Chapter 44 The Dark Night

Xue Chongxun's tactics look very fierce at first glance, but in fact they cannot withstand exhaustion. They are arranged with emphasis on the front and light on the back.

He brought the most elite troops to the front to attack, which would naturally create a situation of local combat power asymmetry, and the situation would be very good at the beginning.

But if the Turks were determined to decide the winner with the Tang army, there would be more people in them, and Xue Chongxun would probably not be able to withstand it as time continued.

However, Mochuo Khan only fought with the Tang army for half a day before retreating. They didn't want to fight against the Tang people at all.

Because there are not only Turkic people on the grassland, but also Khitans and other tribes competing for their living space...

Compared with those hostile nomadic tribes, the Tang Dynasty was not a life-and-death enemy, because the Han people were farming people who occupied their grasslands were useless.

Xue Chongxun also valued this point, so he burst out with a sharp aura as soon as he took over the enemy. The purpose was to shock the Turks and gain bargaining chips for the peace talks in the future.

His ultimate goal is to negotiate peace, because with the troops and war resources that Anbei can mobilize now, there is no way to cause a devastating blow to the main Turkic forces, and it is even more impossible to pursue and fight hard in depth.

He needs time to accumulate strength and opportunity.

Obviously, the lethality of the people in this battle is limited, but the purpose of causing psychological pressure to the Turks is to achieve it.After Mochuo led his troops to Yinshan, he had already thought of retreating.

Not only Mochuo, but the Turkic noble generals had no desire to fight. When everyone thought of the lifeless method of Tang Jun during the day, it seemed that they had killed their whole family.

This battle cannot be fought.A general cut the mutton from the fire with a knife and couldn't help but sigh.

They crossed Yinshan to attack Anbei but did not come to fight the Tang army to fight the decisive battle. They thought that the three cities could easily take advantage of the opportunity to grab one and return with a full load.

Unexpectedly, after fighting for many days, he didn't even win the West City, and suffered heavy casualties in field battles...

The battle itself has already been declared a failure.

Finally someone discovered Wang Mang, the Han minister who was hiding in the corner. A Turkic nobleman grabbed his disheveled hair and pulled it out without hesitation.

Although Wang Mang is a Han Chinese, his hair style and dress are no different from those of the Turkish people. His hair is also draped over his shoulders and is not combed into a bun.

It was his idea that led us to encounter so many people who died on the stone, so we must be spies from the Tang Dynasty!After saying that, the Turkic man raised his hand and slapped Wang Mang's face twice.

Mochuo hurriedly said: Stop!

The Turkic man stopped and said: Killing this person is guilty.

Mochu said: Wang Mang's idea miscalculated, but it was a waste of time to say that he was a spy.

Although he said a few good things to Wang Mang, he did not blame the Turkic nobles for slapping them...

If this humiliation occurs to Turkic officials, it must fight against others.

When Wang Mang heard this, he kowtowed and thanked him, looking grateful and did not express any dissatisfaction.

He had no choice but to survive on the Turks, and he was ready to endure some humiliation. Naturally, he could not fight for justice and reason as he did among his own tribe.

Yang Wozhi said: In the past, the Tubo people were at their peak and suffered a great loss from the Xue family in Helong. If this person was a vague person, the Tubo people would not be like this.Now that the three cities are in strict defense, our army really plans to expand its land step by step, there will be no benefit to continue to conquer.

The generals were indignant. Since we had gathered so many people, we could not return empty-handedly. We could attack in another place, either west or east. We didn’t believe that there were heavy troops guarding the border thousands of miles north of the Tang Dynasty!

Mochu's palm stroked the scepter, his movements were very gentle, as if he was full of emotion for the worn-out thing.

The flames on the fire were shaking by the wind pouring into the tent outside, reflecting the old face full of frowning, as if the clouds and sunny, and the generals were much less concerned when they saw this.

Just then, a woman's cry came from outside, and the sound seemed to be coming from a relatively far place, but the sound was very miserable and screaming, so that I could hear it from the tent.

After hearing this, someone in the tent muttered: I didn’t catch many slaves, but I don’t know which tribe is trying to death. Many brothers fought bloody battles all day and couldn’t even drink the soup…

Mochu said: Huoba Jie Lifa, go and take a look, confiscate the women and send them to the soldiers who participated in the hard battle to warm the quilts.

