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Chapter 958 Night Attack on the Purple River (1)

"The villain is a big thief. He brought five subordinates to steal the government warehouses of four counties in a row. He won two thousand taels of gold. He was betrayed by his subordinates when he was preparing to steal the government in Pengcheng County at night last summer and fell into the hands of the government and sentenced to death."

"Two thousand taels of gold, you should be a rich man, but you still want to continue stealing. Are you greedy?" Li Jing stared at him with sharp eyes.

Han Qianhui straightened his waist and said, "I am not insatiable. I have been an orphan since I was a child. I grew up begging for food. Later, I learned a lot of skills and wanted to do something for the orphans. The two thousand taels of gold were all distributed to the homeless beggars in the Central Plains. Therefore, I was hated by my subordinates and finally betrayed me."

Li Jing's eyes were slightly relieved. Seeing that Han Qianhui's eyes were sincere and he was not afraid to avoid them, he nodded and said, "Heroes don't ask about their origins. I don't care what you did in the past. Since you have been converted to a formal Sui army by General Zhang, it means that the merits you made have washed away the sins of the past. I hope you will make new contributions, advance one step further, and become a dignified general of the Northern Sui army."

Han Qianhui was extremely moved and choked and said, "I am willing to follow the general until my death!"

"We are all serving His Highness the King of Qi, so there is no need to follow me!"

"Harewell-in-"

Han Qianhui thought about the explanation, but Li Jing smiled and waved his hand, "No need to explain, fight for his future!"

"I understand!"

Li Jing smiled and said, "I came to you to ask something. I remember you said on the first day that you stole sheep and feasted in the Turkic Sheep and Horse City, and finally stole three of their horses. That's it!"

"It's true!"

"Then I want to know, with the strict defense of the Turks, how did you steal sheep and horses?"

"Report to the general, although the Turks have tight defenses, they still have loopholes."

Of course Li Jing knew that any defense would have loopholes. The key was whether this loophole could be found. He hurriedly asked: "What loophole?"

At this time, Han Qianhui saw the sand table on the table, pointed to the sand table and said, "It may be more intuitive to use it."

Li Jing waved his hand and Han Qianhui walked forward. He carefully looked at the sand table on the table. The sand table was a shrinking terrain in the northern part of Mayi County. There was a small red flag in the north of Wuzhou Mountain, which was where they were currently located.

Han Qianhui pointed to the west of Zihekou and walked: "The Turkic camp was stationed in this location, north of Zihe River, close to the river water, while Yangma City was located south of the river, surrounded by a circle of earth walls, which were about seven or eight feet high. The Turks dug a very shallow canal and introduced the Zihe River water into the city to drink cattle and sheep."

Li Jing has been in Mayi for many years and is very familiar with the situation here. He pondered for a moment and said, "The water of Zihe River is very shallow, you probably didn't dive into the river."

"The general said it was right. We initially wanted to dive into the river, but found that not only was the river very shallow, but it was also well guarded and had no chance at all, but we found another loophole."

Han Qianhui could not hide the pride in his eyes and pointed to the southernmost part of Yangma City and said: "The open space south of Zihe River is actually very narrow and long, and there is a mountain to the south. Although the Turks deployed many patrols, it was impossible to cover everything. They had a long wall built on the mountain. We just dived down from the mountain, and the gods stole a few sheep without knowing it. I guess the Turks still don't know it."

"Where is the war horse?"

Li Jing asked again: "How did you get the war horse?"

"The war horses came from three single Turkic patrols. We managed to successfully attack and seized their war horses."

Li Jing was walking back and forth in the big tent with his hands behind his hands. He was considering a plan, and the information he received from Han Qianhui made his plan gradually full.

He waved to Han Qianhui and whispered to him: "I have an idea that you need to lead more than a dozen brothers to complete. After thinking about it, it is the most suitable for you. If you complete this task, I will give you the title of lieutenant!"

"Please give me the order, and I will never resign if I am humble!"

Li Jing whispered to him in detail, and Han Qianhui nodded repeatedly. He liked to take risks by nature, and the tasks assigned by Li Jing made him feel passionate.















