Chapter 14: The Night Attack on Dingxiang

The fall of the Ministry of Industry Shangshu did not seem to have the slightest impact on Li Er's court, like a stone thrown into a lake, and after the ripples were raised, they returned to calm.

Li Er has been very busy recently, so he doesn't care at all about who brought down the Ministry of Works, because the spies came to report that the Turkic snow disaster had reached a very strict stage, and Jieli finally lacked confidence and began to quietly transfer troops back to the Turks.

At this time, the top and bottom of the court is a piece of stability, according to the book of the Hubu Shangshu, after the return of Tuli, many of the Central Plains population was able to return to their hometowns in large numbers, from the hook and sinking of the Hubu, so far, the Central Plains people returned from outside the Saiwai, and the surrender before and after the Siyi, a total of more than 1.2 million men population, which is a very considerable number, especially for the development of the Tang Dynasty, which is in urgent need of manpower.

Since the DPRK and China are stable, the population is increasing, and the Tang Dynasty is thriving, there is no reason why Li Er should not give him a fatal blow when the power of Jieli is declining, so a complete set of strategic plans was directly sent to the front line.

According to many sand table exercises and actual combat analysis, according to the proposed battle plan, Li Jing, who had been stationed in Shuozhou, led a group out of Mayi to attack Jieli stationed in Dingxiang head-on, and on the other hand, Li Ji went straight from the clouds to Baidao, a fortress at the foot of Yin Mountain, intending to intercept the retreat of Jieli Khan here.

In the fourth year of Zhenguan, in the first month, the weather was cold, the snow was falling, and the brigade was slow, in order to seize the fighters, Li Jing personally led 3,000 elite cavalry codenamed 'Chengguan', and went straight to the Evil Yang Ridge.

In the snow, a group of 3,000 sergeants in black armor and red tasseled helmets rode on horses. Running forward through the snow. "It's a lot of snow." After driving for more than 30 miles in a row, the main general Li Jing ordered the whole army to rest and cook food, and a slightly older sergeant said to a white-robed young general next to him, although he was older. However, the tone in which he spoke to the white-robed young man was very respectful, and he looked very strange.

"Brother Wan, this snow is the gospel of my Tang Dynasty, the thicker the snow, the more difficult the life of the profiteering will be." The white-robed young general had the smell of pointing at the country when he spoke, and he could be seen from under his helmet with sharp edges. Heroic appearance.

The older sergeant was just about to answer, when a herald ran over next to him, "Xue Rengui, the general called you to go to the camp to discuss matters, please come with me quickly." ”

The white-robed young general listened. nodded, turned around and clasped his fists at the older sergeant and said, "Rengui will come and chat with Brother Wan after the discussion." ”

The older sergeant was a little flattered, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, you go and get busy with yours." ”

Xue Rengui nodded, "Brother Wan farewell." ”

In the makeshift marching tent, more than a dozen officer-like people stood together, and a middle-aged man stood in front of them, only to see his eyes blazing. The long hair was fluttering, and the armor made of gold and steel still shone in the candlelight, it was Li Jing and Li Yaoshi.

"Xue Rengui hasn't come yet?" Li Jing's voice was magnetic. It doesn't sound like a general of conquest and killing, but there is a faint elegance.

"General Hui, I have already sent someone to call." A servant next to him hurriedly replied.

"Hmm," Li Jing nodded.

The curtain was pulled open with a bang, and a young general in white robe and white armor walked in, clasped his fists at Li Jing and said, "The last general, Xue Wanyan, will see General Li." ”

Li Jing glanced at this young general lightly, except that he looked young and handsome. There was nothing special about it, Li Jing didn't know why Guigu Xu Yang had to promote him to a captain with a lot of power in the elite unit of the 'Chengguan'. And he also specially created a fine iron white armor for him.

Although he thought a lot in his heart, Li Jing's face did not show any expression at all.

