Lu Chengye always felt that the statistics were wrong.
For such a great victory, not to mention annihilating all the enemy troops, at least fifty or sixty thousand of them must be captured and killed.
"This is not a siege or a formation battle. The result is already very amazing."
Wu Huaiyu was actually a little disappointed in his heart, but when fighting against the grassland nomads, especially when fighting outside the Great Wall, one had to be mentally prepared.
These people are the best at running, and it is easy to defeat and defeat them, but it is more difficult to annihilate and severely damage the main force. The best way to deal with the nomads is actually to take the initiative like Huo Qubing, Wei Qing and others, and attack directly.
Grassland, take action against their tribe.
They are most afraid of being able to escape people but unable to escape livestock, and plunder their livestock, cattle and sheep, or even rob their population.
Just like the Han Dynasty against the Huns, they often chose to counterattack in the spring. This timing is very special. Spring is when the Turks are at their weakest. After a winter, not only the cattle and horses are thin, but also women and female animals are often pregnant.
Huns on the grassland often have children in winter and give birth to children the following year. The same goes for cattle and horses. Winter and spring are free, and the production season is also more suitable, with a higher survival rate.
As soon as the Han army sent troops to counterattack in spring instead of the time when autumn was high and horses were fertile, the Huns were forced to migrate. Pregnant women and animals often miscarried because they could not bear the pain of migration. Therefore, later history books recorded that the Han Dynasty
The soldiers pursued her for twenty years, and the Xiongnu became pregnant and had an abortion. After that, she suffered extremely hard. Since then, she has been single, and there are often people who want to marry her.
This is to hit the snake seven inches.
There are no cities, villages or towns on the grasslands. Nomads live in pursuit of water and grass. Their wealth and strength are their population and livestock.
In this battle of Yehuling, Jieli first gathered his elite and fought several battles with Tuli at Jiujiuquan, completely defeated Tuli, and then took advantage of the victory to advance eastward. He thought about hunting rabbits and invading the border of Datang. Who could
It was expected that Wu Huaiyu had already prepared, and Jieli knocked out the badger's mouth, killing tens of thousands of people. Although this was also a plan to kill Tuli and the eastern tribes, the casualties were indeed more than 40,000.
But when Tu Li defected and the Tang army counterattacked, Jie Li and the others were immediately routed, with casualties less than half of those in the previous attack on the mountain.
After all, Jieli and the others are elites. They are not carrying the old and supporting the young in the tribal pastures, and they don't even care about the livestock, cattle and sheep they carry with the army. They just run blindly. In this case, it is too difficult to pursue, encircle and annihilate.
In the Battle of Hedong in the eighth year of Takeoku, Jieli led hundreds of thousands of people deep into the Shangdang area. The Tang Dynasty mobilized various forces to encircle Jieli, hoping to encircle and annihilate Jieli.
But Jieli was still able to rely on the high mobility of the light cavalry to surround Zhang Jin's army first. Even though Zhang Jin, Wen Daya and the others fought desperately for ten days, they could not hold Jieli back and were completely wiped out. Jieli still had
He used the remaining energy to repel the two generals Li Jing and Li Ji who had arrived, and returned all the way back to the outside of the fortress.
In a battle with these cavalry, it is difficult to annihilate them all if you win, and the victory cannot be expanded. But if you lose, or if you show flaws, they can quickly eat you and then walk away.
The result of this battle further illustrates the brilliance of Li Jing's plan for the Northern Expedition outside the Great Wall next year. Rather than being passive in defense, it is better to take the initiative and even surprise the enemy's lair, capture the thieves and the king, and then defeat each Turkic tribe one by one, destroying the Turks in one fell swoop.
Some regrets,
But it's still worth being happy about.
The Battle of Yehuling was still a great victory, even worthy of being included in a classic battle, and Wu Huaiyu personally commanded this victory,
At this moment, Wu Huaiyu thought of Da Xi Changru and Yang Su.
In the early days of Yang Jianjian's reign, the Turkic Shabolu Khan led 200,000 horsemen to go south to Guanlong to plow grass valleys. The Turks came too quickly, and the Sui Dynasty had to ask the border general Daxi Changru to lead 2,000 soldiers to fight against the enemy.
To gain time to mobilize troops.
