Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties
Chapter 640 Shoveling the Golden Wolf Khan
Chapter 640 Shoveling the Golden Wolf Khan (Thanks to Uncle Farmer and Leader!)
Thanks to Uncle Piaohong, the farmer, for the 3000-word chapter!
mid-October.
Shibi retreated from Yanmen and had been trapped in Mayi for more than a month.
The Turkic people were almost driven crazy by Luo Cheng.
Seeing that the snow was about to fall, Shibi finally had to make up his mind to break through westward and return to the grassland desperately.
Standing in front of him was Piantou Village.
This is also a pass of the Great Wall.
During the Daye period, the emperor conscripted millions of peasants to build a Great Wall stretching from Yulin in the west to Zihe in the east.After the restoration of the Great Wall, Piantouzhai is to the west and Shenhe Pass is to the east.
Piantou Village is connected to Yajiao Mountain in the east, the Yellow River in the west, and Taolu is only separated by a water.
Piantouzhai is a high wall rammed with earth, with Shuangfeng Mountain in the east and Guan River in the west.
Controlling the northwest is the right to defend the city.
It is only twenty miles away from the Yellow River in the west.
Because this area belongs to the Loess Plateau, it is also a loess hilly area, with undulating hills, criss-cross gullies, and many dangerous mountains. If Shibi wants to go west, he must pass through this road.
And the newly built Great Wall a few years ago made Shibi nowhere to cross, so he could only go to Piantouzhai.
Shibi detoured for [-] li before finally bypassing the White Wolf Fort guarded by Wang Rengong, and came to the vicinity of Piantou Village in a detour.
Along the way, the 6 horses led by Luo Cheng were always hanging a hundred miles away from him.
Shibi arranged for soldiers and horses to ambush many times, but Luo Cheng's scouts discovered each time, and finally returned without success.
By the side of the river.
Only fifty miles away from Piantouzhai.
Shibi has already found out that in Piantou Village, Yun Dingxing rode [-] paces to guard the pass, blocking the way.
It may be easier to conquer this level than to break through the Canhe level, but it is by no means an easy task.
"It will take about ten days for Ben Khan to break through Piantouzhai, so a general is needed to intercept Luo Cheng for ten days."
Luo Cheng made it clear that his idea was to hang him to Pianguan, and then use him to disturb the city when he attacked the city, or even flank him with Guan Guan. After all, the terrain would become more and more unfavorable for cavalry field battles any further.
He had to send troops to the edge of this plain and mountain to stop Luo Cheng from concentrating on attacking the city and breaking through.
"What's the name here?"
Began to ask.
He is located in Pinglu, Shuozhou of later generations. There are high mountains on the east and west sides of this place, and then a basin is sandwiched. This basin is about ten miles wide, but tens of miles long and narrow.
Going west from here, there are extremely narrow valleys and mountain roads all the way.
To stop Luo Cheng, this is the only place suitable for large groups of cavalry to fight.
"Back to Dahan, the Han people here are named Pinglu!"
"Pinglu?" Shibi was very dissatisfied with the name, what is the difference between Pinglu and Shahu?
There used to be Shahuguan, and now there is Pinglu Township, which is too bad a name.
Could this be some bad omen?
Thinking of this, Shi Bi looked at the generals and asked who would stay behind to stop Luo Cheng.
After asking again, no one came out.
Shibi sighed.
"Then Ben Khan will personally fight Luo Cheng here. If you set up a plan, Ben Khan will give you 5 horses. You go and take Piantou Village and open the way back to the west. I will personally stop Luo Cheng for you."
There are examples of failure to kill the tiger, and now I am very cautious.
He absolutely didn't want Luo Cheng to go to Piantou village with them hanging behind him.
Luo Cheng must be kept out.
October eighteenth.
Qi Lifu led [-] Turkic troops to attack the Piantouzhai Pass of the Great Wall where Yun Dingxing was stationed, and Shibi personally led [-] troops to defend Pinglu Valley to stop Luo Cheng.
nineteenth.
