Lingzhou to Fengzhou in the north. Fengzhou is not owned by Li Tang now. Since the previous dynasty, it has gradually become desolate due to the lack of human habitation, and it has become a place for Turkic nomads.
Although there are still several dilapidated small cities, the dilapidated houses in these cities are low and not many Turks like to live in them.
They still set up tents outside and lived comfortably around the fire, eating barbecue and singing songs. However, after tens of thousands of them stationed themselves in a camp, there was not even a camp on the outside. Xu Yunyan marched forward with more than a thousand people and horses in a swagger.
They marched regardless of the situation and encountered the scouts on the outside.
"What do you do?" Xu Yunyan lowered his head and said nothing. Next to Xu Yunyan was a Turkic-looking man. He was originally a Turkic a few years ago, but now a team from the Anbei Protectorate of New Tang Dynasty used Turkic words at him without any scruples. The words shouted.
"Hello! We are the subordinates of Lord Manila. Didn't Lord Manila win a big victory over Li Tang Crown Prince Li Chengqian and asked us to deliver a message and ask for some food and grass by the way?"
"Is that so?" These people did not doubt that he was there, and they felt relieved when they looked at the thousands of men in front of them with good military appearance, and they all looked Turkic.
The patrolling scout had a plan in mind and immediately started talking here.
"Since Mr. Manila has arranged to go and deliver the news, it won't take more than half a minute. Let's eat, drink and rest together in the camp. How about heading north tomorrow morning?"
"That's a great feeling!" The Turkic soldiers in the Anbei Protectorate's disguise showed no dissatisfaction with the warm reception of the Turkic scouts, but secretly withdrew a sneer from the corners of their mouths.
"We were living a good life, but you people suddenly showed up and asked us to live the same life again. Don't even think about it. We can now be the masters of our own country. We can own cattle, sheep and horses. If we go back to the past, how can we have these things? Things? Although you are eating meat, are these your own? They are just those that the masters asked you to sacrifice your lives for. Even if you were able to eat meat before, it was the leftovers that you ate, and it would be difficult for them to spoil if you don’t eat them. Just for swallowing. How good are we now? We can eat whatever we want and go wherever we want. Even if we don’t get the food, the court will help us. If we encounter a disaster, they will give us money. If we follow you , we will have to fend for ourselves in the event of a disaster, and our relatives will have to face you killing them at any time." This is a common problem among Turkic people.
As long as there is no war with the Central Plains Dynasty to snatch some food and grass, they will always have insufficient food every time the mountains are closed by heavy snow.
Those who are older have no choice but to be driven out to fend for themselves. Why don’t those who were driven out before have no relatives?
These Turks have always done this, and they are also worried that if he is still a Turk when he is older, he will be driven out under such circumstances.
But now they don't have to worry. No matter how old they are, they will not be kicked out if they have no ability to work and can only lie in bed.
At that time, someone would give them a bite to eat, and finally they would have the opportunity to see the scene of four generations living under one roof, which they had never imagined in Turks.
The happy scene is their current goal. It's a bit far gone. In order to have four generations living under one roof, the Anbei Turks concentrated on thanking their compatriots at the top of their lungs using unique Turkic etiquette.
These people were even more triumphant and welcomed them with unique cheers. Immediately the new team will have no formation, go and get familiar with them.
Originally in the Tang Army camp, they were used to gathering together to have a decent feeling, but now here, they seemed like a mob and ran forward casually into the camp. They quickly got into a group with them and had food and drink immediately. .
After they had eaten and drank enough, they temporarily set up camp nearby with the help of a huge Turkic camp, mainly the people led by Xu Yunyan and his arrangements.
After everyone had eaten and drank, the leading Turk came to Xu Yunyan.
"General! We can now enter the camp at will. What should we do next? Should we follow them and eat them for a few days? I wonder how the general will arrange it?" Xu Yunyan looked at the Turkic general standing in front of him and sighed.
"They were originally the same as you. Although we now enjoy their treatment, I still hope that they can die less and be like you. If there is only one Tang Dynasty in the world, you also know what you will get. If they are treated well, there will be no wars in the future. They will not be hungry, and there will be no wars anymore. They will be as happy as they are tonight. How nice would it be to eat barbecue and sing songs around the campfire?" Xu Yunyan just said After finishing, the Turkic general scratched his head in front of him.
"General, we also hope so, but they don't have such awareness yet. Don't we just have to let them know according to the method you said before we can explain the benefits of being with us?" We didn't expect the Turkic general in front of us. With such awareness, Xu Yunyan couldn't help but patted his shoulder.
"Very good! I'm very happy that you think so. In that case, let's use my method." While Xu Yunyan was speaking, Sergeant Anbei had already started to take action.
