At the end of the third year of Zhenguan, in the south of Yinshan Mountain, the mountains are continuous, and the grassland is barren, like an eternal wasteland.

The sun set, but the moon never rose, and the entire grassland seemed to be immersed in boundless darkness, gloomy and cold shrouded the vast grassland land for thousands of miles.

Yin Mountain is like a dragon, the night is like a curtain, bleak to the extreme, but between heaven and earth, there is a warm sound of fighting, the general of the Tang Dynasty holds the military flag of Tang high, holding a horse lance and a bow and crossbow in his hands.

On the grassland, corpses were everywhere, low-lying, blood was accumulated, under the hooves of horses, trampled into mud, and outside the tents, there were armor and soldiers scattered on the ground, and their faces were fearful and disbelieving.

There is also confusion that comes out of nowhere.

The wind on the grassland never stopped, and it couldn't blow away the blood, only making it black and sticky, and in the countless screams, countless corpses and bones gathered into a mountain!

Luo Xuanyun rode a fine war horse, stepped through a slightly black pit made of blood, looked at the dust on the ground mixed with mud bloodstains, he galloped to Li Jing, Li Ji and others, inserted the horse lance that was still dripping blood on the side of the war horse, and asked loudly: "Boss, the head of the Jieli thief has escaped, should we continue to chase?" ”

Li Jing looked at the tens of thousands of people who had surrendered, shook his head and said: "Jieli has been able to reorganize the army, and now he is waiting for a serious battle, if he pursues it now, he is likely to flee to Mobei and join the Mobei grassland tribes, we will give him a chance to pray for peace, first stabilize him in Monan, and then wait for the opportunity to annihilate him." ”

Li Jing knows how to play with gamblers' hearts and give Jieli a hope of turning the tables, so that Jieli will have a fluke mentality, and will not directly break the jar.

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After Jieli fled all the way, he collected his subordinates all the way, and once again had tens of thousands of people, and after retreating to the foot of Yin Mountain, he immediately summoned the nobles of the royal court, and said angrily: "Now it is impossible to fight with the Tang army again, when we invaded the Tang Dynasty, we will withdraw every time, and now Ben Khan decided to send an envoy to the Tang Dynasty to ask the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty for guilt, saying that my Turks are willing to submit to the Tang Dynasty, and no longer dare to invade the Tang Dynasty, and ask the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty to forgive the mistakes of Ben Khan." ”

If you can fight, you will tremble, and if you can't fight, you will shrink up, this is the law of the grassland, and now you don't admit defeat, you don't know how big the beating will be, no one has any objection to Jieli admitting it, and the Turks have not surrendered to the Sui Dynasty at the beginning, and now it's just another time.

Jieli said angrily: "This defeat, but because I didn't expect that the Tang Dynasty generals would directly raid the Khan's tooth tent royal court, and when my big Turkic soldiers are strong and strong in the coming year, we must find a field from the Tang Dynasty, Ben Khan still has Mobei in hand, and the Tiele tribes are still obedient to the tooth tent, which is enough to fight with the Tang Dynasty again." ”

Although Mo Nan is fertile and the climate is relatively good, Mo Bei is the foundation of the grassland, as long as Mo Bei is in hand, the Turkic comeback is indeed not a problem.

Hearing Jieli send a letter to Chang'an begging for surrender, Li Jing's eyes rolled, and he had a draft in his heart.

……

After Li Shimin received the report in Chang'an, he immediately put his mind at ease, the battle has been fought to this extent, how can he not know in his eyes that the situation has been completely biased towards Datang, and the next result is only a big victory, a medium victory or a small victory.

He thought for a while, and then said: "Hongluqing Tang Jian is good at envoys, so he sent Tang Jian to pacify the Turks, and Li Jing led the army to respond. ”

Tang Jian is not the first time to do this kind of work, for the establishment of the Tang Dynasty has made a lot of contributions, after Li Shimin appointed, directly with the scepter to the Turkic Jieli's tooth tent, with him is Luo Xuanyun, who took the initiative to invite Ying.

