Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 1216 The Shuozhou War

From the time when the smoke rose and Xue Wanche entered the rear formation to when Xue Wanjun cut off the Turks' retreat and simply ordered Kang Yushe to be killed with a dense barrage of bows and arrows, it only lasted three-quarters of an hour from beginning to end.

Li Daoxuan personally led a thousand cavalry to hold down the position, and when brothers Xue Wanche and Xue Wanjun withdrew their troops and returned to the pass, he looked at the black line that had appeared in the distance, and then returned to Yanmen Pass calmly.

When Li Daoxuan arrived at Yanmen Pass, the Tang soldiers on the wall struck their shields with swords and shouted loudly... When Qin Wutong and Pang Yu were fighting, there were many objections in the Daizhou army who could only sit back and watch the battle in Shuozhou. The First World War was of great significance to the Tang Army in Shuozhou, and it also greatly boosted the morale of the Tang Army in Yanmen Pass.

Li Dao There is also a stronghold on the side, two people in a team, and ten scouts together..."

Due to the existence of the Thirteen Walled Fortresses, it is difficult for the Turks to completely cover the battlefield. Once the number of troops is slightly smaller, or they are close to the fort, the Tang army will often raid with fine cavalry. The five teams of scouts should not be wiped out. As long as the news can be passed in, they will soon They will disperse soon... What Li Daoxuan is worried about is not this, but looking from a distance, there should be as many as ten or twenty thousand ambushes ambushing in the northeast.

Unexpectedly, Tuli Khan came with such a heavy army to attack. Whether he was confident or determined to break through, the next battle would not be easy.

"I was the first to break the formation back then." Qin Wutong personally greeted him at the city gate, "See you again, Your Highness, bravery today."

Qin Wutong also participated in the Battle of Baibi that year, and saw with his own eyes the seventeen-year-old Li Daoxuan who was the first to break the formation. Later in the Battle of Hulao, Li Daoxuan was carrying dozens of arrows, like a hedgehog, and was the first to kill. Penetrating the enemy's formation and raising the flag, Xia's army was routed.

Li Dao

Qin Wutong nodded in agreement. There were not many generals in the Daizhou army who were capable and qualified to command cavalry in battle. The Xue brothers had already gone to battle, so Li Daoxuan could only be allowed to lead the army.

The Turkic cavalry that had just retreated to the north tried to make a comeback and entangled the troops of Xue Wanche and Xue Wanjun who were strangling the remaining soldiers. Li Daoxuan decisively led his troops out of the pass and defeated the enemy with a side attack, allowing the Tang army to return safely safely.

Six or seven miles outside Yanmen Pass, Ashina Jisheshu looked at the corpse on the ground with its head cut off with innocent eyes. Although the head was missing, the clothes on his body could confirm that it was Kang Yushe... Set in the Turkic official system Ranked fifth in the middle, excluding the Great and Small Khans, it ranked third. The Yugu Design and Yushe Design back then were just designs.

Ashina Jishe was also speechless. This Kang Yushe was his brother Tuli Khan's former subordinate in his early years. He had not participated in the previous battles. This time he volunteered to lead [-] cavalry to remotely control Yanmen Pass, boasting of his bravery... Well, Yanmen Pass has indeed never been there. send troops.

But when others sent troops, Kang Yushe lost his head.

You really can't blame me... Ashina Jisheshui turned around and glanced in the direction of Yanmen Pass. I didn't come too slowly, but they obviously planned it well. They attacked from the front and back, and defeated the enemy in a short time.

The Tang army did not chase the fleeing enemy cavalry, but cleaned up the battlefield very calmly. Not to mention the dead soldiers and wounded, even the captured horses were taken away.

"Xue Wanche?" After hearing the report from his clansmen, Ashina Jishe led couldn't help but grab a handful of his thick beard, and the corners of his mouth twitched. "Didn't he go to Lingzhou?" He may not recognize Xue Wanjun, but he once stood by Guji Town. , participated in the Battle of Cangtou River, and Xue Wanche, who participated in the great victory in Jingzhou last year... many Ashina people recognized him.

A huge sense of panic spread in Ashina Jishe's heart. He couldn't help but start to think about a question. Xue Wanche came from Guannai Road to Hedong Road and led his troops out of the customs. Will the Wei Si King also come? ?
This sense of panic seems to be innate. It has been buried in Ashina Jiushe's heart since the first time he met Li Shan. In the subsequent battle of Guji Town, he was killed by the counterattack after the city was broken. Eight hundred warriors The scene of the pursuit of Jieli Khan, and the mountain road that was almost blocked by corpses during the Battle of Jingzhou last year...

At dusk, five miles away from Mayi, Tuli Khan finally withdrew his troops. It would be impossible not to withdraw his troops. It would be too difficult and cruel for the ants to attack the city, and the impact on and improvement of the morale of both sides would be too obvious.

Seeing that several of his generals were relieved, Tuli Khan was very angry and frustrated at the same time. Liu Shirang suddenly closed the city and stood firm, and Li Shiji suddenly went north to attack. It sounded insignificant, but in fact it was a slap in the face. On his face.

The Thirteen Walled Forts of the Tang Army differed in size and troop strength. That is, Sancho Town and Guji Town had slightly more troops. The Thirteen Walled Forts had a total of several thousand people. Including Mayi, the total troop strength would not exceed [-], and the cavalry was about [-]. At about five thousand, Tuli Khan, who was clearly carrying an army of [-], clearly felt that his troops were insufficient, which made him a little confused.

An army of [-]... A few years ago, they could have marched all the way to Hedong Road and looted. Even in the early days of Li Shan's stay in Daizhou, when Yuan Junzhang defeated Mayi and killed Gao Manzheng, his troops were only [-] to [-]. Not only did they besiege Mayi, but they also had the strength to defeat the Tang army that had left the border. Li Gaoqian escaped alone... That was also the beginning of Li Shan's rebuilding of the Daizhou Army.

But now the [-]-strong army could not even trap Mayi. Tuli Khan turned his head to look in the direction of Sancho Town, and then turned to look northeast, which was the direction of Guji Town.

When Li Shan planned to build Guji Town, Tuli Khan knew about it right away. He thought it would be beneficial and harmless to him. In fact, it was true. Jieli Khan suffered a disastrous defeat there and never got up again. .

But I didn't expect that after Li Shan left, despite the conflict, Li Yaoshi, the general manager of Daizhou, did not abolish Guji Town. Instead, he carried out a large-scale construction project and took advantage of the main direction of the Turkic attack to switch to Guannai Road and built thirteen fortresses in Shuozhou, so that today Tuli Khan, who brought an army of [-], was somewhat unsustainable.

There are indeed many heroes in China. Starting from Liu Shirang, Li Huairen, Li Yaoshi and now Li Shiji, they are all famous generals. Tuli Khan was a little sad... but he was not ready to give up. The rise of the Tang Dynasty was too fast. Today's Tang army is too strong.

If there is no means to deal with it, if a heavy blow is not dealt this time, the grassland... or to put it more directly, the Turks will have a difficult life.

"Sweaty."

Hearing the reminder from the guards around him, Tuli Khan frowned and looked, only to see Ashina Jishe, who was leading the troops in the northeast of Yanmen Pass, coming with his horses.

"Second brother?"

"Brother, troops have been sent out at Yanmen Pass."

(End of this chapter)