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Chapter 72 The Story of a Flag

The news of Shatuo's rebellion was actually as early as early July when the court had noticed the trend. Just when Li Keyong blocked the news and attacked Yun and Wei states, a man named Li Zhuo had already taken office as Yun. The two states of Wei states recruited envoys, joined forces with the Lulong Jieduo, and the governor of Tuyuhun, and the governor of Tuyuhun, quietly mobilized the troops.

Li Keyong naturally predicted the reaction of the court. When the troops attacked Xin and replaced the two states, he turned around to attack Youzhou and defeated the governor of Lulong, Li Keju, and broke through the blockade and cut off one enemy. Then he went around the north and was taken to the north and was taken away by Helianduo, the governor of Tuyuhun of Wei and the two states, and attacked him in the back with his father Li Guochang, and defeated another enemy.

In the end, the remaining recruitment of Li Sui was the simplest way.

The result of this inference was what Li Keyong wanted. However, the attack on Youzhou was smooth in the early stage, but later stopped in Jixian, and had a loss with Li Keju, and was in a stalemate.

The first wave of offensives was chewing on the hard bones. Li Keyong sat outside the tent, looking at the black sky, with a faint thunder whirlwind, and a slight uneasiness in his expression.

In a few days, the contact with Weizhou and Yunzhou has never been broken. He Lianduo and Li Zhuo's military movements are also in control, but the war situation here is not good, and the longer the delay, the more impatient I feel.

'As long as my father drags me to the point where he bounces, everything will be simple.'

He sat there and took a deep breath.

.........

On the vast land west of Ji County, the Shatuo small branch cavalry that plagued various places were shrinking towards Yun and Wei states. Occasionally, they met the Tang army's reconnaissance cavalry, and a chaotic pursuit and battle broke out.

The wind runs and the grass silences.

In the brighter sky, horses' hooves were trampled over by the red mud. In the distant village with black smoke, corpses were hung on the treetops, and the houses were burning dark and collapsed and crooked.

The figure riding on the horse was wearing the armor of the Tang army, looking at the village that was slaughtered by Shatuo soldiers, gritted his teeth and spat, spitting bloody saliva on the ground, and got off the horse's back, asking his companions to help bandage the wound.

This is a group of five-person scouts. At dawn, they met a group of Shatuo light cavalry at the foot of the mountain at the border of Weizhou. The two sides fought for a fight, and each paid the price of two. If they had not yet needed to inquire about the movements of the main force stationed in Shatuo in Weizhou and bring the news back, they would not have let the other side go so easily.

The wine poured onto the wound. The leader of the detective frowned, spitted blood foam, and looked at the hanging villagers there with a tone of indignation.

The two remaining next to him were all his scouts. One of them was bandaging the wound behind his shoulders and whispering: "The Shatuo people are unfamiliar wolves, and kill a few more next time."

The man in the lead pinched the knife in his hand and slashed the corner of the rock. He grabbed the wine bag and fucked two people. Just as he was about to speak, a slight bird song suddenly sounded. The two of them turned around, and the other one was guarding the detective cavalry in the distance hid behind a rock, waved to the two, and waited for people to approach, with their eyes signaling below.

"There is a horseman who looks like a general Shatuo."

"Hmm? There is a white flag on your back..."

"I'll kill him." The scout who put away his wine bag turned around and wanted to lead the horse, but was pulled by the man in charge. "Don't be impulsive, that man seems to be dead? What is written on the flag?"

More than ten feet apart, a war horse on the mountain road was jogging through the three people's sight with his hooves. The white flag was waving with the words "Enter my Han area, kill!"

The headed detective cavalry heard what he read, and immediately smiled on his face. He pulled the scout who wanted to go down and whispered: "You should go back to the camp immediately and report to recruit the envoy, and say that you might have discovered the main force of Shatuo, Weizhou."

The two of them were puzzled and seemed to have the man smeared a circle of thick beards under his chin and grinned proudly.

"Old horses know the way... What's more, the military horses. These horses, Shatu people have been raising them for a few days, and they will definitely return to the army's horse herd. It's definitely right to follow them!"

The scout jumped onto the back of the horse, whipped through the vast plain, and returned to the barracks along the familiar path in my memory. Soon after, hundreds of cavalrymen were all out, and the soldiers were of great speed. In the early morning of the twenty-day, both sides of the confrontation were quietly changing, which was unexpected to both sides.

The mighty horse team covered their hooves and leaned over. Before dawn, they launched a sneak attack on the main force of Shatuo, who was hiding in Weizhou. Then, 20,000 Tang army infantry followed closely and launched a front line for several miles to advance inch by inch.

On July 20th, Shatuo Chief Li Youjin Xianwei and Shuo surrendered.

On the 24th, Li Keyong received the news and hurriedly withdrew his troops and supported him. Li Keju took the opportunity to chase him from behind to Yaoerling, killing more than a thousand enemies, and continuing to pursue him at the right end.

On July 27th, he and Helianduo, the governor of Tuyuhun, recruited Li Sui to attack him from front and back. The 30,000 Shatu soldiers who had just gathered were killed and fled everywhere...

"I didn't expect that this battle would be so easy."

In the blue rain curtain, there was a murderous barracks, soldiers came in and out, and the muddy road was extending along a tent, and the middle-aged general named Li Zhuo was talking to the generals in the army.

"The Shatuo people were defeated and could not make a comeback in a short period of time. It's a pity that Li Guochang and Li Keyong and the clan family fled to the Tatars. But that's fine. Helianduo, the governor of Tuyuhun, asked me to ask him to get more credit, and the rest will be left to him."

"It's just one thing that I can't write, sort out the entire war process and submit it to the court..."

At the first, the general with a square face stroked the long beard under his chin and looked at the white flag hanging on the tent. The whole war changed quietly, and it was all on it. Later, he sent people to find out the direction of the Shatuo people when they came to war. In addition to the messy horse-hoof prints on the ground, a large number of carriage fragments and porcelain, there was only a hill with dozens of Shatuo people piled up.

The entire war process was recorded in the military, but how did he record it and how did he report it? Unexpectedly, the one who controlled the situation was an ordinary flag, or the person who wrote it out.

However, the war in the north has been resolved, and there are still many things to be dealt with aftermath, but the news of the pacification of the war must always be released.

.........

Step by step...

The sound of hooves rushes to the official road, from north to south, entering Yanmen and then spreading to the prefectures. The news of the war quelling was spread to the prefectures and government offices, and then it was printed and distributed to the county offices below.

The announcements were posted, all of which were the news that the people of Shatuo in the north had been put down. The literate people read the content to everyone around them. The crowds of onlookers caused a noise. Among the lively shouting and scolding, many people brought the content they heard to their relatives or familiar ones.

The popularity continued, and the figure passed by. Outside the bustling circle, Geng Qing looked at him. After listening for a while, he led Qiaoniang, Bai Yunxiang, and several gang members to carry large bags of food out of the city. On the way back, the little girl followed behind happily and chattered.

"Sir, it was said that the Shatu people have been defeated. Can we go back?"

"I won't go back. Since I have already walked here, I have to go to Chang'an to see how I can return halfway."

Geng Qing patted her head. He didn't feel much about the news of the defeat of Shatuo people, but he was a little worried about An Jingsi. On the way out of the city, he found a vendor coming from the north and asked about Feihu County. He did not hear the death of the general guarding the city, which made him feel a little relieved.

‘No news is the best news.’

He walked over with a mountain and was not well informed about what happened outside. He was only slightly relieved at this moment. The next step was to take a boat to Fenshui and go to Hezhong Mansion.
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