The wind stopped and the snow stopped, and it was getting late.
The battle in Yehuling was still going on. The fighting lasted from morning to night. The Turks attacked for more than thirty rounds in a row. However, they only advanced 800 steps to the Badgerzui Mountain with 3,000 steps, and they were still far away from the top of the mountain.
Behind him was a road paved by a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, at a cost of more than 10,000 casualties.
Every time it felt like the Tang army was about to lose its hold, but they were like a small boat in the stormy waves, swaying left and right but not capsizing.
Jieli's patience has run out.
Yili, Hulu and other close ministers of Sogdaqian had also begun to persuade Jieli that this road was not feasible. However, Zhiyi had lost his ability to think, and Ashina Simo and others no longer dared to persuade him face to face.
Jie Li is like a gambler who loses his mind, " Five thousand Tang troops fought fiercely for a day, from morning to night, attacking more than 30 formations, paying more than 10,000 casualties, but still failed to win?"
Jieli's eyes were red and his beard was trembling.
The Tang army on the opposite side suffered less than 2,000 casualties.
A casualty ratio of ten to one.
The most frightening thing is that if there are really 5,000 Tang troops on the opposite side, even if they have only suffered more than 1,000 casualties so far, they have already suffered losses of more than 30%. The morale of an ordinary army would have collapsed long ago.
Moreover, the Tang army should be exhausted to the extreme, but why were they able to repel them again and again.
Zhao Deyan reminded Jie Li, "Great Khan, maybe reinforcements from the Tang Army have already arrived. I guess that the Tang Army in Badger's Mouth should actually exceed ten thousand people at this time, and there must be new reinforcements arriving continuously. Their resistance ability is still very high."
powerful,"
If five thousand turns into ten thousand, then with the favorable terrain they occupy now and the help of the weather, even if they attack for another day, they probably won't be able to defeat the Tang army.
"How about retreating?" Zhao Deyan said carefully.
Jieli stared at him, his eyes as big as copper bells.
With more than 10,000 casualties and horses retreating like this, how could Jieli be willing to do so, even though half of them were Tuli's troops and Xi Qilin, Sogdian and other miscellaneous beasts.
But what about his reputation as the Great Turkic Khan?
Furthermore, if the Tang army was reduced from 5,000 to 10,000, that is at best a guess. Secondly, even if there were 10,000, Jie Li felt that there was still a chance to defeat them.
He looked up at the sky.
It's getting late.
Jie Li burst out laughing.
"Khan?" Zhao Deyan was puzzled.
Jie Li said, "The only thing the Tang army relied on was the favorable terrain and weather. Now that the wind has stopped and the snow has stopped, it is convenient for the attack. It is already getting late, which is even more advantageous for me to attack the mountain."
Jieli called the generals and put forward a bold plan. Not only would he continue to fight at night to attack the mountain, but he would also increase investment. This time, he would no longer focus on consuming the Tuli and Zahu tribes like during the day. He
In order to control the loss of thinking, Ashina Sammo, Yalkin and other generals each mobilized three to five thousand elites to attack together with the Zahu vassals, with the Zahu in front first, and the elite behind, and they had to fight for it section by section.
mountains,
Every time a piece of land is occupied, fortifications must be built on the spot to prevent the Tang army from taking it back.
"Each of the special forces commanded three to five thousand men and horses, and divided their forces to attack the other passes at night. Since Wu Huaiyu secretly sent more troops here, the rest of the places must be empty. As long as they can break through the passes, they can attack from behind."
"Whoever can lead the army to break through the mountain pass first, I will give him a thousand slaves, a thousand oxen, a thousand taels of gold, and a thousand bolts of silk."
Jie Li awarded a heavy reward and vowed to conquer Yehuling and even capture Wu Huaiyu.
The advantage of the Turks was that they had a large number of troops, but their disadvantage was that they lacked equipment when attacking mountains in the cold wind and snow, not even catapults. Otherwise, the large shields of the Tang army would not have become a headache for them in attacking the mountains.
Badger Mouth Mountain.
Under the banner of the Qingyi Army, in a simple wooden house, Wu Huaiyu and the generals summarized today's battle.
Thousands of people were killed in the battle and more than a thousand were injured. The battle losses were still not low, but compared with the results achieved, they were very surprising.
