On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 291 The so-called strategy

Since Dulan Khan concluded that Cui Che would attack the camp, Datou Khan was convinced, so Datou sent his eldest son Du Liuye to escort his troops to set up an ambush in the mountains and forests outside the camp, waiting for the Sui army to fall into his trap.

The night was dark and the Sui army had not been seen for a long time, which also made the Turkic soldiers ambushing outside the camp anxious. A trusted general said:

"Ye Hu, I'm thinking just like last night. It's Nadulan Khan who is too smart. I'm afraid the Sui army won't come."

Du Liuyehu frowned and said:

"Silence! You just need to sit tight and stay safe. If the Sui people are scared away, you can't afford to suffer. As for whether the Sui army will come or not, it is not your concern!"

The trusted general quickly shut his mouth.

Datou Khan is already very old. Dulan Khan of the Eastern Turks, Nili Khan of the Western Turks, and Tuli Khan who defected to the Sui Dynasty are all Datou's grandchildren, which shows that this man is old.

Yehu was the second-most-ranked position in the Turkic Khanate after Khan. Now Datou Khan named his son Yehu and called him the capital of Liuyehu. Everyone knows his intention to pass on the throne.

It's the time when autumn and winter alternate. If we were in Central China, the weather would be cool, but here we are on the southern shore of Lake Baikal, in the Xian'e River Basin, at a high latitude.

The Xian'e River has a freezing period that lasts for half a year. The reason why the Turks could not take advantage of the Sui army to cross the Xian'e River and attack halfway was because the Xian'e River had already frozen.

Twenty miles to the south, in the Sui army camp, Cui Che was still sitting around the stove in the commander's tent with Li Jing, Fang Xuanling, Liu Fang and others, discussing the formation of troops for tomorrow.

Outside the Turkic camp, the new wind howled and rolled up snowflakes all over the sky, making all the Turkic soldiers lurking in the woods tremble.

Seeing that it was late at night, Liuyehu couldn't bear it any longer, so he walked out of the woods and came to the sweat tent.

Dulan and Datou were also waiting for the Sui army to attack and did not rest.

Datou Khan glared at Du Liuyehu and said dissatisfied:

"I didn't ask you to set up an ambush outside the camp, so what are you going to do when you come back?"

But seeing Du Liuyehu's lips turned white and his face purple due to the cold, he still softened his mind and said:

"Sit down and warm yourself by the fire."

Du Liuyehu just sat down and couldn't help but suggest:

"Father Khan, why don't you send sentry cavalry to explore the south to see if the Sui army has left the camp."

Dulan Khan quickly stopped:

"No, isn't this just a warning? If the Sui army encountered our sentries and thought the news was leaked, how could they come again!"

Du Liuyehu cursed secretly in his heart: You are warming your feelings on the fire in the sweat tent. You don’t know what kind of crimes we suffered outside the camp.

He retorted:

"The first half of the night has passed, and there is no movement from the Sui army. If they don't come back in the second half of the night, wouldn't it mean that we have been waiting all night in vain!"

Dulan Khan smiled and said:

"The Sui people divided a day into twelve hours. In the past, I followed Cui Che to raid the palace of Nili Khan at night. He once said that the most sleepy time for people in a day is the ugly hour (1 a.m.-

3 o'clock), now the ugly time is coming, the Sui army will come!"

When Tatou Khan heard this, he thought to himself: I will trust him again.

Therefore, Du Liuyehu was forced to return to the outside of the camp and was not allowed to send sentry cavalry southward to prevent encounters with the sudden Sui army.

The Turkic soldiers in the camp were waiting closely, and the soldiers in ambush in the woods were so cold that they could not hold their weapons steady. They stayed up all night, looking forward to the Sui army's attack.

Watching the passage of time, with no sign of the Sui army, Dulan Khan went from being confident at the beginning to being restless now.

"That's not right!

"How can it be!

"Cui Che will definitely come!

"Maybe the leader of this battle is not Cui Che! It's just in his name!"

Dulan Khan paced around the stove and muttered to himself.

Datou Khan on the side couldn't stand it anymore. He was upset by him and said angrily:

"You must be a demon! The envoy sent to the Sui camp has already described the appearance of the person in command. You also concluded that the person is Cui Che. How can it be false!"

Dulan Khan just shook his head:

"No! No! There must be something wrong with this!"

Seeing a ray of morning light appearing outside the tent, piercing the darkness, Datou Khan completely lost his patience, and was about to have a seizure, when he heard Dulan Khan suddenly say:

"I know! Cui Che is really cunning!

"He deliberately made me think that he was going to attack the camp and let us guard against him all night, but he took it easy in the camp.

"Our soldiers have not slept all night and are exhausted, so how can we fight with them?

"We lost two games the night before yesterday, and our morale was already low.

"We were busy all night last night, and the soldiers complained incessantly.

"Today he challenges us outside the camp again. The soldiers are exhausted and we cannot challenge him.

“Isn’t this just a matter of making a big effort, then failing again, and finally exhausting yourself all at once!

"Haha! I have seen through Cui Che's plan!"

Dulan Khan became more and more excited as he talked, and he couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh.

However, Datou Khan on the side suppressed his anger and gritted his teeth and said:

"Now that the matter is over, if you see through Cui Che's tricks, what's the use!"

Dulan Khan's smile froze on his face.

It seems that is indeed the case.

The morale of the army has hit rock bottom. Why am I still laughing here?

For a moment, the atmosphere in the Turkic Khan's tent was very awkward.

Datou Khan snorted heavily and opened the curtain to leave. Dulan Khan asked:

"Where is my uncle going?"

Before he could say the following sentence, 'Let us think carefully about how to boost morale,' I heard Datou Khan roaring:

"Where to go! Go back to sleep!"

Then he left in anger.

Dulan Khan was also very sleepy, so he quickly ordered someone to display the no-fight card, and then he fell asleep.

But Cui Che, who was hugging Zhang Lihua, woke up in the morning light.

Dulan Khan thought that everything was Cui Che's plan. If Cui Che knew what he was thinking, he would definitely cry out that he was wronged.

I had been discussing with my cronies last night how to arrange the troops, and I was concentrating on preparing for today's battle without any evil intentions.

This was a battlefield carefully selected by Dulan Khan. Cui Che had just arrived, and he was so embarrassed that he went to attack the enemy camp at night without knowing the road.

After washing, without having time to have breakfast, Cui Che sent Mai Tiezhang to the north to inquire for information.

At three o'clock in the morning, Mai Tiezhang came back covered in blood. Not only did he capture one alive, but when he arrived at the commander's tent, he once again accidentally dropped several Turkic noses from his arms.

Mai Tiezhang chuckled and said:

"On the way back, I met a group of Turkic scouts.

"I originally wanted to get rid of them and seize the time to report the message to Duke Yan.

"But they kept chasing me and wouldn't let me go.

"I can only kill them all, oh! No! I even left one alive for Mr. Yan."

Cui Che couldn't help laughing when he saw his showy appearance. He finally suppressed his laughter and asked:

"You said you wanted to report the news to me, but what's going on with the Turks?"

Mai Tiezhang said seriously:

"They put up the no-war card."

(End of chapter)