On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 293 The time has come

The story of the boy who cried wolf will be known to everyone in later generations.

However, the wisdom of "Aesop's Fables" has not yet benefited the Turks.

When the noisy Sui army outside the camp was easily expelled for the third time, few people in the Turkic army took seriously the possibility of a strong attack by the Sui army.

Even though Dulan Khan had vague suspicions about Cui Che's intentions, his previous series of unreliable performances had made Datou Khan no longer trust him.

On September 26, the 16th year of the founding of the Emperor (596 AD), near dusk, the Sui army camped.

When the Sui army retreated for the fourth time and informed Cui Che that fewer and fewer Turks were being driven out of the camp, and there was almost no big movement in the camp.

In the handsome tent, Cui Che stood up, glanced at the generals, and said loudly:

"Everyone! The time has come! Build a successful career and make a wife and son, today is the day!"

Everyone stood up one after another, and they all cupped their hands and said:

"Listen to Duke Yan's command!"

Cui Che then left 30,000 infantry to guard the camp, and led 50,000 cavalry out of the camp to the north. He sent sentries along the way to intercept and kill any Turkic scouts that might appear.

In the evening, as the last ray of sunset disappears into the sky, night falls.

The Turkic soldiers on the lookout saw the Sui army in darkness outside the camp, and they hurriedly shouted a warning.

However, the Turkic soldiers were accustomed to warning sounds, and many of them did not move. Even those who had woken up in the camp moved slowly, without any sense of urgency as the enemy was facing them.

As Cui Che waved his hand, the sound of thunder sounded, and countless Sui army cavalry passed by him and rushed towards the Turkic camp.

Since the Turkic soldiers were delayed in getting into position, arrows fired in twos and threes were completely unable to stop the Sui army's charge.

When the camp gate was destroyed, the resisting horses were swept away, and there were not enough spearmen and shield soldiers to guard the gate, the Sui army was able to march straight in and break into the Turkic front camp.

Mai Tiezhang, Liu Fang, Wang Dangwan and others each led their tribesmen to set fires everywhere and create commotion.

The sound of roaring horse hooves came from far and near, and the shouts of killing resounded through the sky.

This made Dulan Khan in the Chinese army camp extremely frightened.

This is simply not the momentum that thousands of people could create before.

He was too familiar with such movements, as if he had returned to the night when he followed Cui Che to attack the palace of Nili Khan at night.

"Great Khan! The Sui army is really coming! The front camp has been lost!"

The cronies rushed into the handsome tent while crawling.

Dulan Khan forced himself to calm down. He opened the door curtain and quickly walked out of the sweat tent. He only saw fires everywhere in the front camp and black smoke rising into the sky.

The panicked Turkic soldiers were like frightened birds, scurrying around the camp, crying and wailing. Their morale was already low, and now they had no intention of resisting.

Especially the Eastern Turk soldiers, they either fled or abandoned their weapons and surrendered.

The firelight reflected the pale face of Dulan Khan.

"Walk!"

Dulan Khan gritted his teeth and said.

Escape is shameful, but useful!

There are too many examples that can make Dulan Khan understand that there is no need to worry about having no firewood to burn the green hills.

Just like his father Ashina's failure in taking pictures of Bai Daochuan, or the Western Turk Nili Khan abandoning the royal court.

Previously, we divided our troops and moved the women and children to the west of Dujin Mountain, just to guard against this day.

Dulan Khan climbed on the horse's back, and with dozens of his followers, he patted the horse and left.

At the same time, Mai Tiezhang took the lead and led his troops towards the Turkic Central Army camp. Wang Dangwan, Liu Fang and others followed closely behind.

Datou Khan was still shouting and commanding at the top of his lungs, trying to save the defeat.

However, the Western Turkic soldiers, who had been frightened for a long time, no longer paid attention to the military orders of the Great Khan. They even did not hesitate to draw their swords in order to fight for their horses and escape.

Du Liuyehu pulled Datou Khan's sleeve and urged:

"Father! Let's go!"

Datou Khan shouted angrily:

"Shut up!"

But when his eyes glanced at Dulan Khan, who was engrossed in riding his horse in the distance, a scowl froze on his face.

Upon seeing this, Du Liuyehu ordered his bodyguard to mount Datou Khan on his horse, regardless of whether Datou Khan was willing or not.

Datou Khan did not struggle anymore. His eyes were fixed on Dulan Khan's back, full of resentment.

As Dulan Khan, Datou Khan and Du Liuyehu abandoned their troops and fled one after another, the Turks' defeat was determined. This was a one-sided massacre.

Of course, for Dulan Khan, it was lucky to be able to save his life.

After all, in the original time and space, he had just unified the Eastern Turks and his prestige was at its peak. However, just the Sui Dynasty's threat of crusade caused civil strife in the Eastern Turks. Before the Sui army left the fortress, Dulan Khan was killed in the civil strife, thus pacifying Yang Jian.

of anger.

The Turks' fear of the Sui Dynasty was almost engraved in their bones.

Compared with them, Rouran, who is known as the shame of the grassland overlord, seems to be able to straighten up and behave.

The fire had subsided in the first half of the night. Of the 130,000 Turkic coalition troops, no more than 10,000 were killed, and nearly 30,000 were killed, most of whom were Eastern Turks.

The remaining 90,000 people fled in all directions and disappeared into the night.

It's just that they lost their livestock as supplies. How much could they have left to support the people who crossed Dujin Mountain?

Cui Che did not order the pursuit. For him, it was enough to win the battle and win back face for Yang Jian.

It was not to drive out Dulan Khan, that was not his purpose.

It is better for East Turkestan to be run by a person who is afraid of him and has some old feelings for him, rather than having another hero appear out of nowhere after the death of Dulan Khan.

The Sui army cut off the heads of the dead, drove livestock and captured prisoners, and returned to the camp singing triumphal songs at night.

Only the Turkic camp was left behind, which was almost burned to the ground.

Faced with the compliments of the generals, Cui Che did not forget about it. He remained rational and did not celebrate wildly. Instead, he arranged camp security as usual.

After all, Nili Khan was only focused on celebrating his victory, so he succeeded in sneak attack.

But Cui Che was obviously overly worried. Neither Dulan Khan nor Datou Khan had any intention of turning around and attacking.

Dulan Khan galloped on his horse, thinking of crossing Dujin Mountain quickly, returning to his tribe, and joining his son Yueqincha.

Datou Khan also gathered some of his defeated troops and headed back.

If you want to return to the Altai Mountains, you will inevitably have to kill horses and eat human flesh along the way.

In the early morning of September 27th, at dawn, the Sui army broke out of camp and marched south.

During this period, Cui Che strictly prohibited the Sui soldiers from abusing the prisoners, and even visited the prisoner camps from time to time to comfort them in Turkic language.

He even personally took care of the prisoners' diet, making them grateful to him.

When the Sui army crossed the desert and returned to Monan, Dulan Khan had also joined Yu Qincha and led his people to move eastward and returned to Duluo River.

This battle was a huge defeat, and the prestige that Dulan Khan had finally built up by capturing Qin Yushe and ambushing Tuli suffered a major blow.

And the fear of Cui Che within the Eastern Turks is even greater.

(End of chapter)