"The Turks!"
Qin Qiong gritted his teeth and spat out these two words.
Yin Shisan knew that Qin Qiong's father and grandfather had both been commanders of the northern passes and had most likely had some contact with the Turks. It was no wonder that Qin Qiong was acting so resentful of the Turks.
Just as Yin Shisan thought of this, Qin Qiong suddenly knelt on one knee and cupped his hands.”
Yin Shisan hurriedly helped Qin Qiong up." Second Brother, why must you do this? The Turks actually dared to help Liu Wuzhou this time, so how can our Great Tang let them return alive?!”
Qin Qiong's anger was finally appeased by Yin Shisan's words. He was afraid that Yin Shisan wouldn't dare to attack the Turks.
"But…"
However, Yin Shisan changed the topic. He said to Qin Qiong and the other generals," We can't let any of the Turkic soldiers go. We must make sure that they won't be able to return, but we can't kill Jie Li!”
"Why?" Cheng Yaojin shouted,"Could it be that Brother Forty-Seven is afraid of that Jie Li?"”
Yin Shisan smiled faintly." Let alone one Jie Li, even if there were ten or a hundred of them, I, Yin Shisan, have all my brothers here, so I'm not afraid of this.”
When everyone heard Yin Shisan's words, their faces revealed a smug look.
Yin Shisan saw this and continued," But my brothers, I'm afraid you don't know this. Since ancient times, the land of Mobei has been a place where many political powers are mixed together. There is no commander. Under such circumstances, even the leaders of those political powers wanted to go south to get a piece of the pie. The ones who suffered were the soldiers and civilians at the border. Now that Jie Li has unified Mobei, as long as we subdue him, he will naturally take over the Turks under his command. In the future, our Great Tang will be able to rule the world without worries. At that time, he would send his troops north and eradicate Jie Li in one fell swoop.”
Everyone looked at each other and looked at Qin Qiong. Among the people here, Yin Shisan held the highest position, and Qin Qiong was the oldest. Everyone listened to whatever he said.
"Qin Qiong, I will obey your orders!"
"We will obey your orders!"
An hour later, Xie Yingdeng took the lead and led a hundred people out of the valley, heading straight for the Gourd Valley.
The hundred men he brought were all soldiers who were good at riding and shooting, and had high mobility. According to Yin Shisan's orders, they were in charge of harassing the Dingyang Army and the Turkic army, preventing them from resting all night.
"Second Brother Qin, Fourth Brother Cheng, the two of you will each lead five thousand men and set off at dawn. Leave the Gourd Cave and attack from the left and right flanks, heading straight for the small forest where Yuchi Gong and the others are stationed.”
"Yes, sir!"
Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong received the order and left. Yin Shisan told the rest of the people to stay in the valley and not to make any strange movements. He himself led two thousand men and went around the Gourd Valley with Zhang Zhongjian. They laid in ambush on the road to Taiyuan, ready to kill.
When they passed by the small forest where Yuchi Gong was stationed, Yin Shisan and Zhang Zhongjian clearly heard the sounds of fighting coming from the forest. This meant that Xie Yingdeng and his hundred men had successfully harassed them. But with their mobility, Yuchi Gong had no way of discovering the position of Xie Yingdeng and the others no matter what.
Moreover, in the middle of the night, Yuchi Gong absolutely did not dare to send troops to attack. He was afraid of being ambushed and would only wait in the forest for fatigue.
But this would put Yuchi Gong's soldiers, including the Turkic army, in a difficult position. They had no way to rest at all. Every time they thought that the enemy had retreated and relaxed their vigilance, Xie Yingdeng's whistling arrow would shoot over, followed by the arrows of the other Tang soldiers. They whistled in the dark night and covered the sky.
Xie Yingdeng and his 100-man team only ended their harassment activities when it was almost dawn.
They returned to the Gourd Valley and met Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin.
"Thank you for your hard work, brother. Go back and rest.”
"2nd brother, 4th brother, I will wait for your triumphant return in the camp!”Xie Yingdeng said.
Seeing Xie Yingdeng leave, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin also left the Gourd Valley. The two separated at the mouth of the valley, one heading north and the other heading south. They split into two wings to surround the Dingyang Army and the Turkic Army stationed in the forest.
……
On both sides of the main road leading to Taiyuan City, Yin Shisan divided the two thousand men he led into two groups, each hiding in the bushes.
He and Zhang Zhongjian stood on the hillside far away, looking in Jie Xiu's direction.
"According to what you said, Jie Li is wise and divine. How could he not know that you let Xie Yingdeng harass the enemy to tire them out and attack at dawn?”
"So what if he knows?" Yin Shisan laughed." Jie Li doesn't dare to expose himself now. He won't tell Yuchi Gong. Besides, he might not think highly of Yuchi Gong." Thus, even if he knew, he would only have the Turkic army secretly defend. Once Second Brother Qin and Fourth Brother Cheng attacked, he would have the Turkic army run over.”
"If that's the case, you're being too arrogant. You want to use two thousand people to deal with five thousand Turks?" Zhang Zhongjian nodded.”
"Don't I have you?" Yin Shisan looked at Zhang Zhongjian with a smile.
"You…"
Seeing Yin Shisan's expression, Zhang Zhongjian felt a little embarrassed. He rode down the hill and called out the thousand men hiding in the bushes on the left side of the road. He asked them to dig a pit on the road and bury caltrops in the soil before they could hide again.
Yin Shisan smiled faintly at this and muttered to himself," Actually, even if the Turks had five thousand soldiers, it wouldn't have mattered. They didn't sleep the entire night. No matter how careful they are, they won't be able to do much!”
……
"Giddyup!"
"Giddyup!"
Not long after the caltrops were buried, a shout came from the direction of the Gourd Cave.
Zhang Zhongjian had already returned to Yin Shisan's side. The two of them looked in the direction of the voice and saw the Turks galloping over like dark clouds. They really did not care about the Dingyang Army and ran away as soon as they encountered the Tang army's attack.
"What a bunch of heartless beasts!”Zhang Zhongjian said hatefully.
"That's why we don't have to pity them!" Yin Shisan said.”
An iron halberd had appeared in his hand at some point in time. As he rubbed it, it made a clanging sound.
Zhang Zhongjian looked at Yin Shisan in confusion." How did you improve so fast?”
"I'm smart!"
Zhang Zhongjian couldn't be bothered with Yin Shisan anymore. At this moment, the Turkic army had already arrived. They were the first to fall into the pit. The bamboo spikes in the pit pierced through the horses 'necks. The people on the horses fell down. Some were pierced like the horses, while others were trampled and crushed. They could not fight anymore even if they did not die.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
At this moment, the Tang army hiding in the bushes rushed out and shot a wave of arrows at the Turkic soldiers.
Some of the Turkic soldiers who were lucky enough to survive the trap were stung by the caltrops formation and fell off.
"Kill them!"
The Tang army roared and rushed forward.
Yin Shisan and Zhang Zhongjian looked at each other." To capture the thief, we must first capture the leader. Go!"”
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