Jikou is about four hundred miles away from Dingxiang, with a gentle terrain and abundant water and grass.

Although everything on the grasslands in winter is covered with heavy snow, at least there is no shortage of water at the station here.

A large army of 100,000 is not a small number, not to mention that the Turkic cavalry is accustomed to having two horses or three horses, which leads to more war horses than people.

Every day, people eat horses and chew grass, and they don’t know how much water alone will consume.

Jie Li had been stationed in Jikou for more than ten days, and countless horse exploration trips and traveled around Dingxiang every day, bringing distant information back to him in time.

On this day, news of Dingxiang surrendering without fighting came. Jie Li was furious and strangled his beloved concubine to death. He scolded Tulu for being timid and sent someone to summon his eldest son to his side.

"Dada, you should have known the news about Dingxiang, right?"

"Father's Sweat, the child already knows it." Daluo Shisheng was handsome, with a dreadlocked hair, and a pure black cloak draped on his body, looking much more like a prairie prince than Bazhuo.

"What do you think?" Jie Li narrowed his eyes, and he could not hear any joy or anger in his voice, but anyone who knew him knew that the Khan of the grassland at this time was the most unprovoked.

With his familiarity with Jie Li, Dadushi keenly felt the murderous intent lurking around him, and knelt on one knee on the ground and said aloud: "The garrison of Dingxiang is really a shame for me, Ashinatulu. The child is willing to take back Dingxiang with 20,000 cavalrymen, and take off the head of Tulu to his father's Khan."

"Is that so? Are you very confident?! I heard that Dingxiang City was taken into his pocket by a young general of the Tang Dynasty without any effort. Tulu didn't even dare to raise his head in front of him. Why do you think you can definitely take Dingxiang back in his hands and kill Tulu?"

If you don’t doubt people, you don’t doubt people. In the past, Jie Li would never ask such a stupid question.

But now, Ba Zhuo's conscience among his two sons has become very bad, and he thinks about rebellion every day. The remaining generals of the tribes turned around and were busy with intrigues and division of territory.

He, the Khan of the grassland, is more reliable than being the king on the grassland.

Jie Li didn't know when this all started. In short, the grassland tribes had begun to fall apart without realizing it. Xue Yantuo, Tiele, Zhaowu's nine surnames, Uighurs, servants and other wolves were all unfamiliar. Jie Li didn't expect them to be devoted to the Turks at first, but now even some people in Ashina's tribe began to become erratic and disobedient, and they had different thoughts, which he could not bear no matter what.

In recent times, no matter who Jie Li saw, he looked like an enemy. Even his son looked like a wolf cub with ulterior motives. As long as he relaxed a little, he might be torn to pieces.

But at this time, the Tang Dynasty began to fight the northern expedition. Jie Li knew that this was Li Er's revenge on the Weishui Alliance, but he was no longer able to organize a decent resistance.

The Turks, who were already worried about internal and external troubles, were even worsened by the attack of the Tang Dynasty. Even Tulu of the Ashina clan voluntarily surrendered before the battle, let alone other tribes that were eyeing Ashina's tribe.

Dadushi was slightly sweating at the forehead staring by Jie Li, and replied with a thorn in his mouth: "Father Khan, the child thought Tulu would surrender to the Tang Dynasty was just a trick of the Tang people. He said that he would defeat others without fighting. This was just a common trick by the Tang people. In the face of absolute strength, the child would use the steel knife in his hand to remind them again to remember the terribleness of the Turkic Iron Cavalry."

Two years ago, Jie Li would have scolded the grand and childish style for being too naive, but now he just nodded and asked lightly: "Are you really confident of taking Dingxiang back?"

What could he say? He stammered his neck and replied, "Yes!"

"Okay, then you go, I will give you 15,000 elite cavalry. If you can't capture Dingxiang within ten days, don't come back."

What can 15,000 elite cavalry be used? I generously put the corners of my mouth and twitched it. It is a battle to retake Dingxiang. Even if Dingxiang City is broken, it will be a city with a wall! Without 3, 50,000 people, how could it be taken down?

Datushi, who walked out of the teeth tent, suddenly envied his younger brother who was far away in the north of the Mo. The emperor was free and free, and he could do whatever he wanted. I heard that some time ago, he cheated more than 10,000 horizontal swords and more than 50,000 fine iron arrows in the Tang Dynasty... It's so good.

