Li Shan is a little aggrieved. Aren't you covering your ears and running while shouting... I won't listen, I won't listen?
I heard all the feelings!
Otherwise, why would everyone be blowing their beards and staring at me?
Li Shan glanced at the Turkic young man whose face flashed with joy, took off the black leather hat from his head, and then walked back.
"Don't worry, everyone, it must be a partial teacher." Li Shan tried to relax everyone's tense emotions, "The Cui family of Qinghe is in Beizhou, Dou Jiande, and Liu Heitai Xiangzi are also in Beizhou. In any case, they will not Let the Turks move south in large numbers..."
"Shut up!"
A chorus of scoldings sounded at the same time, and this time even Zhang Xuansu shouted loudly, startling Tian Liuan who was questioning the scouts.
Li Shan closed his mouth with a bad look. Every time he analyzed it before, he was very clear, but every time he was embarrassed. This time I really talked nonsense, I just wanted to ease your mood... You actually told me to shut up!
Tian Liuan strode over and said, "Two thousand Turks and Qingqi."
Li Shan was stunned... as if he had discovered something big!
Liu Jun immediately asked: "How many troops will Brother Tian have heading north this time?"
"Five hundred cavalry, five hundred infantry." Tian Liuan got on his horse, and Su Dingfang over there had already ordered everyone to get on their horses and speed up south.
"Can't run, can't run away!"
"That's right, if we go to Guantao for at least an hour, the five hundred infantrymen will have nowhere to escape." Tian Liu'an said loudly, "Even the cavalry may not be able to escape."
An hour's journey away, the horses galloped... The Tang army would definitely not arrive first, and the Turks often did not march with just one horse, as they had much more horse power than the Tang army.
Once caught up, it's almost a massacre without any suspense.
So, there is only one choice.
Faintly seeing the Tang army in front, Su Dingfang said loudly: "I am willing to lead my troops as bait!"
Liu Jun approached Tian Liuan and said, "This man is proficient in the art of war. He attacked the enemy camp two days ago and defeated three hundred to two thousand!"
"I just ask Manager Tian to send my mother and children back to the city first."
This sentence continued one after another, and Li Shan's mind hadn't turned around yet.
However, Tian Liuan had been in battle for a long time and knew that time was precious and could not be delayed. He made a decisive decision: "You lead these hundreds of cavalry to lure the enemy. A certain person will lead five hundred fine cavalry to ambush on the east side."
In this case, setting up an ambush was the only possibility, otherwise the Tang army would have no chance of winning if the Turkic soldiers with sufficient horsepower and superior strength entangled the Tang army.
Tian Liu'an, Liu Jun, and Su Dingfang were all experienced in battle formations and quickly formulated a rough strategy. It was not until Su Dingfang got on his horse and led the remnant of the Tang army that had rested for half an hour to the north that Li Shan came to his senses.
"Brother Su, Brother Su!" Li Shan rushed over and threw the leather hat in his hand to Su Dingfang.
"This is……"
"That Turkic fur hat, the Turkic soldiers may have come for him."
Su Dingfang put away his fur hat, waved his horse's bow, and suddenly turned around and said: "If there is any disagreement, I will do my best. My mother also asked Brother Li to take care of me."
Li Shan replied very quickly: "If there is any disagreement, take out your fur hat, tell the truth, and exchange people for others!"
Su Dingfang took a deep breath, shouted loudly, and raised his horse's spear straight to the sky. More than two hundred Tang Army cavalry rushed to follow him.
Turning around and seeing Tian Liuan about to leave, Li Shan ran back and said, "Manager Tian!"
"Women and children were sent to the Guantao..."
"And this guy!" Li Shan kicked the Turkic young man down, "You should really be killed with a knife!"
"Why are you talking about this now!" Ling Bo shouted angrily: "Let someone send him to Guantao. You and others can follow him!"
