When Ashina Sheer saw this passage, although it was to test Tuli Khan's attitude, the anger in his heart was really rising.
You, Li Huairen, are completely unreasonable, even more unreasonable than me, who you Han people call a barbarian!
Aren’t I the one who suffers every time and you take advantage?
Didn’t you personally capture me alive last year?
Wasn't it you, Li Huairen, who forced me to fight back and kill my uncle?
In the end, it was me who was unkind, unfaithful, and unfilial, and led the troops to invade. But you hate me and you deserve to hate me?
Shouldn’t it be that I hate you?!
With his ability to talk nonsense, mess around, and have no ability to stir up trouble, it is no wonder that Wuyuan County was in chaos and the grassland was full of disputes.
The tent gradually became quiet, and neither of them spoke a word. Only Ashina Sheer's heavy breathing could be heard from time to time. What worried him the most was the last paragraph in the letter.
There is only one sentence in that sentence. If you have any doubts in your heart, today the Khan's banner is divided. You should know that my younger brother is sincere.
You must know that the two Khan flags were erected at the same place yesterday... Ashina Sheer glanced over from the corner of his eyes and guessed what Tuli Khan was thinking.
After a long time, Tuli Khan forced a smile and said: "It seems that Li Huairen is indeed eager to win."
"Yes, if you and I join hands, even if the terrain is narrow, it will be difficult for the Tang army to win quickly." Ashina Sheer said sincerely: "That's why Li Huairen wants to alienate us."
Tuli Khan nodded in agreement, "The Khan flag should be erected in one place."
Ashina Sheer felt relieved, but then his face changed slightly. After pondering for a moment, he said: "Maybe we will be separated in the future..."
Tuli Khan perked up and said, "Immediately send an order to gather the army?"
"Yeah." Ashina She'er gritted his teeth, "Li Huairen is so heroic, so naturally we should give him this opportunity!"
At this moment, in the middle of the Tang army, Li Shan smiled and shook his head, "Jieli Khan is dead, the nine Tiele tribes are in a state of separatism, and the Ashina clan is gradually declining. Although She'er and Shibobi are not talented people,
He is a generation of people, but he is also extraordinary compared to the barbarians. If there is a quarrel before the battle, even if there is a gap between the two and they are wary of each other, they will not turn around and raise their swords at each other."
"A teacher who never forgets the past must remember the past." Wen Yanbo agreed: "Last year in Shuozhou, Tuli Khan sat back and watched, and Jieli Khan was finally defeated. This battle greatly damaged the Turks' vitality and made Tiele even more miserable.
All the tribes have a disobedient heart."
Li Shan said nothing more and just looked to the north. From dawn to the present day, the two armies were facing each other. Only the cavalry shuttled back and forth. There were small-scale battles from time to time, but neither side engaged in serious fighting.
Looking back, Li Shan glanced at Kan Leng, a man from Linji County not far away. Hundreds of strong men were resting there. This was the Modao team formed by Kan Leng. In the past two days, Kan Leng was selected from the army again, and the Modao team was expanded.
With 800 people, this is a powerful force that can change the direction of the war at a critical moment.
But it also needs to be put into the battlefield carefully and reasonably... This is a difficult problem, which tests Li Shan's ability to command on the battlefield. Because the Mo Dao Shou is wearing heavy armor and holding a Mo Dao as high as a person, he is invincible and there is no one in front of the formation.
It is an enemy, but its shortcomings are also very obvious.
The mobility is too poor and the range of movement is too small. When not in combat, Mo Daoshou will not wear armor because the armor is too heavy. Even if there is no battle, just wearing it takes up a lot of energy.
Therefore, Li Shan had to equip the 800-man Mo Dao team with hundreds of pack horses and hundreds of auxiliary soldiers, specially used to carry armor, Mo Dao and help Mo Dao's hands wear armor.
Seeing Li Shan paying attention to the Modao team, Hu Yan was a little curious. He had been in the pass and had never seen the power of Modao. Liu Rengui, who was on the side, whispered a few words. He once participated in the battle to quell Jianghuai with Ren Gui.
He fought against Mo Daoshou from the Jianghuai Army.
Qian Jiulong whispered: "Maybe we can send the right army to the northwest and the Chinese army to move north?"
Li Shan hesitated for a moment. He knew what Qian Jiulong meant. The left army moved north and east twice yesterday, completely blocking the battlefield on the west side. In order to control the main road, the right army did not move a long distance. If it happens again,
To the northwest, at the same time as the Chinese army moved north, the range of activities of the Turkic cavalry was almost gone. At that time, putting 800 swordsmen into the battlefield at the critical moment may have unexpected effects.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute." Li Shan released the bait, but he didn't know whether the bait had been swallowed by the fish or whether the fish would decouple.
But one thing is certain, in terms of the overall situation, the Turks control the main road and have the initiative in their hands. However, limited to the current war, the initiative is in Li Shan's hands.
If the fish wants to be decoupled, Li Shan can only give up those small tricks. He can only further block the space, force the Turks to fight a bloody battle, and use hard power to force the Turks to retreat... There is no way.
In the palm of his hand, the Turks could increase their troops at any time, and even let Liang Division lead troops to defend it, which was intolerable to Li Shan.
"Your Highness." Duan Zhixuan, who was riding in, jumped off his horse and shook his head: "The scout reported that it was the hill yesterday, with two Khan flags standing in one place."
This was not unexpected by Li Shan. The two of them had already suffered losses more than once, so they would not be so stupid. Even if they were afraid of each other, it would be after this battle.
The war was very different from yesterday. Yesterday, the fighting lasted from dawn to dusk. The total number of casualties on both sides exceeded 10,000. It was like rivers of blood and mountains of corpses. But today's war is like a spring breeze and drizzle, so gentle that it makes people doze off.
Before dusk, both sides had tacitly agreed to withdraw their troops. At the end of the day, there were only a few hundred casualties on both sides. Most of them were caused by battles between scouts and small groups of rangers. The Turkic cavalry tried to attack the right army and open up the main road, but they only tried to test it.
After a moment, Su Dingfang immediately led the cavalry brigade to confront each other from a distance, and the Turks quickly gave up.
Li Shan took a few bites of the steamed bun handed over by Zhu Wei, thinking that he had taken it for granted. God didn't know whether some strategies would work on the place where the corpse was to be erected.
Qian Jiulong saw that Li Shan's face was not very good, so he persuaded in a low voice: "Don't worry, Your Highness, the Turks will definitely retreat."
"Yeah." Li Shan sighed: "But if we force the Turks to retreat with a fierce attack, I'm afraid the casualties will be too heavy."
If the Turks still want to continue, Li Shan has no good way. In addition to the Mo Dao team that may be used, there are only elite Tang cavalry, and they are mainly heavy cavalry... and the number of these heavy cavalry is not large in the first place.
If there are too many, the next battle will be difficult to fight.
And now that there is a full-scale war with the Turks, even if the trade routes have not been cut off, it is not possible to purchase good horses in large quantities like in previous years... In other words, these heavy cavalry are likely to die one by one.
It cannot be made up in a short time.
Today, Li Shanxin specifically mentioned the sentence "It is unkind to drive people to death." Although it was mainly to gather four people, it was also deliberate. Ashina Sheer and Tuli Khan still wanted to continue, but
The tribesmen below may not be willing.
I really hope that these two khans will take pity on their tribesmen, take the initiative to withdraw their troops, and give up control of the important road.