Chapter 406: Peculiar Tactics

When Zhang Yunwen, Li Daozong and others escorted this huge team back to Chang'an, the army had already set off. Hearing the news, Li Daozong and Li Daoxuan shouted pity.

Although Zhang Yunwen had a trace of regret in his heart when he failed to participate in this war, when he saw Wang Yan and the sleeping baby, that regret suddenly disappeared.

Wang Yan has practiced martial arts since she was a child, her body is strong, and after giving birth to Zhang Che, she has ginseng bird's nest every day during the confinement period. And the sleeping Zhang Che was lying quietly in the cradle, his eyes slightly closed, indescribably cute.

"The concubine thought you were going to the battlefield, but the concubine was startled!" Wang Yan snuggled up to Zhang Yunwen and said softly.

Zhang Yunwen grinned: "Isn't this afraid that you will be lonely at home?" So I begged His Majesty not to go! ”

When Wang Yan heard this, she smiled slyly and said, "But how did the concubine hear that the princess came back with the queen mother?" ”

"Ahem, that's a big duty to protect my mother!" Zhang Yunwen didn't even say red.

"Haha, come on, Xianggong, it's clear that Your Majesty won't let you go!" Wang Yan unceremoniously exposed Zhang Yunwen's lies.

Zhang Yunwen looked at Wang Yan's delicate face, and said viciously: "You dare to tease your husband, see if I don't clean you up well!" As he spoke, a hungry wolf pounced on it, and was about to pounce on it.

And that Wang Yan, her pretty face is also red, ready to meet the impact of Zhang Yunwen.

At this moment, Zhang Che, who was lying in the cradle, woke up and let out a loud cry: "Wow-"

Wang Yan hurriedly pushed Zhang Yunwen away and went over to coax the child.

Zhang Yunwen's resentful gaze suddenly fell on Zhang Che.

"Your Majesty, according to the military report, our army has marched day and night, and has arrived at a hundred miles south of Dingxiang City, and the vanguard cavalry has arrived at Evil Yang Ridge." In the staff courtyard, the staff officer named Qin Feng reported the current situation to Li Shimin.

Qin Feng and the others were the first batch of staff officers to graduate from the Military Academy. Now they have been scattered among the General Staff and the armies of the North and South, playing the role of analyzing intelligence and giving advice to the main generals.

As he spoke, Qin Feng pointed at the large map hanging on the wall with a slender whip: "This is the Evil Yang Ridge where the vanguard of Li Shangshu's army is located, and this is Dingxiang City. Under the city of Xiangding, Xue Yantuo's 60,000 troops have been gathered. There were 15,000 servants and Hui troops in Youzhou. Shuozhou appeared Hui and Xue Yantuo's army of 30,000 people. In the clouds, Xue Yantuo's army of 20,000 people appeared. Armies ranging from 10,000 to 30,000 were also found in other places. According to the above statistics, this time, the Tiele people dispatched a total of 200,000 troops! ”

Hearing this number, the generals sitting in the hall couldn't help but take a breath at the same time, this Xue Yantuo entangled the tribe to which he belonged, I am afraid that he took out the old bottom, and it has the meaning of fighting a fish to a dead net.

Li Shimin smiled coldly: "Hmph, what about the 200,000 army? My Datang elite soldiers, all of them are ten and well-equipped, how can they be compared to those Tiele people? Now that I have laid a big net, I will definitely wipe out these 200,000 troops! ”

Li Shimin said that the arrogance was dry, and the generals below were also infected, and they spoke peacefully.

"The people of Xue Yantuo crisscrossed the desert north, and they used a peculiar tactic. At the beginning, when the Xue Yantuo people fought against the Western Turkic Shabala and the great generals of Ashina Sheer, they all relied on foot battles to win. Later, they summed it up and formed this peculiar tactic. They were in the company of five men, one on horseback, four on horseback, and if they were victorious, they were given horses to chase after them, and if they were defeated, they fled on horseback. Such tactics can make Xue Yantuo run rampant in Mobei, and there is no opponent. Before leaving, I had a conversation with Shi Xun, who patted his chest and said, "It's easy to break this tactic!" I know that the world never says something uncertain, so I'll wait and see! Li Shimin looked at the map on the wall and said loudly.

