Late Tang

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The trumpet whimpers and the iron hooves thunder!

The Tatar cavalry and the Tang cavalry[***] galloped from all directions. On the white snow field, all the Tatar cavalry and Tang cavalry were wearing white capes, far away from the vast snow between the sky and the earth. Melt into one.

It was only when they came close, countless snow powder splashed and hooves sounded like thunder, did the people in Wang Xi's Yazhang realize that this magic weapon had descended from the sky.

The tall Tang character banner appeared between the sky and the earth, fluttering in the wind and snow!Immediately behind the Tang character flag is Li Jing's handsome flag!

King Xi's tooth tent was in a mess, and the King Xi City on the Tuhe Plain panicked, terrified, screamed, and fought!

At this time, Xi Wangtu and Dong Su struggled to get up from the bed.

This old man who has been in charge of the Xi family for more than [-] years now has a red face. If it weren't for his thin body, he would not have been ill for more than ten years.However, the leaders of the Xi tribe in the royal city know that this is just a flashback.

Tu Dongsu finally recognized the situation after panic, panic, and anxiety about the sudden arrival of the Tang army and Tatar cavalry.

Xi has become a vassal of the Khitan, and has been split into Xi and Xi. Originally, he was still thinking that maybe Shise and Quzhu brothers could get back together before his death.But now, with Tang Qi's arrival, he finally understood that everything was just his wishful thinking.

After his death, Xi will eventually split.

Regarding his son Shise's decision to follow Khitan's footsteps, Dong Su also implicitly agrees in his heart.In his view, the Tang Dynasty has been weakened, and even the three towns in Hebei could not be controlled for a hundred years.Over the years, the Khitan has gradually risen, surpassing Silla, Balhae, and Goguryeo to become the most powerful clan in Northeast China.

But now, Tang defeated Li Jing into Liaodong, first took the Liaodong Peninsula, defeated Bohai, and then defeated Goguryeo.Now that they are attacking west of Liaoning again, Khitan does not have the upper hand.Especially the eyes, Tang Jun actually killed all the way to King Xi's Yazhang, which finally made Tu Dongsu see clearly, if Khitan is a wolf, then Tang Jun is a tiger.

The tiger came out of the cage, unstoppable.

After all, Xi was weak, and since that was the case, even if he had to find a master to rely on, he should find a stronger one.

Li Jing's strong rise in the Northeast is already unstoppable.

Dangxiang, Tuyuhun, Anqing, Sage, Tie Le, etc. have all followed Li Jing, and now the Tatars have also followed Li Jing's banner.

Xi Ren, perhaps he should abandon Khitan and join Li Jing's banner.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month in the fifth year of Qianfu, Li Jing led the silver gun Xiaojie army, [-] elite soldiers of the Jinjiasheng Jie army, and [-] cavalry from the Yinshan Tatars. Xi Wang's tooth tent.

In the heavy snow, the magical soldiers descended from the sky, unexpectedly, and caught Xi Ren by surprise.

However, Xi Ren did not fight back desperately as Li Jing had expected. On the contrary, just after Li Jing arrived, a group of Xi Ren came out of the city to meet him. King Xi suddenly wanted to surrender to Li Jing.

The Xi people didn't play any tricks, the gates on the earthen wall of the king's city were opened wide, and the king of Xi suddenly led his troops out of the city to ask for surrender.

There are about [-] people in the city, including about [-] soldiers and horses, and nearly [-] young and strong herdsmen.

Under Xi Wang's order, Qiqi disarmed and abandoned their weapons, opened the door and surrendered.

This result caught the Tang army and the Tatar army preparing for a big battle by surprise.

However, Li Jing was very happy with this result.King Xi's tooth tent is not a simple camp, but a city with a ten-foot-high earthen wall.If the whole people is mobilized, tens of thousands of defenders can be gathered to fight.For Li Jing, this will be a tough nut to crack.But now, it is naturally the best result to surrender without fighting.

In order to express his sincerity in surrender, Tu Dongsu announced to Xi Ren and Tang Jun that he would pass on the position of Chief Xi to Congzhu, and hand over Shi Se's Khitan wife to Li Jing.

The cow dung was burning vigorously in the ground firepit, and the water in the stove set on the fire was boiling, and the faint fragrance of horse milk tea wafted out with the heat.

Although King Xi's tooth tent has earthen walls, the walls are basically tents. Only in the center of King Xi's palace, there is a small inner city with earthen houses with earthen walls.However, compared with the Central Plains, this Xiwang Palace is indeed too simple, even worse than the houses of ordinary people in Dengzhou.

Li Jing sat in the seat that originally belonged to King Xi, while the leaders of Xi people, such as King Xi Tu Dong Su and Yi Gu, lived beside Li Jing's seat.

Shi Se's wife, who had been released by Li Jing at this time, took her daughter Yue Liduo and sat on the side to make tea for everyone.

Li Jing stared at this woman in leather armor with a bow and sword with some interest. When she first saw Li Jing, she shouted that she would die with Li Jing.Many people in the tent saw Li Jing sizing up Yelu Qiuyan, and thought that Li Jing was salivating over this hot-tempered young Khitan woman.

