Chapter 78: Sharpening the knife by the ten thousand springs

What is power? Power is the poison that makes people lose their morality and kindness. Power is the poison that makes people lose their gentleness and kindness, and build their own happiness and happiness on the pain of others.

In Yu Guni's eyes, he had long forgotten his painful and desperate life experience, and he regarded power as a distorted belief. He believed that he was the king who could seize the lives and deaths of countless people. The tribe members of the Dangxiang tribe who relied on, mistakenly regarded himself as Yu Guni's benefactor, and mistakenly thought that he could point fingers at him, so he was in a tragedy.

Yu Guni did not kill Xifeng Minda, nor did he hand him over to Chen Ying or Chen Ying's subordinates to deal with it. Instead, he cleared all the more than a thousand tribes under Xifeng Minda through the hands of Zhang Shigui and Duan Zhigan. Today, Xifeng Minda has become a real lonely person.

When he learned that more than a thousand people of the human race were captured by Chen Ying's people, Xifeng Minda looked at Yu Guni in disbelief: "People can be shameless, I really didn't expect to be as shameless as you."

Yu Guni did not have the anger that Feng Minda imagined, and even there was no fluctuation in his emotions on Yu Guni's face. Yu Guni said: "In the area of ​​a thousand miles of Helan Mountain, my original owner can do whatever he wants..."

Before Yu Guni finished speaking, Feng Minda shouted: "What are you so proud of? You shamelessly said that you are the king. In fact, you are just Chen Ying's dog. A dog is a dog. Even if you just grinned at the master, you are still castrated. Now you are a castrated dog!"

"You are right. This is what you taught me. As a dog, you must have the awareness of being a dog!" Yu Guni's eyes became a little deeper: "But in this world, who is not a dog? You say the noble Ye Hu Khan? They are just a dog of Khan. Are Khan really supreme? In fact, it is not necessarily true. Just like now, Jie Li Khan has 300,000 elite string control men. Do he dare to leave Dingxiang? He dare not, do he dare to provoke the Tang Dynasty? He also dare not. In the eyes of others, he is a high-ranking Turkic Khan, but in fact he is also a dog. Everyone is a dog, so don't say anything!"

Xifeng Minda looked at Yu Guni and said, "Kill me!"

"No...no!" Yu Guni smiled and said, "I won't kill you, but I will definitely let you become my witness, witness my humble rise again. I want to become the most noble king in the world. Let's see, I will never let you down."

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In the Tang Army camp of Wild Boar Ridge, Duan Zhigan said with a worried look: "General Chen led the Mo Dao Army, the Cavalry Army, the Ninth Division of Zhaowu and other surrendered troops. Nearly 70,000 troops were expeditioned to the west. I heard that when Tongye Hu Khan escaped, there were only more than 1,000 people. Do you still need to use so many troops to pursue him?"

"I think General Chen must not be simply pursuing Tongye Hu, but wants to take down Qianquan (Today's Uzbek Tashkent) to avenge Tongye Hu's bullying against my Tang Dynasty!" Zhang Shigui smiled and said, "General Chen's ambition is beyond your imagination."

Duan Zhigan said in amazement: "This... this is too reckless. Although General Chen led more than 70,000 troops, it seems to be strong, but in fact only 20,000 troops are our own people. The more than 50,000 troops are basically surrendered troops from various units. They are not of our race. Their intentions will be different. If General Chen is... the consequences are unimaginable! General Chen is not waiting for our more than 30,000 troops to arrive, which is really worrying."

"The military affairs are really weak, and the weak are really solid. This time, the Western Expedition was so loud that it was mostly thunder. The raindrops mainly rely on momentum to obtain the results of the battle and will not fight tough battles." Zhang Shigui smiled and said, "The 200,000 troops of Ye Hu were gone. This news will definitely spread throughout the Western Regions within three months. Since there is no tough battle, what's the use of you going? Use your power to collect tribal cities, but the credit is destined to be the General Chen. How can you grab it? But if we manage the Northeast Road, there is a great contribution waiting for us!"

