Chapter 297: The Beginning of the War (I)
Li Shimin didn't think about it so much, or he didn't expect An Xinggui to rebel directly, and he chose this point in time.
As the pigeon left the place, the air around it seemed to become heavy, and only the person concerned did not know the danger of the matter. A few hours later, An Xinggui, who was in Wuwei, received a flying pigeon from the eyeliner.
After reading the contents clearly, he directly dispatched their An clan's secret guards to send a message to An Hu directly, and when he finished all this, An Xinggui also directly called everyone in the current military camp over. Grabbing
At this moment, An Xinggui is in the big camp not far from Li Shimin, and in this big camp are the soldiers controlled by the Wuwei An clan for so many years, with a total of 10,000, including 3,000 cavalry and 7,000 infantry, these people are closely related to the entire An clan and Zhaowu Jiu, and these people will not betray An Xinggui and them.
And at this moment, in the main tent of the big camp, An Xinggui and his main generals of the An clan are also concentrated here.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Li Shimin has arrived at a distance of about two days from Wuwei, and it is about half a day's journey from the ambush point we set up in advance, according to this distance, we will arrive in about half a day tomorrow, and Jieli's army has already ambushed near this location."
"If nothing happens, when we arrive tomorrow, Li Shimin should fall into Jieli's hands, even if there is a little accident, it is impossible for him to get rid of Jieli's pursuit of tens of thousands of troops, we have a small team already ambushed on Li Shimin's way back to the west."
"So far, he hasn't found anything out of the ordinary, which means he can't escape! Guys, we've won this time! An Xinggui was a little excited! Because this time, An Xinggui decided to rebel and took a very big risk.
But as Li Shimin left Dunhuang County, and he didn't notice An Xinggui's movements, the most important thing was that Jieli's army had quietly arrived nearby, which meant that they could almost be said to be 100% successful without any accidents.
Because the best troops in the vicinity that can rescue Li Shimin are thousands of miles away, the defenders of the nearby city have no time to come to the rescue, besides, the largest cities in the vicinity are Wuwei, Jinchang and Zhangye.
Zhangye is too far away from Li Shimin, and there is a small army composed of An's dead soldiers arranged by An Xinggui in advance in that direction, if Li Shimin wants to retreat, the three thousand Royal Forest Army around him must block the enemy, and there will not be too many people around Li Shimin.
Even if all the Imperial Forest Army was left to block the enemy, Jieli, who led 40,000 cavalry, could send enough troops to bypass the battlefield and pursue Li Shimin.
And that small force doesn't need to kill Li Shimin, it only needs to reduce their speed, which can still be done.
Therefore, if Li Shimin runs in that direction, he will not be able to run, as for Jinchang City, that place is An Xinggui's territory! It would be better if Li Shimin went! Except for these three places, Li Shimin has no way to escape!
So Can An Xinggui not be excited? Although taking down Li Shimin does not necessarily mean that he can be the emperor, at least, this Liangzhou and Guazhou, with Jieli, he can take it! As soon as Li Shimin died, An Xinggui believed that the entire Tang Dynasty would immediately become chaotic, and the Murwei and Goguryeo in the northeast would definitely not be in peace!
And in various places of the Tang Dynasty, there are still some loyal ministers of the former Sui, although they are now dormant, that is because the Tang Dynasty has completed the unification, but as soon as Li Shimin dies, this matter is not necessarily!
The most important thing is that as soon as Li Shimin dies, An Xinggui, the troops in Liangzhou and Guazhou, can be controlled, otherwise, he can only control some diehard loyalists now, and it is impossible for An Xinggui, the other wavering troops, to tell them such a confidential thing.
"Congratulations, my lord!" All the generals in the big tent smiled and arched their hands and said, they are also a little excited, if Li Shimin is taken, they will be attacked from the dragon, and it is not impossible for An Xinggui to ascend the throne in the future, after all, isn't the Li family also on the throne in such a state?
"Ladies and gentlemen, the next thing is going to be very critical, tomorrow early in the morning, make a meal and set off for the troops! Tell them that if they win this battle, everyone will be promoted to three levels in a row, and if there are sacrifices, I will increase their pensions tenfold, and as long as their families are alive, I will take care of them! An Xinggui said loudly.
"Yes!"
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Night soon fell, Li Shimin and their large army also began to camp, the Imperial Forest Army had already chosen a place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and emptied the surrounding people, in fact, no one else would dare to approach them casually in this place.
Once misunderstood, if you are killed, it is really in vain.