After thinking about it, the war that should be fought still has to be fought. Since Ba Zhuo brought his troops to Mobei, the old man has also learned it smart and transferred all the 30,000 cavalrymen in the unit that were originally generous to other places. The 20,000 people who were re-arranged to him were all the old man's direct line.

I want to learn Bazhuo... I am afraid that my head will be put in front of the old man just now.

He sighed resentfully and invited a few newly arrived men to go to the military camp to order troops.

Soon, 15,000 elite cavalry left the camp in thick snow and headed towards Dingxiang in the south.

At this time, Dadushi didn't know that a cavalry from Dingxiang had arrived less than a hundred miles from Jikou.

Due to weapons and equipment, the front army that raided Jie Li camp this time became Su Lie's three thousand iron cavalry, and changed into Turkic armor. Three thousand cavalrymen and seven thousand war horses rushed for two days, slaughtering hundreds of Turkic horses along the way, and finally stopped at a high slope.

Su Lie rode on the horse, holding a telescope and looking into the distance.

The blue sky was as blue as the blue. The strong wind that had been hanging for several days stopped at some point. Through the telescope, the distant mountains dozens of miles away were as dark as the mountains.

As he looked, Su Lie put down the telescope suddenly, thought about it and lifted it up again.

On the horizon in the distance, a black line spreads like dark clouds, covering the sky and the sun. Behind the black line, there was snow and mist rising all over the sky.

It's a squad of cavalry!

Su Lie's eyes suddenly lit up, he whistled, took his men back to the back of the high slope, and called a personal guard to order: "Go back quickly to inform General Li to join us, and then the front army had an enemy twenty miles away, with a population of about 20,000."

"No." The personal guard did not dare to neglect and agreed to leave like flying.

According to the previous agreement, Su Lie, as a defeated soldier, had the task of taking over the enemy and waiting for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack. Now it seems that his operationality is not high. After all, Jie Li Khan is not a fool. Jikou and Dingxiang are four hundred miles apart, and it is impossible for a team of cavalry to run so far and not be discovered by anyone.

But it is not realistic to be discovered. After all, their group of people are disguised and have a lot of differences with genuine Turkic cavalry. If they come into contact with those Turkic spies, they will inevitably be able to see the flaws.

But the Turkic cavalry that suddenly appeared gave him a chance. As long as they were properly operated, they could join forces with these Turkic cavalry and go straight to Jieli camp.

Now, it depends on how Li Hao behind him cooperates.

Time passed little by little, and soon, the black line in the distance became visible to the naked eye. As more than 100,000 horse hooves rush, the snow on the ground was shaken to a faint tremor.

Just as Su Lie was waiting anxiously for the news from Li Hao, a sharp roar came from the west.

It was Liusu. When did they go west? There was obviously nothing there just now.

Su Lie was stunned when he saw snowflakes in the west, and a black-armored infantry with thousands of people suddenly appeared, facing the Turkic cavalry that rushed towards the opposite side, lying across the snowfield like a black city wall.

Plans are not as good as changes. At this time, what is tested is the ability to adapt to changes. As a veteran on the battlefield, Su Lie immediately realized what Li Hao’s purpose was and decisively ordered: “The whole army is on the horse and ready to attack.”

"General!" The deputy general beside Su Lie was shocked and pulled him away: "Be careful, General, if the sixth leader cannot stop the Turks, we are no match for more than 10,000 people."

Su Lie stared at the deputy general beside him coldly: "If you don't let go, you will be killed without mercy!"

"...No." Seeing that Su Lie seemed to be angry, the deputy general retreated to the side.

After such delays, the Turkic cavalry in the distance were closer. They obviously did not realize that they would encounter an ambush on the way, and their speed of advance slowed down.

But when they found that the number of ambushed was only a few thousand, the speed of the march increased again.

"The brave ones win when they meet on a narrow road, and the Turkic warriors, follow me to kill!" Dadushi analyzed the situation on the battlefield in the blink of an eye, and without saying a word, he activated the war horses to rush towards the dark 'city wall'.

His purpose is very simple. No matter what kind of enemy is ahead, I will break ten thousand methods with one force, and 15,000 cavalry rushed forward in one go, and even the stubborn iron would step into an iron discus for him.

Li Hao was well prepared for this Northern Expedition. He knew it was a winter battle, so he purchased a large number of white cloth from the West City before going to the expedition.

