Chapter 1087 Shocking news

Along the horse's hooves of the ancient Huns, the scimitars of the Xianbei people were raised, and the bloody sunset arched up the towering Helan Mountain. The former Xiongnu have already rushed to the west, but Helan Mountain still stands on this land, and the Tang Dynasty did not have Huo Quai, who conquered Mobei in the west, so there will be no good story of sealing the wolf Juxu.

Most of the current Lingzhou soldiers have been stationed in Helan Mountain, and they don't care about Lingzhou City behind them, if Helan Mountain can't defend it, let alone guard Lingzhou City. Zhao Wenran has been staying on Helan Mountain to watch, although the Turks have come to the Mamu River, but Zhao Wenran doesn't seem to be worried at all.

Zhao Wenran has two lieutenant generals, named Dugufang and Yue Mengshan, Dugufang himself is from the Dugu family, and has an inexplicable relationship with Zhao Wenran, so everyone in Lingzhou knows that this Dugufang is a cronie of Zhao Dudu, as for that Yue Mengshan, he is not very popular, because this guy is assigned by the Ministry of War. But as long as there is a big man, he is not willing to listen to other people's chatter, but coincidentally, this Yue Mengshan is also famous for saying a lot, and he has to say it when he sees something that doesn't go well, which makes Zhao Wenran want to kick him out of Lingzhou, but it's a pity that Yue Mengshan is too decent and can't find a reason to find it.

Although Zhao Wenran was very calm, Yue Mengshan was very worried, he always felt that the Turks had some tricks, and only two leopard divisions of more than 30,000 people wanted to take Helan Mountain, which was tantamount to a fool's dream. But the current situation is that the Turks stationed in the Mamu River have no intention of leaving at all, and they feel a little uncomfortable, Yue Mengshan found Zhao Wenran with a knife.

"Dadu Governor, now that the Turks are nailed to the Mamu River and do not move, the last general feels that there must be fraud in it, and I hope that the Dadu Governor can write a letter to let General Cheng's men and horses enter Lingzhou City, so that Baolingzhou is foolproof!"

Zhao Wenran frowned deeply, and he snorted a little unhappily, "General Yue, what do you mean by this, do you think that my Lingzhou Mansion soldiers can't stop the Turks?" ”

"Not much of the governor misunderstood. That's not what the last general meant, just to be on the safe side. You have also seen that the Turks do not retreat or advance near the Mamu River, they are obviously waiting for something, and the last general is afraid! Yue Mengshan didn't dare to say the words later, but Zhao Wenran could definitely understand it.

"Stand down, the Turkic affairs are arranged by the Pontus Governor. As for inviting General Cheng's men and horses to enter Lingzhou. Don't mention it! Zhao Wenran hated Yue Mengshan's tone of voice. It's as if he Zhao Wenran is a waste, hmph, Cheng Yanjin will definitely be able to hold Lingzhou when he comes, that old thing is not only shouting and shouting and killing. Do you know how to arrange troops?

Zhao Wenran couldn't listen to it, and Yue Mengshan had no choice. When he returned to his defense area, Yue Mengshan still sighed helplessly, Zhao Wenran was stubborn and self-serving, and sooner or later he would suffer a big loss, and now that the enemy was present, he even thought about whether he would be taken away from him.

The Turks didn't move at all for days, but tonight they unexpectedly rushed to Helan Mountain and entered the mountain at night. Isn't that looking for death? Yue Mengshan didn't think that the Turks were crazy, since they dared to enter Helan Mountain at night, they must have full confidence. Yue Mengshan commanded his men to release arrows downward, and listening to the miserable howls of the Turks, he gradually became afraid. Because he only found out until now that the Turks seemed to be coming specifically at him, and Zhao Wenran and Dugufang's defense area has not even moved at all. What the hell is going on? Yue Mengshan thought about it, and a terrible thought surged in his heart, no, why would the Grand Governor do this?

