Wentang

Chapter 508 The wolf is here

After receiving Li Ji's invitation, Gu Gan knew that the moment of fate had come, and he was unavoidably a little apprehensive.

"General, have you already made a decision?"

"Yes, my brother, this time we can fight side by side." Li Ji said enthusiastically.

"You made a wise choice, General. I'm so happy." Qian Gan said excitedly.

"Now is not the time to be happy, my brother. Jieli has hundreds of thousands of troops, and it is very difficult to defeat him in one fell swoop. This time, he must be severely injured, otherwise you will be the first to be retaliated against if he slows down. .” Li Ji said.

"I know, this time we join forces to hurt him so that he will not be able to take revenge for ten years." Gu Qian put away his smile and said with a stern face.

"I don't know when the general is going to do it?"

"Our plan is that our Tang army will attack Mayi, and Tuli Khan will attack Jieli's lair deep in the grassland. The first battle will make him a homeless dog." Li Ji said: "The date of action is ten days later."

"Ten days later? Today is the fifth day of September, that is, the fifteenth day of September. Alright, it will be the fifteenth day of September." Gu Gan said, "This is my token. The general can ask the envoy to bring it to my Khan."

Kugan didn't say anything like telling me to report back.

Such a joint operation between the two sides will inevitably send a person with sufficient status to act as a liaison officer in the other party's home.

It is said that they are liaison officers, but they are actually monitoring each other to see if the other party sends troops on time and as scheduled.Kugan is the envoy of Tuli, and now Datang is also sending a team of envoys to Tuli.

"Okay, your envoy will go down to rest, and I will arrange for the envoy to go to Tuli Khan." Li Ji said.

"Let's retire."

Arranging envoys is all polite words, the real purpose is to let Li Qian go back to write letters quickly, discuss who to send back with the envoys of the Tang people to report the news and so on.

You can't really just let the envoys from the Tang Dynasty touch it by yourself, right?We must send a few people with sufficient status to lead the way, and tell Tuli what they saw and heard here.

After he retreated, Zhang Gongjin, Niu Jinda and others came out from the next room.

"It's just a Turkic person, why should the manager be so polite to him." Zhang Gongjin said in puzzlement.

Even the brothers are called.

"Gugan is a smart man. He has already seen that this victory will belong to me, Datang. He has been courting us for the past few days, and he has leaked a lot of confidential information about the Turks. His purpose is nothing more than leaving a legacy for his family. A way out." Li Ji said:

"Since this is the case, why not do it, just use him to understand the situation of Turks."

"The manager is brilliant, I admire you." Zhang Gongjin said.

"Okay, stop flattering me." Li Ji said seriously: "Hongshen, you mobilize the army according to the plan, and prepare for the tough battle ten days later."

"Here." Zhang Gongjin said.

"Jinda, your task is the heaviest and most dangerous. You must maintain a good state these days." Li Ji said to Niu Jinda again.

"Please don't worry, Manager, I, Wan Qi, will complete the task to the death." Niu Jinda said solemnly.

"I don't need you to swear to the death to complete the task, I want you to come back alive. If, I mean if, after you bring people in and find that the situation is unfavorable, you can act accordingly." Li Ji said seriously:
"Qing Shui Hou handed you over to me. I don't want you to have any accidents. It will be hard to explain when I see him."

The so-called camera action is to run quickly according to the situation, don't really die there.

"Thank you for your kindness, I will understand in the end." Niu Jinda said gratefully.

Then he hesitated and said, "What if we meet Xieli? Should we let him go or kill him on the spot?"

"Catch alive." Li Ji glanced at him and said seriously.

"This... If Jieli is gone, I'm afraid Tuli will be fulfilled. Wouldn't it be better to let him go and let them fight each other?" Zhang Gongjin interjected.

"No, if Xieli is a hungry wolf, then Tuli is at most a wild dog. Not to mention whether he can succeed Xieli as Turkic Khan, even if he succeeds, it is not a concern." Li Ji said contemptuously .

