Chapter 540: The Wolf King declares war and everyone comes
"Sweat profusely and calm down,"
Lu Chengye said loudly, "There are many misunderstandings here. Governor Wu is willing to clarify and explain to the Great Khan. When I came, Governor Wu saw me off on the dam and asked me to bring a white horse to the Great Khan as a gift."
Unexpectedly, Jie Li became even more angry when he heard Baima.
The Weiqiao Alliance three years ago was not only regarded as a great shame and humiliation by Li Shimin, but also regarded as a great shame and humiliation by Jie Li. In the past three years, no one was even allowed to mention the Weiqiao Alliance in front of him.
Originally, they took advantage of the change in the Chang'an Palace and went south to successfully attack Chang'an. However, they were forced by Li Shimin to make an alliance to retreat, and even suffered a lot of losses. Especially many people like Tu Li secretly interacted with Li Shimin, and they were also in this battle.
After that, Tuli no longer respected himself as the Great Khan.
Xue Yantuo, Huihe and others in Mobei also received support from the Tang people and established khanates. They had the confidence to make trouble and rebel constantly.
"Is Wu Huaiyu deliberately provoking Ben Khan?"
The meeting ended unhappily.
When Lu Chengye was driven out of the big tent and taken to other tents to rest, he passed by Tu Li who was being whipped.
"Lu Wulang."
Tuli called him.
Lu Chengye stopped and looked at Tuli's miserable appearance and felt quite pitiful. This is the fate of the loser. If Jieli's army invades Youzhou, the fate of countless Youyun people will be even more miserable.
Tu Li Dong's lips were black, and his body was bruised and bruised, but he still gritted his teeth and resisted. He looked at Lu Chengye, "Don't you dare to fight, Mr. Wu?"
“Don’t you dare to fight in Youzhou?”
"Don't you dare to fight in the Tang Dynasty?"
Lu Chengye was left speechless by these three consecutive questions. In the end, he just took off his cloak and gave it to the Turkic guard, "Please give this cloak to the Turli Khan."
After saying that, he left in shame.
Suddenly, he collapsed and couldn't help shouting to the sky and crying loudly.
In the Golden Wolf tent, Jieli had nowhere to vent his anger. He heard the cry, "Give me another twenty lashes."
"Pump it hard!"
Jieli decided to wait for the white-haired wind to stop, then go down the dam and cross the Great Wall, attacking Beiyanzhou first, and then Youzhou.
"Great Khan, do you want to take Jinlianchuan first and then attack Youyan later?"
Zhi loses his strength. The chief of the Zhisi tribe, one of the four tribes of the Blue Turks, has the title of Jielifa in the Khan's court. He is Chuluo Khan and a confidant of Jieli Khan's two great Khans. Three years ago, he served as Jieli's representative.
He entered Chang'an to negotiate and was imprisoned in Menxia Province by Li Shimin for a period of time. He was still a little wary of Datang's strength.
The senior Jiabitiqin Ashina Simo also advised that it was not a good time to attack the Tang Dynasty because of the strong wind and cold weather. The Tuli people should be pacified first, and the Xi and Qi tribes in the east should be conquered first.
It won't be too late to settle accounts after autumn when the horse is strong and fat next year.
But Jieli was so angry that he couldn't listen.
"Report to the Great Khan!"
Zhao Deyan came in and said, "Immortal God helps me Turks, congratulations to the Great Khan."
Jie Li looked at himself, a favored minister of the Han people, and asked, "What's the matter?"
Zhao Deyan stepped forward, leaned close and whispered.
"Is this true?"
"Absolutely true."
As he said that, he also took out a piece of silk cloth, and Jie Li took it and took a closer look, "This is indeed Yehuling. Wu Huaiyu is indeed cunning. He is asking for peace on the surface, but secretly he is dispatching troops."
On the silk cloth is a map of the military deployment of the Tang Army at Yehuling, which not only details the mountain pass road from Yehuling to the base of the dam, but also indicates the deployment of garrison troops by the Tang Army.
"I can't believe that Wu Huaiyu is so cunning and reacts so quickly. He has already mobilized so many troops to the dam."
Seeing this, Ashina Simo further persuaded Jieli to give up his plan to go south, and instead go with the flow and agree to peace talks with the Tang Dynasty without breaking out. Since the Tang army was already prepared, it would be difficult for them to fight again.