Two days ago, Li Shan noticed something unusual when he learned that Fan Yuan was tracking Fan Xing and the Turks' whereabouts in Wucheng County.
The status of this Turk may not be extraordinary, but rather very high.
Although Fan Yuan's eldest son was originally with him, there were only dozens of Turkic soldiers there, so Li Shan thought that no matter how high his status was, he could not get much higher.
But it wasn't until I asked Zhang Wenguan that I found out that there were originally not just a few dozen Turkic soldiers, but hundreds of them, but they were ambushed by the Tang army near Wucheng and suffered heavy losses.
Li Shan wished he could give himself a slap in the face. Although he didn't know why the Turks found the clues and pursued him, other than this young Turk, what other reason did the Turks soldiers have to suddenly go south, cross Beizhou and invade Weizhou?
If I had known this, I should have killed him!
In a moment, Zhao Da and other eight people had already led the Turkic youth to ride south. Five hundred Tang army infantry were hiding on the side of a mountain forest beside Yongji Canal. Tian Liuan personally led five hundred elite cavalry to the east, detouring to a place. Hidden in a valley.
He tried his best to look north, but Li Shan couldn't see anything, and Su Dingfang didn't even know how far he had run.
His palms were covered in cold sweat. Li Shan suddenly remembered an operation he had observed when he first entered the hospital as an intern. They all thought it was done, they thought the operation was perfect, and they had already started suturing... The patient took a mouthful of blood and went straight to the room.
I thought that there would be no more pursuers after entering Weizhou territory. I thought that I could save some points by persuading Tian Liuan to stick to Weizhou... But two thousand Turkic cavalry would probably tear them apart completely.
If this ambush fails and Tian Liuan is defeated and killed, can he still escape like he did some time ago?
Li Shan also thought of a worse situation. If Su Dingfang's bait was swallowed by the Turkic soldiers, Tian Liu'an could not move forward...
He couldn't help but glance at Ling Bo who was standing aside. In that case... even if Ling Bo and Dou Jiande's old men followed him back to Chang'an, they would be useless.
At this time, there was a burst of noise from behind.
Li Shan suddenly looked back, and beside Tian Liuan, a rather embarrassed but arrogant soldier was holding a sign and shouting.
What the hell!
Ling Bo scolded in a low voice: "The war is about to begin, and chaos breaks out in the rear. Is this how King Qin leads his troops?"
Li Shan cursed a few words, walked over quickly and listened to a few words, and his face suddenly darkened.
"The original Duke has arrived at Guantao and has given strict orders to retreat!"
"You want to disobey me?"
Li Daoxuan still doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, but Shi Wanbao actually escaped!
It's really unreasonable... Li Shan gritted his teeth and cursed secretly, he had already destroyed the entire 30,000 Tang army, and now he is coming to Weizhou to cause trouble!
Tian Liuan's face was equally ugly. He didn't say his position or that he was Shi Wanbao's defeated general. He just said that he couldn't cope with the current situation.
Two thousand Turkic light cavalry went south. Su Dingfang and Liu Jun took the risk to lure the enemy. With the two hundred cavalry blocking them, Tian Liuan abandoned his five hundred infantry and immediately fled south. He might be able to escape back to Guantao, but at that time, what kind of face would he have? Meet former colleagues?
But in name, Li Daoxuan, King of Huaiyang, the commander-in-chief of the march in Hebei Province, is missing. Shi Wanbao, the deputy commander-in-chief of the march, should logically be the commander-in-chief of the armies in Hebei Province.
In fact, some of the 30,000 Tang troops defeated by Xiabo were drawn from the garrison in various prefectures.
Although Tian Liu'an has a resolute temperament and is good at fighting, he is not the kind of person with quick talents, and he couldn't find a suitable excuse to shirk it for a while.
The soldier was Shi Wanbao's personal guard. He looked around and said loudly: "The original prince carries the sage's decree, and all the troops in Hebei Province are assigned..."
