After all, the body shape and appearance of the Turks are obviously different from those of the Han and Xianbei people, so it is difficult for the military to directly use the heads of civilians to take credit.
Therefore, if you want to gain meritorious service, you can naturally only chop off the heads of real Turks as much as possible, and these small tribes after cutting off are naturally a good choice, and it is precisely because they are attracted by these small tribes who are fleeing like frightened birds.
, coupled with the fact that Yang Jian was eager to prevent war in the south and east after completing his goal of regaining the Hetao, so the Northern Zhou army actually did not pursue it westward.
This also made Heli, who originally thought he was dead, and his tribe, which had only half of its people, cattle, sheep, and slaves, hurriedly and slowly catch up with the Turks Ye Hu.
of large troops.
Based on Heli's usually two-sided character on the border, in fact, both the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Turks have reached this point. It is more likely that he will choose to go with the Northern Zhou Dynasty. After all, the army is marching on the Gobi grassland, and they are inseparable after all.
Be the one who leads the way.
It's a pity that the target of Northern Zhou's action this time seemed to be very clear, and the action was unexpectedly fast, so Heli was not given much time to react. In desperation, Heli could only bring the tribe here.
The Turkic Yehu was obviously not interested in these belated small tribes. The shelter from the wind and food in the river valley were already very limited. Most of these small tribes had already suffered a lot of losses. The chaotic small tribes rashly
Entering the valley, I am afraid that before I can get to the front and be used as cannon fodder, I will already be in chaos.
What's more, being cannon fodder is not that easy. The tribes of Turkic Tuton were squeezing their heads to serve as cannon fodder in order to gain the trust of the new masters. Where will it be the turn of these small tribes who originally did not have much say in the matter.
So Turk Yehu simply sent these small tribes far away to the north side of the valley. Since there was not enough space in the valley, he simply let them fend for themselves. Secondly, they could also serve as sentinels for the army's retreat.
If something unexpected happens, I won't have time to react.
To this order, Heli happily agreed. After all, Turkic Yehu couldn't really let these small tribesmen who at least were loyal and came all the way empty-handed. If they left empty-handed, they would still be rewarded.
Therefore, compared with the crowded scenes in the valley and the anxiety of being in close contact with the war every day, Hari actually preferred to be able to run to the outskirts with food and grass.
Originally, the possibility of those southern barbarians braving the wind and snow to outflank them was not very high. Compared with the valley, it was a bit colder here, but it was better than there where there would be all kinds of disputes and conflicts, and they would even be directly attacked.
It's better to be dragged to the battlefield and used as cannon fodder.
Things that others are trying to do are not very popular with Heli. As a person who has been traveling on both sides for a long time to act as a messenger and peacemaker, he even took the initiative to let his people help merchants in the south and trade on the grasslands.
As a tribal leader, in the eyes of Hari, survival is the most important thing.
When the battle in the valley failed to improve for such a long time, and Tujue Yehu was furious, Heli was leaning against the fire, rubbing his hands.
He knew a day ago that the Turkic army's attack on Huile City failed again, and the five leaders responsible for the attack lost their heads within a day. Hari was also afraid that Ye Hu would scatter him and those scattered everywhere.
The small tribe was captured as young men and filled into the bottomless pit, so they simply took it upon themselves to move a few miles south in order to be further away from Ye Hu so that Ye Hu could not find him.
Heli has even begun to think about whether he should take the initiative to go south to contact the Han people. After all, the really cold time of winter is coming soon, and the Turks stationed in the snowy fields have already consumed most of their food. After a while, there will be no food.
If the method makes progress, then the Turks will really have no choice but to eat ice and snow.
Just as Heli was making secret calculations, an exclamation suddenly came from not far away.
Ha Li looked subconsciously and saw the sentry soldier covering his neck and falling into the snow, with blood splattering on the snow.
"Enemy attack!" The Turkic soldiers jumped up almost at the same time.
And Heli suddenly drew his sword. Although he was a little leader who was greedy for life and afraid of death, Heli was still a Turk after all, and he retained the instinct of the Turks to fight and fight.
However, these enemies who suddenly jumped out of the snow came too quickly. Before Hari could even give the order, a group of cavalry swept directly in front of them, and the Turkic soldiers in front wanted to resist.
The melons and vegetables were chopped to the ground.
The warriors on horseback also tasted the pain of not having a horse at this time.
"Han people, they are Han people, Southern Barbarians!" A Turkic man who reacted shouted, but it was too late. The next moment, a cavalryman had rushed in front of him, and the knife in his hand rose and fell easily, and he took off his head.
Heli suddenly took a breath of cold air. It was not that he had not experienced combat, but because he had sufficient combat experience, he could see at a glance that he had almost no advantage now. There were countless Han cavalry roaring in the wind and snow.
came and directly moved the entire tribe's camp. The people, cattle, sheep, and Han slaves running around everywhere undoubtedly made the situation worse.
At this time, Heli couldn't even find his own bodyguards. The soldiers who were resting in twos and threes beside him also disappeared at this time. He didn't know whether they were killed by these southern barbarians who suddenly appeared or ran away.
He regretted very much. If he had not let these brothers rest first after setting up camp, but instead sent a team of people to scout south, maybe he would be able to find traces of these southern barbarians who appeared out of nowhere. But now
It was too late. The Southern Barbarian cavalry, which had already rushed to the center of the camp, had obviously taken full control of the entire battlefield.
Nanman, where did the Nanman cavalry come from?
Suddenly Hari remembered that he heard from the leaders of other tribes that the Southern Barbarians seemed to have a small but very powerful cavalry, so that many people who had fought with them called them "hussars", and
This was the title of Hou Huo Qubing, the former Han hussar general and champion. Huo Qubing was best at charging with light cavalry, and the fighting method of this cavalry was obviously the same, which made those Turkic people who also knew the stories that happened on the grassland have lingering fears.
, and is more or less connected with Huo Piao Yao, who was invincible across Hexi in history.
It is even rumored that the Turkic Tutun Ashina Jin was defeated and died because he was ambushed by this cavalry.
Thinking of this, Heli shuddered. No wonder the opponent was able to attack without anyone noticing! Even a Turkic hero like Ashina Jin couldn't deal with the Nanmanzi. How could he, a small tribal leader, be able to deal with him?