Unlike the Youzhou Lulong Army, which was prosperous during the Tongguang and Changxing periods, the Yunzhou Datong Army stationed at the Great Wall Pass, there have been few major events over the years, and the Datong Army, which is responsible for defending the grassland peoples in the north of Yinshan, has never faced the Tatar Department of the southern invasion of the great evil, except for the Khitan elite cavalry across the grassland in the early years, captured the Guanwaifeng, Shengerzhou and was helped by Li Congjing to recover the great victory, the Datong Army has not had a chance to fight in these years. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This time it was clearly unusual.

When Shi Jingjiao crossed the Yellow River to attack Dingyuan City and other places, the Tatar troops under the leadership of Balaxi marched out with all their troops, and almost with all their might, they launched a surprise attack on Feng and Shengzhou.

In the alliance between Barasi and Shi Jingjiao, after the victory of this battle, Shi Jingjiao wanted to cede the two prefectures of Feng and Sheng, as well as the surrounding lands, to the Tatar Ministry as a reward for the Tatar army's response. Therefore, when attacking Feng and Shengzhou, Barasi did not have the slightest reservation and worked hard.

The battle went surprisingly well.

Feng and Shengzhou were negligent in their defenses, the Tatars had been planning for a long time, Wuyi launched an offensive was a thunderous attack, the Datong army could not resist, defeated again and again, the Fengzhou defenders were invincible, and fled in defeat, Balasi kept waving Shengzhou, and the same was devastated, and between half a month, the land outside the Great Wall was all captured by Balaxi.

On the occasion of the great victory, Baraxi was full of ambition, and immediately ordered to attack Sangqianguan, boasting not only to drink the Yellow River, but also to see the prosperity of Luoyang, the capital of the gods.

"The soldiers and horses of Liang, Gan, and Su Prefectures, plus the party members of Xiazhou, must have close to 100,000 troops, and the Tang Dynasty has to dispatch 100,000 soldiers and horses from Luoyang to deal with the war in Lingzhou, so how much civilian transportation capacity is needed? This time, our Tatar warriors attacked Feng, Sheng, Yun and other prefectures, except for the Datong army, the Tang Dynasty could not support the arrival of many forbidden troops at all, not to mention the Khitans in the east. ”

The leader swaggered towards the Great Wall, and Barasi's face was full of arrogance and conceit, "Of course, these are not the top priorities, the most important thing is that the Tang Dynasty could have expected that my Tatar warriors would suddenly send troops south to attack the territory of the Tang Dynasty?" At this time, Emperor Tang should be worried about the war in Lingzhou, and when he receives the news that my Tatar warriors and Khitan troops have been dispatched, I am afraid that his jaw will drop in shock, right? When he sends troops to deal with it at that time, he will encounter the difficulties that Ben Khan just said, and the Tang Dynasty will be overstretched at that time, and it will still be difficult to deal with it. ”

"Khan is exactly right!" A confidant beside Baraxi looked flattering, "In the early years, we drove back all the officials stationed in the Tang Dynasty on the grassland, and now they have no soldiers in the Tatar Department, so how can the Tang Dynasty emperor get the news that the Khan will join forces with Shi Jingjiao and suddenly send troops to attack Yunzhou?" This time, our Tatar warriors marched into Feng and Sheng, and the Tang army was obviously negligent in their defense, and when they were in battle, they also made disrespectful remarks, scolding our Tatar warriors for why they raised troops to invade the territory. ”

"Ben Khan's attainments in the art of war are naturally incomparable to the Tang Army!" Barasi raised his chin, "In the early years, Li Congjing went out of the town of Youzhou, relying on the past and present to help my Tatar warriors deal with the Khitan, so he commanded my Tatar warriors, and that lofty face was really disgusting to the extreme. Did he really think that without his help, I Tatar warriors would not be able to return to the ancestral lands? I don't know what to do! Do you think that when my Tatar warriors returned from the west and the east, then Li Congjing could have sent a soldier and a pawn to help? He attacked the West Tower, not relying on the help of my Tatar warriors, otherwise he would have died many times. Li Congjing does not thank me as a Tatar warrior or respect me as a Tatar warrior, but he always regards himself as the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and makes my Tatar warriors pay tribute year after year, which is really shameless to the extreme! ”