Due to the favorable terrain, although the Turks were engaged in a wheel-and-wheel battle, the Tang army still had the opportunity to continuously rotate its defenders, and each army shared the casualties. The rest only suffered a little loss of vitality, but not any injuries.
However, many soldiers have suffered from frostbite in the past few days.
Sun Tzu's Art of War has long said that the method of using troops is to encircle and annihilate the enemy when it is ten times the enemy. If it is five times the enemy, it is necessary to attack. If it is twice the enemy's force, it is necessary to strive to defeat the enemy. If the enemy is evenly matched, it is necessary to disperse and defeat them. If the force is weak,
With the enemy, we must avoid fighting. If the weak party fights to the death, it will become a prisoner of the powerful enemy.
Jie Li always felt that he had more than 100,000 men, not to mention ten times, but at least five or six times the Tang army, and could attack directly. Although the Tang army defended by danger, its strength was different and it would eventually lose.
It's a pity that Jieli didn't think that although this was a field battle, it was actually more beneficial to the Tang army than a siege. Jieli could only attack a small road, and no matter how many troops he had, he couldn't use it.
For the Tang army, although this kind of extremely cold and snowy weather was not suitable for field battles, sometimes people had no choice in fighting. Soldiers came to block them, and they could only fight head-on.
It is better to defend the enemy outside the country's borders than to let people cross the Great Wall and plunder the countryside.
"Commander, today we have achieved great results. On the first day of the war, we annihilated more than 10,000 Turkic troops. The results are outstanding. It is all due to the commander's strategizing and commanding." Su Lie came up and flattered Huaiyu, and then did not forget to give him a compliment.
My own Qing Yi army asked for a battle,
"The Turks suffered so many casualties today. I'm worried that they will withdraw. The wind and snow have subsided tonight, which is a good opportunity to attack the camp. I am willing to lead 3,000 Qingyi troops to raid Jieli Camp on a snowy night."
Su Lie was very confident and had the high-spirited aura to capture the enemy's general's head among thousands of troops.
But Wu Huaiyu was not sure.
"Jie Li is a man who uses troops and is accustomed to taking risks. He is a complete gambler. He will not leave the table easily until he loses all his chips. Judging from his martial virtue, he took Guanzhong to Binzhou Wulongban in the seventh year. His martial virtue
In the eighth year of the Taigu Battle in Hedong, and in the ninth year of Wude, the troops from Guanzhong came to the Weihe River again. Every time, all the chips were pressed."
"I'm sure Jie Li won't give up now. He still has a lot of chips in his hand, and he will definitely continue to gamble. Don't scare the snake first. The most important thing in fishing is patience."
Huaiyu looked at the gloomy sky.
"It's getting dark. The Turks made more than 20 formations during the day today, so they should be in trouble." Lu Chengye, who joined the army, said.
"Yes, Jie Li is a gambler, so he will definitely attack at night tonight, and may even intensify his efforts, and may also divide his troops to attack other mountain passes." Wu Huaiyu said with a smile.
The profound art of war involves not only military tactics, but also logistics, political economy, and psychology.
Jieli's fueling tactics during the day caused him heavy losses, and he must be trying to make a profit at night.
"What kind of weather is this going to happen at night?" Lu Chengye couldn't help but curse.
"In war, nothing is impossible."
"Give me the order to go down and step up the defense. I have fought with them all day during the day. If they still want to fight at night, then I will fight with them until the end."
"Ask the logistics camp to quickly prepare some broth for the brothers and add more ginger. Although the wind and snow have stopped, people who are freezing today can't feel their ears anymore. Brothers, drink two more bowls of hot soup and it will also keep you warm.
body."
The meeting ended and the generals dispersed.
Wu Huaiyu leaned back and squinted his eyes to take a nap. He acted very calm and calm in front of outsiders, but in fact he was also under a lot of pressure. After all, he was facing more than 100,000 Turkic troops. The weather was bad and abrupt.
There is a huge disparity in numbers and strength, especially since there are still many people on the road who are not yet in place.
The only thing he relied on was geographical advantage, and he also used a little spy trick to seize the opportunity of the enemy. When he came up to lure Jieli, he stared at the badger and smacked him. Jieli really thought that Wu Huaiyu had 30,000 soldiers, distributed in thirty thousand areas.
In the remaining passes of Yehuling, there are only three to five thousand badgers.
