Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 1244 Broken
When Li Shan got angry, the entire Daizhou had fallen, and chaos, killings, and looting occurred everywhere.

After Tuli Khan's Khan Banner entered Yanmen Pass, the war quickly spread to Xinzhou.

Li Dao It has been discovered that large groups of Turks have arrived overnight.

Although a fire burned the food and grass, it also caused the already chaotic situation in Yanmen, Dai County, and Nao County to become eroded. Discarded armor, ordnance, and even food and grass could be seen everywhere on both sides of the road. The evacuated people fled across the road. Everyone knows that once the Turks break through the barrier, they will definitely raise the butcher's knife.

The already panic-stricken infantry also scattered and were no longer organized. Qin Wutong, Xue Wanjun, and Li Yiyan tried their best to control them, but to no avail.

When the weather turned cold and the Turkic Khan's banner entered Yanmen Pass, Li Daoxuan was forced to retreat southward. He would not be able to leave if he did not leave... Even so, the Turks were not prepared to let Li Daoxuan retreat easily. Several groups of Turkic cavalry took turns to pursue him. , Li Daoxuan could only barely maintain the organization and not collapse.

Fortunately, Qin Wutong and Xue Wanjun were both veterans on the battlefield. They knew that if they could not leave any troops to stop the attack, the entire Daizhou Army would be wiped out if the Turkic cavalry swept down. Therefore, south of Guoxian County, they continued to use infantry to rely on the mountains to stop the attack. , and then mobilized ships on the Hutuo River.

But even so, the defeat was irreversible. In the afternoon, thirty miles south of Xiurong County in Xinzhou, a large group of Turkic cavalry bit the retreating infantry, and Li Daoxuan had to concentrate his forces to form an array.

Three thousand cavalry and five thousand infantry were facing off against tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry. The opponent was likely to have tens of thousands more cavalry join the battle group. Li Daoxuan knew that he had almost no chance of winning.

It has to be said that Li Daoxuan, the king of Huaiyang who lost [-] Tang soldiers in a great defeat in Hebei, is no longer the stupid young man. He showed extraordinary courage, excellent command ability and accurate judgment in this battle. .

Li Daoxuan did not fight to the death and confront the Turks head-on. Instead, he cleverly planted suspicious troops. Two groups of cavalry appeared and disappeared on the east and west sides. At the same time, he personally charged into the battle and killed several Turkic generals. He wore five weapons and fought fiercely. a long time.

The Turkic general suspected that the Bingzhou Army came from the north to help, slowing down the pace of the attack. In the past few years, the main force of the Tang Army had been stationed too far to the south of Xinzhou. This is well known.

Taking advantage of this short period of time, thousands of infantry threw away all their burdens and ran wildly, carrying only their weapons, and rushed into Xiezhou Mountain.

The Shizhou Mountain Range is located on the southeast side of Xinzhou. The terrain is extremely dangerous. It spreads to the northeast and connects with the Taihang Mountains and the west side with the Yunzhong Mountains, stretching for nearly a hundred miles.

The north side is steep, with short valleys, peaks and hills, and the south side is gently sloping with undulating hills, which can accommodate large groups of cavalry. The Tang army's infantry rushed into the northern mountains and relied on the dangerous terrain to defend... At least the Turkic cavalry could not be short. Conquer within time.

Although there are still many troublesome things ahead, such as food and grass, ordnance, and military morale... But this is the best option without any other options. At least Li Daoxuan did not lead the cavalry to flee and put [-] infantry on the Turks. Under the scimitar.

Watching the infantry rush into the mountains, Li Daoxuan led more than 2000 cavalry to flee in panic, encountering more than ten battles along the way. When he arrived at Hezhuang Pass on the border of Xinzhou and Taiyuan, there were only a thousand cavalry left around him. , almost everyone has injuries.

"Daoxuan." The person who came was Shi Doujing, the governor of Bingzhou.

"Brother Yuan Xiu." Li Daoxuan dismounted tiredly, staggered a few steps, his expression was bitter and unspeakable, "I have no face to see Huairen again." Dou Jing sighed. Although Li Shan did not stay in Daizhou for a long time, he spent a lot of thought to make him It took many means to revive Daidi, but today it was attacked by the Turks, and Daidi is afraid that it will be destroyed again.

Seeing Turkic cavalry coming and going in the sky from a distance, Dou Jing arranged the defense first. Hezhuang Pass is an important pass in Taiyuan Prefecture. A large group of cavalry must pass through this place when going south. However, Hezhuang Pass relies on the mountains and has the potential to become a horn on the east side. The Shiling Pass is connected by Guanmao Mountain in the middle, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

At that time, Jieli Khan broke through the pass, plundered Daizhou and Xinzhou, and finally stopped in Xinzhou, sending partial troops to detour south. Part of the reason was because Hezhuang Pass was difficult to break.

As long as the Hezhuang Pass can be defended, the Turks can at most send partial troops to bypass the west side of the Tiezhou Mountains and enter Taiyuan Prefecture. The main force of the Bingzhou Army will be stationed in Taiyuan Prefecture and will not be afraid of small groups of enemy troops.

After entering the pass, Li Daoxuan did not go to rest, but immediately counted the troops. When Qin Wutong reported the data, Li Daoxuan burst into tears... More than [-] Daizhou troops retreated south, and in the end only [-] cavalry and [-] cavalry were withdrawn. Yu Bubing.

Most of the Tang army was killed in the pursuit of Turkic cavalry or had to flee elsewhere. Even if the thousands of infantry who were lucky enough to escape into Tiezhoushan were counted, the casualties were nearly half, and some of them were from Xinzhou. Mansion soldiers.

The powerful army in the world that once defeated the Turks three times and killed Ashina was now in such a broken condition. How could this not make Li Daoxuan sad?

Not to mention that there are more than ten thousand Daizhou troops blocked in Shuozhou. Li Daoxuan doesn't think Li Shiji and Liu Shirang can fight back to Hedong.

There were only [-] people left in the [-] generation state army. Li Daoxuan felt that his mouth was filled with the taste of blood. After the defeat of Xia Bo, he suffered another disastrous defeat.

If the defeat of Xiabo was due to Shi Wanbao, and this time... Li Daoxuan didn't want to find any reason, although he already hated the Korean father Pang Yu to the bone.

Pang Yu had died in the battle, which Li Daoxuan knew. In addition, Fang Renyu, the general manager of Xinzhou, was seriously injured, Governor Shi and Sima Jun of Xinzhou were killed in battle, and most of the chief officials and assistant officials in Dingxiang and Xiurong counties were killed or missing.

It was even worse in Daizhou. The general manager of Daizhou, Qin Wutong, and the main generals Xue Wanche and Xue Wanjun all fled back. However, the magistrates Dai, Guo, and Fanzhi were all killed. There were only four counties in Daizhou. , I don’t know if Wutai County can escape... and Daizhou’s farms are mainly near Wutai County. Li Daoxuan is afraid that a large amount of grain and grass will be used by the Turks.

In the Daizhou Governor's Mansion... Li Yiyan, who was the Recorder and Military Officer, was brought back by Li Daoxuan in a narrow way. The rest of the subordinate officials either fled or were killed, and only three or two minor officials escaped with him.

The loss of the military lieutenant general was even greater. Li Daoxuan was on the verge of crying but had no tears... The most important thing is that although the Daizhou Army is a standing army, it is still a military system. The sergeants are basically local young men.

In other words, the morale of the military is unstable.

(End of this chapter)