Chapter 143 Digging the Grave
Saga Yamashita.
Wu Meiduo asked people to dig out all the headless corpses that had been hastily dug and buried after being beheaded by the Tang army. Although it was autumn at this time, after many days, the buried corpses still began to rot, smell and even grow maggots. .
Thousands of people in Astir waved their flags to summon their souls.
Wu didn't take off his shirt, and asked the children of those who died in battle to step forward one by one, and cut off his braids and hair with one knife.
The Turkic people on the grassland fear the gods and worship the wolf. They value their hair very much. Only the defeated will have their hair cut off. It is a great shame to have no hair.
And now, with the scars on his face not yet healed, Wu Mei took the initiative to ask his followers to cut off his hair without leaving a single hair, because he believed that it was his responsibility that his followers died in battle, and he was determined to take revenge.
"One day I don't take revenge, I won't grow hair!"
Countless Ashidites whose fathers, brothers, sons and nephews died in battle also pulled out their own knives one after another. They cut off their top hair and cut their faces with blood streaming down their faces, vowing revenge on the Tianmeng.
Qin Lang and Liu Jiu stood watching from a distance.
"Wu Meibu's heart for revenge is very urgent, and these people in Wu Meibu are also very urgent, and their hearts are available." Qin Lang said with a smile.
Seeing this, he already had a preliminary plan in mind.
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After the ceremony, Liu Jiu was invited to drink with Wu Mei.
As Liu Jiu's followers, Qin Lang was also invited, and he and Qin Yong sat at the entrance of the big tent. It is still beef and mutton, and the way to eat it is also simple. There are large pieces of boiled beef and directly roasted mutton. There is no seasoning and it is full of fishy smell.
As for the wine, Qin Lang couldn't drink it even more. It was not as good as the two yuan a catty of cooking wine in later generations, which smelled like water.
The people of the Tang Dynasty could not eat beef, and the imperial court also prohibited the people from slaughtering cattle privately. Cattle are important production materials, but for the Turkic people, cattle are just their food, just like sheep.
Everyone holds a small knife, grabs a few catties of bone-in meat, cuts it directly with the knife, and puts it in the mouth after cutting it off. There is no seasoning, the only seasoning is a handful of salt.
"I don't know why you didn't start crossing the Wei River and laying siege to Chang'an City?" Zhu Xie Jinshan asked impatiently.
Wu didn't know that this Zhu Xie brother was actually Liu Jiu from the Guardian Division, and he was grateful and sincerely regarded him as one of his own.
"The Great Khan is still on his way, he hasn't arrived yet, Tuli can't give orders to the chiefs, no one obeys him, and Tuli doesn't want to besiege Chang'an City at all, he is against going deep this time." Wu Mei did not hide the truth .
"Then we'll just wait here? But I heard that the army doesn't have much food and grass, and our brothers who went out to hunt grass and valleys didn't get much."
Wu did not drink heavily, and said irritably, "Those damned Tang people are too afraid to go to war, they only dare to hide in those cities and forts and hide their heads like turtles. They took away all the food and livestock outside the city. We can't clean them up at all." What kind of food and grass?"
If you can’t support the war with war, you can supplement it on the spot. Just relying on them to drive the cattle and sheep that came with the army from the distant grasslands, it won’t last long at all. After all, you have to consider the return journey. Even Jieli never thought about coming here and staying away. They just planned to come to the Guanzhong Plain to grab a big one, and then go to the city of Chang'an. He blackmailed him a sum of money and then withdrew to the grassland.
With Wu Wu’s lessons learned from last time, now Tuli and the others dare not divide their troops to plunder easily, nor dare to storm those county towns and military forts that are defended by soldiers and horses. .
Although some people think that there is no need to be too afraid of the Tang people, and think that they should divide their troops to attack the surrounding cities of Chang'an, take down the city, rob the city of food and grass, and carve up the city's money, food, livestock and population, but there is no dispute.
Although there are many Turkic troops, they can come from thousands of miles away. Not to mention that they are not good at attacking cities, and they have no attacking equipment at all. Facing those heavily guarded cities, looking at the high walls and wide moats, With so many arrow towers, it is very difficult to easily capture the city.
Everyone is unwilling to fight recklessly with too much loss, and Xieli Dahan has not arrived yet, so the current situation of looseness and stalemate has formed.
Wu didn't want to seek revenge from the Tang people, but now that the Tang people in the Guanzhong area have all hid in castles, or crossed the Wei River and went down to Chang'an City, it would be difficult for him to catch a few to take revenge.
"Wu didn't sip, there is no way for us to wait like this. People eat horse chews and consume a lot every day, and the brothers are eager for revenge."
Wu did not sigh, but in fact there were already many voices of dissatisfaction in the camp. Everyone listened to the call of the Great Khan and assembled tribal soldiers and horses. Ding back, so that this winter can have a comfortable year.
But who would have thought that after suffering such a big loss now, two thousand people were lost in the First World War, and now they only consume cattle and sheep fodder, but they have not grabbed anything.
"Wu didn't sip, I found out a piece of news, you can charge some interest from the Tang people first."
"It is absolutely true that Empress Dou, the wife of Emperor Wude of Tang Dynasty, died early. After Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor, he named Dou as Empress Mu, moved her to Sanyuan County in the northeast of Chang'an, sealed the soil as a mausoleum, and added rich burial objects. Countless gold, silver and jade objects."