The henchman nodded and said, "The emperor of the Tang Dynasty has always been so annoying!" ”

Barasi snorted coldly, his expression wide-eyed, "It is precisely because of this that Ben Khan wants to form an alliance with Yelu Deguang to expel all the officials of the Tang Dynasty, and no longer bow down to the Tang Dynasty." I heard that Ahri ran away to Luoyang and was taken in by Li Congjing, which is really unreasonable! If Li Congjing is acquainted, if he has the overall situation in his heart, he should send Ahri back, so I can't say that my Tatar warriors are still willing to have friendly exchanges with the Tang Dynasty, but now...... But it's no wonder Ben Khan. Since Li Congjing dared to take in Ahri, it shows that he still has a plot against my Tatar steppe, so how can Ben Khan not take precautions and strike first? ”

"Khan is really insightful and thinks long-term, we are all incomparable!" The henchman flattered.

"If it weren't for that, Ben Khan wouldn't be a Tatar Khan!" Balasi laughed, he likes to listen to other people's flattery the most, because it means that others obey him and fear him, "This time Ben Khan personally led the troops south, just to let Li Congjing know that my Tatar warriors are brave and unparalleled, and they are no worse than his Tang army soldiers!" No, it's not that it's not worse than them, but it's more brave and good at fighting than them, as evidenced by the rapid capture of Feng and Sheng's two states this time! ”

Speaking of this, Baraxi couldn't help but dance with his eyebrows, "Everyone says that the Tang Army is strong and brave, but Ben Khan doesn't believe it, aren't the soldiers of the Tang Army flesh and blood?" Could it be that the soldiers of the Tang Army also grew up on horseback since they were children, and they are skilled in bowing horses? Hmph, it turns out that the Tang army is nothing remarkable, and it can't stop the front of my Tatar warriors at all! ”

Recalling the Tatar Ministry's devastating offensive over time, Barasi's heart was so happy that he almost danced with his hands, "Ben Khan led 60,000 warriors to the south this time, not to mention the two states of Feng and Sheng, even the Central Plains and Jiangnan, and they couldn't go there!" Wait, when Ben Khan conquers the Sangqian Pass, nothing can stop the hooves of my Tatar warriors, and then I will let Li Congjing know who should be a vassal to whom!" Didn't he dare to take Ahri in? When the time comes, Ben Khan will take in all the Tang Dynasty princesses! ”

Just as Barassi was full of pride and daydreaming, he suddenly heard a strange noise, like a low muffled thunder, gradually raising its head in the distance.

"What's the sound?" Barasi looked around dissatisfied, as if he felt that there was a strange noise in the heavens and the earth that disturbed his interest, and he really didn't know what to do, "Go and check it out!" ”

At this time, the soldiers and horses of the Tatar tribe were marching in a valley, and although the steppe mountains here had not been built thousands of walls, the mountains on both sides were also quite steep, and no cavalry could ride up the horses.

Soon, Barassi knew what the noise was.

"Tang Jun! It's the cavalry of the Don Army! ”

The first to report was not the scouts of the front army, but the rear army rangers, who looked very panicked.

"How can there be Tang cavalry behind?"

Barasi was surprised and incredible.

"I don't know! The cavalry of the Tang Army suddenly appeared, and they had already attacked the army! ”

"Be bold, what does Tang Jun want to do! Don't hurry up and meet the enemy! ”

Barassi was very dissatisfied with the panic of the tribe and reprimanded him harshly.

He soon knew what the Tang army wanted, because the front army soon came to report, and the Tang army cavalry was also found in the front, and they were killing the generals!

"Tang Jun wants to attack me back and forth in the valley!"

Balasi quickly reacted, realizing this, not only did he not panic, but he felt very angry, he was angry that the Tang army was so bold that he dared to attack the Tatar warriors!