They each carry a packet of medicine. There are some signs of poisoning after eating it, causing vomiting and diarrhea. There are no non-serious poisons on the grassland.
Soon, General Anbei and his soldiers took their poison and resolutely rushed into the night and sneaked into the Turkic camp.
Even if it were discovered here it would be easily explained. People have three urgent needs. Things have always been going in the right direction.
In the early morning, some Turkic people were looking for a place to go to the toilet in the camp. The whole camp, which was still passable, was filled with stench, so Xu Yunyan took people out secretly.
Both these people and the Turkic war horses suffered from vomiting and diarrhea at the same time. Although not all of them looked like this, they only got up early in the morning to fetch water from the water source. Although only a small part of them, this suddenly reduced the number of Turkic troops in the camp.
The Turkic general was very angry.
"What's going on? Why do nearly 10,000 of my 30,000 soldiers look like this? And our war horses basically look like this. What should we do if our vanguard has no horses?" This general once said I tried it, but it was painful to be forced to ride on a war horse that was prone to vomiting and diarrhea.
The war horse couldn't move, and almost pinned him down, spraying some disgusting liquid on him.
However, the Turkic general was angry and asked, but no one around him could explain to him. Even the people from Xu Yunyan's camp who had just arrived from afar pretended to be like this, lying on the ground spinning around and wailing. .
Their suspicions were completely eliminated, and now the anxious Turkic vanguard general was helpless.
"What should we do? When we first conquered, we prayed to the Immortal God to bless us. Why did we become like this before we entered the Tang Dynasty?" No one would have thought that they were poisoned. There would be no Tang troops on the border of Tang Dynasty. , not to mention that Lingzhou in front has been occupied by Manila, how could the Tang army come here to poison them?
What's more, no trace of the enemy was seen. But just when the general was upset, some generals nearby who were suppressing vomiting and diarrhea came up with suggestions.
"General, we are the vanguard. We have to move forward even if there are no horses. Why don't we leave them behind and let them take care of the horses while we continue to move forward without any problems?" Just after this guy finished speaking, the Turkic vanguard general next to him He stroked his beard and thought deeply.
"This is a good idea, so that's what we do. It's just such a pity to have these tens of thousands of war horses! What can we do if something goes wrong?" The Turkic Pioneer General expressed his worries, but the general next to him did chuckle. .
"Sir, have you forgotten? We are Turks?"
"Turks? So what?" The Turkic vanguard general who said this was very puzzled.
"They are the Turks! And now you suddenly show up and we are the Turks. What do you want to do?" But when the Turkic vanguard general was confused, the general next to him said something.
"We can report our situation to the Khan truthfully. I believe that the Khan will not make things difficult for us, right? It's not that we did this intentionally, but the small cities nearby have not been inhabited for a long time, and the water is poisonous. , can we still be punished for this matter? And we have not delayed our journey. Even if we are not cavalry, we have to walk on two legs to the place where the Khan asked." The Turkic general heard his confidant Having said this, he couldn't help but nod his head.
"Very well, just follow what you said and arrange for the messenger to go see the Khan and explain everything. Maybe the Khan really does what you think and won't punish us and will more likely give us war horses. At that time we This small tribe can make a lot of money." While the Turkic general was enjoying himself, a messenger behind him hurriedly went to find the captain and report the news of the vanguard.
But what no one expected was that not long after the Turkic messenger left the camp and headed north, he saw dozens of Turks basking in the sun on the back of a hillside.
The messenger saw them from a distance, and the people on the hillside also saw the cavalry messenger. As the messenger got closer and closer, the cavalryman saw people rolling on the hillside, just like they did in the camp, with no smiles on their lips.
"It seems that you are also our own people. We just don't know what's going on. Tens of thousands of people are like this." Although the messenger didn't know what was going on, but as he approached the people in front of him, When people were in the sun, these people suddenly no longer seemed to be feeling unwell, and instead became more agile than the last.
Looking at the dexterous movements, even the messenger wondered whether he was really poisoned or fake. Even if he was not poisoned, he didn't seem to be so fast, right?
But before the messenger could react, these people rushed forward and pulled the messenger off his horse, and quickly tied him up like a rice dumpling.
The messenger didn't realize what was going on, but his horse was tied down because of its owner. He neighed, raised his hooves and was about to run away.
But before it could run very far, a sharp arrow hit the horse's head. The war horse neighed and fell to the ground.
This made the messenger very sad.
"What are you doing? There is just such a horse in the camp, and you are not letting it go. Who are you? If you don't give me a suitable answer, I will never let it go."
"Really? Won't we let it go? If you saw who I am, you wouldn't think that we would let it go." The messenger was very confused when he heard this sentence in Chinese and looked up to see where this was. Aren’t the Han people who came here the Turks nearby?
