General Pei Xin brought several middle-aged men, who were also Han Chinese, but their clothes were a little brighter.
"Your Highness, they are Han people in charge and know the situation better."
Several middle-aged men knelt down and saluted, "See His Highness King Jin!"
"Who are you, and why are you treated so favorably by the Huihe people?" Guo Song asked in confusion.
The leader, a middle-aged man, smiled bitterly and said: "We were all kidnapped. Because we are scholars and can read and write, the Uighur officials asked us to work as workers to help them manage the Han slaves."
"What's the difference between these slaves? Aren't they all private slaves?"
"Your Highness, the women are private slaves, but the men are official slaves. There are more than 10,000 official slaves working in the mines in the northwest, responsible for mining and smelting iron, about a hundred miles away from here."
Guo Song was refreshed, and there were actually more than 10,000 people there. He quickly asked: "How many defenders are there in the mine?"
"About two to three thousand people."
Yao Jin whispered: "In two or three days at most, the Uighur army from the Sijie tribe will come back. Let's concentrate our forces to deal with this army first."
Guo Song nodded and asked: "Where did the Huihe Khan and the nobles escape to?"
"The common people saw that they were heading north. They should have fled to Fugui City, five hundred miles away in the north. There are many Uighur herdsmen living there close to the Exian Water, but they are not the Yaoluoge tribe, but other Uighur herdsmen.
tribe."
Guo Song immediately ordered the soldiers to temporarily place Han women and men separately, and sent two thousand soldiers to protect them.
The next morning, 7,000 Tang troops and 15,000 camels also arrived at the royal city. At this moment, Guo Song received a secret report sent by Chi Ya, the chief of the Tongluo tribe.
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Jiegangas led an army of 50,000 people and was rushing back to the city of King Huihe.
Jiegangasi was also a member of the Uighur royal family, and was the Prime Minister of Uighurs together with Guduulu, but he was better at leading troops to fight. This time civil strife broke out in Sijie, and the Uighur Khan summoned 50,000 troops from other tribes, and ordered Jiegangasi to
The commander went to Sijie, acted according to the situation, and implemented the plan to annex Sijie.
After receiving the order to retreat, Jie Gangasi was very anxious. He knew that the defense of the royal city was weak, with only 30,000 royal guards, and these 30,000 troops had no actual combat experience. This attack by the Tang army could be said to have hit the key point of Uihe.
But it is a thousand miles away from Sijie and back to the royal court of Huihe. It would take ten days at the fastest to get there, and we have to cross Wushan Mountain.
Fifty thousand troops were galloping all the way, and that afternoon, on their way back, an army came to join them.
This army consisted of 3,000 cavalry led by Wu Ya, the chief of southern Tongluo. The Tongluo tribe was the largest servant tribe in the Uighurs. There were nearly 8,000 people in the Jiegangas army.
Jiegangasi hurriedly called Chiya to ask about the situation.
"What's the situation in the royal city now? How many troops does the Tang army have?" Jie Gangas asked anxiously,
"Reporting back to the Prime Minister, the royal city is safe and sound for the time being. The Tang army only has 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 camel support troops. They fought a battle with 30,000 royal troops in Hungu River. Both sides had their own victory or defeat. When I came over, they were still in a confrontation."
Jie Gangas immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the Tang army had made a sneak attack this time and was intercepted in time.
"Who is the coach of the Tang Army?"
Chiya shook his head, "I don't know how to handle this humble position."
Jiegangas had confidence in his heart and was no longer in a hurry. Seeing that it was getting late and the soldiers had been marching hard all the way, he ordered: "The whole army will rest where they are and we will set off early tomorrow morning!"
The 50,000 Uighurs were all exhausted and dismounted to rest. At this time, Chiya found the other two chiefs of the Tongluo tribe. Tongluo was divided into three tribes. These two tribes had their grazing land close to the royal city and were drafted.
Four thousand troops and the chief also went out with the army.
One of the two chiefs was called Wumuta and the other was called Chiwu. They were both brothers of Chiya. They were originally the same tribe, but were forcibly split into three tribes by the Uighurs.
In a small marching tent, Chiya told the two brothers about Guo Song's promise. Both Wumuta and Chiwu became excited. Wumuta asked in surprise: "Has the royal court been breached?"
Chiya nodded, "It has been conquered. Not only has the royal court been breached, but the Huihe Khan has died. Gu Duo Lu established Ah Chu as the new Khan. The 70,000 troops of the Yao Luo Ge tribe were slaughtered by the Tang army.
Duulu led other royal families and the old, weak, women and children of the Yaoluoge tribe to flee to Fugui City."
The amount of information was so great that Wumuta and Chiwu were shocked and couldn't react for a while. After a while, Wumuta suddenly said: "Speaking of it this way, isn't the Yaoluoge tribe completely finished?"
"It's really over. Without young men, women and children will be carved up by other tribes sooner or later. Now is our chance to break away from Uihe."