But there are some things you have to guard against, Yue Mengshan found his deputy general and gave a few orders, then he pulled away and ran down the mountain, he wanted to go back to Lingzhou, and then turned around to see General Cheng, no matter what he thought was right or wrong, as long as he could keep Lingzhou, everything was worth it. Maybe the court will condemn him to the crime of disturbing the morale of the army, but it is worth it.

Yue Mengshan ran very fast, and fortunately he was very familiar with this Helan Mountain, otherwise it was really possible to fall off the cliff and fall into mud. Seeing that he was about to leave the mountain crossing, there was a little light in front of him, and then a burly man flashed out from the side of the road.

"Dugufang, why are you?" Yue Mengshan never dreamed that Dugu Fang would appear here, and now that the Turks are attacking Helan Mountain, he is not staring at the defense area, but he actually came to the bottom of the mountain. Yue Mengshan's hand tightly grasped the handle of the knife, he felt that he had guessed correctly, if Dugu Fang was unreliable, then Zhao Wenran must also be unreliable.

Dugu Fang squinted at Yue Mengshan, and said with a somewhat contemptuous smile, "General Yue, do you know what the crime of escaping from the battle is?" What's more, you are a general, so if you do this, where will you put the law in the army? ”

What is called the wicked sue first, this is it, Yue Mengshan was about to scold a few times, but saw Dugu Fang's body slowly disappear into the darkness, and then revealed dozens of arrows with a cold glow, "Dugu Fang, what do you want to do?" ”

"Hmph, what to do? The brothers listened to the order, Yue Mengshan, as a general, but escaped from the battle, and now he is ordered by the metropolitan governor to kill Yue Mengshan to correct the military law! ”

"You dare!" Yue Mengshan didn't expect Dugu Fang to have such courage, when he wanted to hide back, it was already a little late, dozens of wolf tooth arrows passed through his chest, and when he died, his eyes were open, and the Tang knife, which symbolized the identity of the general, was still in his hand.

On April 29, the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, this was a good day, but the Tang Dynasty ushered in a shocking bad news, on the night of April 28, Yue Mengshan, the general of the right battalion of Lingzhou, escaped from the battle, resulting in the left flank defense line being broken. On April 29, the Turks broke through the defense line of Helan Mountain and captured the city of Lingzhou in a short time. At this time, the governor of Lingzhou and his more than 20,000 Lingzhou soldiers were also isolated to the west of Lingzhou, and in the face of the oppression of the Turks, Zhao Wenran had no choice but to lead his troops to the north and entered the hinterland of Helan Mountain.

If it was just the fall of Lingzhou, then it would be nothing, and the most terrible thing was that when dawn came, the Tang army scouts found that everyone had been deceived by the Turks. It turned out that the Turks from Juyanhai did not have two leopard divisions at all, but four leopard divisions plus one tiger division. The tiger division of the Turks crawled out of the sea of blood, and its combat effectiveness is self-evident, and what is even more terrifying is that this tiger division is still a cavalry. In addition to the avant-garde division, the most powerful in the Turks is the Left Guard Division, and if the Left Guard Division is allowed to gallop, the consequences are not difficult to imagine. From Lingzhou to Chang'an, it is a flat open land, and the only thing that is a little dangerous is Jingzhou City, but who dares to guarantee that the Turks will be entangled in a city and a pool, I believe at this time. Only people with brains will set their sights on Chang'an, as long as Chen soldiers are under the city of Chang'an, this war will be considered won by the Turks.

It is a taboo for soldiers to go deep alone, but can today's Left Guard Division still be regarded as a lone army? They held Lingzhou City in their hands, and once the attack did not go well, they could completely withdraw from Lingzhou to the west of Helan Mountain. In fact, there is no one in Datang who can stop the iron hooves of the left guard division now, and now there are only Jin Wuwei and the right guard left near Chang'an, and as we all know, there are no cavalry in the Jin Wuwei and the right guard, even if they fight, most of them belong to the role of defending the city. Let them fight hard with the Left Guard. Can you win?

