The Don Army has been waiting for a long time.

The first light snow in Jingzhao has fallen, and the mountains and fields are dyed with a light layer of white.

More than 6,000 cavalry of Xue Wanche's department were stationed in Wannian, and the weather was getting colder, so he thought that the Turks would not come, and were preparing to spend the winter in Jingzhao County.

At this time, Wei Chigong and Li Nianbu, who were stationed in Heshui, had already sent a message to the Jingshi that tens of thousands of Turkic troops had crossed the Great Wall to Nanwuyuan City in Yanchuan County.

The South Wuyuan City is on the edge of the Great Wall of Qin, while the North Wuyuan City is separated by the desert and is located in the Hetao region, called Wuyuan County, and the county seat is Jiuyuan City.

That is to say, for a long time, the entire Yellow River region belonged to the Central Plains Dynasty, but at this time, the Central Plains Dynasty completely declined, not to mention the North Five Plains, even the South Five Plains could not be taken care of.

If you don't get the news in advance this time, it is estimated that the Turks can always ride into Jingzhao on horseback, and they will alarm Chang'an, and at that time, they will really call an iron horse around Longcheng.

In another plane, such a thing did happen, and a humiliating alliance was made.

Now it is very different, the Tang army, which has long been prepared, has deployed heavy troops in the north, tens of thousands of cavalry are ready to fight, and the soldiers are well fed, and they are not afraid of a big battle with any enemy.

The dispatch order of the military department immediately arrived in Xue Wanche's army, and more than 6,000 cavalry immediately set off north to Honghua, and joined forces with Wei Chigong and Li Nianbu.

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Heshui City, Honghua County, the Central Army of the Tang Army.

"You came too slowly, only more than 6,000 people walked for two days to arrive, if the Turkic cubs came faster, you would have missed our big event."

Li Nianle was talking to Xue Wanche.

Xue Wanche rolled his eyes angrily, "I'm a general, so naturally I have to go slower, so as not to lose my prestige...... If the Turks are coming quickly, you have done a battle with them first, and I will come to pick up some bargains. ”

"If you think about it, I'm afraid that we will kill all the Turkic cubs, so it's just right for you to collect the corpses...... Also a general, we are all average, who are you playing with this majesty? ”

"The Supreme often says that a good meal is not afraid of being late, where have the Turks gone? Shall we just catch up, or do we have other plans? ”

At this time, Wei Chigong beckoned and asked the two of them to sit down and talk, they are all old partners, so they don't need to be polite.

"The enemy army has arrived in Wuyuan, and the intention of going south to Jingzhao is obvious, and it seems that it is about to fight." Wei Chigong said.

The other two people no longer had a hippie smile, and Li Nian continued to say: "There are more than 30,000 enemies, more than our soldiers, let's discuss it first, don't be afraid of them, the division will attack far away, and we have taken precautions, and they have committed the taboo of soldiers under the condition of waiting for work......

Therefore, even if there are more soldiers, this victory is considered to be huge. ”

The other two nodded, and there were cavalry on both sides, so there was no need for any tactics, and the Turks were definitely not here to conquer the city, and there was no Yang Guang to attract them in the city, so as long as the Turks were allowed to rush into the hinterland of Kansai, it would be defeated.

A head-on attack is clearly the best tactic.

Xue Wanche thought for a while and said: "Wounding the enemy for a thousand and self-inflicting eight hundred, the damage after this battle must be not small, this is all the heart and soul of the Supreme, after the war, have you figured out how to tell the Supreme?" ”

Li Nian was dissatisfied when he heard this, "You just said frustrating words before the fight started, why don't you want to think about it, after this battle, the Turkic Jieli Khan is afraid that he will be replaced, as long as we wrap Ashinaqiuluo's head in the golden wolf flag and send it to the Supreme, it is too late for the Supreme to be happy, how can you blame us?" ”

Wei Chigong pondered for a while, but he felt that what Xue Wanche said was reasonable, these tens of thousands of cavalry are all old people in Daizhou, and they are much more expensive than the Turks, and if the damage is too heavy later, it is really difficult to explain.

But then again, that's how it is in a war, and no matter how wise a general is, there is no guarantee that he will win, let alone control his own casualties, which is too difficult.

"The soldiers are in danger, there are more than 30,000 Turks, the enemy is outnumbered, if we have the heart of self-preservation and can't fight to the death, this battle will definitely be lost, okay, don't talk about these nonsense, spread to the ears of the Supreme, I'm afraid that you and I will be gone."

Li Nian and Xue Wanche glanced at each other, and at the same time arched their hands: "What the general said is true." ”

Li Nian and Wei Chigong also chose two battlefields, and after discussing with Xue Wanche, they finally selected the eldest son Yuan more than 30 miles north of Heshui.

