Chapter 144: Rushing to Six Thousand Miles

[In the face of Li Jing's army, Tuyuhun's Fuyun Khan still adopted the old tactics and retreated.

At this time, before Li Jing could speak, the generals under his command quarreled first.

The famous general Li Daozong invited himself to be a pioneer, thinking that he would pursue it.

The famous general Hou Junji fiercely objected, believing that there was a fear of fraud.

After weighing the situation, Li Jing ordered Li Daozong to be the vanguard, Hou Jun gathered the palace to respond, and Li Jing supervised the Chinese army to escort the baggage to slow down.

Li Daozong lived up to Li Jing's expectations, led 4,000 cavalry to attack for ten days to catch up with Fu Yun, and still had the spare strength to divide 1,000 cavalry to run around the rear, and Fu Yun, who fought directly in the first battle, was discouraged.

In the face of the menacing Tang Army, Fu Yun's will to survive was unprecedentedly strong, and he played with the division of troops.

Fu Yun himself led his headquarters to retreat to the source of the Yellow River in order to preserve the vital force.

The prime minister, King Tianzhu, led the elite soldiers to set fire to all over Qinghai and burned the pasture grass to cut off the supply of the Tang army.

It was very difficult to transport grain and herbs from Guanzhong to Qinghai Lake, and now there was no pasture grass was a desperate situation, except for Hou Junji, who thought it was necessary to pursue, the rest of the generals advised Li Jing to return to the court.

After all, this battle is already a big victory, isn't it?

But Li Jing, who had the intention of destroying the country from the beginning, would never accept it.

The veteran overrode the public opinion and asked the Tang army to continue to pursue Tuyuhun, and made a division of troops.

Li Jing himself took the initiative to take over the most difficult work, and led the army to a decisive battle with the main force of Tuyuhun near Qinghai under the condition that Tuyuhun was strong and clear.

At the same time, he ordered Hou Junji, the only main battle, to lead a large army, with Li Daozong as his deputy general, to pursue Fuyun Khan.

Thus, the fiercest pursuit battle in the early Tang Dynasty began. 】

Kong Ming looked carefully at the simple war diagram on the light curtain.

From the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty and then to the Song Dynasty, the craftsmanship and craftsmanship are also innovating, and the tactics and battle arrays are also innovating.

Zhao Yun had talked to Kong Ming for a long time about the role of stirrups, but they were not as shocking to Kong Ming as the battle of Natalas displayed by the light curtain.

In the light curtain of the Battle of Talas the two extremes of the cavalry are shown.

One is to exert the suppressive power of the cavalry to the extreme, with heavy armor and heavy armor, and only more than ten horsemen can charge together to block everyone to death.

One is to give full play to the flexibility of the cavalry, with men and horses fighting together, and the infantry using bows and crossbows to suppress and outflank the cavalry.

It is difficult to say which is stronger or weaker, but the early battle of destroying Tuyuhun has already seen the strength of the light cavalry of the Tang Dynasty.

And Li Daozong's rushing move in the light curtain reminded Kong Ming of the champion Hou, and he couldn't help but sigh:

"The hussars are as fast as thunder, the crossbows are as dense as a torrential rain, and they are rushing to fight for thousands of miles day and night, and it takes only a moment to destroy the enemy."

Zhang Fei didn't speak anymore, just watched intently, and then slowly thought about the deduction in his heart.

The battle of pure cavalry is also a new field for Zhang Fei, and what is seen in the annals is not as intuitive as the light curtain says.

And in the future, whether it is Yongliang or Guanzhong, or from Yuzhou to Youzhou, there will only be more and more battles involving formed cavalry, and this can be regarded as an opportunity to learn.

[In the face of Tuyuhun's strong walls and clear fields, the supply of the Tang army became difficult.

And the method Li Jing used to persuade his subordinates at the beginning was very simple: there were party members nearby, just buy grain and grass from them.

Previously, when Duan Zhixuan came to attack Tuyuhun, he also had the assistance of the party members, and the relationship between the two sides was not bad.

