A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 549 Decisive Battle on the Snowstorm Night

The sky was gray and people shivered from the cold.

The Turkic soldiers retreated in embarrassment again, stumbling all the way back, the Tang army on the mountain pursued for twenty or thirty steps, then stopped and turned back, leaving mocking curses along the wind.

The defeated soldiers who had lost their fighting spirit were all huddled on the mountainside, like miserable old dogs, and allowed to be beaten with whips by the Prince-in-law Langqi who was supervising the battle.

The wind blew across the face, like a knife slashing, and penetrated through every hole, from every gap in the collar and sleeves, taking away the little heat from the body, and Tuli also felt cold.

This damn weather shouldn't be here, and it's not suitable for fighting. This kind of weather is only suitable for leeward winter pastures, huddled in layers of reinforced cowhide tents and drinking hot milk tea, not here desperately.

No, this is pure death.

A group of profane Khan's son-in-law galloped away on horseback, and the leader who was far away couldn't wait to reprimand him.
"Little Khan Tuli, the Great Khan asked why you stopped attacking,"

He rode his horse up to the front of Tuli, reined in the horse, and the bay red horseman stood up, and the horseman from the wolf looked condescending and menacing, pointing at him with a whip in his hand.

"The Great Khan orders you to attack immediately without stopping. If you can't attack the badger's mouth before dark, everyone will die. Your clothes and armor will be stripped off, you will be hung in the ice and snow, and you will all freeze to death here! "

As he spoke, he picked up his whip and whipped the guards in front of Tuli, "Come on, you damned bastards, are you still thinking of eating inside and outside, secretly informing the Nanman?"

Tuli's silver wolf concubine guards could only back away from the beating, no one dared to resist, those were the golden wolf concubine, they were the guards of the Great Khan.

Tuli stood there expressionless, holding the handle of the wolf's head knife, the veins were bulging under the leather glove, and the knuckles were turning white.

He tried his best to restrain himself, "It's too cold, the Tang people have obviously received a lot of reinforcements, and their arrows have never stopped, while our bow and arrow support is much worse,

And our soldiers are cold and hungry..."

The guard leader interrupted him unceremoniously, "I'm not here to listen to your complaints, I'm here to deliver the Great Khan's order, you must not stop attacking, let alone retreat, until the drums of the Chinese army stop.

I warn you again, if you dare to stop the attack without authorization, or even take a step back, you will all be executed on the spot. "

After the knight finished speaking, he reined in the horse and led the man away.

"Fuck the golden wolf son-in-law, it's so cold, such a steep and narrow mountain pass, and it's full of ice and snow, how do we attack?"

King Xi Kedu also scolded his mother, this tall and brave warrior leader of the Xi tribe turned his head to look at Tuli, "Khan, when will you do it?"

Khitan Khan Dahemo, who was younger than him, asked impatiently, "Why is there no signal on the mountain yet?"

"It's getting dark soon." Tuli also kept looking at the mountain, but apart from the addition of a military flag on the mountain every once in a while, the agreed signal never appeared.

"If the fight continues like this, all of our people will die." Dahemo would be a little annoyed. Although they were trying to delay as much as possible, but Xieli kept urging, warning and threatening over and over again, and they didn't dare to do it. too obvious

At the end of the day, thousands of people were also killed or injured.

The casualties of Xi, Khitan, and Yubu each exceeded a thousand, which was unacceptable to those leaders.

Tuli looked up at the sky again.

"In a little while, it will be dark."

"so what?"

"Yue Gao Feng Hei kills the night!" Tu Li said coldly.

Kedu blinked his big eyes, as if he had a clear understanding.

When it was dark, Tuli brought Xi Wang Keduzhe, Khitan Khan Dahemohui and other chiefs to Jieli to plead guilty.

"Please give us another night, Khan. We are desperately trying to get down the mountain tonight. Now we are only [-] steps away from the mountain."

One day, under Jieli's constant urging, Tuli led more than [-] people, and at the cost of thousands of casualties, rushed another [-] steps to the top of the mountain.

Now it is only five hundred steps away from the pass on the mountain.

"Please allow us to pretend to withdraw our troops, go back to the camp to rest, and let the brothers have a hot meal. When it gets dark, we will take advantage of the unpreparedness of the Tang people and launch a fierce attack. This time I will take the lead in the charge. See you later!"

After Tuli finished speaking, he knelt on the ground and kissed Jieli's boots again.

Several chiefs including Keduzhe and Dahemohui also knelt in front of Jieli, saying that they must take the last [-] steps tonight.

