"We won already?" When the voices rang out, they were all weak laughs: "It doesn't seem like a big deal? I haven't even used my strength yet."
"Bragging, if you have the guts, why don't you stand up and see?"
"How dare you say that to me while you're lying on the ground!"
"Hahahaha—coward!"
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In the flickering firelight, scattered figures lay on the grassland, and laughter spread far and wide in the wilderness...
There were still many Mongolian soldiers walking around in the wilderness. The flames were gradually extinguishing in the place where the Turkic army was originally stationed. A large number of supplies and baggage vehicles were left behind. The extremely exhausted soldiers were still active. They helped each other, supported each other, bandaged the wounded, and searched for the wounded and lost soldiers. The soldiers who were found and supported each other and came back received some bandages and treatment. They leaned on each other and leaned on the supplies beside the fire. Some people talked from time to time to prevent people from falling asleep at the most tired moment.
As the night passed, people continued to return one after another. Some who had had a short rest would take torches and ride on the captured war horses that were still able to move to patrol outside.
At dawn, people were still sleeping on the quiet hillside. But some people woke up one after another, and when they woke up their companions, some of them had passed away forever in their sleep last night.
In the sky on one side, clouds burned like flames, spreading across the vast sky. The blood-stained flag fluttered in the wind. Under the flag, two slender figures stood for a long time, silent.
"We finally won this battle..." Zhou Yi said in a deep voice: "Fengyan City will not let it go so easily. What will come next will be the fiercest revenge of the Turks... Maybe... many people will die..."
"Haha! There are more than just many people." Temujin laughed heartily. "If we can't win, all the people standing on this hill, even those in the Burhan Mountains, will die! This is war! Either you keep winning and dig up other people's ancestral graves, or you have your ancestral graves dug up by others! This is the fate of being born on the grassland, there is no choice."
"This... Haha!" Zhou Yi was slightly stunned, then he laughed out loud and said, "There is some truth in this."
Temujin said: "I don't like nagging. The next thing depends on you! You can take all the other Yizhong away! The life and death of tens of thousands of people here depends entirely on you!"
"No, no! No need!" Zhou Yi waved his hand and said, "Fighting on the front line, you can't be without a think tank like Bailu Timur. As for Chilaowen, he is also your personal guard, and Shuchi is a natural vanguard general. Let them stay with you! Otherwise, how lonely you will be alone?"
"Okay!" Temujin did not refuse, but looked into Zhou Yi's eyes intently and said, "Come back alive. My Purple Thunder Nine Strikes can't wait to learn your Nine Heavens True Sutra!"
"It's a deal!"
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That night, after Temujin rejected Tuli's peace terms, when the main force of the 200,000 Turkic central army had not yet approached the edge of the Burhan Mountains, an unexpected battle suddenly broke out on the banks of the Onon River.
Suddenly, 7,000 Mongolian cavalrymen emerged from the Qiyan tribe and launched a surprise attack on the 20,000 vanguard troops led by the golden lion Baili Changkong.
In less than half an hour, the well-organized and stable vanguard camp was killed by the Mongolian cavalry, which was like a torrent. In an instant, the entire army was defeated and was chased by the Mongolian army. More than ten thousand enemies were killed and their heads were piled up like a memorial stone on the plain outside the mountain.
What a shameful humiliation! For several years, this Turkic army, which had been rampant outside the Great Wall and could not be stopped, had not tasted such bitter fruit for a long time!
Upon hearing the news, Fengyancheng was furious and marched dozens of miles day and night to the Onon River area. At this time, Temujin had already withdrawn the entire Qiyan tribe and led his troops to hide in the Burerhan Mountains.
This preemptive and extremely fierce conflict opened the prelude to the tragic attack and defense in the Burerhan Mountain area... ... .
But what no one noticed was that that night a team of a hundred people suddenly took advantage of the cover of night to sneak into the back of the Turkic army, and soon strangled the throat of the Turks in the vast Turkic territory like a poisonous nail!
Looking at the half of the sky in the distance that was as red as fire, Zhou Yi secretly made a decision!
For the first time, this young man who grew up in Wudang Mountain and gradually went with the flow, had a burning desire that his destiny might really be in his own hands!
Zhou Yi's first target was Huangshagang. This place was strategically located and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Fengyan City had defeated the main force of the Khitan here, and the confrontation was in the hands of the Turks.
Since then, Fengyan City has built a huge granary that connects all directions. With the support of the four-way highway, this place is enough to support most of the food and grass snowballs of the Turkic army's south-north campaign. In this attack, most of the food and grass of the 500,000 Turkic Central Army led by Fengyan City were transported here. This place is a strategic location, guarded by Fengyan City's confidant Huangshadao Dako and 50,000 Golden Wolf Army.
The 200 riders Zhou Yi brought were all the best fighters in the Qiyan tribe. Except for rare masters like Yun Chongxiao, Ren Ya and the Mongolian Thirteen Wings, all the others were veterans with rich combat experience. Most of them were from outside the Great Wall and were familiar with the local terrain and customs.
Under their guidance, Zhou Yi took the unknown mountain paths to avoid the Turkic army rolling in from the grassland. Scouts were sent ahead of the march to advance cautiously.
The troops traveled in secret, wrapped the horseshoes with cloth, issued a silence order to the soldiers, and adopted a reversed marching method, with the soldiers hiding in the dense forest to camp and rest during the day, and the large group of people and horses set out secretly after dark at night.
It was precisely because Zhou Yi cautiously adopted this marching method that he avoided the Turkic army on the main road, but it was impossible to completely avoid the rebel roving soldiers, stragglers, and scouts scattered in the mountains and fields.
So Zhou Yi ordered: "Don't let anyone go alive!"
In this way, this small team of less than 200 people crossed hundreds of miles from north to south in just a few days at an incredible speed, and reached the bottom of Huangshagang without anyone noticing... ...
In Huangshagang, in the Turkic camp, everything was normal. After nightfall, the noisy atmosphere gradually turned into silence, and people fell asleep bit by bit.
Several black figures with high martial arts skills avoided the patrolling Turkic cavalry and moved silently in the camp.
In such a silent night, Zhou Yi, as a commander, started his first battle that shocked the world! ? (To be continued)