Zhi lost his mind and asked Zhao Deyan, "Where did Mr. Zhao get such a secret?"
"There was a slave in the Youzhou peace negotiation mission who was a Sogdian Hu merchant. He hated Wu Huaiyu for previously destroying three thousand Sogdian Hu families in Yanshui and destroying their ancestral temples. When he got the opportunity this time, he stole the Tang army's deployment
, specially dedicated to the Great Khan in secret." Zhao Deyan said very proudly. He had just been responsible for settling Lu Chengye and other Tang envoys, and also supervised these people. As expected, he found out that there was something wrong with a slave of the envoy, so he called him over to ask, and he got this unexpected result.
happiness.
"Mr. Zhao, do you know this is not a scam?" Zhi lost his thoughts and felt that this was a bit too coincidental.
Jie Li looked at the map and laughed loudly, "You can tell if it's true or false once you find out."
He asked Zhi Huan Si Li to personally lead the Qingqi south to the Yehuling area to investigate the Tang army's deployment. With detailed maps and deployments, it would be much more convenient to check them one by one.
"If this deployment is true, then this time I will take off Wu Huaiyu's head, make it into a wine vessel, and set it with gold for collection."
Jie's military skills were quite good. Just by looking at the defense map, he discovered the fatal problem of the Tang army.
The entire Yehu Ridge is very large and has many mountain passes. Although Wu Huaiyu, the governor of Youzhou, responded quickly and mobilized a lot of troops, he now dispersed the troops of about 20,000, which was not a large number, over dozens of miles.
The mountains of various passes in Yehuling.
This looks like taking risks.
But he also made a fatal mistake. Since Jieli knew the deployment of the Tang army, there was no need to divide his troops to attack various passes. He directly concentrated his forces to attack the most critical mountain pass in Yehuling. As long as this most important passage was opened, the Tang army would
There is no use guarding other mountain passes.
"Yehu Ridge, Langwogou, Tubianba, Badger's Mouth, hahaha, God is really helping me," Jie Li pointed to the location marked in detail, "Wu Huaiyu only deployed three thousand new Guangning troops here.
We are just an army. Although we are guarding the danger of the mountain pass, the mountain pass here is still wide. Even if my army of more than 100,000 soldiers dismounts and shoots on foot, they can still swamp the three thousand Guangning troops at the mountain pass with a rain of arrows."
"We have already entered before the defenders on other mountain passes of the Tang Army could come for reinforcements,"
Jie Li was overjoyed.
The Turkic cavalry is not good at attacking strong cities and important towns, but when it comes to attacking a small mountain pass, it is really not worth mentioning.
After being persuaded by Zhi Shen Si Li and others, Jie Li was still calm and planned to let Zhi Shen Si Li do some investigating first, and at the same time let Zhao Deyan continue the peace talks with Lu Chengye and others on his behalf.
"First delay and paralyze these Tang people. After confirming the Tang army's defense at Yehuling, we will launch a full-army surprise attack to catch them off guard!"
"Khan is brilliant!"
Zhao Deyan even flattered him, "Wu Huaiyu made a big mistake this time. He shouldn't be so conceited. He actually transferred all Youzhou soldiers and horses to Beiyanzhou, and even brought them to Yehuling on the dam. This is just for us."
A chance to gather together and annihilate them.
When the time comes, first defeat the Badgerzui Guangning army, then divide the defenders at the passes in Yehuling and annihilate them one by one. Then take advantage of the victory and enter the pass. At that time, Youyan had no troops to defend, so he happened to capture them all.
Even Youzhou without soldiers and horses is just a piece of fish for us to slaughter."
"Hahaha, that's good!" Jie Li laughed.
He was already immersed in the excitement of conquering Youzhou and celebrating the Han New Year in Youzhou City. When Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty in Chang'an, heard the news, he was so panicked that he could not celebrate the New Year.
He left Youzhou, Jundu Pass and other dangerous passes undefended, and ran to Yehuling on Bashang outside the Great Wall to plot against him. Hahaha, let him steal the chicken but fail to lose the rice, and let him conquer the entire eight states of Youyan.
Eclipsed.
