A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 538: Gate of Infinity, Wild Fox Ridge

Wild Fox Ridge.

The legendary Gate of Infinity,

Soldiers are expensive and fast, regardless of the cold weather, the smoke of war, and the military orders are like mountains. Fortunately, after Wu Huaiyu's previous northern tour, the soldiers in Youzhou are now extremely active. I feel a little sorry for the military governor's command of the troops.

Now that the old dog Jieli dared to call, it would just give the governor a face.

It is five hundred miles from Youzhou City to Yehuling.

From the passing of the military order to the receiving of the order and rushing to Guangning to assemble, the actions were extremely fast.

It took Wu Huaiyu two days to rush from Youzhou to Wucheng Castle of the Great Wall, and Su Lie had already received his urgent order, and led the Qingyi Army and Guangning Army who had gathered earlier to go out to garrison in the passes of Yehuling.

After he sent Gao Yaozi back to the mountain, he assisted Cucumber Hou Wei Siren to lead the Guangbian army to defend the front line of Dushibao and Chicheng.

All the frontier troops, government soldiers, battalion soldiers, regiments, and Fanhu Chengpang are rushing here, and there are endless people on the road.

Fortunately, the food, grass and equipment were prepared in advance, otherwise Wu Huaiyu really didn't have the confidence to fight this battle well.

As soon as he arrived in Wucheng, Huaiyu didn't care to rest, and hurried to Yehuling outside the Great Wall.

Yehu Ridge is very dangerous.

Here, it is about ten kilometers from north to south, but the altitude drops from about 500 meters to 600 meters. on the dam.

So far, the boundless plateau ends with a steep wall,
Look at the vast desert in the north, and look at the mountains in the south.

Riding here, it feels like you are going to the sky!

Su Lie came to greet him, and introduced to him, "The battlefield we chose to block the enemy is called Tubianba, which is next to Langwogou. On one side of Langwogou is Tubianba, and on the other side is the trade road leading to Huaihuang. "

Tubianba is the place where Zhao Guo once built the Boundless Gate.

Standing on the dam, the style is great.

The local herdsmen have an old saying that a wind blows on the dam from spring to winter, and there are often big yellow winds (sandstorms) in spring, and white winds (blizzards) in the long winter.

Herdsmen and traders have walked out of a prairie road from generation to generation, with twists and turns, rivers and mountains, deep gullies, meadows, cattle and sheep, and magnificent landscapes.

Although the distance between the upper dam and the lower dam is only ten miles, the scenery and climate are very different.

"The wind on the head of the dam is really howling like a hungry wolf. It is everywhere."

At first, Huaiyu really thought that the sound was the howling of wolves in the wolf's nest ditch, but after listening carefully, he realized that it was the wind on the dam.

Wu Huaiyu, who was wearing a fur cloak, almost fluttered into a fallen leaf in the turbulent wind.

The climate on this dam is indeed harsh, with strong wind and cold weather.

"This battle doesn't look easy."

Su Lie didn't think it was terrible, "Although the weather is bad, Jieli came from far away and just fought a battle. They have been going to war for a while, so it is even more uncomfortable. We just assembled, and the boys are still full of energy. You won’t be afraid to blow on this dam for three days and three nights!”

Looking far away, there are thousands of peaks of different shapes in front of you, which look like giant beasts dormant in winter. In a broad sense, these hundreds of miles can be called Yehuling.

It is indeed more advantageous to stop Xieli at this place than to stop the enemy at the Great Wall pass under the dam.

Going down from the dam, the road is very winding and steep, and the height drops hundreds of meters after about ten miles. These winding mountain roads are narrow and steep, and there are huge boulders everywhere, so people and horses have to be extremely careful.

Jieli's Turkic army basically has no advantage in this area.

The wind here is so strong that it is said that wild geese often fall when they fly by.

This place has been sparsely populated for a long time, and wild foxes are in groups.

"I think after this battle, there can be multiple names here,"

"what name?"

"Jianhu Ridge!"

Killing Huling and Killing Hukou have the same effect.

Yehuling is both the top of the dam and the head of the dam.

One end is connected to the Weihuaihuang Old City (Zhangbei) in the north, and the other is connected to Xiaoningbao (Wanquan), Wucheng, and Guangning.

