A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 615 Youzhou Army

Li Dejiang released a cage of pigeons in Dingxiang City.

It was released on the morning when Dingxiang City was destroyed. At that time, Jie Li and his large army had just left Dingxiang City, and Li Dejiang released the pigeons.

Each of the pigeons' feet was tied with a small bamboo tube, which contained an encrypted message.

On the night when Yuchi Gong entered Dingxiang City, these pigeons flew back to the pigeon nest in Wucheng.

When the pigeon slave saw the homing pigeons flying back, he immediately fed them, and then hurriedly delivered the wax-sealed mailboxes to Wu Huaiyu one by one.

Wu Huaiyu seemed to have a feeling in his heart that he didn't sleep that night and felt that he couldn't sleep.

"Jiexia, Fei Nu is back,"

"Where's the flying slave?"

"The flying slaves that Pang Yanzhang brought to Dingxiang,"

Wu Huaiyu stood up excitedly and immediately took the bamboo tube. The sealing wax was intact. He opened one first, took out the letter, took out the secret text of the appointment with Pang Xiaotai, and compared it with the translation.

Jieli has led the main force from Dingxiang and is heading north of Yinshan...

The contents of the letters brought back by other pigeons were the same. Li Dejiang released several pigeons because he was worried that some pigeons would encounter hawks or hunters on the road and not come back. If he released one cage at a time, he would always be able to come back.

"This timid Jieli can't sit still after only half a month,"

Huaiyu was excited and said, "Hurry up and summon all the generals."

While waiting for the generals, Wu Huaiyu quickly went through it in his mind.

Yuchi Gong rushed for more than [-] miles on a snowy day, captured Wuyang Ridge in one fell swoop, and then took root twenty miles south of Dingxiang City. Not only was Jieli unable to do anything to him, but he was harassed by Yuchi Laohei in various ways, especially Wu. The elite Qiantang cavalry were nailed there, making Jieli unable to sleep and eat well, so he had to mobilize his troops and horses.

The troops and horses that could be assembled could not take down Tang Qi, who was in high danger at Evil Yang Ridge. The troops that Jie Li had assembled in the snow and wind were very depleted, but the bigger problem was that they were worried that the main force of the Tang army would arrive at any time.
However, he never showed up. This kind of anxiety forced Jieli to finally retreat to the north of Yinshan Mountain.
I have to say that the Turkic Khanate is indeed in ruins.

In just three years, the troops came to Chang'an to drink the Mawei River, and the Tang cavalry rushed to the Evil Yang Ridge, shocking the Dingxiang Khan Court in one day.

Although according to the traditional tactics of the Turks, it is very common for the situation to be inconvenient and decisive. After all, they are nomads.
Although there is Dingxiang City, it is not the tradition of the Turks to defend the city. They are better at maneuvering.
It is indeed more beneficial to take action when the situation is not good.

But now that Jieli was so frightened by five thousand cavalry that he ran away, I can’t say he was successful. I can only say that the Turkic Khanate was no longer good, and Jieli was no longer good.
In the past three years, they have faced not only the increasingly powerful Tang Dynasty, but also
There are also Xue Yantuo, the fierce dragon crossing the river, and the Tiele tribes who have united.

Ever since Li Shimin sent envoys to the Western Regions to find Xue Yantuo Yinan and told them that Mobei had great potential and that the Tang Dynasty was willing to fully help them establish the Tiele Khanate, the Turks were destined to be in trouble.

Yi Nan led [-] tents of tribesmen and moved eastward from the Western Regions to Mobei. At first, he used the banner of surrendering to the Eastern Turks. Jieli thought it was such a good thing that more than [-] tents of Tiele tribes came to pay taxes and serve him. Woolen cloth,

Who would have thought that as soon as Yi Nan settled down in Mobei with his troops, he immediately summoned the Tiele tribes, took out the canonization edict of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and announced that he would respond to the Tang Emperor, unite the Tiele tribes, establish his own khanate, and The Turks drove out of Mobei.

Jieli didn't take it seriously at first and let Tuoshe and Yugushe suppress him. However, he fought one battle, two battles and three battles. In the past three years, he fought countless battles, big and small, and suffered repeated defeats.
Jieli also personally went to Mobei to conquer, but he couldn't defeat him either.

