"Lord, the army of the Huangjia has all been concentrated in the north of the bounty, the headquarters of the soldiers and horses are about 1560,000, and the vassal tribes have sent about 300,000 troops, and there will be an increase in the future, and the preliminary estimate is that the total strength will not be less than 500,000, and almost all the tribes in the Mobei grassland have been collected." In the camp of the Tiance Army outside the capital, Hu Xiaosi hurriedly walked into the handsome tent, and said with a solemn face.

Such a huge force made everyone in the tent gasp, if this force poured into the Central Plains, no prince could stop it. For a while, everyone's eyes were focused on Li Xuanqing's body, and this thin but unusually tall figure became a monument to everyone's hearts at this moment.

"What's wrong with you? Scared? Li Xuanqing saw that the big tent suddenly became quiet, turned around and said with a smile: "If we defeat these people in one battle, it will bring a hundred years of peace to the northern Xinjiang, and our people will also be forever recorded in history because of this war." ”

"Please give the order of the lord, we will swear to the death, defeat the Huangjiasi, and win time for my century-old revival of China." Chen Fan clenched his fists and knelt down on one knee, leading all the people in the big tent to kneel.

"I order, the whole army immediately prepare to enter the capital, let's fight according to the city, and completely defeat the Huangjiasi." Li Xuanqing nodded with satisfaction when he saw the actions of Chen Fan and the others, the Tiance Army now has a sense of collective honor and national belonging, and has been promoted from a separatist army to an imperial army.

"Lord Qiqi, the envoy of the Emperor has come to meet you." Li Xuanqing's words made Chen Fan immediately enter the role, and began to issue various specific orders in an orderly manner, reorganizing the Central Corps, with Tieliang's heavy cavalry battalion as the central army, and the cavalry corps including Hou Yong, Toyota, and Taxi's steppe cavalry battalions as the flanks, with a frontal corps of 140,000 people. Chen Fan controlled the artillery regiment in the hands of Chief of Staff Liu Yi, and concentrated it behind the Chinese army, preparing to concentrate on bombarding the opponent's huge cavalry impact.

The guards looked at Li Xuanqing and waited until Chen Fan had given all the orders before looking at him and suddenly felt a little strange, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he had to stand in place in a daze.

"Let him come in, and see what kind of person he dares to come to the Tiance Army camp at this time." Chen Fan saw the embarrassment of the guards and relieved him. After receiving the order, the guards hurried out of the tent and brought in the envoy who was waiting on the side.

Also known as Jiankun in the Tang Dynasty, the Uighurs ruled in the northwest of the Uighurs, about the upper reaches of the Yenisei River, north of the Sayan Mountains, and south of the Angara River. However, in this life, because Li Xuan liquidated the Khitan tribe, the subsequent Khitan conquest of the Khitan ended before it began, so at this time, the Khitan still controlled the vast territory of northern China and even the far north.

The people of the Quegasi are red-haired and white-faced, and there are also black-haired people, who call themselves Li Linghou. Mainly engaged in nomadic herding, also fishing and hunting, but also a small amount of agriculture. Belief in shamanism, called "Gan". A script spelled with a Turkic alphabet similar to that of northern Europe, which has been passed down to its southeastern neighbors, the Turkic and Uighur. There has been a divide between the rich and the poor, and there has been a class antagonism, but there is still a fairly strong remnant of primitive society.

The envoy in front of him looked like a white man, with yellow hair and blue eyes, and a fair complexion, which was different from the impression recorded in Li Xuanqing's mind. However, this does not matter, and it is not surprising that there are many ethnic minorities such as the Slavic peoples and some Eastern European minorities in the area ruled by the Tunjas.

After the envoy came in, he originally wanted to put up a shelf, but what he didn't want to fight was that Li Xuanqing sat alone in the center of the tent and pondered, while Chen Fan and the others were busy discussing the sand table and map, discussing the allocation of materials and troops, and further refining the battle formation.

