Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 1399 The thunder is loud and the rain is small

October 23rd, sunny.

Previously, there were dense clouds for half a month, which made people worried that heavy snow would fall at any time. However, the weather was very good yesterday and today. When I looked up, it was cloudless.

But the weather was good, and Tuli Khan was in a very bad mood. The Tang army on the opposite side... No, Li Huairen on the opposite side didn't follow martial ethics!

I was still thinking about talking in front of the battle, chatting about friendship, and making common use of words, but the Tang army set up their formation and attacked immediately.

Tuli Khan was so angry that he almost scolded his mother. He felt that he and Li Huairen should have a tacit understanding. After all, they were good brothers who were sworn brothers to Jinlan... I have robbed enough. If you lead the army to help, then I will naturally want to Stopped.

After all, I paid by mistake!

The Tang army formed a formation along the Fen River. Li Shan, Li Daozong, and Qin Wutong led infantry from Jinyang, Qingyuan, and Jiaocheng to deploy chariots, with a strength of approximately 10,000.

On the right is the Left Army led by Liu Heier, with more than 6,000 cavalry. The Left Army basically suffered no losses except for the Battle of Jinzhou. Even the losses in the Battle of Jinzhou were very small, and only more than a thousand cavalry were left in Fen. The state, however, supplemented the cavalry of the Bingzhou Army and restored its strength to more than 6,000 troops.

On the left is the Chinese army led by Su Dingfang and Qin Qiong. Zhang Shigui rushed here this morning and has six or seven thousand cavalry.

Although it was a sunny day, the cavalry attacked and rolled up yellow sand in the sky. Li Shan on the chariot could not see clearly with a telescope, and could only roughly distinguish Qin Qiong's troops who were the first to break the formation.

"We have arrived at the southeast side of Yuci and are stationed on the north bank of the Xiangyu River." Han Liang replied loudly: "Cheng Minzhen has rushed to the army. He has more than eight thousand cavalry under his command. He intends to sit around Yuci. Sima Huang Junhan of Youzhou leads three thousand cavalry. Go north."

In terms of bravery, few in the Tang army could compare with Qin Qiong. This Duke of Yi was not only brave, but also highly skilled in martial arts. He took the lead in breaking through the formation under the rain of arrows. He side-attacked with the horse in his hand, and three or four Turkic cavalry were knocked down. The horse then struck hard, and the heavy head of the spear knocked the Turkic man holding a large shield in front of him away.

After a pause, Li Shan waved his hand and said: "Drumming."

Li Shan stood expressionlessly on the chariot and watched as the two sides gradually distanced themselves. Su Dingfang led his troops to retreat slowly. Xue Wanche and Li Daoxuan were still chasing the remaining enemies relentlessly, trying to kill every remaining enemy. All the Turks who were standing were cut down.

Qin Qiong's troops led several fierce generals to charge into the formation, separated more than a thousand Turkic cavalry from the rear, and massacred hundreds of Turkic cavalry. Hundreds of Turkic cavalry were driven into Fenshui.

Then Duan Zhixuan, Xue Wanjun, who was added to the left army, and Huaiyang King Li Daoxuan, who insisted on going into battle in person, led their troops into the formation. Three thousand Tang cavalry easily separated more than a thousand Turkic cavalry.

This time Li Shan saw it clearly. Su Dingfang and Qin Qiong had obviously made plans, one to intercept and the other to meet the enemy.

Li Shan glanced at the laid out map, nodded and said: "Order Huang Junhan to lead his troops from the west side of Yuci County and station eight miles away from the battlefield to back up the left army."

"How is it over there in Yuci?" Li Shan asked sideways.

Su Dingfang, who was in the rear, led four thousand cavalry to fight out from the flanks. Taking advantage of the space created by Qin Qiong, he rushed into the formation and blocked back the Turkic cavalry who were trying to come to their aid.

A slow, heavy and rhythmic drum beat sounded, and Liu Heier's troops on the right wing moved forward slowly. This time Li Shan was really out of sight.