This raid of Jie Li was the surface he followed Su Lie, but in fact, from the moment he left Dingxiang City, he asked all his subordinates to move forward in a hidden way with white cloth as soon as possible, keeping in sync with the west side of Su Lie's team.

Therefore, the first time Su Lie discovered the Turkic cavalry, Li Hao also discovered the other party's existence.

But at this time he had no time to send someone to inform Su Lie of his position, so he could only remind Su Lie by sounding arrows, and asked the soldiers to remove the white cloth from their bodies, exposing their specific position.

This is an encounter that no one expected. No plan or strategy exists.

The moment Li Hao exposed his position, the two sides fought for tacit understanding and team combat capabilities.

Fortunately, Su Lie did not disappoint Li Hao. He immediately understood his intentions and prepared to attack at any time. He only waited for Li Hao to fight and launched an attack.

All this is a long story, but in fact it all happened between lightning and fire. Li Hao and Su Lie chose to trust each other without any agreement.

Li Hao believed that Su Lie would be able to understand his intentions and would definitely be able to destroy the enemy's offensive while launching an attack.

Su Lie also believed that Li Hao would be able to stop him by 3,000 troops and nearly 20,000 enemies, and gain enough time for himself.

The sound of hooves rumbled, and 15,000 entered the attack state. The Turkic spirit cavalry was as powerful as a rainbow. The horse stepped on the ground and hit the ground like a burst of thunder, deafening, and rushed towards the three thousand Tang Dynasty "infantry" in front of them with the momentum of breaking the sky.

Li Hao, who had never seen such a huge scene, couldn't help but feel excited. Adrenaline soared rapidly. He pulled out a long knife from his waist with a loud bang, shouted loudly: "All army, raise the gun!"

‘Crazy’, the three thousand six elites did not disappoint Li Hao. Facing nearly 20,000 Turkic cavalry, no one showed fear. They all raised the musket in their hands and ignited the fire in their hands.

"Preparation!" The distance got closer and closer, and Li Hao raised the long knife in his right hand.

One thousand steps, five hundred steps, three hundred steps, two hundred steps....

"Let it go!", swing the long sword.

‘Boom…’ The smoke filled the gunpowder, and the iron sand was driven out of the chamber at a speed of more than 300 meters per second, clearing a large area of ​​open space in front of the soldiers of Liuzhi.

Before we could watch the results of the battle, the soldiers in the first row immediately turned left after the firing was completed, and followed the gap between the comrades and ran to the last row.

‘Boom…’, another round of guns was continued to rotate.

Looking at the Turkic Iron Cavalry who was hissing and screaming in front of him, Li Hao shed tears of excitement in relief.

Damn it, this dark black gunpowder was filled with thick smoke, which was so eye-catching. When I went back, I would definitely ask the guys in the technical institute to speed up the research on mass production of smokeless gunpowder.

While feeling, Li Hao directed the three thousand subordinates to continue rotation. In the smoke, he could no longer see the battlefield ahead after two rounds. He could only shoot at the hazy shadow in front of him based on his feelings.

But he didn't know that he was fighting on the side so happy that the Turkic cavalry on the opposite side were already in anger.

In the eyes of the grand plan, the three thousand Tang infantry troops were not worth worrying about. The 15,000 cavalry under his command could tread them into powder with just one charge. Even if the three thousand infantry troops on the opposite side were all Mo Daoshi, it would not be able to change this fact.

But soon, he paid for his ignorance.

The roar of the muskets overshadowed the sound of horse hooves, and the screams of the soldiers overshadowed the roar of the muskets.

The air was filled with strange smell, and the cavalry fell off from the attack of the Tang army's strange weapons. No matter how he urged him, how the elite cavalry under his command increased their horse speed, they could only approach fifty steps away from the Tang infantry that used strange weapons.

If you want to attack again, they will be greeted by black iron balls. With even louder roars, those iron balls purified the knights who rushed forward with their extremely dazzling light.

He generously pretended not to give up and urged his subordinates again and again.

But facing the Tang Dynasty infantry with a population of about 3,000, it was like a reef in the sea. No matter how surging or violent the waves were, they could not be shaken at all.

Panic began to spread among the cavalry, and the Turkic warriors were not afraid of death, but were afraid of meaningless death.

The enemy in front of him who had unknown origin and unknown weapons was simply a devil.

The Turkic cavalry gradually became uncontrollable, and the offensive slowed down. The smarter ones began to turn when they were hundreds of steps away from the team.
Chapter completed!