The envoy's shelf couldn't be put up, so he had to salute Li Xuanqing according to Han etiquette, and said: "The special envoy under the account of General Bayegu of the Wang Ting of the Emperor of the Emperor of the People's Republic of China informed the General of the Tang Army. This opening was actually Tang Yan, which made Chen Fan strange, and he couldn't help but look up.

Li Xuanqing was not much surprised, in addition to his own death of the Tang Dynasty in this era caused the Anshi Rebellion, its prestige among the surrounding ethnic groups can be said to be close to the era of Emperor Wu, and the fame of the Heavenly Khan relied on the bloody battles of generations of Tang soldiers to reach its peak, and it is not surprising that the surrounding ethnic minorities will say Tang Yan.

"Just say something, what is the intention of the two armies to come to our army's big tent now that the two armies are facing each other?" Li Xuanqing waved his hand, and didn't bother to pay attention to this Baye Gu, although in the parallel world, Huang Jiasi has always had a friendly attitude towards the Central Plains, but it does not mean that it will be the same in this life, since his army has already driven to the Youbei grassland, then he must solve this northern trouble, not something that can be eliminated by negotiation.

"The Tang army's invasion of the grassland for no reason violates the terms of the border between the two countries agreed between our royal court and your emperor. If your army is willing to retreat and return to Han from now on, my royal court is willing to take no blame for the past. Seeing Li Xuanqing's indifferent attitude, Baye Gu seemed to be impatient, and suddenly his arrogance returned, and he said coldly.

"There is an agreement between the Emperor and the Emperor? How did I not know? Which emperor do you have an agreement with? The whole world is not the king's land, when does my Tang army need your consent to enter and leave the grassland? Li Xuanqing sneered: "Could it be that the glory of the Heavenly Khan has disappeared in the grassland?" ”

"Naturally, it was the Emperor of Liang in Luoyang. Is your army unwilling to obey the will of your emperor? "Bayegu seems to know the current situation in the various feudal towns of the Han region, so he doesn't care about what he says.

"Trouble your envoy to go back and convey that Luoyang is a chaotic minister and thief stealing my Huaxia artifact, if you have self-knowledge, please immediately cut off contact with Zhu Quanzhong and send someone to Chang'an to pay tribute, otherwise my Tiance army will definitely exterminate the royal court." As soon as Li Xuanqing slapped the case, Huo Ran got up and reprimanded: "I don't look at your envoy's face today, I will directly cut you based on what you just said." Someone called me out. ”

As soon as Li Xuanqing's words fell, the guards outside the big tent rushed in and directly escorted Bayegu up, ignoring what this guy said, and pushed him out directly.

"My lord, it seems that we have established our own government more formally." Chen Fan came over and sighed: "With the usurpation of the Tang Dynasty by Zhu Quanzhong, if no one raises the banner, there will be fewer and fewer people who identify with the Tang Dynasty over time, and the foundation of the unified dynasty will become worse and worse, which is not good for us." ”

Li Xuanqing nodded and said, "Let's go back to Chang'an to solve this matter after this battle." After a pause, he smiled and said: "You go to the Flying Eagle Brigade and Xiaosi, so that they don't have to be idle recently, the entire grassland is a place for them to have fun, and they must let the logistics of the Flying Eagle Brigade have problems." The logistics of the nomadic tribe are basically cattle, sheep and livestock, and they have to find a way to get rid of them, so that the other party will fall into a situation of instability. Our army is fighting in the front, and the Flying Eagle Brigade is making trouble in the rear. ”

"Don't worry, my lord, Xiaohu himself has already gone to the grassland, saying that he wants to deal with the Gregorians in person, and he heard that the weapons forged by the Rigs are very good, he plans to go back and let the Equipment Department study and study them." Chen Fan said with a smile.

"My lord, the Central Plains Command reported that Guo Chongtao has led three naval ships into the canal to participate in the battle. And five days ago, more than a dozen logistics transport ships of the Xuanwu Army were sunk outside Dezhou City. As soon as the two of them finished speaking, Hu Xiaosi walked in and handed Li Xuanqing a piece of information, and said with a smile.

