Chapter 238: A Warning from the Emperor Taishang
"General Guo said that if they don't fight their faces full of peach blossoms, they won't know why the flowers are so red!"
"Yes, the princess of the Great War has already endured too much for Datang, as long as our Datang man is not dead, he will never let a woman bear these again!"
After saying these words, Mo Lingjun did not communicate with Du Degang around him again, but raised the clairvoyant mirror and continued to observe the enemy's assembly, observing for nearly half an hour or so, Mo Lingjun handed the clairvoyant mirror to Degang.
"More than two years have passed, these guys really haven't grown at all, and if you let those veterans see it, they will be scolded to death!"
"In the past, Godfather (Lu Kang) always said that compared with the elite cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, the Uighur cavalry are all waste, originally we were not convinced, but now it seems that what the godfather said is not wrong at all, and also, this clairvoyant mirror is really easy to use, when will it be worthy to say that I am here!"
"Wait, I heard General Guo say that the convex lens was inadvertently fired by the craftsman of the glazed workshop in the house, and the process of the convex lens has not been studied yet, so it can't be mass-produced yet."
Let's try it soon, everyone. γ
"But General Guo said that this thing will be mass-produced quickly, but there are women left at home, and I can't imagine how much this thing can play in the war, General Guo has already sent someone to send a letter back, maybe you will be able to use it when the army goes north."
As he spoke, Mo Lingjun looked at the brass horn that the guards beside him were carrying, and every time he heard that voice, his blood would boil.
"(Li) Shu'an, get your military horn ready, and when the old man's trumpet blows, your side will also blow it as soon as possible!"
Just when Mo Lingjun and Degang were having the final exchange on the mountain beam in the north, Yu Qian and Pei Song on the mountain beam in the southwest direction, as well as Su Qing and Li Yan who had already completed the formation, were also making final preparations.
And in the center of the military formation that had already completed the formation, under the huge handsome banner, a group of old soldiers with white beards, straight waists, and a Tang Army-style armor stomach gathered around Zheyun Valley, and at the age of fifty in Zheyun Valley, he was the youngest in this gang.
Zheyungu, Lu Kang, Duan Qiliang, Li Yunxuan, Du Lian and other guys with an average age of nearly sixty were pointing with great interest.
"I didn't expect that the descendants of General Su and General Pei in the past would belong to Guo Rong's kid at the same time."
"Indeed, Guo Rong's growth rate is indeed faster than the two of us expected!"
"Emperor Taishang actually came to the border pass with a large army, how many years have not passed since Emperor Taizong!"
"If the emperor is too great...... If two years ago ......"
Just when the old men were in full swing, a scout of the Long Silk Army hurriedly came to the front of Zhiyun Valley.
"Marshal, the size of the Uighur coalition army formation is close to 60,000, Du!"
"Okay, you know, come down!"
"Wait? 60,000 is a bit less! β
"Wait for a fart, 60,000 people can come, if they are all assembled, it will be 100,000 people, it will be too difficult to chisel through the 100,000 troops from three directions, after all, ......"
is different from Duzhiyun Valley, which is also on a mission, and these old men, including Lu Kang, are former Tang soldiers who were accidentally stranded in the grassland for various reasons.
Decades have passed, the black hair has turned white, and the sturdy young people have also become old men in their twilight years, and they have no chance to return to the Tang Land, but they ......
In the face of the call of the princess of the Tang Dynasty, they came with their own tribes, and the people were panicked when they were fleeing from the capital, and they firmly stayed here when everyone was fleeing, and today, they once again put on the battle......
"Okay, then get ready! Old brothers, young people, as soon as they open the way, immediately follow up and completely overturn them! β
"Yes!"
"The days of Datang are still long, Longyou, Anxi, Beiting, and Anbei have not yet recovered, you old things must live!"
"Ahaha, Zheyun Valley, you little rabbit cub, yes guys are still waiting to fight back to Anxi!"
