Chapter 8 7. Desert Commando

It is said that the Huns in the north have been a serious problem in the Central Plains since ancient times.As early as the Zhou, Qin, Han, and Jin dynasties, the Xiongnu invaded and harassed the Central Plains from time to time. By the time Li Yuan was guarding the northern frontier, the Huns had evolved into Turkic cavalry. The advantage of the Turkic people lies in their long spears and fast horses, running on the wilderness, like lightning, coming and going without a trace, nomadic all over the world, and making their homes everywhere, neither need to spend money to build castles, nor need to be mighty logistics transportation line.What you are fighting is guerrilla warfare, what you are playing is the attack technique. In an instant, thick smoke billows, tens of thousands of cavalry arrive, and in an instant the city is breached, killing you like a river of blood.Waiting for you to mobilize a large group of troops in a hurry to chase and kill them, but those tens of thousands of cavalry are like quicksilver pouring down the ground, turning them into pieces, leaving nothing but a vast expanse of white land, so clean that you have no other choice.

Therefore, the wilderness in Mobei has always been the happy home of nomads. They drive caravans, live by water, sleep by grass, and when they are busy, they use strong bows and crossbows to enter the fertile land of the Central Plains. , get some extra money, make a tooth sacrifice, grab a beautiful woman, rob some money, and the small life will be much more nourishing. One day, the nomads on the desert were enjoying themselves, when they suddenly saw dust rising in the distance, a group of more than 2,000 Turkic knights suddenly arrived. When they got near the Turkic tribes, they would show off their might and triumphantly, and they would form several teams to gallop freely and shoot back and forth.The nomads were overjoyed when they saw it, and hurriedly offered horse milk and beef, and came forward to express their condolences.

When they got closer, the nomads suddenly froze. The Turkic cavalry in front of them...huh?The appearance is so strange, the eye sockets are not deep, the nose is not protruding, a flat face, yellow skin... not good!This is the cavalry of the Han people in the Central Plains!They actually disguised themselves as Turks and sneaked into the Moyuan... That's right, this commando was led by Li Yuan, with his four sons Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Yuanba, and Li Yuanji each commanding 500 elite soldiers, and went to the desert to compete with the Turkic brothers for water and grass. It was so infuriating, the Turkic people were very angry, one after another small groups of guerrillas quietly followed behind Li Yuan's troops, hoping to see if they could find an opportunity to teach Li Yuan a lesson.

But these people brought by Li Yuan were carefully selected by him, all of them were very skilled, and everyone was strong and strong. When the Turkic approached several times, they were scared by Li Yuan's skills and retreated.There is no way, it seems that to destroy this invading army, one must concentrate superior forces and launch a decisive battle. Fei Yu sent an order, and the horses galloped across the desert, and the angry Turkic people were gathering their troops. This news was soon known to Li Yuan, and before the Turkic knights were in formation, he had already led his commando to kill.

Seeing the Turkic cavalry, Li Yuan waved the long knife in his hand and ordered: "This decisive battle is based on the achievement of the first rank. Let's start..." As soon as the words fell, I saw his four sons, each leading the army. Five hundred people rushed towards the Turkic cavalry like crazy.The Turkic people were caught off guard, and they were cut off crying and screaming, turned around and fled. A Turkic chief's horse was captured, and the four sons cut off hundreds of heads each. Turks on the The Turkic people knew that they were in trouble, so they had to send envoys to negotiate with Li Yuan, saying: We Turkic people, we eat grass and live by water, and our nature is very peace-loving.There was not enough water and grass in this wasteland, so he had to go to the south to find a way to survive.But now more than 2,000 of you guys have come to compete with us for aquatic plants. Isn't this killing us?Tell me, what conditions do you want?As long as you return to your Central Plains, you can negotiate any terms.

condition?Li Yuan thought for a long time before saying: Actually, we don't have any conditions, just because the scenery here is beautiful and desolate, so we come here for a trip... The Turkic envoys were filled with grief and indignation, and said: You said that you didn't have any conditions, so you came to our homeland and set fire to it. Isn't this nonsense?I beg you to go back quickly, do you want war horses or beautiful women, just say it. Li Yuan scratched his head and said: Then give us some war horses, and there are more, in the future, the two of us will sign a non-aggression pact, form a strategic partnership or something, and when you sign, we will leave immediately... …

During this Northern Expedition, a strategic alliance was concluded with the Turks, which laid the foundation for Li Yuan to enter the Central Plains in the future.But when he returned to Taiyuan, he encountered a formidable enemy: Man Tianwang, Li Shanfei.