Yelu Qiuyan is less than thirty years old. Although she has already given birth to a child, she has a grassland flavor that is completely different from that of Central Plains women.

However, Li Jing is not coveting her beauty, Li Jing is just curious about her identity.

She is Yelvyun Deshi's daughter, his daughter Yue Liduo, who was historically married to A Baoji, the third son of her third brother.And Abaoji is the famous Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji in history.Yue Liduo, that is, the well-known empress Shuluping, the empress dowager who cut off her own wrist to be buried with A Baoji after A Baoji's death, and then became the regent.

Yue Liduo was still just a little girl, and she was hiding behind her mother nervously and fearfully, holding her by the corner of her skirt.

Yelu Qiuyan squatted on the ground to make tea, but simply put the tea into the stove and boiled it with milk.

Feeling Li Jing's gaze, she would occasionally turn her head and stare at Li Jing.After the tea was brewed, she poured the tea into the cup and handed Li Jing a cup.Li Jing put the milk tea full of fishy smell aside and let the heat rise.

"From here, follow the Tuhe River to the north, and you can reach the prairie on the south bank of Huangshui. There, the Diela tribe is fighting with the Khan of Khende. If we suddenly attack their backs, the Diela tribe will be caught off guard. "Tu Dongsu said: "Your Majesty, our Xi clan is willing to gather tribal warriors to kill the Khitan people by surprise."

Although Tu Dongsu has been ill for many years, he has always been Xi Wang.Now that he has changed his sect and voted for Li Jing instead of Khitan, then he won't be at both ends.He even abandoned his son Shise who he had cultivated for many years. For the sake of the Xi family, there is nothing he can't bear.Taking the initiative to propose to attack Khitan is also to show Li Jing his determination to surrender.

Li Jing flipped through the information provided by Xi Ren. On a roll of parchment, it marked the territory and population of various Khitan ministries mastered by Xi Ren.

Li Jing did not immediately agree to King Xi's proposal to challenge the battle.Although he believes that King Xi is sincerely attached, and understands that he wants to accept the vote, but the current situation.When King Xi summoned the soldiers from all ministries, I'm afraid the Khitan would have already known the news.

What's more, the goal of Li Jing's trip is neither to destroy Xi, nor to copy Khitan's lair.

Li Jing is a person with a clear goal, and his goal is the battlefield in western Liaoning.

The most important thing right now is to take down the enemies in western Liaoning steadily and steadily.

Although Xi Ren surrendered without a fight and was willing to help Li Jing copy Khitan's retreat, the temptation is indeed not small.But there is also a lot of risk in it. Without them going to the battlefield in western Liaoning, the war in western Liaoning will be protracted and difficult to resolve.Besides, in the current weather, it is really risky to march hundreds of miles to fight Khitan in the heavy snow.

After pondering for a long time, Li Jing said to Dong Su: "I am really grateful that King Xi understands righteousness so well. But right now, our first task is to take down Liaoxi. To wipe out the Khitan people in Liaoxi, we still need the help of King Xi. After all, Shi Se still led [-] Xi people in Dushan. I hope that King Xi can persuade Shi Se to lead his army to join him, after all, turning back is the right thing to do."

Li Jing asked King Xi to summon all the young and strong riders in the Yazhang to follow the Tang army to Mount Dushan.

Bringing all these people with me is to increase the momentum, and secondly, Li Jing is also to prevent Xiren from repeating and making small moves behind his back.

In the big tent, King Xi had already retreated with other Xi people.

He Bule got up and said to Li Jing: "Your Majesty, I feel that if you send troops to the Khitan people at this time, there is a great chance to catch them by surprise. If you believe me, I am willing to lead the cavalry from the headquarters to Huangshui."

The Tatars were very active in this operation.

Li Jing likes their positivity, but also knows that they will not give their lives for nothing.If you are willing to work so hard, you will naturally want more.

He smiled at Hebuler, "If the general insists, then the king is willing to give the general this chance."

"Don't worry, king, we will definitely give Diela a good look!" Hebuler said loudly.

After Hebule left, Zhou Dewei said, "I'm afraid things won't go so smoothly when the Tatars go to Khitan. Khitan is not from the Xi clan, and now Khitan is in a civil war, so they must be very careful."

Jing Xiang smiled and said, "So what, the Tatars are going on their own. For us, if the Tatars succeed, they can severely damage the Diela tribe. If they lose, it doesn't matter much."

"They chose the road, so naturally they have to be responsible for the consequences." Li Jing chuckled, "The Tatars are quite ambitious, so that's good, let them go deep into Khitan, and they can contain part of the Khitan army. Let them eat It’s a little bit of a loss, and you will only follow us more obediently in the future.”

No matter how the foreigners are, Li Jing is wary of them.It is okay to trust them temporarily, but Li Jing will never really trust them.Racial barriers cannot be easily ignored.

Li Jing took a sip of tea and frowned. The tea really didn't look good, and it tasted even worse.

"Take a good rest today, and set off immediately at dawn tomorrow morning. There are still three hundred miles to go!" (To be continued.)