Chapter 252: A Thousand Miles Rush

In August 637, a large number of Tang people led by Li Jing, the "god of war" of the Tang Dynasty, led a large number of Tang Dynasty. The army also entered the territory of Tuyuhun, and before setting out for the expedition, Li Shimin specially instructed Li Jing that this combat mission was to completely destroy the Tuyuhun Khanate.

Tuyuhun, also known as Tuhun, is a country located in the Qilian Mountains and the upper valley of the Yellow River, Qinghai, Gannan and northwest Sichuan adjacent to the Tang Dynasty. This is a branch of the Xianbei Murong Department in Liaodong, Tuyuhun people are good at raising horses, and Qinghai Cheng is a more famous good horse raised by Tuyuhun. Tuyuhun is dominated by Xianbei people and Qiang people, all of whom are horseback people, with strong folk customs, brave and good at fighting, and have been established for more than 300 years.

The Tang State had just been established, with continuous civil wars, a withering economy, poor livelihoods, poor national strength, and internal and external troubles. In the border conflict with Tuyuhun, Tang. The army is defeated more than victorious. Unable to levy the attack on Tuyuhun, they could only tolerate it, and most of them resorted to peace talks to deal with disputes. But 8 years after Li Shimin's "Zhenguan rule", today's Tang Dynasty is the Tang Dynasty after the union with the rich Southern Angel Kingdom of Empress Changsun, and it is already a rich and powerful country that looks out of the East, and is no longer afraid of any country, and those who dare to offend the Tang Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away!

"Win or lose, it's a battle at this dawn!"

Tang Dynasty "God of War" Li Jing crusaded against the Tang of Tuyuhun. The forward of the army, Wei Chi Jingde, was very anxious to whip, not only the people were sweating, but even the horses were sweating and wet their manes.

10,000 horsemen, 20,000 horses, thousands of miles of travel, target: Qinghai Lake, with at least 40,000 people of Dayan Mangbo Jie (Murong Zun King).

Dayan Mangpojie (King Murong Zun) was the second son of Murong Fuyun, the Khan of Busaba, the Khan of Tuyuhun.

After defeating the Turkic Khanate and taking control of the northern steppes, the current Tang Dynasty. The army is no longer the army that lacked war horses in the past, one man and two horses, and was well-equipped. Wei Chi Jingde and they marched at an astonishing speed, at least hundreds of miles a day, and in order to ensure their combat strength, they only stopped for half a day when the men and horses were extremely tired. The cavalry's long-distance rush blitzkrieg was brought into full play by him.

This pride and self-confidence are worthy of being the "Left Gate God" of the Tang Emperor Li Shimin. This desperate gamble, and only Wei Chi Jingde has such courage.

War horses galloped, and on the reckless grassland, 10,000 iron horsemen were like a gust of wind. With a thunderous roar, it swept by, startling the birds and beasts in the distance.

As long as there are water and grass, like the Tang cavalry learned by the horseback people of the grassland, they can travel thousands of miles without burden, lightly armed and fast, and thousands of miles away from each other. The army approached Qinghai Lake, and the sky was still inky. After an hour and a half, they drank all the mare's milk, drank all the water, ate what little food they had left, and then launched a final attack before the first line of dawn appeared.

The vast Qinghai Lake is still silent in a scene. Between the fish jumping waves, the early cloud gulls skim the water surface, and the sound of the waves crashing on the shore should be echoed with the sound of gulls that sound from time to time, empty and quiet.

In a matter of moments, a muffled thunder suddenly rolled over from the place where it had just stopped.

Wei Chi Jingde whipped his prancing horse, facing the cool wind on Qinghai Lake, the endless yurts were already in front of his eyes, and what he was looking for was the largest one, where the tall Diao Dou flagpole was erected in front of the tent. There was a faint thunder in the distance, and the first to alarm were the cows, sheep and sheepdogs, who were in a commotion and began to chirp in confusion.

When Wei Chi Jingde's iron cavalry kicked through the outer camp and quickly rushed to the core of the camp, the warriors of Dayan Mangbojie (King Murong Zun) also got up, hurriedly picked up their swords and guns, and stepped on horseback.

