Chapter 633 The tiger descends the mountain
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Li Jing waited for two days and finally waited for the Yinshan Tatar Alliance black car room Chief Wei Hutu.
"Chief Wei, Chief Wei in the black car room, come to see Prince Andong!" Hutu, whose face was red and red, had a tiger-backed and bear-bearded waist, his face was covered with beard, and his long hair was tied into a big strand behind his back. However, when facing Li Jing, his eyes were filled with respect and caution.
"Please ask General Guide to come all the way. I really have something to ask for. Thank you for your hard work." Li Jing smiled at Hutu. Although the Yinshan Tatar Alliance had a million people, it was because it was attached to the Tang Dynasty in its early years. The Tang Dynasty assigned the Yinshan area to them for grazing, so that it could grow and grow. However, compared with the Tang Dynasty, this loose tribal alliance was not powerful. There were Zhenwu of the Tang Dynasty, Datong and Youzhou Army in the south, and Xi, Khitan and Tielle tribes in the east, and Tiel to the north. Each of them was stronger than them.
Even Li Keyong, whom they had taken in before, has now led wolves into the house, turned around and recruited a large number of small tribes such as Uighurs, and in turn they kept ramming Wei in Yinshan, and they were too defensive to fight. This time, Hu Tu came here, hoping to find Li Jing to help. He knew that although Li Keyong was fierce, he was not Li Jing's opponent. Whether it was the Datong Army, Lu Long Army, or even the Zhenwu Army and Tiande Army, they all had a complicated relationship with Li Jing. As long as Li Jing was willing to take action, they would not have to worry about Li Keyong's harassment. Besides, they were now attacked by Li Jing, which was a big reason why Li Jing sent someone to deal with Li Keyong.
Li Jing knew very well why Hutu came. The Yinshan Tatar Alliance was mainly composed of two major tribes, Wusugu and Heichezi. The leader of Wusugu was the chief of the alliance. Hebule was the title of the third rank of Shanghuaihua General of the Tang Dynasty, and Hutu was named the third rank of Shangguide General of the Tang Dynasty. The general of Huaihua and the general of the natural rank of the imperial court were specially granted to those Huyi leaders who surrendered inland, which was equivalent to the title of champion general and Yunhui General.
Li Jing asked Zhao Jiang to bring a bottle of good Wuliangye, and personally poured a cup of Hutu and handed it to him. He smiled and said, "To be honest, I am going to kill directly along the Luanshui River Valley to King Xi's tent. Then take the way and go straight to Bailang City, Liucheng, West of Liaoxi. But this road is really not easy to walk. I heard you know this road?"
Hutu nodded, and on the way he came, he heard General Tang talk about this. He did know about this river valley road, but this road was very difficult. He did not expect that Li Jing would take this road. He even unexpectedly, Li Jing would send troops to point directly at King Xi’s tent.
"You help me point out this path and help me defeat Xi and Khitan. After the war, I will join forces with the Tiande Army, Zhenwu Army, Datong Army, and Lulong Army to attack Yinshan and wipe out Li Keyong. Moreover, you can choose to stay in Yinshan at that time, or move to western Liaoning or Xi land." Li Jing smiled and threw out an extremely attractive bargaining chip. The land of Xi is extremely abundant.
Hutu was extremely excited when he heard Li Jing's promise. Li Jing's current power can be said to be stable in the East China Sea. With his guarantee, there is no need to worry about Li Keyong anymore.
"There is indeed a passage in the Luanshui Valley, but this road is a road without roads. Many places cannot pass through cars and horses, especially the current ice and snow weather, which is even more difficult to travel. It is at least four hundred miles away from the valley before you can reach the flat ground."
Is there a way out? No!
"Give up the excess baggage and move forward lightly!" Jing Xiang once again made suggestions to Li Jing. Each person only brought dry food for ten days, and except for horses and weapons, the rest were thrown away! He burned his boats and fought with his back.
After throwing away other supplies, Li Jing only had ten days of supplies left.
If it is a general situation, it is naturally not a problem to have a two horse. But now it is necessary to walk a bird path, a beast path through mountains and a road, and a four hundred miles, or in such a cold rainy and snowy season, it is definitely not an easy task.
But now, Li Jing has no way out.
Hutu led the Tatars to lead the way, and Li Wei led the scout camp to reconnaissance everywhere. The engineer camp opened the way across mountains, built bridges when encountering water, and cut through thorns, and drove while driving.
This road is ten times harder than Li Jing expected. The army walked between weeds and rocks in the ice and snow, and along the way, they were all on the dangerous banks on both sides. And they had to cross the cold and bone-breathing rivers, sometimes south and sometimes north, sometimes east and sometimes west. There was no one on the road except birds and animals.
If Hutu hadn't confidently said that the road that was opened up along the way was that passage, many generals had already begun to suspect that Hutu had colluded with the Khitans and came to lead the town to circle around the wilderness.
Under such a harsh situation, some people in the army kept getting sick, some fell behind, some fell off the cliff, and some fell into the water...
Death from illness, falling, drowning, and losing personnel. Elite soldiers did not die on the battlefield, but died in the poor mountains and rivers. Li Jing was heartbroken, but he could only look like iron, gritted his teeth and led the army forward.
Snowflakes are flying!
Large pieces of flying snow fell slowly from the sky, attached to the cloaks and faces of the marching horses, and slowly turned into white water vapor. It won't take long to form ice and solidify on the robe and armor.
