Returning to the camp in Huihe, the tent of King Khan.
"It snowed heavily last night, and many of the livestock in the clan froze to death." A nobleman from the Huihe family said with a sad face in front of others: "When the Tang army was chasing, many cattle and sheep were lost.
, this heavy snow has made the family’s food almost gone.”
Uighur Khan Yi Dijian's eyes were red, and he said in a hoarse voice: "In this case, then give an order to let other tribes share their food and donate it to our family."
The noble Uighur had a troubled look on his face: "Great Khan, I'm afraid this move..."
Echiken was stunned for a moment, then asked: "What? Are you afraid they won't?"
The noble Huihe took courage and said: "Just a few days ago, the Tuoshu and Tenggu tribes escaped from the camp at night and went south."
Echiken was furious: "These people defected, why didn't anyone come and tell me?!"
The Uighur nobles looked at each other.
Yi Dijian was moody these days, often drank too much, and frequently beat and scolded his servants, so no one dared to report to him.
The Uighur noble said carefully: "The dissatisfaction of other tribes against the Uighur family is growing every day. Many tribes are packing up their camps and planning to set off to the south. If they are asked to donate food at this time..."
Yijijian shouted: "If those tribes are unwilling to offer food, then send troops to ask for it and rob it!"
Everyone in the tent looked embarrassed, and someone said: "Great Khan, I'm afraid this will cause chaos."
Yiji Jian: "If any tribe refuses to donate food, then it is a traitor and the whole tribe will be executed on the spot! Everyone in this family will starve to death! What do you have to worry about!"
When the nobles in the tent heard this, they could only nod in agreement.
After that, the Huihe family divided dozens of troops, marched to the camps of various tribes on the grassland, and began to collect food from house to house.
The further north the grassland goes, the harsher the climate becomes, and food naturally becomes the most precious resource.
Therefore, in the face of the Uighur food collection team, most tribes were only willing to donate a little food, or some tribes were determined to go south but had no time to leave, so they simply defended their camps and resisted resolutely.
Therefore, the Uighurs, who were so angry that they simply turned from requisitioning grain to grabbing grain, rushed into the camp, killed everyone on sight, and then took away the grain from each tribe.
As a result, the Uighur people's reputation on the grasslands plummeted.
Many tribes began to unite, move their people together, form an alliance to form a resistance army, and began to resist the invasion of the Uighurs.
At the same time, the tribes that formed a resistance army also sent envoys to the Qikou Camp to invite the Tang army as reinforcements to jointly attack the Uighurs.
After Sun Aying, the military governor of Shuofang, learned of the news, he personally led 2,000 heavy cavalry, 3,000 light cavalry, and 5,000 dragon cavalry, totaling 10,000 cavalry, and set out from Qikou to march toward Mobei.
On this day, the Uighur grain-recruiting army returned fully loaded with loot from other tribes.
On the way back, the Uighur soldiers saw smoke and dust billowing on the grassland and heard the thunderous sound of hoofbeats.
The veterans among the Uighurs reacted almost instantly.
Without any hesitation, they dropped the food in their hands, turned their horses' heads, and ran in the opposite direction at full speed, shouting in panic: "The Tang Army is coming!"
Hearing these words, the Uighur cavalry couldn't think of any resistance at all, so they turned around and ran away.
On the grasslands of Mobei, both the Uighurs and other tribesmen all understood one truth - the Tang Army's cavalry was invincible.
The cavalry of the Tang army consisted of two horses per person, or even three horses per person. Their horses were excellent and they fought bravely. They often faced many enemies with a small number, and they could hide with their whole bodies.
If it were just that, the Mobei people wouldn't be able to flee.
However, the latest series of equipment installed by the Tang Army's cavalry left the nomads completely puzzled.
