Li Shan, who was riding swayingly on the horse, yawned and tilted his body, which made Zhu Wei on the side couldn't help but want to help him.
But Li Shan straightened his body, took the reins of the horse with his right hand, and immediately sat firmly... After all, it will be a year since he came to Daizhou in two months, and he has gone through several battles. Even if he is galloping, Li Shan can't do it now.
I will fall off my horse again in disgrace.
Although it was already dawn, looking up, the faint stars were still hanging in the sky. Li Shan calculated in his mind that it was about 4:30 to 5 o'clock in the morning.
This is a time when Li Shan wouldn't get up in his previous life... Well, if it's a night shift, that's a different matter.
However, Li Shan was busy very late last night, and the night shift was not considered a night shift. He got up an hour before he went to bed, and he was very sleepy.
"Most of the 30,000 people have moved into the fortress." Zhang Shigui said at the side: "Five hundred young men were left behind to serve as civilian husbands, but Cui Bang, the nephew of the Duke of Xihe County, stayed in the stronghold."
"Huh?" Li Shan was a little surprised and said with a smile: "If you can achieve great merit and inherit the title of Duke of Qinghe County when you return to the court, then I will be miserable."
Zhang Shigui didn't know what was going on, and Xue Wanche on the side couldn't stop laughing. He often corresponded with the East Palace, so he knew about it. Cui Bang followed the Qinghe County Duke, and Cui Xin was too embarrassed.
"About half of the thirty thousand people returned to their hometown, and the remaining ten thousand were resettled in Daizhou and Xinzhou." Li Shan praised: "Brother Zigou and Zhang Hongshen worked really hard, but they also cooperated tacitly..."
Speaking of this, Li Shan glared at Xue Wanche, "It's not like him... I'll shut up when I get to Guji Town later."
Zhang Shigui was quite well-behaved during those days, but he was always talkative, and he was in harmony with the Qin Prince's family and Su Dingfang.
Zhu Wei couldn't help but laugh and said: "General Xue has worked hard today, so I will practice my meditation for the time being."
As soon as those words came out, Xue Wanche couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. The so-called low-mouth monk of Dongshan Temple... became a joke among the people.
Even when scolding each other, no one would scold him... He should go to Dongshan Temple to practice silent meditation!
Shuozhou is located to the west of Daizhou, and Yunzhou is located to the north of Shuozhou. However, Shuozhou looks like the outstretched right wing of a small wild goose on the map, with the wingtips tilted toward the northeast. As a result, Yanmen Pass is far away from Yunzhou, and the Shuozhou boundary line is actually not the same.
It was far away, which was the key reason why the Tang army chose to build a stronghold on the northeastern defense line of Yanmen Pass.
Starting from Yanmen Pass to Guji Town, the slow horses galloped for two hours. Tang Jun and his party were in a hurry and did not arrive until noon.
The Tang army was stationed under the hill. Looking around, it has not been two months. Today, Guji Town is already the same. Although the thick city wall is low, the overall terrain is low, resulting in low-rise arrows.
Although the tower is made of wood, the top is made of red bricks... At first glance, Lu Dong saw that it was just a bunker. Any kind of sharp archer would probably have trouble with that tower.
The walls were separated, but the city gate was small. The Tang army rushed in and found that it was an urn city.
"What the King of Handan said, Shangguan thought carefully about it." Xue Wanche explained: "If the Turkic offensive is too fierce, open the city gate and let the Turkic cavalry enter."
At Xue Wanche's signal, Wen Bang, who came down to greet us, bowed and pointed at the inner city gate in front, "This gate is actually just an appearance, but it is actually a place of death."
"Archers are arranged on the eight walls of the city, mixed with stones and huge trees. There are no camouflaged gates on the right and left sides to accommodate cavalry raids."
Tang Jun was very good at that. After all, later generations were also some kind of military enthusiasts. He made an estimate in his mind. The city gate was slightly opened. It was estimated that the inside of the urn city could accommodate at most one to four hundred Turkic cavalry. Such an obvious front gate would obviously be short of time and a half.
It will happen soon.
At that time, Li Shan, who was under the inner city wall, threw stones and huge trees. The city gates on both sides opened, and the armed cavalry attacked... Such a charge was the advantage of the Tang cavalry, and they would definitely defeat the Turks.
