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Everyone understood what Li Ye meant and objected together: "Captain, a sneak attack from the water is unrealistic!"

"Why is it unrealistic?" Li Ye was puzzled.

Pei Xiu said with a smile: "The captain of the Zhangye River should have tried it. It is very cold when entering the water. However, the water in Juyanhai is more than ten times colder than the water in Zhangye River. If a person enters the water, he will freeze quickly. The herdsmen will freeze when they come back from fetching water. Leave it for a while before feeding the livestock, otherwise it will be too cold."

Li Ye shook his head, "Whether the water is cold or not is one thing. I just want to ask if there is any chance in the water?"

"Reporting to the captain, there is a chance to escape from the water!"

The fire chief pointed at the map and said: "There is a very slender, protruding inlet here. We call it Hejing Bay. It extends all the way to the camp of Xue's army. Xue's army should also consider the convenience of water."

"How wide and deep is Hekeng Bay?"

"I don't know the depth, but it's at least a dozen feet wide."

Li Ye thought for a while and then said to everyone: "We only have a thousand cavalry, while the opponent has 8,000. But our advantage is that the opponent does not know our arrival. We can use a sneak attack strategy. I sneaked into the camp from the water." Set fire, and the cavalry will take advantage of the chaos to attack, and they will definitely succeed!"

Pei Xiu said anxiously: "The lake is really too cold, it will freeze!"

Li Ye smiled lightly and said, "I practice martial arts in the water, so I'm not afraid of the cold."

Only then did Pei Xiu realize that this cousin was practicing the Suzaku Mental Technique, and he was worrying too much.

Under the leadership of the surveillance fire chief, Li Ye led a thousand cavalry to leave the Zhangye River, headed east, and made a circle to the Xue army camp on the north bank of the Yanhai Sea.

At dusk the next day, a thousand cavalrymen waited patiently for dark in a forest thirty miles away from the camp.

Juyanhai is actually composed of two large lakes, which are more than ten miles apart. Currently, Ge Luolu's three thousand troops are stationed north of the large lake in the west, while Xue's five thousand cavalry are stationed north of the large lake in the east.

In terms of location, Juyanhai is closer to the Xue tribe, and is separated from Ganzhou by the vast Gobi Desert. Just because of the Zhangye River, the court included Juyanhai into the territory of the Hexi Corridor.

The Xue tribe has been coveting Juyanhai Ranch for many years, but Juyanhai belongs to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, so they don't have the guts to covet it.

This time, the Xue tribe didn't actually want to come, but under Ge Luolu's coercion, they had no choice. If they didn't come, Ge Luolu's army would directly annex them.

In fact, the Geluolu people have always been cunning and cunning. This time they occupied Juyanhai. They killed three birds with one stone. The first was to test the attitude of the Tang Dynasty. If the Tang Dynasty refused to send troops, it would mean that the Tang Dynasty was in decline and it was unable to even control its own land. Take back, not to mention other people's land, then Ge Luolu will not hesitate to send troops to annex the Xue tribe.

The second was to force the Xue tribe to turn against the Tang Dynasty and occupy Juyanhai in the name of the Xue tribe. This even included the Xue tribe officially offering a reward of 100,000 sheepskins for Li Ye's head. That was the grandson of the Tang Dynasty Prime Minister. The Xue tribe was simply I don’t want to live anymore.

When the Xue tribe angered the Tang Dynasty, Ge Luolu would deal with the Xue tribe. Finally, Ge Luolu would give some benefits to the Tang Dynasty, such as three million sheep, and the Tang Dynasty would accept it.

The third arrow is more important. If the weakness of the Tang Dynasty is discovered, Ge Luolu will begin to expand to the Yili Valley, Rehai and Chu River Basin west of Congling to fill the power void left by Tuqishi's demise. .

As night fell quietly, Li Ye walked alone along the lake. He was wearing the leather armor of a Xue soldier, with a fake beard on his lips, and his skin was painted black. From his appearance, it was unclear whether he was a Han or a Hu. , Li Ye carried a horizontal knife on his waist, and concealed more than a dozen flying knives on his waist, arms and thighs. He also carried a waterproof sealed bag made of sheepskin behind his back.

Li Ye ran along the lake. At one watch, he gradually approached the Xue army camp. He had already seen the camp several miles away and the patrolling cavalry on the grassland.

Li Ye swallowed a pill and drank it silently. The lake fruit was indeed freezing to the bone. Although it was summer, the lake water in Juyanhai was much colder than the deep well water. At this time, the pill began to take effect, and the body began to It burned like boiling water flowing over my limbs, and the lake was no longer so cold.

