Man Tanghong

The group stayed at Yanmen Pass for three days. After inspecting the defense of Yanmen Pass from the inside out and confirming that there were no omissions in the defense of Yanmen Pass, the group set foot on the road to Shuofang City.

This walk is half a month.

When he arrived at the border of Daizhou, Su Dingfang declared war on Ashinabil.

Just as Li Yuanji guessed, Ashinabile did not choose to surrender at the moment he got Datang's surrender document, but brazenly tore up Datang's surrender document, and beheaded the Datang faction in the past envoys.

Once the envoy died, there would be no room for relaxation in the relationship between Datang and Ashinabil.

The moment Su Dingfang got the news that the envoy had been killed, he launched an attack on Suni's troops without hesitation, and before dispatching troops, he clearly told all the soldiers that no prisoners would be kept after the first three victories.

Note that it is the first three victories.

That is to say, defeat does not count, only victory counts.

The end of what Su Dingfang said was that Xue Wanche, who was the first to break into Suni's lost tribe, defeated Tie Le and Luo's tribe under Suni's lost tribe, and slaughtered Tie Le and Luo's tribe.

From old people in their fifties to infants, Xue Wanche was left alone.

Not only that, after the war, Xue Wanche also built the corpses of Tie Le and everyone in the Luo family into a rather huge Jingguan.

After the news got out, both Tang people and Turkic people were shocked.

Ashnabil immediately organized soldiers and horses to counterattack Xue Wanche. As a result, the soldiers and horses were ambushed by Cheng Yaojin and Yu Chigong as soon as they passed the territory of Tie Le's Absi tribe, which not only damaged the sent thinking Even Tie Le Absi's troops were taken over by Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi respectfully.

Cheng Yaojin and Yu Chigong also imitated Xue Wanche's example and built a huge Jingguan on the territory of Tiele Absi's tribe.

That is to say, the Tiele Tongluo tribe and the Tiele Absi tribe, which were lost in Suni, are only part of these two tribes, and the other part was taken away by Ashinasheer. Otherwise, these two tribes would be wiped out .The famous nine-surname Tiele in history may soon become seven-surname Tiele.

That's right, Tiele Tongluobu and Tiele Absibu are two of the nine surnames Tiele in history.

In addition to their two surnames, there are also seven surnames: Huitong, Pugu, Hun, Bayegu, Qi, and Gulunwugusi.

Nine-surnamed Tiele tribes jointly formed the famous Nine-surnamed Tiele in history.

It's just that these nine tribes are still scattered in various places and have not yet gathered together, and the Pugu tribe among them has fallen to Datang, so I'm afraid there won't be any Tiele with the nine surnames in the future.

Closer to home, after suffering the second big loss and paying a terrible price, Ashinabile finally learned to be smart, and did not dare to organize troops to retaliate against Cheng Yaojin and Yu Chigong, but withdrew his troops, He began to occupy places that were beneficial to him, and used these places as a stronghold to fight a war of attrition with Datang.

During this process, Ashinabile also constantly dispatched Qingqi to harass the food and grass delivery team for Xue Wanche, Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong and others.

Under such circumstances, Xue Wanche, Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong and the others did not dare to advance again, and began to attack Suni's lost territory step by step steadily.

On the eighth day of the war, Xue Wanche, Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong and others had already defeated three small tribes under Suni Shibu's rule, and slaughtered all three tribes.

In addition, Xue Wanche and others successively wiped out more than 50 light cavalry teams sent by Ashinabil.

However, Xue Wanche and others were not without losses.

Nearly [-]% of the soldiers under Xue Wanche and others were lost, and nearly [-]% of the luggage sent to them by Su Dingfang was looted and damaged.

All these losses were caused by the light cavalry team sent by Ashnabil.

The light cavalry team sent by Ashnabil will destroy whatever they encounter. When they encounter the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, as long as their number is higher than that of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, they will swarm up. They will leave quickly; when encountering Datang’s convoy, if there are many escorts, they will follow behind, nibble away bit by bit, and finally destroy the food, if there are not many escorts , they will rush forward and destroy everything that can be destroyed.

Under such circumstances, Xue Wanche, Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong and others all paid a heavy price.

At present, Su Dingfang has adjusted his strategy and started to send a large army to escort the luggage.

Xue Wanche, Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong and others also freed up a lot of people to respond.

In this case, although the luggage was kept, a lot of troops were wasted, which made the progress of Xue Wanche, Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong and others slower.

"There is an expert in Ashinabil's tent!"

On the official road to Shuofang City, Li Shimin sat on his horse, and after reading the battle report sent by Su Dingfang, he felt sincerely moved.

Li Yuanji rode his horse and followed Li Shimin. Hearing Li Shimin's words, he nodded sincerely and said, "I think so too, and I have already guessed who this expert is!"

