierced through his neck like a meteor.

"Abba, Abba, wake up quickly. Ugh!"

Another arrow followed in the footsteps of the former.

Liu Cheng led the three thousand soldiers behind him and looked at the battlefield in front of him. Although he had won, they were a group of no-threatening herdsmen. He couldn't be happy!

"Captain, I know that you have just joined the army and have been living in the mainland, and I can't bear it."

The deputy general beside Liu Cheng was a veteran, who was chosen by Ji Song in Anxi.Not only him, but all these captains are like this.I just want them to adapt to the battlefield as soon as possible.

"Today they are grazing, and tomorrow they will be cruel demons. Have you ever thought about what will happen to the millions of people in the Western Region if we are defeated this time? Seventy percent of them are children under the age of ten. In addition to being killed by these scourges, they are either Being reduced to a slave where life is worse than death, there is no second option.”

The deputy general looked silently at the situation in front of him that was constantly performing killings, and said calmly: "The general said it right. This is a war for civilization, a war for racial development, and a war for future generations."

"We have no choice, and neither do the Turks. Either move west and start over, or fight hard. There is no other way. The only thing that can be confirmed is that the killing will not end."

Liu Cheng glanced at the deputy general blankly, turned around and rode away.

It wasn't until he was far away that he said in a deep voice: "Send the order, continue heading west!"

"Go west, go west! Kill!"
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Killings are taking place everywhere in Suiye Town and Tochara, a land with a radius of hundreds of miles. Wherever the Turkic camps and the army pass by, no chickens or dogs are left behind!
Corpses litter the fields, and carcasses of cattle and sheep lie on the ground. This is a feast for vultures and wild dogs, and a nightmare for the Turks.

No one expected that with the threat of cannibalism ahead, Datang would not hesitate to take action against the Western Turks who had hundreds of thousands of cavalry.And there is no room left to kill anyone on sight.

At first He Lu thought it was Datang's test, and just sent people to intercept, but no matter how many people were sent, no one came back, as if they had disappeared, which made him feel something was wrong.

When a man returned to the camp covered in blood, he was taken to the tent.

"Say, what happened?"

Looking at the dying tribesmen, He Lu could no longer calm down.

"Bodies are everywhere, and all the clan members are dead!"

"who is it?"

"The Tang people are the Tang army!"

He slowly put down the tribesman in his arms, looked at him with a dead look, and touched his eyes with trembling hands.

"Datang, hahaha, Datang, Li Shimin, Ji Song, so cruel!"

"Come on!"

He Lu suddenly turned around and said loudly: "Send out scouts to find out the movements of the Tang army. I want revenge!"

"Yes, sweat!"
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For three days, He Lu never slept again. Every time he lay down, someone would come with the latest news!

Death, death, death!

In just half a month, all the peripheral Turkic tribes were attacked by the Tang army. They would fight to the death whenever they encountered them, leaving no chickens or dogs behind.To this day, he doesn't know how many clan members have died.

Ten thousand, thirty thousand, fifty thousand, or one hundred thousand?

Countless people came to report that they were all corpses. They rarely encountered living people. Even if they did, they would almost go crazy. They would go crazy with fear of the living people.

boom!
The furious He Lu overturned the table, picked up a machete and kept slashing in the tent, as if the thing in front of him was Li Shimin or Ji Song.Now he wants to cut his body into thousands of pieces, and wants to fight to Chang'an and trample Li Shimin under his feet. He wants to ask him, why?
Why not give Turks a way to survive? Why force him?

"Great Khan, this is the strategy of the Tang Dynasty. He just wants to anger you. Now the Dabolu is still attacking Dabolu. After defeating Dabolu and Tocharo, he just wants to destroy us before the Dabolu comes. ah!"

"Jisong is no one else. He would never leave such a big hidden danger to start a war with the cannibals, let alone let us just sit back and watch indifferently!"

"Wake up, Khan, or go west immediately, bypass the big cannibals and go directly to the body poisoners. The body poisoners are no match for us at all. With our strength, we will be able to gain a foothold soon. There will be plenty of time for revenge in the future!"

"Either we start a war with the Tang Dynasty immediately. As long as we delay the time and wait for the big cannibals to arrive, we can either stay away and watch on the sidelines, or we can unite with the big cannibals to attack the Western Regions. But we cannot let our tribesmen be killed like now!"

"Sweat!"

He Lu closed his eyes in pain, and two lines of muddy tears fell down.

