Chapter 532: Use a Plot

Pei Xingjian, the general commander of the Dingxiang Road, led an army of 300,000 to suppress the Eastern Turkic rebellion. The army marched to Shuozhou.

Pei Xingjian understood that the reason why Xiao Siye, the chief historian of the Shanyu Protectorate, was defeated by the Turkic rebels was not only because of his own problems, but also because the army

's food and grass were robbed. Most of the soldiers died of starvation. Pei Xingjian guessed that the Turks would definitely use the same trick again and rob the Tang army's food and grass again, cutting off the Tang army's retreat.

After all, this was the only way for the Turks to defeat the Tang army.

Otherwise, with the combat power of 300,000 Tang troops, it would not be a problem to press the Turks to the ground and rub them back and forth hundreds of times.

The Turks and the Tang army had no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation, and it was a dead end.

If the Turks wanted to defeat the Tang army, they could only rob the Tang army's food and grass, cut off the Tang army's food supply, and let the Tang army have no food to fill their stomachs and starve to death in the south of the desert.

This was the only chance for the Turks to win.

The Turks understood this, and Pei Xingjian also understood it, so Pei Xingjian expected that the Turks would come to rob food again.

After understanding this, the next thing would be easy to handle.

"Come here!" Pei Xingjian had a plan in mind and shouted outside the tent.

"What does the general manager want?" The personal soldier outside the tent came in and asked with a salute.

"Quickly call all the generals to come to the tent to discuss matters!" Pei Xingjian said.

"Yes!" The personal soldier took the order and left.

After receiving the notice, the generals immediately rushed to the marshal's tent to gather.

"Meet the general manager!" The generals saluted Pei Xingjian.

"No need to be polite! I have something to tell you when I summoned you here." Pei Xingjian said.

"Has the chief steward thought of a strategy to defeat the enemy?" Li Siwen, the junior minister

of the Imperial Household, asked. "You should know why Xiao Siye, the Minister of the Honglu Temple and the Chief of the Shanyu Protectorate, was defeated by the Turks and almost had his entire army wiped

out." Pei Xingjian did not answer Li Siwen directly, but asked instead. Isn't this nonsense! Didn't the emperor's edict clearly state that Xiao Siye and others were so arrogant because they won a few local victories.

They were so arrogant that they didn't set up defenses against the Turks, and were killed by the Turks in the camp without knowing it, which led to the great defeat.

People didn't know why Pei Xingjian said this, but someone still stood up to answer.

"That's just one of the reasons. Xiao Siye and his men could have fought the Turks after gathering their remaining forces, and they wouldn't have been nearly wiped out." Pei Xingjian said.

Everyone was stunned!

In this case, Xiao Siye and his men were defeated because of their arrogance, but what was the main reason that almost wiped out Xiao Siye and his men?

"What does the general manager want to say? Our Tang Dynasty sent out 300,000 troops, divided them into several routes, and coordinated with each other. As long as we are careful and cautious, we can completely put down the rebellion of the Eastern Turks, and we won't have the same problem as Xiao Siye did." Li Siwen said.

"The Turks are nomadic people, and have always lived by nomadism. They can use the mobility of cavalry to move quickly, and they are familiar with the environment here. Unless we can completely defeat them, it will be disadvantageous to our army." Pei Xingjian said.

"Although the Turks are nomadic, they are not without the concept of territory. Each tribe has its own sphere of influence. Therefore, as long as we find the key point, we can completely defeat the Turks."

"Pastures are as important to the Turks as farmland is to the Tang Dynasty. They will definitely fight to the death with our army to protect their own grasslands." Li Siwen said.

"But we don't know about the Turkic pastures, the division of power between the tribes, and where the pastures with lush grass and water are."

"We can't find the pastures where the Turkic nomads are stationed, so we can't eliminate the Turks at all, let alone force the Turks to fight our army." Pei Xingjian said.

The generals were silent after hearing this!

Pei Xingjian was right. If they couldn't find the Eastern Turkic pastures, they would go around in circles with the Tang army until they were completely worn down.

"In the art of war, sincerity is the most important thing to appease the soldiers. To defeat the enemy, you must first use strategy, not just brutality." Pei Xingjian continued.

"The general manager's words make sense. I wonder if the general manager has a good plan to deal with the Turks?" Li Siwen asked.

"Before we came, the main reason why Xiao Siye and others were defeated by the Eastern Turks was because Xiao Siye's food transport was robbed by the Turks, and the soldiers were frozen and hungry, which led to the great defeat."

"The Turks will definitely use the same trick again, so we can use the same trick against them and give them a false advantage." Pei Xingjian said.

"Just give your orders, General Manager? We will obey." The other general clasped his fists and said.

"Okay! All generals listen to your orders!" Pei Xingjian said with a serious face.

All the generals stood up straight and listened to Pei Xingjian's orders.

"Our army uses 300 grain carts as bait to lure the Turks to rob grain and grass. Five strong men are ambushed in each cart, each holding a Mo Dao and a powerful crossbow."

"We use several hundred soldiers to escort the grain carts, and ambush elite soldiers in dangerous places. As long as the Turks come, the soldiers will immediately abandon the carts and flee."

"The Turks will definitely pull the grain carts to a place with water and grass, and then they will unsaddle their horses and use the stolen grain and grass."

"At this time, the strong men ambushed in the grain carts will take the opportunity to jump out of the carts and kill the Turks by surprise." Pei Xingjian said.

After Pei Xingjian told the plan, he made a series of arrangements, arranging who would ambush where, and how to encircle and suppress the Turks once the grain carts were seized.

As for the strong men hidden in the grain carts, Pei Xingjian decided to select them himself to ensure that there would be no mistakes.

"Are you all clear about this plan? Do you have any questions?" Pei Xingjian said.

"We understand!" the generals responded.

"Okay! Everyone, follow the plan!" Pei Xingjian said.

The generals clasped their fists and saluted, then left the big tent and went to prepare. Pei Xingjian was not idle either, and immediately selected suitable strong men to hide in the grain carts.

The news that hundreds of Tang soldiers were escorting grain carts was soon passed back by the Turkic scouts.

"Did you see it clearly? Did the Tang army really only use the old, weak, sick and disabled to escort the grain carts? Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?" Ashdewenfu asked the scout kneeling on the ground.

"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes. The Tang army really used a group of several hundred old, weak, sick and disabled people to escort the grain carts." The scout replied.

When the Turks learned about this, they were immediately overjoyed!

Feng Zhi said disdainfully: "The Tang people are so arrogant. First there was Xiao Siye, and now there is some Pei Xingjian, who is even more arrogant."

"They actually dared to let hundreds of old, weak and sick people escort the grain carts. It's really ridiculous. I don't know whether to say he is brave or ignorant, hahaha..." "

I heard that Pei Xingjian sent troops to attack the Western Turks in northern Mobei, and beat them so hard that they had no temper." A small tribal chief said.

"How can those idiots from Western Turkic be compared with us? We will not be as stupid as them."

"I should send out an army immediately to rob food. As long as we can cut off the food supply of the Tang army, the 300,000-strong Tang army will be like meat on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered at will." "

Victory will belong to us Eastern Turkic. As long as we defeat the Tang army, we can not only keep the southern part of the desert, but also send troops to seize the northern part of the desert." Ashidewenfu said.