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It has never been easy to assemble and line up a large army, even if it is a Tang Army foot soldier who has specially conducted queue training and has strict military discipline.
The difficulty is doubled when the target is changed from a Tang infantry to a cavalry, and when the target is set to a Uighur cavalry, it is upgraded to Nightmare difficulty.
When Tengli Khan saw that the soldiers and horses of the Kedun Tent could easily be arrayed, he thought that his own army of miscellaneous cards to the limit could also do it.
However, when it comes to actual implementation, they realize how hard it is to do the same thing.
This order of Tengli Khan tortured the cavalry of the Uighur coalition army to exhaustion, and tortured the leaders of all sizes to death.
After several attempts, these chieftains, large and small, were forced to follow the example of the soldiers and horses commanding the tents in the valley of Zheyun, and gradually, the Uighur army gradually formed a relatively regular battle formation on the steppe.
I have to say that the shock brought by the military array composed of tens of thousands of people is absolutely incomparable, just when Tengli Khan was full of excitement when he watched the scene of his army's assembly, he didn't know that what he did was exactly what Zheyun Valley wanted.
In the initial state of relative confusion of the army and horses, Tengli Khan was still a little wary of the soldiers and horses of the tent that had been arranged, but as everything was on track and the other side showed no signs of attacking, Tengli Khan and the leaders of the Uighur coalition gradually relaxed their vigilance......
When more than half of the troops and horses were assembled and the vigilance of the Uighur coalition was reduced to the limit, the front of the battle formation on the Tooth Tent side was quietly replaced.
A cavalry of 800 horses, all covered with armor from men to horses, armed with horses, spears, and iron cans, quietly appeared at the forefront of the entire battle array.
Seeing that the mounted cavalry was already in place, Zheyun Gu gave an order behind him.
"Blow the trumpet!"
On the side of Zheyun Valley, a cavalryman of the Changying Army took out a small brass military horn from his back, raised it and lifted it in front of him......
A sharp, rapid, high-pitched voice that had never been seen before in the prairie reached everyone's ears with an astonishing penetrating powerβ
Hearing this, everyone in the Uighur coalition stopped for an instant, and no one knew what it meant.
What's even worse is that before they can react to what happened, "Didi, Didi!"
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The voice sounded continuously from several directions, and looking at the posture of the voice, there was a faint feeling of being surrounded.
By this time, even a fool can already feel that the situation is not good!
Accompanied by the sound of the Charge Trumpet:
Directly east, the 800 cavalry, already ready, began to move forward, speeding up and charging in the direction of the Uighur coalition that was forming formation.
Several cavalry with more than 100 people, light armor, short spears, strong bows, and crossbows, began to advance from the two wings of these rounded cavalry.
And in their rear, there are more than 10,000 tooth tents and ancient cavalry that have already been lined up, waiting for the flowers to bloom.
Led by the 800 mounted cavalry at the front, the formation of a large and orderly cavalry charge made all the Uighur cavalry fearful.
To the north, 100 mounted cavalry formed a front, 500 Xuanjia heavy cavalry extended from both sides of the mounted cavalry to form a front, and a full 1,000 meters of light cavalry followed, forming a frontal formation, which rushed from the mountain beam towards the Uighur coalition army.
To the southwest, the same front of 100 mounted cavalry, 500 Xuanjia heavy cavalry, and 1,000 elite light cavalry was lost, and the Uighur coalition army was overwhelmingly pressed.
Under normal circumstances, with the habit of the Uighurs, it would not have been possible for a hundred thousand horses to gather in a valley, let alone to do something that the cavalry was not good at, and which did not conform to the character and habits of the Uighurs.
If there is no accident, it will be fine, but at this moment, this real Tang cavalry that should not have appeared here not only appeared, but also suddenly attacked when the number was less than a fraction of itself.
Of course, the number of people did not mean much in the foreign operations of the Don Army.
