Chapter 396: Killing the Western Turks
readx; Although Li Jing and Wei Hong have known each other for so long, they can't figure out Wei Hong's weird style, after all, Wei Hong often plays cards out of common sense. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Info received this secret letter at this time, Li Jing stared at the envelope, rubbed his chin, and thought about the possible surname. After a while, I really couldn't figure it out, so I planned to detain the tooth first and say that Wei Hong would come back.
Ya'er said: "Mr. has said first, once Ya'er hands over the secret letter to Guogong, he must leave Beijing immediately and do what he needs to do." ”
Helpless, Li Jing had no choice but to send someone to leave. In fact, Ya'er sent the letter to Li Jing, and what was said later, Wei Hong didn't know at all, it was all Yan Ruyu's strategy. After all, Wei Hongyuan is in Liangzhou, and the secret letter must let Comrade Lao Li know as soon as possible, so using the smart Li Jing as an intermediary, on the one hand, he can hand over the secret letter to the saint, and on the other hand, he can avoid exposing his identity, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
After sending Ya'er away, Li Jing didn't dare to delay more, and immediately entered the palace and delivered the secret letter to Comrade Li. That night, three instructions came out of the Zichen Palace, the first was to send a message to Liangzhou, telling Liangzhou about the conspiracy of the Western Turks, and mobilizing the three thousand jade dragon guards to Liangzhou; The second way is to dispatch troops and horses from all parts of the territory to guard the border and beware of a sneak attack by the combined forces of Tubo and Zhangxiong. The third order was to send Li Jing to lead 2,000 right guards and 1,000 Niu guards to Anzhou and arrest Li Yuanjing, the king of Zhao.
After receiving the order, Wei Zheng immediately summoned Wei Hong, who had been living at the city gate. Knowing of the conspiracy, coupled with the fact that these Turkic cavalry had not moved, but were only on fire outside the city, Wei Hong immediately discussed with Wei Zheng and led Yulongwei to take the initiative to attack and repel the Turkic soldiers outside the city!
In the early morning of the next day, Wei Hong, Cheng Chumo, and Li Dejian led 3,000 Jade Dragon Guards and 5,000 cavalry to attack the Turkic soldiers stationed outside the city. Since the Jade Dragon Guard was built by Wei Hong, only Wei Hong was most familiar with the Jade Dragon Guard, and he could give full play to the combat effectiveness of the Jade Dragon Guard, so the Jade Dragon Guard was led by Wei Hong and launched an attack on the enemy from the front. Cheng Chumo led 2,000 cavalry to insert from the left flank, and Li Dejian led 3,000 cavalry to insert from the right flank to carry out the tactics of a three-way joint attack.
Due to the need to go out of the city to launch an attack, the fire at the gate of Liangzhou was extinguished last night, and it was also seen by the Turkic commander, realizing that the Liangzhou army might counterattack, so he had been prepared for a long time, but unfortunately he did not expect that Yulongwei would participate in the attack. The combat effectiveness of the Jade Dragon Guard is famous all over the world, and even the Turkic commanders have heard of it. From afar, he saw the two thousand heavy cavalry of the Jade Dragon Guard attacking like a flood of beasts, whether it was with pikemen or shield soldiers or cavalry and infantry, it could not be stopped, at a critical juncture, the Turkic commander ordered to organize two thousand dead soldiers, entangle the heavy cavalry of the Jade Dragon Guard, and the rest of the army, and go all out to encircle and kill the left and right flanks of Cheng Chumo and Li Dejian.
This tactic was quite effective, and the left and right flank armies, 5,000 people, retreated one after another under the combined attack of the Turkic army. But after all, the Turkic commander still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Jade Dragon Guard, and the two thousand dead soldiers who faced it head-on were wiped out by the same number of Jade Dragon Guards in an instant. Immediately afterwards, the two thousand Jade Dragon Guards took the lead in supporting Cheng Chumo's left flank army, attacking the enemy from the rear, and killing the Turkic army in a flanked position. At the same time, a thousand Jade Dragon Guard heavy infantry also arrived, and under the command of Wei Hong, launched a direct attack on the enemy army on the right flank, first converging with Li Dejian's troops and meeting them from the front. The battle lasted nearly two hours, and the Turkic army retreated unwillingly after losing more than 3,000 soldiers and horses.
