Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 699 What's the use of giving face but not head?

Chapter [-] What's the use of giving face but not head?

Dingxiang is surrounded by mountains on three sides, the central and western parts are Pingchuan (Xinding Basin) shaped like a dustpan, the north is bordered by the remnants of Jiangjun Mountain and Wutai Mountain, Yuanping and Wutai counties, and the southeast is bordered by Wenshan and Xizhoushan, Yuxian and Yangqu counties .If you consider it from the perspective of a military strategist, this is almost a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Of course, if the west side is blocked, this is a huge pocket.Historically, Li Jing sent troops from the western plains. Jieli Khan thought that the main force of the Tang army was in the west, so he made the wrong choice to break through from the northeast. In the end, he was beaten up by Li Shiji. .

If the cart before the horse.When Changsun Wuji heard a series of bad news, he hurriedly persuaded Li Shimin: "His Royal Highness, hurry up and retreat from the west before the Turks encircle you!"

Hou Junji also heaved a long sigh. Now that the Turks knew their marching route and deployment of troops like the palm of their hands, the opportunity was lost. They had already lost this battle.

Fang Xuanling saw that Li Shimin was unwilling.

In fact, it is not only Li Shimin who is not reconciled, including generals such as Hou Junji, Duan Zhixuan and Lei Yongji, who of them will be reconciled?But the situation is stronger than people, so I have to bow my head.

Fang Xuanling was about to speak, looked at Du Ruhui and shook his head at him.Fang Xuanling understood that what Du Ruhui meant was not to let him persuade Li Shimin to retreat.

Li Shimin's temperament is strong, and it can be said that there is a bit of stubbornness in his strength.At this time, if Fang Xuanling persuaded him again, it would undoubtedly add fuel to the fire. Instead of retreating, Li Shimin would abandon his strengths and make up his weaknesses, giving full play to the advantage of the cavalry's maneuverability of the black armored cavalry, and fighting a passive offensive and defensive battle with the Turks!
After a little thought, Fang Xuanling came up with a clever plan. He bowed to Li Shimin and said, "His Royal Highness, the best strategy for us now is to retreat immediately before the Turkic encirclement, return to Taiyuan, and plan for the future!"

However, Li Shimin closed his eyes and said nothing.His face was so dark that water would come out.

Fang Xuanling had no choice but to continue: "The best strategy is to order General Qin Qiong and General Cheng Zhijie to return immediately, and while we are blocked in Dingxiang, let Qin Cheng's second department carry out an anti-siege outside Dingxiang..."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin suddenly opened his eyes, pondered for a long time, and suddenly raised his voice an octave: "No, instead of retreating, the second part of Qin Cheng will continue to attack. Take this opportunity to take Fengzhou Beach for me Lambato Grassland) Chilechuan!"

Changsun Wuji is not a military rookie either, he understood Li Shimin's intentions as soon as he heard this.

Changsun Wuji's face changed greatly, and he said anxiously: "His Royal Highness, you must not do it!"

Li Shimin's move was to exchange sons with the Turkic people, to attract the attention of the Turkic people by himself, and let Qin Qiong and Cheng Zhijie attack Guzhoutan and Chilechuan respectively.This is simply a game of both ends.Once the Turks capture Dingxiang, then Li Shimin will definitely be doomed, but the Eastern Turkic Jieli Khan will definitely not be easy, because once Qin Qiong and Cheng Zhijie break through Fengzhou Beach and Chilechuan, the Turks will definitely suffer heavy losses. Now that the weather is dry, if the fire goes down, the Turkic people may not recover in three to five years.

Fang Xuanling was also taken aback, and urged loudly: "His Royal Highness King Qin must not do it!"

Li Shimin chuckled: "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that the king will be captured by the Turks? Or are you afraid that Yingzhou will be captured by the Turks?"

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were about to speak out to persuade Li Shimin, but they saw Hou Junji saying: "His Royal Highness Qin Wang has a great plan!"

"It's Junji who understands this king!" Li Shimin stepped forward and patted Hou Junji's shoulder, his handsome face was full of murderous intent, he gritted his teeth and said, "You want to play around with me, don't you? You want to rely on mobility The king's nose is gone, let the king care about one thing and lose the other, right? The king wants to see if these Turkic smashers have the ability to take down Yingzhou and other strong cities quickly, and the king wants to see if they have this ability Determined to be smashed in the city of Dingxiang."

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In the valley of Tiemen Mountain, in the huge valley separated from Dingxiang Mountain, a large group of Turkic cavalry from Wuyang Wuyang was densely gathered. In order to hide such a huge cavalry, Jieli Khan took great pains. He had been fighting for two months. Before sending people to cut alfalfa for silage fodder, tens of thousands of people worked hard for more than two months, and only then did they store enough forage for nearly 30 war horses to consume in three months.

Of course, these forages were still seriously insufficient. If there were not enough beans, the horses would lose weight and affect their combat effectiveness. Fortunately, with the help of Wang Renbiao, the Taiyuan Wang family transferred [-] shi of grain to Jieli Khan.

However, when the scout gathered the reported news in front of Jieli Khan, he was embarrassed instead.

Qin Qiong's ten Zhechong prefectures moved towards the northwest at a speed of eighty miles per day.As for Cheng Zhijie's ten Zhechong Mansion Tang Army officers and soldiers, they rushed towards Chilechuan at the same speed of [-] miles per day.

The Xuanjia iron cavalry under Li Shimin's command ran back and forth along the way of [-] miles east and [-] miles west of Dingxiang City every day.

