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Chapter 265 Transporting food and setting up an ambush

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    Leaving the camp, the army headed south.

    At this time, this is not the Badain Jaran Desert in later generations. There are seas dotted with green grass from time to time along the way.

    Huang Mingyuan's army has many chariots and horses, making it difficult to defend.  In order to stabilize the formation, Huang Mingyuan asked Huang Mingzhen and Zhang Changxun to lead cavalry to protect the left and right wings respectively, and led the Chinese army generals to protect the center.  Along the way, all the people were marching forward with their clothes on and their horses still on their saddles, fully armed.

    Many former grain guards did not take this seriously. This is the hinterland of the army. Even if the Turks fly, they cannot come here without a trace. Do they need to be so cautious?

    It is June now, and the grassland is also burning hot.  Everyone couldn't bear the heat and discussed Huang Mingyuan's arrangements.

    Liu Changgong, who was originally Dugu Sheng's lieutenant, couldn't bear Huang Mingyuan's tossing. He took a chance and suggested to Huang Mingyuan: "Zhu Kingdom, in broad daylight, is very safe. Why bother letting soldiers wear armor? Not only is it very hot,  , Can¡¯t walk fast yet. Should we let the soldiers loosen up"

    Looking at Huang Mingyuan¡¯s stern eyes, Liu Changgong didn¡¯t dare to speak at all.

    Liu Changgong also felt that he was very unlucky. He was from the Forbidden Army, and everyone was trying to grab the credit, but he could only escort grain and grass here and do an idle job.

    That¡¯s not all.

    ¡°I have been unlucky for eight lifetimes, and I feel very hateful when I meet such a black-faced King of Hell.  How could anyone treat his subordinates like this? Curse him to lose the battle.

    "Bah, bah, bah!" Suddenly he thought that he was still under Huang Mingyuan's command. What would he do if Huang Mingyuan lost the battle? He quickly spat.

    Liu Changgong returned to the army in embarrassment. Immediately, a subordinate came forward and asked, "General, how are you doing?"

    Liu Changgong spat and said disdainfully: "Bah, before I finished speaking, he was just like digging up his family's ancestral graves. I tell you, be honest with me these days and don't let the King of Hell find you."  Something is wrong, otherwise I will kill you all if something happens. Bah! What bad luck."

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    Huang Mingyuan naturally didn't care about Liu Changgong's affairs. The three thousand soldiers given to him by the King of Jin were all Heluo soldiers, and they used to be raised in Chang'an as a facade.  We haven't fought in many years, so we can only transport some food.  Moreover, these Heluo soldiers were not very capable, had a bad temper, and had poor military discipline. Huang Mingyuan was not prepared to use them at all.  At the critical moment, you still have to rely on the five thousand Fengzhou veterans under your command.

    Huang Mingyuan also knows Liu Changgong.  Hongnong Liu's family is not a big family, and his father is Yang Guang's old friend.  Liu Changgong is also a pig teammate, headstrong and self-willed, so happy with his success.  During the Yang Xuangan Rebellion, he was defeated by Li Mi in the Battle of Shizihe and was directly executed by Yang Tong.

    Huang Mingyuan and he have a huge status disparity, so there is no need to be polite.

    Now that Huang Mingyuan is holding the information in his hand, his face is already ugly.  According to the scouts sent by Jiao Fangjie, a large group of unknown troops appeared seventy miles southwest of themselves, suspected to be Hu people.

    I don¡¯t know where the goal of this group of people is, but it is obvious that if the other party goes further east, I will encounter them soon.  Now we are about 120 to 30 miles away from Shizui Mountain. According to the current marching speed, we will arrive tomorrow evening.  If he rode straight in, the opponent would definitely not be able to catch up at this distance, but with a large number of infantry and soldiers, it was impossible to enter the city first.

    As for giving up on these people, it is even more impossible.

