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Chapter 258: Zhu Youzhi's Plan

On the Tuyuhun Grassland, five days after leaving Songzhou, Qin Huaiyu and Zhu Youzhi met Murong Shun smoothly. When they saw Murong Shun again, Qin Huaiyu and Zhu Youzhi were a little surprised. At this time, Murong Shun looked like a knight, completely like a dog from a family. His torn fur clothes were stained with solidified blood stains, and within half a step, he could smell a stinking smell mixed with blood.

Behind him were the yellow-faced Tuyuhun soldiers and the common people, both of whom were tired, with a look of freedom in their eyes, and some injured soldiers were even moaning on the ox cart. All of this told the two that Murong Shun's army had been crippled.

"Murong Khan." Qin Huaiyu and Zhu Youzhi bowed far away.

The Adam's apple was flipped up and down, and Murong Shun seemed to have some sobs. Unexpectedly, the King of Shu really sent troops to save him. He said in a hoarse voice: "General Qin, General Zhu, you are finally here."

At this time, the remnants of Tuyuhun were stationed on a hillside, and soldiers and people lived together. This was the marching custom of nomadic peoples, dismounting and grazing, and getting on horseback to fight.

Qin Huaiyu and Zhu Youzhi got off the horse. Zhu Youzhi called the messenger and said, "Let the soldiers stay on site and rest, and send scouts to investigate the surrounding situation."

"Yes, General Zhu." The messenger ordered the troops to take the order away, while Qin Huaiyu and Zhu Youzhi followed Murong Shun into the tent.

Sitting opposite each other, Murong Shun said ashamed: "Two generals, because of the hasty escape, I have not prepared wine and food for the two generals. Now I will ask someone to prepare."

"No need!" Qin Huaiyu stopped him, "Your soldiers and people are already very hungry. We have sufficient military rations. You should stay here by yourself. Now you can tell us about the situation in the grassland."

Murong Shun was a little moved and said, "General Qin is such a rare benevolent general." He suddenly sighed again, "I was fighting with Zunwang on the Tuyuhun Grassland. I was about to win, but I didn't expect that the 100,000 Tubo army secretly came down from the plateau and attacked the tribe. The 50,000 cavalry I led was defeated and could only escape to Songzhou. However, the Tubo army still pursued him. If it weren't for the generals under my command, I would not have been able to escape to this place."

"Then where is the Tubo army now?" Zhu Youzhi asked, knowing yourself and your enemy, you will win every battle. He must first figure out the current situation of the Tubo army.

Murong Shun said: "They are now enslaving my people in my royal court. Every time the Tubo army defeats a place, they will take the people there back to Tubo as slaves. General Qin and General Zhu, if they cannot save them, Tuyuhun will perish." At the end of his speech, Murong Shun cried.

After looking at each other, the two nodded. Zhu Youzhi said, "While the Tubo army still doesn't know that we can catch them off guard, I have another idea. When we came, we found a valley. This valley is very narrow and long. Now you gathered the soldiers from Tuyuhun to lead the Tubo army into this valley, and the remaining battle will be handed over to us."

"Are you talking about the Wild Wolf Valley in the east?" Murong Shun said, "Is there a stone there very similar to the wolf's head?"

After recalling it, Qin Huaiyu nodded and said, "Yes, there is indeed such a fast stone, Khan. He just needs to defraud and lead them to this valley, and lead them all as much as possible."

After pondering for a moment, Murong Shun gritted his teeth and said, "No problem, I will gather 20,000 cavalry to go to the royal court to invite the battle." Murong Shun already understood that he had no other choice. If he threw away Tuyuhun, he would be a dog that was stranded.

Qin Huaiyu and Zhu Youzhi did not want to delay the grassland for too long. It is winter now, and long-distance combat will have a great impact on the supply line.

"Okay, let's discuss countermeasures now. Murong Khan will send troops to introduce the Tubo army into the Wild Wolf Valley tomorrow morning, and our army will ambush there. After the shelling, we will attack each other and annihilate the Tubo army in one fell swoop."

Murong Shun showed joy on his face, and then he said, "What is this shelling?"

Qin Huaiyu and Zhu Youzhi smiled mysteriously and said, "You can block the horse's ears at that time."