Su Lie’s defensive battlefield is in Tubianba, which is also called Badger Nest by herders. A mountain ridge stretches for twenty miles, and an independent hill is formed at the north end. Because there are many badgers on this mountain ridge, it is named Badger Mountain, and the south of the mountain is called Badger. Ziwo, the northern end is called badger mouth.

"The focus of our defense of Yehuling is Badgerzui, which is the only way to go down the dam. I divided the Guangning Army into two groups and set up camp on the left and right sides of Badgerzui, with the cavalry of the Qingyi Army hiding behind it. "

The ground was hard and slippery, and the wind was strong and cold. Wu Huaiyu was sitting on the saddle. Although his hands were covered with two layers of means, they were still frozen, and even his beard was covered with frost.

The wind slapped sand and stones on his face, turning his face purple and black.

Su Dingfang used troops without spreading the pie. He focused on deploying the thousands of soldiers and horses in his hand at Badger's mouth instead of spreading them everywhere.

Here is the battlefield.

"Brother, aren't you afraid that Jieli will divide his troops to attack the dam from other passes in Yehu Ridge, or even outflank our army at Badger Pass?"

"Jieli came to attack in a hurry, and there was no time to make detailed preparations. Besides, Badger's Mouth is dangerous, but it is already considered the better among all the mountain passes. Other places are even more dangerous, especially in the current season. It won't stop for a while, the wind is heavy and the snow is rushing, and the road is slippery and difficult to walk."

"What if Jieli divides his forces?"

"Don't be afraid. The governor has already brought reinforcements. We only need to put a small number of elite soldiers on the mountain passes, and then supplement it with regiment training, the city and so on. It is enough to stop the enemy with the danger of the terrain. The real battlefield has to be Here, we have to concentrate our limited elite here to compete with Xieli."

Obviously, Su Lie has big ambitions.

He is not satisfied with keeping the enemy out of the country, he wants to have a good fight with Xieli, not to mention capturing and beheading Xieli, at least he has to severely injure Xieli, if he does not kill thousands of people, he probably will not be satisfied .

This ambition is quite big, Wu Huaiyu likes it very much, and so does he himself, otherwise why bother to go up to the dam to defend, and just defend under the dam.

"Where is Jieli now?"

"Its vanguard, Qingqi, has already appeared in Huaihuang on the dam,"

It used to be Tuli's old tooth tent. This time, Tuli gathered troops from Jinlianchuan to attack Xieli. They claimed to send [-] troops, but in fact there were tens of thousands.

They attacked westward and prepared a batch of livestock here in Huaihuang as a supplement.

But who knows that after the defeat in the 99 spring battle, Tuli was captured, Xieli pursued all the way, and all the livestock and population in Huaihuang fell into Xieli's hands, but Xieli made up for it.

Su Lie expected that Ding Jieli's army would arrive soon, and his Qingqi were circling around Yehuling, and there were more and more of them.

"Approximately how many people does Xieli have?"

"When there are no less than one hundred thousand people, there may be tens of thousands of Tuli's defeated soldiers."

"There are so many?"

"Just more or less."

For Jieli, although Tuli sent troops suddenly, Jieli had been preparing for war during this time. After autumn, Jieli once recruited soldiers and horses to go to Mobei to fight Xue Yantuo, and also called Tuli, but Tuli repeatedly called No, and he refused to send troops, so Jieli did not dare to go to Mobei for fear that Tuli would steal his home.

Annoyed, Xieli was ready to change the target of the crusade, instead of fighting Mobei, he would fight Tuli instead.

It just so happened that Tuli came to attack from a long distance at this time. Isn’t this a sheep being sent to the tiger’s mouth? After all, Jieli was a profuse sweat.
Waiting for work with leisure, ambush halfway, Tuli was defeated.

After Jieli won the victory, he simply raised his troops and pursued them while taking advantage of the victory.

"Senior brother, do you think it's possible to defeat Xieli's more than [-] troops here at Badger's mouth?"

"As long as the follow-up troops come to reinforce us, there are 3 to 10,000 horses, I dare not be afraid of Xieli's [-]+ troops. If there are more troops, then we have a great chance to defeat them."

"very good."

Huaiyu braved the wind and snow, and under the leadership of Su Lie, inspected the deployment of Huan'erzui on the earth side dam of Yehuling.

