Chapter 404 Traveling alone for thousands of miles, the eagle hits the sky

In the long smoky desert, wind-eroded mushroom stones can be seen everywhere. The scorching sun is blazing, and mirages frequently appear.

Even Xue Rengui himself feels that it is a miracle that their group of people have not been blocked by thousands of troops and horses, have not died of hunger, thirst and heat, and have not been lost in the desert and buried in the wolf's belly.

In front of you, there is a large green field.

This time, it's not a mirage!

Generals and soldiers of the three armies, cheer for thunder!

"General Xue, we're out! We left the 800 deserts and came to the grassland!" The left and right deputy generals cried with joy.

Xue Rengui raised the corners of his mouth and nodded with a smile, taking a soft breath.

It has been more than half a month since the day of breaking through the north. Along the way, first, the bloody battle of Tianshan ambushed the mud, and then crossed the inescapable and dangerous Tianshan; after going down the mountain, he entered the territory under the rule of the northern court of the Western Turks. Although the secret department is a small tribe, there are a lot of elite riders waiting for work. Xue Rengui led the iron army, which was exhausted but branded with the seal of Qin Shubao's God of War, head-on with a weak attack, like a sharp cone piercing the three lines of defense laid by the secret department, annihilating thousands of enemies and killing more than 30 enemy generals and chiefs. Xue Rengui also captured Donan, the second son of the leader of the secret department, before the battle. He took him hostage and took him away. After 500 miles away, he was released back. Donan felt Xue Rengui's righteousness and vowed to persuade his father to stop chasing the Tang army after going back, and said that in fact, he had no intention of being the enemy of the Tang Dynasty. It was just taken in the ** power of the Beiting, and he had to submit to the Beiting and act under the order.

Breaking through the siege, Xue Rengui's troops reached the great desert near the southern foot of Jinshan. As early as decades ago, Jinshan was the boundary between the Western Turks and the Eastern Turks pacifying by the Tang Dynasty. To the west, it is the sphere of influence of the Beiting; to the east, it enters the Mobei grassland of the Tang Dynasty.

And here, the one who guards the territory of Beiting is Hu Luwu, the great general of the Beiting, who is second only to the mud.

80,000 troops, guard in danger!

At this time, Xue Rengui's department has been more than 1,000 miles away from Gaochang. Along the way, most of the soldiers have died and injured and summer diseases. The supplies along the way basically depend on trophies and wild hunting. Almost every general has reached the limit that the human body can withstand fatigue!

But Xue Rengui knows that there is no way out now! Only by breaking through the great defense line guarded by Hu Luwu, crossing the desert into the Mobei grassland, and then entering Helong through the Yinshan and Helanshan lines, can we return to Lanzhou!

It's thousands of miles away, thousands of miles away!

At this moment, Xue Rengui really hopes that he and the remaining 7,8904 Tang soldiers can turn into wings and fly back to Lanzhou!

Xue Rengui only used one sentence to inspire the morale of this lonely and bold master - "We are all sons of the God of War of the Tang Dynasty, and we have to go forward!"

"Kill--"

More than ten thousand exhausted soldiers launched a death attack on the 80,000 Huluwu's elite Turkic cavalry!

Xue Rengui, who took the lead, broke into the army like the head of a bloody long gun!

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The fierce battle lasted for more than four hours. Late at night, the leader of the "Eighteen Horses" generals under the command of Hu Luwu, the general of the Beiting, who was proud and crowned the three armies, were killed by Xue Rengui himself in front of the battle!

Hu Luwu people, frightened!

Hu Luwu, the leader, was sad and indignant. As soon as he ordered, he gave up the encirclement of Xue Rengui's troops, and let them break through this line of defense and enter the desert!

After this war, Xue Rengui was famous and powerful in the north, and the women and children in the north and south of the desert are known!

Half of his life was picked up by Xue Rengui's mud piercing his chest with an arrow, but he must not be able to lead the military director within a year and a half. Yipidu Luke Khan in the North Court was angry and ordered people to cast a pure gold man of the same size as a real person. He threatened that if anyone cut off Xue Rengui's head, he would give him this golden man; if he could be captured alive, in addition to the bounty, he would be given a thousand tribal leaders, 3,000 oxen and sheep, and 20 beautiful women!

At this time, Xue Rengui, who had led more than 10,000 soldiers of the Western Expedition for the rest of his life, was like a group of undead iron men who struggled through the 800-mile desert, crossed the grassland and breathed fresh air.

"General, where are we going now?" The left and right deputy generals asked Xue Rengui.

Xue Rengui frowned and meditated for a moment and said, "This is the first time in my life. I have seen the map of the "Record of the Mobei Army" inherited by the young commander from Wei Gong; if I remember correctly, walking more than 400 miles to the southeast is the territory of the former Eastern Turkic Tuli Khan.