Tian Liuan's expression changed... A sage's edict?
Before he finished speaking, a sharp shout suddenly sounded.
"The arrow is on the string and it has to be fired!".
Before Tian Liu'an could react, he saw the eyes of Shi Wanbao's bodyguard in front of him widened, the tip of the knife shining brightly on his chest, and the blood from his heart spurted out along the tip of the knife.
The guard's body softened and he slowly fell down, revealing the frosty Li Shan behind him.
Pulling out the long knife without any care, Li Shan cupped his hand and said, "I would like to take care of some small matters on my behalf as the general manager."
Even though Tian Liuan has been on the battlefield for a long time, he has never seen such a situation. The young man in front of him analyzed the current situation two quarters of an hour ago, clearly and clearly, gentle and elegant, like a gentleman, and in the blink of an eye, he killed Shi Wanbao's personal guard with thunderbolt means.
The blood flowing from the bodyguard who fell to the ground and the calm expression on Li Shan's face formed a striking contrast.
Tian Liuan took a deep breath and strode forward.
At this moment, Su Dingfang had already engaged the Turkic soldiers... In fact, the Turkic soldiers did not intend to engage in battle. They slowed down their horses and separated a small group of people who immediately stepped forward and shouted loudly.
However, Su Dingfang did not practice martial ethics and instead accelerated his horse speed. Relying on his Mingguang armor, he took two arrows and rushed into the enemy's army. The horse spear in his hand stabbed three Turks in succession.
Liu Jun, who followed later, led two hundred Tang cavalry to easily kill the remaining dozens of Turks, and the Turkic brigade not far away immediately made an uproar.
At most, two hundred cavalrymen took the initiative to challenge two thousand cavalrymen... just like a dog provoking a pack of hungry wolves.
Who can bear this?
At the first moment, there was only a buzzing sound, and a rain of arrows fell on the heads of the Tang army. Even though they were protected by armor captured from the previous day and night raids, more than ten people were shot off their horses.
Su Dingfang, who had seven or eight feather arrows embedded in his body, waved his horse and led his army in an arc to penetrate the Turkic cavalry formation from the flank.
Generally speaking, when the Tang Army and the Turks fought, the former was good at charging into formations because of their excellent armor and weapons, while the latter's strengths were their superb riding skills, sufficient horsepower, good at running, and everyone was good at shooting. After all, they were known as controlling strings.
The Turkic soldiers slowed down their horses, and the Tang army accelerated to charge into the formation. It seemed that the advantage should be with the Tang army. Su Dingfang, who entered the formation, had no enemy in front of him. In the blink of an eye, a space was cleared for the cavalry behind him to break through.
Array.
But in fact, before Su Dingfang broke the formation, the Turkic cavalry dispersed like clouds and flowing water, and the horses seemed to spread out easily like their fingers, without causing any congestion.
Therefore, it seemed that the Tang army had penetrated the enemy formation, but in fact the killing effect was not great. Su Dingfang was not disappointed. Before joining Dou Jiande's command, he had fought with Turkic soldiers and knew the opponent's tactics.
He leaned out and used force with his wrists to sweep the two Turkic soldiers off their horses. Su Dingfang shouted loudly and was leading his troops to escape to the east, when he saw dozens of Turkic soldiers shouting and surrounding Liu.
Jun.
Liu Jun's horse was nowhere to be found, and the spear he snatched was cut off, so he could only pull out a scimitar and slash around.
Dozens of Turkic soldiers surrounded Liu Jun and seven or eight Tang soldiers in the center. Arrows were fired and spears stabbed, and all the guards around Liu Jun were quickly killed or injured.
Just when Liu Jun was desperate, a big brown horse came rushing towards him. Su Dingfang swept across with a spear in one hand, drew out a long knife in his right hand and forced several Turkic soldiers away, "Let's go, let's go!"
