Chapter 1: The Fall of the Eastern Turks
At the foot of the Yin Mountain in Mobei, the snow covers the vitality of the entire mountain range.
Since the first year of Zhenguan, every winter, there will be snow disasters in the grasslands, and countless cattle and sheep will freeze to death in batches, so the Jieli Khan of the Eastern Turks has repeatedly invaded the border of the Tang Dynasty and looted.
This kind of tragic situation is no longer a moment, since the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty began. In the first year of Wude of the Tang Dynasty, the Eastern Turks invaded 6 times, the second year of Wude, the Eastern Turks invaded 24 times, the Wude three years, the Eastern Turks invaded 12 times, and the Eastern Turks invaded 16 times in the fourth year of Wude. In the fifth year of Wude, the Western Turks invaded 14 times...... Until the signing of the Weishui Alliance in the ninth year of Wude.
Although the raids of the Turks were somewhat restrained during the Zhenguan period, the greedy wolf nature had long been engraved in their bones, and the border people had long been unbearable.
In November of the third year of Zhenguan, things took a turn for the better.
The Turkic army advanced to the west of the river and was defeated by the defenders of Suzhou (Jiuquan) and Ganzhou (Zhangye). Taking this as an excuse, Li Shimin ordered on the 23rd to be the governor of the state governor Li Tao as the general manager of the march of Tonghan Road, Li Jing, the secretary of the military department, as the chief of the march of Dingxiang Road, the assassin of Huazhou as the chief of the march of Jinhe Road, Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, as the head of the march of Datong Road, Wei Xiaojie, the governor of Youzhou, as the head of the march of Heng'an Road, and Xue Wanche, the governor of Lingzhou, as the head of the march of Changwu Road, with a total of more than 100,000 troops, all of whom were subject to Li Jingjiedu, and counterattacked the Turks in 6 ways.
On the eleventh day of the first month of the fourth year of Zhenguan, Li Jing led 3,000 horsemen to set off from Mayi (Shuo County, Shanxi) and entered the Tun Evil Yang Ridge. The Evil Yang Ridge is located in the southwest of Yin Mountain, and you can see the royal city of the Turks at this moment - Zhanxiang City on the mountain ridge!
On the same day, Li Jing led 3,000 iron cavalry to launch a Turkic attack on the Turkic-occupied Zhanxiang City from the Evil Yang Ridge at night, and Jieli Khan saw that the situation was not good, so he retreated to the Iron Mountain north of Yinshan and camped, and sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty to plead guilty, saying that he wanted the whole country to be attached to the Tang Dynasty.
However, in the eyes of Li Jing and Li Ji, Jieli Khan saw that the Turkic situation was not good at this time, and the snow disaster in recent years had caused him heavy losses, and now he needed to recuperate, if he could accept the Tang Dynasty's appeasement, then in the autumn, when the grass grew and the horses were fat, and when the Tang army was lax, he could escape into Mobei. Once you escape, you can also mobilize the major tribes such as Payegu, Khitan, Huifu, and Yantuo, who are attached to the Turkic Khan, to send troops and go south again.
This is just the usual trick of the northern nomads after they were defeated!
After that, Li Jing personally led 10,000 elite cavalry, carrying 20 days of rations, and rushed to Yinshan to eliminate the outlying sentries of the Turks. And Su Dingfang, who was known for his bravery, led 200 cavalry to attack the Turkic Khan's tent in the fog.
Su Dingfang and other troops were discovered by the Turks seven miles away from the Great Horde of the Turkic Khan. The fierce battle broke out in an instant, Su Dingfang began his career of charging into battle since he was fifteen years old, his people were brave and strong, and once the fight started, he was endless, chasing and fighting.
The Turks were defeated, and they retreated in a hurry, and were finally surrounded by Li Jing, who came to the rescue, and killed and captured tens of thousands of Turkic troops, as well as countless cattle and sheep.
In this battle, the Tang Dynasty succeeded in one fell swoop and successfully destroyed the Eastern Turks, the largest country in East Asia at this time.
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The snow in Guanzhong is not as soft as the snow in the south, and the light fall on the river will only cause a ripple shallowly; It was not as cold as the snow in Shuofang, and it felt cold and piercing when it fell on the fingertips.