It was precisely in the past three years that the Turks were defeated at the hands of Tie Le countless times, which not only severely damaged the Turks' vitality, but also lost many Tie Le tribesmen, taxes, and military resources.
Not to mention the disastrous defeat of the Turks, which also made the Turks' minor khans and designers unable to control themselves.

Yu Sheshe's cunning and disloyalty, his sudden and sudden rebellion,

Xi, the Khitan's separation,

This has caused the once extremely powerful Turkic Khanate to face the situation of disintegration in just a few years.
Datang seems to have done nothing in recent years.

But he also put a rope around Turk's neck and pulled it tighter and tighter.

Destroy Shuofang and Liang's capital, capture Yunzhongyuan Junzhang, sweep the area within the Great Wall, instigate a sudden rebellion, recruit Xi Khitan, and advance step by step.

until now.

"Big guy!"

The generals came over and asked, "The commander summoned us late at night. Is something big going to happen?"

"Jie Li has escaped from Dingxiang City this morning. At this moment, it is estimated that Dingxiang City may have been captured by Yuchi Jingde," Huaiyu announced.

All the generals were excited,

"Is Yuchi Jingde so ferocious that five thousand riders defeated Jie Li in half a month?"

"No matter how miserable Jie Li is, there will always be a hundred thousand riders in Dingxiang, right?"

Everyone was talking and talking,
"Jieli was not defeated by Yuchi Gong and fled. He evacuated to the north of Yinshan Mountain on his own initiative. Dingxiang City is still in the hands of the Turks, and someone has been sent to stay behind."

"Then Jieli is still afraid."

"Old Hei Yuchi is so tough and tough, he is worthy of being a door god."

Wu Huaiyu asked everyone to be quiet,

"Jie Li is more cowardly than we expected. We thought he would guard Dingxiang City and constantly gather men and horses. However, we led them with Yuchi Gong's thousands of fine horses and let the wind, snow and cold consume them and tire them out. , wait for two or three months, and then we will launch the final attack after the new year. Li Xiang will lead the main force to wait for work, and a thunderous blow will come. "Who knew that Jieli could not hold on after only half a month?"

"Now that he is running away, his plan has been disrupted, and the strength of the troops he took away has not been consumed much,"

"Su Lie's five thousand horses are riding on the White Road. I'm afraid we can't stop him. We have to catch up quickly and reinforce him. The most important task of our Heng'an Road is to prevent Jie Li from crossing the Yin Mountain. If he does, he can escape to Mobei. , that is the serious dereliction of duty of our Heng'an Dao, our Youyan Legion,"

The generals stood up and said, "Commander, give me the order. We will set off tonight. We will not let that old boy Jieli escape."

Wu Huaiyu smiled and said, "There is no rush for this night. Let's go back and sleep. Tomorrow we will prepare food at the third watch, assemble the army at the fourth watch, and set off at the fifth watch."

The generals led the way.

Unable to sleep, Wu Huaiyu simply boiled milk tea on the stove, and several confidants came to accompany him. Li Jinyan skillfully roasted the dried dates, tea leaves, etc. on the fire, then put them into a small jar and cooked them on the fire.

"Bake some more potatoes,"

"If you have any meat, let's grill the air-dried beef,"

Kunlun slave Tang Fengxiao took out a few eggs from somewhere, wetted the paper and wrapped them, then buried them in the ashes and baked them. "We are in Wucheng, which is almost seven hundred miles away from Baidao. Dingxiang is only two hundred miles away from Baidao. Can we make it in time?"

"Su Lie, Li Keshi, and Xue Wanshu led five thousand elite cavalry to lurk in the Yinshan Baidao. They should be able to intercept Jie Li for a while and buy us time.
Now I'm worried that Li Ji will arrive before us. "

Li Ji stationed troops in Yunzhong, which was later known as Datong. From Datong to Baidao, it was about five hundred miles away, which was much closer than them.

"Of course, it's also possible that my teacher arrived first."

Li Jing was in Mayi, which was about five hundred miles away from Baidao, which was much closer than going from Zhangjiakou.

Peng Zizi said, "When I was in Lingzhou, I went to Mobei via Baidaochuan. I walked to Baidaochuan several times, so I am quite familiar with it."

