"Your Highness, please eat something. If you don't eat, your body won't be able to bear it."
In the tent of His Royal Highness the King of Wu, the deputy general next to him brought food. The food was slightly better than that of ordinary soldiers, but King of Wu Li Ke could not eat it at all. He had not eaten for a whole day.
"Distribute the food to the soldiers below. I can't eat any more for now. Have all the spies outside returned? Which direction is the breach?"
King Wu Li Ge has no time to eat now. What he wants to know most is which direction to rush out. He launched a charge yesterday, but encountered the Turkic tribe. The large group lost nearly 800 cavalrymen, and no one rushed back, so they could only return to the original camp. It is estimated that it will be even more difficult to rush out now. They already know where the Tang army is and will definitely keep a close watch on this area.
"Your Highness, the spies have all returned. Currently, the number of enemy camps surrounding our army is increasing. While some are bluffing, we don't know which part is..."
The deputy general said with some embarrassment that there could not be so many enemies, some of them must be fake, but we can't tell them apart at the moment, so we can only keep our troops in place for the time being. If you act rashly, you may encounter a large group of enemy troops at any time, and then there will be casualties.
"Your Highness, the imperial messenger has arrived..."
Just as King Wu Li Ke was feeling sad, several cavalrymen came over from a distance. One of them had a bow and arrow on his back, obviously shot by the people on the grassland. They should have come together, but now only one person is intact, and there is another wounded soldier. You can imagine how many heavy troops there are on the way back...
"Medical officer..."
King Wu Li Ke took the wounded soldier off the horse and handed him to the medical officer beside him. He now wanted to know what the court meant.
In the past ten days, they had lost contact with the court. Only now did they learn that half a month ago, the court had ordered Li Xiang to send troops. Calculating the date, Li Xiang's army had already arrived at the grassland, and King Wu Li Ke was relieved.
He was not narrow-minded, he just wanted to find an opportunity to prove himself. He was very grateful to Li Xiang for leading his troops to rescue him. If Li Xiang had not come, then these people might have died here. King Wu Li Ke did not value his own life very much, but if these people died here because of his mistake, he would probably have no face to return to Chang'an to see the people.
"Xiaoyu's entire army, the imperial reinforcements are on the way. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the commander-in-chief and will arrive in the southern part of our army soon."
After hearing what the King of Wu said, his men were so happy that they almost jumped up. If the imperial court had just sent an army to support them, they probably wouldn't have been happy at all. After all, the situation on the grassland was extremely complicated. They were all elite troops and had suffered losses here. What use would it be to just send an army?
But if this army came from Goguryeo, it would be a completely different story. When His Royal Highness led the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo, he brought with him the most elite troops in the entire Tang Dynasty, and they were unstoppable all the way. Now they have destroyed Goguryeo. If such an army were to arrive on the grassland, wouldn't it be more powerful than the grassland wolves? We would have hope.
"Not good, all troops on alert."
King Wu Li Ke was just about to be happy for a while, when he suddenly thought of a fatal thing. Since Li Xiang's army had arrived at the grassland, the people of the Turkic tribes must have known about it. In this case, their army was the most dangerous.
The Turks and the Blood Rock Camel people all understood that the troops under our king were extremely weak. If the Tang Dynasty reinforcements were allowed to join these people, their combat effectiveness would be restored. However, if they were to wipe them out in one fell swoop while Li Xiang was not joining them, that would be their victory.
Several generals under his command also immediately realized this point. The time from the time Li Xiang entered the grassland until he found them should be the most dangerous.
Although the soldiers did not understand what was going on, they were all the most elite border troops of the Tang Dynasty. When the commander gave the order, they did not delay at all and immediately grabbed their weapons and ran to their posts.
Two hours later, a black line finally appeared on the hill to their south. Two and a half hours later, it was also discovered on the left. The enemy was indeed as King Wu had predicted. These people also knew that the Tang army had entered the grassland, so they had to get rid of King Wu's army before they came to kill them.
King Wu Li Ge was also wearing armor at this moment. Since entering the grassland, he had been on the front line of all the battles. If he had not been greedy for victory, he might not be so passive now.
Originally, the enemy's attack would take a long time. They had to wait until the Tang army was weaker before attacking. At that time, their losses would be smaller, but now they can't wait any longer. The army from the Tang territory is about to arrive. They have also sent troops to stop them, but they didn't expect that the two sides are not on the same level at all, so they have to deal with the King of Wu's army first.
The Xueyantuo coalition camp.
Xueyantuo Khan and several small Turkic kings were sitting in the tent with extremely bad expressions on their faces. They had just sent out 4,000 cavalrymen to stop my army coming from the direction of the Tang Dynasty, but they didn't expect that these 4,000 cavalrymen would be defeated by the enemy after just one contact. As for how they were defeated, they have not received any definite news so far.
"We know the Tang army is very powerful. This army belongs to the King of Wu, and we know the strength of these armies, but where did that Tang army come from? Our 4,000 cavalrymen didn't even make a splash. This is terrifying."
The Turkic King Xutu said viciously that three thousand of the four thousand cavalrymen were from his tribe, and now they were nowhere to be found alive or dead. He only knew that a lot of war horses had run back, but the riders were nowhere to be found.
"If I'm not mistaken, these people should be coming from Goguryeo. Judging from their direction, they should be coming from Goguryeo."
Xueyantuo Khan's words shocked everyone. He was the most capable fighter in the Tang Dynasty...