Li Xuanqing glanced at it and nodded: "There is a canal on the southern line, basically there will be no big problems, Zhu Quanzhong does not have the courage to attack at this time." But how did Tianxiang's thinking suddenly become active, this offensive defense is doing a good job. ”

"Which is his credit, it was proposed by Han Xun, and Guo Chongtao was brought to Shenzhou by Han Xun." Hu Xiaosi pouted and smiled: "Tianxiang is to do things forward-looking and backward, and he wants to be perfect in everything, plus Tiancheng, the Minister of Operations, is also a perfectionist, and the two of them are estimated to have their brains spinning." So I'm willing to bet that the offensive defense on the southern front must be done by Houchun, and only this guy will ignore the others, and his brain will turn faster than anyone else. ”

"Forget it, the southern front doesn't care about them. Since you are also here, let's also start the northern route, our grain and grass transportation is also tight enough, and it is better to make a quick decision. Xuan Yingwei immediately notified Gao Siji and Xue Yang on both wings to be vigilant at all times and wait for the Chinese army to give orders. Chen Fan: Have you already entered Shangjing as a striker of the Chinese army? ”

"Li San and Wu Wenlong have already led the infantry into Shangjing. However, although Shangjing is said to be a city, it is a grassland earth city, and it has almost no defensive value. Chen Fan nodded and smiled bitterly: "So I designed a new plan, placing the command platform of the Chinese army on the city tower, and the part of the artillery battalion attached to it is also placed on the city wall, so that the range of rocket artillery and mechanical crossbows can be increased with the help of height." ”

"Yes, you can arrange the specifics. At that time, the heavy cavalry battalion will be able to get the support of the infantry in time, and it will be okay. Li Xuanqing nodded, and had no opinion on Chen Fan's arrangement.

"Lord, in that case, let's also enter Shangjing." Hu Xiaosi clapped his hands and smiled: "I'll dig and dig to see maybe I can dig up the treasures hidden by the Khitan people, I heard that they have been operating in the capital for almost a hundred years, and there should be unknown treasures." ”

Several people giggled out of the tent and led the guards into the city, and the rest of the personnel arrangements were all thrown to the chief of staff Liu Yi.

However, Shangjing, as a city on the grassland, really cannot be compared with the cities on the land of China, and the result of building the city is that the city wall is too weathered and the bearing capacity is too poor, and it cannot withstand the impact of huge forces. Hu Xiaosi touched a severely weathered earthen wall and said in surprise: "If this level of city wall is in the Central Plains, it is estimated that there is no need to directly hit it with a battering ram, right?" ”

"The lack of building materials in the grasslands, the poor skills in building the city, and the high mobility of herders make it too expensive to build a city. If it weren't for the Khitan royal court's need for a stable base, perhaps they wouldn't even be willing to build such an earthen city. Speaking of which, this is the difference between nomads and us farming peoples. Li Xuanqing shook his head and said with a smile: "People don't need to defend the city at all, so it doesn't matter if the city wall is strong or not." ”

"Chen Fan, don't think about putting artillery on the city wall, it's not troublesome enough. Let them line up outside the city, mark the artillery firing table in advance, and let's fight a hundred-year war with the Huangjia in the old land of the Khitan royal court. ”

The three of them boarded the city wall of Tucheng and began to survey the terrain on the spot, prepare for the arrangement of soldiers and horses, etc., where Liu Yi also commanded the troops to begin to move around the capital city, and the entire grassland was boiling because of their movements, and the army of more than 100,000 people and the war horses almost crushed this world.

"Lord, you see that there are people from the side of Huangjiasi, aren't these guys camped more than fifty miles away from the city, why are they running here at this time? Bringing a few thousand people to their deaths? Hu Xiaosi looked at the team of people galloping from the north from a distance and smiled.

