Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 1393 You deserve it!

Su Dingfang didn't even have a chance to use his horse. Chang He, who led 500 cavalry as the vanguard, was so brave that he cut through the Turkic formation easily like a steel knife cutting through butter. He turned the enemy's formation upside down and fought all the way to the Fenshui River. .

Su Dingfang simply urged his horse back and sent out a signal. Liu Heier on the northeast side led more than 5,000 cavalry to launch a fierce attack. Su Dingfang defended the southeast side, forcing the Turkic cavalry to flee southwest along the Fen River.

The Tang cavalry in the rear drove countless Turks like a herd of sheep, causing them and their horses to fall into the Fen River. Countless Turks fell from their horses and were trampled by the horses' hooves until their bones and tendons were broken.

Liu Heier and Su Dingfang took turns attacking in a tacit understanding, knocking down the Turks like wheat. The Tang army on the bank rained arrows on the Turks in the river wantonly. At dusk, the setting sun was shining, and the golden light appeared. The river is full of blood.

Such a bloody scene made Han Liang, who had just felt it, frown a little. He had been following Li Shimin since the army in Jinyang and participated in almost every war. He was not a person who had never seen bloodshed.

But wars in the Central Plains often use defeating the enemy as the main means, and recovering generals and surrendering troops as the main purpose... Nowadays, among the prince's favorite generals, there are many surrendered generals like Yu Chigong. Among the famous Xuanjia Army, there are also Liu Wuzhou, Warriors of Western Qin.

Such brutal and merciless massacres are very rare in wars in the Central Plains.

Han Liang looked sideways. Such a bloody scene could not move the cold expression of King Wei Si in the slightest. This extremely sharp contrast made Han Liang sigh... It is said that King Si of Wei's reputation on the grassland is as good as that of Xiaoerye. Cry, this statement is true.

Well, actually what Li Shan is thinking right now is, I'm giving you face, but you still don't believe me!

Li Shan traveled all night and arrived in Qixian County in the dark.

Live it!

Not long after, 3,000 Turkic soldiers were killed and only about 1,000 were left. They fled southwestward along the Fen River in embarrassment. Liu Heier sent An Yuanshou and 2,000 cavalry to pursue them, and the remaining troops joined forces with Su Dingfang.

However, if there is no large group of Turks, even if Qixian County is plundered, Wenshui and Jiaocheng should be able to provide food and grass.

After taking a short rest, Li Shan, Su Dingfang, and Liu Heier led the left army and the Chinese army with a total of 6,000 cavalry to go north.

After Yuchi Gong, who failed to catch Zhan Da, received the news, he simply turned northwest and went to Wenshui midway.

Ten miles south of Qixian County, hundreds of Turks resisted. Qin Qiong led more than a hundred personal guards to the battle in person, and defeated the Turks' stubborn resistance with just one blow.

At this moment, at the junction of Fenzhou and Bingzhou, three thousand Tang cavalry faced more than two thousand Turkic cavalry. With only one attack, Zhang Baoxiang and Hou Hongtao took the lead in breaking the formation. Qin Qiong ignored the scattered Turks and led his army straight to Qixian County. .

Outside the north gate of Qixian County, a large number of horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts were being driven north. Qin Qiong sent Hou Hongtao to lead an army to make a detour and easily drove away more than a thousand Turks who were escorted.

Li Shan took out fodder from the bag hanging on his mount to feed the war horse, wondering what was going on over there in Qixian County. Although the cavalry had strong mobility and strong impact, it was troublesome to have no fodder.

Anyway, this time Tuli Khan broke through Yanmen Pass and plundered Daidi. No matter how many Turks he killed, Li Shan would not show any mercy.

Setting off from Lingshi County yesterday, each cavalryman brought dry food and fodder, but at most they could only last until tomorrow. If they encounter a large group of Turks around Qi County... the outcome is really unpredictable.

"I really want to run away!" Li Shan's first words when he sat down were, "You don't have the guts to be brave?"

Wen Daya smiled and said: "There is nothing to fear from King Si of Wei, but King Handan's reputation spreads far and wide!"

