Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Just when the generals in Bingzhou were getting desperate, the reinforcements were actually not far from Bingzhou.

On October 20, after the scouts sent last night reported back, the sky was bright, and Yuchi Gong couldn't wait to set off with two thousand cavalry, quickly passing through Queshu Valley and entering Fenzhou.

Facts have proved that Li Shan's worries were unfounded. Hundreds of scouts held torches at night to investigate the military situation. They found nothing unusual in the nearly 30-mile-long Queshu Valley. Even the scouts passed through Queshu Valley to go to Gaobiling. In a circle.

The Turks did intend to return north. Yuchi Gong left Queshu Valley and soon confirmed that the Turks had abandoned Jiahu Fort and Gaobiling. However, there were still thousands of Turks in the south of Lingshi County.

Yuchi Gong was overjoyed and feared that the Turks would flee, so he personally led more than a thousand cavalry to the south. After ten miles, he came out of the mountain road and made a surprise attack along the east side of Fen River.

There had been peace and quiet in Lingshi County for more than half a month. Although the Turks who were looting every day knew that the Tang army was coming in large numbers... they never expected that Tang Qi would dare to risk passing through the Queshu Valley at such a high speed, and without any He stopped and came straight to the front.

The Turks were preparing to return north, but they were overtaken by the highly motivated Tang Cavalry. In addition, the eager Yuchi Gong personally served as the vanguard. Although the Turks had thousands of troops, they were turned into a mess by the Tang Cavalry.

The two sides fought fiercely on the east side of Lingshi County. Yuchi Gong killed more than ten Turkic generals in a row. It seemed that he ignored them and attacked directly to the north, killing the Turks and retreating steadily. However, in fact, the Turkic generals divided their forces and sent troops to surround them. Yu Tangqi trapped the attempt.

In the history books, Yuchi Gong often appears as an attendant of Li Shimin, commanding the Xuanjia Army. He does not command a large force like Zhang Shigui and other generals, but in fact Yuchigong was also a general under Liu Wuzhou. It seems that He seems rough and arrogant, but not reckless.

If Li Jing was the one behind the throne today... then Yuchi Gong would not dare to do this. But today the one behind the throne is Liu Hei'er appointed by King Wei Si.

None of the generals in the army knew why Li Huairen, the successor king of Wei, broke with Li Jing back then. What they hated most was to sit back and watch.

Sure enough, after three moments of fierce fighting between the two sides, Liu Hei'er had arrived and immediately sent Duan Zhixuan, Hu Yan, Li Mengchang, Fan Xing and other generals to come to the rescue and kicked the Turks' ass from behind.

Although most of the troops had not yet arrived, only 5,000 Tang cavalry, Liu Heier and Yuchi Gong worked together to defeat the Turks in this battle, beheading more than a thousand people, gathering more than 2,000 horses, and snatching back hundreds of young men and women who had been robbed. .

Yuchi Gong still refused to give up, so he asked Liu Hei'er to take over from behind, and he led three thousand cavalry to pursue them all the way to the south of Jiexiu. He only gave up when he saw thousands of Turkic cavalry taking over.

At this time, Li Shan, who had already arrived in Linfen to join Qian Jiulong's troops, received the news that there was no ambush in Queshu Valley and that the Turks had abandoned Jiahu Fort and Gaobiling. Zhang Shigui's troops and Qian Jiulong's troops were left behind to slow down. He and Su Dingfang led the Chinese cavalry to gallop north and arrived outside Lingshi County before dusk that day.

At this time, the left and right armies had already arrived. Liu Hongji led his infantry to transport grain and grass, and stationed at Lingshi County, Jiahu Fort, Gaobiling and other passes.

"Is there enough food and grass?" Li Shan asked immediately after arriving.

"Enough!" Yuchi Gong grinned, "The Turks knew the battle report yesterday, but they did not evacuate quickly today just to transport food and grass."

Hu Yan nodded and said: "The stored grain and grass are enough to supply more than 10,000 cavalry for ten days."

A smile appeared on Li Shan's face. Although the cavalry was powerful, it was also limited. The most important thing was fodder... Just like the tanks of later generations, no matter how powerful they were, they would be useless if they had no fuel.

The reason why the infantry and cavalry were planned to pass through Queshu Valley one after another was not only to ensure safety, but also to a large extent because of the transportation of grain and grass.