His brother-in-law Huoba Jie Lifa got up and bowed properly on his chest. After thinking for a while, he said: Do you want to choose a few people who look like they are in good shape and send them to the Khan's tent?

Mochuo suddenly slapped the handrail of the seat and said angrily: What I want is the princess of the Tang Dynasty!

Yes, yes... Huoba Jie Lifa hurriedly bent down and retreated.

He left the tent, pulled Lafu's clothes and got on the horse, and ran towards the direction where the sound came.

The camp was full of felt tents, and the place with tents was their home.

They had to pass through many felt tents along the way, and the place seemed not close.

After a long time, Huoba Jie Lifa approached and heard the bonfires in a camp where there was a bonfire lit, and the noise of men.

He rode over and saw a group of naked white women there.

Although there was a bonfire next to it, it was windy at night, and it was enough to blow in the wild without clothes. The women's arms were trembling.

Some want to curl up and squat down, but they will soon attract crackling whips and scream desperately after being beaten.

There was also a charcoal pit in front of it, with dark red fires on it like magma.Several Turkic soldiers waved their whips to drive the naked women up.

I saw a woman standing next to the fire charcoal and unable to go up. She was whipped by a horse whip and was screaming and crying.

But no matter how she calls, it is useless. It will only make the onlookers dance and drink happily.

He heard a Turkic saying, "Go up, go up and dance."However, the Han women obviously couldn't understand.

Finally, she simply curled up on the ground and cried with her head in her arms, allowing others to whip it.

If she wants to jump to the fire, her whole feet must be disabled. It seems that she is unwilling to die.

The Turks had no choice, so they went up and lifted her up and threw it directly onto the charcoal.

With a pounce, the woman's front pounced on the charcoal, and she suddenly screamed louder than slaughtering a pig. She struggled desperately inside, like a live fish being thrown into a pan.

The ashes and Mars suddenly soared into the air, making a mess.

Huoba Jie Lifa did not stop him immediately, and sat down and watched calmly for a while.

After the woman in the charcoal pit was pulled out, her entire chest was burnt, and the smell could be smelled from afar. She was already dying and was thrown on the grass and twitching. She could only hear a faint groan of pain like a wronged soul.

The woman behind did not dare to carry the whip when she saw this, so she had to run into the fire pit. After stepping on it barefoot, she screamed and resounded throughout the grassland...

It turns out that the screams heard on the other side of the tent were made like this.

These women were not dressed, and some were disheveled and some were tied to cross-shaped wooden stakes, allowing Turkic soldiers to take turns to commit violence. After satisfying the desires of the beast, they sat and watched the other prisoners dance.

Huoba Jie Lifa finally walked up and said seriously: Who told you to do this?

A Turkic general stood up and bent down and said: These slaves were captured by our tribe, so I let my brothers have fun.

Huo Bajieli pointed at Huo Teng seriously and said: Women can send it to your brothers to play. If you make such a toss and do it, you will kill it in a few moments. Wouldn’t it be a waste?Isn’t it enough to just find a male slave to do this trick of jumping into the fire pit?

The general said: All the men caught by our tribe are dead. At dusk, the lord (chief) wanted to practice arrows, so he and his brothers who fell inside took them as targets and shot them all to death.

Huoba Jie Lifa said angrily: You are making a fuss here, the sound is too loud, and it has disturbed the wise Khan. Khan asked me to confiscate these slaves and send them to the brothers of each tribe to feed the meat.Come, take it away!

The general felt that the slaves of his tribe were their property, and he was a little dissatisfied when he was taken away. He couldn't help but ask: What a Khan's order?

Huoba Jieli was angry and said: Can I still pretend to pass the Khan's order?

Mochu's personality was also violent and cruel. He was so frustrated that he was not good enough, so the Turkic generals dared not say much.

The man who was Huoba Jie Lifa took a rope and tied the women's hands back and walked back behind the horse.

They still didn't wear clothes, and they were frozen in the cold wind, with tears on their faces extremely miserable.

The sky was still not clear tonight. The wind was blowing, and the dark and low sky covered the prairie. Humans and various wild beasts lived here together. Civilization was as dark as the sky...

The distant capital of the Tang Empire should now be brightly lit and sing and dancing. It is like a dream, an out of reach, emitting a faint fire of civilization in the dark world of the eighth century AD.