They weren't without scouts, but the raiders were too decisive and too fast, and when the scouts saw them and turned their horses back, they were only a little quicker than them. Someone pointed to the place where wolves pounced on the prairie and shouted, "That's it, that's it!" ”

Dayan Mangbo Jie (King Murong Zun) looked at the horse from afar, and saw ten thousand horses galloping, rushing wildly, and its momentum was as sharp as an arrow.

Dayan Mangbojie (King Murong Zun) was surprised and surprised: Whose man is this? Qinghai is the intersection of the two major arteries of the overland Silk Road and the Tangbo Ancient Road, so there are many races here, including the Xianbei people (the main body of Tuyuhun), the Qiang people, the Arabs, the Persians, the Salul people, the Aerhun people, as well as the Sisi Tibetans, the Vierwu people, and the Tibetan people. But their tribe was too scattered, and there was no unified organization at all, and it was impossible for them to gather into such an imposing and uniform iron horse.

The warriors of the various yurts all stepped on their horses and rushed towards his camp, and more than 8,000 warriors gathered behind him in an instant, and there were horses galloping near and far.

Dayan Mangpojie (King Murong Zun) smiled with satisfaction, his combatable soldiers were now at least fifteen thousand.

"Warriors, rush forward, leave the invading enemy here, let their bodies enrich our meadows, kill!" Dayan Mangpojie (King Murong Zun) rode a tall and sturdy Qinghai horse, drew his scimitar and gave the battle order.

Dayan Mangbo Jie (King Murong Zun) is tall and heroic, his face is black and red, and his contours are as clear as a knife, riding on a Qinghai horse that is one head higher than the Mongolian horse, waving a knife and pointing at it, the momentum is awe-inspiring, and the two commanders have raised their swords and jumped on their horses, and came out in response. led the two wolf tooth arrows shot at Wei Chi Jingde, and shouted to meet them.

The soldiers and horses behind also followed suit, and the opponent's soldiers and horses gathered into a sharp blade, but the army of Dayan Mangbo Jie (King Murong Zun) was like ten thousand arrows shooting, rolling and galloping, looking at that posture, it was enough to swallow all the opponents, but at this moment, the relaxed smile on the face of Dayan Mangbo Jie (King Murong Zun) suddenly condensed.

The team that rushed from afar was already clearly in sight. In the early morning, the first ray of sunlight was shining above their heads, and there was a big flag in front of them. A golden "Tang" character on the blue flag dances in the wind, as if it wants to devour people. Dayan Mangbo Jie (King Murong Zun) suddenly had cold hands and feet: The banner of the Tang Dynasty is coming from the Tang Dynasty. Army, so far away, how did they get here? He saw clearly that the person who came was Wei Chi Jingde.

Wearing bright light armor, an iron helmet on his head, his face was like black charcoal, tall and burly, and his beard was like a halberd, and Wei Chi Jingde rushed to the front, and his general flag was behind him. The news that came back yesterday also said that Wei Chi Jingde was on the border of Tangtu, and he ...... How did he suddenly appear here?

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Li Jing, the "god of war" of the Tang Dynasty, received the latest battle report: "Wei Chi Jingde rushed thousands of miles to Qinghai Lake, defeated the Tuyuhun Qinghai Lake Cavalry Regiment, and slashed Dayan Mangbo Jie (Murong Zun King), Dayan Mangbo Jie (Murong Zun King) led the remnants to flee to Shanshan, and Yu Chi Jingde occupied Qinghai Lake and cut off the retreat of Murong Fuyun, the Tuyuhun Khan. Li Jing was overjoyed when he heard the news, and praised in his heart: "Wei Chi Jingde, Wei Chi Jingde!" It is really worthy of being the 'Left Gate God' of the Tang Emperor Li Shimin, and it is really worthy of being the first fierce general of the Tang Dynasty! ”

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The vast desert, the wild sand and fire, the lonely geese sweep the sky, and crusade against the other way of Tuyuhun. The army, led by Li Jing's beloved wife Red Whisk Girl, as Li Jing's confidante and affectionate couple, has always been Li Jing's left and right arm, and is also a heroine who is good at fighting, because this is the battle to destroy the country, in addition to the main battle corps of the Angel Army led by Li Jing, Li Shimin also sent a large number of Tang . The army participated in the war, firstly, to completely eliminate the military force of Tuyuhun, and secondly, to completely occupy the territory of Tuyuhun, Li Shimin was still resentful of the fact that Tuyuhun and the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi Li Yuanji colluded with each other to murder him, and this time he secretly colluded with the Western Turks to rob and kill the Tang caravan, and the new and old hatreds gathered together, so that Li Shimin made up his mind that this time he must completely eliminate this insidious northwest jackal.

