Book 39 - Chapter 11 – Converting Enemy into Friend (1/2)
The Golden Wolf Army retreated in haste The orderly reinforcement troops for toward the troops formation at the southern slope of the Helian Fort Black Wolf banner was fluttering with the rising of the red sun, showing that the other hegemon of the Eastern Tujue, barely second only to Xieli, Tuli’s good-self has personally coiment of the Black Wolf Ar i reseer than Tuli He saluted toward the men on the Helian Fort froreet the a constant distance with the Golden Wolf Ar sudden counterattack, but more importantly to watch the other side closely to see whether there was any opportunity that he could exploit
Co back from the death’s door, everybody secretly cried, ‘Lucky!’
Pusa said, “This generalis that this ht arain Tuli’s ar over at full speed The arth was at fifteen thousand men, which was only half of Xieli’s troops, it carried a stake-it-all hed and said, “This ti said, “Xieli’s th is ?”
Xu Ziling also said, “Although because he is failing to besiege us Xieli’s acute spirit has been reduced, but his strength is not daed None of the Golden Wolf Army is not a veteran of a hundred battles In frontal confrontation, to whom the deer falls is still hard to foresee”
Yet Pusa did not stop nodding his head and shan han kept his eyes on the gradually approaching big army; he spoke heavily, “On the prairie, the decline of one tribe represents the rise of another tribe Since the rise of the Tujue Great Khan shi+dian a hundred-thousand-strong ar nonu’s do the tent capital [of nomadic people] at Yudu of Mount Jin, various tribes of the prairie, none was not scared into subh later on it split up into two khanates, East and West, but in the prairie it is still without any rival”
Pusa added, “Since Xieli employed Zhao Deyan as the Guoshi+, he acted on his own initiative to be involved in the national politics Government decree becarate, all the originalto various tribes of the Eastern Tujue are having the intention to revolt Now Xieli and Tuli becoed, to the various tribes who are at odds with hi as Tuli can score a few beautiful victories, to show that he has the strength to contend against Xieli, he in over the support of all big powers of this region Wouldn’t you agree that Xieli is in danger?”
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling suddenly realized that in the past, whenever the Tujue invaded, they were always in collusion with other nomadic tribes If they were able to break this kind of unity aroups outside the Great Wall, the Central Plains would have the opportunity to take a breather
A group of riders rushed out of the ly, Tuli hiht toward the Helian Fort
Ba Fenghan reed by chance, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were closing in on hi said, “LaoGe, for ’s sake, is it possible to write off your former hatred and old en bitterly, Ba Fenghan said, “Right now Xiaodi’s legs go soft, even if I want to walk away, I have the th, why do you need to detain e was in Han language, hence Pusa only looked on without understanding as going on “What happened?” he asked in astonishhan, and spoke to Tuli, as rushi+ng up the south slope, “We’ll have to trouble Khan to co problehter and said, “Did you learn your Tujue language froe”
Hearing Tuli addressed Ba Fenghan as ‘brother’, Kou Zhong was relieved; greatly delighted, he said, “Looking at your appearance, it seems like you already knew that we are in here?”
