Chapter 598: Above the Weishui
"What Turkic invasion? What about the people in Jingzhou Mansion? When the news of the Turkic invasion came, Li Shimin's face changed suddenly.
"Your Majesty, Jingzhou Mansion is guarded by Luo Yi!" Wang Xuanjing reminded in the middle book next to him.
When he heard that it was Luo Yi, Li Shimin's face became even more gloomy.
"I specially sent someone to appease Luo Yi, inform him that his treatment would not change, and even gave him a promotion to the next level, as well as many rewards, he actually dared to let the Turks into the Kou!" Li Shimin said in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, please also give an order to block the Turks as soon as possible, if the Turks drive straight in, I'm afraid they will go straight to Guanzhong!" Wang Xuanjing said.
Li Shimin immediately thought of something, did not hesitate, and directly ordered: "Edict Lieutenant Chi Jingde, Wang Xuanlie led the Xuanjia Army to the north immediately." ”
"The edict ordered all prefectures and counties to immediately guard against the Turks."
Just after Li Shimin gave the order, the 6,000 Xuanjia army immediately went north, and at the same time, Chang'an also began martial law.
It's just that the Turks went south too suddenly, because Luo Yi didn't send a warning at all, and the passes behind didn't know that the Turkic army was coming.
The Turkic Khan led an army of 200,000 and drove all the way in. The cavalry was already running fast, and those passes were conquered by the Turks before they could react.
However, in just a few days, the Turkic army successively conquered a large number of passes and came to Gaoling, where Chang'an was in front of them.
Wei Chi Jingde led his army north to fight with Jingyang and the Turks, although he defeated several Turkic cavalry, but in the face of more than 200,000 Turkic cavalry, Wei Chi Jingde could only temporarily avoid the edge.
The Turkic army was invincible all the way, and the passes along the way hardly played the slightest role, but in just ten days, the Turkic army appeared on the banks of the Weishui River.
Seeing the Turkic army coming to Weishui, the people, clansmen, and officials in Chang'an City panicked, and many people took advantage of the chaos to flee to the mountains, wanting to avoid the Turkic soldiers.
At this time, in the city of Chang'an, the troops were empty, adding up to less than 30,000, how could it be the opponent of the Turkic army of 200,000.
Seeing this situation, many officials wrote to persuade Li Shimin to move the capital to Luoyang in order to avoid the Turkic army. When Wang Xuanjing learned of this, he reprimanded loudly above the main hall: "Your Majesty, those who dare to move the capital should be beheaded!" Chang'an is the imperial capital, the Tang Dynasty households, wealth accounts for five out of ten, Your Majesty first ascended to the treasure, if you want to move the capital of the Tang Dynasty is unstable! ”
Looking at the angry and murderous Wang Xuanjing, the officials in the court who originally wanted to move the capital did not dare to look at him, and they all kept silent.
Seeing this situation, Li Shimin immediately ordered people to put more flags on the city wall, so he ordered the army to be gathered, wanting to use suspicious tactics.
Datang Sheji almost reached a life-and-death juncture at this moment.
"Your Majesty, when the Turkic army is coming, you can't show weakness to the enemy, you should break one of them first, and you will be strong!" Wang Xuanjing grabbed Li Shimin and said.
"The minister is willing to lead the army to fight to break the Turks!"
"Wang Qing, you are not a general, how can you lead the troops? Let's stay in the city and settle the people's hearts! Li Shimin refused with a smile.
Wang Xuanjing shook his head and said: "Your Majesty doesn't know, the minister has been skilled in bows and horses since he was a child, and Ah Lie's martial arts were also taught by me, although the Turks have 200,000 moves, but in my opinion, Er'er, please let the ministers lead the troops, and the ministers will return triumphantly!" ”
Seeing that Wang Xuanjing insisted on going to war, Li Shimin had to agree, and then let him lead the rest of the Xuanjia Army to fight.
