A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 551

Lu Chengye always felt that the statistics were wrong.

For such a great victory, not to mention the complete annihilation of the enemy army, at least [-] to [-] of them must be captured and beheaded.

"This is not a siege battle, nor is it a formation battle. The result of this battle is already very amazing."

Wu Huaiyu was actually a little disappointed in his heart, but he had to be mentally prepared to fight against the grassland nomads, especially when fighting outside the Great Wall.

These people are the best at running, and it is easy to defeat and defeat them, but it is more difficult to annihilate and severely injure the main force. The best way to deal with nomads is actually to take the initiative to attack and directly kill them, just like Huo Qubing and Weiqing. Grassland, do something to their tribe.

They can run away from people, but they can't run away from livestock, plundering their livestock, cattle and sheep, and even robbing their population, that's what they fear most.

Just like the Han Dynasty against the Huns, they often chose to counterattack in spring,
This timing is very special. Spring is the weakest time for the Turkic people. After a winter, not only the cattle and horses are thin and weak, but also women and female animals are often pregnant.

The Huns on the grasslands often have children in winter and give birth in the next year. The same is true for cattle and horses. Winter and spring are free, and the production season is more suitable, with a higher survival rate.

As soon as the Han army sent troops in autumn when the horses were tall and fat, instead of sending troops in spring to fight back, the Huns were forced to run and migrate, and pregnant women and female animals could not bear the pain of migration and often suffered miscarriages. Therefore, according to later historical records, the Han After 20 years of pursuit by the soldiers, the Xiongnu had a heavy pregnancy and had an abortion, which was extremely painful. Since Shanyu and below, there are often those who want to be with their relatives.

This is hitting a snake and hitting seven inches.

There are no cities, villages or towns on the grasslands, and nomads live by water and grass. Their wealth and strength are people and livestock.

In this battle of Yehu Ridge, Jieli first gathered elites to fight Tuli for a few rounds at 99 Springs, completely defeated Tuli, and then took advantage of the victory to advance eastward.
Thinking of grabbing grass and beating rabbits to invade the border of Tang Dynasty, Wu Huaiyu was already prepared,
Jieli beat Badger's mouth to death, killing tens of thousands of people. Although there was also a plot to kill Tuli and the Eastern Fanhus with the help of a knife, the casualties were indeed more than [-].

But when Tuli defected and the Tang army counterattacked, Jieli and the others retreated directly, and the casualties were less than half of the previous attack on the mountain.

After all, Jieli and the others are elites. They are not carrying the old and supporting the young in the tribal pastures, and they don't even care about the livestock, cattle and sheep they carry with the army. They just run away anyway. It is too difficult to pursue, encircle and annihilate them in this situation.

In the battle of Hedong in the eighth year of Wude, Jieli led 10,000+ people to the Shangdang area. The Tang Dynasty mobilized all kinds of roads to encircle Jieli.

But Xieli was still able to rely on the high mobility of Qingqi to surround Zhang Jin's army first. Even though Zhang Jin and Wen Daya fought bloody battles for ten days, they failed to hold Xieli back and were wiped out instead. Yu Li repelled the two generals Li Jing and Li Ji who had arrived, and returned all the way to Beyond the Great Wall.

Fighting against these cavalry, it is difficult to wipe them out if you win, and the results cannot be expanded, but if you lose, or show your flaws, they can quickly eat you and walk away.

The results of this battle further demonstrated the brilliance of Li Jing's plan for the Northern Expedition outside the Great Wall next year. Instead of passive defense, it is better to take the initiative to attack, even surprise the enemy's lair, capture the thief and the king, and then defeat the Turkic ministries one by one, destroying the Turkic in one fell swoop.

some regrets,

But still something to be happy about.

The Battle of Yehuling was still a great victory, even worthy of being included in the classic battle, and Wu Huaiyu personally commanded this victory,

At this moment, Wu Huaiyu thought of Daxi Changru and Yang Su.

