Chapter 366 The real decisive battle (1)
Schroeder left Jie Li's tent and came to the military tent of his camp. At this time, his three confidants were waiting for him in the tent. When they saw Schroeder, the three of them immediately saluted.
"No need to be polite. Father Khan has arranged a task for me. This time we must wipe out the Tang army!" Schroeder said fiercely, and then he told his subordinates about Jie Li's arrangements and deployments. After listening to Schroeder's explanation of Jie Li's arrangements, the three of them had a red light, and they were obviously eager to make contributions. Moreover, they knew very well that the two cavalry that were intercepting and blocking this time would definitely not be the elite of the Tang army. Fighting with such cavalry was simply a good deal. How could the three of them not be anxious?
Schroeder briefly explained the task that Jie Li gave him to his three confidants, and continued to speak, "Father Khan wants to let Ben Khan divide a cavalry to intercept Zhang Gongjin's troops in the Tang army, and this task will be handed over to you Ghisle."
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Githle immediately took the order.
"But, my father Khan asked me to give you 30,000 troops. I think that only Zhang Gongjin's troops in the Tang army only have 20,000 cavalry, so we don't need to dispatch 30,000 Turkic cavalry. Therefore, I only want to give you 20,000 cavalry. Can you complete the task?" Schroeder looked at Githle in ambiguous tone, and he was reluctant to give Githle more men.
Because Schroeder himself also had selfish intentions. He wanted to wipe out the reinforcements of the Tang army to rescue Zhang Gongjin. He now needed to show himself in front of Jie Li.
Therefore, he could only sacrifice the credit of his subordinates to reduce the number of troops he gave him.
However, Schroeder and the Turkic generals were very arrogant and affirmed that even 20,000 Turkic cavalry could defeat the opponent even if they faced the 20,000 cavalry of the Tang army.
Therefore, Githler would not object to Schroeder's request.
"Prince, please rest assured. Ghisle will never let you down!" Ghisle was stunned for a moment, immediately returned to his former high spirited expression and replied respectfully.
"Since everyone has no objection, then set off now!" Schroeder ordered.
"As for the order!" Ghisler, Ted and Haudman responded.
After a while, the army was ready, Schroeder led 60,000 cavalry belonging to his right wise king out of the Turkish military camp. After leaving the military camp, Schroeder began to gallop rapidly according to the marching route reported to him by the scout. The three confidant generals around him followed closely, and the 60,000 elite cavalry followed closely.
It can be said that the Turkic cavalry can indeed be said to be the elite of the cavalry. No matter how much the Tang Dynasty trained, the cavalry's cavalry would definitely not reach the level of Turkic cavalry. Although Schroeder lacked in intelligence, he still had good military strength after adhering to the blood of the Turks and Jie Li's war. Therefore, the cavalry he led was very fast, much faster than the speed of Zhang Gongjin's army and Cheng Mingzhen's army, almost comparable to Hou Hu's three thousand dead soldiers' elite cavalry.
Therefore, Schroeder, who had set out one step earlier, naturally dared to be ahead of Cheng Mingzhen, and quickly thought that Zhang Gongjin's troops rushed over.
After Schroeder's army marched for more than five hours, a slight white light appeared in the sky in the east. At this time, Schroeder sent a scout of the investigation back to report to him, saying that the Tang army's scouts were found thirty miles ahead, and there might be a large number of Tang army cavalry behind him, but due to the deep longitudinal distance of this reconnaissance range, they could not detect the specific number of Tang army cavalry.
"They're so fast!" Ghisler sighed, "It was more than an hour earlier than we expected, and it was already catching up with our marching speed."
"Yes, I didn't expect that the Tang army's cavalry also had such superb riding skills!" Ted echoed.
"This may not be necessary. Zhang Gongjin's cavalry is not the real elite of the Tang army! They cannot have such a fast marching speed. This may be because our scouts had a problem in their judgment that led us to misunderstand the marching speed of Zhang Gongjin's army!" Schroed said lightly. Because of his grudges with Li Ke, he looked down on the Tang army's cavalry in his bones.
"Your Highness the Prince is right. It must be that our scouts did not detect the detailed marching speed of Zhang Gongjin's troops. The judgment in this regard was wrong!" Haoduman said flatteringly.
"Hmph—" Githle and Ted were not satisfied with Haudman's shameless flattery to Schroeder. But the fact is that Schroeder looked down on Tang Jun very much. Haudman just wanted to meet his preferences, and they had no choice.
