Half of this year, the fourth year of Wude in Li Tang Dynasty, has passed, and the whole country in the Central Plains is still hesitant to move forward in the chaos of war.
The first to start the war were Xiao Xian and Lin Shihong from the south. Within a few months, Lin Shihong was defeated one after another, and because of the climate in the south, there was no harsh winter to give him a break.
Therefore, Lin Shihong's downfall is almost around the corner. On the contrary, the day when Xiao Mian becomes the king of Jiangnan and takes over Sun Quan's hometown is not far away.
In addition, Li Po and Li Tang also had a fierce battle at the beginning of the year. Li Tang was defeated, and the tentacles extending into the Jin Dynasty were completely cut off. With the continuous loss of troops and generals, Li Tang showed signs of decline.
After Li Po, who owned all the land of Jin, stabilized the territory of Jin, he was immediately proclaimed King of Han and officially entered the ranks of the princes of the world.
During this period, Xiao Mian was still entangled with Li Tang in Kuizhou in Shuzhong. Xiao Mian, who was fighting on both sides, was actually not comfortable. At the same time, Wang Shichong led his army to attack Dou Jiande.
They fought with Dou Jiande back and forth along the Yellow River, but no one took advantage. The two of them were much more violent than others. After the massacre, they created a war between Henan and Hebei.
A blank area.
Wang Shichong returned without success. When Dou Jiande was in charge of Wang Shichong in the south, he personally led his army to attack Youzhou. In May, Dou Jiande took Zhuo County and expanded his power in northern Hebei. He would soon own all counties in Hebei.
The Liang divisions in the northwest faced each other near Lingzhou with Li Tang, the governor of Lingzhou, and Li Daozong, the Duke of Lueyang. Even though the Liang divisions had the help of the Turks, strategically they had completed the siege of Lingzhou, but tactically, they were defeated by the brave and good warriors.
Li Daozong fought so hard that he could hardly find the north.
Starting from last year, for more than half a year, Liang Shidu and Li Daozong held dozens of stations near Lingzhou. Li Daozong was completely victorious, and almost single-handedly protected the entire territory of Lingzhou, and gradually forced Liang Shidu to retreat to Xiazhou.
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This is undoubtedly a rising star, but in fact, as Li Yuan's cousin, Li Daozong's life trajectory also took a turn. At the age of seventeen, he went with Qin King Li Shimin to conquer Xue Ju, and finally defeated Xue Rengao, and then became the general manager of Lingzhou.
On one side, he was on guard against Li Gui, and on the other side, Master Liang was spying on him.
Therefore, when he was supposed to go east with Li Shimin, Lingzhou and Master Liang collided with each other early on, and his waist and eyes blossomed.
It can be said that among Li Yuan's brothers, nephews, in terms of their ability to lead troops and their achievements, Li Shimin and Li Daozong should be the leaders, and the rest are incomparable.
But this year, in this vast world, the most dazzling name did not belong to the princes of the Sui Dynasty in the south. His name appeared at the foot of the sacred mountain of the Turks.
His name is Ashina Qiuluo, the son of the late Turkic Shibi Khan, and now the Western Jieli Khan of the Turkic Khanate.
This is a Turkic nobleman who is equally young, equally ambitious and ambitious. Since Ashina Yang Huan ascended the throne of Turkic Khan the year before last, he immediately became Ashina Qiuluo, Khan of the West.
First, he quietly gathered his tribe at the foot of the Holy Mountain and married Ashina Dubi's daughter, who was his cousin. He soon gained the support of Ashina Dubi's old tribe.
Ashina Qiuluo, who had gained a firm foothold, quickly put down the Tiele rebellion, summoned the leaders of Tiele tribes, and re-established an alliance on the banks of the Tula River.
In the last year of the red dragon in the grassland, Ashina Qiuluo's name had begun to spread along the Tula River, and was recognized by the Turkic and Tiele nobles.
It was also at the end of the autumn of last year that the Shekui Khan of the Western Turks, who had regained their power, led his troops to the east, preparing to return to the foot of the holy mountain, and then wanted to unify the Eastern and Western Turks.
The news quickly spread to the Turkic Khan's account. Ashina Yang Huan, who had just led his troops to move back to Mobei, was sending troops to quell rebellions everywhere, and was also at war with the feuding people in the north.
The Turks, who suffered successive changes, were gradually running out of troops. Even so, Ashina Yanghuan still sent five thousand soldiers to reinforce Ashina Qura.
In fact, in a few years, the two behemoths in the north and south have experienced a process of rapid decline from peak prosperity. If you add Goguryeo to the east, that is to say, the three powerful empires on this continent have all
It went downhill.
Due to geographical reasons, Goguryeo, which had also exhausted its blood under Liaodong City, has been struggling to survive. Royal battles also occurred one after another. The so-called Goguryeo God of War was also wiped out at this time, and the country was in chaos.
The Great Sui Dynasty was the most complete chaos. Under the disintegration, whatever eggs there were were all shattered to the ground.
