Yuchi Gong, dressed in white robes, turned over and jumped onto his horse. With a wave of the black gun in his hand, five thousand elite cavalry were dispatched behind him.
The cavalry crossed the Sanggan River, passed Mayi City, climbed over Shanyang Ridge, and crossed mountains and ridges along the Yuanzi River Valley into the Cangtou River Valley. They braved the wind and snow and headed north in the extremely cold weather.
It was covered with heavy snow and it was completely white.
But none of these can stop Tang Qi from moving forward. For this day, thousands of elite cavalry have been training in Shuozhou and Dingxiang for a long time. They have practiced many times and are very familiar with the entire route.
From Shuozhou to Dingxiang, it is more than three hundred miles, all of which is hilly and mountainous.
In such a cold winter, who could have expected that the Tang army would launch a sudden attack, and what the Tang Dynasty wanted was to be unexpected, to go against the grain and deliberately choose this time to act.
Everything is going smooth.
In the past few years, the Tang army had also made many preparations, such as instigating a rebellion to recruit Yuan Junzhang in An Yunzhong, cleaning up and regaining the north of the Sanggan River in Shuozhou, and even pushing the border defense line to the Great Wall.
During the Wude period, outside Yanmen Pass, the Turks basically came and went freely. They also supported many military leaders such as Liu Wuzhou, Yuan Junzhang, and Gao Manzheng to fight against the Tang Dynasty. Even many horse thieves and mountain barbarians were controlled by the Turks.
But now, everything inside the Great Wall Pass has been cleared.
Wearing a white robe, Yu Chigong came to his hometown of Shuozhou to train cavalry for almost two years. Not only did he carefully train and strictly build a fine cavalry, but he also went back and forth between Shuoxiang and Shuoxiang many times in the past two years.
Li was on full alert every time, but later he saw that Tang Qi only went from Mashuo to Shahukou Great Wall and did not go outside the Great Wall, so he gradually relaxed his guard.
Especially after winter, the Turks became even more lazy.
Running on a familiar road they had walked countless times in the past two years, the cavalry moved quickly. They set out the morning before, and after a day and night they left the Shahukou.
The next day, under the cover of wind and snow, they arrived quietly at the foot of Wuyang Ridge, which is more than 20 miles south of Dingxiang City.
Facing this Khan's tent, which is only twenty miles away and occupies a dangerous mountain range, Yuchi Gong and the others have already simulated countless attacks. Countless scouts and spies have also collected and reported on various situations in the entire mountain range.
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Dingxiang City was built on the Hetao grassland, and the Wuyang Ridge is to the south of the grassland. To the south are hills and mountains, and to the north is a flat plain.
Not only is Wuyang Ridge located high up, but it also guards the main road to Mashuo.
But for such an important location, the Turks did not send troops to guard it.
Tang Qi, who was like a divine soldier descending from heaven, dismounted and easily occupied Evil Sun Ridge, even though the Great Khan's Tooth Tent was more than twenty miles away to the north.
But this time Yuchi Gong was very steady,
Every step was in accordance with the established plan. He resisted and did not lead five thousand cavalry to attack the Khan Court directly, because although the Khan Court was on a flat river, there was a city there.
Go up the mountain and quickly build defenses.
Three thousand fine cavalry are stationed on the mountain of Eryangling, and two thousand fine cavalry are divided into two battalions on the left and right, stationed in the valleys on both sides of the mountain. When everything is arranged here, the Turks in Dingxiang on the grassland don't know yet.
"You bastards, follow me down the mountain and bring some cattle and sheep back to barbecue and stew soup!"
Yuchi Gong laughed loudly and ordered several hundred light cavalry, and then they headed towards the grassland. As if they were in an uninhabited land, they just led the cattle and plundered the sheep, and returned with a full load, and also captured some herdsmen prisoners by the way.
When Jie Li in Dingxiang City heard about it, he still looked incredulous?
"A few Tang cavalry suddenly appeared near Dingxiang, attacked herdsmen, and robbed many cattle and sheep?"
