The main force of the Tang army arrived at the Kadan Mountain at night, the Kadan Mountain is located seventy miles north of the Broken Leaf City, it is a passage for the northern grassland to enter the Broken Leaf Valley, the scouts who explored the road in front came with the news, the front was very quiet, there was no suspicious situation, a watch, the Tang Army temporarily rested on a wide Gobi Desert, because it was on the march, the Tang Army did not set up camp, but rested on the spot, the Tang Army dismounted one after another, each busy, fed a little water and forage to the war horse, and then took off the luggage bundled into a ball from the horse's back, Unfolded the sleeping bag and got in, and fell asleep in a few moments, the moonlight was like water, sprinkling silver on the ground.

There is only one small camp tent in the whole lodging place, which is the Chinese army tent of the Tang Army, in the tent, Li Qingan is discussing with more than a dozen generals the specific plan to attack Broken Leaves, Duan Xiushi, Li Fei Shouyu, Li Fei Yuanli, Nan Jiyun, Lei Wanchun, Bai Xiaode, Bai Xiaojie, Zhu Xie Duzhong and the partial generals Chen Liangqing, Wu Yuanhao, Lu Yun and other confidant generals promoted from the pro-military camp gathered together, and these generals formed the core of the commander of the Beiting Army.

Due to the illness of the supervising army Wang Tingfang halfway, he stayed in Yuegong City, without the constraints of the supervising army, Li Qing'an was more comfortable in commanding the army, as early as more than a month ago, he drew up three plans, but with the change of the situation, especially the appearance of the Great Food of Ashi Burai City and the Shiguo Alliance, new variables were added to his battle of Broken Leaves.

There is a cloud in the art of war, 'knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is the only way to win a hundred battles.' In order to win the Battle of Broken Leaves, Li Qing'an learned about the military strength, food, public opinion and the latest progress of the relationship between the two factions of the Broken Leaf Turks through various channels half a year ago, and based on these information, he formulated a plan to attack Broken Leaves and a post-war control plan.

But he didn't know anything about Shi Guo and the Great Food Alliance, he didn't know anything about their troops, weapons, formations, commanders and combat effectiveness, and as a commander, it was undoubtedly a blind man to fight a battle that he didn't know the opponent.

The camp was very fiercely debated, and the focus of everyone's argument gradually focused on whether to smash Ye Cheng first or fight the Great Food Army first, and everyone was obviously divided into two factions.

Duan Xiushi stood up and said: "Everyone, the Great Food Army has 10,000 troops, although we don't know their specific situation, but we might as well regard it as an army with the same combat strength as the Tang Army, at present, our strength is 12,000 people, which is basically the same as the enemy army, and slightly superior, we have a great chance of winning, but if we defeat Broken Leaf first and consume part of our troops, not to mention, once there is an accident in the attack on Broken Leaf, we are very likely to face the situation of being attacked by the enemy on our back, which will be extremely unfavorable to our Broken Leaf Campaign." ”

Duan Xiushi supported the defeat of the Great Food Army first, and then the Broken Leaves, in order to avoid the unfavorable situation of suffering from the enemy on the back of the abdomen, but Li Fei Shouyu insisted on defeating the Broken Leaves first and then fighting the Great Cannibals, his reason was very simple, to take the Broken Leaf City, which was extremely beneficial to the Tang army who was good at defending the city.

Interestingly, his elder brother Li Fei Yuanli resolutely supported Duan Xiushi, and the camp was filled with his big voice: "Bullshit, big cannibals, Shi Guoren, in my opinion, are all a group of rabble, can they resist the Tang Army's crossbow?" Can they resist the explosion of gunpowder from the Don Army? What else is there to discuss, promise the brothers a heavy reward, kill them all of them, and let them taste the power of our Beiting Army. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a sergeant's urgent report suddenly came from outside the big tent: "Envoy, the Yiwu army is back!" ”

The news of the return of the Yiwu army shocked the generals in the big tent, they grabbed out of the big tent one after another, Li Qing'an also walked out of the camp tent quickly, in the night, only heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, faintly saw a group of black spots rushing towards this side, the sleeping Tang army was also awakened by the sound of horses' hooves, they got out of the sleeping bag, holding knives and waiting for battle.

The black dot is getting closer and closer, everyone can see it clearly, sure enough, it is the Yiwu army, to be exact, it is the remnants of the Yiwu army, less than a thousand people, many people are wounded, the Yiwu army that returned from the defeat finally found the main force of the Tang army, and the breath that supported them was relieved, many wounded soldiers fell off their horses one after another, and two hundred female guards who accompanied the army quickly ran up and skillfully handled their injuries.

