At the foot of Mount Zhuolu in Gui Province, the tens of thousands of men of the Xi Clan's Nu Jue Tribe were resting. They were advancing westward and were not far from the upper reaches of the Sanggan River. The water grass there was abundant and could provide enough food for their cattle and sheep to survive the winter smoothly. 8
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However, both sides of the Sanggan River were the territory of the Tang Dynasty, including Mount Zhuolu where they were now. It was also under the rule of the Tang Dynasty's Gui Province. However, it was too remote. Almost all the people were Hu and the army was very small. The Youzhou Jiedushi had just taken office and had a lot of official affairs to hand over. For the time being, he had no time to care about the remote Gui Province. This gave Li Tagu an opportunity.
Li Tagu was not a mighty lord, but he understood the current situation of the world. There was a problem inside the Turks. The famous general of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Zhongsi, had transferred the main force to the north of the Shuo to prepare for a possible coup. Even the main force of the Hedong Army was transferred to the north of the Shuo.
At this time, there were only two armies in the upper reaches of the Sanggan River, the Hengye Army and the Yunzhong Garrison. The Hengye Army was stationed in Anbian City with only 3,000 men and horses. The Yunzhong Garrison was stationed in Yunzhong City with 7,700 men and horses. In total, there were no more than 10,000 officers and horses. Li Tagu's entire tribe had 30,000 men and horses. Moreover, they were all valiant cavalry, whose strength was above that of the Tang Army.
At the foot of Mount Zhuolu, Li Tagu looked at the hay all over the mountain and showed a hint of joy. The hay was not very nutritious, but it could ensure that the cattle and sheep would not starve to death. However, Mount Zhuolu was too small. If they wanted to feed the entire tribe, they had to continue to advance to Yuzhou in the upper reaches of the Sanggan River.
Li Tagu looked at the generals behind him and said softly, "The water grass here is very good. Leave the old and the weak. The rest will continue to advance westward tomorrow."
The generals nodded and accepted the order.
Li Hanlu looked into the distance and frowned for a moment. She said, "Father, both sides of the Sanggan River are the land of the Tang Empire. We came here to enter the Tang Empire."
Li Tagu was slightly stunned. He looked at his precious daughter in surprise. "Hanlu, what's wrong with you? Our pasture was destroyed by the snowstorm. There's not enough hay left. You know that."
"But this is the pasture of the Tang Empire. We are robbing others."
Li Tagu was stunned again. "Hanlu, what's wrong with you? You should know that the Xi people are wolves and the Tang people are sheep. When wolves are hungry, they will hunt. It has been like this for hundreds of years. .
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Li Hanlu looked at her father and said softly, "Father, don't be angry. Your daughter was just speaking casually. However, if the Tang army takes our pastures, what should we do?"
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Upon hearing this, Li Tagu's face turned livid. Li Hanlu's words had deeply hurt him. As the leader of the Wrath Tribe, he naturally understood that occupying the land of the Tang Empire was an act of aggression. However, the cattle and sheep of the tribe needed fodder and the people of the tribe needed to survive. In order to fight for living space, he had no choice but to commit an unethical act of aggression. This was the fate of the grassland people and had been so since ancient times.
"Hanlu, no matter what, everything I do is for the Nu Tribe and for all the people of the tribe to survive."
There was a little helplessness in Li Tagu's tone. At the same time, it also revealed confidence and strength.
Li Hanlu nodded gently. She also understood her father's difficulties. The resources of the grassland were limited. Once there was a natural disaster, they could not survive without plundering.
But at the same time, she was also a little worried. At the moment, the upper reaches of the Sanggan River were indeed empty. But if they angered the Emperor of the Tang Empire, it was likely that a large number of troops would be sent here, which would make their situation more difficult.
However, Li Tagu knew very well that with the strength of the Nu Tribe, they could not compete with the Tang Empire. Therefore, he would take advantage of this opportunity to make a lot of gains and let the tribe pass through the current difficulties and return to the grassland at the right time.
A few days later, the main force of the Nu Tribe, under the leadership of Li Tagu, entered Yuzhou in the upper reaches of the Sanggan River and stopped at the intersection of the rivers 30 miles north of Anbian County. Okay.
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Anbian County was the base of the Hengye Army. Now, tens of thousands of the Xi Tribe's Nu Tribe were under their eyes. They naturally would not be indifferent. They immediately sent people to reprimand the Nu Tribe and let them leave immediately. At the same time, they rushed to report this matter to Wang Zhongsi.
Wang Zhongsi was now the Shuofang Jiedushi and the Hedong Jiedushi. In other words, the Hedong Jiedushi was also under his jurisdiction.
Wang Zhongsi, who was in charge of Lingwu, knew that the Xi Tribe's Nu Tribe had entered Yuzhou on a large scale. He was very surprised and angry. After the Tujue civil war, he had already moved the main force of the Shuofang and Hedong Jiedushi to the north of the Shuofang in case of any accidents. However, he did not expect the Xi Tribe's Nu Tribe to enter Yuzhou on a large scale.
