Tang Ting's tactics look very difficult, but in fact, they are not simple at all, dividing and surrounding, and taking them by surprise.

History books often record it in a few sentences, but the real situation is full of difficulties. The grasslands are already difficult to find a way to, let alone after the snow in winter.

If one is not careful, it is very likely that you will get lost.

What's more, the winter in the steppe is so cold that even the Turks can hardly bear it, let alone the Tang army. However, all these difficulties could not stop the Tang Army's determination and will to win.

Li Jing led 3,000 light horsemen to set off from Mayi, and Jieli Khan never imagined that the Tang army would actually attack in the winter in the wind and snow.

Although the Turks already had some civilization of their own, they did not have the habit of recording history, and did not know about the fall of the Xiongnu in the past.

Li Jing ordered Xu Shiji to attack from the east and attack the east of DTZ, and ordered Wang Xuanji to lead the army to attack the west of DTZ.

Then Li Jing took the opportunity to lightly ride and assault DTZ Jieli Khan's royal tent.

It seems that Li Jing is very simple to ride lightly, but in fact, only those who have done it know how difficult it is.

Even if there is a two-way containment from the east and west, there will be no shortage of Turkic king's tent defenders, not to mention that in the wind and snow, it is necessary to accurately find the location of the Turkic king's tent.

Jieli Khan once again demonstrated his military incompetence. After Xu Shiji and Wang Xuanji sent troops to attack, the Turks were suddenly attacked, and every inch was in chaos.

Jieli did not perceive the danger at the first time, and after learning that the Tang people launched an attack, the front line was defeated, Jieli did not retreat and regroup his troops and horses at the first time, but pinned his hopes on the heavy snow to close the road, and at the same time sent envoys to sue for peace, vacillating.

If he wants to escape, he is reluctant to join the army, and he doesn't want to go because of the bitter cold in Mobei, so there are two options left: war and surrender, but Jieli wants to fight and is worried about failure, and wants to ask for peace but hesitates.

Jieli's hesitation also caused the Turkic army to be unresponsive.

Even after Jieli sent an envoy to come, Tang Jian took the initiative to write and said: "Jieli is seeking peace, but it is a false and wrongful snake, wanting to delay the attack of the army and collect the defeated soldiers, if Your Majesty refuses, I am afraid that Jieli will flee." ”

"The minister must be an envoy, and he personally went to the Turkic tent to negotiate with him in order to stabilize Jieli."

After Li Shimin heard this, he was greatly moved, he understood very well that such a task was to send him to death, once Jieli reacted, he was annoyed and angry, and he would definitely kill Tang Jian to vent his anger.

In the Turkic king's tent, with only a dozen of them, how is it the opponent of the angry Jieli. Tang Jian knew that it was a dead end, but he dared to go without hesitation

Li Shiming sighed: "I already know the righteousness of Qing, and it is my luck to have Qing's presence, and it is the luck of Datang!" ”

"The edict enshrined Tang Jian as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the title of Ju Guogong, and led the delegation to the Turks!"

"Minister, Tang Jian, command!"

Tang Jian led the delegation to the Turks to negotiate with Jieli to annex, Jieli saw the Tang envoy coming, immediately relieved, felt that his strategy of delaying the army had worked, on the one hand to discuss with Tang Jian, on the other side was ready to wait until the winter passed, and then fled back to Mobei.

Both sides were willing to delay, so the annexation did not progress quickly.

Tang Jian succeeded in dragging Jieli and let him relax his vigilance, and Li Jing immediately understood that the time had come to break the Turks.

Under the leadership of his guide, Li Jing led 3,000 cavalry to launch a surprise attack on the Turkic tent. On this day, the fog was thick, which provided cover for Li Jing, and until Li Jing led the army to raid, he did not find it.

By the time the Tang Dynasty army raided, these Turks woke up from a dream, but by this time it was already too late.

Jieli saw the Tang army charging, and the killing shouts in the dark night resounded through the heavens and the earth, as if there were endless Tang troops rushing out of the fog, and the Turks who were suddenly attacked were killed and wounded.

The flames were everywhere, and there were screams of the Turks everywhere, and a large number of Turks panicked and fled in all directions, even Jieli couldn't control it, only the guards around him guarded him one after another.

Countless Turks scattered and fled, and their armies were crushed.

At this time, the cavalry hedged, and there was no strategy at all, and in a word, the brave won when they met on a narrow road!

In the face of the surprise attack, the morale of the Tang Dynasty elite cavalry, these Turks are not even fully clothed in armor, how can they be opponents?

was directly killed by the Tang cavalry who rushed up.

"Capture Jieli alive!"

"Capture Jieli alive!" Shouts of killing resounded through the camp. Jieli heard the shouts of enemies everywhere, and his face turned pale with fright, and he did not dare to stay any longer.

Even the wife and son of the family couldn't take care of it, so they took people directly and took advantage of the chaos to rush out of the camp and flee west.

As a khan, Jieli's escape directly led to a sharp drop in the morale of the Turks, and the Turks, who were already in a panic, had no chance at all.

Even if there are more of them, they have no morale, no command, and have become a scattered sand, and on the battlefield, they are a group of pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

Three thousand light horsemen rushed back and forth in the camp, constantly lighting the tents, and the Turks in the dark night could not tell how many Tang troops there were, only saw beacons everywhere, heavy figures, and a chaotic appearance.

The Turks ran around like headless flies. Even a large number of Turks killed each other, killing and wounding.

Gradually, fewer and fewer people dared to resist, and more and more people laid down their arms and surrendered on their knees. The camp was soon filled with Turks on their knees.

Seeing this scene, countless Tang troops began to cheer, they won this battle, they raided thousands of miles of snow and night, broke the Turkic royal court in a battle, captured and killed countless Turks, and the Turkic Khan fled alone.

After Jieli Khan found out that something was wrong, he fled with his guards as soon as possible, and even his wife and son were left behind, and only after he ran dozens of miles on his horse did he calm down.

Then he discerned the direction and fled westward.

In this battle, DTZ was defeated, after the left and right armies were defeated by the Tang army, they were entangled and could not get rid of it, and Wang Tingya's tent was broken again, it can be said that he now only has these personal guards left, if he wants to flee to Mobei at this time, they can't hold on at all.

Even if they arrived in Mobei, without tribes, food, and livestock, they would not be able to survive this winter.

The only way is to go west, all the way west, to the Western Turks.

Although DTZ had a grudge against the Western Turks, if he was willing to surrender to the Western Turks, the Western Turk Khan would definitely treat him favorably, and even according to Turkic tradition, he would be rewarded with a small tribe to live in the Western Turks.

But he didn't know what he wanted to do, and he had already guessed it clearly by Li Shimin and Li Jing. Wang Xuanji's Western Route Army, in addition to attacking the Turks, was to stop them.

Jieli Khan collected many defeated troops along the way, and then marched westward without stopping.

(End of chapter)