After a while, the deputy commander Yang Zaicheng was helped to Li Qing'an by two soldiers, and he knelt on the ground and cried loudly, "Envoy, Han Dudu died in battle, the Shatuo people were wiped out, and the Yiwu army was defeated." ”

Although the defeat of the Yiwu army was expected by Li Qing'an, he still did not expect to be defeated so badly, he shook his head, and ordered left and right: "Help him down to heal his wounds." ”

At this time, Li Fei Yuanli next to him shouted angrily: "Big dog thief, Lao Tzu wants him to taste it!" ”

Li Qingan glanced at him coldly, turned around and walked towards the big tent, and was so frightened that Li Fei Yuanli hurriedly silenced him, Duan Xiushi patted him on the shoulder, "Make Jun in a bad mood, don't mess with him." ”

After speaking, he chased after Li Qingan.

"Envoy, although the Yiwu army has suffered heavy casualties, I believe that the Great Food Army has also suffered heavy losses, and this is an opportunity."

"Opportunity?"

Li Qingan sneered and turned around and asked, "Then let me ask you, why did Han Zhi make a mistake in judgment?" How many military horses does Big Food have? Where are they now? Have they fought with the Reading Force, or have they colluded with the Turgish? How do you know that the Great Food Army has been battered? ”

Duan Xiushi was stammered by Li Qing'an's series of questions, perhaps feeling that his tone was a little heavier, Li Qingan sighed and said: "Han Zhi is defeated in the invitation to merit and the plausible understanding of the enemy army, he thinks he has a thorough understanding of the enemy army, but when he goes to the battlefield, he finds that it is not the case, so that he is defeated, the difference between me and Han Zhi is that he loses irrelevant to the overall situation, and if I lose, it will completely bury the strategic national policy of the Tang Dynasty to rebuild the broken leaves, General Duan, the fighter is not in a hurry At this time, I am not thinking about taking the broken leaves. It's that Datang wants to control the broken leaves for a long time. ”

After speaking, Li Qingan turned around and walked away to the big tent, and his order came from a distance, "Pass my order, the army will be stationed on the spot, and let Pei Yu come to see me." ”

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Broken Leaf City, an uneasy atmosphere shrouded this ancient city, some herdsmen who fled into the city brought the news of the war near Ashbulai City, the entire residents of Broken Leaf City fell into a fear that they might be slaughtered, before it was dark, the streets were empty, not a single pedestrian was seen, the city gate was closed early, only occasionally a troop of cavalry galloped through the streets.

At the mouth of an alley, a young man watched the cavalry gallop away, and then quickly came out of the alley and ran diagonally to a side street diagonally opposite.

He was a Han Chinese, dressed in Turkic robes and riding boots, which is the most common dress of the Han people with broken leaves, and he walked along the side street all the way in, and after a while he came to the door of a high-rise compound, he walked up the steps and patted the door knocker, and after a while, the gate 'creaked! A crack was opened.

"Who are you looking for?"

"I came from Beiting to find Chang Dongzhu, and you said that Li Yuanjun asked me to come."

"Wait a minute!"

The door closed again, and after waiting for a while, there was a sound of hurried footsteps from inside the gate, and the door opened again, revealing Chang Jin's broad face, and he asked urgently, "Are you sent by General Li, the envoy of the Beiting Festival?" ”

The young man looked behind him, took out a silver medal to confirm his identity, and said in a flash: "Under is the document under the account of the Jiedu envoy, surnamed Pei, who came on the order of Li Envoyjun." ”

This young man was Li Qing'an's clerk Pei Yu, who was sent by Li Qing'an from Beiting to carry out a special mission.

"Ahh Mr. Pei, please come in. ”

Chang Jin hurriedly invited him in, took him to a secret room, and then asked him, "I don't know what General Li needs me to do?" ”

Pei Yu said with a smile: "Li Yuanjun said that Chang Dongzhu is very familiar with the Tuqi Shi Khan Erweitler, and I was ordered to meet Erweitler Khan, hoping that Chang Dongzhu can lead me to meet him." ”

"No problem, I'll take you there."