Its snow is neutral, just like the characteristics of Chang'an, lying there quietly, very restrained.
But last night's snow was unusual, and it fell extremely violently.
Pingkang Fang, Ning Fat Pavilion.
More than a dozen richly dressed young people gathered around a copper stove hot pot, took a few bites of fatty mutton with chopsticks, and brought it to their mouths tremblingly. For the current Chang'an people, the correct way to open winter is like this.
"Since the invention of hot pot by Emperor Taishang three years ago, it has immediately swept Chang'an, and I often go down to the restaurant to eat hot pot in Jinyang, but ......" a young man chuckled and said: "But it can't compare to Bashu, Shu people are spicy and hemp-loving, and it is said that there are more than 500 restaurants in Yizhou alone that have opened hot pot." ”
"You are wrong, where do we like to eat hot pot in Jinyang, vinegar is our favorite, if you don't eat vinegar for a day, your whole body will be ...... It seems to be crawling with ants. ”
"Oh, by the way, Brother Zhixun, I heard that your lady gave birth to a big fat boy for you a few years ago, called ...... Renjie or something? I don't like to drink milk for three months, so I like to be jealous, which is really comparable to the room......"
"Brother Di, what about you, why are you in a daze?"
Di Zhixun frowned, walked a few steps, opened the corner of the carved wooden window of the pavilion, and felt the cold wind, he wrapped his clothes tightly, and said, "I don't know the Duke of Weiguo..... Whether this battle can be decided by one battle or not, the battle has been fought for a long time......"
His words seemed to affect the other people in the pavilion, and everyone was silent.
Datang has accumulated savings for four years, and this war ...... Can't afford to lose!
At this moment, it is not only Di Zhixun who drinks flower wine in Pingkangfang, but also the ordinary people who are busy every day, they are looking forward to one thing in their hearts, that is, - victory!
Looking at the sad faces of everyone, Di Zhixun suddenly chuckled, rolled up his sleeves, and quickly picked up chopsticks and took a bite of cooked mutton, and said: "Don't worry, when I was sorting out official documents in the county government last night, I also happened to hear some news about the front-line war...... The balance of victory in this war has tilted to the Tang Dynasty. ”
As if to prove the accuracy of Di Zhixon's message, from the south side of Suzaku Street, a group of messengers with banners rode fast horses, shouting hoarsely: "The Tang Dynasty has won, the Tang Dynasty has won, Wei Guogong has won a complete victory at Yinshan Station, and captured the Turkic Jieli Khan!" ”
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And in medical school.
"Hui Ri said that you, you haven't even learned the most basic bandaging techniques, what is this kind of bandaging, after three years of study, how can you become a teacher?"
Li Yuan rubbed his aching head, and looked at Hui Ri's clumsy operation, and suddenly became a little angry.
Originally, he didn't want to accept this stupid person, so he proposed the tuition fee and wanted the stupid person to bleed, but he didn't expect him to say that Confucius would take a few pieces of bundles, and the Japanese wouldn't take it?
As a result, the goods really took a few pieces of jerky, and then knelt in front of the medical school with a basket for a whole day and a night.
I have to say that he was still defeated by Hui Ri, and the perseverance of this widow really made him admire. In the end, I learned that the Wa Kingdom was already poor, and when they came to the Tang Dynasty as an envoy to the Tang Dynasty, they took some treasures, but unfortunately they encountered a storm, and finally begged to Chang'an City.
Well, since you can't shirk it, then take it. Anyway, the Emperor Taishang decided to only impart some basic medical knowledge to Huiri, which would never involve the core medical secrets of penicillin.
Penicillin he could sell to the Wa kingdom, but he could never teach it.
Hui Ri touched his bare head, and sighed in his heart: "Daojun is really benevolent, there are many lecturers in the medical school, but he wants to teach the little monk in person, the little monk is really unrecompensable, since the people of the Central Plains like dried meat so much, it happens that the poor monk does not eat meat, and he can also be thrifty......"
Just when his heart was broken, the news of the Tang Dynasty's victory over the Turks came from afar.
Hui Ri was suddenly taken aback, and bowed in the direction of the palace.