"What great contribution?" Duan Zhigan asked hurriedly.

Zhang Shigui said: "At the time General Chen left you and me in Lingzhou. Now the situation in Lingzhou is strong outside and weak at the same time. However, the people within Lingzhou have already returned to their hearts. If the external situation is concerned, it is very complicated. We now have twenty-nine Zhechong Prefectures, and the Yue cavalry alone has as many as twenty-nine Yue cavalry regiments. Now Jie Li Khan must also know that General Chen led the elite Tang Dynasty to deal with Tongye Hu Khan. Without General Chen, the Eastern Turkic enemy, he will definitely have big moves in the near stage. Whether it is to send troops to attack Taiyuan or Lingzhou, our 300,000 new army from Hebei can be used. As long as Jie Li Khan's 300,000 army leaves Dingxiang, we will seize the way out and take Dingxiang first, so that Jie Li Khan's way back will be cut off!"

Duan Zhigan smiled bitterly and said, "We cannot leave Lingzhou easily at present. Yu Guni of Lingzhou is still an unstable factor. He must be solved as soon as possible, otherwise it will cause great trouble in the future!"

Zhang Shigui nodded and said, "No, but we can lead the snake out of the hole!"

"Oh, how do you lead the snake out of the hole?" Duan Zhigan asked excitedly.

"We must have Yu Guni's careful work around us, and our every move must be under his surveillance!" Zhang Shigui smiled and said, "From tomorrow, we will pull out 10,000 soldiers and fully armed off-road training every day. When we come back, we will leave 500 people. Ten thousand soldiers and 9,500 soldiers, if we don't count them carefully, we will definitely not count them. Judging from the fact that 10,000 people are almost the same as 9,500 people, and Yu Guni's eyeliner can't see anything. So we do this. Every day, 10,000 soldiers will go out of the camp and return 9,500 people. At most, 5,000 troops can be ambushed outside the city without knowing it. When we pretend to support Liangzhou, all the troops will be set off. Lingzhou City is empty in defense, Yu Guni will definitely have big moves!"

"Miao, Miao, Miao, OK, that's it!"

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"The north wind blows the ground and the white grass breaks, and snow falls in August. Suddenly, like a spring breeze comes, thousands of pear blossoms bloom." Chen Ying sat in a huge four-wheeled carriage, looking out the window, and chanted this poem without realizing it. The poem is good, but unfortunately, there is no one around Chen Ying who understands poetry.

It's a waste of chewing peonies like a cow.

The first scene of Wude in the third year still came as promised. The snow in the northwest was very dry, and it was so full of fragrance that it was almost a few sticks of fragrance, and it was snow-white all over the ground. The fluffy was spread on the ground and it was not condensed. The cold cedar was so soft that it could not be frozen.

The Western Expedition had begun, but the army began to walk out of Liangzhou for more than a hundred miles. The earth had turned white. The war horses raised their necks and snored for some reason. Perhaps Feixue had entered their noses. The hooves stepped on the snow twice and made several marks of varying depths.

Fortunately, Chen Ying was prepared. Everyone in the cavalry army had down uniforms, down sleeping bags, and linen gloves on his hands, so he would not be frostbite.

The snow in the northwest came very quickly and was also very strong. It covered the sunshine and covered the air, leaving only flying catkins all over the sky. The army moved forward silently, but its morale was very high.

Just after the third hour of Youth, Cao Dan came to report to Chen Ying: "General Chen, look at the sky, there is still a blizzard tonight, I'm afraid I can't continue moving forward, I must camp!"

Chen Ying nodded and said, "It's good to do that!"

He didn't have to worry. The wide four-wheeled carriage was like a moving fortress. Although this carriage was not as luxurious as the four-wheeled carriages of Li Daozhen and Li Xiuning, it was very practical. As long as the four four-wheeled carriages were installed and spliced ​​together, a moving castle could be formed immediately.

