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Chapter 1400: Narration before the battle (Part )

Two quarters of an hour later, the troops of both sides retreated, and more than a hundred cavalry from the north and south sides galloped out and gathered on the banks of the Fenshui River.

Li Shan only brought Er Zhuhuan, Wang Junhao and three or four personal guards forward, and Tuli Khan only brought five or six personal guards.

"You're welcome and safe."

Li Shan had a gentle smile on his face, but Tuli Khan stared at Li Shan for a while and then said: "You have already been crowned heir, so why take risks?"

"Hahaha!" Li Shan laughed loudly, with a chill mixed in his laughter, "I single-handedly rebuilt the Daizhou Army, but now it is 80% damaged. Daidi prospered because of my loneliness, but now it is in such ruins."

"You are so kind to me, why don't you come and meet me?"

Tuli Khan was silent for a moment and then said: "The Daisitu clan, most of them are safe and sound."

The meaning of this sentence is obvious. I have not taken any action against those who have friendship with you, Li Huairen...at least I have not massacred them.

Li Shan had no expression on his face, but he was relieved in his heart, but he resisted asking Zhang Qianxiong, Zhang Wenguan and his son... If they were really captured alive by the Turks and did not die in battle at that time, the chance of survival is not small.

"Hehehe..."

Li Shan pretended to be surprised and asked: "It's already October 22nd, aren't you going back to the grassland?"

"Where's Shuozhou?"

"At least three days ago, Mayi, Guji Town, and Sanqiao Town were not conquered." Tuli Khan said, his eyes rolling in his eye sockets, "I am content with my benevolence and act righteously. Remember the friendship between Liu Shirang and me. Not shallow..."

"More than 30,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry?" Tuli Khan couldn't help but grin. Do you think I am a newcomer on the battlefield?

The battle has been going on for two hours. Tuli Khan has already found out that there are at most more than 10,000 cavalry and more than 10,000 infantry. If he hadn't set up a formation along the Fen River, he would have no intention of fighting again. He would attack fiercely if he had no choice but to Let's see if we can defeat the Tang army.

Tuli Khan sneered and said: "To be honest, I am going south with nearly 100,000 troops this time. There are still tens of thousands of troops in Daizhou and Xinzhou. If we go south to merge the states, can the Tang army resist?"

"Really." Li Shanqing said sincerely: "In Jinzhou, I accidentally learned that I was about to return north. I figured it was time to return to the grassland, so I hurried north to meet each other."

"Yes, when we attacked Mayi at night, we used him as the vanguard to break the camp." Li Shan said with a smile: "If Liu Shirang and Li Shiji are not dead yet, there is still room for discussion."

Tuli Khan was a little heartbroken by these words... Who doesn't want to go back to the grassland, but you, Li Huairen, have descended from the sky and killed you in front of me so quickly. I dare to leave like this, and you still don't want to chase me away. Chase him all the way.

"Hehehe..."

He kept talking about returning to the north... Tuli Khan has become thick-skinned in the past two years. He nodded and said: "After all, I am sworn to Jinlan, and I also want to spend more time with Huairen."

"Actually, the purpose of this step is to test the strength of the Tang army." Li Shan said with a smile: "After gathering the troops of Bingzhou and Daizhou, there are about 30,000 elite cavalry and nearly 50,000 infantry."

Both sides laughed with unknown meaning. After looking at each other for a few times, Tuli Khan asked: "If we send a partial army to the west and go around to the rear of Yuci and Jinyang, how will Huairen respond?"

"It doesn't matter." Li Shan smiled and said: "There are thousands of Tang cavalry stationed between Yuci and Jinyang. On the north bank of the Xiangyu River south of Yuci, Cheng Mingzhen, the general manager of Luozhou, led five thousand fine cavalry and thousands of infantry. Stand ready."

