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The great victory of Saiyin Shanda River almost laid the victory of the Tang Army's Northern Expedition. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In this battle, 80,000 Xue Yantuo elites were wiped out in one fell swoop, and Xue Yantuo's rear camp was also destroyed, and 150,000 fat and tender sheep were captured.

However, the Tang army also lost the ability to continue the attack.

After all, this was a battlefield in the period of cold weapons, and after a fierce battle for a day and a night, although the Tang army only paid the lives of 8,362 soldiers, there was hardly a single unwounded soldier of the more than 70,000 soldiers who went into battle. There are as many as 10,000 seriously injured people, some of these people will die, and some will retire because of injuries to their hands and feet.

If it weren't for the fact that the weapons of the Tang army were sharper than Xue Yantuo's, and the armor of the Tang army was stronger than Xue Yantuo's, the casualties would be far more than this number. From the captured weapons, it can be seen that Xue Yantuo fought to the last soldier, and the knife can already be used as a stick, and the blade is as smooth as a wooden stick. But the knife of the Tang Dynasty is much better, although there will also be the phenomenon of rolling the mouth, but the Tang knife has the effect of sword stabbing, even if the blade is rolled, it can continue to kill the enemy.

In order to take care of these wounded, the Tang army was powerless to attack in the short term.

Li Ji found a safe place to camp and rest with peace of mind.

Winters on the steppes are exceptionally cold.

Although it is approaching March, the snowflakes with goose feathers are still disturbing and raining for six or seven days, the whole grassland has changed its winter clothes, and the sky and the ground are white everywhere.

Duho rode around the barracks, letting his horses walk freely in the snow, listening to the squeaks of the horses' hooves, breathing in the cold, and contemplating the situation at hand.

Now Du He only cares about two things, first, the current situation of Xue Yantuo Khan's court; Second, the movements of Hou Junji and Ba Yuxing. After the battle of Saiyin Shandahe, Xue Yantuo's vitality was greatly damaged, and Yi Nan's next actions were related to the entire situation. As for Hou Junji and Ba Yuxing, Du He has no news of them at all.

Ba Yuxing lurked in Xue Yantuo's army, and was the most important spy in Du He's hands, and his existence was for Hou Junji, to bring this Tang Dynasty's henchman back to Chang'an. Ba Yuxing had already received the weight of the Subu Poquan Belt and was given the position of commander of a thousand commanders, but for the sake of Hou Junji, he pretended to be sick before the war and stayed in the rear to recuperate.

The attacking soldiers and horses sent by Li Ji did not find Hou Junji in Xue Yantuo's camp, and Ba Yuxing also unexpectedly lost his whereabouts, which made people worry.

"General Du, the news of our army has arrived......" It was Luo Tong's voice, Du He looked back, he shouted loudly, and chased after him with a string of silk cloth in his hand.

Although paper is now popular, silk cloth is still used in most military records, because it is more reassuring than fragile and fragile paper. "Zhang Shigui, the head of the march of our army in Gyeongju Road, and Li Daliang, the head of the march of Lingzhou Road, met Xue Yantuo's soldiers and horses a month ago, and they both won victories."

Hearing this, Du He hurriedly turned his horse's head and stepped forward, hurriedly took the silk cloth, and read it carefully, the first one was Zhang Shigui's: a month ago, Zhang Shigui and Xue Yantuo confronted each other on the grassland, and on January 18, Zhang Shigui saw that Xue Yantuo's camp was not strictly guarded, so he attacked by night, beheaded four thousand, and captured one Xue Yantuo and three thousands.

After Zhang Shigui learned that the commander was the younger brother of Hu Weiwu, the commander of Xue Yantuo, he stripped the captured commander and the commander of the thousand soldiers, humiliated and whipped in front of the two armies, dripping wax, shaving, castrating, and everything.

Hu Weiwu was furious, regardless of dissuasion, insisted on going his own way, sent troops to shame, and fought with the Tang army in the wilderness.

Zhang Shigui is a fierce general, and he is not very good at using schemes, but the two armies are facing each other, and Xue Yantuo is not false, and the two sides fought from morning to midnight.

Hu Weiwu died in the chaos, and Xue Yantuo's entire army retreated.

Zhang Shigui pursued more than 50 miles in one go, killed 20,000 enemies, and beat the successor commander Xue Yantuo, but he couldn't shrink.

Another battle report from Li Daliang, the head of the Lingzhou Dao March, is even more beautiful. Li Daliang was both wise and brave, and after going deep into Xue Yantuo's hinterland, he discovered Xue Yantuo's movements, but he pretended not to know, pretended to be lost, and wandered aimlessly on the grassland.

Xue Yantuo, the chief general who was responsible for resisting Li Daliang's army, was called Bo Li, and when he saw that Li Daliang was lost, he planned to divide his troops to go around Li Daliang's rear and attack Li Daliang by surprise. As a result, the army that attacked by surprise was attacked by surprise and let Li Daliang eat it in one bite.

Immediately the heavy rain fell, Li Daliang's mind moved, and in the rainy night, he divided his troops into ten routes, and attacked Xue Yantuo's military camp separately, forcing Xue Yantuo's soldiers and horses to fight in the rainy night.

Li Daliang only sent 5,000 people, but everyone waved flags and shouted, pretending to be tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, forcing Xue Yantuo to dispatch several times his own people to fight.