"Tang Jun is looking for death! Passing on the Khan's order, the front and rear divisions were defeated to attack the Tang Army! Barasi ordered with a calm face, madness flashing in his eyes. The Tang army in Nafeng and Shengerzhou was vulnerable, and was attacked and plundered by the Tatar Department in successive battles, and at this time, there were still Tang troops who dared to attack, it was simply looking for death!

Just as the Tatars were preparing to meet the enemy, suddenly, heavy trumpets sounded on the slopes on both sides of the valley.

Immediately afterwards, the black-pressed Tang army began to rise, crossed the mountain line to kill the generals, and the formation was completed in a moment, and a strong bow and crossbow were erected on the hillside.

Barasi saw the Tang army on both sides of the hillside, just within his field of vision, there were thousands of people, Zhang Zhangqiang's bow and crossbow were particularly clear and dazzling under the autumn sun.

"There are so many Tang troops on the hillside, plus the ...... in front and behind the valley When did the defenders of Yunzhou have so much? Balasi finally realized the seriousness of the problem and couldn't help but be shocked.

But the Don army did not give him time to think.

In the narrow valley, the elite cavalry of the Tang army charged frantically from the front and rear sides, squeezing the activity space of the Tatar horse army, and on the slopes on both sides, the foot soldiers of the Tang army, who had the advantage of the terrain, began to use their best strong bows and crossbows, constantly tilting the rain of arrows into the valley!

Relying on the strength of the armor and the soldiers, the Tang army's elite cavalry charged lifelessly, giving the Tatar cavalry a head start. The Tatar warriors were shocked to find that the soldiers of the Tang Army in front of them, where were they still in the weak state of guarding Feng and winning the guards, they were clearly brave to the extreme, all of them gritted their teeth and their eyes were sharp, like man-eating beasts!

In a short time, the elite cavalry of the Tang army caused heavy losses to the Tatar cavalry, and its front retreated in a hurry.

The rain of arrows on the slopes on both sides of the hill was as dense as locusts, and the power was huge and continuous, which made the Tatar soldiers with a small space for activity suffer a great blow, and soon made them cry for their fathers and mothers, and hug their heads and run away, which further aggravated the chaos.

The overwhelming Tatar cavalry could not stop the charge of the Tang army's elite cavalry, nor could they defend against the volley of the Tang army's strong bows and crossbows, let alone counterattack, and it suddenly became a mess.

"Steady! Steady! Barasi opened his voice and shouted frantically, but it was useless, and at this time he finally realized that he might have fallen into the trap that the Tang Army had set for him.

However, after all, there were 60,000 Tatar soldiers, but the Tang army that came to attack seemed to be no more than 10,000 people, and after experiencing the initial fierce charge, the offensive was slowed down.

But this was the beginning of the nightmare of the Tatar warriors.

The foot soldiers of the Tang army, who occupy the high place on the hillside, have strong bows and crossbows, although Barasi frantically ordered his troops to counterattack, but when it comes to infantry combat, where can the steppe warriors compare with the Tang army?

Balasi organized cavalry to storm the Tang army in front and behind the valley, but it was difficult to break through the Tang army's strong gun and shield array, not only that, but the Tang army even blocked the passage with a cart and killed them back with only a bow and crossbow - the valley passage was too narrow, and a row could accommodate up to one or twenty horsemen, which just gave full play to the power of the Tang army's bow and crossbow, and made the Tatar horse army useless.

One day when he failed to break through, Barasi was furious.

The two-day breakthrough failed, and Barasi's hands and feet were cold.

The three-day breakthrough failed, and Barasi was afraid.

The four-day breakthrough failed, and Barasi wanted to cry without tears.

The five-day breakthrough failed, and Barasi's heart was like ashes.

Under the command of Xia Ruqi and cooperating with the Datong Army of Yunzhou, the 10,000 forbidden troops who rushed to aid Yunzhou adopted the strategy of showing the enemy weakness and luring the enemy into depth, and besieged the 60,000 soldiers of the Tatar Department in the valley for dozens of days with absolutely inferior troops.

By the time the Tang army launched its final decisive offensive, there was little resistance in the valley.

On that day, the army captured Balasi alive.