Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Changsun Wuji walked to the side of Du He. He squinted his eyes and watched Luo Tong killing people below, and praised him with approval.

"Luo Tong is indeed a fierce general!"

"Although he is young, his martial arts skills are not much different from those of his father, Luo Shixin."

"If he can calm down and study the art of war, it won't be a problem for him to surpass his father."

A brainless and reckless general like Luo Tong can bring unexpected surprises to others when he fights well, but can cause huge disasters when he makes mistakes.

In his early years, he followed Li Ji to suppress the rebellion of Xueyantuo. He dared to charge into the enemy commander's camp with only a few hundred soldiers.

If Li Ji's reinforcements had not arrived in time, the grass on Luo Tong's grave might have been three feet high.

...

Two hours later.

The war came to an end.

Du He immediately ordered a group of firemen: "Slaughter the fat sheep and injured horses immediately. After we have eaten our fill, we will move to the next place."

They only brought two days' worth of dry food with them, so they could only adopt a fighting-to-support-the-fight tactic.

In addition, the battle lasted only two and a half hours. Neither the Khitan nor the Xun tribe sent a large army to besiege them so quickly.

"As ordered!"

The firemen acted quickly.

Before long, the delicious aroma of barbecue wafted across the grassland.

Cheng Mingzhen and Luo Tong walked over side by side, and Cheng Mingzhen reported on his behalf.

"General Manager Du, Deputy General Manager Zhang Sun, in this battle we killed over 4 enemy troops, including approximately 5000 main force troops, and captured 1055 young women."

"Our troops suffered 8 deaths and 65 wounded."

There were only 1000 Khitan infantry and cavalry wearing half-body armor, and the rest were not armored and were not elite professional soldiers.

Du He immediately ordered, "General Cheng, send a team of 50 men to escort the captives and wounded soldiers back to the Xi royal court."

"As for spoils of war like livestock and food, we don't want any of them."

They had to run back and forth in this battle, so it was not suitable for them to carry wounded soldiers, prisoners and spoils with them, otherwise they would become a burden.

"As ordered!"

Cheng Mingzhen clasped his fists in response, then hurried down to make arrangements.

Luo Tong raised the package in his hand high and said as if asking for credit.

"Grand Steward Du, Deputy Grand Steward Zhangsun, this is the head of a Khitan general. Would you like to take a look?"

This guy...

It's not disgusting.

Du He waved his hand and said, "No need, take it away."

As Changsun Wuji was eating the lamb leg, his face turned dark.

"promise."

Luo Tong responded and then ran away quickly.

After eating and drinking, the soldiers rested for another two hours. Du He gave orders while riding on his horse.

"set off!"

It's not advisable to stay here for long, we have to leave quickly.

Led by the scouts, the army continued to move towards the next tribe.

...

Khitan Imperial Court.

Inside the palace.

The Khitan King Daha Kuge was handling government affairs when suddenly a servant came in and reported in a panic.

"My lord, there's an urgent battle report from the front!"

Emergency battle report?

The tall and burly Daha Kuge frowned and waved his hand and said.

"Tell them to come in!"

Watching the eunuch leave, Daha Kugo had no intention of handling government affairs.

The Tang army was eyeing the Khitan people covetously within the Xi territory, and there was no need to guess from the emergency battle report that the Tang army had already taken action against the soldiers on the border.

He was not too worried now because he had 8 soldiers deployed on the border, the number of soldiers was several times that of the Tang army, and a large number of fortifications were also set up.

No matter how strong the Tang army is, it can never be their opponent.

It didn't take long.

Two middle-aged generals in armor walked in quickly. After they saluted and greeted, they reported in a trembling voice.

"Your Majesty, the Xiwandan tribe's territory has been overrun by the Tang cavalry!"

"Tens of thousands of men, women, young and old died at the hands of the Tang army!"

what!

The Tang army attacked the Xiwandan tribe?

When Daha Kugo heard the bad news, he stood up suddenly with a look of surprise on his face.

His scalp is tingling now!

On the border defense line between the Khitan and Xi peoples, only the Xiwandan tribe, which bordered the Xi people, did not have heavy defenses.

The fact that the Tang army was able to find this flaw shows that they were well aware of their main force's deployment.

The big thing is bad!

Dahe Kuge asked in a deep voice, "How many Tang cavalrymen are there? Where are they now?"

The taller general reported, "Your Majesty, the number of Tang cavalry is unknown. They may be marching in the direction of Batahe's army!"

Then he told them all the information he had learned.

After listening.

Da He Ku Ge angrily said: "Waste!"

"We don't know the number of Tang troops, nor their exact marching direction. What are your scouts doing?"

When the two scout leaders saw that the king was angry, they lowered their heads.

They sent many scouts to follow the tracks of the Tang army, but in the end they were all killed by the Tang army's scouts, and the losses of their soldiers were also very heavy.

But at this time, they did not dare to tell others about the loss of their scouts.

Otherwise, the king, in his anger, would chop them to pieces with a single blow.

After a long time.

Daha Kuge ordered his attendants to call all the civil and military officials and told them about the invasion of the Tang army.

When the ministers heard that the Tang army had broken through their defenses and massacred the Siwandan tribe, their faces were filled with anger.

An old man dressed as a civil official stood up and said while stroking his beard.

"Your Majesty, the Tang army's cavalry only has over ten thousand men at most. We must send a large force to encircle and suppress them as soon as possible!"

"Otherwise, if we allow them to exterminate our people, I'm afraid they will lose the will to resist."

The rest of the ministers stood up one after another, and they all supported sending a large army to encircle and suppress the Tang army.

Daha Kugo pondered for a moment, then gave the order in a deep voice.

"Recall Da Helushi, who is stationed at the border, and have him lead his 3 cavalry to pursue this Tang army!"

"Order Nielin Nazhen to lead 1 cavalrymen from the Imperial City. Together, the two cavalry units will encircle and suppress the Tang army!"

"Order Yelu Heji to lead 4 infantrymen to move closer to Badahe's army!"

Pause for a moment.

Da He Ku Ge then said: "The rest of the troops should prepare for defense to avoid a surprise attack by the Tang army!"

A group of civil and military officials stood up and responded.

"As ordered!"

...

Two days later.

When the Khitan general Dahelushi led his troops to the Badahe tribe, all they saw were corpses scattered all over the ground and rivers of blood.

Looking at the charcoal that had not yet burned out and the pile of cow and sheep bone residue on the ground, Da Heluci cursed loudly.

"Damn it, I'm a step too late!"

It’s time for a cup of tea.

The scout rode back and reported, "General, the Tang cavalry headed south towards the Fufuyu tribe an hour ago!"

Da Heluci narrowed his eyes and then gave an order.

"Leave 100 men to clean up the battlefield, and the rest of you continue chasing!"

Having said this, he did not stay here for too long, but reined in his horse and galloped south.

Tens of thousands of Qi soldiers wearing full or half armor followed behind Da Heluci, without any fear of the Tang cavalry on their faces.

Their Khitan elite have long wanted to confront the Tang cavalry head-on!