    There is no way to retreat, we can only retreat by advancing.  While Huang Mingyuan arranged for someone to report to Wang Bian who was stationed in Shizui Mountain, seeking the other party's support; at the same time, he was preparing to find advantageous terrain, fight with the opponent, and cover the retreat of the army.

    Of course, these servants cannot be taken with them. Their marching speed seriously affects the mobility of the army.

    Huang Mingyuan ordered Liu Changgong to lead his 2,000 infantrymen to cover more than 20,000 soldiers to Shizui Mountain, and he led more than 6,000 mounted infantrymen to the rear.

    When Liu Changgong heard that there was Hu Qi, he was so frightened that he could not stand up. Why was it that Hu Qi was there again?  Huang Mingyuan threatened Liu Changgong that if he could not deliver these slaves to Shizui Mountain safely, he would chop off his head.

    Liu Changgong was frightened and wanted to rub oil on his feet, but he did not dare to disobey.  After all, in addition to Huang Mingyuan's reputation for defeating the Turks, he is also more famous for his love of killing people to establish his authority.  I heard that Yu Chen of the Yu family was directly chopped down by him.

    The army immediately cleaned up their marching traces to prevent them from being discovered by the Turks.  Liu Changgong was quite capable. He personally led hundreds of people to clear the way, escorted the empty cars, and headed east in a mighty manner.  Their escape speed is no less than that of regular troops.

    After seeing off Liu Changgong¡¯s large army, Huang Mingyuan could think about how to fight this battle.  The Hulu troops on the opposite side had more than 30,000 horses, and IWith 3,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry, it would be impossible to fight head-on.

    In fact, Huang Mingyuan is very curious, where did Bujia Khan instigate this Turkic army? How many people does this old guy Bujia Khan have in his hands?  Certainly not the 200,000 people with pre-war information.

    Bujia Khan is an old fox, and he also knows the Han people's saying that "if the king is not secretive, the minister will lose; if the minister is not secretive, he will lose his virginity; if the secret is not secretive, there will be harm".  He knew very well how many people in his tent would be the Sui people's henchmen, and how many would send out all kinds of information.  Therefore, in order to ensure the confidentiality of the information, he bypassed the nobles of the Eastern Turks and directly sent secret envoys to negotiate with Tiele's Xueyantuo, Bayagu, Pugu, Tongluo and other tribes, and invited them to join him in the expedition.  Sui.

    Bujia Khan also gave them great benefits.  After the war, these Tiele people not only received a quarter of the spoils of war, Bujia Khan also allowed them to graze in Monan, which was the most abundant place in the entire desert.

    Therefore, Bujia Khan's real military strength has exceeded 300,000.

    In order to defeat the Sui army, Bujia Khan used the same formation to create suspicion. He made a circle around the infantry regiment originally heading to Youzhou and then mostly headed west.  In addition to the troops of the Monan tribes, the Yudan tribe and other troops, Bujia Khan has hoarded a total of 260,000 Hu soldiers to the north of Lingzhou. Excluding the troops who raided Shizui Mountain and the battle losses, he still has  More than two hundred thousand men and horses.  In front of Yang Guang, there is an encirclement of 200,000 people preparing to wrap up Yang Guang's army.

    Of course, there is nothing Huang Mingyuan can do about these things.  He must now hold on for two days with the 6,000 troops and horses on hand, and then retreat calmly.

    Huang Mingyuan is not ready to sit back and wait. The position he is in is too open, suitable for cavalry assault, but not conducive to ambush.  He decided to go east immediately and wait for the Turks in Juhu Gorge (today's Zongbeili area).  Juhu Gorge is a triangular open space. Each of the two western corners has a road leading to the grassland in the distance. From Lingzhou, you will reach the grassland after exiting Juhu Gorge.  Behind it is the only way to Lingzhou. The terrain along the way is narrow and rugged, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack.

    And at the speed of the Turks, it will be evening by the time they arrive here.  Night battles are the specialty of the Fengzhou Army.  Relying on the advantageous terrain, they might be able to defeat this random cavalry through chaos.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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