When Yang Jian proclaimed himself emperor, the Turkic Shabolue Khan led 20 cavalry to go south to fight in Guanlong. Buy time to mobilize troops.

Daxi Changru faced up to the difficulties,

The Turks underestimated the 2000 people in this area, and sent cavalry to attack without forming an array. Daxi Changru let the infantry build a position, and used arrow rain to shoot the Turkic cavalry, and the cavalry covered on both sides.

Relying on this battle tactics, Daxi Changru led his troops to fight and go,

The bloody battle between the two sides lasted for three days, the Sui army was raining arrows heavily, and the Turkic cavalry suffered heavy casualties.
This was repeated dozens of times, and the bloody battle lasted for three days. The Sui army's arrows were exhausted, the swords and crossbows were blunt, and more than half of the soldiers were killed or injured.

The morale of the Turks was depressed, and the Sui reinforcements were coming. In the end, Sabolo Khan had no choice but to burn the corpses of the Turks who died in battle on the battlefield, and left in mourning.

With 10,000+ of [-] hard steels, in three days of bloody battle, more than [-] people can be killed and more than half of them were killed, which can be called mighty.

More than ten years later, Dulan Khan, the son of Sabolo Khan, joined forces with Datou Khan of the Western Turks to cover up Tuli Khan Rangan supported by the Sui Dynasty. Yang Su left Lingzhou, Gao Ying left Shuozhou, Yan Rong left Youzhou, and attacked the Turks from three directions.

Yang Su encountered Datou Khan in the north of Lingzhou.

Prior to this, when the Sui and the Turks were at war, because the Turkic cavalry was fierce and fierce, they all adopted a cross-coordinated formation of chariots, cavalry, and infantry. Outside the formation, antlers and thistles were often placed all over the formation, and the cavalry was placed in the innermost .

Fighting positional warfare with the Turks on the grasslands.

Back then, Daxi Changru used this kind of tactics to beat Sabolo Khan with 10,000+ cavalry.

But Yang Su abandoned this safe method of warfare and ordered all the armies to form a cavalry formation to fight against the Turkic cavalry.

Datou Khan laughed from ear to ear when he saw it, and exclaimed that it was a gift from God, and he dismounted and bowed to the sky, and then led more than [-] elite riders to charge directly at Yang Sujun.

As a result, Yang Su ordered Zhou Luohou to take advantage of the disordered formation of the Turkic formation, and then commanded the army to advance. The two sides launched a decisive cavalry battle on the grassland. , crying away.

And Gao Ying also led another Sui army to defeat Dulan Khan,
After the two battles, Dulan Khan was defeated and killed by his subordinates. The Sui army pursued Baidao, crossed Daqing Mountain for more than [-] li, and then returned to the army.

He conferred the title of Qimin Khan on Rangan, the young Khan of Tuli, and ordered Chang Sun Sheng to lead 5 people to build Dali City in the northwest of Shuozhou for Qimin Khan to garrison. From then on, the Turks surrendered to the Sui Dynasty.

The position of the Turkic Khan was also fixed in the Rangan line.

Daxi Changru and Yang Su, both of them fought Turks, each with their own style of fighting, and they were both famous all over the world. Wu Huaiyu also used Jieli to underestimate the enemy's arrogance in this battle, luring him to attack, and then instigated Tuli to turn against him, giving him a fatal blow. It is also remarkable.

seven days later.

Under the dam, Wucheng.

Tuli Khan was haggard and exhausted leading a group of followers to the city.

Wu Huaiyu knew best that he was coming, and asked the defenders all the way to let him come. Tuli was also more sensible. Most of his troops stayed at Langwei Mountain, and he only brought a hundred riders to Wucheng, the pass of the Great Wall.
All the way across Tangjun Langwei Village, Huaihuang Town, Badger's Nest Fort, Wolf's Nest Fort, Yehu Fort and several other fortified military towns that are being newly built, and came to the foot of the Great Wall.

He is no stranger to this place, and he used to come here often. At that time, the Great Wall here was a huge gap that was destroyed, but now the gap here has been replaced by a castle named Wucheng.

