Chapter 380 Matouchuan

Su Dingfang, following Li Chengqian's order, led the army all the way to Yeyeshui in Mobei, and recruited the troops of the Uighur tribe to form a coalition army. Then, he immediately gathered with Anxi Duhu and others to understand Duman's situation.

"Duke Xing is tired all the way, why don't you take a rest first! After recuperating, we will send troops soon." Anxi Duhu said.

"No need! The army is fast, Duman should know that I have come, and he will think that I am exhausted and need to correct myself like you."

"But I can't do what he wants. I have to send troops to attack Duman immediately, so that I can put down the rebellion in the shortest time." Su Dingfang said.

Before coming here, Su Dingfang had rested, but he came to Anxi Protectorate to gather after he had recovered his energy.

Now not only did Anxi Protectorate think that Su Dingfang was exhausted, but even Duman of Sijie tribe would definitely think so.

This was equivalent to giving Su Dingfang some time to send troops, so that he could quickly defeat Duman and put down the rebellion.

"Tell me about the current situation, what is the situation?" Su Dingfang asked.

"Duman joined forces with Shule and other three tribes to rebel, and many places in the Western Regions fell, even Khotan was captured by them."

"Now Duman's Sijie tribe is in the Matouchuan area, and Shule and other three tribes are in these locations respectively." Anxi Protectorate pointed to three locations on the map.

These three locations are where the three tribes including Shule are stationed now, and they are close to and far from Matouchuan in Duman.

Once the Tang army launches an attack on Duman, as long as Duman can withstand the firepower of the Tang army, these three tribes will send troops to rescue.

"I wonder how Duke Xing will fight?" asked the Anxi Protector.

"To capture the thief, capture the leader first! Duman is the culprit of this rebellion. As long as Duman can be captured, the others will not be a concern!" Su Dingfang said. "

Duke Xing is right, but if Duman cannot be captured in a short time, the other three tribes will quickly come to reinforce Duman." said the Anxi Protector.

What he meant was to tell Su Dingfang that Duman was a tough nut to crack. If they couldn't crack it, Shule and other tribes would come to harass them, and even join forces with Duman to encircle the Tang army from all sides, thus achieving the effect of defeating them.

"So what do you think we should do?" Su Dingfang turned around and asked.

"In my opinion, it is better to send troops to attack the Yebanduo tribe immediately. It is the weakest of the four tribes and the farthest from the other three." Anxi Duhu suggested.

You have to pick the softest persimmon, and Yebanduo is undoubtedly the softest persimmon, so Anxi Duhu set it as the first target.

He felt that as long as he took down the Yebanduo tribe and then attacked Shule, he could first eliminate the two major forces of Duman.

Then, if we can withstand the attack of Duman's army, the remaining tribe will not be a problem. Once the last one is solved, we can send troops to besiege Duman.

At that time, even if Duman insists on defending, it doesn't matter. We just need to surround Duman and even if we have to fight him to death, we can wear him out.

In the eyes of the Anxi Protector General, this is the best way.

"I have a different opinion from you! Do you want to hear it?" Su Dingfang said with a smile.

"I would like to hear the details!" said the Anxi Protector General.

"I think attacking Duman's troops is the best strategy. As long as we pacify the Sijie tribe, the other three tribes will collapse without a fight." Su Dingfang said.

The Anxi Protector General was speechless. How different was this from his idea? He was picking up soft persimmons, but you, the Duke of Xing, had to bite the hard bones.

If this hard bone cannot be gnawed, it will take a long time to quell the rebellion.

Will the tribes that have been watching take the opportunity to join Duman's team? In this way, the difficulty of suppressing the rebellion will be upgraded from simple mode to normal mode, or even difficult mode.

"Do you think I, Su Dingfang, am crazy? I have to fight Duman, a tough guy, when there is an easy target. If I fail to defeat Duman after a long attack, the situation may become even worse." Su Dingfang said. The

Anxi Protector General did not say anything, which was considered as tacit agreement with what Su Dingfang said.

"You can think of this, and Duman can think of this too. Do you think that Yebanduo is such a soft target?"

"I can guarantee that as long as we attack Yebanduo, we will definitely fall into Duman's trap! The battle will only become more difficult. On the contrary, defeating Duman is the most correct choice." Su Dingfang said.

The Protector General of Anxi was stunned. He did not expect that this might be a trap. But even so, Duman was still a tough nut to crack.

"Excuse me, Lord Xing, but how do you plan to fight Duman?" the Protector General of Anxi asked.

"I decided to select 10,000 elite soldiers and 3,000 cavalrymen, and march 300 miles day and night to Duman's city. In this way, we can quickly capture Duman and win." Su Dingfang said.

"What? Lord Xing, you want to march 300 miles day and night?" the Protector General of Anxi said with disbelief.

Is the Lord Xing crazy? Even if you reach Matouchuan after marching 300 miles in one day and one night, you will be exhausted. If Duman sends troops to attack, how can Su Dingfang's exhausted army stop Duman's fierce army?

"That's right! You don't need to ask more questions about these things, just do as I say." Su Dingfang said calmly.

"Yes!" The Anxi Protector General took the order and retreated.

"Dong, Dong..." The drums of assembly sounded, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty and the Uighur coalition immediately gathered in the open space.

Su Dingfang left the big tent, selected 10,000 elite soldiers and 3,000 Uighur cavalry, and immediately rushed towards Duman without stopping.

At this time, Duman did not know that Su Dingfang had led his troops to kill him, and he was still drinking and having fun with his subordinates.

"Shijin, I heard that the Tang Dynasty sent an old man to deal with us?" asked one of Duman's subordinates.

"That's right! This old man is said to be 67 years old! Don't look at his age, but he is really capable. If we are not careful, we will be doomed."

"This old man has fought all his life, and even the Eastern and Western Turks were destroyed by him. He is a veteran who is difficult to deal with." Duman told his generals about Su Dingfang's bravery.

Duman had heard of Su Dingfang's bravery a long time ago, but he had never had the opportunity to see it. This time, he was able to compete with Su Dingfang, and Duman felt very honored.

“In that case, we are doomed this time!”

“The Tang Dynasty sent out such a butcher, who is no match for even the Eastern and Western Turks, let alone us.”

“I’m afraid we are doomed this time!” Duman’s men were talking about it in a flurry, all with negative emotions. They didn’t expect that the Tang Dynasty would actually send such a fierce man.

You should know that in many tribes in Mobei, Su Dingfang's reputation has the effect of stopping children from crying.

If a child is making trouble, just tell him that if he makes trouble again, "King Su Yan" will take you away, and the child will stop crying immediately after hearing it!