Chapter five hundred and eighty second adventure blow
Guo Song stood in front of the map and stared at the several marching routes on the map, from Suiye to Beiting. He drew a total of three lines. The southern line was through the Yili River Valley. This was almost a straight line, from Beiting to Beiting.
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The second is the middle line, which passes through Alashan Pass and goes all the way to Tingzhou along the northern foot of Cheling. This route is a bit further along the back of the mountain.
Also, the route around Jinshan into Yizhou is too far, and it has to pass through the main pastures of the Huihe people, which is completely unrealistic.
Guo Song could definitely conclude that the Geluolu people must have taken the middle line, passing through Alashankou to Tingzhou. They may have thought that Tingzhou's troops were empty, so they went straight to their home base.
Thinking of digging out his old nest, an extremely bold idea suddenly flashed through Guo Song's mind.
He paced back and forth with his hands behind his hands, and finally stopped and asked Zhang Yuanzhi: "Tell me more about the broken leaves!"
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Before dawn, the 19,000-strong army with tens of thousands of camels began to march toward the west in a mighty manner. Guo Song also sent people to notify Tingzhou to be careful to guard against enemy raids.
This was a big gamble. Guo Song was also betting on the lack of troops in Geluolu's home base. Geluolu were actually a Turkic tribe, and they should have the same customs and rules as the Turkic and Tiele tribes.
Generally, this kind of nomadic people will have two armies, one is the army directly under the Khan, and the other is the herdsman army. The army directly under the Khan is a professional army. The 10,000 troops that were wiped out by them before, and this time they went to sneak attack the North.
The 30,000 troops in the court should all be directly under the Khan, and the 40,000 troops directly under the Khan. This is basically the entire professional army of the Geluolu people. There is either no army in the old nest, or there are only a few thousand people left.
The main reason why Guo Song judged that the 30,000 troops that went to attack Beiting was a direct army, not a herdsman army, was that they could set off immediately. If it was a herdsman army, it would take at least ten or twenty days to come from various places to assemble.
This is a rare opportunity for them. Once the Tang army seizes it, the Geluolu people will pay a heavy price.
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Zhang Yun led two hundred scouts into three groups and entered Suiye City. Zhang Yuanzhi told him that Suiye City was not a military and political center for the Geluolu people, but a commercial center that brought them a large amount of business tax. Most of the time during the day, they could not even see the city.
There are no soldiers guarding the city. Soldiers will only appear when the city is opened and closed in the morning and evening, and there is no defense at night. The soldiers in the city are just to maintain order.
However, the location of Geluolu Khan was extremely heavily guarded. Not to mention ordinary businessmen, even the Geluolu herdsmen were not allowed to get close.
After Zhang Yun discovered that no one was guarding the city gate, he simply disguised his armor and weapons as cargo and entered the city wearing ordinary Hu clothes.
Zhang Yun found several of Zhang Yuanzhi's men in the inn next door to the 'Authentic Taibai Restaurant'. This inn was also opened by the proprietor of Taibai Restaurant. The inn occupies a large area and can accommodate thousands of camels in the yard.
, Zhang Yun’s two hundred men all stayed in this inn.
At night, the proprietor of the inn came to visit Zhang Yun. Zhang Yun brought too many men, all of whom were young and strong men. The shopkeeper had already vaguely guessed a thing or two.
Of course, it was impossible for the shopkeeper to report it. Everyone was Han Chinese, so the shopkeeper promptly informed the proprietor.
The proprietor's surname is Li, he is in his forties, tall and fat. His ancestors are from the Li family in Hexi. They settled in Suiye in the early Tang Dynasty. The most famous person in their family is the great poet Li Bai.
"Did Dongzhu Zhang come from Beiting?" Dongzhu Li asked tentatively.
Zhang Yun said with a smile: "I guess your shopkeeper also guessed my identity, so you went to report to Dongzhu Li. If we are the Tang Army, wouldn't Dongzhu Li also want to report to the Geluolu people?"
Dongzhu Li was startled and shook his head like a rattle, "It's impossible, how could I report on my own people? Moreover, the consequence of reporting would be to bring disaster to all the Han people in Suiye, including ourselves. I'm just here to tell you."
, be careful, don't go out all at once, it will arouse the suspicion of the Geluolu people."
"Do you suspect that we are the Tang Army?"
Li Dongzhu shook his head, "I suspect that the Han people in Suiye are going to gather in crowds to rebel. We Han people living in Suiye are not allowed to gather more than ten people. If we catch them, we will be beheaded. For so many years, everyone has been very cautious."
"How many Geluolu troops are there in Suiye?" Zhang Yun asked.