Jieli looked at them coldly, but didn't agree immediately.

Tuli picked up Jieli's meat-eating knife and cut his face, blood flowed out, he swore to Changshengtian,

"I, Shibobi, hereby swear to Changshengtian that I will fight bloody battle to the end tonight, and I will never die."

"Okay, Ben Khan is also very touched by your loyalty and bravery. Come here and give them some cattle and sheep, let them withdraw first to have a good meal and then rest for a few hours, and wait until midnight to take down the pass in one fell swoop. .”

Tuli and others thanked him and left.

Zhao Deyan, whose face was still swollen, reminded Xieli, "Khan, Tuli was obviously procrastinating on purpose during the day today, and didn't attack with all his strength at all. He must be talking nonsense when he said that he took Badger's mouth at night. Don't believe it."

Jieli just chuckled, "Ben Dahan didn't know that."

He sighed, "It seems that this time I really miscalculated, I shouldn't attack this Wild Fox Ridge rashly, this Wu Huaiyu reacted too quickly, this mountain is too dangerous, I made a mistake."

"Then why did the Great Khan agree to Tuli's attack at night?"

"Anyway, if we want to withdraw, let Tuli go to attack again before withdrawing, and use the hands of Tang people to consume another 8000 people such as Tuli and Xi Qi. By the way, it can also consume some more of the Tang army."

Now that the battle has been fought, Xieli is actually quite conceited, because although it looks like there were [-] casualties, Xieli's own troops suffered only a few thousand casualties, and the most casualties were from the old troops in eastern Tuli. As well as the Xi, Khitan, Mo, and Sogdian Hu tribes under his escort,

Anyway, those who died were not their own people. Although they were also from the Turkic Khanate, these people rebelled against themselves not long ago.

He captured them, and it was not good to kill them all. Now, by the hands of Tang Jun, to get rid of some, that is also to eliminate dissidents.

They are all traitors.

Yehuling fought for two days, and the casualties in his headquarters were not as great as the losses in the few battles between Jiujiuquan and Tuli.

Zhao Deyan felt a little cold when he heard that, Xieli Dahan was really cold-blooded and ruthless, and he actually used Tang Jun's hand to eliminate his differences.

He originally wanted to persuade him one or two more times, but he didn't say any more at this time.

"Get ready. We will leave the camp and return to Dingxiang tomorrow. It is not too late to avoid long nights and dreams." Xieli also has a sense of crisis, but this sense of crisis does not come from Wu Huaiyu in Youzhou, who is opposite, but is worried that Li Ji, Zhang Gongjin and others in Hedong will copy His backyard, or cut off his way back.

Although this is unlikely in this snowy day, it must be taken precautions.

It is better to withdraw early.

Jieli sits alone in the tent.

He kept circling a thought in his mind, wanting to use Tuli's failure to capture Badger's Mouth as an excuse to chop Tuli off tomorrow morning, and then hand over the rest of his troops to his son to lead.

He ordered his son to go to the east to be a little khan, so that he could eliminate the hidden dangers once and for all, but he was a little hesitant. Now that the situation in the khanate is not good, and Mobei has lost many battles. The Tuli brothers Yu Gushe would also make trouble, and even Yu Sheshe from Monan would take the opportunity to jump out.

Maybe Tuli could not be killed tomorrow morning, and kept in the Khan Court forever, and he could entrust his son to be the setter, and gradually take over Tuli's tribe?
Or you can let Tuli take his troops to Mobei to fight against the rebellion of Xue Yantuo and Huihe together with Yugushe and Tuoshe, and then let his son take over the eastern part, so that Tuli has been guarding Mobei and resisting the rebellion for the Khanate The Tiele people.

fire flickering,

In fact, Xieli still had a fire in his heart. He could easily defeat Tuli, but why was Wu Huaiyu blocking his way here?
Three years ago, that guy was just one of Li Shimin's bodyguards, an unknown young man.

The more he thought about it, the more unwilling he became, and there was a tinge of anticipation in his heart for Tuli's night attack tonight.

dark night,
The wind howled.

Wu Huaiyu is still under the banner of the Shantou Army,

Behind him, countless tents, a large number of Youzhou soldiers, including regiments training armed forces, and the city with fanhu inside are also stationed here.
"Captain, all the troops are ready to go."

"Captain, Su Sima has led the Qing army and is setting out from other mountain passes,"

"Li Tudiji and Wu Fuyu are also leading the Mohe cavalry across the mountain pass, rounding the back of the Turkic army,"

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It's midnight now,

The mountain is still very quiet,

Waiting is always tense, especially when the big war is coming.

