Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

October 25th, night.

The war broke out in Daizhou and Xinzhou, Feihu Trail on the east, Yanmen Pass on the west, and Dingxiang County on the south.

But there is an order of precedence.

Cheng Mingzhen was actually the first to take action, but the war had not broken out yet because there were still dozens of miles to go. Cheng Mingzhen was walking in the dark with Huang Junhan.

Yuchi Gong had already left the building and stopped at Yanmen Pass. He led his troops to stay in the new city and sent scouts to investigate the details of Yanmen Pass. He also sent people to see if the Turkic cavalry who had left the fortress had moved away.

Therefore, the first place was in Dingxiang County.

Although Dugu De's official position was not high, he had some strategies and made very detailed arrangements. Before dusk, he even went to Wutai County in person to collect a large number of fire starters from nearby towns.

Setting off at dusk, hundreds of Tang soldiers came out of Wutai Mountain, crossed the Shah River and continued southward, crossing the Muma River.

"how?"

The scout who went to investigate whispered to Dugu De: "There are about three hundred people, and the mounts are all on the north side."

Dugu De couldn't help but laugh. The Turks stationed heavy troops in Xiurong County to confront King Wei Si, just for the food and grass in Dingxiang County... Naturally, they must send troops to protect them to avoid being attacked by the Tang army.

Therefore, after crossing the Shah River, Dugu Decai crossed the Muma River again and went around to the east side of Dingxiang County... which was the only weak point of the Turkic forces.

Because the Muma River originates from the south of Xiurong County, runs northeast and passes through the southwest side of Dingxiang County, it would be difficult to cross the Muma River at night even if the Tang army sent a partial division to attack.

Logically speaking, there is no problem with the layout of Tuli Khan, so the Turkic generals who stayed in Dingxiang also ignored the east side intentionally or unintentionally.

But Dugu De didn't expect that there would be only more than 300 people guarding it... What a God-given opportunity.

"Robbing a horse?" the man on the side asked in a low voice.

"Of course." Dugu De bit into a piece of wheat cake, "How much food and grass can we burn just by running with our legs?"

The people who were forced to rush into Zhoushan were all infantry. Dugu De's group of Tang soldiers didn't have a single horse. If they didn't grab the horses, the food and grass that could be burned would be very limited... Once the fire breaks out, there will be Turkic cavalry. Return support.

"Is the Shahe side ready?"

"Ready."

"A certain person will lead fifty people as the vanguard. If he gets close, he will rush in between them and their mounts." Dugu De carefully arranged, "leave fifty people to bring the kerosene, and leave the remaining four hundred people to leave a hundred people." Grab the horse, and the others will reach the south side and fight in."

"Yes."

"Yes."

Low and trembling excited voices came one after another. Dugu De took a deep breath, held the handle of the knife in his hand, and walked forward, one foot at a time, one foot at a time. What Zhang Zhongjian can do, what Qu Silang can do, so can I!

But in fact, the fighting did not start on the east side of Dingxiang County, nor did it start in Dugude.

Before dusk, under the cover of Liu Heier and Duan Zhixuan, Qin Qiong and Xue Wanjun led four thousand elite cavalry around Xiurong County and arrived at the south side of Dingxiang County and the south bank of the Muma River.

Qin Qiong and Xue Wanjun tried to cross the river three times, but the Turkic troops stationed in Dingxiang County moved southward and forced the Tang army back three times. However, the Turks did not dare to cross the river to attack. There was the Muma River in the north, Xiezhoushan in the south, and Xiaowutai Mountain in the east. , there is not much room for maneuver.

After three consecutive failures, although the losses were not large, both sides maintained restraint and did not fight. However, Qin Qiong and Xue Wanjun were not ready to give up... They all knew that if they could not dig out a big trap in Dingxiang County tonight, The overall plan will undoubtedly fail.

Unlike Li Shan who set his destination on Tuli Khan alone, Qin Qiong knew very well that it was too difficult to capture and kill the enemy general on the battlefield with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops.

But as long as the Turks can be defeated, even if the Tuli Khan escapes...the Tuli Khan who loses his direct troops and loses prestige may not be able to unify the Turks.

He was captured last year and escaped this year. There will be many, many people trying to challenge Tuli Khan, not to mention the leader Xue Wanche and Yi Nan from outside.

Therefore, Qin Qiong and Xue Wanche openly and honestly forcibly crossed the Muma River from the south to attack the Turks, and then sent a general with 500 soldiers to go around Xiaowutai Mountain and sneak across the Muma River on foot.

The battlefield, which had fallen into silence since dusk, suddenly erupted with deafening shouts. Qin Qiong on the front used sheepskin rafts to build a temporary bridge. A large number of Tang soldiers set up bows and fired arrows, or ran wildly with shields. In a moment, hundreds of Tang soldiers The soldiers crossed the Muma River and seized a piece of territory.

The so-called sneak attack is never sneaky, but sneaky in a strategic or tactical sense. In terms of specific implementation, it is always upright.

The Turkic generals obviously did not expect that the Tang army, which had always maintained a tacit understanding with them, would cross the river at night, and they did not expect that the Tang army, which had always maintained restraint, would launch such a violent attack.

Only a few hundred troops crossed the Muma River, but Qin Qiong led 200 cavalry to attack first, easily defeating hundreds of Turkic cavalry who were still hesitant just to test, and then attacked southwest along the Muma River.

Ashina Sunisu was relieved when he arrived. He felt that the Tang army generals were a bit stupid. There were not many troops in the northeast, because the small Wutai Mountain on the south side of that section could not accommodate a large army to cross the river. But if the Tang army followed the Muma River, A fierce attack to the northeast is very likely to go around the east side of Dingxiang County and turn the Turkic army's formation into a mess.

But in fact, Qin Qiong did not choose the northeast direction. On the one hand, it was because a small force had been sent there to walk into Mount Wutai to cross the river, and on the other hand, because there was a back-up force on the southwest side.

Just when Ashina Suni was misaligning his troops and preparing to trap Qin Qiong, the thunderous sound of horse hooves sounded behind the Turkic army.

Xue Wanjun, who had crossed the Muma River 20 miles southwest of the battlefield in advance, appeared with 500 fine cavalry. With just one blow, he pierced the back of the Turkic army that had just arrived to besiege Qin Qiong.

In fact, the moment Xue Wanjun appeared, more than a thousand Turkic soldiers lost their will to fight and frantically urged their horses to flee north.

Xue Wanjun and Qin Qiong joined forces and went north, easily sweeping the surrounding area and covering the subsequent troops to cross the river one after another.

At this moment, the entire Dingxiang County is in chaos. A large number of Turkic cavalry are rushing south in a chaotic manner. Everyone knows that there is still a large amount of grain and grass stationed in Dingxiang County. The Tang army must be driven away, otherwise the grain and grass will not be transported back. Grassland, this winter will be difficult.

Huge fires were lit on both sides of the temporary bridge, illuminating the surrounding area. Qin Qiong urged his men to cross the river as soon as possible. The Turks would definitely refuse to give up and would definitely counterattack. He kept looking to the northeast, hoping to deploy a partial division. can make a difference.

Qin Qiong thought to himself that it was a pity that he had not prepared in advance, otherwise if he set a fire, the entire Turkic army would be in chaos.