With a roar like thunder, Su Dingfang casually threw the long knife into the chest of the Turkic soldier on the other side who was trying to stop him.
The dozen or so Turkic soldiers only hesitated slightly. Su Dingfang had already taken the lead to kill the generals, followed closely by Liu Jun and the two remaining guards.
After only escaping for a short distance, Su Dingfang turned his head and looked around, suddenly reining in the reins... because although the Turkic soldiers were ready to move, they did not pursue him.
Su Dingfang gritted his teeth, put down his horse, held a big bow and fired an arrow, then took off his helmet, took out the leather hat from his arms and put it on.
At first there were a few incomprehensible exclamations, and then the noise suddenly became louder... Su Dingfang was certain in his heart, shouted a few words, and drove to the east with the remaining hundreds of Tang cavalry.
The identity of that Turkic young man is indeed extraordinary and he has a high status. He is a member of the Ashina royal family. When a similar person can ride a horse and shoot arrows, he begins to have his own direct lineage, and these two thousand Qingqi are his direct lineage.
In the night attack three days ago, the Turks found a clue about the scimitar given to Liu Jun by Li Shan. Seeing this familiar leather hat again, the two thousand Qingqi could no longer bear it and finally let go. The horse is coming.
Getting closer and closer, Tian Liuan had already arranged for his personal guards to send orders and prepare to attack, while Li Shan looked nervously at the falling Tang cavalry. About two hundred cavalry had attacked, and now there were less than a hundred left.
Su Dingfang glanced at the soldiers waving flags, accelerated again, and made an arc not far from the ambush site.
At this time, the ambush battle had officially begun.
The bows and arrows in the hands of the hundreds of infantrymen of the Tang Army who were the first to greet them. The infantry bows had an advantage against the cavalry bows in terms of accuracy and range. Moreover, the Tang Army was on a hill, condescending, and the ejection resulted in a longer range, and the range was not as high. Fear of the Turkic cavalry attacking from behind.
Of course, the main reason for not being afraid of the Turkic cavalry's upward attack was on the other hand. Just as hundreds of gleaming arrows fell from the sky, causing a commotion among the Turkic cavalry, Tian Liu'an had already led five hundred cavalry around the corner from the east side.
Tian Liuan was a veteran on the battlefield, and he chose the right time to attack, and five hundred elite cavalry intercepted the Turkic brigade.
Li Shan, who was standing high up, rubbed his hands and asked in a low voice: "How, how?"
Zhang Xuansu has returned to the city, and Zhang Wenguan who is left behind is not sure. Although the ambush was successful, the number of troops was too small, so it was hard to say whether he could win.
Uncle Ling could understand, but he frowned and ignored Li Shan at all.
After the long snake-like Turkic brigade was cut off, there was naturally a chaos. The head of the snake in front turned back to bite the enemy, while the tail of the snake in the rear was winding around desperately, trying to wrap up the enemy tightly.
Tian Liuan, who was in the formation, ignored the stray arrows flying in the sky, shouted in peace, commanded the cavalry to thrust forward, penetrated the enemy formation horizontally, and slammed into the returning Turkic front formation.
The condescending Tang army infantry fired arrows downwards desperately, trying to stop the steady stream of Turkic cavalry charging forward.
Unlike the war in the Central Plains, against the Turks, even if the heavy armored cavalry breaks the formation, the Turk soldiers can scatter and avoid it with their superb equestrian skills, and the overall situation will not be affected by a small-scale rout.
At this moment, Ling Bo slapped the big stone under him hard, and he seemed to feel no pain, "The overall situation is decided!"
Following Ling Bo's line of sight, Li Shan saw that Su Dingfang's less than a hundred cavalrymen had somehow detoured to the side of the Turks' rear formation.
From the moment Su Dingfang rushed into the formation with his horse and the sword in his hand, the Turkic soldiers who still had hope of turning defeat into victory finally collapsed.