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Chapter 9 Lure and Bait

Bu Lugen ran away. When the Turkic defenders on Hongshan Fort saw that the Tang army was in a dilemma. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Duan Zhigan roared: "Run!"

More than a thousand Tang army infantry took advantage of Luo Shixin's morale to attack Hongshan Fortress.

The Turkic soldiers guarding Hongshan Fort stared at each other: "What should I do?"

Although the Turks were fierce by nature, they were actually bullying the weak and afraid of the strong. When they encountered a good battle, they would be brave, but even though they knew they would not have won the hope of war, they would be as timid as a mouse.

As the Tang army infantry was getting closer and closer to Hongshan Fort, even the ferocious expressions on the faces of the Tang army soldiers were clearly visible. The commander Qu (equivalent to the centurion) who was guarding Hongshan Fort looked at the Bu Lugen General's flag running further and further, and shouted: "Tang Nu is powerful, General Bu Lu is in danger. We need to protect General Bu Lu!"

Bu Lugen has long been running away and is almost gone. If they rely on them to protect him, ten lives would not be enough to kill him.

He was clearly talking lies with his eyes open, but the Turkic soldiers agreed unanimously: "Protect General Bu Lu!"

When Duan Zhigan rushed into the empty Hongshan Fort, he was truly relieved.

Although Hongshan Fort is very small, it is because it is small that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If the Turks had not retreated on their own initiative, they would have to pay hundreds of lives to take over this small fort, which is about 400 steps in a radius.

You should know that Hongshan Fort is a castle built with glass stone mixed with glutinous rice juice. It has stood here for more than a hundred years and is still extremely strong. The Turks left in a hurry, and even the wolf flag had no time to take it away. Looking at the mountains of grain in warehouses of all sizes, Duan Zhi was so angry that he shuddered.

There are still black and purple marks on the bags of these grains. Needless to ask, they know that these are dry blood. These grains must have been stolen by the Turks who broke through villages and towns around Lingzhou, and they were stained with the blood of the people of the Tang Dynasty.

"Damn it, you run so fast, otherwise I will twist their heads off!" Duan Zhi said angrily.

"Win!"

Luo Shixin shouted loudly. The Tang army soldiers achieved great results in this battle. The escaped Turks were estimated to be less than 300. They left behind 1,788 Turkic cavalry, and less than 200 of them were injured. More than half of them were slightly injured. They could jump around after recuperation for a while.

"Victory!"

The extremely excited Yue cavalry officer yelled.

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Snow sledges were flying rapidly on the snow surface. At this time, Chen Ying did not take into account the cold wind as much as a knife, and stood on the watchtower directing the sledge and looked at the distance carefully.

At this time, all the sledges were covered with white silk, and even the horses pulling the sledges were wrapped with white silk.

Chen Ying's approach made Wei Wenzhong feel quite complained. In this era, cloth was almost equal to currency. According to the "Six Dictionaries" Food and Money Records, cloth in the Tang Dynasty accounted for about one-third of the total fiscal revenue.

When Chen Ying was supporting Lingzhou from Chang'an, he brought three thousand pieces of cloth, worth about 3,000 guan. This batch of cloth was not used by the Right Guard's Mansion, but was asked Yang Ze to reward the meritorious soldiers guarding Lingzhou according to his merits.

But Chen Ying was fine. Not only did he embezzle the cloth that was originally rewarded to the heroes, but he also wasted a lot of cloth.

Duan Zhigan's troops used more than 140 pieces, Luo Shixin's troops used more than 270 pieces, and now they have used five hundred mules and horses that wrap snow sledges and carts.

Although Chen Ying did not embezzle, the charge of embezzling military funds was not small. Wasting these cloths made Wei Wenzhong puzzled.

Chen Ying did not have any details and explained everything to the soldiers.