It is said that the number of people is over 10,000 and boundless. He is in the Chinese infantry formation. After all, the Chinese cavalry was not far away before. But this time, Liu Heer led the left cavalry to attack. Even if there was no yellow sand in the sky, Li Shan relied on rough Even with a telescope, it can't be seen clearly.

However, Li Shan was not worried. Liu Heier knew military strategy and was good at cavalry warfare. He also had a clear goal of arrival in discussions before the war. He divided his more than 6,000 cavalry into three groups. The distance between them was not far or close, and there was always a The space ensures that the impact of the cavalry can be reflected. What's more, the central and western parts of Bingzhou are flat, but unlike the Fenshui River on the west side, there are many tributaries in the central part of Bingzhou.

There is the Yangxing River in the southwest of Yangqu County, and there are many tributaries of the Lingjing River, Nitun River, and Liulin River in the east and south. As a result, the gathering and dispersing techniques of the Turkic cavalry cannot be carried out quickly.

If it were a small group of Turks, the space would be large enough, but now it is a battlefield with nearly 100,000 troops from both sides. With more cavalry troops, it will be difficult to form an array.

What's more, Tuli Khan concentrated his troops around Yangqu County. Because it was still uncertain when and how to return north, he immediately retracted his troops to the east and north of Fen River, resulting in a relatively complex battlefield. narrow.

On the hills a few miles away, Tuli Khan watched Tang Qi's fierce attack with a sullen face, regretting that he concentrated his troops on Yangqu... Almost every time, Li Huairen took advantage of the terrain to the extreme.

But Tuli Khan was not afraid. Although he was very embarrassed by the Tang cavalry just now, after all, he had a strong force, nearly 50,000 cavalry. In any case, he would not be attacked by the Tang army in the battle of Jingzhou last year. A hundred steps away.

This is indeed the case. Liu Heier led his army to attack fiercely. Hou Hongtao, Qu Silang, and Liu Rengui took turns to charge into the formation, killing the Turks and retreating... But the Turks' retreat does not mean defeat.

"Go around?" A Turkic general with slightly gray hair asked, pointing to the open space on the east side.

"The scouts reported this morning that there were Tang troops on the east side, with thousands of cavalry." Ashina, who was on the side, explained quickly.

But the gray-haired Turkic general shook his head and said: "Even so, we should go around and outflank. Only a small force is needed to threaten the flanks of the Tang army, or even go around to the south of Yuci and Jinyang. The Tang army will definitely be unstable."

Tuli Khan remained silent, watching the Turkic army on the west side detour from the Fenshui River, trying to outflank the Tang Cavalry's retreat.

However, Liu Hei'er was not tempted to go deeper and quickly adjusted his direction. At the same time, Su Dingfang led the Chinese cavalry to advance and support Liu Hei'er's troops to return.

Tuli Khan glanced at his gray-haired and impatient subordinates. This was his grandfather Qimin Khan's younger brother Ashina Sunishi. His son Ashina Nishu went south to Fenzhou the day before yesterday and was captured. The Tang army was defeated, but it is not known whether they were killed or captured alive.

However, the Tuli Khan did not intend to adopt the other party's suggestions. Indeed, going around from the east to the flank or even the rear of the Tang Army would probably be effective, but this method was a common trick used by the Turkic Army... Li Huairen fought many times with the grassland tribes. , how could you not understand?

The most important thing is that Tuli Khan knows that once he sends his troops to retreat, this war is likely to turn into a big war... With the current situation, Tuli Khan does not want to start this war.

For a whole morning, it was basically like this: you attack and I defend, I attack and you defend... Both sides seemed to be having a lot of noise but little rain.

Tuli Khan vaguely noticed something. Just when he was hesitating, the Tang army withdrew its troops and retreated. Only a few horses galloped over, shouting for release.

"King Si of Wei invites you to meet an old friend!"

"King Si of Wei invites you to meet an old friend!"

Tuli Khan felt relieved, Li Huairen was quite polite.

(End of this chapter)