Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Before Du He could say anything, Luo Tong stood up suddenly and patted his chest to make a promise.

"Grand Steward Du, Deputy Grand Steward Changsun, I am willing to lead 2 cavalrymen to lure the enemy out and create an opportunity for our army to annihilate them!"

Although this journey is dangerous, it is not a dead end, and there are many benefits to surviving.

Regardless of his military achievements, he will definitely catch Du He's eye.

This is much better than making a contribution!

Du He smiled and said, "The Khitan cavalry is still dozens of miles away from us. As long as you don't fight to the death with the Khitan cavalry in the north, you will have no problem escaping."

"Once we quickly wipe out the 1 Khitan infantrymen in the west, we can attack the Khitan cavalry in the north from behind."

It is difficult to completely trap a cavalry unit on the vast grassland.

There are no high mountains or cliffs blocking the way, so the cavalry can move freely.

There was a pause.

Du He continued, "Luo Tong, in addition to leading your troops to feint and attack the Khitan cavalry in the north, you must also send people to burn the pasture near the water source in the west."

"Sprinkle the captured wax oil on the grass, and the withered grass will surely catch fire quickly."

"With the cover of the fire, your chances of escaping are greater."

Now that winter is approaching, the grass has turned yellow and can be easily ignited even without animal wax.

In addition to the Khitan war horses, hundreds of thousands of livestock in the surrounding areas also needed to eat grass.

If the grass is set on fire, the most anxious people will be the Khitan soldiers and herdsmen.

Changsun Wuji nodded slightly.

Before he could think of a better way, the method proposed by Du He could not only allow the main army to escape, but also take advantage of the situation to destroy the Khitan's 1 infantry.

That’s a good idea.

"As you command!" Luo Tong bowed, then patted his chest and assured, "Don't worry, Chief Steward Du, I will definitely create conditions for the main force to leave during this battle!"

Du He patted Luo Tong on the shoulder and gave him some instructions.

The rebellious Luo Tong was like a well-behaved student in front of Du He, and he nodded the whole time.

Half an hour later.

Luo Tong and Cheng Wuting left the tent and began to prepare for battle.

As time went by, the sky gradually grew darker, and the outlines of people and horses could no longer be seen beyond a hundred steps.

Du He ordered, "Luo Tong, lead the troops and march out now. Be careful!"

"promise!"

Luo Tong bowed with a serious expression.

It didn't take long.

Luo Tong led 2 cavalrymen and left with a large number of flags and wax. They divided the troops into scattered groups, and in the dark they looked like tens of thousands of soldiers.

Two hours later.

The scout returned with a report: "General Manager Du, General Luo has set fire to the pasture fifty miles to the west."

"General Luo is currently engaged in combat with the Khitan cavalry in the north."

Du He nodded slightly.

While waiting, Du He saw Changsun Wuji walking towards him with a lance, and his eyebrows raised slightly.

What does this old silver coin want to do?

Does he also want to go into battle and kill the enemy himself?

Du He smiled and asked, "Duke Zhao, do you want to kill the enemy yourself?"

Zhang Sun Wuji shook his head and said, "Duke Han, I advise you to find a horse spear for self-defense. Attacking the camp at night is very dangerous. The enemy troops are running around like headless flies."

"There's no guarantee that the Khitan deserters will rush in our direction."

So that's what happened.

Du He immediately said to Du Wu, "Find me a lance."

"promise."

Du Wu responded and then found a high-quality lance.

In battle, weapons are easily broken, so there are usually special soldiers carrying spare weapons.

Du He weighed the lance and found it was quite heavy, about 25 pounds.

He admired these cavalrymen who could fight for two or three hours at a time.

Another hour passed.

A scout came back from the west and said in a surprised tone.

"General Manager Du, thousands of Khitan cavalry in the west are already heading north!"

The time has come!

Du He immediately gave the order: "All troops, march out and follow this general to attack the camp!"

As the order was given, thousands of cavalrymen mounted their horses and, led by scouts, quickly rushed westward.

...

Close to the border between Khitan and Xi peoples.

There is a huge camp.

In addition to the hundreds of people stationed and patrolling outside the camp, the rest of the soldiers have already taken shelter in the camp to rest.

A patrol team yawned and complained in low voices.

"We've been stationed here for over half a month, and haven't even seen a trace of the Tang army. And we have to patrol all night in such cold weather. It's really torture!"

"Those cavalrymen are all useless. Tens of thousands of them can't even catch ten thousand Tang soldiers."

Just as they were muttering and complaining, a faint sound of horses suddenly came from the distance, which did not sound very clear.

The patrolmen thought they were hallucinating and didn't pay much attention to it.

Before long, the sound of horses' footsteps became clearer.

Everyone frowned and then complained.

"What are these cavalrymen doing so late at night?"

"Don't we infantrymen need to sleep?"

They all thought that their 5 cavalrymen had returned to the camp to rest, so they didn't think it was an enemy attack.

After another cup of tea, they finally realized that something was wrong.

When their own cavalry returned, they would only enter the camp from the east, but the sound of horse hooves now came from all directions of the tent.

"Enemy attack!"

A loud shout immediately spread throughout the camp.

Soon, the gong sounded, warning of an enemy attack, and the camp was suddenly enveloped in a huge panic.

Before the Khitan infantry could get ready, hundreds of Tang soldiers rushed in, holding torches and constantly setting the tents on fire.

In the darkness and fire, the Khitan soldiers were extremely terrified.

In order to survive, everyone started scrambling to rush out, and many people were trampled to death by their own people.

Outside the camp.

Thousands of Tang cavalrymen, who were on high alert, began to kill the Khitan infantry who rushed out.

An hour later, the battle came to an end.

Thousands of Tang troops did not clean up the battlefield, they regrouped.

Du He said loudly: "Can everyone still fight?"

Thousands of people shouted in unison.

"can!"

"Okay!" Du He shouted, then said loudly: "We still have 2 comrades luring the enemy, and now we need to rescue them."

"set off!"

Led by Du He, thousands of cavalrymen disappeared into the night again.

...

Sixty miles away.

Twenty thousand Khitan cavalry were chasing thousands of Tang troops, and the leading Khitan general cursed.

"I'm so angry!"

"We actually fell into the Tang army's trap!"

At first, he thought that the main force of the Tang army was coming to attack him, which caused him to retreat several miles and he was timid during the battle.

Unexpectedly, the number of Tang troops attacking them was only about two or three thousand.

They chased for another half an hour and saw the Tang army climbing over a small hill.

The deputy general hurriedly said, "General, we can't pursue them any further. The main force of the Tang army is nowhere to be found. Be careful of an ambush."

The army chased the Tang army for several hours, and the horses and soldiers were almost too tired to run.

It would be dangerous if we encountered an ambush by the main force of the Tang army.

Da Heluci cursed, "Useless! We have 20,000 elite soldiers, are you afraid that we can't defeat a mere 10,000 Tang troops?"