Luo Cheng led Li Jing, Siye, Qin Qiong, Yu Chigong, Liu Wuzhou, Luo Cunxiao and other generals, as well as Ashina Simo, Princess Yicheng, Dahe Duoluo, Kedu and other Turkic, Khitan, and Xi troops to slowly push forward. **Lu Basin.
"It seems that this battle must be fought!"
When Luo Cunxiao said this, he was even a little excited.
"The time is almost here, and Shibi and his Turkic army are on the verge of collapse."
"How?" Yu Chigong asked directly.
Luo Cheng looked at Li Jing.
"Brother Yao, do you have any suggestions?"
Li Jing said bluntly, "At the end of the day, divide the troops to attack Pianguan, and I'm here to block the enemy. It's obvious that I want that army to capture Piantouzhai without being disturbed, so that I can escape."
"so what?"
"Looking at the strength of the troops here, there are about [-] soldiers and horses that missed the pass, and Yun Dingxing has [-] soldiers guarding the pass, at least they can last for seven or eight days."
Luo Cheng smiled and said, "If Brother Yao led [-] troops to guard the pass, I believe that [-] Turks may not be able to take it in a year or a half. Yun Dingxing, it may take ten days and a half months at most. "
Li Jing also judged in the same way, and he didn't have much confidence in Yun Dingxing.However, it is still possible to defend for a few days, so he believes that there is still time, and there is no rush to start the attack immediately.
"You can harass Shibi for a few days to tire him out before attacking."
Sixty thousand to one hundred thousand is almost one to two.
However, the Turkic army at the end of the beginning is seriously lacking in morale, while the Sui army is in full swing!
"Okay, follow the pharmacist's plan." Luo Cheng made a decision.
For the next three consecutive days, Luo Cheng sent troops to feint again and again, especially at night, and did not let the Turkic people sleep at all.
For a while it was blowing horns, for a while it was drumming, and for a while it was soldiers and horses advancing.
The Turkic people were startled three times a night.
But every time they put on their armor to prepare for battle, there was no movement from Luo Cheng's side.
Luo Cheng's side had already made arrangements. Anyway, he took turns feinting to attack and harass, which caused Shibi a lot of pain. He also led the army to pursue, but every time Luo Cheng opened the distance, it was useless.
After a few days like this, the Turkic people were tired and exhausted.
When Luo Cheng launched a real attack on the fifth day, the Turkic people thought it was another harassment, so they didn't make any preparations.
As a result, the three generals including Ashina Simo, Da He Duo Luo, and Ke Du Zhe were killed, and Shi Bi was stunned.
Fortunately, after all, there are many soldiers after all, and the whole army can fight in a hurry.
The battle began at dawn and continued until dawn.
The three generals Simo, Kedu, and Duoluo failed to overwhelm Shibi's camp, but Shibi led his army to counterattack and gradually gained the upper hand.
The three generals began to retreat without support.
Shibi's eyes were red, he swung his knife and roared in pursuit.
It's rare that the Sui army is finally willing to fight, so today he will let Luo Cheng, Mo Hui and other traitors be killed.
The Turkic army, who had been suppressed for a long time, also chased after them screaming.
The three generals led the defeated army and fought and left.
Shibi pursued for more than ten miles all the way.
Pinglu a mountain.
Luo Cheng smiled and looked at the excited Turkic army chasing under the rising sun.
"Unexpectedly, at this time of Shibi, his subordinates still have such explosive power."
"If you're so depressed, you have to let it out. That's why trapped beasts are more vicious and dangerous."
Luo Cheng smiled, "No matter how fierce a beast is, it can't beat a witty hunter!"
"The commander-in-chief's order, Li Jing, Siye, Cunxiao, and Qin Qiong, who were lying in ambush in the valleys on the east and west sides, all attacked, and the battle was completed in one battle!"
For the attack last night, Luo Cheng dispatched [-] cavalry.
Princess Yicheng and all the Turkic soldiers of Ashina Simo, and all the Khitan and Xi troops of Keduzhe and Duoluo were dispatched.
Their attack was indeed not faked at all, and their defeat in the morning was not faked at all.
They were really ordered to attack, and they were really defeated and retreated.