"Send an order for all tribesmen to move closer to Suiye Town, and order all the elite soldiers under the tent to dispatch to intercept the Tang cavalry."

His eyes were firmer than ever before and he said fiercely: "Li Shimin, Ji Song, since you want to fight, then let's have a good fight. I just don't know how you will be able to deal with the cannibals after the war with me, the Turks?"

He had seen clearly before that the main enemy of the Tang Dynasty was Dashi. After Ji Song killed a hundred thousand Dashi fleet in the South China Sea, he completely angered this new country.

The great man-eating force knows how many countries in the west have been destroyed by it. In these years of military campaigns in the south and north, no matter where the army went, they all surrendered.Even he had to admire the cannibal's ruthlessness!
He thought that as long as he could survive this period of time and wait for the war between the Great Food and the Tang Dynasty, the Turks would completely take the initiative. Either fight or move westward, it was all fine!
It's not like he hadn't thought about his dream of raising an army to conquer the Western Regions after the Tang Dynasty was defeated, marching eastward to Yumen Pass, and marching to Chang'an.But he knew that Datang was too powerful.

Even if they were defeated this time, Datang would be able to recover in a few years at most, and he and the Western Turks, who had betrayed Datang again, would inevitably become Datang's main enemies soon after it was dealt with.

Therefore, he is waiting. It is best to wait until both sides suffer losses before he is qualified to negotiate peace with Datang, in the hope that he will not have to move westward.But he never thought that just when he was expecting a two-pronged battle, Ji Song raised his butcher knife towards the Turks without hesitation, killing corpses all over the field. This was to massacre the Western Turks!
The Turks' movements were quickly reported back to the camp near Tianchi. During this period, Ji Song continued to teach everyone how to use new weapons, including the sky fire thunder, thirty artillery pieces, and crossbows brought from Chang'an.

And he gathered blacksmiths from all over the Western Region to continuously forge arrows. There was no upper limit, and he used all his power to make as many arrows as he could.

He never thought about fighting the Turks head-on. It was simply not worth it.There was just a group of zombies before, still dreaming of reaping the benefits, and wondering if they were qualified?

Whether it is Dashi or Datang, they are both unparalleled overlords in this era, one is the Western overlord, and the other is the Eastern overlord.When the two overlords are about to fight, what do you want to do as a person who has already been knocked out of your head?
Even if the Western Turks are not defeated now, when the Western Turks arrive, as long as the opponent's coach is not a fool, he will not sit back and watch the Turks stand aside. It is more likely that the two sides will first kill the financial wolf next to them.

A liger and a tiger are fighting, and a maned dog is looking for an advantage?I don’t know who gave him the confidence?
"Give me the order. Don't get involved with their large army. Tell them to harass them. Keep harassing them. I will turn a blind eye even if I want them to sleep."

"When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy camps, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue!"

"Until they beg us for a decisive battle or to move west immediately!"

When Ji Song's words spread to the camp, anyone with some knowledge immediately understood what the general meant!
"When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue. What a guerrilla war; when the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy retreats, we pursue. This is the harassment and deception in Sun Tzu's Art of War, but I didn't expect it. Can it still be used like this?”

Cheng Yaojin and Guo Xiaoke are both veteran generals who are familiar with the art of war. How could they not know what Ji Song wants to do?
Now we have to force the Turks to either move westward or fight decisively. There is no third way.Want to pick up some bargains on the sidelines?Beautiful thought!

At first, he was a little worried. What they were afraid of was not the Turks. How could they not know the fighting power of the Turks in recent years?To put it bluntly, there are [-] elite troops of the Tang Dynasty, and they dare to fight even millions of Turks. This is self-confidence!

When we were in Chang'an, a hundred cavalry rushed into formation and defeated ten thousand people, or a thousand men formed an formation and the opponent's army of one hundred thousand was helpless.Hundreds of people chasing thousands, and tens of thousands of people running away is nothing unusual in the Tang Dynasty.

Whether it's morale, quality of soldiers, or equipment, it crushes all surrounding countries.

Especially since there is no shortage of food in Datang, as long as you can eat, you can eat as much as you have.Each and every one of them is almost becoming a fat pig, and their physical fitness is not comparable to that of the aliens who don't have enough to eat all day long.

What they were worried about was that if too many soldiers were lost before the battle with the cannibal, it would be difficult to face the cannibal in the future.They also saw the fighting power of the Great Eater in the Battle of the South China Sea.