The scouts who were exploring the way ahead found a leeward valley. The Tang soldiers began to camp along the valley. The nine Zhaowu tribes were on the right wing, while the other surrendered troops were on the left wing, the cavalry was in front and the Modaomen's palace.

As the tents were erected, the campfire was lit. The warm fire dispelled the warmth.

They were very envious of the Tang army's equipment, whether it was Cao Dan or Shi Ba, especially each of them had a sleeping bag. This down sleeping bag weighed only four kilograms. Just find a pile of hay to mat the ground, and then drill it into it. Even if you lie in the snow, you won't be frostbite.

Because Cao Dan took the lead in seeking refuge, Chen Ying specially rewarded the leaders of the Ninth Division of Zhaowu to hold a set of sleeping bags. As for down jackets, let’s forget it. They should wear sheepskin robes.

"General Chen, the mutton soup is ready, you can eat something!"

Zhou Qing brought a bowl of oily mutton soup to Chen Ying's carriage. When Chen Ying saw the bowl full of white mutton oil, he felt bad. Chen Ying said: "This general doesn't like to eat fatty mutton, so he gets me lean meat!"

Zhou Qing frowned. The fat mutton is so fragrant. General Chen just won’t enjoy it.

However, according to Chen Ying's request, he changed a bowl of lean mutton soup. Chen Ying broke the dough into small pieces and soaked the whole cake into the mutton soup. He ate the mutton and the cake into his stomach, making him feel warm.

Just after dinner, Luo Shixin walked into the car room wearing snow, then sat in front of the stove and roasted the fire: "It's not difficult to fight, but it's too difficult to walk!"

Chen Ying frowned and said, "How difficult is it? Is it more difficult than we originally supported Lingzhou?"

"That's different. At that time, didn't we have snow boats!" Luo Shixin said: "It's only been an hour and a half, and it's almost a foot deep. If the heavy snow continues overnight, the horses will not be able to run tomorrow morning!"

"Snow Boat?" Chen Ying smiled and said, "It's not simple, just two wooden sticks. Let the brothers who are in the camp work overtime tonight, and let the Zhaowu Ninth Division draw 5,000 people to cut down wood and cut down 10,000 trees. We can build 5,000 snowboats tomorrow!"

In fact, snow boats are easier to build than carriages. Even fresh wood can be built. You can cut off the branches of the whole tree, then remove the bark, and slowly bake one end with fire to lift it up to form a curved curve. It is easy to create this snow boat.

Two curved woods and assembled together can form a snow boat about two meters long and six feet wide. With food and supplies on it, you can run quickly on the snow.

The entire camp immediately formed a huge construction site, quickly turning the wood into a sled. Of course, this is just a simple sled. If you are afraid of the cold, you can set up four wooden stakes on the sled and put the tent on it to form a sled.

Luo Shixin watched brand new sleds appear on the ground and said excitedly: "This is amazing!"

Chen Ying smiled and said, "As long as we build all our more than 5,000 snow boats, we can surround the snow boats every day when camping, and form a moving castle. Once we encounter an attack, just pour the hot water on the tent and it will immediately freeze into an ice city, ensuring that the arrows cannot be shot through and the knife cannot be cut into!"

With the arrival of this blizzard, the Tang army marched westward immediately became a unit that relied on sleds. Except for the scouts who served as guards on the periphery, all soldiers could hide in the sled tents, roast on fire, drink hot water, sleep whenever they wanted, and lie down whenever they wanted.

It's like camping.

However, the defeated soldiers under Tongye Hu were tragic. A heavy snow fell, which made most of the more than a thousand Turks frozen. After finally seeing ten thousand springs, Tongye Hu Khan's eyes were all gone. Finally, he could have a hot meal.

But Tongye Hu Khan didn't know that what Ten Thousand Springs waited for him was not the warm rice, but the sharpening of the knife.
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