"How many days are left until the royal court of Xueyantuo?"
The tribes in the southern region have basically surrendered, and the tribes they encountered along the way are all deserted, so Li Xiang and the others have speeded up a lot, and they have been marching for two consecutive days now.
"If we go back to His Highness, if we ride quickly from here, it will only take two days at most. Because it is winter now, we can cross the river. If it is spring and summer, then we need to take a detour."
Bayannur is very clear about the situation here. This guy now knows what he should do. He was still a little confused when he set off. Now he just wants to work hard for Li Xiang and let Li Xiang see his ability.
Li Xiang only knows a general idea here. We rushed there from the east and south, so it is impossible for these people to escape from these two directions. Xue Yantuo's main force has not been found yet. According to what Bayan Zhuoer said
, at least tens of thousands of cavalry can be gathered. If these tens of thousands of cavalry make any moves, we will definitely notice it early, and the goal now is to find them.
Sounding balloons are always in the sky, and the soldiers on them rotate every hour or two. If there is a large group of people around, there is no reason why we can't find it.
On the way, they suggested several locations where Khan Xue Yantuo would most likely set up an ambush, but we didn't expect that we walked through them all without any danger. Where did these main troops go?
Su Dingfang and the others have already prepared for the battle, hoping to defeat Xue Yantuo in one battle. But no matter how well prepared they are, you can't find their people at all now. On such a large grassland, if you want to fight with
If you play hide-and-seek, you can really play for a while, but if you play hide-and-seek in winter, their non-combat attrition will definitely be very severe.
Two days later, they finally arrived at the location of Xueyantuo's royal court, but except for some old, weak, sick and disabled people, no one was found here.
"Report to Your Highness and inquire clearly, Xue Yantuo Khan took the last 30,000 cavalry to the west."
Bayannur said with some worry that among the 30,000 cavalry there were some relatives in his family. He had already asked for favors from Li Xiang. As long as he performed well on the battlefield, Li Xiang could pardon those people without mercy.
Sin, now those people have gone to the west and followed a bastard like Xue Yantuo Khan. Will there be any good results?
Li Xiang thought about the war process here countless times in his mind, but all kinds of methods were useless. Unexpectedly, Xue Yantuo Khan took Ren to the Western Regions.
"Where has Huo Qubing reached?"
Li Xiang thought of another group of troops. The one he led directly attacked the royal court of Xueyantuo, while Huo Qubing attacked the right captain.
"Returning to Your Highness, we have not heard from General Huo for two days, but according to the plan we made before, if the right captain had not left, then General Huo should have fought against him."
Su Dingfang looked at his record book. Generals in this era did not have such a thing. This was also because of Li Xiang's words and deeds. A good memory was not as good as a bad pen, so the generals in the army also had their own record books.
, write down all the important things in them so that you won’t be unable to find them when needed in the future. If there is anything you need to check, these notebooks will also allow you to find it quickly.
"Does anyone here know the strength of Captain Xue Yantuo's troops?"
It has been clearly investigated before that Captain Right should have 20,000 cavalry under his command. However, due to the snowstorm, the number must be reduced by at least 30%. However, this is all our guess. Now we have arrived at Xue Yantuo's home base.
There should be some people inside who are familiar with the situation. Calling them here should let them know the real situation.
"Returning to His Highness, I have just conducted an interrogation. According to the results of several people, Captain You can have 20,000 fighting soldiers under his full strength. However, these people are distributed in more than a dozen tribes. If no one gives him
If he gives a warning, it will be difficult for him to gather these people."
Bayannao'er had seen Huo Qubing's ability to command troops. If Huo Qubing led people there, then trying to gather these people would be a fool's errand, and Huo Qubing would never give them this opportunity.
Li Xiang smiled when he heard the news. It seems that the grassland prefers Huo Qubing. No matter what age he is, this boy can find opportunities to make contributions. He could do it in the Han Dynasty, and he can do it now in the Tang Dynasty.
"Set up camp. Let's take a rest here temporarily. In addition, go find the tribal leaders around you and find them all. From now on, this place belongs to the Tang Dynasty. No matter what Xue Yantuo does in the future.
Whether Khan comes back or not, the Beiting Protectorate will be set up here."
After Li Xiang finished speaking, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty stood up in an instant. They felt that they were very proud. Almost all of the protective palaces established by the Tang Dynasty were due to Li Xiang. If it had not been
According to Li Xiang, how could the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty be so large?
"Your Highness, some of the tribal leaders around here are stubborn. They are all old men who were around the Khan before. Some even sent away their sons, leaving only their old bones here. Want to
It may not be easy to convince them."
Bayannur knew who the people here were. They were all old people around Khan. It was almost impossible for them to betray Khan, so he had to give Li Xiang a vaccination first.
Okay, so that Li Xiang won't be angry when he sees these stubborn people.
"Then I'll leave this matter to you. Those who are willing to submit to the Tang Dynasty can still be tribal leaders. Those who are unwilling to submit to the Tang Dynasty can be sent to the West. We don't need such people."
Li Xiang looked at Bayannur with a smile. If your hands are stained with blood, you will not be able to win people's hearts here. In the future, even if this area is sealed to your subordinates, many people will not accept you, so you can only
Live a life relying on the Tang Dynasty.
Su Dingfang and the others immediately moved out of the way. Li Xiang had done similar things in other places. It depends on whether you really surrender to the Tang Dynasty and use your knife to cut a way for the Tang Dynasty. Then you
Their descendants are all from the Tang Dynasty.??