Tuli entered the castle and came to the festival hall.

As soon as he saw Wu Huaiyu, he immediately knelt down and kissed Wu Huaiyu's boots, "Shibobi is deeply grateful to Wu Xianggong for his kindness in rebuilding."

"The king of the county please get up!"

Wu Huaiyu helped Tuli up with a smile. He looked at Tuli. He took off his armor outside the Great Wall and put on the purple robe and jade belt bestowed by Emperor Tang.
This purple jade suit fits him quite well, but the brand-new official robe still cannot hide Tuli's haggardness.

After several days of pursuit, he failed to win Xieli in the end. This made Tuli very disappointed and panicked.

Jieli escaped this time, and he will surely make a comeback in a short time.

Tuli is very clear that he is not the opponent of Xieli now. He lost many troops at 99 springs, and was killed by Xieli with a knife at the foot of Yehu Ridge. There are only more than 1 left, and half of them are Xi, Khitan, Yu, Sogdian and other Hus. His own Turkic tribes only have a few thousand horses.

Although fortunately Xieli returned from a disastrous defeat at the foot of Yehu Ridge and did not go to Chengjinlianchuan area, but after this battle, Tuli is now completely injured and it is difficult to protect himself.

After thinking about it, now he can only hug Tang Chao's thigh even tighter, and hug the thigh of Wu Huaiyu, the neighbor to the south. This young Mr. Wu is indeed very strategic.

Although he made a review of these recent events along the way, he felt that as soon as Wu Huaiyu arrived at Jinlianchuan, he told him that the rate of association would poison him, which made him send troops to attack Xieli, and eventually he was defeated. Became the winner and lost to Wu Huaiyu in Yehuling,
Looking back on the whole thing, I always feel that this is a routine where the snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit.

But so what, the status quo is already the case.

Tuli's attitude is so low this time, firstly because he is grateful, and secondly because he will have to rely on Wu Huaiyu and Datang in the future, of course he still has ambitions.

He still hopes to get the support of Datang and replace Xieli as Turkic Khan.

For this reason, he is also directly expressing his respect to Datang to Wu Huaiyu now.

"Aggression disregarded the Weiqiao alliance and openly attacked the Tang army at Yehuling. This man is already extremely arrogant and has no sense. Such a lunatic succeeding to the throne as the Turkic Khan is not only a misfortune for us Turkic people, but also for the Great Turks. Tang is very threatening,

I hope that Datang can send troops to attack Jieli, and I am willing to be a striker. "

"That guy Jieli really deserves to die." Wu Huaiyu smiled, but he didn't say that he would support Tuli as a sweater, but instead told him another thing,
"The Mohefu of the Xi tribe, and the Dahemohui of the Khitan Khan came to see me yesterday. The two tribes suffered a huge loss this time, and they were very sad. They expressed that they would return to the tribe immediately to recuperate and recover. I have agreed with them first I'm back."

"Before the two of them left, they made a request, hoping to attach Datang to avoid Xieli's revenge, and I have already agreed.

This lord grants the special privileges of the saints to inherit and entrust all the tribes, and set up the Raole Dudu Mansion in the land of Xibu, and the Raole Dudu who can be saved by Mohefu. There are ten prefectures under it, and there are five Xi clan Departments, each of which is divided into left and right, each with a state.

Set up the Governor's Mansion of Songmo in Khitan, and the Governor of Songmo with Qihan Dahemohui.

The eight divisions of Khitan also set up ten prefectures, and the two divisions of Qihan and Bieshuai were divided into left and right prefectures, and the remaining six tribes were set up in one prefecture each, forming a system of ten prefectures. "

Tu Li listened and was stunned, very surprised.

Xi, Khitan, etc. are all affiliated to the Turkic Khanate, and they are subordinates of the Turkic Khanate. Naturally, their land also belongs to the Khanate. It has always been under the control of the Little Khan in charge of the east.