Daxi Changru faced the difficulties and stepped forward.
The Turks despised the two thousand people and sent cavalry to attack without forming a formation. Daxi Changru asked the infantry to build a position and used arrow rain to shoot the Turkic cavalry, while the cavalry covered both sides.
Relying on this battle formation tactic, Da Xi Changru led his troops to fight and move at the same time.
The two sides fought bloody battles for three days. The Sui army rained heavy arrows, and the Turkic cavalry suffered heavy casualties. However, they continued to attack. The Sui army's infantry phalanx was scattered again and again, but it gathered again. This was repeated dozens of times. For three days of bloody battles, the Sui army
The army's arrows were exhausted, their swords and crossbows were blunt, and more than half of the soldiers were killed or injured. The soldiers went into battle with no weapons and bare hands, but they still fought bloody battles with the enemy, with wounds on their hands to the bone, and more than 10,000 Turks were killed and injured.
The morale of the Turks was depressed, and the Sui reinforcements were approaching. In the end, Sabolo Khan had no choice but to burn the corpses of the Turks who died in battle on the battlefield, and left in mourning.
With two thousand against hundreds of thousands, in three days of bloody fighting, he was able to kill and injure more than ten thousand, and he only suffered more than half of his casualties, which is very impressive.
More than ten years later, Dulan Khan, the son of Sabolo Khan, joined forces with Datou Khan of the Western Turks to attack Rangan, the Tuli Khan supported by the Sui Dynasty. Yang Jian also immediately asked the Han king to lead the marshal from afar.
Yang Su left Lingzhou, Gao Ying left Shuozhou, and Yan Rong left Youzhou, and attacked the Turks in three directions.
Yang Su encountered Datou Khan in the north of Lingzhou.
Prior to this, the Sui Dynasty fought with the Turks. Because the Turkic cavalry came and went quickly and fiercely, they all used formations in which chariots, cavalry, and infantry crossed each other. Antlers, caltrops, etc. were often placed outside the formation, and the cavalry was placed at the innermost part.
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Fighting positional battles with the Turks on the grassland.
At that time, Daxi Changru used this kind of tactics to defeat Shabolue Khan's hundreds of thousands of horsemen with two thousand men.
However, Yang Su abandoned this safe method of warfare and ordered all armies to set up cavalry formations to engage in a cavalry duel with the Turks.
When Datou Khan saw it, he laughed from ear to ear. He shouted with great joy that it was God's gift to me. He dismounted his horse and bowed to the sky, and then led more than 100,000 fine cavalry to attack Yang Su's army.
In the end, Yang Su ordered Zhou Luohou to take advantage of the Turks' disordered formation to take the lead, and then commanded the army to advance. The two sides launched a decisive cavalry battle on the grassland, and the Turks were defeated. Datou Khan was seriously injured and fled, leaving countless casualties.
, cried and left.
Gao Ying also led another Sui army to defeat Dulan Khan. After these two battles, Dulan Khan fled and was killed by his subordinates. The Sui army pursued Baidao and crossed Daqing Mountain for more than 700 miles, and then returned.
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He conferred the title of Qimin Khan on Rangan, the young Khan of Tuli, and ordered Chang Sun Sheng to lead 50,000 people to build Dali City in the northwest of Shuozhou for Qimin Khan to garrison. From then on, the Turks surrendered to the Sui Dynasty.
The position of the Turkic Great Khan was also fixed in the Rangan line.
Da Xi Changru and Yang Su fought against the Turks, and each had their own fighting styles, both of which were famous throughout the world. In this battle, Wu Huaiyu also used Jie Li to underestimate the enemy's arrogance and lure him to attack the enemy, and then instigated Tu Li's defection to give him a fatal blow.
It’s also remarkable.
Seven days later.
Under the dam, Wucheng.
Tuli Khan, who was somewhat haggard and exhausted, led a detachment to the city.
Wu Huaiyu knew best that he was coming, and asked the defenders to let him over. Tuli was also more sensible. Most of his troops stayed in Langwei Mountain, and he only brought a hundred cavalry to Wucheng, the pass of the Great Wall, and crossed the Tang Army's Langwei all the way.
Several newly built military towns such as Huaihuang Town, Badger's Nest Fort, Wolf's Nest Fort, and Yehu Fort came to the foot of the Great Wall.
