Chapter 326: Turkic Remnants, Night Attack on the Camp

The 50,000 Tang army led by Anxi Hou Lanyu set up camp not far from Balkhash Lake. The army camp was on a flat open land, with Bawa Peak, the famous sacred mountain in the Western Regions, to the southeast.

In the military camp of the Tang Dynasty, due to the arrival of Subati, the envoy of the Wusun Kingdom, Lan Yu, the Marquis of Anxi of the Tang Dynasty who was originally aggressively attacking Wusun, was hesitant. A cavalry of more than a thousand people quietly arrived at the foot of Bawa Peak. the other side.

A tall, exotic man with a face full of flesh, and a few ferocious followers climbed halfway up the Bawa Peak, taking a commanding view of the Tang Army's camp in the distance.

The leader was none other than Bater, the son of Timur, the great Khan of the Turkic state, and the leader of the Guli tribe of the remaining Turkic people.

"Report——"

"Captain Qi, we have found out clearly that the person who has just entered the Tang army's camp is the special envoy Subati sent by King Tibis of Wusun!"

At this time, a Turkic scout dressed as a herdsman hurried to Battelle's side and reported the news he had just discovered.

snort!

Listening to the scout's answer, Battle snorted coldly without raising his head, and said to himself: "I knew that Tibes couldn't sit still and wait for death;"

"However, everything is beyond his control!"

With that said, Battle waved his hand and asked sharply: "Do you remember clearly the distribution of the Tang Army's camp?"

"Remember it clearly, leader!"

The remaining Turkic men who were accompanying him responded in unison.

Battle nodded and said, "Let's go. I'll personally pour you wine for you when you return to the camp!"

Soon, Battle and his party returned to the temporary camp at the foot of Bawa Peak. More than a thousand Turkic cavalry had already put on the armor and equipment of the Wusun cavalry. Even the weapons they used were the latest weapons of the Wusun cavalry. Common Western Scimitar.

Obviously, Bater, the leader of the remaining Turkic Guli tribe, planned to stage a civet cat-for-prince drama to muddy the water in the Western Region so that the powerful Arab Empire could take the opportunity to march eastward and fish in troubled waters.

In fact, it was Battelle who was behind the secret provocation of the war between Wusun and Xiaowan.

It was he who secretly trained assassins, and then, under the guise of King Maimat of Xiaowan Kingdom, he sent the assassins to Chigu City, the capital of Wusun Kingdom, to assassinate King Tibis of Wusun Kingdom, and used the killer's mouth to frame Xiaowan Kingdom;

Then, when King Tibes of Wusun pressed forward with his army, intending to seek an explanation from Xiaowan, Battelle secretly provoked a war between the two countries;

Taking advantage of the melee, he led a group of Turkic soldiers who had changed into the equipment of the Wusun King's Guard, sneaked into the palace of the Xiaowan Kingdom, and slaughtered more than 300 royal family members, including King Maimaiti. , and framed Wusun Kingdom.

Therefore, there was a scene in which the envoys of Wusun and Xiaowan held different opinions in the central tent of the Tang army.

In fact, all of this is Battelle's secret mischief.

And the reason why he did this, to provoke a war between Wusun and Xiaowan, was because only in this way could Lan Yu, the Marquis of Anxi of the Tang Dynasty, send troops and fall into the trap carefully designed by Battelle step by step.

A few years ago, the then king of Jin, Chen Huaian, led an army to destroy the country, and then fled all the way to the Arabian Empire. Battelle was looking forward to returning to Mobei all the time, looking forward to finding Chen Huaian to avenge the death of his father and the destruction of the country;

Battelle, who was under the auspices of the Arab Empire, had been trying to persuade the rulers of the Abbasid dynasty to march eastwards. It was not until the successor of the new imperial ruler Safah, who was so happy that Battelle finally got his wish.

However, the empire's Eastern Expedition emphasizes the importance of "having a good reputation". If the name is not correct, the words will not go smoothly, and if the words are not right, the things will not be accomplished.

Ever since, for more than a year, Battelle had been traveling to the countries in the Western Regions as a businessman to collect information and cultivate power. Finally, in the first year of Zhaowu in the Tang Dynasty, he got a golden opportunity.

The Tang Dynasty conquered Goguryeo eastward, and more than one-third of the dynasty's army was dragged to the Goguryeo Peninsula. This gave Battelle an opportunity to persuade the Arab Empire to go eastward.

Battelle's plan to return to Mobei with the help of the Abbasid Dynasty is generally divided into two steps;

The first step is to provoke a war between Wusun and Xiaowan, and let Anxi Hou Lanyu of the Tang Dynasty lead his troops to destroy Wusun, so that Wusun can ask for help from the Arab Empire and give the Arab Empire a legitimate reason to march eastward;

The second step was to lead the remaining Turkic tribes back to the Mobei grassland after the Abbasid Dynasty took control of the situation in the Western Regions, and cooperated with Liu Ziyu, the uncle of Wu Yi who guarded the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyun on the border of the Tang Dynasty, to remove the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyun from the Tang Dynasty. The dynasty's territory split off, and eventually cooperated with the Arab Empire in the Eastern Expedition, gradually encroaching on the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

So far, it's all been according to Battle's plan.

Tonight, he wanted to add fuel to the fire, and there was no way he would miss this God-given opportunity.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, a unique farewell ceremony for the expedition was being held at the temporary camp of the Turkic cavalry at the foot of Bawa Peak, the sacred mountain in the Western Regions.

Twelve hundred Turkic soldiers lined up neatly, each holding a bowl of kumiss in their hands.

The leader of the tribe, Battle, was standing in front of the three-army formation, also holding a bowl of kumiss in his hand.

His sharp eyes swept across the faces of every Turkic soldier in the front row of the queue, and he roared like a bell: "You warriors of the Guli tribe——"

"Today, under the blessing of the Changsheng Heaven, under the illumination of the sun, moon, mountains and rivers, and under the witness of the sacred mountain Bawa Peak, you will launch a night attack on the Tang Army's camp;"

"This is not only a battle of revenge, but also a battle of honor for our Turkic Khanate to return to Mobei;"

"You are not only responsible for revenge for the people who died tragically at the hands of the Han people, but also for the descendants of the Guli tribe to return to the Mobei grassland to graze;"

Bateer continued excitedly: "But, warriors, please remember that you represent the cavalry of the Wusun Kingdom tonight. If you are unfortunately captured by the Tang army, you must insist that you are under the order of King Tibes to attack the Tang army camp at night;"

"As for why, I think there is no need for this leader to repeat the reason again!"

"In short, although you will die as Wusun people tonight, your souls will always coexist with Changshengtian!"

"Come on, raise your mare's milk wine!"

Swish!

With Bater's order, the 1,200 Turkic cavalry in the temporary camp raised their wine bowls.

Bater said sternly: "Drink this bowl of wine, let's fight to the death with the Tang army!"

"Fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

One thousand two hundred people roared in unison.

"Cheers!"

Bateer raised his head and drank the wine in the bowl.

"Cheers!"

One thousand two hundred Turkic cavalrymen also followed the leader's example and drank the wine in the bowl!

Bang!

Bang, bang!

Afterwards, Bater smashed the wine bowl into pieces with force, and the rest of the Turkic cavalry also followed his example and smashed the wine bowl in their hands into pieces.

Bateer waved his hand and said sternly: "I, Bater and the 300,000 people of the Guli tribe, together with Changshengtian, are with you in spirit!"

"Warriors, let's go!"