Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

On October 14th, the sky was slightly overcast and slightly windy.

Li Shan on the chariot looked up at the sky. It was mid-October, and there was not much time left for the barbarians... As long as Li Shimin could hold on in Jingyang, the best outcome for Tujue and Xue Yantuo would be to retreat calmly. That’s all.

And it may not be possible to take away the young and strong people who have been kidnapped... Otherwise, if you move slowly, you may be bitten by Li Yaoshi, who is full of anger and doesn't know how to vent it.

It seemed that the situation was not bad. After Li Shan took two consecutive risky attacks to demoralize the enemy, and then tenaciously withstood Hu Qi's frontal impact, the situation gradually tilted in Datang's favor.

But Li Shan often wiped his sweat when he turned around to think carefully. He had to admit that Pei Shiju was very capable. This old fox must have been planning for a long time. Although there were some accidents during the period, after all, he was almost It worked.

We must know that Li Shan ventured into Xuanwumen to quell the rebellion late at night on the eighth day of October. He roughly withdrew his troops after dawn. At noon, Li Shimin announced the surrender of the Tianjie Army in Yunyang County... At that time, Ashina She'er was already in a hurry On the way to Chang'an.

As long as Li Shan's actions are a little delayed, or Li Shimin's return to Beijing is a little delayed, the Turks and Xue Yantuo allied forces may be approaching the city, while the Tang Dynasty is still fighting for the life and death.

In other words, Pei Shiju lacked a mobile phone... After all, in ancient times, it was impossible to pinpoint the time so accurately.

The Turks withstood the fierce attack head-on the day before yesterday, and troops from Hedong arrived one after another. Li Shan's mood also relaxed. The Turks were willing to attack head-on, but Xue Yantuo absolutely refused... They could not afford such a price.

Therefore, after the Tang army sent out troops yesterday, Xue Yantuo hid far away. Even if the scouts approached to investigate, he would not even let go of an arrow... It is better for us not to fight.

Therefore, before noon, the Tang army withdrew its troops and returned to the camp.

Yi Nan feels that he has reached a tacit understanding with King Wei Si. Let's see if Dubu Khan can threaten Chang'an... As for the two of us, everything is fine.

Unfortunately, Li Shan had no such plan, so he chose to send troops early in the morning.

Not just troops, but the entire army.

Not only did the entire army mobilize, while the infantry was in formation, Li Shan sent the cavalry commander Su Dingfang as the chief general, with Li Mengchang, Yuchi Gong, Liu Rengui, and Hu Yan as deputy generals, and led 5,000 Tang cavalry to immediately launch a surprise attack. .

The distance between the two sides was not close, but it was not too far either. The key was that Yi Nan did not expect that the Tang army would launch such an unexpected and fierce attack today despite the near-truce yesterday.

Hu Yan, who was suffocating in his heart, took the lead in breaking the formation with Fang Tian's painted halberd, killing Yuchi Gong even more fiercely than Yuchi Gong on the other side.

Li Mengchang in the middle is also a strong player, but he pales in comparison at this moment. Yu Chigong to the south and Hu Yan to the north are both stronger than him.

Su Dingfang sent three warriors to break the formation one after another, and led the main force with Liu Rengui as the vanguard. He pressed forward at the right time and tore the front formation of Xue Yantuo's army to pieces.

Yi Nan was filled with hatred, but with the Wei River to the south and the Jing River to the north, there was not much space, so the cavalry could not gather and disperse. Although the Tang cavalry was not powerful, it was as fast as lightning and as powerful as thunder. Tiele's cavalry had no way of resisting head-on.

Yi Nan had to command his troops to retreat to the west, his face was slightly pale... He was a true soldier despite his reputation. King Wei Si's skill in using troops made the leader of Xue Yantuo feel hard to conceal his frustration.

On the one hand, in the formation the day before yesterday, the Tang Army endured huge pressure and completed an upright ambush, forcing the Turks to divide their troops. However, yesterday's truce and change in rhythm allowed the Tang Army to successfully launch an upright sneak attack again.

On the other hand, it was the geographical advantage. After all, it had much more troops than the Tang army. Yi Nan and Dubu Khan were not stupid. The scouts reported very clearly that Li Huairen, the heir to Wei, only had these troops in his hands.

Therefore, despite the geographical disadvantage, Yi Nan and Dubu Khan arrived at the battlefield set by Li Shan... Li Shan only had 20,000 troops in his hands, while Hu Qi had more than 70,000 troops. Even today, Dubu Khan led Turkic troops and more than 10,000 Tiele cavalry to appear on the north side of Jingzhao, but Yi Nan still has more than 20,000 troops, and Li Shan's current troops will not exceed 15,000.

It was just a confrontation and the troops were superior, so Yi Nan was not worried.

But it was not until Su Dingfang led the Tang Cavalry that he was unable to stand and had to retreat westward to deploy his array. Only then did Yi Nan realize... Just at the border between Jingzhao and Qizhou, there is a large river named Qi Shuihe is also called Wutingchuan and Dushui.

Yi Nan could already see the Qishui River in the distance, and he couldn't help but shudder in his heart. There was room to deploy the array here, but Tang Qi, who was chasing after him, was too sharp.

Su Dingfang sent his generals, either with hundreds of cavalry or more than a thousand cavalry, to charge in all directions, scattering the Tiele cavalry who had gathered everywhere, and driving them westward.

Once the deserters were mixed with the cavalry who were forming up, Tang Qi launched another fierce attack... Yi Nan's face turned pale, he regretted it, he really regretted it.

First, he regretted raising his troops to go south.

Second, I regret being persuaded by Ashina Sheer the night before yesterday.

Withdraw?

Withdrawing troops at this time is tantamount to leaving your back to the enemy... Although there is a chance to regroup in Qizhou, who knows how many tribesmen will die under the hooves of the Tang army?

Yi Nan suddenly shouted something in harmony, and more than a thousand cavalry around him shouted in unison. Some of the Tiele cavalry around them were close, and some were far away.

As a tribal leader who was preparing to establish a country and overthrow the Turkic Khanate that had ruled the grasslands for more than a hundred years, it was naturally impossible for Yi Nan not to be surrounded by elites wearing armor and holding sharp weapons.

Although there were only two or three thousand cavalry temporarily mobilized, the reverse charge could at least contain Tang Qi's charge... Yi Nan gritted his teeth and stared at Tang Qi, who was approaching unhurriedly and could speed up at any time, but the next moment , his eyes widened.

Because Tang Jun stopped.

Yi Nan swallowed, of course he knew that Tang Qi's stop could not be because he was frightened...then there must be other reasons.

Su Dingfang tilted his head to indicate that Liu Rengui rode out of the formation alone and galloped until he was fifty steps away before shooting an arrow. The arrow went down in a parabola and struck the ground ten steps in front of Xue Yantuo's army.

The generals in front looked back, but Yi Nan didn't say anything. He waited until Tang Qi retreated one after another and the smoke and dust were so thick that he couldn't see clearly. Then he signaled to the guards to get the letter hanging on the feather arrow.

Yi Nan admired Chinese studies and could speak and listen, but did not understand Chinese characters. After hesitating for a while, he asked someone to find a translator.

After reading the letter, the translator's mouth was a little crooked. After hesitating for a while, Yi Nan finally understood.

"You mean... Li Huairen wants to treat someone to lunch?"

Yi Nan's face was a little distorted. Don't you, China, claim to be a land of etiquette?

Look at the soldiers who died wailing, look at the tribesmen who were driven into the river, is this the etiquette for inviting me to a banquet?