When he was on the road, Tang Jian was a rather talkative person, Luo Xuanyun was Luo Xuanye's younger brother, and the relationship between Luo's sons was very clear.

Although Luo Xuanyun's official position is relatively low, anyone can see that he is about to soar, and Tang Jian is not arrogant, and asks if Luo Xuanyun has a marriage match.

Luo Xuanyun said with a smile: "Several brothers are looking for me, and there is no marriage contract yet, so I am bothered by Tang Gong's concern." ”

The several brothers in Luo Xuanyun's mouth, one by one, is more amazing than the other, Tang Jian doesn't know, the family who wants to marry Luo Xuanyun is afraid that they can fill Suzaku Street, but now they have not yet elected a person.

Tang Jian shook the knot in his hand, and said with a little emotion: "When the Turks invaded my Tang Dynasty many times, I really didn't expect that so soon, the Turks would submit their credentials to my Tang Dynasty, and they would be vassals to my Tang Dynasty. ”

Seeing this, Luo Xuanyun wanted to speak again, he still knew Li Jing well, he was a very outstanding commander, and he took the initiative to ask for the consent of Luo Xuanye and Luo Xuanchen, because this was really a dangerous thing.

From the moment he entered the Turkic tent, Luo Xuanyun had paid twelve points of attention, observing the routes around him that were convenient for escape.

Tang Jian and Luo Xuanyun saw the Turkic Khan Jieli, his expression was slightly haggard, the defeat of the war made it difficult for him to sleep, and made him feel even more humiliated.

In the tooth tent, Tang Jian found that Luo Xuanyun had changed his normality, and under Tang Jian's influence, although Luo Xuanyun was not as impersonal as Luo Xuanye, the king of Zhoujun, like a cold-faced Shura, but at least he could be called relatively silent, very similar to General Zuo Qianniuwei and Luo Xuanling, the Duke of Yongguo.

But after entering the tooth tent, Luo Xuanyun was very talkative.

"Khan, Your Majesty is not like an enemy with the Turks, this time the army is really a last resort, now the Khan is willing to be a minister, my Turks and the Tang Dynasty have rebuilt and are free from soldiers, this is a fortunate thing."

"Khan, Chang'an is extremely prosperous, with a population of hundreds of thousands, and goods are lined up one after another.

Seeing this, Jieli Khan smiled happily.

He raised the wine lord high and said: "Ben Khan is a vassal to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and His Majesty treats Ben Khan sincerely, which makes Ben Khan very moved, and he will sincerely serve the Tang Dynasty Emperor in the future." ”

Jieli Khan's beautiful words are said one by one, and for people like him, the words spoken are like water that is spilled out, and the sun dries up.

As the saying goes, when things go wrong, there must be demons, from Luo Xuanyun's attitude, Tang Jian felt a great sense of crisis, this is not the Luo Xuanyun he knows, something is wrong, something is wrong.

Something is wrong.

……

Just when the two entered the Turkic tent, Li Ji and Li Jing almost did not hesitate to determine that they would take advantage of Tang Jian's envoy to the Turks, and the Turks were defenseless, so they would attack the tent again, capture Jieli Khan, and finish their work in one battle.

Li Jing and Li Ji, the two old sixths, didn't care about Tang Jian, but the deputy general Zhang Gongjin was still an honest man, and asked, "Boss, Hongluqing Tang Jian is still in the Turkic tent, wouldn't this make Hongluqing ......?"

Li Jing waved his hand and said without hesitation: "A person like Tang Jian is of little use to the Tang Dynasty, and it is enough to contribute to the defeat of the Winter Turks." ”

Zhang Gongjin heard this and said: "Boss, it's still not good, Luo Xuanyun is still with Hongluqing, he is the younger brother of King Zhou Jun, if he dies in the Turkic tent, even if King Zhou Jun doesn't say anything for a while, but in the future, if it is liquidated, we will not be able to end well." ”

Zhang Gongjin's name is not wrong, he is really cautious, he is not the kind of person who is impulsive for the sake of momentary achievements, he would rather not make meritorious contributions now than offend Luo Xuanye.

