Chapter 704: Stand up Hu Du

Hanerdobali, the capital of the Uighurs, after Gelekhan personally led a 100,000 army to fight, only 10,000 troops were left here to guard the capital, and the Uighur prince moved the land to commander.

A few years ago, the Tang army united the tribes such as Geluo, Tongluo, Shatuo, etc. to conquer the Uighurs' nests in one fell swoop, which made Gele Khan feel deeply sad. Today, the tragedy that once happened has been staged again.

Cui Ganyou, the governor of Tingzhou, led 8,000 Tang troops, joined forces with Shatuo, Tongluo and Khagas, and a total of 60,000 troops, bypassed Wudejia Mountain and rushed to the north.

The green grassland has been stained with blood. The grassland more than ten miles north of Hanerduo are covered with corpses who died in battle. The cold wind blows the broken Uighur banner, the setting sun is like blood, and the cold sunset sprinkles this land full of despair.

A battle just ended. The 10,000 Uighur army commanded by the prince moved to the ground and was surrounded by 60,000 Tang and Hu coalition forces. They resisted stubbornly, but in the end they were defeated by the Tongluo cavalry like a wolf pack and the entire army was wiped out.

Cui Ganyou and several leaders were inspecting the situation on the battlefield. Deputy General Yan Sihan presented a head with him, "Governor, this is the head of the Uighur Prince, and he was shot and killed by a single arrow!"

"Okay! Remember your success."

Cui Ganyou turned around and smiled at Abus, "This time I defeated the enemy and ranked first in the first place with Luo Jun. It's a happy congratulations!"

Abus quickly said modestly: "Where! Where! These are all Governor Cui's command and we are just dogs and horses driven by Governor Cui."

Abus has been an official in the Tang Dynasty and has also learned the politeness of the Han officialdom. Both of them laughed. At this time, Zhu Xie, who had not spoken, snorted slightly with his nose. Although his voice was very small, it contained a hint of dissatisfaction. He was dissatisfied. Originally, his army was closest to the Uighurs, and he should have attacked him, but Cui Ganyou gave this opportunity to Abus, which made him very depressed.

Cui Ganyou glanced at him and sneered in his heart. How could he give such a simple credit to Shatu people? He smiled and said, "General Zhu Xie, don't worry, there will be many credits, and great credit will be behind. I won't give you this little side dish before the meal. If I'm right, Ger Khan will definitely send reinforcements back. That's the real contest. I will give you the opportunity."

Zhu Xie Jinzhong felt a little more comfortable. He looked at Hanerduo Bali City in the distance and excitedly said to Cui Ganyou: "Then let us capture the city!"

"no!"

Cui Ganyou refused him without hesitation, without any room for negotiation, "The General has an order that Hanerduo Bali must be taken down by the Tang army, and all prisoners of war will be disposed of by the Tang army, and you must not intervene."

Seeing that Zhu Xie was unhappy, Abus knew that he still did not understand the purpose of the battle, so he said to him: "General Zhu Xie, before sending troops, he made it very clear that all the spoils will be returned to the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty will compensate the Shatuo people for land. I remember you agreed readily. General Zhu Xie and the grassland people pay attention to a promise of a thousand gold."

Zhu Xie Jinzhong glanced at him coldly, "Of course I will keep my promise, you don't need to give me instructions!"

"Okay! Okay!" Cui Ganyou quickly smiled and smoothed out the situation. "There is no need to argue with you, so please help me clean the battlefield first! How about it?"

Although it is troublesome to clean the battlefield and bury the corpses, they can also obtain weapons, armor and horses. They are willing to do so. Zhu Xie Jinzhong turned his horse's head and took the lead.

"Listen, please clean the battlefield and leave all useful things!"

Abusshi was about to leave, but Cui Ganyou winked him. Abusshi grabbed the reins and took a step. When Zhu Xie left forever, Cui Ganyou whispered to him: "I just received the order from the General that the Central Plains mine lacked labor, so the ordinary herders of the Uighurs don't have to kill them, but they are left behind. However, the Uighur nobles and ministers will not be left alone. After the city is broken, I will hand these nobles and ministers over to you to take care of them. Wait until the evening... do you understand?"

Abuth nodded, "I understand, but I also want Zhu Xie to tell you about it."

"I will tell him, go! After the city is broken, I will reward you with the armor and weapons of the Uighurs."

Abus was overjoyed and turned his horse to return to his headquarters. Cui Ganyou ordered, "I ordered the Tang army to gather and the troops were sent to Hanerduo Bali!"

