Chapter 80: The Great Pursuit
The best way to retreat from Monan to Mobei is the Yinshan Pass, which can be blocked as long as it leads to the Guò Yinshan Pass, making it difficult for the Tang army to move an inch. It is a pity that these passes were already in the hands of the Tang army, and the Turks could not retreat from Yinshan.
The Yinshan Pass is unusable and can only be withdrawn from the east to the north, there are several places here, the best of which is the moraine. First, because the moraine mouth is the junction of Monan and Mobei, and secondly, because the geographical environment here is better, it is much less difficult to enter the thousand-mile realm from here and return to Mobei.
Therefore, the moraine became a necessary place for the Turks to retreat north.
It is precisely because of this that the Jieli Khan was desperate and had to flee back to Mobei from the moraine, but was captured alive by the Tang army here.
Li Longji analyzed the pros and cons very thoroughly, and everyone agreed in unison.
"The king of Chu is right, the Turkic retreat to the north must pass through the moraine. Judging from our current situation, we are the only ones who are best suited to block the Turks at the mouth of the moraine. Zhang Shuo raised his eyebrows, a little worried, and said: "It's just that we are facing hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops, and there are also the elites of the Mosi headquarters, can we block it?" ”
Chen Xuanli and Xue Zhi all looked worried.
What Zhang said was very reasonable, and it was a huge challenge. Li Longji only has 20,000 horses in his hands, and after many major battles, there are now less than 20,000 people.
If nothing else, the Turks only need to take turns to fight with the Tang army, and drag it down to bring the Tang army down.
Not to mention, there is also the elite of the Mosi headquarters. Relatively speaking, the Tang Army's biggest advantage is in the Mo Dao Battle Formation and strong crossbows, and the elite of the Mo Si headquarters has a large number of strong crossbows. It is also possible to form a crossbow array, which is a fatal threat to the Don army. Even if the infinitely powerful Mo Dao Battle Formation encounters a crossbow array, it will only be slaughtered.
Mo Si only needs to order the elite of the headquarters to fight a war of attrition with Li Longji, and it is still Li Longji who suffers in the end.
"Do you know Wang Hui?" Li Longji glanced at everyone. I saw that everyone was worried.
"Who is Wang Hui? Haven't heard of it. Zhang Xiaofei looked puzzled.
"The king of Chu is talking about Wang Hui of the Han Dynasty?" Zhang asked.
Li Longji nodded.
Wang Hui was the great commander of the Han Dynasty, opposed peace and proximity, and advocated war with the Xiongnu. It's just that in the 'Mayi Incident', he was very timid, watching the Xiongnu Shan Yu flee from under his nose, and he didn't dare to go to war. Zhang said to explain to everyone.
The "Mayi Incident" was a major event in the history of Han and Hungary. From this incident, the Han Dynasty officially broke with the Xiongnu and officially went to war. Prior to this, although the two countries were fighting and peace, on the whole, they had not yet scratched their faces.
Speaking of the "Mayi Incident". I have to mention a famous spy in Chinese history, that is Nie Yi, who is the ancestor of Zhang Liao, a famous general of the Three Kingdoms.
Nie Yi was a famous spy in Chinese history, he disguised himself as a businessman, did business with the Xiongnu, and soon became famous in the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu received him with Shan Yu. He took the opportunity to propose. If the Xiongnu attacked Ma Yi alone, he acted as an internal response. At that time, Mayi was the main border market of the Han Dynasty to trade with the Xiongnu and was very wealthy. The Xiongnu were greatly moved, so they agreed.
After making an appointment, Nie Yi passed the news to Emperor Wu of Han. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty realized that this was a golden opportunity, so he dispatched an army of 300,000 to ambush him.
It is a pity that the Han Dynasty showed flaws in its execution. There were cattle and sheep all over the mountains, but there was no one to see, Shan Yu was greatly surprised, felt that something was wrong, and ordered people to attack the outpost of the Han army, and finally learned the truth. Greatly frightened, he immediately retreated......
Although the Xiongnu army had not yet entered the ambush of the Han Dynasty, Shan Yu himself had entered the ambush of the Han army, right under Wang Hui's nose. Wang Hui's subordinates immediately attacked, dragged Shan Yu, and waited for the arrival of the Han army led by Li Guang and Cheng Buzhi, so that Shan Yu could be killed.
Unfortunately, Wang Hui was timid, he did not dare to attack, and watched the Xiongnu Shan Yu flee from under his nose. Later, when he was held responsible, Wang Hui also quibbled that he didn't want to hurt more soldiers. Emperor Wu of Han was furious and destroyed him.
At that time, Wang Hui only had 30,000 troops, which was not enough to defeat the Xiongnu, but he could hold the Xiongnu back. As long as he dragged the Xiongnu and Li Guang and Cheng Buzhi these Han generals arrived, the Xiongnu would suffer heavy losses. But because he was timid and did not dare to attack, he missed this golden opportunity.
"Wang Hui didn't dare to fight with Shan Yu, he missed the opportunity for the ages, and I must not repeat the mistakes of the past." Li Longji's eyes sparkled, and he said, "Although we are still in Black Sand City and have not yet reached the moraine, we are the only one who is the most suitable to intercept the Turks among all the large armies. Once we reach the moraine, it will be a bloody battle, and no one can say how many people will survive. Most likely, we will all die in battle. This king will never be the second king, and he will never let the Turks escape. If any of you does not want to go, let him go, and the king does not blame you. ”
"King Chu, where did you speak? We are all good men, and our lifelong wish is to die on the battlefield. In this great war that is related to the fortunes of the country, if we can stop the Turks, even if we all die in battle, we will be willing. Zhang Xiaofei stood up suddenly, his eyes were as wide as copper bells, and he said loudly.