In Chen Ying's eyes, the lives of soldiers are priceless and cannot be measured by money. As long as the casualties of soldiers can be reduced or reduced, Chen Ying will not care about the losses in wealth. Chen Ying only knew that white cloth could well conceal the whereabouts of the troops, which was enough.

Chen Ying, standing on the shoulders of the historical giant, has different habits from those of the people of this era. When the enemy is strong and we are weak, discovery means elimination, Chen Ying can be said to do everything he wants to disguise his troops.

At this time, the Tang army camp in the hot spring pool had already left the camp. In addition to the four regiments of Duan Zhigan's army, the four regiments led by Luo Shixin, there were nine regiments (plus the personal guard group) and civil servants and craftsmen. A total of more than 4,000 people were riding in snow sleds and advancing towards Bogulu City.

Chen Ying stood on the watchtower and looked anxiously into the distance.

The snow accumulated, and the message transmission was very unsmooth. Chen Ying fixed and disguised more than a dozen light snow sleds according to the distance and near the Thin Bone Rucheng. These light sleds were equipped with a large pot equipped with wolf dung. Once they saw the news that Hongshan Fort succeeded, they would ignite the wolf smoke in time.

These snow sledges that act as moving beacon towers disguised as snow bags one by one. But the ignition of wolf smoke will definitely make them discover. Once discovered by the Turks, they have no ability to protect themselves, but in order to convey information, they can only do their best and leave their destiny.

Ci is not in charge of soldiers, righteousness does not manage finances. Now Chen Ying has truly understood the meaning of this sentence, because he has just sent more than a hundred soldiers into the Jedi.

There were more than twenty miles away from Bogulu City, and Chen Ying ordered the entire army to stop advancing.

The method of Luo Shixin transferring flowers and wood can only be used once. The Turks are not fools. Even if they couldn't figure out how to maintain horsepower in the Tang army at the beginning, they had been doing this for a long time and would definitely think of this method.

In war, you cannot expect the enemy to be a fool. If you regard the enemy as a fool, then you are really stupid.

When Chen Ying learned that there were not only more than 20,000 Turkic people in Bogulu City, but in fact, more were the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, Chen Ying finally thought of a strategy to defeat the enemy.

From the perspective of human nature, Bu Lugen was defeated and after he was defeated quite badly, Bu Lugen, who escaped to his life, would definitely not be honest about the Tang army with only more than 2,000 people, more than half of them were infantry. He would definitely expand the number of soldiers of the Tang army to cover up his incompetence.

Once Shilifers learned that the Tang army attacking Bulugen had thousands of troops, he would definitely make a wrong judgment that the main force of the Tang army must be in Hongshan Fort.

If you wait for profit and set aside, you will definitely be able to produce all the elites and try to annihilate Chen Ying's troops.

As long as you wait for Li to do not fall into the plan, then breaking the siege of Lingzhou will be halfway. Although Bogulu City is very broken, the Turks cannot hold on in the wild if they lose this broken city in such cold weather. Moreover, Chen Ying could capture the families of Turkic soldiers as hostages and force the Turks to attack Bogulu City.

Chen Ying's troops, who had stopped for more than 20 miles of Bogulu City, began to make final preparations for the decisive battle. A large amount of precious beans began to feed the horses, and the Tang soldiers hiding in the sledge shed, either sharpening their knives or maintaining their armor.

Only Chen Ying stood on the watchtower and remained motionless.

Wei Wenzhong looked at Chen Ying's lonely figure and felt very sad.

Since starting from Chang'an, Chen Ying has been the commander of the army and has been under pressure to bear the lives of tens of thousands of people. No matter how strong Chen Ying looks, he is only sixteen years old.

Wei Wenzhong was full of thoughts and suddenly remembered the Huo Piqi who was left in history. Perhaps Chen Ying's future achievements would not be inferior to Huo Piqi!

Looking at the snow surface quietly, the snow particles on the snow surface jumped faintly, and gradually the jump became larger and larger.
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