But in fact, Wu Huaiyu put all his elite main forces at Badger's Mouth, and the rest were occupied by second-line troops such as Fanhu City and the martial arts regiment training. It was just a bluff.
Fortunately, everything went according to plan, but the pressure was still great.
He must act very calm now, making everyone feel relaxed and not nervous.
Jie Li was gambling, and so was Wu Huaiyu.
Jieli wanted to defeat the Youzhou Army in a field battle here and take advantage of the opportunity to attack Youyun, but Wu Huaiyu wanted to lure Jieli into a field battle here and use the terrain and weather to severely damage Jieli.
Smart hunters often appear as prey.
Tonight, there is a high probability that Jieli will attack Badgerzui at night, or even divide his troops to attack other passes at night. Wu Huaiyu is not worried. Night battles have their own advantages and disadvantages.
But for the Tang army, occupying a dangerous position would actually be more beneficial to the sneak attacker as long as they did not underestimate the enemy and took precautions.
The most important thing about a sneak attack is to be unprepared. If you are prepared, then the sneak attack is meaningless and may even cost you a life.
A day of fierce fighting during the day, limited by the terrain, would be the limit with more than 10,000 Turkic casualties, but if the battlefield is enlarged, then tonight is the real hunting moment.
In order to give Jie Li more illusions, Wu Huaiyu also issued a special order not to use firearms tonight. The weather was cold and the wind was strong. The use of firearms was originally limited, and the position was easily exposed at night, so there was no rush to use them.
He still hopes to fight Jie Li for a few more days.
In the eighth year of Wude, the relationship between Tang and Tu was completely broken down. Jieli acted preemptively, attacking Lingzhou first, and with a false shot, he mobilized the Tang army to defend Shuofang in the direction of Guanzhong. However, Jieli assembled more than 100,000 troops to raid Shuozhou, and was rescued by Lin Mo, the governor of Daizhou.
In Shuozhou, the two sides fought in Xincheng, and Lin Mo was defeated. Li Yuan quickly transferred Zhang Jin to garrison Shiling, and Li Gaoqian led his army to garrison in Taigu. He also ordered Qin Wang Li Shimin to lead the elite of Qin Palace to garrison in Puzhou to prepare for the war.
Jieli bypassed Zhang Jin and attacked Bingzhou directly. Zhang Jin pursued and was defeated. Jieli continued southward to plunder the states of Lu, Qin, and Han. The governor of Luzhou, Huang Junhan, was also defeated.
Li Yuan urgently transferred Yangzhou Governor Shi Li Jing to lead a force of 10,000 troops from the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers to go north for reinforcements. He also transferred Li Ji as the marching general to go north. Zhang Jin also led his troops south to Taigu to join forces with Li Gaoqian, and ordered Yunzhou Governor Zhang Dezheng to lead the army.
All the soldiers and horses rushed to Taigu.
The Tang army combined 100,000 troops and formed a siege with Li Jing and Li Ji's army on the south route to surround the Turks. However, Jieli immediately led his army back north to fight with the Tang army in Taigu first.
In this battle, both sides had equal strength. The Tang army mainly used infantry, while the Turks mainly used cavalry. The two armies fought bloody battles for seven days, but the final result was that the entire Tang army in Taigu was annihilated, Zhang Dezheng died in battle, and Wen Yanbo was captured.
,Zhang Jin escaped alone,
The elite troops in Hedong of the Tang Dynasty were almost completely lost.
Li Jing and Li Ji arrived shortly afterwards, and Jieli took advantage of the victory to attack, but the Turkic army suffered heavy casualties and withdrew after a small battle without victory.
According to statistics, the Tang army lost 70,000 elite troops in the Battle of Taigu, which was the most costly battle since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.
After seven days of bloody fighting, 70,000 yuan was lost.
Wu Huaiyu wanted to fight Jieli for a few more days at Yehuling and kill more of Jieli's troops. If he could delay Jieli here for a little longer, then Li Ji of Bingzhou, Zhang Gongjin of Daizhou, and Yuchi Gong of Shuozhou would also come.
Come here, Jieli will still have to shed his skin by then.
Wu Huaiyu could certainly use the same tactics that Jie had used back then.
Although the imperial court's plan is to make the Northern Expedition next autumn and winter, when the opportunity comes, who will let him slip away in vain?