Raising his voice, Pusa said, “Pusa pays his respect to Khan!” Together with his men, they all saluted
Tuli leaped down from the horse’s back With a so forward, he grabbed Ba Fenghan’s shoulders and said with a long laughter, “You are Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling’s brother, hence you are s need not bewere very grateful Tuli orthy to be the good brother hohan laughed aloud He grabbed Tuli’s hands in return and spoke resolutely, “Looks like even if I don’t want to be brothers with you, I sihan and ca out his arrateful I aard life and death to help these three brothers of mine, I would have lost them forever Even if I could chop Xieli’s body into ten thousand pieces, it would still be difficult to dissolve the regret in my heart”
He pulled Pusa into his eer-eyes turned red Evidently he was extremely touched that Tuli considered hi mused inwardly that no wonder Tuli was so popular in his native place, because he had this skill to win people’s heart
Tuli spoke solemnly to Pusa, “I don’t care how fierce that old fellow shi+jian opposing me, we, brothers will definitely help you back to Huihe, to retrieve what is rightfully yours”
All thePusa went down on their knees, some were so touched that they wept in bitter tears; finally their totally impossible dream had a chance to be realized The fact was that Pusa has already reached the o]; sooner or later he would sink down to becoed everything
Letting Pusa go, Tuli rushed over to eh, “You finally ca Wan, hence I knew that you guys were trapped in Helian Fort I thought I would not see you again, luckily you created a ain This battle will cause sensation in the prairie, your nahan pointed to the rising dust caused by the Golden Wolf Are of the prairie, he coldly said, “This battle is only the beginning; Xieli is waiting for us over there”
Tuli and Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling, and Pusa caaze toward that direction, five pairs of eyes lit up at the same time
Tuli spoke heavily, “Xieli underestimates me too much We will show the iron-clad proof for hi he is”
If this was not a special circuth, naturally Xieli could easily defeat Tuli’s Black Wolf Army But currently the Golden Wolf Arht, the men weary, the horses tired, since not only they were unable to capture the trifling Helian Fort, they even had to retreat in panic, their acute spirit suffered a big blow, their - Wan, it was like a thousand li away, like the difference between the heaven and the earth, between the cloud and thefor the Golden Wolf Ar had left a very deep ie, so that who aainst the three’sthe real situation, Tuli immediately commanded his troops to attack Both sides made contact with each other, the Golden Wolf Army was unable to hold out, Tuli seized the opportunity to lead his army to pursue behind the ene Xieli any opportunity to catch his breath and recover his qi
Several sained the absolute superiority
After three days of hot pursuit, Xieli ran along the Wuding River toward Ben Lang Yuan [lit rushi+ng wolf plain], on the undulating hills east of Buir Lake, and only then was he able to settle his troops’ heart, and once again regrouped their battle array, preparing to meet the enemy
On the other side of the prairie, Tuli set up his caainst the hills on the north bank of a tributary on the east end of the faainst Xieli
When the sun went down on the west, Tuli, accohan, and Pusa, fiveat the ene the strategy for tomorrow’s confrontation
Two li away, the Golden Wolf Army occupied more than a dozen hilltops Specks of flame were everywhere, so that the hills were painted red with the fire Flying high in the air, the Golden Wolf Khan banner was located at the rear, with all around the hilltop the ca the Khan’s tent likesaid with a sigh, “Xieli, this little devil really kno to pick a place If I were him, I would use the forest and the hill as cover to hold out without going out at all And then e are discouraged, I would launch a thorough counterstrike”
Srope in the dark into their camp and kill and burn, so that they cannot sleep peacefully, to see if they won’t be discouraged”
Xu Ziling said, “That can only create sht not be able to coreed He said, “After all, the situation is still favorable to us, no need to take risks”
Kou Zhong spoke resolutely, “Tonight is our only chance to seize victory But instead of setting fire to several cae scale assault”
Everybody, Xu Ziling included, was stunned
After vigorous pursuit these last few days, both sides were both e war; according to reason, they ought to seize this ti said, “You see? Even you guys did not expect our troops uard evensuddenly [re wryly, Pusa said, “It’s not that I did not think about it, it’s just that I don’t think we have the power to acco spoke with a serious expression, “I a at all If we let Xieli’s ht, to with excitement, then it would be our turn to be in trouble Therefore, we ht now the ene no leak to be attacked], the fact is that their strength is scattered If we could concentrate our elite troops, in the beginning pretending to be the whole front is advancing, and then later on gather theh toward thethe lead to open up a path, the target is Xieli’s Khan tent, just like two people fighting each other, to take each other’s vital point, even if he has men several times our number, he would still have to pack and leave before he finish eating”
Shaken, Jieshelu said, “Shaoshuai’s remark is not without any reason”
“When do you think is the best time to attack?” Tuli asked
“Let’s pick two sichen before sunrise,” Kou Zhong replied, “After dinner, you, LaoGe, order three thousand of yourin the raid to go to bed early, but youon, so that they can take a rest with peace of mind We’ll wake thehan said, “There will be three-sichen worth of sleep, enough to recover their strength”
“Hoill the rest fit into this?”Tuli excitedly asked