Outside the pass, the desert, which only had summer and winter, was already covered in fine snow.
Chai Shao led his army out of Youzhou and went straight to the Turkic camp.
After learning that the Jie Li Khan was still gathering the Turkic tribes, Chai Shao decided to send his trusted aide to lead a thousand Youzhou cavalry to test the strength of the Turkic cavalry.
These one thousand Youzhou cavalry had indeed achieved good results in their initial assault on the Turkic camp.
However, a shocking scene soon happened!
The Turkic camp reacted and quickly dispatched a cavalry force of equal numbers to engage the Youzhou elite cavalry.
Youzhou's elite cavalry was an army trained by Li Yi. Their combat strength was originally acceptable.
However, after nearly two years of chaos from Chai Shao, Youzhou's border troops had already begun to show signs of corruption. The soldiers all cherished their lives, and after being suddenly struck by the Turkic cavalry, they quickly began to scatter and retreat back to Chai Shao's camp.
Seeing this, the Turkic cavalry wanted to pursue and devour the Youzhou cavalry.
But the Jie Li Khagan in the Turkic camp quickly withdrew.
"The art of war says that one should not pursue a cornered enemy. These Youzhou elite cavalry were trained by Li Yi. How could they be so weak?”
"There must be a trap!"
Seeing the furious Turkic cavalry, Jie Li Khagan spoke his thoughts.
When the leaders of the various tribes heard what Khan Jie Li said, they couldn't help but think back to the time when they had suffered losses in the battle with Li Yi. They were instantly frightened and broke out in cold sweat.
"It looks like Chai Shao wants to imitate Li Yi!”
"Jie Lihan is right!"
"Fortunately, the Great Khan's eyes are as sharp as a goshawk's. Otherwise, we would have been fooled by the Dog-Han people!”
The Turks began to whisper amongst themselves as they tightened their patrols to prevent Chai Shao from ambushing them!
Just as the Turks were imagining the terror of the Youzhou army, the one thousand defeated Youzhou cavalry had thrown away their armor and returned to Chai Shao's camp.
"What? You were just about to launch a sneak attack on the Turkic camp when you encountered the Turkic elite cavalry?”
In the camp, after hearing his trusted aide's report, Chai Shao's expression instantly turned gloomy.
Of course, the Youzhou elite cavalry hadn't encountered the most elite of the Turkic cavalry, only the most ordinary of them. But Chai Shao's trusted aides weren't very familiar with the Turks, so after being beaten up, they had determined that they were the most elite of the Turkic cavalry.
Counting the losses from this probing battle, they only lost one to two hundred cavalry. In Chai Shao's view, it wasn't too big of a loss.
But losing the first battle was a huge humiliation to Chai Shao.
Especially after listening to the report of his trusted aide, the Youzhou generals in the camp looked at Chai Shao with eyes full of doubt!
Seeing this, Chai Shao was furious!
You subordinates of Li Yiyuan think that I, Chai Shao, can't govern Youzhou, and now you're questioning my ability to fight?
This can be tolerated, but what can't be tolerated!
Chai Shao looked around at the soldiers in the camp. He clenched his fists and his lips moved a few times.
"Order ten thousand cavalry. Today, this Great General will take advantage of the fact that the Turks haven't regained their senses to kill them!”
Chai Shao didn't wait for the generals to speak and immediately led his trusted aides to gather the Chai family soldiers to attack the Turkic camp.
When the generals saw this, they all shook their heads, but what could they do?
Left with no choice, they could only gather their cavalry and follow Chai Shao once more into the Turkic camp.
"Rumble!"
"Rumble!"
Chai Shao led ten thousand cavalry and charged toward the Turkic camp.
Smoke and dust billowed, creating a huge commotion.
When the Turkic scout saw this, he was so frightened that he quickly returned to report to Jie Li Khan.
"As expected by the Great Khan!"
"This sinister and cunning dog Han had already set a trap!”
"It's all thanks to the Great Khan that he saw through the Han dog's scheme. Otherwise, we would have suffered a huge loss again!”
"The Great Khan truly lives up to his reputation as the eagle of the grasslands.”
The tribe leaders discussed animatedly. They looked at Khan Jie Li with admiration.
When Jie Li Khan heard the flattery from the hearts of these leaders, he felt extremely comfortable. His face subconsciously revealed a smug expression, as if he was saying," You're right. I've already seen through everything about the Dog Han people!"
Tuli Khagan, who was also seated in the tent, frowned slightly upon seeing this.
"Since the Han dogs are attacking openly!”
"Then I'll wait for the wolves on the grassland to meet them for a while!”
Jieli Khagan also noticed Tuli Khagan's displeasure, and the corners of his mouth curled up as he ordered the entire Turkic camp to move out and prepare to face Chai Shao head-on!
Thus, on the vast grassland, two groups of elite cavalry of ten thousand people quickly engaged in battle!
"Kill them!"
The battle cries were deafening!
However, the battle between the two armies had just begun, and the situation quickly became one-sided.
Immediately after, the ten thousand Youzhou Cavalry led by Chai Shao quickly showed signs of being defeated. No matter how hard Chai Shao and his personal guards tried to salvage the situation, they could not stop the situation of the army being defeated like a mountain!
In an instant, the Youzhou cavalrymen left many corpses behind and hurriedly fled the battlefield.
Jie Li Khagan led the cavalry of the tribes and watched Chai Shao retreat, but a trace of doubt rose in his heart," Why did the elite cavalry of Youzhou suddenly become weaker?
Jie Li Khan thought for a long time and could not understand.
After a long time, Jie Li Khagan took a deep breath and remembered something.
It should not be that the Tang army had become weaker, but that the sick tiger who used to guard Youzhou was gone!
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