"General Githle, let's divide the troops here now! You lead the army to stop this cavalry, and be sure to wipe out Zhang Gongjin's troops. I will lead 40,000 elite cavalry here to wait for the arrival of Tang army reinforcements!" Schroeder said coldly, "This time I will let this Tang army cavalry come and go!"
"As for your order!" Ghisler replied, urging his horse to leave Schroeder, and led the 20,000 elite cavalry that Schroeder assigned to him to the location of the Tang army scout who had discovered thirty miles ahead.
Schroeder said to Haoduman and Ted around him, "We'll camp here and wait for the Tang cavalry. You go down and arrange it!"
"No" Teide and Haudman were already excited and immediately took the order and left.
The Turkic scouts discovered that it was not Zhang Gongjin's main cavalry, but the scouts sent by the elite cavalry of the three thousand dead soldiers led by Hou Hu. The scouts of the Turkic Schroeder discovered Hou Hu's scouts, and the scouts sent by Hou Hu naturally also discovered the scouts sent by Turkic Schroeder. The two sides continued to report the news to the commander, so they did not fight.
When Hou Hu heard the scout's report, his brows frowned slightly and showed a solemn look on his face. According to the scout's report, he said that there might be about 50,000 Turkic cavalry ahead, which Hou Hu never expected. He believed that Jie Li could only send 30,000 elite cavalry at most, not too many. After all, when Turkic cavalry and Tang Dynasty cavalry one-on-one, they would win the Turkic cavalry often.
If there were 30,000 troops, according to a ratio of 1 to 10, Hou Hu wanted to try it out and break out. However, when facing the 50,000 or 60,000 Turkic spirit cavalry, Hou Hu looked at the three thousand elite soldiers around him, and he decisively gave up the thought that had just come to his mind.
"Send the order, so people get off the horse and rest for half an hour!" Hou Hu issued a decisive order. If they want to return to the Tang army camp of Tulunhe, they must defeat the Turkic cavalry in front. Therefore, this battle with the Turkic cavalry is inevitable. Since we are going to fight, Hou Hu will let his subordinates take a break and recover their physical strength. Only in this way can we gain an advantage in physical strength against the Turkic cavalry who came forward to intercept his people and kill him.
At the same time, he reported the news received by the scout to Zhang Gongjin, who was about twenty years away from him behind him. He hoped that Zhang Gongjin could lead his army to catch up quickly. Hou Hu knew very well that the three thousand elite cavalry in his hands, even the Dead Soldiers' elite cavalry would be difficult to stop the 60,000 Turkic elite cavalry.
When Hou Hu passed the news to Zhang Gongjin, Zhang Gongjin and Li Mengchang were also shocked. However, Zhang Gongjin and Li Mengchang were not like Hou Hu. After careful analysis, they came to a conclusion that the cavalry that came to stop them might not exceed three, and the remaining 30,000 people might have been used by Jie to intercept reinforcements sent by Tu Lunhe.
Therefore, they immediately sent someone to tell Hou Hu in front of him about his analysis, so that he could know something. At the same time, Zhang Gongjin also issued an order to march rapidly. Even if the Turks had only 30,000 elite cavalry, it was not something that Hou Hu could compete with. Therefore, Zhang Gongjin did not want to delay the fighter plane due to the marching speed issue.
When Hou Hu received the cavalry sent by Zhang Gongjin to him the analysis results of Zhang Gongjin and Li Mengchang, Hou Hu felt relieved. At the same time, he regretted his indecisiveness just now and did not lead his army into the 30,000 Turkic cavalry in time and broke out.
At this time, the scout reported again, saying that a large number of Turkic spirit cavalry appeared in front of him, less than five miles away from his position.
"Get on the horse and prepare for the battle!" Hou Hu roared.
"Swish--"
The three thousand elite soldiers stepped on the horse's back, pulled out the sword from their waists, and looked ahead quietly. At this time, it was light and they could see clearly the empty grassland in front of them. Then they saw a black line appearing on the western horizon, and this black line was moving towards them quickly.
Hou Hu and the three thousand dead soldiers cavalry silently stared at the cavalry that was getting closer and closer in front of them, quietly waiting for them to jump into their sight.
At this moment, in the morning of the late winter, a war is about to break out!
Chapter completed!