Chapter five hundred and seventy sixth encounter enemy detectives
There are two roads from Suiye City to Tingzhou. One is the North Road, which goes west along the northern foot of Cheling, to Huangcaobo and then crosses the Alashankou and goes south. This road is on the back of the bow, and the journey is relatively long.
Another road is to follow the Baiyang River through Cheling, which is today's Borokonu Mountain, and then go west along the Yili River Valley south of Cheling. You can also reach Suiye City. This road is closer than the northern route.
Much more, but the road through Cheling is relatively south, basically walking through mountains and canyons.
After entering February, Beiting began to have the breath of spring. In addition to the snow-capped peaks of Tianshan Mountain, the ice and snow in the low-lying areas also began to melt gradually. Young grass sprouted quietly, hundreds of birds chirped, and deer appeared by the stream.
The garden began to become full of life.
At noon that day, a Tang Army scout of more than a hundred people was passing through Cheling along the Baiyang River Valley. The high altitudes were covered with white snow, shining magnificently in the sun, while below the waistline was a large forest that stretched all the way to the foot of the mountain.
, the river is full of rocks, the water is shallow, crystal clear, but freezing to the bone.
The cavalry walked along a narrow path by the river. The riverside was full of fine pebbles and no soil. They found no enemy horse hoofprints along the way.
The leader of this cavalry team was Zhang Yun, the scout commander. He had learned from the local Wusun herdsmen that cavalry spies from the Geluolu people had appeared in the Yili Valley many times since last autumn. Zhang Yun suspected that
The Geluolu people will most likely take the southern route to invade Tingzhou.
More importantly, the Huangcaobo area to the north is the pasture of the Uighur people. Unless the Geluolu people's target is the Uighur people, they must take the southern route.
The guide is a Wusun hunter named Saiko, who is about thirty years old. He is very strong and very agile. He has hunted in Cheling all year round and knows the situation in this area well. More importantly, he can speak fluent Chinese.
He was hired as a guide by the Tang Army. Zhang Yun hoped that he could join the Tang Army. However, Saiko could not leave behind his beautiful wife and young son at home and refused to join the army. However, he agreed to accept long-term employment by the Tang Army. The money given to him by the Tang Army was enough for him.
Harvest from several years of hunting.
"The Yili Valley was originally occupied by the Uighurs. Later, the Huihe people withdrew north and handed over the Yili Valley to the Shatuo people. However, there are very few Shatuo people here. There is only a small tribe. I heard that they migrated to Yibo last year.
The sea has gone, and now we, the Wusun people, are grazing in the Yili Valley."
Zhang Yun asked with a smile: "The Uighurs are retreating north, and the Geluolu people are not interested in the Yili Valley?"
"Why don't you think about it? The Geluolu people fought against the Uighurs for the Yili Valley, but they failed. If there hadn't been internal strife between the Geluolu people last year, they would have occupied this oasis long ago, and it would be our Wusun people's turn."
In fact, the occupation of the Yili Valley by the Geluolu people did not have a big impact on Tingzhou. After all, Cheling and the Tianshan Mountains are separated from each other. However, the problem is that the Geluolu people are extremely aggressive. Once they occupy the vast oasis in the Yili Valley, they are likely to
They will use this place as logistics to invade Tingzhou, so the Tang army must control the Yili Valley to maintain the security of Tingzhou. The Tang army established Suiye Army Town in order to control the Yili Valley.
Zhang Yun remembered something and asked: "I remember that there was a military city from the Tang Dynasty in the Yili Valley, called Gongyue City. Is it still there?"
"It's still there, and it's well preserved. The Uighurs once occupied it, but the Shatuo people had no use for it. In fact, it has only been empty for seven or eight years."
At this moment, a sika deer came galloping towards him. Several soldiers of the Tang Army were about to draw their bows and set arrows. Zhang Yun immediately shouted: "No! This deer is injured."
Everyone also saw that an arrow was stuck in the back of the sika deer. Zhang Yun immediately realized that there was something abnormal in front of him. He immediately ordered: "Everyone enter the woods!"
Everyone turned their horses and ran towards the woods above, hiding in the forest.
Not long after, several cavalrymen wearing leather hats and leather armor were seen galloping towards them. They were holding bows, arrows and spears. They were all tall and fierce-looking.
Saiko whispered to Zhang Yun: "It's the Geluolu cavalry!"
"how do you know?"
"They have black leather hats on their heads!"
The Geluolu people admired the color black and usually wore black leather hats or black belts. Zhang Yun had also heard that, and when he took a closer look, he saw that the three cavalrymen were indeed wearing black belts.
