Ashinadur is not a stupid person to be able to be in charge of the four Turkic tribes with Jieli's son after the death of Zhu Luo, it can be seen that he does have something extraordinary, the Han people have a good saying, how can others sleep soundly on the side of the couch, there are two big tribal forces in his own special hand, Jieli has long wanted to find an opportunity to get rid of him, fortunately, Ashinadur knows forbearance, but Jieli has been openly and secretly giving him a black hand, rather than conspiring with the tiger and the skin and Jielixu and the snake, it is better to take the tribe away. I can't afford to provoke and can't hide, today I saw that although Jieli is not yet unconscious, but it is not far from mediocrity, many leaders have long been dissatisfied with Jieli's rule, so it seems that Jieli will not be able to jump for long, as long as he is defeated, he Ashinadur will naturally return strongly, and he will sit in the position of this khan, and Ashinadur will naturally be able to sit.

Jieli Khan has been accustomed to a few years of arrogant and lascivious life, although he is not stupid, but he is arrogant and arrogant, and he is still immersed in the glory of the past, what he didn't expect is that Datang is no longer the original lamb, he has already stretched out his fangs, Jieli waved everyone away with an unhappy face, and grabbed a woman with a lewd smile and pounced on it like a vicious dog. It didn't take long for the sound to be heard.

Snow fell outside Dingxiang City

On the way to Dingxiang from the Tang Dynasty army from Shuoxian, Li Jing rode a high-headed horse and chatted with Li De beside him from time to time. I saw that the two war horses used horseshoes, Takahashi saddle, the most important thing is the bilateral stirrup, although the stirrup already has, but it is unilateral for the use of the horse, I didn't think that this Takahashi saddle with bilateral stirrups, so that riding a horse becomes a very easy thing, that is, people who have not ridden a horse can easily learn to control horses. And having a support point for both feet is equivalent to freeing up the hands, skilled knights and horses can advance and retreat in the same way, and the hands can shoot bows and arrows with the support of two legs, which is more than twice as efficient as the original, and can also open a larger bow, even the crossbow can also be used, Li Jing, as the art of war, how can everyone not know the significance of this promotion to the army, and happily said to Li De, "Your Highness, the genius of the sky, this whimsical idea has added five points of combat power, and the old man admires it." ”

Li De is thick-skinned and plagiarized something, anyway, there was no intellectual property right in ancient times, and he was not afraid, "Wei Gong praised it, this is a little way." ”

Li Jing shook his head lightly and said, "No, Your Highness knows that in the past, cavalry battles were fought with the reins in one hand and the lance in the other. , We are not Turkic nomads born on horseback, we still have a gap from them in cavalry combat, and we have suffered a lot of losses, Your Highness's bilateral stirrups and saddles can allow our soldiers who are not skilled in equestrianism to shoot bows and arrows with both hands, which greatly enhances the combat power, and the old man can be on par with the Turks. ”

In the era of unilateral stirrups, the Han cavalry is certainly not the opponent of the nomads, they grow on horseback, and they are with horses every day, and they have long been able to control the horses with their legs and free their hands, so when Guan Yu held an eighty-pound Qinglong Yanyue knife in the Three Kingdoms, he went on the horse to fight with the centaurs, this is simply impossible, you want to ha, this is not unstable without stirrups, one hand must also hold the reins, and the eighty-pound heavy weapon is a martial saint can not play a few rounds. If you don't do it, you'll have to be knocked off the horse. It can be seen how much of a difference such a small change in the bilateral stirrup has made.

Li Jing and Li De continued, "And this horseshoe, why didn't you think of it, everyone wears these shoes, and they didn't expect to put shoes on the horses, so that they can protect the horses' hooves and reduce losses, Your Highness knows that every year my Datang uses as many as 10,000 injured and disabled horses, and now there is finally no need for horse politics, it can reduce the burden on the people, and it can also build a standing cavalry army,"

The two chatted with the soldiers in front of them to report, "General Qiyu, it has been found that there are no Turkic scouts nearby"

Li Jing nodded and said, "Very good, continue to investigate forward, and you can't let go of a suspicious place."

"Order all the troops to speed up the march and be sure to rush to the Evil Sun Ridge before dark,"

"Obedience"

As the order was given, the army increased its march, and at this time snow fell in the sky, and the snowflakes in the sky reflected the long march of the army.

"Damn, it's snowing before Dingxiang arrives,"

"Who's to say it's not, look at this posture, this snow is getting heavier and heavier."

"Jieli is really lucky, it's snowing at this time, and the attack is going to be delayed."

He had already seen a forest from afar, and Li Jing immediately ordered "the whole army to stop and form a goose-shaped formation"

"Su Dingfang"

"The Last Will Be"

"Lead your troops to the woods ahead to investigate and see if there is a Turkic ambush."

Su Dingfang said, "Yes." Turning around, he called Cheng Chumo and rushed into the woods with a back-mounted army.