This was like you were wholeheartedly looking at your old opponent, but you were suddenly stabbed in the back by a kid. This feeling was undoubtedly very infuriating.
As a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Zhongsi was not a person who liked to fight. However, if the enemy dared to invade the land of the Tang Dynasty, he would definitely not avoid the battle. Furthermore, Yuzhou was under his jurisdiction. He had the responsibility to protect the land of the Tang Dynasty.
However, the main force under him had already been moved to the north. At this moment, he only had less than 10 thousand troops, including 3 thousand elite cavalry.
Wang Zhongsi made a prompt decision and immediately gave the order for the Hengye Army and the Yunzhong Garrison to prepare for war. He personally led three thousand elite cavalry and rushed towards Yuzhou.
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Thick smoke billowed from the ruins of the village. Several old women sat on the ground and wept in front of the stone tablet at the entrance of the village. This was what Li An and the others saw.
This scene was very similar to the scene in White Wolf Village. Everyone was filled with anger. Ang Lee even tightened his grip on his spear. He got off his horse and walked towards the old woman. He knelt down on one knee and asked, "Granny, what happened in the village?"
The old woman's red and swollen eyes were filled with tears of helplessness. She glanced at Li An and said, "The Indians, the Indians rushed into the village and took everything they could. Only us old farts are still here. My grandson, my son …"
Anger, anger, other than anger, there was only anger. Ang Lee was extremely angry at the actions of these foreigners. He wanted to kill them all.
"This is the Yuzhou of the Tang Dynasty. How can there be foreigners here?"
Ang Lee's angry eyes contained a trace of doubt.
Li Fei Shouyu frowned and thought for a while. He said softly, "It's fine. The foreigners rely on herding for a living. Every autumn and winter, they would often go south. This year, the north was hit by a snowstorm. Many of their cattle and sheep must have starved to death. So, it's not strange that they would go south to rob."
Ang Lee heard this and nodded. He was very clear about the characteristics of the grassland people. If there was nothing to eat, they would rob. This was their life's creed. It was also an innate robber's logic.
"Shouyu, Yuzhou is under Wang Jieshuai's rule. Since we want to join Wang Jieshuai, we can't ignore Yuzhou."
Li Fei Shouyu nodded. He naturally understood what Ang Lee meant. He wanted to understand the situation in Yuzhou. When he met Wang Zhongsi, he would be able to give some suggestions so that he could be put in an important position. If he could make some contributions, he would have more confidence when meeting Wang Zhongsi. Otherwise, if he directly used Yan Zhenqing's recommendation letter to meet Wang Zhongsi, he would be looked down upon more or less.
After a simple discussion, Li Fei Shouyu sent his subordinates to investigate the situation in Yuzhou. He wanted to grasp the situation in Yuzhou.
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In the tent of the Nu Jue Division, Li Tagu grabbed a bunch of shiny ornaments from the box in front of him. His greedy eyes were full of light and the corner of his mouth was full of smiles.
These treasures were all obtained by his subordinates from all over Yuzhou. In Li Tagu's opinion, if they had obtained such a rich harvest in just a few days, wouldn't it be even more if they had robbed for a month or two?
"Leader, there are very few rich people in the villages in Yuzhou. This is all we got. If we break into the cities, we will definitely get treasures several times more than this."
Li Tianlong was impatient. He wanted to immediately attack the cities of the Tang dynasty and loot all the valuable treasures in the cities.
Li Tagu originally didn't want to provoke the Tang dynasty too much. However, the main forces of the Tang dynasty weren't in Hedong. There were many treasures in the cities in Yuzhou. If he didn't take this opportunity to make a huge profit, he might not have such an opportunity in the future.
After the ambition hidden in the depths of his soul was provoked by his subordinates, Li Tagu started to get restless. His fear of the Tang Empire disappeared without a trace at this moment.
"Leader, Wang Zhongsi's main forces are in the north. The Tang Army in Yuzhou is no match for us."
Li Tianlong continued to persuade him by adding fuel to the fire.
Li Tagu put his finger to his mouth and paced in the tent. He paused and looked at Li Tianlong, "Anbian City is the base of the Tang dynasty's Hengye Army. Although there are only three thousand soldiers, our army is good at fighting in the wild. We are not good at attacking. Even if we concentrate all our troops to attack Anbian City, we will suffer heavy losses."
Li Tianlong had already expected Li Tagu to have such worries. He grinned and whispered a plan in Li Tagu's ear.
After listening to Li Tianlong's plan, Li Tagu kept nodding in approval. He was very happy and asked Li Tianlong to execute it immediately.
Li Tianlong was full of confidence and accepted the order.
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On the official road to Anbian City, a cavalryman of the Tang Army was running away quickly. Behind him were more than fifty soldiers of the Tang Army. These soldiers were chasing aggressively, but they didn't shoot. It seemed that they didn't intend to kill the cavalryman of the Tang Army in front of them.
The cavalryman of the Tang Army didn't have time to look back. He only cared about running away, hoping to get rid of these soldiers as soon as possible.
As for the chase on the official road, they had long been under the noses of Li An and his men.
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