"Brother Wu'an." Lu Dong said little and entered the inner city, inspecting the soldiers, horse stables, food and accommodation, granaries and other places.
Zhou Qilang, Qi Laoba and others have been in Guji Town and are still busy firing red bricks, which can only repair city walls and can even be used directly as stone stones.
Both sides of the horse stable are paved with red bricks and mud, which can lead directly to the east and west sides. Xue Wanche left side gates on both sides specifically for the passage of cavalry.
"I came here with the heart of An Shishou and the heart of Brother Anwu." Tang Jun held Xue Wanche's hand and solemnly said: "This is not Shi Wanbao's generation."
After all, stationed in Saili, the soldiers of Ludong probably had no fear in their hearts. After all, before Li Tang founded the country, Guji Town was the first stronghold established by Li Shan on his own initiative in Saili. After all, Ma Yi surrendered.
The appearance of the Tang Army can boost morale. After all, Li Tangseri's first victory against the Turks came from him. Moreover, the Tang Army also brought more than a hundred guards and a lot of medicinal materials to build a village in Guji Town.
Wounded Barracks.
The intention of An Shibing was certain, but the intention of An Lu Dongzhong was even more unnecessary. The Tang army suspected that Xue Wanche would abandon the army like Li Gaoqian, but the decisive factor was the lack of reinforcements.
The reason why Li Gaoqian abandoned the army and fled was largely because he knew that Liu Shirang in front of him was 100% willing to go out to help.
The Tang army is here today because they are in An Xue Wanche's heart. Will Yanmen Pass take care of him? Are you Shi Wanbao and others who just sit back and watch the friendly troops being wiped out?
After pondering for a moment, Tang Jun ordered Zhu Shiba and others to find a place to build a wounded barracks. He turned around and said, "Have a rest for the night and return to the fortress tomorrow."
Almost at the same time, in Qiyuan County, several angry roars came from the small king's tent that shone with a few rays of golden light.
In the king's tent, dozens of people's expressions changed slightly and they winked at each other. What happened to Khan?
Those were either the tribal leaders of the Ashi tribe, or the leaders of the Tiele, Uighur, Beyegu, Tongluo, and Xi tribes that relied on the Turks.
Many people's eyes fell on the back of the young man standing at the back. This was Tuli Khan, who had been having trouble with Jieli Khan in the past year.
Tuli Khan was also worried, what had happened... Ten days later, Jieli Khan summoned the tribal leaders, which was the usual practice, and prepared to invade the Tang Dynasty and plunder the grain, grass and population.
Tuli Khan has made up his mind to send troops. Since the alliance with Li Tang, the trade routes have been smooth. Daizhou even sent a batch of grain and grass. I also specially asked the association leader to send a message to Daizhou. Calculated according to the time,
The Turks should send out troops at the end of July.
At that time, the door of the king's tent was suddenly pulled shut, and a majestic middle-aged man stepped out with red eyes. He pulled out the dagger from his waist and stabbed the lower part of his cheek with his backhand, drawing blood.
Everyone was a little startled. Ashina She'er, who had followed Jieli Khan out, walked up to Tuli Khan and the leader, and said in a low or high voice with an expression on his face: "Yugushe committed suicide.
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The association rate was still thinking of something, and Tuli Khan's expression changed slightly, and there was a high-pitched exclamation from the tribal leaders in front.
"Tang Jun!"
"Tang Jun!!"
Jieli Khan glared at Tuli Khan fiercely, "The Tang army killed Yu Sheshe first, and then humiliated my son and even committed suicide. This revenge is revenge, and the entire Ashi clan will be humiliated!"
Tuli Khan's whole body was stiff, but I said it was true. If he only invaded the Tang Dynasty, he could find ten reasons to agree to four... But now he wanted to commit suicide, and Yu She, the youngest son of Chuluo Khan, was attached to him.
Suppose he also died at the hands of Lu Dong, why would he send troops without any reason?
"In addition to grain and grass, all gold, silver and population are allowed!" Jieli Khan drew out the scimitar from his waist and pointed to the south, "Send troops immediately. The heads of the Tang army must be sacrificed to my son!"
Dozens of leaders of small and large tribes looked at each other, and a moment ago they all bent down.