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Half an hour later, eight thousand Tang army cavalry came to the city of Hanerduo Bali. At this time, only one thousand defenders were left in the city, and the 100,000 Uighur people were in panic, as if the doomsday was coming. Cui Ganyou ordered the use of the head of the Uighur prince to surrender and surrender, which would be exempted from the massacre of the city. If the city resisted and refused to surrender, the entire city would be slaughtered after the city was destroyed.

Not long after, the city gate opened, and more than a thousand Uighur soldiers put down their weapons, took off their armor, raised their hands to surrender, and Cui Ganyou ordered them to be taken to the Tang army camp for custody.

Soon, Uighur Cixiangjulu Modagan led more than 300 noble ministers out of the city to surrender. They knelt on the ground and kowtowed humbly, "Begging the Tang army to save their lives!"

Cui Ganyou smiled: "Tang Jun has always been kind to those who surrender sincerely. Don't worry, I will arrange it for you."

More than 300 noble ministers were extremely grateful. Everyone praised the Tang Dynasty for its broad-mindedness and praised the Tang army as a benevolent and righteous army. Cui Ganyou sneered secretly and turned around and ordered Yan Sihan to say, "Take ministers and nobles to the military camp to rest. They are all people with status, so they should not be neglected."

Yan Sihan agreed and said to everyone: "Please come with me! I will treat you well."

The Uighur nobles looked at each other, and they didn't want to leave the city. Julu Modagan stepped forward and said, "General, can we stay in the city? No one is used to staying in the military camp."

Cui Ganyou's eyes narrowed, "How could that be! You were asked to go to the military camp to protect your personal safety. You must know that Tongluo people, Shatu people, and the Kias people have all come. Once they enter the city, they cannot guarantee your safety. If you go to the military camp of the Tang army, at least they dare not do anything randomly."

Everyone heard that it made sense, especially the people of Tongluo and the Khikas. They hated the Uighurs to the core and it was indeed unsafe to stay in the city, but they were worried about their wives and daughters of their own property. Cui Ganyou seemed to know what they were thinking, so he said again: "Your wife and daughter Tang Jun will protect you, and you will leave at most half of the property for you. I can only do this."

It’s enough to save your wife and daughter. They also know that half of the family’s production capacity is already very good, so everyone stopped insisting and followed Yan Sihan to the Tang Army camp.

Cui Ganyou looked at their backs, and a murderous intent flashed in his eyes. Li Qing'an's order was to eliminate the roots and not leave any future troubles. In other words, in addition to these more than 300 people, their children must be killed.

He gave the order, "Enter the city!"

Eight thousand Tang troops drove into Hanerduo Bali City in a mighty manner. What the Tang army has to do now is to control the capital first and not carry out population migration for the time being. Except for the civilians, all nobles and ministers were killed. This is to dig the roots of the Uighurs.

The first thing the Tang army did when they entered the city was martial law. Teams of cavalry were running around the city. They ordered groups of people who were preparing to flee to go home. No one was allowed to become a monk, and those who violated the orders were executed!

Soon, the streets became deserted, and there was no more Uighur people, only the cavalry patrolled by the Tang army. The Tang army then began to confiscate the Uighur treasury and the mansions of the Uighur nobles, hundreds of thousands of fur, countless silks, satin, gold and silver, and copper coins from the Tang Dynasty, and accumulated decades of wealth.

‘Dang!’ A series of pleasant sounds of metal impact, dozens of Byzantine gold coins rolled down from Cui Ganyou’s fingers. These were three boxes of gold coins collected from a noble family leader, with a total of 100,000. The light of the gold coins illuminated Cui Ganyou’s eyes. The gold coins were one to two ratios to Anxi silver dollars, so these gold coins were worth 200,000 guan. Cui Ganyou’s eyes narrowed. Money was not very important. He liked the heavy feeling of gold.

Cui Ganyou turned around and said to his personal soldiers: "I have accepted these three boxes of gold coins!"

"General, what if someone is reported?" The personal soldiers were a little worried.

"It's okay. As long as you grasp this degree, the general will not punish me. Please accept it!"

"Yes!" Several personal soldiers sent gold coins to the military camp. Cui Ganyou also pondered for a moment. Li Qing'an's letter to him clearly stated that military discipline is strictly enforced and that the army should not be greedy for money and goods. Will his greed for these 100,000 gold coins really anger Li Qing'an?