Hou Hongtao below nodded repeatedly. He was sent around by Qin Qiong, but he was not beaten much... Hou Hongtao's tips were not stained with blood. He only asked his guards to shout a few words that the King of Handan had arrived, and there was a commotion in the Turks. A large amount of food, goods, and people fled directly. Li Shan squinted at Hou Hongtao, you can't tell whether this is a good or bad word!

"Don't be surprised, King Si of Wei. What I say here comes from the bottom of my heart." Wen Daya smiled and said, "It's all thanks to His Highness that we can be saved this time."

The Wen family of Taiyuan has its ancestral home in Qi County.

After conquering Qixian County, Tuli Khan specifically inquired about the local wealthy people, and soon learned about two people...one was Wen Bang and the other Wang Renbiao, both of whom were Li Huairen's friends.

Although Tuli Khan, a good brother who was sworn to Jinlan, wanted to chop off Li Shan's head whenever he had the chance, he refused to offend Li Shan to death before he had a chance.

As a result, both the Wen family in Taiyuan and the Wang family in Qixian County were not in ruins. To put it bluntly, no one died... Of course, a large amount of food, grass and wealth were inevitable.

Now Li Shan is in the Wang family's mansion in Qixian County, and there is a row of Wang family members sitting below... They are not very complimentary to Li Shan, but they are very affectionate to Wang Renbiao, who was born as a concubine.

In fact, Li Shan thought to himself, Tuli Khan didn't ask to find out clearly, I have close friends and enemies in the Wang family in Qi County... Wang Renyou's guy is in Qi County.

"I will act as ordered tomorrow." Li Shan glanced at Wen Daya, "All the food and grass were sent to each family, and I also asked Duke Yan Hong to arrange them on his behalf, but..."

Wen Daya nodded and said: "Wei Si Wang does not need to worry about providing food and grass for the army. The whole county will do its best."

Li Shan chuckled softly, thinking that there are aristocratic families in the world. Objectively speaking, there are good and bad. The bad thing is... the imperial power does not stop going to the countryside. In extreme cases, even the county government cannot leave. But the good thing is that now, As long as he is willing to lower his head and give an order, he doesn't have to worry about logistics.

After thinking about it in his mind, Yuchi Gong would go north from Wenshui County tomorrow and arrive at Jiaocheng and Qingyuan one after another. It would be best if the Turks retreated north, and they would pursue them with cavalry to prevent the Turks from taking away the plundered food, grass and people.

If the Turks do not retreat northward, let Yuchigong stop in Qingyuan County, and then lead his army north to around Qingxu Town... Qingyuan, Qingxu, and Jinyang are roughly parallel, so as to briefly confront the Turks.

I will send a scout to investigate tomorrow. If there are no problems, let the messenger rush to Jinyang... After all, Qixian County is too far away from Jinyang, almost a hundred miles away.

In fact, in Jinyang County at this moment, Li Daozong, Li Daoxuan, Xue Wanche and others all noticed something was wrong.

First, the scouts reported that thousands of Turkic troops suddenly moved south from Yangqu County yesterday. At dusk today, a large number of Turkic cavalry passed by Jinyang and headed north.

Xue Wanche personally went out of the city and tried to capture a few prisoners for interrogation, but unfortunately he failed. When the Turkic cavalry saw the Tang army, they ran like rabbits when they saw the hounds... In a competition of horse speed, the Tang cavalry could not keep up with the Turkic cavalry.

"It should be that reinforcements have arrived?" Xue Wanche asked tentatively, and added: "Although they failed to capture them, seeing Tang Qi approaching, the Turks fled desperately."

"It's possible." Li Daozong said dullly, "But it's difficult to guarantee."

Historically, Li Shimin's evaluation of these two men was that Li Daozong could not win a big victory but would not be defeated, while Xue Wanche was either a big victory or a big defeat... The fighting styles and character traits of the two men are fully revealed in these two sentences.

After a moment, Li Daoxuan said decisively: "I will lead the Daizhou army to fight tomorrow to find out."

(End of this chapter)