Yaltin was a burly man with a large stature and distinct Turkic features. He has yellow skin, a broad flat face, prominent cheekbones, long narrow eyes, a slightly hooked nose, and his hair and beard are dark and curved. He wore a fur hat, a leather robe, a pair of brown and yellow cowhide combat boots, and a scimitar at his waist.

He looked at the complaining Turkic generals in the camp tent, and said slowly: "As the left army of my Great Turkic Khanate, although we only have 80,000 people, our progress is the fastest, and we are also the closest to the imperial capital Chang'an. Now, our army is short of food, and we don't know the reality of Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. If we attack rashly, we will inevitably suffer heavy losses. I propose that we attack here first, and when the grain and grass are settled, it is not too late to attack the Tang Emperor. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to Mount Lishan on the map, and the generals also focused their eyes on Mount Lishan on the map.

Yarjin analyzed: "The terrain of Lishan is dangerous, and now it has obviously become the base camp of the Tang Dynasty to organize the people against our Great Turkic Khanate. As long as we can break through Lishan, we will be able to get the food we need most, and of course, a lot of goods. As long as we have food, we will be able to defeat the cowardly, sheep-like Tang people, break through Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, seize their treasury, and obtain the wealth they have accumulated over the years. ”

Hearing Yarjin's analysis, the eyes of the Turkic generals in the camp suddenly lit up, as if they saw countless gold and silver treasures beckoning to them.

In the early morning of the second day, the Turkic Left Route Army, under the command of Yarjin, left Jingyang City in a neat formation and marched towards Lishan.

At the same time, the Tang scouts, who were responsible for monitoring the movements of the Turkic Left Route Army, with the full support of the people, sent this information to Lishan and to Li Xiong and the eldest grandson Wuji.

On the one hand, Li Xiong and the eldest grandson Wuji summoned the elite men to defend Lishan, and on the other hand, they ordered the people along the road from Jingyang to Lishan to adopt the method of guerrilla warfare -- the policy of retreating when strong and fighting when weak, and blocking the Turks layer by layer.

The Turkic army led by Yarjin left Jingyang, and experienced all kinds of troubles, which can really be described as a pit step by step, and the pit costs people's lives. Constantly being attacked, constantly being ambushed, and everywhere are traps dug in advance by the people of Datang, even if they are extremely careful, they have suffered heavy casualties. The generals of Yarjin and the Turks repeatedly had to stop, deal with traps, and lay ambushes. The tactics of the people of the Tang Dynasty gave Yarkin and the Turkic generals a headache, but they had no choice but to curse helplessly at the sky: "Cowards, you hateful Tang Dynasty people are all cowards." Not daring to confront the warriors of my Great Turkic Khanate head-on will only lead to some despicable and shameless means to trap the warriors of my Great Turkic Khanate. ”

The villagers who were captured by them and showed them the way repeatedly led the Turkic army astray and led them into various ambushes without regard for their own lives.

After a difficult trek, when it was almost dark, the Turkic army had completed the twenty-mile journey from Jingyang to Lishan, and everyone was worried and tired. Yarjin looked helpless, so he could only order to camp on the spot, nourish his spirits, and fight again tomorrow.

At dawn the next day, all the Turks were in a state of exhaustion and squinted and dozed off outside the tent. In one night, they experienced more than a dozen sneak attacks by the people of the Tang Dynasty. Every time I had just fallen asleep, thunderous war drums and the cries of the people broke out outside the tent, and then a large number of torches and stones were thrown into the tent. The Turks knew that this was the harassment of the people of the Tang Dynasty, not a real attack, but they had to get up and dodge the stones and torches falling from the sky, but when they tried their best to extinguish the fire, as soon as they returned to the camp, the nightmarish war drums and shouts would appear again, and after that, a large number of torches and stones fell from the sky. This was repeated more than ten times, and finally the Turks looked forward to the dawn, and the people of the Tang Dynasty disappeared without a trace, leaving only the Turks to sit exhausted and paralyzed outside the tent, not wanting to move.

In the afternoon, the commander of the Turkic Left Route Army, Yarjin, saw that his soldiers had recovered slightly, so he ordered a strong attack on Lishan. He hoped that after capturing Lishan as soon as possible, he would snatch grain, grass and property, and quickly evacuate. He and all the Turks under his command didn't want to stay at the foot of Lishan Mountain anymore, they didn't want to stay for a stick of incense, they didn't want to stay for a stick of incense, it was too torturous, they couldn't eat well, they couldn't sleep well, and they had to be on guard all the time, and they could lose their lives at any time, which was more tiring than slashing face-to-face on the battlefield for a day and a night.

Commander Yarjin led the Turkic army to open up and attack Lishan, while Li Xiong and Changsun Wuji also ordered the strong men to defend the only way into the mountain. The passage of Lishan is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the strong people are tightly guarded, and there is no leakage; The Turks wanted to attack Lishan, the mountain road was steep, and it was inconvenient to ride horses, so they gave up their advantages and attacked on foot to Lishan, although they were excellent in archery and were not afraid of death, but they still suffered heavy casualties and did not break through the passage into the mountain.

When it was dark, the reinforcements from all walks of life supporting Lishan arrived at the designated position one after another. In the Zhongyi Hall, Li Xiong, the king of Guande of the Tang Dynasty and the head of the Li clan of Longyou, said to the eldest grandson Wuji: "Our reinforcements have arrived, and tonight is the time when those Turks under the mountain will be destroyed. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said with a contemplative face: "Now we have nearly 400,000 strong people, while the Turks only have 80,000 people, we have a great chance of winning, but our people have not experienced wars, only the subordinates of Li Tong and Li Zheng brothers have experienced wars, but there are only less than 20,000 horses who have experienced big wars. If you want to completely defeat these Turks under the mountain, I am afraid it will be very difficult. ”

Li Xiong, the king of Guande, said with helplessness and tears in his eyes: "According to various intelligence, the Turks under the mountain are the murderers who created the Zhaojiazhuang massacre, but unfortunately the people under our command are not a hundred soldiers, otherwise I will definitely kill all these Turks under the mountain at the foot of this Li Mountain." Now, we can only do our best to kill as many of them as possible, so that we can avenge the slaughter of the Tang people. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji also said in a low voice: "I finally want to take revenge, but this revenge is not complete." It's not a pleasure! ”