The middle section of Yinshan Mountain is also called Daqingshan or Black Mountain. In ancient times, green and black were commonly used, and it was named because of its color like black.

Since ancient times, Baidao has been an important passage connecting the north and south of Daqing Mountain.

From the north to south of Daqing Mountain in the Hetao Plain area, you can cross several valleys such as Wusutugou. Among them, Wusutugou was also called Baidaozhong River in the Northern Wei Dynasty and was a shortcut connecting the north and the south.

However, the mountains in the valley are high and deep, making it difficult for a large number of people, vehicles and horses to pass, so a mountain road was opened in the nearby gentle mountainous area. This mountain road has a ridge made of tuff, one or two feet above the ground and about seven or eight feet wide. It is about ten feet long from north to south and is as gray as lime, so it is called Baidao.

After the rise of the Xiongnu, Baidao's strategic position became very important.

Later, the Xianbei Tuoba tribe also moved south from the greater Xianbei Mountains and settled in the north and south of the Yinshan Mountains. Finally, they established the powerful Northern Wei Dynasty.
After they established their capital in Pingcheng in Yunzhong, in order to protect Pingcheng, they established six military towns along the Yinshan Mountains. Among them, Wuchuan Town guarded the north of Baidaochuan.

Later, Baidao City was built south of Baidaochuan.

Peng Weizhong said frankly that the gray color can be seen from more than a hundred miles away.

"From the southwest of Dahei River to the south of Baidao, there is a city at the mouth of the valley, with the Great Wall on the side, with mountains behind and marshes on the side. To the north of the city is Takasaka, which is Baidaoling."

"When I passed Baidaochuan, there was a palace built by the Northern Wei Dynasty on the ridge. In the fifth year of Wude, the Turks used the Baidaoling palace to kill Liu Wuzhou."

Peng Zizi dipped his hand in tea and drew a simple map of Qingshan Baidao on the table.

A Baidaogou, next to Baidaoling, with Heicheng to the north and Baicheng to the south.
Black City is Wuchuan Town in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

However, there is a black city in Daqingshan, also known as the Little Black City, and there is also a Northern Wei Palace on Baidaoling.
Little Black City, guarding the throat of the White Road in Yinshan Mountain, is the only way to go out and into the fortress, and it is also the shortest way.

The three cities of Baicheng, Xiaoheicheng and Daheicheng guard the important route of Yinshan Baidao.

Since the Turks had previously controlled the Monan area, and even controlled Yunshuo and other places for a time, the Yinshan line became the rear of the Turks.

Even the important Baidao didn't have any garrison garrison.

Su Lie set out from Huaihuang half a month ago and marched quietly to the White Road of Yinshan Mountain. After a thousand miles of journey, even if it was cold, windy and snowy, and he marched hundreds of miles every day, he should have arrived at Yinshan Mountain five days ago.

According to the plan, Su Lie and his party went westward via 99 Spring in Beiyuan, Wubao, and along the Dahei River to the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain.
"Back then, Emperor Wenxuan of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Gao Yang, personally conquered Rouran. He left his baggage at Baidao, pursued him with light cavalry, and finally returned with a great victory.

Later, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, also sent Wei Wang Yang Shuang to attack Shabolu Khan in the north and defeated the Turks in Baidaochuan. "

Wu Huaiyu pointed at Baidaocheng, "It seems that we need to contact Su Lie immediately and ask him to quickly capture Baicheng and block the enemy for reinforcements."

"It's seven hundred miles apart. With such wind and snow, no matter how fast the light horse is, it will take three to five days. Jieli's journey from Dingxiang to Baicheng is only one hundred, fifty or sixty miles, so I'm afraid he won't be able to make it in time."

"Jieli retreated with a large army, and he probably had to carry a large amount of cattle and sheep with him and his family. Their speed will not be fast. They may have to walk one hundred fifty or sixty miles, which may take three days. If our messenger has to work hard If we fight hard, we might be able to reach Baicheng before them."

Wu Huaiyu immediately summoned his own soldiers and "led a group of light cavalry and rushed to Baidao in Yinshan Mountain immediately to find Su Lie and told him to seize Baicheng and rely on the city defense to guard the entrance to Baidao and block Jieli's retreat."

"I'll come soon!"

(End of this chapter)