"Why is Tuli still not moving?"

"Are they really going to do it?"

Wu Huaiyu ignored the speculation and uneasiness of the generals and the soldiers. Shetu and An Lushan, as his and Tuli's special envoys, had secretly communicated several times, and their plans had been well communicated.

All is ready except for the opportunity.

Tonight will be the showdown.

Tuli Khan, King Xi Keduzhe and Khitan Khan Dahe Mohui will be the first to launch a surprise attack on Xieli in the middle of the night. After he launches the attack, he will light the beacon,

In fact, as long as the camp at the foot of the mountain is in chaos and Tuli and the others set fire to the camp, that is the most obvious signal for a general attack.

"fire!"

"Captain, there is a fire under the mountain."

Wu Huaiyu looked up, there were many fires in the Turkic camp, like fireflies in this dark night, but now there were more fires.

Moreover, there was a noisy sound in the mountain wind, which seemed to be sandwiched by the sound of gold and iron.

quickly,

He saw the signal agreed with Tuli, and Tuli sent people to form a circle with torches at the foot of the mountain.

"Commit the beacon tower, light five beacons, and the general attack has begun!"

"The whole army strikes!" He drew out his sword and waved it in the air, and the sword made a dragon chant when it was unsheathed, Wu Huaiyu's mood was also at its peak at this moment.

Although everything went according to plan, when this moment actually came, he was still almost trembling with excitement.

Flames blazing.

The messengers under the army banner first lit five ray of fire as a signal, and then the soldiers on the beacon tower not far away immediately saw it, and immediately ignited five ray of beacon.

These five ray of flames do not represent danger tonight, but represent the attack of the whole army.

In Yehu Ridge, which is dozens of miles away, five beacon fires were lit one after another on the top of each mountain.

Army attack!

In the distance, in the middle of the night, Su Lie led [-] Qing barbarian troops across the mountain pass and came to the mountain to ambush. When he saw the five beacon lights, he jumped up excitedly.

"Little bastards, it's time to make contributions. Mount the whole army and attack the Turkic camp!"

another mountain,
Li Tudiji also jumped on the horse without hesitation after seeing the order from the beacon fire, and took the lead in charging.

To the south of Yehu Ridge, countless torches have been lit, and one after another Youzhou soldiers and horses meander like fire dragons, crossing the mountains and passing through the pass,

The tiger came down the mountain, unstoppable.

Wu Huaiyu also wanted to go down the mountain, but his yamen officers all stopped him, "Captain, you can command here!"

The dental soldiers surrounded him layer by layer, not allowing him a chance at all.

Wu Huaiyu had no choice but to say, "Okay, then the governor is here to beat the drums to cheer for the soldiers." After finishing speaking, he came to the battle drum under his banner, picked up the drumsticks and beat it vigorously.

The drums of war are loud,
The Turkic camp at the foot of the mountain was in complete chaos.

In the middle of the night, Tuli began to gather troops. Jieli was already asleep, and he was in his own camp. He didn't pay much attention to this. Originally, Tuli rested in the middle of the night, and then attacked the mountains in the second half of the night. , is arranged.

It's just that no one expected that when Tuli and the others had rested for half the night, they mounted their horses one by one with their sabers in hand, instead of attacking the mountain, they suddenly rushed towards the camp of the Chinese army, pointing directly at the tent of Xieli Golden Wolf.

As expected, Tuli took the lead in the charge.
Together with the Xi and Khitan elites led by Keduzhe and Dahemohui, they were like a sharp sword, stabbing fiercely into the heart of the Turkic people with one strike.

As they rushed in, they set fires along the way,
He even shouted that Tang Jun came in while rushing.

The defection of nearly 2 people was a blow. In the middle of the night, when many Turkic people had already hugged each other to keep warm and fell asleep in the cold night, they were caught off guard.

What's more terrible is that this is not Tuli and the others acting alone.

The moment they launched the rebellion, they sent a signal to the Tang army at the same time, and as the beacon fires ignited on the hills of Yehuling, one by one Tang army also came out.

The first to kill was the Tang Army Qingqi Qingyi Army, then the Mohe vassal Fanqi, and then countless Tang Army infantry appeared on the top of the mountain, just like a tiger descending the mountain.

The sun, moon, star and three-star flag fluttered in the wind, and the Tang army moved swiftly.

