Datang: My apprentice is Li Chengqian

Chapter 285 First Battle
Mayi is in today's Shuo County, Shanxi, and Zhanxiang City is in Inner Mongolia and Tuchengzi in the northwest of Linger.

The distance between the two places is actually quite far.

Qin Xiedao's Vanguard Battalion marched quickly all the way, destroying many small tribes along the way, and finally arrived outside Zhanxiang City in mid-October.

This is where Jieli Khan's tooth tent is now, and there are at least tens of thousands of troops inside.

If you add all kinds of old and weak women and children, nearly 10 people live in Zhanxiang City.

This is definitely a big force on the grassland.

Perhaps after studying with the Central Plains Dynasty, I felt that the construction of the city actually had a certain meaning, so the Eastern Turkic Turks also built several cities, so that most of the people lived in the cities.

This made it easier for Qin Xiedao to move.

At dawn, there are few morning stars to illuminate.

With the faint light, the personnel in charge of manipulating the hot air balloon in the vanguard battalion began to get busy.

These hot air balloons are made of whale skin into a sphere, and then made of fine steel bars and bamboo strips into hanging baskets.

In a hot air balloon, there is one responsible for manipulating the sphere, two responsible for dropping bombs, and one responsible for observation.

A hundred hot air balloons go up together, directly involving [-] people, but with the support staff on the ground, the movement is relatively large.

Fortunately, the base of the Qianfeng Battalion was still a certain distance from Zhanxiang City. The Turkic people did not expect that the Tang Dynasty would dare to attack Zhanxiang City so deeply, and there was no accident.

Soon, balloons headed towards Zhanxiang City.

On the ground, Qin Xiedao also began to let the soldiers march towards Zhanxiang City.

Don't look at the hot air balloons at this time without much power, but in the early winter on the grassland, the wind is very strong.

Their marching speed is definitely much faster than the four legs on the ground.

Qin Xiedao had no intention of letting the vanguard battalion go to attack the city, but it was still necessary to hold the formation by the side.

When the Turks flee in a panic, and then kill a wave behind them, the result will definitely be very good.

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Jieli has been a little troubled recently.

The entire East Turkic region has not been in good weather for the past few days. It was either snowstorm or drought, and the living standards of the herdsmen dropped sharply.

The most important thing is to carry out reforms wholeheartedly, and Xieli, who wants to restore the glory of the Turkic Empire in the East Turks, has found that the various tribes under the East Turks are becoming more and more disobedient.

Although apart from his elder brother's son Tuli, no one else dared to directly stand up against him, but that kind of sign was very bad.

This made Jieli very worried.

"National teacher, in this situation, what do you think should be done?"

Although domestic reforms are not going well, Jieli Khan's trust in the national teacher Zhao Deyan has not diminished at all.

Even because the various tribes were not obedient, his trust in Zhao Deyan increased a bit.

If Qin Xiedao found out about the situation, he would doubt whether Zhao Deyan was a spy arranged by Li Shimin.

If the Turks had a few more Zhao Deyans, would they collapse first without the Tang Dynasty sending troops?

"Khan, the Tang Dynasty in the south has quickly recovered its national strength in just a few years, and the living standards of the people are improving at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This fully shows that Datang's system is more suitable for the development of the country, and that our reform is very correct.

But reform is bound to have pains.At the beginning, the Qin Dynasty had the strength to unify the six countries because of Shang Yang's reform, but as the executor of the reform, Shang Yang's ending was very tragic.

Because all reforms will definitely touch the current vested interests. No one can deny this fact. "

Although he talked with Jieli Bingzhuye all night, Zhao Deyan's spirit is still very good.

This is what Xieli admired him more.

No matter how busy he is, no matter how little he sleeps, Zhao Deyan always looks energetic.

"The words of the national teacher are very suitable for me. Any reform is impossible without bloodshed. I heard that Tuli arranged for envoys to go to Chang'an City, and he must have no good intentions.

This time I am going to gather a part of the troops, and when winter comes, I will attack his tribe by surprise and completely eradicate this cancer.

Without Tuli fanning the flames, the entire grassland would be much quieter, and everyone would not have so many complaints. "

From Xieli's point of view, his own reforms did not go smoothly, mainly because Tuli made trouble by his side.

His Khan position was taken from Tuli, and the relationship between the two parties has always been relatively poor.

Now it's time to tear up the face, and Xieli doesn't have such a big burden.

"Khan Shengming, that's exactly what it should be! This prairie can only have one voice, one order, otherwise there is no way to restore the glory of the Turkic Empire."

Zhao Deyan flattered for a while, which made Jieli very comfortable.

However, Xieli, who was already a little sleepy, was about to say that this is the end of the day.

However, he was suddenly startled by a roar.

"What's the situation? Thunder in winter, haven't you encountered it before?"

"It sounds like it's coming from the barracks. I'll arrange for someone to take a look at it right away."

Zhao Deyan frowned in confusion.

Although the sound was loud, it was obviously not thunder.

Inexplicable.Zhao Deyan had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, as soon as he stepped out of the military tent, he heard various roars one after another.

Accompanied by these sounds, puffs of thick smoke began to rise.

Although the Turks built Zhanxiang City, there are actually not many buildings inside.

Most Turks still live in tents.

Even the barracks of Xieli's trusted troops are full of white tents.

Standing more than 100 meters in the air and looking down, you can drop explosives and white phosphorus bombs on these tents almost without any aiming.

"Khan, it's not good, it's not good, the gods have come to punish us, the gods have come to punish us."

At this moment, a guard rushed over in a panic.

The guard in charge of patrol had discovered that those rumbling noises had something to do with the mysterious things that suddenly appeared in the sky.

The guard who couldn't understand this situation immediately attributed this phenomenon to the punishment of the gods.

In fact, this kind of saying is very popular among Turkic people.

However, within a quarter of an hour, the entire city of Zhanxiang was occupied by various bangs, shouts, and the sound of horseshoes.

In early winter, it is very dry.

Not to mention white phosphorus bombs, even ordinary fires can easily burn up tents one after another.

Not to mention that next to each tent, there are piles of cow dung and horse dung for heating in winter.

These dry dung are the best fuel on the grassland.

Now it has become the best helper in the fire.

(End of this chapter)