The first is the musket. The horse bow used by the nomads has a lower range than the infantry bow, only about 70 steps, but the range of the musket can easily reach more than 150 steps. Skilled dragoons can use individual soldiers to customize
The gunpowder bag and shock mount can be used to reload on horseback while retreating after being launched. Many nomadic cavalry were consumed to death by this "kite flying" tactic.
Secondly, the cotton armor of the Tang Army cavalry is also a headache for the nomads. If there is such an armor, its weight is lighter than the chain armor, but the embedded iron pieces can effectively defend against arrows, and the soft cotton can protect against arrows.
Weapons such as flails, axes and hammers can also protect against the cold. Then, the cavalry bow and defense penetration that the nomads rely on will completely lose their effectiveness.
Finally, the Tang army also had many equipment that was regarded as witchcraft by the Mobei people, such as telescopes, mines, thrown gunpowder bombs, etc.
Because of this, it was almost impossible for the Mobei tribe to gain an advantage against the Tang army's cavalry.
Sometimes, there will even be two teams of Tang cavalry (one hundred cavalry) on the battlefield, chasing a team of one thousand nomadic cavalry.
News of the Tang army's arrival soon reached the Huihe Khan's tent.
When Yi Dijian heard that the Tang army was coming, he was first panicked, then angry, and finally helpless.
He looked at the Uighur nobles in the tent and asked: "The Tang army is coming, who among you is willing to send troops to fight?"
No one from the Uighur nobles responded.
Everyone knows the depth of Tang Jun, and no one is willing to run to die at this time.
Seeing this, Yi Dijian waved his hand and said: "The camp is leaving, we will continue to move north."
Someone asked: "What about the Tang army that is chasing us?"
Yi Dijian: "Find a few tribes and let them cut off the rear. If the Tang army catches up, order them to fight to the death to delay the enemy."
In the past few times they lost to the Tang army, the Uighurs always threw other tribes out. As the unlucky ones behind the throne, this time was no exception.
Therefore, no one objected to the Uighur nobles, and they all nodded.
Half an hour later, Huihe's family packed up the camp and planned to set off north.
Suddenly, a Uighur cavalry covered in blood rode up from afar and cried: "Khan, it's not good! It's not good!"
Echiken frowned and asked what happened.
The Uighur cavalry shouted: "All the other tribes have rebelled, and no one wants to fight from behind against the Tang army! Not only that, they also killed the governor, turned against the Tang army, surrendered to the Tang army, and rushed towards their camp with the enemy.
coming!"
When Yi Dijian heard this, his whole body felt like he had fallen into an ice cellar.
The first time he came back to his senses, Yi Jijian quickly shouted to the others: "Don't pay attention to the baggage anymore! Throw away all the big cars that are in the way, everyone pack lightly and evacuate north as soon as possible!"
However, the order given by Echiken was too late after all.
The main force of the Huihe family, totaling more than 80,000 people, was overtaken by the Tang army and other Mobei tribes within a quarter of an hour.
The war that followed can only be described as one-sided.
The Tang army fought head-on, attracting the attention of the main force of the Uighurs, causing huge damage, and constantly killing the enemy's effective forces; other Mobei tribes wandered on the flanks and rear of the Uighurs, constantly harassing the Uighurs' formation with bows and arrows, and
Prevent the enemy from escaping.
The battle only lasted for less than an hour. Under the cavalry battle and musket fire of the Tang army, the main force of the Uighurs gradually began to become chaotic and eventually collapsed.
All Uighur soldiers and civilians began to flee.
However, no matter how these people fled, they could always be overtaken by the cavalry of other tribes.
The latter hated the Huihe people deeply, and if they caught up with them, they would kill them on the spot indiscriminately.
Huihe's family, a large tribe with a population of more than 270,000, was continuously chased and strangled by the Tang army and other Mobei tribes in the next ten days. The survivors who finally survived and fled to Xiaohai (Lake Baikal),
Less than a thousand people.
At this point, the name Uihe gradually disappeared in the long river of history.
This chapter has been completed!