bastard seizes tang

Chapter 422 bluff
The barbarian is Xue Yantuo Khan, led by the barbarian, he is naturally the most skilled elite in the entire Xue Yantuo court.

If Li Ke was facing only the tens of thousands of Xue Yantuo's elite, Li Ke would not be afraid, but the Tang army under Li Ke's command has been fighting for a long time, and they have been chasing all the way from Nuozhenshui to this place. Compared with the elites of the family, I am afraid they will not be able to take advantage.

However, the location here is dangerous. If you can get it, you can hold Xue Yantuo's throat in the southeast in the future and take the lead in the interaction between the two countries. Naturally, Li Ke is unwilling to retreat here, and returns this place to Xue Yantuo.

When Li Ke heard the news that Yinan Khan had led his army, he turned to Su Dingfang and asked, "Dingfang, how many troops do you have in your hands right now?"

Su Dingfang replied truthfully: "Just now the governor was in a hurry to pursue the enemy, and the infantry of the Chinese army couldn't keep up with them. Only the two-winged cavalry followed. Now the governor may have less than [-] soldiers available."

Li Ke then asked: "How far is the infantry of the Chinese army from this? When will they arrive?"

Su Dingfang replied: "We have chased here for nearly a hundred miles. Even if the infantry of the Chinese army travel fast, it will take more than half a day."

Hearing this, Li Ke frowned slightly, and asked: "So the infantry of the Chinese army can't make it in time for this battle?"

Su Dingfang replied: "Our army's scouts will go out for a maximum of [-] miles before the battle, and Cheng Yinan will arrive in an hour at most."

According to this, the infantry of the Chinese army still had more than half a day's journey to go, and the army of the commander of Yinan was already heading northwest. It may take less than an hour to reach this place, and most of the Tang army must be late.

Moreover, the infantry of the Tang army marched all the way in a hurry. Even if they reached this place, they were already at the end of their strength, and it was difficult to fight. A frontal fight was definitely not Xue Yantuo's elite opponent.

In terms of security, there is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, so it is advisable to retreat, but since Li Ke has already arrived here, how could he be willing to give up this place? The momentum of great victory has chased so far, how can it easily occupy this place.

If Li Ke lost this place today, and wanted to regain it in the future, and I don't know how much work it would take, how could Li Ke be reconciled.

A few people around Li Ke asked: "Everyone has been in the army for many years, and you are all veteran generals in the army. Naturally, you are more proficient in fighting in battle than this king. If this king guards this place across the river, do the generals think it is okay?"

Among them, Zhang Gongjin, the governor of Xiangzhou, was the most cautious in using troops. When Li Kezhi's words fell, Zhang Gongjin replied: "The Yi men are the elite of the Khan court, and they are waiting for work at leisure. If the governor leads the army to stick to it, it may not be easy. The last general Thinking that the governor is honorable, and he is more concerned about the safety of the whole river, he must not put himself in danger for the gains and losses of one place, the gains outweigh the losses."

Today's Li Ke is not the proton who had no power at the time and went north to Turkic. Now Li Ke is the governor of Bingzhou, the commander of the three armies, and he is in charge of the military power in Hedong, so he cannot easily go to danger.What's more, Li Ke is Li Shimin's beloved son. If there is something wrong with Li Ke here, how will these old officials explain to Li Shimin.

What Zhang Gongjin said is naturally mature and prudent, and there is nothing wrong with it, but Su Dingfang heard what Zhang Gongjin said, but said: "Although this place is a dangerous place, if it is only for this place, of course there is no need for the governor and my [-] elites from the Tang Dynasty." Qingqi is in danger, but the final general is worried that Yinan didn't come here for this place, and he may be asking for more."

Li Ke asked: "What do you mean by the prescription?"

Su Dingfang replied: "Yi Nan came from Yu Dujun Mountain, and it is far away from here. Even if you ride a light horse, it will take three to five days' journey. To set up today's new defeat, Yi Nan had no way of knowing before, so Yi Nan Coming here today must have nothing to do with the defeat of Dadu, and I will worry that he is coming for Monan and Dingxiang City."

Li Ke heard the words, thought for a while, nodded and said: "Dingfang's words are very true, so the king can't retreat easily?"

