Country color

Chapter 852
Regarding the fact that Western Turks joined the Tang army, the generals still had some doubts at first, but after several batches of scouting horses returned from the attack, it was further confirmed that they were indeed Western Turkic rangers.

This is definitely not a fake of Li Tang's cavalry, because there are not many cavalry in Li Tang, and the unique face of the Turks can also be confirmed.

In the end, Zhao Jun's reconnaissance cavalry took the initiative to attack Shidanai's cavalry, and captured more than 20 prisoners, which confirmed the news.

The captives confessed that they belonged to a tribe called the Tuqishi tribe under the tent of Yehu Khan, the Western Turkic system.

The Western Turks have always been a very strong tribe. At that time, Shidianmi Khan led 10 people to conquer Maxi. First, he joined forces with the Persians to destroy the powerful nomadic peoples in Central Asia. Later, he joined forces with Emperor Justinian of the Eastern Luohan Empire. I jointly attacked Persia.

After Shidianmi Khan conquered a large area of ​​Central Asia today, he divided the 10 people who followed him into ten divisions, also known as ten surnames.

These ten surnames are bounded by the Suiye River, and those to the east of the Suiye River are called Zuoxiang, which is the Wudulu tribe, and the official titles of the leaders of each tribe are Chuo. Qishi, whose full name is Tuqi Shi Heluo Shichu, is called the right chamber to the east of the Suiye River.

Now in the hands of Tong Yehu Khan, he has joined forces with Emperor Heraclius of the Eastern Roman Empire, won a decisive victory over the Persian Empire in the Battle of Nineveh, and completed the conquest of most of Central Asia.

The following is the guess of Pei Ju, Ji Chuan and others.

In terms of familiarity with the situation in the Western Regions, Pei Ju is the number one official among Dazhao officials.Although Pei Ju is an old man, this time he went out with the army.Pei Ju slowly analyzed with Li Chongjiu why the Western Turks betrayed.

Pei Ju said: "West Turkic and Eastern Turkic, because of the previous conflict of interests and the competition for Khan's throne, the two sides split.At the time of the split, the two families fought each other every year, and the situation was the same. '

At this time, someone asked Pei Ju: "It is said that Pei Gong offered advice to cause the division of the Eastern and Western Turks. This is an unrivaled achievement, but there are?" '

Pei Ju smiled and said: "There is indeed a scheme, but the Eastern and Western Turkic Khans have long been inseparable. Even if the old man hadn't offered advice at that time, they would have split up after a few years."This is not because the old man is modest. '

'So that's the case, Pei Gong continued. Li Chongjiu said.

Pei Ju bowed to Li Chongjiu and said: "During the Daye period, in order to make up for the previous struggle, the two Khans seemed to have secretly reached a plan for the West Turks to go west, and the East Turks to attack the Central Plains. The river, the end of the war. '

As you all know, the Eastern Turks, which eliminated the worries in the west, became stronger and became a border trouble for the Central Plains Dynasty. Shibi Khan first surrounded Emperor Wu at Yanmen, and then recruited Liu Wuzhou with the strategy of separating the strong from the weak. , Liang Shidu and others invaded the Central Plains. '

After hearing what Pei Ju said, Ji Chuan nodded and said: "Then I understand. Now the Eastern Turks have been defeated by His Majesty, and the leader of the Western Turks, Yehu Khan, decided to pay attention to the defeat of the powerful enemy Persia in the west." Force back to the east and re-enter the Central Plains. '

Pei Ju said: "Yes, Khan Tongyehu is also a hero. In his hands, the national power of Western Turks has reached its peak. The prosperity of Xirong under Khan Tongyehu is unprecedented." '

According to Pei Ju and Ji Chuan's analysis, Li Chongjiu understood the current situation better than the history books. He remembered that the decline of Western Turks in history was because the talented and powerful Yehu Khan was assassinated by his uncle. It fell apart, and it has since declined.And Li Tang just seized this opportunity.

But in this time and space, the Eastern Turks were wiped out by themselves ahead of time, which led to deviations in historical events.Now this majestic Tong Yehu is still alive.There is no Tong Yehu Khan in the Eastern Turkic system. He changed his strategic plan and no longer conquered the West, but secretly formed an alliance with Li Tang.

Zhang Xuansu said at this time: "In fact, we have always suspected that Li Tang formed an alliance with the Western Turks in order to contain the Eastern Turks before the East Turks perished."Li Yuan even secretly made peace with the Western Turks. '

'However, the Eastern Turks were defeated by His Majesty, which shocked the Western Turks, so they temporarily surrendered to His Majesty, and even cooperated with His Majesty to attack Li Tang.But all of this was done by Tong Yehu Khan, deliberately pretending to show others. '

'Even Tongye Huhu Khan deliberately lost to Chai Shao, mistaking His Majesty and Zhao's military for thinking that the Western Turks were weak.In fact, after defeating Persia, the Western Turks have shifted their strategic offensive target to the east. '

After Pei Ju and Zhang Xuansu analyzed all of this, the generals finally figured it out, but according to intelligence, although the Western Turks have hundreds of thousands of troops, most of them are servants, and the truly brave and capable soldiers are only [-]. .

When they attacked the Persian Empire together with Emperor Heraclius of the Eastern Roman Empire in Thebes, the Western Turks only dispatched 4 horses.

Therefore, even with the addition of 20 elite cavalry from Western Turks, it is impossible for Li and Tang's main force to defeat Wang Junkuo's [-] troops head-on.