Chang Jin's heart was as careful as a hair, he hesitated for a moment and asked, "You don't need to tell Li Huichun about this!" ”

Pei Yu nodded, "What Li Yuanjun means is that the fewer people who know about this matter, the better, so as not to cause trouble." ”

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After the rise of the Tuqi Shi since the Kaiyuan period, under the leadership of the Sulu Khan, it became strong and prosperous, and was supported by the Tang Dynasty to deal with the serious eastward expansion of the Great Eclipse, but the Tuqi Shi people soon got carried away, they turned around and attacked the Anxi of the Tang Dynasty under the provocation of the Tubo people, and the ingratitude of the Tuqi Shi caused the anger of the Tang Dynasty, in the eighteenth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Li Longji mobilized 60,000 troops such as Shuofang, Hexi and Anxi, under the leadership of the Hexi Jiedu envoy Niu Xianke, and the Great Food attacked the Tuqi Shi people, and the Tuqi Shi people suffered a crushing defeat in both the East and the West, Soon after the Battle of Julgu, the Sulu Khan was killed by his generals Dumochi and Hemodagan, and the Turkish split into the Black and Yellow Clans, and the nobles of the two clans fought a long war for the city of Broken Leaves, and the hatred between them could only be washed away with blood.

At present, the leader of the Turgish who controls Broken Leaf City is Erweitler Khan, and the leader of the Turgish near Hezhong City in the south is Dumozhi, from their respective backgrounds, Erweitler Khan is slightly biased towards the Tang Dynasty, while Dumozhi is secretly colluding with the Great Cannibal through the Stone Kingdom.

Erweitel Khan is forty years old this year, he is a rare weak monarch among the Turgish, he spent ten years in the Tang Dynasty when he was a teenager, deeply influenced by Han culture, he once sent an envoy to Chang'an to face the saint, pleading for the annex, but because the Tang court did not want to sit on the Mozhi family and did not agree.

He got the news of the outbreak of war near the city of Ashbulai in the afternoon, and he got more comprehensive information than the general public, he learned that the Tang Dynasty army was defeated at the hands of the Great Food Army, so he was worried, if the Great Cannibals finally controlled the broken leaves, then they would definitely support Dumozhi, and then it was the arrival of the destruction of his own clan.

At this moment, the gate of the palace is locked, the palace is busy, Erweitel Khan and his wife and concubines are packing up their things in a panic, if the situation is not good, they will immediately abandon the city and flee eastward, he has less than 3,000 troops under his command, how can he resist the joint attack of the Great Cannibal and Dumozhi.

At this time, a guard hurriedly ran over and whispered a few words in the ear of the Khan of Erweitler, who was taken aback, put down his things and hurried to the front palace.

In a reception room, Chang Jin was waiting patiently with Pei Yu, Chang Jin's father was a Han with broken leaves, and his mother was a nobleman from Turgish, because of his mother, he had a good relationship with Erweitler, and his special crushed leaf wine from the Turgish palace was from the palace of Turgish.

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and the Khan of Erweitler almost ran in from the outside, Chang Jin stood up and said with a smile: "The Khan seems to be busy and disturbed." ”

"Where! Where! You may be seated. ”

Erweitler Khan turned around and closed the door, he also sat down on the chair, and asked Pei Yu with a smile: "Is this son from the North Court?" ”

He spoke fluent Chinese, which surprised Pei Yu, and he hurriedly got up and bowed and said, "Below is the secretary of the Beiting Jiedu Mansion, named Pei Yu, who was ordered by my envoy to send an envoy to Broken Leaves. ”

As he spoke, he took out a handwritten letter from Li Qing'an and handed it over, "This is a handwritten letter from my family envoy, please take a look at it." ”

Erweitele Khan took the letter and read a few lines, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly asked: "Could it be that the Tang Army fighting against the Great Food Army is not the main force?" ”

Pei Yu sighed slightly: "It was a Tang Army general who was eager to invite merit and led his headquarters to attack without authorization, resulting in the defeat of the army, and it was definitely not the main force of the Tang Army. ”

Erweitler Khan's heart fell, he took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his forehead and said: "There are rumors in the city that the Tang army has been defeated, and I also think that the general trend has gone, and I am packing up my things and preparing to escape, and the Tang army is safe, so I am relieved." ”

What he was relieved of was that the Tang Army could intercept the Great Food Army that would be unfavorable to him, but he was also wary of the possibility that the Tang Army might enter the Broken Leaves, and he was most afraid that Tuqi Shi would also be like Gao Changguo, and he would be wiped out from now on.

He picked up Li Qing'an's letter again and continued to read it nervously, the letter was very clear that the imperial court had decided to restore the Broken Leaf Military Town, and for the Turgish people, Li Qing'an decided to adopt the Qiuzi model, that is, to retain the Turgish Khan, but the Broken Leaf military and political affairs were controlled by the Tang Army, and in principle, the Tang Army did not interfere in the internal affairs of the Turgish people.