The three brothers discussed it all night, and they all agreed that this was an opportunity for them to escape from the enslavement of Huihe. The three brothers were extremely excited. Before dawn the next day, Chi Ya sent a confidant to the royal court to deliver a message to Guo Song.
At dawn, the Uighur army set off eastward again, rushing to the royal court hundreds of miles away.
Two days later, the army arrived at the Ude Mountains. It would take at least a day to cross the Ude Mountains. At night, the army stopped to rest in the canyon. Dozens of bonfires were lit in the canyon, and the tired Uighur soldiers were busy
Roast mutton on the ground and drink milk wine.
At this moment, the main force of the Tang army had appeared thirty miles east of Wushan. Guo Song was riding at the front, staring at the dark mountains in the distance. He learned from the scouts that the Uighur army had entered the widest mountain range.
A canyon is more than twenty miles wide. Now he is patiently waiting for the opportunity.
Now that the first watch time has passed, according to the agreement between Chiya and him, he should take action after the second watch.
"Your Highness, I'm afraid the Tongluo people are not reliable." Li Bing whispered.
Guo Song shook his head, "Wait patiently!"
In fact, Guo Song did not trust the Tongluo people. Previously, Yao Jin proposed that the Tongluo army carry a large iron fire mine to detonate inside the enemy's army, but Guo Song refused. The iron fire mine was their most important strategic weapon.
, must not be touched by any grassland people, not even the Allies.
Time gradually came to two o'clock, the soldiers had eaten and drank enough, and lay down next to the campfire to sleep. However, Chi Ya was restless and kept looking towards the mouth of the valley. His army and eight thousand others were staying with Luo Jun.
, in the north-central position, although the situation at the front cannot be seen clearly, you can still feel the abnormality happening.
At this time, a group of cavalry rushed into the valley and shouted: "There is a situation! An enemy is coming to kill!"
The soldiers standing guard at the mouth of the valley immediately heard the news and rushed back to report. Jiegangas was at the mouth of the valley. He was shocked when he heard the news and immediately ordered: "Sound the alarm immediately and order the soldiers to get up and prepare to fight!"
'Dang! Dang! Dang!'
The alarm bell sounded at Taniguchi, and the sleeping Uighur soldiers were awakened one after another, wondering what had happened?
Chiya knew the time had come and immediately sent someone to notify the two brothers.
The Tongluo tribe was the fastest. They took the lead in mounting their horses and began to flee westward, shouting: "Flee quickly! Two hundred thousand Tang troops are coming to kill them, and the devils from hell are also coming!"
As soon as they finished speaking, they heard a series of explosions coming from the foot of the mountain in the south. The explosions were earth-shattering and resounded throughout the valley.
At this time, in order to cooperate with the propaganda of the Tuoluo Department, Guo Song dropped several large iron fire thunders from the mountain as agreed.
Although the Uighur upper-level officials blocked the news that the Tang army had sharp firearms, there were still various rumors below. Because there was no truth, the rumors were rampant. The Uighur soldiers all called the iron fire thunder the thunder demon released from hell, and they were extremely afraid of it.
The earth-shattering explosion sounded again, and the entire Uighur army fell into panic.
The Tongluo army's escape undoubtedly had a very bad start. As long as someone takes the lead, the escape will be unstoppable.
More than 10,000 Tongluo soldiers rode wildly on horseback, shouting, and the whole camp was shocked. The soldiers heard the news and chose to flee one after another. The Uighur soldiers in the middle camp and the rear camp began to flee on a large scale.
At this time, 50,000 troops rushed into the valley, like a sudden burst of wind, sweeping in overwhelming wind and sand.
"Form up and hold on!"
Jiegangas shouted at the top of his lungs: "The middle and rear troops come up to me immediately!"
The front army had less than 10,000 people and only had more than 8,000 people. It could not withstand the impact of tens of thousands of Tang army cavalry. Only by pulling up the largest number of the central army and the rear army could it withstand the attack.
At this time, a general rushed up and shouted: "Prime Minister, the central army and the rear army have fled."
"What?"
Jiegangas couldn't believe his ears. The front army was still resisting, but the middle army and the rear army fled. How could it be possible?
"How many troops are left?" he asked sharply.
"No more, two to three thousand people at most..."
Jiegangas felt his vision go dark and almost fainted. The soldiers on his left and right hurriedly supported him. He calmed down and asked, "What happened? Was it the explosion just now?"
"It has something to do with the explosion, but...but mainly it was Tongluo Jun who encouraged everyone to flee. They said that 200,000 Tang troops were coming to kill, and everyone was frightened."
"Tongluobu?"
Jie Gangas took a breath of air, and he suddenly understood that it was Chiya, it must be him, he was the internal agent of the Tang army, and he led the wolf into the house.
But as soon as he thought about it, he thought of a terrible fact. If Chiya was deceiving himself, then over there in the royal city...