Fortunately, he didn't take action... As soon as Tuli Khan heard this, he knew that the encirclement attack was out of the question. With so many troops waiting in formation, it was useless to send a small group of cavalry. If more troops were sent, both sides might be entangled in several battlefields. Stay and fight a bad war unless you transfer troops south from Daizhou or even Shuozhou. However, Tuli Khan did not want to get entangled, and hoped to lead his army back to the grassland as soon as possible, otherwise the morale of the army would almost certainly be unstable.

Looks like I have to pay for my trip!

Tuli Khan remembered it very clearly. After he was captured in the battle of Jingzhou last year, he gave away four thousand good horses before being released. When Yugushe was captured, Jieli Khan also paid a heavy price. In addition to horses and cattle, tens of thousands of serfs were returned.

But Tuli Khan was not willing to just pay for the road. Hearing Li Shan pretend to be friends with him, he asked in a cold voice: "More than half a month ago, all the cavalry of the Tang Army stationed in Jinzhou and Jiangzhou were transferred back to the pass. ?”

"It's true." Li Shan admitted frankly.

It was impossible to hide this kind of thing. Li Shimin led his troops to Hedong, and the vanguard cavalry had already arrived in Jinzhou, but they suddenly turned around.

Within more than half a month, thousands of Turkic cavalry were outside the Tang Army's camp in Jiangzhou, but the Tang Army was unable to expel them... There was no way, almost all the cavalry were transferred back to Jingzhao.

"Haha, I must want to ask Brother She." Li Shan didn't hide it, and sighed: "Dubu Khan did have a strategy. He stayed in Lingzhou for half a month, and even though he lost his troops and generals, he did not retreat."

"It was later learned that Dubu Khan colluded with the rebellious ministers of the DPRK, and sent men to kill the Tang envoys at Yu Dujun Mountain, forcing Yi Nan to lead tens of thousands of Tiele cavalry south, and worked together to break through the Longyou Road and invade the Guannai Road. Fight all the way to Jingzhao, only twenty miles away from Chang'an."

Twenty miles away from Chang'an... Tuli Khan's eyes flickered, and he didn't know what benefits that guy had given Yi Nan. Xue Yantuo was so devoted!

"But the most important thing is that His Majesty's eldest son, the former Crown Prince of the East Palace, conspired to rebel. If I were not quick and agile, I am afraid he would also be killed." Li Shan broke the matter down bit by bit and told Tu Li in detail. Khan listened, fearing that the other party would not believe him.

Tuli Khan obviously believed it, at least most of it. It's hard to make up this kind of thing. He sighed: "It's just the front and back legs."

"Yes, who would have thought that the deposed prince would actually recall the King of Qin to Chang'an." Li Shan clicked his tongue: "If Dubu Khan had entered Jingzhao one day earlier, everything would have been over."

"Then?"

"Then Gu Yuwu led his army to fight against the Turkic and Tiele coalition forces." Li Shan smiled and said: "Su Dingfang and Yuchi Gong defeated the forward led by Brother She'er in Qizhou. After the entire army was wiped out, if Brother She'er hadn't relied on the sky, Hei, I’m afraid he’ll all be captured and killed.”

"The confrontation lasted for several days. At that time, we had to mobilize troops from Hedong to return reinforcements." Li Shan sighed: "In those few days, Shouyang and Qixian were successively defeated."

Tuli Khan asked: "How is the battle going?"

"Gu's capital is here, do you still need to ask?" Li Shan said lazily: "Brother She'er didn't get any benefits, so he went around to attack Yunyang and Jingyang, but Gu persuaded Yi Nan to lead his army back north."

Tuli Khan couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. Doesn't that cousin know that Li Huairen is the best at sowing discord?

Jieli Khan and I are in such trouble with you, mostly because of him!

Even if you trust Yi Nan, you can't let him have contact with Li Huairen alone!

At this time, several horses galloped towards the rear of the Tang army in the distance, and the leader shouted: "Urgent report from Chang'an, where is His Royal Highness King Si of Wei?"

(End of this chapter)