Chapter 196: Yao Valley Ambush (1)

Yaerjin led the remnants of the 30,000 army to flee all the way, and it was not until they reached Jingyang City that they were able to stabilize their position. The people of the Tang Dynasty who pursued to the city of Jingyang repeatedly attacked the city without breaking it, and finally became indignant, cursed and left the city of Jingyang again and again, and returned to Lishan. Watching the pursuing Datang people leave, Yarkin and all the Turks have a feeling of escaping from death and escaping, these crazy Datang people are too terrifying, this kind of Jedi light soldiers, completely lifeless fighting, is too frightening. Fortunately, Jingyang City, as a fortress in the northern part of the Tang Dynasty, is built with a tall and strong city, otherwise the consequences are really unimaginable. If it weren't for Jingyang City, those crazy Tang people would definitely have been chasing them and chased them directly to the grassland, and they would definitely not stop if they were not completely killed. Those people of Datang are really too fierce and fierce!

In Wugong County, when Jieli Khan heard that the 80,000 army led by his henchman Yaerjin was attacked by unknown forces and more than 50,000 people were killed, he couldn't help but feel nervous and stunned, and he hurriedly ordered: "The army of less than 30,000 under the command of Yaerjin immediately moves closer to Wugong County and joins himself." "The army led by Yarkin is his descendant, his family. More than 50,000 people were lost at once, and when he thought about it, Jieli Khan felt a pain in his flesh. His descendants must not have any more losses.

Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, Taiji Palace.

Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty received information from Li Xiong and his eldest grandson Wuji that "the 80,000 army led by Yaerjin, the henchman of Turkic Jieli, slaughtered the villages of the Tang Dynasty everywhere, and created a series of tragic village annihilations".

Li Shimin's face suddenly turned pale, and he viciously asked Tang Jian, who was in charge of intelligence investigation in the Tang Dynasty, "Where is the 80,000 army under the command of Yarjin, the Turkic Left Route Army, now?" How's it going? ”

Tang Jian replied respectfully: "Yaerjin's army defeated Lishan controlled by King Guande of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xiong, the head of the Li clan of Longyou, and Sun Wuji, the chief of the Guanlong nobles, and was killed by the people of our Tang Dynasty after more than 50,000 troops, and now there are less than 30,000 troops left under the command of Yaerjin and are approaching the middle route army of Jieli Khan in Wugong County. ”

Li Shimin turned to stare at the map, and Li Xuan, the king of Yong'an, who was standing next to Li Shimin, also stared at the map.

Li Shimin pointed to Yao Gu on the map and asked Li Xuan: "King Yong'an, I want to fight an ambush of the Turks in Yao Valley, and completely annihilate this group of brutes who burned, killed, looted, and did all kinds of evil in my Tang Dynasty, what do you think?" ”

Li Xuan stared at Yao Gu with a contemplative expression. Yao Valley is the name of a canyon with rolling mountains on both sides and a small river in the valley called Yao Shui. On both sides of Yaoshui is a small road stepped out by pedestrians, which is the only way from Jingyang to martial arts. Because there is Yao Shui next to the road, it is very convenient for passing pedestrians to rest and quench their thirst, so all passing pedestrians call this passage a blessed road, a blessed place. But as a person who cares about military affairs, this is the most dangerous military fortress.

Li Xuan looked at Li Shimin and said, "If Your Majesty wants to ambush here and avenge the Tang people slaughtered by the Turks, the minister agrees." Yao Valley is indeed the most suitable place for ambushes, but where did the army for this ambush come from? Who is leading the way? An ambush is no better than an obstruction, it must be an organized and disciplined army. Because of one person, the position of the army is exposed, and the ambush battle is a frontal stand, which is not good. ”

Li Shimin looked at Li Xuan, and then pointed to Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty on the map.

Li Xuan was surprised: "Your Majesty is saying that the only army of three guards in our hands stationed in Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

Li Shimin said slowly: "I don't plan to use the Sanwei army, but I plan to use the left and right Qianniuwei army led by Hou Junji to annihilate the 30,000 horses led by Yarjin on the left side of the Turkic road; As for the right Jin Wuwei army led by Chai Shao, they stayed in the imperial capital of Chang'an City and spread suspicious soldiers to confuse Jieli. ”

Li Xuan said with a contemplative expression: "Hou Junji is a general? The left and right Qianniuwei armies under his command are only 20,000 people? And the army of Yarkin on the left Turkic road is 30,000 horses? ”

Li Shimin smiled slightly and said: "Hou Junji is the old department of my expedition to Guan Long Xue Ju, the terrain of Yao Valley, I have communicated with him, and he is very familiar with the mountains and rivers, grass and trees there. I believe that he will definitely be able to make good use of the terrain of Yao Valley and rationally deploy his army; Although there are only 20,000 people in the left and right Qianniuwei army, after all, they are responsible for defending the palace and defending the Tang Emperor's troops, and all the soldiers are the elite drawn from the most warlike army of the Tang Dynasty, and their equipment is also the best among the twelve guards of the Tang Dynasty, equipped with weapons with great lethality such as eight-bull crossbows, which are not found in other armies in the Tang Dynasty. Their status and strength are the highest among the Twelve Guards, so their determination to sacrifice for the Tang Dynasty and their morale to fight are also the highest among the Tang Dynasty armies. And the 30,000-strong army of Yarjin on the left side of the Turks has just experienced a crushing defeat and low morale, and we are fighting an ambush war again. I believe that as long as the arrangement is reasonable, the left and right Qianniuwei armies led by Hou Junji will definitely be able to defeat the 30,000 troops led by Yarjin on the left side of the Turkic road. ”

In his mind, Li Xuan quickly analyzed the pros and cons of the Yao Valley ambush station. After a while, he said to the Tang Emperor Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, as long as General Hou Junji can win the battle, then let's fight." This time, Jieli came with the momentum of thunder, and he would never have expected that my Datang would take the initiative to attack and annihilate his left army. ”

"Okay, then defeat his Jieli Left Route Army and annihilate this group of brutes who plagued the people of my Tang Dynasty!" Tang Emperor Li Shimin made up his mind.

Late that night, Li Shimin and Li Xuan personally sent the left and right Qianniuwei troops led by Hou Junji out of the city. Hou Junji's only daughter, Hou Haitang, took Hou Junji's big hand and was reluctant.

Li Shimin knew that in addition to sending people to destroy Qin Qiong's Manmen, their minions also killed almost all of Hou Junji's family, only Hou Junji's daughter Hou Haitang was lucky to go out and avoided a catastrophe. After the change of Xuanwumen, the war was frequent, and Hou Junji did not continue the string, and his daughter Hou Haitang depended on each other. From Hou Junji's loving gaze to his daughter, Li Shimin understood Hou Junji's inner dilemma, he asked the guards to take Hou Haitang back to the palace and hand it over to the eldest grandson Empress Haosheng to take care of, and at the same time said to Hou Junji: "Do a good job for me, make contributions to the Tang Dynasty, your daughter is my daughter." As long as my family is here, I will never let your daughter, Begonia, be wronged. ”

When Hou Junji heard the promise of the Tang Emperor Li Shimin, he immediately burst into tears.