For six consecutive days, the 5,000 soldiers and horses sent by Li Daliang were all wounded and cold, but Xue Yantuo paid six times the price, and a full 30,000 people suffered from the wind and cold, like sheep, weak and powerless. After the rain stopped, Li Daliang took advantage of the situation to attack, and Xue Yantuo's soldiers and horses were defeated again and again, completely unable to resist the offensive of the Tang army.

Du He read the battle report and had to shout: "The fight is wonderful and beautiful." ”

Du He saw the victory of the Tang Army, was in a happy mood, and said with a smile: "There are two ways left, is there any news?" ”

Luo Tong shook his head and said, "For the time being, there is no news about General Li and General Zhang, but I believe that with the ability of the two generals, Xue Yantuo is still helpless against them." ”

Du He thought so.

Sure enough, just when Li Ji and Du He were resting, Li Xiyu and Zhang Jian, two veterans of the Tang Dynasty, also came with news of victory. Although they each encountered some minor troubles, with the courage of the Tang army and their own strategy, they had defeated the Xue Yantuo soldiers who resisted them, and now the four Tang armies were all approaching Xue Yantuo's Khan Court, gradually approaching.

In response to Du He's sentence "There were no generals in the early Tang Dynasty", Mo said that it was Li Jing, Li Ji, Su Dingfang and other famous generals who shocked the world, that is, Zhang Shigui, Li Daliang, Li Xiyu, Zhang Jian, these generals, and there were few opponents in Xue Yantuo.

At this time, Du He unexpectedly found that at the end of the line of sight not far away, a line of dark shadows was gradually approaching. Looking around, the line of sight was covered by the wind and snow, and it could only be vaguely seen that it was a team of about ten people.

After a long time, Du He saw the appearance of their group, they were dressed in white furs, dressed as grassland people.

The first one, a man in his forties, was shorter, with a brown beard on his chin, and his eyes were full of light, and he did not seem to be an idle person. Behind him was a group of steppe people of different sizes, heights and heights. They have only one thing in common...... Fierce, at a glance, you can see that they are the kind of warriors who are not afraid of life and death.

"Who are you?" Du He shouted.

The man in his forties stopped, waved his hand and greeted him in a friendly manner: "In front is the general of the Celestial Empire, and the contemptible person is the leader of the Hui tribe, Tumidu, who specially came to meet the general of the Celestial Empire, General Li Ji, and hopes to introduce ......."

When Du He heard the words "Hui tribe", his eyes couldn't help but feel cold, the Hui tribe was a grassland tribe that re-emerged after succeeding Xue Yantuo, and during the Zhenguan period, they hugged Li Shimin's thigh, making the tribe gradually grow. After growing and forming, like those wolf-hearted guys in history, they began to open their sharp teeth for their masters.

Looking at Tu Midu, the leader of the Hui tribe with a kind and friendly face, Du He knew that the Hui had already spread his arms and was going to hug Li Shimin's thighs.

With a cold smile in his heart, Du He said, "Come with me......"

He also showed a smile and walked into the barracks with more than ten people. The meaning of the spitting degree, he more or less guessed some, this free coolie sent to the door, no need to use it in vain.

took Tumidu and his party into the Chinese army, asked them to wait outside the Chinese military camp, and went in first to inform Li Ji.

Li Ji really knew about it, but he was a little surprised by their arrival.

Li Jidao: "This Northern Expedition, Yi Nan will be removed." It's just a vast grassland, unsearchable. In case Yi Nan drills into the depths of the grassland, we can only look at the grassland and sigh. Now our Tang army is besieging Xue Yantuo in separate ways, and only someone is left to cut off Xue Yantuo's back road and encircle it. Hui was ruled by the Turkic regime, and after the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Turks, he surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and paid tribute every year, and his strength in the grassland was second only to Xue Yantuo. Before setting out on the expedition, I sent someone to secretly inform their chieftain Tumidu, so that he could cut off Xue Yantuo's back path at the right time. Unexpectedly, he actually came to the door. Let's go...... After all, they are the chiefs of a tribe, and we can't slack off, welcome ......"

Li Ji said it well, but his face showed a mocking and sneering meaning.

Duhe felt the same way.

The two of them invited Tumidu into the handsome tent.

For this kind of communication, the old Li Ji seemed very sophisticated, showing full cordiality and enthusiasm, "Patriarch, please sit down...... I didn't expect the patriarch to come in person, but I couldn't go out of the camp to greet him in person, and I hope you will forgive me for my neglect......"

Tu Midu's eyes narrowed with laughter, and he hurriedly said, "Don't dare to bear it...... The patriarch of the lower country, that dares to let the generals of the Celestial Empire greet him. I have heard for a long time that General Li Ji, the general of the Celestial Empire, is famous, and sure enough, on the way, I learned that the general broke Xue Yantuo, which is gratifying. ”

The two sides exchanged polite words.

Du He was bored on the sidelines.

Suddenly, Li Ji sent his voice to Du He, "This is my lieutenant general, General Du He." ”

Tu Midu's eyes froze, his pupils contracted, and he got up and said: "It turns out that this heroic general is the son-in-law of Tian Khan, the Shenwei general who shocked the Western Turks, and he is disrespectful and disrespectful......"

Du He secretly gave Li Ji a wink, and had to get up to greet him politely.

Speaking of business, Tu Midu said with an impassioned face: "Yi Nan has bad intentions and dares to be the enemy of the great Heavenly Khan, but he is really a lamb provoking the tiger, and he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead." Although I don't have many soldiers and horses, all the warriors are willing to die for His Majesty the Heavenly Khan, and are willing to fight for His Majesty the Heavenly Khan......"