Although the Turks learned to build walls, they could only build low walls of seven or eight feet. They could not build plate-type military camps like the Sui army. The Turks did not have this habit. Their purpose of building walls was mainly to prevent wolves and wild animals from invading cattle and sheep. They did not have this need.

The tradition of the Turkic army was to live by water and plants. Generally, they had to choose waterside when camping. This was mainly because the large number of cattle and sheep they carried needed to drink water, so Qifubo and Zihe were so important to the Turks.

Ten thousand Turkic troops were stationed on the north bank of Zihe River. Dome tents woven with wool are wide and comfortable. One thousand large tents cover an area of ​​about 500 acres. On the south side of Zihe River is the Sheep Horse City, which is narrow and long in shape and covers an area of ​​more than 1,000 acres.

The Turkic army's camp had no camps, no walls, and even a large cart or spear. There was not even a shallow trenches. The Turkic army mainly used peripheral patrols to replace fortifications. The inner patrols should be at least ten miles away, while the outer patrols should be a hundred miles away. Once there is an enemy situation, the camp will be reported immediately, so that the Turkic soldiers can prepare to attack.

Due to the influence of the small number of troops, the outer patrol surface of the Turkic army was relatively narrow. They deployed four 100-man patrol teams, all arranged in the south and east, and the other two further patrol teams were deployed south of the Wuzhou Mountains.

They did not consider the possibility of the enemy coming from the north, which was not in line with the common sense of marching, so they did not deploy valuable patrols in the northern part of Wuzhou Mountain.

At night, 50,000 Northern Sui troops had arrived at the foot of the mountain east of Ziheguan, about twenty miles away from the Turkic military camp. They no longer advanced westward, but were patiently waiting for news from the two scouts ahead.

The hundred scouts who attacked Yangma City were led by Lang General Wang Canghai. Their mission was to sneak into Yangma City to create riots, targeting the war horses of the Turkic army.

Wang Canghai followed the loopholes discovered by Han Qianhui and others, sneaked over the mountain and flipped into the city from the side of Yangma City close to the south. They made a very smooth progress. At the first update, more than a hundred Sui soldiers sneaked into Yangma City silently.

In fact, Li Jing only needed to use the strategy of raids and night attacks to easily defeat this Turkic cavalry with only 10,000 people with an army of 50,000.

But defeat does not mean annihilation. Even if the Turkic cavalry cannot compete with the Sui army in the night battle, they will still break through the siege and escape. Li Jing does not want this result, what he wants is to wipe out the Turkic army.

Wang Canghai is also an old scout with rich experience. On the mountain, he saw the structure of Sheep and Horse City. Cattle and Sheep are in the east and war horses are in the west.

The reason why it is called Sheep and Horse City is because the wall not only raises cattle, sheep and other meat sources, but also is also a concentrated feeding place for the Turkic army to feed horses. This is a general practice of the Turkic army in peacetime. If a large army goes to war, the same arrangement will be made for the Turkic army in non-combat states.

For example, the army stationed in Zihe was tasked with supporting the army in the south. Once the Turkic army in Shanyang County was unfortunately defeated and retreated, they were responsible for going south to respond and intercepting the pursuers behind them.

Because they were far away from the battlefield, they were in this non-combat state, with soldiers and war horses camping separately. Otherwise, like the Turkic army in combat in the Loufan Pass, their war horses must have followed the soldiers.

The scouts ran silently along the partition fence in the middle. At this time, a faint voice appeared in front of them. Wang Canghai quickly waved his hand, and everyone lies in the grass, which was two feet high, quietly swallowing the soldiers.

Soon, more than a dozen Turkic patrol cavalry came slowly, discussing something loudly, and burst into laughter from time to time. Perhaps they were discussing the women and wealth that were about to be divided.

The cavalry walked around the fence, and they were too excited to discuss and did not notice that there was a scout of the Sui army beneath their feet.

A horse's hooves stepped onto the side of Wang Canghai's face. Wang Canghai tightly held the short spear tightly, and his palms were sweating. As soon as the Turkic soldiers screamed, he would suddenly kill people.

But more than a dozen patrol cavalry walked past them and did not find a Sui army scout hidden under their feet.
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