Jieli Khan combined the intelligence of Li Shimin's subordinates, and found that what the black armored cavalry did most was actually practicing foot combat and frantically strengthening the city.Precious rice soup, accompanied by boiled soil, crazily fixed the city wall of Xiangcheng, especially the soldiers of the whole army were mostly eight-foot strong men. After all, Xuanjia Iron Cavalry is heavy infantry, and each set of Mingguang armor is not enough for ordinary thin soldiers. Wearing clothes that can move, these strong men strengthen the city wall at an astonishing speed every day.

The most ruthless thing is that Li Shimin forcibly moved the people in the Dingxin Basin to Taiyuan, regardless of the people's opposition and complaints.

Combining all kinds of information, it is easy to draw a conclusion.Li Shimin saw through his plan.

The four Yehu Khans, the Twelve Set Khans, and many special agents of the Eastern Turks all looked at Jieli Khan with questioning eyes.

"Father!" Jieli Khan raised his thick eyebrows and said decisively, "Since they won't be fooled, let's not waste time in the mountains! We will attack Dingxiang, and then set up an ambush on the way. If they come to help, we will kill you." If they don't come to help, we will attack Dingxiang City and capture Li Shimin alive. I want to see if old man Li Yuan wants this son. According to our Turkic rules, if old man Li Yuan wants to get his son back, he must Give us one hundred thousand gold, and we won't exchange it for him!"

According to the rules of the Turkic Grassland, there is a theory of ransom.However, everyone's status is different, and the price is also different. For example, the son of a tribal leader needs gold equal to his weight, plus a hundred camels.Now Jieli Khan thinks very clearly that Li Tang is much stronger than a large Turkic tribe, Li Shimin's importance is self-evident, and one hundred thousand gold will definitely make Li Yuan fall into a great passive position.

What's more, he has another trick, Wang Renbiao wanted Li Shimin's head, and offered a price of [-] guan.As long as Li Shimin is captured, he can still eat his mouth full of oil.

Jieli Khan's proposal was approved by all the Turkic nobles.Li Shimin has a mere cavalry of more than [-], and it is still a new army that has been formed for less than a year, so he can definitely win easily.

The Turkic cavalry began to leave the valley of Tiemen Mountain and headed northwest, preparing to detour around Dingxiang and capture Li Shimin alive.

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When the sky just dawned, Chen Ying received the information from Guo Luo.In Guo Luo's information, the tribes and people who participated in Murong Fuyun's rebellion were listed in detail.What made Chen Ying extremely distressed was that among the survivors of the Han people in Gaochang State, Xue, Ma, Zhang, He, Liu, Liu and other six surnames, except for the Ma family, Ma Mengming, defected to Chen Ying, became Chen Ying's recorder and joined the army. Except for Qu Wentai and his son who did not follow Qu Wentai in rebellion, the other Xue, Zhang, He, Liu and Liu families all participated in the rebellion.

However, the aristocratic clan and the powerful are all of the same nature, some of their children have taken refuge in Chen Ying, and some have followed Qu Wentai.

Chen Ying took a deep breath, and ordered in a cold voice: "Su Dingfang, Guo Xiaoke!"

After a while, Su Dingfang and Guo Xiaoke came in and said: "The end is here!"

Chen Ying divided the tribes and tribes on the information in his hands into two parts and handed them to Su Dingfang and Guo Xiaoke, saying: "You two lead the left and right armies of Yueqi respectively, and wipe out all the tribes according to the tribes on this paper!"

"Yimie?" Su Dingfang looked at Chen Ying suspiciously.

He naturally knew what the so-called extermination meant, and it could be said that it meant that dogs would not be left behind.However, Su Dingfang needed to confirm the order again and again.

Chen Ying took the case and said furiously, "Yimie, that's Yimie, your ears are stuffed with donkey hair? Don't want to go? Don't want to hand over the matter, give up your position and go to the confinement room by yourself!"

Hearing this, Su Dingfang quickly shivered.

Su Dingfang is really not a kind-hearted person. After all, he was able to conquer the Western Turks, Pingcongling, Yibaekje, and Goguryeo. "The Lord", unprecedentedly opened up the territory of the Tang Dynasty westward to the Aral Sea in Central Asia, the border went straight to Persia, and extended eastward to the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.Su Dingfang will not have the kindness of a woman.

Su Dingfang ordered loudly: "The last general obeys!"

Following Chen Ying's order, all ethnic groups in the Western Regions will definitely be killed.Now the young and strong rebels of all ethnic groups are following Murong Fuyun, leaving behind the tribe is just a group of old and weak.

Chen Ying didn't have that much patience anymore.

The so-called benevolence and righteousness are actually nothing more than whoever kills the most people.The Mongols destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty and killed thousands of Han Chinese, so they occupied the so-called Spring and Autumn Days.When the Manchus entered the pass, they killed the same corpses like a mountain, and stole Zhonghua Zhengshuo.In Chen Ying's view, the so-called righteousness is ruthlessness.

As long as it is ruthless enough, as long as it maintains continuous military victories, any opposition voices will stop abruptly.

Even if you are shameless for your face, what's the use of your head?Chen Ying decided to occupy the Western Regions as a conqueror!

In fact, some people are like this, that is, the so-called sluts are hypocritical.Chen Ying gave them a chance, but they thought Chen Ying was weak and deceitful, so now, their fate has entered the countdown!
(End of this chapter)