"There are basically no cavalry in Suiye City. There are only a few hundred people at most. They are not real Geluolu cavalry. They are only equivalent to the regiment training soldiers of the Tang Dynasty."
Seeing that he had misunderstood, Zhang Yun smiled and said, "What I'm asking about is not Suiye City, but Geluolu Yazhang."
Li Dongzhu scratched his head, "There shouldn't be many left! I heard that Amit Khan led an army of 30,000 to the north. Since Khan went north, he basically took most of the soldiers away."
"Did the Khan personally go to war?"
"Yes, the notices have been posted. Because the Khan is on an expedition, the city gates will be closed at night and you are not allowed to go out on the streets at night. That's why I came to remind you not to go out at night."
"We will be careful, thank you proprietor!"
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After marching day and night for six days, Guo Song led an army of 20,000 people to Suiye City. They were still thirty miles away from Suiye City and fifty miles away from Ge Luolu's tent. At this time, Zhang Yun's men sent Guo Song a gift.
Here comes the detailed information about Suiye City and Geluolu's lair.
After mastering the information [txt novel www.txtyuan.com], Guo Song immediately summoned all the generals to discuss the matter.
"This is a surprise war. We hope everyone can understand this. Our target is not Suiye City for the time being, but the Geluolu tent. According to Commander Zhang's intelligence, there are still three thousand troops left in Geluolu's nest.
We must first annihilate these 3,000 troops, and then start a comprehensive clearing. Let me make it clear to everyone, women will not be killed, children will not be killed, and the elderly will not be killed. The rest of the young and strong men in Geluolu will be killed. All the people of Geluolu will be soldiers.
, once recruited, all young and strong men will become soldiers, so they must not be merciful, do you understand?"
"Understood!" everyone replied in unison.
Guo Song nodded and said: "Lead the army and set off! My orders will be carried out from now on."
‘Woo!’ The horn sounded, and groups of Tang Army cavalry set off. Under the leadership of Luo Daxiao and Li Bing, 16,000 Tang Army cavalry rushed straight to Ge Luolu’s lair, which was also the location of the assassination department.
Guo Song led three thousand troops to Suiye City, and the soldiers blew the horns continuously.
Not long after, the east gate of Suiye City opened, and Zhang Yun led his men to welcome him out. He stepped forward and bowed: "See you, envoy!"
Guo Song nodded, "Thank you for your hard work this time, scout army!"
Guo Song immediately ordered: "The army is entering the city!"
Three thousand cavalry marched into Suiye City in a mighty manner. Thirty years after the fall of Suiye City, the Tang army once again entered this military town in the west of the Tang Dynasty.
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Thirty thousand Geluolu cavalry, led by Khan's assassination Amit, quickly marched towards Tingzhou, plundering Wusun people's cattle and sheep for military rations. Although they walked on the back of a bow, the distance was much longer.
The Tang army set out a few days later than them. At the same time that Guo Song led the Tang army into Suiye City, Ge Luolu's cavalry also entered the boundary of Tingzhou.
The beacon fire of the Tang Army Donglin Shouchuo was lit. The Shouchuo Army City was halfway up the mountain. The terrain was difficult and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Ge Luolu was unable to attack and had no intention of attacking. The 30,000-strong army came from Shouchuo City three miles away.
Run through.
The beacon smoke guarding the city was lit one after another, and soon the news reached Jinman County. There were 8,000 defenders in Jinman County, including 5,000 Hexi Army and 3,000 Beiting Army. The leader was Li Jiao and the deputy general was Sun Xiangyang.
At this time, both of them were standing at the top of the city, looking at the beacon fire in the distance. From the time the beacon lighted until the enemy troops reached Jinman County, there would still be at least one day before they could evacuate the farmers outside the city.
Sun Jiao said in a deep voice: "If I guessed correctly, this Geluolu army came from Huangcaobo, and they bypassed the Yili Valley."
Sun Xiangyang, like all the officers and soldiers of the Hexi Army, admired their commander extremely. He smiled and said: "This is all what Guo Shijun expected. He sent soldiers to tell us not to worry too much, the Geluolu people will not attack.
Cheng, guess why?”
Sun Jiao raised his eyebrows and asked doubtfully: "I don't know why?"
"I figured it out. Guo Shijun meant that the Geluolu people did not carry siege weapons. Their goal was to deal with the main force of the Tang army that had withdrawn from the Yili Valley."
"Besiege the city and call for reinforcements!" Sun Jiao suddenly came to his senses.
Sun Xiangyang nodded, "The other party should have this strategy, but since the commander has already predicted it in advance, how can he let them succeed?"
Sun Jiao sighed softly, "To be honest, I'm looking forward to them attacking the city and letting them have a taste of iron fire and thunder!"