Wei Hong did not order a pursuit, but after cleaning up the battlefield, he quickly withdrew to Liangzhou City, after all, the Tubo and Zhangxiong coalition forces were not far from here, and no one was sure if they would come to reinforce them.
On the other hand, although the Turkic army was defeated, it was not as discouraged as the defeated general of the remnant army, especially the Turkic commander, on the way to retreat, actually had a smile on his face and sighed: "It is worthy of Wei Hong and Yulongwei, they are really not capable enemies like us." Since they will take the initiative, it means that they have learned of the plans of our coalition forces. ”
The partial general, who was neck and neck, looked at the coach with great confusion and asked: "Is it difficult for the boss to succeed and not worry about it at all?" ”
Hearing this, the Turkic commander laughed, waved his horsewhip violently, and responded loudly as he ran: "Everything is going according to plan, why worry? We have already fought with Datang, and now that we have been defeated, we have a reason to withdraw to the territory, even if it is Tubo and Zhangxiong, it is difficult to say anything. And we took this opportunity to unite with the main army and launch an offensive against the Eastern Turks! Now that Datang has been prepared, it must be not easy for the Tubo and Zhangxiong armies to conquer Datang! While the two sides are engaged in a war of attrition, we can open our minds and go all out against the Eastern Turks! ”
"I see! Coach, did you know early on that Wei Hong would fight back? The general suddenly realized, turned his head to look at the boss, and asked tentatively.
The Turkic commander nodded noncommittally, smiled, looked in the direction of his hometown, and said with a smile: "When the fire at the gate of Liangzhou City was extinguished last night, I concluded that Liangzhou City would launch a counterattack. Although Liangzhou City has the help of the Jade Dragon Guard, the soldiers and horses who carried out the counterattack are only 8,000 people, so why should my 20,000 troops be afraid? If it weren't for this opportunity to divert to the Eastern Turks, but with that Wei Hong's scheming, we wouldn't be able to eat the 8,000 soldiers and horses in Liangzhou City for a while. But my 20,000 male soldiers are powerless? It is an active defense, and it is not a problem to drag it out until the arrival of the coalition forces. But two battlefields, two completely different endings. Why should our army make wedding dresses for others? ”
Wei Hong led the soldiers and horses back to Liangzhou City and immediately ordered all the soldiers and horses to rest. Yesterday, the instructions conveyed by the capital, in addition to breaking the plan of the Western Turks to stagnate, also mentioned the conspiracy of the Tubo and Zhangxiong coalition forces to fight on all fronts, and Liangzhou, as an important border defense town, must always maintain the highest mental state, not only to deal with emergencies at any time, but also to reinforce other places at what time and opportunity.
At this time, not only did the capital set its sights on the southwest, but even Wei Hong and Wei Zheng, who were stationed in Liangzhou City, also turned all their attention to the direction of the Tubo and Zhangxiong coalition forces. As everyone knows, Horsehair Mountain, which everyone thought was worry-free, broke out a tragic offensive and defensive battle at this moment.
The Khitan army, which was not afraid of death, launched a fierce attack on Horsehair Mountain, because it had been prepared for a long time, so all kinds of siege equipment were readily available, and the Horsehair Mountain, which was caught off guard, was attacked by the Khitan when the city was broken. Qin Qiong, who was guarding Horsehair Mountain, had no choice but to lead the only remaining 3,000 soldiers and horses in the city to start a street battle. On the other hand, two teams were sent to ride fast to ask for help from the capital and Liangzhou City, if there was no reinforcement within five days, Horsehair Mountain would inevitably fall! (To be continued.) )