Li Shimin, Li Shimin, because of the betrayal of Tu Li and others three years ago, he failed to attack Chang'an City and finally returned in defeat. But this time, you also made miscalculations. When I capture Youyan, how will you face it?
What? "Take care of that Sogdian Hu. If the information is confirmed to be true, I will give him a hundred horses and a thousand cattle. I will also give him a hundred Han slaves and give him an official position."
Lu Chengye negotiated peace with Zhao Deyan for three days at the Turkic camp at the foot of Langwei Mountain in Huaihuang, but they never came to any result.
Three days later, he was summoned to the big tent by Jieli.
Before his arrival, Jieli had already seen Zhihusi Li brought back from Yehuling. Zhihusi rushed to Yehuling in person to conduct reconnaissance. Although the Tang army had light cavalry roaming around, they were unable to reach the mountain passes.
They investigated carefully, but also relied on the Turks' good riding skills to get closer for reconnaissance.
Not only was the flag of the Guangning Army indeed found at Badger's Mouth at Beishan Pass, but also the two camps on the left and right built against the mountain were sent out.
At other passes, the flag men and horses of the Tang Army were also found. The Tang Army was deployed at almost every mountain pass dozens of miles long in Yehu Ridge.
The total number was estimated to be more than the 20,000 mentioned in the intelligence, he estimated it to be 30,000.
The Tang army at Badgerkou was not three thousand, but five thousand.
However, the extra 10,000 people did not disappoint Jieli, but made him excited. This showed that the information was more authentic.
Badger Zui's mere 5,000 men can't stop his 100,000-strong army.
He called Lu Chengye to declare war.
"Cunning Tang people, you keep saying that you are here to invite peace talks on Wu Huaiyu's orders, but secretly Wu Huaiyu has led 30,000 troops out of the Great Wall and ambushed in Yehuling."
Jie Li bluntly said that Yehuling was a land outside the Great Wall. Above and below the dam was the natural boundary between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks. All the areas above the dam belonged to the Turks. Now Wu Huaiyu led 30,000 soldiers and horses to sneak into the dam and ambush in Yehuling.
This is an undeclared war.
"In this case, there is no need to waste any more words. Let's leave everything to the two armies in front of the formation and communicate with swords and blood!"
The young Wu Huaiyu brought Youyan's 30,000 Tang troops to the dam outside the Great Wall, and also dispersed them in the passes of Nagano Fox Ridge for more than 30 miles.
This kind of good thing is really what Jieli and the others dream of.
In this way, Youyan is empty. As long as Jieli wins the field battle, he can march straight into it, just like entering an uninhabited land.
Especially since he was fully aware of Wu Huaiyu's deployment, then this battle was not facing 30,000 Tang troops, but only 3,000 Guangning troops, plus 2,000 other troops, and most likely 2,000 Tibetan and Hu troops.
With such a good opportunity, Jieli didn't even bother to go to Jinlianchuan to search the backyard of Tuli's hometown, nor did he bother to deal with bastards like Xiqi.
Now he just wants to kill Wu Huaiyu and invade Youzhou.
Jieli did not let Lu Chengye and the others leave, but asked them to move with the Turkic troops. He wanted Lu Chengye and others to accompany him to watch the battle and see how he could kill the cunning Wu Huaiyu and attack Youzhou all the way.
From Huaihuang Langwei Mountain to Yehuling Langwogou Badgerzui Mountain, Wu Huaiyu has been experiencing cold wind here for several days.
The white-haired wind has been blowing for several days, and the snow has already reached the knees. Everyone is waiting in the bitter cold wind.
"You guys are not afraid to come, are you? Why is there no movement at all? If we keep waiting like this, our brothers will not be able to hold on any longer." Cao Qing, the coach of the Yameni, looked at the vast white snow. He is from Jianghuai and lives in the Central Plains.
After many years, I am still not used to the wind and snow in the north of the Great Wall, and I almost lost half my life in the cold.
"Don't worry, it will come." Wu Huaiyu was young, strong, and wearing furs, so he felt a little overwhelmed, but he firmly believed that it was impossible for Jie Li not to take the bait with such a fat bait.
Mohe's adopted son Li Keyong skied over on two sleds and said, "Captain, the wolf is coming."
"The wolves from the Turkic camp in Huaihuang Langwei Mountain are coming, and they are pouring out of the camp!"