Li Jing then ordered, "Wei Chigong, lead the infantry to go out in a goose-shaped formation, if there is an ambush of the Turkic cavalry, your department is responsible for resisting, and the archers are ready to shoot." Li Yuanba led the Beiwei army on the flank to ensure the safety of our army,"

After giving the order, Wei Chigong led the infantry forward to form a goose-shaped formation, with the sword and shield soldiers in front and the archers behind, slowly advancing towards the woods, and Li De took the Beiwei army to detour to the side of the army to guard.

The snow was falling heavier, and everyone near the edge of the woods stopped moving, their shields stuck on the ground, and spears sticking out of the gaps.

Su Dingfang and Cheng Chumo divided their troops into the woods, alternately covered the search, and found no traces of Turkic activities, and the two reported to Li Jing,

"Well, the army went into the woods to hide from the wind and snow,"

"The scouts are scattered for twenty miles, be sure to hide the movements, probe the Turkic movements in the direction of Dingxiang, and report in time."

The army entered the woods, because the heavy snow was not suitable for the advance of the large army, just at this time to let the soldiers rest, and set up marching tents, but Li Jing strictly ordered not to make a fire to make food to avoid being detected by the Turks, and this place was already very close to Dingxiang. This snowy day is cold and windy, and the strong wind blows makes people's faces hurt, even the general Li Jing has set up a small tent, and others can't follow it, it is almost the same as a film, and the soldiers can only sit together to keep warm, take out dry food from their arms, grab a handful of snow on the ground, put it in their mouths, and use their body temperature to turn into water and eat it. Li De is also frozen, his hair is going to freeze, if he goes on like this, he doesn't need the Turks to come, many soldiers will be frostbitten and lose their combat effectiveness, not to mention the Dingxiang sneak attack war, no, he has to think of a way, looking at the thick snow on the ground, Li De's mind turned and thought of a good way, didn't the Discovery Channel make a documentary, it is about how the Eskimos in Alaska resist the cold of dozens of degrees below zero in the wild. They have a way of building igloos.

Li De called the soldiers of the Beiwei Army, and asked them to learn from him to find an open place, pile up the snow, and then dig a pit down with a horizontal knife, dig out a foundation, and cut the snow into large snow bricks with a knife in the piled snowdrift, and then layer by layer to the top of the foundation, each superimposed circle, shrink inward a little, the circle becomes smaller and smaller, and finally form a closed, hemispherical dome, next to the deep pit to open an entrance and exit, you can do it, go in and experience it, you can indeed avoid the wind and snow, and then spread a layer of branches on the soft snow, It's warm that way.

Li De saw that the snow house came out, so he asked all the soldiers to follow suit, as soon as the soldiers heard that there was such a good method, they all became marmots, picked up knives and guns and dug holes hard, and built snow houses, and so the soldiers almost had a house to hide from the wind and snow, Li De untied his cloak and spread it on the branches, and invited Li Jing in, Li Jing is old, this storm and snow will definitely fall arthritis or something, Li De thought that Li Jing could not fight after the battle because of leg disease, and it is estimated that it is the root of the disease left by this war.

Li Jing entered the snow house and it was really warm, and he hurriedly praised Li De as a lucky general, and with him with him this time, he didn't have to suffer this hardship, maybe he could live a few more years.

Li De asked, "Duke Wei, when are you going to launch an assault on Dingxiang?" ”

Li Jing pondered for a moment, "With the opinion of King Wei, when should the old man send troops?" ”

Li De asked, "Let me ask you, why did you ask me again, you are the chief manager, the chief general, and the imperial brother asked me to listen to you." ”

To tell the truth, Li Jing heard that he Li Yuanba was going to join the army, and he was also the first two big, Li Yuanba was not an ordinary prince, not only was he strong in force, but he was also the third person in the Tang Dynasty with such a background, Li Jing knew that this Li Yuanba was not crazy, but if he was crazy, no one could control him now, Li Jing was worried, fortunately, not only did he not have any moths along the way, but he has always obeyed him, not to mention the rules, but also brought him a lot of surprises, there are stirrups, saddles, and horseshoes in front of him, It snowed heavily and immediately had a new idea to make such a snow house, Li Jing asked himself if he had this ability, and he also heard that it was Li De's suggestion to His Majesty that prompted this war to start so quickly. So Li Jing wanted to hear if his thoughts coincided with him.

Li Jing said, "How can you defend the king, you are so modest, but you are not like you, you also made suggestions for the Turkic war." It's just the two of us. Just say it."

Li Dexiang also happened to ponder with the Tang Dynasty military god, "Well, I think, this weather is so bad, just to cover us, the Turks will definitely not think of such bad weather, we will brave the heavy snow to sneak attack them, we will definitely be able to surprise,." A big surprise for Jieli. ”

Li Jing nodded, "His Royal Highness's strategy coincides with a certain one, and the old man also wants to take advantage of the heavy snow to cover the elite soldiers to suddenly enter Dingxiang, and go straight to the big tent of Jieli, there will definitely be chaos, we are leading troops to attack, and we will definitely be able to break Dingxiang in one fell swoop." ”

"yes, that's it"