A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 680 Departure
Jieli Khan is not an outstanding person. He does not understand that unity can unite and win over the majority, and then attack a small group.

He could not unite the various Turkic tribes, and he was greedy for enjoyment and could not suppress the rebellious tribes in time. This allowed other Khitan tribes to see his weakness.

But Jieli Khan didn't know it. He felt that he had asked the Emperor of the Central Plains to send him a large amount of money and food, and his prestige had resounded throughout the grasslands.

The result was that the Turks were divided and disloyal. His nephew Tuli Khan secretly contacted the Tang Dynasty, and tribes such as Xueyantuo and Huihe began to rebel again.

In just two years, the once powerful Turks seemed to be gone forever.

But Jieli Khan, who was intoxicated with arrogance and luxury, had not noticed it yet. But Li Shimin had already seen the weakness of the Turks.

In Hexi, after Wang Xuanji subdued many powerful men in Hexi and Hehuang, he began to recruit soldiers and war horses from these powerful men.

The powerful men here all have many war horses. Wang Xuanji recruited 5,000 war horses, plus their original 2,000 war horses, for a total of 7,000 war horses.

The elite of the Tang army mobilized 2,000 men, each equipped with three horses. The remaining one thousand horses were left for other Tang troops.

To fight the barbarians on the grassland, you must have enough war horses. The grassland barbarians usually ride with one person and two horses, taking turns to ride. For example, the elites ride with one person and three horses.

Time has come unknowingly to the third year of Zhenguan. After two years of recuperation, the victims of the disasters in Hexi and Hehuang have gained a firm foothold after passing through the fields.

Although they haven't seen this year's tax revenue yet, the important officials in the imperial court also breathed a sigh of relief. At least next year the court's tax revenue will increase significantly.

The resettlement of victims in other places has also been properly handled.

The people selected by Wang Xuanji were all good at riding, and some of them were even recruited from the Xuanjia Army. He needed to make these people familiar with the grassland landscape and how to fight on the grassland as soon as possible.

Tribes such as Xue Yantuo and Huihe came to surrender to the Central Plains court, requested Li Shimin to be canonized, and requested the Tang Dynasty to send troops to deal with DTZ.

Although there is not much food output yet and there are no taxes, it can be self-sufficient.

If you rely on your feet to chase, you will be exhausted and unable to catch up.

Although Li Shimin did not use force against DTZ, he sent a large number of scouts to collect intelligence. At the same time, after rebelling against the Turks, Huihe and Xue Yantuo sent envoys to the Central Plains to communicate for fear of Turkish revenge.

After being canonized by the Tang Dynasty, Xue Yantuo immediately began to call himself Khan, which made the relationship between DTZ and Xue Yantuo even more hostile.

At the same time, Li Shimin felt that it was time to take action against DTZ.

Li Shimin then canonized leader Xue Yantuo as "Zhenzhu Bijia Khan".

If Wang Xuanji wants to outflank the Turks, he must have enough war horses. At the same time, this group of elites began to practice hard on riding skills.

In this world, if any country can defeat the Turks, it is Datang.

Li Shimin immediately issued an edict to launch troops against the Turks.

Li Jing was appointed as the general manager of the war against the Turks, and all other general managers were subject to his control. After Li Jing surrendered to Li Tang, although he was not favored by Li Yuan and was even almost killed by Li Yuan, after following Li Shimin, he was invincible and invincible.

He is already the most valued commander by Li Shimin. When he himself cannot lead the army to attack DTZ, sending Li Jing is the best choice. Tang Ting directly mobilized six armies to attack the Turks, and the generals selected were all former generals of Tiance Mansion. Li Jing was the general manager of Dingxiang Road, Wang Xuanji was the general manager of Hexi Province, Xu Shiji was the general manager of East Road, leading the main force to attack the hinterland of DTZ, and Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng County, was the general manager of Datong Army.
The six armies came out together and coordinated with each other to make the Turks focus on one thing and not the other, and there was no coordination in the end, and they defeated DTZ in one battle.

The grassland has never been the home ground of the Central Plains army. The Central Plains army has always been very cautious when attacking the grassland.

Due to the geographical environment of the grassland, it is easy to lose direction, so the imperial court collected a large amount of intelligence and drew maps for this war.

The edict started from Chang'an and quickly spread throughout the country. From Chang'an to Youyun in the east and Hexi to Hexi in the west, a large number of Zhechong Mansion began to recruit soldiers on the front line of thousands of miles.

Among them, Zhechong Mansion in the Guanzhong area has the most.

After the imperial edict was issued, the soldiers of Zhechong Mansion immediately brought their own armor, weapons, and war horses to join various places.

Because in the past two years, the imperial court began to build warehouses in various places to store grain and other materials, so all kinds of military supplies were quickly prepared.

The imperial military system of the Tang Dynasty was very similar to the peasant-military system of the Great Qian Dynasty. At this time, the soldiers are at their most elite.

After receiving the edict, Wang Xuanji immediately ordered five thousand troops to gather. At the same time, he also recruited thousands of local powerful soldiers as auxiliary troops.

Wang Xuanji has been operating in Hexi and Hehuang for several years, and he has been waiting for today. He spent the shortest time getting everything ready, and then led his army to go on the expedition.

He led the army and pointed to the land in front of him and said: "During the Daqian period, our ancestors fought bloody battles to capture this Hexi area from the Xiongnu. From then on, this land belongs to our Zhuxias. Now we must follow our ancestors." Yes, go out from here and attack the Turks!"

"The Turks are rebellious, many of their tribes are rebelling, and they cannot be cured. Now is the time for them to pay their debts!"

Wang Xuanji led an army to the grassland. Although the grassland looked flat from a distance, it was actually a large number of undulating hills.

During the three years that Wang Xuanji was in Hexi, he fought many battles with the Turks here. The Turks used horses to plunder, and Wang Xuanji prepared many beacon towers, and then used cavalry to chase and intercept them. The Turks did not take advantage at all, but suffered considerable losses.

Because he was on guard against Turks, the terrain here had long been imprinted in his mind.

The time for Datang to send troops was not good, because it was already winter, and the grasslands in winter were very cold, so sending troops at this time would be risky.

But sending troops at this time would never have occurred to the Turks.

More importantly, at this time, the Turks were also storing food and grass for the winter, and they were unable to move quickly at all.

This gave the imperial court the possibility of annihilating the Turks in one battle.

As the general manager of the march, Li Jing had made various preparations before the war and issued various deployments when setting off.

This time Li Jing led the main force to the north and directly attacked Hetao. Wang Xuanji led his troops out of Hexi to outflank the Turks. Xu Shiji led the east road to attack from the other side.

Li Jing knew very well that if the Turks were not defeated in a battle, they would probably fall into a tug-of-war, which would not be a good thing for the new Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, to eliminate enemies to the greatest extent, winter is the best helper.

(End of this chapter)