northernbook Chapter 635 Riding
Chapter 635 Riding
Chapter 635 Hundred Riders
When Qin Huaidao retreated, he lay down at night and came out at night. Even so, he could feel the atmosphere of the grassland was very dignified.
I encountered cavalry passing by many times along the way. If Qin Huaidao hadn't dispersed the scouts and dodged them in advance, they might have been discovered.
It took ten days like this before Qin Huaidao returned to the barracks.
Seeing Qin Huaidao's appearance, Lin Xuan couldn't believe that the person in front of him was Qin Huaidao.
I saw them ragged and sloppy, no different from beggars.
"Huai Dao, what's wrong with you?" Lin Xuan asked.
"General, it's time to fight, Western Turkic and Xue Yantuo are fighting." Qin Huaidao said excitedly.
"When did it happen?" Lin Xuan asked.
Although the pleasant surprise finally came to fruition after waiting for so long, Lin Xuan was not too surprised. After all, all signs indicated that the two sides must have a battle.
It's just that I don't know what the battle will be like and how long it will last.
Qin Huaidao told Lin Xuan about the process of capturing Su Rongzabu and what he had seen and heard along the way.
"Okay, you go down to wash and change your clothes first, and ask someone to bring that Su Rongzabu over, and I'll ask him." Lin Xuan said.
"Yes."
Taking a bath in the grassland was already difficult, and they didn't even have time to take a bath along the way. The stains on their bodies had already solidified.
Qin Huaidao couldn't take it anymore, he saluted after hearing his words and deeds, and went to take a bath.
It didn't take long for Su Rongzabu to be brought over. Compared with Qin Huaidao, Su Rongzabu was even more sloppy. Lin Xuan couldn't help but frowned. The smell was really bad.
Suppressing the discomfort in his heart, Lin Xuan asked.
Su Rongzabu understands that the person in front of him can determine his life and death, so he naturally has something to say.
However, after asking some questions, Lin Xuan was a little disappointed.
What Su Rongzabu said was useful in the past, but it is useless now.
Su Rongzabu noticed Lin Xuan's dissatisfaction, and said, "My lord, don't talk about me, even my father is not qualified to see the Great Khan, everything is notified by the big tribe."
"Take him down and let him take a bath."
Lin Xuan knew that he couldn't get anything out of Su Rongzabu's question, but Su Rongzabu was very familiar with the grassland, and it was still useful.
Just as Su Rongzabu was taken away, Xue Rengui and the others walked in.
"General, I heard that Western Turks and Xue Yantuo are fighting?" Cheng Chumo asked.
Lin Xuan nodded and said, "That's right, the fight has already started."
"Great, it's finally time to fight after training for so long."
Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin looked excited.
"What are you thinking? The fight has just started, how can it be so fast." Lin Xuan said angrily.
This is a war of annihilation, not a local war. Even though the grassland does not need to attack the city like the Tang Dynasty, it will take a few months to fight, and I don't know what to be excited about.
"Hey, as long as we fight, it will be fast, I'm afraid they will keep procrastinating." Cheng Chu smiled silently.
Lin Xuan didn't bother to pay attention to him. Just as he was about to say something, Liu Da walked in and said, "I would like to report to Lord Hou, someone outside the camp asked to see Lord Hou, saying that Lord Hou will definitely meet him when he sees this token."
The so-called token is something like a token.
Lin Xuan didn't pay attention to it at first, but when he saw the pattern on it, he quickly said, "Bring someone here."
It was the first time Lin Xuan had seen this token, but Li Shimin had shown him the pattern on it before, and it was for Baiqi.
Every founding emperor will establish an intelligence system, the most famous of which is the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty.
But that's not to say that the intelligence organizations of other dynasties were useless.
It's just that the intelligence systems of other dynasties were basically concealed and semi-public, while the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty was directly open.
Jin Yiwei participated in the four major cases in the early Ming Dynasty, and Jin Yiwei was also mentioned in various TV dramas and movies in later generations, which made Jin Yiwei so famous.
The Baiqi in the Tang Dynasty was established by Li Yuan, and the original intention was to stay in the imperial palace.
After Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, he did not retain the original intelligence agency, but integrated it with Baiqi.
Therefore, Baiqi has become one light and one dark. On the bright side, he has been guarding the palace, protecting Li Shimin, but secretly collecting information.
Lin Xuan even suspected that there might be Baiqi people around him.
"Okay, you go back and continue training soldiers." Lin Xuan said.
Xue Rengui and others also knew that Lin Xuan must have something to inconvenience their presence, so they saluted and left.
Not long after, a thin man in his 30s was brought over by Liu Da.
"You go down first, no one is allowed to come in without my order." Lin Xuan said.
Liu Da took the order and bowed his hands, and withdrew.
"Baiqi Xu Yue has seen Lord Hou." Xu Yue cupped his hands and said.
"Tell me, why are you here?" Lin Xuan asked.
He didn't want to get too involved with the Baiqi people.
"I was ordered to deliver information to Lord Hou." Xu Yue took out a thick letter from his sleeve and handed it to Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan took it and looked at it. This information was clearer than the information Qin Huaidao brought back.
The Western Turks attacked and wiped out Xue Yantuo's three medium-sized tribes and five small tribes.
Later, they retreated after a fight with the three big tribes, and both sides were waiting for reinforcements to arrive.
Three days later, reinforcements from both sides arrived, and Western Turks sent 15 troops, as did Xue Yantuo.
The two sides added up to nearly 30 people, and the fight lasted from morning to evening. As for how many people were lost, there is no intelligence.
In this battle, the Western Turks had a slight advantage, but the losses were not small, and the two sides confronted each other again.
With the arrival of [-] reinforcements from Western Turks, Xue Yantuo chose to retreat.
The Western Turks moved forward and occupied Xue Yantuo's pastures hundreds of miles away.
After Yi Nan got the news, he took the [-] soldiers from the headquarters and went to the front line in person.
That's what intelligence is all about.
Lin Xuan digested it after reading it, and asked, "Can you still get information on the grassland?" Lin Xuan asked.
"Yes, it is possible, but because the grassland is fighting now, it is very difficult to transmit information, and it cannot be delivered immediately." Xu Yue said.
Baiqi has basically visited all the tribes in the grassland through the caravan over the years. Now that there is a war, the caravan will definitely not be able to go.
The reason why the Turks didn't move those merchants was because they understood that if they moved, no merchant would dare to trade with the grassland in the future.
If it didn't matter before, and no merchants came, they could go to Datang to grab it.
But now they don't dare to come to Datang to snatch it, so they can only trade honestly.
But now that there is a war, who cares about those.
Caravans are no longer allowed to enter the grassland, but Baiqi has not been busy in vain these years, and he has bribed many people through various means.
As he said, in the current war, the transmission of information is more troublesome, and it cannot be delivered in the first time.
Information is time-sensitive, and even if it is too late, it is useless to get the news.
"It doesn't matter, as long as you receive the information from the grassland, send it to me immediately." Lin Xuan said.
Something is better than nothing, he can only analyze it by himself through intelligence.
"No problem. Does Marquis have any other orders? If not, I will go back first."
Xu Yue didn't refuse. The higher-ups had asked them to provide Lin Xuan with information about the grassland.
(End of this chapter)