Wu did not clenched his fists, "Okay, then I will take people to dig Li Shimin's mother's tomb, and take all the gold, silver and jade objects buried with him to reward the people, and also avenge me."
Wu was not moved by Liu Jiu's words. Since he is idle now, he might as well go to Sanyuan to dig Li Shimin's old lady's grave, take out the money inside and reward his subordinates.
"I will report to Tuli Khan."
"Wu Meichuo can't do it. Everyone is free right now, and they don't want to storm the castle. If Wu Meichuo tells Tuli that there is a treasure in the tomb of Li Yuan's wife in Sanyuan, wouldn't he also want to intervene? People have to come to share, and then this treasure will not be much if it falls into Wumai Chuan's hands. Why do we have to spit out the meat that reaches our mouths?"
"Look, the tomb of Empress Mu in Sanyuan County is still separated from Chang'an by the plateau, Tuli in Jingyang and other armies. We don't have to worry about other things. Besides, going to Sanyuan to dig treasures can prevent Chang'an or Longyou The Tang army over there is coming to make a surprise attack."
Wu Meichuu listened more and more and felt that it made sense. Last time he was defeated by Qin Qiong from Hexi led by Qin Qiong. It would be really unsafe if troops from Chang'an or Longyou came over again.
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
Weibei.
On the winding road, the 8,000 people from Asdev began to move eastward. The dust was flying and winding like a dragon.
The tribal cavalry drove the cattle and sheep, and treated the fertile land in Weibei as a pasture, and trampled on the land and crops regardless of roads.
As expected, Wu Meichuu did not report the truth to Tuli, but only said that he was going to take his troops to move to the east, and led his troops into action before Tuli could reply. Few of Turkic Qijin, Teqin, and Chushe really listened to him, and Tuli was already used to it and didn't care.
Wu Meichu rode in the middle of the team, and asked his subordinates to keep encouraging the troops, telling them that eighty miles to the east, there would be a treasure there, and everyone would have a share in digging out the treasure.
The crowd's morale was high, and they rushed eastward like a swarm of locusts.
During this dusty march, no one noticed that Zhu Xie Jinshan's subordinate was missing one.
It is less than a hundred miles from the Jingyang Cuo'a Mountain to the tomb of Empress Mu in Sanyuan, but the tomb of Empress Mu is in the north of Sanyuan, and it is nearly a hundred miles away from the location of Tuli Camp in Jingyang.
Compared to the distance between Mount Saga and Tuli Camp, which was only 20 miles away, this is undoubtedly a deadly distance.
Under the night, Yiqi flew into Chang'an.
Qin Qiong personally met Qin Yong who had rushed back, and after listening to the son's detailed account, he took Qin Yong to the East Palace to meet Li Shimin.
"The dog is arrogant, and he led Wu Meichu to the Mausoleum of Empress Mu without first asking for instructions. Please forgive me!" Qin Qiong pleaded guilty.
"This kid!"
After hearing the news, Li Shimin couldn't help but be shocked. It was too much to lead the Turkic army to dig his mother's tomb. But after calming down, Li Shimin had to admit that this was indeed a good strategy to divert the tiger away from the mountain.
He didn't care about blaming Qin Lang, walked to the map, and looked at the map carefully. At this time, there were various marks on the map, and there were collected military information everywhere. Where were the Turkic garrisons and how many were there? , Who is the leader of the army, where is the garrison of the Tang army, where is the storage of grain and grass, etc.
"North of Sanyuan."
Li Shimin is of course very clear about the place where his mother was reburied, and he still visits it every year.
"According to the current distribution of the various Turkic tribes, if the Wubuchu tribe reached Sanyuanbei, it would be obviously out of touch with most of the Turkic tribes. The Turkic army closest to him is also in Gaoling, more than sixty miles away. distance."
Sixty miles away, this distance is not close or far, but for a famous general who knows how to seize the opportunity, this is a fighter.
"My minister, please redeem your merits and lead an army to go there personally." Qin Qiong asked for a fight.
This battle must be fought, otherwise, if the tomb of Empress Mu is really dug up by the Turks, then Qin Lang will be truly guilty. Although the Mausoleum of Empress Mu was sealed with soil, even if a huge mountain of earth was piled up, it is not easy to dig and rob the tomb, and it is impossible to succeed in a short time, but even if it only caused some damage, it would be a great evil .
Thinking back when Li Yuan and his son led troops into Guanzhong, Sui guard General Yin Shishi couldn't win, so he killed Li Yuan's son and family members who stayed in Chang'an, and finally dug up the graves of five generations of Li Yuan's ancestors, which was frustrating. Grey, extremely ruthless.
When Yang Xuangan rebelled, Wei Wensheng, who guarded the pass, led the army to do the same thing. He dug up the graves of Yang Xuangan's family.
Li Shimin thought for a long time, "No, you are the commander-in-chief of Chang'an's defense, how can you leave lightly, I transferred Wei Chigong, Cheng Yaojin, and Duan Zhixuan to lead the Xuanjia cavalry from Chang'an Dongxinfeng to cross the Weihe River."
He slammed his fist on the map, "This time, I will definitely kill this cynical cub!"
(end of this chapter)