"It's okay left and right, let the pro-guard team gather, let's go up and take a look." Li Xuanqing shook his head, pointed to the big sword floating in the distance and said with a smile: "The boss of the eight-adult family is here." ”

After several people got down the city wall, they quickly gathered their personal guards to meet them. Li Xuanqing guessed correctly. This is Wu Jie, the general of the royal court of the Quegas. Wu Jie was originally the son and son of the Great Khan of the Tungas, and this time he came to the East as a general to command the people of the headquarters originally with the intention of taking the Khitan territory, and by the way, he would conquer the Bohai Kingdom and expand the territory of the Tunas in the East, because the Ukhasi were blocked by the Uighur tribes in the west, so Ugal wanted to draw the attention of the royal court back to the East. This is also one of the reasons why he has a relationship with Zheng Fan's envoy of the Xuanwu Army.

"Prince Wujie, the Tang Army has already greeted you, and the leader is the commander of the Tiance Army." Since Bayegu was driven back by Li Xuanqing, he sued in front of Usuke, describing Li Xuanqing's rudeness and arrogance exaggeratedly, which was the reason why Usuke planned to come to meet the commander of the Tiance Army in person.

"The front army stopped, this is my Tiance military defense, and those who intrude for no reason will be killed." Under Li Xuanqing's signal, the pro-guard team stopped Wu Jie and his party from a distance.

"Tiance Army? What is the Tiance Army? Wu Jie smiled coldly when he heard the translation of Bayegu: "In the eyes of my Huang Jiasi, only the Tang Army is the orthodox army of the Central Plains, and the others are all traitors of the Tang Emperor. Today, I, Huangjiasi, will clean up the portal for the Tang Emperor. ”

This nondescript remark made Hu Xiaosi and the others laugh, Li Xuanqing saw that Hu Xiaosi was about to laugh at him, and couldn't help laughing: "Xiaosi, this guy can't speak Tang Yan, are you sure that if you scold him, Baye Gu will translate for you?" ”

As soon as the words came out, Hu Xiaosi was embarrassed, and turned around and said, "What are you going to do, lord?" ”

"What to do? Just hit it back. The guards gathered for me and slaughtered these bastards who don't know the height of the sky first. Li Xuanqing sneered: "I want to see how the martial arts of this Gang Si are compared to my personal guards." ”

With a wave of Li Xuanqing's right hand, the guards accelerated sharply, and when the other party did not react, they directly pulled out the butterfly bow from behind their backs, and the bow and arrow were actually shot in a shower of arrows in the other party's stunned.

Li Xuanqing's personal guard had only 500 people, and it was handed over to Huanjiu after Baixin left. This son of the steppe has thoroughly integrated his riding and archery talent into this collective, and the riding and archery skills of the pro-guard team can be said to be no less than those real steppe men. But seeing the sound of "whoosh" erupted, the front of Usuke's team was swept into a large area, and Usuke himself was almost shot.

The Butterfly Bow is a compound bow that has been improved by the Equipment Department, and with the addition of a pulley set, it is not only labor-saving but also extremely convenient for archers to shoot, and has basically reached the limit of the frequency of bow and arrow shooting. I saw that after the first arrow of the guards was fired, there was almost no hesitation to bend the bow again, and the second arrow was fired again immediately after the first. This kind of situation in the case of the war horse has accelerated almost crushed the team of the Yakuzuke to the point that they can't raise their heads completely.

"Kill me." Huanjiu took the lead in rushing into the enemy formation with the Tang knife held high, and slashed down towards Wu Jie's head with three swords.

"Lord, I don't think Huanjiu is Wusuke's opponent, and the other party is a veteran of the battlefield when he sees the posture of fighting back." Chen Fan shook his head and looked at Li Xuanqing, who was not moving like a mountain beside him.

"How can you grow up without going through the wind and rain? If Huanjiu can draw with Usuke or even go through thirty moves under Usuke, then he will have enough to gain. Li Xuanqing was very optimistic about Huanjiu, and explained: "You see that although Huanjiu is at a disadvantage, the moves are not chaotic, take a look." ”

While a few people were talking, the battle between the guards and Usuke's troops also officially began, but for a while, the heads of people were rolling, the sword light reflected the cold light, blood burst out, and the grassland battle also began at this time.