But Luo Cheng's ultimate move was [-] cavalry from him, Li Jing, Siye and others.
This is the surprise left for Shibi. Letting the Fan army attack first will consume not only the strength of the Sibi army, but also their physical strength.and lure them to scatter.
After chasing for ten miles, Shibi's army had all dispersed.
After fighting for a long time, everyone was exhausted.
But at this time, Luo Cheng and Li Jing's [-] riders were still in good spirits, and they were in good shape.
"kill!"
The horn sounded.
In the valleys on the east and west sides, [-] cavalry were killed on each side.
The [-] fresh troops rushed out suddenly, directly and fiercely cut off the [-] Turkic troops that were chasing them.
Qingqi charged forward, and with a strong bow and crossbow, countless Turkic cavalry fell down.
When it was time to confront each other, the light cavalry bypassed the two sides, revealing the heavy cavalry following behind.
The heavy cavalry charged straight ahead, charging all the way.The light cavalry who went around to the two sides continued to strike and harvest the Turkic cavalry on both wings with bows and spears.
The whining of the horn continued.
Ashina Simo and the others, who were being chased in a panic, turned their heads and found that Luo Cheng and the others were mercilessly harvesting the Turkic army, and they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Turn back, kill back!"
All the foreign troops who had been chased just now turned their heads and fought back.
a time.
On the plain of the Pinglu Basin, which is tens of miles long and more than ten miles wide, 10,000+ cavalry fought fiercely.
Shibi has more soldiers and horses, twice as many as Luo Cheng.
But he was completely beaten on the ground by Luo Cheng.
They were attacked by Simo and others in the early morning before dawn, and they have been fighting for several hours now. They are exhausted, especially after being harassed by the Sui army for several consecutive days, they have not had a good rest.
One bang, then exhausted, three and then decline.
After this breath, the Turkic people can't bring it up again.
Hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry are scattered in this valley for tens of miles. Even if they want to gather and control the soldiers and horses, it is difficult to do so.
It's all ducks.
On the other hand, on Luo Cheng's side, although the tens of thousands of soldiers were exhausted, all of Luo Cheng's 2 soldiers were alive and well.
They rushed left and right, intercepted and killed the Turkic cavalry section by section, and then divided them into encirclement and annihilation.
At this point in the war, the Turkic people are already at the end of the day.
But at this time, Yi Shibo Qijin of Tie Le Xue Yantuo's tribe directly led his troops to surrender to the Sui army.
This is the result of Shibi Khan killing the Tiele people under the tiger head.
The Tiele people have long been separated from Shibi, but they didn't have the ability to resist before. Now, who is willing to continue fighting for Shibi?
One after another, the Tiele people saw that they were defeated, and they surrendered one after another.
Even turned around and chased and killed the Turkic people.
For these nomadic tribes on the grassland, there is no loyalty or infidelity. What they believe in is that the strong are respected.
They will belong to whoever is strong, and they will turn against each other at any time.
Shibi led his troops to rush left and right to kill, only to find that there were fewer and fewer people around him.
"Beginning!"
Luo Cheng roared.
From the beginning to the end, I saw Luo Cheng leading a cavalry team, all riding white horses, wearing a pair of scimitars, and holding a lance, and he charged straight forward.
Shibi looked at Luo Cheng and gritted his teeth.
Mentioning Ma Qian also stepped forward.
Soldiers to soldiers, to generals.
The two riders approached, and the horses rushed past.
At the end of the day, there was no one left, and they left with empty saddles.
Luo Cheng held up the horse's lance, and on the lance was stabbed a generation of Tianjiao Shibi Khan!
Shibi was defeated and died.
More than [-] riders, nearly [-] Tiele tribes who defected and surrendered on the battlefield, captured [-] prisoners, and beheaded more than [-]!
No one escaped.
Luo Cheng occupied the Shibi camp, rescued more than 10,000 captured people in Yanmen and Mayi counties, and gained countless money, including [-]+ horses!
Great victory!
Luo Cheng immediately led his troops to advance along the Piantou River.
October [-]th.
Turn your head off.
After several days of tackling the problem, Luo Cheng came later, so Li Fushe had to lead more than [-] people from the rest of his troops to kneel and surrender!