But soon the accident happened, and the way this accident happened was still very familiar to Li Jing.

At that time, there was also a party tribe living in Qinghai Lake, Li Jing took a two-pronged approach, and said good things and sent treasures to Tuoba Chici, the leader of the party people, Tuoba Chici was quickly convinced, and planned to lead the way for the Tang army and transport grain and grass.

However, when Li Shimin's other cousin, Li Daoyan, marched to the vicinity of the party members, he suddenly launched an attack when he looked at the unsuspecting party members.

The key is to fight, Li Daoyan returned the food surprisingly, led the 10,000 troops to raid, robbed thousands of cattle and sheep, and was chased and killed by the angry party members, killing thousands of Tang troops, Li Daoyan also escaped from the Qinghai battlefield.

Li Jing estimated that he was stunned at the time, and Tang Jian, who was in Chang'an, might have laughed in his stomach after he found out.

Faced with the situation where the guide and the grain and grass were all in vain, Li Jing was forced to turn on the god-killing mode.

In just half a month from the end of April:

Li Jing's general Xue Orphan defeated Tuguhun in Mantou Mountain.

Li Jing personally led the army to defeat Tuyuhun at Niuxindui.

Li Jing switched to Chishuiyuan, and once again defeated Tuyuhun.

Li Jing's general Li Daliang defeated Tuguhun in Shuhun Mountain.

Li Jingbu will lose his thinking and defeat Tuguhun in Juruchuan.

In just half a month, five battles and five victories, the elite cavalry of Tianzhu Mountain, the prime minister of Tuyuhun, was completely defeated, and Tuyuhun's grain and grass also became Li Jing's grain and grass.

The most incomprehensible thing about these five battles is why Li Jing was able to chase Tuyuhun in Qinghai as he was at home, and each battle must have a target.

In stark contrast, Duan Zhixuan, the former head of the Xikaidao March, wandered around Qinghai Lake for a month, and he didn't catch any hair.

After the Tang army won five battles and five victories, Tianzhushan, the prime minister of Tuyuhun, decided to fight back and gathered all the remaining soldiers and horses to set up an ambush.

However, the Tang army that stepped into the ambush circle was not afraid to counterattack on the spot, and the two vanguards Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche dragged Tuyuhun with less fighting, and another famous general in the early Tang Dynasty, Qibi He Li, led more than 500 cavalry to help, and launched a charge towards thousands of Tuyuhun cavalry, and finally won a big victory.

After this battle, Tuyuhun near Qinghai Lake was completely out of climate and was completely strangled by Li Jing.

On Hou Junji's side, the Tang army and Tuyuhun fought an endurance battle.

Tuyuhun's Fuyun Khan fled in front, and Hou Junji chased behind.

The two sides started from Kushan, crossed the Ola Mountain, passed through the bitter sea, and pursued them to the source of the Yellow River, Ngoling Lake, passing through 2,000 miles.

Fu Yun, who didn't want to die with peace of mind, could only turn around and flee north, Hou Junji followed behind, and finally met Li Jing who came to support him in Dafeichuan.

Hou Junji made a brief report to Li Jing, and sighed that this Fu Yun was too capable of escaping, and he couldn't chase it anymore.

Li Jing ordered Hou Junji to rest, and He Li and Xue Wanjun chased after him.

The Tang army followed the trail of Fuyun Khan, crossed the Tarim Basin, pursued it to today's Xinjiang region, and finally found the resting Tuyuhun tribe near the Tarim River, at this time the Tang army had been chasing for 40 days, passing 1,500 kilometers.

Fu Yuntou, who had been completely frightened, did not return and fled into the Taklamakan Desert, and the Tang army launched a charge, defeated Tuyuhun, beheaded thousands, captured Fu Yun's wife and children, and obtained 200,000 head of cattle and sheep.

Fu Yun, who fled into the Taklamakan Desert, only brought 1,000 people, and because there was no baggage supplies, civil strife quickly broke out, and his relatives conspired to cut off Fu Yun's head and sacrifice it to the Tang army in order to survive.