The Turks are actually in the best situation. At least the Turks have given birth to a new khan, and they have tried their best to gather many tribes under one banner, and they still have some strength left to resist external humiliation.
At such a critical moment, Ashina Qura injected a shot in the arm into the Turkic Khanate.
At the end of the autumn of the third year of Wude in the Li Tang Dynasty, Ashina Qiuluo led 30,000 cavalry and fought against the 100,000-strong army of Shekui Khan in the southwest of the Turkic Holy Mountain.
Heroes will appear in every nation, and they often shine with a light that makes people afraid to look at them in difficult times. This time, the hero is synonymous with Ashina Qura.
This war passed through the cold winter and lasted until April of the following year.
Turkic warriors with the same blood flowing through their bodies, wielding scimitars, fought and chased on the vast grasslands, letting their blood spill all the way to the foot of the holy mountain.
This was undoubtedly an epic war, and almost all the tribes under the Khan of the Western Turks were involved in this war.
The Tiele tribe, belonging to the East and West Turks, also wielded sharp blades and slashed at their fellow tribesmen without hesitation, fighting for their respective masters and dyeing the Tula River, the holy river in their eyes, red.
And this war that shed countless blood and sown countless hatreds finally came to an end in April.
The tribe led by Shekui Khan, who had traveled a long way without rest or adequate supplies, was exhausted and saw the white peak of the holy mountain, but their courage had run out.
Ashina Qura, who had been dragging the war until now, was also physically and mentally exhausted, but at this moment he finally saw the dawn of defeating the powerful enemy.
There were no strategies or tactics, and there was no need for them. Ashina Qura just gathered all the forces he could use and launched a decisive battle at the foot of the Holy Mountain.
At this time, there were only more than 2,000 subordinates left around him. Among the more than 20,000 cavalry he led, half were old people, women and children who had not yet grown up.
But this does not affect their desire to survive, because they are led by a wise and tenacious commander who is regarded as a god by them just like Ashina Dubi back then.
Ashina Qiuluo, who has experienced two southern expeditions, saw how tenacious and tenacious the Sui people were, and he understood a truth in the failed war. No matter how powerful the opponent is, there are weaknesses to be found, no matter how weak he is.
, there are also advantages to rely on.
He finally found the enemy's weaknesses and also played to his own strengths, and he also firmly believed that victory in war always belongs to those who are tenacious enough.
The philosophy he understood during the war was very rough, but it created a terrible commander. In order to win, he would not consider any casualties. Even the holy mountain was dispensable in his eyes. He was very interested in victory.
His persistent pursuit is almost unparalleled in the world.
But Shekui Khan didn't know that he was on the road to failure. He was a qualified king and an excellent commander.
He already hated the enemy who had dragged everyone into the whirlpool of war and turned every place he walked into a battlefield.
Therefore, when he heard that the bastard who came out of the Turkic Khan's tent led his troops to fight him, he seemed to also see the corner of the goddess of victory's clothes lifted up.
So on a sunny and windy day, the tired and violent Turks finally faced the most tragic day.
Almost as soon as the flag of Shekui Khan appeared, Ashina Qiuluo led all his men and launched an irreversible attack on the army of Shekui Khan.
Shegui Khan and his men all knew that Ashina Qura was an extremely difficult enemy. In two major decisive battles, he was able to lead his army to break out, just like a fast hedgehog.
Hard to catch.
They were mentally prepared for a difficult decisive battle, but they still did not expect that the enemy would be so violent at such a time when they should be dying.
A long distance that was almost the limit of cavalry charge caused unexpected chaos to Shekui Khan's army.
All the previous tactics were of no use in such a direct attack. The galloping enemy completely left behind the two cavalrymen who were hiding on the side and were ready to cut off their retreat at any time, and directly charged towards Shegui Khan.
Da Ya rushed over.
The fighting and screaming of the Turkic warriors, the sound of the hoofbeats of the war horses, and the screams of falling to the ground resounded throughout the world instantly when the two armies came into contact.
Using Ashina Qiuluo and more than two thousand Fuli as their spearheads, they galloped and cut off the horses of the panic-stricken enemies one by one. They ran wildly for more than ten miles and ran into the middle army of Shekui Khan.
As if in the blink of an eye, the once seemingly indestructible army of Shekui Khan was completely routed. There was almost no decent resistance, and Shekui Khan's battle flag was chopped to the ground.
As a result, all the patience, casualties and long and difficult waiting were rewarded. Ashina Qiuluo led his army at the western foot of the Turkic Holy Mountain and completely defeated Shekui Khan, who fled westward.
Not to mention that, Ashina Qiuluo chased thousands of miles, all the way into the Gobi in the west, and slashed Ashina and Heju, the eldest son of Shekui Khan, before looking at the stretching desert and returning the hatred unwillingly...
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After this battle, Ashina Qiuluo's name spread throughout the Turks and became famous in the Western Regions, but the people in the south who were fighting each other still knew nothing about it.
This chapter has been completed!