But Li Jing is not!

He is familiar with history books, there are few families in history who can really be rich and noble for many years, once a son of heaven and a courtier, and there is no guarantee that all the children will succeed, in case he is involved in any big case, and he encounters a mean and ungrateful king, the decline of the family is an instantaneous thing.

Instead of thinking about those things in the future, Li Jing believes that the most important thing is to achieve his own achievements.

Defeating the Turks, leaving a name in history, and becoming one of the greatest commanders in the history of Zhuxia, there is nothing more important in this world.

And.

Li Jing said angrily: "Luo Xuanyun followed Tang Jian to the Turkic tent, the king of Zhou Jun and the minister, why didn't he stop it?"

Don't you know Luo Xuanyun's character?

He knew what was going to happen when he went to the Turkic tent, and he was probably still waiting for our army to roar in, and then he took advantage of the chaos to capture Jieli Khan and accomplish his deeds.

That's how they are, they always have to give to get status.

Tang Jian, his qualifications are mediocre, he is a person who is of little use to the country, but he has his current status, so he should dedicate himself to the Tang Dynasty.

If he survives, it's heaven's favor.

Those of us who rushed to kill on the battlefield, who did not carry their heads pinned to their waists, when our three thousand light horsemen rushed into Dingxiang, would we be sure to win?

If we can die, can't these civil officials die?

Don't say these words anymore, capture and kill Jieli and repay your majesty, this is what a general should do, as for the price, that's not what we think.

Don't talk about Tang Jian and Luo Xuanyun, even if King Zhou Jun is in Jieli's camp, I will rush into the Turkic camp today! ”

Li Jing's voice resounded in the tent, Zhang Gongjin and Li Ji were a little shocked, but both of them could feel Li Jing's firmness, and no one could deny his decision.

Li Jing is indeed smart, and he just happened to say what Luo Xuanyun was thinking.

Luo Xuanye was very clear about Li Jing's character, and knew that he would definitely take advantage of the opportunity of the Turks to raid without the Turks noticing, only Tang Jian was in the dark, and he didn't know that Li Jing, the sixth old, was ready to let him be a bait.

"From the order of the Grand Governor!"

Military orders are like mountains, Li Jing is the chief manager, and the orders he gives are holy decrees on the battlefield, Zhang Gongjin and Li Ji said in unison.

……

In the Turkic tents, huge bonfires were raised, not only in the tents, but also in the rest of the military tents, around which the Turkic soldiers were warming.

There are flakes of snowflakes falling on the sky, falling on the bonfire and extinguishing them instantly, in the night, the fluttering snowflakes, with a strange beauty, those snowflakes falling, there is a trace of coldness.

Tang Jian is a cultural person, looking at these snowflakes, he wanted to recite a poem, but when he thought of this, no one could respond to him, so he closed his mouth.

The reason why Jieli Khan is so indulgent is naturally not because he believes in the credibility of the Tang Dynasty, but because of this weather, he doesn't think that anyone can march and attack in this weather, as for him, he will definitely not go to battle in this weather.

Jieli Khan invited Luo Xuanyun and Tang Jian to join the dancing around the bonfire.

Dancing was a very common entertainment in this era, and it was not only dancers who danced, but even high-ranking officials of the imperial court often danced at the imperial court.

Li Shimin also often danced with Luo Xuanye in the Taiji Palace.

Luo Xuanye praised sincerely: "The Khan's dancing posture should be the most top-class among the Turks, even if it is placed in the Tang Dynasty, it can be called heroic." ”

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and even a heavy fog was rising, and Jieli ordered all the troops to return to the camp, which was already getting colder and colder outside, and even the bonfires could not be warmed, and there was even a possibility that they would be extinguished by snow.