After the Xuanjia Army reorganized with Yu Linwei, there were already 6,000 people, and the former lieutenants Chi Jingde and Wang Xuanlie led 3,000 to the north, and now there are 3,000 left.
Wang Xuanjing changed into armor, rode a war horse, and led 3,000 Xuanjia troops to rush out of the city gate and into the Weishui River.
At this time, the Turkic army was gathering on the other side of Weishui, and Wang Xuanjing did not hesitate at all, and immediately stepped forward to invite battle.
When the Turkic Khan saw that the Tang Dynasty only sent 3,000 cavalry and dared to invite the battle, he was furious and directly ordered the vanguard of 5,000 cavalry to cross the river to attack.
Wang Xuanjing did not take the opportunity to attack, but waited until all his forwards had crossed the river, and then shouted: "Sons, King Hao Tianwen is watching us from the sky, this battle will be won, kill with me!" ”
Immediately, under the escort of the personal guards, a horse rushed forward, and the surrounding soldiers saw that the main general was so brave, and immediately followed closely and rode up.
Wang Xuanjing took the lead, the horse lance in his hand was constantly waving, and every time someone was picked off the horse, those Hu people had no enemies in front of him.
Before the Turks who had just crossed the river had time to react, they were rushed up by the Tang Xuanjia cavalry, the Turks were light cavalry, rarely ironclad, and preferred to shoot arrows with bows and arrows, and the terrain by the river was already narrow, which was not suitable for their wandering tactics at all.
Now that it is being rushed into it by the heavily armed Xuanjia Army, how can it be its opponent? The 3,000 Xuanjia army, under the leadership of Wang Xuanjing, was like a broken bamboo, and the Turks fell in rows like mowing grass.
The remaining Turks saw that the Tang army was so brave, and they were afraid, and they scattered and fled, and after losing their formation, the Turks could be said to be defeated, and a large number of Turks were chased directly into the river, and then drowned by the surging river.
The 5,000 Turkic army was defeated and fled in just a quarter of an hour, suffering heavy casualties and falling into the water.
The Turkic khans on the other side of the river saw that the vanguard of 5,000 people had been defeated so badly, and their faces suddenly became gloomy, and a trace of fear flashed in their eyes.
Wang Xuanjing rushed all the way to the river, and then the whole person instantly stood on the back of the horse, his wrist flipped, and a pair of bows and arrows twice as large as the riding bow were pulled into a full moon.
In the next second, the arrow pierced the air, like a meteor catching the moon, rushing towards the other side of the river.
"Khan be careful!" Before the Turkic Khan standing in front of him could react, he was pounced on by the guards beside him, and the arrow flew past the Turkic Khan's horse in an instant, and then with a muffled sound, it hit the rope of the Great Thread behind him.
I saw that the wolf flag fluttering high suddenly loosened, and the banner fell directly from the sky, and the Turkic army standing on the other side of the river was in an uproar.
I was shocked by this arrow.
You must know that the Wei River is twenty zhang wide at this time, and they are still not a small distance from the river, and the distance of this arrow is already more than 100 steps.
Seeing the power of this arrow, the Turkic Khan no longer dared to stand on the edge of the Wei River, and hurriedly retreated to a safe position under the protection of the surrounding guards.
And Wang Xuanjing's arrow shot down the Turkic army, which caused the morale of the Turkic army to be frustrated. The original idea of the Turkic Khan to go south to attack Chang'an suddenly disappeared for the majority of his heart.
At this time, outside the city of Chang'an in the distance, a large number of Tang soldiers flocked to it, and from a distance, its army was mighty, and the thoughts of the Turkic Khan sank a little more.
Faced with this situation, the Turkic Khan wanted to attack with a large army, but he was worried about defeat and hesitated for a while.
On the other side, after an arrow was fired, Wang Xuanjing did not attack again, and did not shoot the Turkic Khan, which made him feel a little regretful in his heart.
(End of chapter)