Now the whereabouts of the West Route Army, no one knows.From the confession of the prisoners, there were only a few words, only saying that there was indeed a fierce battle, but after a few days, Zhao Jun seemed to retreat, and then Khan announced that the battle had been won.

Hearing the captive's explanation, the generals were even more sure that the West Route Army had not been defeated by Li Tang.

Therefore, when Ji Chuan said that he did not believe that the West Route Army was defeated, it also represented the heartfelt words of many generals.

Wang Mahan said, "It doesn't matter how powerful the Western Turks are."The 20 army of the second leader is no longer a dry meal. Even if the Western Turks and Li Tang are in collusion, the second leader will definitely take precautions and will never fall into the trap. '

Although Wang Mahan is now an important general, he still looks in awe when he mentions Wang Junkuo. This is a habit he has developed since Qiqianzhai, so he is still the second master in terms of address.

Wang Mahan was the first to say that the West Route Army was wiped out.

Yu Shinan also said: "We only temporarily lost the news of the West Route Army. It doesn't mean that the West Route Army has been wiped out. At the last moment before we get the news, we should not speculate." '

Xu Shiji said: "Your Majesty, the [-] Western Turkic cavalry that Li Shimin deployed to the north of Sanyuan was obviously intended to demonstrate against our army. He wanted to use such an offensive strategy to disrupt the main force of our army." '

'But the more Li Shimin is like this, the more it shows that he is not really sure of defeating the current main force of our army. '

Hearing Xu Shiji's words, Li Chongjiu slapped his thigh and said: "Xu Qing is right, Li Shimin wants to take advantage of the chaos in our army's morale to fish in troubled waters. If he is really sure, why not attack directly."We respond to change with the same. '

'promise! The generals listened to Li Chongjiu's order and agreed at the same time.

The Zhao army base camp in Sanyuan remains the same.With the assistance of [-] civil servants, the perimeter of the camp has been repaired with the double-walled walls of the camp.

At the same time, outside the camp, the civilian service began to dig trenches to challenge the [-] Western Turkic cavalry.Zhao Jun was also not afraid at all, and immediately sent cavalry to fight in rounds.

The two armies launched a fierce scout battle, and the scale was no more than a dozen or dozens of people.Zhao Jun's scouts had hated the betrayal of the Western Turkic people for a long time. In such a scout battle, they were merciless. When they met the captives of the Western Turkic cavalry, they would directly capture them and wipe their necks with a knife.

The Western Turkic cavalry was also merciless, and the scout battle between the two sides could be said to be very tragic.

But in every battle, Zhao Jun's Han cavalry can gain the upper hand and complete a good exchange ratio.

The Western Turks did not expect that the Han Chinese, who had always been bad at cavalry warfare in their eyes, were also so proficient in cavalry warfare.

They didn't know how much effort Li Chongjiu had put into training the cavalry of the Han army.For example, war horses are always the best on the grassland.

The cavalry training also combines the strengths of the Turkic, Shide, and Mohe Grassland ministries.

As for the equipment, it can be said to be the best in this era.Why should the cavalry of the Western Turks fight against the cavalry of Zhao Jun.
After every cavalry battle was defeated, the Western Turkic cavalry who had escaped could only watch the Zhao Jun cavalry flaunt their might and go away.

After three days, Zhao Jun's camp in Sanyuan was not disturbed by the Western Turkic cavalry, and the building became more solid.

But at this time, news came from distant scouts that Li Shimin had joined forces with the Western Turks.The Western Turkic Khan ruled Ye Hu and led a cavalry force of more than 2 to join forces with Li Shimin.

Li Tang's total force is estimated to be between 16 and [-].

Then Li Shimin led his army from Gaoling County, crossed the Weishui River, and went straight to the Zhao army's camp in Sanyuan.

The Zhao army stationed in the Sanyuan camp has a total of [-] people and [-] civil servants.

After the main force of the Tang army arrived, some generals suggested to Li Chongjiu that troops from Tongzhou and Jingyang should be called in for reinforcements.

Li Chongjiu did not agree after hearing this, because the strategic positions of Jingyang and Tongzhou are also very important.Jingyang has enough rations for the army to use for a month, and Tongzhou is the back road and grain road.
His [-] troops in Sanyuan only defended and did not attack, and Zhao Jun had a convenient location.At the same time, Li Chongjiu wanted to lure the Tang army to attack. If more troops were added from other places, then Li Shimin would have no idea about Sanyuan, and would instead weaken the troops in other directions.

Li Chongjiu has now made up his mind to station in Sanyuan.Didn't Li Shimin say that the main force of the West Route Army was wiped out?

Li Chongjiu just made a bet with Li Shimin to see who would benefit more from a long-term stalemate.

The main force of the Tang army had already arrived one after another. Li Shimin rode his horse on his horse and watched the camp of the Zhao army, with Yehu Khan, the commander of the Western Turkic army, beside him.

This Tong Yehu Khan was dressed in a green silk robe, his hair was exposed, and his forehead was wrapped in a foot of Xu silk, and the more than two hundred Turkic dignitaries beside him were all braided in brocade robes, surrounded by stars like the moon.And the Western Turkic army all wore fur, brown vellus hair, and rode horses to separate left and right.

Now Li Shimin and Tong Yehu Khan are evaluating whether the Zhao army camp in Sanyuan can be attacked.

(End of this chapter)