On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 476: One plan fails

Yuchi Jingde was not convinced that King Yan asked him to serve as deputy general to Su Dingfang.

Yes, it is true that Su Dingfang was brave and good at fighting, but he, Yuchi Jingde, was not a free man. If he really wanted to test his martial arts, Su Dingfang, who was only sixteen years old, was no match for him.

However, King Yan's military orders could not be violated, and Yuchi Jingde could only hold his nose and admit it.

There was no way, despite Su Dingfang's young age, he was considered a member of Youzhou Yuancong. He had followed His Highness King Yan to fight in all directions since he was thirteen years old, and had made many military exploits.

And when I first arrived, although I was seven years older than Su Dingfang, at the age of twenty-three, my military experience was far inferior to that of Su Dingfang.

Cui Che's previous battle to capture Suizhou was the first time Yuchi Jingde set foot on the battlefield, but he did not get a chance to perform in that siege.

That night, the two men took only fifteen days' worth of dry food and went into battle lightly. They led five thousand cavalrymen who were serving the army in front of the tent and traveled through the starry night to chase Ashina Duoji.

Ashina Duoji was also facing a dilemma at this time. His confidant Shi Shuhu Xi tried hard to persuade:

"The traces of people and animals passing by are difficult to cover, so Cui Che will definitely chase them. Now there are pursuers behind, and women and children are accompanying the army, delaying the journey. Once Cui Che comes to kill, the consequences will be unimaginable. Please make a decision early."

Ashina Duoji did not know the story that Liu Bei couldn't bear to leave the people of Xinye, and finally Cao Cao's cavalry caught up with the fleeing team and chased him away from his wife and children.

But the truth is obvious. If you take women and children on the road, you can only cover thirty or forty miles a day. How can you escape the pursuers behind you?

It's just that Ashina Duji really couldn't make a choice. It wasn't that he couldn't bear the suffering of his women and children, but as the son of Qimin Khan, once he left the families of the soldiers to Cui Che, he could still get their support when he competed for the throne in the future.

What.

Qimin Khan was not the only son like him.

Ashina Duoji thought hard for a long time and said to Shi Shu Hu Xi:

"I can leave some of the women, children, and livestock behind, but I have to lead the army to set up an ambush around them. If the pursuers come, and they see people and animals, they will definitely fight to snatch them. If I lead the army to fight out, I will definitely be able to break the enemy's front.

"The front was frustrated, so Cui Che didn't dare to pursue it deeply. He was afraid that there would be another ambush in the front and he would retreat."

Ashina's words suddenly made Shi Shu Hu Xi realize that Cui Che was indeed a hungry wolf following him. As long as his protruding paws were hit and hurt, he would definitely retreat.

The army under Cui Che was famous for its cruelty and greed on the grassland.

He killed all the men at every turn and robbed women, children, and livestock. He was more like a horse bandit than a royal master of the Central Plains.

However, during the civil war, Cui Che would pay attention to restraining the soldiers, unlike when he was on the grassland, letting them kill and loot indiscriminately.

Ashina Duoji didn't believe it. Faced with abandoned women, children, and livestock, the hungry wolf could not bear to reach out.

However, Ashina had all his plans, but he made a mistake. He never expected that the two generals who led the army this time, Su Dingfang and Yuchi Jingde, had never participated in Cui Che's war of conquest against the grassland tribes.

Among the two, Su Dingfang was the first to defect to Cui Che. He also went to Youzhou with Cheng Yaojin after Cui Che captured Liaodong.

They all experienced civil wars after Cui Che's strict military discipline. Naturally, there was no such thing as indulging soldiers in looting. Instead, they strictly followed the principle of uniform distribution of spoils after the war.

On April 27, the second year of Zhenyuan (AD 607), Ashina Duoji ambushed his troops next to an oasis in the desert. Not far away were more than a thousand women and children and thousands of heads as bait.

livestock.

When the five thousand cavalrymen serving the army in front of the tent appeared in the distant skyline, Ashina Duji, who had hidden his figure, could not help but clenched his fists in excitement, waiting for the Eastern Sui army to rush up and snatch these

People and animals.

However, today is different from the past. After Cui Che took control of the Eastern Sui Dynasty, he was already distributing salaries to the soldiers. They no longer relied on looting war supplies to survive.

Even if they grabbed it, they would have to distribute it uniformly after the war, so why waste the effort? Everyone looked at Su Dingfang, waiting for him to send people to drive the women, children, and livestock over.

However, Su Dingfang remained silent and did not give an order for a long time.

Yuchi Jingde looked worried. He was eager to continue chasing Ashina Duoji's fleeing team and did not want to waste time here, so he urged:

"These are just women, children, and livestock abandoned by the Turks to delay our pursuit. General Su sent hundreds of people to gather them. Why are they so hesitant to move forward?"

Su Dingfang did not answer directly, but pointed to the women and children near the oasis and said to Yuchi Jingde:

"General Yuchi, look, our army is approaching. Although these women looked panicked, they did not break up and ran away. Does this mean that they think staying where they are is the safest place?"

After being reminded by Su Dingfang, Yuchi Jingde suddenly realized.

Although he was more brave than Su Dingfang, his experience in marching and fighting was not as good as his opponent.

This is also the reason why Cui Che wants to make Su Dingfang the main general and let Yuchi Jingde take orders from him.

"Now that there is an ambush, what does General Su plan to do?"

Yuchi Jingde asked.

Su Dingfang smiled and said:

"Your Majesty does not allow me to fight with the other party, so I will rest here and wait until the other party cannot bear the loneliness and shows up."

After that, Su Dingfang issued an order:

"The whole army is here, dismount and rest!"

Now that Cui Che is leading the main force behind him, Su Dingfang is not afraid of wasting time with the Turks. He will wait until the main force of the Eastern Sui Dynasty arrives, and these ambush troops will not be able to leave even if they want to.

Previously, Ashina Duoji saw that the Eastern Sui army did not fight for people and animals, but looked at the armor as if he was the commander, and only pointed at women and children and spoke to the people around him, which already made Ashina Duoji feel uneasy.

The women, children, and livestock were now abandoned, but the Eastern Sui cavalry were indifferent. Instead, they dismounted and rested, which also made Ashina Doji understand that the other party had seen through his plan.

"Send my order and the whole army will retreat."

Ashina Duji said in frustration.

A general asked:

"What about these women, children, and livestock?"

In order to lure the pursuers to take the bait, Ashina Duoji spent a lot of money. When someone asked him about it, he only felt angina.

Shi Shu Hu Xi reprimanded him on his behalf:

"Now that the pursuers are right in front of you, do you think you can still lead them across the desert and retreat to Mobei?"

The general who asked the question was speechless.

Since the more than a thousand women and children used by Ashina Duoji as bait did not have any family members in the ambush, there was no commotion in the army when they retreated, and everyone followed him to catch up with the large army in front.

A large number of ambush troops retreated, and the flying dust raised also verified Su Dingfang's judgment. When the women and children near the oasis began to flee in a panic, Su Dingfang separated hundreds of soldiers to capture them, and he led the rest of the soldiers to chase the retreating Turkic ambush troops.

No more tonight, my body is almost healed and I can resume the fourth update from tomorrow.

(End of chapter)