(End of this chapter)
Thanks to Uncle Piaohong, the farmer, for the 3000-word chapter!
mid-October.
Shibi retreated from Yanmen and had been trapped in Mayi for more than a month.
The Turkic people were almost driven crazy by Luo Cheng.
Seeing that the snow was about to fall, Shibi finally had to make up his mind to break through westward and return to the grassland desperately.
Standing in front of him was Piantou Village.
This is also a pass of the Great Wall.
During the Daye period, the emperor conscripted millions of peasants to build a Great Wall stretching from Yulin in the west to Zihe in the east.After the restoration of the Great Wall, Piantouzhai is to the west and Shenhe Pass is to the east.
Piantou Village is connected to Yajiao Mountain in the east, the Yellow River in the west, and Taolu is only separated by a water.
Piantouzhai is a high wall rammed with earth, with Shuangfeng Mountain in the east and Guan River in the west.
Controlling the northwest is the right to defend the city.
It is only twenty miles away from the Yellow River in the west.
Because this area belongs to the Loess Plateau, it is also a loess hilly area, with undulating hills, criss-cross gullies, and many dangerous mountains. If Shibi wants to go west, he must pass through this road.
And the newly built Great Wall a few years ago made Shibi nowhere to cross, so he could only go to Piantouzhai.
Shibi detoured for [-] li before finally bypassing the White Wolf Fort guarded by Wang Rengong, and came to the vicinity of Piantou Village in a detour.
Along the way, the 6 horses led by Luo Cheng were always hanging a hundred miles away from him.
Shibi arranged for soldiers and horses to ambush many times, but Luo Cheng's scouts discovered each time, and finally returned without success.
By the side of the river.
Only fifty miles away from Piantouzhai.
Shibi has already found out that in Piantou Village, Yun Dingxing rode [-] paces to guard the pass, blocking the way.
It may be easier to conquer this level than to break through the Canhe level, but it is by no means an easy task.
"It will take about ten days for Ben Khan to break through Piantouzhai, so a general is needed to intercept Luo Cheng for ten days."
Luo Cheng made it clear that his idea was to hang him to Pianguan, and then use him to disturb the city when he attacked the city, or even flank him with Guan Guan. After all, the terrain would become more and more unfavorable for cavalry field battles any further.
He had to send troops to the edge of this plain and mountain to stop Luo Cheng from concentrating on attacking the city and breaking through.
"What's the name here?"
Began to ask.
He is located in Pinglu, Shuozhou of later generations. There are high mountains on the east and west sides of this place, and then a basin is sandwiched. This basin is about ten miles wide, but tens of miles long and narrow.
Going west from here, there are extremely narrow valleys and mountain roads all the way.
To stop Luo Cheng, this is the only place suitable for large groups of cavalry to fight.
"Back to Dahan, the Han people here are named Pinglu!"
"Pinglu?" Shibi was very dissatisfied with the name, what is the difference between Pinglu and Shahu?
There used to be Shahuguan, and now there is Pinglu Township, which is too bad a name.
Could this be some bad omen?
Thinking of this, Shi Bi looked at the generals and asked who would stay behind to stop Luo Cheng.
After asking again, no one came out.
Shibi sighed.
"Then Ben Khan will personally fight Luo Cheng here. If you set up a plan, Ben Khan will give you 5 horses. You go and take Piantou Village and open the way back to the west. I will personally stop Luo Cheng for you."
There are examples of failure to kill the tiger, and now I am very cautious.
He absolutely didn't want Luo Cheng to go to Piantou village with them hanging behind him.
Luo Cheng must be kept out.
October eighteenth.
Qi Lifu led [-] Turkic troops to attack the Piantouzhai Pass of the Great Wall where Yun Dingxing was stationed, and Shibi personally led [-] troops to defend Pinglu Valley to stop Luo Cheng.
nineteenth.
Luo Cheng led Li Jing, Siye, Qin Qiong, Yu Chigong, Liu Wuzhou, Luo Cunxiao and other generals, as well as Ashina Simo, Princess Yicheng, Dahe Duoluo, Kedu and other Turkic, Khitan, and Xi troops to slowly push forward. **Lu Basin.