"We can't let a hungry wolf go just because we're afraid a wild dog will grow bigger."

"This..." Zhang Gongjin did not expect Li Ji to despise Tuli so much. He is a little Turkic khan who has been fighting with Jieli for decades.Moreover, he is also the brother of the saint.

Sure enough, he is worthy of being the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, but he is stubborn.

If Li Ji knew what he was thinking, he would definitely say, you are wrong, it is not me who described Tuli that way, but that Qingshuihou.The saint was by his side when he said this, and he also expressed his approval.

Otherwise, dare I say that the brother of the saint is a wild dog?My head is not that hard.

Following the order from the general manager's office, the entire Bingzhou army was mobilized, and the Chai Shao camp in Jinhe also began to dispatch troops.

For example, all the soldiers on rotation have their holidays cancelled, and their rations are changed to three meals a day, with meat every day.The war horses began to be fed a large amount of animal feed and so on.

Just to prevent Xieli from vigilance, every step of the mobilization is very careful.The garrison in Lingzhou and Shuozhou also further shrunk their defenses on the grounds that the disaster situation in Guanzhong had worsened.

In fact, such a large-scale military mobilization cannot be concealed from others, but Tang Jun's reasons were justified and did not arouse the suspicion of the Turkic people.

Time flies, and before you know it, it's September NO.14.

In the evening, Li Ji gathered the generals again to re-determine the attack route and their respective tasks.

The difference between today's meeting and the past is that there is an unfamiliar general. Li Ji just said "This is General Han Dong" and didn't make any introductions. Others didn't ask more questions.

"Hongshen, you lead the left-wing army...Zhou Niubao, you lead the right-wing army...I personally lead the central army...All three armies headed out to attack the Jieli camp on Black Tuo Mountain."

"Niu Jinda, you lead Wanqi to hide your whereabouts, and take advantage of us to restrain the local main force, and wait for the opportunity to go straight to the Jieli camp."

"The last general takes orders." All the generals said in unison.

At this time, Li Ji said to the strange general again: "General Han, the task of destroying the Turkic camp is entrusted to you."

"Please don't worry, Chief, our Shenwei Army will fulfill its mission." Han Dong said sternly.

Give them the task of overcoming difficulties?Everyone was a little surprised, who the hell is this Han Dong?What kind of army is the Shenwei Army? Why does Li Ji trust and value them so much?
But there were also some people who showed thoughtful expressions, after all, the word 'Shenwei' was like a thunderbolt.

On September [-]th, just before dawn, the Bingzhou army had already assembled. After beheading ten Turkic soldiers who had been captured in advance, the army set off to Mayi to kill them.

There is a blank area between Mayi and Bingzhou, which is the default buffer zone for both sides.Usually, everyone only arranges some sentries to guard here to prevent the other party from raiding.

On this day, the Turkic sentinels patrolled routinely, and everyone sat lazily on the horses and let the horses walk on their own.

It's not that they are careless, but that there hasn't been a major war here for nearly a year, and the so-called patrols have become a formality.After a long time, he naturally relaxed his vigilance.

"Hey, captain, look, there is a group of Tang troops charging towards us over there." Someone said at this time.

"Really, they don't want to kill us, do they?" Someone yelled.You could tell by the tone of her voice, she didn't take it to heart at all.

"Oh, I'm so scared. My wife is still waiting for me to go back for dinner. I don't want to die here."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of your wife for you."

"Haha..." The dirty joke made everyone burst into laughter.

"Okay, stop laughing. These Tang people are here to scare people again. Damn it, it's been such a long time, haven't they gotten tired of it?" the captain scolded.

"Captain, this kind of trick seems to be played by our people first. It is said that there was almost a big war at that time."

"Humph, that's because Tang people are too cowardly. Don't be scared. They're not like us. They just ignore them. Let's go on patrol and let them make trouble." patrol.

(End of this chapter)