Plundering the Desert
The reason why the nomads in the desert could constantly harass the border and come to the border to play.
It was because they were all natural cavalry.
Although cavalry did not have any advantages in attacking a city, they had the advantage of coming and going without a trace.
This allowed them to harass the border as they pleased.
Once the border troops were dispatched to suppress them, they would often not be able to touch their buttocks and would have long fled.
And Jia Xu took advantage of this to let the White Robe Army enter the desert and plunder the cattle and sheep!
The white-robed soldiers were all elite cavalrymen. As long as they avoided the large tribes, they would be able to enter the desert.
Those small and medium-sized tribes were the dishes in their mouths.
A few charges would be enough to kill all the resistance soldiers and steal their cattle, horses, and other wealth.
Yue Fei led three thousand White Robe soldiers out and returned the next afternoon.
The battle results were extremely exaggerated.
They had slaughtered two Turkic tribes of around two thousand people and captured fifteen thousand cattle, sheep, and horses!
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At the Grand Governor's Office.
Li Chengdao was very satisfied with Yue Fei's harvest and immediately ordered Xue Wanche to lead 3,000 White Robe soldiers to go to the desert with Yue Fei.
When they encountered small tribes, they would plunder all the wealth such as cattle, sheep, and horses.
When they encountered a large tribe, they would take a detour.
At this moment, Li Chengdao finally understood why so many Turks came to the Great Tang border every year to pillage and kill.
Food and wealth came too quickly.
In the meeting hall, King Lujiang Li Yuan said,""Your Highness, you have 7,000 elite cavalry and 16,000 strong soldiers.
In addition to the 50,000 Youzhou soldiers, they had a total of 70,000 soldiers.
The strength in his hands was no longer the same as before. Why didn't he start planning to counterattack Chang 'an?”
" Counterattack Chang 'an?"
Li Chengdao was a little tempted. With the army he had now, he indeed had the capital to counterattack Chang 'an.
"Although Li Shimin controls the court, he was once the Minister of War."
However, most of his generals and troops had been transferred to the borders.
There were not many guards in Chang 'an.
Li Shimin's murder of his brother and father was known to the world. As long as His Highness announced that he was going to Chang 'an to help the king, it would definitely be answered.
Putting everything else aside, Jingzhou's general Luo Yi would definitely respond to His Highness and send troops to help.”
Jingzhou Defender General Luo Yi was a henchman of Crown Prince Li Jiancheng when he was alive. He was good at fighting and was extremely brave. He was not inferior to Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong.
The most important thing was that he was guarding Jingzhou and had tens of thousands of soldiers. This was the most important thing!
If Li Chengdao counterattacked Chang 'an, Luo Yi would definitely join Li Chengdao and help him ascend the throne.
After listening to Li Yuan's explanation, Li Chengdao could not help but be moved. If he had the army under his command and Luo Yi's help, the possibility of regaining the throne was very high!
Just as Li Chengdao was about to discuss this matter with Li Yuan, Feng Li suddenly rushed into the hall.
"What's wrong?"
Li Chengdao frowned slightly and asked when he saw Feng Li's flustered expression.
"Your Highness, according to our scouts, twenty thousand Turkic soldiers have gathered a hundred miles away from Youzhou City and are charging toward Youzhou City!”
Feng Li said anxiously.
" Twenty thousand Turkic soldiers?!"
Li Chengdao's expression changed when he heard this, and he stood up in shock.”
Although there were often Turkic bandits harassing the borders, most of them were for the sake of pillaging.
But this time, it was different. Twenty thousand Turkic soldiers had attacked! This was a large-scale war!
"Pass down my order, order all the troops to prepare for the enemy!”
Li Chengdao ordered without hesitation. Then, he stood up and walked out of the guest hall to the city wall.
……
Outside Youzhou, the twenty thousand Turkic army stood solemnly in a black mass. They had even prepared all sorts of siege weapons, and their momentum was astonishing.
This army belonged to one of the eight Turkic tribes, the Muka Tribe.
In the middle of the army formation, a tall man in a fur robe was riding on a horse. He was looking at Youzhou City from afar with a cold and murderous look.
This person was the leader of the Muka Tribe, Muka Turg!
Just a month ago, his only son led his troops to Youzhou to hunt and plunder. This was something they often did.
However, after this raid, his only son and all his soldiers never returned.
When he sent people to search, they only found headless corpses one after another!
Then, he heard from other sources that a Tang Dynasty royal had come to Youzhou City and led his men to slaughter a group of Turkic cavalry.
When the two events were combined, the truth was clear.
More importantly, recently.
The small tribes under Turg's rule were massacred one after another. Their cattle, sheep, and other wealth were all plundered.
According to the investigation, it was also the action of the new batch of troops who had just arrived at Youzhou Province.
How could Turg tolerate the new and old grudges?
He immediately gathered his men and charged towards Youzhou to take revenge.
"No matter who you are, since you dared to kill my only son and slaughter my tribe, I will definitely make you pay the price!”
Turg's gaze was cold, and his tone was filled with boundless anger.
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