"It seems that this battle must be fought!"
When Luo Cunxiao said this, he was even a little excited.
"The time is almost here, and Shibi and his Turkic army are on the verge of collapse."
"How?" Yu Chigong asked directly.
Luo Cheng looked at Li Jing.
"Brother Yao, do you have any suggestions?"
Li Jing said bluntly, "At the end of the day, divide the troops to attack Pianguan, and I'm here to block the enemy. It's obvious that I want that army to capture Piantouzhai without being disturbed, so that I can escape."
"so what?"
"Looking at the strength of the troops here, there are about [-] soldiers and horses that missed the pass, and Yun Dingxing has [-] soldiers guarding the pass, at least they can last for seven or eight days."
Luo Cheng smiled and said, "If Brother Yao led [-] troops to guard the pass, I believe that [-] Turks may not be able to take it in a year or a half. Yun Dingxing, it may take ten days and a half months at most. "
Li Jing also judged in the same way, and he didn't have much confidence in Yun Dingxing.However, it is still possible to defend for a few days, so he believes that there is still time, and there is no rush to start the attack immediately.
"You can harass Shibi for a few days to tire him out before attacking."
Sixty thousand to one hundred thousand is almost one to two.
However, the Turkic army at the end of the beginning is seriously lacking in morale, while the Sui army is in full swing!
"Okay, follow the pharmacist's plan." Luo Cheng made a decision.
For the next three consecutive days, Luo Cheng sent troops to feint again and again, especially at night, and did not let the Turkic people sleep at all.
For a while it was blowing horns, for a while it was drumming, and for a while it was soldiers and horses advancing.
The Turkic people were startled three times a night.
But every time they put on their armor to prepare for battle, there was no movement from Luo Cheng's side.
Luo Cheng's side had already made arrangements. Anyway, he took turns feinting to attack and harass, which caused Shibi a lot of pain. He also led the army to pursue, but every time Luo Cheng opened the distance, it was useless.
After a few days like this, the Turkic people were tired and exhausted.
When Luo Cheng launched a real attack on the fifth day, the Turkic people thought it was another harassment, so they didn't make any preparations.
As a result, the three generals including Ashina Simo, Da He Duo Luo, and Ke Du Zhe were killed, and Shi Bi was stunned.
Fortunately, after all, there are many soldiers after all, and the whole army can fight in a hurry.
The battle began at dawn and continued until dawn.
The three generals Simo, Kedu, and Duoluo failed to overwhelm Shibi's camp, but Shibi led his army to counterattack and gradually gained the upper hand.
The three generals began to retreat without support.
Shibi's eyes were red, he swung his knife and roared in pursuit.
It's rare that the Sui army is finally willing to fight, so today he will let Luo Cheng, Mo Hui and other traitors be killed.
The Turkic army, who had been suppressed for a long time, also chased after them screaming.
The three generals led the defeated army and fought and left.
Shibi pursued for more than ten miles all the way.
Pinglu a mountain.
Luo Cheng smiled and looked at the excited Turkic army chasing under the rising sun.
"Unexpectedly, at this time of Shibi, his subordinates still have such explosive power."
"If you're so depressed, you have to let it out. That's why trapped beasts are more vicious and dangerous."
Luo Cheng smiled, "No matter how fierce a beast is, it can't beat a witty hunter!"
"The commander-in-chief's order, Li Jing, Siye, Cunxiao, and Qin Qiong, who were lying in ambush in the valleys on the east and west sides, all attacked, and the battle was completed in one battle!"
For the attack last night, Luo Cheng dispatched [-] cavalry.
Princess Yicheng and all the Turkic soldiers of Ashina Simo, and all the Khitan and Xi troops of Keduzhe and Duoluo were dispatched.
Their attack was indeed not faked at all, and their defeat in the morning was not faked at all.
They were really ordered to attack, and they were really defeated and retreated.
But Luo Cheng's ultimate move was [-] cavalry from him, Li Jing, Siye and others.