Between the wind and snow, there are not many troops marching in the cold wind and heavy snow, the war horses are wrapped in the hooves of the horses, the mouth is titled, hundreds of vanguard light horses are like sharp blades through the grassland, the horses gallop, the already extremely cold wind and snow, blowing on the face, like a real knife, painful chills.

The leader of the general is Su Dingfang, a general who Li Jing is very optimistic about, so he handed over the important matter of the vanguard to him.

Su Dingfang led these two hundred people and rushed until a few miles outside the tent before being discovered by the scouts who were on guard, but a few miles was too late for the cavalry.

Not to mention how long it will take to send the news back, even if it can be transmitted back immediately, it will take a lot of time just to spread the military order to tens of thousands of people.

Su Dingfang did not panic at all after being discovered, but shouted loudly: "Tang Erlang, the Turkic tooth tent is in front, rush with me and capture the Turkic Jieli Khan alive!" ”

The Datang light cavalry, which had been restrained for fear of being discovered, almost immediately burst out with extreme speed, and the Turkic cavalry who found Su Dingfang scattered and fled, not daring to resist at all, Su Dingfang drove straight into the tooth tent.

Fighting, especially night raids, is not about the number of people, but whether it can cause panic.

The discipline of the Turks was already poor, and now they encountered the cavalry carefully selected by Li Jing, although they only passed a piece of light armor when they were selected for long-distance running, but compared with those Turkic soldiers who did not mount their horses, did not hold weapons, and were even asleep, the heavily armed Tang army was like a killing god.

The Turks scattered in a hurry, and Su Dingfang rushed straight to the tent, passing through countless tents all the way, just like a person walking into the grass and waking up countless insects, the Turks fled in all directions.

Jieli sat up in shock in his dying dream, and suddenly realized that the captive would be himself!

What should I do if this situation has been pushed out of the tent, is it a rebellion?

Wrong!

It's a straight runaway!

Staying in the green mountains, not worrying about no firewood, Jieli comforted himself, and then decisively escaped in a hurry with the guards again, he and the horses of the guards are the best horses, and there is absolutely no problem in escaping.

Luo Xuanyun and Tang Jian's camp was not far from Jieli, and when he was about to run away, he remembered that the two of them were angry and anxious, and hurriedly asked people to kill, Luo Xuanyun had been waiting for this day, and as soon as he heard the voice, he immediately understood that Li Jing had really done this.

The Turkic army was already in chaos, he hurriedly woke Tang Jian up, and only had time to say: "Hongluqing, Li Jing has raided the Turkic camp, we, you go quickly." ”

Speaking of the halfway point, looking at the Turks who surrounded him, he turned to say slowly: "It seems that it is not easy to go, Hongluqing, you ask for more blessings, I am going to chase Jieli Khan." ”

When Luo Xuanyun put the helmet on his head, Tang Jian found out at this time that Luo Xuanyun didn't know when he had put on the armor, although it was not the kind of armor that was wrapped all over his body, but the place that should be protected was also protected, at least he didn't have to worry about a dark arrow coming over, so he fell directly to the ground and died.

And Tang Jian himself is still a set of envoys' official uniforms.

What's even worse is that as soon as Luo Xuanyun rode away, ten people in the mission immediately left, there were not many people in the mission, Tang Jian was numb, so he could only take the rest of the people and quickly take advantage of the chaos to kill a bloody way, these Turks could not follow him all the time.

Luo Xuanyun has been observing Jieli Khan's movements, he knows that Jieli will definitely run, and he also knows that Li Jing is basically impossible to catch Jieli, so he has to stay inside the tooth tent, these ten people around him, each of them is a real elite, can shoot arrows on horses, can use horse lances to kill enemies.

Su Dingfang was the vanguard, and Li Jing led the army to follow behind him to cover up and kill, and the chaos caused by 200 people was completely controlled after 10,000 people entered the field.

"Those who surrender are not to die!"

Li Jing was so excited, even with his calmness, he couldn't help but tremble, this battle was a real defeat of the Winter Turks, and the basic plate of Jieli Khan was almost emptied, and now if he fled to Mobei, he had to consider whether he would be killed by Mobei's people.

