northernbook Chapter 798
Chapter 798
Chapter 798
"Everyone, the Tang army confines the camp. I sent someone to send a letter of war, but there was no response. What do you think the Tang army is up to?" Tong Eshe asked.
"Haha, Tang Jun must be afraid of us."
"That's right, Datang only has [-] cavalry, how dare they go out to fight us."
Many leaders felt that Datang was afraid, and said proudly.
"It's too early for you to be happy. The Tang army went deep into the grassland and supplies are very difficult. If you are afraid of our army, you should retreat early when you know our army is coming. Why do you stay here?" Batu said. Said.
Ashinasheer glanced at Batu with some surprise, but he didn't expect Batu to have such insight.
"That's right, the Tang army is dragged down by the infantry. If you don't plan to fight our army, you should retreat early. Now the Tang army has no possibility of retreating. The Tang people are the best at using tricks. The Tang army must have some kind of conspiracy when they do this." Ashina Society And said.
"What do you think is Tang Jun's conspiracy?" Tong Eshe asked.
"Could it be that King Youxian forgot about Tang Jun's Liannu? Tang Jun deliberately closed the camp, probably waiting for our army to attack." Ashinasheer said.
Tong E set nodded and said, "Then how should we deal with it?"
Ashinasheer did not speak, but looked at Batu.
"The Tang army's supply line is too long. We can send troops to bypass it, cut off the Tang army's food supply, and force the Tang army to fight our army." Batu said.
"good idea!"
Tong E looked around and said, "Who is willing to lead the troops to cut off the Tang army's food supply?"
"I'll go." Batu said.
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"General Manager, it has been more than eight days since the last delivery of food and grass. If the food and grass are not delivered again, the army may run out of food." The quartermaster said.
There are more than 20 troops, people eat horses and chew, and consume a lot of food and grass every day.
The regular food and grass in the army is enough for half a month, and a batch of food and grass will be delivered every five days.
And now it has been eight days since the last delivery of food, and the food and grass have not yet been delivered, and the food and grass in the army are only enough for seven days.
"I see. This news must be blocked. If there is any leak, you can only ask!" Li Daozong said.
The quartermaster said with a mournful face, "General Manager, there are so many people in charge of managing the grain and guarding the grain. If the grain doesn't arrive, people will be panicked. It's impossible to hide it."
Li Daozong pondered for a while, and said: "I will find a way about this matter, you go back first."
"Yes."
After dismissing the quartermaster, Li Daozong asked Lin Xuan to be called over.
"See Chief Manager." Lin Xuan bowed.
"It has been more than eight days since the last delivery of food. It should be that the Turks sent troops to cut off our army's food supply. The food left in the army is only enough for seven or eight days. Are you ready?" Li Daozong asked.
"Boss, I can do it at any time, but if I do it now, the cavalry that will cut off our army's food and road will definitely run away after getting the news, so we can't catch them all." Lin Xuan said.
Li Daozong was taken aback, and asked: "Do you want to wipe out the 20 Turkic cavalry?"
He felt that Lin Xuan was a little too whimsical.
Even if there are insiders in the Western Turkic Army, it can only cause chaos in its army and create a fighting opportunity for Datang.
At that time, the enemy will definitely flee in all directions, how could they catch them all in one go.
"That's right, even if we can't wipe out the 20 cavalrymen of Western Turks, it's almost enough. The premise is that the cavalrymen who have cut off our army's food and grass can go back." Lin Xuan said.
"What can you do?" Li Daozong asked.
"General Manager, I can't say the specific method, but I can issue a military order!" Lin Xuan said.
"You have to know that the military order is not made casually. If you can't do it, even if you are a son-in-law, the chief will not show mercy." Li Daozong looked at Lin Xuan with burning eyes.
"I know, I am willing to issue a military order, and if it fails, I am willing to accept military law!" Lin Xuan said affirmatively.
"Okay, the manager will trust you once, but the manager will give you three days at most, and then no matter what, you can't delay it." Li Daozong said.
The food and grass in the army is still enough for about seven days. Although it can last for a little longer, Li Daozong dare not do so.
Once this is done, the problem of insufficient food and grass will be exposed, and the morale of the army will be chaotic.
So he can only wait for three more days at most, and regardless of the outcome, the remaining food and grass will be enough to deal with it.
"Thank you for the trust of the chief executive. It will be a three-day period. If the cavalry doesn't come back, it can only be their fate." Lin Xuan said.
"If food and grass are not available for a long time, there will be rumors in the army. Let your soldiers and horses pretend to be and send some 'grain and grass' over." Li Daozong said.
"Yes!"
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At ten o'clock in the evening, a large number of civilian men and cavalry appeared outside the barracks, transporting carts of grain and grass into the barracks.
Naturally, such a big movement could not be concealed from Tong Eshe, who had been sending people to keep an eye on the Tang army's camp.
After Tong Eshe received the news, he quickly sent someone to contact Batu.
After Batu received the news, he led his troops back to the camp the next day.
"I don't know why King Youxian suddenly asked me to come back?" Batu said with some displeasure.
A few days ago, he led his troops to wipe out the army that Datang had been transporting food and grass, seized a large amount of food and grass, and arrested many civilians.
While waiting for Datang's next team to deliver grain and grass, he received a message from Tong E to let him come back.
"Why was food and grass delivered to the Tang army camp yesterday?" Tong E asked tentatively.
"What? It's impossible!" Batu said in disbelief.
He has already intercepted a team, and sent a large number of spies. Unless Datang's grain delivery team can fly, it is impossible to transport the grain and grass.
"Impossible?" Tong E said with a sneer, "The spies I sent saw it with their own eyes."
Batu frowned slightly. He sent spies all the way from Datang to the Tang army's camp. It didn't make sense that food could be transported to the Tang army's camp.
Even if you take a detour, it's impossible to go so fast.
"I see. It must be due to the shortage of food in the Tang army. In order to appease the soldiers, the generals of the Tang army played tricks." Batu guessed.
Tong Eshe said with some doubts: "Is this really true?"
"Is it really enough to send someone to check around the Tang army camp? If it is really shipped from other places, there will be traces." Batu said.
Tong Eshe hurriedly sent someone to check it out.
Two hours later, the investigators came back to report, but found no trace.
"It seems that Tang Jun really pretended to be himself." Tong Eshe said.
"Tang Jun did this. It is obvious that there is not much food and grass in the army. Tang Jun will either fight us decisively, or retreat quietly. We must keep an eye on Tang Jun in the next few days." Batu said.
"Of course I will arrange someone to watch over this. Since the day of the decisive battle is not far away, you don't have to go to the Food Breaking Road." Tong Eshe said.
If Batu continued to intercept the Liang Dao, then he and Yuan Qi's people would have to deal with Datang's attack, and only their strength would be damaged, so he was naturally unwilling.
(End of this chapter)