Li Xiaogong let out a long sigh and collapsed directly on the chair. The Turks are really calculating, and now it doesn't matter how Helan Mountain was lost, what matters is how to block the charge of the Turkic cavalry, so as to buy time for the reinforcements behind. The closest to Liangzhou is the right Wuwei who has just arrived in Shanzhou. The plan for now is not to ask Your Majesty first, and let Wei Chigong lead his people back to defend Chang'an City.

Li Xiaogong knew that Chang'an City could not be broken, Chang'an was broken, and the military spirit of the Tang Dynasty was dispersed. Li Xiaogong always has some things that he can't understand. Why did the Turks know about the deployment of the Tang Dynasty, the timing of their attack was too coincidental, at this time, the army had just arrived near Yizhou, and it was too late to return for reinforcements, if it was said that no one had reported to the Turks. Li Xiaogong is a thousand and ten thousand unbelievers.

In the Taiji Palace, Li Chengqian was a little panicked, although he had experienced a lot of things, he had never faced this situation, and the first time he was officially imprisoned, he encountered the situation of the Turks attacking the capital. Li Chengqian forced himself to calm down, but the effect was not very ideal, he was really afraid that if the Turks really broke through Jingzhou City, then Chang'an City would experience a bloody storm.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness Changle has come down!" It was Li Chengqian's personal eunuch Liu Nian who entered the house, and now Gao He is with Li Shimin, and Liu Nian is responsible for helping Li Chengqian.

Hearing that Changle had arrived, Li Chengqian nodded hurriedly and said, "Let her in!" In fact, there is no need for Liu Nian to pass it on, Changle has already stepped in, she glanced at Liu Nian, and Liu Nian retreated with interest.

The situation in Chang'an City, Changle is much clearer than Li Chengqian, to be honest, almost everyone in the capital is in danger now, as if the Turks will be able to attack the capital tomorrow. Li Chengqian was a little afraid, which was understandable, after all, this great emperor brother had never experienced a real battlefield, to be honest, it was still a little early to put Datang on his shoulders.

"Big brother, don't forget, you are now the prince of my Datang, and now thousands of people in Datang are counting on you, if you are scared, what should you do with your little sister, and what should you do with your mother?"

Changle's expression was a little grim, this was the first time she had spoken to Li Chengqian in this tone. Maybe Changle's words deeply stimulated Li Chengqian, at this time a little anger gradually appeared on Li Chengqian's forehead, maybe Changle was right, now that his father is not there, Fang Jun is not there, he is the most prestigious man in the royal family, he can't protect the people of the world, can't he still protect his mother and sister?

Now Li Chengqian has also figured it out, he is the crown prince, and he wants to play an exemplary role as the prince of a country, walking to the side of the bookcase, he raised his hand and took off the sword on the wall, "Changle, you are right, it is really wrong for my brother, what about the Turks, I want to stand on the head of this city in person." ”

Seeing Li Chengqian like this, Changle also felt a sense of pride in her heart, she didn't want Li Chengqian to go to the city, she just needed Li Chengqian to regain the courage to face the Turks. Li Chengqian couldn't leave the Ganlu Palace, because Changle handed him a letter, and there was no signature on the letter, but looking at the dog-like words, he knew that the letter was left by Fang Erlang.

"This Changle, Fang Jun asked his brother to start solving the Dugu family, this is understandable for the brother, but what about the Turks? You must know that there are now four leopard divisions and one tiger division near Lingzhou, with a total number of about 80,000 people, even if all the left and right Jin Wuwei rush to Jingzhou, they may not be able to stop the Turks. ”

"Big brother, don't worry, since Fang Jun has been prepared, how can he not be prepared?" Changle clapped his hands, and saw that the originally confined temple door was pushed open again, and this time two generals in beige military uniforms walked in unison.

"The last generals, Xue Li and Xi Junmai, see His Royal Highness the Prince!" The appearance of Xue Rengui and Xi Junmai really surprised Li Chengqian, he pointed to the two of them and kept asking, "What is going on with this Changle?" ”

"Hehe, eldest brother, don't blame the little sister for hiding it from you, this matter was personally explained by the father and Fang Jun, if it wasn't for the notification, the little sister wouldn't know that these two people were still hiding in the Lishan camp."