After resting for a night, Murong Shun ordered his troops to move towards the direction of Wang Ting in the morning, while Qin Huaiyu and Zhu Youzhi led the cavalry and infantry to the Wild Wolf Valley.

Wild Wolf Valley is a narrow valley that is more than ten miles long and more than one mile wide. After arriving at Wild Wolf Valley, Zhu Youzhidao said: "Huaiyu, I will hand over the cavalry to you. I will lead artillery and infantry to ambush on both sides of the valley and establish artillery positions. Then I will listen to my signal to attack."

"Yes, I am ambushed on the other side of the mountain with my cavalry." After that, Qin Huaiyu took the cavalry to the other side of the valley, and more than 10,000 cavalry were quietly waiting for the war to come.

Seeing Qin Huaiyu leaving, Zhu Youzhi searched the Wild Wolf Valley, trying to find a place that was conducive to artillery shooting. At the same time, he commanded the archers to ambush on both sides of the valley, and the sword and shield hands were responsible for guarding the artillery. If these artillery soldiers were attacked by cavalry, it would be completely finished.

After living in the grassland for several years, Murong Shun had already become familiar with the route of the grassland. He soon returned to the royal court. Looking at the royal court burning in the flames, he was both hated and annoyed. Seeing the Tuyuhun people tied into a string made him completely angry, "Kill!"

A angrily shouted out from Murong Shun's mouth. Two years of cavalry rushed to the royal court with neat steps. Failure to defeat was also a technical job. It was easy to make the enemy suspicious. If you accidentally pretended to defeat, you would even become a real defeat. So Murong Shun was extremely nervous, but he could no longer tolerate seeing Tubo soldiers massacre the people of Tuyuhun.

The Tubo soldiers obviously did not expect the Tuyuhun soldiers to come back and flee everywhere in panic, but the Tuyuhun cavalry riding war horses were faster, and a stream of blood soared into the sky, but Murong Shun cut the throat of a Tubo soldier with a knife.

"Kill!" Tuyuhun soldiers rushed into the royal court and saw the Tubo soldiers fighting. This unexpected attack made the Tubo people unexpectedly, and only the Tubo people screamed in the entire royal court.

However, this unilateral massacre did not last long, and dense Tubo cavalry soon appeared on the opposite side.

"Khan, it's time to leave now." A general reminded Murong Shun.

"No, we must fight with them, otherwise he will be suspicious with Tashi's cunning." Tashi was the commander of the Tubo army this time. After several battles with Tashi, Murong Shun found that Tashi was very cautious, and the equipment of this group of Tubo army was also very well-equipped, wearing chain mail. This chain mail was learned by Tubo from the Western Dashi Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is very tough and has high flexibility, which is also one of the reasons why they suffer.

"Arrangement!" Murong Shun ordered, and the 20,000 cavalry quickly adjusted the formation.

As the Tubo army approached, Murong Shun saw clearly the two people in front, which were actually Zunwang and Tianzhu King. He was shocked at first, then furious. Unexpectedly, Zunwang actually betrayed Tuyuhun and surrendered to the Tubo army.

"Kill!" Murong Shun gritted his teeth and shouted. The cavalry immediately rushed towards the Tubo army like a tide. At this time, he was even more jealous of enemies, but he still kept in mind the strategy he had discussed and rushed into the Tubo army. Murong Shun and Zunwang exchanged a few moves, turned around and left.

The Tubo army had just won a new victory and was stabbed in the back by Murong Shun. How could he be willing to do so? The sound of a trumpet behind him sounded, which was a signal of full-strength attack.

The Zunwang and the Tianzhu King smiled bitterly. The Tubo army was too many shameless and treated them as cannon fodder. Their masters hid behind them, but since they surrendered, they could not resist and had to lead the army to chase them.

Qin Huaiyu and Zhu Youzhi have been ambushing in the Wild Wolf Valley for a long time. Taking advantage of the telescope, Zhu Youzhi saw Murong Shun who was escaping to the Wild Wolf Valley. He licked his lips. Since he had agreed to Li Yan, he must capture a group of slaves for Li Yan. According to Murong Shun, this group of Tubo troops came from the Sanyong troops, and was stationed very close to Songzhou. He might have taken the army to the Sanyong troops for a walk after he had packed up the Tubo troops, because it is said that the slaves captured by the Sanyong troops were all there, and there might be a big gain. (To be continued...)
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