He couldn't help but think of a sentence that Li Qing'an once said to him, "The water will be clear and there will be no fish. He does not oppose soldiers' looting. This is an effective way to boost morale. The key is that the water cannot become muddy."

Cui Ganyou remembered Li Qing'an's words firmly, and he also deeply understood the meaning of this sentence, that is, grasping a degree can benefit you, but you must not be insatiable. I believe that he will not treat so many brothers who follow him to fight the country.

It was precisely because of this degree that Cui Ganyou decided to accept these three boxes of gold coins. At this time, there was a hurried sound of horse hooves outside, and a soldier shouted: "Governor, urgent military information!"

Cui Ganyou was shocked and quickly walked out, "What's the matter?"

A scout came, and he reported urgently: "We have brothers who found an army south, about 30,000 people, only fifty miles away from us."

"It's coming so fast?"

Cui Ganyou was a little surprised. They only showed up last night. Did Ger Khan know about them? Does he have spies too? It is impossible for spies to come so quickly.

Cui Ganyou was puzzled, but he didn't have time to think so much. He immediately ordered: "Let Zhu Xie Jinzhong come to the military camp to see me!"

He turned over and urged the horse to rush to the military camp outside the city. Cui Ganyou led more than a hundred cavalry back to the camp. After a moment, Zhu Xie Jinzhong also arrived. Although he was responsible for cleaning the battlefield, he was still unhappy. The equipment of the Uighur Army was not good, all leather armor, and the swords and spears were bad, which were far from comparable to the weapons and equipment of the Tang army, which made him very disappointed.

"Governor Cui, are you looking for me?"

"Yeah!" Cui Ganyou nodded and smiled, "Are you satisfied with cleaning the battlefield?"

"I'm not very satisfied, the Uighurs' things are not good!"

Cui Ganyou closed his smile and looked at him and said lightly: "Then how do you want to be satisfied? Do you want the warehouse of the Uighurs?"

"No! No!" Zhu Xie Jinzhong shook his head and denied, "Since I have promised the governor, how can I go back on my word?"

"Then what do you want?" Choi Ganyou stared at him.

"I want Han'erduobali, I want this land!" Zhu XieJianzhong did not hide his desire in his heart.

Seeing Cui Ganyou frowned, he immediately said: "I know I need to exchange military merit for it. I am willing, but I hope Governor Cui can give me a chance."

Cui Ganyou laughed, "I invited you to give you this opportunity. I just received a report from the scout that about 15,000 Uighur troops were coming to Hanerduo Bali. I am going to lead the army to fight. Are you willing to be a pioneer?"

Zhu Xie Jinzhong calculated in his heart that although the 15,000 Uighur Army was comparable to his army, his equipment was more refined, so there should be no problem. He immediately agreed, "I'll go and fight!"

"Okay! Shatuo's troops are the vanguard, so I will lead the army to pick them up immediately."

Cui Ganyou looked at Zhu XieJianzhong and rushed away happily. A sarcastic smile appeared on his lips. The Shatu people claimed to be the wolf of the Golden Mountain, but he knew that the wolf pack of the Golden Mountain was not only fierce, but also extremely cunning. In terms of cunning, this Zhu XieJianzhong was far from cunning! He was just a fool. When he was the leader of the Shatu people, it could only be said that the Shatu people needed to pay the price for their choice.

He immediately said to his personal soldiers: "Go and find Abus and Ageli immediately!"

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Cui Ganyou has always been unable to understand why the Uighurs knew so quickly, because he entered a misunderstanding that the reinforcements of the Uighurs did not come. In fact, the army that came to Han'erduobali was not the Uighurs, but the army of Puguyan. He led 20,000 tribal troops and 10,000 Shi Siming's army, rushed all the way, and finally arrived at Han'erduobali.

Puguyan slowly tied the reins of the war horse. He had just received a report from the spies ahead that a cavalry team had appeared ten miles ahead of him, about 15,000 people. The spies described them as mostly wearing white cloaks. Puguyan guessed that this was Shatuo Cavalry and one of Li Qing'an's lackeys. His father had dealt with this cavalry many times back then.

They came from Hanerduo Bali, so what happened to Hanerduo Bali? Moreover, the Shatu people lived in Juyanhai. When they came to the hinterland of the desert, it can only be said that the tragedy of the original happened again. The Tang army, together with the Luo army and the Shatu people once again captured the Uighurs' lair, must be like this, he came one step late.

"General Pugu, what should we do?" asked the general Zhu Xicai next to him.