There was nothing to say all night, when the fish belly rose in the east, An Xinggui's military camp dozens of miles away had already begun to make food, and they did not choose to attack Li Shimin's camp at night, because they couldn't see clearly at night, and if Li Shimin was allowed to escape, then the problem would be serious. League of Legends ylMM
They can't let any mistakes occur in such a foolproof scene, so they choose to attack during the day, as long as Li Shimin and they don't find out, then attacking during the day is naturally the best choice.
When the whole army was full, An Xinggui directly led the three thousand cavalry leaders to quickly start moving forward, he didn't rush over, because at this time everything can't be rushed, Li Shimin is nearby, at this time, if the urgency leads to the revelation of the matter, it will be more than worth the loss.
Although An Xinggui's heart was beating hard, he still stabilized, not only An Xinggui, but all the Turks on Jieli's side were also ready, and they didn't attack, but there were already scouts on the mountain next to the official road in front of them, who had already secretly hidden there.
When they see Li Shimin's team, they will immediately go out, such a large cavalry collective action, it is estimated that Li Shimin will be aware of it from a distance of two or three miles, so they must not have enough time to react.
If someone can see it in the sky at this moment, they will find that three different forces are approaching one place, and the sun is rising little by little, as if the sun can't bear to see such a scene, and the clouds in the sky block the sun.
When Li Shimin and his team finally crossed a certain location that had already been decided, the two scouts who saw the entire team from a distance immediately turned on their horses and turned around and galloped back, leaving only one scout in place to continue to observe.
Until now, Li Shimin didn't know that there was a conspiracy against him ahead, and when the two scouts rushed to where An Hu was and reported, Jieli took a deep breath, turned over his horse directly, pulled out the long knife on his waist, and shouted loudly: "Turkic warriors! ”
"Today we want to let these Han people know that our Turkic warriors are the bravest warriors in the world, and now follow me to capture the emperor of the Tang Dynasty!" Whoever catches the emperor of the Tang Dynasty will be rewarded with 5,000 sheep and 100 beauties! ”
"Yo oh ......" In an instant, all the Turks began to cheer wildly, this place is still five or six miles away from the target, so naturally there is no need to worry about the other party hearing it.
Grabbing. "Let's go!" Jieli directly waved the long knife and directly led the team to move forward, An Hu didn't say anything, just followed silently, at this time, it was useless for him to say anything.
At this time, even if An Xinggui doesn't want to rebel, Jieli can't give up this great opportunity in front of him.
Last year, outside Chang'an City, because Li Shimin was in Chang'an City with a tall city wall, and it was impossible for their Turks to capture the city without siege weapons, so he had to sign an alliance with Li Shimin.
And now, Li Shimin has no city walls, he is in the field, this will be their best chance!
巘戅 wonderful pen fang. However, even so, Jieli did not gallop his horse, because he knew that if he galloped at this time, by the time he got close to the opponent, the horse would be exhausted, and it was not the best time to attack.
The 40,000 horsemen all left the col where they were hiding at a normal pace.
When the cavalry of their vanguard rushed out of the valley next to them, and they could already be seen on the official road, the vanguard cavalry who had already received the order directly began to charge, and they wanted to intercept all the people on the official road.
At this moment, on the official road, a caravan with the banner of the word "Han" is moving forward, this caravan is composed of Han and Turkic people, they are the official transport convoy of the Han Dynasty composed of Mingyue.
Hu Tu, who was walking with a carriage, looked at the scenery in front of him and was a little curious, this is the territory of the Tang Dynasty, he has never been here, Hu Tu is not a Han Chinese, but a Turk. He was called Hutu because his original Turkic name was similar to it, and later the leader asked them all to learn Chinese and give themselves a Han name.
After asking the gentleman who taught them Chinese, Hutu gave himself this name, Hutu was originally a cavalryman who followed Ashye, but after they were integrated into the leader, they no longer had to fight.
For the current life, Hu Tu is extremely satisfied, although he used to fight with Ashye, but his family is actually barely making ends meet, and now their family has more than 20 sheep, all of which belong to them, as well as their own horses, and his wife, children, and his father and aunt can eat enough!
And it's not just about having a full meal, it's also about eating well! Such a life, Hutu never dared to imagine before! Now they don't just have excellent pasture with alfalfa grass, which means that the cattle and sheep can grow fat in the winter, but they all have new houses, houses made of cement masonry!
The house is so warm that they no longer have to be afraid of wind and snow in winter, and they don't have to worry about which child will freeze to death.
Therefore, although he used to be from the same Luo department, he did not miss his previous life at all.