Fortunately, Li Jing had been preparing for this troops for a long time. All the soldiers wore cotton jackets wrapped in cotton wool, as well as cotton gloves, and large hooded hoods with waterproof hoods. In addition, the army carried canned foods, fish and other high-protein foods that could replenish calories.
The army was so cold, but few soldiers were frozen to death because of the cold weather. The Tatars and others were envious of this situation. They wore leather robes, but the heavy leather robes were not as heavy as cotton jackets, and they were not as warm as cotton jackets. Li Jing rewarded each Tatars with one set, which made these people very happy. He knew that this was made of white stacked cloth, which was even more rare.
It has been fifteen days since I left Lulong Pass. After walking among the mountains for half a month, people are almost crazy.
The supply has almost been used up, and even hundreds of horses have been lost.
According to the plan, they should have walked out of the Luanshui Valley today. But now, they are still walking in the mountains. Li Jing couldn't help but look worried. If he moves in such a mountain, he will go in the wrong direction and if he doesn't do it well, he will have to slept in the ravine for several days.
The weather was gloomy and it was already snowing in the blink of an eye. Seeing that it was getting dark, Li Jing sighed inwardly, and the team had to stop for the night. In such a mountain, walking on the dark night was looking for death. Even if Li Jing was anxious, he would not dare to walk on the night.
Just as I was about to order to stop moving, a fire suddenly appeared in the distance, and suddenly more and more torches appeared in the distance.
The orange-red torch was a little dazzling under this dark sky, and Li Jing was a little dazed.
Suddenly, bursts of cheers came from afar.
Hearing this sound, cheers began to come from the team, and everyone understood what was going on.
At this moment, Li Jing was stunned.
"Prince, we're coming out!!" Li Wei rushed over and shouted loudly, full of excitement.
At this moment, Li Jing felt very calm.
After half a month, I finally got out.
The valley comes out of the front is the plain, which is the Luanping County in later generations. From here, we have already climbed Pinggang Road. Not far east is Chengde in later generations. To the east, we have already arrived at Lulong Road, which has better road conditions. Lulong Road is in better situation than Pinggang Road. Especially after arriving in Chengde, the north is already a plain area. Not only is the road better, but it is already the backyard of the Xi people. The Xi tribe lives along the Laoha River. Li Jing only needs to go north along the river. Not only is the road easier, but he can also get local replenishment along the way, and he can kill all the way to King Xi Khan's tent.
"The prince, there is also good news. The Yinshan Tatar Usugu tribe Hebule arrived with 10,000 Tatar cavalry, right at the foot of the mountain."
After Hutu arrived at Li Jing's camp to accept the task of leading the way, he asked Li Jing to ask someone to go back to Yinshan to deliver a letter to Hebule, asking him to lead the cavalry of the tribe to come to pick him up. Li Jing knew what Hutu meant, and he was expressing his intentions to Li Jing, participating in the battle, and also sneaking into the Xi Wang's tent behind his back. As long as he walked out, it was an inevitable victory. The Tatars joined, but they actually came to share the cake.
However, Li Jing was very happy to accept this. More power would naturally make his troops stronger and he could deal with the Xi people more powerfully.
When Li Jing heard that Hebule had arrived from Yinshan so quickly, he couldn't help but show a joyful expression.
From Pingluan, then to Chengde, then to Pingquan, then to Pinggang, and then to Ningcheng where King Xi’s tent is located. The road will be very flat, but from now on, the battle will also begin.
Li Jing led his army out of the mountain pass, not far from the foot of the mountain, where there was a Xi tribe who lived in winter, with about a thousand tents.
But at this time, the winter land was already in tragic.
Under the dull and dusk sky, the snow was still falling, but the camp had already stained the snow with blood.
"There were about five thousand Xi people, and Hebule led 10,000 Tatar knights to kill them all. It is said that they came all the way from Yinshan, and this was the ninth tribe they slaughtered!" Li Wei reported to Li Jing.
Hebule's actions were very cruel. In order to avoid leaking news, he encountered every tribe along the way, and he did not even want precious slaves.
Li Jing's eyes twitched a few times, but he didn't blame this ally. Although this was a bit cruel, this was the case with the war. In some ways, Li Jing had to praise him for doing a good job and did not leak news.
A bald man wearing a wolf helmet wrapped in a bearskin robe came up with a group of Tatars. He had a chain hammer in his arms and a thick-backed machete on his back. His whole body was still covered with undry blood stains, just like a butcher.
The silver wolf Xiaoyue suddenly rushed out from behind Li Jing's horse. Her green wolf eyes stared at Hebule fiercely. Her nose was wrinkled under her long hair and she made a low roar.
Hebule's first time seeing a wolf as big as a horse, his face changed. He subconsciously grabbed the short handle of the double-edged battle axe on his waist. However, when he saw the slight smile of the man with a tall horse behind the silver wolf, he immediately realized that the wolf was the wolf of Prince Andong Li Jing. His face immediately appeared with a kind of honest smile and laughed in a rough voice: "Yinshan Tatar Usu Guhebule is here to welcome Prince Andong of Tang!"
Li Jing immediately looked at Hebule and saw that this man had a seemingly smartness. He smiled, jumped off his horse, shouted the silver wolf back, walked forward, helped Hebule up and knelt down, patted the snowflakes on his body, and laughed: "General Huaihua, I have been looking down for a long time. I have to thank General Huaihua for leading the Tatar warriors to help!"
"This is what the general should do. The general has prepared supplies for the prince's army and prepared hot water and hot meals in the camp." Hebule said with a smile.
Chapter completed!