After swimming for several miles, a long and narrow inlet appeared in front of him. This was Hejing Bay. Li Ye dived into the inlet again. Hejing Bay was about ten feet wide and one mile long. Li Ye felt that it looked more like An animal's tail.

Unknowingly, Li Ye sneaked into the military camp from the bottom of the water. It was already two o'clock in the morning, and the camp was silent. The tents were placed one next to the other, and the soldiers were asleep in the tents.

Li Ye jumped onto the shore, bent down and ran quickly, hiding in the large tents. He found a beard hat and put it on, squatting next to a large tent and looking around. The night wind was strong, blowing against the grass. , Li Ye shuddered, and his body felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

Li Ye was sure that there was no enemy, so he took off the leather bag behind him, pulled out a dagger and opened the bag. Inside was an oil paper bag. After opening the layers of oil paper, more than a dozen small torches and fire folds were exposed. He picked up the oil paper bag. , and hid behind the big tent.

The time gradually came to the third watch, which was the time agreed between him and his men. Li Ye cheered up and looked around for a moment. There was still no one around. At this time, he suddenly found a horse, about fifty steps away from him. .

Li Ye was overjoyed. He stood up and ran up. He cut off the reins with a swipe of his dagger and climbed onto his horse. At this moment, someone behind him roared: "This is my horse, get off it!"

Li Ye responded with a flying knife. In a flash of cold light, the flying knife hit the soldier's throat. The soldier grabbed his throat and knelt down, slowly falling to the ground.

Li Ye galloped on his horse, throwing burning torches at the top of the tent. It was summer, and the nomadic soldiers used wool tents that were extremely flammable, instead of sheepskin tents.

In just a moment, more than a dozen large tents in the middle of the camp began to burn. The fire spread very quickly due to the wind. The sleeping soldiers woke up one after another and ran out of the tent in fear. Many people only wore shorts or even Bare feet.

Li Ye picked up a spear from the ground, galloped on his horse, and shouted in Tiele language: "The camp is on fire, run for your life!"

He rushed to the general's tent and saw more than a dozen soldiers surrounding a captain of ten thousand men outside the tent. They were putting on armor for the captain of ten thousand men. Li Ye rode past the captain of ten thousand men, with a spear in his hand like lightning. Stab away, and the opponent will have no defense.

'puff! ’ A spear penetrated the back of the neck, and the tip of the spear protruded from the front. The captain of ten thousand men did not even scream, and was killed instantly.

More than a dozen soldiers screamed to find the murderer, but the murderer had disappeared into the chaos and fireworks.

The wind in Juyanhai is very strong, especially at night, when the wind blows from the lake. The wind is very strong. With the help of the strong lake wind, the fire spreads very quickly. When a wave of fire passes by, there are seven or eight large tents. Swallowed.

Li Ye was also startled. The fire was still far away just now, but it was in front of him in the blink of an eye. If he didn't leave, he would soon be unable to escape. He jumped on his horse and fled northwestward.

At this time, the entire camp was a sea of ​​fire. The soldiers were crying and running away. The camp was extremely chaotic. Most of the soldiers were barefoot and wearing single shirts. Of course, they did not have weapons in their hands. They were rushing to attack the camp. They ran wildly outside the camp, and some of the smarter ones jumped directly into the lake, but many soldiers were still engulfed in fire and burned to death amidst screams.

But death was not yet approaching. Most of the soldiers had just escaped from the camp when the thunderous sound of horse hooves rolled in from the east. Thousands of Tang Army cavalry came and rushed into the enemy group in an instant.

Slashed with swords and stabbed with spears, Xue's soldiers were almost unarmed and unable to resist. They had to run for their lives in panic, crying for mercy, but they could not outrun their horses and eventually died.

Burned and killed, with corpses strewn everywhere and rivers of blood flowing, more than 4,000 of the 5,000 Xue soldiers were killed in just over half an hour.

Li Ye shouted: "Stop chasing and blow the horn!"

"Woo——"

The Tang army's low antlers sounded, and the Tang army stopped their pursuit and began to gather quickly. They opened the fence of the sheep and horse pen, and thousands of horses rushed out, along with tens of thousands of sheep.

Li Ye glanced at another camp twenty miles away. That camp was originally dark, but now it was brightly lit.

Pei Xiu was high-spirited and said loudly: "Captain, why don't we keep up our efforts and continue to challenge Ge Luolu's army!"

Li Ye smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry! They will evacuate Juyanhai early tomorrow morning."

The generals were stunned, wondering why the captain came to this conclusion?

Li Ye didn't explain, waved his hand, "Let's go!"

He immediately led a thousand cavalrymen to evacuate eastward with their spoils of war, thousands of horses, and tens of thousands of sheep.