Pu Guyan did not hesitate, he only said one word, "Try!" They had no choice. They were just trying to burn their boats and had no food to go back. Moreover, their spies did not find any other army, which means that only the Shatuo people came to fight.

Puguyan heard his father Puguhuai'en say that Shatu people bully the weak and fear the strong. If they find that the other party has more troops than them, they will flee far away. If they are fewer than them, they will pounce on them like wolves. This way, they can use their tricks. Puguyan has decided to eat this army. After a moment of contemplation, he said to Zhu Xicai: "We can divide the troops into two groups. I will lead 10,000 troops to lure the enemy. You will lead 20,000 troops to retreat. When I entangle the other party, you will encircle them."

Zhu Xicai nodded and praised: "This plan is great!"

He turned his horse's head and waved his hand. The 20,000 troops followed him back, gradually moving further and further away. Puguyan held the horse's head and waited. He squinted his eyes and looked ahead. At this time, he had already seen a black line appear at the end of the grassland, coming! He sneered and wiped out all the Shatu people. He went to Juyanhai to be king.

"The whole army is ready for battle!"

Ten thousand servants raised their spears and lined up in an orderly manner to fight against the Shatu people.

On the grassland, Zhu Xie Jinzhong led 15,000 Shatuo cavalry to intercept the target.

"Chief!" A cavalry rushed to report, "The other side had only 10,000 troops, not 15,000 troops!"

Zhu Xie Jinzhong squinted his eyes and looked at the army opposite. He didn't feel like he was 15,000 people, obviously fewer than them. He couldn't help but smile contemptuously. Cui Ganyou said that this was the army that came back to rescue, and he felt that it was impossible. It was so fast that it was the army that came back to urge food at most, and it happened to give them a tooth sacrifice.

He turned around and shouted loudly: "Did brothers see it? Our spoils have come. Let us prove that the swords of the Shatu people are sharper than those of the Tongluo people. Han'er Bali will be the land of the Shatu people!"

"Han's ears Bali!"

"Han's ears Bali!"

The Shatuo cavalry were full of enthusiasm, and everyone yearned for the rich land under their feet.

"kill!"

"Kill!"

The Shatuo cavalry broke out, and horse hooves suddenly rang out on the grassland, and they rushed towards the Uighur cavalry. Ten thousand cavalry galloped, covering the sky and the earth, like a mountain collapse and tsunami. Zhu Xie was full of energy and wanted to take down the land under his feet. This was related to the future prosperity of their Shatuo people. He waved his sword and roared wildly: "Kill up and let the Uighurs crawl under our feet!"

Puguqi also issued an order to attack, and he shouted loudly: "Brothers of the Pugu tribe, we must survive!"

"Life!"

Ten thousand servants roared loudly and urged their horses to attack. The endless herd of war horses rushed on the grassland, the battle flags were flying, and the spears were like forests.

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Cui Ganyou led the 40,000 coalition forces from the three sides to be thirty miles away. He was not in a hurry at all. The scout sent him one by one, making him understand all the causes and consequences. This was a cavalry from the servants' ministry. They also came to sneak attack Han Erduobali, but they were just one step late.

The other party was very cunning. Thirty thousand cavalrymen actually used ten thousand cavalry to lure the enemy. This is also good. He needed this effect. He glanced at Abus, and saw that there was no expression on his face, and asked with a smile: "General Abus, do you and your subordinates think I did it too much?"

Abuth shook his head, "My subordinates only listen to my thoughts, they have no idea."

"What do you think? I'd love to know."

Abuth smiled faintly, "I don't know the current situation, I will take it upon myself!"

Cui Ganyou smiled and said, "It is their luck to have a leader like you in Tongluo. I also wish Tongluo to establish a country as soon as possible and guard the Western gates for the Tang Dynasty!"

"No!" Abus shook his head, "Tong Luo will not guard the Tang Dynasty's gate. We will only leave the Tang Dynasty's gate and become a beacon tower for the Tang Dynasty."

Cui Ganyou's smile disappeared, he nodded slightly, and said in a rare sincere tone: "General Abus, you are more awake than me!"

At this time, the book title cavalry rushed from afar and reported loudly: "Report to the governor, Shatuo's army was attacked by the enemy's left and right sides, and was defeated, with extremely heavy casualties, reaching more than 70%. General Zhu Xie was unfortunately killed!"

Cui Ganyou sighed softly, and he immediately ordered: "The whole army will go to rescue the Shatu army!"

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Chapter completed!