Under the threat of the giant rocks and hot oil, many of Xue Yantuo's soldiers had developed a psychological barrier.
They were scared when they saw the walls of Bingzhou, and they were turned into hot dogs when they did not see the Tang army.
They had thought that they could break through Bingzhou City in a day with 200,000 cavalrymen, but after a day of battle, they had already suffered heavy casualties.
The tribal leaders were very discouraged.
The towering city wall of Bingzhou still stood tall in front of Xue Yantuo's men, like a mountain that could never be climbed.
Just as they were having a meeting and arguing fiercely, the scouts from the rear reported that seven grain stations had been burned down, and all the horses used to transport grain had been killed.
Boom!
This news was like a bolt from the blue, and the tribe leader exploded.
The grain route was their lifeline.
Zhenzhu Khagan panicked. He would never have thought that his rear would be guarded by a hundred thousand cavalry, and that the supply route would still be destroyed.
At this point in the battle, all the tribe leaders, including Zhen Zhu herself, knew that the situation was hopeless.
They were at a loss. However, they had already spent too much food on this looting trip. If they returned empty-handed, they would really be unwilling!
However, the supply routes had been cut off, and the nearby Bingzhou City could not be taken down at all. Moreover, they had suffered heavy losses.
In the end, Zhenzhu Khagan felt that he had underestimated the strength of Bingzhou.
Wasn't it said that the Great Tang's Bingzhou officials were greedy and that the city's defenses were weak?
He felt deeply deceived!
The other tribal leaders were under great pressure on him, forcing him to retreat.
For the tribes of the steppe, it would be best if they could go south and rob some things for the winter. If the price was too high, the losses would outweigh the gains, so they might as well go rob the Western Turks.
At this point in the war, there was no chance of winning.
Zhen Zhu had no choice but to compromise with the tribe leader. Otherwise, if they resisted him, the consequences would be unimaginable.
There was also the fact that the supply route was cut off, which concerned the survival of hundreds of thousands of cavalry.
Food shortage is unstable, and food shortage is chaos.
He had no choice but to compromise with the other tribes and listen to everyone's opinions.
Thus, he looked up at Bingzhou City and sighed. He then ordered the troops to retreat tomorrow.
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On the grassland.
Xue Rengui, who was flexible in his tactics, led the ten thousand Bingzhou wolf cavalry to seize every opportunity, sweeping through everything.
These days, they had been searching for Xue Yantuo's granary.
After destroying a few tribes, Xue Rengui still knew nothing. With a mysterious heart, he opened the brocade bag that Li Jian had given him.
There were a total of seven locations marked on the brocade bag, and Xue Rengui followed them.
As expected, these locations were built very discreetly, and there were not many Xue Yantuo soldiers guarding them.
Thus, they charged down one by one and slaughtered Xue Yantuo's soldiers.
Then, he poured hot oil on it and threw down the torch.
The flames soared into the sky, and thick smoke billowed.
The 200,000 Xue Yantuo cavalrymen had completely lost their supplies.
"Your Highness is really a god!" Xue Rengui threw his head back and laughed.
The surrounding 100 miles of Bingzhou City had already been fortified.
Not to mention food, even the common people of the Great Tang had entered the city or hidden in the mountains and forests.
"General Xue, His Highness has sent an order for you to flexibly grasp the tactics at a suitable location and ambush the enemy!”
At this moment, Li Jian's latest order came from the scout.
Xue Rengui immediately sent out 12 scouts to scout for Xue Yantuo's retreating cavalry.
Xue Rengui had a headache when it came to Xue Yantuo's cavalry. They were Xue Yantuo's elites, and there were so many of them. If they fought in close quarters, the wolf cavalry of Bing Province would not be able to gain any advantage.
They could only choose to ambush!
Luo Binwang, who followed the army, said to Xue Rengui,"General Xue, I have a plan.”
"Oh? Mr. Luo, what do you think? I'd like to hear the details."
"It's not my opinion, but His Highness's. His Highness told us many plans and let us choose according to the actual situation. In my opinion, Xue Yantuo's men must be very greedy for some gold and silver since they returned without success.”
"If we use this gold and silver as bait and lure them to a terrain that is very advantageous to us, we can kill them all!”
Hearing this, Xue Rengui was overjoyed and hurriedly said,""Sir, let's do it!"
According to the terrain, the location of the trap was quickly found.
At this moment, Xue Yantuo's 100,000 cavalry had already been circled around by the small force Xue Rengui had sent out, and were now more than 1,000 miles away from Zhen Zhu's cavalry.
They were already separated into two sections, and it was difficult for them to fight together.
At this moment, a scout flew over. He was sweating profusely and his face was pale.
It could be seen that he did not stop at all along the way. As if he was about to go into shock, he flipped off his horse and shouted,
"Report! General! His Highness has sent 50,000 troops from the city to assist us in attacking Xue Yantuo's people.”
Wow, fifty thousand people!
Xue Rengui was worried that he didn't have enough troops, but he didn't expect so many soldiers to suddenly come.
Xue Rengui knew that these were all new recruits. A few days ago, they were still ordinary people.
However, for the upcoming ambush, even ordinary people could be of great use!
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