He was no stranger to this place. He had come here often before. At that time, the Great Wall here was a large, destroyed gap. But now, the gap here has been replaced by a fortress named Wucheng.
Tuli entered the castle and came to the festival hall.
As soon as he saw Wu Huaiyu, he immediately knelt down and kissed Wu Huaiyu's boots, "Shi Bobi deeply thanked Mr. Wu for his kindness."
"The prince please get up quickly!"
Wu Huaiyu smiled and helped Tu Li up. He looked at Tu Li. He took off his armor outside the Great Wall and put on the purple robe and jade belt given by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. The purple jade suit fit him well, but the brand-new official robe still couldn't hide his sudden appearance.
Lee's haggardness.
After several days of pursuit, Jie Li failed to win in the end. This made Tu Li very disappointed and frightened.
If Jieli escapes this time, he will surely come back soon.
Tu Li knew very well that he was not a match for Jie Li now. He had lost many men and horses at Jiujiuquan, and was killed by Jie Li with a borrowed knife at the foot of Yehu Ridge, and many of his men were injured and killed. He originally gathered more than 50,000 men to conquer Jie Li.
, now there are only more than 10,000 left, half of them are Xi, Khitan, Lin, Sogdian and other Hus. His own Turkic tribesmen only have a few thousand horses.
Although fortunately Jieli was defeated at the foot of Yehu Ridge and did not go to Chengjinlianchuan area, but after this battle, Tuli was now completely injured and it was difficult to protect himself.
After thinking about it, now I can only hug the thighs of the Tang Dynasty and Wu Huaiyu, my neighbor to the south, more tightly. This young Prime Minister Wu is indeed a great strategist.
Although he reviewed these recent events along the way, he felt that as soon as Wu Huaiyu arrived at Jinlianchuan, he told him that the association would poison him, which made him send troops to attack Jieli, and was ultimately defeated, but Jieli did not
After becoming the winner, he was defeated by Wu Huaiyu again in Yehuling. When I think about the whole thing, I always feel that this is a snipe and clam fighting for the fisherman's profit.
But so what, the status quo is already like this.
Tu Li came with such a low profile this time, firstly because he was grateful, and secondly because he would have to rely on Wu Huaiyu and Datang in the future. Of course, he also had ambitions.
He still hopes to get the support of the Tang Dynasty and replace Jieli as the Turkic Khan.
For this reason, he now directly expressed his respect to the Tang Dynasty to Wu Huaiyu.
"Du Bi ignored the Weiqiao alliance and openly attacked the Tang army at Yehuling. This man is extremely arrogant and has no sense at all. Such a lunatic succeeds to the throne as the Turkic Khan. It is not only unfortunate for us Turkic people, but also for the great nation."
Tang is extremely threatening,
I hope that the Tang Dynasty can send troops to attack Jieli, and I am willing to be the vanguard."
"That guy Jieli really deserves to die." Wu Huaiyu said with a smile, but he did not say that he would support Tuli to become the Great Khan, but instead told him another thing, "The one who can be saved by Xibu Mohe, and
The Khitan Khan Da Hemo Hui came to see me first yesterday. The two of them suffered huge losses this time and were very sad. They expressed that they would return to the tribe immediately to rest and recover. I have agreed that they should go back first."
"Before they left, the two of them made a request, hoping to annex Datang to avoid Jieli's revenge. I have also agreed.
I grant the special gift of a saint to inherit the title of worship, and take over the privileges of the Tibetan people. I use the land of the Xi tribe to build the governor's palace of Raole, and the one who can be saved by Mohe is the governor of Raole. There are ten states under it, and the five major tribes of the Xi tribe.
Each ministry is divided into left and right parts, each with a state.
The Songmo Governor's Office was established in the Khitan region, and the Khan Da Hemo Association was designated as the Songmo Governor's Palace.
The eight Khitan tribes also established ten states. The two tribes of Khan and Bishuai were divided into left and right states, and the other six tribes were each established in one state, forming a system of ten states."
Tu Li listened and was stunned, very surprised.
Xi, Khitan, etc. are all affiliated with the Turks and are subordinates of the Turkic Khanate. Naturally, their land also belongs to the Khanate. It has always been under the control of the small khan in charge of the east. That is Tuli's territory and people.