"Come this time. It's a combat meeting. Li Jing cleared his throat, "Fifty miles ahead is Dingxiang City, where it is now the base camp of Jieli, we will march on horseback, and we will definitely be able to arrive tonight." ”

The soldiers in the tent rubbed their hands and said: "Surprise, attack it unprepared, attack Dingxiang at night!" ”

Li Jing nodded, and then said: "The generals led this time are all the brave soldiers trained by Xu Yang in the land of Ghost Valley, and the generals have also visited your training methods once, it can be said that there is no one before or since, I hope that the name of the 'Chengguan' troops tonight can be famous in the world in your hands!" ”

The grinning cold wind blew the golden dragon flag hanging outside the tent, and a firm answer came from the big tent, "No! ”

Li Jing knew this very well, so he arranged a detailed plan according to the original plan, mixed into Dingxiang City, divided and divided the enemy army, and focused on countering Jieli's henchman Kang Sumi.

The abnormal actions of the Tang army were reported to Jieli, who was not interested in the 3,000 Tang troops coming to the enemy, and still sat in the palace and drank wine and barbecued meat with the courtiers.

Ji Jie Tutu Sacrifice seemed to be worried, and said to Jieli, who was drinking and eating meat in the main hall: "Khan, now that the Tang army is treacherous and cunning, taking advantage of my Turkic White Disaster to make some small moves, according to the minister's opinion, we should strengthen our vigilance to prevent the Tang army from sneaking attack." ”

Jie Li, who was sitting in the main hall, showed contempt on his face, waved his hand, and said with a smile: "Don't worry about Tutu, the Tang soldiers don't come from the country, how dare Li Jing come here alone?" Even if he came, he was incompetent and bluffed. ”

Ji Jie suddenly wanted to say something, but Jieli didn't give him a chance at all, and raised his head and poured a big sip of spirits, which was smuggled out of Youzhou 'Kouzijiao' is not only strong in wine, but also intoxicating, Jieli has been in a bad mood recently, and he is borrowing wine all day to kill his sorrows, and he will get drunk after every banquet, and at this time he is all red and obviously drunk

The moon shone with a cold glow, and the winter night outside the plug was particularly white, and the horses' hooves made a shocking sonorous sound when they stepped on the thick snow.

The moon was full and bright tonight, but there was still a bone-eating chill.

The well-trained 3,000 elite cavalry, under the leadership of Li Jing, made a detour and quietly approached the west gate of Dingxiang.

It was already two watches, the whole Dingxiang city was as silent as death, only a few dim wind lamps were swaying on the city tower, and as soon as Li Jing led the team of men and horses to approach the outer trenches, a fine work flashed out of the darkness and reported: "A qiē is ready, the city gate is empty." ”

"Up!" Li Jing waved his hand, and the cavalry quickly approached the city gate according to the originally divided four-way column. The sound of horses' hooves knocking on the ground made a rumbling sound, and many horses roared excitedly as they looked at the dark city gates. The Turkic soldiers on duty on the city wall woke up and shouted continuously, and some cold arrows and rockets also "swished" downward.

At this time, the sentinel cavalry had arrived at the gate of the city, and saw that the leader was a white-robed young general, with a long halberd dancing in his hand, and those dark arrows shot from the air were all blocked in front of him, and they fell to the ground.

The white-robed young general rode his horse and galloped, and in an instant he had already arrived at the gate, slammed the city gate open with a hula, and turned his head to the many iron horsemen behind him: "All the soldiers will follow me in!" ”

"Kill!" Three thousand Tang cavalry shouted and slaughtered into the city.

At this time, the city was already jumping with chickens and dogs, shouting everywhere, and the Dingxiang people who were sleeping did not know how many Tang soldiers came. The common people all held the gate tightly, hiding in the darkness and listening to the movement outside. The barracks are even more chaotic, soldiers looking for generals, and generals looking for soldiers. The Turkic soldiers, who were good at field warfare, had no way to deal with the sudden entry of Tang cavalry into the city.

Under the bright moonlight, the blood-colored feast of fighting began, and the forces that prevented Tang from entering the city were harvested like rice.

The white-robed general's robe had already been blooded, and it was not his blood, but that of the Turkic soldiers.

"Haha! Readily! Guiguzi once told me that Zhuang was hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Turkic blood, and today I will eat your flesh and blood to sacrifice my ancestors! The white-robed young general roared, and there was an invincible momentum, rushing left and right in the alley.

At this time, in the city palace, the guards ran towards Jieli's bedroom in a panic, shouting as they ran: "Khan, it's not good, it's not good!" ”

(To be continued)

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