Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 1417 Night Battle (Continued to Five)

Among the three battles that night, Su Dingfang outside Yanmen Pass was the latest to start, but he was the smoothest.

If the war in Xinzhou was very accidental, and if the war in Yuzhou was extremely tragic, then the battle at Yanmenguan in Daizhou can be said to be a piece of cake within reason.

When Xue Wanche personally served as the vanguard with 800 infantrymen, holding a long knife in his mouth, and climbed up the city wall with difficulty... No one could be seen outside the torch.

This is actually understandable. It has been more than a month since the Turks captured Yanmen Pass. The army has advanced to Bingzhou, and the troops have reached as far as Jiangzhou. Yanmen Pass is very safe.

As for Shuozhou outside Yanmen Pass, the Tang army was huddled in the towns of Mayi and Sanqiao, not to mention that Tuli Khan left more than 10,000 troops stationed in Shuozhou to stare at the Tang army.

Therefore, even if a large number of Turks left Yanmen Pass and returned to the grassland yesterday, there was no one guarding Yanmen Pass... This aspect is not what the Turks are good at, let alone what they like.

Li Mengchang, who served as Xue Wanche's deputy, was also stunned. He very much suspected that this was a Turkic tactic to lure enemies... But after walking around the city wall, he had to admit that he seemed to be overthinking it.

Xue Wanche and Li Mengchang actually felt a little at a loss in their hearts. They were both battle-hardened generals... They had never fought such a battle before!

Until Li Mengchang led his personal guards to touch down dozens of Turks near the city gate, even if there were one or two screams... Xue Wanche listened carefully, and there was no movement at all. The Turks seemed to have never thought that there would be The Tang army came to capture Yanmen Pass.

Subsequent Tang army troops entered Yanmen Pass one after another. Yu Chigong and Hu Yan, who arrived first, were also in disbelief. They thought they were going to experience a bloody fight... just entered the city gate like this?

However, no matter how unexpected the Turks were, when thousands of Tang troops entered Yanmen Pass and began to march to various places to seize important roads, the Turks finally discovered it.

But the resistance of the Turkic troops... was a bit funny, completely beyond the expectations of Yuchi Gong and Xue Wanche. Hundreds of Turks just ran away, fleeing east of Yanmen Pass.

The Turks actually did not deploy many troops in Yanmen Pass. Although it started to snow, the grassland tribes preferred to live in tents rather than in the castle of Yanmen Pass.

Before Su Dingfang arrived, Yuchi Gong immediately made a decision and personally led his troops to attack. Together with Hu Yan, Xue Wanche, and Li Mengchang, he launched a surprise attack on the Turkic camp outside the city from two directions.

At this time, it was snowing heavily. Tang Qi quickly left the east of Yanmen Pass, gathered his troops and charged eastward, easily breaking into the Turkic camp. Although he did not prepare kerosene or other fire starters, there were torches in the camp.

Xue Wanche and Li Mengchang led more than a thousand Tang cavalry to pass by like a whirlwind, knocking away dozens of Turks who had just ran out of the tent.

Li Mengchang stabbed the Turkic war horse in the butt outside the tent with the horse spear in his hand. The guards around him followed suit and drove the war horse away to disrupt the camp.

When Xue Wanche discovered the tall piles of grain and grass, he excitedly grabbed the torch and threw it up... Poor Tuli Khan deliberately kept a large amount of grain and grass in his hands in order to maintain his position, and only transported it back to the grassland at the last moment. Even when he returned north, The main reason why the speed is so slow is because of these grains.

As a result, Dugu De and Liu Rengui set fire to Dingxiang in Xinzhou, which made Tuli Khan's heart feel cold. Fortunately, the Khan thought that some of the grain and grass had already gone north... but Xue Wanche was killed again in Yanmen Pass. A fire was set.