"Tuli Khan? Is it the little Khan who helped the Tang Dynasty pacate the Turkic Khanate a few years ago? Ask left and right.

"It's him." Xue Rengui nodded and said, "Tuli Khan is the aristocratic chief of Ashina.' Ashina's surname is like the surname Li of my Tang Dynasty... After returning to the Tang Dynasty, he was awarded the title of governor of Shunzhou and died of illness. After that, his son Ashina Heluoyu inherited his title and stayed on the grassland to be ordered to govern the Turkic people here in the Tang Dynasty.

"That's great!" He said excitedly, "So, he is one of our Tang Dynasty!"

"That's right." Xue Rengui frowned and said, "But I don't know him. Over the past few years, the Tang Dynasty has rarely stationed troops here. At most, it has only sent some officials to assist Heluo in governing the military and politics. On the current Turkic grassland, the most powerful is the Xueyantuo tribe north of the desert. Their leader, Yi Nan, like the Turkistan Khan, once helped the Tang Dynasty pacate the Turkic Khanate. Later, His Majesty gave the princess surnamed Li to marry him and named him Pearl Khan. However, Yinan has always been brave and ambitious. In recent years, he has annexed several grassland tribes in a row, which is nothing more than trying to unify the grasslands from the Tang Dynasty and become the second Jieli. That is to say, Ashinabu, a grassland aristocratic tribe led by Heluogu in name, is still a subordinate of the Tang Dynasty; but in fact, I'm worried that their authority from Yinan has been subdued to Xue Yantuo. After all, the Tang Dynasty is out of reach for this..."

"What should I do? So shall we still go to Ash's? Ask left and right.

"Whh whether we go or not, it's the only way for us." Xue Rengui's eyes narrowed slightly and his tone sank, "Think about the yellow flower-like grassland Ashi yesterday, compared with the 80,000 iron riders under the command of Hu Luwu!"

"Ling - full speed eastward, target, Ashina's territory, Yu Dujun Shanya tent tribe!"

Two days later, Xue Rengui, who was galloping all the way, led his army to the Yudu Army Mountain, where the former Turkic Khan's tooth tent was located, and was also the most prestigious political and military center and prosperous place on the grassland.

But what you see in your eyes is shocking!

The once lively and prosperous tooth tent tribe is now dead and fragmented, with scattered corpses and running cattle and sheep everywhere. The shepherd's felt tent was thick smoke in the flames, and the green grass dried up with blue blood clots. The tribe dozens of miles in size was like a deadland!

"This place has been looted by fire!" Everyone came to this conclusion coincidentally!

"Who dares to be so bold and act against the grassland Ashi?" Xue Rengui was shocked and angry, and thought to himself: Although Ashina was yesterday's yellow flower, it still lived up to the name of the nobles. He has great prestige and influence among the grassland tribes, and is at least a spiritual leader. Moreover, Heluoyu, the son of Tuli Khan, was a pro-people military official personally appointed by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and he was a court minister of the Tang Dynasty. Now A Shi's part has been washed by blood... Is it true that the Yi man is against it?

"Search the dental account to see if there is a living mouth!" Xue Rengui gave an order, and the soldiers searched separately.

After an hour passed, the soldiers and soldiers returned that there was no life, and the wealth of cattle and sheep was almost looted!

"How can that be!" Xue Rengui gritted his teeth and snorted, and the Fang Tianhua halberd in his hand made his bones ring.

"General, there is a brigade of troops and horses in the east!" Suddenly, the Hou came to report.

Xue Rengui raised his thick eyebrows: "Army preparation!!"

Countless iron hooves are rolling in. The grassland is ringing!

Xue Rengui set up a good posture and only brought a flag to make a horse come out. Along the way, all the generals and horses were stained with blood and dirty, and only this bright red Tang flag was still shining in the wind.

The number of soldiers and horses in front of them is no less than 30,000. The black iron black armor machete wolf flag is obviously the army of the grassland tribe.

Xue Rengui raised the square painting halberd in his hand and signaled the whole army to be on alert to fight, and then the horse came forward first.

The other party's cavalry stood on a high slope in a circle, occupying the geographical advantage of being condescending for the sprint, but they were not in a hurry to attack, but lined up like a dark cloud. Then, several people galloped out and came to Xue Rengui.

Of course, Xue Rengui doesn't know these people, but looking at the other party's dress and temperament, it should be the chief and the general. These people are quite vigilance and confused at the same time.

He rode back and forth and stared at Xue Rengui a few times and muttered a few words. One of them came forward and said in Chinese, "Who are you? Why did you rob the Ashina tribe?"

