"Khan, get up quickly! The Tang army is coming!"
At dawn the next day, Xueyantuo Khan did not kill Wadahan, but the Tang army was not far away from them. Fortunately, this guy was still quite vigilant and placed enough sentries outside, otherwise the Tang army would have come directly to kill them.
Never underestimate the investigation capabilities of the Tang Dynasty army. With the sounding balloon, especially in this Gobi Desert, it was too easy for them to find people. Before dawn in the morning, Su Dingfang sent out two armies to search the surrounding area. Who knew that they actually found clues.
Now that we have found the clue, we cannot let our enemies go. Su Dingfang brought two thousand people and came directly here.
Xueyantuo Khan heard the sound in a daze and thought that his men were scared silly. When he was about to curse, an explosion was heard outside the door. This kind of sound could not be heard anywhere else. It could only be heard when fighting with the Tang army. This was the secret weapon of the Tang army, so this guy did not dare to neglect it.
"Go up and hold it for me."
Xueyantuo Khan said as he put on his armor. He did not dare to be negligent at all. After ordering his men to go up, he took the rest of the people and ran in another direction. He did not dare to delay for a minute. He knew that the Tang army came and went without a trace, and its offensive capability was also very strong. If you don't seize every opportunity to escape, then when you come to your senses, your escape route will have been blocked.
Hundreds of Xueyantuo cavalry bravely rushed forward, and after confirming their position, a large number of shells began to explode along the way. The Xueyantuo cavalry were also puzzled. Why did they explode wherever they ran to? Did their shells have eyes?
The Tang Dynasty's artillery shells did not have eyes, but there were observers in the sky who adjusted the shooting angle at any time, so these people had the illusion that the artillery shells would explode wherever they ran to.
"General, my brothers in heaven said another army has fled to the southwest."
A soldier took out a map from his back and found some information in the southwest direction according to what his brother in the sky said.
"This guy is quite capable, but we have to deal with these people first. We have too few people here to split up our forces. Let the brothers in the sky keep an eye on them."
Su Dingfang said somewhat depressedly that the main thing was that he had to use half of his men to protect Lord Zhao. He couldn't bring all the thousands of men under his command to the battlefield, otherwise he would have been able to deal with Xueyantuo Khan today.
Facts have proved that Su Dingfang's strategy was correct. If they had cooperated in the investigation, we might not have been able to catch these people in the military camp. By then, we would have bitten off more than we could chew, and our losses would have been obvious. Although Xueyantuo Khan is gone, after this sneak attack, his men are even fewer. Except for more than 400 people who were taken away, the rest were all captured by us.
In addition to these people, there were also a large amount of gold, silver and valuables in the military camp. These should have been brought out by Xueyantuo Khan. It was inconvenient to take them away when he left, so we took them away. After a quick count, the total value was about 500,000 strings of cash.
"Xueyantuo is such a poor place, even birds don't shit there, how come they have so much money? General Molun said that he was like a child giving away money in Gaochang Kingdom. I don't know how much money he gave away. I thought he was already a poor guy, but I didn't expect we found so much."
Su Dingfang said with some distress, "Why give the money to the ministers of Gaochang? If we take all of it with us, then this time we will have mixed it up. Look at these boxes of gold, how beautiful it is."
"General, they are a nation after all. They have a lot of cattle, sheep, and furs every year, and the people below consume very little. Although the harvest is not much, the accumulated amount is still quite a lot."
These soldiers also came from Xueyantuo and had some understanding of the local situation. They had been trading with the people in the mainland and had quite a lot of gold and silver, which eventually all ended up in the hands of their Khan.
"Carry all these things back to our camp."
Su Dingfang nodded dejectedly, indicating that what his subordinates said was right. After transporting these things away, he looked at the direction in which Xueyantuo Khan fled. From there, they could soon enter the territory of Gaochang Kingdom. They could get in, but we couldn't. Even if we chased them, we would probably return in vain. It was better not to do that useless work.
"This battle is so unpleasant. They can enter and exit Gaochang's border, but we can't. Gaochang is just a small country, isn't it? Its total population is only a few hundred thousand. General, why don't you just report to His Highness and ask him to send us 30,000 troops to destroy them?"
On the way back, his deputy general said angrily.
"How come you're even more irritable than me? If I were in charge, I could kill him with just 20,000, not to mention 30,000."
Su Dingfang was also very depressed, but since it involved the relationship between the two countries, he still remembered what Li Xiang told him: we must not take the initiative. We must maintain good diplomatic relations. There are so many countries in the Western Regions, and one move can affect the whole body. Without a clear reason, we cannot just rush in. If these more than a dozen countries unite, we will be the ones who suffer.
"Isn't tomorrow the day when the envoys of the two countries meet? If the envoys of the two countries meet, can we also enter Gaochang Kingdom?"
The deputy general suddenly thought of another thing. The Gaochang Kingdom has already replied to us. Their special envoy, Lord Wadahan, will arrive at the border tomorrow. After a brief meeting with our Lord Zhao, we will go to their royal city.
"You think you can just go in and kill people at will? You have to follow the rules when you're on someone else's territory. But there's one thing I want to make clear first. If they really want to protect Xueyantuo Khan, and they say it directly, then they are our Tang Dynasty's enemies. Nothing we do to an enemy is excessive."
Su Dingfang's eyes seemed to be burning with fire. He wished that the King of Gaochang would announce this matter in public. As long as you dare to announce it in public, even though we only have 5,000 men, we can still make you guys pay.