Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

That night, Yanmen Pass was brightly lit, which frightened the Turkic scouts who snooped nearby. Teams like fire dragons came from the southeast and poured into Yanmen Pass in a steady stream.

Li Shiji and Liu Shirang worked hard all night to finish the work. They used the remnants of the Daizhou Army as the backbone to supplement the local young men and the government soldiers who could not form an army at that time. They filled the east and west passes and various highlands and important roads during the period to prevent the Turks. The abandoned chariot formation was enough to withstand the Turkic onslaught.

The camp that originally accommodated the large army was located on the southeast side of Yanmen Pass. Su Dingfang and Xue Wanche led thousands of cavalry on both sides of the camp, which could not only quickly attack the formation, but also flank the Turkic forces attacking the pass.

Su Dingfang, who was sitting on his mount, looked up at the sky. Under the reflection of the fire, large snowflakes were still flying, and the heavy snow continued all night.

Zhang Baoxiang, Fan Xing, and Hou Hongtao on the side were discussing the cooperation between the cavalry. Some felt that the cavalry should be divided into several groups to facilitate response. Some felt that the cavalry should be gathered to respond to the enemy, or even take the initiative to fight. Some even thought that the cavalry should be divided into several groups to facilitate the response. The main force of the cavalry was mobilized to the north of Dai County, allowing the Turks to attack Yanmen Pass, and then encircled them from behind.

"Everything else is easy to say, but the key point is this camp." Fan Xing pointed, "We don't have enough troops to resist the Turkic attack."

"Yes, this camp was built by King Si of Wei in the early years. It is enough to accommodate 6,000 troops to provide support for Yanmen and Shuozhou." Zhang Baoxiang nodded in agreement, "It is better to simply abandon it and recover the infantry to the east and west passes, with only the outer perimeter Cavalry coming and going.”

"It's a fire at the critical moment." Hou Hongtao muttered: "It can also cut off the Turks' attack on Dongjing Pass. If the Turks make a detour, their flanks must be their weaknesses."

Xue Wanche, who was next to him, let out a sigh and looked at Hou Hongtao, "You are quite clever. Fan Shiyi has already gone to Dai County to collect fire starters."

Hou Hongtao laughed and looked a little proud, but Xue Wanche turned around and said: "It's just that there is insufficient food and grass. If the Turks cannot be defeated within two days..."

Speaking of this, Xue Wanche suddenly stopped talking, and Zhang Baoxiang on the side couldn't help laughing. After seizing Yanmen Pass, the Turks were defeated.

Hou Hongtao thought for a while, "The scouts reported that the Turks were approaching Nao County at dusk, and they will be around Dai County tomorrow. Alang should be here."

"The Turks retreated north, and the road from Bingzhou, Xinzhou to Yanmen was clear. Ren Guogong should transport grain and grass to Yanmen." Zhang Baoxiang scratched his chin and said with a dry smile: "No matter how bad it is, you can still take the Flying Fox Trail..."

Fan Xing and Xue Wanche didn't say anything. At this point in the war, food and grass were a big problem. Liu Hongji couldn't hope to transport food and grass northward in a short time.

On that day, the Daizhou army was defeated, and the grain and grass stationed in Yanmen Pass were burned clean by Li Daoxuan. The grain and grass stationed in Dai County were not spared either... For this reason, the Turks launched a massacre in revenge after breaking through Dai County. Li Shan The Daizhou General Manager's Office and the Daixian County Government Office that were built were both burned down.

However, Xinzhou and Bingzhou were blocked by the Turks for nearly a month, and their food and grass had already been exhausted. They still had to supply the army to go north, and there was no more energy left.

It is really impossible to count on Liu Hongji to transport grain and grass from Jinzhou and Fenzhou.

Su Dingfang asked He Lou Xingshu to contact the local tribes with the intention of raising food and grass. Otherwise, after the battle tomorrow, everyone would be hungry to do the surgery... People can barely support it, but if the war horses have no food and grass, it is equivalent to the car running out of gas. .

At this time, Su Dingfang came back to his senses and said: "There are only two places where there is still a large amount of food and grass. One is Xinzhou Dingxiang, and the other is Guoxian."