The scouts all looked at Zhang Yun, should they attack?
Zhang Yun shook his head. These three people were just chasing their prey, and the main force should be behind.
Everyone continued to wait. At this time, the sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance, and a large group of people arrived.
Zhang Yun raised his hand and hooked his index finger. The Tang army scouts took off their horn bows and drew arrows from their backs. Saiko climbed up the big tree and hid in the bushes. He was a little excited. In this kind of short-distance ambush, he
Never seen it before.
At this time, a large group of Geluolu cavalry came from a distance. Zhang Yun's sharp eyes immediately recognized that there were forty-seven people, plus the three in front, there were exactly fifty people, a fifty-man team of sentinels.
The soldiers of the Tang Army held their breath and stared sharply at the enemy cavalry approaching from far away. They quickly locked their targets.
This is the difference between scout cavalry and ordinary cavalry. There is no difference between ordinary cavalry. It is likely that everyone will focus on shooting the enemy leader, but scout cavalry has their own goals. They all have their own team numbers. If the team number is in front, they will shoot the ones in front.
For enemy troops, if the team number is in the middle, it will shoot at the enemy troops in the middle, and if the team number is at the rear, it will shoot the cavalry at the rear. Although there is no precise one-to-one correspondence, the main target can be met.
Zhang Yun stared at the leading cavalry centurion, and he suddenly shouted, "Shoot!"
He pulled back the bowstring and shot an arrow. The arrow hit the centurion's neck. Arrows from the Tang army's soldiers shot out one after another. The enemy's sentries were turned upside down, and nearly forty people were killed in an instant.
"Colonel Zhang, you lead twenty brothers to arrest the first three, and the rest of the brothers follow me to kill them!"
The scouts came out of the woods, and Captain Zhang Yuanzhi shouted, "The first team and the second team are following me!"
He led 20 cavalrymen to chase forward, while the remaining 80 scouts shouted and went up to kill them. The remaining dozen Ge Luolu sentries tried to turn around and escape, but were surrounded by Tang army scouts. Not long after, they were all killed.
Pick off the horse.
All forty-seven Geluolu cavalry were killed. Not long after, Captain Zhang Yuanzhi ran back with twenty of his men. Three Geluolu sentries were tied to their horses.
At this time, an excited Saiko climbed down from the big tree, ran forward and said to Zhang Yun: "General Zhang, I want to join you too!"
Zhang Yun smiled and said: "What should you do with your wife and children?"
"I asked them to live in Jinman County."
Zhang Yun smiled slightly and said: "You work for us first and earn money from this job, and then you join the army. This way you can also have money to take care of your wife and children."
Seko nodded, "Of course this is the best!"
Zhang Yun said to him again: "Be the translator for Captain Zhang. He wants to interrogate these three enemy soldiers!"
Seko quickly followed Zhang Yuanzhi to escort the prisoners to the woods.
The Tang army scouts quickly swept the battlefield and obtained more than forty war horses. As usual, they arranged the equipment of centurions and ordinary soldiers on the ground, and a soldier quickly recorded it.
Zhang Yun stepped forward and took a look. Centurion Geluolu and ordinary soldiers both had leather armor. However, the centurion had double-layer leather armor, which was stronger. However, considering that the sentry equipment was the best, then
This shows that the Geluolu people generally wear single-layer leather armor.
The soldiers all had leather shields, which could barely withstand bow and arrow fire from a distance of sixty paces. However, such leather shields were completely meaningless against powerful crossbow arrows.
Their weapons are spears and swords, which are of average quality, similar to the weapons of the Shatuo people. Their bows and arrows are not compound bows, but single bows.
It’s no wonder that the Tang Army’s compound bow took three years to make. It required exquisite craftsmanship and high-quality materials. The cost of a compound bow alone was 20 yuan. The nomadic army did not have so many good craftsmen, and there would be no such thing.
With such a lot of patience, and not having such strong national power, it is normal that their bows and arrows are generally single bows.
Zhang Yun took out an enemy arrow and shot it with his bow. The arrow landed more than sixty steps away, and the killing range was thirty or forty steps. For a single bow, this shooting range is already very good, but this kind of single bow
The bow posed no threat to the Mingguang Armor of the Tang Army, and could only kill ordinary people at most.
At this time, Zhang Yuanzhi rushed out and said: "General, their vanguard of 3,000 people has entered the Yili River Valley, and they should be here to seize the pasture."
Zhang Yun immediately ordered: "Clean the battlefield, let's go!"
The soldiers quickly buried the bodies, got on their horses, and continued southward along the Baiyang River.