The terrain here is open, high in the south and low in the north, it is a good place for cavalry duels, and it is the only way to go south from Wuyuan, if the Turks want to go south to Jingzhao, they must have a battle with the Tang army here.

At this moment, the Turkic army had left Wuyuan and continued southward.

Under the banner of the golden wolf, Jieli Khan Ashina Qiuluo's brows were locked, and the more he wrinkled, the tighter and tighter he became, and the report came back like a flowing water, and the worst situation appeared, and the Sui people were already prepared.

More and more enemy scouts appeared around the army, and they were violently colliding and fighting with the Turkic scouts, and their skilled equestrian skills and combat skills were no worse than those of the Turks, or even surpassed.

Both sides were experienced veterans in battle, while the Sui were better equipped, had a longer range of bows and arrows, wore stronger armor, and were no less accurate than the Turks.

What is even more terrifying is that they are young and strong, and have endless energy, while the knights of the Turks who are scouting in front are very old, but their combat experience seems to be similar.

The more scouts on both sides came into contact, the more the Turks suffered more and more, something that rarely happened in the history of warfare between the Turks and the Sui.

Ashina Qiura gradually realized that the war in the south had been going on for many years, and although they had killed many people, the surviving warriors would inevitably be much stronger than before.

"Go and tell the front of Bi Si Lishe, send more people out, you must know how many enemies are in front of you and where they are stationed, let him hurry up, don't be blinded by the sand, otherwise I will cut off his head."

The march of the Turkic army slowed down suddenly, and the garrison was stationed on the shore of Maling Water that night.

Again, when the cavalry of the brigade is fighting, it is almost impossible to ambush them, and when both sides are cavalry, it is difficult to hide their tracks.

Because when you spy on someone, the enemy will follow, and it's not a game where whoever finds the other person first wins.

Generally speaking, the process of cavalry combat is like this, first find the enemy, and then both armies feel that they can fight, they will take the initiative to approach, and then engage, if one side is weak, he will flee like a rabbit to the distance.

If you're chasing them, always be prepared to get a backbite.

Cavalry battles are often tested not by the combat effectiveness of the cavalry, the number of cavalry, but by the endurance of the warriors, as well as their familiarity with the terrain or other factors such as the weather.

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The next morning, Wei Chigong and others received a report that the Turkic garrison had stopped moving in the upper reaches of Malingshui, and there were traces of Turkic scouts around Heshui.

Wei Chigong and the others had already experienced countless battles, and it was not surprising that the Turks would probably not leave there until they found out the enemy's situation.

"It's such a small method of guts, it's not very much like the Turks." Li Nian sighed in his big tent.

He is different from others, he is actually a general raised by Li Bi himself, when the army went east to Taihang to Youzhou, when the Turks came to attack, he followed Li Bi all the way to fight with the Turks, ensuring the safety of Mayi.

Li Bi's combat style is very tough and strong, as long as he meets the enemy, no matter how many enemies there are, he must rush up and entangle with the enemy.

This kind of mad dog-style play that did not kill the Turks hurt the Turks very much, and Li Po's generals who stayed behind were also injured, and the injuries that followed behind Li Bi were very heavy.

Li Nian is Li Bi's kinship, after experiencing those battles, his combat style has almost been deviated, he doesn't like to use his brain very much, and his favorite enemies are those who can compete with him head-on.

Therefore, he hoped that the Turks would not be afraid, and would come to the eldest son to compete with them to see who was the hero and who was the hero.

Wei Chigong and Xue Wanche are also very stable, and they are also looking forward to the arrival of the Turks.

Because this is the first battle after the king became the emperor, it is still the Turks, if you can win the battle, the battle achievements will be extraordinary, enough to boast before everyone.

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On this day, the Turks did not move again, and the reports that reached Ashinaqiuro's ears became clearer and clearer, and the enemy army was stationed in Heshui, a large army that also consisted entirely of cavalry.

Even the most experienced Scouts couldn't tell how many there were, as there were still some of them stationed in the city.

Ashinaqiura's face gradually became as gloomy as the weather was now, and then he summoned the generals and told them the bad news.

There were many enemies, and it seemed that they had been waiting for them here for a long time, and I don't know who had leaked the news, and they had traveled so far through the vast Gobi Desert that they finally encountered a large number of enemy troops head-on.

Even if the Turkic generals usually claim to be brave, now when they hear the news, their backs are cold, this can't be a trap that the descendants of the gods want to jump into by themselves, right?

The name Celestial Whip gradually became clear in everyone's minds.

There was the clever one who was already wondering if it was Jieli Khan's enemies who had revealed their whereabouts to the Sui people and wanted to kill them with the help of the Sui people's hands.

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Another day passed, and the cloudy sky finally fell with snowflakes, Wei Chigong and the others finally waited a little impatiently, and everyone didn't have to fight if they waited any longer, a heavy snow was enough to extinguish the fire of the two armies.

But at this time, the report came.