After all, in other dynasties, you can be called a famous general to win more with less, but in the Han and Tang dynasties, winning more with less, and one Han to reach five Hu is just a rule......
Gathered together, the Uighur cavalry, which had seemed to be in order, was suddenly in disarray, and it was obvious that the command was no longer possible.
In fact, in the face of the sudden change, whether it was Tengli Khan Amuta, or Yaogelo Dali Pei Pot, or the leaders of the large and small tribes that formed this huge Uighur coalition army, they were completely stunned!
The Uighur cavalry fell into confusion, and the Uighur leaders were completely confused, and the cavalry led by Mo Lingjun, Su Qing, Pei Song and others broke through on both flanks.
Among the 100,000 troops, more than 10,000 had been ambushed and packed by Zheyun Valley, and this time because of their previous defeats, they were resented and disliked by the disliked Tengli Khan, so they were not included in the forces gathered in formation.
As a result, they were a blessing in disguise, becoming one of the few Uighur allies who were free to move freely without any restrictions.
Staying at the rear of the entire Uighur coalition army, they unfortunately became the first line of defense to block the charge of the two cavalry armies of Mo Lingjun and Degang in the north and Yu Qian and Pei Song in the southwest.
However, in the sound of the charging horn echoing on the grassland, in the face of the wolf-like and overwhelming Tang army, the memory of being the special servant army of the Tang army for hundreds of years seems to be awakened, and what they are better at seems to be cleaning the battlefield with the powerful Tang army, rather than resisting the attack of the Tang army......
Almost in a flash, this Uighur cavalry, which had been cleaned up by Zheyun Valley, was directly chiseled through by two Tang armies of more than 1,000 people and collapsed directly!
Then, when these unfortunate people found that they had left behind the corpses in one place, they ignored their own existence, and the two armies did not even turn their heads, and rushed directly at the main force of the Uighur coalition army, which was still in chaos.
Although it was chiseled, although it was ignored, although it was broken, but this is not a bad thing for this cavalry.
Looking at the cavalry of the two Tang armies that rushed towards the center of the battlefield, and making sure that they did not come back to stab their thoughts again, this cavalry invariably chose to turn towards the west, which was contrary to the battlefield, and ran away.
Ignoring the soldiers and horses who fled in advance, the two cavalry led by Mo Lingjun and Pei Song continued to move forward.
After a few dozen breaths, the mounted cavalry that advanced head-on and the cavalry that advanced on both flanks came into contact with the main Uighur force in confusion at about the same time.
Eight hundred mounted cavalry and tens of thousands of cavalry in the rear formed a wide front like a chopping board, and two 1,600 men lost their positions like two sharp kitchen knives.
Each time the knife collided with the cutting board, it meant that the Uighur army, which had been reduced to mutton in the middle, was gouged through two wheels, and it was only a matter of time before the whole piece of mutton became minced meat under the constant swing of the kitchen knife.
A moment ago, everything was still under control, and with the heart-warming sound of the military trumpet, in the blink of an eye, the situation was completely reversed, and the entire army of 100,000 was on the verge of collapse in an instant, and Tengli Khan Amuri could hardly believe his eyes.
is only one step away from the "Heavenly Khan", but it is a failure, and Amuri is not convinced!
Looking at the eastern end of the valley, at the sprawling camp with the banner of the tooth tent, Amuri knew he had lost to the woman.
In despair, Amuri handed everything over to his elder brother, Aidenri Dalu, the eldest son of the Khan of Huaixin, and then led his few remaining followers, holding their swords, and rushed directly to the heavily armed, steel-walled mounted cavalry.
Two hours later, a great battle in the hilly area of the upper reaches of the Kulunbo (present-day Hulun Lake), located in the middle of Bayegu and Qibibu, came to an end.
The Uighur coalition led by the eldest son of the former Uighur Khan, Tengli Khan, and the leader of the Uighur Yaogharo tribe, Yaogelo Dali Peiguo, had a total strength of nearly 100,000 troops.