"That's right!" Zhang Shuo and Chen Xuanli stood up in unison, echoing loudly, all of them holding their chests high and their fighting spirit was high.
"Good!" Li Longji saw it in his eyes and was greatly pleased, and said: "If Wang Hui had such a fighting spirit like yours back then, he would not let the Xiongnu flee alone." Now, we're not going to let Silent Sip escape! ”
"Don't let Mo Si escape!" Everyone roared in unison, and the sound shook the sky.
"King Chu, we are going to the moraine, we have to go through a long march, I think we should bring as many war horses as possible." Zhang said that he was busy coming up with ideas.
From Heisha City to Moraine, there are still thousands of miles away. This is a long-distance march, if the Tang army does not have many war horses, it will not be able to rush to the mouth of the moraine first, he is very concerned about this.
"We don't have much else, but we have a lot of war horses, and the horses in our hands are not 100,000, and they are not much worse." Chen Xuanli's face was happy.
Since the beginning of the war, the 20,000 Tang army led by Li Longji has achieved brilliant results, killing tens of thousands, and capturing many war horses, not 100,000. It's not too bad.
"Black Sand City can't be left to the Turks, it should be burned down." Xue Zhi said hurriedly.
"Well, you have a point, so do it." Li Longji immediately agreed.
At the sound of an order, the Tang army assembled. Soon they formed a formation.
Li Longji rode the Night Lion King to arrive, and when he looked at it, he almost fell off the horse, only to see a lot of war horses, black and pressing, and he couldn't see the end at a glance. These war horses. It is the biggest gain of the Tang Army.
"Great!" Nearly 100,000 war horses, on average, the Tang army can have four or five horses, with so many war horses, horsepower is not a problem, and the Tang army will have an extra guarantee when it arrives at the moraine.
"Destroy the city." Li Longji waved his right hand.
Immediately, a soldier of the Tang Army threw torches onto the sulfur grease that ignited the fire. A flash of fire. After only a while, I saw the smoke billowing from Black Sand City, engulfed in a fire.
The Black Sand City, the actual capital of the Turks, was destroyed by Li Longji in this way.
"Out!" Li Longji waved his right hand and galloped away.
"Rumble!" The Tang army dispatched, the sound of hooves was like thunder, and the ground shook the mountains.
A huge dark cloud suddenly appeared. The sky is grounded, and it is fast to float towards the north.
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"King Chu, there are tens of thousands of Turkic herdsmen retreating in front, are we rushing up to kill them all?" Pei Xiaoke came on a horse and reported to Li Longji.
"Leave them alone, head north." Li Longji shook his head and said.
"King Chu, these herdsmen don't have much combat power, it won't take much time for us to kill them, let's kill them all before leaving." Zhang Xiaofei said murderously.
"Yes, King Chu." There are quite a few who agree.
"Blocked the Turks. Are you afraid that they will escape? Li Longji's face sank, and he said: "The Turkic retreat to the north is very fast, even if we rush with all our strength, we may not be able to block it, and we must not waste time on the road." ”
"The King of Chu is right. Don't waste time on the road, it's important to get to the moraine first. Zhang said loudly agreed.
"I'm in favor of it too." Chen Xuanli and Xue Zhi said busily.
"Hey." Zhang Xiaofei was a little unwilling, and said: "Seeing the Turks, but they can't be killed, it's really torturous." ”
"When you get to the moraine, you have to kill it." Li Longji understood his feelings.
"Rumble!" The earth-shattering sound of hooves sounded, and the Turkic herdsmen saw a black pressure and a sea tide rushing in.
Soon, it was clear that this was a Tang army, which frightened the Turkic herdsmen and shouted: "It's over!" Finished! The Tang Army is here, we are finished! ”
"The Tang army is like a wolf and a tiger, can we escape?"
"The Tang army is so fast, we have no chance to escape, how can this be good?"
The terrified Turkic herders only felt that it was dark in front of them, and thought that they were finished. However, what they didn't expect was that Tang Jun roared away as if he didn't see them.
The Tang Army's degree was very fast, and soon disappeared.
"This ...... How did it happen? ”
"How could the Tang Army not kill us?"
"It can't be Tang Jun's change of sex, right?"
"Could it be that Tang Jun is very merciful and can't bear to kill us?"
The Turkic herders were stunned, as if they had seen the sun rising in the west, with puzzled and unbelieving expressions.
In this way, the Tang army, under the leadership of Li Longji, marched north. Along the way, from time to time they would encounter Turkic herdsmen and troops, and the Tang army did not fight, just rushed north.
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"Rumble!" The elite of the headquarters under the leadership of Mo Si quickly went north, like the tide of the sea, and the black pressure was overwhelming.
Mo Si rode a tall horse and hurried away.
Tunyugu rode a steed, followed by Mo Si, and said, "Khan, we should rush to the moraine first. ”
"Moraine?" The mouth of the moraine is a place of shame for the Turks, and it was here that Jieli Khan was captured alive by the Tang army.
"Mokou is the only place we must pass through to retreat to Mobei, and I am worried that the Tang army will arrive first." Lust Valley continued.
"You have a point, Ben Khan personally rushed there." Although Mo Si was very unhappy with the Turkic humiliation of Mokou, he also knew that Tunyugu was right.
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