Now Xi Wang Keduzhe and Khitan Khan Dahe Mohui are vying to ask Wu Huaiyu to attach to the Tang Dynasty, which means that they will break away from the Khanate, betray the Turks, and also betray him.

For such an important matter, Wu Huaiyu didn't even discuss it with him, and didn't ask the Emperor Chang'an, he directly agreed, and even couldn't wait to set up the two capitals of Rao Le and Song Mo, [-] prefectures.

Although he knew that these prefectures were the capitals of Jimi prefectures, this meant that the Xi and Khitan tribes had separated from him, Tuli Khan.

Tuli, whose strength has been greatly damaged, if even Xi and Khitan have left, then why does he want to seek the position of Turkic Khan?
Looking at Wu Huaiyu, Tuli was speechless.

Wu Huaiyu didn't seem to feel his surprise or even dissatisfaction, and said to himself, "The land of Xi and Khitan is already our Tang territory, and the two tribes are also my Tang people. If Jieli dares to invade, we will The Tang Dynasty will definitely punish them severely."

"In fact, they are also following the example of you, the Duke. In the ninth year of Wude, as soon as the emperor ascended the throne, you swore allegiance to His Majesty and accepted His Majesty's title of Prince of Peiping and General Youwei. For this reason, you, the Duke After defeating Jiujiuquan, Jieli went to attack Jinlianchuan, and I immediately sent troops to rescue them."

In a word, Wu Huaiyu didn't mention that Xi and Khitan belonged to the Turkic Khanate, nor did he mention that Tuli was their master. Instead, he said that Tuli, you used to be the little Khan of Tuli, but you also belonged to our great In Tang Dynasty, you still have to be crowned as county king and general, and Xi Qidan is just learning from you now.

Why do you object?
On the contrary, Wu Huaiyu even euphemistically suggested that, in fact, Tuli is now seriously injured, and Jieli will definitely take revenge. It is better to just make it clear and openly attach Datang, so that he will officially break away from the Turkic Khanate and no longer be Jieli's courtier. ,

If Jieli dared to attack Tuli again, it would be more justifiable for the Tang Dynasty to send troops.

Wu Huaiyu even thought of the name of the governor's mansion for Tuli, and it was called Bei'an Prefecture Governor's Mansion. , to the west to Wuyao Beiyuan 99 springs, to the border with Jieli, and to the desert in the north.

Originally, Xi Qidan and even the Ministry of Mu belonged to Tuli, but now Wu Huaiyu wanted Tuli to become the governor of Juli just like Keduzhe and the others.

For a while, Tuli Khan found it difficult to accept.

He wanted to be the great Turkic Khan, just like when his grandfather Rangan joined the Sui Dynasty in the Central Plains. He wanted to sit on the position of the Great Khan and command the entire grassland, not to be a governor.

Wu Huaiyu smiled and said, "In this battle at Yehuling, the officers and soldiers of our Youzhou Army suffered a lot of casualties, and they spent a lot of money and food. Now that it is freezing cold, the entire army has retreated to the Great Wall to rest, and only a few fortresses are left on the dam for warning and garrison. ,
You, the kings of the county, are also injured this time, and you should go back to recuperate as soon as possible. If Jieli comes to attack again, the king of the county can lead the tribe to move south into the Great Wall, so that Jieli will not dare to commit any crimes."

Wu Huaiyu's words were obviously threatening,

If Datang is not attached, if Jieli comes to attack again, he will ignore it.

Tuli was really flustered now, Xi and Qi, the two powerful ministries under his command, have now betrayed him and attached themselves to the Tang Dynasty. If Youzhou doesn't help him anymore, won't he die when Jieli comes?
"I also ask Wu Xianggong to help us in the sake of fighting side by side."

"The new year is approaching, and now the king of the county is really grateful. In fact, he should go to Chang'an and thank the emperor face to face."

"As for what the king of the county has going forward, you can also ask the emperor face to face," Huaiyu said with a chuckle.

(End of this chapter)