The terrain of the North Mountain Pass is narrow and steep, which is very favorable for the defense of the Tang army. The Turkic cavalry cannot charge here, and must dismount and fight on foot. Many obstacles have been set up on the road, such as spikes, repelling horses, and infantry equipped with giant shields. Completely block the pass.

And on the Badger's Mouth Heights, the commanding height of the North Mountain Pass, a large number of crossbowmen will be deployed to deal a fatal blow to the Turkic soldiers who break through at any time.

There are even hidden cavalry.

If Jie Lifei wanted to rely on the number of troops to attack hard, then this place would become a meat grinding ground for the Turks.

"When the Youzhou soldiers arrive later, I will hand over the newly built [-] Modao Army to you, and deploy them to this mountain pass, and they will surely be even more powerful."

Su Lie said excitedly, "It would be really sad for Asuka if the two thousand Mo Daomen were deployed here, but if they can't be deployed at the beginning, I'm afraid to scare off the old dog Jieli."

In the snowstorm, Lu Chengye and his party also came up to the dam, and some of the scholars' children were even frightened by the road on the way up to the dam.

Wu Huaiyu prepared hot ginger tea and soup cakes for them in the camp.

Although this group of people were all wearing fur coats, their hands were too cold to hold the bowls.
"Thank you Lu for joining the army. Jieli has already arrived at the old city of Huaihuang in the north, and may launch an attack at any time. The governor hopes that you can persuade Jieli to retreat.

Jieli and I, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, had an alliance at Weiqiao. When the alliance was held at Weiqiao, I was one of the six riders who followed the emperor. I hope that Jieli can abide by the alliance and never break the oath. There is no peace for the Turks. "

Huaiyu asked Yuwen Chengdu to bring a white horse.

"This white horse, you take it with you and give it to Jieli Dahan, hoping that he will remember the Weiqiao White Horse Alliance."

Wu Huaiyu's words revealed the intention of seeking peace.

After Lu Wulang drank two bowls of ginger soup, he felt that his body had regained some consciousness. He quickly ate two bowls of noodle soup, and finally felt comfortable all over.

Looking at the Youzhou soldiers who were still busy preparing for the battle in the snowstorm, Lu Wulang felt that the responsibility was heavy and the task was arduous, but he also had a kind of passionate enthusiasm, "Please don't worry, the governor. I will try my best to persuade him to stop fighting."

Huaiyu patted this uncle, "Persuade Jieli well, the matter of Tuli sending troops has nothing to do with a certain person, nor does it have anything to do with Datang, it is their own Turkic family affairs, we did not intervene, now Xieli should not mess around Catch the blame on us,"

Su Lie said from the side, "If Jieli has any request, you can talk about it. Please comfort him. It is not good for the two families to fight. We don't want to start a war. In this cold winter and the wind is blowing, who would not want it?" Stay in the city and have a good winter, "

Lu Chengye believed it.

After a short rest, he led the mission, picked up the white horse prepared by Wu Huaiyu, and continued heading north.Going further north, the road was much easier than when going up to the dam, but it was still difficult with the wind, snow, and freezing weather. But thinking of the great mission on his body, Lu Chengye felt hot all over.

Badger's mouth at Beishan Pass, Su Lie watched the group of people disappear into the wind and snow, and couldn't help sighing, "Actually, although these people are afraid of fighting, they are not completely cowardly. Look at them, they are brave enough to brave the wind and snow It's very rare. You said Jieli wouldn't do anything to them, right?"

"The two countries will not be beheaded when they fight each other."

Wu Huaiyu just needs Lu Chengye and the others to delay Xieli for a few days, so that he can be more fully prepared here. No matter what terms Lu Chengye and Xieli reach for a truce, he will not recognize and implement it. , maybe it will implicate Lu Chengye and the others, and maybe give them some suffering, but it is not enough to say that they are cut off.

"Do you think it's possible, they can really persuade Xieli to retreat?"

Huaiyu smiled.

"I admit that Lu Canjun's eloquence is quite good, but he doesn't have the ability to persuade Xieli to retreat soldiers. Xieli is full of anger now, and he knows very well that Tuli sent troops to attack him. What's more, the position of Barbarian Khan of Xue Yantuo in Mobei was directly canonized by my Tang Dynasty, he has been holding his breath for a long time, since he has come this time, is there any reason to keep it secret?"

Su Dingfang breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, "It's good to come, if we don't come, we will suffer so much in this winter, wouldn't it be in vain?"

(End of this chapter)