On the other hand, under the command of Zheyun Valley, the Tang Dynasty-Uighur Tooth Tent-Baye Ancient Coalition Army, including 2,000 heavy cavalry, 5,000 elite Tang Army cavalry, plus about 10,000 soldiers and horses of the previous Khan's Tooth Tent, and 15,000 soldiers and horses of the Pulle Ye Ancient Division.
In the end, the Tang-Uighur alliance won a complete victory.
The victorious Tang-Uighur-Bayegu coalition did not rush to the end, and after the order of Zheyun Valley, the whole army returned after pursuing nearly fifty miles.
After the victory, at the first time, Mo Lingjun, the highest-ranking military leader in the cavalry, sent someone to transmit the news back to Fengzhou.
On the side of the Uighur coalition, more than 20,000 were killed on the spot, more than 20,000 were captured, more than 10,000 were missing, and the Tengli Khan Amuri died in the chaos!
After Aidenli Dalu and Yaogelo Dali Peiguo escaped the pursuit, counting the more than 10,000 cavalry who fled at the beginning, there were only 40,000 people left in the hands of the two!
Originally, after the destruction of the Sijie tribe, due to the expansion of power, the alliance of Tengli Khan and Yaogro Dali Pei Guo had already gone out to patrol the huge crisis.
However, after this fiasco, in order to survive, Aidenlida Lu and Ya Ge Luo Dali Pei Guo were forced to huddle together again to keep warm, and under the support of Yao Ge Luo Dali Pei Guo, Aiden Li Dalu nominally inherited the Uighur Great Khan from his younger brother Tengri Khan.
After gathering the exact news of the succession to the Khan's throne, Li Xuan sent a second team of messengers to Fengzhou.
And when Guo Rong returned from Fugu with Zhi Muyu and others, it happened that the second team of messengers had just arrived, and told the whole battle process with emotion, under the inquiry of the Emperor Taishang, even Zhiyun Valley speculated on the psychology of Tengli Khan who died in the chaos, and told the current situation in the grassland in as much detail as possible.
After listening to the whole process, Guo Rong admired the old fox Zheyun Valley for throwing his five bodies to the ground, and at the same time fell into deep thought, and when he saw Guo Rong falling into thought, the Emperor Li Yu did not disturb Guo Rong, but let him think quietly.
In fact, carefully pondering the tactics of Zheyun Valley, Guo Rong did have a huge insight.
Ambush warfare can be said to be the oldest tactic, and it is also the most commonly used tactic, everyone understands ambush warfare, everyone can do it, but it does not mean that everyone can use it well.
The mediocre tactics of luring the enemy + ambush have been played in the hands of Zheyun Valley, if I remember correctly, counting the time of Kudu Jun Mountain, this is the third time that Zheyun Valley has used the tactics of luring the enemy + ambush.
This old man's understanding of tactics, the control of the battle situation, the use of troops, and the speculation of people's hearts have obviously reached the peak level.
Thinking deeper, Guo Rong felt that every person he was in contact with now who was qualified to lead the army seemed to have their own distinctive characteristics.
Fan Xichao is good at regular battles, Li Yu is good at surprise attacks, Ju Wenzhen is good at controlling people's hearts, Zheyun Valley is good at luring the enemy to ambush, Guo Ziyi is good at using power to take advantage of the situation, Li Guangbi is good at plotting, and what he is good at may be defensive counterattacks.
Of course, not everyone is in this category, such as Li Jing, the military god who laid the foundation of the Tang Dynasty's 200-year-old military theory, this good fighter has no famous bull.
Fighting for life and death in the hands of others, and trying all their strength to win and destroy the country, in the hands of Li Jing, it is like a joke.
The First World War destroyed Xiao Milling, the Second World War destroyed the Turks, and the Third World War Tuguhun, although when reviewing, from the perspective of hindsight, Li Jing can have a precise enough reason for every step.