Unexpectedly, Lingshi County has so much food and grass stored here... Li Shan guessed that most of the property, food, grass, and population that the Turks went to Jinzhou, Jiangzhou, and even Zezhou to plunder should be sent to Lingshi first, and then batch by batch. To the north, everything is now at your advantage.

It can supply more than 10,000 cavalry for ten days. Now the left and right armies each have 6,000 cavalry. Li Shan, Su Dingfang, and Qin Qiong led 3,000 cavalry to Lingshi, which is enough to last for five or six days. Qian Jiulong will continue to transport food and grass northward. , and it is transported through Fenshui, ensuring no worries. Li Shan was just thinking about it when Yu Chigong said anxiously: "Your Highness, the scouts reported that Jiexiu's Turks have also begun to return north."

"In the battle of Lingshi, thousands of Turkic cavalry were defeated..." Li Shan walked back and forth a few steps, "Can Jingde attack Jiexiu?"

Yuchi Gong shook his head, "On the south side of Jiexiu, I personally climbed up to look at at least five thousand Turkic cavalry. The two armies on the left and right had not yet arrived in full force at that time, so it was difficult to win quickly..."

Hou Hongtao coughed twice and interrupted: "Wu Guogong pursued the remnants of the enemy and returned north to the south of Jiexiu. There has been no battle yet."

Duan Zhixuan on the side had a look of regret... The day before yesterday, Wei Siwang had strictly ordered Yuchi Gong not to pass Jiexiu, and Yuchigong's words just now were obviously saying that it was a pity that he could not defeat them, otherwise he would definitely defeat the Turks and fight all the way to Bingzhou.

Because the main Turkic force is entrenched in Bingzhou, the number of troops in Fenzhou will definitely not be too large. Five or six thousand is already the limit.

Li Shan asked Ma Zhou to spread the map on the ground and look at it carefully. After thinking for a moment, he smiled and said: "Dong Ren plus the left and right armies, the central army also has three thousand cavalry. I'm afraid the Lingshi will not be able to accommodate..."

Yuchi Gong's eyes lit up, "A certain person is leading his army northward!"

"You are not needed." Li Shan chuckled, "Liu Hei'er defeated the enemy in the first battle, and Jingde won the battle. Should I let you two generals take all the credit?"

After a pause, Li Shan looked at Qin Qiong, "In this battle, Duke Yi will be the main general. Most of the Chinese cavalry are still in Huoyi. You can mobilize troops from the left and right armies, supplemented by Li Mengchang and Zhang Baoxiang, and lead five thousand troops." The cavalry goes north.”

"If the Turks abandon Jiexiu and go all the way north, they may stop at Zhangnan Fort. They can send a small force to continue going north to investigate the military situation." Li Shan said slowly: "Send scouts to report back at any time along the way. If The Turks have returned to the north, and Guhui led his army to station in Jiexiu as a back-up."

Yuchi Gong smacked his lips. He remembered Zhang Nan Fort. In the Battle of Baibi, it was because Li Shimin sent a partial army to attack Zhang Nan Fort and cut off Song Jingang's grain road, and finally won the victory.

Qin Qiong responded and immediately dispatched generals to prepare to send troops. Li Shan was still a little worried after thinking about it. He turned to Su Dingfang and said, "Brother Dingfang, you will lead the Chinese cavalry to slow down to support."

Su Dingfang nodded, "Although the Turks are returning north and it's almost dusk, they may not set up an ambush."

Although after nightfall, the Turkic cavalry's mobility is greatly limited, the same goes for the Tang cavalry. If there is a chaotic battle... it's hard to say who will win and who will lose.

Li Shan hopes that Qin Qiong can put pressure on the Turks, but he needs to maintain a certain degree.

Neither can the Turks feel too much pressure and run away, nor can the Turks feel so little pressure that they go south and deploy heavy troops between Jiexiu and Pingyao.

The former will make Li Shan disappointed that he cannot weaken the strength of Tuli Khan, so that Dubu Khan and Tuli Khan cannot check and balance each other, and the latter will make Li Shan unable to quickly relieve the siege and merge the state.

As long as he can relieve the siege of Bingzhou and ensure that the food route is not cut off, after joining the remnants of the Bingzhou Army and the Daizhou Army, Li Shan will have enough troops to compete with the Turks.

After experiencing a martial arts battle, Li Shan really didn't want to fight another battle in which the weak fought against the strong. It was too much of a test of his mental endurance.