Let Yehuling become another Taigu, but this time, it was the Turks' turn to be defeated.
The low wind howled like a wild wolf, and Anlu Mountain returned to the camp behind the mountain to rest. The conditions were simple, but at least there was a tent to keep out the wind, and there was even a stove in the tent.
One tent per group.
They ended the battle in the afternoon, fought for four battles, were recalled, and did not go into battle again.
After returning to the camp, like other comrades, he took off his naked clothes and wiped his body with snow in the tent to wipe off the blood and sweat stains on his body. Although his whole body was red after wiping, he felt very happy.
An Lushan was lucky. Among his group of ten, one died and his head was smashed by a mace. Three were injured. One had two broken fingers and were sent to a field hospital for treatment. One was shot in the leg.
Fortunately, the wound was not deep, and more than half of the others suffered frostbite. An Lushan’s ears, fingers, and toes were also severely frostbitten.
"It's time to drink soup. The brothers from the logistics camp brought us broth again, and added a lot of ginger slices." The captain came in with two soldiers, carrying soup and rice.
The soup is radish stewed with meat soup, with extra ginger in it.
Rice is just fried rice, soaked in hot soup, and it becomes porridge. It is really worth celebrating that such conditions are available on the battlefield.
The team leader patted An Lushan and said to the team leader, "Boss, this is the fierce man An Lushan of our team. The young man is the youngest but has the most impressive record. He played all four battles today and cut off thirteen heads in front of the shield."
Level, this guy even cut off his left ear and strung it on a string around his neck like a necklace. It was very fierce."
"Oh, we also captured two prisoners."
The gang leader liked An Lushan very much and specifically told the captain, "His thirteen heads were all killed by him with a spear and Yi Zhangwei. They were all due to his military exploits."
The captain actually noticed this young fierce man in the team on the battlefield, "An Lushan? Where do you live?"
Their yameni soldiers are mainly the children of the yamen army officers and soldiers, some are from the tribe, and of course there are also the children of the Youzhou army generals. Anyway, they are different from the general ones, many of them have some background.
"I am from Shuofang, my hometown. My adoptive father is a soldier from Youzhou." An Lushan said.
When the leader of the team heard that he was from Shuofang and his adoptive father was Youzhou Yabing, he guessed that his adoptive father might be a close family general of Governor Wu. After all, there is a famous Shuofang Guild Hall in Youzhou City. There are many officials and generals in Youzhou City.
Even businessmen came from Youzhou to follow Governor Wu.
"How old are you this year?"
"sixteen!"
"Good boy, you have a bright future," the leader of the team patted him and said to his fellow soldiers, "Give our tough and brave Anlang two more pieces of meat."
An Lushan thanked the team leader and team leader. When he came down to the team, he did not reveal to anyone that he was the pretender of Governor Wu.
In fact, he, the fake son of Governor Wu, was also called by others. In fact, Wu Huaiyu did not adopt him as his adopted son. The people who were adopted by Governor Wu as adopted sons were Li Keyong and Wu Sigong, and others such as Wu Sansi, Hou Sansheng, and Yuwen Chengdu
etc., are all just his followers or named disciples.
An Lushan was just an attendant of Governor Wu, barely half a student.
"Boss, when will it be our turn to play again?" An Lushan asked, he wanted to achieve more military exploits now.
"We will wait for the order from above. If there is no order, we will take a good rest. Once the order is given, we will go to the battlefield immediately." The leader of the team looked at An Lushan for a while. "Today, our team's flag was seriously injured while protecting the flag. It has been sent to the battlefield."
We are in the field hospital. I see that although you are young, you are very tough and I want to promote you to the rank of captain of the team. Are you willing?"
In the camp establishment of the Tang Army, the flag head was also called the flag bearer, which was generally equivalent to the rank of deputy team leader or team leader, while the flag leader was equivalent to the team leader or team leader.
They are all played by the tall and brave members of the team.
Although the Yanei soldiers are not regular soldiers, they are still organized as camp troops when they go to the battlefield. An Lushan is now just an ordinary soldier, supplemented as a Banner, and he has indeed been promoted.
"Thank you for the promotion, boss." An Lushan agreed with a smile.
The team leader patted him on the shoulder and said, "Good job, boy. You will be the flag bearer of our team in the future."