Although Li Jing was a collapse when he stood in line, he never occupied the right position, but once he arrived on the battlefield, Li Jing could always choose the only true and effective path in the complicated battlefield and the difference between truth and falsehood, which is Li Jing's magic, so it gives people a feeling
This TM is fighting all fairy battles!
Seeing Guo Rong's thoughtful expression, Li Yu broke the silence that had lasted for a long time.
In the face of Li Chen's inquiry, what insights and gains are there, Guo Rong honestly explained his thoughts just now, and Li Yan was still quite satisfied with Guo Rong's perception, but Li Yu still pointed out a little more.
"That's a good summary, especially about Pharmacist Li, it's very similar to you!"
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Looking at Guo Rong, who was stunned, Li Yu smiled.
Gaozu wanted to rebel, but Li Jing had already found traces between the clues, and then ran to Chang'an to report Gaozu...... Taizong was forced to launch a palace rebellion, and wanted to gain Li Jing's support before the palace change, and then Li Jing decisively chose neutrality......"
Hearing Li Yu tell himself these two things, Guo Rong was very puzzled, Li Jing has never stood in the right line, but he has always stood honestly under your old man's command, and he has never been double-minded.
"Your Majesty, the minister has never been ......"
"Haha," Seeing Guo Rong nervous, Li Yu laughed loudly,
"Of course I know your loyalty, but Wei Guogong has never lost a war, he has never won a team, and you have never been confused when you are not involved in the military, and once it involves the military, whether it is war or military innovation, your choices and judgments have never disappointed me, isn't this very similar to Wei Guogong, haven't you paid attention to it yourself?"
"Forehead ......"
Guo Rong really can't say this, he can't say that he is a traverser, the problem is that people don't necessarily believe it when he says it......
"I originally hoped that you could become my Hun Xuan, but now, I have found that using Hun Xuan to ask you is too low for you, and I hope that you can become the second Wei Guo Gong of my Tang Dynasty!"
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"This is at least one hope for me, but I still have to point out one point, your weaknesses are people's hearts and minds."
"The human heart? Machiavellian? β
"Yes, people's hearts, I know that you are simple-minded, from your attitude towards Ju Wenzhen, I know that you hate people who play with people's hearts, but you can not use people's hearts, but you must know!"
"I really don't understand military affairs, and I don't know as much about Wei Guogong as you do, but I know one thing, Wei Guogong's strategizing on the battlefield, peeling off the cocoon, and smashing the Yellow Dragon are inseparable from his ability to understand people's hearts."
"And Zheyun Valley can accurately judge Amuta's behavior, which is directly related to his understanding of Amuta, if it is not for the absolute grasp of people's hearts, how can he dare to ambush when the army is absolutely inferior?"
"As for the conspiracy, it's the same, you don't need to, but you have to know, you have to understand! I'm still here, and I can carry all the guns and arrows for you, but what if I'm gone? β
"If I am gone, how can you protect yourself, if you can't protect yourself, how can you guard Datang and rescue Anxi?"
Li Chen's few words of beating made Guo Rong speechless, although Guo Rong never asked Li Rong what his physical state was, but to the extent that the Emperor Taishang wanted to persuade himself personally, there was no need to say anything more.
"Minister, remember!"
Li Yu nodded in satisfaction, and then changed the subject......
"Do you know why Zheyun Valley didn't choose to chase after the new Uighur Khan and Ya Ge Luo in the face of a great victory?"
"After more than two hours of fierce fighting, the cavalry of the 5,000 forbidden army, as the main force, must have long been exhausted, and the number of enemy troops is too large, and if the Uighurs are cornered in a rash pursuit, once they counterattack, it may be self-defeating!"
"That makes sense, but in this way, despite the great victory, the Uighur side is still essentially a stalemate! What would you do if you were asked to make a decision? β
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