Nearly half of it was damaged, even Ji Song almost lost it there, so they had to think about the future.Before that, try to avoid any conflict with the Turks!
But as luck would have it, He Lu was doing a good job as the governor of the Shule Protectorate, but he turned against him.Not only did they rebel, they also completely integrated the Western Turks and stationed them on the border of Datang.

What is this for?
Anyone who is not a fool will understand He Lu's plan. He is trying to get an advantage!

To be honest, they had no idea before the fight.If they lose too much, or if the Turks surrender directly to the cannibals, they will be completely in trouble.

If you want to solve this problem, you must get rid of the Turks in a short time, but the Turks are not fools. They know that the longer they delay, the more beneficial it is to them.

How could it be possible to fight a decisive battle in the Tang Dynasty?
But Ji Song's actions made them understand what it means to be unconstrained, and what it means to let you fight, and you must fight.Otherwise, just wait to be exterminated!

In just half a month, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty slaughtered nearly [-] Turks, driving cattle, sheep, and horses. The Turks' population and material losses could not be calculated at all.

Coupled with the messenger weapons that are constantly being brought out, especially the artillery, it is simply an artifact for attacking cities and demolishing strongholds.And that ballista, with this thing and a large number of arrows, it doesn't matter how many people come!
But thinking of his long history of complaints, Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but feel dizzy.The stuff is good stuff, but it’s just too damn expensive.

Even if there was a breakthrough in steelmaking technology and the output of arrows made of fine iron increased greatly, he shuddered at the thought that a five-pound crossbow arrow actually cost five hundred Wenqian.

One round is launched, and that's thousands of dollars. How can this be killing people? It's obviously just using money to hit people, okay?It's still the kind of person who can't be killed in one round, but will be smashed in another round!
"But we don't have much time. People from the Military Intelligence Department have received news that Dabolu had less than one-third of its land left five days ago. I'm afraid it won't be long before it will follow the footsteps of the Stone Kingdom." .”

Guo Xiaoke said with a solemn expression: "Needless to say Tocharo, the situation in this country is complicated and it is impossible to muster much resistance. I am afraid that it will be defeated by the cannibal!"

"So, we have to be quick!"

Cheng Yaojin also frowned and thought hard about good strategies, but he was not good at strategies. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't even think of anything.

"It would be great if that old Yin Li Ji was here. He is a deep man and unscrupulous in doing things, so he can be used here."

Thinking of this, he felt a pity, but it was useless. He couldn't call someone here now, could he?By the time the people arrive, the battle will be almost over.

The two looked at each other, both a little helpless.

Staring at the fire in a daze, Cheng Yaojin's eyes suddenly lit up!
"Go!"

"Fire, it's fire, hahahaha, I have a solution!"

Guo Xiaoke was stunned for a moment and said anxiously after hearing this: "What can you do?"

"Fire!"

"fire?"

Then Cheng Yaojin whispered something in Guo Xiaoke's ear, and Guo Xiaoke's face instantly turned pale. He pointed at Cheng Yaojin with wide eyes and said, "Are you crazy?"

"I don't know if I'm crazy or not, but I know that some things have to be done by someone. Ziyi is still a little soft. I don't believe that he didn't think of this method, but I never said anything about beating him."

"He has a kind of compassionate idea since he was young. I don't know where a person from a down-to-earth family can get this kind of idea? But it doesn't matter. If he doesn't do it, I will do it. Anyway, I am getting old, and I am afraid that I will be too old after this battle. There is no chance to go to the battlefield, reputation and everything else are harmful things, so don’t give up!”

"Let's go, I'll go with you!" Guo Xiaoke gritted his teeth.

"No, you can't go about this!"

But Cheng Yaojin refused. He stared at Guo Xiaoke and said: "Except for Ziyi, we have the highest status here. I can't help Ziyi, who made him the coach? I don't care about this, saying Maybe the worse my reputation is, the more comfortable I will be when I return to Chang'an."

"Both of us have become evil people, so you can't do it. Someone has to be a good person, right? Otherwise, the people in the court will mutter, this is not a good thing, at least on the surface, the three of us can never wear the same pair of pants! "

After speaking, he patted his shoulder and walked resolutely towards the coach's tent!

Guo Xiaoke wanted to stop him, but he opened his mouth but didn't know what to say?
He was not a fool. He understood what Lao Cheng said, but he felt uncomfortable in his heart. When did it become like this?

(End of this chapter)