Now King Xi Kedu and the Khitan Khan Da Hemohui are vying to ask Wu Huaiyu to annex the Tang Dynasty, which means that they will break away from the Khanate, betray the Turks, and betray his Tuli.
Wu Huaiyu directly agreed to such an important matter without even discussing it with him or asking for instructions from the Emperor of Chang'an. He even couldn't wait to set up the two governor's offices of Raole and Songmo and twenty states in their respective areas.
Although he knew that these prefectures were the prefectures of Jisi, this meant that the two tribes of Xi and Khitan had separated from him, Tuli Khan.
Tu Li, whose strength was already greatly reduced, if even Xi and the Khitan had left, then why would he seek to become the Great Khan of the Turks? Looking at Wu Huaiyu, Tu Li was speechless.
Wu Huaiyu didn't seem to feel his surprise or even dissatisfaction, and said to himself, "Xi, the land of Khitan is already my territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the two tribes are also my subjects of the Tang Dynasty. If Jie Li dares to invade in the slightest, I will
The Tang Dynasty will definitely conquer and punish him severely."
"They are actually following the example of you, the Prince. In the 9th year of Wude, as soon as the emperor ascended the throne, you swore allegiance to His Majesty and accepted the title of Prince of Peiping and General Youwei. It is for this reason that you, the Prince
After defeating Jiujiuquan, Jieli went to attack Jinlianchuan, and I immediately sent troops to rescue them."
In a word, Wu Huaiyu did not mention Xi at all. The Khitans belonged to the Turkic Khanate, nor did he mention Tuli as their master. Instead, he said that Tuli, you used to be the little Khan of Tuli, but you also joined us long ago.
In the Tang Dynasty, you had to be granted the title of king of a county or the rank of general. People ridiculed Khitan now for just imitating you.
What reasons do you have to object? On the contrary, Wu Huaiyu even suggested euphemistically that Tuli was actually seriously weakened now, and Jieli would definitely want to take revenge. It would be better to make it clear and openly annex Datang, thus formally breaking away from the Turkic Khanate.
Then there are the ministers of Jieli,
If Jieli dared to attack Tuli again, then it would be more justified for Tang Dynasty to send troops.
Wu Huaiyu even thought about the name of the Governor's Palace for Tuli, and it was called Bei'an Prefecture Governor's Palace. The area under its jurisdiction was the area controlled by Tuli, extending to the Raole Songmo Second Governor's Palace of Xi Khitan in the east and outside the Great Wall of Tang Dynasty in the south.
, go west to the Jiujiu Spring area in Wuyao Beiyuan, meet the border with Jieli District, and reach the desert in the north.
Originally, Xi Khitan and even Linbu were subordinate to Tuli, but now Wu Huaiyu wants Tuli to become the governor of Jisi, just like Keduzhe and others.
For a time, it was difficult for Khan Tuli to accept it.
He wanted to be the Great Khan of the Turks, just like his grandfather Ranqian had returned to the Sui Dynasty in the Central Plains. That was to sit on the position of Great Khan and command the entire grassland, not to be a governor.
Wu Huaiyu smiled and said, "In this battle at Yehuling, the officers and soldiers of our Youzhou Army suffered a lot of casualties and spent a lot of money and food. Now that it is freezing cold, the entire army has retreated to the Great Wall to rest and recuperate. Only a few fortresses are left on the dam for warning and garrison.
The king of the county, you are also hurting bones this time, and also go back to recuperate early. In case of Li Li's attack, the county king can lead the tribe to the south to enter the Great Wall.
Wu Huaiyu's words were obviously threatening,
If the Tang Dynasty is not included, then Jieli will attack again and he will not care.
Tu Li was really panicking now. His two powerful subordinates, Xi and Qi, had betrayed him and attached themselves to the Tang Dynasty. If Youzhou stopped helping him, wouldn't he be doomed when Jie Li came? "Why don't you ask Wu?"
Sir, please help us for the sake of fighting side by side."
"The New Year is approaching, and now that the prince is really grateful, he should actually go to Chang'an to thank the emperor in person,"
"As for the prince's next plan, he can also inform the emperor in person," Huaiyu said with a chuckle.
