The Turkic people are a nomadic people in the north, who rose in the steppe after the Xiongnu, and when they were at their strongest, they directly crossed the entire northern land.

From the Great Khingan Mountains in the east to the Aral Sea in the west, and to the north to the north of Lake Baikal, the tribe has millions of people who control the strings, and is the most powerful enemy in the Central Plains.

It was only later divided into two under the strategy of the Sui Dynasty general Changsun Sheng, that is, the eldest grandson Wuji and the eldest grandson Empress Laozi. The mighty empire fell apart, but its combat effectiveness was still not to be underestimated, even if it was later attacked several times by the Sui Dynasty.

The current Turkic Khanate, the Great Khan Jieli, is even more ambitious, and has always wanted to unify the entire Turkic again, so as to sweep south and capture the great rivers and mountains of the Central Plains.

And this time, he and Tuli are ready to take advantage of the unstable power of the Tang Empire to prepare to take the Hetao area.

For the Turks, their steppe was vast, but the Hetao area was definitely the most suitable place to settle and graze, and as long as they took the Hetao, they could gather heavy troops here and expand their military power in a big way.

The main thing is that the Hetao Plain was a dividing point between their Eastern Turks and Western Turks, and from the Hetao Plain they could directly run into the interior of the Western Turks.

It's just that Tuli and Jieli also know that the Hetao Plain is too close to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and there is only less than a hundred miles of land, so he took 200,000 troops south and went straight to Jingyang, an important town south of the Hetao.

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North of Jingyang, fifty miles away.

The cavalry that covered the sky and the sun galloped on horseback, stretching for dozens of miles, and some scattered flags painted with wolf totems fluttered in the wind, and then were completely submerged by the rolling dust.

Directly in front of the team, Jieli and Tuli walked side by side, and behind them, followed by a group of Turkic generals such as Yi Nan and Ashdewu Wuwei.

"The front is Jing*** According to the news we got, there are only less than 20,000 soldiers from the Tang Dynasty in Jingyang City, and with our troops, we can take it before dark, so let's speed up and arrive in Jingyang in the evening, bury the pot to cook, eat and drink enough, and start killing!"

Jieli waved his hand, and the laughter soared into the sky.

It's just that at this moment, Tuli said: "No, we have gathered from the Yanmen area, and we have been running for thousands of miles in a row when we arrived here, and the soldiers are already exhausted, if we raid at night, even if we can take it, we will lose a lot, and the gains outweigh the losses."

What's more, now that the foundation of the Tang Dynasty is not stable, there are only 50,000 defenders in Chang'an City, even if they are all dispatched, they are more than twice as bad as us, plus we are all cavalry, which is enough to bury them completely, so tonight we will set up camp outside Jingyang City, so that the warriors can rest for a night, and stay until tomorrow morning, and then break the city. ”

Jieli looked at Tuli, who was also the Khan of the Eastern Turks, and the two of them controlled the entire Eastern Turks, but in Jieli's heart, Tuli would die no matter what, because only when he died, Jieli could unify the Eastern Turks and then launch a charge against the Western Turks.

But now the two of them are allies, and the soldiers under them are about 100,000, and now is not the time to turn his face, so even if he is dissatisfied, he can only show a smile and say, "Do you think too highly of those soldiers of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

"Tang people are good at guarding, don't forget five years ago!" Tuli didn't argue, but said lightly.

It was this sentence that crushed all the pride of Jieli.

At that time, it was still the fifth year of Wude, and the Tang Dynasty had just occupied Chang'an and was carrying out the final attack on Wang Shichong, who was entrenched in Luoyang.

Jie Lidang, who was worried that the strength of the Tang Dynasty would increase greatly after stabilizing the country, even if he united with Tuli and launched a surprise attack on the Yanmen area under the advice of the strategist, the final result was that they dispatched an army of 100,000 and fought for ten days and ten nights in a row before they took down a Yanmen garrisoned by only 10,000 people, which was regarded by Jieli as the biggest shame in this life.

Now the city walls of Jingyang are no worse than Yanmen, and their soldiers have reached 20,000, so it is not so easy to break through Jingyang this time, even if they now have an army of 200,000.

Taking a deep breath, Jieli threw out all the distractions, and then said, "Okay, let Jingyang be calm for another night, tomorrow I will dye this place red with blood!" ”

Meanwhile.

Li Kong, who was already infinitely close to Jingyang, quickly recalled in his mind all the history of the Eastern Turks at this time, although the history was written by the victors, and no one knew what the real result would be, but this did not prevent him from making a reference.

When he arrived outside Jingyang City, his memory had been turned over, and then he looked up at Jingyang City, which was high and deep, and the soldiers on the city wall, then turned his horse's head and galloped away in another direction.

He came suddenly this time, the defenders in Jingyang City didn't know his identity, in this sensitive period, maybe he would be caught directly as a gap, even if the misunderstanding was clarified in the end, the opportunity would have been missed a long time ago, and even if it was too much, he might be beaten half to death.

On the other hand, he didn't think that with the help of the forces in Jingyang City, the special operation itself was a lone battle, and it was not good if there were too many people, and now he only prayed that the Turks were not that kind of emergency, and seeing that the sky was about to darken, Li Kong's heart was slightly loosened.

An hour later, on the way for the Turkic soldiers to enter Jingyang, Li Kong leaned against a dense forest next to him, looking at the dust that had gradually become visible in front of him, and his eyebrows frowned.

"Damn, I forgot to bring some portraits when I came!" Li Kong slapped the big tree next to him with some annoyance, revealing a bitter smile.

Fortunately, the people on the other side are Turkic, and he needs to take care of the law when he was on a mission in his previous life, but in the current era, it is definitely not too much to kill 10,000 by mistake than to let go of one, especially to treat these people of different races, so Li Kong quickly let go of the worries in his heart, and it was a big deal to kill a few more when the time came.

The Turkic army is getting closer and closer, but Li Kong's heart is becoming more and more calm, this is the state of mind that he has exercised when he has carried out many missions in his previous life, it can be said that with his mental cultivation, few people in the entire Tang Dynasty can compare.

At this time, outside Jingyang City, there was also a large army, it was the Chang'an garrison led by Li Shimin himself, the arrival of 50,000 military horses, so that the tense atmosphere in Jingyang City instantly eliminated most of it, and the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the entire city also reached an unprecedented peak with the appearance of Li Shimin.

During the Zhenguan period, the battle of the Tang Dynasty against the Eastern Turks was about to break out under this hazy night......