Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Tai Chi Palace, Liang Yi Palace.

Li Yuan looked at the map on the ground expressionlessly, listening to Li Shimin's explanation of the battle situation that had just been summarized through the intelligence sent by various scouts and Li Shan from the Tang Army's camp.

Today is October 13th, not yet noon.

The Hu cavalry attacked the Tang army yesterday but failed, so they divided their troops at night. Tens of thousands of Hu cavalry turned to the northeast, bypassed the Jinghe River from the border of Binzhou and Jingzhao, passed Yongshou County, and appeared on the north side of Liquan County.

"Huairen sent scouts across the river at night to investigate, and this morning he sent Yinzhou Governor Hu Yan and more than a thousand cavalry to test it out." Li Shimin said loudly: "The Hu cavalry force that went around to the north of the Jinghe River is roughly 30,000 to 40,000. With the Turks as the main force, Tiele was also accompanied by more than 10,000 cavalry."

After a pause, Li Shimin added: "Just now Huairen sent an urgent report that Yi Nan, the leader of Xue Yantuo, has not left... so the leader must be Dubu Khan."

Li Yuan's face was a little pale, which was not beyond everyone's expectations, but it was the Wei Si Wang Li Huairen's plan to destroy thousands of Tiele cavalry yesterday, which was a bit of an unexpected surprise.

The current situation is here. Li Shan has tried his best and is willing to take risks. It will be delayed until October 13th before Hu Cavalry divides his troops and penetrates to the north of Jingzhao... If everything goes well, the Yanzhou Cavalry will It should be two or three days before arriving around Chang'an.

However, Li Shan's efforts were not in vain. Although Yanzhou could not be counted on, the troops from Hedong Road returned unusually quickly.

At noon on October 12, Changsun Shunde, Zheng Rentai, and Fan Xing led 3,000 cavalry to Xinfeng. Another 3,000 infantry set out from Jiangzhou, quickly went south to Puzhou, and crossed the Yellow River at Fengling Ferry yesterday. We arrived in Weinan at night, only twenty miles away from Xinfeng.

"It's too late on the Yanzhou side..." Li Yuan murmured, "Huairen has tried his best..."

"Father, the Yanzhou infantry are on the way, but the cavalry may be close." Li Shimin has been thinking about this issue for a long time. "Father once mentioned that Li Yaoshi is a famous general in the world. Huairen has a rift with him and recognizes his abilities. "

"Li Yaoshi is the best at planning a decisive battle. If he sends troops, he must be sure... Zhang Zhongjian still has tens of thousands of Lingzhou troops in his hands, and Zhang Shigui is still at Xiaoguan not far away. At least he will not lose in the battle of Lingzhou. "

Xiao Yu came to his senses, "If Master Li meets the Lingzhou Army, he may not know the situation of the Jingzhao battle... but at least he should know about Hu Qi's fierce attack on Longyou Road."

"No, it's the Guan Nei Road." Li Shimin shook his head, "Lanzhou was defeated. Zhang Zhongjian would not fail to send scouts to investigate."

"So Pharmacist Li is probably on his way to Jingzhao?" Li Yuan looked slightly excited and said thoughtfully: "It's impossible to go back to Yanzhou... The horsepower is too much. It may be Longyou Road, or it may be Yuanzhou."

"It should be Yuanzhou. As long as Yuanzhou is not lost, Li Yaoshi can lead his cavalry south to threaten Hu Qi's rear or flanks." Li Shimin calculated in his mind, "According to the calculation of time, Li Yaoshi will send troops on the tenth day of the lunar month. At this moment, it should be Already in Wonju...Liupan Mountain is quite rugged..."

Li Shimin paused, then turned to look at Chen Shuda, "Jiang Guogong sent a letter to Huairen to inform him."

Chen Shuda responded and said doubtfully: "Even if the army on behalf of the country comes out of Yuanzhou, Yu Huairen..."

"Huairen should have a plan." Li Yuan thought thoughtfully. Only he and Li Shimin had read the letter Li Shan sent back.