This is the surprise left for Shibi. Letting the Fan army attack first will consume not only the strength of the Sibi army, but also their physical strength.and lure them to scatter.
After chasing for ten miles, Shibi's army had all dispersed.
After fighting for a long time, everyone was exhausted.
But at this time, Luo Cheng and Li Jing's [-] riders were still in good spirits, and they were in good shape.
"kill!"
The horn sounded.
In the valleys on the east and west sides, [-] cavalry were killed on each side.
The [-] fresh troops rushed out suddenly, directly and fiercely cut off the [-] Turkic troops that were chasing them.
Qingqi charged forward, and with a strong bow and crossbow, countless Turkic cavalry fell down.
When it was time to confront each other, the light cavalry bypassed the two sides, revealing the heavy cavalry following behind.
The heavy cavalry charged straight ahead, charging all the way.The light cavalry who went around to the two sides continued to strike and harvest the Turkic cavalry on both wings with bows and spears.
The whining of the horn continued.
Ashina Simo and the others, who were being chased in a panic, turned their heads and found that Luo Cheng and the others were mercilessly harvesting the Turkic army, and they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Turn back, kill back!"
All the foreign troops who had been chased just now turned their heads and fought back.
a time.
On the plain of the Pinglu Basin, which is tens of miles long and more than ten miles wide, 10,000+ cavalry fought fiercely.
Shibi has more soldiers and horses, twice as many as Luo Cheng.
But he was completely beaten on the ground by Luo Cheng.
They were attacked by Simo and others in the early morning before dawn, and they have been fighting for several hours now. They are exhausted, especially after being harassed by the Sui army for several consecutive days, they have not had a good rest.
One bang, then exhausted, three and then decline.
After this breath, the Turkic people can't bring it up again.
Hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry are scattered in this valley for tens of miles. Even if they want to gather and control the soldiers and horses, it is difficult to do so.
It's all ducks.
On the other hand, on Luo Cheng's side, although the tens of thousands of soldiers were exhausted, all of Luo Cheng's 2 soldiers were alive and well.
They rushed left and right, intercepted and killed the Turkic cavalry section by section, and then divided them into encirclement and annihilation.
At this point in the war, the Turkic people are already at the end of the day.
But at this time, Yi Shibo Qijin of Tie Le Xue Yantuo's tribe directly led his troops to surrender to the Sui army.
This is the result of Shibi Khan killing the Tiele people under the tiger head.
The Tiele people have long been separated from Shibi, but they didn't have the ability to resist before. Now, who is willing to continue fighting for Shibi?
One after another, the Tiele people saw that they were defeated, and they surrendered one after another.
Even turned around and chased and killed the Turkic people.
For these nomadic tribes on the grassland, there is no loyalty or infidelity. What they believe in is that the strong are respected.
They will belong to whoever is strong, and they will turn against each other at any time.
Shibi led his troops to rush left and right to kill, only to find that there were fewer and fewer people around him.
"Beginning!"
Luo Cheng roared.
From the beginning to the end, I saw Luo Cheng leading a cavalry team, all riding white horses, wearing a pair of scimitars, and holding a lance, and he charged straight forward.
Shibi looked at Luo Cheng and gritted his teeth.
Mentioning Ma Qian also stepped forward.
Soldiers to soldiers, to generals.
The two riders approached, and the horses rushed past.
At the end of the day, there was no one left, and they left with empty saddles.
Luo Cheng held up the horse's lance, and on the lance was stabbed a generation of Tianjiao Shibi Khan!
Shibi was defeated and died.
More than [-] riders, nearly [-] Tiele tribes who defected and surrendered on the battlefield, captured [-] prisoners, and beheaded more than [-]!
No one escaped.
Luo Cheng occupied the Shibi camp, rescued more than 10,000 captured people in Yanmen and Mayi counties, and gained countless money, including [-]+ horses!
Great victory!
Luo Cheng immediately led his troops to advance along the Piantou River.
October [-]th.
Turn your head off.
After several days of tackling the problem, Luo Cheng came later, so Li Fushe had to lead more than [-] people from the rest of his troops to kneel and surrender!
(End of this chapter)
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