After Xue Wanche lit more than a dozen fires in succession, the entire Turkic camp was in chaos. The shouts of men and horses were shaking the sky. There were five or six thousand Turkic troops staying here. They encountered this unexpected surprise attack. There was absolutely no way to organize a defense.

Even if the Turks were prepared, they could only pay attention to the south side, and naturally they would not be prepared for Yanmen Pass behind them. This allowed the Tang army's surprise attack to achieve perfect results.

By the time Su Dingfang and Li Shiji arrived, thousands of Turks had already dispersed, with a small part heading south and most heading east... obviously preparing to escape from Yuzhou.

However, although the Tang army's victory was great, the number of beheadings was not many. It was mainly the fire and chaos that led to the collapse of the Turkic army. "Killing for pleasure?"

Seeing Xue Wanche and Yuchi Gong who were praising each other, Su Dingfang's face was distorted, "Where is Tuli Khan?"

Yuchi Gong was stunned, "Tuli Khan?"

Su Dingfang was so anxious that he led his army from Bingzhou and crossed into Shuozhou from the west of Luliang Mountain. He had no idea about the current situation of Li Shan and Tuli Khan. Since Yanmen Pass was captured, the first thing he wanted to do was to inquire about Tuli Khan. Khan's situation to confirm the next deployment.

At this time, Hu Yan strode over, "Zhao Guogong, Tuli Khan is still in Xinzhou, stationed in Xiurong, confronting the Chinese army led by King Si of Wei."

Su Dingfang felt relieved, but then tightened. He took Yanmen Pass and even defeated the Turks, while Tuli Khan was still confronting Huairen.

If the battle report goes south...will Khan Tuli go north again?

It is possible that they will turn around and attack the Chinese army, or they may go through Luliang Mountain and Yunzhong Mountain to Lanzhou and exit from Loufanguan.

His throat felt a little tight, but Su Dingfang did not panic. After thinking for a moment, he said: "First send scouts to Dai County and Lingqiu to check whether Hebei troops have arrived, and then go south to check Guo County..."

After a pause, Su Dingfang hesitated and glanced at the generals, "I have ordered the messenger to return to Sanqiao Town and Mayi, and transfer the state army back to Yanmen Pass. Cao Guogong will guard Yanmen to prevent most of the Turks from escaping."

Li Shiji responded, Yanmen Pass is not a separate pass, and now the Tang Army has only captured Xijing Pass. With the current strength of the Tang Army, it is impossible to completely blockade it, and it can only block a few more important passes, so that the Turkic army cannot Escape calmly.

"All cavalry must wait at least until dawn to enter the pass..." Su Dingfang gritted his teeth, "After dawn, Yuchi Gong, you can lead two thousand Tang cavalry to the east. If Cheng Minzhen has captured Lingqiu, join forces and station them in Daizhou and Wei. At the state border, if Cheng Mingzhen... you will be in charge of the war effort."

Yuchi Gong nodded, "If Cheng Mingzhen doesn't even capture the Flying Fox Trail, it doesn't matter... the Turks will definitely escape from the Flying Fox Trail. If Cheng Minzhen captures the Flying Fox Trail and attacks from both front and rear, he should be able to capture Lingqiu."

"A certain man led 6,000 Tang troops to stay east of Yanmen Pass, waiting for Daizhou's army to enter the pass." Su Dingfang looked at Hu Yan, "Hu Gong led 2,000 Tang cavalry to go south."

"Yes." Hu Yan agreed.

Su Dingfang was still a little worried and looked around, "Qu Silang, you are from Daizhou and went south with Duke Hu."

Qu Silang nodded, he knew it well. If Tuli Khan knew that Yanmen Pass was lost and chose to go south through Luliang Mountain and Yunzhong Mountain, he would inevitably fight with the Chinese army led by Alang, and he would need to rush to Xinzhou quickly.

If Tuli Khan chooses to go north, then he will have to defend Nao County... block Tuli Khan near Nao County, gather the troops from the north and the south and encircle him.

(End of this chapter)