"The Turks plundered Bingzhou and Fenzhou, and gathered food and grass in Dingxiang." Xue Wanche nodded, "Dangguo County?"

"Dingxiang's grain and grass transportation out of the customs must pass through Guo County and go through Yanmen Pass." Su Dingfang explained: "However, we captured Yanmen Pass and failed to capture a large amount of grain and grass."

"Yes." Zhang Baoxiang reacted, "There is not a lot of food and grass in Yanmen Pass, and the area between Dingxiang and Yanmen Pass can only be in Guo County." In fact, Su Dingfang, Xue Wanche and others had completely guessed wrong. The three armies of the Tang Dynasty, In fact, only along this route was there a shortage of food and grass.

Cheng Mingzhen captured Feihu Trail, and then Shuang Shiluo and Tian Liuan led their troops westward. Feihu Trail was completely controlled by the Tang army. A steady stream of grain and grass was gathered in Yizhou, Hebei and transported through Feihu Trail... Although the terrain of Feihu Trail is dangerous, the road Relatively speaking, it is much flatter than Queshu Valley and can accommodate the passage of grain trucks.

And the Chinese army led by Li Shan and Qin Qiong were not short of food and grass... They were originally short of food, but what Su Dingfang didn't expect was that Tuli Khan did not take the initiative to lead the army north, but was defeated by a fire from Dingxiang County. Two consecutive defeats forced the troops to retreat.

It’s hard to say how much food and grass there is left in Dingxiang, but the more than 10,000 Turkic troops were forced to return north by the situation. It was impossible to carry food and grass, which caused the march to be slow, so they all took advantage of the Chinese army.

Li Shan left acting governor Shi Doujing in Xinzhou to take charge of logistics affairs, and sent Li Keshi and Wang Renbiao to lead hundreds of cavalry to protect the grain road.

Without this batch of grain and grass, Li Shan really would not dare to continue the march easily. He would probably slowly march north with infantry after taking over Yuanping and Guoxian counties, waiting for the grain and grass from behind to arrive.

What's interesting is that Tuli Khan, who raided Hedong more than a month ago, is now the most short of food and grass.

In the past, grain and grass in Dingxiang County were naturally transported through the route of Tanglingang, Yuanping, and Nao County. In fact, the main concentration area was not in Nao County, but in Yuanping.

However, after Tuli Khan defeated the two Tang armies of Qin Wutong and Hu Yan in succession, he fled northward in a panic and hastily. After crossing Yuanping County, he realized that if he rushed all night, he would probably be defeated by the Tang army that captured Yanmen Pass. Even though there are grain and grass stores in Nao County, it is not far from Yanmen Pass.

In the end, Tuli Khan settled in a town south of Guo County. This town had long been conquered and plundered by the Turks. How much food and grass could be left to supply thousands of Turkic troops?

"Is it true?"

"Ah."

Tuli Khan rebuked the guards and rubbed his face vigorously. After a day of hard work, he could no longer feel his face.

On the one hand, it was because of the cold weather and heavy snowfall that made his face stiff, and on the other hand, it was because... Tuli Khan confirmed after thinking about it that he had been played by Li Huairen from beginning to end.

Just now, a group of Turkic cavalry returned, following the leadership of Ashina Jishe to Yuzhou. After the defeat, they turned around again in despair, hoping to break out of the bloody route with Tuli Khan.

After careful interrogation by the guards, Tuli Khan could almost guess Li Shan's plan. At about the same time as the two sides were talking in front of the Bingzhou formation, Tang Qi, who had retreated south from Huangdan Town, headed towards Lanzhou and made a long-distance attack from Loufan Pass. He came out and broke through Yanmen Pass, led by his old rival, Li Huairen's deputy Zhao Guogong Su Dingfang.

This is not the most terrible thing. The most terrible thing is that the Tang army in Hebei broke through Feihu Trail, seized Lingqiu, and blocked the main roads of Daizhou and Yuzhou.

After it was confirmed, Tuli Khan's heart was as cold as ice, and he had become a bird in a cage.

Will Li Huairen release him this time?