And even within the Turks, the Turki Khan will not let him go, the depth of the rift between the two and the hatred are far greater than the hatred between the Turks and the Tang Dynasty.

……

Jieli Khan fled all the way, and the anger in his heart was indescribable, and he was defeated twice for the same mistake and the same tactics.

Twice!

He was really going to be angry, especially when he saw that he was now running away like a dog, he even went to the point of doubting his life, obviously just three years ago, he extorted a lot of money from the Tang Dynasty like a martial artist.

Obviously, just ten years ago, he was still taking and taking away the princes of the southern kingdom, and everyone had to rely on his snort to survive, what was the problem that caused it to become what it is now?

What happened to cause the current defeat of the Great Turks?

Jieli didn't know that he couldn't find problems from himself, he would only blame others, such as the generals who betrayed him, such as the Tuli Khan who was unwilling to submit to him, such as those people, such as these people.

On the way to escape, there were still people who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, which made him even more like a frightened bird.

"Poof!"

When the sound of arrows appeared, Jieli was even more panicked, he turned his head to look, and found that Luo Xuanyun actually led a team to chase after him, he originally wanted to fight back, but when he saw that Luo Xuanyun and the others were wearing armor, the most important thing was that although there were few people, their archery skills were excellent, almost one arrow and one person.

He immediately extinguished his thoughts of fighting with Luo Xuanyun, the sword and gun have no eyes, not to mention the bow and arrow, if Luo Xuanyun gives him a cold heart with an arrow, it will be too unjust to die.

He is a dignified Turkic khan, with a vast land, millions of people, and a man who is favored by the heavens, just as noble as the Son of Heaven often talked about in the Central Plains of the Southern Kingdom.

After Luo Xuanyun saw Jieli Khan, he said loudly: "Jieli, surrender, you have nowhere to escape, surrender and leave you alive." ”

Jieli replied loudly: "Luo Xuanyun, you only have ten people, aren't you worried that Ben Khan will die with you?"

You better don't chase it, it's better for both Ling and Ben Khan. ”

Luo Xuanyun laughed when he heard this: "Khan, your dancing posture is very beautiful, my Tang Emperor wants to invite you to Chang'an to show your dancing posture, I don't know if you are willing to do it." ”

Willing your mother!

Jieli is really going to curse, if he can do it again, Jieli will pull out Luo Xuanyun's tongue the moment he enters the tooth tent, gouge out his eyes, and then humiliate him fiercely.

Jieli unconsciously smiled slightly, because he had already concocted Luo Xuanyun countless times in his heart, and the spiritual victory gave him some comfort in his heart, which was injured by defeat.

Luo Xuanyun chattered and humiliated Jieli, hoping to provoke Jieli and make Jieli stop, once he stopped, he would not have a chance to escape again.

There are more than 200 elites around Jieli, but the reason why Luo Xuanyun dares to catch up with ten people is because of cavalry fighting, more than 200 people are not necessarily stronger than ten people, the key is to see who shoots arrows more accurately and who can carry more arrows.

Jieli's people didn't have time to put on their armor, and they basically died with one arrow, while Luo Xuanyun's people could take a few more hits, which led to the combat effectiveness of the two sides being about the same.

But there are gains and losses, it is safe to wear armor, but the speed will also be affected, so Luo Xuanyun wants to provoke Jieli in order to delay the speed of Jieli's escape.

But he underestimated the extent of Jie Li's inwardness, Jie Li had been showing off his martial arts before, and he was completely relying on his strong strength, once he lost his strength, all he wanted to think about now was to flee for his life, and he had no intention of fighting Luo Xuanyun at all.

Where can Jieli Khan flee?

In fact, there is only one way, that is, to the west, Li Jing led the army to block his way to the north and fled into the desert, not to mention the Turki Khan who had contradictions with him to the east, and Li Jing also arranged two marching chiefs in the east, waiting for him to flee to Liaodong or Yanyun.

But to the west.