All strive to be the first,

The cold, rain and snow that I have endured for the past few days will be vented tonight.

Su Lie picked up the horse and shouted on the horse, "Long live the Tang Dynasty!"

Countless knights behind him echoed, and everyone rang Long Live or Long Victory one after another, galloped their horses, and followed Su Lie into the Turkic camp.

He cuts anyone he sees,

While chopping, some knights took out thunderbolts and threw them into the tent, and some people took out kerosene bottles and set fire to them.

The young Yuwen Chengdu got a chance to fight tonight as Su Lie's personal soldier. His heart was pounding. As the cavalry rushed into the enemy camp, he just threw a torch, and a few Turkic cavalry rushed out from the diagonal thrust. ,

Su Lie directly picked one up with a horse lance.

Yuwen Chengdu also quickly put down the horse lance in his hand, and used the black lacquered horse lance bestowed by the governor to impale a Turkic man wearing cowhide armor inlaid with copper nails and a cow helmet.
The man was lifted off the ground by his stabbing, and he picked it up vigorously, the horse's pole was bent a little under the huge impact, and then he used all his strength to throw the still-dead Turk off the horse, He didn't look at that person again, regardless of his life or death, he continued to ride his horse and followed Su Lie closely.

Iron hoofs are like thunder, and heartbeats are violent.

An arrow flew towards him, and he subconsciously raised his left arm when he heard the sound, the round shield on his arm blocked the arrow.

Tang Qi went on a rampage, slashing and stabbing every enemy they encountered,

I don't know how long he rushed, Yu Wencheng was so excited and tireless that he didn't even feel that he was shot by several arrows along the way, so he rushed all the way with those feathered arrows,

He faintly heard cheers,
"Golden Wolf Tent!"

Someone shouted, "Jieli's Golden Wolf Tent, it was originally a very luxurious tent, but now it is in dilapidated condition, and its owner has long been missing. The ground is very muddy and slippery, and there are corpses everywhere." ,

A Turkic man with a white cloth tied on his forehead, arms, and waist rode over, saluted them from a distance, and told them that Xieli had fled, and Tuli Khan was leading his troops in pursuit.

The Turks were defeated.

Xieli escaped from the camp with only a small number of guards, and more Turkic soldiers collapsed and scattered.

The whole north of Yehu Ridge is in chaos now.

There's fire everywhere, there's fighting everywhere,

To be precise, it should be a massacre, a one-sided massacre,

The Tang army, the Tuli tribe, Xi, Khitan, and Qiong, etc., add up to about [-], but they are chasing and killing the nearly [-] scattered Jieli army.
"Long live the Tang Dynasty!"

"Wan Sheng!"

Countless cheers sounded from all over the place, the coalition forces were beating dogs in the water, and the defeated Turkic army was scurrying around in the cold night and wind like headless chickens.

The cheers spread to the top of Badger Mountain in Yehuling. Wu Huaiyu had already taken off his armor and was sweating profusely in his military uniform.
Hearing these cheers at this time, he finally put down the drumstick in his hand.

Victory.

Wu Huaiyu sat under the flag of Tang Jun Sun Yue Xing Sanchen panting heavily, feeling hearty and joyful, and couldn't help but cry up to the sky.

"Congratulations, Commander,"

"Congratulations, Mr. Congratulations."

A group of tooth soldiers, generals, and battalion soldiers gathered around to express their congratulations.

One will succeed and all bones will wither,

At this time, no one would care about the soldiers who died or were injured. Now everyone just cheered for the victory and congratulated Wu Huaiyu who led everyone to victory.

Such a great achievement will definitely shake the world.

This can also be called the first great victory since Zhenguan, the great victory against the grassland overlord Turkic, and it is also the most proud victory of Datang since the Weiqiao alliance in the ninth year of Wude.

The commander of this battle, Wu Huaiyu, will also become famous.

Huaiyu just laughed for a while, then went back to the wooden house, fell asleep straight away,

"Don't disturb me, I want to have a good sleep first, if there is anything else, I will talk about it when I wake up."

For many days in a row, Wu Huaiyu was nailed to the top of this mountain. From day to night, he didn't sleep much for several nights in a row. Now that the dust has settled, Wu Huaiyu has completely relaxed. Although there are still many follow-up things to do, he just Want to sleep well.

The generals looked at the closed door and looked at each other in blank dismay.

Wu Xianggong's actions are really confusing.

With such a big victory, how could he fall asleep?

But soon, there was a thunderous sound in the wooden house!
Wu Dudu, really fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)