A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 681 Attack on the Royal Court on a Snowy Night

Tang Ting's tactics may seem difficult, but in fact they are not simple at all. They divide and encircle them and take them by surprise.

History books often record this in just a few sentences, but the real situation is full of difficulties. It is difficult to find roads in the grassland, especially after it snows in winter.

If you are not careful, you may get lost.

What's more, the winter in the grassland is so cold that even the Turks can't bear it, let alone the Tang army. However, all these difficulties could not stop the Tang army's determination and will to win.

Li Jing set out from Mayi with three thousand light cavalry. Jieli Khan never expected that the Tang army would brave the wind and snow in winter to launch an attack.

Although the Turks already have some civilization of their own, they do not have the habit of recording history and do not know the destruction of the Huns in the past.

Li Jing ordered Xu Shiji to attack from the east, attacking the eastern part of the DTZ, and ordered Wang Xuanji to lead his army to attack the western part of the DTZ. The DTZ army must not be considered both head and tail.

Then Li Jing took the opportunity to attack DTZ Jieli Khan's tent with his light cavalry.

It seems that it is very simple for Li Jing to take the Qingqi directly, but in fact only those who have done it know how difficult it is.

Tang Jian led the envoy to the Turks and discussed surrender with Jie Li. After seeing the envoy from the Tang Dynasty, Jie Li immediately felt relieved and felt that his delaying strategy had worked. He discussed with Tang Jian on one side and prepared to wait until winter on the other. In the past, he fled back to Mobei.

"The imperial edict decrees that Tang Jian be made the Minister of Rites and the Duke of Ju, and he will lead an envoy to the Turks!"

Jieli's hesitation also caused the Turkic army's slow response.

"I must be an envoy and go to the Turks' tent in person to discuss with them in order to stabilize Jie Li."

Even after Jie Li sent an envoy, Tang Jian took the initiative to write a letter saying: "Jie Li's request for peace is an act of hypocrisy. He wants to delay the attack of the army and gather the defeated troops. If Your Majesty refuses, I am afraid that Jie Li will run away."

Both parties were determined to delay, so the matter of surrender did not progress quickly.

After hearing this, Li Shimin was greatly moved. He knew very well that such a task would be to commit suicide. Once Jie Li realized what he was doing, he would definitely kill Tang Jian to vent his anger when he became angry.

Jieli did not realize the danger at the first time. After learning that the Tang Dynasty launched an attack, the front line was severely defeated. Jieli did not retreat immediately to reorganize his troops. Instead, he placed his hope on heavy snow sealing the road, and at the same time sent an envoy to sue for peace. indecisive.

He wanted to escape but couldn't bear to leave the army. Besides, it was bitterly cold in Mobei and he didn't want to go either. So the only two options left were war and surrender. However, Jieli wanted to fight but was worried about failure, and wanted to ask for peace but was hesitant.

Even if there are two routes to contain it, there will be no shortage of defenders of the Turkic King's tent, not to mention that in the wind and snow, it is necessary to accurately find the location of the Turkic King's tent.

"Your Majesty Tang Jian accepts the decree!"

In the Turkic King's tent, with only a dozen of them, how could they be the opponent of the furious Jieli. Tang Jian knew it was a dead end, but he still dared to go there without hesitation.
Li Shiming sighed: "I already know your great righteousness. It is my good fortune to have you here, and it is the good fortune of the Tang Dynasty!"

Jieli Khan once again demonstrated his military incompetence. After Xu Shiji and Wang Xuanji sent troops to attack, the Turks were suddenly attacked, causing chaos.

Tang Jian successfully held back Jie Li and made him relax his vigilance. Li Jing immediately understood that the time had come to defeat the Turks.

Under the leadership of his guide, Li Jing led three thousand cavalry to launch a surprise attack on the Turkic tent. There was heavy fog that day, which provided cover for Li Jing. Even when Li Jing led his army to make a surprise attack, no one was found.

When the Tang Dynasty army raided, these Turks woke up from a dream, but by this time it was already too late. Jieli saw the Tang army charging. In the dark night, killing cries resounded throughout the sky and earth. It seemed as if there were endless Tang troops charging out of the mist. The Turks who were suddenly attacked were killed and injured.

Fires were everywhere, and there were screams of Turks everywhere. A large number of Turks panicked and fled in all directions. Even Jieli couldn't control it. He could only protect him with the guards around him.

Countless Turks fled in all directions and were defeated.

At this time, there is no strategy and tactics to be used in cavalry hedging. In one sentence, when we meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins!

Faced with the surprise attack by the Tang Dynasty's elite cavalry, whose morale was at an all-time high, these Turks didn't even wear full armor. How could they be their opponents?
He was killed directly by the Tang Dynasty cavalry who rushed up.

"Capture Jieli alive!"

"Capture Jieli alive!" The shouts of killing one after another resounded throughout the camp. When Jieli heard the shouts of enemies everywhere, his face turned pale with fear and he did not dare to stay any longer.

He didn't even care about his wife and son, so he took the people directly and took advantage of the chaos to rush out of the camp and escape to the west.

As the Khan, Jieli's escape directly caused the Turks' morale to plummet, and the already panicked Turks had no chance at all.

Even though they have more people, they have no morale and no command, and they have become a piece of scattered sand. On the battlefield, they are just a bunch of pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

Three thousand Qingqi rushed back and forth in the camp, constantly lighting tents on fire. The Turks in the dark night could not tell how many people there were in the Tang army. They could only see beacon fires everywhere, heavy figures, and chaos.

The Turks were running around like headless flies. A large number of Turks even killed each other, causing many casualties.

Gradually, fewer and fewer people dared to resist, and more and more people laid down their weapons and knelt down to surrender. The camp was soon filled with Turks kneeling down to ask for surrender.

Seeing this scene, countless Tang troops began to cheer. They had won this battle. They made a surprise attack on a snowy night, defeated the Turkic royal court in one battle, captured and killed countless Turks, and the Turkic Khan fled alone.

After Jieli Khan realized that something was not going well, he immediately fled with his bodyguards, leaving his wife and son behind. He only calmed down after running dozens of miles on horseback.

Then he identified the direction and fled westward.

In this battle, DTZ was defeated miserably. After the two armies were defeated by the Tang army, they were entangled and unable to escape. Wang Tingya's tent was breached again. It can be said that he only has these personal guards left. If they want to escape to Mobei at this time, they will not be able to escape. Can't hold on.

Even in Mobei, without tribes, food, and livestock, they would not be able to survive this winter.

The only way is to go west, all the way west, and seek refuge with the Western Turks.

Although DTZ has enmity with the Western Turks, if he is willing to surrender to the Western Turks, the Western Turkic Khan will definitely treat him favorably. According to Turkic tradition, he will even be rewarded with a small tribe to live in the Western Turks.

But he didn't know that Li Shimin and Li Jing had already guessed what he wanted to do. In addition to attacking the Turks, Wang Xuanji's Western Route Army aimed to stop them.

Jieli Khan gathered many defeated troops along the way, and then headed west without stopping.

(End of this chapter)