This is an effective management model for the border minority areas, which can not intensify the contradictions to the greatest extent, which is conducive to the rapid control of the Tang army over the broken leaves, and at the same time, the Tang army will also unanimously oppose the eastward expansion of the Great Food with the Turkish people because of common interests, which not only avoids the previous experience of the Turkish people sitting on the big and turning against each other, but also allows the Tang Dynasty to effectively control the broken leaves.

At this time, Pei Yu next to him said again: "Li Yuanjun asked me to tell the Khan, whether it is the Tang Dynasty entering the Broken Leaf or the Great Eclipse occupying the Broken Leaf, the leader of the Broken Leaf Turgish people may only have one left, please don't have any illusions about this." ”

Erweitele Khan understood what Li Qing'an meant, this was Li Qing'an was afraid that he would surrender to the Great Eclipse, so he reminded him in advance, he pondered for a moment and asked: "I don't know where the main force of the Tang Army is now?" ”

"Now they are stationed in Kadan Mountain, and the Great Food Army is also stationed a hundred miles away, and now the two sides are waiting for the opportunity for a decisive battle."

"Ahh With a bang, Erweitl Khan stood up, and then sat down heavily, the situation had reached such a point, and he had no choice.

After a while, he sighed and said to Pei Yu: "Please tell General Li that I accept his plan and surrender to the Tang Dynasty." ”

"Well, in order to show sincerity, please ask the Khan to send his son to the Tang army camp, and I will stay in Broken Leaf as a hostage."

Erweitler Khan nodded, opened the door and said to the guards, "Go and call my eldest son, Kulle." ”

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The military camp of the alliance army of Da Shi and Shi Guo is stationed on the west bank of the Shaye River, about eighty miles away from the camp of the Tang army, Judier is also a famous general who is known for his prudence, after defeating Han Zhi's Yiwu army, he also discovered the sharpness of the Tang army, so he immediately summoned all the 3,000 stone [***] troops left in Ashi Bulai City, removing the losses of his battle with the Tang army, so that the army in his hands also reached 11,000 people, which was almost the same as the Tang army.

Although he won the first battle against the Tang army, but the process of the battle also made Judier tremble, the sophisticated equipment of the Tang army brought him a great shock, especially the armor of the Tang army, which impressed him the most, the solid iron armor was far from being comparable to the leather armor of the Great Food Army, and their bows and arrows could not penetrate the iron armor of the Tang Army at fifty paces away, for this reason, he spent a whole morning to do the experiment, and finally found that he could only rely on the sharp flying spears of the Great Food Army to shoot through the armor of the Tang Army at a long distance.

The result of this experiment was both exciting and frustrating to him, as they didn't bring many flying spears, an average of only five per Great Food Army, and the Shi [***] team had none.

In desperation, he could only adjust the formation and let his Great Food Army face the Tang Army head-on.

In the evening, when Judir returned from the test site, a soldier ran to him and told him that the envoys of Dumozhi had arrived, and Judir immediately rushed back to the horde.

In the big tent, a turk man had been waiting for him for a long time, and when he saw him come in, the man immediately bent down and saluted, saying, "In Lower Miller, he is the son of General Dumozhi, see General Judir." ”

After Du Mozhi's only son Du Luo Xian was shot to death by Li Qing'an in Anxi, Du Mozhi, who lost his son, jumped like thunder, invaded Anxi several times, and was hit hard by Gao Xianzhi, helplessly, he could only hope for the unification of broken leaves, and then counterattack Anxi after being strong, in order to avenge the killing of his son, a year after his son's death, he accepted three sons, this Miller was his first son.

Judir waved his hand and smiled: "Dumozhi has good news, so I sent a messenger." ”

"Back to General Judir, my father-in-law is in Baoda Military City, so the news is very fast."

Judier was stunned, Baoda Army City was only more than forty miles away from him, and he hurriedly asked, "How many troops are there in Nadu Mozhi's hands now?" ”

Miller thought for a moment and said, "My father-in-law has 2,000 Turkish cavalry. ”

"Two thousand!"

Judir was overjoyed by the sudden good news, and he patted Miller on the shoulder and smiled: "Go back and tell your father, let him immediately lead the army to help me, after defeating the Tang army, I will protect him as the Khan of Broken Leaves, and the entire Broken Leaf region will be ruled by him." ”

Miller was patted on the shoulder, couldn't help but be two points shorter, and said excitedly: "My father-in-law said that he is willing to go to the soup for the Great Food Army, as long as General Judier needs it, he will come immediately." ”

"Good! I will send you back now, and ask the Khan of Dumozhi to come to my camp before dawn to-morrow. ”

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(To be continued)