If Yi Nan came to Monan, Li Ke would at least occupy a dangerous place here, and he could still rely on the mountains and rivers to guard. Nancaochang was exposed to Yi Nan's soldiers.

Su Dingfang said: "This is a dangerous place. If we refuse to defend, our army will gain the advantage of the land and try our best to protect it. If we retreat, it will be even more difficult to defend Monan."

While Su Dingfang was talking, Li Ji on the side also nodded in agreement. Li Ji's appearance was not only because he agreed with what Su Dingfang said, but also because Su Dingfang said what he wanted to say but was inconvenient to say.

This place is far away from Governor Yu’s Shanhan Court. It was at least a few days ago that Yi Nan led a heavy army to go south, and a few days ago Dadu set up and had not withdrawn from Baidaochuan. Although Li Ji didn’t know what Yi Nan meant, Li Ji was also worried. Yi Nan went south for Monan.

But although Li Ji knew these truths, it was inconvenient to speak out, because once he spoke, he was persuading Li Ke to stay here, which meant that Li Ke would put himself in danger.

It was inconvenient for Li Ji to say these words, to avoid Li Ke's suspicion. Among the few, only Su Dingfang, a confidant who had followed Li Ke for many years, could say these words.

Although Yi Nan came here, Li Ke didn't want to retreat here. Now Su Dingfang's words strengthened Li Ke's determination to stick to this place.

Li Ke said: "What Ding Fang said is in line with the king's intentions, and the order will go down, and all armies will prepare for war."

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Li Ke only knew that the Yi Nan had come here with a heavy army, but he didn't know why he came here. He felt a little uneasy, but at the same time, the Yi Nan who was at the foot of the southeastern mountain of Junji Mountain was even more disturbed than Li Ke.

Xue Yantuo Junji Mountain is located in the north of the Nuozhenshui Grassland, and is also the junction of Monan and Mobei. It is very important, so Yinan specially ordered Aizi Dadu to lead an army of [-] to guard here.

The place where Yi Nan was located was only about [-] miles away from the pass leading to Nuozhenshui. It should have been heavily guarded, but at this moment, it seemed that there was no one there.If the Tang army swung its troops northward at this time, wouldn't the important land of Junji Mountain be handed over?
"Khan, I've found out." Seeing that the place was empty, Yinan was very abnormal, so he ordered his nephew Domozhi to go and investigate. After a while, Domozhi came back to Yinan and told him.

Yi Nan asked dissatisfiedly: "What happened? Why is there no one on duty here?"

Tumozhi replied: "Reporting to Khan, just now I caught a deserter who was running around at the foot of the mountain. I found out from his mouth that it turned out that Dadu set special Qin was defeated in Nuozhenshui and has disappeared. Junji Mountain is gone. I got the coach, so that's why."

When Yi Nan heard this, his face was full of shock, and he asked: "Didu set up an army of [-] to go south, but he was not able to defeat Ashina Simo?"

Yi Nan knew that Dadu Shi had gone south and took Dingxiang City by force, but in the eyes of Yi Nan, the [-] Turkic horsemen led by Ashina Simo were really vulnerable, so why did they manage to fight Dadu Shi Da? defeat.

Tuo Mozhi truthfully said: "According to what the deserter said, it was not Ashina Simo's Turkic soldiers who defeated Teqin in Nuozhenshui, but the Tang army."

When Yi Nan heard the word "Tang Jun" from Tuo Mozhi's mouth, he was obviously panicked, and hurriedly asked, "Tang Jun, do you know who the commander-in-chief of Tang Jun is? Where is he now?"

Tuo Mozhi said: "The commander in chief of the Tang army is Li Ke, king of Chu in the Tang court. Li Ke led the army to chase all the way, and I am afraid that he has almost reached Junji Mountain."

"What? It's Li Ke?" Yi Nan became more surprised when he heard Li Ke's name.

As early as seven years ago, Yi Nan had dealt with Li Ke and was considered acquainted, but he did not expect to meet Li Ke again on this grassland today.This time, Li Shimin sent his beloved son to go north in person during this grand invasion of the south, I'm afraid he was really angry.

But what really shocked Yi Nan was far more than that. Just as Yi Nan and Tuo Mozhi were still talking, news came from the front army, and a heavy Tang army suddenly appeared at the front pass. The number of people may not be more than [-] under.

(End of this chapter)