"The profuse sweating, maybe it's Yu Chigong's old black guy again. He didn't stop even in the cold weather. He was still running around outside. This time he actually crossed the Great Wall and ran to the vicinity of Dingxiang. It's so hateful." Zhao Deyan analyzed.
road.
Zhi lost his mind and took the knife to cut the mutton in his hand. "It is probably because Tuoshe was defeated by Xue Yantuo before. After heading west to Khan Futu City, his tribe raided Hexi, and the Tang people took revenge for this."
Speaking of this, there was a silence in the tent.
Tuoshe Ashinashe'er was a famous wise king and fierce general in the Khanate. He was the second son of Chuluo Khan and the second brother of Yusheshe who was stationed in Yahetao. He and Yugushe guarded Mobei, but in the past two years they had repeatedly
He was defeated by Xue Yantuo, but compared to his uncle Jieli who liked to impose excessive taxes, he established his establishment in Mobei for ten years but never levied taxes, so he was deeply supported in Mobei.
Jieli repeatedly sent troops to the Central Plains, and often discouraged expansion plans. He also persuaded Jieli to be lenient to the Tiele tribes in Mobei, but Jieli refused to listen. As a result, the Central Plains and the Tang Dynasty now have a great feud, and there is another enemy in Mobei.
The Tiele people were forced to rebel.
Xue Yantuo repeatedly defeated Xue Yantuo to expand the capital, and was forced to lead his troops to move westward, crossing Jinshan Mountain and settling in Khan Futu City in the north of Gaochang Kingdom.
In fact, Tuo She's army was defeated and fled westward, which was all deliberately caused by Jie Li. Tuo She repeatedly asked Jie Li for rescue troops, but Jie Li replied that reinforcements would arrive soon, while deliberately holding his troops back.
His idea was very simple, he just wanted Tuoshe, Yugushe, his nephews, and the Tiele people to both suffer losses. However, Jieli did not expect that the result would not be both sides to suffer losses, but Xue Yantuo's victory over the Turks and their defeat.
He had no choice but to agree to expand Xiben to garrison Khan Futu City and let him defend the Western Turks.
However, with the defeat of Tuo She and the Western Region, it was difficult for Yugu to be established in Mobei. Now the Turkic Khanate has almost completely lost control of Mobei.
And with Tuli taking Xi Khitan to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, the Khanate lost the eastern part of Monan.
Within the Great Wall in the south, it is no longer possible to intervene.
This is why Yuchi Laohei can come and go as he pleases arrogantly and domineeringly. But just a few years ago, they were the Turks who entered and exited the Great Wall at will, and even marched on the Great Wall.
Offense and defense change shape.
Jieli was a little irritable,
"Gather two or three thousand horsemen and drive these damn Nanbarbarians across the Great Wall,"
Ashina Simo was a little worried, "At this time, Tang Qi actually appeared outside Dingxiang City. Isn't this a little strange? Should I send more Qingqi to reconnoiter clearly? If the Tang army invades in large numbers and I have to guard against it, should I immediately
Gather people and horses, just in case..."
But Jieli couldn't listen, "It's freezing cold, the ground is snowing heavily, and it's more than 300 miles from Mayi to Dingxiang. If the Tang army invades at this time, it's not asking for trouble. If you want to attack, it should be done when the autumn is high and the horse is fat."
time, at least after the beginning of spring,
Don’t worry, it’s just a little harassment from the Tang people.”
"Go and call Tang Jian and An Xiuren. I would like to ask them, since they came as envoys, why are they here to harass them again? Do they also want to be sent to herd sheep like Cui Dunli?"
The governor of Suizhou in the Tang Dynasty, the minister of the Honglu Temple in charge of the school, Tang Jian, the Duke of Ju, General Zuo Wuhou, and Xiuren, the public security officer of Shen, two envoys of the Tang Dynasty who were granted 600 households, were invited to the Golden Wolf University by Li Langqi.
account.
As soon as he met Xie Li, he threw the cup.
This frightened Tang Jian, he threw a cup as a signal, and swordsmen and axemen rushed in from outside the tent to kill him?