30,000 Tang. Army, marching in this highland, wide Gobi Desert. The army marched like a forest, the spirit was like a mountain, and the ten phalanxes formed a large column that was almost parallel, advancing forward with a very wide front, and from a distance, the army was overwhelming, and the momentum was mighty.

I have already had a few contacts with the Tuyu Hun Bu Sabo Khan, the forward team of Murong Fu Yunjun's Dui, and Murong Fu Yun's main force is nearby, watching their movements like a wolf. After one battle after another, the loss was not only Murong Fuyun's army, but also his grassland and pasture, and now that Datang did not come to look for him, he had to rush before winter came. Plundered the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, otherwise most of the Tuyuhun people who lacked food and clothing would freeze and starve to death in this winter.

The grassland only believes in the strength represented by the steel sword, Murong Fuyun knows why the Tang Dynasty wants to attack him this time, he knows that his conspiracy with the Western Turks, Gaochang, Qiuzi and other countries has been exposed, and this day he knows that this day will come sooner or later, that is, he will not fight against the Tang Dynasty with the Western Turks and other alliances, and he also knows that the increasingly powerful Tang Dynasty will find an excuse to destroy him sooner or later, because Tuyuhun has murdered the current Tang Emperor Li Shimin after all. Since this day is coming sooner or later, it is better to strike first, loot the Datang caravan, loot their wealth, buy weapons and armor, further strengthen their military strength, and fight to the death with the Datang, if they defeat or hurt the Tang. army, and perhaps there is a possibility to avoid the destruction of the country.

Murong Fuyun learned about Tang. The army attacked Tuyuhun in three ways, and one was the 10,000 vanguard led by Wei Chi Jingde, who originally wanted to use his 60,000 elite main cavalry to eliminate this small number of vanguard cavalry. But Wei Chi Jingde's team came and went without a trace, and they couldn't catch it at all on the reckless Qinghai prairie. In addition, Wei Chi Jingde is a fierce general, known as the "Left Gate God", and Murong Fuyun is also a little jealous.

All the way is the 40,000 Tang led by Li Jing. The main force of the army, this is Don. The strongest of the three military routes, Murong Fuyun decided to temporarily avoid it, so as not to hurt his vitality.

The third road is the 30,000 Tang led by Li Jing's wife, Hongfunu. Army, this is the weakest of the three roads, the Red Whisk Girl is not very famous, the persimmon picks up the soft pinch, Murong Fuyun decided to eliminate the Red Whisk Girl first.

Murong Fuyun used the carefully domesticated 'aerial reconnaissance plane' Hai Dongqing and scouts to finally discover the army of red-whisked women in the vast Gobi grassland. So he kept quietly staring at this beautiful "fat sheep", waiting for an opportunity to eat her in one bite.

The sound of hooves roared like thunder, the flags were hunting, the drums were low, and thousands of war horses were seen galloping from afar like a long dragon. The army is like the tide of the Qiantang River, which arrives in an instant in the roar.

The person who rushed to the front, with a jujube red horse in his crotch, a red helmet and red armor, and the red tassels on the top of the helmet were like blood, and his vigorous heroic posture was unforgettable at first sight. The heroic and charming red-whisked woman stopped and raised her binoculars to observe into the distance. It has been more than half a month since he entered the hinterland of Tuyuhun, and he still has not seen the main army of Tuyuhun. However, her intuition told her that the main force of the Tuyuhun cavalry led by Murong Fuyun was nearby, and he had been secretly peeking at her like a wolf.

The telescope invented by Empress Changsun has many benefits, and how the opponent arranges the troops and what kind of formation is used to attack can be clearly understood before the opponent's iron cavalry is killed. Timely countermeasures were taken, and this is a strong point that the opponent's 'aerial reconnaissance aircraft' Hai Dongqing does not have. A well-trained sea holly. It can warn and tell the master the direction of the enemy's attack, but the opponent can't tell the kind of complex formation.