Among the tactics used by Ashinabil, except for sending troops to harass and follow the baggage train, the rest are all tactics that only Han people would use.

And these tactics can't be taught to him by his father Sunishi, because Sunishi himself doesn't know these tactics, otherwise, he wouldn't be beaten so badly in Suizhou, Yanzhou, and Gyeongju battlefields , not to mention being at a disadvantage repeatedly when competing with Jieli, and needing to send someone from Datang to guide him.

So it must be a Han Chinese who is serving as a staff member for Ashinabile.

"who is it?!"

Li Shimin heard that Li Yuanji had already guessed who the master behind Ashinabil was, so he hurriedly asked.

Li Yuanji grimaced and snorted coldly: "Didn't you notice that during our campaign against Xieli, one of Xieli's subordinates was missing?"

Li Shimin was stunned.

Li Yuanji continued: "To be precise, it's a group of people!"

Li Shimin came to his senses now, frowned subconsciously and said, "You mean those old ministers who fled to Turkic in the former Sui Dynasty?"

Li Yuanji nodded and said, "Not bad!"

Those who fled to the Turks in the former Sui Dynasty had been attached to Xieli's tent, and with the support of Yicheng, they organized a motley army with a mixture of Han and Turks led by Yang Zhengdao.

However, during the Tang Dynasty's conquest of Jieli, the motley army headed by Yang Zhengdao only swayed in the initial stage. In Jieli, they defeated Yinshan and left behind Shibuya, Geshuhan, and Pugubu. After the chief fled, this motley army disappeared without a trace, as if it had disappeared, and never showed up again.

Li Jing, Li Shiji, Hou Junji, Xie Shufang and others did not see them when they conquered other tribes under Jieli's command.

When Yi Nan, Huang Tou and others cooperated with Li Jing and Ashina Simo to besiege Jieli, Yugu, and Ashinasheer, they never said that they had seen Yang Zhengdao leading his miscellaneous troops to flee to Western Turks.

Therefore, this miscellaneous army must have fled to Suni Shibu when Jieli and Liang Shi were defeated one after another, and joined Ashnabil's account.

After all, Yang Zhengdao's miscellaneous army is not considered a big force in Turkic, and they can't even be said to be popular. Moreover, they are still rootless duckweed and flowing water without a source. They can't gain a foothold on the grassland on their own. Yes, they must find a big force to attach to.

When Jieli was defeated, Liang Shidu was also defeated, and they did not flee to Western Turks, the only one they could rely on was Suni Shibu.

"So the expert behind Ashinabil is Yang Zhengdao?!"

Li Shimin's brows furrowed even tighter, and when Yang Zhengdao's name was mentioned, he felt like he was gnashing his teeth.

Yang Zhengdao, a Han man, helped foreigners to bully Han people. He was simply a traitor and a national traitor. Any Han man would gnash his teeth when he knew what he was doing.

Li Yuanji nodded his head and said, "Eight or nine is inseparable from ten..."

Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said viciously: "This villain really deserves to die!"

Li Yuanji really wanted to curse, but he didn't curse when the words came to his lips. Instead, he sighed and said bitterly: "Speaking of which, I also have my responsibility..."

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, turned his head to the side and asked in confusion: "What does it have to do with you? Could it be that you encouraged Yang Zhengdao to go to Suni's department?"

Li Yuanji shook his head and said, "That's not..."

Li Shimin was even more puzzled, with a puzzled face, and a little impatiently said: "What is that?"

Li Yuanji smiled wryly and said: "Second brother, have you forgotten that my Tang Dynasty sent someone to help Suni Shibu fight Jieli before?"

Li Shimin understood in an instant, opened his mouth, and said with an extremely wonderful expression: "You mean that Ashinabil realized the shortcomings of their Turkic people through this incident, and paid attention to our Han people, which is why Yang Zhengdao came into being." Something happened to help him make a plan?"

Li Yuanji spread his hands and said, "Otherwise? You know, before Li Shiji and others went to Turkic, Turkic never reused my Han people. Even if Jieli gave Yang Zhengdao a considerable status and status, Nor did Yang Zhengdao help him make plans and lead the war he commanded."

The counseling mentioned here refers to the strategic counseling, not the tactical one.

In terms of tactics, Xie Li occasionally listened to Yang Zhengdao's suggestions and adopted Yang Zhengdao's suggestions.

But in the general direction, Xieli never intervened with Yang Zhengdao, let alone adopted any of Yang Zhengdao's suggestions, and even refused to let Yang Zhengdao get involved in the soldiers and horses of his direct lineage and other Turkic tribes.

When Yang Zhengdao is needed to contribute, he will only send Yang Zhengdao to play a role similar to joining the army, or let Yang Zhengdao take the motley army under him to the battlefield.

Therefore, the reason why Yang Zhengdao became the expert behind Ashinabil was due to the influence of the Tang Dynasty, and it was not aimless.