However, he still calmed down and said with a smile, "Are you drunk with sweat?"
"Humph, Tang Jian, I would like to ask you, why are you here?"
"The Great Khan, under the orders of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, came as an envoy to the Turks to promote friendship between the two countries."
"Yeah?"
Jie Li asked Tang Jian, "Tell me, then, why the Tang cavalry who crossed the agreed boundary of the Great Wall came to rob cattle and sheep outside the court of Dingxiang Khan. I dare to ask, those Tang cavalry who stole cattle and sheep, but
Your subordinates?"
Tang Jian looked surprised, "It's absolutely impossible. It's still more than a hundred miles from the Great Wall to Dingxiang. The mountains are high and the roads are dangerous. It's snowing right now. How could they appear in Dingxiang like magic soldiers descending from the sky?"
Besides, beyond the Great Wall, these more than 100 miles are controlled by Turks. Could it be that the Great Khan’s cavalry were drunk and sleeping in their tents without anyone stopping them?”
This rhetorical question made Jieli even more dissatisfied.
"Tang Jian, the Great Khan is asking you now,"
"Great Khan, you must have misunderstood. It can't be Tang Qi. They can't fly here from the sky, can they?"
"Hmph, it's useless to talk harshly. The Great Khan has already sent out his cavalry to pursue him. It won't be long before you see the captured prisoners. Then it'll be up to you how tough you talk!"
Tang Jian and An Xiuren returned to their tents, "Laohei Yuchi came on time."
"But Jieli won't let us leave," said the bearded An Xiuren, who had a headache. They had been coming to Dingxiang for a while. Originally, their mission was to persuade Jieli to join the Tang Dynasty. Of course, this was not true. It was just before the general attack.
Paralysis Jieli,
Of course, there is another important task, which is to bring Cui Dunli, the Minister of War, and Pang Xiaotai, the Commander-in-Chief, back to avoid being killed by someone else if they jump over the wall in a fight.
But who would have thought that Jieli wouldn't let them go after they arrived, and they were trapped here too.
dusk.
On the Evil Sun Ridge, cattle and sheep were slaughtered, and smoke curled up from the cooking pots.
Jieli sent Qianlai cavalry, thinking that they were just a small group of Tang army cavalry. They drove them away and then captured a few more and killed them. Who knew that this time it was Yuchi Gong who brought five thousand elite cavalry.
Yuchi Gong was ruthless and bold,
Although he was very restrained when he arrived at Wuyang Ridge and did not dare to attack Dingxiang directly, he still led his people to the grassland and robbed many cattle and sheep and returned home fully loaded.
This guy is both rough and thin.
They were robbing cattle and sheep over there, and they were ambushing them halfway here.
When more than a thousand of Jieli's cavalry were chasing after them from Dingxiang, Yuchi Gong led his troops to fight out. After a fierce battle, Jieli's men were defeated and more than three hundred of them were killed. The rest managed to escape with great difficulty.
When the defeated soldiers fled back to Dingxiang, smoke was also burning on the Evil Yang Ridge, and flags of the Tang army were even erected. Wei Chigong even deliberately let people show off on the Evil Yang Ridge.
Jie Li, who was still warming himself by the fire in the tent, eating barbecue and drinking wine, waiting for the leader of the Tang army to come to see him, was so shocked that he dropped the mutton in his hands when he saw the defeated general reporting in fear.
"Say it again?" Jieli's voice was horribly low.
"The Tang army occupied Wuyang Ridge, and there were tens of thousands of people watching the banner."
"impossible!"
Jie Li didn't believe it.
After leaving the Great Wall at Hukou, there was not a single Turkic garrison on the road for more than a hundred miles, so why was there no alarm at all?
"But there are indeed many Tang cavalry on the Evil Sun Ridge, and they also have many cavalry in ambush at the foot of the mountain. More than a thousand of our cavalry were defeated by them. They are very well-equipped, most of them are Mingguang armor..."
Jieli kicked several tables in front of him angrily, knocking all the mutton and wine to the floor. Jieli's eyes were red, angry and frightened.