At this time, under Dingxiang City, Yinan Zhenzhu Khan's son Dadu set up 30,000 Xue Yantuo soldiers to look at this Dingxiang City from afar. Outside the city of Dingxiang, there are countless yurt houses, but they are the places where the Turks who migrated over lived.

Dadu set up a little hesitant. At this time, in Dingxiang City, the number of Tang troops was only 2,000. It stands to reason that he could completely ignore the two thousand Tang troops and hunt down the Turkic herdsmen. However, as soon as he received the report, a cavalry of the Tang Army of about 1,000 people was stationed in the Evil Yang Ridge, and the main force of the 60,000 Tang Army also rushed over day and night. If he ordered an attack, but was entangled by the Turkic army and the Tang army in Dingxiangcheng, as soon as the main force of the Tang army arrived, he would only be annihilated.

Therefore, he did not give the order to attack for a long time.

In this way, the stalemate lasted for a long time, and when Dadu was about to retreat, he saw that on the southern horizon, countless Tang troops were rushing over like a tide. The flying banner echoes with the smoke and dust of Zhang Tian, and the momentum is overwhelming.

Seeing this situation, Da Du couldn't help but feel weak, and immediately ordered: "Withdraw!" ”

As a result, the 30,000-strong army withdrew from Dingxiang City.

Seeing that the enemy's momentum had been dissipated, Li Ji knew that this was a good opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to chase and kill, so he immediately led a thousand elite cavalry under his command to the Turkic camp outside Dingxiang City, recruited 6,000 Turkic cavalry, and chased after Dadu.

This chase has been chasing Baidaochuan and Daqingshan from Dingxiang City, until it reaches Zhennuoshui, and it has been chasing for two days.

In the process of chasing and escaping, Dadu gradually realized that the Tang army following behind him was only six or seven thousand people, and stopped at Zhennuo Water at the moment, set up a formation, and waited for the arrival of the army.

When Li Ji heard the scout talk about Dadu's position in Zhennuoshui, he said to the Turkic general: "You lead the troops to kill first!" ”

The Turkic general couldn't help but shudder: "Honorable Governor, there are 30,000 Tiele people, how can we kill 6,000 people?" ”

Li Ji smiled and said slowly: "Don't worry about this matter. Dadu has been chased by us for two days, if he has the ability to fight, how can he not fight? It must be more than enough but not enough, it seems to be an army of 30,000, but in fact it is unbearable! Hehe, as soon as this battle is over, the general's life will be famous in the grassland. With 6,000 people, he repelled 30,000 Tiele elites, he is really the first military general of the grassland! ”

When Li Ji said this, the Turkic general's eyes lit up, he raised his head and roared, almost wanting to turn into a wolf: "Warriors, kill me!" ”

Just when this general led the 3,000 men and horses of his headquarters to rush forward, Li Ji called the deputy chief Xue Wanche and handed him 1,500 elite cavalry. Among them, there were 500 Tang cavalry and 1,000 Turkic cavalry. After Xue Wanche said a few words in his ear, Xue Wanche led the cavalry away.

When the Turkic general led three thousand Turkic cavalry to rush towards the Xue Yantuo army array, the Xue Yantuo cavalry who had already dismounted and formed a formation in front of the formation fired ten thousand arrows. In an instant, I saw arrows raining down, and the three thousand Turkic cavalry that charged lost three or four hundred people in an instant.

The Turks hurriedly retreated, leaving the range of their bows and arrows.

Seeing the Turkic army retreating, Dadushe immediately ordered his soldiers to step forward slowly.

However, at this moment, a cavalry suddenly appeared from the oblique spur. This cavalry, under the leadership of five hundred Tang cavalry, went straight to the rear of Xue Yantuo's army to kill. The target was the horses.

After the Xueyantuo people dismounted and fought on foot, the horses were gathered together.

The Tang army slashed into the horse formation, slashed with a sword, stabbed with a spear, and threw black grenades into the dense place of horses.

"Boom-" The explosion wrinkled, and the loud noise and flying sheln suddenly startled countless horses away.

Seeing that Xue Yantuo's people were about to return to the army, Xue Wanche decisively ordered 1,500 cavalry to withdraw from the battlefield.

At this moment, the Xue Yantuo people did not ride horses, how could they catch up with the cavalry, so they had to hurriedly send arrows and shoot nearly a hundred people.

However, most of their horses have been lost.

At this time, the remaining cavalry led by Li Ji came to cover up again......