Li Shimin stared at the map for a moment, "Father, I'm afraid Yunyang will be difficult to defend. I'll gather the troops gathered in Xinfeng and Weinan to gather in the south of Jingyang County and confront the Turks across the Wei River."

Chang'an during this period was surrounded by eight rivers. It is no exaggeration to say that the Zongheng River near Chang'an was no simpler than the Jiangnan Water Town.

Maybe Dubu Khan was also a little confused. Yesterday, he was surrounded by the Wei River to the south and the Jing River to the north. If he could break through the Tang army, he could successfully reach Chang'an City.

But Li Huairen was too difficult to deal with, so he went around to the north side of the Jing River, only to find that to reach Chang'an, he not only had to cross the Jing River, but also had to cross the Weishui River... No way, the Weishui River suddenly turned when it was approaching Chang'an. It makes a bend toward the northeast and flows through the south side of Jingyang County. Relatively speaking, Li Shimin has stronger cards than Li Shan. Although the integrated cavalry only has more than 5,000 cavalry, Chai Shao has summoned seven or eight counties in Xinfeng in the past few days to the south and east of Jingzhao, as well as Tongzhou and Fang. The number of soldiers and infantry in Zhouzhou and Huazhou has exceeded 20,000.

Coupled with the reinforcements from Hedong, Li Shimin has about 30,000 troops... This is also Jingzhao's last trump card at present.

Who knows when the Yanzhou infantry will arrive at Jingzhao?

Who knows when the next batch of reinforcements from Hedong will arrive?

Who knows whether Pharmacist Li really led his cavalry southward from Yuanzhou?

As for Wei Yunqi, the governor of Ningzhou, he has basically been given up by everyone... He is too far away from the battlefield and has insufficient troops. Once reinforcements come, they are likely to be eaten by Hu Qi.

On October 13th, it was two o'clock in the morning.

Li Shan received the letter from Chen Shuda. After reading it, he handed it to Ma Zhou expressionlessly, "Such a situation forces His Highness the Crown Prince to go into battle in person. Let's see what Li Pharmacist will say when he comes back!"

Ma Zhou handed it to Su Xu and sneered: "His Royal Highness is wise, so naturally he will forgive him!"

"Can Lingzhou really defeat the enemy?" Su Xu asked in confusion after reading the letter: "Can he really go to Yuanzhou?"

"Physician Li is a man who will never let go of eagles when he sees rabbits. Since he dares to send troops, he is naturally confident." Li Shan said coldly: "I must be close to the battlefield at this moment..."

"He's here to pick up bargains again!" Ma Zhou said in a sarcastic tone: "It seems that Li Yaoshi is the best at doing this kind of thing!"

Su Xu didn't say anything. He knew that Ma Zhou's words were referring to the Battle of Guji Town, the Mingsha Camp that held out for more than half a month and was eventually picked off, and also the battle taking place in Jingzhao now... If Li Jing led thousands of cavalry to appear in Hu Qi's rear. With Li Jing's commanding ability, he was likely to achieve a great victory.

"I hope he won't be stupid enough to use Chang'an, His Majesty, and the Crown Prince as a means to weaken the enemy!" Li Shan secretly gritted his teeth. If Li Jing really did this, he would not be able to escape a knife in the future!

However, Li Shan speculated that Li Jing would not be that stupid.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Shan whispered: "Battle report..."

"What battle report?" Ma Zhou was a little confused, "There was no battle this afternoon."

Li Shan hesitated for a while and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, it's just a try. Even if it doesn't work, there is no loss."

A quarter of an hour later, a cavalry group of more than ten people set off in a hurry and rushed to Chang'an Jinguangmen.

At this moment, outside Jingyang County, two thousand Tang Qi and thousands of Turks unexpectedly encountered each other. The Turks tried to escape or at least spread out their formations, but unexpectedly, Tang Qi, the general at the head, unexpectedly charged forward with a single horse holding a spear, completely unreasonable. Come.

The Battle of Jingyang broke out suddenly without anyone expecting it.