Turkic, Tuyuhun, Khitan, Jurchen and other steppe horseback peoples, generally use Haidongqing as a reconnaissance and hunting tool, Haidongqing's scientific name is Partridge, that is, the Sushen language "Xiongkulu", which means the highest and fastest bird in the world, and has the meaning of "God of Ten Thousand Eagles". Legend has it that only one hundred thousand condors produced a "Haidongqing".

It is not easy to capture and tame Hai Dongqing, and there is often a saying among the folks: "Nine deaths and one life, it is rare to find an eagle". After capturing the wild Haidongqing with a falcon net, he should thank the "Eagle God" Gege for his gift. Take it home and put it on the shelf in the eagle room, add "foot trips", do not let it sleep for a few days and nights, wear off the wildness, and call it "boiling eagle". Then through the "punching", "running rope" and other links, then the eagle can listen to the shouts of people to come to the hunter's arms. Finally, through the "fat" of the eagle, the intestinal oil is scraped out, so that the eagle is hungry, but the muscles are strong, which is convenient for catching prey. The tamed eagle can go to the mountains and wilderness to "release the eagle". The eagle erector stood on a high place and watched, and let people beat the bushes with sticks to blast out wild objects, commonly known as "rushing to war". Found that there is prey running or flying out, the eagle will immediately scream and dive down to capture the prey, the falconer should arrive as soon as possible to take down the prey, only give the eagle some animal offal, not to feed, the so-called "eagle is full and does not take the rabbit", this is the truth.

It is even more difficult to develop an "aerial reconnaissance aircraft" that can detect and warn the enemy, but as the Khan of Tuyuhun, of course, he still has several precious "Ten Thousand Eagle God" Hai Dongqing.

The Red Whisk Girl noticed that several Haidongqing had been soaring above her army, and she felt that something was wrong. Climb to a high ground and raise your binoculars to take a closer look around.

Suddenly, she found Murong Fuyun's army hidden in the vast grassland in the distance.

The steppenwolf has finally appeared!

The red-whisked girl smiled coldly.

Although she found that her number was smaller than that of the other party, the brave Red Whisk Girl still gave the order to meet the enemy army.

One after another military orders were issued, and Tang. The army accelerated abruptly and rushed towards Murong Fuyun.

The current Datang is not the previous Datang, and he is not afraid of any enemy, even Murong Fuyun's Tuyuhun elite iron hoof, and he is not afraid at all.

Murong Fuyun didn't expect a beautiful girl to dare to take the initiative to challenge herself, feeling like a sheep challenging a lion.

"I can't help myself! Destroy them for me! Murong Fuyun ordered fiercely.

Tens of thousands of people rode and ran, the yellow waves were surging like waves, the dust was filled, covering the sky and the sun, tens of thousands of troops were shaped like hundreds of thousands of iron horses, and the heralds were constantly piercing in front of the various columns, and the voice of the roar was hoarse. The first large-scale encounter between Jun and Murong Fuyun, the Tuyuhun Khan, began.

On the desert, the two sides rode back and forth, fighting desperately, blood sprayed, scattered into mud.

The two sides fought for a day and a night, and the killing was dark.

Murong Fuyun didn't expect this beautiful and charming red-whisk girl to lead Tang. The army was so tenacious and brave, and his 60,000 elite Tuyuhun warriors were unable to defeat only 30,000 Tang. The Red Whisk Girl of the Army. Although Don. The army suffered heavy casualties, but it was simply unable to defeat it. Murong Fuyun's army also suffered heavy casualties, and the casualty rate was almost the same as that of the red-whisked woman Tang. Army the same. It was so surprising to him that he couldn't believe that when, Don. The cavalry of the army has become so powerful!

Just in the Red Whisk Girl's Don. The army lost more than half of it, and Murong Fuyun's army also lost more than 10,000 people. When the army launched the final strangulation, it suddenly received an urgent report.

The emaciated face of the red-whisked girl was covered with smoke and blood, and she hadn't closed her eyes for a day and a night, and just when she was about to lose it, she found that Murong Fuyun's army had quietly withdrawn. She didn't know what was going on, and thought it was reinforcements coming, but she picked up her binoculars and looked around, but she didn't find a single reinforcement, and she was puzzled.

In fact, Murong Fuyun suddenly withdrew from the army, not Tang. Reinforcements arrived, or they couldn't beat the Red Whisker, but his backyard caught fire.