Taiji Palace, Tang Emperor Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair with a gloomy face, he didn't expect that for this decisive battle, Datang had been preparing for so long, and the result would be like this at the beginning, first of all, he actually lost the strategic place - Evil Yang Ridge, no, to be precise, he gave it away.

The left servant of the Tang Dynasty Shangshu and the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Fang Xuanling comforted the Tang Emperor Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty, you don't have to be too anxious, and you don't have to be too discouraged, after all, this battle has just begun, and there is still room for redemption." ”

Tang Emperor Li Shimin said to Fang Xuanling: "Xuanling, I don't care about the gains and losses of this city and a pool, I am sad that as the son of the Tang Dynasty, I don't have the wisdom to know people!" Among the generals on the entire front, only Li Ji proposed to send heavy troops to defend the Evil Yang Ridge before the war, and only Li Ji saw the strategic intentions of the Turks. At the beginning, Li Jing, the general of the auxiliary state, recommended Li Ji to me as the deputy commander to lead the army of the twelve guards of our Tang Dynasty, but I didn't listen to it, and insisted on letting Wei Chi Jingde give it a try. ”

Fang Xuanling comforted the Tang Emperor Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty doesn't have to blame yourself too much, Wei Chi Jingde also has his strengths, at least in terms of qualifications, prestige, and loyalty to Your Majesty, Wei Chi Jingde is the most suitable candidate." ”

Li Shimin said with a look of remorse: "Xuan Ling, this matter can teach me a lesson!" This battlefield election is different from the selection of officials by the imperial court. This court selects officials, pays attention to a round character, even if a person is not very capable, but his qualifications and prestige are enough, as long as he can take care of all aspects, he will be able to stabilize the situation. But the selection of generals on the battlefield is very different, there are real swords and guns on the battlefield, and you can't win the battle, everything is empty talk. Qualifications and prestige are a little worse, and it's nothing, as long as the ability is enough. If you win the battle, then all the soldiers will obey you. I was wrong, I used the method of selecting officials in the court on the battlefield to select generals, so isn't it a millimeter (haoli) and a thousand miles (miu)? ”

Fang Xuanling nodded and said, "What Your Majesty said is very true." ”

Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty said with a serious attitude: "Xuanling, make amends." It's never too late. You will draw up a will, reappoint the champion general Li Ji as the deputy commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and let Wei Chi Jingde return to Chang'an in order to avoid Wei Chi Jingde from forming a constraint on Li Ji (chezhou). ”

Fang Xuanling was suddenly shocked and said, "This? Your Majesty, after all, Wei Chi Jingde is the old general of your Qin Palace, and he has been sharing weal and woe with His Majesty for so many years. Your Majesty handled it like this, which made him even more uncomfortable than killing Wei Chi Jingde. Wei Chi Jingde returned to Chang'an, how should His Majesty face him? ”

Tang Emperor Li Shimin also said sadly: "Jingde was on the battlefield, and for me, he almost lost his life at least three times. At the time of the Xuanwu Gate Change, if it weren't for Jingde, I might not have lived to this day. However, I am now the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty, if I live up to my respect. It is bound to lose the world. I am the son of the Tang Dynasty, and the people of the world are the most important. I would rather respect virtue hate me for the rest of my life, and I can't let countless Tang warriors die unjustly in this decisive battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks because of connivance with Jingde, and thus hurt the hearts of my Tang soldiers and the hearts of the people of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Fang Xuanling was moved and silently lifted the pen.

A few days later. The deputy commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army was replaced by the champion general Li Ji, and Li Ji also took over the front-line command of the attack on Evil Yang Ridge. And Li Jing saw that Li Ji had become the deputy commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army, so he was relieved to hand over the Twelve Guards Army to Li Ji, and together with Li Xuan, the king of Yong'an, he led the strange army composed of 50,000 elites. The secret lurked at the entrance of the Yinshan Trail.

At dawn on the second day, on the border between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, there were still a few stars left in the sky, and a banner with the word "Tang" suddenly appeared on the horizon east of the Evil Yang Ridge, followed by two, three and countless battle flags covering the sky, and the neat Tang Dynasty cavalry followed closely behind the banner and slowly advanced, and groups of birds were startled from the grass and trees, and flew in the air in a panic.

Li Ji led the generals to walk in front of a powerful cavalry phalanx, he pulled out his sword and said loudly to the generals: "Soldiers, the territory of thousands of miles ahead, that is, in the clouds, has belonged to us Central Plains people since ancient times. More than ten years ago, there was civil strife in the Central Plains, and this territory was taken away by the Turks. For more than ten years, our army of the Tang Dynasty has been burdened with the shame of losing the country, and today we are ordered to come to recapture this land, to recapture this land that belongs to our Central Plains people. However, as soon as the battle began, we lost another piece of land, this is the Evil Yang Ridge in front of us, and now we can only use blood and victory to wash away our shame and regain the land we lost - Evil Yang Ridge and Yunzhong, in order to prove the martial arts of our Tang Dynasty warriors. ”

After saying that, Li Ji waved his sword at the Turks on the Evil Sun Ridge and shouted: "Attack!" Snow shame! ”

"Attack, Snow Shame!" Like a violent whirlwind, the Tang army shouted earth-shaking slogans and swept towards the Evil Sun Ridge.

After a day of fierce fighting, I saw that the sky was getting dark, and it was dusk.

Countless Tang soldiers continued to fight bravely under the command of Li Ji, but they were quickly repelled by the arrows like locusts and rain.

Li Ji had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

At dawn on the second day, the Tang army launched a more fierce offensive, the sound of war drums resounded in the sky, and on the passages around the Evil Yang Ridge, corpses were all over the field, blood flowed like rivers, the sound of weapons colliding, and the screams were intertwined, and they were endless.

Unable to resist his stubbornness, he personally went to the Great Tent of Jieli Khan to ask for reinforcements.

Jieli Khan pointed at the dirt with his horsewhip, his eyes were bloodshot and he reprimanded angrily: "Waste, 30,000 Turkic elites, can't you hold a small Evil Yang Ridge?" ”

Stubborn and sad to report: "Great Khan, the Tang general who attacked the Evil Yang Ridge has been replaced by the Tang Dynasty champion general Li Ji, Li Ji personally supervised the battle, and attacked the Evil Yang Ridge with all his might at all costs, the corpses of the Tang army are almost piled up in the Evil Yang Ridge, but under the command of Li Ji, the Tang Army is still attacking the Evil Yang Ridge desperately. The Tang army has 400,000, and I have 30,000 troops, how can this evil sun ridge be able to hold it? ”

Jieli Khan said angrily: "Waste, Ben Khan will give you another 20,000 Turkic elites, you must defend the Evil Sun Ridge for me." Even if the Tang Emperor Li Shimin personally led the army to attack, you also have to defend the Evil Yang Ridge for me, if this key pass (ai) is lost, so that the Tang army on the east and west flanks can be integrated, then this battle can no longer be fought. (To be continued......)

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