Xue Rengui looked solemn and hugged his fist and said, "I am under the command of Qin Shubao, the Duke of Protector of Anxi University, and Xue Li, General Zuo Weiwei of Lanzhou!" The leading army to this point coincided with the bloodshed of Ashina. Our department arrived an hour earlier than your department. If you don't believe it, you can enter the dental account to check the edge of the knife! The knives used by my sergeant of the Tang Dynasty are all straight and horizontal knives; and the wounds of the dead in the tooth tent are all caused by machetes!"

Several people on the opposite side were obviously shocked and asked the man, "Your Excellency is Xue Rengui, the Tang god general who was defeated by Tianshan and defeated Hu Luwu in eight hundred deserts?"

"What kind of Tang Dynasty god dare not be? It's Xue." Xue Rengui said lightly.

Several people on the opposite side exclaimed that they turned over neatly and dismount, stood in front of Xue Rengui's horse, stroked his chest and bowed: "General Xue is on, please accept our great gift!"

Xue Rengui was stunned and inserted Fang Tianhua halberd into the mud next to the horse. He also got off the horse and hugged his fist and said, "I dare not give such a big gift. Dare to ask your Excellency, what's your name?

"The god will be on it. I am the Uihu tribe awarded by His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty (official name, the meaning of the great leader), and I am confused." The man who just asked replied, "A few days ago, I received a request for help from Ashina Heluo. He said that Yinan came to harass and deliberately added troops to slaughter the city, so he led the army to save... Unexpectedly, it was still late!"

"It turned out to be the leader of Tu Midu, and the last general was disrespectful!" Xue Rengui held a punch and raised his thick eyebrows and said angrily, "Is Yi Nan really going to reverse it?"

"Oh!" Tu Midu sighed for a long time and shook his head and said, "After Cong Yinan helped the Tang Dynasty calm down Jie Li and was awarded the title of pearl Khan, he was proud and bullying the weak. For several years, he has been rampant in the grassland sky and the big and small tribes. Even the noble Ashi of the grassland dares to bully! Among the grassland-sized tribes, only my Uigu tribe and Ashina tribe did not give in to him. Now, Yinan has more than 200,000 soldiers. He has been indifferent to the north of the desert for a long time, and he will definitely sweep the grassland sooner or later. Now that the Tang Dynasty has started a war with Tubo and the Western Turks, Yi Nan thought that the Tang Dynasty had no time to look north, so he brazenly attacked A Shi! - General Xue, I have reported to Li Xi, the governor of Bingzhou, for urgent assistance! However, Yinan has already washed Ashi's part, and sooner or later I will definitely go back to do it! Please ask General Xue to be fair!"

"Do you have justice?" When Xue Rengui heard these four words, his anger churned in his chest, but he also didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He said secretly: I'm just a hurried passer-by. I'm still in a hurry to protect myself and eager to return to Lanzhou. How can I take care of it? The imperial court has its own imperial official, Li Xun, who is in charge of this place, and His Majesty calls him the 'Great Wall of the North of the Tang Dynasty'. How can it be my turn to replace him?

But in a blink of an eye, when he saw the blood-washed tribe and the corpses in the four places not far away, Xue Rengui couldn't help but be angry. After thinking for a while, he said, "Since the Yinan is the pearl khan given by your majesty, now it is a blatant rebellion to wash the Ashina tribe. I am the general of the Celestial Empire who led the army here, and I can't ignore it! - The big leader, please send a letter to Yi Nan and tell that the Tang envoy came to inquire about the crime, and let him answer me Xue Rengui before the battle and give me an explanation!"

"Uh, this..." Tu Midu's face showed a trace of distress, and he swallowed in his mouth.

Xue Rengui knew that he was a little afraid of Yinan. Obviously, he also underestimated him, Xue Rengui, and even trusted more than Wan Yu Tangjun in this area. He smiled slightly and said, "The great leader of Tu Midu, although Xue is an unknown soldier of the Tang Dynasty, with the flag of the Tang army here, it is the symbol of the Celstial Empire. As pointed out by the Hejing of the Celestial Empire, he should look at the wind and escape! If he really wants to fight back, he will dare to attack Xue Rengui! - If he does force, he will lose faith and betray the Tang Dynasty first, and I, the Tang Dynasty, will attack him! If so, Li Xun's army can become famous and return to the grassland in the north of the desert, which is just around the corner! With the divine power of the Tang Dynasty as a support, Xue came to this division alone and was tired and not afraid. The soldiers under the command of the great leader were full of food, and there were also tribal people who tried their best to resist the enemy. What's the fear?!"

"What General Xue said! That's it!" Tu Midu still hesitated for a moment and nodded and said, "Well, let's invite General Xue and his generals first to rest in our tribe and refresh themselves!" When I send a message to Yinan, let's see how he advocates!"

"It's better to obey than to be respectful! Big leader, please!"