Luo Xuanling has already defeated Jieli Khan's nephew, Su Niwei of the Ashina royal family, outflanked from the west, and is waiting for Jieli Khan to throw himself into the net, it can be said that Jieli Khan has long been a turtle in the urn, and there is nowhere to escape.

His only chance was to escape from the cracks in the west and north, but with only the few people around him, how could he cross the vast desert without man's land?

When Jieli Khan learned that his nephew had been defeated by the Tang army, he was truly in despair.

Looking at the vastness, it is clear that the grassland is so big, but there is no place for him.

A few months ago, he was the Khan who ruled the steppe, and countless people were prostrate at his feet, but in just a few months, he was only left with these few guards.

This huge gap made him a little in a trance, and he couldn't believe it until now.

"This must be a dream, Ben Khan has not woken up yet, as long as he wakes up, everything will be over, Ben Khan is still the supreme ruler.

Surrounded by the sun and the moon, chosen by the heavens, the masters of all the steppe tribes, the masters of all the people who draw the bow, even the southern kingdom must submit to Ben Khan. ”

The horse under the crotch was still galloping, without stopping for a moment, and the barren grasslands on both sides were full of desolation and loneliness.

The chilly wind blew and blew on his face, making him feel a piercing pain, which was shining under the sun during the day, not to mention at night.

He wanted to stop.

But whenever he stopped, Luo Xuanyun's horse's hooves would sound, making him have to drag his tired body and flee forward, until now, he still didn't have the courage to fight with Luo Xuanyun.

He could only let the soldiers under his command stop Luo Xuanyun and delay Luo Xuanyun's speed.

But in the end, he will still catch up, because Jieli, who is pampered, will always rest for a while, and Luo Xuanyun will use this rest time to hurry.

The fewer people around him, the more Jie Li didn't dare to fight with Luo Xuanyun, because he thought that he had lost the qualification to fight hard, even if there were already many people around him who were wearing light armor.

But the breath in his heart had dissipated.

Luo Xuanyun, who had been following him all the time, knew the state of Jieli best, and he watched Jieli's resistance getting weaker and weaker, and he knew that he had made the right bet.

This great achievement of capturing the Turkic Khan with his own hands is really going to fall into his own hands.

How far have you chased along the way?

A thousand miles or two thousand miles?

Luo Xuanyun couldn't count, but he only knew that the sun set and rose, and the horses ran away and died.

Now is the time to blossom and bear fruit.

Luo Xuanyun held the horse lance in his hand, pointing at Jieli, he took off his helmet, the holy mark in the center of his eyebrows shone brightly, and under the moonlight, the piercing Jieli's eyes hurt, "Jieli, introduce it again, I am the Tang Dynasty Luo Xuanyun, by the order of the Son of Heaven, arrest you to Chang'an, and see my emperor!" ”

His voice rumbled, and Jieli was in a trance A few days ago, Luo Xuanyun said to him with a smile, "Khan, I am Luo Xuanyun of the Great Tang Dynasty, and I have intersected with the Khan by the order of my emperor. ”

This is the case.

Jieli is speechless.

Winter Turks, dead!

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The Tang Dynasty's battle to exterminate the Winter Turks was the first time that the Tang Dynasty showed its fangs to the outside world after its establishment, and Li Jing's outstanding military talent was vividly displayed in this battle, and the Tang Dynasty used not too many troops, like surgery, to cleanly and neatly dispose of one of the biggest external threats to the Central Plains Dynasty since ancient times.

When everyone in Datang thought that this was an irreproducible military miracle, those of us in later generations knew that this was only the beginning of a glorious era.

……

"Datang's knife is extremely sharp, but also extremely cold, when it swings out, it is like slaughtering, clean and neat even the belt bone is cut off, when it is recycled, there is only a drop of blood on the sharp knife, slowly dripping from the tip of the knife. A country fell in front of the Tang Dynasty like this, with only unwillingness and remorse on its face, but no one mourned for it, because no one remembered it since. ——"History of the Rise and Fall of the Tang Empire"

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