So far, it has lasted four months, and the attack has been fought for 6,000 miles, and the Tuyuhun Kingdom has also been completely destroyed. 】

"From Liaodong onwards, I don't submit to the four Yi of the Tang Dynasty, but the four kingdoms of Goguryeo, Turkic, Tuyuhun, and Tubo, the general of the medicine division alone destroyed the second, and the battle is really outstanding."

Li Tao was a little envious, but more admired.

One is that the age gap between him and Li Jing is here, and the difference is more than 20 years.

One is that in Li Tao's view, Li Jing's use of soldiers can be said to be perfect.

It was the naval army that defeated Xiao Milling, and the destruction of the Turks was coordinated by the cavalry. Defeating Tuyuhun is to pursue and anticipate the enemy first.

Three battles and three ways to play, and all of them have outstanding results, which makes Li Tao quite speechless.

And on second thought, it should be that after the destruction of Tugu Hun, General Yaoshi changed the title of Duke of Weiguo, and later, it should be the time for him to become famous, right?

It's just that I don't know which countries have turned into his merits?

"Rush to fight six thousand miles."

Li Shimin smiled very happily:

"It's all good sons and daughters of the Tang Dynasty!"

As a Tiance general who likes to charge, Li Shimin understands better than anyone how important the will of the soldiers is, and the style of the Tang Army shown in the light curtain has won Li Shimin's favor, to say that the only dissatisfaction is the performance of the two clan disciples:

"When the Dao Sect fights, it will come out on top, and when the battle is timely, it will be cowardly!"

"As for Lee Do-yan......"

Li Shimin's words were full of murderous anger:

"If I lead the army, I will take the battle and kill it!"

Su Lie couldn't help but ponder:

Your Majesty, is this hating Li Daoyan for not respecting his orders and attacking the party members privately?

Or do you hate this Li Daoyan's poor command of the army, he was unprepared for an attack, but he was defeated?

Immediately, Li Shimin changed his words, a little pity:

"Junji rarely mentioned him in the time curtain before, but this time he didn't mention his merits, which is quite a pity."

But this is just a casual remark, in comparison, Li Shimin also hopes to see this old minister make some merits.

Li Jing could only smile bitterly at the ridicule of the light curtain and said that Tang Jianxiao's words could only smile bitterly.

God knows what Li Daoyan suddenly came up with.

No matter which direction you look at, fighting in Tuyuhun's territory, the supply of food and grass and guides are very important, and as a result, this one directly kicked both away.

As for what the light curtain said about the god-killing mode, Li Jing also smiled.

He, Li Jing, was not born and raised over there, how could he anticipate the enemy's opportunities again and again? Surely he was forced to find a way to make up for it, and then he took the lead in every battle and ate the enemy.

Well...... It's all forced.

Du Ruhui looked forward and said:

"Once Tuguhun is destroyed, the next one should be Gaochang."

"Destroy Gaochang and place the Anxi capital to protect the mansion, so that the Tang Dynasty can control Hexi and be able to look forward to the Western Regions."

Du Ru nodded to himself, in this way, the development path of the Western Regions during the Zhenguan period was basically sorted out.

The next question is...... Goguryeo?

Everyone is in charge of the expedition but can't get it, I don't know who the merit here will end up atto?

"This battle ...... It's fascinating. ”

Coughing sickly, Qin Qiong said slowly.

Wei Chi Jingde can understand the regret in the mouth of his old friend.

They are all His Majesty's cronies and fierce generals, and now that His Majesty has ascended the throne, it stands to reason that this Zhenguan Tang should be the time for them to serve and calm the Quartet, but ......

"If General Qin recuperates with his heart, it is still unknown whether he may be able to return to the military formation in the future."

Sun Simiao said leisurely.

Qin Qiong's eyes immediately lit up:

"Really?"

Sun Simiao looked up and down, shook his head and said:

"It's naturally impossible to run like this, but if it's just a temporary command of the army, of course it's true."

Qin Qiong smiled and nodded:

"That's enough."

(End of chapter)